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[Dallas TOD TIF District Board Meeting on December 3, 2024.]
AND CALL THE ODT BOARD MEETING TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 AT 2:04 PM UM, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE NEED TO, UM, HAVE NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION FOR A TEMPORARY CHAIR, UM, FOR TODAY, NOMINATION FOR LUIS TE MILES, BEEN BEEN NOMINATED.UM, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO LUIS AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ONLINE BOARD MEMBERS YET, BUT WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT.
UH, WE'LL HOPE WE KEEP THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS FOR A LITTLE BIT LATER TILL WE GET TO THE, UM, UNLESS ANY COMMENT RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF A VICE CHAIR.
CAN I GET A NOMINATION FOR A VICE CHAIR? AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WE PROBABLY RELY ON, NEED TO COME IN PERSON SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A CHAIR.
AND I NEED AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER TO COME AND FACILITATE AS A PRESIDING OFFICER AND OUR PREVIOUS VICE CHAIR TURNED OUT, SO, OH, EXCEPT FOR NOMINATION.
THE, UM, YOU MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA.
IDENTIFI REVIEWING SENIOR MEETING
SECOND, UM, SIX IS, UH, THIS INTO THE, UM, I HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE PRESENTATION IF YOU WANNA READ IT WHILE I'M PULLING IT UP.
REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX OH OF OUR SOLUTION NUMBER 22 0 4 11 COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 20 VOTE BY TRAVEL CHROME COMPANY DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR THE EXTENSION OF MATERIAL DATES AND DEADLINES BY 12 MONTHS.
AND MINOR MODIFICATION, INCLUDING REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED LEASEABLE RESIDENTIAL SPACE FROM 340,000 SQUARE FEET TO THREE 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE END UPDATED DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD STATION EAST ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROPOSED ON PROPERTY CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AT 54 65 EAST MOCK.
YOU COULD, IF SOMEBODY ONLINE COULD LET ME KNOW IF THEY CAN SEE THE SCREEN.
UM, I PROBABLY JUST NEED TO DO THE SHARE SCREEN FUNCTION.
CAN YOU SEE THE SCREEN NOW? YES.
TURN THE VOLUME UP A LITTLE BIT.
OH, ITS VOLUMES ALREADY MATCHED OUT.
SO SEE I GET TO, SO I, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE REQUESTED MODIFICATION, AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM CHANNEL CROW, UM, TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
AND SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE SOMEWHAT NEW TO SOME OF OUR, OUR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF PROJECT BACKGROUND.
SO IN, IN JANUARY OF 22, UM, THE TODT BOARD, UM, REVIEWED THE PROPOSED MOCKINGBIRD STATION EAST PROJECT AND RECOMMENDED, UM, A TIF SUBSIDY UP TO 29 MILLION.
UM, IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE AGREEMENT.
UM, THE PROJECT SITE IS OWNED BY DART, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DART THROUGH A GROUND LEASE TO, UM, TO REDEVELOP SURFACE PARKING LOTS INTO A MIXED, UH, USE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UM, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE TIF SUBSIDY.
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UM, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND DART, UM, REQUIRED THAT THE DEVELOPER PROVIDE A PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE FOR DART, AND THAT THEY SECURE SEPARATE FUNDING FOR THAT AND THAT GARAGE WOULD BE OWNED AND OPERATED BY DART.UM, THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REVISIONS TO THE GARAGE DESIGN AND THE RELOCATION, WHICH IS PART OF WHY THERE HAVE BEEN DELAYS TO THE PROJECT START.
UM, SO THE RESOLUTION THAT APPROVED, UM, THE TIFF FUNDING AGREEMENT, UM, PROVIDED THAT, UM, THE TIP FOUR WOULD, UM, ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF OUR OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO APPROVE MINOR MODIFICATIONS, UM, INCLUDING THINGS SUCH AS A REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE BY LESS THAN 15%, UM, CHANGES TO THE DESIGN, UM, ELEMENTS AS WELL AS, AS AN EXTENSION OF PROJECT DEADLINES UP TO 12 MONTHS.
SO THE DEVELOPER FORMALLY REQUESTED, UM, A MODIFICATION, A DEADLINE EXTENSION NOVEMBER 15TH.
UM, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT CONCEPT WAS A, A HIGH RISE TOWER WITH A WOOD FRAME COMPONENT.
UM, HOWEVER, DUE TO, UM, THE CURRENT NEGATIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET CONDITIONS, THE DEVELOPERS NOW PROPOSED, UM, SOME DEVI DESIGN MODIFICATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE A SEVEN STORY PODIUM APARTMENT.
UM, THE REVISED DESIGN, UM, STILL MEETS THE INTENT OF HAVING A TOD DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF PLACEMAKING.
UM, A FOCUS ON GOOD URBAN DESIGN, UM, SUBGRADE PARKING FOR DART AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, THE CURRENT PLANS ARE APPROXIMATELY 399 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, THERE WERE ABOUT 429 PLANNED ORIGINALLY.
THE CITY'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE UPDATED DESIGN AND ARE SATISFIED WITH REVISIONS.
WE HAVE ARTURO, UM, DON CASTILE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE DESIGN, UM, REVIEW.
SO, UM, THE CURRENT SITE PLAN FOR THE THE DARK GARAGE, UM, IS SHOWING THERE A LITTLE BIT, UM, EAST OF WORK COLA, THE ORIGINAL, UM, LOCATION WAS, UM, NORTHWEST OF FOR COLA, CLOSER TO TWIN SIXTIES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE GREEN SPACE AND BUFFERING THAN THE ORIGINAL, UM, DESIGN.
SO I THINK FROM THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A MUCH, UM, NICER DESIGN IN TERMS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE DARK GARAGE COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL.
UM, HERE'S AN UPDATED SITE PLAN FOR THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S STILL VERY, UM, URBAN FORM, UH, THE BUILDING'S UP TO THE STREET.
UM, PLENTY OF WHITE SIDEWALKS AND STREETSCAPE TREATMENTS.
