[Economic Development on September 3, 2024.]
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I CALLED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
FIRST THING IN THE BUILDING WOULD BE THE MINUTES.
CAN I GET APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE? SECOND. I GOT A MOTION APPROVED A SECOND.
EXCUSE ME. GET SOME QUIET, QUIET.
OKAY. OKAY. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THERE IS KIND OF TO GET STARTED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SPEAKERS SPEAK.
FIRST WE GOT NINE SPEAKERS AND THEY CAN CALL THE NAMES OUT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM 2.5 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THEN THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AFTER THE BRIEFINGS.
OKAY. SO THE FIRST THE FIRST NINE SPEAKERS ARE GOING TO SPEAK FIRST.
OR ANYTHING AFTER THAT WILL BE SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING.
SO YOU WANT TO CALL THE SPEAKERS, PLEASE.
OKAY. HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS LISA MARSHALL, AND I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 13.
THE URGENCY OF OUR CITY'S HOUSING DISPARITIES DEMANDS ACTION.
THE NEW DESIGN STANDARD, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES AND STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THIS UPDATE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND ARE CRUCIAL FOR OUR CITY'S FUTURE.
OUR CITY HAS BEEN RACIALLY DIVIDED FOR FAR TOO LONG, BUT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, COUPLED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN, PROVIDES A CLEAR PATHWAY TO CHANGE THIS NARRATIVE.
FORWARD DALLAS IS THE ROADMAP THAT WILL DETERMINE THE TYPES OF HOUSING WE CAN BUILD ACROSS THE CITY, OFFERING A GUIDE TO CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE DALLAS THE CITY'S DISPARITIES BECAME EVIDENT WHEN FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS.
MY ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, CASA UTA, NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND OTHERS TO CREATE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY ON A ONE ACRE LOT.
OUR VISION INCLUDED 14 UNITS FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, SEVEN UNITS FOR SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, AND SEVEN UNITS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, ALL CENTERED AROUND A SERVICE HUB OFFERING VITAL RESOURCES.
AN ACRE COSTS 390,000 TO 850,000, DEPENDING ON ITS PROXIMITY TO AMENITIES, WHILE IN DISTRICT 11, AN ACRE IS $2.1 MILLION BUT HAS BETTER ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES, BANKS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
DALLAS OFFERS A FRAMEWORK FOR DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS, MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL RESIDENTS, FROM SENIORS DOWNSIZING TO YOUNG ADULTS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS SEEKING HOME OWNERSHIP.
THE REALITY IS, WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARDS A CITY THAT SUPPORTS RACIAL EQUITY.
OF THE 101,274 PEOPLE HOUSED THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER OF 2023, 101 RETURNED TO HOMELESSNESS.
ACCORDING TO THE 2023 PIT COUNT, 59% OF BLACK AMERICANS ARE HOMELESS IN DALLAS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY REPRESENT 24% OF THE POPULATION.
CAN YOU FINISH THE LAST SENTENCE? YOUR TIME IS UP. GO AHEAD, FINISH THE LAST SENTENCE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN AS A BOLD STEP FORWARD TO ADDRESSING OUR CITY'S HOUSING DISPARITY AND SUPPORTING RACIAL EQUITY.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.I WORK FOR FRAZIER REVITALIZATION, LOCATED SERVING RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, PARTICULARLY THE FRAZIER COMMUNITY WITH A TARGET WHERE WE ALSO IMPLEMENT A TARGETED HOME PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
SPECIFICALLY IN THE BERTRAND COMMUNITY AT FRAZIER, WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT THE STRENGTH OF A COMMUNITY IS THE PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE AND THE FAMILIES MAKE UP THIS COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE CHALLENGED NOW WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, AND IT'S THE RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE.
IT'S OUR EDUCATORS WHO ARE ALL CHALLENGED WITH HAVING OPTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FAMILIES HAVE FEW HOUSING OPTIONS THAT FIT IN THEIR BUDGET, AND THE LONGER THAT WE DO NOTHING TO ADDRESS, TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND THE IF WE DON'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OPTIONS, THEN THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE.
HOUSING IS THE KEY TO REDUCING INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY AND INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT INCREASING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR REDUCING CHILDHOOD POVERTY AND INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
MOREOVER, CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN STABLE COMMUNITIES AND HAVE AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE MORE LIKELY TO THRIVE IN SCHOOL AND HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
INCREASING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOLSTERS THE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
SO IT'S NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL CONCERN, IT'S A CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS AS ITS CORE VALUES EMPATHY, ETHICS, EXCELLENCE, ENGAGEMENT, AND EQUITY.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY TRUST THAT THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEES WHO HELP MAKE POLICIES AND DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY WILL MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR OWN PERSONAL BIASES MAY BE, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN PROVIDES OPTIONS FOR DIVERSE PEOPLE AND DIVERSE FAMILIES, AND SO I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES AND THE OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE TO GUIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NEXT SPEAKER STEPHANIE CHAMPION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE CHAMPION.
I AM A WEST DALLAS RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER.
I ALSO SERVE AS THE CHIEF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY OFFICER AT BUILDERS OF HOPE CDC, WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A CITYWIDE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOLKIT TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE CONCERNS REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION, STABILIZATION, AND AFFORDABILITY THAT CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE CITY HAVE EXPRESSED TO YOU AS REASONS WHY THEY OPPOSE FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THESE PRECISE ISSUES FOR YEARS, AND AS A HOMEOWNER AND NEIGHBOR IN ONE OF THE MOST AT RISK NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE ENTIRE CITY, PLEASE LET ME SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT FORWARD.
DALLAS 2.0 DOES MUCH MORE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAN ITS PREDECESSOR.
IT ALSO DOES FAR MORE TO ADVANCE OUR CITY'S FAIR HOUSING AND RACIAL EQUITY GOALS.
SO MUCH OF THE INCOMPATIBLE, INTRUSIVE AND UNATTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CURRENTLY IS ALLOWABLE UNDER FORWARD DALLAS 1.0 AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALLOWED IF WE FAIL TO MOVE THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN FORWARD.
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 ACTUALLY OFFERS SIGNIFICANT PROTECTIONS FOR EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDES SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR WHERE INCREASED DENSITY SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH IS ALONG COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND TRANSIT ORIENTED SITES.
BUT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD.
THE FAIR HOUSING IMPLICATIONS OF FAILING TO PASS THIS PLAN ARE REAL.
AS A FORMER HOUSING RIGHTS ATTORNEY, PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THIS EXCLUSIONARY LAND USE POLICIES HELP TO CREATE THE NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE AND THE RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION OF OUR CITY. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DENY LOWER INCOME FAMILIES ACCESS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OF OPPORTUNITY AND CONCENTRATE POVERTY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AS WE HAVE DONE FOR DECADES UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.
THE CITY HAS A DUTY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING FOR ALL DALLAS RESIDENTS.
THAT MEANS CREATING ACCESS TO DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS OUR CITY.
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FORWARD. DALLAS 2.0 OFFERS US A PATH FORWARD, AWAY FROM OUR DISCRIMINATORY HISTORY AND TOWARDS HOUSING, JUSTICE AND EQUITY.AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO EXACERBATE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PRESERVE AND CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS APPROPRIATELY TARGETED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE, AND THEY ARE.
WE NEED A LAND USE PLAN THAT CREATES ACCESS TO NEW AND DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE CITY, AND WE NEED TOOLS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND AFFORDABILITY FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 OFFERS BOTH.
IS IT PERFECT? NO. AND I STILL HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER, BUT IT IS A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
THANK YOU. I URGE YOU NOT TO TURN YOUR BACK ON THIS PROCESS.
I URGE YOU TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH DALLAS 2.0.
EXCUSE ME, CHAIR, COULD WE REMIND THE SPEAKERS THAT THEY DO HAVE A TIME LIMIT IF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY? SO YES, THEY DO HAVE 2.5 MINUTES.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, LESLIE BRUDNICK.
WE DON'T SEE THE CLOCK ON OUR SIDE LIKE SOMETIMES WE DO.
SO THAT MIGHT BE TRIPPING UP THE SPEAKERS.
MY NAME IS LESLIE BRUGGINK, AND I'M A LAKEWOOD HOMEOWNER AND THE FOUNDER OF IN THIS HOUSE.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH MANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHATS ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN OAK CLIFF AND WEST DALLAS AND PLEASANT GROVE AND EAST DALLAS AND IN NORTH DALLAS.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS ONE CONSISTENT THEME WORKING FAMILIES WANT A PATHWAY TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.
EVEN THOUGH 60% OF DALLAS RESIDENTS ARE RENTERS.
AND AS COUNCIL, WE MUST PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF OUR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, NOT JUST HOMEOWNERS.
THE REALITY IS, FOLKS WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AND OWN A HOME HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT WE HAVE VERY FEW OPTIONS OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, QUITE FRANKLY, OUT OF REACH FOR MOST OF OUR WORKING FAMILIES.
THE GENERAL THEME OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE FORWARD DALLAS IS THAT THEY WANT TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY FEAR THAT DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND BUILD DENSE APARTMENTS IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
BUT THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
IS IT ACTUALLY FEASIBLE OR PRACTICAL FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND GATHER UP ENOUGH ADJACENT LOTS IN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILD DENSE APARTMENTS? IT'S NOT.
BUT WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY IS AND WHERE THE CRITICAL NEED IS THE 32,000 VACANT LOTS ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SITTING EMPTY, OR LOTS THAT ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY THAT ARE ON TRANSPORTATION OR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT ARE CRYING OUT FOR MORE DENSITY, LIKE THE SHORELINE PROJECT THAT IS BEING BUILT IN DISTRICT NINE THAT WAS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY ON A STATE HIGHWAY THAT WAS ABUTTED ON TWO SIDES BY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, NOT OTHER RESIDENCES.
SO, FORWARD DALLAS PROVIDES US SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MISSING MIDDLE OPTIONS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED WHILE STILL PROTECTING ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. AND LIKE STEPHANIE JUST SAID, FOR DALLAS 30S PERFECT.
