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AND. MY NAME IS RAMSEY ALLAH, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE SALT LAKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
[1. Call to Order: Video Introduction of SPIN Program by Southlake Mayor John Huffman]
COMMITTEE. ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A COMPANY IS HOSTING SPIN TOWN HALL FORUMS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, SPIN STANDS FOR SOUTHLAKE PROGRAM FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.THE PURPOSE OF SPIN IS TO GAIN FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS ON PROJECTS AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY.
MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED ARE DEVELOPMENT RELATED.
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THIS SPIN TOWN HALL FORUM IS A INFORMATIONAL MEETING ONLY, AND TWO NO VOTES ARE TAKEN IN THIS FORUM. ALSO, SPIN IS A FORUM.
THIS SPIN FORUM IS STREAMED LIVE THROUGH VIDEO ON DEMAND, AND WE WOULD ASK THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO USE THE TWO MICROPHONES ON EACH OF THE AISLES, SO THE PEOPLE WATCHING FROM HOME CAN HEAR US ALL.
WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL START OFF WITH A BRIEF VIDEO INTRODUCTION OF THE SPIN PROGRAM BY THE SOUTHLAKE MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN.
GOOD EVENING, I'M SOUTHLAKE MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT'S SPIN TOWN HALL FORUM.
THE ITEMS PRESENTED ITS BEEN REPRESENT IDEAS, OFTEN IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. NOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS CONVERSATION STARTS HERE FIRST WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPER.
THERE ARE NO VOTES TAKEN AT SPIN AND NO DECISIONS ARE MADE.
SPIN IS SIMPLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE.
ONCE THE MEETING IS OVER, BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE PROVIDED WITH A SPIN MEETING REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE DISCUSSION FROM TONIGHT. WE TAKE YOUR IMPRESSIONS AND QUESTIONS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CONSIDERING ANY ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE US FURTHER ALONG IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO HELPING MAKE SOUTHLAKE A BETTER PLACE. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT! RIGHT, SO AS THE MAYOR IN THE VIDEO SAID, THIS IS A INFORMATION MEETING AND NO VOTING WILL BE TAKEN. JUST A QUICK REMINDER THERE ARE TWO ITEMS IN THIS AGENDA WHERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS WILL BE MADE AND AFTER THE APPLICATION.
AFTER EACH APPLICANT PRESENTATION, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CAN STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE IN EACH OF THE AISLES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO LINE UP OR QUEUE WHEN THE Q&A PORTION FOR EACH ITEM BEGINS.
WE DEVELOPED AN ONLINE SPIN QUESTION OR COMMON FORM FOR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT THAT DO COME OUR WAY, WE WILL READ THROUGH THOSE SUBMISSIONS AFTER THE RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN.
THIS MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE THROUGH THE CITY'S VIDEO ON DEMAND SYSTEM ACCESSED THROUGH OUR CITY'S MAIN WEBSITE.
WITH THAT, LET US GET TO THE APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS A SPIN 2021-32 RYAN SWOBODA.
[2. SPIN2021-32 - An applicant is proposing to develop an approximately 3,500 sq. ft. commercial fitness school located at 210 S. Nolen Dr. within SPIN Neighborhood #8.]
I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING HIS LAST NAME WELL.HE'S HERE TO PRESENT THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, WHICH IS A SPIN 2021-32.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP AN APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL FITNESS SCHOOL LOCATED AT 9:40 SOUTH NOLAN DRIVE.
A GOOD CROWD TONIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF SPIN.
REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION WITH METABOLIC, WHICH IS THE INDUSTRY'S FIRST AND ONLY STRENGTH TRAINING FITNESS FRANCHISE.
SO TO WALK THROUGH JUST OVERALL OBJECTIVE AND PROPOSAL MYSELF AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP GROUP, OUR CURRENT SITE IS 210 SOUTH NOLAN . THAT IS ON A TWO HUNDRED BLOCK SPIN DISTRICT EIGHT.
WE WOULD BE THE FIRST TENANT WITHIN THAT LOCATION.
AND THE TOTAL BUILDING WOULD BE ABOUT EIGHT THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO OCCUPY ABOUT THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF THAT LOCATION. THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THAT IS S-P-1, O-1 OFFICE USES ONLY, SPECIFIC TO MEDICAL.
I WOULD BE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR A ZONING CHANGE WITH PROVISION TO GRANT APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO BE LISTED AS A COMMERCIAL FITNESS SCHOOL.
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SO COMMERCIAL FITNESS SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUCTOR LED GROUP FITNESS DYNAMIC WITH THE FRANCHISE. FROM AN AERIAL SNAPSHOT, THIS WILL KIND OF DICTATE WHERE WE'RE LOCATED IN RELATION TO 1709 OR EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GRADE PORTION WHERE WE ARE, WE ARE IN A SOUTH MIDLAND MEDICAL OFFICE PARK, SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WITHIN THAT LOCATION.
AND THIS JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS JUST FROM A HEALTH AND WELLNESS STANDPOINT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, STRETCH LAB, VITAMIN SHOPPE, STARBUCKS, SMOOTHIE KING.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IF BUSINESS IS APPROVED FOR US TO KIND OF PAIR UP WITH ONCE WE OPEN OUR DOORS.
TO TAKE A LOOK AT A SITE MAP, THIS SLIDE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WILL KIND OF GO IN A DEEPER DOVE INTO OUR SITE MAP.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTION WILL REPRESENT OUR BUILDING.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TWO 10 WOULD BE THE LOCATION THAT IS EIGHT THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
I'LL SHOW YOU A MORE DETAILED NEXT SLIDE, BUT WE WOULD BASICALLY BE OCCUPYING THE CORNER THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET FACING 1709 AND STARBUCKS.
A LITTLE BIT MORE VIBRANT VIEW WILL SHOW THE AMPLE AMOUNT OF PARKING NOT ONLY FOR OUR LOCATION, BUT ALSO FOR THE OTHER THREE LOCATIONS.
I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP GROUP THAT I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, THEY OWN 210 AND 220 AND AS I MENTIONED, WE WOULD BE THE FIRST TENANT WITHIN EITHER OF THOSE LOCATIONS. AND THEN HERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THREE D SNAPSHOT.
THIS SHOWS PARKING ALL FOUR BUILDINGS 210 WOULD BE OUR LOCATION, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WOULD BE OCCUPYING THIS CORNER FACING 1709 OR SOUTH OF 1709 AND JUST TWO DIFFERENT ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS AND THEN FOUR ACTUAL FLOORPLAN.
IT'S FAIRLY SIMPLISTIC IN NATURE.
AS YOU WALK IN ZONE THREE WOULD REPRESENT THE LOBBY.
IT WOULD POUR ON TO OUR ACTUAL FITNESS FLOOR.
SO THIS CONCEPT WOULD BE ALL THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE STORED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE FLOOR AND WOULD ONLY BE BROUGHT ON FOR CLASSES ONLY.
THIS IS NOT A MEMBERSHIP BASED GYM WHERE YOU KIND OF COME IN AND SCAN YOUR CARD AND DO YOUR OWN WORKOUT.
