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[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:25]

OF ALLEGIANCE] JENNIFER, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[APPROVE MINUTES]

ANY CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

OH. OH.

SORRY, CRAIG. THANK YOU.

MOTION BY CRAIG. SECOND BY CHRIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MINUTES ARE APPROVED JENNIFER.

ANY MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NONE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE KRISTEN WILLIAMS FOR WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER DAY.

[PROCLAMATIONS]

HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. KRISTEN, SHE'S GOING TO COME AROUND FOR YOU FIRST.

YOU CAN STAY RIGHT HERE. WHEREAS THERE IS AN ESTIMATED 510,000 NEW PANCREATIC CANCER CASES DIAGNOSED WORLDWIDE IN 2023.

AND WHEREAS PANCREATIC CANCER IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE LOWEST FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE OF ALL MAJOR CANCERS.

AND WHEREAS OF MORE THAN 64,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE IN 2023, MORE THAN 50 50,000 OF THEM WILL DIE FROM IT.

AND WHEREAS PANCREATIC CANCER CAN STRIKE ANYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER OR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND HAS A HIGH MORTALITY RATE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TOOLS TO DETECT, DETECT IT EARLY AND THE SYMPTOMS CAN BE SUBTLE.

AND WHEREAS THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LENEXA RESIDENTS ARE ENHANCED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF INCREASED AWARENESS ABOUT PANCREATIC CANCER AND THE RESEARCH INTO ITS EARLY DETECTION CAUSES AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JULIE SAYERS, MAYOR OF LENEXA, KANSAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024, IN THE CITY OF LENEXA TO BE WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER DAY.

TAKE A PICTURE, THEN YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS.

THERE YOU GO. SHOULD I? YEAH, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY THANKING THE CITY OF LENEXA FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT, AND FOR PROCLAIMING THIS.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 AS CITYWIDE PANCREATIC CANCER DAY.

IN 2020, IN 2013, PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE CAME TOGETHER TO TRY TO COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS DEADLY DISEASE.

THE NEXT YEAR, THEY FORMED THE WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER COALITION, AND IT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD IN 2015.

THE WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER COALITION FORMALLY PROCLAIMED THAT THE THIRD THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER WOULD BE WORLDWIDE PANCREATIC CANCER DAY.

WHY WAS AND IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD OF PANCREATIC CANCER? LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER RELATED DEATHS.

IT AFFECTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN EQUALLY, REGARDLESS OF AGE.

ANNUALLY, 1 IN 56 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED AND 1 IN 60 MEN.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS NOT DISCRIMINATORY.

THERE'S ONLY A 13% SURVIVAL RATE FOR A FIVE YEAR PROGNOSIS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ALMOST 65,000 AMERICANS THAT ARE DIAGNOSED WITH THIS EACH YEAR, ALMOST 75% OF THEM WON'T BE HERE WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS DEADLY DISEASE IS ONE OF THE TOP FORMS OF CANCER RELATED DEATHS. IN FACT, IT'S THE NUMBER THREE CANCER RELATED DEATH RELATED DEATH IN THE COUNTRY.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, TO THANK THE CITY OF LENEXA FOR OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMING THIS DAY AND TO TELL YOU WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

IN 2016, AT THE AGE OF 37, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

I HAD FOUR SMALL CHILDREN AT HOME, AGES NINE, SEVEN, FIVE, AND THREE.

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SOON AFTER MY DIAGNOSIS, I HAD A FAMILY FRIEND REACH OUT TO ME THAT I HADN'T SPOKEN TO IN PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS SORRY TO HEAR THAT I WAS SICK, AND THAT IF I WOULD LET HIM, HE WOULD HELP ME THROUGH IT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN BATTLING STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER. HIS NAME WAS ANDY AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF 37.

ANDY WAS GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO LIVE, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, HE SURVIVED TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

WE HAD LOTS OF TALKS, AND IT WAS REALLY INVALUABLE FOR ME TO HAVE SOMEONE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE FEELINGS I WAS GOING THROUGH, AND AT TIMES I WOULD FEEL VERY GUILTY THAT I WAS COMPLAINING TO HIM ABOUT WORRIES AND FEARS WHEN I HAD STAGE ONE TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, WHICH IS HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE AS WELL.

BUT HE HAD STAGE FOUR.

ANDY, LIKE I SAID, WAS GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.

HE SURVIVED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND HE DIED JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY, LEAVING BEHIND TWO SMALL CHILDREN.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT AWARENESS IS SPREAD, AND I THANK THE CITY OF LENEXA FOR PROCLAIMING THIS DAY.

THE MORE AWARENESS THAT IS SPREAD, THE MORE FUNDING.

THE MORE FUNDING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR EARLY DETECTION POSSIBLE CURES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START SAVING LIVES.

THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE ARE NINE ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL MATTERS LISTED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ROUTINE AND APPROVED COLLECTIVELY, WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM.

ANY ITEM CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, CITY MANAGER, OR PUBLIC.

IF THE EVENT IN THE EVENT THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT, IT WILL BE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

ANYONE HAVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY MELANIE.

SECOND BY CHELSEA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

UNDER BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT.

[10. Ordinance approving a three-year special use permit for a personal instruction, general use for Shoot 360 located at 17255 College Boulevard in the BP-2, Planned Manufacturing District]

NUMBER TEN IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A THREE YEAR SPECIAL PERMIT FOR PERSONAL INSTRUCTION, GENERAL USE FOR SHOOT 360 LOCATED AT 17255 COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND THE BP2 PLANNED MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.

STEPHANIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AS MENTIONED, ITEM TEN IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR SHOOT 360.

WHICH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IS BASKETBALL TRAINING, NOT A SHOOTING RANGE.

DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO BE CONFUSED THERE.

IT'S LOCATED AT 17255 COLLEGE BOULEVARD, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S SORT OF IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF LENEXA.

JUST SOUTH OF K-10 NEAR COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND RENNER.

THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP, AND IT SHOWS THE PARCEL IN MORE DETAIL.

THE PARCEL IS BORDERED BY THE CITY OF OLATHE.

THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA YOU SEE OFF TO THE WEST OF THE PARCEL.

COLLEGE BOULEVARD IS AT THE NORTH THERE, AND BRITAIN STREET IS TO THE EAST.

THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.

AND THE PROPOSED TENANT SPACE IS ABOUT 19,000FT² OF THE OVERALL BUILDING HERE.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE WHAT THE FACADE LOOKS LIKE FROM COLLEGE BOULEVARD, AND APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT TENANT SPACE ARE.

YOU SEE A LOT OF PURPLE ON THE SCREEN HERE BECAUSE THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND IT IS ZONED BP2.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT IMAGE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR BUSINESS PARK TYPE USES HERE.

SO THE ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP ARE CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER.

AND I WILL NOTE THAT SOMETIMES THESE PERSONAL INSTRUCTION TYPE USES AND THIS ONE IS TECHNICALLY PERSONAL INSTRUCTION GENERAL. AS A TRAINING TYPE FACILITY, THEY ARE COMMONLY FOUND IN OUR MORE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

A LOT OF TIMES THOSE USERS REALLY LIKE THIS BIG, WIDE OPEN INDUSTRIAL SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIGHER CEILINGS, LESS SUPPORT COLUMNS, SO THEY HAVE ROOM TO RUN AROUND AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

SO YOU DO SEE THESE PRETTY COMMONLY REQUESTING SPECIAL USE PERMITS WITHIN THESE INDUSTRIAL TYPE BUILDINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN A FEW OF THESE WITHIN EVEN JUST THIS YEAR.

NOW ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN.

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AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A BASKETBALL TRAINING FACILITY.

YOU CAN SEE A FULL COURT HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR.

PLAN A HALF COURT AND THEN THE APPLICANT CAN DO THIS EXPLANATION A LOT MORE JUSTICE THAN I CAN, BUT THEY HAVE SOME REALLY COOL TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY UTILIZE IN THESE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE SPACE THAT I THINK USES SOME COMPUTER AI TYPE SOFTWARE TO ACTUALLY MONITOR WHAT THE DIFFERENT BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE DOING AND HOW THEY COULD WORK ON THOSE SKILLS BETTER.

SO WAY MORE HIGH TECH THAN THE BASKETBALL TRAINING THAT MOST OF US PROBABLY UTILIZED IN THE PAST.

AND THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 30 TRAINEES AND FIVE STAFF MEMBERS.

PROPOSED. THE GENERAL HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 9 A.M.

TO 9 P.M..

AS YOU MAY HAVE READ IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT, THAT'S GOING TO VARY A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SUMMERTIME HOURS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SCHOOL YEAR HOURS, JUST TO REFLECT THE STUDENTS NEEDS AND AVAILABILITY, AND THAT'S SORT OF THE SUMMARY OF THE FLOOR PLAN AND THE USE.

AS WITH ANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE REVIEW THE 13 CRITERIA YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.

THOSE ARE ALL EXPLAINED IN DETAIL IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING IN MORE SPECIFIC DETAIL DURING MY PRESENTATION, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

BUT I'M TRYING TO BE BRIEF IN WHAT WE GO OVER THIS EVENING.

I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO CALCULATE JUST BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THIS INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED.

SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE PERFECT CALCULATION AND FORMULA OF PARKING.

BUT GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED TYPE OF USE HERE, WHICH IS MOSTLY OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE SPACE.

AND THAT PARKING WOULD BE SERVED WITH EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN GREEN.

THERE ARE DOCKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING IN THAT WHITE AREA RIGHT IN HERE.

SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY VEHICLE PARKING.

IT'S GOING TO BE SEMI TRUCK TYPE PARKING.

THE PROPOSED TENANT SHOOT 360 IS IN THIS YELLOW AREA.

AND THE YELLOW PARKING SPACES HERE WOULD FULFILL THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.

AND THE TENANTS NEED AT ABOUT 33 PARKING SPACES.

THERE IS ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING THAT IS OCCUPIED HERE.

THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF 19 SPACES FOR THEIR 29,000FT².

AND THAT IS IN THIS SORT OF BLUISH PURPLE AREA HERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING STILL AVAILABLE HERE.

STAFF REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THE PARKING AND TRAFFIC GENERATED FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSED SPECIAL USE, AND WITH THAT, STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SHOOT 360 FOR A PERSONAL INSTRUCTION.

GENERAL USE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH NO CONDITIONS AND THREE YEARS IS THE STANDARD RECOMMENDATION FOR DURATION FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE.

MR.. GROSS INCOME FOR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD FOR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE THREE YEAR SPECIAL PERMIT FOR PERSONAL INSTRUCTION.

GENERAL USE FOR SHOOT 360.

MOTION BY CRAIG, SECOND BY MARK.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM 11 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A THREE YEAR SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE.

