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WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.[1. Roll Call - Announcement of a Quorum]
DO YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL.LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN WITH THE NEW ONE AND I WILL BEGIN THE ROLL CALL.
>> COMMITTEE CHAIR RITTER ARE YOU PRESENT.
>> CHAIR FLORES ARE YOU PRESENT.
>> TRUSTEE COMPTON ARE YOU PRESENT.
>> TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN MAN ARE YOU PRESENT? TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN MAN ARE YOU PRESENT.
>> TRUSTEE JAMESON ARE YOU PRESENT.
>> TRUSTEE WILLIAMS AND TRUSTEE BRAVO ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING.
>> THANK YOU WE'LL GO THE CERTIFICATION.
[2. Certification of Notice posted for the meeting]
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>> I CERTIFICATE THAT THIS MEETING WAS POSTED ACCORDING TO -- [INAUDIBLE] OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
>> THANK YOU NO CITIZENS DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IS THAT CORRECT.
THERE ARE NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
[4.A. Brookhaven Community Integration Planning Presenters: Linda Braddy, Paris Rutherford, Catalyst Urban Development]
ALL RIGHT.LET'S MOVE INTO OUR COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS AND WE HAVE ONE ITEM AND JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE DR. BRADDY OR DO YOU WANT TO GO RIGHT TO HERE.
>> I WANT TO BE A MAN OF FEW WORDS TODAY.
SEW I WILL TURN IT OVER PAR IS RUTHERFORD WHO HAS DONE THREE OF OUR COLLEGES AND THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE AND DR. BRADDY AND PARIS WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
THIS IS PARIS RUTHERFORD AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE SHARING SOME OF THESE [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU HAVE ANY INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
>> NO JUST HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH THE BOARD AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FULL PICTURE AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE THESE SLIDES LAST MONTH WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE RODE PROJECT.
SO SOME OF THESE WILL LOOK FAMILIAR.
WELL AS MENTIONED IT IS OUR PLEASE YOU'RE TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE AND [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATIONS ON OTHER COMPASSES AND CONSENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
WE CAN MOVE INTO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW FOR OF THE CONCEPT TALK A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE PREPARED AND THE PROGRAMMING WITH IT AND THE EXISTING DYNAMICS AROUND THE CAMPUS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EACH ONE OF THESE PLANS ARE UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT AND BY DEFINITION WE'RE LOOKING TO INTEGRATE THE CAMPUS AND THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER -- WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME CONCEPTUAL IDEAS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
YOU'LL RECALL OF COURSE YOU HAVE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT YOU'VE SET.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER MEET THESE PROPERTIES THROUGH STRATEGIC ADDITIONS TO THE CURRENT MASTER PLANS IN THIS CASE.
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THE COLLEGE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS MASTER PLAN.WE THINK THERE IS SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN EXPAND FURTHER.
SO WE START THE OUT THIS CONCEPT AS YOU RAUL IN WHAT WAS CALLED THE GATEWAY CONCEPT AT THAT TIME BUT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT SOME GATEWAYS INTO CAMPUS WHICH PROVIDE -- SOME OF WHICH MAY BE PRIVATE USES THAT CAN MAKE THE EXPERIENCE ON CAMPUS BETTER FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND ALSO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY ITSELF AND HAVING A MORE INVITING SITUATION ON CAMPUS THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TOGETHER [INAUDIBLE].
>> SO ONE THING WE LOOKED AT WHILE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF IS THE EXISTING [INAUDIBLE] ON CAMPUS AND WE LOOKED AT THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM AND [INAUDIBLE] WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SIX AREAS FROM HEALTH CARE TO ACCESS TO JOBS AN SMALL BUSINESS GROCERY TO FOOD SERVICES TO CHILD CARE -- AND THIS GRAFT SHOWS YOU IN THOSE DOTS AND NUMBERS AND THAT'S THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT ONE HAS TO WALK TO SHE'S SERVICES AND A TYPICALLY ACCEPTABLE WALKABLE DIMENSION IS A FIVE TO TEN MINUTE WALK WHICH IS SHOWN IN THOSE BLUE WARS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NONE OF THE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL TO ADD ON TO CAMPUS ARE A REALISTIC WALKING DISTANCE.
>> ONE THING I MIGHT CLARIFY ON THAT PARIS THE BOTTOM ONE, PROXIMITY AND WE HAVE A BUS THAT COME TO CAMPUS AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALSO TRANSPORTATION AND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT GRAPH BEFORE, BEN MICK GILL CREATES THIS AND BUT THAT'S LOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE THE AVERAGE STUDENT TO WALK TO CAMPUS.
>> SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER USES THAT IN ADDITION TO OTHER USE THAT'S YOU'RE USED TO PUTTING ON CAMPUS WE LOOKED AT OTHER USES AS WELL THAT WERE A BIT MORE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THOSE ARE BASED ON TRADED AND THOSE ARE SERVED BY LOCATION OF THE CHASM PUSSES AND THAT'S USUALLY BASED OR DICTATED ON A RADIUS OF A DISTANCE.