BUT THE CHANGE THAT CPC HAS MADE TO IT BROUGHT IT A LONG WAY, AND I THINK IT'S THE NECESSARY GUIDANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS AS IT'S MOVING FORWARD, CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING AND EQUITY MANDATES THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED.
IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT CPC OR COUNCIL IS GOING TO CHECK COMMON SENSE AT THE DOOR WHEN THOSE ZONING CASES COME FORWARD AND SAID, IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, IS THIS THE PRIMARY USE THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THIS AREA, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE BASED ON THE LOCATION AND THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED? THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.
THOSE CASES, AND FOR THOSE REASONS I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, LORI BLAIR.
YOU GUYS ALSO KNOW ME AS COMMISSIONER LORI BLAIR.
I AM THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
THE STABILITY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN ALL EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DEPENDED UPON FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
2.0 IS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN ITS PREDECESSOR.
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IF 2.0 WAS ACTIVE TODAY, STAFF WOULD FOLLOW THIS AS A RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.THE SINGLE FAMILY MCMANSIONS THAT WE SEE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE CITY COULD BE STOPPED ON PAGE THREE. DASH 17 BUILDING FORM AND CHARACTER.
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE BUILDING HEIGHT, ORIENTATION, ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND SETBACK TO ENSURE NEW STRUCTURE FIT INTO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT.
AND FORWARD DALLAS 2006 STAFF OFFERS DEVELOPMENT OF ALL HOUSING TYPES BASED ON THE FOLLOWING GOALS. 1.3 THAT PROVIDES EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS, AND THIS IS BASED ON THE 2006 NEEDS OF THE CITY. THE CITY HAS LOWER THAN AVERAGE HOME OWNERSHIP RATE.
DEMOGRAPHICS REVEAL THAT ALMOST 40% OF DALLAS FAMILIES WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO.
NEVERTHELESS, IF YOU READ 1-3.1, 1.3.1.7, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY 3.1.8, WHICH ENCOURAGES CONVERTING EXISTING BUILDINGS INTO CREATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS AND RECOGNIZE THE DEVELOPER'S ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY.
NEXT, SPEAKER, JENNIFER RANGEL.
I ALSO AGREE HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD NOT BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL WITHIN OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF PLACES IN OUR CITY HAVE BEEN USED AS A WAY TO PROMOTE SEGREGATION.
LAND USE PLANS HAVE A HISTORY OF DOING THAT.
WE ALSO SEE AREAS THAT WERE DISINVESTED IN.
NOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH HIGH PRESSURES OF THIS DISPLACEMENT.
2.04 DALLAS IS A CRITICAL PUZZLE PIECE IS HOW I SEE IT.
IT'S NOT REALLY THE END POINT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE GROUNDWORK AND THE STAMINA TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THIS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED, AND ALSO TO ADVANCE FAIR HOUSING, AS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND ON A TECHNICALITY, YOU KNOW, THE 06 PLAN HAD LESS CLARITY ON HOW TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF ANYTHING, THIS IS AN UPDATE THAT CALLS ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT THAT WE NEED WHEN IT COMES TO MISSING MIDDLE, I ALWAYS SAY THAT IT'S NOT THE, IT'S HOW IT'S BEING DONE BECAUSE THE MARKET'S MISSING MIDDLE VERSION IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE, NOT CONFORMING WITH THE DESIGN OF THE COMMUNITY, AND VERY MUCH SO AT A PRICE.
SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT BEING DONE, IT REALLY IS.
AND SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES? AND ALL IN ALL, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY GREW UP, YOU KNOW, AS A RENTER, NOT BY CHOICE BUT BY DESIGN.
IT'S VERY UNAFFORDABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME.
AND I DON'T SEE MYSELF AS A CRIMINAL.
I'M SOMEONE WHO, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, SUSIE BELL GOSLING.
I HAVE READ THE VERSION THAT'S ONLINE OF THE FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 PLAN. IT APPEARS TO BE QUITE IMPORTANT AT THIS
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TIME IN HISTORY TO REWRITE THE PLANNING FOR OUR CITY.I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE.
THIS PLAN IS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE.
THE ISSUE THAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOU TODAY IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO NOT TRUST NOT ONLY THE PLAN, BUT THEY DON'T TRUST THE CITY STAFF AND THEY DON'T TRUST THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE OF YOU SITTING HERE.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY AND THE WAY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, THAT THEY DON'T TRUST THIS CITY TO DO WHAT IT SAYS.
AND YOU CAN PUT THINGS WRITTEN IN A ON, ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND IT CAN BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, BUT SOMEHOW THINGS DON'T END UP WORKING OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE PEOPLE COME HERE FOR YEARS AND ARGUE THEIR POINTS, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.
THEY ARE NOT BEING CONSIDERED.
BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T TRUST YOU.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUILD TRUST.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.
THIS IS A DEMOCRACY AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK.
HELLO, EDITOR ZAHRA, 1003 VALENCIA DALLAS DISTRICT 14 FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 IS NOT READY FOR COUNCIL.
SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IS A HUGE PROMISE TO HOMEOWNERS THAT IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
WITH THIS LATEST FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 PLAN, THEY EXPECTED THE CITY TO PRESERVE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND IS THE MAIN REASON PEOPLE BUY HOMES AND PAY MORE FOR THEM IN THOSE DISTRICTS.
CHANGING SINGLE FAMILY ZONING TO ALLOW LEGAL MULTIFAMILY LAND USES LIKE DUPLEX FOURPLEX, EIGHT PLEX WOULD RESULT IN PARKING AND STREET DISRUPTION, INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS, AND DECLINE IN MARKET VALUES.
THE CURRENT MATRIX ON PAGE THREE FOUR MUST BE CHANGED SO THAT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IS THE PRIMARY USE WITH NO SECONDARY MULTIFAMILY USES. HIDDEN ON PAGE FOUR, A IS STILL THE MANDATE TO EXPLORE UPDATING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW ADUS, TINY HOMES, COLLEGE COTTAGE COURTS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WHICH, IF IT PASSES COUNCIL, IS THE END OF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
IT WILL ALSO FORCE REALTORS TO DIVULGE THAT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR COULD BE MULTIFAMILY.
PLEASE DON'T TURN DALLAS INTO HOUSTON.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT 45 YEARS [INAUDIBLE] YOUR VIDEO, NOT TURN ON.
WE NEED YOU TO SHOW YOUR VIDEO, PLEASE.
NOT YET. HOW ABOUT THIS? YES, WE CAN SEE IT.
I'VE BEEN AT THIS EVENT FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS.
AT [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT COURT.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE TWO POINTS.
NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO REMIND THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER OR NEVER KNEW THAT BACK IN THE 1950S AND 60S, OR AT LEAST DALLAS, WAS HOLLOWED OUT BY THE INCREASING ZONING CHANGES SIMILAR TO LOOK FORWARD DALLAS TO THAT RESULTED IN SINGLE FAMILY
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HOMES BECOMING ROOMING HOUSES FOR PEOPLE.I'M SPEAKING AS ONE OF THE 1970S PIONEERS IN THOSE DAYS.
I SAW FIRSTHAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESTRUCTION THAT WAS CAUSED BY FOR CAUTION FOR AT LEAST ONE SINGLE FAMILY'S HOME WAS RESTORED.
HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WORKED HARD FOR RECREATION.
THE SECOND POINT IS IT'S GOT TO BE REMOVED TO PREVENT REPEATING THESE MISTAKES OF THE LAST CENTURY.
IT TURNS OUT HE HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID IT'S NOT A ZONING CHANGE, BUT A, QUOTE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW FOR DECADES, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 211.04, IT SAYS PLANNING REGULATIONS MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, END QUOTE.
AT LESS THAN TWO AND HALF PAGES, THAT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES PROTECTIONS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PRESENTATION, MISS GILLIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANDREA GILLIS WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
I ALMOST WENT BACK TO THE FORMER DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS THE THIRD BRIEFING ON FORWARD DALLAS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
I WILL STAY VERY BRIEF BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION TO HAVE TODAY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS TIME FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND EMILY LIU IS JOINING ME, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO I WANTED TO JUST UPDATE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED AN UPDATED SORT OF FACTS AND MYTHS SPREADSHEET OF SOME OF OR I SHOULD SAY, FACT SHEET OF JUST INFORMATION THAT WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVED SOME OF THE HOT TOPICS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EVOLVING IT AS THINGS COME UP.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT WE HEARD, I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE AT THE MEETING IS THAT SO TODAY, WANTING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CLARITY ABOUT PRIMARY, SECONDARY LAND USES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
EVEN FURTHER THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE DOCUMENT.
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ABOUT PROMOTING HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOMEOWNERSHIP PRODUCTS.
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER ARE TOO DIRECTIVE.
THE LAND USE MAP AND MATRIX ARE TOO BROAD.
ADD MORE FOCUS ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND IMPROVE NOTIFICATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN ZONING CASES.
SO MUCH OF THIS SORT OF THESE TOPICS OF CONCERN WERE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE STAFF RESPONSES TO THE STATEMENT OR THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY COUNCILMAN RIDLEY AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION INTO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE DETAILS.
IT IS IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED WITH THOSE RESPONSES.
BUT I WILL COVER OVER SOME OF OR REVIEW SOME OF THE MAIN TOPICS.
SO AGAIN, AND I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS LARGELY TO YOU ALL TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THIS WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT SUMMARY STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND THEN THE STAFF RESPONSES.
SO WE HEARD THE CONCERN AGAIN OVER AND OVER ABOUT MULTIPLEXES AND DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES, AND THEN AGAIN, BALANCING WITH, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANTING TO FOCUS ON HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOMEOWNERSHIP PRODUCTS.
SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO MOVE TRIPLEXES JUST INTO THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A MULTIPLEX IS, AND THAT WOULD MEAN MOVING IT TO A SECONDARY USE.