UM, HERE'S A NEW RENDERING OF THE, UM, THE CURRENT, UM, PODIUM STYLE APARTMENT.
SO THE DEVELOPERS ALSO REQUESTED A REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM LEASEABLE SQUARE FEET, UM, FROM 340,000 TO 325,000.
SO THAT'S BELOW THAT 15% THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO, UM, REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF ALL MATERIAL DATES AND DEADLINES BY 12 MONTHS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE BUILDING PERMIT DEADLINE WOULD MOVE FROM THIS MONTH TO DECEMBER OF 2025.
AND ALL THE COMPLETION RELATED DEADLINES WOULD MOVE FROM DECEMBER, 2026 TO DECEMBER, 2027.
ALL OTHER CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UM, APPROVE ALL THE REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS AND FORWARD THAT RECOMMENDATION TO OUR DIRECTOR.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO REPRESENTING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
MAYBE YOU CAN, HOW ABOUT, THIS IS A LARGER BUILDING, BUT FEWER UNITS.
ARE THE UNITS LARGER? IS THERE MORE AMENITY SPACE? YEAH, WE, WE JUST LOOK, WE, WE CONCENTRATE ON THE PUBLIC REALM SIZE AMENITIES, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT, I'D SAY THE UNITS ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT, UH, MANY PACKAGE IS BIGGER.
UM, SO BEFORE THE AMENITIES LIVE AND AN
SO IT'S PROBABLY A MANY PACKAGES A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT MORE OR LESS IT, IT'S A VERY SIMILAR PROJECT AS IT WAS BEFORE IN TERMS OF THE, THE SIZE OF THE UNITS AND MANY PACKAGE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO JOINED, IF I CAN GET THIS THING BACK UP.YEAH, I WAS JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD JOINED.
WE ARE, I WOULD SAY, UH, THERE'S PARALLEL PATH OCCURRING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S SIMILAR DEADLINES WE'RE DEALING WITH THERE THAT STAFF SUPPORTS, UM, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, UM, THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO THEM IN TERMS OF COMMENCEMENT AND BROWN'S COMMENCEMENT, THEY'RE BRIEFING THEIR BOARD I THINK ON THE 10TH.
UH, AND THEN, UM, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ACTION IN JANUARY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SANDY ROBLOX AND ASSUMING THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE DESIGN MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE YEARS WITH REAL ESTATE BEING AS IT IS WITH INTEREST RATES, BUT THIS IS A CLEAR PATH FORWARD.
I'M THAT WE CURTIS, UH,
A PROBABLY NEED TO DO A SHARE SCREENING THING.
SO THE AGREEMENT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING FOR 29,000 THAT WAS LISTED 29 MILLION.
I WAS LIKE, PRETTY DESIGN THERE.
A PERIOD WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A YEAH, MY EYES WERE GETTING CROSSED THAT A LOT UNDER, I NEED TO GET MY READERS CHECKED.
I THINK
SO NUMBER ITEM SEVEN IS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR
AND THE AMOUNT LEFT, WE SEE 1,007,007 DEGREES CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC EXPENSE SCOPE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE 200 BLOCK OF
SO, UM, I PULLED UP THE BRIEF SUMMARY THAT WAS SENT TO THE BOARD, AND AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF NEW INFORMATION FOR A LOT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT, UM, AS PART OF, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE HAD TO SUPPORT THE LONGHORN BALLROOM REDEVELOPMENT, THERE WAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT ORIGINALLY PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, AND IT WAS DECIDED AFTER SOME COLLABORATION WITH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS THAT, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE CITY TAKE CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT.
AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, UM, BROADEN THE SCOPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THERE WAS THE IDEA OF IMPROVING PRIMARILY THE STREET SCAPE ALONG, UH, LONGHORN BALLROOM'S PROPERTY.
AND IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, YOU'LL KNOW THAT RIVERFRONT AND CORINTH, UM, THERE'S NO CURB AND GUTTER.
THE ROADWAYS VERY, VERY AND REALLY POOR CONDITION.
THE TRAFFIC IS JUST REALLY UNMANAGEABLE, ESPECIALLY AT RUSH HOUR.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO GO AHEAD AND PARTNER, UM, ASSIGNED THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT CONSTRUCTION TO, UM, THE CITY.
UM, BUT WE, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER, UM, GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEIR ENGINEERS DESIGN NOT JUST THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS, BUT A BROADER SCOPE TO TRY TO FIX THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION OF RIVERFRONT
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AND CORINTH.SO, UM, THAT, THAT ENGINEERING WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND SO THE, UM, THE FULL SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS, UM, HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND THERE'S A PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT, UM, THE FUNDING NEEDED TO DELIVER MORE EXPANDED SCOPE, UM, IS HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL, UM, TIFF ALLOCATION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING, OR THE CITY'S, UM, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND THERE'S A BREAKDOWN THAT YOU'LL SEE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT, UM, THE TIF FUNDS WOULD SUPPORT, WHICH IS PAVING AND DRAINAGE STREETSCAPE, UM, AND THE ENGINEERING FEES.
UM, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO BRINGING, UM, COST PARTICIPATION TO THE PROJECT.
UM, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES IS COMMITTED TO DEALING WITH, UM, SOME WATER AND WASTEWATER UPGRADES AND, UM, THE CITY'S, UM, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS FUNDING FOR BRANDED RAPID SIGNAL.
AND SO IF APPROVED TODAY, THE, UM, UH, THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL EITHER DO SOME WORK IN-HOUSE OR BID, UH, BID THE WORK OUT, BUT THEY WILL, UM, DELIVER, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND, UM, ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN DO THAT BY SPRING OF 2026.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL OF THIS DONE BEFORE, UM, THE WORLD CUP HITS DALLAS.
SO, AND WE DO HAVE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM CITY TRANSPORTATION IS ABLE TO JOIN, BUT I DO HAVE, UM, EDWIN HAVE THIS WITH THE LONGHORN BALLROOM, KEITH
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AND THERE IS A MAP, I CAN GET THAT
THERE'S, THERE WAS A MAP OF THE INTERSECTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT SHOWING WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET THAT WAS SENT.
