[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE OF FIVE OF THE SEVENTH MEMBERS.
UH, JIMMY BARKER IS ON, UH, VIA REMOTE, AND AS WE DO WITH EVERY MEETING, WE BE, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO REPUBLIC NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UH, FIRST THING, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, ED COPELAND, WHO GOES BY EJ TO, UM, FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING JOINED US.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A RESIGNATION OF ZACH FAIRCLOTH AND WE'LL HAVE, HOPEFULLY HAVE A NEW APPOINTEE NEXT MONTH.
UM, IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THIS MI MEETING, PLEASE CONS, COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND RETURN IT TO LESLIE AND SHE'LL GET IT TO ME.
UH, I'LL ALSO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IS SPEAKING, YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES OR LESS AND TO REFRAIN FROM ASKING DIRECT QUESTIONS TO THE MI COMMISSIONERS.
HOWEVER, COMMISSIONERS MAY AT THEIR DISCUSSION, ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
ANY ANSWER WILL NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THE THREE MINUTES.
[ 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.]
OF BUSINESS IS A CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WE ARE CONSIDERING THE, UH, ACTION FOR THE MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024 PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES.UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR A.
THE NEXT ITEM IN BUSINESS IS ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
AND, OH, NO, I TAKE THAT BACK.
WE HAVE A CONSENT ITEM, CORRECT? YEAH.
PLAT, UH, PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE RELA OF THE A IC LOT R ONE BLOCK, A FOR A MULTI BUILDING OFFICE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT ON TWO 12.22 ACRES, APPROXIMATELY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE ADDISON ROAD IN XCEL PARKWAY.
ADDRESS 16 6 75 ADDISON ROAD, CASE R 2024 DASH ONE, ADDISON INNOVATIVE CENTER.
LESLIE, UH, LESLIE KNIGHT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UH, THE REPL REQUEST FOR THE ADDISON INNOVATION CENTER, UM, IS A, A REPL FOR A PROPOSED, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, UH, REUSE AND, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF AN EXISTING, OR FOR, EXCUSE ME, FORMER CALL CENTER AT 16,675 ADDISON ROAD.
UH, THIS IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE ADDISON ROAD ANDEL PARKWAY INTERSECTION.
UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR, UH, THE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING, UM, BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND BUILDING.
UH, THIS RE PLAT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ABANDONMENT AND RELOCATION OF SOME UTILITY EASEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND BUILDING AS IT WAS FORMERLY A, UM, LARGE, UM, PAVED PARKING LOT.
UH, SO SOME OF THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS WILL NEED TO SHIFT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS MO, MOTION TO APPROVE CASE R 20 24 0 1 ADDISON INNOVATION CENTER.
[3. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow a Private School on a portion of an 8.67± acre property located south of Proton Drive and approximately 600 feet west of Midway Road (14295 Midway Road), that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), through Ordinance No. 625. Case 1906-Z/14295 Midway Road (Westwood Montessori).]
ONTO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OUR REGULAR AGENDA.FIRST ITEM ON THE LIST IS HOLDING A PUBLIC AREA HEARING, PRESENT, AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A PRIVATE SCHOOL ON A PORTION OF THE 8.67 APPROXIMATE ACRES LOCATED SOUTH OF CHEN DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET WEST OF MIDWAY ROAD, 4 14 2 95 MIDWAY ROAD.
THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ORDINANCE 6 25 CASE, 1906 DASH Z 1 42 95 MIDWAY WAY, MIDWAY ROAD, WESTWOOD MONTESSORI, LESLIE REPORT, UH, LESLIE KNIGHT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS, UH, FOR A, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS MIDWAY ATRIUMS. THIS IS A THREE BUILDING, UH, OFFICE COMPLEX.
UH, THE SUBJECT, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE BUILDING SPECIFICALLY IS, UH, THE BUILDING
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LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO PROTON DRIVE, WHICH IS ADDRESSED AS 14,000 902 5 MIDWAY ROAD.UH, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL, UH, WESTWOOD TO OCCUPY THE EXISTING, UM, OFFICE BUILDING AS WELL AS SOME SITE AND, AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THIS PARTICULAR SITE, UH, WAS, UH, INITIALLY REZONED IN 1980 FROM RESIDENTIAL TO, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, UH, 6 25, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY STILL ZONED THAT TODAY.
THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT IN 2009, UH, TO THAT, UH, PD TO ESTABLISH PARKING RATIO SPECIFIC TO OFFICE AND HOTEL USES, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE PRIVATE SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED BUILDING AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, SO WESTWOOD UH, SCHOOL IS AN EXISTING, UH, SCHOOL CURRENTLY LOCATED IN FARMER'S BRANCH.
THEY'RE LOCATED ACROSS TWO CAMPUSES, AN UPPER AND A LOWER CAMPUS, AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 289 STUDENTS ENROLLED, UH, AT THEIR SCHOOL.
AS PART OF THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE SCHOOL IS TO, UH, CONSOLIDATE BOTH CAMPUSES AS WELL AS, UM, PROVIDE A, UH, REGULATION, UM, SPORTS OR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, SPORTS COURTS, UH, FOR THE, THE STUDENTS AS WELL.
SO, UH, THIS PROPOSED REQUEST ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING FOUR STORY OFFICE BUILDING FOR, UH, THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THAT SPECIFIC OFFICE BUILDING IS, IS VACANT.
UH, SOME NOTABLE SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED, UH, IN ADDITION OR WITH THIS REQUEST IS A NEW, UH, APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FOOT GYMNASIUM, WHICH WILL ALSO SERVE AS A STORM SHELTER FOR THE SCHOOL.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TO, UM, PROVIDE A STUDENT DROP OFF AND PICKUP AREA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING.
UH, WITH THAT MODIFICATION, THERE IS SOME PROPOSED, UM, TREE REMOVAL WITH THAT REQUEST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE PROPOSING A PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING AND GATES TO SECURE THE SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST, UM, NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NEW GYMNASIUM FOR THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO, UH, UTILIZE THE ENTIRETY OF THE THE 95,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
UM, IT IS, UH, FOUR STORIES, 52 FEET IN HEIGHT, AND THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO MAKE, UH, SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS TO THE, TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DIVIDE STUDENTS BY GRADE, OR EXCUSE ME, BY FLOOR, BY GRADE, BY FLOOR.
UH, SO YOUNGER STUDENTS, UM, WILL BE LOCATED IN THE, UM, FIRST FLOOR AND GRADUALLY, UM, INCREASE IN AGE AS YOU MOVE UP TO THE FOURTH FLOOR.
UH, THE SCHOOL DOES PROVIDE, UM, SCHOOL FOR TODDLER THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
UH, SO THEY HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF AGE GROUPS LOCATED, UM, INTERIOR, UH, TO THE SCHOOL.
THEY WILL HAVE, UH, PRIMARILY CLASSROOMS. THEY WILL HAVE SOME OFFICES AS WELL AS INDOOR MOVEMENT SPACES, RESTROOM FACILITIES AND STORAGE.
UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SCHOOL DOES NOT PROVIDE, UH, MEALS FOR STUDENTS.
THEY BRING THEIR OWN TO THE CAMPUS, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE, UH, KITCHEN FACILITIES, UM, ON SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS SIGNIFICANTLY CUTS BACK ON, UH, DELIVERIES TO THE SITE AS WELL.
UH, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT, UH, THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE DELIVERY A WEEK THAT IS VIA PICKUP TRUCK FOR PAPER AND OTHER DRY GOOD SUPPLIES, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, LASTLY, THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE IS ON THE WEST FACADE, WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF THE NEW PROPOSED, UM, PICKUP AND DROP OFF LANE, UH, BEFORE YOU IS THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN FOR THE NEW, UH, GYMNASIUM.
UH, THE TOTAL BUILDING IS ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE A REGULATION SIZE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURT, AS WELL AS LOCKER ROOM RESTROOM FACILITIES, UM, BLEACHERS AND SOME STORAGE.
UM, THIS WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE STORM SHELTER FOR THE SCHOOL FOR THE PARKING ON SITE.
UM, IN TOTAL, THEY DO PROVIDE 146 SPACES, UH, DEDICATED TO THE SCHOOL.
UH, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE WAS, IS, UH, PD ORDINANCE 6 25 DOES NOT, IT ACTUALLY, UH, REFERENCES OUR
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BASE CODE FOR PARKING RATIOS.HOWEVER, OUR BASE CODE DOES NOT PROVIDE PARKING, UH, PARKING RATIOS FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
UH, SO STAFF USED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PARKING DEMAND WAS, OR EXCUSE ME, IS CURRENTLY AT THE EXISTING CAMPUSES AND WOULD LIKELY BE AT THIS CAMPUS.
THE, UM, INFOR THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED TO STAFF INDICATED THAT THERE IS A CURRENT PARKING DEMAND ON THE EXISTING SITES OF 70 PARKING SPACES.
THAT INCLUDES PARKING FOR 15, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE OF DRIVING AGE AND DRIVE TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALSO INCLUDES THE 55, UH, FACULTY AND STAFF THAT ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED FOR THE SCHOOL.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THE EX, THE PROPOSED 146 SPACES, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, EXCEEDS THE PARKING DEMAND OF 70 FOR TREE REMOVAL ON SITE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE A TOTAL OF 250 CALIBER INCHES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE PRIMARY, UH, LOCATION OF THAT TREE REMOVAL IS CONCENTRATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, FOR, TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA.
MOST OF THE TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE, UM, REMAINING SIDES OF THE OFFICE BUILDING WERE ABLE TO BE PRESERVED.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO MITIGATE 72 CALIBER INCHES ON SITE THROUGH REPLACEMENT TREES, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO MITIGATE THE REMAINING REMAINING 178 CALIBER INCHES VIA THE TREE MITIGATION, UH, TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND THAT WOULD, UH, TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $34,000 FOR THE LANDSCAPING PLAN, UM, SHOWN BEFORE YOU, THE APPLICANT HAS MET OR EXCEEDED ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS.
UH, THIS PD ONLY REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 10% OPEN SPACE, AND THE APPLICANT, UM, EXCEEDED THAT PREVIOUSLY AND ACTUALLY INCREASED THAT BASED UPON, UM, THEIR PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.
UH, SO THEY'RE ALSO ADDING, PROPOSING TO ADD TWO PLAYGROUND AREAS, WANTED THE NORTH AND ONE AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
THE PLAYGROUND OR OUTDOOR AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL IS MORE, UH, GEARED TO THE OLDER STUDENTS, AND THE PLAYGROUND AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE WILL BE MORE GEARED TO YOUNGER STUDENTS FOR OUTDOOR PLAY.
THE BUT BEFORE YOU IS THE, UM, EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING.
THEY ARE PRO PROPOSING VERY MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING FACADE.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY, UM, JUST PROPOSING TO INSTALL, UH, SEVERAL DOORS ALONG THE FACADES TO PROVIDE REQUIRED, UM, EXITS FOR INTERIOR CLASSROOMS. UH, OTHERWISE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO, UH, KEEP, UH, THE FACADE AS IT CURRENTLY IS TODAY, UH, FOR THE GYMNASIUM BUILDING.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, TO BE 25 FEET IN HEIGHT.
IF YOU RECALL, THE, UH, EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING IS 52 FEET IN HEIGHT.
THIS ONE STORY, UM, GYMNASIUM WILL, IS, WAS DESIGNED IN WITH THE INTENT TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE OFFICE BUILDING USING A SIMILAR COLOR PALETTE AND MATERIALS.
AND THE PROPOSED FACADE DOES COMPLY WITH THE TOWN'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR TIA THAT WAS, UH, COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, IT DID DETERMINE THAT THERE WOULD BE A NET DECREASE OF 462 DAILY TRIPS, UH, FROM THE CURRENT USE, WHICH IS AN OFFICE BUILDING TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL AT FULL CAPACITY.
SO IN THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, IT SHOWS THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS 289 STUDENTS AND THE, UM, AVERAGE WEEKDAY DAILY TRIPS.
AND THEN IT ALSO SHOWS THE, THE SCHOOL AT WHAT WOULD BE MAXIMUM CAPACITY, WHICH IS 385 STUDENTS, UH, RESULTING IN 955 DAILY TRIPS.
UH, IN BOTH SCENARIOS, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE FOR WHAT WOULD BE THE ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC IF THAT EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING WERE OCCUPIED.
