[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE, UH, JUNE 20, JUNE 18TH, 2024 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AS WE DO FOR ALL MEETINGS, LET'S PLEASE STAND AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UM, LET, WE'D LIKE TO START MEETINGS NOW ALSO BY SAYING, UM, A STATEMENT AS TO WHAT THE COMMISSION'S PUR PURPOSE IS.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FULFILLS AN ADVISORY ROLE FOR THE TOWN BY EVALUATING, PLANNING, ZONING AND SUBDIVISION PROPOSALS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL ON LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMISSION IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON RESPONSIBLE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ADHERENCE TO THE GOALS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE PLANNING POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WHICH AIMS TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS WORKFORCE AND VISITORS.
[ 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.]
ITEM ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, CONSIDERING ACTIONS FOR THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 21ST, 2020 24 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, DID ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THOSE MINUTES? DO I HEAR MOTION? I'LL SECOND DO 'EM ALL AT THE END TOGETHER.
WE CAN DO ALL COMBINED CONSENT TO AGENDA TOGETHER.
NEXT ITEM, CONSIDER ACTIONS ON THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 30TH, 2024 JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, ANY EDITS NEEDED TO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, CAN I HAVE THE MOTION ON THE TWO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? I MOVE APPROVAL
I GOTTA SEE WHEN I GOTTA TELL MY LITTLE THREE MINUTE THING.
[3. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Replat for Greenhill School Addition, Lot 1R, Block 1, for an existing private school on 72.86± acres located at the northwest corner of Midway Road and Spring Valley Road, addressed as 4141 Spring Valley Road. Case R2024-02/Greenhill School Addition.]
IS TO PRINT PRE.THE NEXT ITEM, SORRY, IS TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REPL FOR THE GREENHILL SCHOOL EDITION.
LOT ONE R BLOCK ONE FOR AN EXISTING PRIVATE SCHOOL ON APPROXIMATELY 72.86 ACRES, LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDWAY AND SPRING VALLEY.
ADDRESS OF 41 41 SPRING VALLEY ROAD, CASE R 2 0 2 4 DASH TWO GREENHILL SCHOOL EDITION.
LESLIE LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UH, THIS REQUEST, UH, INITIALLY WAS FOR A RELA FOR THE GREENHILL SCHOOL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 41 41 SPRING VALLEY ROAD.
UH, HOWEVER, UM, THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, UH, IT WAS NOT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REPL WAS NOT READY TO BE, UH, APPROVED OR CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO THEY HAVE, UH, REQUESTED A 30 DAY EXTENSION ON THE REQUEST.
SO THIS WOULD MEAN THAT IF, UH, THIS EXTENSION REQUEST IS APPROVED, IT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THE JULY MEETING.
AND, UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE 30 DAY EXTENSION REQUEST WHILE WE, UH, WORK OUT SOME FIRE LANE EASEMENT MODIFICATIONS.
ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? ANY COMMENTS? ANYBODY? OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? TWO? YES.
I MOVE APPROVAL OF R 2024 DASH OH TWO FOR THE EXTENSION FOR 30 DAYS FOR THE PLAT.
[4. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for property located at 5000 Belt Line Road, Suite 230, that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), through Ordinance No. 004-001, to allow a restaurant. Case 1914-SUP/5000 Belt Line Road, Suite 230 Road (Halal Guys).]
ITEM, LESLIE, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5,000 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE TWO 30.THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD THREE.
ORDINANCE 0 0 4 DASH 0 0 1 TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT CASE, 1914 DASH SU SLASH 5,000 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE TWO 30 ROAD HAUL.
GUYS, LESLIE STAFF REPORT, LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A NEW RESTAURANT TO OCCUPY AN EXISTING SUITE, UH, WITHIN THE ADDISON WALK SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S LOCATED AT 5,000 BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, THE APPLICANT, UM, IS PROPOSING
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TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT WITH ONSITE DINING, UH, AT THE, THE, UM, PROPERTY SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY ALCOHOL SALES WITH THIS REQUEST.UH, SO THIS PARTICULAR CENTER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1980S.
IT WAS REZONED FROM LOCAL RETAIL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND THAT ACCOMMODATES SOME, UH, UNIQUE PARKING STANDARDS, OR I SHOULD SAY LIKE A MIXED USE PARKING RATIO, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE CENTER.
UH, AND THE REQUEST THIS EVENING, AS I MENTIONED, IS JUST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SUITE TWO 30.
UH, THE SUITE IS, UH, 1,440 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO USE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE FRONT ENTRY OF THE SUITE AS WELL, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 150 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEY WOULD PROVIDE 28 SEATS, 28 SEATS FOR PATRONS INDOORS, AS WELL AS EIGHT FOR, UH, THE OUTDOOR PATIO.
AND THEIR PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION ARE, UH, 10:00 AM EXCUSE ME, 10:30 AM TO, UH, MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO STAY OPEN AN ADDITIONAL HOUR ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
UM, HALAL GUYS IS A QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT THAT BEGAN IN THE 1990S, AND THEY HAVE EXPANDED TO OVER 400 LOCATIONS, UH, AROUND THE WORLD.
AND THEY, UM, ARE PROPOSING TO OPEN ANOTHER LOCATION HERE IN ADDISON.
UH, THE PARKING ONSITE, UH, DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PARKING RATIOS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2004 WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE SITE ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE PARKING REQUIREMENT BASED UPON THE CURRENT, UH, USES THAT ARE ON THE SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE OPEN SPACE OR LANDSCAPING WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND THE ONLY MODIFICATION TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE SUITE IS THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REPLACE THE FRONT ENTRY DOOR OF THE SUITE.
ALL OTHER, UH, EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS WILL REMAIN STAFF NOTIFIED ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE, AND THAT INCLUDED 12 RECIPIENTS.
AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO, UH, PRESENT AND CAN, UH, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
ONE QUICK THING THAT I SKIPPED OVER EARLIER IS, IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THIS MEETING, YOU NEED TO SPELL, FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND GIVE IT TO LESLIE.
UM, DURING THOSE TIMES THAT THOSE ARE OPEN, UM, DISCUSSIONS, IT'S THREE MINUTES YOU'RE LIMITED TO FOR COMMENTING AND THEY KEEP A LITTLE CLOCK OVER THERE FOR YOU.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY HAS, AND I HAVE A FEW FOR LATER ITEMS, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, PLEASE FILE OUT A CARD.
UM, COMMISSIONERS WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR, OKAY.
DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK? DOES DOESN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU.
EVENING, PZ BOARD, COME, COME UP TO THIS PODIUM HERE AND HIT THE GREEN LIGHT.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M ALSO A MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISEE FOR THE HALAL GUYS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AND EXCITED TO BRING, UH, MOUTHWATERING FOOD AND ADD TO THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS OUR EURO WRAPS, CHICKEN WRAPS AND, UH, BOWLS.
UM, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED IN THAT SENSE.
LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY, DRIVE SOME SALES TAX GROWTH IN ADDITION TO, UH, REALLY BEING A FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY, MEANING ENTRENCHING IN OUR SCHOOLS, UM, AND JUST BEING A PART OF THAT SENSE.
IF THERE'S LOCAL BASEBALL TEAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE GO BEYOND JUST A PLATTER AND, UH, WE, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE TREAT A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN GENERAL AS FAMILY, BUT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS FIRE FAMILY IN THAT SENSE, RIGHT? BUT WE TREAT 'EM AS BEST AS WE CAN AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE.
IF ANY QUESTIONS, LEMME KNOW QUESTION.
UH, I'LL AT THIS TIME OPEN IT UP FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
TRICIA STEWART, 1 5 7 5 5 SEABOLD.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE HALAL BROTHERS AND I'M REALLY GLAD THEY'RE COMING TO OUR TOWN.
THEY HAVE AMAZING FOOD, SO THANK YOU.
OKAY, IS THAT FOR THIS ONE OR ANOTHER ONE, LESLIE, LATER.
UH, WITH THAT I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE, UH, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS? I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS THE REQUEST.
1914 SUB 5,000 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE TWO 30 HALAL.
AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE, UH, MOTION CARRIES.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, UH, ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.
[5. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for property located at 3767 Belt Line Road, that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), through Ordinance Nos. 092-037 and 097-018, to allow a restaurant. Case 1917-SUP/3767 Belt Line Road (Krak Boba).]
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR[00:10:01]
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 37 67 BELTLINE ROAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 9 2 DASH 0 3 7 AND 0 9 7 DASH 0 1 8 TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT CASE.1917 DASH SU SLASH 36 37 67 BELTLINE ROAD.
CROCK BA DID I SAY IT RIGHT? SORRY.
OKAY, LESLIE, I'LL TURN YOUR
UH, THIS REQUEST IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT.
UH, THE, UM, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 37 67 BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, THIS IS THE ADDISON PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, THE, UM, APPLICANT THIS EVENING CRACK BOBA IS, UM, WANTING TO OCCUPY AN EXISTING SUITE AT THE ADDISON PLAZA AND ALLOW THEM TO HAVE ONSITE, UH, CONSUMPTION OF THEIR BEVERAGES THEY OFFER.
UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SALE OF ALCOHOL.
SO ALL OF THE, UM, BEVERAGES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, WHICH INCLUDES A VARIETY OF TEAS AND SMOOTHIES AND OTHER THINGS, UM, ARE ALL NON-ALCOHOLIC.
SO THIS, UH, PARTICULAR SITE WAS REZONED IN 1992 FROM INDUSTRIAL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN WAS LATER AMENDED IN 1998 TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE EXISTING CENTER.
AND, UH, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, THE EXISTING PLAZA WAS CONSTRUCTED OVER TIME.
IT'S HAD SEVERAL SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR, UH, EXISTING RESTAURANTS IN THE CENTER.
AND THIS EVENING IS A ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A, UH, RESTAURANT.
UH, SO THE, UM, APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THIS SUITE AND WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1300 SQUARE FEET.
HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONSITE DINING, UH, EXCUSE ME, ONSITE CONSUMPTION OF THEIR BEVERAGES, AS I MENTIONED, FOR 28 INDIVIDUALS INDOORS.
UM, THE ZONING ORDINANCE CURRENTLY ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO OPERATE, UM, THAT HAVE SPECIALTY USES, WHICH MAY BE SIMILAR TO A ICE CREAM PARLOR OR, UM, COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, WITHOUT ONSITE CONSUMPTION BY RIGHT.
HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SEATING FOR 28 INDIVIDUALS ONSITE.
SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GET APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, WHICH THEY'RE DOING SO THIS EVENING.
UH, THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 11:00 AM TO 9:00 PM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND ADDITIONAL, AND THEY PROPOSE TO REMAIN OPEN ADDITIONAL HOUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
UH, THE PARKING OF THE CENTER IS, UM, TECHNICALLY DEFICIENT WITH THIS REQUEST.
SO BASED UPON THE EXISTING USES, INCLUDING A VARIETY OF RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND FITNESS USES AT THIS CENTER, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 227 PARKING SPACES AND THERE ARE ONLY 226 SPACES PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR SUITE WAS USED AS A RESTAURANT PARKING RATIO, WHICH IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 100 SQUARE FEET.
UH, STAFF IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ONE SPACE DEFICIT GIVEN THE TYPE OF USE AND THIS WILL NOT FUNCTION, UM, LIKE A TYPICAL RESTAURANT WHICH WOULD HAVE, UM, FULL SERVICE LIKE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
IT WILL OPERATE MORE SIMILAR TO A RETAIL, WHICH WOULD PUT IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PARKING.
UH, ANY FUTURE USES, OR I SHOULD SAY ADDITIONAL RESTAURANT USES WOULD HAVE TO BE EVALUATED 'CAUSE THAT WOULD LIKELY INCREASE THE DEFICIT OF PARKING ON SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE OPEN SPACE OR LANDSCAPING OR EXTERIOR APPEARANCE OF THIS SUITE WITH THIS REQUEST.
STAFF NOTIFIED ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE, WHICH INCLUDED 12 RECIPIENTS, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE AND WISH TO SPEAK? UH, I'M HERE, BUT I DON'T TO SPEAK.
ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH.
UH, I OPEN IT UP AT THIS TIME FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER DUCK DONUTS THAT USED TO BE IN THIS PLAZA.
DUCK DONUTS DID NOT HAVE INDOOR SEATING AND IT DID NOT SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO PLEASE, I ASK OF YOU TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT CRACK BOBA, WE CAN'T HAVE ENOUGH BOBA PLACES ACCORDING TO MY TEENAGER IN ADDISON.
ANY ELSE? ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? OKAY, I'LL CLOSE THIS PORTION OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE CASE 1917 SUP 37 67 BELT LINE.
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BO BAD.[6. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to rezone a 8.02± acre property generally located at the southwest corner of Midway Road and Beltway Drive from Planned Development (PD) to a new Planned Development (PD) district to allow for a development comprised of retail and restaurant uses, 166 multifamily dwelling units, 26 townhome fee simple lots, 16 townhome rental dwelling units, and associated public and private open space and common areas, through the approval of development plans and standards. Case 1911-Z/AMLI Treehouse, Phase II. ]
NEXT ITEM, HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON REQUEST TO REZONE A 8.02 APPROXIMATE ACRE ACREAGE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MIDWAY ROAD AND BELTLINE DRIVE, BELTLINE DRIVE FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES.166 MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, 26 FEE, SIMPLE LOTS AND 16 TOWN HOME RENTAL DWELLINGS UNITS AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND COMMON AREAS THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND STANDARDS CASE 1911 DASH Z SLASH AMLI.
TREEHOUSE PHASE TWO, LESLIE TURN ON BRIEF FOR STAFF REPORT.
LESLIE NY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAR, UH, EXCUSE ME, MIDWAY ROAD AND BELTWAY DRIVE.
AND IT IS LOCATED, UH, JUST OVER EIGHT ACRES AND IT'S ON A PROPERTY THAT'S, UH, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE MCCUTCHEN PROPERTY.
UH, FORMERLY IT IS MIDWAY SQUARE SHOPPING PLAZA.
UH, AND THIS REQUEST WOULD REZONE THE ENTIRETY OF THE SITE FROM AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE A MIXTURE OF USES INCLUDING, UM, MULTIFAMILY RENTAL AND FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES, AS WELL AS A RETAIL RESTAURANT COMPONENT AT THE CORNER, THE IMMEDIATE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, THE MIDWAY AND BELTWAY INTERSECTION.
SO THIS SITE, MIDWAY PLAZA, EXCUSE ME, MIDWAY SQUARE WAS REZONED IN 1979, UH, FROM COMMERCIAL AND LOCAL RETAIL TO THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN, UH, THE EXISTING CENTER, WHICH YOU SEE TODAY, WHICH IS A VARIETY OF ONE AND TWO STORY, UH, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT, UM, BUILDINGS, INCLUDING FOUR BUILDINGS.
AND, UM, SURFACE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CENTER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN, IN SEVERAL PHASES THROUGHOUT THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES.
THE REQUEST THIS EVENING WOULD REZONE THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD REMOVE ALL THE EXISTING SITE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WITH THE, UM, INTENT TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH THE APPROVED, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
UH, THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING IS, UH, AMWAY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THEY ARE A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER THAT SPECIALIZES IN, UH, LUXURY APARTMENTS AND THEY HAVE, UM, A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT FOOTPRINT HERE IN ADDISON, HAVING WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THE, UH, FAMILY ADDISON PROJECT ON QUORUM, WHICH IS A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.
AND, UM, MOST NOTABLY THE, UH, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AND THEN THE AMLI TREE HOUSE PHASE ONE PROJECT, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IS PROPOSED TO BE INTERCONNECTED THROUGH, UM, BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS.
SO THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES A VARIETY OF BUILDINGS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, FOUR STORY STACKED MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, EXCUSE ME, ACROSS THREE BUILDINGS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE 166 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
UM, THOSE WOULD BE SITUATED, UH, MOST CLOSELY TO MIDWAY ROAD AT THE, UH, MOST INTENSE AREA OF THE SITE.
UH, MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE THE RENTAL TOWN HOMES, THAT'S 16 RENTAL TOWN HOMES OFFERED.
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THOSE IS 26 FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES, WHICH, UM, GENERALLY BORDERS THE GREENWAY, EXCUSE ME, GREEN BELT TRAIL AND EXTENDS NORTH.
UH, WRAPPING AROUND THE ADJACENT USES TO THIS SITE, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE AMWAY TRAIL PHASE ONE PROJECT TO THE SOUTH, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, MULTIFAMILY, UH, FEE SIMPLE AND RENTAL TOWN HOMES, AS WELL AS, UM, RE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES, AS WELL AS COWORKING AND LIVE WORK UNITS.
AND TO THE NORTH WE HAVE THE COBALT HOMES DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES 31 FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES KNOWN AS THE ADDISON RESERVE.
UH, THE ONE THING THAT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE IN COMMON IS THE GREENBELT BUFFER THAT IS SITUATED ON THE WEST PROPERTY BOUNDARY THAT SERVES AS A, UH, TRANSITIONAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH ARE IN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE WEST.
AND BOTH THIS PROJECT AND THE OTHER PROJECTS I JUST MENTIONED TO THE NORTH
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AND SOUTH, UH, THE EXTENT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS THE LAST REMAINING CONNECTION.AS WITH THE PROJECTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, THEY HAVE ALREADY, UM, COMMITTED TO, UM, DEDICATING AND CONSTRUCTING THE IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THAT TRAIL.
THAT TRAIL IS A PART OF SEVERAL OF THE TOWN'S, UM, LONG RANGE PLANS AS IT RELATES TO TRAILS.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WOULD INCLUDE A 0.7 ACRE PUBLIC PARKLAND DEDICATION, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO, UM, COMMITTED TO IN CONSTRUCTING THE TRAIL AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS A PART OF THAT, UH, GREEN BELT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE WILL PROVIDE 1.27 ACRES OF PRIVATE LANDSCAPED AREA, UH, NOTABLY TO INCLUDE THE WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE LINEAR PARK, WHICH NAVIGATES EAST TO WEST ON THE PROPERTY NEAR THE CENTER, CONNECTING THE MIDWAY ROAD, UH, SIDEWALK TO THE GREENBELT BUFFER TRAIL.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE 384 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED ON SITE THROUGH A VARIETY OF PRIVATE GARAGES, UM, TUCK UNDER PARKING COVERED AND UNCOVERED PARKING AS WELL.
THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN PHASES.
SO PHASE ONE WILL INCLUDE THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PUBLIC PARK TRAIL AND PRIVATE LANDSCAPING, AND THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS FOR THE STACKED FLATS AND THE 16 RENTAL TOWN HOMES.
PHASE TWO WILL INCLUDE THE RETAIL AT THE, UH, HARD CORNER, WHICH INCLUDES 12,500 SQUARE FEET THAT IS INTENDED TO BE SPEC SPACE AT THIS TIME.
SO IT IS, UM, INTENDED TO, THE REQUEST IS FOR IT TO BE APPROVED AT A CONCEPT PLAN PHASE, OR EXCUSE ME, A CON CONCEPT PLAN, UM, STATUS AT THIS POINT.
THEN PHASE THREE WOULD BE THE 26, UH, FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES.
AS I MENTIONED FOR THE PARKING ON SITE, UH, THERE IS A, A VARIETY OF PARKING TYPES PROVIDED.
UM, ALL OF THE TOWNHOMES, BOTH FEE SIMPLE AND RENTAL WILL HAVE GARAGES ON THEM.
THOSE WILL BE SERVICE PRIVATE GARAGES.
THEY'RE ALSO WILL HAVE, UH, FOR THE, UM, TOWNHOMES, THEY WILL HAVE 0.5 PER HOME, UH, PARKING SPACE FOR VISITOR PARKING AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE EIGHT DETACHED GARAGES FOR THE MULTIFAMILY STACKED FLATS AND TUCK UNDER PARKING IN THOSE BUILDINGS AS WELL.
SURFACE PARKING WILL, UM, ALSO BE PROVIDED ON SITE FOR THE REMAINING RESIDENCE.
UH, SITE PARKING IS PROVIDED, UH, IN EXCESS OF SEVEN SPACES.
SO THEY, UH, DO MEET ALL OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING.
I MENTIONED THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEDICATE THE PARKLAND, INCLUDING 0.7 ACRES ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 2.27 ACRES OF LANDSCAPING ON SITE.
UH, WITH THIS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WOULD IMPLEMENT THE 10 ACRE MASTER TRAIL PLAN TRAIL ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY AND PROVIDE THE EXISTING OR THE MISSING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE, UM, PLANNED TRAILS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
ADDITIONAL AMENITIES PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS ON SITE INCLUDE, UH, A POOL FITNESS CENTER, A CLUBHOUSE, AND THE, UH, OPEN SPACE AND ART THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE FACADE PLAN OF THE MULTIFAMILY STACKED FLATS.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSED TO BE FOUR STORIES.