THERE IS NO PERSONAL TRAINING.
THIS IS SOLELY INSTRUCTOR LED GROUP FITNESS, SO WE WOULD NEED MOST OF THE FLOOR FOR THAT WORKOUT. IN THE BACK, YOU HAVE YOUR AREA FOR YOUR OFFICE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AS WELL THREE UNISEX BATHROOMS, TWO FULLY EQUIPPED WITH SHOWERS.
SO ABOUT US, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT METABOLICS, IT IS A FAIRLY NEW BRAND IN THE INDUSTRY.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE THE INDUSTRY'S FIRST AND ONLY STRENGTH DRIVEN INTERVAL TRAINING FRANCHISE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BRAND HISTORY.
THE TWO CO-FOUNDERS ARE FORMER PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYERS.
THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IS BASED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
IN 2012, THEY STARTED FRANCHISING PARTNER WITH ZGROWTH, WHICH IS A STRATEGIC GROWTH INVESTMENT COMPANY IN 2019 TO REALLY START EXPANDING THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 13 GYMS OPEN AND OPERATING, WITH 33 MORE IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT STAGE, HOPING TO PUSH THAT NUMBER TO 60 BY YEAR END.
AND THEN THE OVERALL GROWTH PLAN IS TO HAVE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED PLUS GYMS OPEN OR IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
SO TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OVERALL NATIONAL FOOTPRINT, AS YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVY FLOW OF METABOLICS ON THE EAST COAST JUST DUE TO WHERE THAT FLAGSHIP LOCATION STARTED, WE'RE STARTING TO SLOWLY TRICKLE OVER INTO THE CENTRAL AND WEST REGIONS.
TO SPEAK TO TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY, AUSTIN HAS ONE LOCATION OPEN AND OPERATING, WITH THREE MORE COMING SOON.
SAN ANTONIO JUST OPENED THEIR DOORS A FEW WEEKS BACK.
HOUSTON IS COMING SOON, AND FOR MYSELF AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER, WE ACTUALLY NEGOTIATED A LEASE WITH THE FRANCHISE TO ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE SEPARATE LOCATIONS IN TARRANT COUNTY, HOPING JUST BECAUSE OF OUR KIND OF OVERALL FOCUS ON SOUTHLAKE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR FIRST LOCATION IN SOUTHLAKE.
AND THEN TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT METABOLIC, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MULTIPLE TIMES, WE ARE THE INJURIES FIRST AND ONLY STRING DRIVEN INTERVAL TRAINING FRANCHISE.
I MENTIONED STRENGTH A LOT JUST BECAUSE WITH OTHER FRANCHISES, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODALITIES THAT THEY FOCUS ON, WHETHER IT'S CARDIO BASED, CIRCUITS BASED, OR HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING.
WHAT WE LIKE TO REALLY FOCUS ON IS OUR CULTURE, SO WE TARGET THE HIGH PERFORMERS AND HIGH ACHIEVERS. ANY TIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH GROUP FITNESS, YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY JUST BECAUSE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR IN OVERALL ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THAT GYM.
THE NEW STANDARD OF GROUP FITNESS SO APART FROM OTHER GROUP FITNESS THAT FOCUS ON CARDIO FOCUS ON CIRCUIT, WE ARE NOT A BOOT CAMP.
WE HAVE VERY FOCUSED AND STRATEGIC INTERVALS THAT ARE LAID OUT ACROSS THE WEEK TO ELICIT STRENGTH, PROGRESSIONS, PROPER FORM AND ALSO RECOVERY.
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WHO DO WE SERVE? SO SOMETIMES THE TERM STRENGTH CAN BE TOSSED AROUND.SO WHETHER YOU ARE A SEASONED ATHLETE, YOUR STAY AT HOME MOM, YOU'RE AN OFFICE WORKER, ALL THE PROGRAMS AND WORKOUTS CAN BE SCALED.
ALL OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FIFTY TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE, AND ALL THIS BEING SAID, IT LEADS TO LONGER SUSTAINABLE RESULTS.
WE ALWAYS KIND OF HAVE A TAGLINE WE GO BY AND ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THESE DAYS THAT MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER AND BETTER IS BETTER.
SO I'LL LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THAT.
AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS.
SO THIS AGENDA ITEM, 2021-32 IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
WE ASKED THOSE WITH QUESTIONS, PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONES IN THE AISLE SO THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME CAN HEAR.
NO, NO QUESTION DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING FROM NO.
ALL RIGHT, SO I GUESS THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GUYS. SO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, SPIN 2021-33.
[3. SPIN2021-33 - An applicant is proposing zoning and development plan changes for Carillon Pare generally located at the northeast corner of State Hwy 114 and N. White Chapel Blvd. and south of E. Kirkwood Blvd. within SPIN Neighborhood #3]
JOHN TERRELL AND TIM WHITE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.THE CITY OF SALT LAKE IS PROPOSING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN CHANGES FOR CARILLON PARC, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY 114 AND NORTH WHITECHAPEL BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF EAST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE.
WE JUST GOT FINISHED WITH THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD.
WE'RE IN KIND OF THE PROCESS NOW OF COMING BACK.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK.
AS I'M SURE MOST OF YOU IN THE ROOM ARE AS WELL TO PRESENT THE NEW PARTS OF CARILLON PARC, BUT THIS HAS A LONG HISTORY ALREADY, IT GOES.
WE STARTED JOINT MEETINGS BACK IN JUNE OF 2017 AND ANYONE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS RECORDED AND IS ON, I BELIEVE IT IS ON THE VIDEO ON DEMAND.
IS THAT CORRECT? WILL THIS BE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND? YES. OK, GREAT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW ALSO GIVES ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF PRESENTATIONS AND THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE TAKEN.
THIS GIVES YOU SOME OF THE PRIOR VIDEO ON DEMAND LINKS THE ORIGINAL CITY APPROVALS BACK IN JUNE OF 2018 AND THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE, WHICH DID NOT HAVE APPROVALS BUT WAS KIND OF AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE WERE IN STATUS AND MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO THE PRIOR APPROVAL WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF NINETEEN.
THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE WENT TO THE CORRIDOR PLANNING COMMITTEE AUGUST 23RD AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE SPIN MEETING IS TONIGHT.
WE ANTICIPATE GOING TO PLANNING AND ZONING ON OCTOBER 21ST.
WE WILL ANTICIPATE GOING TO THE FIRST READING OF CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 2ND AND THE SECOND READING IN NOVEMBER 16TH.
AS YOU KNOW, WE EXPERIENCED AFTER OUR APPROVALS, WE WERE READY TO PRETTY MUCH BREAK GROUND THE FOLLOWING SPRING.
AND ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN MARCH, WHICH WAS WE GOT STUCK WITH COVID AND THAT DELAYED US CONSIDERABLY.
THINGS CHANGED BECAUSE OF COVID.
RETAIL, HOSPITALITY, RESTAURANTS, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO BE SPECIAL INSIDE.
THIS REALLY TOOK A STRONG HIT CLOSED AND WE WERE ALL IN OUR HOMES FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
SO THAT IMPACTED US SIGNIFICANTLY.
