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[Parks, Trails & Environment Committee on November 3, 2025. ]
I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:10. WE JUST HAD A LITTLE VISITING TO DO THIS MORNING.OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 6TH, 2025 MINUTES.
MOVE TO APPROVE THEM. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AYE. AWESOME. OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH IS A REPORT FROM FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE ON THE WORK AND PROGRESS THE CITY HAS MADE ON CECAP GOALS 1 AND 2. SUPERINTENDENT VEMURI, WE HAVE YOU AS WELL AS NEW DIRECTOR ANGELA GOTT, SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SRINIVAS VEMURI.
I'M WORKING AS A SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME GOOD? THERE. THAT'S BETTER. PERFECT.
THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.
THE PURPOSE, THE BACKGROUND HISTORY OF THE CECAP INITIATIVES AND THE NEXT STEPS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR NON-BONDED FUND, MAJOR MAINTENANCE IN SUPPORT OF SERVICES TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
IN MAY OF 2020, DALLAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THE CECAP. WHICH PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ROADMAP THAT OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES THE CITY WILL UNDERTAKE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, PREPARE FOR IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND TO ACCELERATE A HEALTHIER AND MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE CECAP INITIATIVE COMPRISES OF EIGHT DIFFERENT GOALS UNDER BUILDINGS, ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, SOLID WASTE, WATER RESOURCES, ECOSYSTEMS, GREEN SPACE, FOOD AND URBAN AGRICULTURE, AND AIR QUALITY. FRM´S CORE OPERATIONS FALL UNDER THE FOLLOWING GOALS RELATED TO BUILDINGS AND ENERGY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UNDER THE GOAL OF THE CECAP INITIATIVE, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE GOAL WAS DALLAS BUILDINGS ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND CLIMATE RESILIENT, SO FRM PROACTIVELY PURSUES TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES AND BEST PRACTICES IN CITY BUILDINGS WHERE APPLICABLE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ONE OF THE INITIATIVE IS ENERGY BENCHMARKING.
SO WE COMPLETED ENERGY BENCHMARKING FOR 195 CITY BUILDINGS IN ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER.
SO THE ENERGY BENCHMARKING BUILDINGS HELPS THE CITY IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS, TRACK BUILDING PERFORMANCE AND MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A FEW EXAMPLES OF BETTER PERFORMING BUILDINGS COMPARED TO SIMILAR TYPE BUILDINGS IN CITY PORTFOLIO. SO KIND OF THIS IS THE DATA FROM THE ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER FOR YOUR EXAMPLES HERE.
LIKE WE HAD LIKE FEW EXAMPLES FOR THE LIBRARIES, RECREATION CENTERS, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS, THE CULTURAL FACILITIES AND THE POLICE FACILITIES.
SO THESE FEW EXAMPLES, IT SHOWS LIKE THE PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO YOU KNOW, ENERGY STAR MEDIUMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ENERGY AUDITING. WE COLLABORATED WITH STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE TO PERFORM A PRELIMINARY ENERGY ASSESSMENTS AT NO CHARGE TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.
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IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SECO, CITY OF DALLAS COMPLETED ENERGY ASSESSMENTS FOR 45 CITY BUILDINGS TO DATE TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE BUILDING ENERGY USAGE.NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 45 BUILDINGS.
SO THE RECOMMENDED LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS IN 37 BUILDINGS AND SOLAR IN ANOTHER 37 BUILDINGS.
THAT'S A BREAKDOWN FOR BASED ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOME OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS WE COMPLETED RECENTLY IS ONE OF THE CONVERSION OF THE HEATING SYSTEM AT CITY HALL FROM STEAM TO HIGH EFFICIENCY HOT WATER SYSTEM.
THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2024.
ADDITIONAL SAVINGS INCLUDE REDUCTION IN ANNUAL OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS RELATED TO MAINTENANCE OF STEAM TRAPS, REDUCTION IN WATER LOSS FROM CONDENSATE BLOWDOWNS, AND REDUCTION OF CHEMICAL USAGE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO COMPLETED FEW HIGH EFFICIENCY LIGHTING PROJECTS IN APRIL OF 2023 AT THREE CITY FACILITIES.
JUANITA CRAFT RECREATION CENTER, HAMPTON ILLINOIS LIBRARY AND CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE.
THE TOTAL COMBINED COST FOR THE PROJECT WAS CLOSE TO $990,000, AND THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS WERE APPROXIMATELY 35% COMPARED TO THE EXISTING LIGHTING. ADDITIONAL SAVINGS INCLUDE REDUCTION IN ANNUAL O&M COSTS RELATED TO REPLACEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF FREQUENT BURNOUT OF FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. EXCUSE ME.
SO WE ALSO HAVE A FEW ONGOING PROJECTS. THE CITY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY UNDER THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT FOR APPROXIMATELY $1.13 MILLION. SO THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO IMPLEMENT HIGH EFFICIENCY LIGHTING AND LIGHTING CONTROLS IN FIVE CITY BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW. K&B PARK RECREATION CENTER, MARTIN PLACE RECREATION CENTER, PARK IN THE WOODS RECREATION CENTER, LAKEWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY, AND SKYLINE LIBRARY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS SOME OF THE OVERVIEW OF COMPLETED AND ONGOING LIGHTING PROJECTS. SO BASED ON THE SECO AUDIT OF 45 BUILDINGS, LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS WERE RECOMMENDED IN 37 CITY BUILDINGS.
SO THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ONGOING AND COMPLETED PROJECTS UNDER DIFFERENT BUILDING CATEGORIES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UNDER THE GOAL 2 OF THE CECAP INITIATIVES REQUIRE DALLAS GENERATES AND USES RENEWABLE, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY. FRM PROACTIVELY PURSUES TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND CITY BUILDINGS WHERE APPLICABLE, AND SOURCING RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR CITY OPERATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE CITY SIGNED A NEW UTILITY CONTRACT WITH TXU IN 2019 TO SOURCE 100% ENERGY GENERATED FROM WIND FOR CITY OPERATIONS UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED GREEN ENERGY POLICY.
THE CITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER THE GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AS ONE OF THE TOP USERS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR CITY OPERATIONS. DALLAS IS RANKED NUMBER TWO IN ANNUAL GREEN POWER USE IN EPA'S 2024 GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP TOP 20 LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIST. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
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FRM COMPLETED INSTALLING THREE SOLAR PROJECTS AT FRED'S PARK, PLEASANT OAKS AND DALLAS WEST BACK IN APRIL 2023.THE TOTAL COMBINED CAPACITY INSTALLED WAS 422KW.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE ALSO HAVE FEW ONGOING PROJECTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING IN DESIGN AND WAITING FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. ONE IS THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT AT BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER.
THIS IS THE FIRST PILOT PROJECT. WE WERE DOING A SOLAR AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE.
AND THEN THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION, WHICH WAS LIKE $975,000 FOR SOLAR AND ANOTHER $700,000 FOR THE ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR UPGRADE AT THE BUILDING. ESTIMATED PROJECT COMPLETION DATE IS DECEMBER 2025.
THE OTHER PROJECT IS THE SOLAR PV PROJECT AT THE BECKLEY CENTER RECREATION CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 11 CITY BUILDINGS WITH SOLAR PV INSTALLED FOR A TOTAL COMBINED LIST OF 910 KILOWATT HOURS. SO THIS IS THE TABLE SHOWS THE ALL THE 11 CITY BUILDINGS CURRENTLY WITH SOLAR INSTALLED.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ONE OF THE. WE HAVE A CERTAIN CRITERIA WE ESTABLISHED FOR INSTALLING RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS IN CITY BUILDINGS.