AND BASICALLY MOST COMMUNITIES WITHIN DALLAS THAT WOULD KEEP THOSE IN AS PRIMARY USES.
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AND SORT OF TO HELP REINFORCE THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO OWN HOMES AND HAVE THOSE.OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO.
DETACHED. SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE AND SIGNAL THAT OTHER PRODUCTS MAY.
BE AVAILABLE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AS WELL.
AND THEN THE WHAT WE SAY IF WE GO THAT ROUTE.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION THAT IS PRIORITIZING SOME OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS OR UPDATING THE DESIGN STANDARDS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR DUPLEX DISTRICTS AND OUR TOWNHOME DISTRICTS.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT HOW THOSE ARE BEING DESIGNED TODAY.
AND THAT THEY'RE VERY OUT OF SCALE, VERY OUT OF CHARACTER.
AND THAT IS A CONCERN, NOT THE SOLE CONCERN, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS FOR MANY PEOPLE.
SO WE COULD ADD THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM INTO THE MATRIX THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT DESIGN STANDARDS AND UPDATING THE CODE TO REFLECT THAT, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD START WORKING ON.
AND THEN AGAIN WE RECEIVED THAT THERE.
WE DO HAVE THE LOCATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.
IT'S ON PAGE 316 OF THE CURRENT PLAN.
THE BLUE IS THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
AND THEN JUST THERE'S ONE STRIKETHROUGH.
AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD DELETE THAT FROM THAT.
SO THIS WOULD BE WE WOULD BE ADDING JUST SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PROVIDING FURTHER CLARITY ABOUT THE LOCATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES AND ALSO EMPHASIZING AND THIS IS SO IN THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH, THE TEARING DOWN EXISTING HOUSING FOR REPLACEMENT AND INCOMPATIBLE INFILL IS NOT ENCOURAGED BY THIS PLAN.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE INTRODUCTION.
SO IT JUST PROVIDES MORE EMPHASIS IN ONE PLACE.
AND THIS WOULD GO ON PAGE 314.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THIS IS AN ADDED ALMOST TWO PARAGRAPHS INTO WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT THIS AGAIN ADDS FURTHER EMPHASIS, PULLING DIRECTLY FROM 2006 TO HELP FURTHER EMPHASIZE SORT OF THE INTENT OF THIS AREA.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ HAS SORT OF READ THIS INTO THE RECORD A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I THINK IT RELATES TO A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONCERNS FROM THE LAST MEETING.
SO THE SECOND ONE, I THINK, RELATES TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART'S CONCERN ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND NOTIFICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. AND THEN AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO WANTING TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE MORE EMPHASIS ON AFFORDABILITY, ON HOMEOWNERSHIP.
SO THE FIRST ONE THAT THIS IS COMING FROM.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT NEW MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING UNITS, INCLUDING TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES, AND DEPENDING ON HOW THE OUTCOME COMES OF THAT, WE MAY REMOVE THE TRIPLEX LANGUAGE IN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE APPROPRIATELY PRICED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT ALL IMPACTED RESIDENTS, INCLUDING RENTERS, ARE APPROPRIATELY NOTIFIED AND ENGAGED IN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO THAT TAKES US TO WHAT'S NEXT.
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THE DATES THAT WE DID FLOAT, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING WAS SEPTEMBER 25TH.OF COURSE, THAT'S A POTENTIAL DATE AND IT'S TENTATIVE.
WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, BEFORE I GET STARTED NUMBER ONE STAFF DID.
EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF.
THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET BACK TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO EVERYONE HAS ANSWERED CORRECTLY.
AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2006.
PIERRE CHACO STARTED THIS WAY BACK ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
AND ALSO THE CPC BEEN HANDLED FOR THREE YEARS.
BUT I WAS REALLY CONCERNED THAT WITH ONE OF THE SPEAKER'S TRUST.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ME.
TRUST. AND THEY FEEL LIKE THIS COUNCIL, THE STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE TRUST.
AND THAT IS REALLY CONCERNING AND I'M GLAD THAT WE DID.
SPEAKING OUTRIGHT INSTEAD OF TRUST, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE TRUST.
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FAIR STANDARD WITH EVERYONE.
AND TO DO THAT, WE GOT TO PROVE COLLEAGUES AND TO THE STAFF AND TO THE CITIZENS.
THAT TRUST IS A FACTOR HERE AND WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE STILL AT THE PLATE.
WE AIN'T GOT THE FIRST BASE YET.
ONCE WE GET THE FIRST BASE WE CAN GO TO SECOND BASE, THIRD BASE AND BACK TO HOME.
BUT AGAIN, TOO, IT'S JUST A FOUNDATION.
WE JUST NOW STARTING THE FOUNDATION, WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED A LONG TIME AGO.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU COMMUNITY KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND LET US POLICYMAKERS GET THIS TO THE FIRST BASE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO FIRST BASE, THEN WE CAN GET TO SECOND BASE.
IT AIN'T ABOUT ZONING, BUT WE GOT TO GET TO FIRST BASE.
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE BATTER'S BOX RIGHT THERE WITH THAT.
CHAIRMAN. REALLY? ARE YOU READY? YES.
IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MY FORMULATING MORE SPECIFIC COMMENTS AND EDITS TO THE TEXT OF FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.
CONSISTENTLY, WE HAVE HEARD OUR RESIDENTS PLEAS FOR MORE HOUSING OPTIONS AND ALSO FOR PROTECTION OF THEIR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
AND THROUGH THE INPUT OF SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME THAT THOSE OBJECTIVES ARE NOT INCOMPATIBLE IN THE CONTEXT OF FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT FORWARD DALLAS WILL NOT REZONE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND STATES THAT IT DOES NOT RECOMMEND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS BE REZONED, THERE IS LANGUAGE LEFT IN THE DOCUMENT THAT PUTS THE BURDEN OF ADDING DENSITY ON OUR EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
I HAVE PREPARED SEVERAL EDITS TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF FORWARD DALLAS 2.0, AND TO CREATE A COMPROMISE DOCUMENT, IF YOU WILL, THAT ADDRESSES THE INPUT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR VARYING INTERESTS.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH OTHER COMPARABLE CITIES? WELL, JUST IN TEXAS, THAT IS SKEWED MUCH MORE TOWARD DIVERSE HOUSING CHOICES THAN OTHER CITIES SUCH AS HOUSTON, AUSTIN, EL PASO AND SAN ANTONIO, ALL OF WHICH HAVE MUCH HIGHER SINGLE FAMILY PERCENTAGES THAN DOES DALLAS.
DALLAS, IN FACT, IS TIED FOR 12TH PLACE IN THE NATION FOR THE MOST DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES.
NOW, SHOULD WE BE SATISFIED WITH THAT? NO. WE CAN IMPROVE.
AND I THINK THAT WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES FORWARD DALLAS CAN LEAD THE WAY TO DOING THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, PAGE SEVEN.
ENCOURAGE A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES AND AFFORDABILITY TO MEET DIVERSE NEEDS.
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IN CHAPTER ONE, PAGE 1-2.REMOVE PARAGRAPH 3.5 EXCEPT THE LAST SENTENCE, WHICH WOULD READ LAND USE AND ZONING DECISIONS SHOULD PROCEED FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL TENET THAT ALL RESIDENTS OF DALLAS ARE EQUAL AND CAN LIVE AND THRIVE AS NEIGHBORS IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
IN THE TITLE OF THE THIRD SECTION REMOVED THE UNDEFINED TERM NEIGHBORHOOD LED IN FRONT OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND INSERT IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LED EFFORTS, INCLUDING PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND SUBDISTRICTS.
IN CHAPTER TWO, AT PAGE EIGHT, IN THE SECOND COLUMN, REPLACE UP TO THREE TIMES LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE MEDIAN HOME VALUE WITH AS LITTLE AS ONE THIRD THE AVERAGE MEDIAN HOME VALUE.
THAT IS PURELY A GRAMMATICAL CHANGE.
IN CLOUD THREE, A REPLACE PROVIDE A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES AND AFFORDABILITY ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS TO MEET DIVERSE NEEDS, WITH PROVIDE A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES AND AFFORDABILITY CITYWIDE TO MEET DIVERSE NEEDS AND CREATE A NEW OBJECTIVE. 3D PROTECT AND PRESERVE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS OBJECTIVE INCLUDES IDENTIFY STABLE AREAS AND PUT STRATEGIES IN PLACE THAT DIRECT INCOMPATIBLE GROWTH AWAY FROM THESE AREAS OF STABILITY AND INTO AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE A FORCE FOR HEALTHY CHANGE.
IN CHAPTER THREE, AT PAGE 14, DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE.
ADDING NEW HOUSING TYPES TO BOTH CONTEXTS IS APPROPRIATE PROVIDED THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO EXISTING SCALE, DESIGN AND STABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MODIFY THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER DESCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS.
THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE REPRESENTS A MAJOR MAINSTAY OF DALLAS.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DALLAS IS REFLECTED IN THE QUALITY OF ITS NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS PLAN IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE VITAL FOUNDATION OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, PROMOTE NEW, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEED OF REVITALIZATION.
IT IS VITAL THAT IN STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE CITY DEVELOPERS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER ON ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO BRING ABOUT QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT COMPLEMENTS THE EXISTING CONTEXT.
ADD AT THE END OF CRA FOR INCOMPATIBLE MULTIPLEX TOWNHOME, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
317 REVISED SINGLE FAMILY URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT 20 TO READ DENSITY IN THE FORM OF MULTIPLEXES SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED ALONG ARTERIALS, NOT NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
INSERT A NEW URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT.
22 PROVIDE VISUAL BUFFERS BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY USES AND OTHER MORE INTENSE ADJOINING USES.
AT PAGE 335 REVISED CA1 BY REPLACING MAXIMIZED TO EXPAND WITH.
OBJECTIVE A REMOVE ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.
OBJECTIVE A1 REMOVE THE FIRST SENTENCE.
