Min - Downtown Steering Committee - 2021 - 7/8 - Regular DOWNTOWN STEERING COMMITTEE
Learning from Other Communities Subcommittee
Minutes
July 8,2021
ATTENDANCE:
Committee Members:
Doug Galletti
Austin Bassil
Mary Vail-Grube
City Staff Present:
Marc Kurbansade,AICP,Director of Community Development
Teresa Warren,Public&Media Relations Director
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present.
With a quorum, Doug Galletti called meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and announced a quorum was present in
the City Hall Conference Room at Allen City Hall,305 Century Parkway,Allen,Texas,75013.
1. Discuss and Identify Communities with Downtowns for Site Visits.
Committee Members reviewed a list of local downtowns for site visits and agreed on a list for each
committee member to make individual visits. Members agreed on a method to aggregate and
categorize site visit pictures to assist in final reports to be delivered to larger Downtown Steering
Committee.
2. Discuss the Process/Plan to Identify Communities with a Comprehensive Schedule of
Downtown Events.
Committee discussed the importance of downtown events in a vibrant downtown and intent to
research events associated with locally identified downtowns.
3. Set Next Meeting Date.
Committee members set next meeting date to be July 22, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. Tentative agenda was
discussed to include the following:
• Review aggregated data from individual committee site visits;
• Identify additional visits to downtowns by committee members(if necessary);and
• Discuss layout of report due to Downtown Steering Committee on July 28,2021.
Adjournment
Doug Galletti adjourned meeting at 7:52 p.m.
DOWNTOWN STEERING COMMITTEE
Ownership and Zoning Subcommittee
Minutes
July 8,2021
ATTENDANCE:
Committee Members:
Marcelle Jones
Ted Gould
Bob Acker(absent)
Gregg Watling,Community Use
City Staff Present:
Hayley Angel,AICP,Planning Manager
Kevin Bates,PE,Program Manager
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present.
With a quorum present, Marcelle Jones called meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference
Room at Allen City Hall,305 Century Parkway,Allen,Texas,75013.
1. Overview of Subcommittee Charge.
The Subcommittee discussed the definition and delineation of original downtown area, historical area,
and Tax Increment Financing district.
2. Review and Discussion of Ownership,Zoning,Standards,and Other Documents.
The Subcommittee discussed City-owned properties and other possible property owners that own
multiple properties. They discussed the representation of this on a large, paper map. Finally, they
discussed permitted uses and heights in the zoning ordinance.
3. Presentation and Demonstration of City of Allen Interactive Map.
The Subcommittee reviewed the Interactive Map.
4. Identify Additional Data and Documentation.
The Subcommittee discussed the Current Development Map, Collin County Appraisal District website,
the Census website,and other documents on the City's website.
5. Set next meeting date.
Committee members set next meeting date to be July 22,2021,at 4:00 p.m.The content would be decided
later and sent to staff.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 5:52 p.m.