[Workshop Session - 6:15 P.M. ]
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ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:15 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. MICROPHONES UP THERE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING IN THE FAR CORNERS OF THE ROOM. SO PLEASE BE AWARE. FIRST UP WE HAVE DISCUSSION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. SO COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT WILLIAM I'VE GOT YOU FOR INVOCATION. AND BOB I'VE GOT YOU FOR THE PLEDGES. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE C1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR COLOR PALOOZA LOGO CONTEST WINNER AND UNVEILING OF THE DESIGN. D1 PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER SIX ZONING PETITIONS AND PROCEDURES, VOLUME TWO. THE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. OKAY. ITEM D2 PUBLIC HEARING.
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0129. DASH 19 DASH SUP. AND THAT'S TERMINATING THAT EXISTING SUP. APPLICATION. AND THEN ITEM THREE KIND OF BOOKENDS THAT GRANTING A NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THAT AREA. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM LEE TO HIGH AND FROM HIGH TO LEE. FROM FIVE. ORDINANCE GRANTING AN SUP FOR AN ACCESSORY BUILDING. FROM ROCKFORD PLACE. PATIO COVERS FOR THE TOWNHOMES. NEXT UP CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SIX APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ITEM SEVEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BIRKHOFF, HENDRIX, AND CARTER. AND THAT'S FOR EAST MAIN STREET RAILROAD SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT. EIGHT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HALFORD ASSOCIATES FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THE VISTA RIDGE PARK AND THE VISTA RIDGE AMPHITHEATER. CAN'T WAIT TO GET THAT GOING. YEAH. ITEM NINE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN DENTON COUNTY, MHMR AND THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. ITEM TEN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS REGARDING FUNDING OF DESIGN, RIGHT OF WAY AND CONSTRUCTION FOR MCKENZIE HEMBREE NEIGHBORHOOD REHABILITATION PHASE TWO. 11 FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN DENTON COUNTY AND THE CITY. ITEM 12 CONSIDERATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS OF THE I-35E CORRIDOR OVERLAY. THE DOLLAR THEATER. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT IT NOW. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, WHICH I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS BEFOREHAND, BUT I DON'T. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE HEIGHT, ELEVATION, IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION BETWEEN THE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE WARRANTS MIGHT BE ACTUALLY SMALLER HEIGHT WISE THAN WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR THE MOVIE THEATER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I BELIEVE IT IS. YEAH. NOT QUITE AS TALL AS THE MOVIE THEATER. OKAY, I CAN VERIFY THAT. OKAY.
INTERIM, I APOLOGIZE. YOU TRIED TO. HELLO? BRYCE HARPER, THE PROPERTIES, THE OWNERSHIP GROUP, THE EXISTING MOVIE THEATER IS ROUGHLY 40FT AT THE TOP OF THE ROOF. AND THEN THE CANOPY ON TOP IS ABOUT 62FT. AT THE TOP OF OUR BUILDING WOULD BE 37. SO ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30FT LOWER.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND MAYOR, I KNOW I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ROBUST DISCUSSION OUT IN OPEN ABOUT THIS, BUT I DID WANT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RICHARD TO EXPLAIN KIND OF I KNOW THERE'S SOME ADJACENCY ISSUES, BUT WHAT STAFF WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU CLAIRE. STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE OWNER AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS ON THIS SITE. IT HAS HAD THE ZONING. SO WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION IS A USE ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR ON THIS.
BUT AGAIN WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE VERY SENSITIVE USES, THE RESIDENTIAL NEARBY, THE RETAIL
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ACROSS THE STREET. SO VERY EARLY ON WHEN WE START WORKING WITH THE WITH THE OWNER OVER THREE YEARS AGO, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES SINCE THAT THEATER WENT DARK, THERE WAS JUST A LITANY OF PROBLEMS WITH VANDALISM AND BREAKING IN AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. SO WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL AND PD TO CONTINUE CONTINUOUS MITIGATION. SO IT'S BEEN REALLY AN ONGOING PROBLEM. AND LIKE I SAID, THE OWNER CAME TO US WITH, LIKE I SAID, SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS AND WE KNEW IT WAS PROBABLY INEVITABLE THAT WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION, SINCE THAT IS SUCH A HIGH DEMAND USE RIGHT NOW. AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR AT THAT POINT THAT WE HAD BASICALLY TWO PATHWAYS, ONE LARGE BUILDING ON THE SIDE OF PROBABLY ABOUT 120,000FT■!S, WHH WOULD BE TENDS TO ATTRACT LARGER USERS WITH MORE TRUCKS AND MORE IMPACTS. THE TWO SMALLER BUILDINGS WE THOUGHT WOULD HELP BRING THE SCALE DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF A 37,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND A 68,000. AND VERY EARLY ON, WE, YOU KNOW, IF THE WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF, IF TWO SMALLER BUILDINGS WERE GOING TO BE BUILT, WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO KIND OF COME UP WITH A BEST POSSIBLE PACKAGE AND EVEN ENTERTAIN SOME ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS. SO THERE WAS REALLY SOME GIVE AND TAKE ON BOTH SIDES. ONE OF THE ITEMS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE FACT THAT THE OVERLAY DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY WINDOWS ON THE STREET FACING FACADE, AND WE'VE GOT THEY'VE EVEN SURPASSED THE REQUIREMENT FOR WINDOWS. IF THERE'S A 40% WINDOW COVERAGE FOR BUILDINGS THAT FRONT I-35 FURNITURE OUT OR AN ARTERIAL STREET OPENED IS A COLLECTOR. SO THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED. BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO ABOUT 60 TO 70% WINDOWS ACROSS THE FRONT. SO THE APPLICANT AND THE ARCHITECTS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MIXING IN MATERIALS, BRINGING, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING THE TWO SMALLER BUILDINGS REALLY BRINGS THE SCALE, MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE RELATABLE TO THE SHOPPING CENTER TO THE SOUTH AND THE OFFICE BUILDING TO THE SOUTHWEST. AND HAVING THE TWO SMALLER BUILDINGS ALSO KIND OF TENDS TO ATTRACT SMALLER TENANTS. THAT DOES TEND TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LESS TRUCK DELIVERIES, TRUCK TRAFFIC, USUALLY LIMITED HOURS. SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE A 24 HOUR OPERATION. SO WE FELT THAT THAT PATHWAY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, BECAUSE IF ONE SINGLE BUILDING OF 120,000FT■!S DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE ANY WINDOWS, WOULD ONLY NEEDED 15% BRICK AND STONE ON THE FRONT AND THEN 10% ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES. SO LIKE I SAID, IT WAS IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT WE WERE VERY HAPPY THAT THE APPLICANT WORKED WITH US TO REALLY PRODUCE TWO VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS THAT THAT DO KIND OF THAT FIT IN MORE IN THE AREA THAN ONE LARGER ONE WOULD. WHAT TYPE OF TRUCKS ARE WE ARE USING NOW? IT'S GOING TO KEEP MOST OF MY STUFF OUT THERE. BUT YEAH. GO AHEAD. WHAT TYPE OF TRUCKS ARE WE LOOKING AT? I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT SIZES AND ABOUT HOW MANY PER DAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT COULD COULD PROBABLY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL. BUT ONE GOOD THING IS BECAUSE OF THE SITE IS LIMITED, THERE IS NOT ANY TRUCK PARKING. YOU KNOW, REALLY OUR OUR LARGEST TRUCK GENERATING USES USUALLY HAVE VERY LARGE AREAS FOR, FOR THE TRUCK PARKING. AND THIS ONLY HAS THE DOCKS. AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE OVERHEAD UNITS AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING ARE SMALLER OVERHEAD DOORS. THEY JUST HAVE, I THINK AT EACH CORNER HAVE THE LARGER ONES. SO I THINK BECAUSE OF THE SCALE, THEY'VE KIND OF DESIGNED THAT INTO IT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LESSER AMOUNTS OF TRUCK, I BELIEVE AT PNC, THEY MENTIONED THEY WERE EXPECTING KIND OF AN OFFICE SHOWROOM TYPE USES TO OCCUPY THIS. THEY GENERALLY HAVE LIKE MAYBE 1 OR 2 TRUCKS A DAY. WHEN I READ THROUGH THE MINUTES, OR MAYBE IT WAS THE APPLICANT ITSELF, BUT IT MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, SHOULD JUST BE A FEW 18 WHEELERS A MONTH, YOU KNOW, EXPECTING OTHERS. BUT A LOT, A LOT OF SHOULDS. AND WE'RE THINKING COULD BE I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS PREDICTABLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY PARKING ON THE STREET, SHOULD ONLY HAVE 18 WHEELERS A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH. THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT I SAW IN THE VERY SOFT KIND OF LANGUAGE. RIGHT? FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE SOME TOOLS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, PARKING ON THE STREET. WE CAN I MEAN, WE'VE DONE IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE'VE RESTRICTED TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THERE ARE SOME TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BELT IF NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THAT THAT IN THE STREETS OVER THERE, BEING BY THE LIQUOR STORE AND ALL THAT STUFF IS NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE ALREADY. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD HANDLE THAT. SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT THAT I HAVE SOME BIG CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THE, IN THE STREETS AND. THE NURSES THAT ARE IN THE NURSING HOMES. SO THANK YOU. IT'S A STEP[00:10:06]
ABOVE IT. IF YOU LOOK IT SAYS MEMORY CARE ON THE FRONT OF IT. SO IT'S A STEP ABOVE AN ASSISTED LIVING. YEAH. AND WHAT KIND OF CONSTANT NOISE ARE THEY GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. BECAUSE YEAH THAT'S NOT GOOD. LET'S GO AHEAD. LET'S GO AHEAD. AND BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THE APPLICANT, WHICH WOULD BE RATHER MUCH RATHER DO THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND FROM STAFF. APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG TO FINISHING UP THE REVIEW OF THE AGENDA. ITEM 13 DECLARATION OF A VACANCY ON ANIMAL SERVICES AND CONSIDERATION OF AN APPOINTMENT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.WE HAVE REPORTS AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION, WHICH IS PERSONNEL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO. CHOP SESSION ITEM B? LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE I STRATEGERY PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'VE GOT REALLY EXCITING STUFF TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, AND I'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR WORTH OF CONTENT THAT I GOT TO SQUEEZE INTO 20 MINUTES. SO I'M GOING TO TALK FAST BECAUSE I WANT TO LEAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME AT ANY TIME, OKAY. DURING THIS THIS PRESENTATION. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE REAL COOL AI PROJECTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE EMBRACE THIS TECHNOLOGY? HOW DO WE DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER? RIGHT. SO HOW DO WE CREATE A FRAMEWORK, RIGHT, THAT ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY RISK, RIGHT. AND THEN HAVE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE. THIS IS THE ONE PAGER RIGHT. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT ALL IN ONE PAGE A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION. BUT INSTEAD OF SPENDING ANY TIME HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT, I'M JUST GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO IT. OUR STRATEGY. RIGHT. SO HOW DO WE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS? WELL, IT WAS REALLY A GROUP EFFORT. SO THERE'S VARIOUS PEOPLE AS FAR AS DIRECTORS THAT ARE ON OUR TEAM AS FAR AS OUR OUR GROUP THAT CREATED THIS. WE ALSO LEVERAGED OUR CONSULTANT WITH BEST PRACTICES, GUIDELINES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE LEVERAGED OUR 2025 PLAN TO INFORM US OF BUSINESS INITIATIVES AND WANTING TO ALIGN THAT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. WHAT YOU SEE ON ON THIS SIDE, AS FAR AS THE STRATEGY AND APPROACH, RIGHT. THESE ARE REALLY THE SYSTEMATIC STEPS THAT WE TOOK IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO CREATE A, A VISION. RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY THE UNDERLYING THEME WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT. AND WITH THAT VISION, WE PART OF THAT. YOU GOT TO HAVE THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, RIGHT, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ADOPT, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS GOING TO BUILD ON THAT. RIGHT. SO FOUNDATIONAL. WE HAD TO THEN LOOK AND SEE, WHERE ARE WE IN THIS JOURNEY. RIGHT. THAT'S ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO TAKE. THEY NEED TO IDENTIFY THEIR MATURITY, IF YOU WILL, IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT WHAT CAN YOU TAKE ON. RIGHT. WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT AS FAR AS PROJECTS AND THINGS WITHIN YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND THEN PRIORITIZATION. SO THE REALITY OF IT IS WE WILL HAVE IN DOUBLE DIGITS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO US WITH RESPECT TO AI INITIATIVES OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. WE CAN'T. RIGHT. SO HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THESE AND TRULY GET THE MOST FUNCTIONALITY RIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. SO THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT THAT MADE UP OUR COMMITTEE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AS OUR SPONSOR. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIRECTORS ON HERE AS WELL AS PEOPLE, OTHERS FROM FROM OUR STAFF. AND SO WE'VE MET THREE TIMES NOW WE'RE MEETING QUARTERLY. WE MIGHT INCREASE THAT AS WE GO ON. BUT CURRENTLY THAT'S THE FREQUENCY. SO I TALKED ABOUT THE VISION, THE VISION AND THE MISSION. AND THIS IS COLLECTIVELY WHAT THIS GROUP CAME UP WITH. SO OUR AI VISION WE'LL USE AI TO WORK SMARTER, DELIVER BETTER SERVICES, PREDICT NEEDS FROM OUR DATA AND DO SO WITH A COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS.
AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THOSE WORDS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT'S THE REASON THAT YOU DO THIS RIGHT. OUR MISSION IS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUPPORT STAFF, STRIVE FOR EFFICIENCY, ENHANCE SERVICE DELIVERY, AND ELEVATE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. WE'RE COMMITTED TO UTILIZING AI RESPONSIBLY, RESPONSIBLY, SAFETY, AND TRANSPARENTLY. STAFF WILL CREATE MEANINGFUL AND LASTING IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY BY LEVERAGING AI'S INSIGHTS AND PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES. ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE OUR STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES, RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR
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RESPONSIBLE PRINCIPLES, RIGHT. SO STRATEGICALLY HOW ARE WE TRYING TO DO THIS. NUMBER ONE FIRST AND FOREMOST, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AS IT PERTAINS TO ADOPTING AI, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE COOL AI TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT HERE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S THE SHINY STUFF. AND WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS YOU HAVE TO START WITH THE USE CASE. YOU START WITH DEFINING THE BUSINESS PROBLEM. WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? RIGHT. AND FROM THE USE CASE THAT DEFINES WHAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INCORPORATE. SO I MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR THE USE CASE. SO IF YOU GO THE OTHER WAY IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG SO TO SPEAK. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY PARAMOUNT. TWO INTEGRATE WITH EXISTING PROCESSES. SO HERE IF WE'VE GOT A PROCESS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE AI INTO THAT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR US. RIGHT. THAT'S AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED MORE EFFICIENT. NOW IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T REDEFINE THE PROCESS AND DO IT ALL OVER, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOW HANGING FRUIT, THINGS THAT YOU CAN INITIATE UP FRONT, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO START BY OVERBUILD. SO THIS IS A MISCONCEPTION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING. RIGHT. SO THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE BUILDING THESE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, THEY ARE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TRAIN THESE LANGUAGE MODELS. THAT'S NOT THE BUSINESS THAT WE'RE IN.WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEERS ON STAFF. RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO BUY, WE'RE GOING TO BUY THE MAJORITY OF OUR SOLUTIONS. AND WE MIGHT EXTEND AND EXTEND WOULD BE LIKE LIKE WHAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU AT COUNCIL RETREAT LAST YEAR, WHERE WE HAD THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE MACHINE RUNNING LLAMA AND, AND WE WERE INTEGRATING THE CRM RESPONSES, SHOWING HOW THE AI ACTUALLY COULD DEPICT WHAT DEPARTMENT IT WENT TO. SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF ACTUALLY EXTENDING A MODEL. SO WE'LL DO THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND SCALABILITY. GOING BACK TO THAT EXAMPLE, THAT EXAMPLE WAS REALLY COOL FROM A PROOF OF CONCEPT TO SHOW WHAT YOU COULD DO. BUT IT'S NOT SCALABLE, RIGHT. THAT'S RUNNING ON ONE MACHINE, ONE GRAPHICS CARD, NO PARALLEL PROCESSING. IT'S A 1 TO 1 RELATIONSHIP. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND SCALE THAT SOLUTION, YOU WOULD NEED TO PUT IT IN LIKE A SOME TYPE OF CLOUD HOSTED ENVIRONMENT SO WE COULD LEVERAGE THE COMPUTE MOVING FORWARD RESPONSIBLE PRINCIPLES. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC ONES. THESE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE PRINCIPLES, THESE SIX PRINCIPLES, IF YOU WILL, ARE AGAIN THE PILLARS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE PRINCIPLES THAT MIRROR THESE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. AS WE MATURE, WE VERY WELL COULD LOOK AT LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEN GO DEEPER AND BE A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR IN WHAT THAT MEANS TO US. BUT AGAIN, AT A BASE LEVEL, EVERY ORGANIZATION SHOULD START OUT WITH PRINCIPLES VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. OKAY. SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER. RIGHT. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE YOU GOT BUSINESS GOALS RIGHT. AND THESE GOALS SHOULD RESONATE BECAUSE THESE ARE REALLY YOUR BIG MOVES. YOUR BIG MOVES ARE YOUR STRATEGIC FOR INSTANCE DATA DRIVEN ORGANIZATION VALUES DRIVEN ORGANIZATION. AND THEN YOU NOTICE VALUE SERVE. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ACTUAL PRIORITIZATION TOOL WE HAVE ALL OF THEM IN THERE TO CHOOSE FROM.
BUT IN ESSENCE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS GOES BACK TO WHERE WE'RE ALIGNING THE USE CASE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. RIGHT. SO LET'S TAKE THIS ONE FOR INSTANCE VALUE RESONANCE EXPERIENCE. RIGHT. WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SUPPORT. AND THEN VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS CHATBOTS THINGS OF THAT NATURE WOULD BE AN INITIATIVE. RIGHT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU COULD USE AS FAR AS FROM A AI PERSPECTIVE, TO ALIGN WITH A BUSINESS INITIATIVE THAT AGAIN CORRESPONDS WITH THE BUSINESS GOAL. AND YOU CAN SEE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THESE VARIOUS CATEGORIES IN THIS SLIDE. TALKED ABOUT MATURITY. RIGHT. HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MEASURE THAT. THESE ARE THE FIVE CATEGORIES, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE UTILIZE TO MEASURE WHERE WE ARE AT. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT WE CONTINUE RIGHT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE RIGHT. AND THE GOVERNANCE IS JUST THAT. WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS THE FRAMEWORK, RIGHT? IT'S THE GUARDRAILS. WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE. DATA MANAGEMENT. SO ONE COOL THING ABOUT THAT ABOUT US, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DATA. AND DATA IS LIFEBLOOD OF AI RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING THE DATA. IS THE DATA READY FOR CONSUMPTION. RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ETL MEANING DO YOU HAVE PROCESSES THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MASSAGE THE DATA BEFORE YOU'RE READY TO CONSUME IT? IS YOUR DATA ALL IN ONE LANDING SPOT MEANING, YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE DATA IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU HAVE DATA IN GOOGLE DRIVE, YOU HAVE DATA IN SHAREPOINT. DO YOU HAVE DATA OVER HERE ON SHARED DRIVES? RIGHT? IS YOUR DATA CATEGORIZED CORRECTLY RIGHT. AS PERTAINS TO CONFIDENTIAL DATA, SENSITIVE DATA, ALL THOSE. SO A LOT GOES INTO THE DATA MANAGEMENT ASPECT. PEOPLE AGAIN I TALKED ABOUT WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANYTHING RIGHT. SO WE DON'T NEED MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEERS. RIGHT. BUT THAT SKILL SET IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US. WE DO NEED PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT ARE BRIGHT, THAT ARE INTELLIGENT, THAT CAN IMPLEMENT THESE TECHNOLOGIES, BUT ALSO FOR THE END USERS, FOR THE REST OF
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THE STAFF, THERE'S A LOT OF UPSKILLING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSPIRE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. PROCESS. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. ARE THERE EXISTING PROCESSES THAT WE CAN PUT THIS IN LINE? ARE THERE ADDITIONAL PROCESSES THAT WE NEED TO DO AS IT PERTAINS TO ONBOARDING? ONE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE DONE AS THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT PRIORITIZATION OF AI THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOUD TYPE SOLUTIONS. IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HOST THIS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BUYING A WHOLE BUNCH OF GPUS OR ASICS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. WE WILL LEVERAGE SOMEBODY ELSE TO ACTUALLY DO THE COMPUTE. WHERE ARE WE TODAY. SO OUR CURRENT STATE WE'RE IN BETWEEN INCORPORATION AND PROLIFERATION.AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE STARTED SOME PILOTS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS OUT, BUT NOT VERY MANY AT SCALE, IF YOU WILL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE. BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO IS HOW DO WE BRIDGE THAT GAP IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FINISH TALKING ABOUT THAT TWO MORE SLIDES I BELIEVE. OKAY. SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PRIORITIZING INITIATIVES. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE'RE KIND OF BRINGING ALL THIS TOGETHER RIGHT. WE WANT THE STUFF OVER HERE IN THIS QUADRANT RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT'S HIGH VALUE AND THAT'S VERY FEASIBLE. RIGHT. SO WE CAN DO IT. WE EITHER HAVE THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO A COUPLE EXAMPLES. WE TALKED ABOUT CUSTOMER SUPPORT RIGHT OR I TRANSCRIPTS. THAT'S A GREAT ONE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO AN EXISTING SOLUTION. SO ZOOM RIGHT. SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT TECHNOLOGY. SO VERY FEASIBLE VERY EASY TO IMPLEMENT. SO EASY TO JUST CHECKBOX TURN IT ON RIGHT NOW. VALUE. WELL YEAH THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN NOW I'M GETTING TRANSCRIPTS FROM ALL OF THIS. BUT IN ALL OF THIS CONTEXT IT'S REAL EASY. ANYTHING THAT WE CREATE IS NOW AN OFFICIAL RECORD. RIGHT. SO THERE'S OTHER THERE'S TRICKLE EFFECTS I GUESS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT JUST BECAUSE IT'S EASY. RIGHT. WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT NOW ALL OF THAT STUFF IS AGAIN SAME RETENTION REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD WITH ANY OTHER DOCUMENT. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE HERE LIKE NUMBER TWO FOR INSTANCE, SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT PERFORM SENTIMENT ANALYSIS. RIGHT. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRIORITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE. HIGH VALUE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT RIGHT TO INTEGRATE THAN THAT OF THAT AI TRANSCRIPTS. BUT THE PRIORITIZATION TOOL IF YOU NOTICE THESE ARE COLOR CODED. AGAIN BACK TO THOSE VALUES.