[11. Ordinance approving a three-year special use permit for a daycare, general use for Adventure Awaits located at 8132 Twilight Lane in the R-1, Residential Single-Family Zoning District]

GENERAL USE FOR ADVENTURE AWAITS, LOCATED AT 8132 TWILIGHT LANE IN THE R-1 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.

HI. ALL RIGHT.

ME AGAIN. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

ITEM 11, AS MENTIONED, IS ADVENTURE AWAITS DAYCARE.

THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE.

GENERAL TYPE USE.

IT'S LOCATED AT 8132 TWILIGHT LANE, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE ON OUR LOCATION MAP HERE, IS JUST EAST OF 435 AND GENERALLY BETWEEN 79TH AND 87TH.

THE ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN HERE.

AGAIN, THE ZONING MAP INDICATES THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS R1 IN THE PALE YELLOW.

AND THEN THAT SECOND MAP ON THE SCREEN UNDER FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND IT INDICATES SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE USES.

SO AGAIN THE ZONING AND THE FUTURE LAND USE ARE COMPATIBLE IN THIS AREA.

AND AS YOU'VE SEEN RECENTLY WITH IN-HOME DAYCARES, THOSE ARE ALSO SOME USES THAT WE DO SEE KIND OF COME IN AS ACCESSORY TYPE USES, ALMOST TO THAT PRINCIPAL USE OF THE RESIDENCE.

SO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO HAVE MORE THAN SIX CHILDREN BEING SERVED AT THE DAYCARE IN THE HOME.

IF THEY WERE TO HAVE JUST A CAP AT SIX CHILDREN, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE, NOT NEEDING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND IT WOULD BE A DAYCARE LIMITED USE.

[00:15:06]

SO, BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN SERVED BY THIS USE, IT REQUIRES THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

HERE IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SITE AND ALSO A STREET VIEW IMAGE OF THE HOME.

A FEW HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS OUT THERE AT THE TIME OF THIS PICTURE THERE ARE TWO EMPLOYEES, ONE OF WHICH IS THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ONE DOES NOT LIVE AT THE RESIDENCE.

THEY OPERATE GENERALLY DURING WORK HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 730 TO 530.

AND AS MENTIONED, THEY CURRENTLY SERVE SIX CHILDREN AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE TO THE MAXIMUM OF 12 CHILDREN.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF THERE IS ANY MORE THAN 12, IT BECOMES A COMMERCIAL DAYCARE AND HAS TO MOVE TO A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

SO THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING NECESSARILY ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS AT THIS PROPERTY.

AS MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS CASE, THERE ARE 13 CRITERIA FOR REVIEW FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS, AND THOSE AGAIN ARE EXPLAINED IN FULL IN YOUR STAFF REPORTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WERE IN YOUR PACKET.

I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ONE OR MORE OF THOSE IN MORE DETAIL.

I AM GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAFFIC AND PARKING THOUGH.

TWILIGHT LANE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE HERE IN THAT IT'S GOT A NICE CURVATURE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, IT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED NO PARKING IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU SEE THE YELLOW LINE.

AND THAT'S FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY.

JUST SEEING AROUND THAT CURVE AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NOT TOO MANY VEHICLES THERE TO MAKE A SAFE MANEUVER.

SO IT DOES LIMIT SOME PARKING A LITTLE BIT JUST ADJACENT TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

WE HAVE TALKED TO THE HOMEOWNER AND DAYCARE OPERATOR ABOUT PARKING SPECIFICALLY, AND THEY WILL BE DOING PICKUP AND DROP OFFS PRIMARILY IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE PARKING ON STREET AS CLOSE AS PRACTICAL TO THE RESIDENTS.

THERE WAS SOME CONCERN WITH MAYBE JUST THE LACK OF PARKING IN THE VICINITY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE ON THAT OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET THERE, AND AFTER HEARING SOME POTENTIAL CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS AND TALKING WITH THAT HOMEOWNER, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE EVEN CURRENTLY.

SO WITH THAT, STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ADVENTURE AWAITS DAY CARE.

GENERAL TYPE USE FOR THREE YEARS WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE DAYCARE EMPLOYEE PARK BASICALLY AS CLOSE AS PRACTICAL TO THE DAYCARE, WHILE MAINTAINING ALL OF THE LEGALITY OF ON STREET PARKING IN THE VICINITY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? YEAH. CHRIS.

CLARIFY FOR ME, IF YOU WILL.

THE NO PARKING IS ONLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE EMPLOYEE COULD PARK? CORRECT. ON THE OTHER SIDE.

OKAY. MARK.

AND WHEN WAS THAT DESIGNATED? THAT THAT IS NO PARKING ALONG THERE.

DO YOU KNOW? I'M NOT CERTAIN WHEN IT WAS DESIGNATED, BUT THAT'S THE CURRENT CONDITION.

IS IT LIKE, LIT UP BY SIGNS LIKE NO PARKING SIGNS? OR HOW DO THEY DESIGNATE THAT? YES. THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING SIGNS IN THAT AREA.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT WITH US TONIGHT? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? SURE. OKAY. AND WHO IS THIS GUEST? THIS IS MINE.

SHE DOESN'T GO. SHE DOESN'T LEAVE AT 530, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO HERE SHE IS.

HELLO THERE. THIS IS ELLIE.

BUT, YEAH, WE MOVED INTO THE AREA ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE JUST MOVED FROM OVERLAND PARK.

AND SO THAT WAS IN A REGULATION TO HAVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN OVERLAND PARK.

BUT I'M LICENSED AND HAVE BEEN FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND SO YEAH, WHEN WE MOVED THERE, WE HAVE THAT NO PARKING ON THAT SIDE, WHICH IS A BIT OF A INCONVENIENCE, YOU KNOW, WITH IT BEING A DAYCARE.

