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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
EASTPOINTE PLANNING AND ZONING.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ASK EVERYONE TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL JUST ASK YOU TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
CHAIR. COMMISSIONER PRESLEY, PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER. WATSON. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MARC. FIELDS. PRESENT.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LEAVITT.
PRESENT. DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM? THANK YOU. AT THIS MOMENT, WE'LL ASK FOR A ONE SECOND.
WE NEED HER TO CALL EVERYONE THAT'S HERE FOR THE RECORD.
I'M SORRY. CAN WE. I'M GOING TO HAVE.
I'LL START OVER. SHE'S GOING TO START OVER WITH THE ROLL CALL TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CALLED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MELANIE STILES.
WHERE IS IT? COMMISSIONER MILLER.
PRESSLEY. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER.
YEAH. COMMISSIONER KISHA CHAPMAN.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR
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EXECUTIVE SESSION. MADAM CHAIR.COMMISSIONER MILLER, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW ADJOURN FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OH. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT WE DID.
I'M SORRY. CAN WE GET A VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD. I OPPOSES HEARING NONE.
WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND GO INTO THE REGULAR MEETING. SECOND. SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND PROPERLY.
SECOND. THAT THE COMMISSION HAS COME BACK INTO SESSION NOW AFTER HAVING BEEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT
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ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS YOUR OLD BUSINESS AND THE CASE NUMBER ONE.DIRECTOR SMITH, ARE YOU READY? OKAY, WE ARE READY TO GO INTO THE FIRST CASE.
OH, BUSINESS. YES. IN REFERENCE TO OLD BUSINESS.
CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
APPLICANT. CITY OF EASTPOINTE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT CITYWIDE.
THIS TEXT AMENDMENT OF SECTION TEN DASH 2071 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION TO STREAMLINE THE SCOPE AND INTENT OF THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL ZONING DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDED PURPOSES AND USES WITHIN THE PERMITTED USE SECTION OF THE CODE. CASE TYPE IS A TEXT AMENDMENT IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM.
ATTORNEY WIGGINS, DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST OF CHANGES THAT WAS MADE TO THAT ONE. DO WE? BECAUSE WE'LL VOTE ON THAT.
AND THAT'S ONLY IF YOUR BOARD NEEDS THAT BEFORE THE VOTE.
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IT COULD BE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE TEXT AMENDMENT AS WRITTEN FOR BY YOU GUYS.AND OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY IS REJECTED, BUT IS THERE ANY CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE IN THE MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE CHANGES? DIRECTOR SMITH, CAN WE SEE A WHAT HAS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT? SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE IT'S ON FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
WELL, YOU'LL HEAR FROM STAFF TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION ON IT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE APPLICANT. ONCE YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN I'LL REVISIT YOUR QUESTION ONCE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU.
SO I DO NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CHAIR. MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND PROPERLY. SECOND. THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE NUMBER ONE.
CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
NONE. THE CASE IS NOW OPEN FOR THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE.
TEXT AMENDMENT. DIRECTOR SMITH.
THANK YOU. SOME OF YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF YOUR MIC SO HERS CAN WORK.
IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY INITIATED.
THIS CITY INITIATED A TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE FOR SECTION TEN DASH 2071 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS IN REFERENCE TO THIS AND WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IS.
HOWEVER, STAFF AT THIS TIME IS NEEDING MORE TIME TO GO OVER THE DRAFT TO WORK WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED. OKAY. THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONERS, ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SINCE WE ARE IN PUBLIC? DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO COME BEFORE US TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? ANYONE FOR OR AGAINST? I DO NOT SEE ANYONE. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT. MADAM CHAIR.
YES. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED, AND PROBABLY SECOND, THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
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DIRECTOR SMITH. ITEM NUMBER TWO.AND THEN A MOTION TO. DIRECTOR SMITH, RECOMMENDATION ON NUMBER ONE.
YES. IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR CITYWIDE TEXT AMENDMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS A DEFERRAL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ON THE FLOOR FROM DIRECTOR SMITH A DEFERRAL ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
WHAT DO I HEAR? MADAM CHAIR, YES? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT WE DEFER AT THE REQUEST OF STAFF.
ITEM NUMBER ONE. CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I OPPOSES.
HEARING NONE. THE ITEM WILL BE DEFERRED.
THANK YOU. ARE WE READY FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? DIRECTOR SMITH? YES. IN REFERENCE TO OLD BUSINESS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO. CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE EAST POINT IS THE APPLICANT AND IT IS CITYWIDE. THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IN REFERENCE TO SECTION TEN DASH 2206 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF STREAMLINE AND PROVIDING FOR A HIGHER LEVEL EFFORT TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
THIS CASE TYPE IS A TEXT AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. DO WE NEED TO OPEN THEM? I MAKE A MOTION. WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OR HEAR FROM STAFF ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
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CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
NONE. HEARING NONE. THE WE'RE OPEN NOW FOR NUMBER TWO.
CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
YES, MADAM CHAIR, IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT IN REFERENCE TO SECTION TEN 2010, DASH 2206. STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FURTHER ON IT ON THE DRAFT. WE'RE NOT READY FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD FOR YOUR ACTION.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME FORWARD TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
YES, MA'AM. ANYONE WANTS TO COME FORWARD? YES, I JUST WANTED TO.
OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS.
I WANTED TO SPEAK, BUT THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU.
YES. THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND PROPERLY. SECOND, THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
NONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I, I. SO NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE MOTION TO HER AND SEE IT OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PORTLAND HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
OKAY. WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR MOTION TO DEFER ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER.
ITEM NUMBER TWO. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO. CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
OKAY. WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION NOW.
OPEN DISCUSSION. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I WAS WONDERING AS OPPOSED TO THAT AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THERE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO EXPAND THE COMMUNICATION MAKING IT SCALABLE TO CITYWIDE VERSUS ONE MILE, DEPENDING DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE CASE OR THE IMPACT, WHETHER IT WILL BE IMPACTED IN A COMMUNITY SMALL, LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS A CITYWIDE IMPACT.
SO MAYBE THE COMMUNICATION CAN BE MORE BROAD DEPENDING ON THE SCALE OF THE THE TRAFFIC.
THAT WILL BE EMOTION. BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU WANT STAFF TO CONSIDER.
YES. IN THEIR REWRITE OF THE DRAFT.
YES. AND SO WHEN IT COMES BACK WHAT WILL YOU SEE IT.
AND IF YOU DON'T HONESTLY YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION AT THAT TIME.
OKAY. DRAFT BE ACCEPTED WITH THOSE CHANGES.
OKAY. AND SO I THINK THE STAFF HEARD HURT ME.
BUT THE MOTION RIGHT NOW IS TO DEFER.
YES. AND THEY TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THAT DRAFT AND COMES BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU.
SO IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING ATTORNEY WIGGINS, THAT WE WILL ENTERTAIN ADDITIONS TO THIS AMENDMENT, BUT WE JUST REALLY NEED TO CLOSE OUT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO THE MOTION TO DEFER.
NOT AT THIS TIME. THE MOTION TO DEFER IS JUST JUST THAT WHAT COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN IS SAYING IS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES BACK, AND THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT IT TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL MILEAGE OR COVERAGE FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. AND SO THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AND THEN GET A VOTE, A YAY OR NAY ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
OKAY. ARE THERE DOES ANY ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE.
YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OKAY.
TO DEFER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO THE FIRST ITEM? NUMBER TWO. LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I, I.
