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TIME IS CURRENTLY 6:32. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. FIRST ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 2ND.
I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN MOTION.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? RICK IS GOING TO DO A MOTION AND SECOND BY CARMEN. PLEASE VOTE NOW. MOTION
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PASSES 5-0. OTHER BUSINESS ON THE DANGER IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE LEWISVILLE 2035 VISION PLANPRESENTED BY STAFF. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WELCOME. I THINK A FEW OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE WHICH IS GREAT. THIS WILL BE KIND OF REPETITIVE BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD THE INFORMATION. SO I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION. BECAUSE SO MANY OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE UH WON'T MAKE YOU DO THE ACTIVITY AGAIN. INSTEADLY ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT ON THE 2035 STEERING COMMITTEE TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THOSE WORK SHEETS ON YOUR OWN TIME IF YOU SO CHOOSE. IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, JUST A REQUEST. BUT THE LEWISVILLE 2035 PLAN IS AN UPDATE TO OUR CURRENT VISION PLAN WHICH IS CALLED LEWISVILLE 2025. IT IS THE YEAR 2025 RIGHT NOW. IT IS OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR.
SO IT IS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND LOOK TO THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO WE WILL DO A QUICK OVER VIEW OF THE PLAN. LIKE I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO DO THE ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE.
YOU CAN COMPLETE THAT IF YOU AT HOME OR WHEREVER AT YOUR LEISURE IF YOU SO CHOOSE. SO, FOR THE LEWISVILLE 2035 VISION PLAN THIS IS GOING TO SERVE AS BOTH OUR COMPREHENSIVE AND STRATEGIC PLAN. IT WILL FIDE NOT ONLY LAND USE UH AND ZONING DECISIONS BUT ALSO CITY BUDGET DECISIONS AND STAFF PRIORITY AND WORK PLANS.
THIS THE AN ALL ENCOMPASSING PLAN THAT IMPACTS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. AS SUCH KIT ADDRESS A RANGE OF ISSUES FROM HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOODS, ACCESS TO PARKS AND OPENED SPACE, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, DEVELOPMENT TYPES, TRANSPORTATION. REALLY WHAT IS EVER OF CONCERN TO THE CITIZEN IS SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS IN SOME WAY OR FASHION THIS PLAN.
AS THE CITY DID DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN ALL THESE PROBLEMS BUT THERE IS STEPS WE CAN TAKE WITHIN OUR KIND OF SCOPE OF POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAYBE HELP AS BEST WE CAN. SO THE REAL KEY TO THIS PLAN BEING SUCCESSFUL AND THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR CURRENT PLAN THE LEWISVILLE 2025 PLAN IS IT IS BASED ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO THIS FOUNDATION OF HAVING A ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS IS WHAT HELPS ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ALL OF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. THAT KIND OF SETS US ALL ON THE SAME PATH. IT LAYS OUT BIG MOVES OR GOALS SO SOME OF THESE ARE VERY BROAD AND ENCOMPASSING. IT CAN ALSO GIVE US STRATEGIES TO HELP US ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. SINCE WE KNOW WHAT THE BIG GOAL IS, AND WE ARE NOT JUST TIED TO SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY ARISES THAT FURTHERS THAT GOAL WE CAN TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PLAN. IT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF TO ALIGN OUR WORK. WE KNOW THAT GENERALLY THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING IN, THESE ARE THE GOALS WE HAVE AND WE CAN ALL MOVE TOWARDS THEM TOGETHER. THAT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL OF THEM. IT IS ALSO HELPFUL FOR STAFF. WE MAKE THEM IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE VISION PLAN OF THE CITY. SO JUST TO KIND OF RECAP OUR 2025 PLAN IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2014 AND UPDATED IN 2021. WE LIKE TO HAVE A TOUCH POINT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE HAVE A MORE MAJOR OVERHAUL EVERY TEN YEARS. AFTER ABOUT FIVE YEARS ENOUGH THINGS HAVE CHANGED YOU DO NEED TO SORT OF TOUCH BASE AND CHECK IN AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. AFTER TEN YEARS ENOUGH HAS CHANGED THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS STILL RELEVANT AND STILL IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRES ARE. BUT IN