THESE ARE THE UNITS THAT ARE FRONTING, UH, ALONG MIDWAY ROAD AND COULD BE CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST INTENSITY USES ON SITE.
UH, THE TYPICAL HEIGHT OF THOSE IS APPROXIMATELY 48 FEET WITH THE CORNERS, UH, ACCENTUATED, UH, TO APPROXIMATELY 54 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND THE BUILDING WILL BE, UH, CLAD BRICK WITH GLAZING AND, UH, FIBER CEMENT PANEL AND THEY WILL ACHIEVE A 90% MASONRY.
ADDITIONALLY, MOST OF THE GROUND FLOOR UNITS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE, UH, FROM THE EXTERIOR AND THEY WILL HAVE RECESSED BALCONIES THROUGHOUT TO PROVIDE BUILDING ARTICULATION FOR THE TOWN HOMES.
UH, ON THE LEFT, UH, THERE'S THE FEE SIMPLE AND THE RENTAL HOME CONCEPTS.
SO THE, UH, THE TOWN HOME BUILDINGS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY THREE STORIES TALL, UH, 38 FEET AND HEIGHT, AND THEY WILL ACHIEVE A 90% MASONRY, UH, ON THE FACADES.
THEY WILL HAVE, UH, ACCESSIBLE ENTRIES AND GATED, UH, COURTYARDS ALONG THE FRONT TO HAVE A SMALL, PRIVATE, UM, LAWN AREA.
FOR THOSE UNITS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE GREENBELT PARK, THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY ONTO THE TRAIL, HOWEVER, THEIR BALCONIES WILL ACTUALLY FACE TOWARDS THE, UM, EAST, SO THEY WILL NOT LOOK, UM, ONTO THE ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
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THERE WILL BE ARTICULATION ACHIEVED THROUGHOUT WITH CANOPIES AND BALCONIES ON BOTH, UM, OF THE, THE TOWN HOMES.FOR THE UNIT MIX ACROSS THE SITE, UH, THERE WILL BE A HUNDRED THIRTY TWO ONE BEDROOM AND 34 2 BEDROOM UNITS.
AND AS I'VE MENTIONED, THERE ARE 16 RENTAL TOWN HOMES AND 26 FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES.
THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS, THERE'S 839 SQUARE FEET, UH, WITH THE RENTAL AND FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES, UH, RIGHT AROUND 2200 SQUARE FEET IS THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE.
THE APPLICANT IS COMMITTED TO, UH, ACHIEVING A MINIMUM OF SILVER, UH, LEAD, UH, EXCUSE ME, LEAD CERTIFIED STANDARD.
THEY'RE ALSO, UM, COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HIGH-END FINISHES IN THE UNITS, INCLUDING STONE COUNTERTOPS, ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
THEY WILL PROVIDE RECYCLING ON SITE AND A MINIMUM OF 15, UH, EV CHARGING STATIONS AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO, UH, REQUESTED TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING, UH, BUS TRANSIT STOP THAT IS ALONG MIDWAY ROAD.
UM, TO ENHANCE IT, IT CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF SHELTER.
IT JUST HAS A, OR IT IS ANTICIPATED JUST TO HAVE A BENCH.
SO IT'S, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SHELTER OR SOME OTHER AMENITIES FOR THAT BUS STOP THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH TOWN STANDARDS.
NOW, REVIEWING THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE TOWN'S LONG RANGE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THOSE THAT I'LL TOUCH ON.
SO WITH THE 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS SITE WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS A SITE THAT NEEDED TO BE REEVALUATED AS IT WAS, UM, NOT, IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS ITS CURRENT USE NOT BEING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE SITE.
SO WHAT IS IT IS WHAT IT ENVISIONED WAS A MIXED USE, UM, ENVIRONMENT WITH TOWN HOMES.
IT ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE FURTHER EVALUATED AND THAT'S HOW THE SAM'S CLUB, UM, PROJECT WAS ORIGINATED THROUGH THAT 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, AND EVENTUALLY WHAT IS THAT? UH, NOUN IS NOW KNOWN AS IS THE MIDWAY SOUTH SPECIAL AREA STUDY, AND THAT WAS COMPLETED AND ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2022.
SO AT THE MIDWAY SOUTH SPECIAL AREA STUDY, UH, THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THAT IS TO SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH USE USES CHARACTER BUFFERING AND SOCIAL AMENITIES THAT RESPECT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, THERE WAS A LOT, THIS PROCESS WAS, UM, CHALLENGING IN THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, VIEWPOINTS OR OPINIONS IN THIS AREA.
HOWEVER, ONE, WHAT THE COMMITTEE ULTIMATELY LED TO WAS PROVIDING A VARIETY OF DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE CHARACTER AND FORM OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'LL, I'LL HIGHLIGHT FROM DIRECTLY FROM THOSE DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT FORM AND LAND USE MIX.
SO IT WANTED TO, UH, RESPECT THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.
IT ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES, WHICH STAFF BELIEVES THIS PROJECT DOES ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS.
ADDITIONALLY RELATED TO THE FORM, UH, THE ONE COMMENT SPECIFICALLY, IT WANTED TO ESTABLISH A MEDIUM DENSITY HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE LARGE SCALE URBAN CENTERS SUCH AS ADDISON CIRCLE AND VITRUVIAN PARK.
UH, SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO NOTE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THESE THINGS IS FOCUSING ON PROVIDING, UH, RESTAURANT AND RETAIL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS, UH, LOOKING TO MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES, WHICH TOWN HOMES IS ONE OF THOSE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY IT, UM, UH, I NOTED AGAIN THAT WHERE HIGHER DENSITY OPTIONS ARE CONSIDERED NEIGHBORHOOD COMPAL COMPATIBILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER, UH, TOUCHING BACK ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, UM, WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO NOW MOVING ON TO THE ADDISON HOUSING POLICY FROM 2017.
UM, THIS POLICY OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGES, UH, FEE SIMPLE OWNERSHIP HOUSING, UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE BEST FIT, THE MIXTURE OF HOUSING AND CREATING AND ENHANCING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STAFF LOOKS TOWARDS WHEN COMPARING THIS HOUSING POLICY TO THE PROPOSAL THIS EVENING IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS A BIT CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHILE IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ALL OF FEE SIMPLE OWNERSHIP, IT IS LIKELY NOT FEASIBLE THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE ABLE
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TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE FEE SIMPLE, THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT AS FEE SIMPLE OWNERSHIP GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF EXISTING TOWN HOMES THAT ARE ON THE MARKET.SO IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND I THINK I HAVE THAT NUMBER IN, UH, FUTURE SLIDE.
ADDITIONALLY, LOOKING AT THE MIXTURE OF USES THAT THIS SITE, THIS PROPOSAL DOES PROVIDE AND REALLY ENHANCING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO PROVIDING THE TRAIL CONNECTION ON THE WEST HAND SIDE AND INCREASING A, THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OR INCREASING THE USE OF THIS EXISTING PROPERTY, UH, THAT NEEDS A, IT NEEDS SOME REINVESTMENT.
IT HAS NOT SEEN REINVESTMENT IN A LONG TIME.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING THE REINVESTMENT BEING DR DRIVEN HERE AT THIS SITE FROM ADJACENT REINVESTMENT.
SO IT IS EXPECTED THIS, THE REINVESTMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS EX WAS EXPECTED.
UM, OKAY, SO ONCE AGAIN HERE IT IS STAFF'S OPINION THAT WHILE THIS DOES NOT INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF FEE, SIMPLE OWNERSHIP, THE 239 FEE SIMPLE TOWNHOME UNITS THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES ADDISON GROVE, UM, COBALT, THE COBALT HOMES PROJECT, ADDISON RESERVE, AND THE ALEY TRAIL PHASE ONE, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD EVER BE SUPPORTED FOR AN ENTIRELY FEE SIMPLE.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, THIS PROPOSAL DOES PROVIDE GREATER WALKABILITY FOR AND CONNECTIVITY FOR THE GENERAL AREA.
A COUPLE ITEMS TO NOTE AS WELL, FROM A DENSITY STANDPOINT, UH, THIS, THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY LESS DENSE, UH, THAN PHASE ONE AND ALSO LESS DENSE THAN THE ADDISON GROVE PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BELTWAY.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT, UM, LESS DENSE IN, IN COMPARISON.
SO MITIGATION OF TRAFFIC GENERATION AND CIRCULATION.
SO THE APPLICANT DID, UM, BUILD UPON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS COMPLETED FOR THE PHASE ONE PROJECT AND THEN, UM, USE THAT TO COMPLETE A TRAFFIC GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS FOR THE PHASE TWO.
UH, SO IT IS LIKELY THAT THE TRAFFIC ON, ON THIS SITE WILL INCREASE BECAUSE THE SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDERUTILIZED.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL GENERATION IS, IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
SO IF ALL OF THE EXISTING FOUR BUILDINGS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 SQUARE FEET, IF ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS WERE UTILIZED AND OPERATING AS THEY WERE INTENDED, UH, IT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD GENERATE, UM, OVER 2,700 TRIPS ADDITION TO WHAT THIS SITE IS PROPOSING.
SO THAT IS AN ADDITION TO THAT IS NOT TOTAL BEYOND THAT.
SO, AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE, THE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING TODAY, THERE IS 554 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED AND THIS PROPOSAL IS ONLY PROVIDING 384 SPACES, SO IT'S QUITE A VAST DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF PARKING.
UM, THERE ARE THREE ACCESS POINTS PROPOSED FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S TWO ALONG MIDWAY ROAD AND ONE ALONG BELTWAY DRIVE.
UH, THE EXI, ALL OF THOSE ARE THE ONE ON BELTWAY DRIVE IS EXISTING TODAY AND IT'S NOT PROPOSED TO BE, TO CHANGE THE TWO ALONG MIDWAY ROAD ARE GENERALLY REMAINING IN THE SAME LOCATION, UH, WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OUR, OUR STANDARDS TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO STREET MODIFICATIONS, UH, ON MIDWAY OR BELTWAY, UM, AS WE HAVE RECENTLY IMPROVED MIDWAY ROAD AND THE APPLICANT ALSO PRO, UH, PROVIDED, UM, A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO MITIGATING CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM MIDWAY TO BELTWAY.