AND NOW WE CAN ENTERTAIN THE ADDITIONS TO THE AMENDMENT.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU READ THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES FOR THE NEW BUSINESS, SO THAT YOU CAN GO TO NUMBER ONE AND TWO UNDER THIS AMENDMENT.
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SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN'S REQUEST AND HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SO DIRECTOR SMITH WILL JUST PICK THAT UP.
OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. OKAY. I'LL READ THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES BEFORE WE OPEN IT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
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READING THE RULES FOR PUBLIC HEARING PERSONS BOTH FAVORING AND OPPOSING THE PROPOSED CASE WILL BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.THE APPLICANT FOR THE ZONING CASE OR THE APPLICANT'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, IF ANY, WILL BE ENTITLED TO SPEAK FIRST, FOLLOWED BY OTHER SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES.
THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ZONING ZONING CASE WILL THEN BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK, FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES BY MAJORITY VOTE.
THE COMMISSION MAY INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME OF SPEAKERS, PROVIDED THAT EACH SIDE IS GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE SPEAKER FOR A SIDE, THE CHAIR OR THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY LIMIT THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER OTHER THAN THE ZONING APPLICANT.
THE ZONING APPLICANT MAY RESERVE A PORTION OF HIS OR HER ALLOTTED TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
SPEAKERS MUST ADHERE TO THE RULES OF DECORUM PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
EACH SPEAKER SHALL IDENTIFY HIM OR HERSELF AND STATE HIS OR HER CURRENT ADDRESS.
EACH SPEAKER SHALL SPEAK ONLY TO THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE UNDER CONSIDERATION. SHALL ADDRESS REMARKS ONLY TO THE COMMISSION, AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ANY OTHER SPEAKER.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REFUSE A SPEAKER THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE IF, AFTER FIRST BEING CAUTIONED, THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE RULES OF DECORUM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE HEARD OUR RULES FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM CHAIR? YES, SIR. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE OPEN, THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
DIRECTOR SMITH, CASE NUMBER ONE, PLEASE, MISS MADAM CHAIR.
CASE NUMBER ONE. AND A NEW BUSINESS.
CASE NUMBER ONE. P2025 .001.03.
YOU DASH 001-10. THE APPLICANT IS GRAY STAR JOHN HOBART.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT ZERO WELCOME MALL ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A USE PERMIT TO DEVELOP 935,233.2FT² APPROXIMATELY IN AN AREA WITH TWO WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER BUILDINGS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 219FT² IN AREA IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL I-1 ZONING DISTRICT, WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE FROM SECTION TEN 2079 D TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE MILE DISTANCE REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL CASE TYPE IS A USE PERMIT WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE.
THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YOU MAY COME FORWARD AND PRESENT, PLEASE.
YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS JOHN HOBART WITH GRACE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1775 PEACHTREE STREET.
ATLANTA. I COME HERE TONIGHT WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST WITH A CONCURRENT
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VARIANCE. THIS IS TO DEVELOP SOUTH MEADOW BUSINESS CENTER.WHILE THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE AGENDA IS ZERO MILE ROAD, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS ON SOUTH MEADOW EAST PARKWAY.
WELCOME. ALL ROAD IS JUST WHAT'S LISTED ON THE TAX RECORD.
SO IT IS OFF OF WELCOME ALL HILL ON SOUTH EAST PARKWAY.
OKAY. I THINK IT'S BEEN SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A TABLE OF CONTENTS, BUT IT ALSO GIVES A GOOD AERIAL OF THE SITE.
YOU CAN SEE SOUTH MEADOW. EAST PARKWAY IS THE THE ROAD THAT KIND OF RUNS ALONG THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THERE. THIS IS A DEAD END ROAD CONTAINING NOTHING BUT WAREHOUSES ON IT.
THERE'S A WAREHOUSE IN EVERY DIRECTION FROM THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS ROAD, SOUTH EAST PARKWAY, IS PART OF SOUTH SOUTH MEADOW OWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PARK.
SOUTH MEADOW BUSINESS CENTER IS SURROUNDED ENTIRELY BY OTHER SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS, AND IS NOT THE CLOSEST OF ITS TYPE TO ANY RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE AREA.
AS SUCH, ITS PRESENCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, ENSURING MINIMAL IMPACT ON NEARBY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE THE VARIANCE IS A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A WAREHOUSE TO BE BUILT WITHIN 1000FT OR, SORRY, WITHIN ONE MILE OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS THE CROW FLIES.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE THAT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT OF BEING 1000FT OR ONE MILE.
EXCUSE ME AS THE CROW FLIES FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE SITUATION FOR OUR PARCEL OF LAND.
IT IS TRUE FOR EVERY PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE.
SO THE THE SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA AS YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD TAKE A RIGHT OUT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE TAKING A LEFT WOULD BE TO A DEAD END ROAD. SO TAKE A RIGHT. YOU COME UP TO THE STOP SIGN THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN.
IT IT DIRECTS ALL TRUCKS TO THE LEFT.
AS YOU PROGRESS, IF YOU WERE TO GO RIGHT AS YOU PROGRESS DOWN THE ROAD, THERE'S TWO MORE SIGNS INDICATING NO TRUCK TRAFFIC AND NO THREE TRUCKS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF ANY RESIDENTIAL HOMES WOULD BE LEAVING OUR SITE. AND AND AS YOU TAKE A LEFT OUT OF THE PROPERTY, YOU WOULD THEN, YOU KNOW, BEAR RIGHT ONTO CAMP CREEK AND CONTINUE ON TO THE INTERSTATE. MOST LIKELY A FEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS.
THE CURRENT USE OF THIS IS VACANT LAND.
THE LAND WAS DEVELOPED TO BUILD A WAREHOUSE.
BACK IN 2018. IT WAS GRANTED A IT WAS IT WAS ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL LIKE IT STILL IS TODAY. AT THAT TIME, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BUILD WAREHOUSE.
SO THAT PROJECT WAS GRANTED A LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT TO BUILD THAT WAREHOUSE.
BUT THE DEVELOPER CHOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND ENDED UP SELLING THE LAND TO A GROUP CALLED RACE HOLDINGS, WHO OWNS AND OCCUPIES THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR TO US TODAY. THIS. CURRENTLY, THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY CONTRIBUTES $6,450 A YEAR ON AVERAGE TO THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, AS WELL AS 2482 AIRPORT, WEST SYDNEY, VIA ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES UNDER ITS CURRENT USE OF VACANT LAND BY REACHING ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF A WAREHOUSE.
DEVELOPMENT. THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE OVER 100,000 ANNUALLY, A STAGGERING 100% INCREASE.
EMPLOYMENT. OBVIOUSLY, OUR INTENT IS TO LEASE THIS BUILDING TO LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CREATE WELL-PAYING JOBS.
WHILE YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, THINK OF.
WELL, I'LL GET TO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE ANYWAYS. SALES TAX GENERATION JUST, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING MORE FOLKS IN THE AREA TO VISIT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND PROVIDE BUSINESS AND TAXES TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS SOUTH MEADOW BUSINESS CENTER IS PART OF A CURRENT ASSOCIATION GOVERNED BY COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT CAREFULLY LIMIT ITS PERMISSIBLE USES.