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2021 WHAT CAME OUT OF IT IS WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIC MOVES THAT ARE BEING A VALUES DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, A DATA DRIVEN ORGANIZATION AND A CONNECTED CITY. WE HAVE SEVEN BIG MOVES WHICH IS THE GREEN CENTER PIECE THAT IS THE LEWISVILLE LAKE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING AREA, EXTENDING THAT GREEN MEAN WE HAVE THAT KIND OF GREEN NATURAL PART THAT EXTENDS THROUGH ALL THE CITY SEVERE ONE HAS ACCESS TO A PARK, A TRAIL TO GET TO GREEN SPACE. OLD TOWN OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. DIVERSE AND THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS SUPPORTS ALL OF THOSE REGULAR SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, POLICE, FIRE, LIBRARIES, MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD STREETS IN OUR NEIGHBOR HOODS, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ECONOMIC VITALITY, IDENTITY PLACE AND COMMUNICATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL. SO, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN OUR MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORT BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE PUT OUT A REPORT SAYING WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO FURTHER OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, SO FOR DIVERSE AND TLOOIFG NEIGHBOR HOODS WE HAVE A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION AND THAT IS ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR PARTNER WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ACONTINUED STANDARDS THAT ALLOW BACKYARD COTTAGES. WE ARE WORKING ON AMENDING THOSE TO MAKE THEM MORE PER MASSIVE SINCE WE FOUND SOME AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T WORK AS WELL AS WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD. WE BUILT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. WE HAVE TONE SEVERAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. IN TERMS OF EXTENDING THE GREEN WE HAVE BUILT GLORY PARK. WE ARE WORKING ON A NEW PARK IN OLD TOWN. WE HIRED AN URBAN FORESTER AND ARE WORKING ON THE TIMBER CREEK TRAIL EXTENSION WHICH WILL CONNECT CENTRAL PARK TO MANY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NEAR IT. IN TERMS OF THE BIG MOVE OF OLD TOWN, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN OLD TOWN. A LOT OF THAT IS PRIVATE. INITIAL THINK CITY WAS SOMETIMES PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS. NOW WE FOUND A LOT OF THEM CAN MAKE THEIR PROJECTS HAPPEN WITHOUT NECESSARILY PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS GREAT. THERE IS A BEER GARDEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO OPEN IN MID SEPTEMBER. I KNOW FOLKS ARE EXCITED ABOUT WE HAVE A NEW POCKET PARK UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON STREETS IN OLD TOWN. SO THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING IN OLD TOWN. THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC MOVE OF CONNECTED CITY SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE A NEW DISPATCH SYSTEM IN PLACE. WE ARE WORKING ON THE CORPORATE DRIVE EXTENSION WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER BIG EAST-WEST CONNECTER FOR THE CITY AND HAVE A TRAIL ALONG IT. THAT CONNECTS US BOTH PHYSICALLY AND WE ALSO DO WI-FI IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS TO CONNECT US IN A DIFFERENT WAY.SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THAT CONNECTED CITY STRATEGIC GOAL. BUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF PHASING IS WE HAVE FINISHED THE INITIATION PHASE AND WE ARE IN THE BIG ISSUES PHASE. SO THE INITIATION PHASE WAS MOSTLY STAFF AND THE ADOPTED CONSULTANT TEAM TRUEING TO LAY OUT WHAT WE WILL DO, COMPILING ALL THE DIFFERENT DATA WE NEED TO INFORM THE PROCESS. AND WE ARE HERE NOW AT BIG ISSUES TRYING TO GET ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE TEAMS OF STAFF WITH DIRECTORS, MANAGERS AND OTHER KEY STAFF GOING OUT TO COMMUNITY EVENTS, THAT ARE GIVING THUS VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT ARE DOING THIS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY JUST TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS A WE CAN. US AND OUR TEAM ARE ALSO GOING TO DO POP UP EVENTS AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE WERE AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR THAT THE LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD WITH THIS PLAN AND PROCESS. THE NEXT PHASE IS KIND OF BEING LIKE WELL NOW WE KNOW WHAT THE BIG ISSUES ARE WITH THE BIG CONCERNS AND THE BIG OPPORTUNITIES ARE, WHAT ARE OUR BIG IDEAS? HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE? HOW DO WE ADDRESS THESE? THAT WILL START IN OCTOBER AND GO THROUGH DECEMBER. AFTER THAT WE WILL MOVE TO WHAT WE CALL BIG MOVES. WHAT ARE THE NEXT BIG MOVES? WE LIKE THIS FRAME WORK AND CITY COUNCIL LIKES THE FRAME WORK WHERE WE HAVE THE SEVEN BIG MOVES. WE LIKE THIS BIG MOVES CONCEPT. IT HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL FOR US. IT GIVES US ENOUGH STRUCTURE BUT WITH ENOUGH FLEX TO BELIEVE THE ADAPT IF WE NEED TO. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT APPROACH BUT WHAT ARE THEY THIS TIME? THEY MIGHT BE THE SAME OR THEY MIGHT BE ENTIRELY NEW. THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO THE INPUT WE GET FROM THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN BIG ACTION, THAT IS ACTUALLY DRAFTING THE PLAN ITSELF, MAKING SURE WE FINALIZED IT, COMING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY LOOKING FOR ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 26. IT SO A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR OUT. SO DIVING MORE INTO THE BIG ISSUE SPACE WE ARE IN, WE ARE TRYING TO ANALYZE CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, JURISDICTIONAL CONDITIONS IN THE CITY ZIP SINCE OUR LAST PLAN AND IDENTIFY THE BIG ISSUES BEING EXPERIENCED BY AND IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. REALLY EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE ONLINE VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENTS. THOSE ARE ON OUR PROJECT WEBSITE WHICH IS LEWISVILLE TX2035.COM. WE ARE DOING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT I WAS JUST DESCRIBING EARLIER. WE HAVE