RIGHT? I SAY VALUES BACK TO YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND OR BIG MOVES. VALUES DRIVEN DATA DRIVEN, BUILD AND SERVE. SO GENERAL GUIDELINES CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE A POLICY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT COMING UP. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF WE'VE ROLLED OUT SOME GENERATIVE AI WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. WHEN I SAY SOME LIKE 40 LICENSES. RIGHT. AND IT'S REALLY MORE OF A PILOT FOR INDIVIDUALS, IT'S REALLY COOL. SOME OF THE USE CASES THAT WE'RE FINDING, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, FOR INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD A JD, YOU COULD PUT A JD INTO CHATGPT, YOU COULD GET ALL YOUR APPLICANTS, PUT THEM IN THERE, AND IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHO THE BEST APPLICANT IS ON PAPER. RIGHT? WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHAT'S BAD ABOUT IT IS YOU JUST SUBJECTED ALL OF THAT PERSONAL, IDENTIFIABLE, IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION INTO A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL. IT'S A BIG NO NO, RIGHT. HUGE, NO, NO. WOULD IT WORK? ABSOLUTELY IT WOULD WORK. SHOULD YOU DO IT? ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT DO IT. STRATEGIC VENDORS AND PARTNERSHIPS. AGAIN, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THESE THINGS, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS. RIGHT. AND SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO BUSINESS WITH TODAY. THESE ARE VARIOUS I SAY TODAY SOME OF THIS LIKE WHEN YOU GOT BILLING AND CRM. WE'RE CURRENTLY SHOPPING FOR ERP. SO YOU SEE A COUPLE OF THEM UP THERE. BUT WITH THESE NEW RFPS ERPS, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE THINGS THAT LIKE RPAS ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION WHERE YOU'RE TAKING MANUAL TASKS, REPETITIVE TASKS LIKE PAYROLL OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY AUTOMATING IT. AND RPA IS NOT AN ACTUAL ROBOT DOING IT. THAT'S MORE SCRIPTING. BUT REGARDLESS, ALL THE SAME, A LOT OF THESE, THESE, THESE DUTIES, IF YOU WILL, THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO TRULY UPSKILL SOME OF THEIR TALENTS AND HAVE THEM FREED UP TO DO MORE CRITICAL THINKING TASKS, IF YOU WILL. AND SO THIS IS A SKILL ADDRESSING OUR CURRENT MATURITY. AND SO I LIKE THIS CHART BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY YOU'VE GOT THE NUMBERS RIGHT. AND SO IT'S PRETTY OBJECTIVE ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND WHERE YOU ARE. THE ORANGE IS WHAT WE ADDRESSED WITH OUR CURRENT STATE. THE BLUE IS WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO BE. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE GOVERNANCE AND THE DATA MANAGEMENT ARE HIGHER AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT. AND THE REASON, QUITE FRANKLY, IS
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THESE TWO, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY ADDITIONAL MONETARY FUNDING TO HIT THESE, IF YOU WILL. THE DATA OR THE AI GOVERNANCE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT. IT'S ESTABLISHING THAT FRAMEWORK. IT'S PUTTING THE GUARDRAILS AROUND IT WITH THE DATA MANAGEMENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ONGOING PROJECT RIGHT NOW TO ENHANCE SOME OF OUR OUR, FOR INSTANCE, OUR LASERFICHE PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT FUNDING THAT WAS WAS GIVEN TO US THIS YEAR. SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT INITIATIVES TO FURTHER THAT. AND SO WE FEEL AS IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE FURTHER STRIDES IN THOSE TWO AREAS, THEN THE OTHER THREE. AND THEN THIS LAST SLIDE AGAIN IS SHOWING THAT GAP ANALYSIS.RIGHT. WHERE ARE WE TODAY WITH INCORPORATION. HOW DO WE GET OVER TO THE PROLIFERATION. AND AGAIN LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU WE'VE GOT SOME YEAH, WE'VE DONE PLCS. WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS OUT BUT NOT REALLY AT SCALE. SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? SO ONE THING WE NEED TO DO TO BRIDGE THE GAP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING AN AI, A GENERATIVE AI POLICY TO YOU GUYS. I WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS QUARTER. AND THAT IS, AGAIN, TO ESTABLISH THAT GOVERNANCE REALLY FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, A DATA MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT KIND OF IN DEPTH WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE DATA. WE'VE GOT A DATA DIRECTOR, FOR INSTANCE, WITH CLASSIFICATION AND ALL THAT. WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY GET THAT SIGNED AND PUT IN PLACE. PEOPLE AND SKILLS KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT, RIGHT. WE'RE CURRENTLY SENDING ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR STAFF TO GET THEM UPSKILLED. BUT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS POTENTIALLY HAVING LIKE AMAS WITH STAFF RIGHT IN LOWER LEVEL, LIKE THE ASK SORRY, ASK ME ANYTHING, RIGHT TO WHERE MAYBE IT'S ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? OR MAYBE IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED A CADENCE, BUT TO WHERE STAFF COULD COME DOWN AND TRULY ASK AWAY. RIGHT. WITH OUR RESIDENT EXPERTS, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO ONBOARDING, ENSURING THAT JUST LIKE HOW WE HAVE SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING DURING THE ONBOARDING PROCESS, WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE AI TRAINING, RIGHT? SO INDIVIDUALS KNOW THE DO'S AND DON'TS AND THEN TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE. I SPOKE ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY. BUT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY, IF YOU WILL, A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE LEVERAGED REALLY WITH WITH CLOUD HOSTED OPPORTUNITIES. SO WITH THAT, THAT WAS RECORD TIME.
WHAT QUESTIONS MIGHT YOU HAVE? SO MANY OKAY. SO I'M EXCITED TO LOOK AT THIS. YES SIR. CAN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT CURVE YOU HAD WITH THE ADOPTION? YES, SIR. I'M TOTALLY STEALING THIS SLIDE.
THIS IS. ABSOLUTELY WHAT I WANT TO DO. GREAT SLIDE. YES. GREAT SLIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT AI TRANSCRIPTS. THERE'S OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS AS WELL THOUGH BECAUSE THE TRANSCRIPTS CAN BE I CAN TAKE AND MAKE NOTES OUT OF THAT. IT CAN GET MENTIONS OUT OF THAT. HOW THAT WAS MENTIONED, IT CAN GO THROUGH AND HAVE A RECAPS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, BULLETED POINTS OF ACTION ITEMS. YES, SIR. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT NOT JUST TRANSCRIPTS, BUT USING THE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. OKAY.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC CLOUD, THE DANGERS OF GOING THROUGH AND PUTTING LIKE IP PERSONAL INFORMATION OUT THERE. I'M ASSUMING WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE THE AZURE OPENAI, THE THINGS THAT CONTAIN IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT. YOU PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT THERE. SO YES AND NO MEANING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. SO I DON'T WANT TO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY A MICROSOFT SHOP 100%. RIGHT. SO OBVIOUSLY WITH WITH AZURE THAT'S A BENEFIT THERE IN YOUR ALSO WITH THE MICROSOFT COPILOT. RIGHT. YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN CORPORATE. SO WE ARE WE HAVE PUSHED OUT GEMINI LICENSES TO JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN CITY MANAGEMENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE IN ESSENCE THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT TO COPILOT, RIGHT ON THE MICROSOFT SIDE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CLOUD OFFERINGS. WE'RE LOOKING AT AZURE, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO SEE WHAT AMAZON YEAH HAS TO OFFER AS WELL. I DIDN'T MEAN TO LIKE PUSH IT. I HAVE NO STOCK IN MICROSOFT SO I DIDN'T I WASN'T QUITE UNDERSTOOD. I JUST TRIED TO DRAW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PRIVATE CLOUD AI AND THE PUBLIC CLOUD. YES, SIR. AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT THAT YOU'RE MAKING. MEANING THAT WHAT'S GREAT IS IF YOU CAN. AND I'LL TAKE OUR ERP, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING INTRINSIC RIGHT TO YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION, THEN YOU MINIMIZE YOUR RISK AND IT'S YOU'RE ABLE TO THEN LEVERAGE A LOT MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO FEED TO GET THE DECISION MAKING IF YOU WILL. BUT BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE WITHIN THAT ENCLOSED PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT. SO LIKE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING CHATGPT AND EXTENDING THAT WELL THAT'S STILL NOT A, A PRIVATE LLM. YES, SIR. THE LAST QUESTION, I'LL LET EVERYBODY ELSE GO. THAT JUST GETS ME EXCITED THOUGH. SO THIS IS COOL STUFF. SO THIS WE TALKED MOSTLY ABOUT ENTERPRISE LEVEL AI PROCESSES. AND YOU HINTED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT END USER AI. SO THE MANY I HELP DRAFT WORD DOCUMENTS, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, LETTING IT GENERATE POWERPOINT DECKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THAT A SEPARATE IS THAT SEPARATELY ON THE ON THE. YEAH. NO NO NO IT'S THE SAME. AND IN
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FACT I NEED TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. RIGHT. BOOM. SO PERMITTED USES RIGHT. SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT. YOU KNOW SO AGAIN IT'S HOW DO I DO THIS RESPONSIBLY THOUGH. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING BEFORE YOU DO IT.MEANING THAT ONE THING THAT WAS GREAT. WE WERE TAKING THE CHARTER THE OTHER DAY, AND WE WERE LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE COULD IMPROVE IT. RIGHT. JUST JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. WELL, THAT'S A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENT. NO HARM, NO FOUL. RIGHT. BUT THEN IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SENSITIVE WITH LEGAL, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF INSIGHTS BY LEVERAGING, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE. AND LIZ WOULD HAVE MY HEAD. RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THESE GUIDELINES. BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, SIR. WE ARE LOOKING AT END USERS, THE TWO PRODUCTS, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT END USERS RIGHT NOW ARE CHATGPT THE WAY THAT WE'VE GOT A TEAM GROUP MEMBERSHIP FOR THAT. AND AS WELL AS THE GEMINI PRODUCT, THOSE ARE THE PERSONAL COPILOTS IF YOU KNOW, PERSONAL ASSISTANTS, IF YOU WILL. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THE ONLY THING I THINK YOU HIT ON IT IS THAT THE BIGGEST, I GUESS, WEAKNESS THAT COULD OCCUR IS ARE THE EMPLOYEES WHO MAY NOT BE AS UP TO SPEED.
SO I THINK THE TRAINING IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROHIBITED USES ARE, IF NOT A STICKER RIGHT THERE ON THEIR SCREENS BEFORE THEY USE IT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING THEY GET. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, I LOVE I USE IT ALL THE TIME KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE STUFF I'M GOING TO GET IS WRONG RIGHT NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING LIKE WHAT'S PRIVATE AND WHAT AND WHAT CAN WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. YES, SIR. TRAINING IS PARAMOUNT.
AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ARE AFRAID OF LOSING JOBS. RIGHT.
AND EVERYTHING I'VE READ SUGGESTS THAT JOBS WILL BE LOST, BUT MORE JOBS WILL BE CREATED.
RIGHT. AND SO IT'S REALLY THAT TRANSITION OF, OKAY, HOW DO I HOW DO I GAIN THIS DIGITAL LITERACY RIGHT. TO WHERE NOW I'M EMPOWERED TO LEVERAGE THESE TOOLS, RIGHT, TO FREE ME UP FROM DOING A LOT OF THAT REDUNDANT WORK THAT I WAS DOING IN THE PAST. RIGHT. AND SO, IN ESSENCE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU READ, YOU KNOW, GARDNER, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60% AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE ABLE TO. SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD EMPLOYEE. GREAT, GREAT, EXCELLENT. YOU KNOW, AND SO FORTH AND SO FORTH. WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS MIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF. YES, COUPLE OF QUICK ONES. NOBODY ELSE IS ON THE QUEUE.
WHERE IS OUR DATA CURRENTLY. VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S WHY I ALLUDED TO IT. WE'VE GOT DATA AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DATA YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT SIR. BUT NO WE DO. WE HAVE DATA WITHIN LASERFICHE. RIGHT. ALL OF THAT'S ON PREM. RIGHT. WE'VE GOT DATA ON OUR HARD DRIVES THAT'S ON PREM. RIGHT. BUT THEN WE HAVE GOOGLE DRIVES RIGHT. WHERE A LARGE MAJORITY OF END USER DATA RESIDES. AND SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR THREE PRIMARY PLACES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL DATA. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW PEOPLE COULD STILL SAVE SOMETHING LOCALLY. THEY SHOULDN'T. RIGHT. BUT THEY COULD. BUT THOSE ARE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR DATA STORES NOW WE HAVE REPOSITORIES AS WELL, MEANING THAT LIKE FOR INSTANCE, HIPAA FILES ARE IN SERVERS.