SO THE, WHAT'S THE INCREASE TO 1.6? SEVEN? SIX? 1.67.
AND WHAT WAS THE, UH, UM, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, THE, THE INCREASE OF TOTAL FROM THE LAST APPROVED AMOUNT, IT WAS, UM, TWO
THE, THE TOTAL COST FOR THE, FOR THE TIP, IF YOU INCLUDE, UM, THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES AN ALLOWANCE FOR ENGINEERING FEES AND THE EXPANDED SCOPE, UM, THE ENTIRE TIF FUNDING WOULD INCREASE TO 3 MILLION 700 7700.
UM, 2.1 MILLION WAS, UM, COMMITTED BACK IN 20 22, 20 23.
SO THE NET INCREASE IS, UM, 1,000,600 7,700.
THE STREETSCAPE, THAT'S ALL LIGHTING? YEAH, IT, IT'LL BE WIDER SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, STREET TREES.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, KIND OF A, A MINI, I WANNA SAY LIKE PLAZA TREATMENT RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER BY WALTON FROM BALLROOM.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DO NOT EXCEED FIGURE.
IF IT COMES IN UNDER WE REIMBURSED BACK TO THE RETURN.
YEAH, IT'LL BASICALLY NOT BE, UM, EXPENDED.
WE'LL ONLY BE PAYING FOR ACTUAL COSTS.
SINCE IT'LL ESSENTIALLY BE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFER ONCE THEY HAVE THE CONTRACTS LINED UP AND THEY, WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL PAPERWORK TO TRANSFER MONEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THE COSTS ARE LESS, WHICH I THINK BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH, UM, CITY TRANSPORTATION, THEY FEEL THAT THERE'S, UM, ENOUGH CONTINGENCY THAT IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE LESS YES.
I DON'T, I WONDER IF, UM, EITHER THE KEITH MAYBE CAN ANSWER THAT FOR US.
DID YEAH, I WAS SAYING I, I CAN'T GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
I'M TRYING TO LOOK RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF I CAN SEE SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I CAN DO A, A QUICK LOOK AT GO PASS AND SEE, UM, IF THIS INCLUDES ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, DART DART BUS
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SERVICE.'CAUSE OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T, I MEAN, IT'S A, I, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT GOING INTO THE TUNNELS ONE I CAN TELL.
IT'S, IT'S STOPPING AT THE TUNNELS ON CORINTH.
IT'LL STOP AT, IT'LL STOP AT THE BRIDGE.
UH, SORRY, I YES, EXACTLY THE THE RAIL.
THE RAIL BRIDGE VEHICLE TUNNEL TUNNELS.
UH, SO THE, THE, THAT'S THERE, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR BEING ABLE TO DO ANY SORT OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH, UM, NOT THAT THERE'S, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS STILL A LOT OF UNDERDEVELOPED OR MAYBE POTENTIALLY REDEVELOPED, WELL ACTUALLY I THINK THERE'S A HOUSING, UM, THERE'S A NEW HOUSING PROJECT GOING IN, UM, OVER THERE.
BUT WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION WITH, UH, WITHIN GETTING KIND OF THROUGH THAT TO THAT AREA? I BELIEVE THE SCOPE INCLUDES SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF CORINNE, IS THAT CORRECT, KEITH? IT DOES, BUT BUT THIS PROJECT DOES NOT, UH, GO UN WHAT, UH, JONATHAN'S CALLED THE TOWN.
IT DOES NOT GO UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
UH, ALTHOUGH, UH, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS JUST TO GET THE AREA CLEANED UP FOR PEDESTRIANS.
BUT, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DOES NOT GO UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ALL THERE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO FURTHER QUESTION.
YEAH, SO RELATED TO THE, I GUESS THE DESIGN INTENT OF THE NEW STREET IS IF, UM, IS THERE GOING TO BE THE OPTION FOR FUTURE MULTIMODAL BECAUSE RIVERFRONT HAS UNDERUSED BUT EXISTING BIKE LANES THAT TERMINATE? I WILL ADD, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THAT BECAUSE EARLY ON A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO DO SOME TREATMENT ON RIVERFRONT, BUT THE CHALLENGE WAS THAT THE PLAN, THE ULTIMATE PLANS FOR RIVERFRONT IN TERMS OF ALL THESE CITYWIDE STUDIES AND HIGH SPEED RAIL AND OTHER THINGS, THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN WAS GOING TO BE.
SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE DONE SOME TREATMENT TO RIVERFRONT BECAUSE OF ALL THESE UNKNOWNS, WE JUST DECIDED TO TABLE THAT.
AND I THINK WHEN IT WENT THROUGH UBER DESIGN, THERE WERE JUST SORT OF A SUGGESTION THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME, MAYBE THE CITY LOOK AT THAT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THESE LARGER UN UNKNOWNS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RECOMMEND DOING A BIG TREATMENT OF RIVERFRONT.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR RIVERFRONT, I'M SPECIFIC ON THE CURRENT SET SINCE RIVER BERNARDI HAS THE, THE BIKE LANES, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE UNDERUTILIZED, BUT THEY'RE EXISTING AND FOREIGN THOUGH DOESN'T HAVE ANY.
THAT MIGHT BE A KEY QUESTION WHETHER THAT WAS EVEN LOOKED AT WHEN ALL THE ENGINEERING WAS DONE FOR CORINTH.
I MEAN, I, IT, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S SOME BIGGER IMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, BUT I THINK THAT MY QUESTION AROUND THIS WOULD BE HOLDING TRANSPORTATION MORE ACCOUNTABLE TOWARDS PRIORITIZING SAFETY OF NON VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS.
UM, AND ANOTHER BIG BENEFIT IS ACTUALLY THAT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS PROJECT LIMIT, UM, CONNECTS INTO THE SANTA FE TRESTLE TRAIL, UM, AND THE LOOP.