THOSE INCLUDE NOT ALLOWING ANY USES THAT MATERIAL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC, CREATE VIBRATIONS, NOISE, ODOR, OR OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS BEYOND THE BOUNDARY OF THE SITE, CREATE A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF WASTE, CONSTITUTE ANY DANGEROUS OR UNSAFE USE, OR INVOLVE THE GENERATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
SO THIS LIST IS FAIRLY ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY ANY CONCERNS ONE MIGHT HAVE WITH A WAREHOUSE USE. AND THE ASSOCIATION THAT GOVERNS THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT ALLOW ANY OF THESE USES. TARGET BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE MOST OF THE WAREHOUSES YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH AROUND THAT CAMP CREEK BUSINESS AREA. CAMP CREEK BUSINESS CENTER AREA ARE IN THE 300 TO 600,000 SQUARE
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FOOT RANGE, SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN OUR BUILDINGS.WE PLAN TO BUILD TWO BUILDINGS, ONE 85,000FT², 135,000FT². AND WE'RE REALLY TARGETING MULTIPLE BUSINESSES IN THE 20,000 TO 40,000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE, WHERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD, THOSE WOULD REALLY QUALIFY AS SMALL BUSINESSES.
SOME EXAMPLES IN THE AREA I'VE LISTED HERE.
BUT THEY'RE JUST REALLY NOT TRADITIONAL, LIKE LARGE TRUCK USER INDUSTRIAL USERS.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THESE 20 TO 40,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACES.
MOST OF THE TIME YOU'LL SEE BOX TRUCKS OVER 18 WHEELERS.
I MEAN, WE STILL MAY SEE 18 WHEELERS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAIN SOURCE OF TRAFFIC FOR THE FOR THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE'RE TARGETING.
I'VE SHOWN SOME EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
THESE ARE IMMEDIATELY IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVY AUTOMOBILE PARKING FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK IN THOSE SPACES.
AND THEN THE TRUCK COURTS OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY VACANT.
THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS JUST MINIMAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A COUPLE OF TRUCKS IN AND OUT OF DAY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A HEAVY IN AND OUT.
WE HAVE PERFORMED SOME PROACTIVE SIDE IMPACT STUDIES.
ONE BEING A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER KIMLEY-HORN, WHICH DETERMINED THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACT, WHICH IS TAKING, YOU KNOW, IF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TRUCKS AND CARS FOR ANY WAREHOUSE OF THIS SIZE WERE TO TRAVERSE OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE OF LOW IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED A NOISE STUDY, AND IT INDICATED THAT ANY NOISE GENERATED FROM THIS FACILITY WOULD WOULD BE BELOW THE KIND OF MAXIMUM ALLOWED DECIBELS.
AS IT RELATES TO THE SURROUNDING EXISTING USES.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS, IS I'M AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY AWARE OF COMMUNITY DRAWBACK TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK FOR A SITE, WE LOOK AT FIRST SITE THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND THAT IS SURROUNDED ONLY BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
AND THAT IS THIS PROPERTY TO A TEE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT TOUCHES THIS SITE THAT ISN'T ANOTHER WAREHOUSE OR INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND. THE REASON FOR OUR SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS BECAUSE WAREHOUSE WAS STRIPPED OUT OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING AS AN ALLOWED USE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. IT'S NOT FOR A REZONE. IT'S FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED I-1, WHICH IS THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AND ACCORDING TO THE EASTPOINTE CODE, THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION I-1 IS TO PROVIDE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS AND THE CONDUCT OF RELATED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE INTEND.
OUR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE I-1 DISTRICT IS COMPRISED OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE LOCATED ON, OR HAVE READY ACCESS TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THOROUGHFARES AND OR RAIL FACILITIES, AND ARE WELL ADAPTED TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ARE NOT OBJECTIONABLE BY REASONS OF DUST, ODOR, NOISE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, OR CONGESTION.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS, WHILE THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE ARE NOT HERE. TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT THE EXACT USE OR USER OR TENANT OF OUR FACILITY WILL BE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WE ARE BUILDING THIS SPECULATIVELY WHICH MEANS WE'LL BUILD IT AND THEN GO FIND A TENANT.
BUT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR THE LAND USE, WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO ALLOW THE LAND USE OF WAREHOUSE ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO I'LL PAUSE THERE AND RESERVE MY RIGHT FOR REBUTTAL WITH ANY REMAINING TIME.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND DEDICATING SOME OF YOUR NIGHT THIS EVENING TO HEAR MY CASE. MR. HOBART, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT IS IN FAVOR OF THE VARIANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE? ANYONE IN FAVOR OF.
MADAM CHAIR, LET ME JUST CORRECT ONE THING THE CITY STAFF DID ADVERTISE BOTH THE USE PERMIT AND THE VARIANCE.
SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE BEFORE YOU AND YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON BOTH.
OKAY. IT'S OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN FAVOR OF THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE ON THIS PROPERTY OR THIS PROJECT? ANYONE IN FAVOR OF. IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S NOT IN FAVOR OF.
YOU MAY COME FORWARD. ANYONE THAT'S NOT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1301 MERCER IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT.
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MY DESIRE ON THIS IS THAT YOU CONSIDER A SHORT TIME BACK IN THIS CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR.THIS PROPOSAL CAME UP BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS CAME AND SAID, NO, WE DO NOT WANT THIS.
WE THINK THERE IS ALREADY MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE SIGNS, THEN IS GOOD FOR US WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. NOW I HEAR A CONNECTION TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AND SAID NO WERE THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS WHO LIVED THERE AND WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY IT. AND SO I'M WELL, I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
I WAS HERE TO HEAR THEIR OBJECTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE OPPOSED TO THIS, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT? YOU MAY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING, MARY TERRY, 2855 SEVEN ROAD. AND I WILL SAY THE SAME THING AS MR. TOM. I WAS HERE ALSO TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS.
WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE WAREHOUSES, AND IT IS NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND I HEAR THE APPLICANT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, NO LOUD TRUCKS. OF COURSE THERE'S GOING TO BE LOUD TRUCKS.
AND OF COURSE YOU GOT OTHER WAREHOUSES UP THERE.
IT'S GOING TO THEY ALL GOING TO IMPACT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THE RESIDENTS WAS HERE AND THEY SPOKE OUT TO YOU GUYS AND I'M SPEAKING I DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA, BUT I AM A PART OF EASTPOINTE.
I SEE THE BIG TRUCKS. I LIVE BY WALMART WITH THE BIG TRUCKS.
THE RESIDENT SAYS NO AND I THANK YOU GUYS AS YOU SIT THERE.
YOU GUYS ALSO VOTE THE SAME WAY.
THEY DON'T WANT THAT IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE TOO MANY WAREHOUSES IN THAT SECTION.
SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU GUYS TO VOTE NO BECAUSE I VOTE NO. THE RESIDENTS PUT THEIR PLAN TO YOU GUYS AND DON'T LET THEM COME AND DESTROY A NEIGHBOR. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 60 AND 70 YEARS LET THEM LIVE IN PEACE.
SO I VOTE NO TO THE VARIANCES AND TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMPLY WITH THAT.
NO. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE AGAINST.
COME FORWARD PLEASE, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING TONIGHT AND JUST KIND OF HEARING FROM US.
ADDRESS 4328 SAVANNAH A WALK OR SAVANNAH LANE IN THE SAVANNAH WALK COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE ONE. I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 15 YEARS.
I PURCHASED MY HOME HERE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.
I'M ABOUT MAYBE A MILE AND A HALF AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT.
AND SO I'M COMING TO YOU BECAUSE I AM SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I CARE ABOUT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO HEADED.