OBJECTIVE A4 REMOVE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY ON PAGE 49.
OBJECTIVE A9 REMOVE AND POSSIBLY ON CORNER LOTS.
OBJECTIVE C19 DELETE THIS OBJECTIVE.
OBJECTIVE C20 DELETE THIS OBJECTIVE.
I PROPOSE TO EDIT THE LOCATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL AS FOLLOWS.
WHEN DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES IS PROPOSED, LOCATION SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION ALONG WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURROUNDING CONTEXT AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES, AND COMPATIBLE REZONING OF INDIVIDUAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, ESPECIALLY MID-BLOCK, IS GENERALLY DISCOURAGED.
PROPERTIES NEAR TRANSIT STATIONS AND ALONG COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
TRANSITION AREAS BETWEEN NONRESIDENTIAL AND EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS, FORMER CIVIC INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES AND UNDERUTILIZED SHOPPING CENTERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ADDING THESE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES.
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EXISTING RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT.NEXT, CREATE A SECTION ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND STABILITY, WITH LANGUAGE BORROWED FROM THE 2006 VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS AS FOLLOWS. FORWARD DALLAS RECOGNIZES THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE TO MAINTAIN, STABILIZE, AND REVITALIZE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, ENCOURAGING THE CREATION OF NEW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SAFE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, AND PROVIDE DIVERSE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IS ONE OF THE CITY'S KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES.
DALLAS HAS A STRONG TRADITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SELF-DETERMINATION, WHICH SHOULD BE PROMOTED TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED VITALITY OF ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AND FINALLY SUPPORT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AND STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SECOND. IS THAT A MOTION? BECAUSE I WOULD THIRD IT.
OKAY. WITH THAT? NARVAEZ. I THINK THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MR. CHAIR, FOR THE THINGS HE JUST READ.
IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. BAZALDUA. OKAY, DISCUSSION, A DISCUSSION.
OKAY. YOU VOTED YES. ALL IN FAVOR MR. CHAIR? OH. ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH. OH.
I'M SORRY. I'LL BE. I'LL BE BRIEF, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG KUDOS TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WORK THROUGH WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A REALLY GOOD COMPROMISE. I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ALMOST IN CIRCLES.
WHILE STILL MOVING A PLAN FORWARD AND NOT STAYING WITH THE STATUS QUO WITH THAT.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE HERE.
WITH THIS, I THINK THAT IT ADDRESSES IN GREAT DETAIL.
AND I MEAN THIS, I'LL TELL YOU, HE'S REALLY WORKED HARD IN WORDSMITHING.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO STAFF AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING POLICY AND WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO JUST BE ARGUMENTATIVE. AND THAT'S WHERE WHAT THIS HAS HAD THIS HAS THIS THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALLUDED TO IN THE END.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING YOUR EXPERTISE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
SO I WILL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, MR. RIDLEY, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ AND EVERYTHING, MR. BAZALDUA SAID.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT TIMES TWO.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. RIDLEY. AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE MOTIONS.
WE WILL GET COPIES OF THESE OUT THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT NONE OF YOU ALL SAW THIS.
BECAUSE WE SOME OF US WERE LITERALLY STILL WORKING ON OUR MOTIONS AS WE WERE WALKING IN THIS ROOM.
BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK EVERY RESIDENT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT GAVE THEIR INPUT.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN WHERE WE GOT.
AND I HATE HEARING WHAT MISS BOSLEY SAID ABOUT LOSING TRUST.
AND YOU HEARD A LOT OF WHAT MR. RIDLEY JUST PUT OUT THERE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO TELL STAFF, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
YOUR JOB WAS TO GO OUT THERE AND TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TAKEN A LOT OF HITS AND AND A LOT OF THEM.
AND THAT'S PART OF THIS BUSINESS, EVEN FOR US.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE TAKE A LOT OF HITS, TOO.
BUT, HEY, I SIGNED UP FOR THIS JOB.
I KNOCKED ON A LOT OF DOORS, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE ON THIS HORSESHOE DID.
BUT FOR STAFF, YOU KNOW, YOU DID WHAT YOU DID.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT'S OUR DOCUMENT.
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CPC LOOKED AT IT AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER THAT WAS HERE, LORI BLAIR.I THINK SHE ALREADY LEFT. BUT I WANTED TO ALSO JOKE WITH HER AND SAY THAT, HEY, HAVING A TWO AND A HALF TIME LIMIT, MINUTE TIME LIMIT IS PRETTY ROUGH WHEN YOU'RE NOT SITTING HERE, RIGHT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME AS EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED PRO MORE HOUSING FOLKS, YOU KNOW, PRO PROTECT MY SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS, ALL OF YOU.
EVERY SINGLE THING, EVERY SINGLE COMMENT WAS FAIR.
AND I THINK THAT WE WERE GETTING THOSE THINGS IN HERE AND EVERY SITE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN COMPROMISE HAPPENS AND EVERYBODY'S WINNING.
AND I THINK THAT WE WERE ALL A LOT CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN WE WERE APART, AND I LIKED THAT THING YOU SAID, MR. BAZALDUA, ABOUT CHASING.
I FELT LIKE A DOG CHASING ITS TAIL DURING THIS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY JUST SAID.
AND THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL, WE GET ALONG MORE ON THIS THAN WE'RE ACTUALLY AGAINST IT.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A THING OR TWO THAT WE STILL NEED TO WORK ON.
BUT I FEEL REALLY WAY BETTER NOW HAVING THE ITEMS THAT MR. RIDLEY HAS PROPOSED.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, CPC PUNTED THE FOOTBALL TO US.
AND IT'S OUR FOOTBALL NOW, AND WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO CREATE GOOD POLICY.
AND WE'VE LISTENED TO YOU ALL.
AND, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL, WORKING WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
AND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN OUR MOST FUN THING TO DEAL WITH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TO DEAL WITH AND WE'RE GETTING IT RIGHT, I FEEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN STEWART. ON THIS ITEM MOTION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM IN AWE OF THIS GROUP AT THE MOMENT.
I MEAN, WE REALLY DID ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND DIG IN.
I LOVE TO USE THAT ANALOGY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT GIVES ME THE PICTURE OF, LIKE, WORKING IN MY GARDEN OR WORKING IN CLEANING OUT SOMEONE'S ATTIC OR WHATEVER. YOU JUST IT'S JUST HARD WORK.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT FUN AND IT CAN BE TEDIOUS.
AND YET THE RESULT IS AMAZING.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT, AS ANDREA HAS POINTED OUT TO US OVER AND OVER.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE THE LEAD GARDENER, THE LEAD CLEANER OUT OF THE ATTIC.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE IT, CHAIRMAN WEST.
THANK YOU. CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF, CAN YOU BRING UP THE SLIDES OF THE TWO HOUSES THAT I HAD GIVEN TO YOU EARLIER? I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKERS WHO'VE BEEN COMING OUT FREQUENTLY ON, YOU KNOW, ON ALL SIDES OF THIS, PARTICULARLY TODAY, JENNIFER RANGEL, MY DISTRICT ONE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE FROM MY PLANNING. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR AND ALSO MY COLLEAGUES.
THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO ME THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THAT THIS CAME TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
IT'S NOT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID IT'S NOT PERFECT.
AND I APPRECIATE MR. RIDLEY COMING TO THE TABLE WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS.
THAT THIS I GET TRULIA UPDATES ON MY PHONE.
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN THEM OFF.
AND SO THE AND I DON'T ASK FOR LIKE ANY TYPE OF HOME, THEY JUST THEY ALL COME IN.
SO I HAVE ONE PAGE HERE ON HAINES AVENUE.
THIS IS A32 NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK THAT'S A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM BISHOP ARTS.
AND WHAT IS IN THE TEXT AT THE BOTTOM IS I GUESS THE REALTOR PUT THIS IN THERE.
THE PRICE IS IN THE LAND VALUE.
YOU ADD 50,000 FOR DEMOLITION.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT $500,000 ROUGHLY BEFORE YOU EVEN PUT A HOUSE ON IT.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHEET IS ON HOLLYWOOD AVENUE IN HAMPTON HILLS.
IT'S A21, 1200 SQUARE FOOT HOME.
THIS IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY FIRST HOUSE IN KIDD SPRINGS, AND THIS IS CLOSE TO.
MARY LOU'S HOUSE JUST ACROSS JUST ACROSS HAMPTON A LITTLE BIT.
AND THE HOUSE IS FOR SALE FOR $425,000.
IT IS A21, 1200 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
THIS IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS 85% LATINO, AND IT IS IN AN AREA THAT NORMALLY THE HOMES ARE WELL UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, AROUND $200,000.
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THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR HOUSING STOCK.IF WE DO NOTHING, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE.
I THINK THIS DOCUMENT LIKE THE CHAIRMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GET TO FIRST BASE.
FOR MY DISTRICT, WHEN I LEARNED WHEN I WENT THROUGH WITH MARY LOU AND A BUNCH OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS ON THE WEST OAK CLIFF AREA PLAN THREE YEAR PROCESS JUST LIKE THIS WAS, THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT ARE WHAT I SEE HERE, AND THAT IS THE FEAR OF NEW HOUSING STOCK COMING IN AND BEING NOT COMPATIBLE.
SO NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT'S A DUPLEX OR A TOWNHOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT IS LIKE THIS BIG SQUARE CEREAL BOX WITH A FACE ON IT THAT'S JUST KIND OF UGLY TO MOST PEOPLE. AND THE INCOMPATIBILITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS TO DISCOURAGE THAT KIND OF DEMOLITION IN OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
BEFORE THAT I LIVED IN A 30S HOUSE AND A 20S HOUSE BEFORE THAT.
SO FOR ME I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST NIMBYS UP HERE AT THE HORSESHOE.
I WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE OF THOSE DOES COME DOWN.