ONE IS THIS BUILDING HAS TO BE A PUBLIC FACING BUILDING LIKE A LIBRARY OR RECREATION CENTER.
THE FACILITY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT CITY ELECTRICAL CODE.
THE ROOF HAS BEEN REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IF THERE IS AN AVAILABLE ROOF SPACE WITH MINIMAL SHADING FROM THE FOLIAGE.
AND THE FACILITY ENERGY OFFSET FROM SOLAR OF AT LEAST 20%.
SO IT'S JUST THE CURRENT STATUS OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC FACING BUILDINGS, LIKE THE REC CENTERS AND THE LIBRARIES THERE, LIKE 44 REC CENTERS. SOLAR HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT PLANET FIVE.
THE 29 LIBRARIES AND SOLAR HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT PLANET TWO.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE SOLAR PROJECT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE NEXT STEPS. CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES AND BEST PRACTICES IN CITY BUILDINGS WHERE APPLICABLE.
COORDINATE WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR PURSUING GRANT FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE END OF MY BRIEFING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND YES, I IMAGINE WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
VICE CHAIR WEST, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON? COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.
YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. REFERRING TO SLIDE 20 ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS SELECTION CRITERIA, IT REFLECTS THAT THERE ARE 44 REC CENTERS, ONLY FIVE OF WHICH HAVE HAD SOLAR INSTALLED OR PLANNED.
WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS WITH REGARD TO PLANNING FOR ADDITIONAL INSTALLATIONS? WHAT'S THE FORECAST? FOR NOW, WE HAVE TWO AS PLANNED.
WE HAVEN'T FORECASTED ANYTHING FOR THE FUTURE.
SO YOU'VE EXHAUSTED YOUR CURRENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SOLARIZE CITY FACILITIES? I THINK WE DID RECEIVE SOME FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
I THINK WE'RE FOCUSING MOSTLY ON MAINTAINING THE EXISTING SYSTEMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE ALWAYS MISS HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE INSTALL ALL THESE NEW TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE FORGOT TO MAINTAIN THEM. SO WE WANT TO FOCUS THEM TO MAINTAIN THOSE SYSTEMS. SO THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, UP AND RUNNING. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO FOCUS ON JUST NOT INSTALLING SOLAR, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING THEM.
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WELL, YOU ARE CORRECT. WE PUT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR MAINTENANCE OF SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.HOW MANY OF THESE INDICATED ON SLIDE 20 ARE INOPERABLE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF MAINTENANCE? ANY? I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE OPERABLE. SO EITHER BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE MULTIPLE INVERTERS, THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE BECAUSE SOLAR SYSTEMS CONVERT TO MULTIPLE INVERTERS AND ALL EITHER ONE OF THEM WAS NOT OPERATIONAL, BUT A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE STILL FUNCTIONING, BUT NOT AT 100% THOUGH.
SO WE ARE WORKING. WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH A VENDOR TO DO THE REPAIRS AND ALL.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THE INVERTERS DURING WARRANTY AND THEN MAKE REPAIRS.
SO THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE PARTS. SO AS LONG AS THE PV PANELS ARE OPERATING, GENERATING ELECTRICITY, WHAT KIND OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THEM? SO THE TYPICAL MAINTENANCE IS CLEANING THE PANELS, WHICH YOU DO ONCE A YEAR.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. AND THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOSTLY TO DO WITH JUST CHECKING THE MICROINVERTERS IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING AND ALL. BUT THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE IS CLEANING THE PANELS ANNUALLY.
AND ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR, FOR THIS PURPOSE? YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DOE FOR THE MLK COMPLEX PROJECT.
SO WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT GRANT TO BE AWARDED BECAUSE.
SO WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, FINDING VENDORS, SO.
SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVE RFI OPEN TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION.
SO ONCE THAT INFORMATION IS GATHERED, WE WILL WORK WITH DOE TOWARDS THE GRANT.
SO IT'S A $2 MILLION GRANT, WITH THE CITY MATCHING FOR ANOTHER $2 MILLION, SO IF EVERYTHING GOES FINE, THEN THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOLAR PROJECTS.
HAS THE CITY ALREADY ALLOCATED THE NECESSARY MATCHING FUNDS, IF THAT GRANT COMES THROUGH? I THINK IT WAS ALLOCATED TO MY UNDERSTANDING LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SET ASIDE OR NOT, BUT I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT NUMBER.
OKAY. PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT GRANT AND THE MATCHING FUNDS.
THANK YOU. SO I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE SEVEN.
YOUR SLIDE COMMUNICATES THAT THERE ARE 195 CITY BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER TOOL. IS THAT MOST ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS? I MEAN, HOW DO WE PICK WHICH ONES.
ARE THESE THE ONES THAT ARE OCCUPIED AND WE'RE USING ON A DAILY BASIS, OR WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER REFLECT? YES, MA'AM. THOSE ARE ALL THE CITY BUILDINGS THAT ARE OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW THAT FRM MAINTAINS THEM.
SO AS I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND I HAVEN'T RUN THE PERCENTAGES, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE JUST TAKEN A SMALL PERCENTAGE SO FAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON WITH RESPECT TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT? IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE 195 THAT WE'VE BEGUN TO WORK ON.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON SO FAR. YES, MA'AM.
SO SINCE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT BEING SAID THAT, BACK IN 2017, THE CITY TOOK A LOAN FROM SECO, STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES.
THEY IMPLEMENTED, I THINK, CLOSE TO 85 CITY BUILDINGS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SINCE A WHILE, 2017, ALMOST CLOSE TO NINE YEARS NOW.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY HAS EVOLVED QUITE A BIT. SO WE HAVE TO REVISIT MOST OF THEM.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW WE SELECTED THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE CURRENTLY HAD SOME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION OR LIGHTING CHANGES OR WHATEVER? [INAUDIBLE]. I THINK WE HAVE AN INTERLOPER.
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DO YOU KNOW HOW WE CHOSE THESE? IT MAKES SENSE TO ME IN A WAY THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT I THINK GET HIGHEST USE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF OUR POLICE UNITS, AS WELL AS LIBRARIES AND REC CENTERS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WAS ON WHERE YOU START? SO THE STEP ONE IS WE DO THE ENERGY BENCHMARKING.
BUT THESE ARE THE MORE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE FELT LIKE THERE'S MORE, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ALL THE THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A CITY TO DO FOR SAVING ENERGY.
DOES THE BENCHMARKING TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT A BUILDING IS USING, LIKE I WOULD ASSUME CITY HALL USES A LOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE FACILITY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, SO THAT ONE MAKES SENSE TO ME. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF IT HAD TO DO WITH.
YOU WOULD TARGET THE HIGHER ENERGY USE BUILDINGS FOR SOME OF THESE CHANGES.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY HALL.
WE DID LIKE THE LIGHTING PROJECTS FOR THE PARKING GARAGE.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING THERE TOO.
BUT AGAIN, BASED ON THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CRITERIA. WELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN DO.