UH, SO THAT GIVES YOU A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PEOPLE TRAVELING TO THE LONGHORN BALLROOM SAFELY.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT, ESPECIALLY LEADING UP TO FIFA.
YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT WIRE SIDEWALKS ARE DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S PLANNED.
UM, BUT BEYOND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIMITS TO WHAT WE COULD DO.
IS THE MARATHON STILL KICK OFF THERE? THE BMW, I THINK BMW, THE, OUR BIG MARATHON KICK OFF THERE.
AND THEN I KNOW LIKE OUR BIG HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE SEVERAL BEDS AT THE BAR, SO YEAH, I THINK WELL LIT.
LIKE IT'S GONNA BE REALLY, YEAH, SAFETY.
I SAID NOT, UH, MAYBE THIS IS A KEITH, PUSH IT ONTO KEITH, BUT I, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE, UM, STUFF COMING OUT OF IN-HOUSE ENGINEERING AND SAFETY IS NOT THE PRIORITY.
IT IS SPEED AND VOLUME OF VEHICLES.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH A PLACE AS POPULAR AS THE LONG RUN BALLROOM, UM, YOU WANNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO GET THERE, NOT JUST IN THEIR CARS SAFELY.
SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THERE, THERE IS A, UH, A COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM, BUT IN SAYING THAT WE HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BEING THE RAILROAD BRIDGE.
UH, NOW THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS OF ABOUT MAKING A CHANGE TO THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S DOWN THE LINE.
ONCE THAT BRIDGE IS ABLE TO BE REBUILT AND IT, THAT'S A FAIRLY INVOLVED PROJECT 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ONE DOWN AND, AND DO A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT.
BUT AS A, ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS ACTUAL BIKE FACILITIES ALONG CORINTH.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE
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CONSTRAINED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND IT'S GONNA NARROW DOWN TO THE, UM, NARROW SECTION UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.HEY, UH, ACTUALLY I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, KEITH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS BUS SERVICE OBVIOUSLY TO, UH, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, UM, I MAY I BE WRONG, AND THERE IS A BUS THAT GOES FROM THE, UH, TRAIN STATION NORTH, OR NO, SORRY, EAST.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO PLAN FOR THAT.
BUT IF THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS FOR WHERE ONE MIGHT BE PLACED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS A, AN ACCESS POINT ALONG CORINTH, UM, OBVIOUSLY FOR A BUS, BUT EVEN, UM, A DROP OFF PICKUP, PICKUP FOR RIDESHARE, THAT TYPE OF THING AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PLACEMENT OF, UM, MICRO TRANSIT, UM, MICRO MOBILITY, EXCUSE ME, UM, SHARED, SHARED, UH, SHARED, UH, SCOOTERS AND, AND BIKES.
SO IS I, WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS, UH, DESIGN KEITH, OR, OR, OR, UH, CONSIDERED JUST A PLACEMENT FOR DROP OFF PICKUP AND, AND AND BIKE PARKING AND SCOOTER SHARE PARKING? IT, IT WAS NOT, AND AND I I WILL SAY THAT THIS, THAT'S PROBABLY A, A BETTER QUESTION FOR, FOR CITY STAFF AS FAR AS THEIR LONG-TERM PLANS.
THE, BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO TO TO POND, IT'S JUST THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE REAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND WE WERE TRYING TO DELIVER A SAFE PROJECT FOR PEDESTRIANS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STREET BEING IN, IN ITS UNIMPROVED, UH, SURE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
I'LL SAY THAT AS FAR AS THE LONGHORN BALLROOM ITSELF, I THOUGHT THAT FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THEY HAVE SORT OF ORGANIZED RIDE SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE'S COMING TO, TO AN EVENT THAT MAY BE AN EDWIN QUESTION.
HELLO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AND JONATHAN SPECIFICALLY AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER, UM, THAT ASK I HAVE, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU, WE WANT TO AT LEAST CONNECT BACK TO, UH, THE CEDARS EAST SIDE.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE VERTICALS ARE.
WE WANT THOSE PATRONS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE LONGHORN BALLROOM.
TO KEITH'S POINT ABOUT INTEGRATING IT WITH THE BUS SYSTEM AND ALSO THE BIKING SYSTEM, JONATHAN, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY ENJOY THE BIKING THAT IS BEING TAKING PLACE ON RIVERFRONT, GOING UNDER THE TUNNELS.
UM, YOU'RE TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HANDS, BUT HERE'S WHERE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT GOES BACK FOR 50 PLUS YEARS.
WE HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT COMES DOWN AND LEADS US ALL THE WAY UNDER THE TUNNELS SAFELY WITH COLUMNS THAT IS, THAT IS IN BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT A BICYCLE CAN OR CAN'T GET ON THAT TO KEITH POINT, SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS.
BUT THAT IT TOOK A YEAR FOR US TO EVEN GET A MANHOLE COVER FROM DWU TO COVER, YOU KNOW, AN OPEN HOLE.
SO I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH THIS BOARD THAT I WANNA SEE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC GET FROM UP ALONG, UH, GENE HAM, UM, HAM GENE.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO COME DOWN TO US SPECIFICALLY HOW WE'VE WORKED AT JONATHAN FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST RIDE SHARE PROGRAM THAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE IN THE DROP OFF.
YOU COME INTO THE LONGHORN CAMPUS, YOU DROP OFF RIGHT AT THE FRONT DOOR, UH, WORK CLOSELY WITH, UM, WITH THE RIDE SHARE COMPANIES WHERE THEY DO A PIN DROP.
SO YOU'RE NOT WONDERING WHERE TO BE PICKED UP OR DROPPED OFF.
BUT THAT IS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR FRONT DOOR.
AND WE'RE AVERAGING ON A BIG SHOW ABOUT 150 DROP OFFS AND PICKUPS.
SO 300 ROUND TRIPPERS, UM, THROUGH A NIGHT.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY ROBUST SIDEWALKS THAT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED TO PUT A A, A FUTURE, UM, A BUS DROP OFF, IF THAT ROUTE GOES THAT WAY, WE WOULD SURE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
UM, BUT REALLY THE CONNECTIVITY POINT IS GETTING US BACK UP TO, UM, HAM JANE.