UM, AND SUCCESSFUL IN ITS CURRENT DESIGN, THE TIA DETERMINED THAT THE EXISTING ROADWAY NETWORK WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, UH, AND WOULD SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AT FULL CAPACITY WITH THE 385 STUDENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE T THE TIA DID NOT PROPOSE
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ANY.THE, UM, TIA DID NOT PROPOSE ANY TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN OR TMP.
THERE WERE A FEW, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE, UM, THAT CAME FROM THAT ANALYSIS AS WELL AS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UM, ONE OF THOSE BEING TO DESIGNATE THE ENTRY POINTS OFF OF PROTON DRIVE AS AN INGRESS AND EGRESS ONLY.
THIS WILL ALLOW A SMOOTH, UH, TRANSITION AND FLOW OF VEHICLES AS WELL AS, UH, PICK UP AND DROP OFF ENTERING AT THE EASTERNMOST DRIVE ON PROTON, UM, NAVIGATING SOUTH AROUND THE SCHOOL AND GYM, AND THEN NORTH THROUGH THE LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE.
AND THEN TO THE EXIT AT THE WESTERNMOST DRIVE, UH, IT IS IDENTIFIED THAT THE WESTERNMOST DRIVE WILL BE A RIGHT OUT ONLY EXIT THAT WILL, UM, PUSH TRAFFIC BACK TO MIDWAY AND NOT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE AS WELL AS A, UM, MOUNTABLE CURB THAT MOUNTABLE CURB, UM, OR THAT CURB WILL NEED TO BE MOUNTABLE IN ORDER TO MAIN EMER RE EXCUSE ME, IN ORDER TO, UH, ENSURE EMERGENCY ACCESS AS THAT IS STILL A FIRE LANE.
UH, A FEW OTHER MEASURES THAT THE SCHOOL HAS TO, UH, ENCOURAGE, UH, EFFICIENT PICKUP AND DROP OFF IS STAGGERING.
THE, THE DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES BETWEEN AGES, UH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE AN INFLUX OF VEHICLES ALL AT ONE TIME OF THE DAY.
THEY'RE SPREAD OUT OVER, UH, THE COURSE OF ABOUT AN HOUR.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE DOES PROVIDE STACKING FOR 880 FEET, UH, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 39 VEHICLES ON SITE.
UM, THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS OF THE, UH, EXISTING CONDITIONS AT THE TWO SCHOOLS, WHICH EXIST TODAY, OR THE TWO CAMPUSES, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND IN BOTH SCENARIOS, UH, THE 880 FEET WAS, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE 39 CARS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING, UH, AT THEIR TWO CAMPUSES.
AND IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, UH, THE SCHOOL DID ACCOMMODATE A 771 FOOT EMERGENCY CLEAR OUT QUEUE.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE, IF THERE WOULD BE THE NEED FOR A FIRETRUCK TO ACCESS THE SITE, YOU COULD QUICKLY GET THE, UM, THE QUEUING OR STACKING OUT OF THE WAY.
UH, STAFF DID NOTIFY ALL, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FEET OF THE SITE THAT INCLUDED 109, UH, RECIPIENTS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT DID ORGANIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WHICH OCCURRED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, UM, AT, UH, THE ADJACENT OFFICE BUILDING, UH, TO SHARE AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL WITH, UM, RESIDENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
UM, STAFF FEELS THAT THE CURRENT AND LONG-TERM USE OF THE SITE AS AN OFFICE BUILDING IS, UH, LIKELY NOT VIABLE.
AND THIS WILL ALLOW AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AS WELL AS, UM, ENSURING THAT THE SITE IS MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED AS APPROPRIATE.
UH, THE ONE CONDITION THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS IS THAT A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN BE SUBMITTED WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT LIGHTS ARE APPROPRIATELY SHIELDED AND DIRECTED AWAY FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRESENT.
WILL YOU GO TO THE, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW SLIDE? THEY OWN THE OFFICE BUILDING IN WHAT IS THE RIGHT HAND BOTTOM CORNER ON THIS, CORRECT.
SO THAT IT'S A BACKWARDS L IS ALL THEIRS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT IS ALL UNDER ONE OWNERSHIP.
AND THERE IS ENTRY NORTHBOUND MIDWAY ROAD TO BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT AT THE OFFICE PORTION BEFORE YOU GET TO THE HOTEL PORTION, CORRECT? MM-HMM,
IS THERE ANY EASEMENT RIGHTS OF THE PARKING LOT FROM THE HOTEL TO GET, SO IF YOU GO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOTEL TO CROSS OVER WESTBOUND TO GET OVER TO THEIR TRAFFIC LANES OR NOT? 'CAUSE AT ONE POINT IN TIME THE HOTEL PUT UP ALL THESE BARRIERS IN THEIR PARKING LOT TO CONTROL.
I THINK THEY TRIED TO ENACT, UM, PAY FOR PARKING OVERNIGHT OR WHATEVER.
IS THERE EASEMENT RIGHTS IN THERE OR NOT? I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS EASEMENT RIGHTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FORMER CROWN PLAZA.
THERE IS EASEMENT RIGHTS ON THE, UM, THE WEST SIDE OF THE CROWN PLAZA.
SO ANY THEY WOULD COME, IF THEY CHOSE TO ENTER ON THAT SIDE OF MIDWAY, THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN TO THE OFFICE PORTION TO CROSS OVER, BASICALLY, CORRECT? YES, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE OFFICE PARKING LOT TO GET TO THE OKAY.
AND THEN JIMMY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK UP OR IF YOU WANT ME TO ASK, LESLIE WAS GONNA DO SOME
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CHECKING FOR YOU THAT YES, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.UM, SO IN THE WORK SESSION, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, UH, TABC REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE SALE OF ALCOHOL NEAR OR ADJACENT TO, UM, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
AND FROM WHAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE IS THAT TABC GIVES THE RIGHT OF, UM, TOWNS OR MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE SEPARATION.
HOWEVER, UH, ADDISON DOES NOT HAVE REGULATION, OR EXCUSE ME, SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT TABC REQUIRES AT A MINIMUM IS THAT YOU HAVE TO, UH, THAT ESTABLISHMENT, EXCUSE ME, WHO IS OBTAINING A-T-A-B-C LICENSE HAS TO NOTIFY THE SCHOOL.
THEY ARE NOT, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET PERMISSION, UH, OR SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE, THE SCHOOL.
AND THERE'S ALSO NO, CURRENTLY TODAY, THERE ARE NO SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE TOWN COULD IN THE FUTURE, UH, IF THEY CHOSE TO DO SO, ADOPT SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS AS ALLOWED BY TAVC.
UM, BUT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THOSE IN PLACE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE WITH THAT, IF THE TOWN DID THAT, THE STATE DOES EXEMPT, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE PERMIT HOLDERS.
SO IF YOU'RE SELLING FOOD AND LESS THAN 50% OF YOUR INCOME IS GENERATED FROM ALCOHOL SALES CITIES HAD NO ABILITY TO
I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
THE, THE COMMENT IS THE PLANS CALL FOR A 25 FOOT GYM, YET THE ELEVATIONS ARE, THE TOP OF THE PARAPET IS 35 FEET.
SO I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IS JUST A TECHNICAL ERROR ON THE DRAWINGS, BECAUSE I MEAN, THE ELEVATIONS ARE HANDSOME, THEY'RE FINE, BUT IT'S 35 FEET, NOT 25 FEET.
AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, WILL THEY BE REQUIRED TO SCREEN THE MECHANICAL, ANY MECHANICAL UNITS ON THE, ON THE BUILDING? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SO, UM, ANY EXISTING MECHANICAL SHOULD BE SCREENED.
UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SCREEN.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY, UM, LIKE, UH, A FENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR LANDSCAPING.
MM-HMM,
AND ANY PROPOSED SCREENING WOULD EITHER NEED TO BE ROOF MOUNTED AND SCREENED, UM, OR SCREENED ON THE GROUND.
I BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL IS ROOF MOUNTED, UH, MECHANICAL FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD BE SCREENED BY THE PARAPET.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ON THE ELEVATIONS.
I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE TABC RULES.
FOLLOW QUESTION ON THE TBC RULES.
WAS, WAS THERE WAS NO, ON THE BETWEEN SCHOOL AND
RIGHT, JIMMY? I DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
I THINK IT'S A BANDWIDTH ISSUE.
PROBABLY TURN OUT THIS CAMERA.
AND THEN GO BACK ON CAMERA AFTER YOU ASK QUESTION.
I'M GONNA STATE MY QUESTION AND THEN GO BACK ON VIDEO BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY'RE WORKING AT THE SAME TIME FOR WHATEVER REASON.
MY QUESTION IS, WAS THE REPRESENTATION MADE LESLIE, THAT THE TABC DOES NOT REGULATE OR HAVE A REGULATION THAT RESTRICTS THE AMOUNT OF FEET BETWEEN A SCHOOL AND OR CHURCH AND A BUSINESS THAT IS SELLING LIQUOR.
SO THE WHAT TABC ESTABLISHES IS THAT THERE IS A, A SET RANGE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 1000 FEET, UH, 300 TO 1000 FEET, EXCUSE ME, WHICH A TOWN CAN ESTABLISH A SEPARATION REQUIREMENT.
SO TABC ESSENTIALLY SAYS YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A RANGE, AND IT MUST BE BETWEEN 300 FEET AND A THOUSAND FEET.
AND THEN THE, THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD ESTABLISH THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
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THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS ADOPTED, UH, BY THE TOWN.
SO THE, THE EASY FIX IS THAT IF ALL, ALL THE, AN ESTABLISHMENT NEEDS TO DO IS MAKE A REQUEST TO THE TOWN THAT THEY WANT TO SELL LIQUOR.
AND IT'S THAT THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO THE SCHOOL? UH, GENERALLY THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE DO NOT ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BY, RIGHT.
SO THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED TO OBTAIN RIGHT, UH, ZONING APPROVAL.
BUT AS FAR AS TABC IS CONCERNED, UM, IN THE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS OR CONCERNED THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE, AND DOES THE SCHOOL HAVE THE RIGHT TO STEP IN AND SAY, HEY, WE OPPOSE IT? UH, THEY DO NOT, UH, TBC ONLY REQUIRES THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT NOTIFY THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WILL BE LOCATED THERE.
AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FENCING THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT AROUND THE THING AND THAT THEY, I GUESS THEY TOLD US THAT YOU'RE, THEY'RE GONNA DO A STEEL SIX FOOT OR EIGHT FOOT OF STEEL FENCE, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IN THERE SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP WITH A WOODEN FENCE.
BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW, I MEAN, I SEE THAT THE, THAT THE FENCING AROUND THE SCHOOL HAS GOT FOUR GATES, RIGHT? AND THE QUEUING LINE COMES OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY AND COMES BACK IN ON THE, THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IS IT, I, I WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW THE HOURS, LIKE, DO THEY, IS IT LOCKED UP DURING THE DAY AND JUST THAT DROP OFF, THEY UNLOCK ALL THE GATES AND THEN PEOPLE COME AND GO AND THEN THEY LOCK 'EM BACK UP? OR, UH, YEAH.
SO, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ME, AND THEN THE APPLICANT CAN EXPAND UPON THIS IS THAT DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP, THOSE GATES WOULD BE OPEN TO ALLOW THE QUEUING AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND THEN, UM, OFF TIMES THEY WOULD BE CLOSED, UM, AND IS ALSO CLOSED DURING OFF HOURS WHEN THE CAMPUS WAS CLOSED FOR THE EVENING AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, I WILL NOTE THAT ALL OF THE GATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE, UM, EMERGENCY ACCESS AS WELL.
SO THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE OPENED BY OUR, UM, OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
OH, AND SORRY, I WILL RESPOND TO YOUR, UM, ITEM ABOUT THE FENCE.
UH, THE IRON FENCE THEY HAVE IN THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED, UH, THEY WILL HAVE A BLACK IRON FENCE AND IT WILL BE BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT.
UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADD THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION WITH, WITH YOUR, OR EXCUSE ME, A CONDITION, UH, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, IF THAT'S SO DESIRED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? WOULD YOU CARE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IT'S YOUR OPTION.
COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, I'M, UH, 7 2 2 9 YEMENI IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
I ACTUALLY THINK LESLIE DID A GREAT JOB.