THEY PROVIDED A VARIETY OF TRAFFIC CALMING TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING PROVIDING 90 DEGREE ANGLES, UM, OR 90 DEGREE TURN RADII.
THEY ALSO, UH, PROVIDE MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS WITH STOP SIGNS, UH, PROVIDED ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND REALLY, UH, CELEBRATED THOSE ALSO PROVIDING STREET TREES, JUST MAKING IT SLIGHTLY LESS COMFORTABLE FOR A VEHICLE TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UH, THERE IS A CONNECTION TO PHASE ONE.
UH, IT'S INTENDED BOTH VEHICLE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
UH, SO TECHNICALLY THE SITE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL FIVE OF THE ACCESS POINTS BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO FOR TREE MITIGATION.
UH, THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO PRESERVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WESTERN
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BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, AND THOSE WILL BE PRESERVED SO THAT THEY CAN BE WITHIN THE GREENBELT TRAIL BUFFER.THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MANY AS THEY CAN WITHIN THE LINEAR PARK SO THAT, UM, EAST TO WEST CORRIDOR NEAR THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT.
UH, OVERALL, UM, THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, EXCEEDING THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS ON SITE AND THEY ARE INCREASING THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE AREA BY 13%.
SO WHAT'S CURRENTLY PROVIDED, UM, IS 12% AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 25.
UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSPLANT A, UH, 31 CALIBER INCH LIVE OAK FROM IT'S NEAR THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY TODAY, AND THEY'RE INTENDING TO TRANSPLANT IT INTO THE GREEN BELT BUFFER, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LARGE MATURE TREE IN THAT AREA.
YOU FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE APPLICANT DID, UH, ORGANIZE AND FACILITATE TWO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
THOSE OCCURRED ON APRIL 17TH AND MAY 29TH.
UH, APPRO BETWEEN THOSE TWO MEETINGS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 52 RESIDENTS ATTENDED AND THE FOLLOWING FEEDBACK WAS PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND, UM, SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS DONE.
UH, THERE WAS NOT, UM, I WOULD SAY THERE, AS FAR AS THE PLANS WERE CONCERNED, THERE WASN'T ANY SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS FROM, UM, THAT WERE NEEDED BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED.
UH, SO SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS INCLUDED, UH, CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE PROPERTY TREE PRESERVATION, THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWN HOMES ADJACENT TO SPECIFICALLY TO THE GREENBELT BUFFER.
UH, THE SHARED AMENITIES BETWEEN THE TWO PHASES, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, AND THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF CURRENT BUSINESSES ON THAT ARE ON THE, UM, SITE TODAY, UH, STAFF DID NOTIFY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE AND THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT INCLUDED 48 RECIPIENTS.
UM, AT THE PRIOR TO TODAY, UH, WE HAD RECEIVED 12, UM, LETTERS OF SUPPORT WITHIN THE NOTICE BOUNDARY, SO WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE RECEIVED 20 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM OTHER ADDISON RESIDENTS, AND THEN 10 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, I WAS INFORMED APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM TODAY THAT THERE WAS TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION THAT WERE EMAILED.
HOWEVER, STAFF WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE, UM, AND WILL PROVIDE THOSE AT THE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 'CAUSE WE RECEIVED THEM AT SUCH A LATE TIME.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, UH, THAT THE APPLICATION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS, UH, PRESENTED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT FOLLOWING, UM, THIS PROCESS, UH, THE APPLICANT WOULD ALSO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN, AND THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY INCENTIVES FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS WOULD JUST FURTHER CLARIFY SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE WILL, UM, HOLD THE APPLICANT TO.
AND THOSE PERTAIN TO THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING THE DEDICATION AND TOWN MAINTENANCE, UH, THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND TIMING AND PHASING OF THE PROJECT, THE TREE, UH, RELOCATION AND MITIGATION.
THE INSTALLATION OF THE PUBLIC PARK PROPOSED, UH, WHICH I DID NOT MENTION PREVIOUSLY, THE APPLICANTS COMMITTED $150,000, UH, TO THE PUBLIC ART FOR THE SITE AS WELL.
AND, UH, MITIGATION PROVISIONS FOR THE FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES AND THE EXTERIOR FACADE STANDARDS FOR ALL OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, THE APP.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PREPARED A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE EXISTING, EXISTING SITE AND OWNER, I KNOW YOU'VE SAID LACK OF, YOU KNOW, REFURBISHMENT WHATEVER, RENOVATION, THERE'S NOT BEEN BIG CHANGE TO THE SITE IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HAS THERE BEEN GOOD CODE COMPLIANCE IN THE PAST OR HAS THIS BEEN A RELATIVELY MORE, UM, I, I GUESS I SHOULD USE THE WORD, UM, SHOULD I BE NICE TO SAY, UM, COOPERATIVE OWNER OR HAS IT BEEN MORE OF A SILENT OWNER? YEAH, SO, UM, SINCE THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN THE, THE EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES, IT DOES HAVE SOME AGE.
UM, AND IT IS EX, IT'S AT AN AGE WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN A, UM, SIGNIFICANT LACK OF
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REINVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY RELATED TO BASIC MAINTENANCE.UM, AND IT DOES, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT WE HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND WE, WE WORK TO GET THEM ADDRESSED AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, AND THEN CAN YOU GO TO THE MAP WITH THE, THE DRAWING OF THE PROPOSED POST, LIKE THIS OVERALL SITE PLAN? YEAH, I LIKE THIS ONE, BUT I LIKE THAT ONE BETTER, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE.
SO ON YOUR, OKAY, SO LET'S HEAD SOUTH FROM BELTWAY.
THEY TOOK OUT ONE CURB CUT WHEN THEY REDID MIDWAY ROAD, THAT WHERE YOU COULD TURN NOT A CURB CUT, SORRY, A TURN ENTRANCE INTO THIS SITE, CORRECT? LIKE IT GOT CUT OFF AND IT'S FURTHER SOUTH.
SO THEN THERE'S THE FIRST ENTRANCE, WHICH IS UNDER TO THE EAST OF THE SECOND RETAIL BUILDING THE SOUTHERN, CORRECT.
IS THERE A CURB CUT AT THAT ONE OR IS THAT A RIGHT TURN ENTRANCE ONLY? UM, I DON'T THAT EXACT, UM, CONFIGURATION IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT IS THERE TODAY.
NOW THERE IS SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATION.
AND THEN AT THE NEXT, WHICH IS KIND OF IN THE BROWN, WELL, THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT IS BROWN.
YOURS, ISN'T THAT ONE, THE NEXT ONE TO THE SOUTH, IS THAT A AT A CURB CUT LOCATION TOO, OR NOT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS THIS.
SO THESE LOOK LIKE THESE ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE.
SO THE, THE ONE THAT YOU JUST REFERRED TO, WHICH, UM, SO IS THE SECOND FROM BELTWAY SOUTH, UH, ONE MORE DOWN.
SO THAT ONE, THAT IS AN EXISTING CURB CUT.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT DRIVE, BUT IT WILL LARGELY REMAIN AS IS TODAY.
SO, AND, AND, AND THAT, SO JUST SOME FURTHER CONTEXT, THERE'S AN EXISTING, UM, MEDIAN BREAK IN MIDWAY ROAD THAT ALLOWS ACCESS FOR THAT.
AND SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN IT SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE, AND AND THIS WAS ENCOURAGED BY STAFF AS WELL, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO ENCOURAGE, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, TO UNDERGO ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO MIDWAY ROAD.
AND LAST FOR YOU, I HAVE SOME OF THE APPLICANT WHEN THEY COME, BUT FOR YOU IS HOW'S THE, IS THERE GONNA BE AN APPROVAL PROCESS OR AN INTERNAL ADDISON GROUP INVOLVED WITH THE ARTWORK SELECTION IN, OR ARE YOU LEAVING THAT COMPLETELY UP TO AMIE? LIKE IS THERE, SO THE TOWN WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS? SO IS HOW, UM, IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE STRUCTURED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? IS THAT THE TOWN, OR EXCUSE ME, AM EMILY, THE DEVELOPER WOULD DONATE THE, UH, FUNDS TO THE TOWN AND THE TOWN WOULD FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT WILL NOT BE OKAY ON THE, THE QUESTION.
DO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS THAT'S TYPICAL? YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY DONE BY ARBOR FOUNDATION.
SO KIND OF TO TO HER QUESTION BEFORE, HISTORICALLY, HAVE WE HAD ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE, UH, TENANTS ON THAT SITE PERTAINING TO NOISE COMPLAINTS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH, SO THE ADJACENCY OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IS, IS KIND OF CHALLENGING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, WHICH SHARES A A A PROPERTY BOUNDARY IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND SO I WOULD SAY IT IS, IT'S NOT ATYPICAL, BUT IT'S NOT AS COMMON THAT WE HAVE, UH, SUCH A CLOSE ADJACENCY.
UM, AND SO THE, THE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT I WOULD ADD IS A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES AT THIS SHOPPING CENTER ARE, UM, THEIR PEAK HOURS ARE LATE IN THE EVENINGS, WHICH CREATES SOME NOISE CHALLENGES.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM THAT STAY OPEN TILL 3:00 AM OR LATER.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, UM, CONTINUES TO, MAKES THE ADJACENCIES MORE, MORE CHALLENGING.
UM, WHEREAS WITH THIS PROPOSAL OR ANOTHER PROPOSAL, UM, WE WOULD NEVER ENCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF CONDITION.
TODAY WE WOULD ENCOURAGE SIGNIFICANT BUFFER BUFFERING AS WELL AS SCREENING THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS YOU SEE THIS GREENBELT BUFFER PROPOSED IN IN THE MIDWAY SOUTH SPECIAL AREA STUDY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE OR, OKAY.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK PLEASE? I THINK YOU WANNA DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION, CORRECT? TAYLOR? YES.
LESLIE'S GONNA CHANGE IT FOR YOU HERE ON THE OVERHEAD.
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TAYLOR, YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE, BUT STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU START HERE.MY NAME IS TAYLOR BOWEN, I'M WITH AMIE RESIDENTIAL.
I'M AT 50 57 KELLER SPRINGS, UH, AND ADDISON 7 5 0 0 1.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS VERY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT TO YOU.
I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE THE ALEY TEAM.
WE HAVE ROBERT, LAP, JOE, BRUCE, AND MADELINE MILLS, OF WHICH ALL OF YOU I BELIEVE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE, UH, LANDOWNER, THE MCCUTCHEN ARE HERE, ALEX AND BEN, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
UM, AND, UH, WITH THAT, MY, MY, UH, HOPE THIS EVENING IS TO REITERATE A FEW THINGS.