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A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT A NUMBER OF YOU ARE ON. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THE CULMINATION OF THIS EVENT IS OUR COMMUNITY VISION WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE WHICH WILL HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18TH FROM 5:00 TO 10:00 P.M. THAT IS OPENED TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.WE ARE HOPING TO GET A REALLY GOOD TURN OUT. WE ARE TRYING TO DOUBLE OUR ENGAGEMENT FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS. SO WE HAVE GOT ONLINE ENGAGEMENTS. WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH GOING ON AS WELL. WE ARE TRYING TO REACH EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN AND WHERE THEY ARE AT. BUT AGAIN ALL THESE BIG ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFY THE IDEA IS THAT THOSE THEN KIND OF WE USE THOSE TO GENERATE OUR BIG IDEAS.ALL OF THAT TOGETHER WILL FORM THE PLAN WHICH IS OUR BIG ACTION WE ARE TAKING WITH THIS PROCESS. AND SO WE DO HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY THAT I AGAIN AM NOT GOING TO DO WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE DONE IT AND THIS FORMAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO IT IN BUT THERE IS WORK SHEET NUMBER ONE WHICH IS AN INDIVIDUAL WORK SHEET I ENCOURAGE YOU OR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO COMPLETE AT HOME. SO YOU CAN GO TO THIS IN THE PACK AND USE THIS URL OR THE QR CODE TO COMPLETE THAT AT YOUR LEISURE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SECOND ONE. IF YOU ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WANT TO GIVE ME MORE INPUT THAT IS GREAT. YOU CAN ALSO DO THIS THIRD ONE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE A GROUP THAT YOU KNOW IS MEETING IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST OR BEFORE THAT SEPTEMBER 18TH COMMUNITY VISION WORKSHOP PLEASE E-MAIL ME, LET ME KNOW. I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOUR GROUP. IF SATE BOOK CLUB, YOUR HOA, A SCOUT TROOP, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND ALSO GATHER THEIR INPUT. WE HAVE FIVE MAIN SCOMBES THEN PUT THEM IN SMALL GROUPS AND ASK THEM TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ANSWERS AND SEE WHERE THERE IS COMMONALTIES SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS LIKE I MENTIONED WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY VISION WORKSHOP. THAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH AT THE GRAND THEATER. YOU CAN LOOK AT LEWISVILLETX2035.COM AND ANSWER THOSE SAME ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS. THERE IS A LINK ON THE WEBSITE TO THOSE SAME QUESTIONS. THAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE. YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US AT LEWISVILLE2035 ON FACEBOOK AND IGNACIO. WE ARE POSTING ABOUT TWICE A WEEK. RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING A SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE CALLED LEWISVILLE THEN ASK NOW WHERE WE ARE POSTING PICTURES OF HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND ASKING FOR PEOPLE'S MEMORIES OR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAME PLACE AND SO THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF FUN TO ENGAGE WITH. AND THEN LASTLY I WILL SAY THANK YOU AND THEN ALWAYS IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO LEWISVILLE 2035, WE DO HAVE A PRODUCT CALLED LEWISVILLE TXDOT CITY SOURCE DOT COM. THIS IS A GREAT APP WHERE YOU CAN PAY YOUR BILLS. YOU REPORT A CODE VIOLATION. I DON'T KNOW IF ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE USING THAT APP BUT IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE. WE LOVE IT. JUST A PLUG FOR THAT AT THE END HERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER LEWISVILLE 2035? ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. WE HAVE A SELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SELECT
THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE JOHN AS THE CHAIRPERSON. I WILL ALSO BE HAPPY TO THROW MY NAME
IN THE HAT FOR THE VICE CHAIR. >> OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OKAY. LET'S VOTE .
>> WE NEED A SECOND ON THE MOTION.
>> I SECONDED THE MOTION. >> OH YOU DID? THANK YOU.
>> ALRIGHT SO THE MOTION PASSES. SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THE VICE CHAIR OR WAS THAT SUFFICIENT TO GET IT ALL IN ONE
DEAL? >> THAT WAS SUFFICIENT. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE NOMINATING YOURSELF FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A SHORT CHAIR UP HERE.
>> ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS THE ADJOURNMENT. THAT CONCLUDES THIS MEETING. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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>> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> FIRST ONE IS RICK. DO I HAVE
A SECOND? >> I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND.
>> KIMBERLY HAS A SECOND. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A
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