IN THIS CASE YOU SEE DRIVE TIMES TO CAMPUS FROM FIVE MINUTES TO TEN MINUTES TO FIFTEEN MINUTES AND WE FOCUSED IN ON I TEN MINUTE AREA FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF DETAILED ANALYSTS ON GROWTH FACTOR AND WHAT THAT GROWTH DID GENERATE AND JUST TO TAKE THE THREE DOMINATE USES WE LOOKED AT RETAIL AND HOUSING AND BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THESE OF THOSE TYPES OF USES IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIRED.
>> IN TERMS OF -- COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIEWS SLIDE PLEASE.
>> MARKET RATE IN THE AFFORDABLE RENTAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE IN THE CITY IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO WHAT WOULD -- WHAT IS THE PROJECTION -- HAVE YOU ALL DONE ANY PROJECTION ON HOW MUCH WOULD BE MARKET RATE AND HOW MUCH WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
>> YES WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT.
THERE IS TWO ASPECT TO AFFORDABLE KIND OF THE LOWER SEGMENT AND THE MEDIUM SEGMENT WHICH WE WOULD CALL WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THERE IS TWO ASPECTS TO IT.
ONE IS THE RENTS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THAT'S THE COST OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND FOR INSTANCE IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE PARTNER WHO IS GOING TO COME IN AND WORK WITH YOU IN SOME CAPACITY.
THEN IT BECOMES A SUBSIDIZED SPACING.
SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT THEIR FIRST OF ALL WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE HOUSING IF THERE WAS ANY, KIND OF, HOUSING THAT MIGHT OCCUR ON OR NEAR CAMPUS THAT IT WOULD LIKELY BE IN A RENTAL FORMAT.
FOR SALE BY DEFINITION MEANS THAT YOUR SELLING LINE AND IT'S BEEN OUR [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S NOT THE DESIRE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE UNDERSTANDING UP TO THIS POINT.
BASED ON THOSE FACTORS WE LOOKED AT ELEVEN HUNDRED UNITS IN THIS LOCATION AND THEN WE OWE COULD FURTHER BREAK THAT DOWN INTO WHAT COULD BE AFFORDABLE AND WHAT
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COULD BE BASED ON THE MARKET AND THE POLICY GOALS OF WORKING WITH SAY FOLK THAT'S ARE MORE ON THE AFFORDABLE AND SUBSIDIZED INTO THE SPECTRUM OR MARKET.THAT'S REALLY A POLICY DIRECTION BUT BASED ON GENERAL GROWTH OF THE POPULATION OF THE AREA AND LOOKING AT COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED INCOMES OF THAT GROVE THERE SEEMS TO BE ABOUT ONE THOUSAND PLUS UNITS BEFORE YOU GET INTO HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
>> CHANCELLOR AND DR. BRADDY I THINK IT WOULD BE ABOUT FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE AS REGARD TO ITS HOUSING COMPONENT OF IT [INAUDIBLE] BUT DEFINITELY HOUSING.
>> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND CHAIR FLORES' POINT ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, USEFUL INFORMATION, YOU KNOW IT LAYS OUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
WHAT A VISION MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
BUT YOU'VE USED THE WORD A ASSUMPTION SEVERAL TIMES AND I THINK THE BOARD DOES NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN CREATING SOME POLICY PARAMETERS INTO HOW HOUSING IS DEVELOPED.
I KNOW WALKING DISTANCING FROM A GROCERY STORE WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE YOU HAD IN THERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NUTRITIONAL NEED OF OUR STUDENTS BUT WHETHER WE WANT TO INVITE A GROCERY STORE ON TO YOU ARE CAMPUS REMAINS ANOTHER QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'LL WE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'LL LOOK TO JOHN AND THE CHANCELLOR TO BRING BACK A POLICY FRAMEWORK [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS OUR CAMPUS AND GETTING SOME OTHER PLANNING PARAMETERS IN THIS PROCESS.
>> AND THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS AND THIS HAS BEEN SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PLANS THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO DATE WITH THAT AND THESE ARE REALLY JUST AGAIN TO INTRODUCE THE BOARD TO POSSIBILITIES AND OPTION THAT'S MAY BE AVAILABLE AT EACH OF OUR LOCATIONS AND BY STARTED REALLY LOOKING AT MOUNTAIN VIEW AND EAST VAIL AND JOHN WHO IS REMAINING AS PART OF THIS PROCESS OR PARIS.
>> PARIS IS HELPING US WITH MOST OF THAT INFORMATION.
WE HAVE TWO MORE -- >> YEAH, BUT WHICH COLLEGES ARE YET TO BE JOHN.
>> THEN WE'LL BE FINISHED WITH THAT AND CHAIR RITTER TO YOUR POINT WHAT WE WILL DO AFTER THAT IS STARTED TO BRING BACK SOME OF THESE IDEAS WHAT DOES THE BOARD WANT TO DO AND POLICY FOR SATISFYING THOSE NEEDS YOU SAW THE DISTANCE MAP.