WE CAME HERE FOR ANY SORT OF OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE HAD.
UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO MOVE ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, IF YOU KNOW US, YOU KNOW OUR PROPERTY, IT'S RIGHT THERE BY SUZUKI ON MIDWAY.
AND THEN, UH, JUST AROUND, UH, THE CORNER ON PROTON.
SO, UH, WE ARE HERE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR US, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOOD RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT FENCE IS GONNA, I'M JUST, I'M, I'M CURIOUS AS IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA COME IN AND OUT FROM, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, YEAH, THE FENCE IS GONNA HAVE TO BE, UH, OPEN AND CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS WILL BE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, AFTER A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT IN THE MORNING OR LEAVING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A SOLID, LIKE YOU CAN'T GET IN OR OUT.
UM, THE, UH, THE PRACTICALITIES OF HOW THAT WORKS, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND WAS MORE OF A, UH, LIKE A, UH, WHEN THEY LEAVE AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FENCE OPENS, UM, WHEN THEY ARRIVE.
UH, WE, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP IT CLOSED JUST FOR THE SECURITY OF THE KIDS, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE INGRESS.
YEAH, I'M JUST, I, I JUST, I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO THE, HOW, HOW THAT WOULD WORK IF THEY'RE ALL LIKE ACCESS CONTROLLED GATES AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS, BUT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL GET DELIVERIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO THE SCHOOL, AND SO YEAH, THERE'S VERY LITTLE, UH, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL SCHOOL, SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC, UH, BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE EIGHT 30, UH, EIGHT 30 TO ABOUT, UH, TWO 30.
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SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MANAGE SOMETHING FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE, THE OCCASIONAL CARS COMING IN.UH, AND THEN AS LONG AS THE PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, AREAS ARE SECURE, WHICH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MAINLY IN BETWEEN THOSE TIMES.
AND TIMING FOR ALL THIS, I GUESS BY START OF SCHOOL IS COMING FALL? UH, YES.
SO IF TRAFFIC BECOMES A PROBLEM ON PROTON, IS THERE MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET TO TO HIRE PROPER POLICING STAFF? IF WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO, OH, LIKE FOR CONTROL TRAFFIC, LIKE TO DO IT CONTROL? I MEAN, YEAH, I, I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE, THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY FROM THE, THE STANDPOINT OF LIKE, MAKING THIS EASY ON ADDISON, I, I KNOW WE WANT TO, UH, WE WANNA WORK, UH, ALONGSIDE Y'ALL.
AND, UH, AND I'M PRETTY SURE, UH, UH, UH, OUR, UH, UH, OUR LANDLORDS, UH, WANNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN TOO.
SO IF THAT DID BECOME A PROBLEM, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE WOULD WANNA WORK WITH Y'ALL.
AND CERTAINLY OUR PARENTS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN LIKE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOTHING ANYONE WANTS TO BE A PART OF.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY GOOD THE WAY IT WORKS.
NOW ON THE EAST SIDE, I'M JUST, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE NATURAL TRAFFIC ON THE WEST SIDE AS WELL, SO EMAIL ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS.
AND OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT WE CAN KEEP ALL THE TRAFFIC ON THE PREMISES.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TO US.
NOW I OPEN UP AT THIS TIME I OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM, IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE, LESLIE CAN NOBODY ONLINE.
JIMMY, YOU NEED TO GET BACK ON CAMERA TOO, PLEASE.
YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, BOL PLACE IN ADDISON, TEXAS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AS A, A PARENT WHOSE CHILD GOES TO THIS SCHOOL, I WILL STAND OUT THERE WITH A SAFETY VEST ON
AND IF YOU DOUBT THAT I WILL SIGN MY NAME IN BLOOD, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A TRAFFIC ISSUE.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COMMISSIONS? NOPE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSIONER? I MOVE APPROVAL WITH THE ADDITION OF THE, THE, UM, STIPULATION THAT THE FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY IS SIX TO EIGHT FOOT STEEL FENCE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR IT IS, IT COULD BE BLACK OR GRAY.
[4. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. O23-8, for a 13.7± acre property generally located at the southeast corner of Addison Road and Festival Way and the northeast corner of Quorum Drive and Arapaho Road, to allow a transit-oriented mixed used development comprised of multifamily residential, office, parking, restaurant, retail, and entertainment uses, and associated public and private open space and common areas. Case 1910-Z/Addison Circle Station – Phase I Amendment.]
[5. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend the development plans for Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. O23-9, for a 2.0± acre property located at the southeast corner of Addison Road and Festival Way, to allow for the development of an office building with ground floor retail/restaurant uses, a parking structure, site access drives, and Addison Road and Festival Way streetscape improvements on and adjacent to the development site. Case 1894-Z/Office & Parking Structure, Addison Circle Station – Phase I Amendment.]
[6. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend the development plans for Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. O23-10, for a 2.3± acre property located at the southwest corner of Quorum Drive and Festival Way, to allow for the development of a multifamily residential tower with ground floor retail/restaurant uses, and Festival Way and Quorum Drive streetscape improvements on and adjacent to the development site. Case 1895-Z/Multifamily Tower, Addison Circle Station – Phase I Amendment.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT AND DISCUSS.
CONSIDER ACTIONS ON REQUEST TO AMEND THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE NUMBER OH TWO ZERO.
I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S O OR TWO OR 0 2 3 DASH EIGHT FOR A 13.7 APPROXIMATE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MADISON ROAD IN FESTIVAL WAY, AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF QUORUM DRIVE AND ARAPAHOE ROAD TO ALLOW A TRANSIT-ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF MULTI-FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE PARKING, RESTAURANT RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES IN ASSOCIATED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IN COMMON AREAS.
CASE 1910 DASH Z ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT.
SHOULD I ALSO BE READING THE OTHER SINCE THEY GO HAND IN HAND? OKAY.
AS WELL AS, UM, SAME WHATEVER FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, WHATEVER, 0 2 3 DASH NINE FOR THE TWO ACRE PROPERTY.
LOCATE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FESTIVAL WAY, WHATEVER.
DO I HAVE TO READ ALL THAT? YES.
0 2 3 DASH ONE ZERO FOR A 2.3 APPROXIMATE ACRE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF QUORUM DRIVE AND FESTIVAL WAY TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTIFAMILY
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RESIDENTIAL TOWER WITH GROUND FLOOR RETAIL RESTAURANT USES AND FESTIVAL WAY AND CORRUM DRIVE, STREET, STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON AND ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE CASE 1895 DASH Z MULTIFAMILY TOWER, ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT.KEN, HOW ABOUT IT? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, SO YOU CORRECTLY NOTED THAT, UH, THESE THREE ITEMS ARE RELATED.
SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, WE'LL GIVE ONE PRESENTATION, UH, BUT WE WILL HOLD THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, AS YOU NOTED, UM, OR AS WE DISCUSSED IN YOUR WORK SESSION.
RATHER, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT REQUIRE, UH, ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CO-DEVELOPER TEAM AND STAFF, UH, AND AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AND ULTIMATELY DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, ACTION ON THIS ITEM IS POSTPONED TO YOUR APRIL 16TH PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING.
HOWEVER, TO GIVE, UH, FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET REORIENTED, UH, TO THESE, UH, THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE GONNA DO A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UH, FROM STAFF AS WELL AS FROM THE CO-DEVELOPER TEAM AS WELL.
AND, UM, WHILE THIS PROPOSAL IS LARGELY COMPRISED OF A LOT OF VERY SMALL CHANGES THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS REZONING ACTION THAT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, UM, WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS A ONE BROADER CHANGE.
HOWEVER, WITH ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE UNDERLYING POLICY ISSUES, UH, THE TOWN'S LAND USE AND HOUSING POLICIES, THEY APPLY TO THIS CASE JUST AS THEY APPLIED TO THE PREVIOUS CASE THAT WAS APPROVED.
LESLIE, CAN YOU ADVANCE ME? ALRIGHT, SO THE 13.7 ACRE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT'S REALLY COMPRISED OF TWO SEGMENTS OF LAND.
ONE, UH, WITH FRONTAGE AT ADDISON ROAD, UH, AS WELL AS QUORUM DRIVE, AND IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AND THE OTHER, UM, A SEGMENT OF LAND EAST OF QUORUM DRIVE AND BISECTED BY SPECTRUM ROAD AND FRONTING ON ARAPAHOE ROAD, UH, AS WELL.
SO WITH THIS PROPOSAL, THERE'S GONNA BE A, UH, FIRST ACTION IS A REZONING REQUEST TO REZONE THAT ENTIRE AREA.
AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THAT IS REALLY THE SECOND STEP OF OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZONING PROCESS IS TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE, AND THEN THE, UH, TOWER MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWER, UH, THAT IS AT, UH, THE WEST SIDE OF QUORUM DRIVE.
UH, SO LOTS OF HISTORY, UH, TO THIS, UH, PARTICULAR SITE AS WELL.
UH, THE TOWN HAS REALLY BEEN POSITIONING IT, UH, FOR THIS FORM OF URBAN DENSE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SINCE, UH, THE 1990S.
UH, CERTAINLY ALONG, UH, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ADDISON CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THE TOWN STRATEGICALLY ACQUIRED PROPERTIES, UH, AND, UH, WAS ABLE TO ASSEMBLE THIS LAND FOR THIS VERY OPPORTUNITY.
UH, IN 2018, THE TOWN DID A SPECIAL AREA STUDY ADDRESSING THIS SITE, UH, AS WELL AS A SEGMENT OF LAND, UH, FURTHER TO THE NORTH, UH, ONCE AGAIN PROMOTING A DENSE URBAN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN FOR THIS SITE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY IN, UH, 2020, THE TOWN ADVANCED AN RFP PROCESS TO PARTNER WITH A DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO DEVELOP THIS TOWN OWNED LAND.
UH, IN LINE WITH THAT VISION IN 2022, THE TOWN DID SELECT A CO-DEVELOPER TEAM, UH, TO BEGIN MOVING THAT FORWARD.
UH, THAT INCLUDED A REZONING ACTION IN 2023.
AND NOW WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH, UH, A NEW CO-DEVELOPER TEAM.
ONE, UH, COMPONENT OF THAT WAS WITH US ALL ALONG AMWAY RESIDENTIAL.
AND, UH, NOW, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE QUADRANT INVESTMENT PROPERTIES AND THE NEW OFFICE CO-DEVELOPER FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THEY'RE WORKING VERY EARNESTLY WITH TOWN STAFF TO DEVELOP, UH, THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT AND BRING THOSE FORWARD IN TO COUNCIL IN APRIL.
AND NOW, UH, THEY'RE HERE TO CONSIDER REZONING TO ADDRESS SOME, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THEIR PLANS.
ALRIGHT, SO THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN, UH, COM IS COMPRISED OF FOUR ELEMENTS, UH, NOTED ON THIS PLAN.
UH, ITEM ONE IS THE OFFICE BUILDING AND PARKING STRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S A SIX STORY, 165,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING WITH ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT SPACE.
THAT WILL BE A FEATURED COFFEE SHOP AND THE GROUND FLOOR, AND THEN A, A FREE STANDING, FIVE, FIVE LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AT
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ADDISON ROAD AND FESTIVAL WAY.UH, THE MIDDLE COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT, THE HEART OF THE PROJECT IS, UH, A RETAIL RESTAURANT AND AN ENTERTAINMENT NODE THAT INCLUDES THREE FREESTANDING RETAIL BUILDINGS, UH, 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF INTERIOR FLOOR AREA WITH AMPLE PATIO SPACE.
UM, IT ACTIVATES THE FESTIVAL WAY FRONTAGE AS WELL AS THE, UH, GATEWAY TO THE SITE FROM THE, UH, DART SILVER LINE STATION.
THE THIRD ELEMENT IS THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWER.
THAT'S A 15 STORY TOWER WITH 286 DWELLING UNITS AND 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT SPACE AT THE GROUND FLOOR AND A, UH, PARKING STRUCTURE AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FOURTH ELEMENT, WHICH IS NOT CONSIDERED AS A AMENDMENT TONIGHT, IS A MID-RISE, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EAST OF QUORUM.