AND IF WE JUST GOT IT WALKABLE RIGHT NOW WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE, HUGE ASSET FOR BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR US.
AND WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, THE, THE MAIN COMPONENT THAT I DIDN'T, AND, AND Y'ALL MAY HAVE THIS AND IT MAY BE REDUNDANT, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR IT, ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS IS THE SIGNALIZATION THERE AT THAT TURN THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED WITH THIS, THIS TIFF AS WELL.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS, IS GOING TO MAKE IT A LOT MORE, UH, SAFER IF YOU WILL.
UH, 'CAUSE IT IS, IT IS LITERALLY JUST A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT NO ONE'S LOOKED AT IN
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PROBABLY 20 PLUS YEARS UNTIL WE CAME ALONG.SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME, INCREMENTALLY, UH, AND THIS REALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM AT THE INTERSECTION BACK DOWN TO THE RAILROAD.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A PRIVATE CITIZEN LIKE MYSELF, IT'S NOT A DEVELOPER EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THAT ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS JUST AN OPERATOR.
THIS IS A PRETTY HUGE UNDERTAKING FOR ME.
UH, BUT I'D LOVE TO COME BACK, JONATHAN, TALK WITH YOU OR THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONNECT FROM UNDER THE RAILROAD ALL THE WAY BACK UP WHERE I CAN REALLY GET THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, FLOW, UH, GOING, WHETHER IT'S WALKING OR BIKING OR BOTH.
DART, DART REALLY DETERMINES THEIR OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF BUS LINES, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IF DART WERE TO BRING A BUS LINE THROUGH HERE, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW, EDWIN WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO PROVIDING ACCESS, YOU KNOW, A BUS STOP OR SOMETHING NEARBY.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THANK YOU EDMOND, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND WAS KIND OF BRINGING US DOWN TO EARTH, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A KIND OF A ON THE MOON LANDSCAPE, IF YOU WILL, OF, OF UH, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT YEAH, CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD, UM, I CAN SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN LOOK IN AND ASK SERVICE PLANNING.
I DO WORK BY DART NOW SO I CAN ASK SERVICE PLANNING IF THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION TO, UH, RUNNING A BUS LINE FROM THE EIGHT AND CORINTH STATION ALL THE WAY TO THE CEDAR STATION OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO THE CEDAR STATION, UH, UH, WHAT'S RUNNING THAT WAY.
BUT TO CONSIDER, UM, ACCESS ON THE, UM, LET'S SEE, THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORINTH ON YOUR SIDE.
UH, EDWIN CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE KIND OF IDENTIFYING WHERE A BUS MIGHT, UM, STOP 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANNA BUS STOPPING BEFORE, UH, USUALLY PUT THOSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT IN BUS OPERATIONS, SO I'M NOT GONNA TELL TELL THEM WHERE THEY PUT THEIR STOPS, BUT, UM, THEY WOULD, IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE PAST THE LIGHT HEADING EAST ON CORINTH.
SO SOMEWHERE IN THAT, UM, AREA WHERE IT SAYS SHEET LALX O2 OR SHEET LXO THREE ON THAT MAP THOUGH, JUST AS A, AN IDEA LIKE, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT MAYBE WHERE THIS MIGHT LOOK AND THEN HAVE DART ASSESS AND FIGURE THAT OUT IF THAT'S EVEN, UM, AN OPTION NOW.
'CAUSE WE, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A ROUTE THERE OR NOT, SO, BUT THANKS FOR ALL THAT.
SO, UH, MY, MY FINAL COMMENT IS I, I APPRECIATE, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE THIS MORE WALKABLE AND I, UM, TRY TO PREDICT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE WITH, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES JUST BEING ONE ITEM THAT IS PART OF A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM.
UM, AND SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE, UM, I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND MAKE SURE AS PART OF THE FUNDING, IF THERE COULD BE ELEMENTS OF TRAFFIC CALMING THAT ARE INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN WITH WIDE SIDEWALKS, UM, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT, UM, THE VEHICLES ARE GONNA BE TRAVELING AT A SPEED THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'VE SEEN SOME NOT GREAT DESIGNS COMING OUT, UM, RECENTLY THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS IN SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AS A BOARD TO SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WALKING AND MULTI LITTLE STUFF AS A PRIORITY AND TRAFFIC CALMING WITHOUT BEING TOO, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, DESCRIPTIVE.
IT GIVES Y'ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PUT IN WHAT YOU THINK WORKS, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD KEEP THE SPEEDS MANAGEABLE AND LESS FATAL IF YOU DO GET HIT.
SO, KEITH, WITHIN THE SCOPE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS I RECALL, AND MAYBE ANY CROSSWALK TREATMENTS, DO YOU THINK BASED ON THE SCOPE OF WHAT ALREADY LOOKED AT THAT THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT AT LEAST YEAH, LIKE PEDESTRIAN REVENUE, SPEAK TO THAT S THE CITY HAS A WHOLE APPROVED BUCKET OF TRAFFIC CALMING.
I, I CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH THE TEAM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, BUT I, I WOULD SAY JUST BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE EXISTING GEOMETRY AND THE BUILT-IN CONSTRAINTS, THE, THE ABILITY TO, TO REALLY PICK UP SIGNIFICANT SPEED AND DRIVE FASTER THERE IS FAIRLY LIMITED.
SO THE FULLY UNDERSTANDING, THE, THE POINT, UM, I, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THOUGH WITH THIS IN THAT THE TRAFFIC COMING IS GONNA HAVE HAPPEN NATURALLY HERE BECAUSE OF JUST THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE ROADWAY.
JUST, JUST THE GEOMETRY, UH, AS IT EXISTS.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN UNLESS YOU DESIGN IT.