THIS MEETING AND THEN ALSO I ATTENDED THE LAST VIRTUAL MEETING WHERE WE HEARD ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT. AND VERY MUCH LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER WAREHOUSES IN THIS AREA.
SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS, WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE STORAGE FACILITY, THEY HAVE MCDONALD'S.
THEY HAVE THE FACILITY RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUILD THIS.
THAT APPEARS TO BE VACANT A LOT OF THE TIMES, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM THESE FACILITIES COMING INTO THIS AREA AND BEING SO CLOSE TO TO OUR HOME, AND THAT'S VERY CONCERNING FOR ME.
I MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF THIS BUILDING WERE TO COME, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US? WHAT DOES IT BRING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU KNOW, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT WE DESERVE MORE THAN JUST TRUCKS.
I THINK WE DESERVE MORE THAN JUST LOADING DOCKS.
I THINK WE NEED A SPACE THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, COFFEE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS YOU KNOW,
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COMMUNITY SPACES. SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY REFLECTS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF THIS PLACE. I PERSONALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXPERIENCED EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON WITH MICROSOFT BEING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM MICROSOFT.I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN DEVELOPMENTS COME TO THIS AREA WITHOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT OR THE MICROSOFT PROJECT WAS APPROVED BEFORE PROACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT IS WE WANT OR NEED IT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT, IT IT TOOK FOR ME COMING OUT OF MY OWN HOUSE, I'VE BEEN FOR 15 YEARS, AND I HAVEN'T ATTENDED AS MANY MEETINGS AS I HAVE SINCE THAT MICROSOFT PROJECT CAME.
BUT IT TOOK FOR ME AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME BACK AND PUSH BACK AND, AND, YOU KNOW AND TRY TO SECURE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD.
AND, AND LUCKILY, RETROACTIVELY, MICROSOFT DID PROVIDE THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS.
THEY'VE PROMISED TO BUILD A SMALL PARK FOR US.
BUT THE BUILDING OF MICROSOFT WE EXPERIENCED DAILY BLAST.
FOR MONTHS IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.
I WORK FROM HOME. IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE IN YOUR HOME AND NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THESE BLASTS ARE COMING. AND AS A RESULT, MICROSOFT IS PAYING OUT CLAIMS RIGHT NOW TO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME FOR US TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A PROACTIVE APPROACH.
WE'VE BEEN VERY REACTIVE AND THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT TO STAND FOR THAT.
I'VE LEARNED THAT EASTPOINTE HAS SOME PROACTIVE MEASURES, LIKE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT POLICY THAT'S PUT IN PLACE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS WHERE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING INTO THIS AREA WITH WAREHOUSES WILL COME HERE WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT ALSO WORK FOR US AS THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUNDS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND WE'VE SEEN PICTURES OF, YES, THE TRUCKS WON'T BE GOING DOWN THE ROADS THAT THEY CAN'T BEEN HILL ROAD BECAUSE THEY'LL BE TICKETED.
BUT WE ALL SHARE A COMMON SPACE AND HOW WE GET TO CAMP CREEK.
AND IF THERE'S A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE IN DRIVING ON WELCOME OUR ROAD VERSUS BEN HILL ROAD WHERE THOSE TRUCKS ARE, THEY TEAR UP THE ROADS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
SO PUTTING PROACTIVELY PUTTING FUNDS TO THE SIDE.
SO WHEN THE ROAD TEARS BECAUSE OF THE TRUCKS, THEY COULD EASILY AND QUICKLY COME OUT AND REPAIR IT.
YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING ON THIS LAND THE SAME WAY THAT MICROSOFT BUILT ON THE LAND RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM BLASTING AND THE THINGS THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO BUILD A, YOU KNOW, A STRUCTURE OF THIS SIZE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE SCHOOLS, THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAYBE SOUNDPROOF OUR HOMES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT JUST BEING PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THAT'S TIME.
THANK YOU. WAS THAT 15 MINUTES? THANK YOU. OKAY. THE WHOLE 15 IS 15 FOR THE OPPOSITION.
I'M SORRY. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT IT WAS 15 MINUTES FROM WHAT YOU ALL SAID.
NOT ONE PERSON. THAT'S FOR THE SIDE.
IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE OPPOSITION.
ATTORNEY WILKINS, IS THAT THE COMPLETE TIME THAT WE HAVE ALLOTTED? YES. THE BOARD DOES THE MOTION.
OKAY. WHATEVER TIME YOU SEND THE OPPOSITION, YOU HAVE TO EXTEND FOR THOSE.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME.
MADAM CHAIR, HOW MUCH TIME? FIVE MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES.
BEFORE WE EXTENDED, I WANTED TO KNOW.
WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS THAT WANTED TO BE HEARD IN CASE WE NEEDED LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES? WE WE WILL GET TO ASK THAT ONCE THE MOTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UNDERSTOOD. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO THOSE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO EXTEND THE TIME.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
I OPPOSES HERE, AND NONE THE TIME WILL BE EXPENDED FIVE MINUTES FOR SUPPORT.
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DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN? SO THAT IS IN SUPPORT.WE'LL GO THERE FIRST. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT? CAN WE ADD A NEW VOTE? BECAUSE I WANT TO DO IT.
OKAY. ONE MORE TIME. IS IT THE LADY THAT JUST PROBABLY NOT, OR SHE HASN'T CALLED ANYTHING.
OKAY, BUT YOU WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANYONE? IN SUPPORT OF.
AND IF NOT, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME UP IN OPPOSITION TO.
THAT. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, FOR THE RECORD, JUST REPEAT YOUR NAME AGAIN.
OKAY, SO I'LL GET TO THE QUESTIONS.
WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW TODAY IS, HAS THE CITY ASKED FOR A COMMUNITY BENEFIT BEYOND TAXES AND JOBS? BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE ANY COMPANY THAT COMES TO EASTPOINTE SHOULD BE PAYING TAXES AND JOBS. IT'S IT'S JUST HARD TO TRACK THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF JOBS.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW, HAS THE CITY ASKED FOR ANYTHING BEYOND THAT? DOES THE COMPANY GRAY STAR HAVE PLANS FOR A SHARED SPACE? GREEN AREAS, LOCAL RESTAURANTS, COMMUNITY USE TYPE FACILITIES.
DO THEY FEEL IT'S AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST TO CREATE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT, SOMETHING THAT OFFERS A TANGIBLE RETURN FOR THE COMMUNITY? AND THEN FINALLY JUST KIND OF HAVE AFTER HEARING EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT GRAY STAR WILL TAKE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY VERSUS PUTTING A STRAIN ON IT? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DOES THAT COMPLETE YOUR REBUTTAL AND YOUR QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YOU CAN ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO REBUT THE PROJECT? THANK YOU. HEARING NONE.
ATTORNEY WIGGINS, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.
ANSWER QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS CANNOT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE FORWARDED ON? IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT IF HE WANTS TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THAT IN HIS REBUTTAL, BUT THE COMMISSION DOESN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS. YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO WE CAN HEAR NOW FROM YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR OPPOSITION IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO YOU MIND GOING TO THE NEXT ONE? YEAH. RIGHT THERE. HEY, JOHN HOBART.
GRACE DA. BACK. SO ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT THE SITE THAT YOU'RE SEEING OUTLINED IN WHITE HERE IS I DID MENTION THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY KIND OF PRE GRADED AND INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE FOR BASICALLY THE EXACT WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD. SO THE SITE WORKS ALREADY DONE.