LESLIE, AS ALWAYS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON HER PRESENTATION.
IT WAS EXTREMELY THOROUGH AND DETAILED.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON A FEW OTHER BENEFITS THAT WE, WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF THE CHALLENGES AND THEN I'LL LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR, FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, LET ME, UM, LET ME, UH, FIRST NOT BE PRESUMPTUOUS AND UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEW MEMBERS ON P AND Z, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A LONG INVOLVEMENT, UH, IN ADDISON, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW AMLI ALL THAT WELL.
UH, BUT JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE'RE A NATIONAL, UH, APARTMENT CLASS, A APARTMENT OWNER, DEVELOPER AND MANAGER.
WE'RE IN EIGHT MAJOR MARKETS IN THE US WE HAVE 80 COMMUNITIES, 25,000 UNITS IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN VERY ACTIVE IN DFW SINCE THE LATE EIGHTIES.
UH, I ARRIVED IN 2000 AND WE'VE OPENED OUR AMWAY CORPORATE OFFICE IN 2007.
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 25 YEARS AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT LUCK IN DALLAS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR MAP, WE HAVE A CLUSTER OF COMMUNITIES, 12 COMMUNITIES, ALMOST 4,100 UNITS.
UH, WE RANGE NORTH FRISCO, WEST PLANO, UH, WE HAVE FOUR COMMUNITIES IN LAS COLINAS, ONE IN GRAPEVINE, UH, AND THEN TWO URBAN PROPERTIES, UH, IN DOWNTOWN.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT OF AM E AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THAT EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY THAT WE DEVELOP, WE SEEK A LEAD CERTIFICATION.
I THINK THERE'S MAYBE ONLY EIGHT LEAD CERTIFIED PROPERTIES IN IN ADDISON.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE ONE OF 'EM.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER WITH TREE HOUSE AND THIS CLEARLY WILL BE ONE TWO.
AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR INITIATIVES AND OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO US AND IT'S GONNA CLEARLY BE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND HERE 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY INTO CONTEXT AND REALLY HOW WE GOT HERE.
SO BACK IN, UH, 20 18, 20 19, WE WERE FINISHING OUR FIRST AM ONE DEVELOPMENT.
AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE WERE SEARCHING AND THEN WE WERE DIRECTED STAFF, UH, AS LESLIE MENTIONED, AND THROUGH SOME OF THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WERE OCCURRING, WANTED TO SEE THE MIDWAY CORRIDOR REDEVELOP.
THIS IS AT A TIME PRIOR TO THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT WAS IMMINENT THAT IT WAS STARTING, YOU KNOW, $40 MILLION WAS SPENT TO IMPROVE MIDWAY ROAD.
AND LET'S BE HONEST, THE CORRIDOR WAS FACING SOME FUNCTIONAL OBSOLESCENCE FROM SOME OF THE, UH, BUILDINGS THAT WERE THERE.
THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGING ASSETS.
YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS ON THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE, UH, TODAY.
AND WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO REZONE OUR AMWAY TREE HOUSE ONE DEVELOPMENT ON WHAT WAS CALLED OFFICE IN THE PARK.
AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF YOU REMEMBER THAT SITE.
UH, PRIOR TO US, UH, STARTING CONSTRUCTION, WE ABSOLUTELY SPOKE TO THE MCCUTCHEN AND THE FAMILY ABOUT REDEVELOPING THIS SITE AS WELL.
AND AT THE TIME, THE PROPERTY WAS JUST NOT FOR SALE.
AND SO WE FOCUSED ALL OUR EFFORTS TO THE SOUTH.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD OCCUR OR NOT, BUT WE'RE THANKFUL THAT IT DID BECAUSE THIS REALLY PROVIDES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE REALLY GOOD COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
HERE'S THE OVERALL SITE PLAN, AND WHAT I WANNA STRESS HERE, UM, IS THAT THE FUNCTION OF THIS AND THE WAY THAT THIS DESIGN WAS LAID OUT IS TO BE ONE COHESIVE 600 UNIT MIXED UNIT MIXED USE COMMUNITY.
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WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY AROSE, OUR FIRST STOP WAS REALLY TO WORK WITH STAFF AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW PHASE TWO WOULD BEST FIT IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH PHASE ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSE.PROVIDE THE BUFFER AS YOU'RE LOOKING WEST TO EAST WAS CRITICAL WITH THE TRAIL EXTENSION.
HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT KIND OF DENSITY ON THIS SITE? UH, LESLIE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING CLOSE TO 23 UNITS TO THE ACRE IS LESS DENSE THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN RECENTLY.
TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, IF WE WOULD'VE PUT THE SAME TYPE OF BUILDING IN THE SAME DENSITY THAT WE HAD AT ADDISON, ONE, WE'D BE IN EXCESS OF 550 UNITS HERE.
AND THERE'S SOME THAT WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU SHOULD BE BUILDING THAT KIND OF DENSITY.
WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT AND WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T GET THE STAFF SUPPORT TO AGREE WITH SUCH A DENSE DEVELOPMENT AND FELT LIKE THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY ADHERE TO WHAT WAS PUT IN PLACE WITH THE MIDWAY STUDY AREA COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE LOOKING FOR.
I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS, BUT WE'RE ALSO CLEARLY AWARE THAT THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT JUST DON'T WANNA SEE MORE APARTMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE LIMITATION OF THIS DENSITY ON THIS SITE AND TO PROVIDE THE FOR SALE TOWN HOMES AND TO PROVIDE THE RENTAL AND TO PROVIDE UNITS THAT WE THINK ARE GONNA REALLY APPEAL TO A BROADER, UH, BROADER MARKET.
LET ME MENTION THE RETAIL UP IN THE TOP CORNER OF THE PINK, THE 12,500 FEET.
WE COULD CLEARLY ADD MORE RETAIL UP THERE IF WE WANTED TO.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAK AND YOU'LL SEE THE UM, UH, SPACE BETWEEN TO HAVE THAT GREEN SPACE AND THAT PLAZA.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT KIND OF RETAIL.
YOU'VE HEARD IT MENTIONED BEFORE, AND WE'RE GONNA SAY IT AGAIN, QUALITY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE, NOT QUANTITY.
AND THIS COULD BE A DRIVE THROUGH.
WE WANT SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE PROUD OF USING AMENITY AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS AND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEVATED AND TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF SPACE AND THAT FEEL FOR THE RETAIL IS YOU WORK YOUR WAY SOUTH DOWN MIDWAY AND NEEDS BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
SHE'S SAYING, HEY, HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE ENTRY POINTS AND HAVING FOUR STORY VERSUS FIVE STORY MORE DENSE WE FELT WAS THE RIGHT TYPE OF BUILDING AND THAT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE TUCK UNDER PARKING AND TRY AND HIDE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A STRUCTURED GARAGE HERE AND WE THINK THAT'S GONNA BE VERY APPEALING TO THE MARKET AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK.
YOU'LL SEE, UM, AS WE COME BACK TO THE FOUR SALE TOWN HOMES HAVING 26 LOTS DEVELOPED, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME PROGRAM, THE SAME LOT STANDARDS AND THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS WE ARE WITH PHASE ONE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT ALMOST, UH, EVERY DAY, AS ROBERT CAN ATTEST WITH COBALT HOMES.
OUR NEIGHBOR, UH, WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY'D BE A GREAT CANDIDATE TO DEVELOP THESE LOTS, BUT WE'LL SEE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TOWN HOME, LOTS IN THE MARKET IN THE, IN THE FOR SALE MARKET'S.
A LITTLE CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW WITH INTEREST RATES AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT LONG TERM WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
AND THEN LASTLY, AS WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE SITE WAS HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE BEST CONNECTIVITY POSSIBLE? AND WE ALL SEE THE TRAIL AND THE EXTENSION THERE.
UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO COME OUT AND SEE PHASE ONE AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TODAY AND HOW THIS IS GONNA EXTEND, UH, TO THE NORTH, UH, TO THE COBALT SITE.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS GREEN SPACE, UH, THAT'S GONNA CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
AND WE THINK THAT THAT WAS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY HAVE THAT, BUT ALSO TO HAVE THREE OTHER MAIN CONNECTIONS TO MIDWAY.
BECAUSE WHAT WE KEEP HEARING AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN IS THAT ADDISON NEEDS TO BE MORE WALKABLE AND IT NEEDS TO REALLY, UH, SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MIDWAY, WHICH MEANS WE GOTTA GET MORE PEDESTRIANS OUT THERE WALKING AND NEEDS TO BE SAFE AND THEY NEED TO HAVE MANY ENTRANCE POINTS.
WHAT YOU OFTENTIMES SEE WITH BIG, MASSIVE APARTMENT BLOCKS, WHICH PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IS WHAT NO CONNECTIVITY MASSES.
IT'S HARD, AND THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THIS IS THE MORE SPECIFIC SITE PLAN, UH, WHERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, SOME OF THESE ITEMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL.
EACH ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS WILL HAVE AN ELEVATOR.
UM, WE'VE USED THE TERM SENIOR FRIENDLY.
UH, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO POKE AT US A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? AN ELEVATOR DOESN'T MAKE IT SENIOR FRIENDLY, BUT IT'S REALLY A COLLECTION OF UNIT TYPES RANGING FROM, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW OURSELVES TO HAVE SOME SMALLER, UH, ONE BED BEDROOM UNITS, UH, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 2000 SQUARE FOOT RENTAL RENTAL TOWN HOMES.
OUR RENT RANGE IS GONNA PROBABLY BE FROM THE, CALL IT THE $1,800 A MONTH ALL THE WAY UP TO OVER $4,000 A MONTH.
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END WITH THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THE, WHAT WE THINK ARE REALLY THE, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.UH, ONE, THIS IS A TRUE, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
IT ADHERES TO THE MIDWEST HOUSE STUDY AREA.
IT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE MIDDLE, MISSING MIDDLE, UH, UH, HOUSING THAT ADDISON DESPERATELY NEEDS TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE.
A FUND STAT THAT I THINK YOU'D FIND INTERESTING ABOUT 25% OF OUR RESIDENTS IN ADDISON ONE ARE OVER 45.
UH, AT WEST PLANO IT'S 30% AND AT OUR GREATVINE ASSET IT'S 50%.
