* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH, [00:00:01] 20, [1. Call Meeting to Order] 20 TO 6:00 PM THE TREE HOUSE FACILITY, AS WE DID AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF OUR MEETINGS, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS [ Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.] IS GOING TO SEND AN AGENDA. THE ONLY ITEM IS THE MINUTES. DO I HEAR A EMOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED? I ESTIMATE ALL INVADERS AI. OH, I'M SORRY. SECOND TO THE MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. [2. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Rezoning a 3.2-Acre Property Located at the Southeast Corner of Addison Road and Airport Parkway, from Commercial-2 (C-2) to Planned Development (PD) District with modified Urban Center (UC) District standards, to allow a Multifamily Development Comprised of a Maximum of 287 Dwelling Units and Live/Work Units, and Approximately 5,000 Square Feet of Future Retail Space, and to Approve Related Development Plans. 1843-Z/JPI Addison Heights.] SECOND ITEM BUSINESS. WELL, THE PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT SKUS CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REZONING 3.2 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ADDISON ROAD AND AIRPORT PARKWAY FROM COMMERCIAL TO C DASH TWO PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT WITH MODIFIED OR IN CENTER, UC DISTRICT STANDARDS TO ALLOW A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PRICE TO A MAXIMUM OF 287 DWELLING UNITS AND LIVE AND WORK UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF FUTURE RETAIL SPACE. AND WHO APPROVED RELATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS AS THIS CASE? 1843 Z SLASH JPI ADDISON HEIGHTS IN, CAN WE GET A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? YOU MEAN COMMISSIONERS 10 AND MIKE ISSUES LIKE YOU ARE AT 10 SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF AIRPORT PARKWAY AND ADDISON ROAD IS CURRENTLY 3.2 ACRES. UH, IT IS, UH, THE LONGTERM HOME OF A LONG-TERM ADDISON BUSINESS, EACH WK REALTY, UH, THAT IS THE HOPE FAMILY. UH, THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, USING THAT PROPERTY FOR DECADES. UM, THAT PROPERTY IS, UH, ABOUT AS RURAL AS IT CAN GET, UH, FOR ADDISON IT'S SMALL, BUT VERY RURAL. UM, THEY DO USE THE SITES, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ENDEAVORS. SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FORM OF SOME OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE YOU SEE WITH VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, THEN ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE CHARM AND THE PROPERTY, YOU GET TO SEE LIVESTOCK ON OCCASION, AS WELL AS, UH, THE, UH, SIGNIFICANT TREE COVER, UM, THAT THE, UH, LINES IN THE SITE, PARTICULARLY AT THE AIRPORT PARKWAY FRONTAGE WITH THE, UH, PINE TREES THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, THIS SITE WAS REZONED TO THE COMMERCIAL TEAM DISTRICT, UH, FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN 1992 TO SUPPORT, UH, THAT OPERATION. AND NOW WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SITE. ONCE AGAIN, BACK TO A PD, UH, A PD, UH, BASED ON THE URBAN CENTER STANDARDS OF THE ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, DISTRICT, UH, AND THAT REQUEST IS BEING MADE ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE FAMILY BY JPI. UH, THEY ARE A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER. AND WITH THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MAXIMUM OF 287, UH, RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, SEVEN OF WHICH WOULD BE LIVE WORK, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF FUTURE RETAIL SPACE, WHICH WE'LL CALL IT RETAIL READY. UH, I CAN UNMUTE IT. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT A TECHNO PERSON. I JUST NOTICED THAT I BOX IS ON MUTE AND SOMETIMES YOU GET CIVIL NUTRITION. SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANS COMPRISE A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, FACADE PLANS, AND FLOOR PLANS. UM, THE, UH, ILLUSTRATIVE SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN IS ON THIS SLIDE. WHAT'S PROPOSED IS A FIVE STORY BUILDING THAT IS 73 FEET TALL AT ITS HIGHEST POINT. UH, WHEN THIS SITE, UH, IF IT GOES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THERE WILL BE SOME RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION NEEDS, UH, FOR BOTH AS SOME ROAD AND AIRPORT PARKWAY, UH, BRINGING IT DOWN TO 2.9, THREE ACRES. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THOSE 287 UNITS, AND THEN THE RETAIL READY SPACE, WHICH WOULD BE AT THE, UM, AIRPORT PARKWAY, EXCUSE ME, ADDISON ROAD FRONTAGE. UM, A BIG CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS PROPOSAL IS HOW THE STREETSCAPE IS TREATED, [00:05:01] UH, IN THE FORM OF, UH, A TRAIL AND URBAN TRAIL AT THE ADDISON ROAD FRONTAGE AND WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING AND EXTENDING EAST ALONG AIRPORT PARKWAY, UH, THAT IS 10 FEET, UH, FULLY, UH, ADDISON ROAD. AND THEN IT'S VARIABLE WITH, UH, ON AIRPORT PARKWAY, UH, WITH, UH, AS IT EXTENDS EAST TRANSITIONING ONCE AGAIN, A BIT 10 FEET IN WITH, AND THEN THERE'S A, UH, 4,200 SQUARE FOOT PRIVATE OPEN SPACE THAT WOULD BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, UM, THAT PROVIDES FOR PASSIVE, UM, UH, RECREATIONAL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, SEATING AREAS. THERE'S A FOUNTAIN PROPOSED AND THEN OPPORTUNITY FOR A POTENTIAL PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION AS WELL. UM, ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING, UH, IT IS A UNIQUE CONDITION. UM, THERE'S VERY FEW BUILDINGS AND ADDISON THAT HAS THIS CONDITION, UH, IS A PROPOSED LIVE WORK UNITS. SO THOSE UNITS WOULD OCCUPY BOTH THE FOURTH AND A PORTION OF THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH FLOOR FULLY ON THE ADDISON ROAD FRONTAGE. SO THEY'D BE TWO LEVEL UNITS WITH THE BOTTOM LEVEL BEING THE LIVE PORTION AND THE, UH, UPPER LEVEL BEING THE WORK PORTION, AND THEN, UH, ALLOWING FOR A MEZZANINE, UH, ON THE, UH, WORK PORTION THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, SOME OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL SPACE ON THE, UH, TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING LOOKING WEST TOWARDS ADDISON AIRPORT TO ALSO ON THAT TOP FLOOR AS A CO-WORKING SPACE THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACCESSIBLE TO OTHER, UH, BUILDING OCCUPANTS. UH, THE PARKING STRUCTURE IS INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING. IT'S A RAT BUILDING. UH, IT ACCOMMODATES THE 109 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, UH, WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE. UM, THIS PROPOSAL AS IT'S CURRENTLY SITUATED ACTUALLY, UH, IMPROVES EMERGENCY ACCESS TO ADDISON CIRCLE. UH, CURRENTLY THERE IS A, UH, FIRE LANE THAT RUNS THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, THE POST OFFICE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER VACANT PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF QUORUM AND AIRPORT PARKWAY, UH, WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, THEY'VE, UH, UH, ENTERED INTO A, UH, POTENTIAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR GATED OR EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THAT FIRE LINE THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY. UM, THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT ALSO PROVIDES BETTER ACCESS TO, UH, THE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD THE RECENT FIRES. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ELEMENT OF THIS PROPOSAL. ALSO WITH THAT, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THIS SITE TO THAT FIRE LANE TO PROVIDE A QUICK PASTOR ADDISON CIRCLE AND IT'S RICH AMENITIES. UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, PARKING, UH, FORUM 109 SPACES IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE AND THEN SEVEN ON STREET AT AIRPORT PARKWAY, UM, PER THE URBAN CENTER CODE UNDER THE, UH, INITIAL CONDITION, THE RETAIL READY CONDITION THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FOR 352 SPACES. SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY MET. AND THEN, UH, IF THE RETAIL ORDER TO BECOME REALITY, THERE WOULD BE, UH, ADDITIONAL RETAIL DEMAND, UH, PARKING GENERATED, BUT ALSO A LOSS OF RESIDENTIAL PARKING. SO THAT WOULD BUMP THE REQUIRED PARKING UP TO 371 SPACES, UH, THAT GROUND FLOOR OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO ANYONE CAN PARK THERE. AND THEN IT IS PRIMARILY THE CENTER OF VISITORS, UH, FOR THIS PROPOSAL. UH, NO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE IS PROPOSED TO BE DEDICATED. THEY ARE PROVIDING THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AMENITY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AND THEN AS NOTED, UH, THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL PORTIONS OF THE TOWN'S TRAIL MASTER PLAN. THE STREETSCAPE, UM, IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE STREET SCAPES OF ADDISON CIRCLE WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS WE'LL DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL LATER, UM, A NEED FOR ORNAMENTAL TREES, ADDISON ROAD, AND THEN SOME MODIFIED SPACING OF STREET TREES AT, UH, ERIK PARKWAY, UH, WITH THE STREET TREES. THERE WILL ALSO BE COMPATIBLE TREATMENTS TO PAVEMENT PROVIDING FOR DECORATIVE PAVING. LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS RENDERING STREET FURNISHINGS SUCH AS BENCHES, PEDESTRIAN, LIGHTING, TRASH RECEPTACLES, EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN AN URBAN STREETSCAPE. SO THE BUILDING IS FIVE STORIES, 73 FEET TALL. UH, IT IS CLAD IN BRICK GLAZING AND FIBER CEMENT PANEL. MOST FACADES HAVE ABOUT 40% GLAZING. SO THAT IS A, A DOMINANT TRAIT, UH, OF THIS DESIGN. THE FIBER CEMENT PANEL IS, UH, CERTAINLY UNIQUE, UM, TREATMENT, UH, AS IT COMPARES TO OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE, UH, BRICK STONE AND [00:10:01] STUCCO WERE REALLY THE PRIMARY TREATMENTS THAT STUCCO BEING THE PRIMARY ALTERNATIVE, UM, UH, FOR, UH, TO A MORE TRADITIONAL BRICK AND STONE. UM, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THAT FIBER CEMENT PANEL IS REALLY THAT TO SERVE THE UPPER LEVELS AND KEY, UH, HORIZONTAL TRANSITIONS IN THE BUILDING THAT KIND OF SOFTEN THE BUILDING AND SOFTEN THE SCALE. UM, ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT OF, UH, ADDRESSING THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING AND SOMETHING THAT THEY DID A LOT OF WORK ON THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT IS CREATING SETBACKS AT THE FIFTH FLOOR AND ADDISON ROAD. AND THEN THE SUBSTANTIAL STEP BACK WITH THE OPEN SPACE AT THE AIRPORT PARKWAY FRONTAGE, UM, ONE KEY CHARACTER CHARACTERISTIC OF THE RETAIL READY CONDITION, UH, WITH THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A, UH, A TALLER GROUND FLOOR. UM, SO WITH THAT, THEY ARE JUST UNDER 15 FEET, WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY MEET THAT CRITERIA FOR, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, YES, SIR. WHAT DIRECTION ARE WE LOOKING AT ON THAT BOTTOM? UH, SO THAT IS LOOKING NORTH ON ADDISON ROAD. SO THE PROPOSING THAT MIX IS, UH, UH, VERY, UH, TRADITIONAL MIX FOR RECENT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BOTH IN ADDISON AND THE REGION. UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, MORE, UH, SINGLE BEDROOM DOMINANCE. UH, SO THIS INCLUDES 24 EFFICIENCY UNITS, ALL UNITS MEET THE MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISTRICT FOR EFFICIENCY, AND THEN A HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE, ONE BEDROOM UNITS. THEY ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THE MINIMUM SIZE FOR A PORTION OF THOSE UNITS. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL SEGMENT AND THEN 65, 2 BEDROOM UNITS AND SEVEN LIVE WORDS UNITS. THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE FOR THE BUILDING IS 843 SQUARE FEET. UH, SIMILAR TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL FRONT, UH, IN RECENT YEARS, THEY'VE COMMITTED TO SOME, UH, ELEVATED KIND OF BUILDING STANDARDS. UM, WE HAVE A WAFS PROBLEM WITH FEW MEETINGS AGO. WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED IN HERE. SO THIS IS, UM, SO HOPEFULLY NO ONE'S ALLERGIC. UM, SO THEY ARE COMMITTING TO A, UH, COMPLYING WITH THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD CERTIFICATION. SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED RECENTLY, UH, HAVE, HAVE, UH, ALL LEAD STANDARDS. THE APPLICANT CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH THE COMMISSION WHEN THEY SPEEDS LIKES ME, UM, AND THEN STONE COUNTERTOPS AND ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, AND KNOW WHEN THE ILIUM OR FORMICA SURFACES IN THE, THE BUILDING AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PARTNER. SO THIS HAPPENED WITH GREYSTAR IT'S HAPPENED WITH EMILY, UM, WITH THE ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION ON THE SITE. SO WHENEVER YOU AND REQUESTS FOR RESETTLING, UH, THE FIRST STEP EARLY IS TO EVALUATE HOW THAT REQUEST, UH, IS ADDRESSED, UM, BY OUR LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES. SO, UH, WE HAD FOUR THAT, THAT TOUCHED THIS PROJECT, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THE ADDISON CIRCLE, SPECIAL AREAS STUDY OUR HOUSING POLICY AND THEN THE, THE, UH, COUPLED INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND AMENDED PLANS AND TRANSPORTATION PARK AND TRAIL MASTER CLIENTS. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE SPECIAL AREA STUDY, THIS REALLY DRILLED DOWN, UH, ON THIS SITE. UM, SO THIS STUDY, UM, WAS, UH, UNDERWAY 2018 AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED AND ADOPTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2019. UM, AND IT ADDRESSED TWO SUB AREAS OF THE ADDISON CIRCLE AREA, UH, THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREA TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN THIS AREA, WHICH IT DUMPED, UH, ADDISON. SO GO WEST. SO REALLY THREE BLOCKS IN DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS BEING THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THAT SUB AREA. THE REALLY THE, THE KEY OUTCOMES OF THAT ANALYSIS AND THE WORK THAT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, IS WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG ADDISON ROAD WERE APPROPRIATE AND THEY SHOULD BE MORE URBAN IN SCALE AND DESIGN, UH, TO THE, THE HIGH QUALITY DESIGN OF ADDISON CIRCLE SHOULD APPLY IN THIS AREA, CONSIDER THESE AN EXTENSION OF ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, THREE, UH, AT THIS INTERSECTION, UH, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. WELL, IT'S NOT TO FORCE THE MARKET, BUT IF THE MARKET WILL SUPPORT IT, SETTING THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO ALLOW FOR, UH, RETAIL OR SERVICE TO SEE OCCUPY PORTIONS OF IN THE FUTURE. UH, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONCEPT OF, UH, RETAIL READY, UH, CAME INTO PLAY FOR THIS PROJECT. AND IT'S, WELL, THIS ISN'T A SITE [00:15:01] PLAN THAT WE'RE APPROVING AS THE VISION. IT'S, IT'S REALLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THAT DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DID ADDRESS THIS PROPERTY IN 2013. UM, IT NOTED THAT, UM, THERE WERE PAST PROPOSALS THAT, THAT, UH, WERE PERHAPS TWO DEBTS, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THE TOWN ULTIMATELY SUPPORTED, AND IT SPOKE TO THE NEED TO REDEVELOP THIS AREA AS A WHOLE VERSUS INCREMENTALLY. UM, THIS PLAN AMENDED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADOPT THE, UH, KEY OUTCOMES, UH, THE ADDISON HOUSING POLICY THAT CERTAINLY COMES UP IN EVERY HOUSING PROPOSAL THAT WE CONSIDER. UM, AND REALLY THE, THE, THE ULTIMATE, UH, DIRECTION OF THIS POLICY IS, IS LOOKING AT THE TALENT'S CURRENT HOUSING INVENTORY AND HOW, UH, THE CURRENT MIX IS NOW AND HOW WE CAN, UH, UH, UH, USE OUR LAND USE POLICIES AND ZONING PROCESS TO ACHIEVE BETTER BALANCE. AND WITH THAT, IT'S LOOKING MORE AT OWNERSHIP VERSUS RENTAL HOUSING. UM, THIS PROJECT IS RENTAL HOUSING. UM, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO, UH, POSITIVELY IMPACT THAT RATIO, BUT THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THIS HOUSING POLICY, UH, MOST PARTICULARLY THE SPECIAL AREA STUDY THAT WAS DONE THAT RECOMMENDED URBAN MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD SUGGEST IT IS APPROPRIATE. UM, I THINK, UH, AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ENSURING THAT IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING APPROVING THIS, WHAT IS DONE HERE IS REALLY IN LINE WITH ADDISON CIRCLE AND, AND, UH, CAN, UH, UH, MEET THAT, UH, VERY HIGH STANDARD THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. UM, SO ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT RESOLVING REQUESTS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, WHETHER NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE OF A PROJECT AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO ALWAYS WE WANT TO CONSIDER RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY. THIS IS AN INTERESTING IMAGE IN THAT YOU JUST LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY, THIS MULTIFAMILY BUILDING MAY LOOK KIND OF OUT OF PLACE, BUT ZOOM OUT AND LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA, BOTH TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH. UH, IT IS AN, A MAJOR RESIDENTIAL NODE, UH, AND THIS IS, AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE START OF THAT EXTENSION OF ADDISON CIRCLE TO ME, WESTERN EDGE AND THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SITE. OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS PROXIMITY TO A SINGLE FAMILY. UH, THE CLOSEST IS 800 FEET, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY THE AIRPORT, THIS IS OUTSIDE THE 65 DBA, UH, NOISE CONTOUR, UH, WHICH IS OUR BARRIER FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, OTHER NOISE SENSITIVE LAND USES. AND IT'S ALSO SITUATED IN A WAY WHERE THE PROPOSED HEIGHT IT'S MUCH LOWER IN SCALE THAN WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED, UH, UH, BASED ON ITS PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT. UH, TRAFFIC OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION WHEN WE CONSIDER A REZONING, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY AND GOING INTO SOMETHING THAT IS VERY URBAN AND, UH, FULLY UTILIZED. SO, UH, WITH THAT STAFF, OF COURSE, DID REQUIRE A TIA TO BE CONDUCTED WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UH, THAT TIA WAS PREPARED BY THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER AND THEN OUR, UH, CONSULTANT ENGINEER, UM, THEIR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM REVIEWED THAT MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MODIFICATION AND ULTIMATELY ACCEPTED THE FINDINGS OF THAT STUDY. UM, WITH THAT, UM, DUE TO THE CONNECTIVITY, THE HIGH DEGREE OF CONNECTIVITY IN THIS AREA, UM, ONE, WE FOCUSED OUR EVALUATION ON THE, UH, INTERSECTIONS AND HOW THIS PROJECT IMPACTS THOSE. AND THE KEY OUTCOME FROM THAT IS THAT, UH, THERE WAS NOT A REDUCED LEVEL OF SERVICE, UH, AT, UH, THOSE INTERSECTIONS WHERE STAFF DID ASK, UM, THE APPLICANT ADMITTED MITIGATE A POTENTIAL IMPACT WAS TURNING MOVEMENTS FROM THE SOUTHERN ACCESS DRIVE. WE MEND THE ADDISON ROAD. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THEY LIMIT TURNING MOVEMENTS TO RIGHT TURN HOMEAWAY, UH, ALLOWING FOR A LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS ONTO ADDISON ROAD TO PRIMARILY COME FROM, UH, THE AIRPORT PARKWAY, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE WAY THE BUILDING, UH, IS DESIGNED PARKING STRUCTURE, IT KIND OF NATURALLY AND DIRECT STRATAFIX AIRPORT PARKWAY. SO IT FITS WELL WITH THAT DIRECTION. UH, THE LAST, UH, IMPACT I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON, UH, FIRST IS, UM, TREE MITIGATION. UM, SO THIS SITE ACTUALLY USED TO BE A BIT OF A, A TREE FARM. SO THE, THE TREE COLOR REFLECTS THAT. AND WITH THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE THAT'S PROPOSED, UH, THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY IS, WILL BE LOST. UM, [00:20:01] AND THAT'S, UH, OUTSIDE OF CHANGING THE CONTEXT ON THE PROJECT, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. UM, SO WITH THAT, GIVEN HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE OR POSSIBLE TO REPLACE ALL THE TREES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED WITH NEW TREES ONSITE. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PLANT WHAT THEY CAN ON THE STREET STATE AND OTHER AREAS WHERE LANDSCAPE CAN BE PLANTED, BUT NOWHERE NEAR, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEING REPLACED. SO IN LIEU OF, UH, JUST, UM, UH, ONLY PLANTING WHAT THEY CAN REPLACE, UH, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE, UH, THE CASH IN LIEU OF PLANTING. AND THAT'S AT A RATE OF $175 CALIPER INCH. AND THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN JUST OVER $152,000 THAT WOULD BE OWED TO THE CITY FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WITH THIS REQUEST, A, UM, A BROAD RANGE OF WAIVER REQUESTS, UH, WORK PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UM, WITH THE URBAN CENTER DISTRICT, UH, THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROVISION, UH, THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PROJECTS DUE TO, UH, THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT NATURE OF THE SITE, UH, NEEDS OF THE MARKET NEEDS OF THE TOWN, WHERE WAIVERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, MODIFICATIONS, ALTERATIONS, UH, MAY BE APPROPRIATE. UM, OF COURSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAREFULLY CONSIDER THOSE NOT ONLY, UM, THROUGH THE LENS OF THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO, UH, THROUGH OUR HISTORY AND REVIEWING PROJECTS IN THIS AREA. SO THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOCUSES ON LANDSCAPE AREA AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS. SO THE URBAN CENTER DISTRICT, UM, IT, UM, PROVIDES GENERAL LANGUAGE THAT DIRECTS, UM, UH, READERS TO THE, UH, TOWN'S LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE WITHIN THAT LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE. AND WE HAVE GENERAL STANDARDS THAT GENERALLY APPLIED TO ALL DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF VARIATION, UM, WITH THAT, UH, THE MAIN STANDARD THAT COMES INTO PLAY IS REQUIRING 20% OF A SITE TO BE LANDSCAPE AREA, AND THEN REQUIRING THE 20 FEET OF PUBLIC STREET FROM EACH. SO THE FIRST 20 FEET INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO BE SERVED AS I LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, WITH THIS SITE, UH, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET EITHER OF THOSE STANDARDS, UH, JUST COUNTING LANDSCAPE AREA, UM, THAT THEY'RE AT A LIMIT LITTLE OVER 11%. UH, IF WE ACCOUNTED FOR SOME OF THEIR PEDESTRIAN FEATURES SUCH AS THE HANDS TRAIL, UH, THEY'D GET UP TO ABOUT 16%, UM, LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF ADDISON CIRCLE TO INCLUDE THE RECENT AMALIE PROJECT. UM, I HAVE STRONG QUESTIONS, WHETHER THE TOWN HAS APPLIED THESE STANDARDS IN THIS AREA DUE TO ITS CONTEXT, THE URBAN CENTER DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR 85% LOT COVERAGE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. AND SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER IF PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES SUCH AS TRAILS, THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT DISTRICT, IT'S VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE THAT 20%. AND IF YOU TAKE A WALK AROUND ADDISON CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE PROJECTS THAT VERY LIKELY, UH, COMPLY. AND SOME THAT PROBABLY DON'T MEET THAT STANDARD AND ARE UNDER SIMILAR TO, TO THIS PROJECT. UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF DOES BELIEVE THAT THE LANDSCAPE THAT'S PROVIDED TAKE THE WAY THE PLAZA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF ADDISON CIRCLE. AND THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE WAIVER GIVEN THAT OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IN THIS DISTRICT IS THE STREETSCAPE AND THE SIDEWALK AND HOW THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCES THIS AREA. UH, THE NEXT WAIVER ALSO IS RELATED TO LANDSCAPE AND IT'S ONCE, UH, UH, SPECIFIC TO STREET TREES. SO THE ADDISON'S OR THE URBAN CENTER DISTRICT REQUIRES, UH, STREET TREES TO BE PLANTED A MINIMUM EVERY 30 FEET ALONG THE STREETSCAPE. AND THOSE TREES NEED TO BE SHADE TREES. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS IN PLAY HERE THAT, UH, HAD DRIVEN THE APPLICANT TO REQUEST WAIVERS. UM, ONE ALONG THE ADDISON ROAD STREET FROM THE ISSUES OVERHEAD POWER. UM, SO AS YOU TRAVERSE THAT CORRIDOR AND YOU SEE SOME MATURE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, IRVING SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR HERE. SO ORNAMENTAL TREES CAN BE VERY APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, STRAIGHT TREES. SO, UH, THEY HAVE REQUESTED AND STAFF SUPPORTS THAT REQUEST TO PROVIDE ORNAMENTAL TREES AT THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT MINIMUM SPACING AT THE ADDISON ROAD, SIGNAGE AT THE AIRPORT PARKWAY FRONTAGE, UH, THEY'VE REQUESTED, UM, ONE, UH, THEY CAN DO SHADE TREES THERE THERE'S NO OVERHEAD ELECTRIC, UM, BUT [00:25:01] THEY HAVE REQUESTED INSTEAD OF THE 30 FEET MINIMUM SPACING THAT PROVIDE FOR 50 FEET, UH, THERE'S NOTHING PREVENTING THEM FROM MEETING THAT STANDARD. UM, BUT, UH, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A, A MAJOR LESSON LEARNED FROM MADISON CIRCLE AND THAT, UH, YOU CAN STILL HAVE GREAT TREE CANOPY AND ATTRACTIVE STREETS, UH, AT 50 FEET SPACING. AND IT WILL BETTER ALLOW YOU TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER GOALS SUCH AS TREE MAINTENANCE AND PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING. SO STAFF DOES SUPPORT THAT REQUEST AS WELL. THE NEXT WAIVER RELATES TO THEIR CURRENT BUILDING SETBACK AT THE PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGES. SO THIS INCLUDES THE AIRPORT PARKWAY FRONTAGE, AND THEN ALSO THE ADDISON ROAD SIGNAGE. UM, SO FOR ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, FOR STREETS OF THESE TYPES, UM, THERE WOULD BE A REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. UM, WHAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS IMAGE? I HAVE A FEW OVERLAYS THAT MAY BE HARD TO SEE, BUT THE RED IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING SETBACK PROVIDED. UH, AND THEN THE GREEN WOULD BE AN APPLICATION OF THE MINIMUM STANDARD REQUIRED BY CODE. UM, SO WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING A MINIMUM SETBACK OF 2.5 FEET AT ADDISON ROAD, AND THEN ZERO FEET AT AIRPORT PARKWAY. YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH THEIR BUILDING FOOTPRINT, THERE IS SOME JOGGING BACK AND FORTH. THAT'S REFLECTING RECESS PATIOS ON THE GROUND FLOOR, BUT THE WALL PLANE ABOVE THAT GROUND FLOOR CONTINUES, UH, UH, STRAIGHT UP. SO EVERY, ALL THOSE FEATURES ARE RECESSED. SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT FROM, UM, NOT A, JUST A SEPARATION FROM THE STREET, BUT THE, THE AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING WITH THEIR, UM, MORE SIGNIFICANT BUILDING SETBACKS AT, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING MORE AREA OF POTENTIAL LANDSCAPE OR OPEN SPACE AREA WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING VERSUS JUST MEETING THE CODE REQUIREMENT. UM, THAT IS A CONSIDERATION IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THAT CONSIDERATION. IMPORTANT PART OF A BUILDING SETBACK IS ENSURING THAT YOU HAVE APPROPRIATE SCALE ADJACENT TO THE STREET AND IT LOOKS APPROPRIATE. SO, UM, ALSO COMING INTO PLAY IS A TYPICAL SIDEWALK IN ADDISON CIRCLE IS, UH, AT THE LARGE END, IT'S TYPICALLY ABOUT EIGHT FEET, UH, WITH, UH, BOTH ADDISON ROAD AND PORTION OF PORTIONS OF AIRPORT PARKWAY. YOU HAVE A 10 FOOT ON THAT STARTED TO, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE MORE SETBACK, BUT IT'S CAPTURED IN SIDEWALK VERSUS, UH, LANDSCAPE AREA. UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING, UH, I, I WAS DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH THIS MORNING AND, UH, WAS LOOKING THROUGH OLD STAFF REPORTS ABOUT, UM, MY PREDECESSOR SEXUAL NEED DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THIS AREA. AND ONE THING TO NOTE WAS THAT WITH THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER, THAT 10 FOOT SETBACK WAS, UH, A POINT OF, UH, CONTENTION WITH STAFF. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, AND ULTIMATELY THEY ARRIVED AT INCLUDING THAT IN THE CODE, BUT PROVIDING A WAIVER TO FIVE FEET FOR MOST PROJECTS IN ADDISON CIRCLE. AND SO THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE STAFF REPORT FOR ALLEGRO. AND IT SAID, UM, EVERY PROJECT IN ADDISON CIRCLE, INCLUDING THE FIRST PHASE OF ALLEGRO HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH A FIVE FOOT SETBACK. THIS ALSO GRANTS A PROJECTION, TWO FOOT PROJECTIONS FOR BUILDING FEATURES. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FIVE FOOT SETBACK PLUS, UM, UH, THE ADDITIONAL TWO FEET, THE TRAIL, UH, IT'S VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE. THE STAFF DOES SUPPORT THAT REQUEST, UH, FOR OPEN SPACE. UM, SO ADDISON CIRCLE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RICHLY, UH, MONETIZED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS REGION. UM, SIGNIFICANT OPEN SPACE, UH, WHEN THE AMALIE ADDISON PROJECT CAME THROUGH, UH, P AND Z AND COUNCIL STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS IN LIEU OF HAVING MORE PUBLICLY DEDICATED OPEN SPACE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN SMALLER IN NATURE, UH, AS WELL, UM, ALLOWING THEM TO INSTEAD PROVIDE ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES, SUCH AS WIDER SIDEWALKS ALONG, UH, THE BUILDING, UH, FRONT AGE, AND PROVIDING FOR A, UM, UH, MEDIAN, UH, MID-BLOCK MEDIAN CROSSING AND PROVIDING FOR AN ENHANCED SIDEWALK, UH, THROUGH THE SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. UM, IT'S OUR OPINION THAT SIMILAR CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE EXTENDED HERE. UM, THIS, UH, SITE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE, UM, UH, MORE, UH, ADVANCED ON THE OPEN SPACE FRONT IN THAT HE IS PROVIDING THAT, UM, THE FIND, UH, PLAZA, UH, BUT ALSO CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE, UH, UH, TRAIL AMENITIES AND COMPLIANCE [00:30:01] WITH THE JOURNAL MASTER CLIENTS SHOULD APPLY AS WELL. UM, WITH THAT, UM, PROJECTS, UH, STAFF, UH, IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS SEVEN ACRES OF SURPLUS PARKLAND DEDICATION IN ADDISON CIRCLE. AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT WAIVER REQUESTS IS THE DRIVEWAY SETBACK. UM, SO THIS IMPACTS THE DRIVEWAY AT THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, UH, IS SETBACK TWO FEET FROM THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. UH, GENERALLY THIS IS APPROPRIATE, UH, IN ORDER TO GET AS FAR FROM THE, UH, INTERSECTION WITH AIRPORT PARKWAY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN ALSO IT ALLOWS US TO MAXIMIZE THE SETBACK AND LANDSCAPE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT, UH, FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS, HAVING IT AT THAT COMMON PROPERTY BOUNDARY ALLOWS FOR POTENTIAL EXPANSION HANDSOME INTO THAT DRIVE IN THE FUTURE. ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRED AT THE SOUTH CANDIDATE AND DEDICATE THAT TO THE TOWN PRACTICE, UH, THAT WOULD BE PRIVATE. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO CONNECT AS A PUBLIC STREET IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE, SO IT WOULD NOT BE BEST SEATED AS A PUBLIC STREET. SO THE ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT , THERE IS A NOTE ON THE PLAN. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT AS WELL. AND THERE WAS A NOTE ON THE PLAN THAT, UH, CONSIDERS THAT REALITY. SO PERHAPS IN THE PLANNING STAGE IN THIS PROJECT, IT GETS THAT FAR, UH, THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED. UH, THE NEXT WAIVER REQUEST IS FOR DWELLING UNIT AREA, AND THIS IS VERY MARKET DRIVEN. UM, SO, UH, WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UH, THE, UH, UC DISTRICT STANDARD REQUIRES A ONE BEDROOM UNITS TO BE 700 SQUARE FEET. AND THEY REQUESTED A MINIMUM OF 650 SQUARE FEET. UH, THEY WILL HAVE 75, 1 BEDROOM UNITS AT 670 SQUARE FEET MET. AND WITH EACH OF THOSE UNITS, A PRIVATE BALCONY WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED. UM, ONE THING I WOULD SHARE, SO THIS IS THE, THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT STANDARDS WHEN THE TRIBUNE CAME FORWARD, 600 SQUARE FEET BECAME THE STANDARD. SO, UH, THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE MARKET EVOLUTION FOR THESE USES. THAT IS, THAT IS IN THE MAIN, SO THAT IS WHAT'S DRIVING THEIR REQUEST. AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND TO LAST, I BELIEVE, UH, WAIVER REQUEST IS ANOTHER REQUIREMENT, SOME ALERTS TO THE LANDSCAPE AREA THAT I'M NOT SURE HAS BEEN ENFORCED, UH, IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, AREA, UM, MUCH AT ALL, REALLY THROUGHOUT TOWN FOR OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL. UM, SO THERE'S REQUIREMENT REQUIRES A, UH, HALF A FOOT BUILDING STEP BACK FOR EVERY PORTION OF THE BUILDING, UH, ABOVE 50 FEET. UH, THE APPLICANT IS PARTIALLY COMPLIANT WITH THIS, WITH THEIR, UH, STEP BACK ON THE ADDISON ROAD FRONTAGE FOR THE LIBERTY UNITS, BUT IF THEY WERE TO FULLY COMPLY WITH THIS, THAT CONDITION WOULD ESSENTIALLY APPLY TO THE WHOLE FIFTH FLOOR. UM, THE ONLY EXAMPLES I COULD FIND OF THIS IN TOWN IS FIORI AND VITRUVIAN. AND THEN, UH, THE, UM, BUILDING FRONTING BECKETT PARK, UH, IN ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, THERE ARE OTHER BUILDINGS, 50 FEET OR TALLER THAT, UH, THIS DID NOT APPLY TO YOU. SO FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES AND GIVEN THAT THEY ARE PARTIALLY COMPLIANT WITH THIS, UH, I THINK THEY MEET THE SPIRIT HERE. AND THEN THE LAST WAIVER REQUEST, UH, RELATES TO A, UH, REQUESTED REDUCTION IN MASONRY CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. AND THIS ONE I'LL ULTIMATELY DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS, BUT I WANT TO, UH, CERTAINLY GET THIS OUT HERE. SO THIS IS THE WEST AND EAST FACADES OF THE WEST FACADE, UH, VERY PROMINENT FACING ADDISON ROAD. UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT MASONRY, WE GENERALLY COUNTS WORK STONE AND THEN GLAZING, UM, IN SOME PARTS OF ADDISON CIRCLE, STUCCO, UH, WAS COUNTED TOWARDS A MASON AS WELL. UM, SO THESE TWO FACADES, UH, ARE JUST OVER 60% MASONRY. UH, WHEREAS THE STANDARD IS 90% FOR STREET, BASIC FACADES, UH, IN THE URBAN CENTER DISTRICT. AND THEN, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF VARIATION ON THE NORTH FACADE FACING AIRPORT PARKWAY AND THE SOUTH FACADE, WHICH DOES NOT FACE A PUBLIC STREET AND IN THE FUTURE WOULD LIKELY BE SCREENED BY A BUILDING. SO THE NORTH, YOU GOT, UH, 81%, UH, GLAZING AND BREAK, AND THEN ALL OF THE SOUTH 52%. SO THAT, THAT OTHER MATERIAL FOR ALL OF THESE ELEVATIONS IS THE FIBER CEMENT PANEL. UH, IT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT FINISHES. ONE WILL BE WOOD GRAIN, AND ONE WILL BE MORE METALLIC TO PROVIDE FOR A DIFFERENT RELIEF, DIFFERENT COLORINGS TO, TO BREAK UP THE MASSING OF THE BUILDING. UM, BUT, UH, MATERIALS ARE A COMPONENT OF QUALITY AND [00:35:01] CERTAINLY WE WANT THIS BUILDING TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT. UM, THIS DOES, UM, DESIGN DOES GO FAR, UH, TOWARDS, UH, UH, ADDRESSING THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER IN REFORM AND HAVING A UNIQUE AND INTERESTINGLY DESIGNED BUILDING, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON AS WELL, WHERE THIS, SO THE 81% 52% PRETTY OBVIOUS. IF YOU GO BACK ONE MORE TIME, HOW DO YOU GET 61 AND 61 OF THESE TWO JUST SEEMS LIKE THE TOP ONE WOULD HAVE MORE LIKE IN BREAKFAST IN THE BOX THAT DOES APPEAR TO BE THE CASE, BUT WE CAN, WE LET THE APPLICANT ADDRESS THAT SO, UH, STAFF NOTIFIED ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN AND STATE REQUIREMENTS, 10, UH, NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TODAY WHERE YOU'RE SEEING ONE LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND THEN, UH, ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION, WHICH CAN BE READ INTO THE RECORD, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH. UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST OVERALL. UH, THIS DOES COMPLY WITH TOWN LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVAILING CHARACTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN ADDISON AND ADDISON CIRCLE. AND THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THROUGH INCREMENTAL REDEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, UH, AND BE A CATALYST FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA. UM, HAVING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, FOLKS FROM JPI, UH, AS WELL AS THEIR DESIGN TEAM IS HERE AS WELL. THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION. AND AGAIN, THAT'S QUITE A MOUTHFUL. APPRECIATE, UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CANNABIS POINT 89? I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE. UM, OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT, THERE'S NO ONE ON THE ZOOM CALL AND IS HERE TONIGHT, RIGHT? AS MENTION MENTIONED, THERE WERE TWO RESPONSES. ONE WAS FOR, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, RESILIENT APPLICATIONS. IT WAS FROM MR. CAMP HOPE WHO I ASSUME IS THE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE, OF PROPERTY OR HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROPERTIES FOR IT. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE AGAINST, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET. UM, I HAVE ASKED THAT HIS COMMENTS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD. SO YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES. UH, IT IS FROM DAC, WHICH IS THE GATOR'S INSURANCE COMPANY. SO HE WRITES DAC, STRONGLY OPPOSES THE REZONING AND REFERENCE PROPERTY FROM THE COMMERCIAL TO, TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT WHERE THERE HER MODIFIED URBAN CENTER DISTRICT STANDARDS FOR MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL LIVE AND WORK, AND FUTURE RETAIL USES ALLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF 287 DWELLING UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF FUTURE RETAIL SPACE ACROSS THE STREET FROM PAC PROPERTY WILL GREATLY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VALUE OF DACS PROPERTY AS WELL AS FRUSTRATE. THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF OUR PROPERTY PROPERTY VALUES ARE LIKELY TO GO DOWN IN THE AREA AND MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS OR CONDOMINIUMS ARE BUILT. MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S DEVELOPED IN THE AREA. THE PROPERTY FOR PROPOSED REZONE IS QUITE SMALL. THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IS REALISTIC. THE PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL USE. EVEN A SMALL GARAGE WITH DEPARTMENTS IN THE STORES WILL NOT SUPPLIES. AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THIS WOULD PROVIDE A GREAT LIABILITY TO OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, LIKELY NECESSITATING ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND THE TOW COMPANY, INCLUDING THE REQUIRED SIGNAGE AND ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. IT IS ALSO LIKELY THAT THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE RESIDENCES, WHICH FLAT LIVELY CAUSE AN INCREASE AMOUNT OF IN POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AS DAC HAS ALREADY WITNESSED THIS PHENOMENON. WHEN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS BUILT BEHIND OUR PROPERTY, ADDITIONALLY, AIRPORT PARKWAY CANNOT ADEQUATELY HANDLE. THE CURRENT TRAFFIC DEMAND IS ALREADY SUFFERING FROM ABNORMAL WEAR AND TEAR WITH STEADY TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND RETAIL FACILITY. IT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY INFERIOR AT SERVING THE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS ALREADY OVER CAPACITY. TRAFFIC AND SAFETY [00:40:01] OF PEDESTRIANS ARE A MAJOR CONCERN, MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN, AND THE RELEVANT INTERSECTIONS ARE ROUTINELY BLOCKED BY TRAFFIC DURING THE RUSH HOUR. FINALLY, DAC IS CURRENTLY ON NOTICE FOR EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION AND POSSIBLE PROPERTY CONDEMNATION BECAUSE OF THE AIRPORT REVITALIZATION PROJECT, AS THE COORDINATORS FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, EVEN SPOKEN WITH EACH OTHER AS SIMULTANEOUS CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH FRONTS OR RENDER OUR PROPERTY USELESS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO OUR BUSINESS AND ARE FRUSTRATED THE VERY PURPOSE OF DACS PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY OPERATED BUSINESS AND A BUSINESS AREA. DAC WILL LIKELY ALREADY SUFFER A DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE AS A RESULT OF THE CITY'S PROJECT. AND ADDITIONAL REZONING WILL ONLY ADD GREATER DEPRECIATION, DAC URGES, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO DISAPPROVE THE PROPOSED REZONING. I SUSPECT THE COMMISSION, WE RECEIVED SIMILAR OPINIONS FROM NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES, AND I KNOW THAT PREVIOUS PURCHASES OF RELATED PROPERTIES FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES HAVE BEEN REJECTED IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND ASSIGN MARIANNE NORWOOD, CHIEF US COUNSEL FOR DEALERS INSURANCE COMPANY. OKAY. AND IS PRESENT. DO YOU WISH TO HAVE A PRESENTATION? YES, SIR. THE PODIUM OVER HERE, YOU CAN STAND UP HERE IF YOU TO, IF YOU'D LIKE, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME WITHOUT THIS FOLKS AT HOME? GOT IT. OKAY. RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TOM LAMBERT WITH JPI. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT JEFFERSON ADDISON HEIGHTS. LET ME TELL YOU, I'M SURE. 99 19 CAP RAISES DRIVE DALLAS 7 5 2 3 8. SO BRIAN, YOU, OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, LET ME INTRODUCE MY TEAM AND WHO WE'VE GOT HERE TODAY. WE, WE TRAVEL IN NUMBERS. THIS IS BRIAN COOPER ON LAND WITH GOOD FOLDED FERAL ARCHITECTS, BRIAN AND I WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIORI SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE THOUGHT THE GOOD FOLDING FARRELL WAS THE RIGHT ARCHITECT FOR A PROJECT OF THIS STATURE. THE TWO GUYS ON THE BACK ROOM, ALSO WITH GOOD FULTON FARRELL IN THEIR, IN THEIR LIGHT AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROJECT. I, YOU SEE JOSEPH HORN SHIRT DOWN ON THE END. JOSEPH IS WITH KIMLEY-HORN, JOSEPH'S DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS AND ADDISON AND LIVES IN HOUSE. SO WHAT HAVE YOU MIRROR THEM? THIS IS SPENCER, ALISON AND MATTHEW CROW FROM JBI. UH, MY COLLEAGUE BRIAN GRANT, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION. AND BRIAN WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE METH PROJECT. FIRST, WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JPI? JPI WAS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DFW BASED, UH, COMPANY 32 YEARS OLD, UM, UH, FOUNDED IN LAS COLINAS. OUR OFFICE IN HEADQUARTERS IS ALWAYS BEEN IN LAS COLINAS FOR MANY YEARS. IT WAS A NATIONAL DEVELOPER WITH A NATIONAL FOOTPRINT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE, THE THIRD BULLET WITH 350 PROJECTS OVER OUR, OVER OUR HISTORY, 106,000 APARTMENT HOMES, UH, IN 27 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO A LOT OF EXPERIENCE BUILDING APARTMENTS, WE DO A LOT INTERNALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SECOND BULLET WE DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, ASSET MANAGEMENT. WE REALLY DO EVERYTHING INTERNALLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. AND WE ARE A THIRD PARTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THAT COMES IN AND DOES OUR LEASE UPS AND ULTIMATELY MANAGES THE PROPERTY ON, ON OUR BEHALF. AND THEN IT EXCEEDED THE BOTTOM BULLET. DFW HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR STRONGEST MARKET. IT'S OUR HOME BASE. AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE BUILT A 71 APARTMENT COMMUNITIES ABOUT 28, A THOUSAND UNITS. THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF EXAMPLES OF PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE BUILT ACROSS THE CITY ACROSS THE VFW. AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXTERIOR FACADES. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CLUBHOUSES AND TYPES OF AMENITIES. WE ARE AMENITY, UH, DRIVEN. UM, WE KNOW WE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE TRENDS HAVE GONE TOWARDS PEOPLE BEING AT HOME, MORE USING THE AMENITIES MORE, NOT JUST BUILDING A CURSORY FITNESS CENTER, BUT BUILDING A FITNESS CENTER WILL BE USED. IN FACT, BUILDING A FITNESS CENTER, NICE NOTE, WHERE PEOPLE WILL FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO JOIN A COMMERCIAL FITNESS CENTER TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON OUR AMENITIES. IN OUR UNIT INTERIORS, WE BUILD A MINIMUM OF 10 FOOT CEILINGS ON THE GROUND FLOOR. IT'S USUALLY 12 OR 13 FEET, BUT 10 FEET ALL THE WAY UP, GRANITE COUNTERS, [00:45:01] UH, UPGRADED FLOORING, UPGRADED APPLIANCES, ET CETERA. SO WE'RE REALLY BUILDING TO THE TOP OF THE MARKET IN ANY SUBMARKET, UH, THAT WE BUILT. AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR BUSINESS MODEL FOR MANY YEARS. AND THEN ANOTHER, ANOTHER EXAMPLE ABOUT EXTERIOR AMENITIES, POOLS, FITNESS CENTERS, UH, UH, GATHERING AREAS OVER HERE WITH THE GRILL, UH, ET CETERA. SO JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT IN THE PAST. THIS IS, UM, UH, SOME DEMOGRAPHICS OF SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE RECENTLY BUILT IN THE AREA. AND WE SHOW THIS TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHO MOVES INTO OUR PROPERTIES. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AND THEN THE AVERAGE AGE AVERAGING 111,000 FOR AVERAGE INCOME, AND THEN THE AVERAGE AGE IS 34 YEARS OLD, UM, THAT MOVEMENT. SO THESE ARE NOT, THIS IS NOT RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE. GO GET YOUR FIRST APARTMENT KIND OF, KIND OF, UH, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC. AND THEN THESE, THESE THREE PROJECTS, WE KIND OF CARVED THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSE BY THESE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IN FARMERS BRANCH, UH, WITH, WITH INWOOD ON THE WEST, THE TOLL WAY ON THE EAST, UH, ALPHA ON THE SOUTH AND SPRING VALLEY ON THE NORTH, WE JUST FINISHED TWO OF THESE EAST BRANCH IN GALLERY HOUSE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT ROUGH INCOME ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME IN THAT ALL VISTA GALLERIA IS A PROPERTY THAT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, UH, ALFA ROAD, STILL ON INWOOD ROAD. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'D WANT TO BUILD HERE. NOT ONLY FROM A LOCATION STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A, FROM A QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE ADDED HERE FOR CAUSE PEOPLE ASK ABOUT SCHOOLS A LOT IS WE DON'T, WE TYPICALLY OUR PROPERTIES DON'T DRIVE A LOT OF SCHOOL KIDS CAUSE THEY'RE MOSTLY ONE BEDROOM. SO, SO, UH, ON THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTY, IT'S ABOUT 2% OF OUR UNITS. WE'LL HAVE A SCHOOL AGE CHILD ON THERE. THERE'S NOT REALLY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLOSE BY TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IS TO, BUT DURING THE NORTH. UM, BUT, UM, SO THAT'S GENERALLY FROM A DEMOGRAPHICS. LET ME STOP HERE AND SAY THAT TALKING ABOUT THE SIDE FOR A MINUTE. THIS IS, I'VE NOT BEEN AWARE OF THE SITE FOR A LONG TIME. I WAS INVOLVED IN ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN AWARE OF THE SITE FOR A LONG AND UH, IN REALLY, REALLY LIKE THE SITE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF KNOWING TWO BIG, TWO IMPORTANT PARTS OF ADDISON, THERE'S ONE, THE AIRPORT, TWO ABSENT STRUGGLE, AND THIS SITS RIGHT BETWEEN THEM. AND SO, UH, WE, AS WE WENT THROUGH A DESIGN IN MANY ROUNDS WITH KEN, KEN WAS TRYING TO CALL HER ID ME AND NOT TAKE MY CALLS. WE'VE GOT LOTS. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF, UH, UH, UH, MEETINGS WITH KEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T TURN OUR BACK ON EITHER OF THOSE AMENITIES. SO THE, TO THE WEST AND BRIAN IS GOING TO SHOW ME THIS IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT WE DID CREATE THOSE FOURTH FLOOR AND FIFTH FLOOR LIVE WORK UNITS, WHICH WILL ALLOW PRIVATE BALCONIES TO COME OUT AND LOOK TO THE WEST ONTO THE AIRPORT, ONTO KABOOM TOWN, ONTO THE AIRPLANES IN AND OUT. WE THINK THAT'S A UNIQUE WAY TO LEVERAGE AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF ADDISON WITHIN W WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT. THE OTHER PART, AND THIS ONE WAS HARDER, WAS GETTING CONNECTIVITY BACK TO CORE AND BACK INTO ADDISON CIRCLE. THAT'S KEN DESCRIBED, UH, WE, WE ARRANGED WITH CORTLAND, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE OLD FAIRFIELD PROPERTY TO, TO CONNECT TO THEIR FIRE LINE AND HAVE A CONTIGUOUS, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY TO, UM, UH, CORE AND THEN MAKE A RIDE IN YOUR, IN THE, IN THE CIRCLE THAT WAS, THAT WAS EMPTY FOR A WHILE. WOULDN'T YOU, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT AGREEMENT? AND, AND WE DID. AND SO, UH, WE W W COURTLANDS REQUIREMENT IS IT CAN'T BE VEHICLE OR IS, IT CAN ONLY BE AT EMERGENCY YEARS. IT CAN'T BE VEHICULAR REQUIREMENT. THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE ANYWAY. YOU DON'T WANT CARS SHORT-CUTTING THROUGH THERE ANYWAY. AND SO THAT'LL BE GOOD PEDESTRIAN WAY FOR THESE RESIDENTS TO GET TO YOU GET TO ADDISON CIRCLE, WHERE WE WOULD BE PROUD TO SERVE AS IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF ADDISON'S SHOW CALLED. WE THINK THAT'S THE WAY YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT. THAT WAY YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT. THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, UH, AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, THE LOCATION WHERE THE, WHERE THE RED STAR IS SAME, UH, SAME, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIRE STATION. UM, HERE'S, HERE'S KIND OF WHERE THE TRAIL CONNECTS BACK TO COURTLAND. YOU'LL WALK THROUGH HERE AND THEN YOU GO STRAIGHT DOWN, STRAIGHT DOWN CORN. WE WENT THROUGH THE SPECIAL AREA STUDY AND TRY TO GLEAN COMPONENTS. [00:50:01] KIM'S ALREADY DONE SOME OF THIS TONIGHT, BUT, UH, TRYING TO GLEAN COMPONENTS OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE SPECIAL AREA STUDY AND WHY THIS, WE THINK THIS FITS TO THAT. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, HIGH QUALITY OF DESIGN AND ATTRACTIVE OPEN SPACES. WE, WE THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT A NEW DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH ROADS AND PUBLIC SPACES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD CONNECT SEAMLESSLY TO THE EXISTING, THAT ADDISON CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS I, AS I JUST DESCRIBED, WE THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT, UH, BRIAN IS GOING TO GO THROUGH HIS IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT, UH, IN TERMS OF SUFFICIENT TAX REVENUES, UH, WE'VE GOT A COMPARISON OF CURRENT TAXES VERSUS W WHAT THE ENHANCED, UH, TAX BASIS WILL BE HERE. AND WE THINK THAT'S, THAT'S EXTREMELY RELEVANT, UH, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE SPECIAL AREA OF STUDY UNIQUE PARKS, PLAZAS, OPEN SPACES. THIS WAS A TIGHT SITE, AND, AND WE STILL WERE ABLE TO WORK IN A PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, OUT ON THE AIRPORT PARKWAY THAT WILL BE PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. AND WE THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD FEATURE FOR, FOR US, UH, AS WELL, UM, AS AN ADDISON CIRCLE, PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE INCORPORATED IN SPECIAL AREAS, STUDIES DEVELOPMENT. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN PUBLIC ARCAS CHRIS AND DENISE KNOW MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW I WAS THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER RETRIEVING PART. WE DID A LOT OF, UM, UH, UH, PUBLIC ART. THEY'RE BIG BELIEVERS IN IT, BIG SUPPORTERS OF IT, A WORKED WITH THE EDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION IN THE PAST. WE WERE VERY FRANKLY, LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT. AND THEN, UM, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A STANDPOINT OF OREGON SCALE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ON ACID, THE NOISE AROUND, ET CETERA, WE THINK WE'VE CHECKED THAT BOX IN URBAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. ATTENDANCE IS PRIMARY USE WE'VE. WE THINK WE CHECKED THAT BOX. SO BOTH IN THE LOCATION, AND EVEN IN THE, EVEN IN THE, THE IMAGE OF WHAT IS IN THAT SPECIAL AREA STUDY, WE THINK WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT. IT'S SHOWN US THREE PHASES ON THE STUDY. WE THINK WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING, UH, THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT, UH, IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, UH, AS HERE IS PERFECT TIMING. SO IT'S JUST WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING, OUR, OUR PHASES, THE ONE ON THE NORTH, AND THEN, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, HOPEFULLY IT'S US ONE DAY, BUT HOPING SOMEBODY WILL COME IN AND, AND, UH, BY THE AUTO HAUNTS HERE, AND THEN THERE'S A DAYCARE HERE, AND THEN THE CITY OWNS THE LAND RIGHT BELOW THAT. SO, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, THOSE WILL GET FINISHED OUT AT, SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AGAIN, HOPEFULLY BY NOW, WE'VE GOT A SHORT VIDEO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF QUALITY. SO WHAT IT MEANT IT IN 20 SECONDS OR SO, SO SO AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE THE GALLERY IN THE BACKGROUND, THIS WAS, UH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE WANTS WE JUST BUILT ON INWOOD IN ALPHA. AND, UH, JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF QUALITY THAT WE THINK THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD BE. GOOD EXAMPLES. GOOD PROTOTYPES OF WHAT WE ENVISIONED HERE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE BROUGHT GOOD FOLDED FERAL LAND IS, IS THERE, THERE IN MY MIND IN DALLAS, THE REAL BRAND NAME FOR HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE ENGAGED THEM HERE NOW, MR. NORTH BRIAN, AND LET HIM TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN, BRIAN GRANT, VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, JPL, NOT AGAIN, UH, THAT MUSIC. I DIDN'T THINK THE MUSIC, I PROMISE IT KINDA, IT'S A LITTLE TOO INTENSE FOR ME, SO I TRIED TO TURN IT DOWN. UM, BUT BRIAN GRANT, UM, DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH JBI, UH, 600 EAST CLASS QUEENS BOULEVARD, UH, 1800 IRVING, TEXAS, 75,839. [00:55:01] UH, I FEEL I CAN TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. UM, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE REPEAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR. UH, YOU CAN JUST KIND OF ZONE OUT. I DO HAVE PRETTY PICTURES TO LOOK AT, UM, SO THAT CAN AT LEAST BE SOME BETTER, BETTER TO LOOK AT. UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE WASP TACTIC TO GET PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE STAGE. HOPEFULLY OTHER TOWNS DON'T INSTILL THAT TACTIC. UM, BUT JUST FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE DETAILS, AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE REPEAT INFORMATION, 287 UNITS, UH, HAVE A CHEAT SHEET HERE. UM, MAJORITY ONE BETTER ONE BEDROOM UNITS, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED MARKET-DRIVEN THAT PROJECT, THE VIDEO IS ONE OF THEM THAT IS, UH, JUST DOWN THE ROAD ON THE TOLLWAY ABOUT LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM THIS LOCATION. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ENVISION, UM, SIMILAR QUALITY HERE. UH, THE ONE BEDROOMS, UH, RANGE FROM 1500 TO $2,000 GROSS RENT, UH, AND THEN THE TWO BEDROOMS RANGE FROM 2100 TO $2,700 IN GROSS RENT. THAT IS, THAT'S USUALLY A QUESTION THAT WE GET ASKED. SO I FIGURED I'D THROW THAT ONE OUT THERE. UM, ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 850 SQUARE FEET, AVERAGE SIZE, AND, UH, OVERALL THE AVERAGE CHECK WRITING RENT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE AROUND 1900 BUCKS A MONTH. SO WITH THAT HIGH LEVEL OF, OF RAMP, AS TOM MENTIONED, IT, IT, IT DEMANDS, UM, A CERTAIN, A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC AND THOSE RESIDENTS DEMAND QUALITY IF THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THAT KIND OF RENT. SO HAVE TO BUILD ON THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE SHOWING THE FITNESS CENTERS. WE HAVE A 2,500 SQUARE FOOT FITNESS CENTER. THAT'S, THAT'S BIGGER THAN MY HOUSE. UH, SO IT'S A NICE FITNESS CENTER. UH, WE'VE GOT WIFI LOUNGE IS BUSINESS CENTERS, UH, DEMONSTRATION KITCHENS FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. AND IN TERMS OF THE UNIT THEMSELVES, MINIMUM 10 FOOT CEILINGS, AS TOM MENTIONED, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES, THE NATURAL STONE COUNTERTOPS, YOU SAW SOME OF THAT, UM, IN THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS. ONE THING WE DO AS VISA GROUP CALLED APARTMENT LIFE. AND SO IT'S A COUPLE THAT WILL COME AND LIVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND THERE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY RENT. IT'S FREE OF CHARGE, BUT THEY ARE CHARGED WITH, UH, KIND OF BUILDING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG THE RESIDENTS. SO WHEN MY WIFE AND I, WHEN WE LIVED IN AN APARTMENT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO LIVED ACROSS THE HALL OR NEXT DOOR OR ANYTHING. SO THEIR GOAL IS TO DO AWAY WITH THAT AND TRY TO BUILD AS PRIMARY WITH, AMONG THE RESIDENTS. THEY'LL HOST, UH, RESIDENT EVENTS, THERE'S MONTHLY BRUNCHES, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUPER BOWL PARTIES. THERE'S MARCH MADNESS PARTIES, BUT THAT STARTING THURSDAY, UM, I, I WENT TO AAM AND SOUND A LITTLE BETTER, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE THE TURN, BUT THERE'S STILL FUN TO GO TO WATCH PARTIES. UH, EVEN IF, EVEN IF YOUR BELOVED AGGIES ARE NOT, UH, NOT PLAYING, UH, SUBTLE HOST BIT, WE HAVE THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT I KNOW ARE HOSTING EVENTS THIS WEEKEND. UM, SOME WATCH PARTIES LIKE THAT. SO WE DO TRY TO DO UNIQUE THINGS TO BUILD THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY, UM, AMONG THE RESIDENTS. ONE THING WE ADDED, UH, AND TOM MENTIONED, WE COLLABORATED WITH KEN AND ENGINEER FOR A LOT. THE STAFF AND THIS SIDE PLAN IS BY FAR, UM, FAR FROM THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE SITE PLAN. I THINK WE FIRST MET WITH IN AUGUST AND THEN AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN AGAIN IN OCTOBER, AND THEN AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, I THINK WE MET FIVE OR SIX TIMES JUST COLLABORATING. AND HONESTLY, IT'S REFRESHING, I JOKE, BUT WE DO, WE ARE THE MOST ACTIVE DEVELOPER IN DFW. AND SO WE MEET WITH LOTS OF TOWNS AND CITIES, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT, THAT COLLABORATIVE BACK AND FORTH EFFORT WITH STAFF. AND SO I THINK THIS PROJECT BENEFITED GREATLY FROM HAVING THAT BACK AND FORTH IN THOSE MEETINGS. AND WE ADDED THIS PUBLIC PARK AND SOME OF THESE, THE RETAIL READY, AND THE FIFTH FLOOR UNITS ARE VERY UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. SO I THINK IT ENDED UP BEING A GREAT PROJECT. SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC PARK. I CALL IT A PUBLIC PARK, I GUESS IT'S PRIVATE. SO, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO MAINTAIN IT. SO WE GET THE PAY TO MAINTAIN IT. UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S OPEN. THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A GATE, THAT'S JUST A BOUNDARY LINE. SO IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UH, YOU SEE SOME DINING SPOTS THERE. I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT GATHERING SPACE FOR RESIDENTS. UH, PEDESTRIANS, THE AMENITY SPACE IN THE BUILDING IS JUST SOUTH. AND THEN SOUTH OF THAT IS THE POOL. SO WE ENVISIONED KIND OF A FLOWING OF SPACE BETWEEN THIS SPACE, THE POOL, THE INSIDE, AND OPENING UP BIG GLASS DOORS. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THE GLAZING PERCENTAGE IS SO HIGH IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LOT OF GLASS TO GIVE THAT RETAIL CHARACTER AND TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THESE DOORS AND GET LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT INTO THE BUILDING. BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT, AND KIM, THE ACID ARBOR FOUNDATION, BARTERING WITH THEM FOR A PUBLIC ART PIECE HERE. IF YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT IDEA, UM, WE SEE A LOT MORE WORK FROM HOME, UH, RESIDENTS. SO WITH THE PANDEMIC IS, IS LUCKILY INDIAN, BUT, UM, THERE'S STILL THAT HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT IS VERY POPULAR WHERE TWO DAYS A WEEK, YOU'RE AT HOME THREE DAYS A WEEK, YOU'RE AT THE OFFICE. AND SO THIS AREA I CAN SEE BEING A GREAT AREA FOR DAYS LIKE TODAY, WHEN IT'S 70 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND YOU WANT TO COME SIT OUTSIDE AND WORK, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A BULK WIFI PROGRAM. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE SIGN YOUR RELEASES RESONATE AND GET A CODE TO PLUG INTO YOUR DEVICE AND YOU'LL BE CONNECTED, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU'RE UP ON THE ROOF OR HERE IN THE POOL OR WHEREVER YOU WILL BE CONNECTED TO WIFI, SO IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME [01:00:01] AND SIT DOWN HERE AND WORK. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO DO. EXCELLENT. UM, WE HIT ON THE CONNECTION TO, TO ASK SOME CIRCLES. THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM SHOWING THAT, UH, THE CLOSEST ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS IS THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN SPACE, THE DOG PARK THAT EXISTS THERE TODAY. UM, THE PET AMENITIES IS HUGE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WITH OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM, UM, WHO, WHO MANAGES THESE PROPERTIES. WE ASKED THEM, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY WANT? IT'S TOP THREE ANSWERS ARE THAT COMMUNITY'S BETTER THAN THESE, BETTER THAN THESE. UM, SO THEY, THEY WANT PLACES FOR PETS. SO HAVING THIS CLOSE BY WE THINK IS A GREAT BUILT-IN ANNUITY FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND SO ESTABLISHING THAT CONNECTION WITH CORTLAND, AND AS TOM MENTIONED, HE WAS GOOD AT THIS PROPERTY. AND THEN AGAIN, CANYON ON THE FIRE LANE, UM, GETTING THAT CONNECTION OR EMERGENCY ACCESS, UH, JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR, UM, THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO TRAVERSE THIS AREA. UM, SO WE DID ON THE RENDERINGS, THIS IS THE MAIN, UH, CORNER HERE, ADDISON AND AIRPORT PARKWAY, UM, AIRPORT PARKWAY BEING WHERE THE RED CAR IS GOING. AND THEN, UH, THIS TRUCK I GUESS, IS GOING DOWN AS IN ROAD. AND SO WE'VE HIT ON THIS ALREADY. WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT DESIGN. UM, IF YOU DON'T THE ARCHITECT'S YOURS, SO YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT YOU DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I THINK PASS THE MIC. UH, BUT I THINK, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT AND THE MASONRY AND THAT IS UNIQUE PRODUCT THAT'S, WE'VE USED, UM, THROUGHOUT TOWN. UH, AND SO THIS IS NOT THIS METALLIC SHEEN, BUT, UM, WE USED THAT PRODUCT BEFORE. I THINK IT'LL LOOK REALLY SHARP AND THE ANGLE ON THE ROOF IS SUPPOSED TO MIMIC A AIRPLANE HANGAR SINCE THEY WERE PORTS ACROSS THE WAY. SO I'M TRYING TO PLAY TO THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHEN WE DESIGN THESE. I SAY WE, WHEN GFF DESIGN DISEASE, UH, UH, WE, WE GET TO LOOK SPECIAL, BUT, UH, WE, WE TRY TO, THEY TRY TO PLAY UP. I'M SORRY, I'M STOP SAYING WE, THEY TRY TO PLAY UP, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AREAS AROUND THAT EACH SIDE IS THE DESIGN SPECIFIC TO THAT SIDE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD PUT IN ANY OTHER TOWN OR CITY, JUST BECAUSE THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THESE ROOFTOP DECKS THAT LOOK TOWARDS THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY IS WITH A BETTER, SO THE ROOFTOP RE LIVE WORK UNITS UP THERE, UM, WITH THE FIFTH FLOOR BEING AN OFFICE AND THE GROUND FLOOR OF THAT UNIT BEING MORE LIVING, UH, DINING SPACE. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S PARTICULARLY ON THIS SIDE TO LOOK OVER AT THE AIRPLANES THAT ARE, THAT ARE LANDING AND TAKING OFF, UM, TO LOOK AT KABOOM TOWN, IF THERE'S, IF JULY THERE COMES AROUND AND, UH, THERE'S A VACANT UNIT, I WILL DO MY BEST TO WEASEL MY WAY INTO ONE OF THESE UNITS FOR MY WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS TO COME WATCH THE BOOMTOWN, CAUSE I'VE ONLY EVER WATCHED IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF, UH, THE TOLL WAY. SO I THINK IT BE GREAT, GREAT SPOTS FOR KUBO DOWN AND JUST, JUST BEING OUTSIDE. UM, AND THEN HE WENT SOME TIME OUTSIDE NEXT TIME. THIS IS WHERE THE PUBLIC PARK IS. SO YOU CAN JUST SEE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A SHADOW EFFECT TO SHOW THE DIMENSION THERE, BUT, UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LARGE SPACE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE BACK CORNER THAT WE HAD. NOTHING. WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH IT. SO WE CALLED IT A BARK. THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S INTENTIONAL AND DESIGNED. AND A LOT OF THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING REVOLVES AROUND THAT PART. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT SPACE. AND THEN AGAIN, FOR BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE, UH, THIS IS THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE ROAD. SO NORTH IS THAT DIRECTION. AND I KNOW WE HIT ON THIS SLIDE ALREADY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SETBACK AND THE ROOFTOP LOUNGE VIEWING AREA UP THERE. NEXT ONE, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE CONVENTION, THE WIDER, THE WIDER SIDEWALKS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TALLER CEILINGS USER, I THINK, CLOSE TO 15 FOOT CEILINGS, UH, THOSE AWNINGS THERE. SO IT REALLY HAS THAT RETAIL, UH, CHARACTER FOR IF THE DEMAND EVER COMES ONE DAY, IT WOULD BE A NATURAL FLOW FROM DWELLING UNITS TO, TO MORE OF A RETAIL, UH, USE SIDE FROM THE OTHER ENDS. NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH, UH, THIS IS PLAYING FOR OUR FITNESS CENTER TODAY, BUT, UM, AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF GLASS, A LOT OF GLAZING TO REALLY KIND OF CONNECT THE PEDESTRIAN REALM WITH, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT, GETTING INTO THE FITNESS CENTER AND REALLY ACTIVATING THAT SPACE, THAT MAIN CORE, UH, CLUBHOUSE ELEVATIONS TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN. UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE THIS IS NEXT SLIDE, AND THESE ARE JUST A ZOOM IN OF A ROOFTOP X, YOU'VE GOT A GUY IN THE SUN LOOKING AT THE AIRPLANES LANDING, UH, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME A GREAT BIG, GREAT SPOT. THERE'S SEVEN UNITS HERE. THINK THERE'LL BE A, AN AMAZING FREEMIUM FOR, FOR THESE UNITS AND THEY'LL BE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. AND, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A PUBLIC SPACE FOR RESIDENTS TO COME SIT, UH, FIGHT FOR A SPOT TO WATCH GIVEN TOWN OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO UP HERE. UH, THIS, UH, SO WE'VE ADDED THIS TO SOME OF OUR PRESENTATIONS TO SHOW WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK OF THESE. THESE PICTURES ARE GREAT, BUT HOW DO I, HOW DO I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THAT? SO WE'VE ADDED IS TO, TO HOPEFULLY EASE THAT CONCERN, DO SOME CONFIDENCE FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THAT TOP PICTURE. UH, THIS IS A GRAPEVINE JUST [01:05:01] DOWN THE ROAD. AND THAT TOP PICTURE IS THE RENDERING WE SHOWED THEIR COUNSEL AND THEIR BNZ, UH, IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS WHAT EXISTS TODAY. SO, UM, I'M CLEARLY BIASED, BUT I THINK THE BOTTOM PICTURE LOOKS EVEN BETTER THAN THE RENDERING, BUT HE CAN SEE THE VERY LEAST THAT IT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN, IT DOESN'T LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAID. WE WERE IN A BUILD. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE IN IRVING. UH, SAME THING, EVEN DOWN TO THE, THE GRID PATTERN ON THE ROOF, YOU CAN SEE IT EXIST IN THE REAL THING. SO, UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT TURNED OUT GREAT AND IT LOOKS THE SAME AS WHAT WE SHOWED, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONERS. REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE REASONING PROCESS, UH, THE ECONOMICS SLIDE, NOT PRETTY PICTURES, BUT, UH, PRETTY NUMBERS, I GUESS. UH, IT'S, UH, NOT THE ONLY FACTOR IN MAKING A DECISION LIKE THIS, BUT IT IS A FACTOR AND IT MISSED IT ON THE, IN THE SPECIAL AREAS STUDY. UH, TODAY THE SITE GENERATES A NINE, JUST UNDER $10,000 IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE. A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE AG EXEMPTION AND THE COWS THAT ARE INTEGRATED IN THAT LAND. UM, BUT WITH, WITH THIS REDEVELOPMENT, WITH THIS COMMUNITY, UH, WE ARE FORECASTING JUST UNDER A $75 MILLION VALUATION UPON COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION. UH, THAT'S IN LINE WITH, UM, SOME OTHER DEALS IN THE AREA. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN VALUED OVER A HUNDRED MILLION, SOME OF THE DEALS THAT ARE LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM HERE. SO CONFIDENT IN THAT NUMBER, THOSE ARE OUR BIGGER PROJECTS, BUT, UM, ON A PREMIUM BASIS, THAT THAT FEELS LIKE A GOOD NUMBER AND THAT RESULTS IN A 1.3 MILLION ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE THAT'S BETWEEN BOTH THE ISD AND THE TOWN. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOWN BY ITSELF, THAT'S JUST THE TOP LINE THAT GOES FROM 3000, $3,000 A YEAR TO $447,000 A YEAR. SO AGAIN, NOT THE ONLY BASIS FOR A DECISION, BUT, UH, A LAND USE ATTORNEY, UH, TOLD ME ONCE, I GUESS, TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, BUT SAID YOU GET THE LAND USE, RIGHT. AND THE LOCATION RIGHT THAN THE ECONOMICS, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD BE RESULT OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT THIS JUST SPEAKS TO BEING A GOOD FIT, UM, FOR, FOR THE AREA. UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN AN HOUR AND YOU HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER. UM, THINK WE'VE, WE'VE DESIGNED, UH, A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT TO YOUR THOUGHTS, LIKE DESIGN, GIVEN THE LOCATION, GIVEN THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE PUBLIC PARK AND, AND HAD SOME UNIQUE FEATURES HERE AND, UM, YEAH. ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. SURE. HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, CAN YOU, OR ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS, SOMEBODY ELABORATE A BIT MORE TO WHAT PARTICULAR CONSIDERATIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OR THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AND THE SELECTION OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN OR COMPLIMENT THE CHARACTER OF THAT HOUSE AND THE CIRCLE AREA. NICE. BRIAN COOPER. I'M JUST ON PRINCIPLE OF GFF VIVIDLY FROM THIS SYSTEM, IS THIS A LEFT-HANDED MICRO RIGHT FOR THE FLUX? UM, I'M GONNA GFF ON DESIGN PRINCIPLE FOR THE FIRM. GFF IS A 40 YEAR OLD OR 40 YEAR OLD FIRM LOCATED IN DALLAS. WE ALSO HAVE OFFICES IN AUSTIN AND I'VE BEEN WITH A FRIEND SINCE 1992. I'VE KNOWN TOM SINCE 2011, WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON FIORE. AND WHEN HE CALLED US AND SAID, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT? WE SAID, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE WORLD IS AS BUSY AS IT IS. AND WE ARE CERTAINLY A VERY ROBUST ARCHITECTURE FIRMS, A LOT OF BUSINESS. AND WE, WE HAVE THE FORTUNE OF BEING SELECTIVE AND WE REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS ON THIS PROJECT TO YOUR QUESTION. UM, WE REALLY BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RESPECT CONTEXT AND WE'RE DOING MORE THAN SIMPLY PLACING A BUILDING ON AN ANONYMOUS BUILDING ON AN ANONYMOUS SITE. IT REALLY IS ABOUT PLACEMAKING. IT'S ABOUT THE COMBINATION OF THE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, THE, THE, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, WHILE WE HAVE FOLKS IN OUR OFFICE WHO ARE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND INTERIORS. SO WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, WE KNEW SCALE WAS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO, TO YOU. UM, WE VERY QUICKLY REALIZED THAT ESTABLISHING THAT FULL STORY, UH, ELEVATION DATA, AND WHERE YOU SEE THE MASONRY HERE, STEPPING BACK WAS IMPORTANT TOO, TO CONSIDER SCALE IT'S IT'S. AND THERE ARE OTHER MOVES CERTAINLY THAT ARE TRYING TO, UH, RESPOND TO, UH, THE LOCAL CONTEXT ON EACH ELEVATION AND THE ASSOCIATED SCALE. UM, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, KEN DIDN'T MAKE IT EASY ON US. WE, AS BRIAN SAID, WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND I REALLY GENUINELY BELIEVE EACH TIME WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM STAFF AND KEN IN PARTICULAR IMPROVED IT THE LAST ROUND OR NEARLY THE LAST ROUND, WHEN THE S THE, THE, UH, COMMENT WAS MADE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE REALLY DO SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE? AND WORD CAN USE IS EXCEPTIONAL. [01:10:01] AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION THAT HE AND STAFF WERE A PART OF IT, WE REALIZED THAT WE COULD CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE UP THERE ON WHAT IS NOW THE FOURTH FLOOR, STEPPING BACK TO FIVE, MAKE THOSE UNITS TO TWO STORY SPACES IS BOTH THESE GUYS HAVE, HAVE COMMUNICATED. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO VIEW NOT ONLY THE LOCAL, YOU KNOW, STREETSCAPE, BUT ALSO LOOK ACROSS TO, TO THE AIRPORT. AND SO THAT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT DOESN'T, ISN'T GOING TO EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE UNTIL THEIR PROJECTS ARE BUILT SOUTH FROM US. AND WE REALLY SAW THAT AS A OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS BUILDING UNIQUE TO THE SITE AND SPECIFIC TO, SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BRICK MATERIAL, UH, CERTAINLY IS COMING FROM THE ADDISON CIRCLE CONTEXT AND THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS THAT ARE AROUND IT. AND IN SOME OF THE LOWER SCALE BUILDINGS, FRANKLY, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE VARIOUS, UH, BRICK COLORS, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CERTAINLY A FIRE STATION HAS ITS OWN. UH, WE THINK IT'S IMPROVED AS APPROPRIATE HERE, AND THAT'S WHY WOULD WE CHOOSE TO USE IT? UH, BRIAN MENTIONED THE RESPONSE TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT AIRPORT HAS AN ARCHITECTURE, YOU KNOW, UM, AVIATION AND FEELS THE ONLY, THESE HAVE AN ARCHITECTURE, THE GESTURE OF THIS REFORM, AND THEN BECOMING THE FIFTH STORY. AS, AS YOU SEE HERE IN SOME OF THE OTHER IMAGES OF THE BUILDING ARE A DIRECT RESPONSE TO, TO THE AIRPORT ARCHITECTURE. SO THAT, THAT MATERIAL WITH THAT, WITH THAT CHAIN THAT YOU SEE THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF SAMPLES OVER HERE, BUT, UM, IT IS, UH, IT'S A FIBER CEMENT PRODUCT RATHER THAN A METAL PANEL. ECONOMICS ARE IMPORTANT TO, TO ANY DEVELOPER. UH, THIS PRODUCT IS, IS IT GIVES, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO, UH, COMMUNICATE THAT, THAT METALLIC NATURE THAT RESPONDS TO THE AIRPORT, UH, ARCHITECTURE, BUT ALSO FRANKLY, BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE AND DURABLE. A METAL PANEL TENDS TO DENT, WHETHER IT'S HAIL. WE HAD SOME YESTERDAY, I THINK, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CLIENTS ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. SO THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT WORKS TO MITIGATE THAT. CAN I INTERRUPT? IS THERE ANY REFLECTIVITY ISSUES OR IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY LOW REFLECTIVITY, BUT IT JUST DEMONSTRATES AIRPORT. IT HAS A TEXTURE TO IT. AND THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COLORS. I JUST PICKED THIS ONE UP AT RANDOM, BUT IT'S NOT, I WAS WALKING OUT IT'S, IT'S NOT AS SHINY AS A METAL PANEL WOULD BE BECAUSE IT HAS TEXTURE. AND SO IN YOU'RE GONNA IT'S IT'S, UH, UH, YEAH, THERE IS A SUBTLE SHEEN TO IT, BUT NOT TO THE SAME EXTENT FOR THE PAIN METAL FINISH A LONG-WINDED ATTEMPT AT RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO I'M ON THE WEST EXPOSURE, LOOKING AT THEIR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY BE IN THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HOT. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS THERE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE OUT ON THE TOP FLOOR AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BANKING WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL LIKELY, AND AGAIN, THIS IS EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHEME. WE'LL LIKELY HAVE SOME, AND THEY'LL WANTS PROTECTION FOR THE DOORS THAT SWING OUT ONTO THAT ROOF SPACE, THAT TERROR SPACE ANYWAY. SO THERE'LL BE SOME, THERE'LL BE SOME COVERED PROJECTION THAT THAT'LL SERVE TO, YOU KNOW, PARTLY ABOUT RAIN, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT SUN. SO WHAT WOULD EXPECT THAT? AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED SOLAR EXPOSURE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF PLACING THIS, WHERE IT IS ON THE NORTH IS, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER IN PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST. WELL, THE FACT THAT THAT'S FACING MORPH IN THE BUILDING ACTUALLY PROTECTS IT FROM THE SUN. IT WILL BE A SPACE THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED. OUR PEOPLE COULD HANG OUT WITH IT, UH, UNTIL IT GETS REALLY HOT IN AUGUST. AND YOU CAN BE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME AND ENJOY A SPACE LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NORTH FACING AND IT'S PROTECTED BY THE BILL. SO THE WESTERN ONES, I WOULD SAY IT'S SIMILAR TO A BALCONY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HOT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GO INSIDE AND ENJOY THE AC. THAT'S JUST PART OF LIVING IN TEXAS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE YEAH. WHAT'D YOU GET, SO I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE LITTLE WORKSPACE. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE. HOW DO YOU ENVISION THOSE BEING USED AND THEN WHY ARE THEY, WHY DID YOU, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON PUTTING THEM ON THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FOR, UM, SO BEING USED THE FOURTH FLOOR AND IT IS WHERE LIVING SPACE WOULD BE. SO YOUR KITCHEN AND DINING, UH, LIVING, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THERE'D BE STAIRS UP TO THE OFFICE. UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'LL BE A, THERE'S A DIRECT DOOR FROM THE CORRIDOR, UM, TO THE OFFICE. [01:15:01] SO IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY COMING, IF YOU WERE, UH, A, UH, IT'S ONE OF THE TAXES AND SOMEONE'S COMING YOUR TAXES, THEY COULD GO UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR, GO DIRECTLY TO THAT DOOR AND WALK IN JUST TO THE OFFICE. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOUR CONTINUING TO WALK UP THE STAIRS. SO THERE'S, THERE'S ACCESS DIRECTLY TO THAT OFFICE, UM, TO, TO PROVIDE FOR, FOR THE WORKING PARTS. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, IF YOU ANTICIPATE, AND SOMEONE ACTUALLY RUNNING A BUSINESS OUT OF THEM, AND THEN YOU THOUGHT THROUGH LIKE PARKING AND THAT'S THE NEW WAY FOR SOMEONE TO GET TO THE POINT FOR HERE TO SEE THEIR CPA OR THEIR INSURANCE HIRES. YEAH. SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO THAT'D BE FUTURE RESIDENT PARKING AND, UH, ANY TENANT PARKING OR, OR, UH, CUSTOMERS. AND THEN THERE'D BE A ACCESS FROM THE GARAGE, DEFINITELY TO THE CLUBHOUSE, THE AREA WHERE THE ELEVATOR WOULD BE. AND YOU CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT UP THAT ELEVATOR AND GET ACCESS THERE. YEAH, CHRIS, IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T BE COME AND GO AS YOU PLEASE, IT'S STILL GOING TO GET THROUGH A SECURED AREA TO GET IT IN THE BUILDING. AND SO IF YOU'RE A CPA, YOU MIGHT WALK DOWN AND GET YOU, GET YOUR CLIENT, TAKE HIM BACK UP. HE WOULDN'T JUST BE ABLE TO CALL UP THERE. UH, AND THEN A COUPLE OTHERS. SO THE CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING FIRE LANE, IT'S SAYING THAT IT'S A CULINARY GATE. SO WILL THERE BE A GATE THAT IS FACING ADDISON ROAD THAT FIRST RESPONDERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OR WHATEVER IT'S INSET. SO IF WE CAN GET BACK TO ONE OF THE BIGGER PICTURES, THAT ONE WAS GOOD, BUT HERE THIS, THIS WILL BE THE SOUTHERN, THIS IS NOT A HONDA RIGHT HERE. RIGHT? SO THIS WILL BE THE FAR LANE. THEN THERE'S A LITTLE NOTCH HERE THAT CONNECTS TO THIS FAR LANE HERE THAT GOES OUT TO CORE SOUTHERN GATE WILL BE SOMEWHERE BACK IN HERE. IT WON'T BE RIGHT. IT'S NOT AS A STREET ADDISON THAN, YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN ARE YOU DOING ANY TYPE OF NOISE MITIGATION, SINCERE REPORTS RIGHT THERE? I KNOW IT'S NOT A NOISE OR ANY NOISE MITIGATION IF WE DESIGN, WELL, CERTAINLY THE FACING WEST, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO REDUCE OR CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF WINDOWS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE WEST DIFFERENT. NO OTHER REASON THAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE, UM, BUT, BUT THAT SURFACE UP ON FIVE WE'LL, UH, WE'LL WE'LL MANAGE STC REQUIREMENTS APPROPRIATELY, FOR SURE. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T, FRANKLY, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR DOWN THAT ROAD, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE TO DO THAT. AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE, UH, NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING. UM, I'M ASSUMING THE, WE RECYCLING, LIKE TO ME IN ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES AND WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THAT ORGANIZATION ON MANY PROJECTS AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES REALLY IS, UH, IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW THE BUILDING PERFORMS RATHER THAN CHECKING BOP, CHECKING BOXES SO MUCH. AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BIT MORE PRESCRIPTIVE, I GUESS. AND IN MANY CASES, YIELDS HAVE BETTER PERFORMING RESOLVED. SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF MANY THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE REALLY SEE A LOT OF VALUE IN IT, BUT THE ANSWER IS WE ARE RECYCLING FOR SURE. FOR SURE. YEAH. IT'S THE USUAL, YOU KNOW, UH, SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT ANY, ANY ORGANIZATION REQUIRE, WHETHER IT'S LEAD OR, OR GRAIN GLOVES OR ANY OTHERS. UM, IT'S JUST, UH, IT JUST GETS TO THE POINT THAT I THINK A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN MAYBE MAYBE LEAD SOMETIMES DOES. I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. AND WHEN, IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED, WHEN DO YOU GUYS ANTICIPATE YOU WOULD BEGIN AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE? UH, WE WOULD START IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR AND IT'S GOT A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE TO FINISH OUT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY STARTING IN 23, THEN PROBABLY IN EARLY 25 OR, OR SUMMER OF 25. HOW MUCH? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE HAVE TALKED TO SHANNON HICKS INFORMALLY, NOT FORMALLY, BUT, AND HE EXPECTS THAT THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO HIT MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE TIME THAT WE START CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE'LL BE A COORDINATION EFFORT BETWEEN HIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. CAN THEY GO THAT, THAT AIRPORT, AIRPORT PARKWAY, SORRY. UM, AND SO WE THINK THERE MAY BE SOME COORDINATION ISSUES THERE. TOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND EDUCATED AND OLD GOD I'VE MADE, UH, AS AN APARTMENT FOR YEARS, IF I'M, IF MY MATH IT RIGHT. IT'S ABOUT TWO-THIRDS THREE, FOUR SINGLE FAMILY, A SINGLE BEDROOM BUSINESS MODEL, PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE DFW AREA. YES, SIR. AND IT'S THE BUSINESS MODEL OF MOST DEVELOPERS AND THERE'S THAT MANY [01:20:01] SINGLE VOTES RUNNING AROUND IN ONE SINGLE BEDROOM. YES, SIR. THE REAL WAR OR A MARRIED COUPLE THAT WANT ONE BEDROOM, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO THAT'S NOT ATYPICAL. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE JOBS KNOW. AND I WAS ASKED THIS FROM A PERSONAL ASIDE. I WAS ASKED BY MY GRANDDAUGHTER SHE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD. SHE'S BEEN GOING UP TO THIS AREA SINCE SHE WAS ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD AND THE LORD'S OUT THERE CRAZY. AND WE WERE UP, I WAS UP THERE SUNDAY LOOKING AT THE SPOTS SHE'LL SHE CAME WITH ME AND SHE JUST SPENT A NIGHT AND SHE WAS VERY UPSET THAT THIS WAS HER LAUREN'S GOING TO GO AWAY. SO SHE ASKED, UM, SO I WAS EXPLAINED TO HER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AMENITIES AND STUFF. AND SHE ACTUALLY ASKED, DO YOU THINK THEY COULD PUT A STAGE OF A LONG HORN IN THE PARK? SO THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE MY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION DOES APPRECIATE, AND YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE A SHOT AT A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, 1843 Z SUBJECT TO THE WAIVERS THAT ARE LISTED, PROVIDED THAT THEY MAKE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY, YOUR DISTINCTION. SO INDICATE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [3. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Adopting a Development Plan for Block D of the Addison Grove Addition, including a Site Plan, Landscape Plan, Building Elevations and Floor Plans for 54 townhomes in an existing Planned Development District (PD), through Ordinance O16-003, located on approximately 2.08 acres at the Southwest Corner of Magnolia Street and Runyon Road, approximately 400 feet south of Belt Line Road. 1833-Z/Addison Grove, Block D.] THE THIRD ITEM. OH, PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTS. CONSIDER ACTION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING ANY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR BLOCK OF THE ADDISON GROVE EDITION, INCLUDING A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANS FOR 54 TOWNHOMES IN AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD THROUGH ORDINANCE OH ONE SIX DASH 0 0 3 8 ON APPROXIMATELY 2.08 ACRES SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAGNOLIA STREET AND BRAND NEW AND ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTH OF BELTLINE ROAD. THIS IS CASE 1833 C SLASH EDISON GROVE BLOCK THE KEN YOUR REPORT, PLEASE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UH, MUCH LIKE THE LAST ITEM, UH, STAFF HAS BEEN HAVING LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM. THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL REFINEMENTS TO THEIR CLANS, AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE READY TO GO, UH, FOR YOUR APRIL 19TH COMMISSION MEETING. SO WITH THAT SAID, THEY HAVE POSTED THAT TABLE CONSIDERATION OF THIS APPLICATION UNTIL YOUR APRIL 19TH COMMISSION MEETINGS. THEY DIDN'T DO ANY NEGATIVE MOTION EFFECT TO TABLE THIS ITEM. SECOND, SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED. SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. AS IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.