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE CARILLON RESIDENTS AND EXPLAINED WHERE WE WERE.
THREE PARTNERS MYSELF, EDWARD CHIU AND LAIRD FAIRCHILD, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
INCREDIBLE, WE BELIEVE VISION AND WANTED TO IMPLEMENT THAT VISION.
OUR POCKETS AREN'T AS DEEP AS MANY OTHER MONSTER DEVELOPERS, AND SO WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO PUT THE PROPERTY FOR SALE IN JANUARY.
BUT WE INFORMED ALL THE CITIZENS THAT OUR INTENT WAS TO TRY TO FIND A JV PARTNER THAT WOULD HAVE AND SHARE THE SAME VISION AND BRING THIS SAME CONCEPT IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THIS LOCATION.
WE ALSO RAN INTO A SITUATION AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RESIDENTIAL LOFTS, WHICH WAS THE CONDOMINIUM PIECE THAT THAT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT.
THE COST TO CONSTRUCT THOSE, AS WELL AS THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, LET US DOWN A PATH THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE THE MOST OR THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY CONTINUING.
WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO FIND AND THROUGH SOME CONNECTIONS, A NOT JUST A JV PARTNER, BUT A JV PARTNER THAT IS LOCAL.
ANOTHER SOUTHLAKE RESIDENT, ALONG WITH ALL THE PARTNERS IN THE OTHER GROUP, WE'VE SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE CONTRACTS TO FINALIZE THIS, AND WE TERMINATED
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THE LISTING ON CARILLON PARC WITH JLL.SO AND TOOK DOWN THOSE SIGNS SO THAT IT IS NO LONGER FOR SALE BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO REALIZE THE VISION THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO LONG.
WE DID MAKE A CARILLON RESIDENT PRESENTATION ON 8/10 PRIOR TO THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE AND TO THE PERSON. IT WAS INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE AND WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT SUPPORT. AND SO THE FEELING IS VERY MUTUAL.
WE GOT A LOT OF THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO STAY INVOLVED AND TO TRULY LIVE UP TO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO, WHICH IS TRY TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN AND KEEP A COMMITMENT TO THAT VISION. OUR ZONING CHANGE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH CHANGES THAT WE CAN'T JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY SAY THAT THIS IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY.
AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE LOFTS WE HAD ORIGINALLY GOTTEN APPROVAL FOR 50 LOFTS, BUT SINCE THAT TIME WE ACTUALLY MADE THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT AND I'LL GO OVER WHY WE CHANGED.
WE ACTUALLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF LOFTS TO 97.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE FIRST APPROVAL, WE HAD 50 LUXURY LOFTS APPROVED.
WE HAD A 70 ROOM HOTEL ALSO APPROVED IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH THE LUXURY LOFTS, WHICH WE LATER REMOVED AND WE HAD 12 RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR A TOTAL.
IF YOU LOOK AT ROOMS AND THE NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOMS THAT WERE IN THERE, WE HAD 132.
WE REMOVED THE HOTEL FROM THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING BECAUSE WE HAD ORIGINALLY TWO AND THE STUDY SAID WE SHOULD NOT BUILD TWO HOTELS, BUT ONLY ONE.
SO WE DELETED ONE OF THE HOTELS.
WE CHANGED THOSE HOTEL ROOMS TO LUXURY LOFTS, WHICH WERE 97 LUXURY LOFTS AND 12 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE FOR A TOTAL OF 109 RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY APPROVED, BUT WE DID GET A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SUPPORT IN THIS ROOM.
NO ONE WAS OPPOSED TO IT, AND CITY COUNCIL WAS UNANIMOUS IN THEIR SUPPORT VERBALLY WITHOUT HAVING A VOTE THAT NIGHT.
NOW OUR NEW PLAN REDUCES THE NUMBER OF LOFTS TO 24 LUXURY LOFTS AND 75 SINGLE FAMILY.
WE KNOW, TOO, THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES IN TERMS OF THE POLITICS SIDE OF THIS IN TERMS OF THE THE LOFT TYPE PRODUCT, EVEN HERE IN TOWN SQUARE, THAT HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL. SO WE DO BELIEVE AND HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL SEE THIS THE SAME WAY AS A REDUCTION IN WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PART OF ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE EVER PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED.
AND SO WE'RE DOWN TO A TOTAL OF 99 UNITS.
WE ARE REPLACING THOSE UNITS THAT WE REDUCED AND THE LUXURY LOFTS WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE IDENTICAL AND WILL BE UNDER THE IDENTICAL ZONING AS WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET IN CARILLON ALREADY.
IT WILL FOLLOW THE SAME GUIDELINES WE'VE HAD PRIOR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HOA AND BELIEVE THAT THE HOA, WHILE NOT FINALLY APPROVED, WILL APPROVE TAKING ON THESE RESIDENTIAL LOTS INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THEN GOVERNING THOSE AS PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL HIRE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, 22 ACRES, OF THE SITE STILL RETAINS THE MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AS I MENTIONED, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PRODUCT TYPE AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
SO THE 75 UNITS ARE RIGHT WHERE IT IS SHOWN IN YELLOW.
THE RED ARE THE EXISTING RESIDENCES, AND THESE HOMES WILL MIRROR THE HOMES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING.
AND WHAT YOU DON'T DO FROM A PLANNING AND ZONING STANDPOINT IS INCREASE LOT SIZE AS YOU MOVE CLOSER TO THE COMMERCIAL ZONING.
SO WE BELIEVE AND HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS KIND OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES THAT ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, WE WILL ALSO BE PUTTING UP. THERE WILL BE A RESERVED AREA RIGHT IN THIS LOCATION HERE FOR A MIRRORED VISION FOR THE ENTRY SIGN.
SO IT WILL BE BUILT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
AS YOU LOOK AT THESE HOMES IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE THAT'S TAKEN FROM RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE INCREDIBLY NICE HOMES.
THESE HOMES WILL PROBABLY BE AND WHEN WE BUILD THEM, PROBABLY IN THE $1.2 MILLION RANGE FOR THE SALE. SO THESE ARE INCREDIBLY NICE RESIDENCES.
AND THEN AS YOU LOOK AT THE ENTRANCES, AS YOU COME IN HERE, IT ALSO SHOWS THE WALLS WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO DO ALONG THIS ENTIRE AREA HERE, WHICH WILL MIRROR AND BE OF THE SAME TYPE
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STONE SO THAT IT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND MATCHES WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING.WE JUST FINISHED ANOTHER PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE CITY STAFF THIS MORNING, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY COMMENTED ON ON OUR CURRENT ZONING APPLICATION IS THAT WE WERE UNAWARE THAT IN THE U.S., WHICH IS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTERED DISTRICT OVERLAY, WHICH IS THIS ENTIRE PARK, IS IN AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER OVERLAY.
SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU CAN'T DO THESE WITHOUT A VARIANCE.
WE DON'T WANT TO ASK FOR VARIANCES.