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I LIVE IN THE OTHER SIDE OF OAK CLIFF FROM THIS BRIDGE, AND I TAKE LAUREN THEN, AND IF YOU GET THE GREEN LIGHT, IT'S A STRAIGHT SHOT.AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I SLOW DOWN IS 'CAUSE OF THE BOTTLES.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING AS A DESIGN ELEMENT.
WELL, I, I WILL HAVE, I, I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH, WITH CITY STAFF AND THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WILL BE DONE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DOES THE BOARD EVER SEE THE IMAGE RESULTS, FINAL DESIGNS OR ANYTHING? OR IS THIS NOW UP TO TRANSPORTATION ADDRESS? I MEAN, IT'S ESSENTIALLY UP TO TRANSPORTATION.
THE ONE THING I CAN SHARE FROM BEFORE, UM, IS THE, JUST THE STREETSCAPE SECTION IF YOU WANTED TO SEE THAT.
I THINK I HAVE THAT, UM, MOTION THAT CITY, UH, URBAN DESIGNING TO BE HANDLED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MS. LAWRENCE, THAT, I MEAN THIS IS PRETTY WELL DOWN TO GO GET INTO CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE STREET SECTION WENT TO URBAN DESIGN AND THAT'S STILL PART OF THE PROJECT.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL THAT UP.
UM, DID THE BIKE, UH, GROUP OVER IN TRANSPORTATION REVIEW THIS? I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE, UM, PROVIDED BECAUSE AT LEAST ON RIVER FRONT EXTENSION OF THE BIKE FACILITY OVER TO, UM, THE TRAIL HEAD WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, I CAN'T REMEMBER ABOUT CORN JUST BECAUSE THE CONSTRAINTS WERE ON THE BRIDGE.
UM, IT'S NOT, YEAH, LET ME SEE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, WAS IT, I'M HAVE TO GO FIND IT.
YEAH, FIND THESE SETTING GRID THIS WAY SECTION.
BRIDGE A REALLY NICE HISTORIC LOOKING BRIDGE.
SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE IT HANDY.
I'M HAVING GO BELOW, BUT THERE'S A STRAIGHT SIDE WHERE THINK LIKE OUR, OUR STANDARD 10 FOOT, SEVEN FOOT CLEAR LIGHTING TREES.
I JUST, I, I DRIVE OAK LAWN EVERY DAY AND THAT WAS JUST REDONE AND IT'S A DRAG STRIP AND THEY JUST SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON IS A DISASTER.
I MEAN, THAT IS LIKE, THAT'S TAKE A LONG TIME WITH THIS.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN SET A NEW STANDARD, ESPECIALLY THE PLACE THAT'S AS POPULAR OR THE, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA BE AS POPULAR AS THE GROUP.
OH NO, ACTUALLY I DO, I HAVE IT HERE.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS SIDEWALK TREATMENT WILL BE.
SO IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A BETTER PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT AND SO WE DIDN'T WANNA PUT THAT IN AND HAVE A CRACKING ROAD NEXT TO IT.
WHY WE NEED TO KIND OF FIX THE OVERALL INTERSECTION.
IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A RAISED MEDIAN, THEN THAT IS DEFINITELY A BIG HELP.
UM, 'CAUSE LIKE THAT'S A, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PEDESTRIAN REFUGES, YOU PREVENT TRAFFIC FROM SWERVING AROUND.
UM, MOST ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
I MEAN, THAT COULD ALSO BE A THOROUGHFARE PLAN QUESTION TOO.
UM, WHICH KIND OF GETS BACK TO WHY WE COULDN'T TOUCH RIVERFRONT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ALSO APPLIES TO CORINTH IN TERMS OF YOU CAN KEEP THE SAME CROSS SECTION.
I, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO REDUCE IT EVEN FURTHER FROM THE 11 FOOT TO 10 AND A HALF, WHICH IS STILL CITY APPROVED.
THAT'S AS MINIMUM AS YOU CAN GO.
I MEAN, I WOULD THINK CROSS CROSSWALKS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO, BUT DOWN THAT YOUR TRAVEL LANES.
UH, WE, WE HAVE REDUCED THE LANES TO 10 AND A HALF FOOT LANES FROM 11 FOOT.
YEAH, LET, LET, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, OUR TEAM, THE PRIVATE SIDE IS THE ONE THAT WAS REALLY INVOLVED ALONG WITH THE CITY OF DOING THE DESIGN.
SO WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT PEDESTRIAN AND SAFETY IN THOSE
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THINGS AND WE, WE WORKED WHERE WE COULD, AGAIN, I'M NOT A DEVELOPER, THAT'S WHY KEITH'S ON THE LINE WITH THIS.HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FOR THIS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE, CERTAINLY WE'LL ASK.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT? A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
BUT WE DID THE VERY BEST WE COULD TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND, AND, AND TO GET THIS.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE IT AS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, BIKE FRIENDLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR END.
UH, BUT I COULD USE SOME HELP FROM THE TIP BOARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, 'CAUSE IT IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, AS AN OPERATOR AS OPPOSED TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
BUT KEITH'S DONE A GREAT JOB, SUE HAS AS WELL, AND WE THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT AS GOOD AS WE CAN GET.
AND I LIKE JONATHAN'S IDEA OF ADDING THE, THE DART, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BUREAUCRACY IN ITSELF.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT AS GOOD A DESIGN AS WE CAN GET BASED ON WORKING THROUGH THOROUGHFARES, WHICH BY THE WAY, RIVERFRONTS OF THOROUGHFARE AS WELL AS CORINTH, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER, OTHER ENTITIES INVOLVED AS WELL.
WELL, EDWIN, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, OF REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON HERE.
UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, LOOKING AT PHILIP AND CLAUDIA AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S
SO, SO I THINK WE ALL ARE, WE'RE ALL ROOTING FOR LONG LONGHORN, UH, SUCCESS.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN A, AN AREA OF TOWN THAT HAS BEEN, UM, PRETTY MUCH FORGOTTEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, UM, BUT TO PHILIP'S POINT, LIKE IF YOU SET A PRECEDENT NOW TO MAKE IT LOOK HOW YOU WANT, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT, UM, THOROUGHFARES COMING FROM EAST, WEST AND, AND NORTH, AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? TO GEE'S POINT, LIKE THOSE BRIDGES, MAYBE THEY'LL COME DOWN IN 20 YEARS OR FIVE YEARS, OR NOT, NOT EVER.