YES. I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR. I JUST HAD ONE THING TO ADD, AND I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS, BUT I BELIEVE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WITH THE REC CENTERS FOR SOLAR IS THE INTENT TO HAVE THEM ALSO BE RESILIENCY HUBS.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE CECAP. YES. FOR DISASTER RELIEF IN THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT. YES, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK WE STAND HERE WITH YOU AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT, MADAM CHAIR. THAT'S, THE INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE TO BRING TO THE COMMITTEE UPDATES ON CECAP TO GET YOUR INFORMATION. AND YOU'LL SEE A MEMO IN TODAY'S PACKET RELATED TO AN INTERNAL WORKING GROUP AROUND CECAP AND THE CECAP YES. THANK YOU. YES. YES, I DID WANT TO CALL THAT TO OUR ATTENTION, BUT WE'LL MENTION THAT LATER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BENCHMARKING, WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION, I FOUND SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING ON SLIDE EIGHT, WHICH WAS THE ANALYSIS OF CITY HALL VERSUS THE NATIONAL MEDIAN SITE ENERGY USAGE.
IS THAT RIGHT? YES IT IS. SO THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS WHICH GO INTO ENERGY BENCHMARKING.
YOU KNOW, LIKE NORMALIZATION OF THE WEATHER SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE A YEAR YOU WOULD HAVE, LIKE, REALLY TEMPERED WEATHER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CITY HALL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 40% OF THE. MAYBE A LITTLE OVER 40% OF THE ENERGY USE IS FROM HVAC SYSTEMS. SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE A TEMPERED WEATHER YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE ENERGY USAGE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COMPARED TO IN A YEAR WHERE IT'S REALLY COLD OR REALLY HOT. SO LUCKILY, THIS PAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE MORE TEMPERED COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS WE LOOKED AT.
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MEDIAN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR RYAN O'CONNOR, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND BRIEFING ON THE DEVELOPMENT CODE PARKLAND DEDICATION PIECE.
AND I THINK WE ALSO HAVE LA´KISHA GIRDER HERE.
THANK YOU. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
RYAN O'CONNOR WITH DALLAS PARKS. LA´KISHA GIRDER, PLANNING MANAGER WITH DALLAS PARKS.
SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT EVERYONE'S FAVORITE TOPIC, PARKLAND DEDICATION ONE MORE TIME.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE STATE LAW CHANGES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THE STATE LEGISLATURE A COUPLE YEARS AGO CHANGED THE LAW. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE USING THIS LEGAL MANDATE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SIMPLIFY THE ORDINANCE SO THAT EVERYONE, WHETHER FOLKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OR INTERESTED CITIZENS, COULD VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE AND UNDERSTAND IT IMMEDIATELY.
NEXT SLIDE. AS BACKGROUND, WE ALL KNOW THAT PARKLAND DEDICATION IN DALLAS WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2019. YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF BIG ROCKS OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE AFFECTED SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL/MOTEL, AND THERE WERE MANY RATHER COMPLICATED CREDIT MECHANISMS THAT WERE BAKED INTO THAT ORDINANCE THAT WERE NEVER USED THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE CITIES IN THE STATE THAT WERE IMPACTED BY IT.
NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE ARE A FEW THINGS, A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF THAT STATE LAW.
SO IT SPECIFICALLY INTERSECTS MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL/MOTEL.
THE STATE LAW HAD TWO WAYS TO CONSIDER THE FEE.
THE OTHER VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS THAT THE CITIES CAN ONLY REQUIRE A DEDICATION OF NO MORE THAN 10% OF THE DEVELOPABLE SITE. IF THE CITY CHOSE TO REQUIRE THAT DEDICATION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PURCHASED AT A FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR TYPICAL PROCESS OF GETTING TWO APPRAISALS, ETC.
AND IT CHANGED THE WAY THAT THE FEES COME IN.
SO THE OLD ORDINANCE TIED IT TO THE BUILDING PERMIT, THE STATE LAW TIES IT TO THE CEO.
SO IF IT'S AN AFFORDABLE UNIT BY WAY OF A CITY PROGRAM, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE CALCULATION.
SO THEREFORE AFFORDABLE UNITS DO NOT. THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO.
THEY DO NOT SATISFY PARKLAND DEDICATION. NEXT SLIDE.
SO MOVING TO SOME OF THE NEW ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PREMISED ON THE STATE LAW.
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SO RECOMMENDING TO UTILIZE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE LAND DEDICATIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND CHARGE A FEE UTILIZING THE STATE LAW THRESHOLDS. BECAUSE OF THE LAND VALUATIONS AND BECAUSE OF THE FEE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE IN VERY, VERY LIMITED INSTANCES WHEN WE DO PURSUE A LAND DEDICATION, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE PAYING FAIR MARKET VALUE AND LAND CONTINUES TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO REDRAW THE PARK DEDICATION ZONES, EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES UP TO FIVE. SO SHRINKING IT FROM SEVEN DOWN TO FIVE, WHICH GROWS THE BOUNDARIES WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FEES TO BE COLLECTED AND AGGREGATED IN THOSE ZONES MORE QUICKLY.AND SO THEREFORE WE CAN BE HOPEFULLY MORE RESPONSIVE IN SPENDING THE DOLLARS QUICKLY.
HERE BELOW THAT IS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. WE HAVE A 2, 02, 1, 1 RECOMMENDATION.
2% FOR SINGLE FAMILY, AGAIN OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
2% FOR MULTIFAMILY, TWO BED OR GREATER. 1% FOR MULTIFAMILY, ONE BEDROOM.
AND 1% FOR HOTEL/MOTEL. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE, AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, REMOVING THE UNUSED CREDIT MECHANISMS JUST FOR SIMPLICITY, PURPOSE AND EASE OF UNDERSTANDING AND A MODEST INCREASE OF THE INDIRECT COSTS FROM 10% TO 20%.
NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
IT'S BEEN A RIGOROUS PROCESS, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOAC A COUPLE TIMES. WE'VE BEEN TO CPC.
CPC DID TAKE AN ACTION. THEY WANTED TO KEEP ONE OF THE CREDIT MECHANISMS IN PLACE.
IF A DEVELOPER CHOSE TO HAVE A TRAILHEAD AS A PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD BE IN POSITION FOR A 50% REDUCTION OF THAT FEE. ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE RECOMMENDATION WERE APPROVED.
SHRINKING THE ZONES, EXEMPTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ETC.
WE'VE HAD CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS, FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS AND COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, NOT AN ADVERSARIAL PROCESS.
AND WE ARE TARGETING THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WALK THROUGH THIS KIND OF IN A DETAILED WAY.
SO THE VERY TOP LINE, YOU CAN SEE THE TYPOLOGIES.
SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI FAMILY, ONE BED, ETC. THE FIRST ROW IS THE MAXIMUM FEE ALLOWABLE.
AND AGAIN THIS IS THE STATE THRESHOLD OF 2%. AND FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES THAT IS THE WAY THAT FORT WORTH IS CHARGING THEIR FEES. THEY JUST SIMPLY SAID 2%.
THEY'RE PROBABLY OUR BEST COMP SINCE THEY ARE THROWN INTO THIS BATCH OF FIVE CITIES IN TEXAS.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST A 1308 ACROSS THE BOARD AT THE 2% STATE MAX.
BELOW THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH AGAIN USES THAT 2, 2, 1, 1.
SO 2% FOR SINGLE FAMILY, 1% FOR MULTIFAMILY, ONE BED, WHICH IS 654.
2% FOR TWO BED, 1308 AND 1% FOR HOTEL/MOTEL. EXCUSE ME.
