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Actions approved by the board included:
- Sponsorship: 15th Balch Springs Chamber of Commerce 2025 Golf Classic — sponsorship not to exceed $2,500. Staff said the sponsorship provides marketing benefits and eight spots on a golf team for city representatives. The amount was budgeted from advertising and promotion funds and is typically split with the Type B board.
- Sponsorship: Best Southwest Red Summit (investor level) — sponsorship not to exceed $500. Staff said the investor level provides logo placement and seating for up to eight attendees; the city is rotating sponsorship costs with the Type B board.
- Sponsorship: Balch Springs Day at the Capitol (marketing event) — sponsorship not to exceed $2,500. Staff described the event as a biennial outreach to state representatives to promote city projects and legislation priorities.
- Contract amendment: Lothrop Landscape Inc. — streetscape and landscaping services for the Belt Line Road corridor, not to exceed $150,000. Staff said the work is part of the city’s CIP streetscape program and the proposed Belt Line work covers the corridor from Lassiter to Spring Ridge Lane, near the Comfort Suites/‘Amazon Village’ area; the city said ongoing maintenance will be by the city if the project is approved.

Board members moved and seconded each item and the board approved the motions by voice vote; there were no recorded negative votes in the meeting transcript for these items. For each sponsorship staff said the city commonly splits cost with the Type B board and has budgeted the A‑board share in advertising and promotion accounts.

During the reports portion of the meeting staff updated the board on multiple capital improvement projects, including completed sidewalk and streetscape work, ongoing intersection and signal projects with grant funding, planned Elam Road corridor engineering design (NCTCOG), a possible Belt Line lighting grant (TxDOT/HSIP) under consideration, and the Alexander Village developer access permitting work with Kimley‑Horn and TxDOT that staff said will take three to six months to complete.

No formal action was taken on the master-plan presentation for the Elam Road corridor; staff described that presentation as an informational briefing and said follow-up public meetings and regulatory steps will come later.

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Branham said the team’s work included an existing-conditions inventory, stakeholder meetings, a public open house, property-owner interviews and a market snapshot. “My name is Chris Branham. I’m with Catalyst Commercial. We’re the prime on this project,” he told the board as he described a plan intended to create “a vibrant destination where residents and businesses thrive.”

The plan divides the corridor into four character districts — a gateway near I‑635, a Main Street section along Elam, a town-center civic anchor and residential infill areas — and outlines design and activation options intended to support walkability, civic gatherings and a regional trail connection. Branham emphasized the document is a visioning tool, not a regulatory code: “This isn’t a regulatory document. It’s a plan. It’s a visioning document, initially.”

City staff told the board the project began in the fall and has included stakeholder outreach with property owners and institutions such as Prosperity Bank. Staff said one large property owner contributing to the master-plan effort controls roughly 30 acres and has partnered with the city on funding for the study. Staff said the consultant team will brief the city’s Type B economic development board and planning commission before a public workshop tentatively scheduled for April 3 and a target city council adoption on April 28.

Board members asked about next steps if the council adopts the plan. Staff and the consultant said the typical follow-up would be a zoning overlay or ordinance amendments to translate the plan’s guiding principles into development standards; that zoning changes would require Planning & Zoning review and council approval. Staff also said the city has applied to the North Central Texas Council of Governments for engineering design funding for Elam Road and that the plan will include recommendations for funding mechanisms and potential capital improvements.

The board did not take action on the plan at the March 17 meeting. Staff described the presentation as an update and said no board approval was requested at this time. The city will continue stakeholder outreach, refine a preferred scenario, pursue engineering funding and present the plan for public comment and eventual council consideration.

Details noted during the presentation:
- Study area described by the consultant: Elam Road corridor from I‑635 through Pioneer Road, with specific focus between Shepherd Lane and Pioneer Road.
- Outreach: stakeholder meetings, an open-house public meeting in December and booths at city events; a public workshop tentatively April 3; tentative council adoption targeted for April 28.
- Funding/implementation: recommendation to pursue a zoning overlay (ordinance amendment) for standards, engineering-design funding through the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and later capital projects and land discussions with property owners.

The master plan presentation is expected to return to boards and the council after the public workshop and final staff comments are incorporated.","Consultant Catalyst Commercial presented a draft master plan for the Elam Road corridor, outlining four character districts, a preferred scenario, next steps including a public workshop April 3 and tentative council adoption April 28, and recommending a future zoning overlay and funding steps through regional partners.","actionData","errors"]

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