UM, CORINTH BRIDGE IS NOT A VERY SAFE BRIDGE TO CROSS.
UM, AND RIVERFRONT RIGHT NOW TO THAT POINT IS, IS PRETTY, IT IS PRETTY SKETCHY AS FAR AS LIKE A, A NICE WALKABLE, UM, UH, LENGTH OF ROAD.
SO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ROOTING FOR YOU, UM, AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GETTING DONE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND YOU'RE SETTING THE PRECEDENT HERE IN THIS, THIS PART OF THE, OF TOWN AND, AND ELSEWHERE.
SO WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS AS FAR AS YOU HAVE.
YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE HERE TO HELP YOU.
AND JUST AS A RE AS A REMINDER, WHEN WE STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WE JUST SIGNED UP TO DO STREET SCAPING AND
WE HAD A LITTLE MONEY LEFT OVER TO HELP WITH THE SIGNAL AND IT'S EVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE BIGGER THING, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, WE'RE ABLE TO ATTAIN SOME FEDERAL MONIES AS WELL TO HELP REDUCE THE COST FOR ALL.
UH, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS NOW FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, AND THE DESIGN SPECIFICALLY THAT, THAT I'M 90% COMPLETE THAT I PAID FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE READY.
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING A YEAR AND A HALF WITH THE DISASTER THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF ME, AND WE'RE READY, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO I HOPE THE TIP BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE KESSLER.
WE GOT A, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A COMPLETE STREET.
WE HAD ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AT THE KESSLER DONE WHEN WE GOT IT DONE.
AND THEN HERE WE ARE 10 YEARS LATER AND WE'VE GOT REALLY NICE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH STREET, BOTH SIDES OF DAVID AVENUE.
SO THERE IS A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS OF AT LEAST HAVING AN ANCHOR TENANT IN THAT AREA, THE SET OF PRECEDENTS, AND I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, BUT IT, IT HAS KIND OF GROWN IN NATURE.
SO I APPRECIATE THETIS BOARDS CONSIDERATION FOR THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH WILL MAKE THE OVERALL PROJECT MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
LAST QUESTION, CITY LED CONCERN.
YES, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM SEVEN FOR THE APPROVAL OF FORWARD OF RECOMMENDATION TO CITY HOUSEHOLD.
AND WE HAD JONATHAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY EVENTS THAT MOVES US TO ITEM EIGHT FOR REVIEWING CONSIDERATION OF THE TO OD TIFF DISTRICT MANUAL REPORT FOR 23, NUMBER FOUR.
WELL, THAT I WILL LEAVE THREE JUST REALLY TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S NEW.
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OKAY.HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN SEE THE SCREEN.
SO WILL JUST HIT KIND OF THE HIGH POINTS OF WHAT'S NEW FROM LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, THE FRONT COVER HERE, WE HAVE A RENDERING OF THE, UM, LANCASTER CORNY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH WAS ONE THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED BY THE TIP BOARD AND COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS A RENDERING OF FROST BANK, WHICH WOULD BE THE ANCHOR TENANT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT TO SORT OF SKIP AHEAD TO THE NEW CONTENT.
SO, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT NEW FROM THIS, SHE, AS I'VE MENTIONED, THE UM, THE TIF BOARD, CITY COUNCIL MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE LANCASTER PORTING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UM, WITH, FOR A TIF SUBSIDY UP TO 1 MILLION 7 78.
UM, AND THAT PROJECT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES TRYING TO, UM, FINALIZE TENANTS, UM, REALLY NOT ANY OTHER NEW INITIATIVES.
UM, AND SKIP AHEAD TO OUR, OUR CURRENT, UM, VALUE AND REVENUE SUMMARY.
THIS IS AGAIN, UM, IT'S A TWO DISTRICT MADE UP OF SUB-DISTRICTS, BUT THE, UH, OVERALL, UM, 2024 TAXABLE VALUE BASED ON CERTIFIED GOALS WAS A LITTLE OVER 884 MILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF, UM, 338% ON THE BASE YEAR, UM, AS AMENDED, UH, BASED ON THE CERTIFIED VALUES, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UM, THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, UM, COLLECTING, UM, APPROXIMATELY 4,885,774 INCREMENTAL TAX REVENUE, UM, IN 2025 FOR THE TAX YEAR, 2024.
UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH GOALS, UM, ROUGHLY, UM, 662 MILLION IN NEW INVESTMENT IS EITHER COMPLETED UNDERWAY OR PLANNED, WHICH IS ABOUT 27% OF THE GOAL, UM, BASED ON THE CHIEF DISTRICT'S PROJECT PLAN.
IN TERMS OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 13% OF THE GOAL FOR, UM, RETAIL OFFICE SPACE AND ABOUT 19% OF THE GOAL FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
AND WE DO TRACK DART RIDERSHIP FOR THE AID STATIONS WITHIN THE AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY ONE OF THE, THE FOCUSES OF THIS TIP DISTRICT WAS TO, UM, ENCOURAGE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE RIDERSHIP, BUT DART STATIONS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, IT'S BEEN, UM, HARD TO MOVE A NEEDLE ON RIDERSHIP NUMBERS.
UM, THE COVID PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY HAD AN IMPACT ON DARK RIDERSHIP, AND THEN SINCE THEN, IT'S REALLY BEEN A MIXED BAG AS TO WHETHER RIDERSHIP GROWS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LIKE REALLY, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN, UM, OR REALLY CORRELATE THAT DIRECTLY TO ANYTHING.
KIM, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THERE FOR GROCERY STORE FOR A WHICH PROJECT? FOR, UM, CENTER
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN RIDERSHIP IN 2008 IN ALL DISTRICTS OF DEFINED, YES.