654. BELOW THAT LINE IS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COMPROMISE.
IT'S THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TWO BED INSTEAD OF .2, IT'S .15.
AND SO THAT EQUATES TO 981 FOR TWO BED. AND THEN BELOW THAT YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
SO IN ALL CASES ABOVE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ROW, IT'S AN INCREASE TO THE FEE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN THE LAST ROW IS THE CPC RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE SAME WAY, BUT IT ACCOUNTS FOR THE INCREASE IN THE MFI, WHICH INCREASED TO, LA´KISHA? FOR THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE BASED ON THE STATE CALCULATION.
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SO IT WENT UP ABOUT $2,000. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.THE MFI, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO USE THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, INCREASED FROM $65,400 TO $67,760. SO APPROXIMATELY $2,300. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 24 AND 25 AS REPRESENTED ON THESE TWO SLIDES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO LOOKING AT OUR NEXUS ZONES, THIS SHOWS THE SEVEN ZONES THAT ARE COLOR CODED. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TO BE ABLE TO READ IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAD BEEN COLLECTED IN EACH OF THOSE ZONES. NEXT SLIDE.
OH. OKAY. THIS IS AN OLD VERSION OF THE OF THE PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO LET'S JUST CYCLE THROUGH THESE. THIS IS JUST A BREAKOUT OF THAT KIND OF ROLL UP SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE TRACKING YOU.
THE BRIEFING. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW. YEAH, THE MAP IS ON, LIKE, SLIDE 15 FOR US.
SO THIS SLIDE 17 THERE IS WHAT THE FIVE PARK NEXUS ZONES LOOK LIKE.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED HERE BETWEEN THE SEVEN AND THE FIVE IS THE CBD WAS CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY.
SO IT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL PART NEXUS ZONE, AND THE TERRITORY OF THE OLD ZONE SEVEN WAS TAKEN UP BY THE OTHER FIVE ZONES. THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENCE.
IT USES THE MAJOR ROADWAYS. SO THIS IS WHAT THE FIVE NEXUS ZONE OPTION LOOKS LIKE.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE, THIS IS A COMP TABLE.
SO IT'S NOT EXHAUSTIVE. BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT THE RECOMMENDED FEES, REALLY ANY RECOMMENDATION WHETHER IT'S THE STATE LAW MAX, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, OR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COMPROMISE ARE ALL WELL BELOW SOME OF OUR SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.
THEY'RE NOT THE THE MOST EXPENSIVE.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN LASTLY WE JUST HAVE A NEXT STEP SLIDE.
SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BE PREPARING A WEB PAGE THAT WILL BE ON THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
APOLOGIES FOR THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SLIDE DECK.
RYAN, I THINK WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE LAND DEDICATION PIECE.
AND FOR US. YES. THAT IS SLIDE 13.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT. SO, YES. SO THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED WITH WHEN THE CITY WOULD REQUIRE A DEDICATION. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS 10% OF THE DEVELOPABLE SITE.
AND IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS VERY OFTEN AT ALL.
BUT THERE'S TWO VERSIONS. THE FIRST VERSION IS, I WOULD SAY IT'S A VERSION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH. AND THE INTENT IS THE SAME.
THE DIRECTOR MAY REQUIRE LAND TO BE DEDICATED IF IT'S LOCATED WITHIN A HALF MILE FROM 1000 RESIDENTS OR MORE, AND IS FARTHER THAN HALF MILES, 0.5 MILES FROM THE NEAREST PARK.
THAT'S OPTION ONE. OPTION TWO, WHICH IS THE PREFERRED STAFF OPTION IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS, THE DIRECTOR MAY REQUIRE LAND TO BE DEDICATED.
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UNLESS IT CAN BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO REALLY, ALL THAT MEANS IS, IF IT'S LESS THAN 100,000, IT COULD BE APPROVED THROUGH AN AA PROCESS. BUT IN ALL CASES, THESE LAND ACQUISITIONS, AS I CALL THEM, WOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND THE REASON THAT STAFF AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PREFER THIS CHOICE, IS BECAUSE IT GETS TO EXPLAINING WHY WE'RE PURSUING THE DEDICATION IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH IS TO MEET OUR PARK ACCESS METRIC THAT WE HAVE REALLY EMBRACED IN THE PARK SYSTEM.AND I JUST FEEL THAT THIS PROPOSED TEXT IS MORE DESCRIPTIVE OF OUR INTENT, WHICH IS TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR PARK ACCESS AND REFERENCING THAT STANDARD IN THE LANGUAGE.
SO AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE BIT OF THE DISJOINTED PRESENTATION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO VERSIONS. THAT'S OKAY. I THINK WE'RE FOLLOWING YOU NOW.
OKAY. IS THAT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM.
IT IS. ALL RIGHT. VICE CHAIR WEST. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I KNOW, AS RYAN MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET HERE TODAY.
AND I KNOW YOUR STAFF WORKED A LOT ON THIS, TOO.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR O'CONNOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, I THINK IT WOULD HELP JUST TO KIND OF FRAME THIS UP, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH THESE GROUPS AS WELL.
AND FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES, THERE IS AGREED SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH MAKES OUR JOB EASIER EASILY, INCLUDING FIRST REDRAWING THE PARK DEDICATION ZONE BOUNDARIES FROM 7 TO 5 ZONES TO ALLOW FUNDS TO ACCRUE MORE QUICKLY. SECOND, ALLOWING LAND DEDICATION ONLY IN VERY LIMITED SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A HIGH NEED FOR PARK ACCESS.
THIRD, ESTABLISHING A 1% PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE FOR HOTEL AND MOTEL USES, AND FOURTH, ESTABLISHING A 2% PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE FOR SINGLE FAMILY USES. AND THAT LEAVES US WITH REALLY JUST TWO ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE IRONED OUT.
FIRST, THE FEE FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND SECOND, THE RESTRICTIONS ON REQUIRING PARKLAND DEDICATION, WHICH RYAN JUST WENT OVER. ON THE FIRST ISSUE, THE COMPROMISE THAT CHAIR STEWART, DEPUTY DIRECTOR O'CONNOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AGREED TO, WAS A 1% FEE FOR ONE BEDROOM MULTIFAMILY UNITS, AND THIS WAS IN LINE WITH STAFF'S INITIAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN IT WOULD HELP IF WE COULD GET THE SLIDE UP.
FOR MULTIFAMILY UNITS WITH TWO OR MORE BEDROOMS, WE AGREED ON A COMPROMISE OF 1.5% PER UNIT AS A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE MORE MULTIFAMILY MULTI-BEDROOM MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
WE NEED MORE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. ALL RIGHT.
THE SECOND ISSUE INVOLVED THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PARKLAND DEDICATION.
WHILE WE ALL APPRECIATE AND TRUST DIRECTOR JENKINS, THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ALLOWING THE PARK DIRECTOR TO REQUIRE PARKLAND DEDICATION ON ANY PROJECT WITHOUT CLEAR PARAMETERS.
THIS OPTION HAS BEEN LABELED ON SLIDE 11 AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ERRONEOUS. IT'S MORE OF A COMPROMISE RECOMMENDATION THAN A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE I ASSUME THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WOULD PREFER LOWER FEES IF THEY WERE GIVEN THEIR WISH.