UH, THAT WILL HAVE 412 UNITS, SEVEN STORIES IN HEIGHT, AND THEN WILL ALSO INCLUDE A REALIGNMENT OF SPECTRUM DRIVE AND THE CREATION OF A SMALL PARK THAT WILL BE HOME TO THE TOWN'S FEATURE PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE CHANGES TO THE PLANS, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE VERY MINOR IN THAT IT'S MAINTAINING THE SAME CHARACTER DENSITY AND SCALE, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND ENVISIONED.
UM, SO FOR THE OFFICE COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT THAT INCLUDES A RELOCATION AND REORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING.
PREVIOUSLY, THE BUILDING SIDED TO ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, THIS REORIENTATION MAXIMIZES TENANT VIEWS OF THE PARK AND THEN ALSO SETS IT BACK FROM FESTIVAL WAY A BIT TO GET BETTER ACTIVATION WITH RETAIL USES ON FESTIVAL WAY.
IT ALSO CHANGES THE CONSTRUCTION TYPE FROM A TRADITIONAL, UH, CONCRETE AND STEEL, UH, BUILDING, UH, WITH MASONRY, UH, TO ONE THAT EMPLOYS A HYBRID MASS TIMBER, UH, CONSTRUCTION TYPE, UH, WITH, UH, UH, MASS TIMBER DECKING AND SOME, UH, UH, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, UH, MOST NOTABLY AT THE GROUND FLOOR.
UH, AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE CONCRETE INTEGRATED INTO THAT DESIGN AS WELL.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO SEE FROM THE RENDERINGS A ROOFTOP AMENITY.
AND THEN WITH THE PARKING STRUCTURE, UH, IN LIEU OF MORE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SCREENING, THEY'RE USING AND EMPLOYING A LIVING SCREEN TO PROVIDE VISUAL INTEREST, UH, FOR THE RETAIL RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT NODE.
UM, YOU, UH, WE'RE, UH, CHANGING FROM, UH, MORE BUILDINGS, UM, WITH, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, PREVIOUS PLAN HAD MORE BUILDINGS THAT WERE SMALLER IN FORMAT AND THEY WERE REALLY INTERNALIZED AND ORIENTED ALONG A COMMON GREEN.
THIS CONCEPT REALLY FOCUSES ON ACTIVATING BOTH FESTIVAL WAY AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT STATION AREA BY FRONTING TOWARDS THOSE FEATURES.
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE PATIO SPACE, UH, FOR EACH BUILDING ELEMENT.
UM, ALSO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THE, UH, PREVIOUS PLAN HAD SOME JEWEL BOX RETAIL, UH, AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
UH, AND THEN ALSO YOU'LL SEE WITH THIS PLAN THAT THERE'S A SMALL TEASER PARKING LOT AT THE, UM, TEASER RETAIL PARKING LOT AT THE EASTERN EDGE OF BROADWAY.
I'LL LET US WORK THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BY THE WAY,
THOUGHT IT WAS YOUR SCREENSAVER.
OH NO, I'M, I, I'M NOT THAT VAIN, DENISE.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL TRANSITION TO THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWER.
UM, SO WITH THIS, UM, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME, UM, DISCREPANCIES IN THE PLANS, UH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE ASKED YOU TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION.
SO IN THE STAFF REPORT IN THE PLANS, IT SAYS, UH, AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT FROM 13 STORIES TO 14 STORIES.
UH, WELL, THE, THE APPLICANT WORKING TO THE FINISH LINE ACTUALLY MADE THE CHANGE FROM 13 TO 15 STORIES.
UH, WHAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU SEE THE RENDERINGS WHILE THE BUILDING IS GETTING TALLER, THE MASSING IS, UH, FAR LESS PROMINENT.
UH, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT IN A, IN A BIT AS WELL.
UM, THE PARKING, UH, UH, STRUCTURE, UH, CONSTRUCTION TYPOLOGY CHANGE FROM PODIUM TO A PRECAST REP STRUCTURE.
UH, YOU'LL SEE NOW, INSTEAD OF ARCHITECTURAL SCREENING OF THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE, YOU'LL SEE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS LINING IN IT.
SO A, A BETTER TREATMENT, UH, GATEWAY AS YOU COME IN ON THE, UH,
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DART TRAIN.AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SITE, UH, AN INTERIOR SERVICE AND PARKING COURT.
SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS FEATURES FOR TENANT LOAD IN, UH, AS WELL AS TRASH, UH, ON FESTIVAL WAY.
SO THAT WAS PULLED OFF, UH, THE FESTIVAL WAY FRONTAGE, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING, AND, AND MOVED OVER TO THAT INTERIOR PARKING COURT.
AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION OF THOSE LINER UNITS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE WAS A NEED TO HAVE A FIRE LANE ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND RATHER THAN THAT BEING 24 FEET OF CONCRETE, UH, LOOKING QUITE UNATTRACTIVE, IT'S GONNA BE A GRASS PAVER PARKING LANE, AND IT'S GONNA INTEGRATE WITH THE COTTON BELT TRAIL.
UH, ALSO YOU SEE A SMALL AMENITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE NOW AS WELL FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT, UH, ARE ENGAGING, UH, THE DART RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO WHAT IS PROPOSED FROM WHAT WAS PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY REALLY RELATES TO THE TREE MITIGATION PLAN, NOT THAT TREES WERE BEING REMOVED, THAT WAS ALWAYS THE CASE.
HOWEVER, PREVIOUSLY THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO TRANSPLANT, UH, MANY OF THE TREES THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE NORTH SOUTHERN EDGE OF FESTIVAL WAY, UH, A UH, LINE OF EXISTING SCHU MAR OAK STREET TREES.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED TO MITIGATE, UH, WITH REPLACEMENT TREES, UH, SIX INCH, UH, IN CALIBER MINIMUM.
ALSO, YOU'LL SEE WITH THE PROPOSED STREET SCAPE, UM, THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY SOME AREAS WHERE IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE OF A SUBURBAN TREATMENT WHERE THEY HAD A, UH, TURF PARKWAY VERSUS THE HARDSCAPE TREATMENT THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT ADDISON CIRCLES.
SO THEY MADE THAT MODIFICATION AS WELL AT THE REQUEST TO STAFF.
SO I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THE RENDERINGS VERY QUICKLY JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THAT THIS IS A, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CHARACTER SCALE INTENSITY, THIS IS, THIS REQUEST IS A VERY SMALL CHANGE.
HERE YOU SEE THE OVERALL, UH, UH, VIEW REALLY OF THE, THE SEGMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT FROM, UH, BETWEEN QUORUM AND ADDISON ROAD.
ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ZONING.
ON THE RIGHT YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
REALLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THE TRANSITION OF THE OFFICE TO BE SET BACK MORE FROM FESTIVAL WAY.
AND THEN THE, THE MASSING OF THE MULTIFAMILY TOWER IS, UH, MUCH LESS PROMINENT, UH, WITH REALLY THE, THE HIGHEST, UH, THE, THE TALLEST PORTION OF THAT BUILDING, UH, BEING AT THE EASTERN EDGE.
AND THEN IT'S SCALING DOWN TO THE LOWER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON LOWER SCALE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CLOSELY TO ADDISON ROAD.
HERE YOU SEE THE CONTRAST IN THE OFFICE, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SIZE BUILDING, DEFINITELY SAME HEIGHT, UH, BUT YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT, UH, BUILDING TYPOLOGY, A LOT MORE GLAZING WITH THIS ONE AS WELL.
UM, MORE NATURAL MATERIALS BEING USED.
SO, UM, UH, DEFINITELY SIMILAR TREATMENTS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, BALCONIES, THE GROUND FLOOR PATIO, BUT JUST A DIFFERENT, UM, ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF IT AS WELL FROM THE STREET SCAPE HERE, YOU SEE THE PARKING STRUCTURE CHANGE ONCE AGAIN, UH, A DEPARTURE FROM THE, THE ARCHITECTURAL MASONRY SCREENING AT THE UPPER LEVELS TO USING THAT, UH, LIVING SCREEN TREATMENT.
UM, STAFF HAS SHARED FEEDBACK ON ENSURING THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT LIVING SCREEN ALIVE.
SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE THIS, UH, UH, AT MOST TIMES OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S, UH, AN ITEM THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY STILL WORKING THROUGH.
BUT WE DO THINK IT IS A UNIQUE TREATMENT AND A POTENTIAL DIFFERENTIATOR FOR THE PROJECT.
HERE YOU SEE THE, THE CHANGE IN THE RETAIL RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT NODE.
WHAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS BOTH OF THESE IMAGES ARE VERY CONCEPTUAL.
UH, THERE YOU SEE IT WITH THE WHITE BOXES AND THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT OBVIOUSLY NOT FULLY WORKED OUT, BUT I THINK WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO FOCUS ON IS THE BUILDINGS ENGAGING THE STREET PROMINENTLY VERSUS THE OTHER COMPONENT, UH, IMAGE WHERE YOU SEE THEM ENGAGING AN INTERNAL FEATURE TO THE SITE.
WE FEEL THAT THE, AND, AND THE CO-DEVELOPERS FEEL THAT THE, THE, THE AREA THAT SHOULD BE ACTIVATED AND ENGAGED IS REALLY THE JEWEL OF THE SITE.
AND THAT'S ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
HERE YOU SEE THE CHANGE IN THE MULTI-FAMILY TOWER.
AS I NOTED, THE MASSING IS REALLY THE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE.
IT STEPS DOWN AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE BUILDING TO FROM 15 STORIES TO SEVEN STORIES, AND THEN IT STEPS DOWN AGAIN AS YOU HEAD SOUTH TO FIVE STORIES.
AND THEN THERE YOU SEE IT FROM THE REAR.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE THERE IS YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE, THE PROMINENT VIEW OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
IT'S NOW MOSTLY SCREENED BY, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.
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MIDRISE BUILDING EAST OF QUORUM.AS I NOTED EARLIER, NO CHANGE HERE.
THIS IS JUST BEING PROVIDED FOR, UH, REORIENTATION.
AND IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, IN THE FOREGROUND, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED, UH, TOWN PARK.
YOU SEE THE STREETSCAPE FOR THE OFFICE, UM, BOTH VERY VIBRANT, UM, BUT I THINK THE, THE USE OF THE MASS TIMBER COLUMNS THERE DEFINITELY PROVIDE SOME GOOD VISUAL INTEREST.
AND THEN THERE YOU SEE THE STREET SCAPE OF THE MULTIFAMILY TOWER.
UM, WITH THIS REQUEST, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE REZONING.
UH, FIRST IS THE MASTER STREET SCAPE PLAN.
SO THAT PROVIDES STREET SECTIONS FOR ALL OF THE PUBLIC STREETS IN, UH, THIS PROPOSAL.
SO FESTIVAL WAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE RETROFITTED QUITE A BIT, UH, BUT THEN ALSO ALL THE PEDESTRIAN WAYS SUCH AS THE, THE PEDESTRIAN WAYS LEADING BETWEEN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AND THE TRANSIT STATION.
HERE YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE STREET SECTIONS, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE MOST CHANGE.
THAT'S FESTIVAL WAY, THE CURRENT CONDITION ON FESTIVAL WAY HAS A VERY SUBURBAN PARKING CONDITION, AND THAT IT'S ANGLED PARKING.
IF YOU MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE ACTIVE STREET, UH, WHICH IT WILL BE WITH, UH, THESE BUILDINGS AND USES.
UH, NOW, UH, TAKING ACCESS FROM FESTIVAL WAY, HAVING THAT ANGLED PARKING IS NOT A GREAT CONDITION AS IT AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC FLOW, PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT.
SO AS WELL AS THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE STREET, WE WANT IT TO BE, UH, FEEL COMPACT AND COZY AND URBAN.
AND HAVING THAT MUCH SPACE DEDICATED TO PARKING IS KIND OF, UH, DETRIMENTAL TO THAT.
SO WITH THIS PROPOSED SECTION THAT WILL CONVERT TO PARALLEL PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, AND YOU'LL HAVE MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE PEDESTRIAN AREAS AS WELL.
UH, ANYTIME WE REVIEW ZONING CASES, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE REQUEST IS IN LINE WITH TOWN POLICY, UH, PARTICULARLY LONG RANGE PLANNING POLICY.
UM, WITH THIS, WE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THE LAST ZONING CASE.
WE DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM THAT POLICY WISE, BUT JUST FOR CONTEXT, I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE THIS ANALYSIS.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S THE ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, A COMPONENT OF THAT ADDISON CIRCLE SPECIAL AREA STUDY.
THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN INCLUDED IN THAT.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A SITE PLAN FOR THIS PROPOSAL, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT SCALE AND DENSITY WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT STUDY, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THIS AREA HAS A MIX OF USES, WHICH CERTAINLY ACHIEVED WITH THIS PLAN.
KEY ELEMENTS REALLY, UH, IT SPOKE TO THE NEED, UH, ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS AREA TO HAVE A MIX OF USES ENSURING THAT, UH, WE'RE CAPITALIZING ON THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE SILVER LINE, AND THEN ALSO IT REALLY BEING A GATEWAY AND PROVIDING PROMINENT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, WHICH WE BELIEVE THIS PLAN DOES THAT QUITE WELL.
UH, THE NEXT POLICY I'LL ADDRESS IS THE ADDISON HOUSING POLICY.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS PLAN, UH, IT'S NOT A PLAN THAT PRESENTS OWNERSHIP HOUSING, HOWEVER, OUR HOUSING POLICY ENSURES THAT THAT APPLIES WHEN IT'S FEASIBLE AND APPROPRIATE.
THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS, UH, IN MY, UM, OPINION, THE MOST APPROPRIATE SITE IN TOWN FOR DENSE RENTAL HOUSING.
UH, IT BEING ADJACENT TO A REGIONAL TRAIL, AS WELL AS A REGIONAL TRANSIT NETWORK, A MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
UH, THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IS APPROPRIATE, AND THAT WAS PROVED OUT IN THE RFP PROCESS WHERE ONLY RENTAL HOUSING WAS PROPOSED BY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO, ALL THE GROUPS THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS TO PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT.
ALSO, UH, THIS POLICY SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT IN THAT THIS IS A TRUE MIXED USE PROJECT THAT IS, UH, MORE ELEVATED IN DESIGN AND SCALE AND CHARACTER THAN A TYPICAL, UM, MIXED USE PROJECT IN ADDISON.
UH, THE ITEM THAT REALLY WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME ADDRESSING RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY, UH, ON THE REMOVAL OF TREES.
UH, AS I NOTED EARLIER, UH, THE TREES AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF FESTIVAL WAY ARE MOST CHALLENGING WITH THIS PROPOSAL, AND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY DENSE URBAN PROJECT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE DENSE URBAN PROJECTS, EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF LAND IS CONSIDERED AND IMPACTED WITH THESE PROPOSALS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO RETROFIT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PRESENT A MORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
SO WITH THIS, YOU HAVE THE TREES AT FESTIVAL WAY, WHICH ARE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TREES DEEPER INTO THE SITE TO THE SOUTH.
WHAT I WOULD ADD, UH, AND SHARE WITH THIS IS I'M GIVING YOU STAFF'S
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OPINION ON THIS ISSUE.AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK AND LOOK INTO THIS MORE TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A BETTER SOLUTION FOR ADDRESSING THESE TREES AND TO ACHIEVE MORE TREE SAVES OR TO ACHIEVE TREE TRANSPLANTS.
BUT THAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 16TH.
SO JUST INITIALLY THE TREES SOUTH OF THE FESTIVAL WAY STREET TREE LINE, SO THE OLDER HACKBERRIES AND, AND AMERICAN ELMS STAFF DOES HAVE, UH, STRONG CONCERN ABOUT THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF THOSE TREES.
UH, THOSE TREES ARE NOT DEEMED TO BE QUALITY TREES, TREES TO BE PRESERVED BY THE TOWN'S TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, NOR IS THAT TYPICAL IN ANY COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE TREES ARE REALLY, UH, LARGELY RESULTING FROM BIRDS, UH, UH, EATING THEM AND, AND DEPOSITING THEIR, THEIR, UH, FRUIT ELSEWHERE.
SO IT, IT'S NOT A DEEMED A HIGH QUALITY TREE AND CERTAINLY NOT ONE WHERE WE WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFY THIS PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE PRESERVATION OF HACKBERRIES WITH THE TREES ON FESTIVAL WAY, THE, THE SCHU MAR OAKS, THAT LINE FESTIVAL WAY, THAT'S A MUCH MORE CHALLENGING ISSUE.
SO IN A, IN A PERFECT WORLD, UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE, UH, WE, WE WOULD NOT, IF WE COULD GO BACK, WE WOULD NOT HAVE PLANTED THOSE TREES BEFORE.
WE HAD A MUCH MORE DETAILED VISION FOR THIS SITE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH HOW FESTIVAL WAY SHOULD LOOK.
SO WITH THE CONVERSION OF THE ANGLED PARKING TO PARALLEL PARKING, THAT CREATES SOME CHALLENGES.
UH, AND THEN ALSO THE NEED TO PUT IN AN URBAN STREET SCAPE.
SO PAVERS, UTILITIES, AND HAVING THE BUILDINGS CLOSE TO THE STREET, IT MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING TO RETAIN THOSE TREES.
UM, ON ARAPAHOE ROAD WHERE YOU HAVE A MORE URBAN CONDITION ALREADY IN PLACE, IT'S MUCH EASIER.
BUT HERE, BECAUSE IT'S TREES JUST PLANTED IN IN OPEN AREA, IT'S HARD TO RETROFIT THAT AREA.
AND THEN ALSO BECAUSE THOSE TREES ARE PLANTED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER AND IT'S L UH, A LESS COMMON URBAN STREET TREE, IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE CHALLENGING.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT DID PROPOSE TO NOT TRANSPLANT THOSE TREES, AND THAT WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY, UH, BOTH THE COST AND COMPLEXITY OF DOING THAT.
WE HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT SOME MORE AND WE WILL DO THAT, UH, FOR YOUR APRIL 16TH MEETING.
SO, RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY.
THIS IS A DENSE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN ADDISON CIRCLE.
THERE'S ALREADY FOUR TIMES THE QUANTITY OF HOUSING PROPOSED BY THIS PROJECT IN ADDISON CIRCLE.
THERE'S NATURAL BUFFERS WITH ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, THE DART RIGHT OF WAY.
WE DO FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT IS STRONGLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CIRCLE, UH, TRAFFIC GENERATION AND CIRCULATION.
THE BIG CHANGE IS THE REALIGNMENT OF SPECTRUM ROAD BECAUSE QUORUM ROAD, UH, PRETTY MUCH SERVES THE SAME PURPOSE OF PROVIDING NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY.
UH, WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING THAT.
THAT WAS NEEDED TO GET A MORE DEVELOPABLE BLOCK PATTERN, SOMETHING CONSISTENT WITH, UH, QUORUM DRIVE OR, UH, THE REST OF ADDISON CIRCLE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME NEEDS, UM, AT THE ADDISON ROAD FESTIVAL WAY INTERSECTION AS WELL TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC.
BUT THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED, UH, IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS.
UM, ALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE ADDISON AIRPORT NOISE CONTOURS.
AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE, UH, FAA PART 77 REVIEW BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE RELEASED.
AND THAT'S FOR, UH, TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
SO STAFF DID PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE WITHIN THE NOTICE AREA.
WE DID RECEIVE FOUR STATEMENTS OF OPPOSITION FROM SEVERAL ADDISON RESIDENTS AND SEVERAL NON-RESIDENTS, WHICH YOU HAVE, UH, IN YOUR POSSESSION.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND POSTPONING THIS ITEM TO THE APRIL 16TH MEETING SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE THE PLANS AND WORK ON THE TREE MITIGATION ISSUE.
AND THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION APPLIES TO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTIONS TO COMMISSIONERS.
I'M GONNA START REAL QUICK, AND THIS MAY BE A MORE APPROPRIATE TO, UM, QIP, BUT DOES TIMBER CONSTRUCTION GET 'EM A HIGHER GRADE LEAD CERTIFICATION? I WOULD DEFER THAT ONE TO QIP.
DOES ANYONE ELSE, DOES THE CITY HAVE LEAD REQUIREMENTS OR ANY SORT OF GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS? WE DON'T.
WE ENCOURAGE IT AND WE USE IT IN THE ZONING PROCESS COMMONLY, UH, WHEN WE HAVE DISCRETIONARY ABILITY
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TO REQUIRE, UH, HIGHER QUALITY STANDARDS.I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO LOOK HEAVILY INTO THE GRASS PAVING AND THE LIVING WALL, JUST BECAUSE THIS PART OF TEXAS, I HAVEN'T SEEN SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF THAT AND, UM, HOPE THEY CAN PULL IT OFF, BUT MAYBE THEY CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THEY'VE DONE IT AND HOW THEY'VE DONE IT.
AND THEN THE, AND THERE'S SOME GREAT GRAPHICS THEY COULD GO TO LOOKING, I MEAN, THERE'S A DIFFERENT DESIGN CONCEPT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THE OTHER COMMENT I WOULD'VE IS ON THE, UM, STREETSCAPE, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WOULD ADDRESS A BICYCLE WHAT THEIR PLAN IS FOR BICYCLES AS WELL.
IF IT'S PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN WAY, FINE, JUST INDICATE IT, SHOW US WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
AND WE HAVE SHARED OUR CONCERNS ON THE, ON THE PAVERS AND, AND MORE NOTABLY THE, THE, UH, LIVING SCREENS.
AND ONE THING YOU'LL NOTE ON THE PLANS, UM, IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS, THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL REALLY, UM, WORK ON, UH, ACCOUNTING AND PLANNING FOR THE STREET FURNISHINGS LIKE BENCHES, TRASH RECEPTACLES, BIKE RACKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SAME COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE GREEN SCREEN.
BUT DO, ARE WE GONNA HAVE LIKE A, BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPER, SOME KIND OF WHO'S MAINTAINING THE GROUNDS IS, I GUESS, IS THAT GONNA ALL BE ADDISON THE STREETSCAPE ONCE IT'S INSTALLED? SO THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING NEGOTIATED WITH OUR TEAM AND THE DEVELOPER, AND THAT WILL BE, UH, ADDRESSED IN THOSE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE SOME FORM OF ASSOCIATION OR PARTNERSHIP THAT DEFINES OKAY, UH, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, I DON'T WANT, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 20, BUT WHEN YOU SHOWED A, YOU SHOWED THE ACCESS, IT WAS JUST LIKE A GENERIC YEAH, NO BACKUP ONE.
SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS BEFORE WITH THAT CENTER NODE AREA, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S SHOWING KIND OF LIKE TWO, TWO AISLES OF ACCESS COMING FROM DART.
ARE WE GONNA GET THAT OR ARE WE ONLY GONNA GET ONE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CROSSINGS OF THE PLATFORM? YES.
LET ME SHOW YOU ON A, A BETTER SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE IT HERE.
I'LL GET ON THE, LEMME GET THE MOUSE, SEE IF THIS ONE HAS THE RANGE.
SO YOU SEE ONE HERE, UM, THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF JOG THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY GO ON THE, ON THE COTTON BELT TRAIL AND THEN HEAD UP HERE.
SO IT'S NOT RIGHT IN LINE, BUT IT'S VERY CLOSE.
THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WE WORKED WITH DART, UM, AS THEY DESIGNED AND THEIR TEAM THAT'S DESIGNING THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, WE CREATED A MID PLATFORM, UH, GATEWAY.
SO WE SEE THIS AS REALLY THE, THE PRO MOST PROMINENT ACCESS POINT FROM THE RAIL.
UH, AND EVEN PEOPLE CROSSING OVER WHO CAN WALK DOWN THE PLATFORM AND THEN GO UP AND THEN YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL DUMP YOU OFF ON THE COTTON BELT TRAIL.
BUT BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY, IT'S NOT IN A GREAT LOCATION.
IT'S DOWN BY THAT, THAT ONE BUILDING THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROADWAY.
SO THAT'S THE REALLY THE TERTIARY GATEWAY.
THESE TWO ARE GONNA BE YOUR PRIMARY.
YEAH, I JUST, I JUST REMEMBER WHEN DART WAS MAKING A BIG THING ABOUT, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS WORKED WITH THEM AND GOT, GOT THOSE ACCESS POINTS.
'CAUSE THEY WERE SAYING IT'S GONNA GO WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A BIG DEAL BEFORE.
UM, WHILE WE'RE ON THAT SCREEN, I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BEFORE, WITH THAT CENTER AREA, YOU FEEL LIKE THIS, THIS LAYOUT LENDS ITSELF BETTER TO ACCESS FOR SERVICE FOR THESE BUILDINGS, FOR THESE RETAIL RESTAURANT BUILDINGS? THAT WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION BEFORE.