DISSIMILAR TO THE PROJECT NEXT DOOR HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THE SITE WORKS ALREADY DONE. WE'LL JUST BE BUILDING A BUILDING. ESSENTIALLY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PINE TREES THAT HAVE GROWN ON THE PROPERTY OVER TIME.
SO WE'LL BE YOU KNOW, CLEARING THOSE.
BUT IN TERMS OF BLASTING, THE SITE IS ALREADY GRADED AND CLEAR OR GRADED IN LEVEL, SO THERE WILL BE NO BLASTING IN TERMS OF NOISE.
YOU KNOW, I DO I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE.
WE DO BELIEVE OUR TRAFFIC WILL BE MINIMAL COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS DUKE REALTY THERE ON THE SCREEN THAT'S YOU KNOW, 3 TO 4 TIMES LARGER THAN WHAT WE PLAN TO BUILD.
BUT I DID WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE EXISTING CODE OF THE I1 DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT OUR PROPERTY IS ZONED STATES THAT PROJECTS ARE NOT OBJECTIONABLE BY REASONS OF DUST, ODOR, NOISE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
SO THOSE THOSE OBJECTIONS ARE BY EAST POINTS CODE, NOT ALLOWED. I'LL ALSO RESPOND TO FORGIVE ME FOR FORGETTING YOUR NAME, BUT IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
IT'S YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY OUR SITE PLAN KIND OF TAKES UP THE WHOLE AREA OF OUR PARCEL OF
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LAND. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS, THE PARKING AND KIND OF RETENTION PONDS AND LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS A PLAYGROUND ON OUR WAREHOUSE PARCEL, BUT IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST ASK I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, I'VE.I'VE BEEN AT THIS SINCE DECEMBER, AND WE'RE NOT COMING BACK THROUGH WITH THE VARIANCE ATTACHED. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION, AND I HAVEN'T HAD AN ASK FOR KIND OF A PUBLIC BENEFIT AGREEMENT YET.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE ON OUR PROPERTY.
IF THERE'S IF THERE'S IDEAS FOR A WAY WE COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY IN ANOTHER AREA OF TOWN, THEN I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSING.
BUT IN TERMS OF ON OUR PROPERTY, I THINK PART OF THE REASON WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS ONLY SUITED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IF NOT GRANTED, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEVER BE DEVELOPED INTO ANYTHING ELSE IS BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY GREAT FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS ON A DEAD END ROAD THAT ONLY CONTAINS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S JUST. AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.
IT'S A DEAD END ROAD, SO THERE'S NO TRAFFIC THAT PASSES BY THIS PARCEL, WHICH WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE, LIKE ANY DESIRE FOR A RETAIL DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP ANY RETAIL TYPE USE BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.
NOT TO MENTION IT'S NEXT DOOR AND SURROUNDED BY WAREHOUSES.
GRAY STAR. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW IS IS A VERY LARGE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER IS KIND OF OUR MAIN BUSINESS. WE GOT INTO INDUSTRIAL FIVE YEARS AGO OR SO AND YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS PROPERTY WITH A WITH A RESIDENTIAL LENS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST IT'S NOT SUITED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY EXISTING WAREHOUSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, AS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WAREHOUSE IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST AND REALLY ONLY USE FOR THIS LAND MOVING FORWARD. AND IF IT IS NOT GRANTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IT WILL REMAIN AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL OF LAND WITH MINIMAL TAX IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT AND YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, MADAM CHAIR.
YES, SIR. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE P2025, VICTOR DASH 00103 AND P202 FOR YOU DASH 001.
DASH ONE ZERO. ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I, I, I OPPOSES HERE AND NONE.
DIRECTOR SMITH, THE NEXT CASE, PLEASE.
JUST CLOSE THIS ONE. YOU GUYS NEED TO NOW TAKE UP THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE. SO A RECOMMENDATION TO VOTE ON IT.
OKAY. SORRY. SO A RECOMMENDATION CAN BE MADE TO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION.
YES. I'M SAYING STAFF HAS TO GIVE US THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WE CAN CLOSE IT.
SO DIRECTOR SMITH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE? YES. IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER FOR YOU.
IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBERS P20 25.00103 AND CASE NUMBER P2 ZERO TWO FOR YOU, THAT'S 00110. THE APPLICANT IS GRAY STAR JOHN HOBART.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT ZERO WELCOME ROAD.
THE ZONING IS I-1 ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A USE PERMIT TO DEVELOP 21 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES FOR TWO WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER BUILDINGS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 219,090FT² IN AREA.
AND THERE IS A CONCURRENT VARIANCE.
THE ZONING MAP, AS YOU SEE, IS I1.
AND THIS IS A DEPICTION OF THE CURRENT SITE.
WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED WITH THE RED STAR THAT IS THE SITE AT HAND.
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THE GREEN CIRCLES DEPICT THE RESIDENTIAL USES SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW.AND IN THAT PICTURE YOU ALSO SEE THE WHITE RECTANGLE.
WHITE TOPS ARE EXISTING WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA AS WELL.
THIS IS A DEPICTION OF THE DISTANCES WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE VARIANCE PORTION PURSUANT TO SECTION TEN 2079 D TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE MILE DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
THIS IS A DEPICTION. IT GIVES YOU APPROXIMATE DISTANCES FROM RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THE AREA.
IF YOU COULD SEE ON THE MAP YOU SEE THERE ARE RESIDENCES WITHIN 1014 88FT² IN AREA.
THERE ARE DEPICTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BEING APPROXIMATELY 2800FT FROM THIS SITE, AND SO ON AND SO ON.
IT'S 1900 SQUARE FEET, 3000 1800 SQUARE FEET AWAY, NINE NOT SQUARE FEET, FEET, NOT SQUARE FEET IN AREA, BUT JUST SQUARE SQUARE MILES IN AREA.
THERE ARE DEPICTIONS OF 2662 AND SO ON.
SO FAR AS WE KNOW, A MILE IS APPROXIMATELY 5000.
5280FT APPROXIMATELY. AND SO, YOU SEE, THERE IS PART OF A DISTANCE THAT IS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU SEE THAT IN A PICTURE? THIS IS A MAP OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP.
AND IT'S SHOWING THAT THIS AREA IS AN INDUSTRIAL SUB AREA TOO.
AND WITHIN THE SUB AREA TWO OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT CALLS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARK IN ITS VISION.
AND I'LL READ A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS SO WE CAN GET FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE INTENT IS FOR THIS AREA. PORTIONS OF IT STATES THAT MANY NEW USERS OF INDUSTRIAL ARE NOT CUSTOMARILY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, BUT THOSE THAT REQUIRE INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND ARE LOWER RENT LIKE STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S THE VISION FOR SUB AREA TO SOME OF THE GOALS OF SUBAREA TWO IS TO PROMOTE PROMOTE ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES TO INCREASE POSSIBILITIES FOR INTRODUCING MODERN INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE AREA. ALSO, ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE SUBAREA TWO LAND USE CATEGORY IS TO ENCOURAGE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PARK USES IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL USES, IN ALIGNMENT WITH C-2 AND ZONED ZONING.
CLASSIFICATION AND PERMITTED USES.
ALSO, SOME OF THE GOALS FOR SUBAREA TWO IS TO PROMOTE INCENTIVES FOR TARGETED BUSINESS TYPES LIKE FILM FILM AREAS, AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF SUBAREA TWO. AND THE LAST GOAL THAT WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT EVALUATING TRUCK ROUTES AND CONSIDER CREATING DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES PROHIBITING TRUCK TRAFFIC AND OTHER ROADS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS YOU SEE ON SOME OF THE MAPS THAT WE SHOWED, IT IS A VARYING CONTRAST OF RESIDENTIAL.