I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE OUR CITY PARKS, WHILE ALSO BALANCING THE STRONG NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING AND ENHANCE AFFORDABILITY IN OUR GROWING CITY. I BELIEVE THE COMPROMISE, SHEPHERDED BY CHAIR STEWART AND AGREED TO BY BOTH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE AND ESTABLISHES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER PARK FEE REQUIREMENTS THAN WE HAVE TODAY.
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THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES ARE CURRENTLY ON PAUSE UNTIL WE UPDATE THIS ORDINANCE.SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE FINALIZE THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A UNIQUE ISSUE THAT TOUCHES BOTH DEVELOPMENT FEES AND PARKLAND ACCESS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOT TASKED WITH UNDERSTANDING THESE FEES FUNCTIONS, AND FRANKLY, NEITHER IS THE PARK BOARD. CPC FOCUSES ON LAND USE.
PARK BOARD FOCUSES ON PARK ACCESS. NEITHER GRASPS THE NEEDS OF THE FULL PICTURE.
THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CONSIDERS BOTH IS THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND WHEN APPROPRIATE, I HAVE A MOTION. THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST. MISS BLAIR.
COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR. SORRY. OF COURSE I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
AND I KNOW MR. MOORE IS HERE FROM PLANNING. I HAVE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE FEE IN LIEU PROCESS, AND HOW IT IS DETERMINED, WHO GETS TO RECEIVE A FEE IN LIEU, AND WHERE AND HOW THAT FEE IN LIEU IS ADMINISTERED. SO CAN MR. MOORE HELP ME WITH MY QUESTIONS? AS HE IS WALKING UP, I'LL JUST OFFER THAT IN EVERY INSTANCE THERE WOULD BE A FEE IN LIEU, AND THEN IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF IF THERE WOULD BE A DEDICATION AS WELL, BUT MR. MOORE CAN ELABORATE. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
DANIEL MOORE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SPEAK UP LOUDER.
COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, YOUR QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING IT WAS. IF I'M A DEVELOPER, HOW DO I KNOW IF I'M PAYING THE FEE IN LIEU OR DEDICATING THE LAND? IS THAT THE. WELL, NO. MY QUESTION IS, I'M A DEVELOPER.
I GET TO DO THE FEE IN LIEU. HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? THE FEE IN LIEU, IT'S BASED ON WHATEVER THE AREA, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WHENEVER YOU COME THROUGH WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, THE TYPE AND THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. OKAY. LET ME ASK A QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY. HOW OFTEN IS THE FEE IN LIEU BEING UTILIZED FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION? I'LL DEFER. IT HAS BEEN UTILIZED IN EVERY INSTANCE THAT SOMEONE HAS SATISFIED THE ORDINANCE.
IS IT WIDELY USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY? YES, MA'AM.
OKAY, SO. AND THEN IF THE FEE IN LIEU IS COLLECTED.
AS A FEE IN LIEU IS COLLECTED, IT CAN BE EITHER COLLECTED AND GO INTO A BANK.
OR IT COULD BE A FEE IN LIEU FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION, CORRECT? WELL, SO TECHNICALLY THE WAY THAT WORKS IS WHEN A DEVELOPER OR IN SOME CASES A HOMEOWNER PAYS THAT FEE, THAT FEE GOES INTO A RESTRICTED FUND THAT IS UTILIZED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A FUTURE PARK OR THE ACQUISITION OF A FUTURE PARK. HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT ACQUISITION OF THE FEE IN LIEU IS USED? IS THERE A MECHANISM IN WHICH WE CAN TRACK THAT? YES, THERE IS. AND ACTUALLY IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, THE WAY THE MONEY IS COLLECTED, THE DEVELOPER PAYS THE FEE TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TRANSFERS THOSE MONIES AT 6 P.M.
EVERY DAY TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT UNTIL A SPECIFIC FUND.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO FUNDS. A PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE AND A FEE IN LIEU FEE.
SO RIGHT NOW DEVELOPERS ARE PAYING A COMBINED FEE BECAUSE THE STATE LAW LIMITS US FROM HAVING MULTIPLE FEES AS WE GO FORWARD. AND SO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE UPDATING THE ORDINANCE, ALONG WITH IT BEING WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR TIMELINE, IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THE FEES FROM 2 TO 1, AND THEN USE THAT MONEY FOR ACQUISITION AND PARK DEVELOPMENT UPDATES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE MONIES ARE SEPARATED EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING IN THE SAME FUND FOR ALL OF THE ZONES, AND WE HAVE AN INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
BUT TO SAY IT IN A REALLY SUCCINCT WAY, THE ORDINANCE RESTRICTS THE WAY THOSE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT.
SO DOES THE FEE IN LIEU OR DOES THE DEDICATION TO PARKLAND, DOES IT ONLY INCLUDE PARKS, OR DOES IT INCLUDE TRAILS THAT CONNECTS OUR PARKS? NO. IT COULD VERY MUCH BE UTILIZED FOR A TRAIL IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.
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IT WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO AN APPLICABLE PARK DEVELOPMENT.TRAILS, PLAYGROUNDS, ACQUISITION ETC. SO COULD IT BE ALSO UTILIZED TO DEVELOP TRAILS WHERE TRAILS DON'T EXIST? IT COULD. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THEN I HAVE TO ADMIT WITH WITH VICE CHAIR WEST.
ALL YOUR PROPOSAL, YOUR CONVERSATION. THAT I CAN GET BEHIND GOING FROM 2 TO 2. AND I MEAN FROM ONE. FROM 2% TO ONE AND A HALF ON MULTIFAMILY THAT HAS MORE THAN ONE BEDROOM.
I CAN GET THAT. YES. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO DECIDES HOW MUCH IS THE PROPOSAL OF HOW MUCH IS COLLECTED.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR? THE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS PARKS? THAT IS JOHN JENKINS.
AND SO IF MR. JENKINS LEAVES AND SOMEONE ELSE COMES ALONG AND THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY OR DIFFERENT MINDSET, DOES THAT NOT ALTER WHAT. ISN'T THE WORD DIRECTOR SUBJECTIVE AS TO WHO'S SITTING IN THE SEAT? I WOULD SAY NO. THROUGHOUT THE CODE, DIRECTOR IT REALLY REFERS TO STAFF IN A LOT OF WAYS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE PERSON SITTING IN THAT CHAIR AT THE TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO REFINE THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE DEDICATION PIECE, IT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THAT SUBJECTIVITY AND REALLY TRIES TO BE SPECIFIC AS TO WHEN THE CITY WOULD PURSUE A DEDICATION.
I UNDERSTAND AND CHANGE THE DISCUSSION TO THE CUTTING THE FEE RATE THAT WAS DONE AT CPC.
WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW, I'M QUITE DIRECT.
MR. MOORE, IS THERE A METHODOLOGY BEHIND THE REASONING THAT CPC DECIDED THAT THE RATES THAT EVEN. THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAD SAID THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, SAID THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM, WOULD BE REDUCED BEYOND THAT.
IF I RECALL, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT CPC CORRECTLY, COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT SPOKE TO THE FEE. SO I DON'T THINK TREK OR ANYONE ELSE SAID, HEY, DON'T CUT THE FEE.
BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE RATIONALE CPC HAD WHEN THEY DECIDED TO RECOMMEND A LOWER FEE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT CPC MAKES A RECOMMENDATION THAT EITHER THIS BODY OR CITY COUNCIL EITHER AGREES WITH OR MAKES CHANGES TO. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT MY COLLEAGUE HERE HAD WITH THE FEE, WHO SHOULD SET THE FEE, BUT WE ALL WE ALWAYS DO THAT.