I THINK HERE WITH THIS KIND OF MIX AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, I THINK WE MAY GET UP IN THE 40, 50% RANGE, UH, AS WELL AVERAGE INCOME, WELL OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO AFFORD TO AFFORD THESE RENTS.
UH, TWO, UH, THE CONNECTIVITY AS I MENTIONED, IT IS CRITICAL THAT THIS TRAIL CONNECT ALL THE WAY TO BELTWAY AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA BE DEEDING THAT LAND BACK TO THE CITY AND WE'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPING THIS, THIS WILL BE WELL IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR US TO NOT ONLY DEED THE LAND THAT WE'RE PURCHASING FROM THE MCCUTCHEN, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE IT ONSITE MITIGATION AND OPEN SPACE.
UH, GOING FROM 12%, WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY, THAT MEANS ONLY 12% OF THAT SITE IS OPEN SPACE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THAT YELLOW IS ON THE LEFT IS THE, IS THE PER IS IMPERVIOUS COVER THE PARKING LOT AND LOOK WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH GREEN, HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING OUT HERE.
YOU KNOW, I WISH WE COULD SAVE EVERY DARN TREE OUT THERE.
WE CAN'T, BUT WE'RE PLANTING 200 NEW TREES, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE A SIGNIFICANT SIGNATURE, A HERITAGE TREE, UH, WHICH IS GONNA REALLY BENEFIT, UH, THE TOWN.
LASTLY, SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALSO NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP AT THESE KIND OF MEETINGS AND ESPECIALLY NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, WITH THE CURRENT REAL ESTATE MARKET CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY AS IT'S AFFECTING OFFICE PROPERTIES, WHICH THERE ARE A LOT OF IN ADDISON, IS THE INCREASE TO THE TAX BASE.
CURRENTLY, IF YOU PUT BOTH SITES TOGETHER, THEY'RE ROUGHLY A PLACE AT ABOUT 7 MILLION A PIECE.
EACH LAND PARCEL, WHEN WE'RE COMPLETE WITH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, THE ASSESSED VALUE ON THIS WILL BE WELL IN EXCESS OF $200 MILLION A YEAR.
THAT ASSESSED VALUE IN PROPERTY TAXES ALONE TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON WILL BE IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
I THINK CURRENTLY ADDISON LAST YEAR MADE ABOUT $86,000 IN PROPERTY TAX ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES, PLUS THE ISSUES RELATED WITH THE POLICING AND ENFORCING OF THE RULES AND REGS OUT THERE.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT AND THIS IS COMING AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE SEEING A SHARP DECREASE IN ASSESSED VALUE OF OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I WANT TO CLOSE AND THE, THE PRESENTATION AND UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY MYSELF OR ANYBODY ON THE TEAM ARE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I'M GONNA START WITH A COUPLE.
UM, THE PARKING THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE THAT'S GONNA, UH, A BUTT TO MIDWAY ROAD, IS ANY OF THAT GONNA BE CARPORTS PARKING ON MIDWAY? NO, NOTHING ON MIDWAY ROAD OR A JANIE SAYING MIDWAY WOULD BE CARPORTS.
WE WOULD MAKE A REQUIREMENT IF YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT, IF THAT'S A STIPULATION.
NEXT, THERE WAS A PART OF LESLIE'S, UM, PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT PHASED OUT YOUR PLAN, YOUR PHASING SCHEDULE.
CAN YOU TALK TO SOME TIMING ON THAT AND LIKE BEGINNING TO END OR LIKE HOW FAR THROUGH THE PROCESS YOU THINK EACH OF THOSE PHASES IS GONNA HAPPEN AND ALL IN CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME? YEAH, NO, GREAT QUESTION.
OKAY, SO HERE'S HOW THIS, WE WANT THIS TO WORK.
UH, IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE COUNCIL APPROVAL IN JULY, CLOSE IN AUGUST, WE'RE GONNA IMMEDIATELY, UH, START THE PROCESS TO ABATE THE BUILDINGS, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND PREPARE THEM FOR, UH, DEMOLITION.
ALL THE EXISTING RETAILERS THAT ARE ON THE SITE HAVE ALL WORKED WITH THE CURRENT OWNER, THE MCCUTCHEN FAMILY, AND HAVE LEASES AND AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT ALLOW THEM TIME TO VACATE THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN IDEALLY FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, FIRST QUARTER OF 25, WE WOULD START THE DEMOLITION PROCESS AND THEN SECOND, THIRD QUARTER, UH, WE WOULD COMMENCE UH, THE REAL SITE WORK.
WE WANTED OBVIOUSLY WORK AND LIKE WE DO IT ON TREE HOUSE ONE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET THE TRAIL DONE FIRST.
UH, THEN WE'LL DROP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE AND HOPEFULLY START VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION MID LATE 25.
AND ONCE WE START FROM THERE, WE'RE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO THE FIRST BUILDING.
WHAT'S ALSO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITE IS A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO REALLY GET TO THE RETAIL UNTIL THE END.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE VERY FOCUSED.
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IN OUR INTEREST, IT'S IN ALL OF OUR INTEREST TO TRY AND GET THE RETAIL GOING SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A REAL POSITIVE AMENITY.YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE TALKING 2027 BEFORE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH DONE.
AND IS THAT ALL THREE PHASES OR IS THAT JUST THE FIRST HOW THEY PHASED OUT? BECAUSE, WELL, ALL THREE, BECAUSE THEN WE GIVE THE TOWN HOMES AS THE THIRD PHASE.
WE ALWAYS, YEAH, WE ALWAYS DO THE TOWN HOMES AS THE THIRD.
'CAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT THERE.
WE'LL JUST CONTROL THE SELLING OF THE LOTS.
SO REMEMBER THAT'S GONNA BE HEAVILY DEPENDENT UPON THE MARKET.
AND HEAR ME, IF THE MARKET IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE END UP SELLING THOSE LOTS, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT BUILDER IS GONNA START THE NEXT DAY.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S SIGNING UP FOR.
THE THE FLIP SIDE OF IT GOES IS IF THE COBALT DOES WELL AT THEIR PHASE, THIS COULD BE LIKE, NEED TO HIT FASTER THAN, I MEAN THERE'S THE FLIP ARGUMENT THAT, SO LET, LET'S HOPE, LET'S HOPE.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS JUST TO JUST ON, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MARKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH TOWN HOMES RIGHT NOW, UM, BUT WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER, SUPPOSE THINGS CHANGE AND THEY DROP THE INTEREST RATE AND PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WANTING TO BUY HOUSES, WOULD YOU CONSIDER, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE TOWNHOUSES THAT YOU HAVE TO LEASE, I MEAN, WOULD YOU CONSIDER CHANGING THOSE OVER IF, IF A DEVELOPER CAME IN OR A, A PARTNER CAME IN AND SAID, I WANT TO, I WANT INSTEAD OF 26 LOTS, I WANT ALL 32 OF 'EM, WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT? OR IS THAT NOT PART OF THIS AS FAR AS FOR SALE? OH NO, WE LOOK, WE'RE, WE'RE IN BUSINESS.
SO I MEAN, I THINK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF THE MARKET WERE TO CHANGE THAT WAY AND WHAT, WHAT IS FOR SALE, MEANING FOR SALE VERSUS FOR RENT.
BUT WE VERY MUCH LIKE THE, THE MIX THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I DUNNO IF I'M TOTALLY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT IF, COULD THE TOWN HOME LOTS GO QUICKER WITH SOMEBODY? THAT'S A, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
IT'S JUST ON US TO GET THE SITE DONE.
I WAS ACTUALLY ASK ASKING COULD THEY BE CHANGED? LIKE IF SOMEBODY CAME IN AND WAS INTERESTED IN THOSE LOTS TO MAKE THEM FOR SALE AND BUY THOSE LOTS FROM YOU, IF ONE DEVELOPER ON ONE YES.
YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER THAT? OH YEAH, YEAH.
I FIGURED YOU WERE, WE'RE IN BUSINESS.
AND THEN SINCE THAT'S GONNA BE THE LAST PHASE, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M THINKING AHEAD.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE PARK, THE LINEARAL PARK IS GONNA BE ONE, THE FIRST PHASE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU GUYS DO.
AND BECAUSE THOSE TOWN HOMES, THE BEFORE SALE ONES WILL PROBABLY BE THE LADDER STUFF BEING DONE AND THAT'S CONTINGENT ALONG THE MARKET AND ALL THIS STUFF.
IS THERE ANY, WOULD THERE BE A BUFFER THERE, LIKE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM THAT PUBLIC PARK? IT'D BE LIKE A FENCE OR SOMETHING, YOU GUYS THAT YOU RIGHT? YEAH, NO, NO.
DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE TO DO THIS ON PHASE ONE TOO.
SO WE'RE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND IT'LL BE THE SAME KIND OF THING WHERE WE'RE GONNA WANT TO TURN THE TRAIL OVER TO THE TOWN AS SOON AS WE CAN AND IT'LL BE IN THE TOWN'S DISCRETION WHEN THEY WANT TO ACCEPT IT.
UH, AND YES, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A BUFFER OR A FENCE THERE SO THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WANDERING FROM TEMPORARY FENCING, YOU KNOW, TO WANDERING FROM THERE.
I MEAN WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPER ON THE OTHER SITE WHERE IT'S, IT WAS OPEN WHEN THEY TOOK DOWN A FENCE AND THEY LEFT IT OPEN AND PEOPLE WANDERING THE SITE RIGHT.
AND TRASH WOULD COME OFF A CONSTRUCTION SITE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I FIGURED YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF ALREADY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, THAT, THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CUSHMAN? OKAY.
UH, AT THIS POINT I WILL OPEN UP, UM, THIS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD STATING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
DID YOU FILL OUT A FORM? I DID.
ARE YOU MIKE LANE? YOU ARE THE TOP OF THE LIST, SO COME ON UP.
UH, MY NAME IS MIKE LANE AND I OWN, UH, OAKS BARBECUE OVER ON BELTLINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE OR NOT, BUT WE'RE A FIRST YEAR IN, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.
AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
IT'S GONNA ENHANCE MIDWAY, IT'S GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS JUST A GREAT VALUE ADD TO THE CITY, TO SEE THE CITY REALLY GROW AND, UH, AND IMPROVE.
WE'RE I, WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS MY COMPANY DOES ON BRINGING TO YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE, AND, UH, WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE MORE STUFF HAPPENING AND MORE GROWTH HAPPENING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GREEN LIGHT ON THIS ONE.
AND THE NEXT I HAVE IS TRISHA STEWART.