BUT WHAT I'VE DONE IS I KEEP OUR HOUSEHOLD VEHICLES IN THE GARAGE NOW THAT WE'RE ALL MOVED IN AND GOT CLEARED SOME SPACE OUT.

THAT WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE NEIGHBORS INITIALLY, BECAUSE I HAD THE TWO HOUSEHOLD VEHICLES, AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE IN OUR DRIVEWAY, AND THEN PARENTS WERE USING VERY BRIEFLY THAT NO PARKING AREA.

SO, SOME CONCERNS ARISE.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE ABLE TO PUT OUR TWO HOUSEHOLD VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE BASICALLY THE, THE WHOLE DRIVEWAY FOR THE PARENTS TO DO PICKUP AND DROP OFF.

AND MY EMPLOYEE PARKS IN THE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.

SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

[00:20:01]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE THREE YEAR SPECIAL PERMIT FOR DAY CARE.

GENERAL USE FOR ADVENTURE AWAITS AT 8132 TWILIGHT LANE.

SECOND MOTION BY COURTNEY, SECOND BY MELANIE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

ITEM 12 IS A CONSIDERATION OF REZONING AND PRELIMINARY PLAN, KNOWN AS ROSS CANYON, FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 93RD STREET BETWEEN MILL CREEK

[12. Consideration of a rezoning and preliminary plan known as Ross Canyon for a multifamily residential development on property located near 93rd Street between Mill Creek Road and Renner Boulevard]

AND RENNER BOULEVARD.

ITEM 12 A IS AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM AG AGRICULTURAL TO R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO RP 3 PLANNED RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM DENSITY AND RP FOUR PLANNED RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY DISTRICTS.

ITEM 12 B IS APPROVAL OF THE COMPANION PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR ROSS CANYON.

STEPHANIE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU AGAIN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS MENTIONED, ITEM 12 IS FOR ROSS CANYON.

AND THIS IS A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING A REQUEST FOR REZONING AND PRELIMINARY PLANNED PLAT APPROVAL.

THIS IS LOCATED NEAR 93RD STREET BETWEEN MILL CREEK ROAD AND RENNER BOULEVARD.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS LOCATION MAP HERE WE ARE HERE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT.

THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF CITY CENTER, AND HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS RED BOX IS THE SUBJECT SITE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE MILL CREEK ROAD COMES THROUGH THE COTTONWOOD CANYON SUBDIVISION.

AND THEN THIS AREA HERE THAT YOU SEE UNDER DEVELOPMENT IS THE REFLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT.

THE APARTMENT PORTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE OFFICE WOULD BE A LATER PHASE ON THE NORTH HERE.

WE WILL HAVE FUTURE 91ST STREET JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN LIFETIME AND REFLECTIONS.

AND 93RD STREET HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YET DUE TO THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION AT REFLECTIONS.

BUT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT WILL ACTUALLY CONTINUE THROUGH.

SPOILER ALERT. I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

NOW ON THIS SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE OUR ZONING MAP AND OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE SITE, AS YOU AGAIN CAN SEE OUTLINED IN RED IS R1 AND AG, WHICH STANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL.

THAT'S SORT OF THE DEFAULT ZONING FOR PROPERTIES BEFORE THEY'RE DEVELOPED IN THE CITY.

SO PRETTY TYPICAL.

NO ONE'S REALLY PROBABLY DOING ANY FARMING ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW.

AND IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

I WILL NOTE THAT WHEN OUR COMPREHENSIVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS UPDATED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, THAT DID CHANGE.

ORIGINALLY FROM A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION TO A HIGH DENSITY.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT ON OUR CURRENT MAP HERE, RATHER THAN MEDIUM DENSITY LIKE IT WAS IN THE PAST.

LOTS OF COLORS GOING ON HERE.

THIS AREA IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR AS FAR AS THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS FRAMEWORK MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE INSET THAT WE BLEW UP SO YOU COULD SEE THAT SUBJECT SITE AND WHAT IT CALLS FOR WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR MAP, WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. JUST LIKE SPECIAL USE PERMITS, WE REVIEW THESE SAME 13 CRITERIA WITH REZONING REQUESTS.

WE LIKE TO KEEP IT EASY AND LOOK AT ALL THE SAME THINGS.

AND I WILL GO THROUGH QUITE A FEW OF THESE IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL JUST TO GO THROUGH THAT REVIEW.

BUT EACH ONE OF THESE, AGAIN, WAS DETAILED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT WITH A RESPONSE AS TO HOW IT MEETS THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THOSE IF NEEDED.

REALLY QUICK, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT AND IT HAS A TOWNHOME COMPONENT AND THEN A TYPICAL APARTMENT STYLE COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.

AND THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF BREAKING THIS UP AND SORT OF USING CONTEXTUAL DENSITY, BY THE WAY THAT THEY'VE DESIGNED THEIR SITE.

SO SINCE WE KNOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LOWER DENSITY HERE ON THE WEST WITH THE COTTONWOOD CANYON SUBDIVISION AND THE FAIRWAY VILLAS, AND THEY'VE CHOSEN TO DO THE RP3, WHICH IS A MORE MEDIUM DENSITY TYPE ZONING.

AND UP HERE IN THIS NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE, THESE LIGHTER YELLOW BUILDINGS ARE ALL TOWNHOME STYLE.

SO, THEY'LL BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER BUILDINGS, A LITTLE BIT LESS DENSE.

AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO DO THOSE TALLER, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT STYLE BUILDINGS IN THIS DARKER GOLD COLOR WITH THE BROWN BACKGROUND, OUR P4 ZONING DISTRICT.

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THE APPLICANT CHOSE RP4 RATHER THAN RP FIVE.

SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE APARTMENT PROJECTS WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE DENSITY LIMITATION FOR RP4.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME HEIGHT DEVIATION REQUESTS.

SO, I KNOW WE'VE HEARD THAT COMBINATION BEFORE.

SO, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION.

AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE HERE.

AS I MENTIONED, 93RD STREET WILL BE CONNECTING OVER TO MILL CREEK ROAD.

AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT.

A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE STREAM BUFFER THAT BISECTS THE SITE, AND GRAIN CHANGES AS WELL ON THE SITE.

SO, IT'LL ALSO HAVE A LEG UP HERE TO 91ST STREET AND YOU'LL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. SO, THIS DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION ORIGINALLY ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND THEY ASKED TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT AND GAVE SOME DIRECTION TO THE APPLICANT.

THE DIRECTION CAME FROM NOT ONLY COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAD SOME RESIDENTS AT THAT MEETING AND THEN STAFF HAD SOME DIRECTION FOR SOME SORT OF OPEN ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO RESOLVE AND GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER QUALITY OUT OF SOME ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS SUMMARIZED HERE.

THESE FIVE ITEMS THAT THE APPLICANT TOOK BACK HAD SOME HOMEWORK AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS BACK TO OUR NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING AT PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO WE HAD SOME TIME TO WORK WITH THAT APPLICANT AND BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THESE THINGS IN DETAIL.

THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE.

AND I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THAT BACK AND FORTH THAT WE DID.

SO ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU'LL SEE THERE WERE SOME DIRECTION TO REVISE BUILDING ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING HEIGHT, SOME CONCERNS WITH THE WEST BUFFER AREA BASICALLY BETWEEN THAT COTTONWOOD CANYON SUBDIVISION AND SOME BUILDINGS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING SOME LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING.

KNOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PHASING PLAN AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT AND WHEN, AND CONFIRMING THAT RETAINING WALLS ARE MEETING CODE REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE WE DO, AS YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR FENCE AND WALL CODE NOT THAT LONG AGO, HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE RETAINING WALLS CANNOT EXCEED TEN FEET PER TIER.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO END UP WITH ANY GIGANTIC RETAINING WALLS KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GRADE CHANGE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

SO HERE I TOOK A FEW OF THE RENDERINGS FROM SORT OF THE ORIGINAL AND THE REVISED TO SHOW YOU THE ARCHITECTURE CHANGES. ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS AND THE REVISED VERSION IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

I THOUGHT THESE WOULD BE BEST PRESENTED RIGHT ON THE SAME SLIDE TOGETHER, SO YOU CAN KIND OF COMPARE.

BUT AGAIN, THE APPLICANT WORKED WELL WITH STAFF AND THE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO WITH RESPECT TO ARCHITECTURE, AND REALLY MADE THIS A UNIQUE PROJECT, TAKING FORTH SOME OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT THEY ORIGINALLY HAD AND THEN ELABORATED UPON THOSE AND MADE THEM FIT INTO SORT OF WHAT WE HAD SUGGESTED, JUST WITH THE CITY OF LENEXA DESIGN STANDARDS.

HERE'S ONE OF THE THREE STORY BUILDINGS IT WAS ORIGINALLY.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS PRETTY MUNDANE LOOKING.

IT HAD A SCREENING ELEMENT ON THE ROOF, AND I KNOW ALSO, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A FAIR COMPARISON TO SHOW YOU A 2D VERSUS A PRETTY 3D RENDERING HERE.

BUT IT CERTAINLY LOOKS WAY BETTER DOWN HERE WITH THAT 3D RENDERING.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL AND THE ROOF LINE CHANGED.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET SOME OF THOSE ROOF LINES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ALIGNED WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT.

AND THOSE ROOF LINES YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT SAME BUILDING.

I GUESS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FANCIER RENDERING OF WHAT YOU JUST SAW ON THE TOP OF THE LAST SCREEN, BUT STILL PRETTY FLAT AND BASIC.

AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO ADD NOT ONLY SOME COLOR, BUT SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF PATIO ELEMENTS FOR THEIR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.

AND THEN THEY ALSO ADDED SOME OF THESE SORT OF ROOF BUMP OUTS, IF YOU WILL, TO LET SOME MORE LIGHT IN.

AND AGAIN, KIND OF MAKE IT RELATE BACK OVER TO THAT SAME ELEMENT THEY FEATURED ON THEIR TALLER APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

HERE'S AGAIN ORIGINAL AND REVISED.

THIS IS FOR THE TOWNHOMES.

THESE ARE TWO STORIES YOU CAN SEE.

AND THEY'RE KIND OF I WOULD SAY EUROPEAN MEETS PRAIRIE STYLE ARCHITECTURE.

THERE'S NOT QUITE AS MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEFORE AND AFTER HERE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR VARIATION AND DESIGN DETAILS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT CATCH IN HERE WITH THE DIFFERENCES IN THE GARAGE DOORS AND SOME PLANTINGS AND

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PATIOS.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS REALLY RELATE TO EACH OTHER AND FIT THE ESTHETIC THAT STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WERE LOOKING FOR. I ALLUDED A LITTLE BIT TO BUILDING HEIGHT, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

AND THIS IS THAT THREE STORY BUILDING I SHOWED YOU.