SATISFYING THOSE NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO HAVE WHICH INCLUDE DAY HOUSING TO MARKET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE'LL HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL ON WHAT IS DOABLE.
AND WE SAID WE MIGHT BE A YEAR AWAY FROM DOING SOME HOUSING.
SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING ON THIS PATH.
WE'RE FINDING THAT COVID HAS MADE A DIG DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING.
THEY'RE BASICALLY HAVING EVERYTHING DELIVERED.
GROCERY STORE, EVERYTHING IS RETAIL BASICALLY LOOKED AS SECOND WAY NOW.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE SIMPLY CLOSED DOWN.
ALSO IN THE LISTING FOR THE SUGGESTIONS, THERE WERE LIQUOR STORES AND DRINKING PLACEMENT DID WE WANT THAT ON OUR CAMPUSES.
I KNOW IT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES, BUT AT THE POINT THAT WE'VE NOW BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID, WE'RE LEARNING NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GO WALK AND DO THAT.
JUST KIND OF THE -- AS WE'RE MAKING IT OVER THE HURDLES, WE HAVE TO LEARN THE LESSON THAT'S THE HURDLES HAVE TAUGHT US.
>> YEAH, I THINK ALL THESE ARE POINTS, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE TAKE THIS UP PROBABLY IN ABOUT A YEAR WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE REMAINING CAMPUSES.
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THE ONLY ONE WE'RE NOT DOING A PLAN ON IS EL CENTRO AT THIS TIME AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DOWNTOWN EFFORT AND THAT WILL BE PART OF A DIFFERENT PLANNING AND DISCUSSION PROCESS.SO AS WE, KIND OF, MAP THIS OUT, WE'LL BE AS SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED THE NEED FOR INPUT AND WE'LL CREATE WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE AND THINKING ABOUT THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THINKING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION AS WE'VE DISCUSSED.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING THIS AS A RESULT OF COVID BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT FRANKLY ARE BEING LEFT OUT OF A LOT OF IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE BROAD BAND IN MANY CASES.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE OTHER STACK SERVICES THAT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE AND THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT HOUSING NOW JUST AS A REMINDER BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET AND BECAUSE OF WHICH WAS HAPPENING TO THEM THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS TO THEM WITHIN A REASON COMMUTING DISTANCE TO OUR CAMPUS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF IT AS WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND EVEN BETTER (INAUDIBLE) OF THE BIG POPULATION THAT WE SERVING.
>> THERE IS A HAND RAISING FUNCTION ON THIS NEW VERSION OF WEBEX BECAUSE I'M NOT FINDING IT BECAUSE IT WAS HELPFUL IN TERMS OF RUNNING A MEETING.
LET ME CHECK WHERE IT'S LOCATED, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S -- >> OKAY.
PUT A NOTE IN THE CHAT ROOM AND LET US KNOW HOW TO USE IT, CHAIR FLORES.
>> IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT THEIR A INSPIRATIONAL THERE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM.
THESE ARE IN FACT MOST OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE NOT ITEM THAT'S WE INTEND TO USE ANY BOND DOLLARS FOR.
THESE WOULD BE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
>> THE EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE THE WELCOME CENTERS THEMSELVES AND THAT'S ALSO A RELATED DISCUSSION TO THESE DEPENDING ON WHERE WE LOCATE.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS BUT THAT'S ALSO GOING ON AT EACH OF THE CAMPUS.
PARTICULARLY HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE CHANGING STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.
THESE ARE GENERALLY SPEAKING NOT THE RESPOND ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I WILL CONTINUE IF THAT WORKS WITH YOU ALL.
>> NO, I'VE RAISED MY HAND AND I HAD A QUESTION.
>> DO YOU ALL HAVE A CONTINUOUS COMMUNITY COMPONENT TO THIS WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND OUR CAMPUS, THEY -- OR AN ADVISORY PANEL OR GROUP OR WHATEVER SO WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THESE AREAS AS IF WE MOVE FORWARD AND SINCE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE BASED ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.
>> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT MOVING FORWARD IN ANY, KIND OF, PLAN THAT YOU BRING FORWARD THAT HAS DETAIL TO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA PROPERLY ENGAGE AND YOU GET THAT KIND OF, FEEDBACK THAT'S NECESSARY TO PLANNING AND GETTING TO THE DETAIL IN THAT.
WHERE WE'RE QUITE LITERALLY IS JUST PUTTING A TABLE OF CONTENTS TOGETHER OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE LAND RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.
HOW DOES THAT INTERFACE AND WHO IS THE [INAUDIBLE] AROUND IT AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME SIMPLE IDEAS AS TO HOW THAT INTEGRATION COULD OCCUR SO THAT WHEN YOU MOVE FORWARD IN MORE DETAILED PLANNING YOU CAN INTERFACE WITH THE COMMUNITY THE AND HAVE ENOUGH VOCABULARY BUILT UP SO THAT CAN YOU ENGAGE WITH THEM AND HAVE A
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MEANINGFUL MEETING FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO [INAUDIBLE] THAT IF WE ADOPT THIS PLAN THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE WE GET TO SOME CRITICAL PERIOD.