WE ALWAYS TAKE. IT'S NOT CORRECT THAT WE. WHAT YOU GUYS SEND GETS MASSAGED A LITTLE BIT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DO A FULL MASSAGE, WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN LIVE WITH.
SO I THINK I'M IN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. AND I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON. THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
AND DID WE HEAR FROM HOME BUILDERS? I MEAN, BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL THAT WITH THAT ONE, WE COULD BE STIFLING GROWTH IN A CITY WHERE WE'RE WANTING MORE HOME OWNERSHIP. BUT I'M CURIOUS ON WHAT THAT DISCUSSION WAS LIKE.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO I'LL RESPOND IN TWO WAYS.
WE ABSOLUTELY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH DALLAS HOME BUILDERS, AND WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM GOING BACK TO THE TIME THAT WE ORIGINALLY GOT THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE, AND IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE CHANGE FROM THE FEE.
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THE CHANGE IN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CURRENT FEE TO THE RECOMMENDATION IS 12%, A VERY MODEST.BUT I WOULD TELL YOU ANECDOTALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE OF BEING INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS AND HAVING OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF GIVE INPUT. AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT THEY ARE OPPOSED TO THIS.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, I GUESS THE DELTA IS ABOUT 200 BUCKS.
YEAH. OKAY. AND WILL THIS BE REVIEWED ON A YEARLY BASIS? SO THAT'S ONE THING TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH. BUT IN A LOT OF OUR ORDINANCES, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND REALLY RECONSIDER THE WHOLE THING IN TOTAL EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO THE WHOLE THING IS IN FIVE YEARS, BUT THE AMI, IT WOULD BE.
IT COULD GO UP OR DOWN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. RIGHT.
AND SO THOSE FEES WOULD HAVE TO.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE RECALIBRATED EVERY YEAR, THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, OR IS THAT A MECHANISM INSIDE FOR STAFF TO DO IT? I'M LOOKING AT DANIEL FOR THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, IT AUTOMATICALLY GETS RECALCULATED JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR BASED ON THE AMI THAT EXISTS.
AND ARE YOU GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT THIS INFORMATION IN A MEMO? AND HOW WILL THE COMMUNITY KNOW OTHER THAN WHEN THEY FILE? SO WE WOULD MAKE GREAT EFFORTS.
JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. YES, MA'AM. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO YOU ON THAT.
BUT AS I MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, BE VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN, AND IF IT'S HELPFUL, WE ARE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, BROADLY INFORM THE COUNCIL. JUST PUT IT ON A MEMO.
BUT IN CASE WE DO, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN NOT.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR RIDLEY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MR. O'CONNOR, REFERRING TO SLIDE SIX. IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO REQUIRE DEDICATION, IT MUST PURCHASE THE LAND AT FAIR MARKET VALUE MINUS THE FEE CALCULATION. SO THAT REALLY CONVERTS THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE INTO A PARKLAND CONDEMNATION ORDINANCE, DOESN'T IT? THAT'S A WAY TO LOOK AT IT. AND THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO EXPOUND ON THAT JUST ONE MOMENT.
THE DEVELOPER CAN CHOOSE TO DEDICATE LAND. THIS TURNS IT AROUND AND GIVES THE CITY THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE THE LAND USING A PROCESS. BUT WE CAN NO LONGER REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO DEDICATE, FREE OF CHARGE, THE PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES.
WELL, TO BE VERY CLEAR, IN THE OLD ORDINANCE, IT WAS THE DEVELOPER'S DISCRETION.
SO THE CITY DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE A DEDICATION.
OKAY. BUT IF THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO USE THAT OPTION, THEY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
THE CITY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY COMPENSATION FOR IT.
THAT IS CORRECT, YES. AND WHAT IS THE LAST PHRASE MINUS THE FEE CALCULATION? WELL, SO THE WAY THAT WOULD WORK IS, IF THE CITY WERE.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEE IN LIEU PAYMENT IN ALL CASES.
SO IN THE INSTANCE WHERE THE CITY CHOSE TO, BASED UPON THE CRITERIA, THE CITY CHOSE TO ACQUIRE 10% OF THE SITE, THERE WOULD BE AN APPRAISAL DONE. AND LET'S SAY THE APPRAISAL IS $1 MILLION.
THE FEE WAS $200,000. THE AMOUNT WOULD BE $800,000.
SO IT'S THE FAIR MARKET VALUE, LESS THE FEE CALCULATION.
OKAY. AND THE NEXT BULLET SAYS THAT FEES MUST BE SATISFIED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF CO.
SO AT WHAT POINT IN TIME IS THE AMI DETERMINED? IS IT AT THE TIME THAT A CO IS GRANTED? THAT'S WHEN THE FEE GETS DETERMINED? IT'S AT THE PLAN APPLICATION PROCESS. THE WAY THIS WORKS IS, A DEVELOPER IS WORKING ON A PROJECT.
THEY MAKE AN APPLICATION, THEY WRITE A LETTER OF.
THEY REQUEST A LETTER OF DETERMINATION, AND WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
SO UNLESS LA´KISHA HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION, IT WOULD BE AT THE TIME THAT THE DETERMINATION IS MADE, THAT WOULD BE THE AMI THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE.
SO IS THAT AT THE TIME THEY APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT? THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE THE TIME THEY APPLY FOR SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S A PRELIMINARY PLAT, A BUILDING PERMIT, SOME INITIATION OF A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
OKAY. AND THEN UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, REFERENCING THE LAST BULLET POINT IN THAT PAGE,
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXCLUDED FROM THE FEE CALCULATION, IS THAT CORRECT? THEY ARE CURRENTLY EXCLUDED AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXCLUDED.OKAY. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY AN INCENTIVE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.
YES SIR. AS OPPOSED TO MARKET RATE. YES, SIR.
WHAT ARE THOSE CREDIT MECHANISMS? YES, SIR. SO AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THE OLD ORDINANCE HAD FRANKLY CONVOLUTED WAYS THAT DEVELOPERS COULD CHOOSE TO GET CREDITS AGAINST THE FEES OWED.
IT COULD BE THINGS LIKE, IF THEY WANTED TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND, FOR INSTANCE, WITHIN THEIR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TRAIL CONNECTION, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, ALL SORTS OF PERMUTATIONS. AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS, THOSE WERE JUST NOT USED AT ALL, EVER.
AND SO BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPLICATED, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONVOLUTED, BECAUSE IN STAFF'S OPINION, IT MADE IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE, WE'RE USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THOSE BECAUSE THEY JUST WERE COMPLICATED AND NOT UTILIZED. NOW, IN REFERENCE TO TABLE 11, WHICH WOULD SET THE FEES CHARGED.
WHY SHOULDN'T THE CITY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF FORT WORTH AND JUST GO WITH 2% ACROSS THE BOARD? WELL, THAT IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
IT HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY FORT WORTH. IN STAFF'S OPINION, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE IMPLICATION OF CHANGING THE FEES UP TO THE 2% THRESHOLD, IT REPRESENTED, IN SOME CASES A VERY, VERY LARGE INCREASE IN FEES.
WELL, WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION OF 1.5% FOR TWO BEDROOM MULTIFAMILY, ISN'T THAT THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT MOST NEEDS PARKLAND, BECAUSE IT IS NORMALLY GOING TO BE OCCUPIED BY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN? I'M NOT GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THAT.