RIGHT. OR HIS STUFF IS A SHARE OFF OF AN HR SERVER, YOU KNOW. SO BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITY DATA, IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE IN GOOGLE DRIVE OR OUR OWN INTERNAL SHARED DRIVES, OR IT'S ALREADY IN LASERFICHE. SO WITH THAT BASELINE OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW STRONG ARE GOOGLE'S DATA MANAGEMENT RULES AS FAR AS WHO GETS TO ACCESS WHAT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT BEST OF BREED AT THIS POINT. THEY'RE GETTING BETTER. ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES I SAY DOWNSIDES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE INVESTED IN. THIS YEAR, HE HAS AWARDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BACKUPS FOR US ON THE ON GOOGLE. AND THAT WAS REALLY A CONCERN THAT WE HAD IN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR EGGS IN THAT BASKET, ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE BACKING EVERYTHING UP AND EVERYTHING. WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH INSIGHT INTO THE PLATFORM AS WE DO IN THE MAJORITY OF THEM. AND SO TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TOOL SETS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON THAT GIVE YOU MORE OF A HOLISTIC VIEW. SO I CAN TELL YOU, IF JENNIFER SHARES A DOCUMENT EXTERNALLY, I KNOW SHE SHARED A DOCUMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT. I KNOW THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT, AND I KNOW THAT SHE SHARED IT EXTERNALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE SHARED IT WITH. SO, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN
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SET ALARMS FOR THINGS THAT THAT LOOK SUSPICIOUS, FOR INSTANCE, DATA LEAVING. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE INSIGHT TO DRILL DOWN TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE CONTROLS, IN ESSENCE, THAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO THAT'S NOT MATURE YET. YEAH. MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH ALL OF THIS IS HISTORICALLY, WE CREATE A FILE AND CREATE A FOLDER, WHATEVER THAT IS, AND WE SHARE IT OR WE DON'T, OR WE USE THE DEFAULT SETTINGS, WHATEVER THEY ARE. AND WE'VE GOT THIS THING CALLED SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY. RIGHT? YES. SO I'VE CREATED IT. NOBODY ELSE KNOWS IT EXISTS, BUT IT'S THERE. IT'S LIVING ON THE SERVER AND SOMEBODY COULD STUMBLE ACROSS IT, AND IT COULD BE FULL OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OR WHAT. I DOESN'T CARE. NO, THERE IS NO OBSCURITY TO I. EVERYTHING THAT IT CAN SEE THAT LIVES THERE, IT CAN SEE. AND SO I WOULD BE I'D BE REALLY HESITANT UNTIL WE GET A VERY STRONG DATA INTEGRITY DATA MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN PLACE. AND THAT MIGHT MEAN SOMEBODY OTHER THAN GOOGLE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE IT. SO YOU'RE 100% RIGHT, 1,000% RIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE HUGE UPLIFTS, IF YOU WILL, IS THAT THAT DATA MANAGEMENT. SO I'M ASSUMING JUST TO STEP INTO THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CLOUD SPEND ON SOME SORT OF DATA LAKE SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE TO I MEAN IT'S NOT EVEN A YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OR LATITUDE TO REALLY DO THINGS ON PREM ANY LONGER. NOT NOT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. NO.NOT WITH THE DATA BANK THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE. RIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CUT AND PASTE MY UDC EVERY TIME I WANT TO DO SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY. SO, OKAY, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH, BUT THAT TO ME THAT'S FOUNDATIONAL. IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN AND IF I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IF I CUT AND PASTE SOMETHING AND IT'S GOT LOCKED DOWN HERE, BUT IT'S THE NEW DOCUMENT IS NOT LOCKED DOWN. THAT CONCERNS ME AS WELL. SO VERY VALID POINTS. AND AGAIN YOU CAN'T PROTECT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CATEGORIZATION, THE CLASSIFICATION EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE. THAT'S YOUR AGAIN FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL BEFORE YOU CAN BUILD ON TOP OF IT. SUPER.
WELL I THINK I THINK IF WE'RE INVESTING IN THAT, YOU KNOW ZERO TRUST TYPE OF MODEL THAT LOCKS DOWN, WHO GETS TO SEE WHAT I THINK? I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT FIRST STEP BECAUSE ONCE WE HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION, THIS JUST KEEPS LEVERAGING. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MANAGER. ANYTHING ELSE. NO SIR. WITH THAT BEING SAID I THINK WE GREEN LIGHT. THERE WE GO. IT IS 7:00. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS
[A. Invocation - Council Member William Meridith]
MEETING OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. FIRST UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAM MEREDITH. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER. YES. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE U.S. AND TEXAS FLAGS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE OF GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WE ARE IN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A[C. Presentation]
PRESENTATION AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR 2025 COLOR PALOOZA LOGO CONTEST WINNER AND UNVEILING OF THE DESIGN. OUR ART CENTER MANAGER, DENISE HELBING, WILL ANNOUNCE, AND I THINK SHE'S HERE. THANKS. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M EXCITED. OH, HELLO THERE I AM. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I AM EXCITED TO REVEAL THE 2025 COLOR PALOOZA LOGO DESIGN AND INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ARTIST WHO CREATED IT. TONIGHT. WE HAD A STRONG PARTICIPATION IN THIS YEAR'S CONTEST WITH 15 VERY CREATIVE ENTRIES. THIS YEAR'S WINNING LOGO WAS DESIGNED BY LES HARMON, SOPHOMORE ALEXA UTEBOR. SHE WANTED TO CREATE A LOGO THAT WAS COLORFUL AND HAD A VINTAGE OR RETRO STYLE, WITH THEMES OF ART AND VIBRANCY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND REVEAL THE LOGO NOW. IT'S[00:40:02]
VERY COOL, VERY COOL. THERE WE GO. ALTHOUGH ALEXA WAS NOT ENROLLED IN A VISUAL ART CLASS LAST SEMESTER, WHEN THE CONTEST WAS CONDUCTED, ONE OF HER FRIENDS WAS IN AN ART CLASS AND TOLD HER ABOUT IT, AND ALEXA DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY. SHE PLANS TO MAJOR IN SOMETHING ARTISTIC IN COLLEGE RELATED TO ILLUSTRATION OR GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND SHE SAID SHE'S MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER LOGO ON ALL THE DIFFERENT MERCHANDISE AND ON THE BANNERS WHEN JUST DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. THE AWARD FOR THE LOGO CONTEST IS 1000, IS A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED ADMINISTERED BY THE GREATER LOUISVILLE ARTS ALLIANCE. AND TONIGHT, WE'VE GIVEN HER THE VERY FIRST SHIRT MADE WITH THE LOGO. AND SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO WEAR THAT BEFORE THE FESTIVAL. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET HER A FULL INVENTORY OF ALL THE MERCHANDISE THAT WE WILL CREATE. SO CONGRATULATIONS, ALEXA. THANK YOU. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU ALEXA, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.[D. Public Hearing]
ITEM D PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE THREE. CHAPTER SIX ZONING PETITIONS AND PROCEDURES OF VOLUME TWO OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY AMENDING SECTION 3.6.6 TO REMOVE LIMITATIONS ON RESUBMISSION OF ZONING PETITIONS. FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL DENIAL, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROHIBITS THE RESUBMISSION OF A ZONING PETITION FOR ONE YEAR AFTER A CITY COUNCIL VOTE TO DENY THE REQUEST, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THE PROHIBITION TO ALLOW ANY APPLICANT THE ABILITY TO RESUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION AT ANY TIME. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FIVE TO NOTHING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024, AND IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE.WE DO HAVE MR. RICHARD LIEDTKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND I HAVE NOTHING FROM PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL IF YOU PLEASE VOTE.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCES SET FORTH IN A CAPTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER SIX, ZONING PETITIONS AND PROCEDURES OF VOLUME TWO OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL, KNOWN AS THE LOUISVILLE CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY AMENDING SECTION 3.6.6 TO REMOVE LIMITATIONS ON SUBMISSION OF ZONING PETITIONS FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL DENIAL.
PROVIDING FOR REPEALER SEVERABILITY, A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY COUNCIL IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM D TWO PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 012919 DASH SUP. AND RESCINDING AND TERMINATING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT GRANTED THEREIN, ALLOWING MINOR AUTOMOBILE SERVICE, INCLUDING TUNEUP AND REPAIR SERVICES AND A CAR WASH FACILITY ON APPROXIMATELY 1.22 ACRES.
LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE. BLOCK A, THE CORNERS AT VALLEY PARKWAY ADDITION, LOCATED AT 1111 WEST ROUND GROVE ROAD. FM 3040. ZONED LOCAL COMMERCIAL. ON JULY 15TH, 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW MINOR AUTOMOBILE SERVICES, INCLUDING TUNEUP AND REPAIR SERVICES AND A CAR WASH FACILITY ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RESCIND AND TERMINATE THE SUP FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING, IN THE EVENT THAT THE ABANDONMENT OF THE STRUCTURE, LEASE SPACE, LOT OR TRACT OF LAND FOR UP TO 180 DAYS OCCURS, OR IF ONE OR MORE OF THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE SUP HAVE NOT BEEN MET, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY VIOLATES TWO OF THE CONDITIONS THE APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ABANDONMENT OF THE SITE. FOR 180 DAYS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FIVE TO NOTHING. ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. LUDTKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. I, I HAVE A I HAVE A HAND. WE CAN DO THAT. COME ON. I HAVE A QUESTION. OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO USE IT ON THE MIC BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC RECORD. THAT'S FINE.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
YES, SIR. OKAY. MY NAME IS MARK WESTMORELAND. I OWN THE PRESCHOOL TO THE NORTH.
CHILDREN'S LIGHTHOUSE, VALLEY PARKWAY. YES, SIR. JUST HAD A QUESTION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE PROPER VENUE TO VET THIS OR NOT, BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE LOCATION OF THE DUMPSTER ON THE PROPERTY I WAS. I HAD SPOKEN WITH RUSS AS RUSS HERE THIS EVENING WITH WITH THE RUSS RIGHT HERE. OKAY. RIGHT. AND I HAD SPOKEN WITH RUSS JUST ABOUT SEEING IF WE COULD MOVE THAT TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT. AT AN INTERSECTION WITH NO STOP SIGNS WHERE PEOPLE TRAVEL IN AND OUT PAST MCDONALD'S, BETWEEN MCDONALD'S AND THE CAR WASH TO THE NORTH,
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UP INTO OUR PARKING LOT AND TRAFFIC INTERSECTS THERE, THE DUMPSTER WOULD SORT OF CREATE A VISUAL BLOCK TO THE INTERSECTION. WE ALSO HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT ALLOW US TO SEE CARS EXITING, THAT IT WOULD OBSTRUCT. AND RUSS DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MOVING IT TO THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT. IS THIS THE PROPER VENUE TO DISCUSS THIS OR SHOULD WE. SO IT'S FINE FOR YOU TO BRING IT UP. I THINK WHAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN IS WE NEED TO HAVE STAFF TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE LOCATIONS, BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME RIGHT OF WAY THOROUGHFARE TYPES OF THINGS, AS WELL AS TRUCK MOVEMENT THROUGH THAT PROPERTY. SO BUT ABSOLUTELY, BETWEEN YOU AND STAFF AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. THE SUP IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THAT AT ALL OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.COUNCIL. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL. IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. VOTE IS SIX TO NOTHING. COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE CAPTION.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REPEALING ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 012919 DASH SUPP, AND RESCINDING AND TERMINATING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT GRANTED THEREIN, ALLOWING MINOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING TUNEUP AND REPAIR SERVICES, AND A CAR WASH FACILITY ON APPROXIMATELY 1.22 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE, BLOCK A CORNERS AT VALLEY RIDGE PARKWAY ADDITION, LOCATED AT 1111 WEST ROUND GROVE ROAD. FM 3040. ZONED LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, LLC PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE REPEALER SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY COUNSEL IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM D3 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A CAR WASH ON A 0.122 ON A 1.22 ACRE LOT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE. BLOCK A THE CORNERS OF VALLEY ZONED LOCAL COMMERCIAL AS REQUESTED BY HAYLEY PETERSON, LONE STAR BUILDERS ON BEHALF OF ROYCE LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE 24 DASH 022 DASH SUPP. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL REMODEL A FORMER CAR, CAR WASH AND VEHICLE REPAIR FACILITY TO A NEW QUICK QUACK CAR WASH. SAY THAT FIVE TIMES FAST. A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS. A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED SINCE ANOTHER AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USE OPERATES WITHIN 1000FT, THE NEW CAR WASH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE USE, LESS WATER, AND PROVIDE HIGHER WATER RECLAMATION THAN THE PREVIOUS CAR WASH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING. ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE, AND WE DO HAVE MR. LUDTKE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IS NOW OPEN AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO RICHARD, THE FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE USE AT LEAST BETWEEN THIS PROPOSED USE AND WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, WAS THAT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WAS HAD SOME MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND A CAR WASH. AND THIS IS JUST A CAR WASH. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OTHER QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND A VOTE OF SIX TO NOTHING. COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR CAR WASH ON APPROXIMATELY 1.221 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE, BLOCK A, THE CORNERS AT VALLEY PARKWAY ADDITION, LOCATED AT 1111 WEST ROUND GROVE ROAD. FM 3040 ZONED LOCAL COMMERCIAL LLC DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALER SEVERABILITY PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM D FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON 8.504 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK A M, A BLOCK ADDITION LOCATED AT ONE 201 SOUTH RAILROAD STREET, AS REQUESTED BY ARTURO FLORES, THE APPLICANT, ON BEHALF OF FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE 2409 TEN DASH Z. CURRENTLY, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
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DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES REZONING THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING SITS AS LEE, WHILE REZONING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND THE BUILDING IS HIGH. THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024, AND IT IS THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. LUKE IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, QUICK, QUICK COMMENT AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUMMED UP. BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST A FLIP FLOPPING OF SECTIONS OF THAT PROPERTY. AND EVERYTHING AROUND THERE IS ALREADY VERY SIMILAR IN USE, RIGHT? YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING NEW HERE. OKAY.THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE. MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION TO CLOSE. PUBLIC HEARING PASSES SIX TO NOTHING.