SO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE TEAM IS ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO CONNECT THESE ROADS RIGHT HERE SO THAT THERE IS NO CUL-DE-SAC AND WE DON'T HAVE TO REQUEST THAT VARIANCE. THERE ARE ALSO NO ALLEYWAYS AS THIS ONE IS PROPOSED COMING ON TO THIS LOCATION, IT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF KIRKWOOD.
SO WE'LL BE REVISING THE PLAN SO THAT THAT ALLEYWAY COMES OUT THROUGH THESE LOTS.
THE SAME HOLDS TRUE WITH THIS ALLEYWAY ON TO KIRKWOOD.
WHEN WE ONLY HAD THESE 12 LOTS, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE TWO ENTRANCE OR AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FROM THE ALLEYWAY, SO THE CITY WAS GOING TO PERMIT THIS.
NOW, WITH THE INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF ROADWAYS, WE WILL HAVE THIS ALLEYWAY POP OUT SOMEWHERE INTO HERE, BUT IT WILL NOT COME DIRECTLY OUT INTO KIRKWOOD.
THAT'S TO HELP THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT YOU NOT ONLY, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THREE ENTRANCES POTENTIALLY COMING OUT HERE AND SAFETY CONFLICTS AND THIS ONE COMING OUT, YOU'LL ONLY HAVE ONE ENTRANCE EXIT INTO THIS PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, ON THE BUFFERING AND SIDEWALKS, AS YOU SAW THE PRIOR PICTURE, THERE IS A NICE SETBACK FROM THE WALL THAT PROVIDES GREEN SPACE AND TREES ALONG THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MIRRORED ALONG THIS SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
IT WILL BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT THAT WE WILL BE PREPARING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
BUT I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU AFTER DOING MANY, MANY TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THE PAST, THAT BY CHANGING THIS TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND NOT HAVING ALL THE COMMERCIAL COMING OUT ONTO KIRKWOOD, YOU WILL HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED FROM WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
SO ANY OF THE RESIDENTS IS COMING IN KIRKWOOD.
WHEN YOU'RE ONLY HAVING THESE RESIDENCES, IT WILL BE LESS IMPACTFUL THAN THE COMMERCIAL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PLANNED THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL FIRE LANE ACCESS THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING IN RIGHT HERE BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT ONE OF THE SLIDES, THE LIBRARY WE HOPE WILL STILL BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE AND THERE WILL BE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS.
WE WILL STILL NOT BE ALLOWING ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ONTO THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS ON AREA OR THE NEW STREET THAT IS PROPOSED HERE.
SO THIS WILL BE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY INTO THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY THAT COMES HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INCREDIBLY HOW MANAGED TO DO THIS IS PREVIOUSLY THE PARK DEDICATION WAS ABOUT TEN POINT TWO ACRES.
WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING THAT TO CLOSE TO 12 ACRES AND MAY ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT IN THE DONATION.
THE VALUE OF THIS LAND IS A $10 MILLION DONATION TO THE CITY FOR PARKS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD ACROSS THE CITY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS STANDING UP AND DONATING TO THE CITY $10 MILLION WORTH OF VALUE.
AND A BIG PIECE OF THAT IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO SURFACE PARKING, WHICH CUTS DOWN ALL THESE TREES.
SO WE'LL BE DOING STRUCTURED PARKING.
WE WILL HAVE SOME SURFACE PARKING, BUT A LOT OF IT WILL BE STRUCTURED.
IT'S STILL ALIGNS WITH THE VISION TO ACQUIRE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN RECENTLY, BUT THE CITY HAS ANNOUNCED NEW PLANS TO PASS A BOND TO BUY NEW OPEN SPACE FOR DRAINAGE AND FOR PARKLAND AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS SOMETHING NOW THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO WAVE A FLAG OF SUCCESS IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT COST TOWARDS THAT BOND PROGRAM IN THE ACREAGE THAT IS ABOUT TO BE DEDICATED. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ON THE 42 ACRE SITE, WE'RE DEDICATING 29 PERCENT OF THE SITE INTO DEDICATED PARK.
IT DOES REMAIN THE OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR THE LIBRARY.
AND WHILE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW LIBRARY SURVEY AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, I THINK IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW CITYWIDE SURVEY THAT HAS A LOT MORE TOPICS THAN JUST THE LIBRARY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO OPEN THAT UP, LOOK AT IT AND RESPOND BECAUSE IF YOU WANT THE LIBRARY AT THIS LOCATION, YOU NEED TO TELL THE CITY THAT AND WHY.
THAT AND NOT JUST FOR THAT, THAT CITIZEN SURVEY IS INCREDIBLY CRITICAL TO THE CITY
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LEADERS IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR DESIRES ARE.SO I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU TO FILL OUT THAT SURVEY AND LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CAROLINE PARK.
THIS DOES REMAIN A VERY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, EXPERIENTIAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE'VE GOT SOME KIND OF REALLY INCREDIBLY COOL SURPRISES TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE'RE NOT DOING IT AT SPIN TONIGHT.
THERE ARE SOME DEALS BEING CUT, AND I THINK WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING IN HERE AND COMMITTING TO MOVE INTO THIS, IT WILL TAKE THIS PARK BEYOND WHAT WE HAD ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY PLANNED.
IT WILL BE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT AND WE MAY NOT EVEN ANNOUNCE IT AT P AND Z.
I'M PROBABLY GOING TO HOLD IT OFF UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 2ND MEETING WITH COUNCIL AND LET THEM BE THE FIRST TO HEAR.
WE ARE SAVING A HUGE NUMBER OF TREES AND WE REMAIN A SENSE OF PLACE SOMEPLACE THAT IS EXPERIENTIAL. THE BALANCE OF THE SITE REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE PRIOR ZONING THAT WE HAD, AND IT DOES ELIMINATE THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON KIRKWOOD.
SO IT'S GONE ONE STEP FURTHER, EVEN ON THE TRAFFIC SIDE.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT'S ON ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER HOW WE GOT HERE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM DIDN'T COME IN WITH SOME VISION THAT CAME OUT OF ITS BACK POCKET.
THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE REPORT, STUDY AND ANALYSIS THAT THE CITY HAD DONE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
CORRIDOR STUDIES, THE RETAIL SATURATION STUDIES, THE OVERLAY STUDIES, LIBRARY STUDIES, PLANNING AND ZONING.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE 2035 PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? AND IT TOOK AND INCORPORATED EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THE CITY HAS HAD A VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND PUT IT INTO THIS SITE.
THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE CAME IN AND CREATED SOMETHING NEW.
THIS WAS IMPLEMENTING WHAT THE CITY HAS HAD AS A VISION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT DOES CREATE THAT SENSE OF PLACE.
IT'S A DIVERSE, VIBRANT AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
IT CREATES A MIX OF USES, WHICH WAS PARAMOUNT TO WHAT ALL OF THE STUDY SAID IS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BEYOND NATIONAL CHAIN, RESTAURANT AND RETAIL.
IT INTEGRATES THE FUNCTIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WITH THE UBER STATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SURROUNDING CITIES ABOUT A A TROLLEY TYPE, A RUBBER WHEEL TROLLEY TYPE SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN COOPERATE WITH MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING TOWN SQUARE, GATEWAY CHURCH, WHICH IS PRACTICALLY OUR CONVENTION CENTER IN TOWN.
THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND ALL THE WAY INTO WESTLAKE, INTO ALL OF THOSE MAJOR CORPORATE CAMPUSES WHO SEE THIS AS ALSO A DESTINATION AND A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND HAVE THAT GO THROUGH THOSE CORPORATE CAMPUSES AND BRING THEM TO THE SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES AND DINING OPPORTUNITIES.
DURING LUNCH AND DURING DINNER, SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS OF ANYTHING THAT WE DEVELOP IN HERE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE PROPONENT OF OPEN SPACE, TREES AND PARKS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT.
I'D BE HARD PRESSED AS DEDICATED TWENTY NINE PERCENT OF ITS DEVELOPMENT TO OPEN SPACE AND PARKS. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE 2035 PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS SAID WE NEEDED AN UNDERLYING MIXED USE DESIGNATION FOR RESTAURANT AND RETAIL WITH A SPECIALTY OVERLAY.
WE DID THAT CREATE A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
CHECK THAT BOX CHEF DRIVEN RESTAURANTS.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL, EXCITING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.
THE OFFICE, IT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE AND YOU'LL SEE HOW WE'RE PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
FOCUS ON PRESERVING THE NATURAL TREES, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF THE CITY AND A PLAN TO DEVELOP A SENSITIVE AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THIS DEVELOPER TEAM HAS PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME TALKING TO THE CITIZENS AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT AND ACROSS THE CITY THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL CITIZENS, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS SITE, IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS AND TO THE SUPPORT.
WE HAVE INCORPORATED ALMOST EVERY COMMENT THAT HAS EVER BEEN MADE FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND IMPLEMENTED THEM INTO THIS PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE BACK JUST TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL WHAT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY IN 18 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT WAS A VERY SIMPLISTIC ALLEYWAY BETWEEN THESE TWO GARAGES.
WE STILL HAD THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEA OF THIS OPEN PARK RESTAURANTS THAT THIS AREA OFFICE
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ALONG THE FRONT THERE WAS A HOTEL AND THEN WE HAD AN ALLEYWAY THAT BECAME A RETAIL CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS POINT AND WHAT WAS ON THE BOULEVARD.AS WE GREW, AND THIS WAS A HOTEL ALONG THIS CORNER.
THAT HOTEL STUDY SAID, DON'T BUILD THAT HOTEL.
AND AS I MENTIONED, SO WE TOOK THE HOTEL OFF.
WE EXPANDED THIS HOTEL AND REPLACED THIS HOTEL WITH RESIDENTIAL LOFTS.
WE ALSO, INSTEAD OF THIS CORRIDOR THROUGH HERE, THOUGHT WHY NOT CREATE AN EXPERIENCE? WE WIDENED THIS AND PUT RESIDENTIAL LOFTS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE RESIDENTIAL LOFTS WERE GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT, AND THERE ARE ALSO THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PIECE.
SO WE TOOK THAT AND WE REDUCED IT SIGNIFICANTLY.
52 PERCENT FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND 75 PERCENT FROM THE HEAD NOD PLAN TO CREATE 75 UNITS HERE AND ONLY 24 OF THE LOFTS AT THIS LOCATION.
WE DO THINK THAT THIS LOFT PRODUCT IS STILL INCREDIBLY GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND CREATES A MIXED USE OPPORTUNITY AND A VIEW THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN MOST OF YOUR OTHER MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. IT'S ALSO MOST OF THIS IS FOCUSED IN OR TO THE FOUNTAIN AND PARK SPACE.
IT WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE LIVING OPPORTUNITY AT THAT LOCATION.
AS I MENTIONED, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES WILL REMAIN UNDER THE IDENTICAL ZONING, AND WE DID INCREASE THE PARK DEDICATION AREA TO OVER 12 ACRES.
PART OF THIS, TOO, IN TERMS OF THE PARK, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FINAL AGREEMENT WILL BE AS TO WHO HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES.
BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CORRECTLY, WHEN WE DONATE A CITY PARK AS A DEVELOPER AND THEN THE DEVELOPER SPENDS, LET'S SAY WE ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY ON HOW TO BUILD THIS PARK.
THIS PARK IS GOING TO COST SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO $13 MILLION.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST PREMIER PARKS IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
THIS DOESN'T GENERATE ANY REVENUE TO THE DEVELOPER, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO SPEND 50 PERCENT TO BUILD THAT CITY PARK AND IT IS GOING TO MAINTAIN EITHER THE FOUNTAINS OR 50 PERCENT OF THE PARK IN TOTAL.
SO THIS IS THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF PARTICIPATING 50 PERCENT OF THE COST FOR WHAT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.
IT'S ALSO A DRIVER OF BOTH SHOPPERS AND RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL.
SO ON THE WORK SESSION IN 2019, AS I MENTIONED, WE CHANGED THAT.
I ALREADY MENTIONED TO YOU THAT WE WHAT WE HAD DONE WITH THE RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL AND THAT WE GOT RID OF THIS HOTEL AND REPLACED IT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
AND THE PASEO HAD ALSO BEEN EXPANDED, AND WE HAD GONE TO A MINIMUM OF 1600 SQUARE FEET.
I BELIEVE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSER TO A MINIMUM OF 2200 SQUARE FEET ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR FOR THOSE LOFTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PRIOR PICTURES OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT CORNER PIECE WAS AN ICONIC PIECE THAT THE CITIZENS LOVED THE NEIGHBORS LOVED, AND IT OVERLOOKED THE ENTIRE AREA.
NOW THIS WILL SLIGHTLY BE CHANGED, BUT IT IS STILL GOING TO BE AN ICONIC TYPE PIECE THAT OVERLOOKS. BUT INSTEAD OF IT BEING THIS ROUNDED CORNER AT THAT ONE LOCATION PROVIDING VERY LITTLE VIEW OF THE PARK SPACE, IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPANDED FRONT FACE WITH THE CURVATURES AT EACH END OF THAT, WHICH WE HAVE A VISUAL OF THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND THE REASON WE PUT THIS UP IS BECAUSE THESE LOFTS STARTING FROM RIGHT HERE BACK TO THE NORTH, BASICALLY RIGHT HERE NORTH.
THOSE ALL GO AWAY. THAT'S PART OF THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE RESIDENTIAL LOFT PRODUCT. BUT THESE BELL TOWERS AND THERE IS A CONNECTIVITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT GOES ACROSS AND I'M GOING TO TRY AS WE MOVE INTO THIS.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE BRAND NEW VISION FOR HOW WE CONNECT THOSE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS INTO THE INTO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS HOW WE MAKE THE CONNECTION, WE USED TO HAVE A SMALL BRIDGE THAT CONNECTED THE PARKING GARAGE ACROSS INTO THE LIBRARY AND PERFORMING ARTS. NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS A MINI KLYDE WARREN PARK, ELEVATED PARK, THAT CONNECTS ALL THE
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WAY ACROSS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL, WITH RETAIL STILL ON THE FIRST FLOOR AT THIS ELEVATED PARK LEVEL INTO THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE LIBRARY OF PERFORMING ARTS.NOW WE ALSO THOUGHT, HOW DO WE PARK THIS AND CAN WE GET SOME OF THE PARKING OUT OF THIS AND MAKE IT A SLIGHTLY SMALLER STRUCTURE AND HAVE THE CITY INSTEAD OF PROVIDING US INCENTIVES, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE INCENTIVES TO BUILD ENOUGH PARKING FOR THEM IN OUR PARKING GARAGE? THE IDEA WAS, WELL, WHY DON'T WE LET THE CITY PARK ITSELF IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND LIBRARY? SO WHAT WE HAVE IS UNDERNEATH THIS DECK AND THIS THIS ROADWAY COMES ACROSS UNDER THIS AND TO THE PARKING LOT.