OR WILL WE GET A TRIPLEX BACK AND WINNETKA HEIGHTS? WILL WE GET IT BACK IN LAKE CLIFF, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE? IS THERE A WAY TO ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUILD THE SAME TYPE OF STRUCTURE YOU TAKE DOWN IN THOSE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK? SO I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON IT TODAY BECAUSE I'VE TALKED ENOUGH.
JUST QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT HAS TAKEN US TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. BUT I WOULD SAY THIS, I AM SAYING IT BECAUSE MAYBE IN MY MIND I HAVE OVERSIMPLIFIED THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE CONVERSATION AROUND SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN A DIFFICULT CONCEPT TO UNDERSTAND AND FIGHT FOR.
NOW, ALL OF US AROUND THIS HORSESHOE HAVE AT ONE TIME WE'VE BEEN YOUNGER AND WE KNOW WHAT TRENDS ARE AND FASHIONS AND WHAT'S UP AT THE TIME. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS, WHEN YOU'RE RAISED IN SOME HOUSEHOLDS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN BELIEFS AND STANDARDS THEY DON'T CHANGE.
AND SO I CONTINUE TO SAY THIS CONCEPT OF PROTECTION I NEED, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS.
AND IF YOU DON'T STAY WOKE, YOU'LL HAVE A LOOPHOLE.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AND IT'LL CHANGE RIGHT BEFORE YOU.
SO I'M WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN HERE IN FIVE, TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
BUT PRAY WE'RE PRAYING THAT ALL OF US WILL HAVE A LONG LIFE, AND WE CAN STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND NOT BE FORCED TO MOVE BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TURNED AGAINST US.
AND SO I SIMPLY SAY STAY WOKE, AND I MEAN THAT.
AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TODAY NOT TO GO HOME COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE FAMILY.
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HAVE TO DO, AND WE GO TIE IN TO WHATEVER THE LATEST IS, WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF THAT DEVELOPER DOES AFFECT THE SOCIOLOGY.AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THAT HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT FOR JUST A MINUTE, BECAUSE I MY BELIEF HERE AND THIS IS MY BELIEF THIS PLAN WAS GOING TO BE TARGETED FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR BECAUSE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE VALUED PRETTY MUCH IN SOME EYES, LOW.
AND SO YOU COULD BRING IN TRIPLEX, BIPLEX, EVEN SIDE FLEX.
BUT WHEN YOU GO INTO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THOSE STATE STREETS, AND YOU SEE WHAT THAT OTHER INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE PLANNING WAS, IT IS HORRIFIC WHEN YOU GO INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND REALIZE THERE'S NO BACK ENTRANCE, THAT FOLKS HAVE ONE GARAGE IN THE FRONT, AND THEY'VE CONVERTED THAT MOST OF THE TIME.
AND THEN YOU HAVE FOLKS BRINGING IN THEIR WORK TRUCKS, THEIR BIG MAMA'S CARS.
SENIOR CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ON THE STREET.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE PICKING UP BULK TRASH ON THE FRONT, PARKING ON THE FRONT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T GET DOWN.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PLAN CAREFULLY FOR THE FUTURE.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND TODAY.
FOR ME, SINGLE FAMILY PROTECTION HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM.
CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, I THANK MR. RIDLEY FOR CONTINUING TO DO WHAT HE DOES NATURALLY.
HE'S DOING IT NATURALLY BECAUSE HE IS A SINGLE FAMILY, LIVES IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS EASY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IT AND BREATHE IT.
SO CLOSING, I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THIS.
I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET FORWARD.
MISS ARNOLD SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT TOO WORDY.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT PLAIN AND THANK GOODNESS TOM FORSYTH SAID [INAUDIBLE] AND LOOK AT THIS.
AND HE STARTED TRYING TO HAVE THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
SO TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHERE I KNOW ALL OF YOU ALL ARE TALKING AND HAVING THESE COMPROMISING CONVERSATIONS. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO DOWN BECKLEY, OFF OF CLARENDON, YOU'LL FIND DUPLEXES ALREADY BUILT IN THERE. YOU CAN'T EVEN IT'S NATURAL.
THAT'S AN OLD ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU TRY TO BRING IN SOME OF THOSE MONSTROSITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE TO NEED TO WORK ON THE BIG BOX HOUSES, TINY HOUSES, ALL OF THEM HAVE A PURPOSE AND A LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN BEST BE SERVED.
BUT YOUR OLD ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT THE PLACE.
AND THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT, WELL, WE'RE SORT OF SHORT OF HOUSING STOCK.
GO TO SOUTHERN SECTOR, COME TO DISTRICT THREE.
DISTRICT FOUR. AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON DISTRICT EIGHT, WHERE WE HAVE PLENTY OF ACREAGE, BUT THE CITY HAS TO NOW DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
I'M JUST NOW GETTING DEVELOPMENT AROUND CEDARCREST, SUTHERLAND WITH ALL THAT SPACE THERE, BECAUSE STAFF, Y'ALL KEEP FOCUSING ON FOLKS WHO COME TO THE TABLE HERE. WE COME IN HERE AND HERE'S OUR MONEY AND WE NEED AN INCENTIVE AND WE WANT TO BUILD RIGHT HERE.
AND WE TALKED THIS MORNING ABOUT THE HEAT ZONES.
THAT'S WHY YOU ALL JAM PACKED IN A CERTAIN AREA.
SO I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU OUT.
AND I THINK I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU.
COME TO DISTRICT FOUR TO SEE WHAT LAND IS AVAILABLE.
MY PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY WANT QUALITY.
NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE A TAX CREDIT.
THEY WANT MARKET AND AFFORDABILITY.
BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN REACH THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE GOING, IT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO BE IN THIS, AT THIS HORSESHOE WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO WONDER IF THEY CAN SUPPORT AND PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND ZONING AND ALL THIS TRICK ABOUT IT'S NOT ABOUT ZONING.
SO FOR YOU AND THE AUDIENCE, STAY WOKE, STAY ENGAGED.
I'M GOING TO DO THAT WHETHER I'M ON THE COUNCIL OR NOT.
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AS LONG AS I HAVE BREATH, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND FOR THE VERY PEOPLE WHO SENT ME HERE AND FOR THE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT I BELIEVE HAVE MADE DALLAS WHAT IT IS NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE COULD DO MUCH BETTER.SO THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, FOR LISTENING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR LISTENING, BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE CONSTITUENTS, WHO ARE PROPERTY OWNERS. IF YOU PLAN ON STAYING IN DALLAS IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAD BETTER STAY WOKE.
THANK YOU. POINT OF INFORMATION, CHAIRMAN WEST.
YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, THE.
I WAS GOING TO JUST ASK MR. RIDLEY IF HE COULD CLARIFY ON CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 4-8, OBJECTIVE A-1, WHICH WAS IN THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE FIRST SENTENCE.
THAT'S THE WHOLE THING, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
SO DID YOU WANT TO YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THAT, THAT NOTATION THE EDIT IS OVERINCLUSIVE.
IT WAS MEANT TO JUST STRIKE THE FOLLOWING WORDING TO ENSURE THAT DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES THAT MAY BE ADDED INTO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING HOMES.
THAT SHOULD BE STRICKEN AND THE REST OF A1 SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE, STARTING WITH THE WORD CONSIDER.
THANK YOU AND MY MOTION IS SO AMENDED FOR CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU. WE HAD A MOTION AMENDMENT.
ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. CHAIRMAN.
MAYOR PRO TEM, I HAVE A I'M JUST GOING TO START OFF WITH.
I MAKE THE MOTION TO CHANGE IN FORWARD DALLAS AND 3-14 AD TO CR.
IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IS ALSO IMPORTANT WITHIN THIS PLACE.
BASED ON PUBLIC RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, THERE IS AN UNMET DEMAND FOR MORE HOME OWNERSHIP, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, TOWNHOUSES, DUPLEXES AND CONDOMINIUMS. ALSO, ALMOST ALSO ADD MORE FOCUS ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, IMPROVED NOTIFICATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN ZONING CASES FOR POTENTIAL ADDITIONS.
THESE WOULD BE PRIORITIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOUSING DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT NEW MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING UNITS, INCLUDING TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES, AND TRIPLEXES, ETC.
ARE APPROPRIATELY PRICED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT ALL IMPACTED RESIDENTS, INCLUDING RENTERS, ARE APPROPRIATELY NOTIFIED AND ENGAGED IN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SECOND, WE GOT A SECOND COMMENT.
MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. CHAIR, HE'S GOT ALL THESE TITLES.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PART IS WHAT ANDREA HAD MENTIONED, THAT I'VE READ INTO THE RECORD MORE THAN ONCE, AND IT WAS FUNNY WHEN YOU SAID IT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, AND I'M GONNA READ IT AGAIN INTO THE RECORD.
I'M LITERALLY THAT PERSON WHO'S NOW IN THAT MISSING MIDDLE THAT I DON'T.
I MAKE THAT A MEDIAN AREA INCOME, BUT IT'S LIKE HOUSING IS BECOMING UNAFFORDABLE OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE I MEAN, IF I HAD A KID OR ANOTHER DEPENDENT OF SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD BE MAKING IT.
AND THAT'S I'M NOT JUST SOME OTHER PERSON OUT THERE.
IT'S LIKE I'M LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY, I THINK OF DALLAS SITES RIGHT NOW WHO ARE SITTING THERE GOING, HOW AM I GOING TO PAY THAT RENT? OR HOW AM I GOING TO PAY MY MORTGAGE? BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS.
NOT JUST THE CITY, IT'S THE STATE.
IT'S THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE OWNED A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME BEFORE IN LAKE HIGHLANDS.
GREAT. GREAT AREA, THE STREETS.
WONDERFUL. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT JUST A YEAR OR TWO LONGER, BUT, YOU KNOW.
BUT WE SOLD IT SOLD VERY QUICK.
AND IT'S LIKE, NOW I LOOK BACK AT IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, KIND OF.