SO -- DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR MAY I CONTINUE.
SO WE DID LOOK AT IN THIS CASE AS BROOK HAVEN AS WITH THE OTHER CAMPUSES WE LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE FUTURE PLANS THAT YOU'VE ARRIVED AND WE LOOKED AT [INAUDIBLE] WE LOOKED AT THE CAMPUS PLAN AS IT RELATED TO HOW IT WAS LAID OUT IN THE BEGINNING AND AS WE SAID BEFORE ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WAS DONE BY THE COLLEGE BACK IN THE DAY WAS THAT YOU [INAUDIBLE] PIECES OF PROPERTY IN GREAT LOCATIONS.
AND THEN THE CAMPUS ITSELF WAS BUILT ON A [INAUDIBLE] FOOTPRINT WITH A LOT OF LAND AROUND IT.
SO THAT HOPES UP THE, KIND OF, DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE WHATEVER THAT POLICY MAY BE FOR INSTANCE FOR HOUSING OR FOR RESTAURANTS.
IT OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE IN THIS, KIND OF, A DIALOG [INAUDIBLE] WHEN THESE CAMPUSES WERE FIRST ACQUIRED AND DEVELOPED.
SO IN THE CASE OF BROOK HAVEN IS IT'S A BED OF AN END BOARD LOCATION BUT IT'S REMOVED FROM A MAIN ARTERIALS.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL USES FOR INSTANCE, THE TYPES OF USES WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THEY ARE TIP YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR PLACE THAT'S HAVE VISIBILITY.
AND WHAT THAT DIAGRAM IS SHOWING YOU THAT THE PRIMARY INTERSECTION IS OFF CAMPUS AND THAT'S DOWN AT MARSH AND VALLEY AND YOU HAVE CONTROL.
BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ARE SECONDARY AND DID YOUR SALARY LOCATIONS AND IT'S WHERE VALLEY VIEW COMES TOGETHER WITH ALPHA AND IT'S A BIT AWKWARD AND WE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
AND IMPORTANTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU HAVE SOME GREAT NEIGHBORS FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT.
YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE CENTER AND TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED THE TRUE VIEW PARK THAT'S DEVELOPING OUT AND THESE ARE TWO AREAS WITH ACTIVE INVESTMENT AND ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING AND SOME OTHER SERVICES THAT -- AND THEN YOU'RE SURROUNDING ON ALL SIDES BY VERY NICE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
SO IT'S A WELL-SITUATED CAMPUS BUT NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USED IF YOU WILL.
SO THE BLACK HERE ARE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE RED IS A VOID OR A ZONE WHERE THERE AREN'T ANY BUILDING AND IT REALLY SHOWS YOU HOW FAR AWAY THE CAMPUS IS AWAY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW THIS IS A VERY, VERY LARGE SCALE.
SO THOSE -- THAT'S THOUSANDS OF FEET OF AREA AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON VALLEY VIEW OR ALPHA IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE THE CAMPUS ABOUT IT'S SET BACK SO FAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT GAVE US SOME -- AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT FOR THE TYPES OF USES AN NEEDS THAT THE CAMPUS POPULATION HAS.
SO WE WENT BACK AGAIN TO YOUR PLAN WHICH HAS SOME VERY GOOD, PRIORITIZED GOALS THAT DR. BRADDY PUT TOGETHER HERE.
YOU'VE SEEN THESE PREVIOUSLY BUT PLAN EMPHASIZE THE CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS AS IT STANDS TODAY.
AND THAT'S GOOD FROM AN ACADEMIC STANDPOINT AND IT'S NOT BREAKING DOWN THOSE LARGE RED AREAS.
SO IT DOES EMPHASIZE THE ACADEMIC VILLAGE BUT THE WAY YOU COME INTO CAMPUS IS DEFINED BY COMING INTO A REALLY RING ROAD WITH PARKING MUCH IN THE WAY THAT RETAIL SHOPPING OR MALLS WERE DONE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES.
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IT'S NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE THIS WAS PLANNED BACK AT THAT TIME BUT THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE TODAY AND WHAT WE SEE AS BEING POPULAR FOR PEOPLE IN YOUR AGE GROUP OF STUDENTS.SO THERE WAS SOME GENERAL FOCUS AREAS, FOUR OF THEM.
THERE WAS LOOKING AT THE BETRUVIAN AND MAKING A WAY TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS BETTER.
WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING NORTHERN SIDE OF THE CAMPUS AND ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE IT'S -- COLLEGE CAMPUS EXPERIENCE.
WE BELIEVE THAT EASILY COULD HAPPEN ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AND MAKING SOME STRONGER CONNECTIONS EAST WARD OVER INTO WHAT'S CALLED THE CENTER WHICH IS THAT MIXED USE EMPLOYMENT AREA.
SO THIS IS LOOKING AT HOW TO BRING THOSE TOGETHER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE PRIORITY AREAS.