THE ONE THING I WOULD ADD, THAT'S NOT 100% RELATED TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT IS THAT, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IN A TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THE PERCENTAGE OF TWO BED UNITS OR GREATER IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PIECE OF THE MIX.
AND SO THEREFORE THAT RECOMMENDATION OR COMPROMISE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF FEES COLLECTED IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY. BUT YEAH, JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW.
WELL, I THINK IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING THAT'S DESIGNED FOR UNITS, LARGER UNITS CONTEMPLATED TO BE FAMILY UNITS, THAT WE MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR THE PARKLAND DEMAND THAT WILL BE GENERATED BY THOSE UNITS. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION HERE OF 2% OF MFI FOR MULTI-FAMILY, WHERE IT'S PARTICULARLY NEEDED. WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED VERSIONS FOR THE LAND DEDICATION LANGUAGE, HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE PARK ACCESS FOR 1000 OR MORE RESIDENTS? HOW DO YOU COUNT RESIDENTS FOR THAT PURPOSE? YES, SIR. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TOOL THAT WE UTILIZE THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND THAT WE CAN TAKE A PARTICULAR ADDRESS OR PARTICULAR PARCEL AND VERY QUICKLY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD INCREASE PARK ACCESS FOR 1000 RESIDENTS OR MORE.
SO YOUR PROGRAM INDICATES HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN EACH DWELLING UNIT? WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE. SO WE HAVE STANDARDS, TO 2.2 FOR MULTIFAMILY.
IT'S 2.8 FOR SINGLE FAMILY. BUT BASED UPON THOSE METRICS, WE CAN DETERMINE THROUGH THE TOOL WHETHER OR NOT A THOUSAND OR MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE ADDED BY THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
AND FINALLY, ON SLIDES 15 AND 16, WHAT DO THE DARK DOTS INDICATE? 16. THE DARK DOTS INDICATE THAT THAT'S THE LOCATION OR PARCEL WHERE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE HAS BEEN PAID. AND SO IN TOTAL, WE'VE HAD APPROXIMATELY 5000 PARCELS PAID PARKLAND.
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AND THE SUM IN OUR ACCOUNTS ACROSS ALL SEVEN ZONES IS 14.5 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY.AND SO THE CITY HAS OVER 300,000 PARCELS. AND SO THIS FEE HAS ONLY BEEN COLLECTED ON 5000.
SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED WHAT THAT REPRESENTED.
OKAY. AND THE SYSTEM THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE OF SEGREGATING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE FROM THE MAINTENANCE FEE, YOU SAID IS GOING AWAY UNDER THE NEW STATE STATUTE.
SO WILL YOU HAVE A FORMULA TO CONTINUE TO SEGREGATE THOSE FUNDS GOING FORWARD, OR WILL YOU BE CONSOLIDATING THE TWO FUNDS AND JUST SPEND IT AS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION? SO LET ME CLARIFY THAT. SO THE CURRENT WAY THAT THE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED IS A FEE IN LIEU POT, A LAND ACQUISITION POT, AND A PART DEVELOPMENT POT.
IT'S NOT A MAINTENANCE POT. WE'RE NOT USING THESE DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN PARKS. WE'RE USING THEM TO.
THE ORIGINAL LOGIC WAS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT SURE WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THAT PARK ONCE YOU HAVE IT ACQUIRED. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD PROPOSE TO COMBINE THOSE TWO POTS INTO ONE, NOT FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES, BUT FOR CONTINUING TO DEVELOP PARKS OR IMPROVE EXISTING PARKS, ALONG WITH FUNDING TO ACQUIRE LAND.
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN IMPLEMENTING THE ORDINANCES THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T ACCRUED ENOUGH MONEY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MARKET, TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE ACQUISITIONS. WE FEEL THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO COMBINE THESE TWO POTS INTO ONE, IT'S GOING TO AGGREGATE MORE DOLLARS MORE QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE.
AND BY INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE ZONES, BY MOVING FROM 7 TO 5, WILL ALSO HELP US IN THAT REGARD.
THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, MAYOR PRO TEM. I RECOGNIZE YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION SINCE ITS INCEPTION AS A PARK BOARD MEMBER AND THEN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY SERVED ON THE PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.
I'M NO LONGER ON THE COMMITTEE. BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO START OFF BY AGREEING WITH MOST OF THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUE RIDLEY SAID ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MULTI FAMILY AND THE TWO BEDROOM AND GOING WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF 2%.
I SEE THIS AS A COMPROMISE THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS MAKING, NOT NECESSARILY A COMPROMISE THAT'S COMING FROM THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AND REALIZING THAT OUR PARK SYSTEM HAS GROWN SO MUCH THE PAST DECADE, WE'VE INVESTED A LOT TO MAKE OUR PARK SYSTEM ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR FAMILIES HAVE A GREEN SPACE, A TRAIL TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN HOMES HAVE THE FORTUNE OF HAVING A FRONT YARD AND A BACKYARD.
APARTMENT DWELLERS, HOWEVER, AREN'T NECESSARILY AWARDED THOSE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING PROPERLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR FAMILIES IN THE CITY HAVE AMPLE GREEN SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO MY POSITION, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT OUR PARK DEPARTMENT, WHO IS THERE TO LEAD ON PARKS.
THEY'RE THE EXPERTS. I'M GOING TO SIDE WITH THEM ON THIS ONE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. I DON'T ALWAYS WEIGH IN ON THESE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO THAT THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY ON THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND THE 2% VERSUS THE 1.5.
IT IS MY EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING THAT WE DO HAVE A PLETHORA OF ONE BEDROOM UNITS AND NOT AS MANY AS WE NEED OF THE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, OUR THINKING WAS THAT IF WE DISCOUNTED THAT BY HALF A PERCENT, PERHAPS WHEN A DEVELOPER IS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, THEY WOULD BE INCENTIVIZED TO PUT A FEW MORE 2 OR 3 BEDROOM UNITS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS AT LEAST I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT PARTICULAR COMPROMISE.
IT SPEAKS TO THE STABILIZATION OF THAT COMMUNITY.
THE ONE BEDROOM UNITS ARE TYPICALLY VERY OFTEN RENTED FOR A YEAR.
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PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.BUT YOUR TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS ARE YOUR FAMILIES.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT TEN. AND IF I CAN INCENTIVIZE A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND BUILD MORE OF THE TWO BEDROOM, BECAUSE WE HAVE DISCOUNTED THAT 2% TO 1.5. I KNOW IT SEEMS MODEST, BUT IT IS AS REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO SAY TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT.
PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING MORE TWO BEDROOMS. SO THAT IS WHY THAT COMPROMISE IS THERE.
I FULLY SUPPORT IT FOR THAT REASON. NOW, I KNOW WE WANTED TO HAVE A MOTION ON A RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, ACM, THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE DIDN'T. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE PROPERLY AGENDIZED THIS.
I´M LOOKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S FOR GUIDANCE HERE.
WE WON'T VOTE, BUT IT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE READ INTO THE RECORD.
THANK YOU. GOT IT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO THE RECOMMENDATION, NOT THE MOTION, IS FOR FULL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ON NOVEMBER 12TH ALL OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING THE FEE RATE LISTED ON SLIDE 11 AS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AND INCORPORATION OF THE LANGUAGE FROM SLIDE 14 RELATED TO ON SITE DEDICATION OF LAND AS REQUIRED BY THE PARK DIRECTOR. SO THAT'S THE SECOND ONE, I BELIEVE, ON THAT PAGE.