I THINK MY COLLEAGUE MR. WEST MENTIONED ABOUT PLANTING A TREE EARLIER TODAY, AND HE STILL GOES BY BECAUSE BY THE FAMILY FARM AND HE GOES TO SEE IT AND SEE HOW BIG IT'S GOTTEN OVER THE HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, 32 YEARS HE IS OLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I AM, I AM I KNOW HOW THIS GAME WORKS.
SO, AND FOR ME IT WOULD BE A 50 YEAR OLD TREE.
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$149,000 FOR IT BACK IN LIKE 2010.AND NOW I LOOK AT THE PRICE AND IT'S LIKE ALMOST $1 MILLION FOR THE SAME HOUSE.
LIKE THEY'VE DONE NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I DID TO IT.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF HOW HOUSE VALUES HAVE GONE UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THIS PORTION IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHY I'VE KEPT GOING OVER AND OVER AND OVER IT SO MANY TIMES IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US WANT TO WHO ACHIEVED THE AMERICAN DREAM AT ONE POINT? I WANT TO ACHIEVE IT AGAIN.
SO IT'S LIKE I JUST WANT TO OWN MY OWN LITTLE POSTAGE STAMP.
LIKE I LIKE LIVING IN MULTIFAMILY, BUT I WANT TO OWN SOMETHING IN MULTIFAMILY.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I SAY MY POSTAGE STAMP.
IT WORKS FOR ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
BUT IF I HAD TWO KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, A PARTNER OR, YOU KNOW, A SPOUSE OR MAYBE NOT SO MUCH AT THAT POINT, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW IN MY LIFE, THIS WORKS, RIGHT? AND SO AND THEN MAYBE IF I OWNED IT, THEN THE NEXT PERSON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I KEEP IT AND I SELL IT TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE, OR I BUY SOMETHING ELSE AND I RENT IT TO SOMEBODY AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN THEY CAN ALSO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAM AT ONE POINT, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT USED TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT INTO OFFICE IN 2017 AND WHAT MISS ARNOLD SAID, I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE LISTENING TO STAY WOKE BECAUSE MISS ARNOLD IS NOT SAYING ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WELL, WE HAVE TO BUY TERM LIMITS, RIGHT? SO I'M COUNCIL'S CHANGE AND YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WATCHING.
WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT YOU, WHO IS GOING TO DO YOUR WORK.
BECAUSE WHEN I GOT INTO OFFICE, DISTRICT SIX WAS NOT AN AREA, ESPECIALLY WEST DALLAS.
THOSE ARE MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN LEADING SINCE BEFORE THERE WAS A FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
THEY'VE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT.
THEY'VE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.
THEY'VE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
WEST DALLAS RESIDENTS ARE HARDY.
AND NOW THEY'RE, AS MISS ARNOLD SAYS, THEY'RE WOKE.
AND THAT WAS COMING INTO OFFICE IN 17.
MY BIGGEST THING WAS, HOW DO I PROTECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M SORRY.
BUT HOW DO I PROTECT THEM? AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WE WERE DOING IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR SEVEN YEARS.
YOU'VE BEEN EMPOWERED, YOU'VE BEEN EDUCATED AND YOU'VE LEARNED, AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LEADING ON FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING IS NOW IN THIS DOCUMENT, THANKS TO WHAT THIS THIS MAN HERE NEXT TO ME DID AND THIS PART THAT I'M DOING.
AND I HEARD THERE'S TWO MORE MOTIONS THAT I THINK I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO JUST REALLY GET THIS TO THE PLACE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS NEEDED IT TO BE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, BUT KEEP FIGHTING.
I GUESS WITH THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY CLEANER.
WE HAD A MOTION IN A DISCUSSION WITH EVERYTHING.
GOOD. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I BELIEVE WHERE'S STUART? STUART. CHAIRMAN.
STUART. THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR SITTING DOWN.
WAY DOWN. WAY DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE.
IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE AND THE SPIRIT OF BUILDING TRUST, I MAKE THE FOLLOWING.
I MOVE THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS TO THE FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
SO ON THE NEW SECTION, THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND STABILITY, I WOULD ADD THIS LANGUAGE, AND IT WILL COME AS NO SHOCK THAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. CHANGES TO AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS MUST PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
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IN THE DECISION MAKING.EXCUSE ME? IN THE DECISION MAKING THAT OCCURS WITHIN THIS PROCESS, I WAS GOING FOR EARLY TIMING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ENGAGEMENT HAD WEIGHT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT CHANGE WOULD BE ON OUR MATRIX DOCUMENT TO ADD A FOOTNOTE.
THE LAND USE MATRIX IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A ZONING USE MATRIX.
AND THEN UNDER SECONDARY USE A LESS SECONDARY USE COLON A LESS PREVALENT USE THAT MAY SERVE TO SUPPORT OR COMPLEMENT THE PRIMARY LAND USE IN A PLACE TYPE, BUT OFTEN REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT JUSTIFICATION, HIGHER SCRUTINY, AND ADHERENCE WITH THE LOCATIONAL STRATEGY.
AND THEN MY LAST REVISION WOULD BE TO ON PAGE 3-5 FOR LAND USE MAP, ADD THIS FOOTNOTE.
THE LAND USE MAP PROVIDES GENERAL GRAPHIC INTENT.
THE TEXT PROVIDES MORE DETAIL.
THE LAND USE MAP IS INTENDED TO BE USED IN CONCERT WITH THE WRITTEN TEXT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE? COME ON, MAN.
YEAH, I JUST ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON THE DEFINITION OF SECONDARY USE.
I BELIEVE IT'S REDUNDANT FOR SIGNIFICANT JUSTIFICATION AND HIGHER SCRUTINY.
IF WE COULD JUST LEAVE HIGHER SCRUTINY AND STRIKE SIGNIFICANT JUSTIFICATION.
I DON'T SEE THOSE AS BEING SIMILAR.
I MEAN, THEY'RE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR, BUT I SEE A JUSTIFICATION MEANS YOU'RE COMING IN WITH YOUR REASONING, AND THE HIGHER SCRUTINY MEANS YOU'RE THERE AT GIVING IT THAT, THAT EXTRA LOOK, THAT ADDITIONAL REVIEW.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? THE STRIKE. ONE OF THOSE TWO PHRASES? YEAH. WELL, I WAS WANTING TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR A HIGHER SCRUTINY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IF THERE'S INCOMPATIBILITY OF A DWELLING TYPE, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE HIGHLIGHTED VERSUS IF THERE WAS A SUBJECTIVE JUSTIFICATION, IF YOU WILL.
I THINK, I THINK THE JUSTIFICATION COULD OPEN UP FOR SOME SOMETHING MORE SUBJECTIVE THAN A LEVEL OF HIGHER SCRUTINY FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED COMPATIBLE. YEAH.
I THINK WE COULD POTENTIALLY WORK.
I'M JUST WORKING ON WORDING HERE, KEEPING THE HIGHER SCRUTINY AND ADDING SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE NOT SIGNIFICANT JUSTIFICATION, BUT ADDITIONAL SOMETHING I NEED TO WORK ON THAT YOU WANT TO STRIKE SIGNIFICANT? I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT.
WHAT ABOUT OTHERS TO STRIKE? SO WE'LL KEEP WE'LL STILL KEEP THE JUSTIFICATION PIECE.
OKAY. MAY I SPEAK? YES, SURE. SURE. SO, I WAS TRYING TO DIGEST IT AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME WHEN WE VOTE WITH EIGHT VOTES AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER VOTE WE HAVE TO HAVE.
IS IT THREE FOURTHS OF A VOTE? IS THAT CORRECT, MAYOR? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT THREE FOURTHS GIVES US MORE.
WHAT SCRUTINY DOES IT NOT? ONCE YOU ONCE YOU ONCE YOU EXTEND THE NUMBER OF THE YOU RAISE THE BAR, WHICH MEANS AT THAT POINT WE MUST MEET A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, EVEN IF IT'S A HIGHER THRESHOLD.
SO THAT WAS JUST MY WEIGH IN ON IT.
I KNOW HOW THAT WORKS AT TIMES.
AND HERE'S ALL OF THE SIGNATURES THAT WE'VE GATHERED.
SO THAT MEANS THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY EFFORT IN GOING OUT TO GET THAT ENGAGEMENT.
SO YOU KNOW, THEN I HAVE TO SAY, SIR, YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND LET'S DO THIS AGAIN.
SO THAT MEANS NOW YOU'RE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESSURE TO GET THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
SO HOWEVER YOU ALL END UP VOTING ON IT.
I JUST KNOW HOW SOME OF THIS STUFF WORKS.
YOU STAYING HERE LONG ENOUGH? AND YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT HOW SOME OF THIS STUFF WORKS.
SO I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I SUPPORTED YOU ON THAT.
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SO HOWEVER YOU END UP DOING IT.THANK YOU. OKAY WITH THAT? DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE AND OPPOSE.
COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT WE JUST VOTED FOR? DID SHE CHANGE? NO. SHE DIDN'T. SHE CHANGED ONE WORD.
YOU DROPPED THE WORD, ALL RIGHT? AND YOU KEPT HER. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND ON OBJECTIVE CHAPTER FOUR OBJECTIVE A2 REPLACE WITH EXPLORE UPDATING DEVELOPMENT CODE TO CREATE NEW DISTRICTS FOR TINY HOMES AND COTTAGE COURTS INCORPORATING DESIGN STANDARDS.
OBJECTIVE A3 REPLACE INFILL WITH NEW AND URBAN OBJECTIVE C-17. REMOVE AND INTEGRATED HOUSING INFILL POLICY THAT PROVIDES AND FROM YOUR PRESENTATION AS FAR AS THE MATRIX GOES, MOVE TRIPLEXES TO SECONDARY USE IN THE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE REMOVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG WITH EXISTING AND ANY ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES FROM THE SECOND BULLET POINT.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL JUST SAY IT SPECIFICALLY.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF THIS WAS AGAIN, ADDRESSING CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD, AND INFILL SPECIFICALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT I THOUGHT WAS SOMEWHAT OF SUBJECTIVE, AND IT COULD HAVE MEANT A LOT. AND I THINK THAT INFILL IN A LOT OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I WAS HEARING FROM OPPOSITION MEANT THE WORST AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLARIFIED, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE GUARDRAILS PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT THOSE HORROR STORIES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THAT ALLOWING FOR DUPLEXES AND ATTACHED TOWNHOMES TO REMAIN STILL PROMOTES WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY, IF THAT, AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE GOES.