AND SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T DIVE INTO THAT GRANULAR OF A DETAIL ON THAT, THE ONE THING THAT WE PUSHED THE CO-DEVELOPER TEAM ON IS WE DIDN'T WANT EACH OF THESE FACILITIES TO HAVE THEIR OWN TRASH SERVICE ON SITE.
SO ACTUALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY TOWER IS TRASH SERVICE FOR THE RETAIL.
UM, AND IT'S ADJACENT TO THIS ACCESS DRIVE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO JUST HAVING THIS, UM, UH, SLIP LANE, UH, THAT ALLOWS FOR THINGS SUCH AS, UH, DELIVERIES, UH, WILL BE MUCH BETTER 'CAUSE THAT WILL KEEP THAT OFF A FESTIVAL WAY AND IT'LL KEEP THEM FROM HAVING TO, TO HAND CART THINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO THIS IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND, UH, WE FEEL IT'S A, A BIG IMPROVEMENT OVER THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PREVIOUS PLAN.
YEAH, AND I LIKE, I, I MEAN IT'S SORT OF LIKE THAT LITTLE MOVE
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IN MOVE OUTS, LITTLE PARKING LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE, OF THE TOWER ELEMENT OVER THERE THAT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE THAT IT KEEPS IT OFF OF PUBLIC WAYS AND CLOGGING THINGS UP.AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHERE THEIR DUMPSTERS AND STUFF WILL BE BACKED DOWN IN THERE.
KEN, GOING BACK, UH, DENISE, UM, MENTIONED THAT I, I WASN'T CLEAR THE, THE BIKE PATH REALLY SHOULD NOT BE JUST PART OF THE WALKING PATH.
THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A DESIGNATED AREA OF SOME SORT.
SO, UH, ARE YOU SAYING LIKE HAVING A WALKING PATH DELINEATED FROM THE BIKE PATH? YES.
UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE, THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THAT.
IT, IT, THAT WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE PLANNING AND FUNDING THAT, WHICH WILL BE THE COG AND THEIR FEDERAL GRANTS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WIDTH OF THAT IS? IS IT 12, 12 FEET? IT'S, IT'S SUBSTANTIAL.
ARE THEY GONNA DO ANY KIND OF PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING? IS IT, UH, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE, UH, THEY PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK THEM INSTEAD.
'CAUSE I HAVE OFFICE QUESTION.
I HAVE FEELING HIS IS GOING THE OTHER WAY.
I'M WITH AM EMILY RESIDENTIAL, 50 57 KELLER SPRINGS.
AND WE ARE THE CO-DEVELOPER, UH, FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
I, UH, KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NEW FACES, SOME NEW FACES, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, TO DO JUST A KIND OF A QUICK INTRODUCTION.
I WANNA INTRODUCE THE CO-DEVELOPMENT TEAM, OUR PARTNER, UH, QIP, AND THEN, UH, KEN AND TEAM ALWAYS DO SUCH A THOROUGH JOB IN GOING THROUGH THESE PLANS.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO SOME SLIDES WE PRODUCED, BUT WE CAN ALSO GO BACK TO THE SLIDES THAT WE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS EACH, EACH ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
BUT, UH, TO THE GROUP, UH, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THIS PREVIOUS ZONING CASE WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, I ALWAYS WANT TO MENTION A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THAT TIME.
AND ORIGINALLY OUR PARTNER WAS A GROUP CALLED STREAM REALTY THAT WAS GONNA BE DEVELOPING THE OFFICE PORTION OF THE SITE.
AND WHEN THEY ELECTED, NO LONGER PROCEED.
UH, WITH THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT ZONING WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
UH, THAT HAPPENED, UH, LATER IN 23.
WE WERE THANKFULLY GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND LOOK FOR THE BEST IN CLASS NEW OFFICE DEVELOPER, AND WE WENT THROUGH A VERY LONG PROCESS.
IT TOOK US SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE INTERVIEWED PROBABLY OVER 20, UH, POSSIBLE DEVELOPERS TO, UH, WORK ON THIS WITH US.
THIS IS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AND WE WERE THANKFUL TO FIND QIP.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT GETS YOU SOME UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY WOULD THIS ZONING CASE HAVE CHANGED? WHAT ARE THESE AMENDMENTS, WHAT ARE WE DOING SINCE THAT ORIGINAL, UH, TIME? AND THAT'S THE BIG ITEM THAT OCCURRED.
AND LOOK, I THINK WE'RE ALL, UH, UH, FOLLOWING THE REAL ESTATE MARKET ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, NOT JUST, UH, ON THE OFFICE SIDE, BUT WITH ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND HOW THIS ESPECIALLY AFFECTS, UH, THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO NEXT STEPS FOR US, UM, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY, UH, TO MEET AGAIN OBVIOUSLY AND TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS AS THEY RELATE TO TREES OR THE BUILDINGS OR MASSING OR THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO P AND Z.
BUT THEN OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY GO TO COUNSEL AT THE END OF APRIL, AND THAT'LL BE THE CONCLUSION OF THIS KIND OF PROCESS, WHICH WILL THEN MEMORIALIZE THE DEFINIT AGREEMENTS, WHICH ARE THE GROUND LEASES, THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENTS, AND THE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, WHICH ARE ALSO BEING WORKED ON CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS ZONING REAPPLICATION.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY THAT GETS EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED AS TO KINDA WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.
UH, AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE THE QIP TEAM, LET THEM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW WITH
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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED EITHER ONE OF US.DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? OKAY, GREAT.
SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COLIN OR BRIAN COMING UP.
COLIN MOORE, UH, 57 18 AMHERST IN DALLAS.
UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY CHAD COOK, OUR FOUNDER COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, SO PHIL AND HIM FOR HIM.
BUT, UH, I'M MORE ON THE ACQUISITIONS PRE-DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THINGS FOR QIP.
UM, AND BRIAN BOMAN HERE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, SO HE CAN PROBABLY JUMP IN ON SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HISTORY ON QIP.
UH, CHAD STARTED QUADRANT ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO NOW, UM, AFTER ABOUT A DECADE AND A HALF WITH A LOCAL OWNER OPERATOR IN DFW AS WELL AS WORKING WITH, UH, THE PEROT FAMILY AT HILLWOOD.
UM, OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON MORE OF AN URBAN INFILL, UM, OFFICE PRODUCT WITH A EMPHASIS ON, UH, KIND OF ADAPTIVE REUSE, HOSPITALITY, COMMUNITY DRIVEN SPACE, UM, AND REALLY KIND OF A HANDS-ON MANAGEMENT STYLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE REDEVELOPED OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO.
UM, AND OUR LATEST EFFORTS HAVE BEEN A, A LARGER PORTFOLIO DOWN IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT IN DALLAS.
AND MANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH US LAST FALL.
UM, WE MET AT OUR MARKETING CENTER DOWN THERE AND THEN, UH, TOURED THROUGH ONE OF OUR MORE RECENT DELIVERIES, WHICH IS THE, UH, RIVER EDGE PROJECT THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP THERE.
SO, UM, WE CAN, OKAY, WE'LL JUMP TO THE NEXT SLIDE OR HERE WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR RECENT PROJECTS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT UP TO THIS POINT WE'VE MAINLY BEEN KIND OF YOUR, I GUESS, ACQUISITIONS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMPANY.
UM, AND WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED INTO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND TAKING MORE OF A LONG TERM APPROACH, UH, TO OUR ASSETS.
ONE OF CHAD'S, UH, I GUESS MORE PROMINENT DEVELOPMENTS WAS AT THE, IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, CEDAR SPRINGS IN OAK LAWN, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE RUM BEFORE.
UM, IT WAS A PRETTY, PRETTY RUNDOWN, UH, AND IGNORED PROPERTY FOR, FOR YEARS THERE.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO KIND OF BRING NEW LIFE TO IT BY, UH, RE-ENGAGING THIS, I GUESS, CENTER COURTYARD AREA THAT HAD SOME LEAKING FOUNTAINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BY ACTIVATING IT WITH, WITH TURF, UM, AND OTHER WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, COFFEE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, AND BRING PEOPLE DOWN.
UM, NOT TO MENTION, YOU'LL SEE THE BEFORE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE AFTER ON THE RIGHT OF THAT, THAT ROOF DECK, UM, THAT WAS JUST A ROOF.
THERE'S OFFICE SPACE OVERLOOKING THAT TENANT LOUNGE SPACE, UH, OR THE ROOF.
AND THEN HE WAS ABLE TO BASICALLY TURN IT INTO AN INDOOR OUTDOOR TENANT LOUNGE WITH VIEWS, UH, FOR THE TENANTS TO ENJOY.
UH, AND THEN AS I TOUCHED ON EARLIER, SOME OF OUR MORE RECENT PROPERTIES, UH, WE'VE, WE JUST COMPLETED TWO GROUND UP CONSTRUCTION, UH, BUILDINGS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT.
ONE IS A 10 STORY OFFICE BUILDING.
IT'S CALLED 1333, ABOUT 125,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE WITH GROUND FLOOR F AND B.
UM, THAT'S FIVE LEVELS OF OFFICE, OVER FIVE LEVELS OF PARKING.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THE, THE IMAGES, WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE A VERY DETAILED APPROACH TO OUR, OUR DESIGN AND FOCUS AND THE FF AND E AND HOW, UM, THESE SPACES ACTUALLY FUNCTION, HOW OUR TENANTS USE IT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT ALL OF OUR TENANTS TO HAVE MULTIPLE PLACES TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THEIR, THEIR OFFICE SPACE.
SO WHETHER THAT'S THE, THE TENANT LOUNGE, GROUND FLOOR, COFFEE SHOP, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, BALCONIES OFF OF THEIR SPACE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND LOOKING TO PROVIDE.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT HERE.
AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE TAKEN SOME INSPIRATION FROM AND APPLIED TO THE ADDISON CIRCLE STATION PROJECT.
THIS IS A FIVE STORY OFFICE BUILDING WITH PARKING ADJACENT.
SO VERY SIMILAR, UH, IN SCALE TO THE ADDISON CIRCLE PROPERTY.
IT'S ABOUT 145,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HAS MORE OF A NATURAL, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PALETTE.
SO CONCRETE EXPOSED, CONCRETE FRAME BUILDING THAT IS REAL, UH, REAL GUPA WOOD CEILINGS.
AND THEN, UH, LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMED LANDSCAPE BALCONIES THAT HAVE KINDA YOUR INDOOR OUTDOOR SPACE FOR TENANTS TO UTILIZE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF IT IS, HAS ALREADY BEEN KIND OF PREDETERMINED.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE, WE JUST SAW A COUPLE OF
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ISSUES FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SITE.KEN HIT ON THOSE VERY WELL EARLIER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THAT REORIENTING THE BUILDING, UH, TO I GUESS HAVE LESS OFFICE FRONTAGE, FACING GARAGE WAS A POSITIVE FROM OUR OFFICE LEASING PERSPECTIVE.
THE SITE FELT SILOED AND KIND OF SEGMENTED WHEN YOU JUST LOOKED AT IT FROM A SITE PLAN, UH, PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO TURNING THE BUILDING, BRINGING THE RETAIL AROUND REALLY HELPED ENGAGE AND INTEGRATE THE OFFICE AND THE RETAIL TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL, GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE DRIVES, OFFICE LEASING.
AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF AN OVERLOOKED PIECE OF THE, UH, PROJECT.
AND SO WE WANTED TO PUT A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
UM, AND THEN IN ORDER TO DRIVE RETAIL LEASING, UH, AS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE INTEGRATION OF, OF SOME OF THAT TEASER PARKING ALONG FESTIVAL WAY AS, UH, AS WELL AS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WILL HELP DRIVE, UH, THOSE, THOSE RETAIL USERS.
UH, MY ONE QUESTION WAS, DO YOU GET BETTER LEAD CERTIFICATION FOR A TIMBER BUILD VERSUS YEAH, BRIAN CAN PROBABLY HELP ANSWER THAT ONE.
BRIAN ERMAN 7 1 1 9 HAVERFORD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, AS LEAD IS THE SYSTEM OF POINTS.