SO AS YOU LOOK HERE, THIS ROADWAY IS DEPRESSED UNDER THE ELEVATED PARK AND GOES TO THE PARKING LOT. THIS PROVIDES A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IMMEDIATELY INTO THIS SITE, STILL WITH BELL TOWERS AND VARIOUS AMENITIES, BUT VERY, VERY EASY PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
IT ALSO, FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT UNDER THIS IS PARKING, SO THE SURFACE PARKING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VISIBLE PREVIOUSLY IS NOW UNDER THIS PARK AND IT CONNECTS DIRECTLY UNDER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND FEATURE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE CITY GO AHEAD AND DO THE PARKING UNDER THIS PARK, AS WELL AS UNDER THE LIBRARY OF PERFORMING ARTS SO THAT THIS PARK ELEVATED STILL GOES INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE LIBRARY AND THEN YOU GO UP TO THE PERFORMING ARTS.
IT ALSO GIVES THIS A A VISUAL EFFECT OF BEING A GRANDER BUILDING BECAUSE IT IS TALLER AND WILL HAVE EVEN A BETTER VIEW INTO THE PARK ITSELF.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT UNDERGROUND PARKING WOULD CONNECT AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SKETCH THAT WOULD SHOW YOU FROM THE EAST SIDE LOOKING WEST AS TO HOW GENERALLY THAT BRIDGE WOULD FUNCTION AS YOU COME UNDER IT HERE TO PARK OVER IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY IF YOU NEED SURFACE PARKING.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE FROM THE LIBRARY STUDY PREVIOUSLY.
EVERYBODY WANTS A BOOK DROP OFF, SO YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE THAT.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER FRONT ENTRANCE TO THAT, BUT THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF PARKING FOR THOSE EVENTS. THE LUXURY LOFTS AS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, A LOT OF THIS VISION, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT INSTEAD OF THIS BRIDGE BEING HERE, THAT'S AN ELEVATED PARK.
A LOT OF THIS VISION STILL LOOKS VERY, VERY SIMILAR.
AS I MENTIONED, THAT ICONIC BUILDING THAT WAS ON THE CORNER THAT EVERYONE LOVED, WE'RE EXPANDING THE THE ICONIC BUILDING AND GIVING IT A BROADER FRONT FACE ON THE PARK ITSELF BECAUSE THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY PER SQUARE FOOT. THESE ARE VERY, VERY HIGH END PRODUCT AND WILL BE A TRUE ICON FOR THE CITY. BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE RETAIL FIRST FLOOR ALL THE WAY WRAPPED AROUND AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR THREE FLOORS OF RESIDENTIAL ABOVE IT.
THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU A PRETTY GOOD VIEW NOW.
INSTEAD OF DROPPING DOWN INTO WHAT WAS THE PIAZZA LEVEL NOW THAT ELEVATED PARK IS AT THE SAME LEVEL AT JUST SLIGHTLY ELEVATED OVER WHERE THE FOUNTAIN IS CREATING MORE OF AN AMPHITHEATER EFFECT AROUND THE ENTIRE FOUNTAIN AREA.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PARK DEDICATION AND WHAT IT IS NOW.
WE'VE INCLUDED SOME OF THE AREA THAT WAS IN THE LIBRARY AS PART OF THE PARK DEDICATION.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PARK DEDICATION AND WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SAID ABOUT THE PARK DEDICATION, IT DOES GIVE MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCES.
WE WILL HAVE STILL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT FESTIVALS.
THERE IS GOING TO BE OUTDOOR EATING.
THERE IS A PLACE ALONG THIS EDGE THAT HAS FOOD TRUCKS THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS IT THROUGH A NEW FIRE LANE THAT WOULD BE COMING THROUGH AND AROUND SO FOOD TRUCKS WOULD COME IN ALONG THIS SIDE WHEN WE WANT THEM.
AND THEN THERE WILL STILL BE KIOSKS LOCATED IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
WE ALSO ARE STILL INCLUDING BELL TOWERS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY INFORMATION BOOTHS, HOW THE SIDEWALKS ARE DESIGNED, THE WATER FEATURES ARE STILL IN PLACE THAT THE WATER FEATURE HERE GOES AWAY BECAUSE IT WILL NOW BE THAT ELEVATED PARK, AS I MENTIONED THE TROLLEY, UBER AND LYFT SHOPS.
THE BRIDGE CONNECTING THE PARK, IT GOES AWAY AND BECOMES THAT ELEVATED PARK.
WE EXPANDED FROM ORIGINALLY EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES TO 10.2.
SO THE PARK CONTINUES TO GET LARGER AND LARGER.
WE STILL SEE THIS AS A DESTINATION TYPE OPPORTUNITY WITH PROGRAMING, AND WE ARE WORKING
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WITH AN INCREDIBLE COMPANY THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN SOME OF THE FUTURE MEETINGS.THAT IS JUST AMAZING, HAS DONE SOME FANTASTIC PROJECTS AND BRINGING THEM ON TO HELP PROGRAM THE ENTIRE PARK.
A GREAT DEAL OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS HOW YOU PROGRAM IT.
IF YOU JUST BUILD IT AND DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT AND PROGRAM IT, NOBODY'S GOING TO COME TO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL WITH MUSIC VENUES, ACTIVITIES.
WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE THERE EVERY WEEKEND AND THEN HAVE THEM THERE EVERY NIGHT AS WELL.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR FOUNTAIN THAT SPRAYS UP 90 FEET, HAS MOVEMENT OF WATER WITH SOUND AND MUSIC AND LIGHTS.
SO THIS IS A MINI BELLAGIO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN WITH AN INCREDIBLE VIEW FROM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 360 DEGREES AROUND THAT FOUNTAIN.
IT ALONE WILL BECOME AN AMAZING ATTRACTION TO THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY TO THE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL. SOMEHOW, I KEEP TALKING ONE SLIDE AHEAD AND THEN I GET TO THE PICTURE SO YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNTAIN HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BUMBLERS DOWN IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AREA FOR THE KIDS KIND OF ON A DIFFERENT SEPARATE SYSTEM.
AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BELL TOWERS ARE STILL LOCATED WHERE WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PLANNED. THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS PARK RENDERING.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.
EVERYBODY LOVED IT AND HOW WE HAVE THE RESTAURANTS FACING OUT IN THE PARK AND HOW THIS ACTS AS AN AMPHITHEATER FOR ALL THE STAGING AREA.