AND IT DIDN'T REALLY BLEED INTO TRIPLEXES OR ABOVE WITH THE MULTIPLEXES.
SO GOING INTO THE SECONDARY WITH THE OTHER LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE APPROVED, I WOULD HOPE WOULD PROVIDE SOME ASSURANCE TO THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID OF WHAT IT COULD MEAN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME ON THIS ONE? I'M CHAIRMAN RIDLEY.
SO, IF I MAY ASK MR. BAZALDUA A QUESTION.
SO. YES, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU. WITH REGARD TO YOUR CHANGE TO THE MATRIX TO MOVE TRIPLEX FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING OF DUPLEXES AND TOWNHOMES AS SINGLE FAMILY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO A REZONING PROCESS IF THERE IS EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS JUST THE DWELLING TYPE WITHIN THAT DOES NOTHING TO THE ZONING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE VERIFY WITH MY COLLEAGUE.
FIRST OF ALL, AS A POINT OF INFORMATION THAT THE MOTION REFERENCES CHAPTER FOUR.
THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TODD, ALL THAT HAVE THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO YOU'RE GOING FOR HOUSING CHOICE ACCESS, RIGHT? OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE.
I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT THE TRIPLEXES.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS UP HERE.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE OUT TRIPLEXES, SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE OF THAT PIECE.
ALTHOUGH THE FIRST THREE ITEMS THAT WE JUST WENT OVER, I'M FINE WITH THOSE.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
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YES, SIR. MY LIGHT IS ON CHAIR.THANK YOU. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I AM NOT IN A POSITION IN MY THOUGHTS, IN THE PROCESS, IN THIS RIGHT NOW, WHERE I CAN SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR MOTION.
AND SO HOWEVER WE END UP VOTING IF IT MOVES FORWARD.
IT DOES. I HAVE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING OPTIONS AND DESIGNS, BUT I ALWAYS HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE POLITICS OF THE CONVERSATION.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M STEADFAST WHEN IT GETS TO SINGLE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I SUPPORT THE OPTIONS OF THE VARIETY OF THE HOMES.
BUT EVERYTHING HAS A PLACE AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A SEASON AND A REASON.
BUT ON THE I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER IF I COULD DIRECT CHAIRMAN TO COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA DID YOU SPEAK OF TINY HOMES OR TOWNHOMES? IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND. THAT WAS JUST CLARIFYING LANGUAGE.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU ALL IS THIS.
AND I KNOW THAT THING IS ALL THINGS ARE WRITTEN.
AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE CAN'T SEE.
AND I'M ALWAYS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY COMMUNITY.
AND AT THIS TIME I'M NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE LEGAL AS WELL, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THIS PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT MY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING ME TO KIND OF SLOWDOWN IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 4% TAX CREDIT AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY NORMALLY COME TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M WORKING WITH A FEW MORE OF MY CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF IT MOVES ON TO THE COUNCIL, THAT WE ARE SOMETHING WE CAN LIVE WITH.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW BEFORE I JUMP UP FOR JOY AND SAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTENT ON THE A2 PART THAT SPEAKS ON EXPLORE UPDATING DEVELOPMENT CODE TO CREATE NEW DISTRICTS FOR TINY HOMES AND COTTAGE COURTS INCORPORATING DESIGN STANDARDS.
IF MR. BAZALDUA DOESN'T MIND ANSWERING, THAT'S JUST CREATING THE TYPE.
BUT IT WOULD NOT BE IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, CORRECT? IT WOULD NEED ITS OWN DISTRICT WITH ITS OWN DESIGN STANDARDS.
VERY GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR BECAUSE I COULD SEE THE HEADS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY HEARD TINY HOMES AND COTTAGES AND, AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS CLEAR.
THIS IS NOT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS IT.
THAT WAS NOT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND SOMETIMES WE SPEAK A LANGUAGE THAT Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SOMETIMES DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE I ASKED IT.
THANK YOU, MR. BAZALDUA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. DID I CLARIFY, MR. CHAIRMAN? OKAY WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OH. OH YOU IT JUST COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW WE'VE JUST A MINUTE.
MOTION CARRIED. NOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS, IF THAT'S ALL THE MOTION, RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE UNDERLYING MOTION WHICH WON AN AMENDMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
SO TO ADD A MOTION, YOU WANT TO ADD DATE? CERTAIN. THE 25TH.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS. I'LL TALK WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.
WELL, WELL, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS KIND OF THIS MOTION.
WHO'S HERE? YOU GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.
WHATEVER COMMUNICATION RIGHT NOW.
I WILL TRY TO GET COMMITTEE BUSINESS TAKEN CARE OF.
THEN EVERYONE WHO HAS CAME TO THE COMMITTEE, THEY GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
BLACKMON. MENDELSOHN WOULD LIKE TO.
OKAY, MISS MENDELSOHN, YOU CAN GO FIRST.
YOU WANT TO PASS MISS MENDELSOHN, CHAIRMAN? WELL, I ACTUALLY HAD INPUT, BUT IT SEEMS IRRELEVANT NOW THAT YOU HAVE VOTED TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO A DATE.
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CERTAIN. SO I GUESS I'LL WAIT UNTIL IT COMES TO THE FULL COUNCIL.THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON.
THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR REALLY GETTING INTO THE THE WEEDS AND GETTING REAL, MR. RIDLEY AND ALL OF YOU, CHAD, I MEAN, MR. WEST, MR. BAZALDUA, MR..
ATKINS EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS ABOUT TRUST AND AND I ASK THAT ALL THESE EDITS, ADDITIONS, CHANGES BE MADE PUBLIC BEFORE THE 25TH.
AND BECAUSE I DON'T WE WANT THIS TO BE A DOCUMENT THAT SERVES ALL OF US AND NOT JUST A FEW OF US.
AND AND SO I DO APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY STUFF.
IT'S IT'S GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF IT IS IS REALLY HARD.
AND YOU ALL GOT INTO THE DETAILS.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT HAPPENS ON THE 25TH.
I'M I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL PROBABLY READ IT AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND WE'LL KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING.
I THINK THEN THE WORK REALLY BEGINS AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, I APPLAUD ALL OF Y'ALL FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS COUNCILWOMAN SHOOT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL SAID TODAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR RESIDENTS, WHOSE INPUT IS SO VALUABLE TO US FOR COMING DOWN TO THIS HEARING TODAY AND OFFERING THEIR THOUGHTS AND INPUT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK STAFF FOR GETTING ALL THE RESPOND BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE ARE OUR HOPE IN THE FUTURE.
Y'ALL DO BELIEVE IN THE TRUST OF THE STAFF IN THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE HERE, BUT THERE IS A HEART.
AND WE GOT TO BUILD THAT TRUST BACK.
AND YOU'RE JUST NOT SAYING COUNCIL MEMBER YOU SAID STAFF ALSO, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN YOU SAY STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE AND WE THE POLICY MAKERS AND THEY'RE THE ADMINISTRATION. SO WOULD YOU KEEP COMING DOWN HERE AND KEEP EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERN? THEN WE'RE GOING TO EARN YOUR TRUST AND YOU WILL EARN OUR TRUST.
IT IS A TWO WAY, TWO WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS GOING FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME.
AND WITH THAT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
AND ON THE 25TH YOU CAN COME DOWN AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
ALSO WITH THAT, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE MEMO C.
WE FINISHED THE CAYCE MEMBERS.
THEY WANT. THEY WANT REGISTERED. THEY HAD TO BE.
THEY SAID HAD TO BE REGISTERED.
HOLD ON. CAN I GET ATTORNEY HERE FIRST? CAN I GET ATTORNEY BECAUSE THE SECRETARY SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
YEAH. THE QUESTION WHEN I TALK TO THE SECRETARY, SHE SAID THAT IF THEY DID NOT REGISTER, THEY COULD SPEAK BECAUSE THE PUBLIC, A PUBLIC FORUM, THEN ATTORNEY SAID THAT IF THEY DID REGISTER AND THEY COULD NOT SPEAK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REGISTER.
SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE CLARITY.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR THE 25TH WHEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT? VOTE ON THE 25TH. IT COULD BE A IT'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 25TH.
THANK YOU. SO THE CITY COUNCIL CAN IMPOSE REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE AN ORDERLY MEETING WILL OCCUR.
AND REQUIRING REGISTRATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REQUIREMENT OR A RULE TO ENSURE THAT AN ORDERLY MEETING CAN BE HELD. FOR COMMITTEES THE ACTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE THEY RECOMMEND ACTION ITEMS FOR THE FULL COUNCIL, AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP AND SPEAK AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING THAT CONSIDERS ACTING ON DALLAS FORWARD 2.0.
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OKAY. THANK YOU.DID YOU MOVE IT TO 25TH SEPTEMBER? YEAH. MEMO C KEVIN.
I'M KEVIN SPATH, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN ITEM D OR JUST RESPOND TO QUESTIONS.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE STILL IN AN AGENDA SESSION.
IS ANYONE GOT A QUESTION ON MEMO? SEE SEE SEE THAT'S THAT'S A FOR DALLAS.
THERE ARE TWO SEATS. THERE'S TWO SEATS O D.
WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? THE WRONG ONE. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR 224 WHERE IT SAYS SEE IN MY.
I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, IT'S D WE DON'T CORRECT IT.
OKAY. WHAT ABOUT ADDING E THE TIP? AND IT ALSO U COMES BACK AND E CHAIRMAN WEST.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM KEVIN, COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE TWO MINUTE VERSION OF WHAT THIS IS? YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY VERY PROUD OF THIS WORK.