AND IN CONCLUSION, THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE USE PERMIT AND VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR THE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY INFORMATION, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS SUCH AS LIGHT AND NOISE, TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC, AIR QUALITY AND WATER.
AMONG SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS THAT COULD HAPPEN IN REFERENCE TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
ALSO, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT SIDEWALKS, ACCESSIBILITY AND FRONTAGE.
THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.
DRIVEWAY SPACES. LOT COVERAGE PROPOSALS AND INTERNAL SIDEWALK COVERAGE.
THE SITE IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION TEN 2079 D, WHICH IS TO ALLOW THESE TYPE OF USES WITHIN ONE DISTANCE MILE OF RESIDENTIAL.
SO THIS SITE IS WELL WITHIN THE MILE.
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AND SO THEREFORE IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.AND STAFF FURTHER RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THIS.
BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SAY, IF IT IS THE BOARD'S WISH TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, WE DO HAVE A SET OF CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH, AND I'LL READ THOSE INTO RECORD. BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT IT IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL. HOWEVER, IN SOME INSTANCES, WE ARE WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OR OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT CAME BEFORE AS A USE PERMIT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK.
AND WITH THAT FEEDBACK, WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH CONDITIONS.
IF IT IS THE WILL OF THIS BODY AS WELL AS COUNCIL.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD.
THE FIRST CONDITION TO DEVELOP A DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS AT THE BACK OF THE CURB, ALONG THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FRONTAGE.
CONDITION NUMBER TWO DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE ADA RAMPS AND RELATED STRIPING ASSOCIATED WITH PEDESTRIAN CROSSROADS AT PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS.
CONDITION NUMBER THREE DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM RADII OF 35FT AT THE BACK OF THE CURB ON ALL PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS.
CONDITION NUMBER FOUR DEVELOPMENT IS TO DESIGN INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE SITE TO MEET MINIMUM DRIVEWAY SPACING OF 125FT.
CONDITION NUMBER FIVE DEVELOPMENT IS TO BE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY TO MAXIMIZE LOT COVERAGE FOR THE SITE, NOT TO EXCEED THE INDUSTRY STANDARD OF 70% FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS.
CONDITION NUMBER SIX DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY FROM PROPOSED SIDEWALK AT THE STREET TO THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS.
CONDITION NUMBER SEVEN DEVELOPMENT IS TO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC STUDY.
THE DEVELOPER IS TO ADHERE TO SECTION TEN DASH 2067 WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, SECTION C FOR PROCEDURES.
EXCUSE ME. SECTION D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S THE. AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN REFERENCE TO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT JUST BASICALLY LISTS THE PROCEDURES FOR THE FOR THE WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WHICH WE NOTATED AS SECTION C, SEE IF YOU COULD GO BACK.
AND AS YOU SEE THERE, THERE IS A SECTION H WHICH ENCOMPASSES COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR OUR REPORT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MADAM CHAIR? YES. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE USE PERMIT WITH THE CONCURRENCE VARIANCE.
INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE STATED BY THE DIRECTOR.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL OF THOSE. LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I.
I OPPOSES. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, IN FAVOR OF.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONS.
NO. COMMISSIONER MELANIE STYLES, I APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.
COMMISSIONER WATSON. DIDN'T I? COMMISSIONER MILLER APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS I.
COMMISSIONER ELLEN ELEANORE ANDERSON APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.
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LEAVITT. DENY.SO IT FAILS BECAUSE FIVE WERE NAMED TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONS FOR WARNINGS. IT WILL MOVE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IT FAILED. I'M SORRY IT FAILED.
SO IT WOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
[IV.2 P2025RZ-001-03 ]
OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SECOND CASE ON NEW BUSINESS DIRECTOR SMITH.CASE NUMBER TWO. CASE NUMBER P2025 RS.
5001.03 APPLICANT IS FUZED DESIGN STUDIO.
TIMOTHY HELM'S PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3380 BATCHELOR STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING FROM R1, A R URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, TO OUR RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT AREA FROM 3000FT² IN AREA TO 2148FT² IN AREA.
CASE TYPE IS A REZONING WITH A VARIANCE.
THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? MADAM CHAIR. YES, SIR.
I MOVED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED, AND PROBABLY SECOND THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I, I OPPOSES.
HEARING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CASE NUMBER P2025RZ-00103.
THE APPLICANT MAY COME FORWARD.
HI. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS TIMOTHY HELMS. I'M WITH FUZE DESIGN STUDIO.
THE ADDRESS IS 374 HASKELL ROAD NORTHWEST ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 3009. I AM HERE TODAY.
DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? IF NOT, I HAVE IT ON A FLASH DRIVE AS WELL.
DARE YOU. I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE PLUG IN.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE PROPERTY AT 3380 BACHELOR STREET IN EASTPOINT, GEORGIA. THAT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF BATCHELOR STREET AND WALKER AVENUE AS OUR ONE A AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE'RE COMING TO FOR A VARIANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOME. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE CURRENT SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY, ONE STORY HOME WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THE BACK.
THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED.
THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS NOT OCCUPIED AND NOT ABLE TO BE OCCUPIED CURRENTLY.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF UNITS WITH TWO BUILDINGS EACH.
THE PLAN FOR THE SITE WOULD BE TO HAVE HEAVILY LANDSCAPED THE SITE.
THERE'S A PARK TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY, AND WE WANT TO KIND OF DRAW FROM, DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THAT PARK AND BRING SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS INTO THE ACTUAL SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SITE PLAN, ALL OF THE DRIVE ENTRIES ARE ON WALKER AVE.
EVEN THOUGH THE THE PRIMARY ADDRESS IS ON BACHELOR STREET, WE DO HAVE AN ELEVATION THAT WILL SHOW SHARE LATER OF BOTH OF THOSE STREETS.
AGAIN, SOME OF THE WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE AGAIN, IN THE BOTTOM VIEW OF THE SITE, THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS AS WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO REDUCE FROM 3000FT² TO 2148FT², WHICH IS A 29% REDUCTION.
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THERE ARE SOME CODES THAT REFERENCE DOING CERTAIN THINGS TO THE PROPERTY, PROVIDING CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF BRICK FACADE, CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF HEAVY LANDSCAPE BENCH SEATING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO EITHER GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT GRANTED, BACK TO US, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET 5%, BUT THAT STILL WOULDN'T PUT US IN THAT RANGE TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE EACH OF THE LOTS DOWN TO WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SHEET.THESE ARE JUST SOME VERY SCHEMATIC LEVEL.
I WOULD YOU KNOW, RELY ON THAT, THAT WORD HEAVY SCHEMATIC.
BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST SOME FIRST ROUNDS OF WHAT THE UNITS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO THIS WOULD BE A ONE UNIT, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD SHOW US A TWO UNIT. THESE TWO UNITS WOULD BE PUT TOGETHER TO FORM ONE OF THE STRUCTURES WHICH WOULD THEN BE MIRRORED. AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PLAN YOU CAN SEE THE ELEVATIONS HERE.
UNIT A1 ON THE LEFT A TWO IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE MIRROR COPY OF THAT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THIS, THE LANDSCAPE.