SO OVERALL PEOPLE ARE RIDING DARKNESS IN THESE TWO OF YOU? YES.
7 0 8 HAD AN INCREASE FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR, SO THAT'S
YEAH, I MEAN THE PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY HAD AN IMPACT.
AND THEN AT ONE POINT DURING THE DURATION OF ALL THIS, WE WERE TOLD THAT DART'S, UM, METHOD OF TRACKING RIDERSHIP CHANGED FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT.
SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF HARD TO SAY, IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THIS 2008.
OKAY, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF MENTION BRIEFLY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS TIFF WAS CREATED AND HAD VERY, UM, AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS, AND SO AS OF NOW, UM, WE'RE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 31%, UM, OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE IN TERMS OF LIKE VALUE GROWTH, UM, BECAUSE THE, THE DISTRICT WAS CREATED ESSENTIALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION.
IT WAS PROBABLY PRETTY AGGRESSIVE IN ITS DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS
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TO BEGIN WITH, BUT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN SEEING SOME POSITIVE MOMENTUM IN TERMS OF YEAR END SUMMARY OF MEETINGS.THE BOARD MET THREE TIMES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'VE RECORDED, UM, TIP BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDANCE AND IF THERE'S ANY, UM, DISCREPANCIES, UM, JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, THERE WERE TWO ITEMS, UM, DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIP DISTRICT APPROVED, UM, BY CITY COUNCIL.
ONE WAS THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ANOTHER WAS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE, UM, LAND CREDIT
UM, THIS IS ALWAYS A FUN ONE, AS I ALWAYS TRY TO EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE.
OUR TIF BUDGET REALLY IS A CAPACITY, UM, AMBITIOUS BUDGET.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNLIKELY TO REACH, YOU KNOW, OUR MAXIMUM BUDGET CAPACITY, BUT WE DO TRY TO LIKE, UM, CALIBRATE THINGS AS BEST WE CAN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS VERY REALISTIC THAT THIS WAS NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL CASH.
BUT THIS IS REALLY, UM, PROJECTIONS IF WE WERE TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, SOME PRETTY AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE ORIGINAL, UM, NET PRESENT VALUE BUDGET, UM, FROM THE PROJECT PLAN IS ALSO SHOWN.
UM, IN TERMS OF OUR WORK PROGRAM, UM, IS ALWAYS WE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT CURRENT PROJECTS, UM, ENTERTAIN, UM, INTERESTED DEVELOPERS AND, UM, OTHER PROPOSALS.
WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH DART, UM, REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AT MOCKINGBIRD STATION.
UM, LOOK FOR WAYS TO, UM, ASSIST WITH TRAILS IN OPEN SPACE CONNECTIONS, INVESTIGATE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT, UM, CONTINUED TO AFFORDING WITH THE CITY AND OTHER PARTNERS ON, YOU KNOW, PLANS FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL.
UM, THERE'S SOME FOLKS IN OUR OFFICE THAT ARE MORE, UM, DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN TRACKING THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL, UH, PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, ANGELA'S BEEN MORE INVOLVED WITH THIS, BUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION ON POTENTIALLY, UM, SOME CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION ON THE ROLAND PARISH PARK RESTORATION PROJECT.
AND SO WE HAVE OUR TIFF DISTRICT FINANCIALS, WHICH IS, UM, THE PART OF THE REPORT THAT IS REQUIRED BY, UM, STATE STATUTE.
UM, ONE THING THAT IS MISSING, WHICH IS TYPICALLY MISSING THIS TIME OF YEAR, IS WE DON'T HAVE OUR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THEY'RE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE ANYTHING DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM, FROM PRIOR YEARS.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, BUT WE DID HAVE OUR FINANCIAL STAFF IN THE ROOM, BUT THEY ARE ONLINE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND, UM, WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FINALIZING EVERYTHING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WILL, UM, CONSIDER ALL 18 ANNUAL REPORTS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, UM, WE HAVE THE 29 MILLION COMMITTED TO THE MOCKINGBIRD STATION EAST PROJECT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTIONS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH THAT OBLIGATION BY 2033 WITH THE BALLROOM, UH, LONGER BALLROOM PROJECT.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THOSE FUNDS WHENEVER THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETE, UH, WITH LANCASTER CORNING.
UM, ALSO ONCE THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETE, WE'D ANTICIPATE HAVING, UM, FUNDS AVAILABLE, UM, TO PAY THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY DISTRICTWIDE SET ASIDE FUNDING COMMITTED.
WE DID HAVE A PROJECT, UM, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO FOR S AND E BOULEVARD.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE DETAILED, UM, DAR RIDERSHIP FIGURES IN THE APPENDIX IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF GO BACK TO THE, TO THE NEXT YEAR THERE.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THIS IS, I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF FINANCIAL DETAILS.
THERE'LL BE SOME MORE INTERNAL THAN, UH, BEFORE THIS GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO SUE AND AL AND YOUR STAFF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL? ANY REPORT? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS OR AL CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL BE SO MOVED.
UNANIM ALL, UH, I NINE IS BE CONSIDERATION OF A REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE COD TO DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR DEPARTMENTS WE FILL, THIS WILL BE THE EASIEST ITEM, BUT THEY, AND AGAIN, THINGS ARE KIND OF PLACEHOLDER
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DATES, UM, OTHER THAN THE ANNUAL REPORT MEETING, YOU KNOW, MAY NEED, IF THERE'S BUSINESS, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO,AND IF BUSINESS ARISES IN BETWEEN THESE DATES, WE'LL PULL THE BOARD AND WE CAN CALL SPECIAL CALL.
BUT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE LIKES US TO HAVE A REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE BOARD USE SOME, UM, PLACEHOLDER DATES FOR THE YEAR.
TUESDAY, TWO
CAN YOU GET SECOND? IS THERE, I THINK THAT IS IT AND IT'S, WOW, WE MANAGED TO CRAM A LOT IN AN HOUR, ACTUALLY LESS THAN AN HOUR, 3 0 1.