IT'LL BE AN ITEM TO AUTHORIZE A FUNDING TRANSFER FROM THREE TIF DISTRICTS TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
SO OVER THE LAST YEAR, OUR OFFICE HAS WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND HAVE GOTTEN ALSO INPUT FROM THE TIF DISTRICTS OF OAK CLIFF GATEWAY, FORT WORTH AVENUE AND DEEP ELLUM.
TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR THE USE OF FUNDS THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THESE THREE TIF DISTRICTS TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO BE DEPLOYED AND USED IN THE CITY'S HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION, HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE, HOME REPAIR, AND DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION PROGRAMS IN TRANSITIONING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN AND ADJACENT TO THOSE THREE TIF DISTRICTS.
THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED AN AMENDMENT TO THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY TIF DISTRICT PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN IN NOVEMBER OF 22 TO THE FORT WORTH AVENUE TIF DISTRICT PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN IN NOVEMBER OF 23, AND TO THE TIF DISTRICT DEEP ELLUM TIF DISTRICT IN FEBRUARY OF 24.
SO THESE FUNDS WILL BE DEPLOYED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. SO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY USING THEIR EQUITY STRATEGY.
THE TIF DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE GOALS WITH REGARD TO PRESERVATION AND STABILIZATION OF HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT AND ADJACENT TO THE DISTRICT, AND WILL ALSO HELP THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENT THEIR HOUSING POLICY 2033, AND ALSO TO HELP THE CITY IMPLEMENT AREA PLANS.
THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AREA PLAN ALSO RECOMMENDS THIS THING.
FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, ASSUMING COUNCIL APPROVES THIS THIS RESOLUTION ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY TIF DISTRICT WOULD BE TRANSFERRING $2.5 MILLION TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR THESE PROGRAMS. $912,000 FROM FORT WORTH AVENUE TIF DISTRICT AND 2.875 MILLION FROM DEEP ELLUM TIF DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN, SO THIS IS PURELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.
IT WILL HELP THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THOR ERICKSON WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HERE.
IT WILL HELP THEM MAXIMIZE THEIR SOURCES OF FUNDS, MOSTLY FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. AND IT ALSO TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN USED TO HELP FUND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS.
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SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.TO ME, THIS IS REALLY THE TRIFECTA OF SUCCESS.
YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED ACROSS SILOS AND DEPARTMENTS IN WHAT SEEMS TO US AT LEAST, TO BE SEAMLESS.
AND WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT UP HERE.
TWO, YOU'RE SUPPLEMENTING EXISTING IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS AND ALSO POLICIES.
WE'RE NOT CREATING SOMETHING NEW AND TRYING TO START FROM SCRATCH.
YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THIS IN HOUSING AND IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE.
AND THREE LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THIS IS HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
IT'S USING MONEY THAT IN THE PAST AT LEAST.
AND I CAN SPEAK FOR THE GATEWAY BECAUSE I KNOW IT THE BEST.
THE GATEWAY TIF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN PUT INTO NEW DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, LIKE MIXED INCOME, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY PRESERVING OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK, WHICH IS WHAT, AS KEVIN REFERENCED, WEST OAK CLIFF AREA PLAN WAS ALL ABOUT FIGURING DIVING INTO THAT.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ONE IS, ARE WE GOING TO NEED NEW STAFF TO FACILITATE THIS PROGRAM? OR CAN WE DO THIS WITH OUR EXISTING IN-HOUSE STAFF? THANK YOU. THOR ERICKSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
WE'LL UTILIZE OUR CURRENT STAFF.
SO ONE OF THE CHANGES YOU ALL APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS STREAMLINING OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
SO WE WILL NOT NEED TO SUPPLEMENT NEW STAFF FOR THIS FUNDING SOURCE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT? HOW SO? PREVIOUSLY WE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THAT WAS EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTRACTS, EIGHT DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
SO EVERY TIME SOMEONE GOT APPROVED FOR A PROGRAM, AN ATTORNEY HAD TO REVIEW SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
OUR CONTRACTORS HAD TO REVIEW SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR MY RESIDENTS? FOR LIKE THE PERSON LISTENING TODAY WHO LIVES IN ELMWOOD OR SOUTH WINNETKA HEIGHTS OR SOMEWHERE.
WHAT? WHAT DOES THIS TRANSLATE TO THEM? IF WE SUPPORT THIS ITEM ON SEPTEMBER, WHENEVER WE VOTE ON IT, LATE SEPTEMBER.
IT HELPS US FUND MORE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FROM WITHIN THESE GEOGRAPHIES.
WE RECEIVED OVER 40 APPLICATIONS AND AROUND THE DEEP ELLUM TIF DISTRICT.
WE RECEIVED OVER 70 APPLICATIONS.
ANYONE ELSE? CHAIRMAN. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO Y'ALL.
Y'ALL AREN'T ALWAYS SITTING IN THOSE SEATS TO GIVE US, YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD NEWS OR GOOD NEWS OR THE ACCOLADES THAT YOU ALL. DESERVE.
HONESTLY. I THINK THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A GOAL TO IMPROVE DALLAS RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND GETTING RECOGNITION FOR THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IS ULTIMATELY IS ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SO I JUST I THANK YOU ALL FOR IT.
NOW, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS? SO FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS AND HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE, THE WORD IS ALREADY OUT.
WE JUST CLOSED OUR APPLICATION PERIOD.
WE TOOK IN OVER 750 APPLICATIONS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS FOR HOME REPAIR.
THE NEED CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
SO AS WE GET THROUGH THIS YEAR, WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES ON HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THIS FUNDING SOURCES AND OTHERS AND KEEP A HEALTH, YOU KNOW, A CLOSE WATCH ON OUR PRESERVATION EFFORTS SO THAT WE CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU ALL IF THE NEED COMES WHERE WE NEED TO FIND MORE APPLICANTS FROM ANY OF THESE GEOGRAPHIES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LACK OF THAT.
WE'LL REACH OUT AND HAVE VERY DEDICATED MARKETING STRATEGIES.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE TOOK IN QUITE A BIT OF HOME REPAIR APPLICATIONS ON HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE.
WE PRE-QUALIFIED OVER 40 PEOPLE.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE OUT LOOKING FOR HOMES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO KEEP SPREADING THE WORD THROUGH YOUR DISTRICTS IF YOU NEED MORE MATERIAL OR ANYTHING.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
AGAIN, HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER ON A DAILY BASIS.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST ONE QUESTION.SO HAVE WE CHANGED THAT? SO THEREFORE THEY DON'T HAVE TO REAPPLY AGAIN? THANK YOU SIR. WE OFTEN OPEN OUR APPLICATION PERIODS BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP, CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP ISSUES, CHANGE IN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION.
BUT TO HAVE JUST A WAITLIST IS DIFFICULT.
SO, LAMAN, TURN, YOU STILL HAVE TO APPLY EVERY YEAR, SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC.
THAT WHY YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY YEAR IN, YEAR OUT? THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS.
APPLYING. I GOT MY APPLICATION THAT DIDN'T CHANGE.
SO FAMILY STRUCTURE CHANGES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IF NOTHING CHANGED, IF NOTHING DON'T CHANGE, IS THERE A WAY? THERE'S NOTHING DON'T CHANGE ON APPLICATION.
WHY THEY HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO WE NEED TO VERIFY THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.
RIGHT. SO MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE WAS A THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STAFF TO REACH OUT TO 800 PEOPLE TO VERIFY THAT ALL THEIR INFORMATION IS THE SAME BEFORE THEY EVEN THEY TRIED TO APPLY.
SO WHEN WE HAVE OPEN APPLICATION PERIODS, THE BEST WAY FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CURRENT IS TO SEND IN THE BASIC DOCUMENTATIONS AND MAKE SURE THEIR APPLICATION IS CURRENT.
WELL, I JUST HOPE COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, WHEN HOME REPAIR, TO ME IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT.
IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
I GOT TO GO AT THE END OF THE LINE.
I GOT TO START ALL BACK OVER AND TO ME THAT'S NOT FAIR.
I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED A CHANGE TO HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM THAN THAT.
SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DIFFERENT.
SO CHANGING THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR TO DO MAJOR SYSTEMS VERSUS MAJOR REHAB ALLOWS US TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY GET INTO THAT WAITLIST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IN TRADITIONAL YEARS.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 3 MILLION A YEAR IN FEDERAL FUNDS.
BUT WE HEAR YOU ON THAT BURDEN.
SO GREAT. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
CHAIR. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERHAPS LISTENING TO US.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I NEED FOR US ON THE RECORD TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SELECTION OR LOTTERY PROCESS WILL WORK FOR THIS PARTICULAR CYCLE.
AND IT'S AN ELECTRONIC LOTTERY WHERE WE HAVE EVERYBODY'S NAME AND CASE NUMBER IN A SYSTEM.
WE USE A SYSTEM THAT WILL RANDOMIZE THAT SELECTION.
WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT CRITERIA FOR JUST THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES OF FUNDING SOURCE.
SO ONCE THEY ARE SELECTED FROM THAT, WE'LL GIVE THEM A CALL.
WE'LL ALSO EMAIL THEM IF THAT'S ON RECORD, AND REQUEST THEIR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, THEIR PROOF OF INCOME FOR ALL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS POTENTIAL SCHOOL RECORDS, ALL OF THE OTHER QUALIFYING CRITERIA THAT PROVE OWNERSHIP AND INCOME FOR THAT FAMILY.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT SELECTED, WHAT WOULD BE THERE? WHAT WOULD BE THE OUTLOOK FOR THESE PEOPLE OR THE OPTIONS.
THERE ARE RESOURCES LIKE GET HELP.
DOT ORG IS A WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOOK FOR OTHER RESOURCES.
SO THEIR BEST OPTION IS TO CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED WITH US, APPLY NEXT YEAR FOR FUNDS.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT RANDOMIZED SELECTION WILL DRAW THEIR NAME.
ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION.
YES, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. IT IS NOW 2:53.
ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.