AND JUST FOR COMPARISON SAKE, THESE BUILDINGS DID GET A LITTLE BIT TALLER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE GOT A BIG WIN, I THINK, IN THE ROOF LINE AND THE WAY THAT THE SCREENING FOR THE ROOFTOP MECHANICAL UNITS ARE GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIDDEN, I BELIEVE, BEHIND THIS SORT OF MANSARD STYLE ROOF.

AND THEN INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING LIKE MORE OF A COMMERCIAL LOOKING SCREEN WALL ON TOP.

AND SO I THINK, AGAIN, THE APPLICANT DID A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS AND UPGRADING THE ARCHITECTURE, EVEN THOUGH THESE BUILDINGS DID GET A LITTLE BIT TALLER.

AND TO START SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT BUILDING HEIGHT.

THIS ON TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

HERE IS A SECTION OF THE SITE.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE LIKE IF WE TOOK A SLICE OUT OF IT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT GRADE CHANGE ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THESE LINES HERE, THIS BLACK ONE THAT'S DASHED AND THIS BLACK ONE THAT'S DASHED ARE THE SUBJECT SITES, PROPERTY LINES.

SO THIS IS ALL OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THIS IS REFLECTIONS OVER HERE, THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN OVER HERE AS YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE HILL, THIS IS THE FAIRWAY VILLAS.

THAT'S A NEARBY STRUCTURE.

AND THEN THIS IS THE COTTONWOOD CANYON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DOWN HERE.

SO EVERYTHING IS PRETTY DIFFERENTIATED HERE AS FAR AS THE HEIGHT GOES BECAUSE OF THE GRADE.

AND YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE BOARD HERE AND NOTHING'S REALLY NECESSARILY TALLER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEING BUILT HERE AT REFLECTIONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STREAM BUFFER, THAT STREAM CORRIDOR AREA HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE UNDEVELOPED.

IT'S GOING TO REMAIN GREEN SPACE BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS THAT GO WITH THAT.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN ALSO RELATE THIS TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE CONTEXT OF WHAT THOSE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE.

SO THIS IS THEIR TALLEST APARTMENT BUILDING HERE FIVE STORIES.

AND AGAIN IT STILL COMES IN ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THIS SORT OF SITE SECTION, VIEW UNDER WHAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED AT REFLECTIONS, WHICH IS ALSO FIVE STORIES.

STEPHANIE, IF I COULD HAVE YOU PAUSE THERE FOR ONE SECOND.

WHAT I DIDN'T SEE IN ALL THESE SECTIONS WAS THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE VILLAS AND THE COTTONWOOD CANYON, AND AT 1 TO 100 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AT LEAST 100FT, SOMETIMES MORE.

YES. ANY GUESS ON WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS? LET ME SEE IF WE'VE GOT THAT IN OUR STAFF REPORT.

I KNOW WE DID EVALUATE THAT.

AND WE DO HAVE OUR APPLICANT IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF THEY CAN ANSWER THAT FASTER THAN I CAN.

COTTONWOOD CANYON IS 588FT AWAY.

THANK YOU. 588FT FOR COTTONWOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THE MICROPHONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU TYLER.

I HAD A FEELING YOU WOULD KNOW THAT.

FOR CIVILIANS, HOW LONG IS A FOOTBALL FIELD? I THINK IT'S ABOUT A FOOTBALL FIELD.

RIGHT? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FEET TO YARDS IS FOOTBALL FIELD? OKAY. OKAY.

MORE THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD? YES. ALL RIGHT.

SO TALKING ABOUT BUILDING HEIGHT, THERE IS A DEVIATION REQUEST.

I WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT UP TO 47.25FT IS ALLOWED BY CODE, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE 35FT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IN THIS TABLE.

THE CODE ACCOUNTS FOR UP TO A 35% INCREASE IF CERTAIN PARAMETERS ARE MET AND ESTHETICS ARE ACHIEVED.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THIS CASE, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND ALLOWING THAT EXTRA 35FT.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THESE BUILDINGS THE BUILDING SIX AND SEVEN THAT DO FALL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD AND DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE DEVIATION. HOWEVER, THE BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH FIVE WOULD NEED THAT.

AND THOSE ARE VARYING IN HEIGHT FROM ANYWHERE FROM 52.5FT TO THE TALLEST ONE AT 64.25FT. AND I BELIEVE PERCENTAGE WISE, THAT MEANS WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM INSTEAD OF A 35% INCREASE. IT IS A, I BELIEVE, 60 TO 80% CENT INCREASE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEVIATION REQUEST BECAUSE WE DID YIELD BETTER ARCHITECTURE AS A PART OF THE EXERCISE, GOING BACK WITH THE APPLICANT

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AND IMPROVING THE ARCHITECTURE AND ROOF LINES WITH THE PROJECT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE GRADE ON THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT, THAT THE HEIGHT THAT IS PROPOSED IS APPROPRIATE, AND AS WELL AS COMPARING IT TO THE REFLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE HEIGHT DEVIATION JUST TO THE EAST.

AND STEPHANIE, WITH THAT HEIGHT, YOU STILL DON'T INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

CORRECT. OKAY.

YEP. AND A LOT OF TIMES TO THESE NEWER MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, WANT TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT TO HAVE THE AMENITY OF THE TALLER CEILINGS IN THEIR UNITS TOO.

IT'S A LOT MORE TYPICAL TO HAVE TALLER CEILINGS.

AND IT I BELIEVE, HELPS WITH THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, TOO.