UM, THIS ISN'T EASY AND I REALLY DON'T ENVY ANY OF YOU, WHICH IS WHY I DON'T PUT MY NAME OUT THERE FOR ANY OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS HARD.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT AND THAT AM EMILY IS BRINGING A LOT TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT AM EMILY'S DOING.
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I'M NOBODY IMPORTANT, BUT I FEEL LIKE I REPRESENT A LOT OF ADDISON RESIDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS RIGHT NOW.UH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE EITHER APATHETIC OR ANGRY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHICH SIDE A LOT OF PEOPLE FALL ON, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT, UH, MS. FANSLER BROUGHT UP AT THE WORK SESSION ABOUT SOMETIMES WE SPEND ALL THIS TIME ON THESE, UH, VISIONING AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND, AND PLANS AND THINGS, AND THEN WE GIVE OUR FEEDBACK AND WE SIT BACK AND WE CAN'T WAIT, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED AND THEN WE GO, WAIT, WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED? AND WE DON'T SEE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES AND ALL THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, BUT IT'S, IT'S CONFUSING SOMETIMES WHENEVER WE HAVE THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND THEN THINGS DON'T GO ACCORDING TO POLICY OR ACCORDING TO THE VISIONING OR, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO, UM, I, I'M HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK FOR THE TREES, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, I SEE ON THIS LIST THERE ARE PROTECTED TREES, WHICH I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS IF THEY'RE NOT PROTECTED.
BUT, UM, I, I JUST AM UPSET, I'M UPSET ABOUT THE DISPOSABLE NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE YES, AS, AS IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE ECONOMY, WE RIP OUT ALL OF THESE THINGS WE RIP OUT, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN 2% OF THE TREES IN DALLAS ARE OF A CERTAIN CALIPER INCH.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES OR, OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONE.
AND THEN ALSO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, MS. CHAVEZ BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE A STEAKHOUSE WHERE MICKEY MANTLE HAD DRINKS.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, AUTHENTIC THAI RESTAURANT BACK THERE IN THE CORNER.
I, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES HAPPEN TO THEM? I DON'T KNOW.
AND SO I JUST, UM, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE WITH YOU, UM, SOME SIGNATURES OF SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALSO, UH, FELT LIKE THE TREES IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ARE IMPORTANT TO PROTECT.
I DO APPRECIATE AMLI SAVING FIVE HERITAGE TREES.
I DO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY PUT IN.
UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WAS REALLY UPSET TO SEE ALL THE TREES ALONG MIDWAY TAKEN OUT.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WOULD'VE REALLY LOVED THAT FOR THE TOD, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE IN THE CIRCLE, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY UNINFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
BUT I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I TURNED IN AND SHE GOT, OH, SORRY.
I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY I DID ASK, AND SORRY IT DIDN'T GET HANDED OVER TO ME.
YVETTE PELKE 4 0 2 1, RIGHT LANE.
I THINK I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF ONE SINGLE RESIDENT THAT IS HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
I'VE BEEN IN ADDISON SINCE APRIL OF 1999.
MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN HERE IN 1996.
I LOVED WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE.
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND CHANGE NEEDS TO OCCUR.
I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO CHANGE.
OKAY, 2,700 CARS THAT YOU GUYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THE APARTMENTS THEY'RE PUTTING UP ON SURVEYOR AND BELTLINE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT PROTON.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THINK ABOUT 2,700 MORE CARS.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO RIGHT NOW? WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING ON, PRO PROTON WAS A MAJOR THROUGH FARE FOR PEOPLE GOING TO MARSH LANE.
OKAY, SO THOSE OF YOU, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD HERE THAT HAVE MADE ME CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THE WAY THINGS ARE.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY SHOULD CHANGE.
DO WE WANT ANOTHER VITRUVIAN OVER HERE? AND I KNOW I, I SEE POSTS NEXT DOOR AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES THEY'RE GONE.
ANYTHING TO DO BAD WITH ADDISON, GUNSHOTS, MARSH, AND, UH, BELTWAY.
THIS WAS JUST THIS WEEKEND GONE.
I MEAN, THE MORE PEOPLE YOU BRING IN, THE MORE CRIME THAT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A WOODEN FENCE ON TOP OF MY WR IRON FENCE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH TRAFFIC WALKING THROUGH THE BACK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA FEEL SAFE ANYMORE.
I, I KNOW I'VE GOT THREE MINUTES AND I GOT A LOT TO SAY, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS, THERE'S NO WAY THAT 2,740 CARS WITH ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX GOING UP ON SURVEYOR AND BELTLINE, YOU GUYS SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO BELTLINE ONCE THOSE APARTMENTS WENT UP AND THEY TOOK SAM'S DOWN.
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THREE OR FOUR RED LIGHTS TO GET THROUGH FROM SURVEYOR PAST MIDWAY SOMETIMES.IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LITTLE RESIDENTIAL AREA ANYMORE.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
DO WHAT ADDRESS THE 2,700 COMMENT DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK YOU? OKAY.
I RESIDE AT 1 4 8 9 1 TOWN LAKE CIRCLE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THE ASSOCIATION FOR TOWN LAKE.
I AM NOT HERE SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD OR FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE SPEAKING FOR ME AND ME ALONE.
YOU MENTIONED, SIR, WITH THEIR NOISE.
I THINK THAT I CAN COMFORTABLY SAY THAT 30% OF OUR TOWN HOMES ARE IMPACTED BY THE NOISE THAT OCCURS IN THAT AREA ON THE WEEKENDS, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON UNTIL THREE AND FOUR IN THE MORNING.
IF YOU WERE TO CHECK THE POLICE HISTORY, I THINK YOU WOULD FIND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THAT COME IN.
NO PROJECT OR DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE PERFECT OR IDEAL, BUT CONSIDERING WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES MIGHT BE, I WOULD SAY THAT I FIRMLY WELCOME AS A HOMEOWNER THAT LIVES DIRECTLY ON THE OTHER SIDE, FACING THE TOWN HOME WHERE THE GREENBELT WILL BE AND THE NEW TOWN HOMES.
I TRULY DO WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A CHANGE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
I DO NOT FAULT THE PREVIOUS OR THE CURRENT OWNER, THEY'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF RENTING OUT LEASE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO HAND SELECT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THAT ENVIRONMENT AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE MUCH IMPROVED AND MORE APPEALING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AS I SAID, WHEN I SAY THAT I'M NOT SPEAKING AS A BOARD MEMBER, I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS AND WEEKLY EXPERIENCES THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE NOISE AND THE CHALLENGE THAT GOES ON SOMETIMES UNTIL 4, 4 30 5:00 AM IN THE MORNING.
AND UNLESS YOU LIVE THERE AND YOU EXPERIENCE IT, YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW HOW UNPLEASANT THAT CAN BE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME, AND AS I SAID, I DON'T USUALLY SPEAK, BUT I THOUGHT THIS EVENING I MIGHT SHOULD.
NEXT, AND I CAN'T READ THE HANDWRITING VERY WELL, SO I'LL APOLOGIZE.
I THINK IT'S KAREN, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED SURE PERRY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I KNOW IT'S VERY DETAILED AND IT IT'S A VOLUNTEER AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I'M JUST SITTING HERE AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1998.
MY NAME IS KAREN PERRY, 1 4 5 9 7 GREENLEAF COURT.
THE ONE THING I DON'T LOVE ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS WE'VE LET IT GO DOWNHILL BECAUSE WE HAVE RENTALS.
THERE'S NO COMMUNITY IN RENTALS.
JUST LOOK AT A RENTAL PROPERTY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS NOT UPKEPT LIKE SOMEONE LIVING IN THAT HOUSE COMPLETELY FED UP WITH MORE AND MORE APARTMENTS IN ADDISON.
I, I KNOW WHAT NOBODY WANTS TO SAY IT.
IT'S THE NIGHTCLUB SATURDAY NIGHTS.
YES, IT'S A BLACK NIGHTCLUB AND IT'S LOUD AND NOISY AND YES, THEY LEAVE TRASH BEHIND.
BUT I ALSO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE COME TO LOVE WITH TIE STAR, WITH MIDWAY POINT.
THAT'S A PLACE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE THOSE BUSINESSES GO AWAY.
I'LL ALSO TELL YOU FROM FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE THAT I DO A TON OF ANIMAL RESCUE IN ADDISON, WHETHER IT BE DOGS, WHETHER IT BE CATS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU 90% OF MY 10 HOURS OR MORE A WEEK ARE SPENT AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN ADDISON WHERE PEOPLE COME IN RENT, LEAVE THEIR ANIMALS BEHIND WHEN THEY LEAVE, LEAVE THEIR ANIMALS BEHIND, LET THEM OUTSIDE TO SPAY AND NEUTER UN UNSPAYED UN NEUTERED TO REPLICATE.
AND I ASSIST ADDISON ANIMAL CONTROL IN THAT.
AND I FEED GOD, THERE'S DOZENS OF FEEDING STATIONS FOR ANIMALS IN THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL TEARING DOWN.
SO MAYBE YOU'RE GONNA PROTECT THE TREES.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S GONNA GO THROUGH AND I KNOW WHICH EVERYONE'S THINKING CRAZY
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CAT LADY, BUT THERE'S DOZENS OF CATS THAT PREVENT RATS THAT ARE UNDER LIVING WITHIN THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF.SO I'M JUST HERE TO SAY I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, DENISE.
I KNOW YOU LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE LOVE ADDISON, BUT JUST FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE RENTAL DOES NOT MEAN COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE NOT DOING OURSELVES ANY ADVAN ADVANTAGES BY ADDING MORE, I'D SUGGEST MAYBE A NICE COMMUNITY LIKE THERE IS AT, UM, MARSH AND VALLEY VIEW, WHERE THERE'S A NI NICE GATED COMMUNITY OF A FEW DOZEN REALLY HIGH END HOMES.
THAT WOULD BE A NICE THING PUT TO PUT THERE, BUT I JUST THINK MORE RENTALS IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
ANYONE ELSE CHOOSE TO SPEAK? CAN I ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK? SURE.
SO WHAT'S THE HURRY WITH THIS PHASE TWO? CAN WE NOT FINISH PHASE ONE AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT? PLEASE COMES TO THE PODIUM AND PUT YOUR MIC ON.
WHAT'S THE HURRY FOR THE PHASE TWO? CAN WE NOT WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH PHASE ONE WITH TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON PHASE TWO? I MEAN, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
AND I DO, I LOVE TY STAR AND ALL THESE LITTLE RESTAURANTS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT 'EM RIGHT OUT OF BUSINESS.