SO YOU HAVE REGIONAL MATERIALS, YOU HAVE RECYCLED MATERIALS, UH, SO REALLY WHEN YOU GO AND SELECT YOUR MATERIALS RIGHT, SWITCHING OVER TO, UH, THE WOOD, YOU DO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, LIKELY IT IS BETTER.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE WE SOURCE THAT WOOD FROM.
SO PREVIOUSLY WITH UH, MASS TIMBER, YOU REALLY COULD ONLY GET IT FROM CANADA, SO YOU WOULD GET RENEWABLE POINTS, BUT NOT REGIONAL POINTS.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THAT VENDOR.
AND UH, IF IT COMES FROM ARKANSAS THEN, AND IT'S WITHIN THE 500 MILES, THEN WE ACTUALLY REALLY BOOST OUR LEAD, UH, POINTS THERE.
BUT IF IT HAS TO COME FROM CANADA, THEN THERE'S A LITTLE TRADE OFF THERE.
SO, AND I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION TOO ABOUT VINES AS WELL, WHICH I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE, UH, ABOUT 20 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF BUYING SCREENS IN TEXAS.
AND, UH, I, I CAN SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF INSTALLS IN JANUARY THAT THERE IS AN ARC TO IT.
IT'S NOT EASY, YOU HAVE TO, BUT MY TRICK IS A MIX OF VINES AND NATIVE VINES THAT ARE MORE HEARTY.
UM, SO YOU REALLY CHALLENGE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO MAKE SURE AND FOCUS ON THAT.
UM, ALSO SOIL DEPTH AND INSULATION OF THE PLANTERS IF THEY'RE IMPLANTERS IS CRITICAL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION TO FOCUS, TO DETAIL.
AND THEN YES, MAINTENANCE OF THAT, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS ONCE IT'S, UM, INSTALLED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S BEING MAINTAINED CORRECTLY.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE PURSUING, UH, A LEAD LEVEL? I THINK OUR AGREEMENTS RIGHT NOW PROPOSES THAT IS CERTIFIED.
JUST, JUST SO I'M, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT QIP YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE DOING PARKING GARAGE, OFFICE BUILDING AND ALL THE RETAIL STRUCTURES AND AM AMWAY, DOES THE RESIDENTIAL, IS THAT STILL HOW THAT AGREEMENT IS? OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE SOME KIND OF GOOD, GOOD QUESTION NOW WHERE AMWAY'S GONNA TAKE OVER? UH, AND AS WAS CONTEMPLATED EVEN WHEN STREAM WAS HERE, THE RETAIL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE THIS.
SO WHEREAS YOU ALL MAY THINK OF ALEY AS JUST AN APARTMENT OWNER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF MIXED USE RETAIL.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A NATURAL PROGRESSION, PLUS THERE'S FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO COME WITH US ALEY TAKING ON THE RETAIL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO THE CITY.
AND I'M REALLY GLAD THERE WAS THE QUESTIONS ABOUT LEAD, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO, TO AMIE AND WE'VE BEEN A REAL PIONEER IN THIS AND THAT EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT AMIE HAS UNDERTAKEN HAS RECEIVED SOME KIND OF LEAD CERTIFICATION, UH, OVER THE LAST DECADE, UH, HAS WITNESSED OUR AM ADDISON PROJECT, WHICH ACHIEVED LEAD GOLD AND OUR TREEHOUSE PROPERTY WILL BE TARGETING GOLD AS WELL.
SO WE ARE VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO THIS.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, UH, WITHIN THE TOWN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF QUALITY IN RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I THINK THERE MAY JUMP, IF IT'S OKAY.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ALSO ADDRESS.
I THINK SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT, UH, PROPERTY OPERATING AGREEMENTS OR MAINTENANCE.
SO YEAH, ANYTHING THAT'S CONTAINED, UH, BETWEEN THE OFFICE RETAIL AND MULTI-FAMILY SITES WOULD BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, UH, BY, BY THE OWNERS.
AND NOW WHEN YOU GET OUT TO FESTIVAL WAY, UH,
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AND THE PARK WOULD BE THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND I REALLY TRULY, 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF TOD MIXED USE AND DEVELOPMENTS IS IT'S GONNA TAKE A REAL COMMITMENT FROM ALL OF US, INCLUDING THE TOWN AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO REALLY MONITOR THE TRAIN STATION AND THE TRAIL.THE TRAIL IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE LOVE THIS TRAIL, THIS IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I'M GLAD I'M HEARING COMMENTS ABOUT THE WIDTH.
IS IT GONNA WORK, IT'S WALKING, IT'S BIKING, IT'S ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF, A LOT OF TRAFFIC, WHICH IS GOOD.
UH, BUT WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY MAINTAIN IT IN A FIRST CLASS MANNER.
AND YOU GUYS WILL THEN, OBVIOUSLY OUR COMMITTEE THAT'S LOOKING AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AND AS PART OF THIS WHOLE ENGAGEMENT OF THE TOD WITH OUR PARK OVER THERE IS GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW THAT THAT LITTLE BUILDING THAT WAS ON THE PARK PROPERTY ORIGINALLY, THAT'S GONE AWAY, BUT, OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS TIMING OF THE PARK STUDY IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE COHESIVE WITH THIS.
SO REALLY, 'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT THIS ALL TO BE INTEGRATED.
WE WANT THIS TO FEEL LIKE YOU GO FROM THE TRAIN TO THE TRAIL TO THE PARK, TO OUR DEVELOPMENT TO THE RETAIL, AND IT'S COHESIVE AND IT'S MAINTAINED AND IT'S JUST REALLY WALKABLE AND IT FEELS GOOD.
AND IT FEELS SAFE IS SO, WILL ALL OF THIS, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION OCCUR CONCURRENTLY? I MEAN, BECAUSE ISN'T THE RETAIL OR ISN'T THE PARKING GARAGE KIND OF SERVICING THE RETAIL AS WELL? SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO OFFICE YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A BIG OLD PROJECT ALL AT ONCE.
AND HERE'S KIND OF THE SEQUENCING OF WHAT WOULD OCCUR.
SO, UH, IF WE'RE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE YOUR APPROVAL AND WE MAKE IT, UH, THROUGH COUNCIL'S APPROVAL HERE, UH, IN APRIL, WE'LL THEN TAKE, UH, THE NEXT, WHAT IS THAT, 16 MONTHS, UH, TO THEN FINALIZE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS FOR FESTIVAL WAY AND FOR SPECTRUM.
WE'LL ALSO SUBMIT FOR THE AM LEY, UH, TOWER, UH, THE 15 STORY TOWER FOR BUILDING PERMIT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE IN A POSITION IN SEPTEMBER OF 25, UH, TO HOPEFULLY, UH, BE ABLE TO MAKE THE ADVANCEMENT IN ACTUALLY THEN COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER OF 25.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST ON FESTIVAL WAY.
WE GOTTA GET ALL THE UTILITIES TO THE PA TO THE BUILDING SITES, THEN AMLI AND QIP WILL START THE OFFICE BUILDING AND AMWAY'S TOWER, MULTIFAMILY TOWER.
AND THAT'S KIND OF UNIQUE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THE OFFICE FOLKS THAT WILL START WITH THE GARAGE FIRST.
AND I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT QIP HAS KIND OF SAID THAT, HEY, WE WANNA START WITH THE OFFICE BUILDING FIRST.
THE GARAGE HAS A WHOLE HOST OF, OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS WITH THE TOWN AND, UH, AGREEMENTS AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC PARKING.
AND THEN WHEN THE GARAGE STARTS, THE OFFICE GARAGE, WHICH ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTS, SUPPORTS THE PARKING FOR THE RETAIL WILL ALSO START THE RETAIL.
'CAUSE THE RETAIL BUILDINGS DON'T TAKE AS LONG TO BUILD AS THE, UM, MULTIFAMILY TOWER THAT, THAT PROJECT, THAT DURATION WILL BE, YOU KNOW, 24 TO 30 MONTHS BEFORE WE DELIVER THE THE FIRST UNITS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE TWEAK TO WHAT YOU SAID.
FOR CLARITY, OUR APPROVAL IS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL.
WE DO NOT HAVE APPROVAL RIGHTS TO YOUR PROJECT.
SO AS ONE OF THE NEW FACES ON THE COMMISSION, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO AS FAR AS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO CONSTRUCTION, ARE THERE PLANS FOR OUTREACH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE ADDISON CIRCLE FOLKS? UM, ANYTHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT WHEN CONSTRUCTION'S HAPPENING ABOUT POSSIBLE IMPACTS? OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU HOPEFULLY PROOF'S IN THE PUDDING FOR ANYBODY WHO'S AROUND, UH, UH, MIDWAY COMMONS AND MIDWAY MEADOWS AND TOWN LAKE WITH OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING RIGHT NOW ON, UH, AMWAY TREEHOUSE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DO, UH, QUARTERLY UPDATES AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE, UH, WHERE WE'RE SENDING OUT, UH, INFORMATION.
AND THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING, UH, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO BE LOCKSTEP WITH, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE THINK ABOUT FESTIVAL WAY WILL BE CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THE COORDINATION THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO OCCUR WITH ALL THE FESTIVALS, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE A REAL CHALLENGE DURING CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE'RE EYES WIDE OPEN AND THE TOWN'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, UH, IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS WORK DONE, UH, AND LESSEN THE IMPACT DURING CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WHEN WE OPEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER HOPE TOO IS THAT THIS IS REALLY, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S COHESIVE, IT'S BRINGING MORE CRITICAL MASS HERE WILL REALLY HELP THE CIRCLE IN GENERAL.
SO THINK ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND TRY AND DRAW TRAFFIC TO THIS LOCATION.
I I JUST HAD ONE, I HAD A TECHNICAL SORT
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OF QUESTION, SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DOING PRECAST ON THE GR WRAP GARAGE, RIGHT? IS, IS THIS OTHER ONE, UH, CAST IN PLACE? PRE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT'S THE GARAGE STRUCTURE FOR THE, FOR THE BIG GARAGE? PUBLIC GARAGE OR PUBLIC GARAGE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU A GUESS ON THE 16TH
ANY, ANYTHING I CAN ADDRESS IN ADVANCE THE ABOUT THE TREES OR, I KNOW THAT WAS A, A QUESTION TOO.
UM, IS IT ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO DISCUSS TODAY OR WAIT FOR THE 16TH OR? I THINK IT'S, WAIT, WAIT.
YEAH, YOU TALKED TO STAFF FIRST AND SEE IF YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH SOME PLANS.
AT THIS TIME, ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THESE ITEMS. UM, THESE ITEMS, I HAVE SOME LISTS HERE THAT ARE PRESENT.
UM, MIKE O'NEAL SPEAK YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND HI, MIKE O'NEAL, 50 21 MORRIS AVENUE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.
UM, YOU'VE LESSENED A LOT OF WHAT I NEED TO SAY.
UH, I WAS COMING UP TO TALK ABOUT TREE MITIGATION.
UM, WE KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT'S GOING IN.
UM, SO I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THE, I DON'T THINK I HEARD KEN SAY THIS EXACTLY, BUT THE CONCEPT OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND GAINING MORE INPUT, UM, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A MORE OPEN, UH, SESSION THAN A, YOU KNOW, A THREE MINUTE SESSION, REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT.
I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP,
UM, THERE WAS A TRAMEL CROW ONE.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER LEY ONE.
UM, SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, HAPPEN, UH, FOR THIS.
BUT, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, HAPPY TO SEE THE JEWEL BOX, UH, REMOVAL GONE.
UM, I KNOW I CAN'T ANSWER QUEST OR I CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS, BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL WAY AND HOW WIDE THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE AND WHAT THE IMPACT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK WILL BE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL THAT, LIKE, ARE THE FENCES STAYING UP? AND, UM, IT'S JUST NOT, NOT EASY TO TELL FROM THAT.
UM, THE PARKING STRUCTURE, UM, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU SAID IT WAS STANDALONE, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE OFFICE BUILDING AND THE RENDERING, AND MAYBE THAT WAS JUST A, A RENDERING THING.
UM, THE, THE APARTMENT BUILDING GOING UP TO 15 STORIES IS, I'M, I WOULD WONDER, I'M NOT ASKING A QUESTION.
I WOULD WONDER IS THERE LIKE A LIMIT ON HOW HIGH
AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT KIND OF FITS IN, UH, UH, TO THAT.
UM, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL LIVING SCREEN, UH, PROJECTS DONE.