COUNCIL. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 8.504 ACRES OF LAND, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK A M, A BLOCK ADDITION, AND LOCATED AT 1201 SOUTH RAILROAD STREET. BY REZONING PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT DISTRICT ZONING TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL HIGH DISTRICT ZONING AND REZONING PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL HIGH DISTRICT ZONING TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT DISTRICT ZONING. CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HEREIN MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE. REPEALER SEVERABILITY A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 5D5 IS PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY BUILDING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON 0.0578 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 44 BLOCK, A ROCK BROOK PLACE LOCATED AT 434 HAMILTON STREET. ZONED TOWNHOUSE TWO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY SANTANA TAPIA, THE APPLICANT, ON BEHALF OF ARISHA LEWIS, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 24 1119 SUP. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS WISHING TO ADD A DETACHED PATIO COVER TO THE BACKYARD OF HER TOWNHOME. THE PATIO COVER DOES NOT MEET THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AND REQUIRES APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. PATIO COVERS ARE COMMON ADDITIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF FINDS THIS USE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, FINDING NOTHING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. LUEDKE IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SET BACK LESS THAN FIVE FEET FROM THE SIDE LOT FROM THE SIDE LOT LINE ON APPROXIMATELY 0.0578 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 44. BLOCK A ROCK ROCK BROOK PLACE LOCATED AT 434 HAMILTON STREET AND ZONED TOWNHOUSE TWO RESIDENTIAL TH2 DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A REPEALER SEVERABILITY PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM E
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VISITORS FORUM. SPEAKERS MUST ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. SPEAKERS SHOULD SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THEIR REMARKS. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE. STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. ACTION CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AT A FUTURE MEETING. I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR COMMENT FROM MR. OSCAR SMITH. MR. SMITH, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS OSCAR. THIS IS MY WIFE, ROSE. OUR ADDRESS IS 4869 TIMBER TRAIL, CARROLLTON, TEXAS. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OUR DAUGHTER WAS A RESIDENT OF LEWISVILLE FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS. HER[00:55:05]
ADDRESS WAS 5101. DEL. MULLEN, LEWISVILLE. WE ARE HERE AS THE FOUNDERS OF THE EL CHRISTINA SMITH DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION FOUNDATION. WE ARE HERE TO ASK YOU AND THE COUNCIL TO SAVE THE DATE. WE HAD A OUR VERY FIRST FUND RAISER LAST YEAR, WHICH COINCIDENTALLY CONFLICTED WITH SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE WAS HAVING. IT WAS OCTOBER 19TH. SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE WINDHAVEN MEADOWS PARK, 5400 WINDHAVEN PARKWAY, PLANO, TEXAS. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A ONE MILE FUN WALK, A55K RUN. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH OF YOU AND EVERYONE THAT WILL BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE, TO COME OUT AND HELP SUPPORT THIS CAUSE, OUR PURPOSE AND OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ERADICATE DOMESTIC ABUSE.STARTING IN ABOUT THE FIFTH GRADE, AND TRY TO FOLLOW THOSE KIDS UP THROUGH THEIR COLLEGE AGE COLLEGE YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I HAVE FLIERS SEPTEMBER 20TH. I HAVE FLIERS FOR THE COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. I'LL MAKE SURE TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. WE GAVE THEM TO. OH, WE GOT THEM. OKAY. THEN THEY'RE HANDLED. THEY'LL BE. THEY'LL BE IN OUR. SO. SO THANK YOU, MISTER SMITH. THANK YOU, MISTER SMITH.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS FOR VISITORS FORUM. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
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INTO ITEM F CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF EXPLANATORY BY THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. SO REQUESTS FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF AN ITEM, A SPEAKER, CARD OR COMMENT MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. I HAVE NO REQUESTS FOR REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NONE FROM COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL. IF YOU'D PLEASE[G. Regular Hearing]
VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM G 12 REGULAR HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS ON 6.7970 ACRES LOCATED AT 420 OAKMAN DRIVE. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE A BLOCK B VISTA RIDGE VILLAGE ADDITION. ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS REQUESTED BY DIEGO PEREZ-GARCIA OF WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER C H REALTY, I DFW OAK BEND LP CASE 24 1116 DASH ALT STD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD TO EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AN OLD MOVIE THEATER SITE INTO TWO DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE FACILITIES. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FOUR TO NOTHING. ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. WE DO HAVE MR. LIEDTKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, AND I DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WANTING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO WHEN I'M CLICKING WHERE THERE YOU GO. POINT UP TO THAT JUST FLAIL ABOUT. IT'LL HAPPEN. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS STARTED OFF. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO THANK RICHARD AND THE STAFF AND THE DEVELOPERS FOR WORKING SO HARD TO TRY TO FIND A COMPROMISE. COMPROMISE ON. ALWAYS LEAVE EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO BYPASS THAT.THIS FIRST. THIS STARTED OFF AS A LITTLE NOTES TO MYSELF ON HOW TO SPEAK TO THIS. THEN IT BECAME A LITTLE A LITTLE DECK THAT I WANTED TO USE AND PASS OUT TO COUNCIL. I THOUGHT WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS AN ITEM. THANK YOU, CLAIRE AND STAFF, FOR HELPING ME GET THIS UP. AND ON THE SCREEN HERE, THAT'S JUST A FRAMING SLIDE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE I-35 CORRIDOR OVERLAY FOR. ITS PURPOSE IS BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ESTHETICS. IF YOU BOIL IT ALL DOWN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S TRYING TO DO. MAKE SURE WE HAVE ESTHETICS ON THE I-35 CORRIDOR WE DON'T WIND UP WITH. IT'S A BLIGHT OF WAREHOUSES GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE I-35. AND THAT'S THAT'S MADE CLEAR FROM THE PURPOSE AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, AGAIN, I AND I HAVE THE EMPHASIS MINE HERE ON THIS LAST LINE. THE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO ELEVATE THE VISUAL APPEAL OF THE CORRIDOR DISTRICT. IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST VISIBLE FROM THE I-35 HIGHWAY. IT'S VISIBLE FROM ANY, ANYWHERE. IF IT MEANT IF IT MEANT JUST FROM THE I-35 HIGHWAY, THEN IT WOULD SPELL OUT
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THAT JUST THE WALLS THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM THE HIGHWAY WOULD BE CONSIDERED. BUT THIS IS MEANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE. ESTHETICS FOR ANY STREET THAT IS VISIBLE, THAT HAS VISIBILITY TO THE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE UP THERE. THERE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE WE'VE DID A LITTLE, LITTLE RAP HERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD FOUR ASKS FOR DEVIATIONS FROM CODE. TWO HAVE BEEN GRANTED. THE ONES IN BLUE HAVE BEEN GRANTED ALREADY. 12 FOOT WALKWAY WENT TO EIGHT FOOT. THAT WAS A 33% CHANGE. THERE WERE LACK. THERE'S LACK OF ROOM FOR TRUCKS TO MANEUVER. WE HAD A WE HAVE A CHANGE OF THE OPEN SPACE FROM IT LOOKS LIKE 14,000, ALMOST 15,000FT■!S TO ABOUT 11,025% CHANGE. AGAIN, LIMITED SPACE IS WHY THAT CHANGE WAS ASKED FOR. THE AWNING WAS WAS PRETTY BENIGN. 5% VARIANCE, NOT A BIG DEAL. AND NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY WHAT THE VARIANCE IS 63% FOR FACADE FACADE. BASICALLY WHAT CAN GO ON THE FACADE. SO I JUST WANTED TO FRAME THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THIS THIS HELPS PAINT THE PICTURE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST USE FOR THIS SPACE OVERALL. WHEN WE LOOK AT, WE HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR TRUCK MANEUVERABILITY IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. HERE WE'RE LOSING 25% OF OPEN SPACE. I HAVE CONCERN THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS OF THIS SPACE. OVERALL, I WANTED TO COME THROUGH AND POINT THIS OUT AS WELL. WE DROVE THIS LAST, I GUESS, YESTERDAY UP AND DOWN THE ROADS SO YOU CAN SEE MOVIES. EIGHT IS WHAT'S IN GRAY. THAT IS THERE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OVER THERE. BUT EVERYWHERE THAT IS GREEN OVER HERE, THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING. SO EVERYONE IS GOING TO DRIVE AND OAK BEND IS GOING TO SEE THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING. EVERYBODY WHO GOES INTO ROCKBROOK IS GOING TO SEE THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING. THOSE APARTMENTS OVER THERE, THE TOWNHOMES OVER THERE, PEOPLE WHO WALK TO THE PARK THAT IS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS UP ARE GOING TO SEE THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING. AND PEOPLE WHO WALK BACK ARE GOING TO SEE THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING. SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK TO WHO SEES THE BACK OF THAT FACADE. AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE I-35 THAT THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT IS EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WHILE THIS IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, YOU JUMP TO THIS ONE. THE USAGE OUT THERE IN THAT SPACE IS THIS IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT'S BEING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS THIS THIS DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE. IT'S NOT CONFORMING TO THE REST OF THE USE IN THIS AREA. SO YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE ALL RESTAURANTS. THEY ARE THEY ARE SHOPPING THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS DOESN'T CONFORM TO WHAT THE USE OUT THERE IN THAT AREA. IF WE GO BACK HERE AND LOOK THIS IS A SHOT I TOOK FROM MY CAR HEADING DOWN OAK BEND. THAT IS THE MOVIE'S EIGHT FACADE THAT'S GOING TO BE VISIBLE TO ANYBODY DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD. SO IT'S NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT VISIBLE, IT'S FULLY VISIBLE TOP TO BOTTOM. THOSE PEOPLE IN THE MEMORY CARE FACILITY, WHICH IS WAS RIGHT THERE BEING HIGHLIGHTED. THEY WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS AND LOOK OUT THE BACK WINDOW AND SEE THIS EVERY DAY THAT THEY THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THAT MEMORY CARE FACILITY. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A LOT FOR SALE. IT'S ALSO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. IT'S KIND OF CATTY CORNER FROM WHERE IT'S AT. IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN AN ACRE. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT NOW. SO WE SET A PRECEDENT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW VARIANCES THAT THAT HAVE WAREHOUSES GOING. I-35, THAT THIS BUILDING HERE, PET SPA IS THAT THE NEXT IS THAT THE NEXT TO FALL TO HAVE WAREHOUSES PUT OUT THE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE? I HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE LET ONE WE HAVE ONE. IF WE BASICALLY MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ONE, WE'RE NOW MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG I-35. AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I'VE GOT. I'M HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OTHER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROXIMITY OF THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL THAT IS THIS CLOSE TO NOW, BUT I DO WANT TO I WANT TO SEPARATE OUT THIS CONVERSATION AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT ABOUT USE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE USE THAT IS PROPOSED IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT ARE WE ARE WE WILLING TO ALLOW AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD FOR THE FACADE? I DO I'VE REALLY GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE, PATRICK AND I. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT ON IT BECAUSE I DO. WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT WHO ALL IS GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT AND LOOK AT IT AND SEEING THE PICTURE, CAN YOU PUT IT BACK UP THE PICTURE FROM THE MEMORY CARE? THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.RICHARD, CAN YOU HELP ME REMEMBER WHICH SIDE WHAT THE PROPOSED PLAN. WHERE ARE THE