SO ON THE BOTTOM YOU'RE SEEING THE ELEVATION, VERY SCHEMATIC AGAIN. LEVEL IS ON WALKER WALKER AVE AND THEN ON THE TOP YOU'RE SEEING BACHELOR STREET. NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ARE SOME INSPIRATION IMAGES.
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT I'M GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT.
WE'VE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS ABOUT PARKING ON THE PARKING PADS THAT WE'VE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS ESSENTIALLY REASSESSING THE BOTTOM LEVEL TO ALLOW TWO PARKING SPACES ON THE PROPERTY FOR EACH OF THE TOWNHOMES.
SO NOT ONLY WOULD THE TENANT BE ABLE TO GET TWO VEHICLES INTO THE GARAGE, THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE TWO GUESTS.
THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN AND FREE OF VEHICLES FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, BUT ALSO FOR OTHER PEDESTRIANS IN NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING, AGAIN, JUST SHOWING WE WE INTEND TO PROVIDE A HEAVY AMOUNT OF BRICK ON BRICK FACADES CRAFTSMAN STYLE IN NATURE, KEEPING WITH THE TRADITIONAL WITH THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE SEE, THE SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH MOST FAMILIES, MOST, MOST OF THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE ONE AND A HALF TO TWO STORY HOMES.
WE REALLY FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TRANSITION FROM THE SIX STORY HOTELS TO OUR EAST AND TO OUR SOUTH, TO THIS THREE STORY TOWNHOME, THEN TO A ONE AND A HALF, TWO STORY HOME OR THE PARK ONTO OUR WEST.
WE REALLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY URBAN TRANSITION THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE.
OUR NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT. SO I'LL START ON THE VERY FAR.
THAT IS A KIND OF A BUSINESS AND A WAREHOUSE THAT'S I THINK IT'S A CAR REPAIR THAT'S THERE. AND THEN IF YOU GO UP, YOU SEE THAT SIX STORY HOTEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE TO OUR SOUTH.
AND THEN IF YOU GO OVER TO THE LEFT, THAT IS ACTUALLY THE PARK THAT WE'RE REFERENCING. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO HEAVY LANDSCAPE ON THAT PARK AS WELL.
AND THEN UP ABOVE THE PARK IS THAT OTHER SIX STOREY HOTEL THAT IS TO OUR RIGHT.
SO TO OUR, OUR EAST, ALL THE OTHER HOMES ARE THE ONE AND A HALF, TWO STORY HOMES THAT WE'RE REFERENCING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS THAT IF IT WAS TO BE REDEVELOPED CURRENTLY, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENTS ALSO IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS ABOUT KEEPING HISTORIC HOUSES AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IF THE PLAN WAS TO REDEVELOP IT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
BUT MORE THAN LIKELY, THIS HOME WOULD BE TORN DOWN IN ENTIRETY TO BUILD A NEW, BRAND NEW HOME.
SO THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE NO NO ELEMENTS OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT'S THERE THAT WOULD EXIST. NOR DO WE FEEL ANY OF THOSE ELEMENTS ON THAT HOME ARE SPECIAL OR UNIQUE OR HISTORIC IN VALUE. AND I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT? ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT? ANYONE HERE? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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THE SAME AS THIS PROPOSED BUILDING.I WOULD CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SEVERAL MENTIONS TO THE CURRENT HOUSING.
THIS IS CLEARLY AS A RESIDENCE, NOT A HOTEL, BUT AS A RESIDENCE IS REALLY OUT OF THE CHARACTER OF EGAN PARK NOW.
FIVE YEARS AGO, I MOVED TO EAST POINT AND I MOVED TO EGON PARK BECAUSE IT WAS A NICE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, NICE LITTLE HOUSES, HOUSES I COULD AFFORD.
AND I'M KIND OF PUZZLED BY THE AMOUNT OF RENTALS THAT WE HAVE, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE LACK OF CITY'S ENFORCEMENT OF SHORT TERM RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS. THAT IS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE COMPANIES THAT RENT OUT A HOUSE FOR A DAY OR UP TO 30 DAYS.
WE ARE NOT ENFORCING THAT AS A CITY.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE IT'S ON THE BOOKS, BUT WE'RE NOT.
AND THAT IS MY OTHER CONCERN HERE.
THESE PROPERTIES WOULD LEND THEMSELVES TO BECOMING RENTAL UNITS.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT COVENANTS FOR BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY REQUIRE THAT IT BE OWNER OCCUPIED ONLY. THE ISSUE OF PARKING.
I'M GLAD HE BROUGHT THAT OR GENTLEMAN BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT PARKING OFF STREET.
HE SAID THERE WERE TWO SPACES FOR OWNERS AND TWO FOR VISITORS.
I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS THE DRIVEWAYS.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER, OTHER BUILDINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN EAGAN PARK.
THERE IS NO THREE STORY BUILDING IN EAGAN PARK.
THERE IS NO CONDOMINIUM BUILDING.
IT'S ALL INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES.
SO I AM OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE.
I THINK THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE, AND I DEFINITELY THINK THE VARIANCE TO REDUCE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS OUT OF ORDER.
NONE OF THESE ARE PARTICULARLY LARGE LOTS ANYWAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT OF EVEN SMALLER LOT SIZES, AND I AM OPPOSED TO THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS ERIC BROOKS, AND I'M AT 1311 MERCER AVENUE IN EAGAN PARK.
AND I'M OPPOSED TO THIS BUILDING TOWNHOMES THERE ONE.
IF YOU MEET IN EAGAN PARK, THE STREETS ARE VERY NARROW.
NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET VERY MUCH ALLOWS ONLY ANOTHER CAR TO GO DOWN THE STREET IF ANOTHER CAR IS COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
YOU CAN'T GET DOWN THE STREET.
SO BY ADDING FOUR FOUR HOMES OR FOUR TOWNHOMES THERE WOULD CAUSE MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUES, I'M AFRAID. AT THAT CORNER AT THE PARK.
I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD SEVERAL TIMES AND WHEN YOU TURN ON TO BATCHELOR, SOMETIMES THERE'S CARS COMING.
THEY DON'T GO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET.
THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BECAUSE THE ROAD IS SO NARROW.
PLUS IT WOULD TAKE AWAY THE STRUCTURE OR THE THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE NOT CONDOMINIUMS. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OF THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BRING OTHER ISSUES AND OTHER PROBLEMS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT? GOOD EVENING. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING. TERRY. 2855 SEVEN ROAD.
AND I AGREE WITH THE RESIDENTS OF EAGAN PARK.
I HAVE WALKED THAT AREA ON CAMBRIDGE.
WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN CAMBRIDGE AND BATCHELOR, THE ROADS ARE VERY, VERY NARROW.
THE HOTELS IN THE BACK, YOU'VE GOT TREES THAT'S ACTUALLY PLANTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK.
THE COMPLAINT WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE IS THAT WHEN A BIG TRUCK, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HOTELS, ALL THOSE BIG TRUCKS COMING UP THE STREET,
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THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM.THERE ARE THE TREES IN THE WAY, BUT ALL THE BIG HOTELS, HOLIDAY INN AND FAIR AND ALL THEM HOTELS TO PUT A CONDO OR WHATEVER.
ALL THE TRAFFIC, THE STREETS IN THERE.
WALKER, WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN, WALKER, YOU HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY STOP IN ORDER FOR THE CAR OR TRUCK TO COME UP WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN.
SO TO PUT THOSE CONDOMINIUMS OR TOWNHOUSES, WHATEVER Y'ALL CALL THEM, THAT WILL RUIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A VERY, VERY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH YARD, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOMEONE TO PARK THEIR CARS.