SO IF WE REALLY WANNA CHEW ON IT, AND ACTUALLY I MIGHT BE A RESOURCE FOR THAT WITH, UH, SOME, UH, SITES THAT I'VE KNOWN THAT HAVE DONE THAT, UM, ON THE SPECTRUM DRIVING REALIGNED.
I'M WONDERING, UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT THE DART CROSSING THAT'S ALREADY BUILT IN THERE, BUT MAYBE IT DOES IF THAT'S BEING, UH, REALIGNED AND THEN THE WHOLE, UM, IT ALSO CAME UP ON, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, PDF PACKET, UM, THE PROJECT WAS BROKEN INTO PHASES AND THIS WAS KIND OF ALL, UH, PROPOSED AS ONE BIG GIGANTIC, UH, PROJECT.
AND SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW AT SOME POINT WHAT THOSE CONSTRUCTION PHASES ARE.
AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT LIGHTING, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, UH, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, UM, ARE WE GONNA BE BATHED IN LIGHT FROM THESE BUILDINGS? IS THE LIGHTING GOING TO BE MUTED? SIGNAGE, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, NEXT UP CONRAD SIGN, UM, TO, TO COMMENT ON 1910 DASH AND SAID HE WAS OKAY.
I SAY I, HI, UH, TRICIA STEWART, 1 5 7 5 5
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SIEBEL.I AM AN ADDISON CIRCLE HOMEOWNER SINCE 2005, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO BE THE VOICE OF 103 ADDISON CIRCLE RESIDENTS, UM, ON THESE SIGNATURES HERE, I'M STILL COLLECTING THEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND CONFIRM THESE AS WELL AS 40 ONLINE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SIGNATURES.
AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE REPORT THAT I READ THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AS TO THE REVISED PROPOSAL TO ABANDON TRANSPLANTING THE TREES BECAUSE WE DO CARE ABOUT THOSE TREES AND WE DO CARE ABOUT OUR LAND.
AND IT REALLY BROUGHT ME COMFORT TO KNOW THAT LIKE ON MIDWAY, THOSE TREES WERE GOING TO BE, UH, TRIED TO HAVE SOME OF THE TREES SAVED.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO REPRESENT THESE PETITIONERS WHO WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE WOULD, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU WILL BE REEVALUATING THAT.
UM, BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED THERE ARE ABOUT 40 TREES OVER THERE THAT ARE NOT TAGGED WITH A BLUE TAG.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE COUNT OR NOT.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COUNT, THEN THAT MAKES IT MORE LIKE 200 TREES AND LIVING CLOSE TO A VERY BUSY AIRPORT.
WE, WE HAVE THE TRANSIT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING WITH EMISSIONS.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING WITH EMISSIONS.
AND HONESTLY, I WAS KIND OF HAPPY TO HEAR THE LIVING WALL BECAUSE WE NEED AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO OBSERVE, UH, TO, UM, ABSORB AS MUCH OF THE EMISSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AT, AT, AT LARGE.
BECAUSE LARGE TREES, OH, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
LARGE TREES ABSORB 60 TO 70% MORE OF THE POLLUTION THAN THE YOUNGER TREES DO.
UM, I ALSO DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, YOU HAD BROUGHT UP, UM, TOO ABOUT THE, UM, WE CAN MOVE THE TREES OVER TO ADDISON CIRCLE IF THEY DON'T FIT WITH THE CURRENT PLAN.
WE HAVE FARMERS, TREE FARMERS WHO COME FROM SOUTH TEXAS TO COME UP HERE AND GET SEED.
I'M SURE THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THESE NATIVE, THEY'RE NATIVE MONARCH LINE TREES THAT ARE, I MEAN, THEY'RE FEWER THAN 2% OF THE TREES IN DALLAS ARE THIS SIZE AND THIS OLD.
SO I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF TREE FARMERS OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED.
SO, UM, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DEVELOPER, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU COMMISSION.
I FORGOT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU DEVELOPERS FOR YOUR TIME ON OUR TOWN.
I DO, I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT HAVE MONEY TO TRANSPLANT TREES, BUT THEY HAVE MONEY TO GO UP TWO MORE FLOORS THAN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
SO THAT, THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME.
SO, UM, AND I'M HERE FOR MY MOM BECAUSE MY MOM TAUGHT ME TO RESPECT TREES AND I'M HERE FOR YOU MOM, AS WELL AS FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR KIDS.
NEXT, RON WHITEHEAD WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE.
DOES THAT MEAN I GET NINE MINUTES?
UH, I THINK MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT FOR A WHILE.
AND, UM, MY CONCERN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF THE CITY HAD SAID SINCE THEY ARE THE LANDOWNERS THAT, UH, WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING THIS KIND OF DENSITY INTO DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE TREE LINE IS IMPORTANT TO US.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DID THE HEAD END PARKING THERE AND THE TREE LINE WAS TRY TO INFLUENCE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD COME, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT THE REST OF THE DISTRICT AND NOT ASSAULT IT.
AND SO WITH THOSE TREES, WE WERE TRYING TO SOFTEN THAT, THAT EDGE.
WE ALSO, AS WE GOT INTO THAT PROCESS OF ADDISON CIRCLE, DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THE RETAIL DIDN'T WORK IN ADDISON CIRCLE WAS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE HEAD END PARKING.
PEOPLE STILL LIKE TO PULL UP IN FRONT OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND THAT'S WHY WE BUILT IT.
JUST AS A LITTLE HISTORY FOR YOU.
UH, YES, I KNOW THAT THINGS CHANGE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING IN IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT TO YOU THAT I HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT IMPACTED BY WHAT HAPPENED ON MIDWAY.
UH, THERE IS, I ASK A HORTICULTURIST, UH, TREE GUY ONE TIME.
I SAID, WHEN DO YOU ELIMINATE, UH, TREES? WHEN IS IT TIME TO ELIMINATE TREES? AND HE SAID, NEVER.
HE SAID, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS A TREE THAT'S NOT PERFECT.
IT'S STILL BETTER THAN NO TREE OR ONE THAT TAKES 15 OR 20 YEARS TO GROW.
SO I GET A LITTLE UNSETTLED WHEN I HEAR A SORT OF EXCUSE AWAY ELIMINATING TREES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PERFECT.
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THAT, I WOULD, UH, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ALL, ALL YOUR PURVIEW, UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PNZ TO CONSIDER THE FACT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE, HOW IT IMPACTS THE HEAT ISLAND.NOW, UH, I CALL IT MIDWAY ON THE MOON BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT FARMERS' BRANCH SIDE AND THEY STILL HAVE TREES, AND YOU LOOK AT ADDISON, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA COME AND REPLANT, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER 30 YEARS TO, TO REPLACE THE, THAT LOOK IF IN FACT, WITH THE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY THEY CAN DO THAT AT ALL.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT THERE THE DAY THAT THEY CUT DOWN THOSE 40 TREES ON FESTIVAL WAY.
IT'S SOMETHING I I CAN'T QUITE, UM, STAND TO WATCH.
I, I UNDERSTAND AND I NEED TO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THIS THAT I THINK AM EMILY IS A GREAT DEVELOPER.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I WAS INVOLVED IN PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY ORIGINALLY FOR THE TOWN.
I HAVE, UH, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE VISION AS FOR THIS TO BE AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT, UH, COMPLIMENTS ADDISON CIRCLE AND IS ADJACENT TO THE RAIL LINE.
AND, UH, I, I AM IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT US CONTINUING TO ELIMINATE TREES.
ONE LAST STATEMENT JUST IN THE, IN THE, IN THE LAST TIME, 10 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS, IF WE ELIMINATE ALL THESE TREES, WE WILL HAVE ELIMINATED SOMEWHERE NEAR TO 600 TREES AND I HAVEN'T SEEN 600 TREES SHOW UP SOMEPLACE ELSE.
THIS TIME LESLIE DID, DID THE, DID THESE COME WITH THEIR OPINIONS OR AM I JUST SUPPOSED TO ASK IF THEY'RE PRESENT? BASED ON IT BEING UNCLEAR AND WHAT THEY GAVE YOU.
IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE INTENDED.
SO WE HAD A EMAIL SENT IN FROM A KATIE FAIRBANK, WHICH HAD CONFLICTING, WAS GONNA NOT BE HERE BUT WANTED TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GONNA ASSUME SHE'S NOT HERE.
UH, AND A AYA TALLY, UM, SAME INCIDENT.
SO THEY'RE ON RECORD THAT WE GIVE 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I THINK THEY REALLY WEREN'T PLANNING ON BEING HERE.
UH, ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS HERE? UH, PUBLIC? YEAH.
UH, THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
I'LL CLUB CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER IN DISCUSSION.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NO.
MOTION TO MAKE POSTPONE POSTPONE, RIGHT.
WHAT DID WE SAYING? MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEMS? YES.
UH, MOTION TO, TO TABLE ALL THREE ITEMS. SO MOVED.
I MIGHT MOVE TO, UH, POSTPONE CASE.
UH, CASE 1910 Z ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT.
ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT AND CASE 1895 Z MULTIFAMILY TOWER, ADDISON CIRCLE STATION, PHASE ONE AMENDMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ.
[7. Present, discuss, and consider action on the 2023 Planning and Zoning Commission Annual Report.]
ITEM, MR. FOR LESLIE.PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE 2023 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO, YEAH, LESLIE KNIGHT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UH, SO THIS ITEM IS, UH, TO, UH, PRESENT AND FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE 2023 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE WORK SESSION, UH, THE, UM, I GUESS WE'LL SAY MEET OF THE REPORT, UH, WAS PRESENTED IN JANUARY AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.
THAT WAS A REFLECTION OF THE ACTIVITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COMMISSION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, 2023.
AND THE ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT WE, UM, ADD IN THE ANNUAL REPORT IS THE COMMISSION'S GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, 2024, UH, IN THE WORK SESSION IN JANUARY.
THE THREE GOALS, WHICH ARE PROVIDED, UH, FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN WERE, UH, IDENTIFIED AS, UH, DESIRED GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
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UM, ENCOURAGE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION, ADDITIONAL INPUT, UM, OR, UM, APPROVAL IF YOU WISH.DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A FORMAL MOTION? UH, YES, PLEASE.
UM,
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE APPROVAL.
[8. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on the 2024 Planning and Development Work Plan.]
PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE 2024 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK PLAN.LESLIE KNIGHT, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, WORK PLAN FOR 2024.
UH, THIS IS, UM, RELATED TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, ACTIVITY, UH, REALLY, UH, MORE FOCUSED ON, UH, STAFF, UH, INITIATE AND INITIATED ITEMS THAT WILL, UH, BENEFIT AND, UH, SUPPORT YOU ALL AS A COMMISSION.
UM, THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE JANUARY, UM, ANNUAL MEETING AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2024 PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT WORK PLAN? SO MOVED.
WHICH ONE OF YOU DON'T CARE? I DON'T CARE.
[5. Citizen Comments: At this time citizens will be allowed to speak on any matter other than personnel matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed three minutes. No P&Z action or discussion may take place on any matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law.]
THIS TIME, CITIZENS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OTHER THAN PERSONNEL MATTERS UNDER LITIGATION FOR A LENGTH OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED THREE MINUTES, NO P AND Z ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY MATTER UNTIL SUCH MATTER HAS BEEN PLACED ON AN AGENDA AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK? GO AHEAD, RON.
Y'ALL ARE A LOT MORE TECHNICAL THAN I USED TO.
UH, ADDISON, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ON THE TREE MITIGATION POLICY IN, AND THIS IS SOMETHING FOR PNZ TO BE INFORMED OF IS THAT I, LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE ARE MAKING PAYMENTS, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING USED IF IN FACT IT'S BEING USED TO REPLACE TREES OR IF IT'S GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE PARKS BUDGET OR HOW, UH, I'M ON THE PARKS FEE AND WHATEVER COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE AND GONNA BE COMING FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE THINKING OF IS TO DEDICATE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS SPENT FOR TREES AND NOT JUST LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART.
UH, IF IN FACT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD OF HAVING THE DEVELOPERS PAY US IN ORDER TO, UH, ELIMINATE THE TREES, THAT SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PLAN, I MEAN, AND A AND A THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE THE TREES MIGHT GO IF IN FACT WE, UM, WE DO THIS.
JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO BE INFORMED OF.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.