AND THE RENTAL RATE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE APPLICANT AT THE FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WAS THE BUFFER ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS PART OF THE GOLF COURSE ALONG THIS WEST SIDE.

AND THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO RELOCATE SOME OF THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE.

AND SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS WERE MOVED IN THIS AREA.

THERE IS STILL A DRIVE AISLE.

HERE THE DRIVE AISLES ARE NECESSARY FOR SAFETY ACCESS TO THE BUILDING, SO WE CAN'T REALLY JUST DELETE DRIVE AISLES.

I DO WANT TO NOTE, TOO, THAT THEY ALSO DID INCREASE THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THIS PARTICULAR AREA TO, AND THERE'LL BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TREE PRESERVATION ON THIS SITE AS WELL DUE TO THE STREAM CORRIDOR.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SIDE BY SIDE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PLAN.

THIS IS THE REVISED.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU LOOK BACK AND FORTH AGAIN.

THIS BUILDING WAS MOVED OVER.

THERE'S MORE SPACE IN HERE THAN WHAT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN HERE.

AND THERE'S A LOT MORE GREEN LANDSCAPING ON THIS PLAN THAN YOU SAW GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THIS PLAN.

THERE'S SOME TREE PRESERVATION ON BOTH VERSIONS OF THIS PLAN, UP IN THIS TRIANGULAR AREA HERE.

THAT'LL BE NORTH OF 91ST STREET.

AND THEN THIS IS THAT STREAM CORRIDOR AREA THAT WILL REMAIN UNDEVELOPED AND PRESERVED AS WELL.

AND LOTS MORE NEW PLANTINGS.

THIS DOESN'T SHOW EVERY SINGLE LITTLE FOUNDATION PLANTING EITHER.

PART OF THE PARKING LOT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE WAS ALSO REVISED TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS WITH THE GLARE OF HEADLIGHTS.

AND SO THE APPLICANTS LATEST PLAN SHOWS THAT THEY BROKE APART THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING AND THEN SANDWICHED THE PARKING IN BETWEEN SO THAT RATHER THAN HAVING THE PARKING LOT CLOSEST TO SOME OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY AN EXTRA BUFFER WITH THAT BUILDING. SO THE OTHER BONUS TO THAT IS THAT IT MAKES THE PARKING A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND CENTRALIZED TO THEIR OTHER BUILDINGS, TOO, RATHER THAN IF SOMEONE LIVED IN THESE UNITS AND ENDED UP PARKING ALL THE WAY OVER HERE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND CONVENIENT.

ANOTHER THING THAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT ADDRESSED, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF ECHOED THIS AS WELL, IS TRAFFIC CALMING. THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT THIS NEW STREET AND BASICALLY CONNECTING OVER TO RENNER TO THE 435 RAMPS OVER THERE. WHILE IT WILL BE A NICE CONVENIENCE, THERE IS SOME CONCERN OF POSSIBLY GENERATING TRAFFIC GOING FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HERE, MAYBE UP NORTH TO GET TO CITY CENTER OR OVER TO GETTING TO RIDGEVIEW AND PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY TO GO SOUTH OR WEST IN LENEXA. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.

I DO WANT TO NOTE AGAIN THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAN PHASE.

SO THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY SET IN STONE AT THIS POINT.

BUT THESE ARE THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH THE APPLICANT AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR SOME TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN EXISTING TRAFFIC CIRCLE RIGHT HERE AND THAT IS PROPOSED TO REMAIN.

THE CART CROSSING PATH WILL BE REALIGNED TO BE IN A SAFER LOCATION.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A DIVIDED STREET MEDIAN HERE, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN HERE.

THAT JUST KIND OF BOWS OUT THE STREET, GIVES IT A LITTLE ESTHETIC VALUE, AS WELL AS KEEPS YOU FROM HAVING A STRAIGHT ROAD TO GO A LITTLE BIT FASTER AND GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO SLOW DOWN FOR.

SO THOSE ARE THE INITIAL TRAFFIC CALMING THOUGHTS, AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH COTTONWOOD CANYON AS A WHOLE ON OTHER MITIGATING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES WE COULD DO

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WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY WITHIN THIS PROJECT SITE.

MARK. STEPHANIE, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ROAD ALIGNMENT.

WAS THERE ANY EVER ANY THOUGHT IN REGARDS TO INSTEAD OF IT ACTUALLY TYING INTO THAT ROAD, ACTUALLY KIND OF LOOPING BACK TO RENDER ALONG 91ST SO THAT THIS IS A T OFF OF IT.

YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, THIS STREET RIGHT HERE IS A T IS THAT EVER BEEN PROPOSED? AND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH DENSITY WITH THE REFLECTIONS IN THIS, IN THIS ONE AND THEN WHAT'S I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN MAYBE NORTH OF REFLECTIONS.

IS THAT ANOTHER PHASE POTENTIALLY OF BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND REFLECTIONS, AND 91ST IS PRELIMINARY PLANNED FOR AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT OR AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE NORTH SIDE OF REFLECTIONS.

ONE VERSION THAT THE APPLICANT PRESENTED TO STAFF DID ESSENTIALLY HAVE 93RD AND 91ST AS THE MAIN ROADS AND THEN TEEING OFF TOWARD MILL CREEK.

OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND TIM GREEN CAN SPEAK TO THIS POTENTIALLY, IF WE NEED TO GET TOO TECHNICAL HERE, SINCE I'M NOT THE ENGINEER.

WE DID TALK THROUGH THAT WITH OUR TRAFFIC TEAM AND OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS THE IDEAL ROUTE.