THIS AREA OUT FRONT WAS ORIGINALLY A BIG WATER FEATURE THAT WAS BROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED SO THAT THIS CAN BE PERFORMING STAGES WHERE THE KIOSKS ARE.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE ENTRANCE FROM THE EAST INTO THE PARK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, IT WAS ALSO BEAUTIFUL.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS WE TOOK IT TO AN ENTIRELY NEW LEVEL.
THE ON THE VISION ON THE LEFT ACTUALLY HAS A DECK THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS AND THEN OVER TO THE FOOD HALL AND CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN. AND THEN THESE RESTAURANTS NOW HAVE COVERED DINING, LOOKING DOWN INTO THE FOUNTAIN AREA. A SECOND LEVEL DECK THAT FROM A YOU CAN ACTUALLY CARRY OPEN CONTAINER NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT FENCED IN AND THAT CONNECTS ALL THE WAY IN HERE OVER TO THE OFFICE KIND OF MIXED USE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE IN THIS AREA.
THE LIBRARY STILL REMAINS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS, WE'RE NOW ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ADD THE PARKING TO SOUTH PARK, THE THE LIBRARY ITSELF, BUT THE FEATURES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE LIBRARY SURVEY ABOUT OPENNESS, WE'VE STILL GOT THE GLASS AND THEY WANTED IT TO BRING THE INSIDE OUT AND THE OUTSIDE INTO THE LIBRARY.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SIT AND READ AND HAVE COFFEE OUTSIDE, BUT UNDERCOVER YOU HAVE IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK.
YOU HAVE BUTLERS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOR THE KIDS.
MOMS AND DADS CAN WATCH THEIR KIDS.
IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO BECOME THIS PUBLIC SPACE OF PERFORMING ARTS AND OTHER VENUES ON THAT SECOND FLOOR WITH AN AMAZING VIEW OUT ACROSS THE PARK ITSELF.
AND OUR LAST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER OF 19, WHEN WE PRESENTED THE UPGRADED PLAN FOR 19, NOT THIS NEWEST ONE. THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE 97 LOFTS.
THESE, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER AT THAT TIME WAS UNANIMOUSLY IN SUPPORT.
THE COMMENTS THAT THEY MADE WERE AMAZING AND GAVE US ALL SORTS OF ACCOLADES, AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO SOME OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED LOTS OF SUPPORT, BUT WE ALSO DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW MEMBERS AND THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY AND WHERE WE'VE COME, HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO FAR, IT'S BEEN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF CITIZEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT.
THE APPROVED CONCEPT THAT WE'VE THIS IS REALLY FOR JUST SOME DISCUSSION PURPOSES, AND I PUT THIS BACK UP ON THE SCREEN JUST SO THAT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTION, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE FIRST APPROVED, WHAT WE PROPOSE TO BE APPROVED IN THE LAST SUPPORTED PLAN BY COUNCIL AND WHAT OUR NEW PLAN IS WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I JUST WENT OVER.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU, INVITE YOU AND PLEAD WITH YOU TO ALSO COME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 21ST.
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THE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 2ND, WHICH IS THE FIRST READING AT COUNCIL AND THEN OUR SECOND READING AT COUNCIL, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL ON THE FIRST READING, WOULD BE NOVEMBER 16TH.I'M OPEN FOR ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND LET'S YOU NEED TO KNOW.
I THINK SO. THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY THAT HAS QUESTIONS CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. QUESTION ON YOU MENTIONED REDUCED COMMERCIAL ACCESS ON KIRKWOOD.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NO ENTRANCES OFF OF CARILLON CORRIDOR? THAT'S, I MEANT TO ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THIS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT THIS DOES BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY.
AND AS YOU COME IN OFF OF WHITECHAPEL, THIS ROAD WILL ACTUALLY BE DEPRESSED COMING DOWN HERE. THIS WILL BE A RETAINING WALL, AND ALL OF THIS RESIDENTIAL WILL BE ELEVATED ABOVE THE ET GRADE FOR THIS ROAD.
THERE IS NO ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE COMMERCIAL PORTION INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EXCEPT FROM PEDESTRIAN ON THE ELEVATED PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE, AND THE EMERGENCY ACCESS FOR FIRE TRUCKS ONLY AT THIS LOCATION.
SO THIS DRIVE IS ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL.
OK. THIS BECOMES THE ONLY DRIVE IN FOR COMMERCIAL OFF WHITECHAPEL, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT HERE ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? BECAUSE BEFORE THAT WAS EMERGENCY, I THINK; RIGHT? WHICH ONE? THIS ONE? YEAH.
YES, THAT ONE IS ALSO STILL ONLY EMERGENCY ENTRANCE WITH THE FIRE TRUCKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. THE LIBRARY AND THE PARKING FOR THE LIBRARY.
YES, MA'AM. HOW? SO, I UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTIAL FOR THE REST OF IT.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE BUFFERED SO THAT WE DON'T SEE THAT? SO CURRENTLY I AM THE MIDDLE HOUSE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE POINT.
HERE? YEAH, I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
OK, SO IF YOU WENT IN THE MIDDLE, I'M THE MIDDLE HOUSE OUT OF THOSE FIVE.
SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO SEE IT AND BE DISTURBED BY IT.
AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNTAIN, LOTS OF LIGHTS, ALL THAT IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOME. RIGHT.
AND I HEAR YOU, AND SO DOES OUR ENTIRE TEAM WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS, AND THIS AGAIN, IS AN INITIAL DRAWING.
I BELIEVE THIS PARKING LOT IS GOING TO BE MUCH SMALLER BECAUSE IF THEY PUT THE PARKING UNDER THIS BUILDING, WE WON'T NEED THIS MUCH PARKING, BUT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT BUFFER WHERE YOU WILL BE SCREENED FROM ALL THE ACTIVITY HERE NOW.
PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS ALSO PARKING ON THAT SIDE, IF YOU LOOK HERE.
THIS WAS A, I'M SORRY, YEAH, RIGHT HERE.
THIS WAS ALL PARKING RIGHT HERE, AND THEN YOU HAD THE ACCESS POINT HERE AND THE RESIDENCES. SO WE WILL DO SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES HERE THAT REDUCES THIS.
PARKING IS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND THEN PUT A SIGNIFICANT BUFFER.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE PARK.
WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT WE WILL HAVE A, WE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO DO SOMETHING THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE BEFORE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
THAT'S A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MARY LEE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SITTING ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT, I CAN TELL.
YEAH. YEAH, SO ON RIVIERA, AGAIN, WE LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THAT PARKING LOT IS GOING TO BE. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE LOTS HERE? YEAH, THE MIDDLE OF THOSE FIVE HOMES.
OK. IT'S A YEAH, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
OK? IS THERE GOING TO B PARKING ISSUES WITH CARS ARE GOING TO WANT TO PARK ON RIVIERA? NO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE ALREADY WORKED THAT OUT.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A CONCERN FROM THE PRIOR PLANS AS WELL.
AND WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE FIRE, POLICE AND SO FORTH, AND THAT WILL BE A NO PARKING ZONE ALONG THE STREET.