YOU KNOW ON THE TOP THE NORTH IN YELLOW TO THE POINT ABOUT HAVING A HOUSING POLICY.
WHAT'S ABOUT HERE IS YOU'VE GOT LAND FOR ANY KIND OF HOUSING TO OCCUR.
AND ALSO IN A MANNER THAT IS CONGRUENT WITH THE ACADEMIC VILLAGE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE WELL.
SO ALL OF THE YELLOW BLOCKS IN THERE CAN HANDLE HOUSING AND TO SEE THE, KIND OF, HOUSING THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE ON THOSE YELLOW PIECES OF LAND.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
FARMERS BRANCH HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HOSTILE TO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND IS THERE EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND IF WE TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING ON OUR CAMPUS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE EMBRACED AND.
>> AND YOU HAVE TWO CITIES THAT YOUĆĀĀRE WORKING WITH YOU HAVE FARMERS BRANCH AND THEN YOU HAVE ADD SON AND THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE CITIES IS ROUGHLY BETWEEN THOSE.
AND THERE IS BEEN DISCUSSION WITH THE NEW ALPHA ROAD THAT COMES INTO THE CIRCLE AND THAT'S ACCURATELY SHOWN IN HERE AND WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THERE IS BIG OPPOSITION.
IT'S OPPOSITION TO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T WELL LOCATED.
SO IN THE PARK THAT'S A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WANT TO SEE THAT BE SUCCESSFUL SO THE IDEA OF HAVING AN EXPANSION ON PORT PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN AND NOT THE COLLEGE THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THEIR POLICY.
IN TERMS OF FARMERS BRANCH AND WHERE THERE MAY BE COMMON GROUND.
SO YOU KNOW THE OTHER POINT THAT I'D MAKE BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU FOLLOW-UP, IS A LOT OF TIMES THERE IS -- THERE MAY BE CONTENTION IF YOU'RE PLANNING A ROAD WAY IMPROVEMENT OR SOMETHING THAT HAS NO ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT, ATTACH BASE, ET CETERA INTO THE CITY.
AND TO THE POINT EARLIER THE STAY AS WELL -- STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISCUSSION A LARGER DISCUSSION WOULD BE TO ENGAGE THEM IN DIALOG ABOUT HOW TO -- PLANS CAN LOOK AND IT'S A START.
>> HAVE THE CITY STAFF AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.
FARMERS BRANCH AND ADDISON HAVE BEEN BRIEFED OR SEEN THIS PROPOSAL.
>> THEY'VE SEEN PART OF IT TRUSTEE RITTER.
WE WERE HAVING OUR INITIAL CONVERSATION ONCE OUR BOARD APPROVED THE IOA LOST MONTH FOR THE ROAD PROJECT I MET WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT KICKING THAT OFF AND I SHOWED THEM THE SAME SLIDES YOU ALL HAVE SEEN LAST MONTH.
SO THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION BUT THEY SAW THE SLIDES THAT YOU ALL SAW.
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT JUST A POTENTIAL OR A CONCEPTUALIZATION AND
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THEY'VE HEARD AT LEAST WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND THAT WAS STAFF NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS.WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE PRETTY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE BROACH SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE BEING LAID OUT HERE.
IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE STAFF AND THE ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL.
THANK YOU PARIS, PLEASE CONTINUE.
SO AS IT RELATE TO THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE CAMPUS AND THIS IS WHERE THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PORTION COULD BEGIN AND THIS SHOWS A PEDESTRIAN ZONE AND WE SHOWED YOU THIS A WHILE BACK AND IT STARTS TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK AROUND WITH BOTH YOU AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS CAN INVEST ON SO THAT YOU HAVE A CAMPUS FRAMEWORK FOR HOW YOU CIRCULATE THROUGH CAMPUS BEYOND THE NICE COURT THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AND THIS SHOW DOLLARS A BIRDS EYE OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE REACHING OUT TO THE CERTAINTY REDEFINING THE INTERSECTION OF VALLEY VIEW AND ALPHA AND THIS OPENS UP THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME RESTAURANTS IN.
AN THEN TO THE CAMPUS BUILDINGS WHERE IT HAS THAT DARKER ROOF COLOR AND YOU SEE TO THE UPPER RIGHT THE RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION JUST HIGH LEVEL CONSENT THAT'S ARE BEING SHOWN AND YOU SEE HOW THOSE ARE PLUGGED INTO YOUR ACADEMIC CAMPUS IN THE MIDDLE AND ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRY OFF OF VALLEY VIEW AND I'M GOING UP TO YOUR ADMINISTRATION FACILITY ET CETERA AND WHAT'S NICE IS YOU HAVE SOME EXISTING OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SOME HOTELS.
SO UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT WE LOOKED THERE IS MOMENTUM AND -- SO AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY IN TERMS OF WHAT GOES ON THOSE YELLOW PARCELS AS WE TALKED ABOUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE DEFINED POLICY FOR THAT AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND AS WE WE'VE TALKED BEFORE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS.
