[00:00:22] >> MR. COULTER, WE ARE READY. >> CHAIR COULTER:: GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD AND MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND. GIVEN THE STATE'S ORDERS AGAINST PUBLIC GATHERINGS WE ARE USING A VIRTUAL PLATFORM FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETING. WE ARE CONNECTING TO OUR LIVE STREAM TECHNOLOGY SO THE PUBLIC CAN OBSERVE THE MEETING. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD IS MADE OF SEVEN MEMBERS. THREE QUARTER VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR THE PASSAGE OF ANY ITEM. MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION IS MADE OF FIVE MEMBERS. MR. MERS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM CITY COUNCIL. THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE A VOTE WE DO ASK HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSIONS. MR. BROWN AND MS. BITAR OF CITY STAFF ARE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. I ASK THAT THE AGENDAS BE EXPLAINED BY CITY STAFF. FOLLOWING THAT IASK THE APPLICANT BE VIRTUALLY SWORN IN AND PRESENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE. I WLL THEN ASK THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AND THE APPLICANT. I WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE SPEAKING AND YOU WILL NED TO BE SWORN IN BY CITY STAFF. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A MOTION. YOU MAY ASK THE BOARD TO TABLE YOUR ITEM AT ANY TIME IF YOU DON'T FEEL YOU HAVE ENOUGH POSITIVE VOTES. YOU CAN EMAIL COMMENTS TO CITY STAFF AT PLANNING AT WORTHINGTON.ORG AND THEY WILL BE READ. ANOTHER OPTION IS CALL USING YOUR TELEPHONE. THE PHONE NUMBER IS 1- -- YOU WILL PE MUTED UPON ENTRY AND NEED TO HIT THE *6 KEY TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER WITH THE CONFERENCE I.D. ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE WHERE YOU ACCESS THE LIVE STREAM AD IT WILL BE SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THERE IS A 40-SECOND DELAY IN THE LIVE STREAM. THERE WILL BE TIME DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTIONS OF THE MEETING WE WILL PAUSE TO ALLOW THE LIVE STREAM TO CATCH UP AND ANY PHONE CALLS TO COME IN. MR. BROWN, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. REIS? >> HERE. >> MS. HOLCOMBE? >> HERE. >> MR. HOFMANN? >> MR. FOUST? >> HERE. >> MR. SCHUSTER? >> HERE. >> MS. HINZ. >> HERE. >> MR. MYERS? >> HERE. >> AND MR. COULTER? >> CHAIR COULTER:: HERE. THANK YOU. MR. REIS, CAN YOU PLEASE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> CHAIR COULTER:: THANK YOU. I WILL NOW ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE MNUTES FROM OCTOBER 8TH WERE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL. THEY WERE ELECTRONICALLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS FROM BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBERS? [B.1. Security Lights – 137 E. Granville Rd. (Mark Goyer/Sharon Memorial Hall) AR 37- 2020] IF NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES? DO I HAVE A SECOND. >> SO MOVED BY HOFMANN. >> SECOND BY MR. FOUST. >> CHAIR COULTER:: MOVED BY MR. HOFMANN, SECONDED BY FOUST. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? OPPOSED SAME SIGN. OKAY, IT PASSED. [00:05:02] THANK YOU. WE WILL START WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPLICATION AR 37-2020. IT'S FOR SECURITY RIGHTS 137 EAST GRANVILLE ROAD. BEFORE I GET STARTED I NEED SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING THIS OFF THE TABLE. >> TOM RIES, SO MOVED. >> SCHUSTER SECOND. >> CHAIR COULTER:: THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. OKAY, IT IS OFF THE TABLE. >> I WILL TALK FIRST. THIS WAS BEFORE THE BOARD IN JULY. THE APPLICANT WAS ORIGINALLY ASKING TO RETAIN LIGHT FXTURES THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING. THEY ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE BUT ENOUGH DIFFERENT THAT THEY NEEDED TO COME TO THE BOARD. AND HAVE NOT DONE THAT. SO WHEN IT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE BOARD, WE LOOKED AT THESE FIXTURES. AND ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK, THE LIGHT SOURCE IS VERY, VERY VISIBLE. SO THE BOARD ASKED THEM TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT WASN'T SO VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO. NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S A CUT-OFF FIXTURE. THE LIGHT WILL SHINE DOWN AND OUT. BUT SHOULD STILL PROVIDE ENOUGH -- LIGHT FOR THE SIDEWALKS NEAR THE BUILDING FOR THE TENANTS THAT USE THAT BUILDING AFTER DARK. STAFF FEELS THIS IS MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD INTENDED TO MAKE THEM REPLACE THE CONDUIT THAT HAS BEEN ON THESE WALLS FOR DECADES. I KNOW IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, THE LIGHTS COULD BE MAYBE LOWER O SOMETHING BUT THIS IS THE EASIEST SOLUTION FOR THEM AT THIS POINT TO JUST REPLACE THESE FIXTURES WITH WHAT YOU SEE HERE. >> CHAIR COULTER:: OKAY. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT TONIGHT? >> YES. I'M HERE. MY NAME IS VALERIE -- >> VALERIE DO YOU SWEAR YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIR COULTER:: DO YOU CARE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE PRESENTATION? >> NO, NOT REALLY. I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND I THINK THIS WILL BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO WHAT I NEED FOR SECURITY AND TO PREVENT LIGHT FROM SHINING OUT INTO ANYBODY'S YARD. >> CHAIR COULTER:: OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT HEARING ANY, WE WILL TAKE OUR MINUTE AND A HALF DELAY. WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. YOU CAN EMAIL OR CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN. THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS PLANNING@WORTHING.ORG. OR CALL: >> CHAIR COULTER:: ANY OTHER [00:10:04] QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE AREN'T ANY, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? >> FRANK SHEPHERD IS ON -- SENT AN EMAIL AND SAID HE IS -- HE WANTED T SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT BT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IN. BUT ANYWAY, HE JUST WANTED TO SAY HE IS IN AGREEMENT. AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, HE IS VERY INVOLVED WITH WORTHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HE FEELS THESE ARE APPROPRIATE FIXTURES. >> CHAIR COULTER:: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? >> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. >> CHAIR COULTER:: CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. >> TOM REIS, I REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE OF APROPRIATENESS TO REPLACE LIGHT FIXTURES AT 137 EAST GRANVILLE ROAD. CASE AR 37-2020. DRAUGS AR 37-2020. DATED OCTOBER 12TH, 2020. BE APPROVED BASED ON THE FIENDINGS OF FCT AND CONCLUSION IN THE STAFF MEMO AND PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. >> SECOND. >> CHAIR COULTER:: WHO DID? >> KATHY. >> CHAIR COULTER:: THANK YOU. MOVED BY MR. REIS, SECONDED BY [B.2. Redevelopment – 7227 N. High St. (DRP Worthington LP) AR 66-2020] [C.1.a. Redevelopment – 7227 N. High St. (DRP Worthington LP) PUD 02-2020] MS. HOLCOMBE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON -- YOU'RE WELCOME X THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA I A COMBINED ITEM UNDER THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD AND MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION. WE WILL FIRST DISCUSS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 7227 NORTH HIGH STREET. APPLICATION A.R. 66-2020. FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOPS AT WORTHINGTON PLACE. WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO BRING IT OFF THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION. CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? >> TOM REIS, SO MOVED. >> SCHUSTER SECOND. >> CHAIR COULTER:: THANK YOU. MOVED BY MR. REIS, SECONDED BY MR. SCHUSTER TO TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. OKAY, IT'S OFF THE TABLE. >> THANK YOU, MR. COULTER. AGAIN TONIGHT, GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT TO KIND OF GO TROUGH THE UPDATES AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROPOSAL SINCE OUR SEPTEMBER 24TH MEETING. AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE NEW OWNERS OF THE WORTHINGTON MALL, OR THE SHOPS AT WORTHINGTON PLACE. AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE TO A P.U.D. TO ALLOW FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL SITE ITSELF. THE EXISTING MALL IS ALMOST 16 ACRES IN SIZE. A LITTLE UNDER 16 ACRES IN SIZE. CURRENTLY LOCATED IN C2 DISTRICT, COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE TO THE P.U.D. TO ALLOW FOR A MIX OF USES. DEVELOPED IN TWO DIFFERENT PHASES. THAT THE APPLICANT, SHOULD THE EVOLUTION CHANGE TONIGHT, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE SOME CHANGES SINCE THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TWO WEEKS AGO AND WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS STAFF COMMENTS. AT THE MEETING ON THE 24TH. WITH TAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID WATSON AND HIS TAM WITH DIRECT RETAIL PARTNERS. AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION, I CAN GIVE SOME STAFF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WE STILL HAVE. AND TAKE BOARD COMMENTS. BUT DID WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THANK THE APPLICANT. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF MEMO. AND IT SHOWS A GOOD EVOLUTION FROM THE MEETING ON THE 24TH. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. WATSON. >> CHAIR COULTER:: OKAY. BEFORE MR. WATSON STARTS, LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY, THOSE [00:15:03] WATCHING AND PARTICIPATING TONIGHT, THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THEIR PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. NO FORMAL ACTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE TONIGHT. AND THIS PROJECT HAS MANY DETAILS AND LAYERS THAT WILL BE STUDIED. AND WE DEFINE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. HIGH NORTH PROJECT WILL COME BEFORE US MULTIPLE TIMES AS WE WORK THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BEFORE A VOTE CAN OCCUR. WE WILL HEAR UPDATES FROM THE APPLICANT AND YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT. AND NO VOTE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. SO IT IS IN YOUR HANDS, CERTIFY. -- SIR. >> OKAY. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ON THE CALL SO WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE IDEA FOR US IS TO TRY TO PREPARE SORT OF SLIDES THAT REFLECTED WHAT WE FELT LIKE WAS A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND GOOD COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED. I DON'T KOW THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A SHORT PRESENTATION. IT'S TO SIMPLY SHOW YOU THE CHANGES THAT WERE SUGGESTED AND KIND OF THE RESULT OF THE WHOLE DESIGN TEAM ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE PROCESS. WE WON'T TAKE LONG HERE AND WE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT AND QUESTIONS. THE FIRST SLIDE WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WAS A SUGGESTION THAT ED HAD. AT FIRST PAUSED FOR SOME CONCERN. BUT AS WE DEVELOPED SOME OTHER IDEAS THAT OCCURRED IN THE KROGER PARKING LOT, ED'S IDEA, I THINK, BECAME EASIER FOR US TO DIGEST AND UNDERSTAND. SO IT'S REALLY AT THE NORTH TERMINUS POINT OF THE MIDDLE DRIVE. WE HAD, FOR CONVENIENCE SAKE, TO THE OFFICE USER AN EASY ENTRANCE THERE. WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE TRUE WAS A BLACK HOLE AND IT WAS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A FOCAL POINT OR AN AREA OF ACTIVATION FOR THIS KIND OF STREETSCAPE OR PROMENADE WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE. WE HAVE BEN ABLE TO AGREE THAT WE CAN REVISE THAT AREA. HERE YU CAN SEE IT, WE ARE PUTTING A TREE AS A PLACE HOLDER THERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD IN MIND. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE MORE HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY THAN WE DO, OBVIOUSLY. WE HAVE IDEAS. WE HAVE SOME SLIDES WE CAN SHOW YOU OF THOUGHTS WE HAVE, OR EXAMPLES OF THE WAY WE HAVE SEEN OR ACTIVATED SPACES LIKE THIS IN THE PAST. I WANT TO PUT THE SIZE UP. YOU CAN SEE IT'S 200 FEET, 50 X 40. TO FREE YOUR MIND AROUND IT A LEGAL BIT RGS OUR IDEA FOR THIS MALL, OR PROMENADE IS WHEN WE ARE IN A WORK WEEK, THIS STREET IS MOST LIKELY OPEN TO ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND VEHICULAR TRAF EC. BUT WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, OTHER TIMES, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO SET THIS UP FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITY. STREET FAIRS, FESTIVALS. WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO USE IT FOR. IF YOU THINK OF THAT STREET CLOSED THINK OF HOW MUCH MORE OF A FOCAL POINT THAT AREA BECOMES AS YOU TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST USE OF THAT. SO THAT'S OUR FIRST CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE YU AWARE OF. THESE ARE THE SLIDE EXAMPLES OF KIND OF THE SAME SIZE SPACES AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THEM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. THESE WERE A LITTLE GRANDER SIZE SPOTS. BUT THAT'S ONE I BROUGHT UP, IF YOU THINK OF THE STREET BEING CLOSED. COULD THAT AREA BE USED AS A SCREEN FOR MOVIES IN THE EVENING. OR AN ENTERTAINMENT STAGE. SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS, OR TWO DIFFERENT SIZE IMAGES HERE. ONE IF I'S BEING USED ON ITS OWN. WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE LARGER PRODUCTION, IF YOU WILL. THE SECOND IS A RESULT, THE SECOND CHANGE WE MADE IS AS A RESULT OF COMMENTS WE HEARD [00:20:01] ABOUT THE BELLDING BUILDING HEIGHT ON WELL -- WILSON RIDGE ROAD. THE DRAWING WE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY HAD TE BUILDING MOVED FURTHER SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN ELEVATION POINT. RIGHT ON WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. SO I THINK WE WERE PROPOSING EIGHT STORIES THERE AND TAT CAUSED SOME PEOPLE SOME PAUSE. SO IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN, WE MOVED THE OFFICE BUILDING NORTH. WHERE IT'S NO LONGER UP ON WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. SO IT IS ON WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. FOUR STORY GARAGE. I WILL CALL I WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WORTHINGTON STYLE ARCHITECTURE. IT'S SITTING BEHIND IF YOU ARE COMING FROM THE WEST. A SIX-STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX AND OFFICE BUILDING. WE FEEL COMING FROM THE WEST AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BUILDING, THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY WILL HIDE MOST OF THAT BUILDING. WE ALSO WANTED TO GET THE BUILDING OFF THE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THE TWO DIFFERENT DRAWINGS, THE DRAWING ON THE LEFT HAD PUSHED FORWARD TO WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. THE THIRD WE WANTED TO DISCUSS AND VISIT, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE TEARING THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR OF THE MALL OUT AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO VEHICLES AS ITS BEEN DESIGNED. ONE WAY NORTHBOUND. SO NOW THE WESTERN ELEVATIONS OF TE RETAILERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MALL ARE NOW EXPOSED TO WEATHER. SO THE IDEA IS WHAT DO WE DO TO CHANGE THAT SIDE OF THE PROMENADE, IF YOU WILL, TO BE MOST APPEALING TO PEDESTRIANS AND YET STILL PRACTICAL FOR THE RETAILERS WHO ONLY FRONT THE WESTERN ELEVATION. SO A COUPLE IDEAS. THE FIRST IS, THE LADY IS STANDING AT THE FOUNTAIN AT THE CURRENT MALL. WE HAD PROPOSED THAT THE CORRIDOR LEADING FROM THE KROGER PARKING LOT INTO THE MAIN PROMENADE WOULD BE ENCLOSED. WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, THE DRAWING ON THE RIGHT. AND PLEASE, DON'T GET TOO DISTRACTED BY THE FACT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF DETAIL IN THIS DRAWING. THE PURPOSE IS TO SHOW YOU WE ARE PROPOSING TO OPEN THAT UP TO THE KROGER PARKING LOT. FOR IT TO BE A FULL OPEN CORRIDOR TO PROVIDE AS MCH ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MALL WE POSSIBLY CAN. THE WESTERN -- LET'S SEE. THE WESTERN SIDE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO. BECAUSE IT VIOLATES SOME BASIC RETAIL AND RESTAURANT RULES. ONE, IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONVENIENT PARKING OTHER THAN THE GARAGE. SO NO CONVENIENT DPRAI PARKING. IT ASO CAN'T BE SEEN FROM THE LOT OF THE ANCHOR STORE KROGER. AND IT ALSO CAN'T BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO CREATE REAL ACTIVATION, REAL ENGAGEMENT, REAL OPENNESS TO THE CONSUMER ON THE EASTERN SDE OF THE SMALL TO GET THEM TO COME TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MALL AND IT BE THE ACTIVE, FUN PACE WE WANTED IT TO BE. THAT'S A LOT OF THIS THINKING HERE. IN THE PARANOIA AND DESIGN PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE RESTAURANTS, AND THE RETAIL SPACE THAT'S IN THE PLAZA, IS FULLY ACTIVATED AND SUCCESSFUL IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO GRAVITATE TO. WE FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME AT GRADE PARKING. WHAT WE DID IS CHANGE THIS ROAD TO A 2-WAY ROAD TO 1-WAY NORTHBOUND ROAD. THAT WILL SERVE THE RETAILERS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ON THE EAST SIDE. WITHOUT THAT, THOSE RETAILERS HAVE NO PARKING. WE DON'T SEE RETAILERS IN THAT AREA THAT DON'T NEED A LOT OF PARKING BUT WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM STANDARD OF AT-GRADE PARKING TO SUPPORT THOSE RETAILERS. [00:25:05] >> THE NEXT CHANGE WE MADE WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH KROGER. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXCHANGE SITE PLANS, IDEAS, THEY TOO ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIX WAT THEY SEE IS A DIFFICULT INGRESS/EGRESS OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS. WE KNOW THE MOST DIFFICULT MOVEMENT IS OFF WILSON BRIDGE ROAD WHEN YOU TURN RIGHT TO HEAD NORTH INTO THE PROPERTY, YOU HEAD INTO A CURB THAT FORCES YOU AT A VERY SHORT DISTANCE TO MAKE A RIGHT OR A LEFT. AND THAT IN TURN BACKS THE WHOLE MOVEMENT INTO WILSON BRIDGE ROAD WHICH ULTIMATELY AFFECTS HIGH STREET. IDEA TO TRY TO FIX WITHIN THE SITE SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS DRAWING WE ELIMINATED THAT CURB. NOW THE CAR THAT'S TURNING NORTH, RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO RIGHT OR LEFT CAN CONTINUE TO JUST G STRAIGHT UP THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE KROGER PARKING LOT. CURRENTLY. THAT ONLY PROVIDES FOR A SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT. YOU ALSO NOTICE KROGER'S PARKING SPACES HAVE BEEN TURNED TO 90° AS OPPOSED TO 45°, THAT'S ALLOWED US TO PICK UP 38 SPACES. SO WE SEE THAT AS A BIG WIN FOR BOTH KROGER AD THE DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST THE OVERALL INTERACTIVE PASSAGE WAYS. JUST WITH THE EAST/WEST GRID PATTERN CREATED AT KROGER, WE THINK THIS WILL REALLY CHANGE THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE CHOOSE TO MOVE AROUND THE SHOPPING CENTER. WE BELIEVE THAT WESTERN MOVEMENT WITH THE KROGER CONTINUED DRIVE TO THE WEST, WHICH ULTIMATELY TAKES YOU TO CORPORATE HILL DRIVE WHICH TAKES YOU BACK TO A SIGNAL AT WILSON BRIDGE ROAD WILL BE FAR MORE CONVENIENT THAN GETTING TO THE SIGNAL THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS NOW. KROGER WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AS WERE WE. THAT'S ANOTHER CHANGE TAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE LAST ONE IS A SIMPLE DRAWING. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW WE WERE SENSITIVE TO THE CONNECTIVITY OF BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS. AND WE TRIED TO TAKE THE PLANS THAT THE CITY HAS LAID OUT FOR THE FUTURE RECREATION TRAIL AND CURRENT RECREATION PATH. JUST SHOW WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE GATEWAY FEATURE. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME DRAWINGS HERE IN A MINUTE THAT ADDRESS THAT. ALSO EXCITED I DIDN'T FRANKLY REALIZE WAS OUR CONNECTIVITY TO THE BUS STOP AS WELL. SO THIS IS A DRAWING THAT SIMPLY RENDERS THAT. THIS IS A BIT OF A MESS. I'M SORRY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. JUST THINK OF THE GREEN ARROWS AS BEING THOSE THAT WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO CREATING THE APPROPRIATE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE. THE OTHER BLUE LINES ARE TO SHOW THE VEHICULAR CIRCULATION. IT'S GREATLY IMPROVED. IT'S HARD TO SEE BUT WE SEE THIS MALL AS SORT OF A ROCK IN A RIVER AND WATER HAVING TO PASS AROUND IT. OUR GOAL, WE FELT LIKE, WAS TO BREAK IT UP SO THERE COULD BE MORE CONNECTIVEITYITY.JUST MORE OPEN SPACE. JUST A FREIRE PLACE -- FREER. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO PROPOSE TO MAKE THIS ONE-WAY ROAD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MALL TO BREAK IT UP. NOW WE HAVE A TWO-WAY ROAD ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MALL TO MAKE THE SITE EASIER TO MOVE AROUND ON. CREATING THIS WESTERN ROAD WE THINK WILL BE REALLY DYNAMIC. ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO GET BACK TO A LIGHT, CORPORATE HILL. THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER STRAIGHT PATH, PART OF PHASE 2 THAT COMES DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF PHASE 2 OFFICE. WE FEEL THIS WAS A GRAND IMPROVEMENT WHERE IT WAS TODAY AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT AND THIS DRAWING IS REFERENCING THAT. THESE ARE THE DRAWINGS. I THINK MIGHT BE FAMILIAR, STEVE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP HRE IN WORTHINGTON. THIS IS OUR IDEA. [00:30:01] JUST AN IDEA. BUT WE LOVE THE WORTHINGTON BRICK. THAT'S A FAIRLY LARGE SCREENING FEATURE. THAT'S GOT TWO PURPOSESMENT ONE IS TO WALK INTO WORTHINGTON WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BRICK. WE PROPOSED THE CAST THAT HAS WORTHINGTON CARVED WITH UPLIGHTING FROM THE GROUND. WE WERE PROPOSING TO CARRY THAT AROUND THE HIGH STREET FRONTAGE AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT COLUMNS THAT ARE BRICK AND TRIMMED IN CAPSTONE THAT ARE JOINED BY A SIGNIFICANT KIND OF BACK IRON FENCE. WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE PRESENCE HERE. WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE BRANDING. WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE SOME RHYTHM. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL YOU HAVE ARRIVED WHEN YOU GET HERE SO WE ARE COMPETITIVE WITH THE OTHER CLASS-A OFFICE MARKETS. YOU CAN SEE ON THE INSIDE THAT'S US AGREEING TO USE THE SAME BRICK. PLEASE STAND BY... >> WHEN THEY WORK IN THE OFFICES HOW WILL THEY BE EXCITE BESIDE GOING THERE. WHAT WILL GET THEM PAST AND TO GOING TO THE OFFICE IF FEMALE WANT TO DO THIS AND IT'S THIS OF D DEVEL IN I WAS GOING TO THE CUE THAT I NORMALLY WORK IN AND SO THAT GREAT AND IF WE WERE GOING TO O THIS THIS IS THE MOST PERFECTERFECT LOCATIONT WE DO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF YOU HEARD ME SPEAK IN FAVOUR OF PROJECTS IN THE PAST BUT IF THIS WAS GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, WORTHY ACTION AND DAIRY QUEEN YOU,OU,E MIGHT BE HARD-PRESSED TO SAY OK, THAT FITS IN AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONCERN ND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND GIVEN WHERE IT IS N IT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM THE HIGHWAY AND THA REALLY THE BIGGEST PART THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND YOU ARE OT IMPACTING PEOPLE WITH FRONT PORCH VIEW R THE BACKYARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO WE CAN GET A LOT OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT WITHOUT REALLY HAVING A LOT OF THE DOWN SIDES THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS SO I AM I FAVOUR OF THE PROJE PT AND M EXC EXCITED TO AND PROCESS AND THAND THE PROCESS ALYIADD FANTASTIC RESULTS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE A THEY'RE ACCOMMODATEDODATED WITHE [00:35:03] PLANS AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT EVOLVE AS WE MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD SO I JUST SAY I SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT A LOT OF RESIDENTS EVEN DESPITE THEACT THAT, SOME MIGHT IT'S TOO TALL OR TOO CLOSE AND THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO THAT AND WHERE WE CAN SETBACK AND MARKET NEED D AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, MR. WORTHINGTON ISS STILL COMPETITIVETITIVEND MINIMG AND WITH THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ON THE. >> OR CALL US AND ENTER THE CONFERENCE I.D. NUMBER. AND THE POUND SIGN. >> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HAS ED OLLED OR EMAILS? >> I HAVEN'TN ANY BUT I'M BEFORE TFORE THAT THAT DIDN'T GO SPEAK. SO SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. ADD STAR 6 T UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> OR AT LEAST FOR TONIGHT. ALL RIG BOARD MEMBERS, Q QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. >> MR. CHAIR, THIS IS TOM RICE, I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD RETAIL PARTNERS AND TO THEIR ATTENTIONS AND THE THINGS WE WE WANT AS A T OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE GREEN SPACE AND A SPACE OF GATHERING. I THINK THE IDEA OF THE DRIVE BEING CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS SO THEY WOULD ALLOW WORTHINGTON TO HAVE THEIR FARMERS MARKETKET WHATEVER OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON MIGHT WANT TO HAVE IT'S JUST A SUPERA. IDEA. I THINK THE ATTENTION THAT THEY HAVE PAID THUS FAR TO CIRCULATION, I THINK IS TO BE AT LEAST COMMENDED AT THIS POINT. I'M SURE THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE SITE AND IMPORTANT WAYS THAT OTHER DEVELOPERS HAVEN'T ADDRESSED. IT SEEMS LIKE OTHER DEVELOPERS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN BUILDING AND HOW IT LOOKS, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS IMPORTANT HERE, THINK THAT THEY'RE ALSO PAYING ATTENTION TO THE OTHER SPECTS, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITIZENS. THAT IS, THE GREEN SP SPACE ACCS AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF ADDRESSING THAT AND I'M SURE THERE'S MORE TO COME. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON [00:40:04] THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS. >> YOU SAID THERE'S AN E-MAIL THAT CAME IN? >> YES, WE HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM NICK BALL WHO SAYS, GOOD TO SEE THE CHANGES IN THE PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE RETAIL SHOPS. GREAT TO SEE THE COLLABORATION WITH KROGER, APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT. >> OK. THANK YOU. >> WE DID JUST HAVE ANOTHER CALLER ENTER THE MEETING. IF YOU'VE CALLED INTO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM, HIT STAR 6. >> NICK DID RECEIVE AN E-MAIL IN THE PROJECT AFFORDING TO ALL THE COMMISSION NUMBERS EARLIER SO YOU HAVE THAT ALSO AS PART OF YOUR RECORD. >> THANK YOU. >> THE CALL FOR THIS APPLICATION BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I HAVE THINGS I WANT TO BRING UP THAT WILL HAVE MORE TO DO UNDER THE P.U.D. ANYBODY. >> REFLECTING ON MR. RICE'S COMMENTS I HAVE APPRECIATED DAVID AND THE TEAM AND COMING FORWARD TO WORK WITH US WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE REAL PACE AND IT'S WELL UNDERWAY TO GETTING THERE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE DONE IT YET, BUT I STILL WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PULLING ON AN EXPERT IN SORT OF SUNNY END THAT EXTERIOR NEGATIVE SPACE AND THERE ARE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN SPECIALIZE IN THOSE THINGS AND BRING OUT A LOT IN TERMS OF THE CIRCULATION WH IS BETTER AND THY NEED TO THINK HOW EAST-WEST WORKS BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PRIOR SUBMISSIONS. AGAIN, I GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT CORRIDOR CREATING A REAL PLACEH- FOR THAT. PARTICULARLY AT THE NORTH-END. I'M NOT BOTHERED AT ALL BY THE PROSPECT THAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING PARKING IN THAT ZONE AND I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT IN A REALLY NICE CAMOUFLAGE WAY HERE IT FEELS MORE PEDESTRIAN NYWAY BUT IT HAPPENS TO BE STRIPPED OR DIFFERENT COLORS THAT DENOTE SPACES WHEN YOU NED THEM IT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT. THE OPENING FROM EAST TO WEST AND ACKNOWLEDGING REALLY PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT THAT SPACE NOW THAT YOU'VE OPENED IT, HAVE YOU ENERGIZED THAT AS WELL AS YOU CAN EVEN WITH OTHER TYPES OF FUNCTIONS OR THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO TRY TO DRAW PEOPLE THROUGH AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SO THE MICRO RESTAURANTS OR EVEN SMALL IDEAS THAT CAN HAPPEN INSIDE THAT SPACE AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK SOME OF THESE EXCELLENT SITES COULD HELP YOU WITH THAT OR PROVIDE SOME IN SIGHT BUT ALL AND ALL, I'M GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE MOVES. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. >> COUNCIL, THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT REALLY CONCERNS BUT JUST COMMENTS THAT I HAD, IS, AND THIS AY COME UP THROUGH THE PUD PORTION OF YOUR DISCUSSION IS THE HOTELS AND WHAT THE REALITY OF THAT IS OF OCCURRING AT THE SIZE THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED AND GETTING THIS IN NATURE OF OUR BUSINESSES CHANGE AND HOW TRAFFIC IS HANGEING AND HOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND THAT HOME HOW THAT MAY EFFECT THE HOTEL AND IF IT DOES BECOME A HOTEL, THEN, WHAT HAPPENS TO IT AND UNDER PHASE 2, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PARTICULARLY "ARGO" ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE CLOSES TO THE BRIDGE AND HOW IT REFLECTS UPON THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING APARTMENTS AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN ACROSS THE STREET AND WHAT IS HAPPENING FURTHER DOWN WEST ON WILSON RIDGE. AND THEN DOING PHASE 1 THE NORTH-SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MALL, HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE FIRST PHASE AND THE SECOND PHASE NOT SO MUCH DURING CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THAT IS TAKING THE NATURE OF IT'S OWN. IT'S MORE LIKE WHAT IS THE FINAL SOLUTION OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND T SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL LOOK LIKE YOU [00:45:02] HAD SET EARLIER MR. WATSON YOU ARE NOT INTO THE DETAILS OF THE BUILDING YET AND IT'S ERY APPROPRIATE AND THAT WILL COME IN TIME AND AS WELL AS MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND HEN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS SOME OF THE NEGATIVE SPACE THAT WE HAD SPOKEN TO. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO ADDRESS OR HAVE WE HAD ANYBODY ELSE CALL IN OR E-MAIL US? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> COMMISSIONER VAUGHN: I WONDER IF OU CAN GET US A VANTAGE POINT OF WHAT THE SITE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGH STREET FROM THE CROSS ROADS AREA? >> YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE INTERSECTION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AT HIGH STREET AND WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. IF IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS IF YOU WERE A PEDESTRIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WOAD. SO WE CAN CHANGE IT. >> I'D LIKE TO SEE IT ON THE NORTH OF 270 COMING FROM ACROSS SOUTHBOUND COMING FROM CROSS ROADS TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE ENTERING OUR CITY. >> YEP. WE'LL GET ONE OF THOSE FOR YOU. >> OK, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES, IS THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING ON PHASE 1 I'M NOT OPPOSED OR OVERLY CONCERNED WITH IT BEING A BUILDING THAT WE CAN GROW INTO. I WOULD ALMOST RATHER SEE IT PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OVER SIZE SO IT HAS MORE SPACE AND MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM WORTHING TO TO WHETHER IT'S THREE-STOREYS OR NINE-STOREYS IF WORE GOING TO HAVE A STRUCTURE LIKE THAT, THIS IS THE LOCATION TO DO HAT IT CAN ALSO PROVIDE SOME ATTRACTIVE USE FOR PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND 270. SO I KNOW IN THE PAST IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A GARAGE AND FOUR-STOREYS ON TOP OF THAT BUT THE UPPER FOUR-STOREYS BECAME SIX STORIES AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD THING TO DO. IT'S SOMETHING JUST TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD AND HOWEVER IT WORKS OUT. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OTHER THAN THE ARCHITECT ACTUALL PORTION OF THIS? ANYBODY ELSE CALL OR E-MAIL US? >> NO, SIR. >> OK. >> AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY -- >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE. >> SURE. >> SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, I HAD A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH THE LIVESTREAM. THIS IS ERIC FISHER, A RESIDENT ON KAREN AVENUE 256. ON THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING ISSUE IT'S MENTIONED IN THE COMMENTS WHICH ARE REALLY DETAILED MAYBE AROUND PAGES 10 OR 11 THEY'VE DONE THE EIGHT STORIES THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS BUT I DON'T THINK IT REALLY DRIVES HOME HOW THALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND CONTOUR OF LIKE 890 FEET WITH ANOTHER 112, 12010-STOREY UILDING THERE'S MORE THAN THAT NOT SHOWN. HEIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR BACK YARD. THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN YOUR RESIDENTS. THOSE ARE UST TOO LARGE AND AGAIN, THEY'RE BEING PROPOSED WHEN THEY'RE REALLY NOT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WILSON BRIDGE CORRIDOR [00:50:05] PROPOSAL THAT HAS BUILDINGS AT FIVE TO SIX-STOREYS SO IF WE WIN OURSELVES TO EIGHT-STOREYS, WORE GOING TO BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL AND HAVING A FIGHT BETWEEN WHAT THE CORRIDOR CONTRACT HAS AND WHAT IS AGREED ON IN THE PUD OR WHATEVER YOU ARE LEARNING TOWARDS IN THE PUD AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE JUST DEPICTED SO PEOPLE SEE THE HEIGHTS ESPECIALLY AT 890° CONTOUR LEVELS. THAT'S ALL. >> THE COMMENT IS VERY ALID. I SHARE THAT. MY CONCERN WOULD BE MORE ON THE BUILDING ALONG THE WILSON BRIDGE THAT IS A VERY ALID POINT AND THAT'S THEY ASKED ABOUT LIMITED USE IF YOU ARE COMING FAST ON HIGH STREET FROM CROSS ROADS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU GET INTO THERE? TO SEE HOW A CAR COMES ACROSS. THOSE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TONIGHT. >> MR. COULTER, I HEARD THAT. >> I WILL ADD, WE HAVE ASKED THE APPLICANT TO PREPARE SOME VANTAGE POINTS OF WHAT THE SITE WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE WORTHINGTON ESTATES SIDE OF THE STREET AND COMING UP WEST TO EAST ON THE SITE AND ALSO LOOKING WHEN YOU ARE ON WEST WILSON BRIDGE ROAD AT THE MAIN MALL ENTRANCE THE RIDE IN AND RIDE OUTLOOKING AT THE SITE SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT PHASE 1 BUILDING, I THINK THE PHASE 1 BUILDING AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IN LISTENING THE HEIGHT OF THAT LOCATION HASN'T BEEN AS IMPORTANT AS THE HEIGHT AT THE BUILDING ON WEST WILSON THAT'S UP IN PHASE 2 OF THE DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY FOR THE PHASE 2 PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AGREED. THOSE WILL HELP IF THEY'RE READY WHEN WE DO IT AT THE NEXT PRESENTATION. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A TWO-MINUTE FLY-THROUGH VIDEO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THAT. IT'S NOT COMPLETELY FINISHED. AND IT WAS REQUESTED. >> IF YOU CAN SHOW IT, YES. >> DAVID, I'D LIKE TO SET IT UP JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE IT STARTS. IT GOES BY FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO, THE VIDEO WILL START UP IN THE AIR ABOVE THE INTERSECTION AT HIGH STREET AND WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. AND IT WILL BASICALLY FOLLOW WILSON BRIDGE ROAD TO THE WEST UNTIL IT GETS IN FRONT OF THE PHASE 1 BUILDING AND IT DROPS DOWN TO THE GROUND LEVEL AND THEN GOES THROUGH THE PROPOSED NEW NORTH-SOUTH STREET LOOKING TOWARDS THE PHASE 1 GARAGE AND IT RISES UP OVER THE TOP OF THE PHASE 1 -- OR I'M SORRY, IT GETS TO THE PHASE 1 GARAGE AND THEN IT BREAKS AND IT GOES OVER IN FRONT OF CRUGER AND COMES CROSS THE FRONT OF KROGER TO THE NEW EAST-WEST STREET AND IT RISES UP ABOVE THE PHASE 1 GARAGE AND THEN THAT'S THE END OF THROUGHOUT PROCESSION YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR PHASE 1 AND AFTER IT GETS ABOVE THE PHASE 1 GARAGE, IT BREAKS AND THEN IT'S A LITTLE SIGN THAT COMES UP THAT SAYS PHASE 2 AND WE GO BACKWARDS THROUGH THE PROJECT AND LOOKING AT IT AS A PHASE 2 IS ALSO BUILT SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT WHEN THE VIDEO IS GOING THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S NO SOUND AND THERE'S NO NARRATION THAT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AT. >> I'LL START THE VIDEO. >> CAN EVERYBODY SEE MY SCREEN? >> I CAN. >> YES, YES. [00:55:05] >> THIS VIDEO WILL GET A LITTLE BETTER BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU. IT'S QUICK AND CHOPPY, IN SOME OF THE MOST RECENT CHANGES HAVEN'T BEEN INCLUDED BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE HEADED IN ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE A NICE, FINISHED PRODUCT LIKE THAT THAT WILL ENCLOUD ALL OF OUR -- I JUST WANT YOU O SEE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAD. >> DOES THAT RAISE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? >> THIS IS DEAN, THE ONE THOUGHT I HAD IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE BUILDING'S TIERED WITH FOUR-STOREYS AND A SMALLER SECTION FOUR-STOREYS ABOVE, IT SEEMS TO SOFTEN THE CHANGE IN THE SKYLINE. THIS IS HAVING JUST A BUILDING THAT IS EACH STORY IS IN THE AIR SO I APPRECIATE THAT. >> THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THE SIZE OF THE SOUTHERN MOST BUILDING AN WILSON BRIDGE, EVEN WITH THE SETBACK. IT'S A LARGE STRUCTURE. AND FOUR AND AND AND SOFTEN THAT EDGE QUITE A BIT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT IT'S JUST THAT EXTREMELY LARGE AND TRYING TO GET MY ARMS AROUND IT. ANYTHING ELSE UNDER THE AR TECH ARCHITECT ACTUAL REVIEW COMMENTS? >> >> HAS ANYBODY ELSE CALLED IN OR E-MAILED US? >> NO, SIR. >> IF WE COULD, MR. COULTER, IF WE COULD WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ALSO HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF SOME [01:00:04] OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE STAFF MEMO, MAYBE THAT WILL KIND OF SPUR SOME OF THE BOARD DISCUSSION ALSO. LIKE SAID, A LOT OF THE THINGS IN THIS STAFF MEMO HAVE A LOT OF THEM ARE LITTLE THINGS THAT JUST LOCK MORE OVER WHELMING THAT IT IT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN TWEAKED SINCE THE STAFF MEMO WENT OUT AND THE EVOLUTION FROM THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR FINAL PUD PLAN FOR THE PUD AND RCHITECT ACTUAL BOARD APPROVAL IF CITY COUNCIL WERE TO REZONE THIS TO A PUD. AGAIN, IT'S STILL DOES HAVE TO GO FROM MUNI MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO CITY TOWN FOR APPROVAL SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION AT SOME POINT WILL BE FOR APPROVAL, APPROVAL WITH MODIFICATIONS OR YOU KNOW, A DENIAL THAT WOULD GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. I THINK PROBABLY THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN ABLE TO HILTON A LOT OF THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE AS CITY STAFF HAVE HAD RELATED TO THE CIRCULATION ON THE SITE AND I THINK THEIR DUE DEL AGAINST OF WORKING WITH KROGER AND TRYING TO SPUR THAT CONVERSATION WHERE DECADES OF THAT CONVERSATION IS NOT REALLY HAPPENING ON THE SITE. I WANT TO APPLAUD THEM FOR BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR CIRCULATION COMMENTS AND CONCERNS AND ESPECIALLY ALONG THAT EASTERN SIDE OF THE MALL. I KNOW WHAT YOU HAD IN THE PACKET ORIGINALLY SHOWED KIND OF MOVEMENT SHIFTING FROM A SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT TO A NUMBER BUT I THINK WITH THE RESTRIPING OF THE PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT, AND ALLOWING THAT TRUE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND TWO-WAY MOVEMENT TO OCCUR AND AND HAVING SOME INTERSECTION BE A ONE-WAY HELPS ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR IRCULATION PROBLEMS AND STAFF DOES HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT FALLING INTO THE PHASE 2 PORTION OF IT OF THAT EAST WEST CONNECT ERR ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SITE, IT MAYBE ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WE'RE SO USED TO THE MOVE. ON THAT SITE NOW AND HOW QUIRKY IT IS WE GET AROUND AND WE FELT WITH THE SOUTHERN BUILDING, IN THE SIZE AND THE FOOT FRONT OF IT THERE MAY BE WAYS TO EXPLORE HOW TO ALLOW FOR THAT EAST WEST CONNECTION ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SITE TO OCCUR AND AND NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SITE AND LINING COLORING EGG AND HELPS YOU PULL AND THE CORPORATE HILL TO THE BRIDGE TO ALLOW FOR THAT MOVEMENT TO MUCH EASIER AND EASIER TO MOVE ABOUT THE SITE AND FOR EAST WEST CONNECT ERR ON THE SOUTHERN AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WE FELT THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT AT LEAST TONIGHT OR AT LEAST STARTING THE DISCUSSION IS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED HOTEL PORTION AND I THINK WORTHINGTON IS KEY IN WANTING A HOTEL ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS. WE WERE HOPEFUL FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE HOLIDAY IN SIGHT AND WE'VE SEEN THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT HAS GONE IN THE HOLIDAY IN SIGHT WITH THE MODIFICATION TO THE APPROVAL THAT YOU GUYS GRANTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO THE PANDEMIC HAPPENING AND LOSING THEIR FUNDING NOT BEING ABLE TO DO A HOTEL. I THINK WORTHINGTON STILL DESIRES TO HAVE A HOTEL AND A LOT OF THAT IS DEPENDING ON HAPPENING WITHIN THE EVOLUTION OF THE HOTEL AND THE QUALITY OF HOTELS HAS IMPACTED AND THEY BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL SITE THAT WILL PURCHASE AND INTEREST IN A WORTHINGTON PROPERLY HOTEL SO I DO KNOW ONE OF THE HINGS THAT THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE IN THERE CONNECTION AND THE OPTION AFTER TWO YEARS TO TO HAVE A RESIDENTS COMPONENT UP TO 100 UNITS. IT HAS RESERVATIONS ON THE APARTMENT COMPONENT OF THE CONVERSION IN THE TIME PHRASE AND IN THE NEXT THEY'VE REFERENCED TWO YEAR AND I THINK INITIALLY WE THOUGHT THAT DOES THAT NEED TO BE A LONGER SPAN TO GET PHASE AND SHOW THAT INTERESTS WITH THAT NORTHERN OFFICE BUILDING BEING BUILT IN HOPE THAT THAT WE HOUGHT THAT TIMEFRAME NEEDED TO AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WE FELT APARTMENTS AND WE LOCK AT THE [01:05:07] HOTEL AND HOTEL AND DO SOME TYPE APARTMENTS THEY WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND AMEND TO THEIR PUD IN THE FUTURE. I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT USE OUT AS DISCUSSION TO THE TOTAL PORTION AND AND EVERYTHING ELSE APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND I WANTED TO BLIN BRINGT UP. >> AND TIMEFRAMES TAKEN OUT ALL TOGETHER AND WE INITIALLY WE CHANGE LATER AND YOU COME BACK AND THERE'S CERTAIN FEELING ABOUT A NUMBER OF APARTMENTS PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT IN THE WORTHINGTON WHERE IT'S GOOD OR BAD OR WHATEVER IT IS. I AGREE WE WANT A HOTEL. FOR THE OFFICE BUILDINGS AROUND IT AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S QUALITY ON THE HOTEL AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BELIEVE THAT IT WON'T BE. THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE IS TO REMOVE THE OPTION TO CONVERT IT O APARTMENTS IN TWO YEARS OR EVEN LONGER AND JUST LEAVE IT AS A HOTEL AND LEAVE THE DOR OPEN FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE PUD IN THE FUTURE. OBVIOUSLY IF IT DOESN'T WORK WE DO WANT IT SITTING THERE NOT BEING USED WE WOULD RATHER SEE IT BE REDEVELOPED SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ATER ON DOWN THE ROAD AND OTHER THING AND MORE FOR PEOPLE WATCHING OR LISTENING IS IN THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING THIS PROJECT AS A PUD AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO AS A BOARD AND COMMISSION. >> AT LEAST WITH THE PUD, WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE SITE TODAY IS THE CURRENT C2 COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER ZONING AND YOU HAVE A PLAN ON THE SITE AND YOU THROW ANOTHER LAYER AND TO ALMOST IN A SENSE HAVE YOUR OWN PUD PRETTY MUCH AND WITH THE PUD WHAT'S IS GOING TO GO FORWARD IS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE TEXT GO HAND AND HAND WITH YOU FROM MPC ON TO CITY COUNCIL SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATION OR CHANGE TO THAT, USUALLY IT WILL REQUIRE REVISIT THE PUD TO AMEND IT. FOR EXAMPLE. IF WE WENT FORWARD TO THE HOTEL PORTION AS APPROVED, FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS NOT CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APARTMENT COMPONENT OF IT AND THEY WANTED TO COME BACK N IN FOUR, OR FIVE YEARS THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING A PROCESS TO AMEND THE PUD TO ALLOW FOR THAT SWITCH FROM HOTEL TO APARTMENTS, THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS YOU CAN CRAFT YOUR PUD TO ALLOW FOR OPTIONS WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE BUILT INTO THEIR TEXT RIGHT NOW IS THAT TWO YEARS AFTER APPROVAL, THEY WOULD BE SEARCHING FOR A FLAG AND THEN AFTER TWO YEARS, IF NOT, THEY WOULD LIKE THE OPTION TO GO TO THE APARTMENTS. HOWEVER, WHAT GETS A PROVED BY Y CITY COUNCIL IS DIFFERENT HAN WHAT IS IN THE CURRENT TEXT OR WHAT YOU RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL COULD BE MODIFIED BUT TYPICALLY IT'S ANY MODIFICATION TO THAT CHANGE AND TEXT KICKS IN ADDITIONAL REVIEW. >> OK. >> THANK YOU. >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HAS ANYBODY CALLED IN OR E-MAILED? >> WE HAVE ONE MORE E-MAIL ROM MICHAEL BAITS. IS IT OSSIBLE TO GET A PERSPECTIVE OF THE BUILDINGS FROM WILSON BRIDGE ROAD LOOKING NORTH COMPARING THE PHASE 2 BUILDING TO THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE SU MEDICAL OFFICES WHICH IS ALSO THE HEIGHTS. OVER ALL, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BUT AS RESIDENTS AND STAFF AND COMMISSION HAVE SAID THERE'S MODIFICATIONS NEEDED. >> THANK YOU, ANYBODY ELSE? [01:10:05] >> I GUESS I'M JUST GOING WITH WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE, MR. COULTER I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE WILSON BRIDGE ROAD SO WE NEED IT MAKE THAT STATEMENT SO IT DOESN'T COME OUT LATER. >> THANK YOU. >> IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. WATSON, I'LL NEED TO HAVE YOU ASK US TO TABLE THIS AND THEN ONCE WE GO FROM THAT WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE PUD PORTION. >> YES, SIR, WE'VE ASKED YOU TO TABLE IT, THANK YOU. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE, PLEASE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND TABLED BY MR. RICE AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. >> OPPOSED SAME SIGN. IT HAS BEEN TABLED. MR. BROWN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NODE ON THE PUD DISCUSSION? >> NO, WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING WHEN KIND OF DID THE PRESENTATION OF BOTH BOARDS TOGETHER. I DO ANT TO STILL KIND OF PUSH FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS SO WE CAN GIVE THE APPLICANTS OME DIRECTION AT LEAST ON ANY OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE HAD ROM THE STAFF SIDE OR ANY MODIFICATIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEFORE THEY COME BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO COME BACK FOR A MEETING ON THE 12TH. SO IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM GUIDANCE TO KEEP THEM MOVING ALONG, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. OR THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT TOO I'M SURE. >> ANYBODY? >> I GUESS THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE IS I WANT TO BE SURE OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS ALONG THE EASTSIDE, THE NORTH SIDE. TRAFFIC IS GETTING ENTER AND EXIT ALONG WILSON BRIDGE WHAT WE WILL DO ABOUT SIGNALING, LIGHTING AND I KNOW TRAFFIC SNAPS WILL BE PART OF ALL OF THIS. I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE OFFICE OVER PARKING ON HASE 1 AND AGAIN, I THINK I PRIMARY CONCERN ABOUT EVERYTHING IS THAT UNDER PHASE 2 THE HEIGHT OF THAT BUILDING AN WILSON BRIDGE ROAD. IT HELPS IT'S PUSHED BECOME NORTH A BIT AND IT HELPS IT HAS STEPPED ACK IN LEVATION. IT'S JUST A REALLY BIG STRUCTURE I ASSUME THAT THEY HAVEN'T STARTED TO DO ANY WATER STUDIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A BIT EARLY. BUT JUST DOING THAT WHERE THERE ARE ANY ISSUES ALONG THE LINES. >> THEY HAVE ACTUALLY, IT'S IN THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET BUT THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT STORMWATER IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT STORMWATER AND WE HAVE HAD THAT REVIEWED BY OUR CITY ENGINEER AND THE TENTATIVE PROPOSAL IS THERE WOULD BE VAULTS IN THE PARKING GARAGE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE STORMWATER AND THEN GRADUALLY RELEASE IT INTO OUR SYSTEM AND THERE WOULD BE DESIGNED TO MEET ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GUIDELINES FOR WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY AND AT LEAST, LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING LINES AND WHERE IT'S TIED INTO NOW, AND GOING FROM A LOT THAT'S HEAVILY, HEAVILY PREVIOUS TO MORE OF AN I -- AND CONSULTANT HAVE REVIEWED THEIR STORMWATER PLANS, DO NOT HAVE ISSUES OR CONCERNS, ACTUALLY I THINK THAT WILL IMPROVE IS IT. >> OK. JUST FOR -- IS FIRST FINANCIAL BANK PART OF THIS PUD OR DO THEY FALL OUTSIDE OF IT? >> THEY ARE A SEPARATE PARCEL. HOWEVER, WE HAVE SHOWN IN OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A SIDEWALK GAP THAT MR. WATSON REFERENCED EARLIER ON ONE OF THE CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND WHEN WE DID THE APARTMENTS AT THE HEIGHTS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A SIDEWALK IN ALONG THAT FRONT PORTION ALONG WEST WILSON BRIDGE ROAD AND WE HAVE THE RE-ASSIGNMENT WITH THE MALL DRIVE AND THE HOLIDAY INN SITE OCCURRING BUT THERE'S A GAP JUST IN FRONT OF FIRST FINANCIAL SO WE'RE WORKING TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THAT GAP SIDEWALK [01:15:01] INSTALLED, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE PROBLEM EVERY FIBER OPTIC THAT RUNS THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO GOING THROUGH THAT AREA AND STORMWATER AND SEWER AND A SLOPE AND LANDSCAPING SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO TROYY TO GET THAT CONNECTION GAP CLOSED SO STAY TUNED ON THAT ONE. >> OK. ARE THERE ANY AGREEMENTS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MADE WITH COVID BEFORE? ALE WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THIS POSITIVE AN EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO CAN BE RESPECTFUL AND I GUESS, CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS AND WE REALLY LOCKED AT THEIR PARKING AND TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THE BEST WAY FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS TO GET IN AND OUT. IT'S BEEN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP TO DATE AND I DON'T THINK WORE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM UNDER OUR CURRENT. >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> >> NUMBER ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE KROGER RESTRIPING. I THINK THAT PARKING LOT HAS BEEN A MESS FOR A LONG TIME SO I THINK THAT WILL HELP OUR CUSTOMER WILL HELP YOUR CUSTOMER BECAUSE WE'RE ALL THE SAME PEOPLE. IN TERMS OF THE ARCHITECTURE, SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE PROGRESSED, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THE REPRESENTEDDERS AND OTHERS AND BUT FACING THE EX EXISTING MALL AND IT'S STILL FEELING A LITTLE STRIP MALL TO ME FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD AND MAYBE NOT UP TO THE DETAILS OF THE OTHER PERSON AND I UNDERSTAND WHY IN TERMS OF THE TENANT. THE INDOOR CORRIDOR STILL THROWS ME IN TERMS OF HOW IT WILL BE USED SO MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION ON THAT WOULD -- WHETHER IT'S JUST CONVEYING YOUR THOUGHTS OR HAVING AN INSIDE VIEW OF THAT AND TO HELP CREATE THAT AND OUR ACTION WITH THE OUTDOOR SPACE THAT YOU ARE CREATING. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? >> MR. COULTER, I HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL COME AND I KNOW THE I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING WHERE THE CURRENT BIKE PATH THAT IS RUNNING ALONG WHAT ARE PROPOSING TO E THE FAR EASTERN NORTH/SOUTH ROAD. THAT IS WHERE OUR BIKE PATH NOW GOES. HOW DOES OUR MULTI-USE TRAIL GET IT WILL SHAKE WITH THE BIKE PATH. >> YES, SIR. >> YES, SO WE HAVE THE THEM COME ALONG THE FENCE AND IT SEPARATES ITSELF OUT BY CHASE AND THEN YOU COME TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH AND WILSON BRIDGE WITH THE HOPE EVENTUALLY TO GO EAST TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON A SEPARATE MULTI-USE PATH AND WHAT IS COMING UP WHERE THE WHERE OLD WILSON BRIDGE EMPTIES INTO WEST WILSON BRIDGE AND YOU THEN HAVE THE SHARE ALONG OLD WILSON [01:20:03] BRIDGE THAT WRAPS YOU AROUND THE SITE AND THEN BRING YOU DOWN TO THAT SMALL PORTION THAT IS SEPARATED BY CHASE AND DUMPS YOU OUT TO THE INTERSECTION. THAT MANEUVER ABILITY WILL NOT CHANGE. WE'LL HAVE IT BEHIND THE KROGER AND THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING ON THAT PHASE 1 AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE BIKE AND PED. THE PEDESTRIAN PART WILL IMPROVE THE BICYCLE PART OF IT WILL IMPROVE AND IT WILL STAY THE SAME COMING UP FROM THE TRAIL. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? >> IF I HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT AND FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK RETAIL PARTNERS FOR, AS I SAID IN OUR LAST MEETING, A MUCH BETTER PARTNER THAN THE ENDOWMENT FUND THAT OWNED THIS PROPERTY AT ONE TIME. I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YET AGAIN THIS CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR WORTHINGTON AND WHAT IS ECONOMICALLY DOABLE AND I HOPE WE CAN PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH AN AGREED, MAYBE A COMPROMISE THAT MAKES THIS WORK AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT AN ALREADY CONGESTED INTERSECTION WITH THIS PROJECT AND THE PROJECT IMMEDIATE LOW TO THE SOUTH IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET MORE CONGESTED. IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH. THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT I HAVE TONIGHT. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, AS A WHOLE IS EXCITE BESIDE THIS PROJECT. >> MR. COULTER, THE ONE THING I WILL ADD TO EMIND ME OF THE COMMENTS, I DID OUTLINE IT IN THE MEMO AND TALKE TALKED ABOUTO THE CITY INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW IS ONE, THE CORPORATE HILL DRIVE IS CURRENTLY A PRIVILEGE AT ROAD AND THE STEED IS IT WILL HELP CAN CREATING A NEW FRONT DOR TO THOSE CORPORATE ENTITIES ALONG OLD WILSON BRIDGE AND CREATE A NEW FRONT DOOR INTO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MALL AND I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO STOP CALLING IT THE MALL BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE THE MALL TO ME AND THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS ALSO AND WITH OUR CONSULTANT IS TO LOOK AT SHORT TERM OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE INTERSECTION OF WILSON BRIDGE AND AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO BE DONE IN THE SAME TIMELINE THAT THE APPLICANTS TRAFFIC STUDY WILL BE DONE. SO I THINK AS MR. MYERS MENTIONED, I WANT TO POINT OUT THOSE INITIATIVES ARE UNDERWAY IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT. >> THAT POINT IN TIME AT WILSON BRIDGE AND HIGH WILL BE INCORPORATING WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE PROJECT AND THE TWO WILL MESH WE WILL MESH IN A GOOD WAY. >> YES. >> IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MR. WATSON, IF YOU COULD ASK FOR PUD TO BE TABLED. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE TABLE THE PUD? >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. >> SO MOVED. TOM RICE. >> SECOND, DAVID FAUST. >> IT'S BEEN OVED TO TABLED BY [D.1. Garage Addition Roof – 690 Evening St. (Chad Kiner) AR 69-2020 (Amendment to AR 04 & 45-2020)] [01:26:21] >> WITH ADDITION TO THE GARAGE WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED THIS YEAR AND IT HAS A HIGH ROOF LINE AND THE ASPHALT SHINGLES ON THE HOUSE AND ON THE ROOF OF THE EXISTING GARAGE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE SO RATHER THAN MATCH THE SHINGLES WITH SOMETHING E ELSE, THE SHINGLE, THE HOMEOWNER WOULD LIKE TO GO TO A METAL ROOF IT WOULD HAVE 16-INCH WIDE SECTIONS OF ROOFING AND THE COLOR THAT IS PROPOSED IS A CHARCOAL GRAY SO IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT THE EXISTING ROOF AND GARAGE ARE SO H HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BLEND IN WITH THERE'S A BLOW UP OF THE CHARCOAL GRAY. >> ANYTHING ELSE? DO YOU WE HAVE THE APPLICANT WITH US TONIGHT? >> YES, WE DO. >> YES. WHAT ABOUT YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION. >> JUST WE DON'T CONNECT SO THE ROOF ON THE EXISTING GARAGE AND THE ROOF ON ADDITION THERE WON'T BE ANY OVERLAP. SO, THERE'S SOME SPACE BETWEEN THE EXISTING. >> MR. BROWN AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THE HAIR SALON AT THE CORNER OF HIGH STREET AND SOUTH STREET AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE BANK NEXT DOOR AND THAT METAL HAS LOW RIDGE LINES THAT MAKE IT LOOK NOT TRULY STANDING BUT MORE LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON A UTILITY SHED CITINSIGHT SIDING AND I WANT TOE SURE THE APPLICANT LOOKS AT THAT OR CONFIRMS THAT THERE ARE NO SUPPORT CHANNELS BETWEEN THE MAIN SEAMS AND IT'S CLOSE TO A TRUE STANDING SEAM. THEY DON'T SHOW IN THAT PICTURE BUT SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE SO I WOULD CALL THAT OUT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF. >> THERE'S ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS AND MY BACKYARD BUT IT'S ON DIRECTLY AND TALK TO CHAD AND [01:30:03] ASK HIM TO BRING A SAMPLE IN SO WE CAN CONFIRM THAT. >> BACK UP, THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE IT ALMOST LOOKS THE LEFT HAND PICTURE AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE APPEARS TO HAVE THOSE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE ARROW IS. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE AVOIDING. >> WE HAVE T IN OUR HOUSE AND YOU CAN TURN THE VIDEO ON AND IT DOES NOT HAVE WITH THE RIDGE LINES LIKE THAT. >> THIS IS A THE HEIGHT OF THE SCENE AND THE DIMENSION BETWEEN THE SEAMS IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN FEELING I THINK MORE ACCEPTABLE ALL FROM MY POINT OF VIEW AND I FEEL THIS IS SHALLOW AND THEY'RE CLOSE TOGETHER AND I GROW WITH MR. FAUST IN TERMS OF THE RIBBING THAT MAY OCCUR BETWEEN IF YOU CAN ALLOW THE STANDING SEAM YOU WANT IT TO BE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE AND I THINK THEY MAKE VERSIONS WHERE THE SCENE ITSELF IS TALLER AND NOT NECESSARILY AROUND PROFILE LIKE THIS IT'S MUCH MORE RECTANGULAR AND COMMENTS. >> IF YOU LOOK T THIS ALLOWING IT TO ELAPSE ON THAT PROGRAM THAT CROSS SECTION DOES SHOW SOME GRANTS IN IT BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE WITHSTANDING SEAMS SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE SURE IS FLAT. >> YEAH, I EE THAT TOO AND. >> I CAN TURN MY VIDEO ON. >> CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND SHARE JURY SCREEN. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? >> >> I CAN TURN MY CAMERA OFF. >> OK, THAT'S FINE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. THERE'S A TINY LITTLE BIT. AND YOU CAN TRY AND GET MY CAMERA AT A SHORT. YOU AN SEE A LITTLE BIT IN HE LIGHT AND FOR THE MOST PART IT'S YOU WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF SHE WOULD HAVE DROPPED THAT OFF AT CITY STAFF OFFICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT? >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST AND I THINK THEY CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE? >> >> AND THEN THEY MISS THEIR POINT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GRIP AT PERHAPS IT WILL BE TALLER AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE SQUARE IF THERE'S AN OPTION FOR IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN. >> WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE FOR YOU MAY WANT TO E-MAIL. AND ENTER THE CONFERENCE I.D. 183-74-4414 AND THE PASS CODE. [01:35:19] HAVE WE HAD ANYBODY PHONE US? >> NOT THAT I HAVE SEEN. >> ON THE. OK.>> BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIOS OR COMMENTS? >> SORRY, I WAS JUST LOOKED AT THAT PRODUCT WHILE WE WERE ON LITTLE SILENCE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONE OTHER PRODUCT WITH THE SAME MANUFACTURE THEY CALL OUT FLAT VERSUS THE STRIATION AND IT HAS A TALLER SO MAYBE THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT. IT'S CALLED EVER SEEN. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS MR. FAUST, I REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO THE SPECIFIC APPROPRIATENESS NUMBERS AR-04 AND 45-2020 FOR THE CHANGE TO THE ROOFING ON THE GARAGE EDITION AT 690 EVENING STREET ASPER CASE NUMBER AR-69-2020 AND NUMBER AR-69-2020 DATED OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, AND WITH THE CLARIFICATION THAT A SAMPLE WILL BE PRESENTED TO STAFF FOR REVIEW AND BASED ON FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE STAFF MEMO AND PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. [D.2. New ATMs – 800 High St. (Powerhouse Retail Services/Huntington National Bank) AR 71-2020] >> SECOND. >> SO MOVED BY MR. FAUST AND SECONDED BY MR. RICE. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT APPLICATION UNDER ARCHITECT ACTUAL REVIEW BOARD NEW A.T.M. AT HIGH STREET AND IT IS APPLICATION AR71-2020. >> THIS IS A REQUEST TO EPLACE BOTH OF THE A.T.M.S THAT ARE AT THE HUNGING TON BANK AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE WALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE IT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY. IT HAD A BLACK AWNING AND WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY COLOR ON THE SIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS GREEN LIGHT THAT COMES OUT OF BOTH SIDES AT NIGHT. SO, AT SOME POINT IT GOT CHANGED TO THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN. BUT THAT VERSION WAS NOT APPROVED. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO NOW IS REPLACE IT WITH A VERSION THAT HAS GROWN THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY FROM THE FRONT AND ON THE SIDES AND IT SAYS NON ILLUMINATED AND I KNEW I INDICATED THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERENCE BUT I FELT THAT ALL THIS GREEN SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT THERE AND MAYBE JUST THE GROWN AS IT IS IN TODAY'S VERSION WITHOUT THE ILLUMINATED SIDES. THE DESCRIPTION SAYS NON ILLUMINATED FRONT AND SIDES BUT IT SAYS WITH LEDS IME GREEN. SO, I THINK INITIALLY THE BOARD FELT THAT WAS TOO FLASHY AND SO DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT MUCH COLOR. IT'S SIGNAGE WHEN THE COLOR MATCHES AND THE OTHER THING I NOTICED THE WAY IT SITS IN THE WALL THEY SEEM TO HAVE MORE DISTANCE ON THE ROUGH SIDE THAN THEY DO ON THE RIGHT. SO IT'S THAT REALLY THE WAY THAT THE METAL PANEL IS GOING TO BE? IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE PROPOSING IT TO BE EVEN. SO, UNLESS THAT'S JUST AN ERROR IN THE DRAWING, THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED I THINK. [01:40:02] IF THIS AWNING IS STAYING THE SAME, I THINK THE GRAY AWNING IS FINE AND IT'S UNAB. >> NONE OF THE GREEN WAS ALLOWED SO THEY AVE GREEN ON ALL THE PARKING IGNS AND THE BASES FOR THE POLE SIGNS IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR SIGNS. THE OTHER A.T.M. IS CLOSED IN A BRICK STRUCTURE AND IN THE NIGHT IT HAS THE LOGO. IT WAS BLACK INSTEAD OF THE GRAY THAT IT IS NOW. IT SEEMS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TOTALLY REMOVAL OF THAT BRICK STRUCTURE AND JUST PUTTING IN A SMALLER A.T.M. UNIT. THEY SHOW FOUR BALLERS HERE WHICH I'M IMAGINING THEY WANT TO BE LIME GROWN AS WELL AND IT DOESN'T SAY. THIS IS THE ACTUAL MACHINE FOR THE TOP WHERE THEY WANT TO HAVE LOGOS ON BOTH SIDES AND THE SIGN IN THE FRONT ND WELCOME. THE LOGOS ON THE SIDES WOULD BE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE THAT WOULD NEED A VARIANCE. SO STAFF RECOMMEND A LITTLE OF THE LIME GRO GREEN BE USED. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SITE YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE ALL THAT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE TO TELL YOU WHAT BANK YOU ARE AT. WE TYPICALLY HAVE ALLOWED SIGNS ON THE FACE OF THE TOPPER BUT NOT ON THE SIDES. AND IF THE LIME GREEN DOES NOT NEED TO BE' L ILIMINATED THAT WD BE GREAT. >> YOU HAVE AN APPLICANT TONIGHT. >> YES, I'M HERE. >> OK. WE NEED TO HAVE YOU SWORN IN, PLEASE. >> DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> YES, I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> WE NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU CAN ADD ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE. >> JENNIFER TIENER COMPANY ADDRESS IS 812 SOUTH CRAWLEY ROAD, CRAWLEY TEXAS, 76036. >> OK. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CARE TO ADD? >> WELL, I CAN'T ANSWER TO THE COLOR OF THE BALLARDS. THEY WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE GREEN. THAT IS THEIR COMPANY COLOR. I WILL REACH OUT TO THE MANUFACTURER OF THE A.T.M.S AND FIND OUT IF THE SIGNAGE ON THE SIDE COULD BE REMOVED FOR THE DRIVE-UP UNIT. I CANNOT GUARANTEE AS THESE ARE GENERALLY INSTALLED OR FORGIVE ME, THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER AT A SHIPPING WAREHOUSE AND THEN DRIVEN OUT TO EACH LOCATION ON A FLAT BED TRUCK AND JUST INSTALLED AFTER THE OLD UNIT HAS BEEN REMOVED. >> OK. I APPRECIATE WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN A BUSINESS AND HAVE TO BE WELL BRANDED. NO OFFENSE BUT BANKS HAVE A TENDENCY TO WANT TO OVER BRAND AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU HAVE THIS SITE WHICH IS SOMEONE IS REALLY ENTERED IT AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE ENTERING FOR HUNTINGTON SO WE WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF ZONING DOWN AS MUCH OF THE SIGNAGE AND THE GREEN AS WE CAN. ALSO LIKE THE ILLUMINATED WELCOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I APPRECIATE THIS TOO, THOSE SYSTEMS AT A.T.M. MACHINE IS DESIGNED TO REALLY GO EVERYWHERE, RIGHT. SO I CAN APPRECIATE FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT BUT I GOT TO BELIEVE HUNTINGTON MUST HAVE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY ARE REALLY NOTICEABLE AND A BUSY INTERSECTION, FOR INSTANCE, SOMEWHERE AND THEY HAVE A SCREEN THEIR NAME OUT WHICH ARE MOST CONDITIONS THAT MAKES MORE SENSE AND THIS CONDITION, I THINK, THINGS ARE COMING DOWN AND THEY'RE QUIETER AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A STANDARD BUILDING, ET CETERA. [01:45:05] I HAVE LIMITED COMMENTS ON THAT AND I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. >> WE HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH CHASE ANK UP THE ROAD WHEN THEY CAME INTO THEIR A.T.M.S AND WE ASKED THEM TO DO THE SAME THING TO TONE IT DOWN AND JUST KEEP THE NAME OF THE BANK ON THE COUGHER AND LIKE THEY SUGGESTED AND TO REMOVE ALL OF THE THE COLORS OTHER SIGNAGE AND MR. HAWKMAN MADE A VALID POINT WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO HUNTINGTON YOU KNOW WHERE THE A.T.M. AND YOU KNOW IT'S THERE AND YOU ARE NOT AND YOU ARE LREADY A CUSTOMER OF THE BANK. AND WHATEVER THING YOU CAN TAKE BACK TO THE HUNTING TON THAT THEY MAY HAVE THEIR STANDARDS OF HOW THEY DO THINGS AND WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT APPROVE THIS SO WHOEVER DRAFTS THE MOTION CAN CRAFT IT AND WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE ENDS UP BEING WE WOULD FULLY EXPECT THAT WOULD FOLLOW. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> JUST IN CASE, BECAUSE I'VE ONLY REACHED OUT TO THIS MANUFACTURE ONE OTHER TIME AND FOR A DIFFERENT STATE. IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE SIGNAGE OR I'M CURE WE CAN HAVE THE LED LIGHTS UNDER THE GROWN SURROUND FOR THE WALK-UP UNIT NOT INSTALLED BUT THEY'RE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE SIGNAGE BECAUSE IT ARRIVES IN A PLAT PACK AND IT LEAVES EXPOSED WIRING OR MECHANISMS, WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR THE APPROVAL PRO PROCESS? >> WE WOULD SUGGEST IF WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE L LOGO ON THE SIDE WE EXPECT A FLAT PLATE COVER OVER THE FACE OF IT SO YOU DO TAKE ANYTHING APART YOU JUST ATTACH SOMETHING TO IT. >> WE'VE DONE A SIMILAR THING AT CHASE. THEY PUT JUST A FLAT PANEL IN PLACE OF THE LOGO, ADDITIONAL LOGO THEY HAD ON THE SIDE. >> SO IT SEEMS THAT IT CAN BE DONE. >> I'M NOT HEARING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING TO OUR CALL. IF YOU CAN THROW THAT UP FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO E-MAIL US TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE THIS DOWN NEXT TIME. IT'S ON MY SCREEN, IT'S NOT ON YOURS. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> WE COULDN'T MAIN PLANNING. >> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY CALL US THIS EVENING OR E-MAIL US ON THIS APPLICATION. >> NO, WE HAVE NOT. >> OK. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOT HEARING ANY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? >> TIME RICE, I MOVE THE REQUEST BY POWER HOUSE RETAIL SERVICES FOR CERTIFICATE APPROPRIATENESS TO INSTALL NEW A.T.M.S AT 800 HIGH STREET ASPER CASE AR71-2020 AND AR72-2020 DATED [01:50:04] OCTOBER 5TH, 2020 THAT THE SIGNS COLOR AND LIGHTING BE REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF PRIOR TO ANY FURTHER INSTALLATION BE APPROVED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSION IN THE STAFF MEMO AND PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. >> SECOND. >> [D.3. Signage – 6733 N. High St. (Samantha Elliot/Goddard School) AR 72-2020] >> MR. HOFFMAN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. OUR NEXT APPLICATION TONIGHT IS FOR SIGNAGE AT 6733 NORTH HIGH STREET. THE SCHOOL IT'S APPLICATION AR72-2020. >> SO SIGNAGE FOR THE SCHOOL IS PROPOSED ON THE FACE OF THE BUILDING IN THE FRONT GABLE. LIKE THIS. AS WE LOOK AT THIS, OUR CODE REQUIRES A RECTANGLE BE DRAWN AROUND THE OUTSIDE LIMITS OF THE SIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE ACTUAL SIGN AREA SEPARATELY, WE ARE AT 26 SQUARE FEET FOR THE LEATHERRERS AND FOR LOGO IT WOULD BE NINE SQUARE FEET. SO THERE'S AN OPTION HERE FOR THAT VERSION OF THE SIGN. CAN YOU EITHER HAVE TWO WALL SIGNS WHICH NEEDS A VARIANCE OR HAVE ONE SIGN MEASURED AS I SHOWED, WHICH NEEDS A VARIANCE FOR A SIGN AREA. WE DID RECEIVE AN E-MAIL FROM THE SIGN COMPANY THAT SAID THEY COULD PUT THE LOGO DIRECTLY LEFT OF THE GODDARD SCHOOL LETTERING ALL ON ONE LINE AND KEEP IT TO 50 SQUARE FEET POSSIBLY. SO, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THE LETTER SIZE, I SUPPOSE. I DON'T THINK STAFF FELT THIS WAS A BAD OPTION TO HAVE THIS SET UP LIKE IT'S SHOWN BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS WHICH GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A VARIANCE. SO, IT'S A DECISION THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL MAKE TOGETHER THIS EVENING WHICH WAY THIS IS GOING TO GO AND THE MATERIALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HDU AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY MOU MOUNTED AND NON ALUM NATURED LEATHERRERS AND LOGO. THE LOGO IS I BELIEVE , THE LOCATION THAT SHOWS OUT HERE IS RIGHT OUT THIS LINE. WHICH I'M NOT SURE IT'S HARD TO TELL BUT IT NEEDS TO BE OUTSIDE THE EASEMENT BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY IS ACTUALLY OUT HERE SO THEY'RE 10 FEET BACK AT LEAST. SO, IF THIS EXHIBIT IS WRONG, THEY'RE OK AND IF NOT, THEY NEED A VARIANCE FOR PLACEMENT. WE'VE GOT JUST A RECTANGULAR CABINET THAT I THINK IS A METAL CABINET WITH HDU SIGNS BUT THIS HAS -- IT SAYS IT'S ETCHED BLUE COPY AND THE LOGO AND THE [01:55:02] EXISTING DIRECTIONAL SIGN WHICH I BELIEVE IS STAYING IF THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF TRIM TO MAKE THIS NOT JUST BE A REGULAR RECTANGULAR SIGN BOX IT WOULD E HELPFUL AT THIS POINT. THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO HAVE IT BE ELIMINATED ALTHOUGH EXTERNALLY LIMB NATION IS POSSIBLE. THE OTHER IT'S EASY THESE DAYS TO TYPE IN GODDARD SCHOOL AND IT WILL POP UP SO WE THOUGHT THE ADDRESS, RATHER THAN BEING ON THE SIDE OF THE CABINET, WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL, TO PUT THE ADDRESS IN THE BLUE BIND AND THE SIGN COMPANY ASKED IF THAT IS -- IF THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE IF THAT WAS WHAT WAS NEEDED SIZE WISE WE HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE THE FREE STANDING SIGN JUST THE CABINET BY ITSELF IS OK IF WE ADD A PIECE OF TRIM THE CABINET WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO SHRINK BUT, OR A VARIANCE POSSIBLE NEEDED AND UNLESS THEY REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BASE AND IF THE CABINET WITH SOME SORT OF A TRIM PIECE COULD BE NO MORE THAN 30 SQUARE FEET PER SIDE, THEN, THAT WOULD LEAVE 40 SQUARE FEET FOR THE FACE ON THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE SIGN THAT IS AT RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND YOU CAN SEE DECORATIVE AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS NEEDED NOT TO JUST MAKE IT A PLAIN RECTANGULAR CABINET. THEY HAD, ON THE DRAWING IT SAYS STONE BASE TO MATCH BUILDING STONE WE FELT THAT BRICK TO MATCH THE BUILDING BRICK WAS A MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE MATERIAL TO USE. >> DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT THIS EVENING? >> >> THIS IS SAM BAKER. I'M HERE AS A CONSULTANT. I THOUGHT THE SIGN COMPANY WAS GOING TO SEND SOMEONE AND THEY WOULD SPEAK AT IT. >> SHE WAS AVING ISSUES GETTING ONLINE SO SHE SENT ME THIS E-MAIL. HER E-MAIL WAS MOSTLY QUESTIONS. >> OK. >> LIKE WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND IT SAYS STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE ADDRESS IN THE BLUE BIN AND INSTEAD OF SHE DIDN'T SAY WE'RE AGREEING TO DO IT TO CHANGE IT. >> IN TERMS OF THE OUGHT THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT, I TALKED TO GODDARD TODAY AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE CAN TAKE THE LOGO THAT THEY HAVE AT THE VERY TOP PEAK OF THE GABLE AND LOWER IT TO REDUCE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO GET INTO THE RECTANGLE TO MAKE IT CLOSER OR WE CAN PUT IT AT THE END OF THE LETTERING AND REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE LETTERING AND THERE'S ARE TWO OPTIONS WE CAN DO ON THE BUILDING SIGN TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. THERE ARE TWO EXTERNAL LIGHTS THAT WERE ON THE ORIGINAL DRAWING THAT WAS APPROVED THAT WILL LIGHT THAT. >> COMMISSIONER VAUGHN: THERE IT.IT IS NOT INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED. IT'S EXTERNAL. IF WE HAVE ONE LIGHT PLANNED ON EACH ONE IT WAS ON OUR RIGINAL SITE PLAN AND SO THAT WILL BE' LOOM NATURED FROM THE GROUND WE CAN REDUCE THE SIDE OF THE BASE THAT THE MONUMENT SIGN SITS N AND WE CAN MAKE THAT BRICK OR STONE, EITHER ONE AND NEITHER ONE IS OBJECTIONABLE TO US AND [02:00:09] WE COULD REDESIGN IT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS IS TO ASK TO HAVE IT APPROVED WITH THOSE ONDITIONS AND TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD WITH. >> IF YOU CAN GET IT IT CORRECTED TO NOR VARIANCE IT WILL BE IN THE LONG RUN. >> THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PREFER, NOT TO GO AND REQUEST ANY VARIANCES. >> OK. SO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING CORRECTED AND THINGS ARE MODIFIED HOWEVER THEY NEED TO BE THAT WAY OTHERWISE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY. >> HAVE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND FROM A SCHEDULE STANDPOINT AS LONG AS THEY GET THE SIGN INTO PRODUCTION AROUND THE FIRST OF DECEMBER, THEY CAN GET IT INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE BUILDING. THEY TOLD ME THEY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING. >> THEY NEED TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BACK TO ME -- >> AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK. >> OK. >> I THINK THAT'S DOABLE, CERTAINLY. >> THIS IS PHIL AND NANCY WE'RE THE SIGN COMPANY. >> GREAT. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. >> I THINK WE NEED TO GET EVERYTHING WHERE IT'S 100 SQUARE FEET. >> 100 TOTAL, RIGHT. >> SO REDUCING THE SIZE ON THE BUILDING AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO CALL ME TOMORROW OR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK IF YOU NEED DDITIONAL INFORMATION. >> IN TERMS THAT THE FRONT AGE IN THE RIGHT A WAY, WE WERE GIVEN THE WRONG INFORMATION. WE WANT IT TO BE OUT THE EASEMENT SO WE'RE NOT DIGGING A FOUNDATION AND HITTING A WATER LINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT. AND, SO WE PROBABLY WOULD BE PUSHING IT BACK AND IT HAS SHOWN GRAPHICALLY ON THE SITE PLAN PROPERLY JUST WASN'T ON THE DETAIL AND IT HAS TO BE CHANGED. >> OK. PERFECT. >> BOARD MEMBERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE TABLED DO WE NEED TO GO AND COMMENTS. >> I WITHIN SEEN IT. IT OMES THROUGH. >> NO NEED TO BE ASKED FOR IT TO BE TABLED. >> SO REQUESTED. [D.4. Fencing – 5750 N. High St. (Meyers + Associates Architecture/St. Michael) AR 73-2020] >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. SO MOVED. >> >> WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS. >> OK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> AND LAST ON THE AGENDA IS A 5750 NORTH HIGH STREET AND APPLICATION AR73-20. >> SO ST. MICHAEL CHURCH WOULD LIKE TO START FENCING IN THE AREA THAT THE CHILDREN FROM THE SCHOOL PLAY IN SO IT IS AROUND THIS OUTSIDE AREA AND ACTUALLY THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO ALONG THIS EAST PROPERTY LINE AND ACROSS AND SQUARED OFF AT THE BUILDING. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SITE PLAN PRETTY EASILY AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A SIX-FOOT HIGH FENCE THAT IS A METAL PICKET FENCE IN BLACK. ON THE EASTERN SIDE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INSTALL A WIND SCREEN ALONG THAT. [02:05:05] I NOTICE THAT THIS WIND SCREEN IS SHOWN ON A CHAIN LENGTH FENCE BUT I THINK THERE'S PROPOSING THIS STYLE OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE JUST WITH THE ONE SCREEN ON IT. WE'RE NOT BIG HUGE FANS OF WIND SCREENS BUT I THINK THEY'RE LOCKING FOR PRIVACY AND IT'S IN A LOCATION THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW TREES ADJACENT AND IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE PUSH IN THAT WILL BE ALONG THIS NORTH EDGE OF THEIR PARKING LOT AND THEN RETURNING ALONG TO THE BUILDING WOULD NOT HAVE ANY WIND SCREEN ON IT AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A GATE IN THIS SECTION BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE GRASS AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE NAME AND THE IMAGE OF SAINT MICHAEL ON IT. SO STAFF DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TERRIBLY VISIBLE EXCEPT FOR THE BLACK PICKET FENCE IN THIS AREA FROM THE STREET. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MRS. CHRIS MEYERERS AND I'M THE ARCHITECT AND ON THE BOARD AT SAINT MICHAEL. >> DO YOU SWEAR YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD CARE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? >> I THINK LINDA COVERED MOST OF IT. I WILL CLARIFY THE WIND SCREEN WOULD BE ON THE ROD IRON FENCE AND THE GRAPHIC I HAD OF THAT PARTICULAR FABRIC WAS ON A CHAIN LINK BUT THERE'S NO CHAIN LINK PROPOSED. >> OK. >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED FOR THE WIND SCREEN? >> IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THAT PHOTOGRAPH, THERE'S A CLUSTER OF APARTMENTS THAT ARE -- THEY HAVE ALL BACK PATIOS, AND PORCHES AND LOOKING RIGHT BACK ONTO THE AREA WHERE THE SCHOOL HAS RECESS AND ALSO THE BALL FIELD AND THE WIND SCREEN IS JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVACY NOT ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL BUT THE RESIDENTS. >> OK. >> THANK YOU. >> >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT THAT WIND SPEED. IT'S ALL RENTAL PROPERTIES AS WELL. >> ANYBODY LSE? >> NOT HEARING ANYTHING WE TAKE A MINUTE OR SO TO WAIT FOR ANYBODY TO CALL IN OR E-MAIL US AND WE CAN BE REACHED TONIGHT A. I PROMISE YOU. E-MAIL OR CALL. AND IT THE CONFERENCE I.D. NUMBER AND THE POUND SIGN. [02:10:03] >> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY CALL US OR E-MAIL ON THIS APPLICATION? >> NO, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT HEARING ANY. DO I HAVE A QUESTION. >> THE REQUEST BY ST. MICHAEL CHURCH TO INSTALL NEW FENCING AT 5750 NORTH HIGH STREET FOR CASE AR73-2020 DRAWINGINGS DATED OCTOBER 9TH, 2020 BE APPROVED [D.5. New Deck, Addition and Driveway Modifications – 151 E. Granville Rd. (SBA Studios/ Witsken) AR 75-2020 (Amendment to AR 42-2020)] BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE STAFF MEMO AND PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. >> SECOND, MR. RICE. >> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> YES, PASSED. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. >> NEXT APPLICATION TONIGHT IS ADDITION AND RENOVATION BUY FOR BIFURCATION AND IT'S APPLICATION AR76-2020 AND IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION AR01-2020. >> MR. COULTER I BELIEVE YOU MISSED THE ONE BEFORE IT. >> I'M SORRY. >> LET ME BACK UP. I WAS PLANNING ON SPEEDING THINGS ALONG. LET ME GET BACK ON TRACK. THIS IS A NEW ADDITION AND DRIVEWAY MODIFICATIONS AND 151 EAST GRANDVILLE ROAD AND AND THEY WERE FOR THE HOUSE TO CHANGE. THIS IS THE NEW SITE PLAN. THE SECOND STORY EDITION IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OVER TOP OF WHEN IT FIRST FIRST-STOREY A EDITIOND THEY DECIDED TO ADD THE STAY IN THE DRIVEWAY SO IT COMES OVER AND SQUARES OFF SO THOSE WERE DEMO PLANS AND THIS IS THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND SO THESE WINDOWS WOULD BE CHANGED TO SLIDING DOORS TO GET OUT ONTO THE DECK. AND THIS DOOR IS GOING TO BE REMOVED ALONG STEPS IN THE ROOF AND AND REPLACED WITH A WINDOW TO MATCH THE OTHERS WE'VE SEEN THE DECKING BEFORE THIS IS THE COLOR AND STYLE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL FINISH TO THE BACK OF THIS HOUSE AND STAFF HAD NO CONCERNS. >> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT THIS EVENING. >> YES, SCOTT BAKER WITH SBA STUDIOS. >> WE HAD NEED TO GET YOU SWORN? >> DO YOU SWEAR YOUR TESTIMONY WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CARE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION. ANYTHING WORTH NOTING IS THAT THE DECK WILL KIND OFEN CAMPUS THAT EXISTING STOOP SO WE REMOVE THE STOOP AND THE ROOF ROOF. WE SEEN IT ON THE PHOTOGRAPH WE HAD UP ON THE SCREEN. IT LOOKS CLEANER WITHOUT THE STOOP. THERE YOU GO. SO THAT STOOP ON THAT PORCH WOULD BE REMOVED AND THE DECK WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL OF THAT. >> OK. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> ANYBODY? HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO TO OUR FOLKS WHO MAY BE LISTENING IN TONIGHT. [02:15:03] YOU CAN REACH US TONIGHT ON E-MAIL OR YOU CAN CALL AND ENTER THE CONFERENCE I.D. NUMBER 183 744 414 AND THE POUND SIGN. >> DO WE HAVE ANY CALL US OR E-MAIL US TONIGHT ON THIS APPLICATION? >> NO, SIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS RICK I MOVE THE REQUEST BY SBA STUDIOS ON BEHALF OF NNE WITSKIN TO MODIFY APPROPRIATENESS AR72-2020 BY ADDING A DECK AND MODIFYING THE HOUSEHOLD DRIVEWAY AT 151 GRANVILLE ROAD AS AR75-2020 AND DATED OTH 9 THE, 2020 AND WE APPROVE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCORDANCE IN THE STAFF MEMO. >> DO I HAV I HAVE A SECOND. [D.6. Addition & Renovation Modifications – 50 E. Granville Rd. (Schorr Architects/ Kilbourne Middle School) AR 76-2020 (Amendment to AR 01-2020)] >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT ONE. IT'S ADDITION AND RENOVATION MODIFICATIONS AT 50 EAST GRANDVILLE ROAD AND IT'S APPLICATION AR76-2020 AND IT'S APPLICATION AR01-2020. AS YOU RECALL, THE BOARD APPROVED -- THE EDITI ADDITION E EASTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE WINDOWS WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THE EXISTING WINDOWS IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND SO THEY WERE PLANNING ON THEM BEING MOVEABLE WINDOWS AND ARE NOW ASKING THAT THEY WOULD BE FIXED WINDOWS BUT THEY WOULD BE OFFSET SO THEY LOOK LIKE REMOVABLE WINDOWS SO GENERALLY WE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE FIXED WINDOWS ON A BUILDING LIKE THIS, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY GOOD COMPROMISE BECAUSE THEY ARE OFFSET AND WILL STILL LOOK GREAT. AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE IS VERY SIMPLE THAT WON'T BE SEEN BY HARDLY ANYONE AND IT'S ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE ADDITION WHICH IS PRETTY FAR FROM THE BUILDING SO STAFF WAS NOT CONCERNED WITH EITHER OF THESE AND. >> YES, NATHAN CAN SHORE ARCHITECTS. >> WE EED TO GET YOU SWORN IN [02:20:01] REAL QUICKLY. >> SURE. >> DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CARE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? >> THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL ADD IS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE PRICING OPTION FOR THE FIXED WINDOW AND SO THIS APPLICATION ISN'T NECESSARILY TO GO ALL IN AND WITCH TO A FIXED WINDOW AT THIS TIME. WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL, A PRE APPROVAL IF YOU WILL, IF WE WERE TO FIND THAT A FIXED WINDOW IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE OPERABLE WINDOW AND YOU WOULD FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE WORTHINGTON ASH ARCHITECT AL BOARD. >> THIS IS DRIVEN BY COST THEN? >> YES, SIR. >> OK. I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS THAT OR IF IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT EITHER WAY. >> OTHER BOTHER MEMBERS? >> THIS IS RICK SCHUSTER. JUST A QUESTION. IF YOU ECIDE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE, ON A WINDOW WE JUST SAW, WOULD THOSE BE THE FIXED WINDOWS YOU WOULD BE PUTTING IN OR WOULD WE NEED TO SEE THE WINDOWS THAT YOU ACTUALLY WILL BE SELECTING IF IT'S DIFFERENT INTFROM THAT? >> THE WINDOWS SHOWN IN THE RENDER IS A FIX WOOD AND IT'S BASED OFF OF A GRAM WINDOW AND NOW THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR OUR PROJECT AS WELL AS THE OVER ALL PROJECT DOCUMENT STATE THESE ARE TO MATCH THE EXISTING HISTORIC WINDOWS AND IF ANYTHING WERE TO DEOF A FROM THAT, I WOULD BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL AS IT WOULD NOT BE PASSED MY OWN. WHILE I CAN GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL BE A GRAM WINDOW I CAN GUARANTEE IT WILL -- WE WILL MATCH THE LOOK OF THE EXISTING HISTORIC SOUTH FACADE WINDOWS. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. SCHUSTER, I'M FAMILIAR WITH GRAM WINDOWS AND THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER ONES OUT THERE FOR MATCHING HISTORICAL WINDOWS. THEY DO A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB. >> GOOD. >> SO I COMMEND YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THIS IS PROBABLY OUTSIDE OF THIS SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING BUT I GUESS I WOULD JUST THROW OUT THERE THAT I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT TAKING AWAY OBJECT RA BILL TEE IN A WINDOWS WHEN RIGHT NOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION WE'RE IN. I GUESS MY HESITATION IS MORE RELATED TO THAT IN TERMS OF FUNCTIONALITY AND THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ARE YET TO COME. >> YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY A CONCERN. IT'S A ARCHITECTAL SIDE AND OWNER CONCERN. IN OUR HEAD RIGHT NOW, IT'S TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE IN PRICE. IF WE'RE TALKING LIKE $10,000 WE WON'T MAKE THAT CHANGE. I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE TO DRASTICALLY IMPACT AND DRIVE COSTS DOWN FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION. WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL OF THOSE THOUGHTS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> WE'LL TAKE OUR PAUSE. THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE LISTENING IN OR E-MAILING, YOU CAN E-MAIL US TONIGHT AT -- [D.7. Fence Modifications – 184 E. Granville Rd. (Ellen Bloch) AR 77-2020 (Amendment to AR 30-2020)] [02:29:20] THE ONE WARRANTS HAVING A FENCED IN BACKYARD IF YOU HAVE SMALL KIDS, OR DOGS. AND, WE ADD TO SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IN THE VICINITY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THOUGHT THAT THE HOMEOWNER SHOULD E ALLOWED TO DO THIS IN HER BACKYARD. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT SHE SENT IN. WITH HER APPLICATION. YOU AN SEE THAT THIS AREA IS DRIED OUT AT THE TIME. [02:30:04] TO GO INTO THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE WATER. STILL FEELS LIKE CONTINUES TO FEEL LIKE THIS TYPE OF FENCING IS NOT OBTRUSIVE AND MEETS OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN THIS LOCATION. >> THINK YOU, DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? >> HI, GOOD EVENING. >> DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I DO, I SWEAR. >> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? >> YEAH, SURE. THANK YOU, LINDA, FOR SUMMARIZING MY APPLICATION SO ELOQUENTLY. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS IN MAY. FOLLOWING THOSE CONVERSATIONS I LEFT WITH THIS THOUGHT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO COME UP WITH A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR THE UM FLOODING ISSUES, I GUESS, THAT HAPPENED IN MY BACKYARD. PROBABLY 3-4 TIMES PER EAR THAT ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. I THINK EVEN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE CONCERNS AROUND THAT. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROBLEM, I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH WATER IN A BACKYARD , NOTHING IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. I WORKED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANDSCAPERS, EXCAVATORS, AND UM TO KIND OF EVALUATE WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE, AND I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT IF I FIX MY PROBLEM , I WILL MOST LIKELY CREATE PROBLEMS FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHETHER THAT IS A NEIGHBORING PROPERLY -- AS PROPERTY, OR DIVERTING WATER INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM OR STORM DRAINS, IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY OVERALL TO LET THE WATER LIE IN THE BACKYARD. THAT HAS SENT TO ME DOWN THE PATH OF WATER GARDENS, AND OTHER TYPES OF LANDSCAPING THAT CAN HELP UM ABSORB THE WATER, AND ALSO MAKE MY YARD LOOK MORE DESIRABLE ALL YEAR ROUND. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE PICTURES THAT I SHARED, EVEN HERE IN OCTOBER NOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD STANDING WATER IN MY BACKYARD SINCE MAY. YOU CAN STILL SEE WHERE THE GRASS IS COMPLETELY UM DISCOLORED, AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THOSE FLOODED AREAS. THE THOUGHT IS, IF I COULD PUT LANDSCAPING THERE TO HELP MAINTAIN THE WATER, HELP TO MAINTAIN THE WATER AND BE BEAUTIFUL ALL YEAR ROUND. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER LANDSCAPERS , WITH THE FENCE THE WAY IT IS APPROVED CURRENTLY, IT CUTS THROUGH THAT FLOODED AREA. THAT MAKES IT KIND OF CHALLENGING TO MAKE IT UM APPEALING AND O IMPROVE THE USABILITY OF THE YARD. ORIGINALLY WHEN WE INSPECTED THE PROPOSAL, I WAS THINKING THAT WE COULD GET RID OF SOME OF THE. [INAUDIBLE] AND NOW WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO STAY THERE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL UM TO EXTEND THE FENCE BACK, YOU KNOW, 30-40 FEET TO THE SETBACK SO THAT I AM MAXIMIZING USABLE SPACE IN MY YARD, BUT ALSO ABLE AND CAPTURE ALL OF THAT FLOODED WATER. I AM COMING BACK TO YOU, IT'S A VERY HOT TOPIC. I APOLOGIZE FOR CONTINUING TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, KEEP ASKING FOR MORE. THAT CERTAINLY WAS NEVER MY INTENT IN MAY. I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A COMPROMISE. I REALLY AM JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO MEETS MY NEEDS AS A HOMEOWNER. I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS HOUSE, AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR BOTH OF US. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THIS IS MR. FAUST, HAD TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS FOR THE APPLICANT, IS AN IMPOSSIBLE, OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO LANDSCAPE WITHOUT HAVING A FENCE TO MARK THE EDGE OF THE LANDSCAPING >> I WANT THE FENCE. I HAVE SMALL KIDS, I HAVE A SMALL DOG. I WANT TO THE FENCE TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS. [02:35:05] I UNDERSTAND PERHAPS IT OULD BE DONE, WITHOUT THE FENCE, BUT I WANT THAT AS PART OF THIS APPROVAL. >> OKAY, THOSE WERE KIND OF TIED TOGETHER IN STAFFS DISCUSSION. I AM TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE REALLY TWO SEPARATE ISSUES THE WATER ISSUES, AND THE DESIRE FOR THE FENCE ARE NOT DIRECTLY INTERRELATED. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TOGETHER. UM -- . >> UM, WELL, MY TAKE ON THAT WOULD BE THAT THE FENCE HAS BEEN APPROVED. WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE LANDSCAPING WILL LOOK BETTER AND I WILL HAVE MORE OPTIONS IF THE FENCE IS JUST FURTHER BACK. >> UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS FOR STAFF. OTHER THAN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT LANDSCAPING AND WATER, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE FACTS OR CHARACTERISTICS AS CONTRASTED TO WHAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE, OR ARE WE JUST LOOKING AT AN EXTENSION OF THE FENCE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BACK IN MAY? >> IT IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE FENCE. I THINK STAFF DID TALK ABOUT THE RAIN GARDEN BEING THERE AND NEEDING TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT WITHOUT CUTTING ACROSS THE PROPERTY AT THE FORMER LOCATION. BEING ABLE TO EXTEND THE RAIN GARDEN FURTHER BACK. >> OKAY. THAT'S IT. >> ANYBODY ELSE? I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS, I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH RAIN GARDENS, WHY COULD THE RAIN GARDEN NOT BE DESIGNED THAT IT COULD BE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FENCE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WITHOUT TRYING TO MOVE THE FENCE BACK? REMEMBER, WE WENT THROUGH AN AWFUL LOT OF EFFORT BACK IN MAY WHEN WE SAW THIS THE LAST TIME TO GET A COMPROMISE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO WHERE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY FELT IT WAS A TRUE WIN-WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND, BUT THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS A COMPROMISE THAT THEY COULD CERTAINLY LIVE WITH. I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH PUSHING IT AS FAR BACK AS YOU WANT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR REASONING FOR IT. I'M JUST WONDERING? >> I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT. AGAIN, I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT REFERRALS. MY CHALLENGE WHEN I ACCEPTED THAT COMPROMISE AND I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION IN MAY, AND AS I LEARNED HOW BIG THAT RAIN GARDEN IS GOING TO NEED TO BE FOR THAT SPACE, UM, I MEAN, I GUESS IT IS A PERSONAL PROBLEM. IT'S JUST THE USABILITY OF THE SPACE THAT I HAVE LEFT IN THE YARD. ORIGINALLY I WAS THINKING THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERT SOME OF THE WATER, OR SHIFT IT AND MAKE IT A SMALLER PLACE THROUGH SOME EXCAVATION EFFORTS. WHAT I QUICKLY LEARNED IS THAT IF I START EXCAVATING MY YARD AND MAKING CERTAIN POINTS HIGHER, EVEN IF MY INTENT IS TO DIVERT THAT WATER INTO THE RAIN GARDEN, THAT HERE IS A VERY LIKELIHOOD THAT THE WATER WILL NOT LISTEN, AND WILL END UP IN MY NEIGHBORS UM PROPERTY. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE WATER FLOWS IN FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE ADVISORS, THE WATER EXPERTS. [LAUGHTER] EVEN WITH THE INVESTMENT TO EXCAVATE, AND REDIRECT THERE WASN'T A, YOU KNOW, 80% OR 90% LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS. IT WAS PROBABLY MORE LIKE A 30 OR 40% SUCCESS. SO, PART OF THE REASON WHY I WANT TO EXTEND, NOT ONLY FROM THE EYE APPEAL OF NOT HAVING THE FENCE GO RIGHT THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING, BUT ALSO TO MAXIMIZE THE USABILITY F MY FENCED IN YARD. AGAIN, FOR PERSONAL REASONS, BECAUSE MY CHILDREN HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY IN THEIR HOME ALL THE TIME NOW. SHE I PPRECIATE THE COMPROMISE THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE PROPOSED A PLAN THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO HE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND UM COMPLIES WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AS WRITTEN. [02:40:04] >> OKAY. >> MR. FAUST AGAIN, HAD ONE OF THE THING, AND IF I'M WRONG, MR. I THINK IT WAS MYERS WHO COMMENTED SOMETIMES A GOOD COMPROMISE IS DEFINED BY BOTH PARTIES BEING EQUALLY UNHAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. I WAS NOT TERRIBLY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME AND COMPROMISE WE HAD BEFORE. BUT YET IT WAS A COMPROMISE, AND IT SEEMED TO SORT OF SATISFY EVERYBODY'S NEEDS TO SOME DEGREE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T WANT TO DISCARD THAT WORK WE DID BEFORE. I'M STILL RETTY MUCH OF THEIR, I THINK, THE COMPROMISE WE HAD BEFORE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS. I WILL SHUT UP. >> THE ONLY COUNTERPOINT I WOULD RAISE IS THAT WHILE THAT COMPROMISE DID UM BALANCE THE OPINIONS, IT REALLY ONLY PUT ME IN THE SUFFERING OF THE DAY TODAY. IT REALLY IMPACTED MY LIFE, AND MY PROPERTY. IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE. IT'S JUST THE VIEW OUT THEIR WINDOW, FROM THEIR BACKYARD WHICH THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR. THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. I APPRECIATE THAT IDEA. I ALSO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT I AM A HOMEOWNER, AND I AM FOLLOWING THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT THE CITY HAS PUT OUT THERE FOR MY AREA. IF THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES DON'T APPLY TO MY AREA, THEN THEY SHOULD SAY THAT. [SILENCE] >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DESIGN OF THE FENCE ITSELF FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES. IT'S MORE AN ISSUE OF WHERE THE FENCE FALLS. IT HAS LONG BEEN SAID THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS DON'T OWN THE VIEW. MY PREDECESSOR SAID THAT QUITE A FEW TIMES, WE HAVE SAID THAT HERE RECENTLY. I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY. UM, A QUESTION FOR YOU WILL QUICKLY. WHERE THE FENCE IS APPROVED RIGHT NOW, TO WHERE THEY WANT TO MOVE IT BACK, WHAT IS THAT DISTANCE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? >> LINDA -- I THINK IT'S ABOUT 40 FEET. >> IT IS CURRENTLY APPROVED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES IN THE APPLICATION, THE CURRENT APPLICATION. THE FENCE IS APPROVED, IS AT THAT TINY LITTLE GREEN TREE WHERE YOUR CURSOR IS, THAT IS WHERE THE FENCE IS APPROVED CURRENTLY. IT'LL CUT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD. WHAT I AM PROPOSING THE SETBACK IS JUST BEFORE THAT LARGE TREE IN THE BACK RIGHT THERE. IT ACTUALLY LINES UP PRETTY CLOSE. >> IT WOULD BE, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, WOULD BE 30 FEET OFF? >> IT RIGHT. THAT IS ITH THE SHOWS. >> OKAY. >> THAT IS THE REQUIRED SETBACK ALONG THE ALLEY. >> ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> YEAH, I THINK MY STRUGGLE WITH THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE COMPROMISE THAT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. I THINK ONE OF THE E-MAILS WE GOT ELUDED TO IF WE JUST KEEP COMING BACK AND TRYING TO WEAR US DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, PRECEDENT DECISION. I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT WITH IT IS YOUR PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES FENCE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A COMPROMISE TO BRING IT DOWN, THAT MIGHT HELP. BUT, YOUR REASONING OF USING THE RAIN GARDEN TO MOVE IT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE RAIN GARDEN. THAT IS WHY AM STRUGGLING. I THINK IF YOU HAD SOME INFORMATION ON THE RAIN GARDEN AS A REASON TO BE VAGUE, WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT IS THAT YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RAIN GARDEN. I DROVE PAST YOUR PROPERTY TODAY, I SAW A VERY LARGE PRIVACY FENCE A COUPLE HOUSES DOWN ON THE FRANKLIN SITE. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE, THERE IS SOME [02:45:02] PRECEDENT ON THE NON- REVIEW SIDE. THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE PAUSE AFRAID I WILL ADMIT I AM STRUGGLING WITH IT. MOSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RAIN GARDEN AS PART OF IT IF THAT IS YOUR JUSTIFICATION FOR MOVING THE FAT. >> YOU WANT TO SEE STANDS FOR THE RAIN GARDEN? THAT DOESN'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS IS MY UNDERSTANDING. I DIDN'T WANT TO MUDDY THE CONVERSATION. MY INTENT IS NOT TO BABY STEP THIS, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK [INAUDIBLE] >> I HINK GENERALLY WE SAY STUFF, IF YOU'RE MOVING A FENCE FOR A REASON, SOMETIMES NICE TO SEE THAT REASON. >> GOT IT. >> WHAT WOULD HAVE HELPED TO MRS. HINES., IF PART OF THE DRAWING WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS HOW BIG THE RAIN GARDEN NEEDS TO BE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO CONTROL THE FLOODING N OUR BACKYARD, AND BECAUSE OF THAT THIS CAUSES THE FENCE TO NEED TO BE MOVED BACK. [INAUDIBLE] >> TO SHOW YOU THE AREA, THE RAIN GARDEN HAS TO MIMIC WHERE THE WATER STANDS. FALLS ON THE PICTURES, I MEAN, EVEN THIS MONTH YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THIS BROWN SPOT WHICH IS WHERE THE WATER LIKES TO LIE. THAT WHOLE AREA WILL NEED TO BE DUG OUT 6-FOOT 10 INCHES, AND THE ROCKS AND PLANTS AND ALL OF THAT. I MEAN,. >> IF WE LOOK AT THE PICTURE IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER WHERE IT SHOWS THAT IT BIT CLEARER, RIGHT WHERE THE CURSOR IS THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING THE RAIN GARDEN? >> I MEAN, FROM THE LANDSCAPERS I HAVE TALKED TO I BASICALLY HAVE TO START AT THE BEGINNING OF IT AND WORK ALL THE WAY BACK. IT WILL BE A NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND IT WILL UM, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE NATURAL VEGETATION AND ROCKS TO CAPTURE THE WATER. INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BIG BROWN SPOT I WILL HAVE PRETTY ROCKS AND PLANTS ALONG THE PROPERTY. >> WE GET ALL OF THAT. WE KNOW WHAT A RAIN GARDEN IS. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE FEEL FOR IT BY LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A BEND WHERE THE ROWN SPOT IS. THAT KIND OF GIVES ME AN INDICATION OF WHERE THE FENCE WOULD NEED TO BE, IF WERE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE RAIN GARDEN INSIDE THE ENTIRE FENCED AREA. >> S. -- YES. >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> I DON'T NEED TO GET AN AREA WHERE JEFF LANE ON EXPERT, WE LIVE ON THE HILLSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, WATER IS PERNICIOUS. I CAN APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, I MEAN,, IS THERE A FENCE DRAIN THAT COULD BE CHANNELED TO THE STREET OR ANYTHING, ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN HAVING TO MAINTAIN? >> I REALLY WANT THERE TO BE. >> I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING AS WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE RAIN GARDEN, A DECENT SIZE FENCED AREA, AND HAVING EVERYTHING RECONCILED WILL. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF SOME OF THE WATER CAN BE DRAINED OFF AND YOU CAN STILL CERTAINLY HAVE THIS ELEMENT. I WAS HELPING CRAFT OF THIS COMPROMISE BACK IN MAY IF I REMEMBER. IT'S NOT SO MUCH WITH YOU, AS IT IS THE METHOD TO COME IN AND THE CLARITY THAT SEEMS TO COME THROUGH MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT HOW WE ARE BEING CIVIL TO ONE ANOTHER IN THESE SPACES. IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORS TREATING ONE ANOTHER WHAT IS HAPPENING, THAT IS PROBABLY MY FIRST CONCERN. MY SECOND CONCERN IS Y OWN HYPOCRISY WHERE MY HOME IS VERY MUCH LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR LOTS THAT ARE DEFENSELESS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SMALL. WE MANAGE OUR DOGS DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW, SO I APPRECIATE THE NEEDS. [02:50:01] THAT IS WHY LED TO HIS MUCH AS I COULD, THE IDEA OF A COMPROMISE HERE. YOU HAVE A DECENT SIZE YARD, FOR YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY YEARS. I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, IS THERE A TURN OR A SOME OF THE WATER TO WHERE SOME OF THAT COULD E MINIMIZED, OR YOU CAN JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. DESIGNED WITH LANDSCAPING CAN BE DONE A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING WAYS. THERE COULD BE SOME BURNING, SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT HELP MITIGATE THE FEEL OF THE FENCE, SO MAKE IT FEEL SOMEWHAT NATURALISTIC. THIS IS DIFFICULT. IT'S A PRECEDENT. WE KIND F SET THE COMPROMISE, I I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE ALTERING THE ORIGINAL COMPROMISE FOR AN EXTRA 40 FEET WHICH SEEMS ALMOST TWICE THE AREA, YOU KNOW? THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET A GRIP ON. IF THERE IS A WAY FOR THE WATER, OR SOME OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE PAIN IN THE REAR. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO COME BACK WITH MORE OF PLAN THAT CAN CONSIDER IF HERE SOME WAY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE WATER. IS THERE A SLIGHT COMPROMISE? INSTEAD OF LL THE WAY BACK TO THE SETBACK, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK IN THOSE TERMS HERE. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. PUTTING IN A FENCE WAS MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT TO HELP MINIMIZE AREA, THE CHALLENGE WITH THE FENCING UM, ACCORDING TO MY ADVISORS ONE, THE DISTANCE TO THE STORM DRAIN I HAVE TO COVER AND THEN TWO, THE FACT THAT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, MY NEIGHBOR ON THE WEST, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A FENCE BETWEEN MY DRIVEWAY AND THE HOUSE. APPARENTLY, MANY MOONS AGO WHEN MY HOUSE WAS SLIPPED AND THEY PAVED THE DRIVEWAY IT CREATED A FLOODING PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBOR. THEY PUT IN A FENCE ALONG THERE. TO ADD ANOTHER FENCE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT WOULD BE UM DIFFICULT, AND ALSO JUST THE LENGTH THAT THAT IT HAVE TO GO. THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UM, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I TALK TO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FENCE RING, THEY WERE LIKE. [INAUDIBLE] SO, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK WITH MORE AND MORE THINGS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE LL SAID. YOU KNOW, WE MADE A COMPROMISE IN MAY COME AND PART OF THAT COMPROMISE WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE WATER ISSUES. THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I HAVE COME BACK. BASED ON ALL OF THE ADVICE THAT I HAVE COLLECTED FROM THE RESOURCES I HAVE ACCESS TO, THE BEST ANSWER, THE MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED ANSWER IS TO LET THE WATER LIE AND TRY TO LANDSCAPE AROUND IT. THE LANDSCAPING WOULD BE EASIER, AND I WOULD HAVE MORE USABLE YARD IF THE FENCE WAS BACK FURTHER. WHICH I REALIZE NEGATES PART OF THE COMPROMISE. I'M ALSO COMPROMISING BECAUSE I'M NOT ELEVATING MY YARD AND PUSHING MY WATER INTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, I HOPE. >> THIS IS KATHY HOLCOMB, THE HARDEN PROBLEM -- A CHART WITH THIS SITUATION AS WE DID VOTE ON IT AND WE VOTED ON THE COMPROMISE. I THINK THE COMPROMISE WOULD BE NOW, MAYBE LANDSCAPING AND MAY BE TABLING THIS AND BRINGING IN A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE DIVERTED IN ORDER TO BUILD THE FENCE. OTHERWISE, WE CAN UNDO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE WITHOUT HAVING SOMETHING MATERIAL TO LOOK AT. [SILENCE] >> THAT IS WHAT MRS. HINES AND I HAD SAID. IT WOULD MAKE HIS -- IT EASIER FOR US TO APPROVE THE FENCE GOIG BACK. TRAN21 A PICTURE OF IT? [02:55:18] IT IS NOT DIVERTING THE WATER ANYWHERE. THE WATER WILL SIT INSIDE OF THE RAIN GARDEN AND IT WILL ABSORB IT. SO, I MEAN, SO I LEAVE HERE WITH A TO DO, ND I COME BACK, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO SEND THEIR COMPLAINTS AGAIN EVER GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ONE MORE TIME UM, I'M JUST NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT LANDSCAPE PLAN IS GOING TO TELL YOU DIFFERENT THAN JUST SAYING THAT THERE IS A LANDSCAPE PLAN? >> I NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF SHOWING A PICTURE OF ROCKS AND WATER VEGETATION AND A NATURAL LINE THAT IS GOING TO FOLLOW THAT AREA. >> I THINK A LANDSCAPE PLAN WHICH SHOW YOU WHY THE FENCE NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. >> NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR THE TYPES OF PLANTS, AND ROCKS AND WHERE THEY ARE EXACTLY GWEN TO BE PLACED. IT'S MORE TAKING A PLOT TO OF YOUR PROPERTY, AND HAVING SOMEONE YOU'RE WORKING WITH BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS BEING EXPANSE ON THIS PROPERTY, THIS IS HOW LARGE THE RAIN GARDEN NEEDS O BE. AND NEEDS TO BE THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, THIS MANY FEET, THIS MANY FEET WIDE AND THAT HELPS GUIDE WHERE THE FENCE NEEDS TO BE. IT'S JUST A SIMPLE PLOT PLAN DRAWING TO SHOW THE EXTREMES OF HOW LARGE IT IS, NOT SO MUCH WHAT IS IN IT. WE GET THAT IT IS NATURAL. >> OUTSIDE OF THE PICTURE, I MEAN, MY INTENT THAT THE RAIN GARDEN WILL FOLLOW THE BROWN SPOT IN MY YARD. IS IT JUST AT THAT YOU THAT AERIAL VIEW OF IT, OR? >> SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE TAKE A GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE AND THEY WILL DRAW THAT ON THERE. >> THAT WOULD MAKE IT -- IT WOULD WHAT, I'M SORRY? >> IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND HOW LARGE IT IS. >> THE PICTURES PROVIDED TODAY DON'T PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION? >> THERE'S NO REFERENCE POINT TO WHERE THE PROPERTY LINES ARE. I CAN LOOK AT THE BROWN AREAS, AND WE CAN EE THAT. IT HELPS IF WE HAVE A SITE PLAN WITH IT OUTLINED. [SILENCE] IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE VOTES, NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO PASS. >> I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, AND I'M SENSITIVE TO THIS IS, I AM COLLECTING WATER. BY THE WAY, YOU MIGHT BE COLLECTING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WATER, TOO. LET THEM BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT, RIGHT? >> I AM. YOU CAN SEE THEIR GUTTERS AIMED AT MY YARD. >> IT WILL BECOME A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, LET'S BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS A BELIEF THAT YOU'RE COLLECTING WATER, YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT WITH SOMETHING THAT IS NATURALISTIC, AND IMPROVES THE FEEL AND, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T LEAVE A SOGGY GROUND ALL OF THE TIME. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOUR CONCERN IS THE SIZE OF THE GARDEN IS GOING TO UM ENCROACH TOO MUCH ON THE CURRENT COMPROMISED FENCE AREA. THAT IS WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING. WHAT MS. HOLCOMB IS AFTER, LET US SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT SCALE. WE NEED A SCALED DRAWING SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH FENCES LEFT AND THEN WE CAN HELP WEIGH THAT AGAINST THE BIGGER PICTURE. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK YOU TO REMEMBER IS THAT AS TIME CHANGES, AND PEOPLE AGE AND THINGS HAPPEN, YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO HAVE MORE OPEN-SPACE THAN LESS OPEN SPACE. YOU MAY NOT. THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT HERE AS WELL. IT WON'T BE STATIONARY IN THAT REGARD. I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE PIECES BEFORE WE FENCE ALL OF OURSELVES IN. >> FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS. [INAUDIBLE] THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE UM PART OF WHAT WERE STRUGGLING TO BALANCE NOT ONLY WHAT RIGHTS YOU [03:00:02] HAVE RELATIVE TO YOUR OWN YARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE CONSIDER IT OF THOSE THAT LIVE AROUND US. I DON'T THINK SIMPLY BECAUSE I NECESSARILY UM, I OWN MY BACKYARD THEREFORE I CAN DO ANYTHING WITH IT, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, AS A COMMUNITY, THAT WE ALSO BE CONSIDERATE F OUR NEIGHBORS. I THINK THAT IS PART OF WHAT WERE STRUGGLING WITH AND WHY WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO YOUR NEED, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FEELINGS AND THAT OF THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL. >> MR. CHAIR, TOM RICE, I LISTEN TO THIS FOR THE LAST I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, I FEEL BADLY FOR ELLEN. SHE HAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH SHE OWNS. SHE HAS A FENCE THAT SHE WANTS TO BUILD WHICH IS WITHIN OUR GUIDELINES. AND SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. AS SUSAN MENTIONED, THERE IS A FENCE IN PROXIMITY OF HER PROPERTY WHICH IS FROM A FENCE WHICH ENCLOSING SOMEONE ELSE'S YARD. SHE WANTS TO PROVIDE THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF HER CHILDREN. THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF THE WATER GARDEN, OR WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ABSURD. SHE CAN BUILD THE GARDEN. SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO BUILD THE FENCE. I SUPPORT HER. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH. I'M SORRY. >> ANYBODY ELSE? WHERE WE ARE AT IS, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO HAVE IT PASS. AFTER WE HEAR FROM OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS, THEN YOU CAN ASK FOR IT TO BE TABLED. YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEN BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> DO YOU GUYS WANT ME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? [LAUGHTER] I MEAN, LET'S BE REAL UMANS FOR A MINUTE. [LAUGHTER] LINDO, LEE, DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS ONE MORE TIME? THIRD TIME'S A CHARM. >> WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE. >> MR. RICE HAS MADE A VALID., AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH HIS FRUSTRATION OR HIS REASONING. I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS FIND SOME OOD, VALID REASONS TO HELP IT PASS. WHAT IS GOING TO HELP US DO THAT IS A SCALED DRAWING SHOWING THIS IS THE SIZE OF IT, WE UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANT THE FENCE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN GARDEN, AND THAT WE CAN GO FROM THERE. >> YEAH. I WISH I WOULD'VE HAD THAT FEEDBACK GOING IN, IT WOULD BE A PRETTY SIMPLE EXERCISE TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. I WAS HOPING THAT THE PICTURES THAT I SHARED KIND OF SHOWED. I CAN APPRECIATE IT IS NOT TO SCALE, ER SE. BUT SHOW THE SIZE OF THE AREA THAT I'M TRYING TO MANAGE. UM, I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A -- AN UNFORTUNATE REQUEST ON THE BEHALF OF ME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPROMISES, OR CONSIDERATIONS THAT WOULD MAKE THIS AN EASIER DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GIVEN? >> OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ANY THOUGHTS? >> I WILL COMMENT. I HAVE TO SAY I AGREE IN GREAT PART WITH MR. RICE. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN THE RAIN GARDEN JOY IS A REASON TO OVERTURN PRECEDENT IN THE SCENARIO. BECAUSE WE ARE JUST GOING BACK TO WHAT WAS REQUESTED BEFORE. HONESTLY, THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR IS HOPING TO MAYBE MAKE IT EASIER TO SAY NO TWO NEIGHBORS. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ARE DOING. THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED A 4-FOOT FENCE, BRINGING IT DOWN TO 3 FEET IS ANOTHER COMPROMISE YOU CAN MAKE IN MY OPINION. >> ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TABLE THIS OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GO FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ON ABOUT >> THIS IS A BIG DECISION. [03:05:05] EVERY TIME I GET ON THIS, I'M SO SHOCKED HOW INCONVENIENT THIS PROCESSES. I MEAN, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO A 3-FOOT FENCE, IF THE BOARD FELT THAT THAT MADE IT MORE OF A COMPROMISE. I MEAN, COMING INTO THIS CONVERSATION I REALLY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS ASKING TO CHANGE PRECEDENT. THAT ARGUMENT HADN'T REALLY COME ACROSS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE A BACK-AND-FORTH AS WE GOT MORE INFORMATION. I FEEL MORE EDUCATED WITH OUR PROCEDURES NOW. I FEEL MY REQUEST IS REASONABLE AND I HAVE BROUGHT FORTH NEW INFORMATION. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE RISK HOW WE CAN OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> UNLESS IF THERE ANY COMMENTS, WE WILL TAKE A MINUTE BREAK TO ALLOW ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO CALL IN -- >> WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THIS CALL THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK BEFORE WE TAKE THAT TIME. >> WE WILL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME. >> WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK, JUST GO AHEAD AND START. IF YOU HAVE CALLED IN, * SIX. >> I WANT TO EMPHATICALLY AGREE WITH MR. RICE ON THIS. WHEN WE GET INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS, IT'S GETTING IT DEEP INTO THINGS. I DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THIS. TO ME, IT'S VERY CUT AND DRY. MAYBE IT'S MY LEGAL TRAINING THAT MAKES IT SO EASY FOR ME. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS OF THIS, THERE IS NO DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE VIOLATED ON THIS. SOMETHING I DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE A RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO BUILD A FENCE ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, FOR A RAIN GARDEN ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE SEEM TO BE SOME NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T LIKE THAT. BUT, TO MR. SCHUSTER'S., THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THE ESIGN GUIDELINES IS TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT. IT IS AN ADDITIONAL TEST O FIND OUT IF YOU'RE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WHAT RACHEL GAVE HER IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE DESIGN GUIDELINES SAY THIS IS HOW YOU NEED TO CONDUCT YOURSELF TO DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FENCE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE NOT IMPLICATED IN THE SENSE, AND THAT PASSES ALL OF THE TESTS IN THE DESIGN GUIDELINES. I FAIL TO SEE THE CONTROVERSY. IF THERE IS NO PRIVATION ANYWHERE IN THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, YOU KNOW, YOU, S MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD COMMISSION TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLES, OU KNOW, KIDS. I WOULD SAY THAT IS FLATLY A FAILURE OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES. THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE DUBIOUS CONCERN OF A NEIGHBOR'S CLAIM ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY. THAT'S NOT A REAL THING. SAFETY IS A REAL THING. NOT TO MENTION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A RAIN GARDEN UP WHICH WILL HAVE WATER, WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE COMMON IF SOMEONE IN THE NEXT NECK CHECK COMES OVER BECAUSE THERE IS NO FENCE AND SLIPS ON IT, AND BUSTS THEIR SKULL, THAT IS ANOTHER LIABILITY PROBLEM FOR THE APPLICANT HERE. I DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN EITHER. 100% THEY HOULD BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. I THINK THE ADDITIONAL WORK OF TRYING TO GET A GOOGLE MAP IS APPRECIATED. I UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO DO WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MINOR TECHNICAL ITEM THAT I DON'T THINK SHOULD HOLD ANY VALUE. WHAT REALLY SHOULD HOLD VALUE IS THAT IT COMPLIES WITH THE GUIDELINES. THE RAIN GARDEN IS NECESSARY. IF IT WERE ME, AND MY NEIGHBORS DIDN'T WANT ME TO DO IT, I WOULD RAISE MY BACKYARD FOR FEET AND PUT ALL OF MY WATER IN THEIR YARD, BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THAT. WE HAVE A RESIDENT TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TRYING TO KEEP [03:10:01] HER KID SAFE AND WE ARE ATTEMPTING, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, TO LICK FAILURES AND FROM THIS PERSON DOING THIS. I DON'T WANT HER DOING THAT. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION. >> NEXT COLLAR, HIT * SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? >> I JUST LET SOMEBODY INTO THE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING. >> HELLO? >> YES. >> OKAY. THERE WE GO. HI. I KNOW SOME OF YOU PRAYED I WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN PREVIOUS OWNERS. MY NAME IS TRACY HARDWICK. I LIVE TO THE WEST OF ELLEN. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINION, AND UM I AM SORRY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS AGAIN IN YOUR TIME IS REALLY VALUABLE. UM, IN REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT WE DON'T USE OUR OUR BACKYARDS. I DO. I SIT OUT THERE EVERY MORNING. I HAVE MY COFFEE ELSE ON MY PATIO. I MADE NO HESITATION WHEN MY NEIGHBORS PUT UP A VERY LARGE UM SHED IN THE BACKYARD WHICH BLOCKED MY VIEW. I CAN SEE MY NEIGHBORS TWO OVER HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, IT IS STUNNING. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THEN. I DID NOT POSE THAT. YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS THEIR YARD. IT IS A USABLE THING. THEY WERE GOING TO PUT OUT CHAIRS AND USE IT FOR HIDING THEIR STUFF. THAT IS GREAT. NOW, I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE FENCE, ONLY BECAUSE IT DOES IN FACT HINDER MY VIEW. I AM NOW NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MY NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN. I'M GOING TO SEE METAL BARS AS I SIT ON MY PATIO, HAVING MY MORNING COFFEE. THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SEE, METAL BARS BLOCKING MY WHOLE VIEW. IF THE FENCE GETS PUT WHERE ELLEN HAS SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT, BY THE TREE, THAT IS THE BACK OF THE YARD. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY BACK ALLEY THAT WE TAKE CARE OF IT. THAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT LIVING WHERE WE LIVE. IT IS A COMMUNITY WHICH I THINK VISION WORTHINGTON IS TRYING TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING FOR WORTHINGTON. HERE WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BY PUTTING UP A METAL FENCE, YOU BLOCK MY VIEW OF MY NEIGHBORS. I NO LONGER HAVE EASY ACCESS TO PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR OF MY NEIGHBORS. NO ONE ELSE HAS A FENCE. GRANTED, THE OTHER PERSON ON HARTFORD HAS A FENCE, AND IT IS A VERY LARGE FENCE. NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT IS BLOCKED BY TREES. THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE ARB. WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE COULD SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM PUTTING IT UP. IF THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE WALL OVER THERE, THAT IS FINE, THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T -- I KNOW THE PEOPLE TO THE EAST OF THEM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FENCES. IT IS UNFORTUNATE, THAT IF WE WERE TO PUT UP A FENCE THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE GATHERINGS IN THE BACKYARD, WHICH WE DO. WE DON'T USE THE FRONT YARD, YOU ARE RIGHT. 151 IS BUSY. ANYONE WHO IS BY THAT HOUSE KNOWS THAT IT IS BUSY. I HAVE RAISED TWO CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH, AND I HAVE DOGS IN THIS HOUSE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE ON 151, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE DOGS, I DON'T HAVE FENCES. I AGREE, IT IS HER OWN SPOT AND SHE CAN DO WHAT SHE WANTS. IF SHE WANTS TO PUT UP A RAIN GARDEN I THINK THAT IS A FABULOUS IDEA. AND WE DID MAKE THE SACRIFICE TO ALLOW HER TO PUT A FENCE HALFWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD. WE ARE TRYING TO WELCOME HER TO THE COMMUNITY. WHICH BY THE WAY, WHEN SHE MOVED IN, I MYSELF TO HER. I BROUGHT HER A WELCOME GIFT, AND I TRIED, THE FIRST THING SHE SAID TO ME WAS "I'M GOING TO PUT UP A FENCE". I WASN'T DISCUSSED. SHE DIDN'T TALK TO ANYBODY. [03:15:07] I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SENSE OF HER NEIGHBORS ARE SO AGAINST HER. WE ARE NOT. YOU HAVE TO TALK TO US IF IT'S GOING TO RUIN OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE ARE AT THIS SPOT AGAIN, AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS CHANGED IN HER APPLICATION TO THE ARB. NOTHING. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY HAD TO WASTE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I THINK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. LINDA, HAS ANYONE ELSE CALLED IN >> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE NEW. THERE WERE OTHERS THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE CALL. MAYBE NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE THE TIME TO LET THE VIDEO CATCH UP. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WOULD TAKE A MINUTE OR SO PAUSE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO REACH US TONIGHT, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO DO IT. YOU CAN E-MAIL US AT PLANNING@WORTHINGTON.ORG OR CALL: 1 567-249-0063, AND ENTER CONFERENCE ID: 183 744 414#. >> HAS ANYONE SENT US IN E-MAILS OR CALLED OR ANYTHING? >> NO, SIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? >> MR. CHAIR, TOM RICE, I REMOVED -- I MOVE THE REQUEST FOR ELLEN BLOCK, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AR 30-2020 BY CHANGING THE EXTENT A PROPOSED FENCING AT 184 EAST GRANVILLE ROAD AS PER CASE NUMBER AR 77-2020, DRAWINGS NUMBER AR 77-2020 DATED OCTOBER 9, 2020 BE APPROVED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE STAFF MEMO AND PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. TRAN22 I HAVE A SECOND? >> KATHY HOLCOMB, SECOND. >> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [D.8. New Roof & Windows – 686 Evening St. (Mikel Coulter) AR 74-2020] >> THE ONLY REASON I'M GOING TO VOTE YES IS BECAUSE THE CHILDREN IN THE DOG. >> THE REASON I AM VOTING NO, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RAIN GARDEN ON THE FENCE. IT HAS FAILED. OUR LAST APPLICATION TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO TO MR. RICE TO INTRODUCE THIS ONE SINCE IT IS MY HOME. >> THANK YOU, THE NEXT CASE IS AR 74-2024 ROOF AND WINDOWS AT 686 EVENING STREET. [03:20:01] UM, MR. BROWN, ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE THE DISCUSSION? >> SO, 86 EVENING STREET, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE HOUSE WE DISCUSSED EARLIER WITH THE ADDITION TO THE GARAGE. ANYWAY, THE HOMEOWNER IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ROOF OF THE DORMER THAT IS ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND IT IS JUST ON THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF HOUSE. IT IS A SHALLOW ROOF. RATHER THAN REPLACE IT WITH ASPHALT SHINGLES AGAIN, HE WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON SYNTHETIC RUBBER ROOFING MEMBRANE. BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND THE ANGLE, IT REALLY WON'T BE SEEN FROM ANYWHERE. AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE SHINGLES WERE. WE HAVE A PART -- THE OTHER PART OF THIS APPLICATION IS TO CHANGE THE WINDOWS ON THE NORTH AND EAST SIDES OF THE GARAGE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY SLIDER WINDOWS, AND THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS. THEY WOULD BE WHITE, RATHER THAN THE COLOR THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS ON THE HOUSE, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE FRONT. ANYWAY, THEY WOULD BE WHITE INSTEAD. I'M NOT SURE ANY DIVIDERS ARE PROPOSED FOR THESE WINDOWS? VOTE -- I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. >> I GUESS WE DO HAVE AN APPLICANT. WOULD YOU PLEASE FRAN MR. COULTER? >> IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? >> DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOUR TESTIMONY WILL BE TRUTHFUL? >> I'M JUST FOLLOWING PROTOCOL. [LAUGHTER] >> ACTUALLY COME ON THE BACK PORTION F THE ROOF WE HAD THE SHINGLES REPLACED I THINK 4-5 YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE HAD A LEAK IN THE ROOF. WE THOUGHT IT GOT BETTER IN THE LEAK HAS GOTTEN WORSE. WE HAD THE CHIMNEY REPLACED TWICE. WE HAVE BEEN GOING CRAZY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE WATER IS COMING IN. I FINALLY SAW IT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. THE WATERS COMING DOWN, I DID A FLAT ROOF, DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO REALLY GET OFF AND GO INTO THE GUTTER. WHAT IT IS DOING IS IT'S COMING BACK UNDERNEATH THE EVES BOARD, AND INTO THE WALL. NOW I HAVE SOME KITCHEN CEILING AND SOFFITS I HAVE TO REPLACE AS WELL, I'M PART OF THE CEILING ON THE WALL IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM TO MITIGATE THIS LEAK. IT MATCHES THE SAME FLAT ROOF THAT IS ON THE HOUSES TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH OF MY HOME. AS FAR AS THE WINDOWS ON THE GARAGE, IT IS A DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW. IT IS THE SAME STYLE AS WHAT IS ON OUR HOME. THE INTENT IS TO TAKE THE OLD WINDOW OUTS COME UP WITH NEW WINDOW IN AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUT THE WOOD TRIM BACK, I WILL JUST SANDED DOWN AND REPAINTED SO THE LOOK WILL BE THE SAME. THE TRIM ON OUR HOME IS ONE BY FOUR SEATER. I WANT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TRIM ON THE GARAGE TODAY. WE WERE NOT INTENDING TO PUT THE BARS ON THE INSIDE, BECAUSE IT IS IN THE GARAGE. IT IS A DETACHED GARAGE AWAY FROM HOME. WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, THE BARS WERE NOT IN IT. I ACTUALLY FOUND THEM IN THE ATTIC AND I LIKE THEM. THAT WAS EFORE I WAS ON AIR, I PAINTED THEM AND PUT THEM IN BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY LOOKED PRETTY NEAT. WE HAVE HAD THEM EVER SINCE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. >> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION? >> THIS IS MR. FAUST, 'M ONLY SORRY THAT MR. COULTER OESN'T HAVE TO STAND AT THE PODIUM IN FRONT OF US WITH THIS BIG INTIMIDATING GREAT BEFORE HIM. [LAUGHTER] THAT ROOF IS SO SHALLOW, THAT IS NO WAY SHINGLES WILL I THINK CHANGING THE WINDOWS ON THE GARAGE, THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET IT IS A VERY APPROPRIATE CHANGE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> YEAH, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT IT TOOK A ROOFING DESIGNER THIS LONG TO [03:25:02] FIGURE THAT OUT. [LAUGHTER] >> IF THE APPLICANT WERE AN ARCHITECT -- OH, EXCUSE ME, NEVER. [LAUGHTER] >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LINDA, CAN WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT MAY BE WANTING TO CALL IN OR E-MAIL PUT THE SCREEN UP, AND THEY CAN RESPOND TO THIS APPLICATION IF SO DESIRED? THANK YOU. WHAT ARE WE ALLOWED TO MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES? TRAN21 MINUTE. >> I GOT HIM ON A TIMER. [SILENCE] CALLING: OUR REGARDING THIS APPLICATION? >> NO, SIR. >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS APPLICATION? IF NOT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PLEASE? >> MR. CHAIR, MR. FAUST, MOVE TO A REQUEST BY MICHAEL COULTER FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO END -- AND SAW A NEW ROOF ON THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND REPLACE THE GARAGE WINDOWS AT 686 EVENING STREET AS PER CASE NUMBER AR 74-2020. DATED OCTOBER 9, 2020 TO BE APPROVED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF FACT. [INAUDIBLE] >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR. FAUST AND SECONDED BY CATHY HOLCOMB. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? [E. Other] THAT MR. COULTER IS GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THE MEETING BACK OVER TO YOU, MICHAEL. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING? >> NOW. THE ONLY THING IS TO REMIND YOU THAT WE POTENTIALLY HAVE UM TWO ITEMS ON THE NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WE WILL HOPEFULLY KNOW BY NEXT WEEK FOR SURE IF YOU MCH APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD, AND REMIND YOU THAT THE PUD FOR THE MALL WILL BE ON THE SAME AGENDA FOR THAT NIGHT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE HOLIDAY AND PROPERTY MIGHT BE COMING BACK? >> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. I TALKED TO MR. SPENCER UM PROBABLY 1.5 WEEKS AGO NOW, AND HE STILL HAS INTEREST IN DOING SOMETHING ON THE SITE, BUT I HAVE HEARD NO FURTHER. I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO UM HAVE A SIDEBAR. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH IT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.