THERE'S CURRENTLY PARKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIVIERA IN FRONT OF OUR HOME.
WHO IS? THERE IS CURRENTLY IS. THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STREET FOR.
I TOTALLY GET THAT. IF YOUR RESIDENTS ARE PARKING ON YOUR STREET, THAT'S THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T END UP BEING FOLKS PARKING THERE THAT
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ARE COMING INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT.THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF AFRAID OF.
RIGHT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO ALSO PUT PARKING UNDER HERE, AND PARKING UNDER THIS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE PARKING ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT NOBODY FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE TO PARK OVER HERE.
DEFINITELY A BIG CONCERN OF OURS.
OK, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT, I PROMISE YOU.
THANK YOU. MARY LEE? SO ONE THING THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE ALWAYS DONE IS COMMUNICATED WELL WITH THE CARILLON RESIDENTS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONTINUED TO COMMUNICATE WITH US THROUGH THIS NEW PROCESS.
AND BELIEVE ME, WE ARE THRILLED TO DEATH THAT YOU CAME BACK AND MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE'RE TAKING THIS OFF THE MARKET AND AND WE'RE PROCEEDING.
WHAT I HEARD THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND, RIGHT? AND THAT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBERS MAY ACTUALLY BE WATCHING THIS AND MAY ACTUALLY WATCH IT AFTER THE FACT ON VIDEO AND DEMAND.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO SAY ANYTHING FOR OR AGAINST, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL.
JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO COME UP HERE, EXPRESS YOUR OPINION.
I WANT TO JUST SAY HOW MUCH I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
IT'S VERY REASSURING THAT ALL OF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHLAKE, THAT YOU WANT A QUALITY PRODUCT THAT. IN THE PAST WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING LESS, YOU SAID, NOT IN MY BACKYARD. NOT IF OUR NAME IS ON IT.
AND OF COURSE, I WILL GET THE WORD OUT VIA A LETTER MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN CARILLON KNOWS WHAT THOSE DATES ARE.
AND WE NEED TO JUST REITERATE HOW EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE LITERALLY PACK THIS ROOM JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE PAST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARY LEE.
MARY LEE'S POINT, TOO, AND I STILL ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY TO WE DON'T WANT TO BE PRESUMPTIVE WITH NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS OR NEW PACK MEMBERS.
WE HAVE TO PROVE THIS EVERY TIME.
WHAT HELPS US PROVE THAT IS WHEN CITIZENS SHOW UP BECAUSE SOUTHLAKE P AND Z AND SOUTHLAKE COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU FILL UP THE ROOM SAYING THAT YOU WANT THIS TO HAPPEN, THEY DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH HEARTACHE THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE AGAINST IT AND CREATE AN ISSUE FOR THEM.
THEY'RE THERE TO DO WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ELECTED THEM TO DO AND WHAT THEY SHOW UP TO SAY, PLEASE MAKE HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOW UP A LOT OF FOLKS AT THOSE NEXT MEETINGS BECAUSE MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PRESENT THE COMMUNITY SAYING THAT YOU WANT IT IS WHAT'S GOING TO SELL THEM.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU HERE TONIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE.
ONE THING THAT YOU GUYS DID IS WHEN YOU STARTED WORKING WITH THIS LITERALLY IN AUGUST, I THINK OF 2016 AND WE HAD ALL THOSE MEETINGS AND PEOPLE LIKE THE MISERS CAME AND PEOPLE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS.
YOU GUYS WENT BACK EVERY SINGLE TIME AND MADE CHANGES EVERY SINGLE TIME UNTIL WE GOT 100 PERCENT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.
SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING GREAT AND MAKE YOU HAPPY THERE.
SO BUT THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN, EXPRESS IT.
THESE GUYS WILL WORK ON IT, AND WHAT WE DON'T DO IS WE DON'T DO IT ON PROMISES.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND WE'LL SHOW YOU AND WE'LL GET YOU HAPPY.
HI, I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT OUT TO KEEP HANGING IN THERE UNDER UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE WE'VE HAD THAT SO SO KEEP THE VISION AND WORK AS COLLABORATIVELY AS YOU HAVE WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO I LOVE WHAT I'M SEEING AND ESPECIALLY THE LARGE DONATION OF THE PARKLAND AND DEDICATING THAT MUCH LAND IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED TO THINKING.
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TO MARY LEE'S POINT. YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN AND VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, FROM DAY ONE WITH THE ITERATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AWAY FROM THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS. SO ON VIDEO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING OUR SUPPORT DO THOUGH THE THINGS, THE CONCERN THEY HAVE REGARDING THE PARKING.KIND OF HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH WE'RE ON PALLADIAN.
SO AND THERE'S THOSE CUTOUTS IN FRONT OF OUR VILLA SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE THE FIRST ONE ON PALLADIAN.
AND SO PEOPLE WOULD USE THOSE CUTOUTS AND PARK THERE AND THEN JUST WALK ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING.
BUT OUR CAR WILL BE PARKED IN OUR GARAGE, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, YEAH, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO OR THE HOA, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THAT PARKING THERE IS, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTS ONLY . ABSOLUTELY. PART OF THAT'S GOING TO BE HOA AND PART OF IT'S CITY.
AS A DEVELOPER, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE PUBLIC STREETS, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN COMMITMENTS FROM THE CITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PARKING THERE TO COME INTO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, RIGHT? OR TO THE PARK.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU SHOULD BE PARKING AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLAN THE RIGHT KIND OF PARKING TO GET CONVENIENT ACCESS INTO THE PARK IN THE PUBLIC SPACES.
OKAY, GREAT. WELL, AGAIN, WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE SAID SEEING NO ONE WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL LET YOU TAKE THEM. YEAH.
SO WITH THE, I BELIEVE WE HAD COMMENTS FROM ONLINE.
SO THERE WERE NO COMMENTS ONLINE.
SO WITH THAT, WE WRAP THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THERE ARE A COUPLE SURVEYS THAT HAS BEEN HAS SENT OUT.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT.
ONE IS THE CITY SURVEY AND THE SECOND ONE IS TO SEE THE SPIN FORUM IS CONDUCTING A CSD CANDIDATE FORUM AND [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT THE CANDIDATES TO BE ASKED. SO THE SURVEY IS DISTRIBUTED AND PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO THE CITY HAS SENT THE SURVEY RIGHT.
WITH THAT SAID, THE CANDIDATE FORUM IS ON OCTOBER 12TH AT SIX P.M.
AND THEN AS COMING TO THE SPIN MEETING REPORT.
THE SPIN MEETING REPORT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING TAKES PLACE.
WE WILL INCLUDE THE SUBMITTED SPIN QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE FORUMS IN THE MEETING REPORTS. THESE REPORTS ARE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE FORUM THEY ARE NOT VERBATIM. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW THE CASE THROUGH THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS COMING TO THE VIDEO ON DEMAND.
MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS AFTER THIS MEETING TAKES PLACE.
THAT, CAN WE ADJOURN? THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING IN AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPIN FORUM.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT!
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.