THANK YOU. AND CAN WE. WE SHOULD IDENTIFY WHICH SLIDE PRESENTATION, WHICH POWERPOINT THIS IS.
SORRY WE'RE REFERRING TO PAGE NUMBERS I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS THE POWERPOINT ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT PARK LAND DEDICATION DATED NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025. THANK YOU. SINCE WE HAD JUST A SLIGHT DISCREPANCY IN OUR.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. I THINK WE'RE FINISHED.
YES, MA'AM. AND READY TO MOVE THIS ON TO COUNCIL.
AND THIS IS ON THE 2024 BOND COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE NOW HAVE AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP THAT'S MONITORING THE APPLICATION OF THE CECAP GOALS TO THE BOND PROJECTS, AND I WANT TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT I AM JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS.
I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE ASK ME, ARE WE REALLY GOING TO USE OUR CECAP GOALS AS WE BUILD OUR BOND PROJECTS? AND I HAVE ASSURED THEM, AND NOW I KNOW WE HAVE AN ACRONYM FOR IT.
IT'S THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP, IWG.
SORRY. THANK YOU CHAIR. ANGELA HODGES GOTT, DIRECTOR FOR OEQS .
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY START WITH DRAWING THE COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION TO THE AUGUST 28TH, 2024 RESOLUTION AND HOW COMPREHENSIVE THAT RESOLUTION WAS, NOT ONLY IN REAFFIRMING DALLAS´ COMMITMENT TO THE INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INTO EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY DOES, BUT REACHING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2020.
OR EXCUSE ME, 2003. TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW LONG THAT COMMITMENT HAS EXISTED.
AND SO, YES, THE KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE BOND INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP WAS ON IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. THIS MEMO PROVIDES THE FIRST ANNUAL UPDATE ON THAT WORKING GROUP.
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED BY THE WORKING GROUP, JUST IN THIS SHORT TIME. ONE OF THOSE IS DEVELOPING A CHARTER AND ANOTHER HAS BEEN DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN.
WHAT THE IWG IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH IS DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AND WE SEE THIS REALLY AS THE MEAT OF WHAT THIS WORKING GROUP IS INTENDED TO DO.
SO, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, BEYOND BUDGETS AND GRANTS AND SPECIFIC ISSUES SUCH AS THAT,
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THIS IS REALLY HOW DEPARTMENTS CAN HAVE THIS CHECKLIST TO AID THEM IN THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. CHAIR RIDLEY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR BRIEFING US ON THE IWG.
SOME QUESTIONS. YOU LIST EIGHT DIFFERENT GOALS ON PAGE TWO OF THE MEMO, FOUR OF WHICH HAVE BEEN, WELL. TWO OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, THE CHARTER AND THE WORK PLAN.
WHEN WILL THE FIRST ANNUAL REVIEW OCCUR, OR IS THIS IT? SO THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL REVIEW. OKAY. CORRECT.
SO THE GOAL WAS TO ACCOMPLISH FOUR OBJECTIVES BY THE FIRST ANNUAL REVIEW.
WHY HAVE THE SECOND TWO GOALS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED TO DATE? SO I WILL LET MY TEAM ANSWER THAT, WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FACILITATING OF THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE 11 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ISSUES, BUT THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. KHORAM KADRI, SUPERINTENDENT AT OEQS.
SO I WOULD SAY IT IS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOG GETTING PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, GETTING WORK DONE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON. THE OTHER REASON IS THAT THE PHILOSOPHY THAT THE WORKING GROUP HAS TAKEN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE WORK THAT'S DONE IS CONSENSUS BASED. SO, AS YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, DIFFERENT WAYS OF INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO THEIR PROJECTS. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROCESSES FOR CONTRACTS, FOR DESIGNING PROJECTS.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TAKE THE TIME THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE WORKING GROUP, ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE EXISTING SYSTEMS THAT DEPARTMENTS HAVE.
SO IF WE MOVE TOO FAST, WE PROBABLY WOULD TRIP AND FALL.
NOW THAT THAT HAS OCCURRED AND YOUR FRAMEWORK IS ESTABLISHED, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE PACE OF ACCOMPLISHING THE EIGHT OBJECTIVES WILL ACCELERATE? YES, AND THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. SO OVER THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, SORT OF THE GROUP HAS NORMALIZED.
WE HAVE MORE FOCUS. WE HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO THE PACE OF THE WORK HAS PICKED UP. VERY GOOD.
AND WITH REGARD TO THE CURRENT GOAL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE REFERENCE TO TOOLS TO APPLY IN NORMAL PRACTICE? WHAT KIND OF TOOLS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND JUST WHAT DOES THE SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST CONTAIN? SO WE'VE JUST STARTED WORKING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST.
SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO KIND OF SAY WHAT THE CHECKLIST WILL END UP LIKE.
SO WHAT KIND OF EPD WOULD WE WANT. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF EPDS.
BUT OVER TIME, IF WE SORT OF PHASE IT IN AND INCREASE THE REQUIREMENTS AFTER, THERE'S FAMILIARITY BETWEEN ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE CITY PROJECT MANAGERS, THE CONSULTANTS, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND THE PROVIDERS OF MATERIALS.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE OVER TIME THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, GIVEN THAT THE STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THE SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE IWG´S WORK, COULD WE REQUEST THAT STAFF, ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT CHECKLIST, PROVIDE THAT TO THIS COMMITTEE? ABSOLUTELY. IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU ALL. I WAS THINKING MAYBE A MARCH OR APRIL.
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AND I WANT TO SAY, I THINK WE'RE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.YOU'VE GOT, AS YOU SAID, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, MULTIPLE PROJECTS, AND YOU'RE WORKING ON CHECKLISTS THAT CAN BE USED IN, I GUESS, ALMOST EVERY SITUATION. SO IF MARCH OR APRIL ISN'T SUFFICIENT, I MEAN, IF YOU NEED LONGER THAN THAT, BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE 4 OR 5 MONTHS FROM NOW, WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S DOABLE, BUT THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT WE HAVE AN INTENTION TO PILOT A CHECKLIST FIRST TO KIND OF USE, HAVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS USE THE CHECKLIST IN THEIR ACTUAL PROJECTS. SURE. TO SEE IF SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS ARE GOOD OR NOT. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE SORT OF AN UPDATED SORT OF FINAL CHECKLIST.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN REVIEW THAT CHECKLIST FROM TIME TO TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT IT INTEGRATES BETTER. YEAH. BUT I THINK MARCH, APRIL SOUNDS FEASIBLE TO ME. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CHECKLIST TO BE DONE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PILOT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SUFFICIENT AND IT'S WORKABLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FORECAST. LET'S JUST LOOK AT THAT BRIEFLY.
THAT WILL BE ON FAIR PARK. PARKS WILL BRIEF US ON FAIR PARK REVITALIZATION AND OPERATIONS AND IQS WILL BRIEF ON THE VAPING ORDINANCE AND ON SIGNAGE RELATED TO THAT.
MADAM CHAIR. YES? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD. I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID FAIR PARK.
WHITE ROCK LAKE. YES. MASTER PLAN. AND I WILL GET A MEMO TO YOU TODAY AS WELL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.
SO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:32. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.