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAYOUT AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPES OF BUILDINGS THOSE WILL BE IT ALLOWS THE CAMPUS AND PRIVATE FORCES TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A MORE EXCITING AND ENGAGING CAMPUS EXPERIENCE THROUGH A HOST OF DIFFERENT PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT UP TO THIS POINT.
THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE AND HAPPY TO TAKE FURTHER QUESTIONS.
>> I'M SORRY SIR, YOU'RE MUTED.
LISTENING TO YOU PRESENT AND ALSO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS SLIDE MY INITIAL REACTION BOY THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF PARKING LOTS AND THE CAMPUS THAT BARES THE GREATEST SIMILARITY IN MY MIND IS UT DALLAS IN WAY.
BECAUSE THEY HAD AN ACADEMIC CORE OF CAMPUSES AN IT WAS PRETTY DAM UGLY AND THEY HAD A LOT OF LAND FROM WHICH TO DEVELOP AND THEY BUILT A NICE MAGNOLIA LINED MALL AND THEY ALSO HAVE A TON OF VERTICAL PARKING LOT AND WHEN DO THEY BECOME ECONOMICAL AND IS THERE A REASON WHY THEIR NOT INCLUDED ON THE PLAN BECAUSE THEY WOULD PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE A LOT MORE GREEN SPACE.
AND STRUCTURE PARKING IS AN OPTION THAT CAN COME -- THERE IS FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWO THOUSAND THERE IS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THIS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS SHOWING MINIMAL INVESTMENT AND WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENED WITH GARAGES IS THEY CAN COME IN AND FREE UP ADDITIONAL LAND.
WE EASILY COULD SHE A STRUCTURE PARKING AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT.
THERE WOULD BE MORE BUILDING, BUT IT DOES FREE UP SPACE FOR OPEN SPACE ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHY I SAID EARLIER WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS I MEAN THESE ARE NICE ARTIST
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RENDERINGS AND SUCH BUT THE CRITICAL PLAN IS THE FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT SHOWS LAND PARCEL DOLLARS AND ON THOSE PARCELS IN DISCUSSION WITH A PRIVATE PARTNER YOU MAKE THAT POINT WHICH YOU JUST SAID WHICH IS CAN WE EXPLORE STRUCTURE PARKING AND REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT AND HAVE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE.YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF THAT POLICY.
NOT ALL OF US HAVE THE HAND RAISE FUNCTION.
SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION GO AHEAD AND FIRE AWAY.
IF I MIGHT STEP OUT AT THIS POINT.
THERE IS A LOT OF THIS THAT TAKES AWAY GREEN SPACE WHICH IS SOME OF THE ONLY STUFF WITH COVID THAT WE CAN USE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WITH US FOREVER BUT THE LESSON THAT WE REALLY SHOULD KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS OF RETAIL AND ALL OF THIS IS TEACHING US ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE EVEN SHOWING UP BECAUSE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE DELIVERED.
WITH OUR CAMPUSES BEING CLOSED DOWN PRESENTLY, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF ANYONE WAS EXPECTING OUR STUDENTS TO BE SOMEONE THEY WOULD SELL TO, WE WITH OUR STAYING ONLINE THROUGH THE SPRING SEMESTER SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD BE MORE OR LESS NOT ALLOWING THE STUDENTS TO EVEN BE ON CAMPUS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RETAIL OR THE GROCERY STORES OR ANY OF THAT.
IT'S INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S LESSONS THAT WE ARE LEARNING, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THAT WOULD BE THEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS.
>> YEAH, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO THE PLAN.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO IF I START TO CONNECT THESE IDEAS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF YOU SEE THE GRAY AREAS THOSE ARE THE CAM US AND THEY ALSO SERVE THE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE DARK PINK OR THE SALMON COLOR AND PRIVATE BUILDING POTENTIALLY.
IN THE YELLOW IS RESIDENTIAL BUT IF YOU WERE TO IMAGINE THAT ALL OF THAT IS TURNED GREEN AND ALL YOU'RE REALLY SEEING ARE THE MAIN STREET THAT'S ARE COMING THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] CONNECTS NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR AND THE DARK GREEN STREET THAT'S, KIND OF, A HORSE SHOE AND THEN WHAT CONNECTS NUMBER ONE AND TWO TOGETHER WITH YOUR NEW ALPHA EXTENDER AND YOU WOULD BE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH POTENTIAL PARTNERS OR YOURSELF TO THINK THROUGH ISSUES OF OPEN SPACE AND TO THINK THROUGH THE TYPES OF SPACES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CAMPUS POPULATION AND THE ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO PROMOTE GATHERING OR NOT.
BUT THE NICE THING HERE IS YOU HAVE LAND TO BE ABLE TO PUT -- AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHERE YOU START TO PULL OUT YOUR FUTURE EXPANSION YOUR PLAN.
SO I THINK THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS HERE.
ONE THE ENGINEERING CONCEPT OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ONE YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWS THAT THEN IT'S A CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS ABOUT WHAT GOES ON THOSE PARCELS.