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LOADING DOCKS? THEY ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE, FACING THE WOODED AREA WHICH IS FLOODPLAIN FLOOD WAY OF TIMBER CREEK. OKAY. SO THEY WOULD BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS BUILDING, BUT STILL THEY WOULD KIND OF BE. YEAH. WHERE'S THE MEMORY CARE FACILITY? THE MEMORY CARE IS ON THE WEST SIDE. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT? WOULD BE FACING THE ALLEY WITH RIGHT MEMORY CARE IS THERE.AND THEN THEY WOULD BE OVER HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE. THAT'S NORTH RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN IT'S STILL PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. IT'S ALSO KIND OF CLOSE TO WHAT IS THIS, A MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX OVER HERE. AND THERE'S A I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ALL THE WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL RIGHT HERE. AND EVEN THOUGH I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TWO BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF THE ONE LARGE BUILDING AND TRYING TO SCALE IT DOWN TO FIT. I APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO GET THAT TO WORK. I'M STILL JUST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL THAT'S JUST RIGHT HERE. IN THIS CASE, I WOULD WANT TO SEE US UPHOLD OUR OUR STANDARDS FOR THE FACADE. NOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE IF WE ARE LESS WILLING TO GIVE ON THAT, ARE THEY ABLE TO MAKE ONE BUILDING WORK AND ATTRACT LARGER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE 100,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THERE EITHER. AND I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR THE REST OF EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS, BECAUSE I'M KIND OF I'M STILL WEIGHING IT HERE. SO I'M PROBABLY ON THE OPPOSITE SPECTRUM OF WHAT PATRICK JUST SAID, ALTHOUGH I DO I DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WHAT HE HAS SAID. I DO FEEL THAT OUR STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO PLACE THIS ON THE SITE. I MEAN, THE DOCKS ARE ON THE BACK SIDE BY THE CREEK. THE I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE MEMORY CARE IS LOOKING AT THE BACK SIDE OF A THEATER, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THE LEFT SIDE OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. CURRENTLY. WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE ELEVATION ON THIS, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT WAS A WAREHOUSE. IT LOOKED LIKE A RETAIL SPACE. I DO BELIEVE THEY'VE MADE HAVE MADE A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE THIS LOOK APPROPRIATE, SOMEWHAT APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT'S WHAT'S SURROUNDING. I WOULD MUCH PREFER TWO SMALL BUILDINGS THAN ONE BUILDING ON THIS SITE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE PET SUPPLY PLACE HAS TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE EITHER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S THERE. ANY IDEA WHAT THEIR HOW MUCH COMES OUT OF THERE. SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE TO WORK AROUND THIS SITE. I THINK THIS TO ME IS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE THAN ONE BIG BUILDING. IT'S LOWER IN ELEVATION 37FT VERSUS THE WHAT, 60, 60FT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT. SO ALSO I GOT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THIS THEATER. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S OVER THE 2020 PLUS CALLS AT THIS THEATER. I MEAN, I WAS ON A RIDE ALONG AT THIS THEATER MYSELF, SO I'VE SEEN THIS. SO DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS ONE? PROBABLY. I'M JUST I KNOW IT'S A MINIMUM OF 20. SO I THINK WE'RE THROWING ALL THOSE FACTORS IN THERE. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A NICE LOOKING EXTERIOR FOR WHAT IS THERE COMPARABLE I MEAN YOU'VE GOT A LIQUOR, YOU'VE GOT A, A LIQUOR STORE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. YOU'VE GOT A PET SUPPLY PLACE NEXT DOOR. YEAH. YOU DO HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL, BUT I DO THINK IT WILL FIT IN WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. THE COMMENTS. YEAH. I HAVE A COUPLE CLOSING COMMENTS. IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS DONE, I THINK I'M GOING TO LET THE REST OF COUNCIL MAKE COMMENTS AND THEN LET YOU CLOSE IF THAT'S OKAY. MY COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT CHRISTINE SAID, BUT ALSO THE ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY, IS THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCKS ON OAK BEND. AND MAKE SURE WE TRY TO RESTRICT THOSE LARGER TRUCKS IF WE DO THIS. AND EVERYTHING WE HEARD WAS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK INTO THIS. IT'S KIND OF SOFT LANGUAGE I LIKE I'D LIKE TO GET HARDER LANGUAGE BEFORE I EVEN CONSIDER, CONSIDER THIS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TRUE, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TRUCKS GOING TO OAK BEND BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG TRUCK ROUTE ON THE
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COMING OFF 30 OFF THE 35 SERVICE ROAD. SO HOW IS THIS STREET GOING TO HANDLE THAT? BECAUSE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TRAFFIC THERE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS I'D LIKE ANSWERS TO BEFORE I CAN EVEN CONSIDER THIS. AND WE'LL HAVE THE WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP BEFORE THIS IS ALL DONE. SO. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO COMMENT. NO. OKAY. WELL YOU JUST SKIPPED RIGHT ON OVER ME. YEAH, I DID OKAY. HOW ABOUT YOU? SO YOU DO WANT TO KEEP BREATHING I DO. THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS I BROUGHT UP IN WORKSHOP AND THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO COME DOWN CORRECTLY. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. I WOULD THINK SO. AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE BUILDING, THE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD REPLACE THIS ARE GOING TO BE TEN. 10 TO 30 FOOT, 37FT WEST. CORRECT. THE EXISTING BUILDING IS AROUND 60 AND THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS ARE 37. OKAY. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERN. WELL, I'VE GOT TWO OF THEM. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME THERE'S A, EVERY TIME THERE'S DEVELOPMENT, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S, I'M DONE. I'M GOING TO SAY IT. WE HAVE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOKS FOR A REASON. I WASN'T HERE TO GRASP THE ENTIRE INTENT ON THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WHEN IT WAS VOTED IN. BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHENEVER THERE'S DEVELOPMENT COMING UP, IT THERE'S ALWAYS A VARIANCE. AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT FIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO WE HAVE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR A REASON. BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY GIVEN VARIANCES ON THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT. AND THAT'S A GRIPE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER, WHAT CONCERNS ME MORE THAN THAT IS THE TRUCK TRAFFIC. AND HOW CAN WE LIMIT THE SIZE TRUCKS AND THE AMOUNT ON THIS STREET? THAT'S NOT A HUGE STREET. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME FAILURE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE FINAL TENANTS DO LOCATE IN THE BUILDING AND THEN WE WILL KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE SCALE IS OF THE TRUCK ACTIVITY. AND IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH TRUCKS GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, MOST LIKELY MOST WILL BE COMING FROM I-35 AND GOING BACK TO I-35. BUT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC GOING WEST, WE HAVE DONE THIS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE WORK WITH ENGINEERING, AND WE CAN PASS AN ORDINANCE TO RESTRICT TRUCKS IN THOSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IS THERE SOME REASON WHY WE CAN'T BE PREEMPTIVE ABOUT THAT? LET'S JUST GET IT DONE. WELL, I PULLED HER CHAIN. WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT. FIRST OFF, I WOULDN'T MAKE A DECISION ON CHANGING TRUCK TRAFFIC ON OAK BEND TONIGHT. LIKE STAFF HASN'T LOOKED AT THAT. SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WANTING FIRST, I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL IS SO INCLINED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT YOUR CONCERNS, BUT YOU'RE OPEN TO APPROVAL POTENTIALLY TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WANTING US TO GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND WE CAN TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN WITH THEM ON THAT FRONT. THANK YOU. THAT'S AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE STICKING POINT WITH ME. I THINK IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THE TRUCK TRAFFIC TO ENSURE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AROUND HERE, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, MEANDERING THROUGH THERE. AND I DO HAVE AN EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER SITE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. THIS MIGHT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE WAREHOUSE THAT IS JUST EAST OF THE SUPER WALMART ON ROUND GROVE, THAT ONE BACKS UP TO A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS OF ESPECIALLY TRAFFIC, A TRUCK TRAFFIC AT NIGHT DISTURBING THE RESIDENTS. AND THE STAFF DID WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, MADE THEM VERY CLEARLY WHERE THEY YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A NUISANCE CHAPTER AND THAT THAT INVOLVES NOISE AT NIGHT. AND SO THAT DEVELOPER WAS VERY PROACTIVE WITH POTENTIAL TENANTS, AND MANY OF THE POTENTIAL TENANTS HAD CALLED STAFF TO VERIFY. AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE ONES THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY THAT POTENTIALLY HAD TRAFFIC AT NIGHT DID NOT END UP LOCATING THERE. THE ONES THAT DID HAVE SOME TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY, BUT NOT AT NIGHT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF A THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. SO THAT[01:15:06]
WAS ONE, YOU KNOW, GOOD OUTCOME WORKING WITH THAT, WITH THAT DEVELOPER, MAKING THEM AWARE OF WHAT OUR WHAT OUR RULES ARE AND BEING COGNIZANT THAT THERE ARE SENSITIVE USES IN THE AREA.OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS JUST TO ADD MY $0.02 INTO THIS. AND THEN I THINK WE'LL ASK THE DEVELOPER TO COME ON UP. PATRICK, YOU RAISE A REALLY INTERESTING POINT ON HERE. THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STRIP THAT'S BEHIND ROCKBROOK IS ACTUALLY NOT IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, I UNDERSTAND. AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MUCH HIGHER RISK OF THE IMPACTS THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT TO CONTROL IT. SO THAT THAT I THINK CAN BE A CHALLENGE. AS TO OAK BEND, I'M NOT TERRIBLY WORRIED ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE ALREADY GET A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THERE ALREADY. ALMOST ALL THE DELIVERIES TO THAT. THOSE BUILDINGS SOUTH, ALL THE STRIP CENTER DOWN THERE, THERE'S A TON OF DELIVERIES THAT COME IN THROUGH THERE AND TOTAL WINE AND MORE PROBABLY GETS MORE DELIVERIES THAN ALL THE REST OF THEM PUT TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC'S NOT COMING ALL THE WAY BACK. IT'S ONLY COMING TO THE MIDDLE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY TWO ENTRANCES THERE. IT'S ONLY COMING TO THE MIDDLE OR THE BACK LINE OF THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COMING OFF OF 35.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT BE COMING OFF 121 AND FIND A WAY TO CUT BACK THROUGH THERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN MITIGATE PRETTY EASILY, IS THAT I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT STREET SIDE PARKING DOWN THERE. AND I THINK THAT THAT WE'VE DONE REGULARLY. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. WHAT I WILL SAY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT GET, IF THIS WERE TO GO BACK TO ITS BASE ENTITLEMENTS, WE COULD GET NO WINDOWS, WE COULD GET NOTHING. THAT LOOKS LIKE OFFICE SPACE, AT WHICH POINT, IF I LOOK AT GOOD DESIGN AND I THINK TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT HERE, WILLIAMS POINT ON HOW IT LOOKS DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE A DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE FROM THE FROM THE DESIGN THAT WE SAW. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE MARKET CHANGES TO THE NEXT THING AND IF IT'S OFFICE, THIS IS REALLY SET UP TO BE OFFICE. AND THEY JUST EXPAND INTO THE WAREHOUSE SPACE AND ARE DONE WITH IT. MY VISION AS I'M SEEING THIS IS A LOT OF SPECIALTY SHOWROOMS, MAYBE A SMALL FLOORING BUSINESSES, HVAC, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND YES, THEY HAVE A LARGE DOCK IN THE BACK, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY EQUATE TO BIG TRUCKS ALL THE TIME. THAT JUST EQUATES TO A LARGE LOAD, WHICH I THINK IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE. WHY I'M SEEING SOFT LANGUAGE IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR TENANTS ARE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, I THINK GIVES THEM SOME FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AND CONFORM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A WAY THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE OFFICE SPACE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE PAYCOM ACROSS THE STREET, BUT STILL GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS DISTRIBUTION. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THIS DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE IS BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU COMPETE WITH AMAZON IS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR LOGISTICS COSTS LOW. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THIS. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY BITS OF INPUT THAT I'M SEEING AND READING ON THAT I THINK THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON THE BACK SIDE IS A CONVERSATION FOR, FOR ANOTHER BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A PATRICK. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY CONCERN. BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT NECESSARILY APPLIES TO THIS ONE, JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOT A COMPLETE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES ON IT. SO WITH THAT, WOULD THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SHARE ANY ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT? YES, SIR. BRYCE HAFNER, GRAY ARCH PROPERTIES ADDRESS 4217 STANFORD AVENUE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE RENDERING THAT WE THIS WILL REALLY HELP ILLUSTRATE AND MAYBE ANSWER SOME CONCERNS. WITH IT AS WELL. I MEAN, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT HERE. THERE WE GO. AND WHILE YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER CADE, I DID WANT TO ADDRESS BRIEFLY THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ON I-35 BECAUSE I WAS THERE WHEN IT GOT APPROVED. IT WAS APPROVED AND DESIGNED BECAUSE IT IS OUR FRONT PORCH. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS I-35 GOT ITS EXPANSION, THAT OUR FRONT PORCH GOT CLEANED UP. IT WAS ALSO VERY, VERY MUCH WE WERE AWARE THAT WE WOULD HAVE LEGACY