BUT HE'S PUTTING TWO CARS, TWO GARAGES.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WOULD FIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I DON'T THINK THE RESIDENTS THERE WOULD LIKE THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'RE BRINGING THESE INVESTORS IN TO RUN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
THEY DON'T NEED THAT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
LIKE I SAID, I WALKED THEM AND EGAN PARK IS VERY SMALL PARK.
BUT THE STREETS ARE TOO NARROW FOR THOSE.
JUST PUT A REGULAR HOUSE THERE.
BUT THOSE CONDOS, A TOWNHOUSE, WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO CALL THEM.
AND I'M AGAINST IT. I'M NOT FOR IT.
HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN THAT WAY? HAVE YOU WALKED THAT WAY? HAVE YOU SEEN IT? HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THEN YOU BETTER MAKE THAT.
BUT FOR SOME. SOMEBODY COME IN AND LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT.
DOESN'T STAY THERE. I SAY NO TO IT.
THIS COMMUNITY HERE HAS COME A LONG, LONG WAY ALONG WHERE YOU GOT ALL THE HOTELS DOWN THERE. THAT'S ENOUGH RIGHT THERE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT IS IN OPPOSITION? YES. PLEASE COME DOWN.
NAME IS SAM BROWN. I'M AT 1311 MERCER AVENUE.
I OPPOSE THIS. I USED TO LIVE IN A CITY WITH TOWNHOMES.
THE REASON WHY I MOVED TO EAGAN PARK.
IT'S A COMMUNITY. A SMALL COMMUNITY THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
I LIKE THAT IT WAS A SMALL HOMES.
NO ONES. IT'S A SMALL AREA, BUT EVERYONE'S NOT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
HAVING CONDOS IS LIKE BEING BACK IN THE CITY.
AND WHERE WE LIVE AT, IT'S NOT THE CITY.
INSTEAD OF BIG BUILDINGS EVERYWHERE, SMALL HOMES.
BUT CONDOS NOW. SO I OPPOSE THAT.
YEAH. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.
HERE ARE NINE SEEING NONE COMMISSIONERS MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY.
SECOND. THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED ON PROJECT P2025RZ001-03. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I OPPOSES.
HEARING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF. DIRECTOR SMITH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION PLEASE.
YES. IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER P2025RZ-001.03.
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3380 BATCHELOR STREET.
THE CASE TYPE IS A RESOUNDING WITH THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE AND THE APPLICANT IS FUZED DESIGN STUDIO. TIMOTHY HELMS THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS R-1, A, WHICH IS OUR URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING FROM R-1, A TO R T OUR RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOME ZONING DISTRICT WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT AREA FROM 3000FT² TO 2148FT².
THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY 0.1974 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES, WHICH IS ABOUT 20% OF AN ACRE AN ACRE BEING 43,560FT².
AS STATED, THE CURRENT ZONING MAP SHOWS IT AS R-1 A ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, AND THIS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION,
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WHICH HAS THIS PROPERTY AS TRADITIONAL NO NEIGHBORHOOD.AND OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS A DENIAL OF THE REZONING AND THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM R1 A TO R T.
THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE WITH THE REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM LOT AREA.
THE PROPOSED ZONING APPLICATION DOES NOT CONFORM TO AND IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE CATEGORY.
THE FUTURE PLANS FOR THIS AREA IS TO PROTECT HISTORIC NATURE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH IS THE CURRENT LAND USE ON THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY RESIDENTS AND TO RESTORE TRADITIONAL PEDESTRIAN SCALE CHARACTER AND TO EMPHASIZE HIGH QUALITY DESIGN AND STANDARDS IN THE BUILDING MATERIALS.
WE EMPHASIZE THE PROTECT HISTORIC NATURE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS WE DID AN ASSESSMENT ON THIS, ON THIS APPLICATION, WE WERE TORN BECAUSE IT DID HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY AS IT IS STANDING TODAY.
AND SO WE DID HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND A DENIAL ON THE PETITION FOR THE REZONING, AS WELL AS THE CONCURRENT VARIANCE.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON? GO AHEAD. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF.
DENIAL. THE RECOMMENDATION BEING DENIAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT ON CASE NUMBER P2025 OR Z001-0 THROUGH DENIAL. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE MADAM CHAIR.
SEE IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION.
OH IS THERE. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE? MADAM. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO.
I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT GOING FROM A RESIDENTIAL URBAN TO A TOWNHOME WOULD BE TAX TAXING ON THE COMMUNITY.
THE WAY I SEE THE WHAT'S GOING ON? THE WAY I SEE THE PICTURE BASED ON THE ROADWAYS.
AND BESIDES TO TO REZONE IT'S LIKE SPOT ZONING, YOU KNOW? AND THE WAY I SEE IT, IT WOULD BE LIKE JUST ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT WOULD BE ZONED. FOR TOWNHOMES, WHEN IN FACT, IT'S ALREADY IN A RESIDENTIAL URBAN AREA WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WOULD I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO DO TO TO DENY THE REQUEST. I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE SOME REASONS FOR NOT DOING THIS.
AND I THINK THAT A DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THAT HAVE RAMIFICATIONS INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SOMEONE ELSE, IF IT'S IF, IF IF THE AREA IS ZONED FOR TOWNHOMES, SOMEONE ELSE CAN COME AND PUT SOME MORE TOWNHOMES IN THERE NEXT TO IT.
AND THAT WOULD COMPLETELY DESTROY THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I WOULD RECOMMEND DENIAL AS WELL.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH FIELDS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT? COMMISSIONER PRESLEY? GIVEN THE WIDTH OF THE STREET, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF IF IT'S ONE LANE, BUT IT'S PRETTY NARROW FROM THE MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED.
BUT YOU GOTTA THINK IN CONSTRUCTION CREWS AND PEOPLE LEAVING FOR WORK IN THE MORNING OR IN THE AFTERNOON. ALSO, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, WE DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT WHERE ANYBODY STARTS TEARING DOWN ANY OTHER HOUSE THAT THEY DON'T WANT. AND, YOU KNOW, IN 13 YEARS FROM NOW, WHETHER WE'RE HERE OR NOT, WE WOULD HAVE SET THAT PRECEDENT HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE. WHAT DO I HEAR? FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS VETO.
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OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN I TO DENY.
AYE. AYE. OPPOSES. HEARING NONE.
THE PROJECT IS NOW DENIED FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU. AND, MADAM CHAIR, THIS STILL GOES TO CITY COUNCIL TO BE THE FINAL ARBITER. THANK YOU.
AND NEXT WEEK WILL BE WILL GO TO TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
DO WE HAVE THE DATE FOR THE FOR THE NEXT MEETING? FOR THE APPLICANTS. YOU GOT IT IN THE BOOK.
SO THE NEXT MEETING DATE FOR THE COUNCIL? PEOPLE, I DON'T HAVE THE DATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR SMITH HAS IT OR NOT.
SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE NEXT MONDAY. IT'S MAY THE 12TH AND THE 19TH.
THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE APPLICANTS WILL BE IN MAY AND YOU WILL HEAR.
OR WILL THEY CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY? IT WILL BE THE THE SECOND AND THIRD MONDAY OF MAY 2ND AND THIRD MONDAY OF MAY.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COMMISSIONER PRESSLEY, IS YOUR LIGHT ON? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO FROM THERE WE WILL ASK FOR.
MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOTION AND PROPERLY SECOND THAT THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T FINISH THE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.