I MEAN, THE REALITY IS AND IS THAT IT'S ABOUT HOW BUSINESS DOES AND THEY HAVE A WILLING SELLER AND A WILLING BUYER RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T CONTROL ANY OF THAT.
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT OUR POSITION OR OUR DECISION.
WE, WE HAVE TO APPROACH AND MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT'S PRESENTED AS TODAY.
BUT WE, IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE ZONING, THEY CAN'T BUILD THERE.
ANYONE ELSE COMMENT? OKAY, WITH THAT I WILL QUICKLY, MM-HMM?
QUICKLY, AGAIN, I I DID WANT TO SAY APARTMENTS.
I THINK THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY APARTMENTS.
I THINK WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH APARTMENTS IS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR RENT IS GOING TO GO UP OR IF THEIR PET RENT IS GOING TO GO UP.
I THINK AM EMILY DOES BEAUTIFUL, UH, WORK.
THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES, BUT JUST LIKE IN THE CIRCLE, I'M SURE AT ONE TIME POST HAD REALLY A BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING THING.
AND NOW NOT TO TALK BADLY, BUT I, THERE ARE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, UM, I HOPE EMILY I HOPE YOU GUYS STAY AROUND FOREVER.
I HOPE THE ECONOMY'S GREAT, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK OF WHAT WILL 30, 40 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BE.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL JUST WIPE THE THING AND WE'LL BUILD SOMETHING NEW.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT I, I DO THINK THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY AND APARTMENTS, BUT WE DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY IN ADDISON BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW YEAR FROM YEAR IF THEY CAN AFFORD THEIR RENT OR THEY CAN AFFORD TO KEEP THEIR PETS.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE OPEN PORTION OF OUR MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER THINGS YOU HAVE FOR LESLIE? OH, LESLIE, I WANTED YOU TO ADDRESS A, A COMMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THE CLARIFICATION OF THE 2,700, UH, INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU WENT OVER THAT, THAT WAS AS IF, IF THE CURRENT ZONING WAS AT FULL CAPACITY COMPARED TO THE APARTMENT.
BUT CAN YOU GO OVER THAT FOR THE AUDIENCE AGAIN PLEASE? THANK YOU.
SO WHAT WAS, UM, ALL INCLUDED ON THAT SLIDE WAS THE, UM, PROPOSAL THIS EVENING.
SO THAT INCLUDES ALL, ALL OF THE STACKED FLATS IN THE, UH, RENTAL AND FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES AS WELL AS THE RETAIL.
UM, THERE WAS A TRIP GENERATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M GONNA GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS SO I CAN READ THEM TO YOU.
UM, THAT WAS PROVIDED AND THEN THAT WAS COMPARED TO WHAT IS EXISTING TODAY.
SO, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT, THE TRIP GENERATION, WHICH IS, UM, CALCULATED BY VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY.
AND THAT'S BASED UPON TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STANDARDS, UH, IS 1,806 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY.
NOW, WHAT IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED ON SITE, IF THE 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT SPACE WAS FULLY UTILIZED WOULD HAVE BEEN 2,745 MORE TRIPS.
DOES THAT CLARIFY RIGHT? TO BE REALLY SIMPLIFY IT, IT'S LESS TRIP COUNT WITH THE APARTMENTS VERSUS THE RETAIL THAT'S THERE TODAY? YES, IT IS ROUGHLY HALF.
CAN I COMMISSIONERS ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE CASE 1911
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DASH C AMWAY TREEHOUSE, PHASE TWO SECOND.ONCE THERE'S A, A MOTION ON THE TABLE, WE SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSION.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT BEFORE.
I MEAN, I, I BELIEVE IT COMES AFTER A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
NO, ARE YOU TALKING? I WASN'T.
I BUT I'LL WAKE UP THEN, THEN WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS WHO CAME, UH, BUSINESS OPERATORS AND OWNERS WHO, WHO CAME TO TALK TO US.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
UM, I DID TAKE THE TIME TO WALK THE PROPERTY.
I TALKED TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, OPERATORS, UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES ABOUT AM EMILY'S PLANTS.
I ALSO HAD A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE WITH, WITH, UH, JOE BRUCE FROM AM EMILY.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY NEEDS SOME REDEVELOPMENT, BUT I CAN'T AGREE THAT WE DO IT AT THE COST OF LOSING 60 HEALTHY TREES OR BY SETTLING OUR RESIDENTS WITH MORE AIR POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
IT WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, UM, THAT MR. BOWEN AM EMILY'S REPRESENTATIVE, STOOD HERE AND TOLD US HOW TERRIBLE IT WAS TO TAKE DOWN SOME TREES FOR HIS PROJECT IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, ADDISON CIRCLE.
UH, MR. WHITEHEAD, AT THE SAME TIME WHO WAS HERE, UH, FORMER CITY MANAGER, SAID THAT WE HAD HISTORICALLY MADE BAD DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO KILLING TREES FOR THE SAKE OF REDEVELOPMENT.
AND I CAN'T AGREE MORE, UH, WITH THAT ASSESSMENT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE ISSUES WITH THE TREES, UM, THIS REQUEST FAILS TO INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF THE SIMPLE OR THE FEE SIMPLE OWNERSHIP.
SO WE FIND OURSELVES, AGAIN, ON THE PATH OF IGNORING OUR OWN HOUSING POLICY, UH, BY MAKING MULTIFAMILY THE DOMINANT PATTERN OF ALL HOUSING.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, ALL REDEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN.
ADDISON WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIX THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS NOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ADDISON AS IT AS IT RELATES TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
MULTIFAMILY CAN'T BE OUR ONLY SOLUTION TO AREAS THAT NEED, THAT NEED REDEVELOPMENT.
THE TOWN NEEDS TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE IN SEEKING OUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WHILE PRESERVING OUR TREES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT STARTS WITH MAKING BETTER DECISIONS TODAY.
UM, SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA TAKE DOWN ANY TREES EITHER, BUT IN AN, IN AN, THE EXISTING CONDITION OF TREES SURROUNDED BY CONCRETE, I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE, BUT NONE OF THIS STUFF, NONE OF THOSE TREES ARE SEEING THEIR ULTIMATE POTENTIAL.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT I, I KNOW THAT THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, AND THE PHASE ONE OF THE, OF THEIR, ON THEIR, THE OTHER PLAN, THEY'VE GOT THE BUFFER THERE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY HELPS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THESE, TO THIS FACILITY VERSUS A BUSY, YOU KNOW, RETAIL RESTAURANT CORRIDOR.
AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT'S LIKE, I, I UNDERSTAND WE GOTTA LISTEN TO EVERYBODY IN TOWN ON ALL ANY OF THESE EXCISIONS TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO COME UP WITH THE, WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST FOR THE TOWN.
BUT I ALSO TEND TO WEIGH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS AND WHAT THEY THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THEIR BACKYARD.
AND I THINK, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I, I MEAN I'M, I'M IN FAVOR FOR THIS OF THIS, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT IN THAT PARTICULAR SHOPPING CENTER FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
SO, I MEAN, I I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND
UM, BUT IT'S, IT WAS SAID AND IT WAS DANCED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT I BELIEVE MOST OF THAT IS FROM ONE BAD TENANT.
AND CHAIRMAN FANSLER SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S A FAILURE IN COMPLIANCE AND THE, THE, THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER AND NOT MAINTAINING THAT PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IN A FASHION THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE OTHER BUSINESSES WHILE A BAD TENANT IS, IS MAKING IT HARD FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE FAILED AS A TOWN BY NOT SENDING OUT POLICE TO, TO FIX THOSE THINGS.
BECAUSE WHEN I WENT OUT AND TALKED TO TY STAR, WHO THIS IS GONNA KILL TY STAR, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OR
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THE OPERATOR THERE, NOT THE OWNER.AND HE TOLD ME WITHOUT, WITHOUT, WITH ALL CLARITY THAT THIS WILL, IT WILL BE THE DEATH OF THEM.
UH, I TALKED TO THE, THE PIZZA PLACE, THEY SAID THEY MAY BE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PROBLEM TENANT THAT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH ANY SOLUTION THAT GETS THEM AWAY FROM THAT.
BUT AGAIN, MAYBE THAT'S THE TOWN'S FAILURE OF, OF NOT NOT DOING A BETTER JOB OF, OF HANDLING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME ALONG WITH THAT PLACE.
AND, AND I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND, I MEAN, I GET THE TOWN HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF BUILDING FEE, SIMPLE OWNERSHIP HERE.
IT'S JUST A REALITY OF A METROPLEX THAT HAS GROWN BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, WE ARE AN INFILL LOCATION AND THAT CREATES A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND THEY'VE DONE, THE TOWN'S DONE PRETTY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE.
BUT IF YOU GO LOOK AT YOUR MATH AND DO THE, THE HOMEWORK ON ADDISON GROVE, THE BIGGEST DIFFICULTY IN ADDISON GROVE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN ADDISON GROVE HAS BEEN THE FOR SALE TOWN HOMES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GIVE MORE TOWN HOMES INTO THE AREA, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT FEE SIMPLE STUFF'S GONNA DO WELL EITHER.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S REALLY STRUGGLING GUYS.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, IN REVIEWING THE PLAN AND SITTING DOWN AND TALKING WITH YOUR TEAM, I'M IMPRESSED WITH HOW YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE TOWN IN DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT, SETTING UP THE BUFFERS AND SETTING UP THE, THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE CITY, FOR THE TOWN.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD, I WOULD CALL IT THE PATINA FOR THAT SITE AS IT EVOLVES TO WHAT IT, ITS BEST USE AND UM, IT CHECKS ALL THE MARKS FOR ME.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, I GUESS I'LL RESTATE YES MA'AM.
SECOND, RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO.
SO FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY OPPOSED, NAY.
NEXT, THAT LAST ITEM IS A CITIZEN COMMENT SECTION.
IF ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OTHER THAN PERSONNEL MATTERS UNDER LITIGATION OR AN ITEM ALREADY DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON PER TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR A LENGTH OF TIME, NOT TO ACCEPT THREE MINUTES, NO PNZ ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY MATTER UNTIL SUCH MATTER HAS BEEN PLACED ON AN AGENDA AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW.
DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH THAT? I WILL, UM, CALL THIS MEETING TO CLOSURE FOR THE NIGHT AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.