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USES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO GET TO THE NEW STANDARD, BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET THE ENTIRE APPLE, BUT THAT THIS WOULD GIVE US A SUITE OF TOOLS TO NEGOTIATE TO GET SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD. SO I DON'T THINK THE INTENT WAS EVER TO BE 100% LOCK THIS ALL DOWN. I THINK THE INTENT AT THE TIME WAS, LET'S GIVE STAFF A PLETHORA OF TOOLS THAT THEY CAN USE TO UPGRADE THAT THAT FRONT PORCH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HIT 100% OF IT, JUST FROM FROM WHAT WE HAD ON THE GROUND ALREADY. ALMOST HAD IT. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. TO THAT. SO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. SO AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE ACTUAL PROPOSED RENDERING OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE SAME ANGLE THAT A PRO MAYOR TERM MR. KELLY TOOK FROM. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PICTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY THE BACK SIDE OF THE MOVIE THEATER. AND SO ESSENTIALLY TO THE WEST OF THAT, TO THE LEFT OF IT IS THE MEMORY CARE FACILITY. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS THEY'RE GOING TO SEE ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES WITH THE KIND OF OUR OPEN AREA LANDSCAPE GOING DOWN TO THE DRIVEWAY. AND SO THIS IS BUILDING ONE. THIS IS THE LARGER 68,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN THE BACK. AS YOU GO TOWARDS WHERE THAT VAN IS ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL GO TO THE TRUCK COURT. THERE YOU WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT CONCRETE SCREEN WALL THAT EXTENDS 60FT. SO THE MEMORY CARE FACILITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ANY OF THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, OR ALL THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS THIS KIND OF PREMIER STOREFRONT ENTRY WAY. AND AS YOU KIND OF GO FURTHER RIGHT DOWN THE BUILDING IN BETWEEN, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LARGE OFFICE ENTRY ON THE LEFT, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE THERE'S ANOTHER ENTRY ENTRY, A LARGER ONE, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT THERE'S A SMALLER ENTRY. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE VARIANCE IS COMING FROM. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR JUST A TRUE REDUCTION IN THE BRICK. WE'RE ACTUALLY THE VARIANCE IS BEING DRIVEN BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SUBSTITUTE THE BRICK WITH OTHER HIGHER QUALITY MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS, SUCH AS CANOPIES. IN REALITY THAT IS JUST AN EXIT DOOR. AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE BRICK WITH A WITH A METAL DOOR WITH NO VISIBILITY. NOW YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A POTENTIAL SECOND ENTRANCE, HIGHLY VISIBLE GLAZING ALL AROUND IT WITH A GLASS DOOR. AND SO, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A FLEX OFFICE BUILDING, A RETAIL CENTER. IT'S FAR MORE DESIGNED AND SUPERIOR THAN TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSE. A TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSE WOULD JUST HAVE FOUR WINDOWS ON THE CORNERS, CONCRETE ALL ALONG, ANOTHER FOUR WINDOWS IN THE BACK. ESTHETICALLY NOT PLEASING COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AND WE THINK THAT THIS HELPS. PROVIDE A LEVEL OF ESTHETICS THAT THE LOCAL. I THINK LOCALS WILL WILL APPRECIATE. THIS IS FACING OAK BEND, SO ALL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.THE TRUCK COURT IS NARROW. IT'S 90FT TO 120FT. MOVABILITY FOR TRUCKS FOR THE LARGER 18 WHEELERS WILL BE DIFFICULT. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY? NO WE DON'T. I SUSPECT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE BOX TRUCKS, BUT IT COULD BE A COUPLE 18 WHEELERS. THESE COULD BE SINGLE TENANT BUILDINGS. THEY COULD BE DEMISED DOWN TO BE 18,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACES, 20,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACES, WHICH AT THAT POINT THE TRAFFIC GOES DOWN EVEN MORE. THESE BUILDINGS COULD BE SOLD TO LOCAL BUSINESSES WHERE THEY OWN THE FACILITIES AND THEY CAN DO DISTRIBUTION, WAREHOUSE, SHOWROOM. IT'S KIND OF A FLEXIBLE KIND OF. WE DESIGN THE BUILDINGS TO BE ULTRA FLEXIBLE.
I WILL SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE HIGHLY DESIGNED BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. WE'VE TRIED TO MEET CODE AND BE UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE TO THE AREA. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE A QUESTION. I DO THINK IT LOOKS NICE AND I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION OF, YOU KNOW, YES, THERE'S A THERE IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE COMING DOWN FOR THE BRICK, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE GLASS. SEEING THE VISUAL HELPS ME A LOT. I WILL SAY THAT. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THERE IS. SO THERE'S YOU LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE CIRCULATION AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING. ARE THE TRUCKS THEMSELVES ABLE TO COME BETWEEN THIS THIS? WHAT IS THIS TO THE THIS IS BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE. THIS WOULD BE A FIRE LANE MEMORY CARE. SO ARE THE TRUCKS
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GOING TO COME THAT WAY OR ARE THEY GOING TO GO MORE THROUGH THE CENTER. THEY WILL GO MORE THROUGH THE CENTER. SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRE LOOP FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OKAY. AND THEN SO ARE THERE WHAT OPERATIONAL HOURS. WILL THERE BE LIMITS THAT YOU WILL SET ON THE TENANTS FOR. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAN OPERATE. YOU KNOW THEY CAN'T BE LOADING AT, YOU KNOW, 6 A.M. ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OR IS THAT JUST ALL CITY ORDINANCE? IT WOULD BE CITY ORDINANCE. WHAT WOULD OUR CITY ORDINANCE ALLOW? I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE THRESHOLDS ARE, BUT WE DO HAVE THE NOISE HOURS IN OUR NEWS SECTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE. OKAY. AND WOULD THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A WALL KIND OF EXTENDING FROM ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE WOULD BE A WALL THAT WAS EXTENDING KIND OF TO WHERE THEY WOULD HIDE. DID YOU SAY THAT THERE WAS A WALL THERE? YES, A SCREEN WALL, A SCREEN WALL. SO BEHIND THE BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRANSFORMER, THERE WILL BE AN EIGHT FOOT, 60 FOOT WIDE CONCRETE WALL THAT IS SHIELDING THE RAMP AND THE DOCK DOORS FROM THE WESTERN NEIGHBOR. OKAY. AS LONG AS AS WELL AS THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT HAS A BUNCH OF TREES AND SHRUBS. OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THERE WAS A QUESTION ON ON STREET PARKING TONIGHT AND AT PNC, PART OF THE REQUEST TO REDUCE THE OPEN AREA WAS IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE TWO ROWS OF PARKING IN FRONT OF EACH BUILDING, THE IF WE WERE TO MEET THE OPEN AREA, WE COULD ELIMINATE A WHOLE ROW OF PARKING IN FRONT OF THE SMALLER BUILDING IN ORDER TO HAVE OPEN SPACE. THE REQUEST WAS TO HAVE DOUBLE PARKING IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY ON STREET PARKING. I DON'T FORESEE ANY TENANTS PARKING ON THE STREET. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD. THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS OR IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDINGS AS NEEDED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I'M NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, COUNCILMEMBER KELLY, I THINK YOU SAID YOU HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSING THOUGHTS.YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU, BUT CAN WE GET MY DRAWINGS BACK UP, PLEASE? WHOEVER WAS DOING THAT. NO, NOT NOT UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT. THAT'S AWESOME. IF YOU GOT TO DO THIS. WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, I DO APPRECIATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARITY AND THE AND THE EXPLANATIONS. BUT OUR TOOLS ALMOST. OUR CITY, FOR REASONS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MANY TIMES BEFORE IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, IS ABOUT 50% LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE TOOLS WE HAVE TO HELP CURB THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES AND WAREHOUSES ARE LIMITED. THIS LOOKS GREAT. I WISH IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I DO LIKE THE ESTHETICS OF IT. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE ESTHETICS OF IT HERE AND MY TOOLS TO TRY TO HELP KEEPING TO KEEP THAT AREA FROM GOING WAREHOUSE ARE LIMITED, SO I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE FUTURE WAREHOUSE.
THAT'S THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE POLICE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OUT THERE, BUT THAT'S A THAT'S AN OWNER PROBLEM. THEY NEED TO THEY NEED TO FIX THAT. THERE'S GRAFFITI ON THERE RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE NEED TO GET ZONING OUT THERE TO GO OUT THERE AND SITE SOMEBODY TO GET THAT GRAFFITI COVERED AND LET'S DO THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN OF JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE THAT'S FOR THE OWNER TO TAKE CARE OF. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE. I GET THAT THAT IT I'M TRYING HARD NOT TO CONFLATE THE TWO ISSUES, WHICH IS ONE. THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT A ZONING VARIANCE FOR BRICK, AND I'M TRYING HARD NOT TO USE THAT AS A, AS A THIS PLATFORM TO GO IN AND JUST RAIL AGAINST WAREHOUSES IN GENERAL. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR TOOLS TO LIMIT EXPANSION OF WAREHOUSES IN THIS AREA ARE LIMITED. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE CAN GO THROUGH AND JUST NOT ENCOURAGE THAT DEVELOPMENT. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IS, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT A WAREHOUSE UP WHERE WHERE THE PET SUPPLY PLACE IS OR THE PET SPA IS AND SAY, WELL, IT'S CONFORMING BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE WAREHOUSES OVER THERE, THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE. SO MY FEAR IS THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MARKET IS SHIFTING RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THAT'S I'LL JUST END WITH THAT. SO IT TURNS OUT I DIDN'T NEED THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. CAN CAN I COUNCILMEMBER GREEN. SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE USE WHETHER IT'S CONFORMING OR NOT, IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITH THAT WITHIN THAT ZONING. MY QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE MATH HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS, BUT WHEN I SEE THE FACADE HERE, I SEE A WHOLE LOT OF GLASS AND KIND OF HIGHER END MATERIALS. IF WE VOTE THIS DOWN, COULD THEY REPLACE ALL OF THAT WITH JUST STRAIGHT BRICK AND MEET OUR ORDINANCE? YES. THEY COULD REMOVE THE
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WINDOWS AND ACTUALLY THE BUILDING, BUILDING ONE TO THE WEST, WHICH IS 68,000FT■!S, WOUD ONLY BE REQUIRED TO HAVE 15% BRICK STONE ON THE FRONT. TYPICALLY THESE TYPE OF BUILDINGS PUT, YOU KNOW, BUNCH THEM UP IN THE CORNERS AND THE REST IS, YOU KNOW, USUALLY CONCRETE TILT WALL. BUT THEN THE SMALLER BUILDING, THE 37,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE, THEN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE 80% BRICK AND WITHOUT. REALLY, THERE'S NO OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTICULATION OR ANY TYPE OF DESIGN. IT'S JUST A IT'S A MATERIAL REQUIREMENT. SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE AFTER SEEING THE PICTURE OF IT, THAT HELPS. VERY HELPFUL. THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY UPGRADED FACADE. I, I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPROVE THAT AND THEN END UP GETTING SOMETHING LESSER THAN BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, EVEN IF WE DISAPPROVE THIS AND IT GOES AWAY, SOMEONE ELSE IS COMING IN TO AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AS WILLING, THEY MAYBE THEY WILL BE AS WILLING TO WORK WITH US, BUT MAYBE THEY WON'T. THAT'S A GAMBLE. SO I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I, I SHARE THAT SENTIMENT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS CITY FULL OF WAREHOUSE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ALL THIS LI ZONED PROPERTY GO TO A DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE. I DON'T WANT THAT. I KNOW THE CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE DON'T WANT THAT. HOWEVER, CAN I STOP IT WITH WITH THIS VOTE? I CAN STOP THIS PARTICULAR FACADE. BUT THEN I CAN GET ONE THAT'S WAY LESS DESIRABLE. ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE. SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A VERY ATTRACTIVE OPTION. THIS I COULD GET ON BOARD WITH THIS. I COULD GET ON BOARD WITH IT. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. OKAY, SO ONE MORE COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE THOSE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IT'S NOT IN ANY DEVELOPER'S BEST INTEREST TO BUILD A SPITE WAREHOUSE OUT OF ALL BRICK, MAKE IT UGLY. JUST BECAUSE IT GOT VOTED DOWN. I THINK THEY'D STILL DO THEIR BEST TO MAKE THIS ATTRACTIVE. SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT A SPITE BUILDING GOING UP. I'M NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING THAT THIS DEVELOPER WOULD DO THAT. I'M JUST WHAT I WOULD BE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF, BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPER DOES NOT OWN THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT, THOUGH, WE OWN IT. OH, YOU DO OWN IT. OKAY, WELL, THEY COULD SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND SAY THEY COULD SAY, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH IT.LET'S SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WOULD BUILD. SO NOT NECESSARILY OUT OF SPITE, JUST IT MAY BE SOMETHING IF WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T MEET THE LETTER OF OUR, OUR OVERLAY DISTRICT. SPECIFICATIONS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF AN UPGRADE TO ME.