AND IT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS HOW THEY'RE HANDLING GATHERS AND COVID RELATED ISSUES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.
WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL EVEN IF IT'S THIS MAP THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, PAGE FOURTEEN, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME IF I COULD SEE WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS ON EACH ONE OF THESE AREA.
>> SURE, I BELIEVE THE ZONING RIGHT NOW HERE AT LEAST IN THE FARMERS BRANCH PORTION IS PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY AS WELL.
SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE OF ZONING.
AND THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE LAND THAT
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YOU ARE RECOMMENDING -- TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE BASIC ADJACENTLY STANDPOINT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE SAME TIME THE CAMPUS WAS AND IT SUFFERED FROM THE SAME SORTS OF ISSUES LIKE PARKING LOTS AND THEY TRIED TO SOLVE THAT BY ADDING SOME HOUSING IN AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU'VE GOT AN INTERESTED SET OF OWNERS OVER THERE AND YOU'D HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT UP TO YOUR NORTH AND YOU'VE GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND YOU TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST.
SO AS A STARTING POINT, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT TO WORK WITH.
SOME OF YOUR OTHER CAMPUSES AS GREAT AS THEY ARE -- SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH COMMUNITIES AND THE CITIES.
>> YEAH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIXED USE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG AREA, BUT TO KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS BAA YOU CAN GET INTO SOME REALLY UGLY ZONING CHANGE FIGHTS ESPECIALLY WITH THE RESIDENTIAL.
AND I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRICE POINTS IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IS WE'VE BEEN FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, BUT YEAH I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE ZONING IS ON THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
>> WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT USAGES.
>> EXCUSE ME TRUSTEE COMPTON I DID NOT MEAN TO TALK OVER YOU.
BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE SUBJECTED TO SOME BASE ZONING OR ANOTHER AND THEY REQUIRE -- OF COURSE LAND WAS ACQUIRED MANY YEARS AGO AND I THINK THE ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INVENTORYING THAT AND WE'RE OPERATING UNDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND TO THE CHANCELLORS POINT THAT THESE ARE DISCUSSION THAT'S ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AND WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ZONING ISSUES THERE.
ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE SLIGHT PLANS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE AMENDED IF WE CHANGE THE USES AND PROPOSED CHANGES OF USES ON THOSE ESTABLISHES CAMPUSES AND TO CHAIR RITTER'S POINT THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO HAVE INPUT.
THE CITY OF DALLAS WHERE OUR CAMPUSES ARE LOCATED THAT ARE SUBJECTED TO SUPS THEY'VE CHANGED THE POLICY THERE AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A TIME LIMIT OR A DEADLINE.
WE'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE THAT WE CHANGE THE ZONING ON THOSE CAMPUSES TO A PLANS DEVELOPMENT TO A PD WHICH WILL GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO LAND USES THERE.
AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT POTENTIAL USES MIGHT BE A -- AND ACTUALLY PUTTING IT INTO A PD DOCUMENT AND IT WOULD BE PER PET YULE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE SUBJECT TO THAT AND WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE ON OUR PROPERTIES CURRENTLY AND WE HAVE TO WORK ACCOUNT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART AS WELL.
WE'RE ABOUT 15 MINUTES OVER OUR TIME BUT THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK OR WESLEY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] MULTIFAMILY VERSUS SINGLE BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO FIND A LOT OF PUSH BACK IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SUBURBAN AREA REGARDING MULTI FAMILY.
THE DALLAS PEOPLE SEEM TO BE PRETTY OPEN TO THAT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH IT.
DO YOU COME WITH A PLAN THAT SHOWS THE BENEFITS AN VALUES OF HAVING THIS [INAUDIBLE] FAMILY HOUSING BECAUSE OF A NEED OR DO YOU SOMETIMES SAY HEY BEFORE WE GET DO TO A
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PLANNING PROCESS WE WANT TO GET A WINK AND A NOD IF YOU WILL THAT IF WE FIND THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM, WOULD YOU BE A MEN ABLE TO IT.>> I HOPE I DIDN'T CAUSE ANY CONFUSION HERE.
MOST OF AREA ONE THAT ACTUALLY IS ZONE EXPANSION WHICH IS PRIMARY APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW.
SO THE AREA IN QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT'S IN TWO.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE TOWN HOMES.
THAT'S WHERE THE HOUSING POLICY BECOMES IMPORTANT.
THAT COULD EASILY BE LOWER DENSITY IS MY POINT.
THE AREA OF NUMBER ONE IS THAT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR EXPANSION AND IT'S FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT BENEFICIAL FOR THE QUALITY OF THE CAMPUS.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO GO SAY ON THAT IS TO WHAT MATTERS WHY WE GOT INTO THIS CONVERSATION INITIALLY AND THAT'S AS WE COVERED THROUGH OUR MASTER PLANNING PROCESS LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS THAT THEY WERE BEING PRICED OUT OF HOUSING AND MANY OF THEM FORCED INTO HOMELESSNESS AND JUST SIMPLY INTRODUCING THE BOARD TO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OR POSSIBILITIES.