YEAH. FOR ME, THE TIPPING POINT IN ALL THIS IS THAT TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKED AT ALL SIDES OF THIS, THIS THIS PROPERTY. OKAY, I GOT THE ONE. I GOT THE MEMORY CARE ON THE LEFT SIDE. I GOT I'VE GOT THE PET PLACE ON THIS SIDE. I GOT THE FLOODPLAIN ON THIS SIDE.
I'VE GOT THE FRONT. SORRY. THE FRONT FACADE ON THE ONE SIDE. THEY'VE UPGRADED IT. TO ME, IT TRULY LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING TO ME. ALSO, TO ME, THE MAIN TIPPING POINT IS IT'S JUST LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IF THE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION GOES OUT OF FAVOR, THIS EASILY GETS TRANSFORMED INTO AN OFFICE BUILDING OR RETAIL. THAT TO ME IS THE BIGGEST TIPPING POINT.
OTHER COMMENTS. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE'VE EXHAUSTED THIS CONVERSATION AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR THEIR INSIGHT AND THEIR TIME. THESE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGING DECISIONS AND CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WELL, NO. EVERYBODY JUST VOTE. WHAT I WAS I FORGOT WE HAD THE VOTING SYSTEM THERE FOR A MINUTE. SO WE HAVE THE MOTION PASSES 5 TO 1. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL. MUCH OBLIGED. THANK YOU FOLKS. ITEM 13 CONSIDERATION OF DECLARING A VACANCY EXISTS ON THE ANIMAL, ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND
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CONSIDERATION OF AN APPOINTMENT TO PLACE NUMBER FOUR ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. HISTORICALLY, PLACE NUMBER FOUR ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FILLED BY THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR DUE TO THE POSITION BEING VACANT AS OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2024, PLACE NUMBER FOUR IS ALSO VACANT. DANNY ALCANTARA IS THE ANIMAL SERVICES FIELD SUPERVISOR AND WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE IN PLACE NUMBER FOUR ON THIS COMMITTEE. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARE A VACANCY EXISTS AND CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES FIELD SUPERVISOR DANNY ALCANTARA TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. COUNCIL. CONVERSATION OR A MOTION. I'M HAPPY. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I'LL NEED THAT NAME AGAIN. THAT'LL BE DANNY ALCANTARA, DANNY ALCANTARA. YEAH, THAT MOTION TO DECLARE A VACANCY EXISTS ON ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND APPOINT DANNY ALCANTARA ALCANTARA ALCANTARA TO PLACE NUMBER FOUR ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. SIX TO[H. Reports]
NOTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANNY, FOR TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY. ITEM H REPORTS REPORTS ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. YOU KNOW, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MEREDITH. YES, MAYOR. I HAVE SOME LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK. I ADVISE FOR YOUR DEVICE DROP IN FOR ADULTS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH, 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM. NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. FOR ALL AGES.TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH, 6 TO 7 P.M. BENNETT PROGRAM ROOM A TICKET IS REQUIRED. MAKE YOUR OWN MOCKTAILS FOR ADULTS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH, 6 TO 7:30 P.M. CRAWFORD MEETING ROOM.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND ELEMENTARY EXPLORATIONS FOR CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 8. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 430 TO 530. THE BENNETT PROGRAM ROOM A TICKET IS REQUIRED. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER YES, I HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR THE LEWISVILLE GRAND THEATER. FIRST OF ALL, PERFORMANCES. BLACK BOX SONGWRITER SERIES, THE TRAVELING RED RIVER SONGWRITERS, PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE ON JANUARY 18TH, AND INTO THE WOODS, PRESENTED BY THE OUTCRY YOUTH THEATER, JANUARY 23RD THROUGH THE 26TH WITH TWO PERFORMANCES ON JANUARY 25TH AND 26TH. AND AS ALWAYS, FRIDAY NIGHT'S THE ACOUSTIC JAM SESSION GOING ON, PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ARTS LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE 6 TO 9 AND ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE AN ART TALK, RANDALL GARRETT, IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER AND A STORY PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE ON JANUARY 14TH, AND TWO EXHIBITIONS RIGHT NOW 2025 FOUR ARTISTS EXHIBITION NAM, BRUNO, LEE AND LEE, PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE THROUGH MARCH 4TH AND STRICTLY ABSTRACT EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE, JANUARY 11TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 1ST. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. CITY ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY. RICHARD. STEVEN. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. LAKE LEVEL 89% AT 519.65FT. ALL RIGHT. I WANTED TO MENTION, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN MEREDITH AND COUNCILMAN JONES FOR JOINING OUR INSPECTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET, JUST A REMINDER. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN COME ALONG WITH US ON FRIDAY MORNINGS AT 10 A.M, JUST COORDINATE WITH MELISSA IF YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEND. SO WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. CHIEF. CHIEF COUNCILMEMBER KELLY. SO JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. SO ONE OF IT'S MORE OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SO WHERE'S JAMES IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR ONE OF JAMES WALKING TOURS YET PLEASE DO THAT. THERE'S SEVERAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I'VE BEEN ON A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS. THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. THEY GIVE GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF LEWISVILLE. I KNOW JAMES GETS A KICK OUT OF IT. I THINK I LEARNED SOMETHING EVERY TIME I GO OUT, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN TWO, I WANT TO ISSUE A CHALLENGE TO OUR RESIDENTS IN LEWISVILLE AND THINK ABOUT, ARE YOU LIVING IN THE CITY OR ARE YOU EXISTING IN THE CITY? GET OUT THERE AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING IN THE CITY.
LOOK AT A CALENDAR. GO ON. AND IF WE DID A GREAT NATURE WALK AT THRIVE AND WE LIVE IN THE CITY, DON'T JUST EXIST IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE OUT THERE TOO, TO MAYBE SOME OF OUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS THAT ARE THAT THEY LIKE TO POST QUITE A BIT. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR. THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 2025 FOR I'VE SPENT THE LAST DECADE OF MY
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LIFE TALKING ABOUT 2025. SO, YOU KNOW, NEW YEAR'S EVE WHEN THE BALL DROPS IN 2025, I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT IS 2025. THIS IS VERY EXCITING. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF A WHOLE LOT OF EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE, THOUGH, WE HAVE A WEBSITE FOR THE CENTENNIAL. WHAT IS THE WEBSITE AGAIN? JAMES. LEWIS ETERNAL. 100. FROM LEWISVILLE, T 100.COM. SO THAT WILL BE ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY ITSELF, BUT ALSO UPCOMING EVENTS. I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE FOR ROTATING EXHIBITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ROTATING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, I BELIEVE. RIGHT, JAMES. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EXHIBIT HERE IN CITY HALL. THERE'S ONE AT THE LIBRARY, ONE AT THE VISTA, THE MALL, AND THE OTHER ONE IS THRIVE. SO AND THOSE WILL BE ROTATING, I GUESS THEY'LL BE ROTATING ONCE A QUARTER SINCE THERE'S FOUR OF THEM. SO GO CHECK THOSE OUT. LEARNING SOME THINGS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LEWISVILLE OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS. I LOVE THAT SORT OF STUFF, SO HOPEFULLY YOU DO TOO. BUT AGAIN, BACK TO PATRICK'S POINT. THAT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, LIVING HERE, EMBRACING IT. AND HER HERITAGE AND BECOMING PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK JIM FOR THE FOR THE TWO OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. IT IS LOOKING AWESOME. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A COMPETITION BETWEEN. WHAT? WELL, NOW THE FIRE CHIEF ALREADY WON BETWEEN THE DIRECTIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDING, BECAUSE IT IS IT IS CHALLENGING, BUT IT IS A GREAT LOOKING BUILDING. AND JIM IS STICKING, STICKING TO THOSE CONTRACTORS, MAKING SURE THEY GET STUFF DONE CORRECTLY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SPEAKING OF THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, JANUARY 15TH WILL MARK OUR INCORPORATION JANUARY 15TH. I'M SORRY, YOU CAN COME OUT TO MARK THAT DAY AT THE AT THE. GOODNESS, I'M LOSING MY PLACE HERE. WHERE IS IT? WAYNE FERGUSON PLAZA. COME CHECK IT OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH US. ONE THING POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I'LL ABUSE THAT REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT CORRECT THE WAY I'M DOING IT. I'M JUST SAYING FOR ALL THOSE JUNKIES, MY FRATERNITY CELEBRATED ITS 114TH YEAR OF EXISTENCE, KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY. I'LL HAVE 25 YEARS IN APRIL, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY BROTHERS OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR KATE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY DON'T. BY GO ADOPT. WE HAVE LOTS OF FURRY CRITTERS OUT THERE THAT JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU LOTS OF LOVE. SO DON'T BY GO ADOPT I AM I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF. THIS IS AN EXCITING YEAR AND IT IS BUILDING UP. JAMES YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE DONE. YOU'VE PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS CENTENNIAL. BRAVO TO YOU AND EVERYONE THAT YOU'RE LEADING IN THIS IN THIS PROCESS. IT'S VERY EXCITING. THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT I RECOGNIZE SO FAR, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE CONDOLENCES AND LOVE AND PRAYERS OUT TO THE FAMILY MEMBER THAT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE LOST. GRADY JONES, AND TO LET HIS FAMILY KNOW THAT WE ARE WITH THEM IN SPIRIT. THAT'S IT. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M THANKFUL TO ALL THE LAPTOPS THAT HAVE CENTENNIAL STICKERS THAT I'M LOOKING AT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, YOU GOT AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW IT'S VERY EXCITED. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! SINCE WE WON'T BE HAVING A COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE OUR OUR JANUARY 15TH DATE. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEWISVILLE. VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING THIS YEAR. AND OF COURSE WITH 2025 COMES THE REWORK OF THE 2025 PLAN. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT GET MOMENTUM. IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET INVOLVED AND WANTING TO HAVE INPUT, THAT WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO GET PLUGGED INTO THAT PROCESS AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TEXAS IS WINTER IS COMING. AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ACCUMULATION, YEAH, THEY'RE EXPECTING SOME SORT OF ACCUMULATION. ALL I KNOW IS THAT TEXAS IS MUCH LIKE GAME OF THRONES. WHEN THE WINTER COMES, IT COMES VERY HARD FOR A FEW DAYS. SO PLEASE STAY SAFE. KEEP TABS ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. IF THE POWER DOES FAIL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE DOUBLE DOWN ON CHECKING ON YOUR NEIGHBORS[01:45:02]
AND STAYING WARM. CITY STAFF. WE HAVE WARMING TWO WARMING FACILITIES AVAILABLE. YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND CHECK THAT OUT. BUT CITY STAFF AND OF COURSE OUR POLICE AND FIRE ARE THERE TO KEEP YOU SAFE. SO STAY OFF THE ROADS WHEN IT COMES. I DON'T CARE HOW WELL YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE. IT GETS PRETTY UGLY OUT THERE. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NEW TO NORTH TEXAS IN[J. Closed Session]
THIS WEATHER. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SUBCHAPTER D TABLED ITEMS, SECTION 551 .074 PERSONNEL CITY SECRETARY THOMAS HARRIS AND SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON THIS ITEM THAT I THINK IS ALL WE HAVE IT'S 847. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION[K. Reconvene]
COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN? MAYOR? I MOVE TO TERMINATE THE CITY SECRETARY, THOMAS HARRIS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO EFFECTUATE THE SEVERANCE AS PROVIDED IN HIS IN HIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY COUNCIL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AS THERE IS NO OTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.