NONE OF THESE ARE PROPOSALS AS THEY SIT HERE TODAY.
SO AS WE GET INTO OUR LAST CAMPUS JUST REALLY FLUSHING THAT OUT AND JUST SHOWING ALL SIX OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT, KIND OF, RING DALLAS COUNTY THAT ALREADY OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER SHOULD WE WANT TO PURSUE THAT, ISSUE WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND SOME OF HAVE ALREADY COME TO US.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY FOLKS HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO I THINK NORTH LAKE IS NEXT AND THERE IS ALREADY BEEN SOME OUTREACH THERE AS WELL AND CERTAINLY MESQUITE HAS BEEN PROACTIVE IN THAT REGARD.
BUT THIS IS REALLY TAKING SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NOT ONLY ON THE TABLE NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION FIFTY PLUS YEARS OF A DISTRICT JUST TO SIMPLY INTRODUCING THAT THIS IS A POSSIBILITY.
SHOULD THE BOARD WANT TO PURSUE THIS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DID IN A YEAR THEN THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN EACH OF THESE CASES AND THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A DECADE LONG EFFORT IF WE WERE TO GET ALL SIX OF THEM INVOLVED AS WE GO THERE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT IT CONCEPTUALLY FROM THE POINT OF THE VIEW THAT WE'RE SERVING THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE DALLAS HOUSING MARKET.
IT IS VASTLY DIFFERENT TODAY THAN IT WAS TEN OR 15 YEARS AGO.
SO THESE ARE REALLY, KIND OF, WHERE WE'RE WITH THE DISCUSSION.
>> SO I THIS IS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE WHAT'S PRIMARY IN THIS IS TO HAVE ADVISABLE FRONT DOORS AS ENTRY INTO OUR CAMPUS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE MOVING MORE DOWN THE LINE ON THIS, THE BOARD NEEDS TO LOOK AT SOME FRAMEWORK I THINK TO USE GILL'S WORK AND, MR. RUTHERFORD'S WORD.
HOW MUCH PARKING LOTS DO WE WANT.
DO WE PREFER PARKING GARAGE SO AS NOT TO TAKE UP THAT MUCH GREEN SPACE.
SO WE NEED TO COME UP SOME STANDARDS FOR THE FRONT DOOR.
I HEARD YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAILING OFF THERE A MINUTE.
>> THE ONLY THING I WAS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD SEE THE [INAUDIBLE] THEN THAT GIVES ME A PICTURE IN MY HEAD OF BASED ON THE ZONING OF WHAT EACH AREA COULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE IN TERMS OF GREEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL PLACES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING BUILD THAT WE NEED SOME PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT SO FAR AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT PLANS.
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NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
FIRST OFF, PARIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S INTERESTING AND IT'S EXCITING AND IT'S VISIONARY AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT AND DR. BRADDY AND JOHN FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
THIS IS AN INFORMATION AT ITEM.
WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON ANYTHING.
AND BUT WHAT I THINK THIS DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTED WAS THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE DEVELOP AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR APPROACHING DEVELOPMENT ON OUR CAMPUSES AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT IN A PIECE MEAL APPROACH CAMPUS BY CAMPUS AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TIME FOR A COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION THAT ROLES UP ALL THE ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WHAT MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE WAY IF AT ALL FOR THE DISTRICT TO RESPOND TO ISSUES THAT ARE EFFECTS OUR STUDENTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
AND MADAM CHAIR AS WE LOOK AT OUR AGENDA IN THE MONTHS AHEAD TO CARVE OUT SOME TIME FOR THE BOARD WHEN WE'RE READY TO DO THE ROLE AND THE CHANCELLOR AND TO JOHN AND THE TIMING OF THAT AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE LAND USE ISSUES POLICY PARAMETERS AROUND SPECIFIC TYPES OF USES LIKE HOUSING.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO COMMIT TO OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND IN TERMS OF OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT IMAGINE.
SO I WOULD URGE THAT WE TRY TO FIND SOME TIME TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE WILL BE BETTER POSITIONS TO MOVE FORWARD AT ALL CAMPUSES IF WE DO.
AND JOHN AND CHANCELLOR MAY I'LL GIVE YOU THE --
>> NO, I WAS SAYING THAT I SECOND THAT.
WE NEED TO STOP AND DO THAT AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.
>> THANK YOU JOHN, JOE, ANYTHING.
LET'S SEE WE GOT COMMITTEE NOTES THAT ARE IN THE BOARD PACKET FOR SEPTEMBER EIGHTH.
[5.A. 1) Finance Committee Notes for September 8, 2020]
AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CHANGES, YOU CAN MAKE THEM AT THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT AND WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PLAN AND THE TIME IS -- AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT THIS TIME.>> THANK YOU CHAIR RITTER WITH THAT LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND WE WILL RECONVENE BACK AT ONE FIFTY FOR THE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.