TIM, WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I WOULD JUST SAY WE'VE HAD THIS PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THESE CONNECTIONS FOR PROBABLY 20 YEARS, SINCE CITY CENTER WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED AND PROVIDING ALL THIS ACCESS.

SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THE PLAN THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD.

WELL, WITH THAT, THE PLAN WASN'T FOR THIS HIGHER DENSITY.

BECAUSE ZONING WAS R1 AT ONE POINT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE CONVOLUTED AT THIS POINT.

THE MORE ACCESS, I THINK THE PREFERENCE THAT WE HAD FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT.

IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE GOING STRAIGHT OUT TO RENTER.

IF YOU WANT TO GET IF YOU WANTED TO GET UP TO CITY CENTER, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT ONTO RENTER, COME UP AND AROUND.

SO THERE'S PLUSES AND BENEFITS.

YOU'RE CORRECT. WELL, THE REASON I ACTUALLY AND I UNFORTUNATELY DRIVE THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT AND IT'S TIGHT STREETS AND STUFF IN THERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THERE NORTH OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

AND IT'S REALLY TIGHT WITH THAT PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THERE AND MORE, MORE TRAFFIC HEADING TO CITY CENTER FROM THAT DIRECTION.

THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I DO DRIVE THE THAT SAME WAY A LOT TO CITY TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY, EVERY TUESDAY.

AND, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY TIGHT.

AND SO YOU HAD THAT MUCH DENSITY.

I'D RATHER HAVE TO.

YOU KNOW, IF I'M LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D RATHER FOLKS ARE RUNNING OUT TOWARDS RENNER TO GET TO CITY CENTER.

ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES ON THAT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING MAYBE, IS THAT THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION UP WHERE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC CIRCLE IS CORRECT.

YOU MEAN AT 91ST AND RENNER? NO. WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOU MENTIONING? YOU CAN USE THE MOUSE.

DOES THE MOUSE SHOW UP THERE? IS THIS THE CONNECTION YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT? YES. YEAH.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAD, WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS LOOP.

BUT TO SERVE THIS AREA HERE, FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES TWO ACCESS POINTS.

AND YOU CAN'T REALLY TO TRY TO CROSS THIS CREEK OVER HERE.

IT'S A GOOD FILL.

YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A BRIDGE.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TWO CONNECTIONS ACROSS THAT STREAM CORRIDOR.

SO THE ONE STREAM CONNECTION OR STREAM CROSSING HERE PROVIDES YOU ONE ACCESS POINT AND THEN, COMING FROM THE NORTH, PROVIDES A SECOND ACCESS POINT.

NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ACCESS POINT IS REQUIRED.

I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, AS THAT STREET IS KIND OF WINDING IN THERE, IT KIND OF DIRECTS PEOPLE INTO MILL CREEK VERSUS IF IT WAS HEADED BACK TOWARDS RENNER AS A T INTO THAT ROAD, IT TO ME, IT WOULD HELP PEOPLE NOT NECESSARILY FOCUS AND GO INTO MILL CREEK, WHICH IS A LOT NARROWER ROADS. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THANK YOU. THANKS, TIM.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING SLIDE BEFORE I GO ON? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO TALK ABOUT SITE PLAN A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ALREADY ABOUT THIS BEING A MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT WITH APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHERE THOSE ARE AT.

THERE ARE 95 TOWNHOMES IN THE TWO AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE PALER YELLOW COLOR.

AND THEN 74 APARTMENTS AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS HERE, AND APPROXIMATELY 300 APARTMENTS OVER HERE IN FOUR AND FIVE STORY BUILDINGS.

AND AS DISCUSSED, THESE ARE THE NEW PUBLIC STREETS.

93RD STREET AS IT MEETS UP WITH MILL CREEK ROAD AND 91ST STREET.

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AND AGAIN, THIS WILL HAVE TO BE IMPROVED UP HERE AS WELL.

SO WITH THE DENSITY, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THEY WENT WITH A PROPOSED P3 AND P4 ZONING RATHER THAN P5 TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THAT HEIGHT.

THEY WOULD NOT NEED A HEIGHT DEVIATION HAD THEY GONE WITH P5, BUT IT WOULD HAVE OPENED THEM UP FOR MANY MORE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

P4 IS LIMITED TO 16 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, SO THEY ARE UNDER THAT AT JUST OVER 12 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WITH THE PROPOSED LAYOUT, AND THEN THE TOWNHOMES ARE JUST UNDER SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE.

THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE CALLED OUT WITH PLUS AND MINUS FOUR IS DUE TO BASICALLY SPLITTING THAT ONE PIECE OF THE TOWNHOMES TO PUT THE PARKING LOT IN THE MIDDLE.

SO YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT THERE.

BUT THE OVERALL TOTAL IS STILL 469 DWELLING UNITS.

AND THE MAXIMUM THEY COULD HAVE ON THE SITE WITH THE ZONING IS 651 DWELLING UNITS.

AGAIN, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD SAY LIMITATIONS OF THE SITE WITH THE STREAM CORRIDOR AND THE GRADING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THE NEED FOR THE PUBLIC STREETS, THEY ARE LIMITED ON WHAT THEY CAN REALLY BUILD OUT ON THE SITE.

SO ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE SITE IS REALLY DEVELOPABLE.

AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT TEN STORY BUILDINGS HERE TO MAXIMIZE THOSE UNITS.

THIS IS THE PHASING PLAN.

AND BASICALLY THE PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE THIS AREA IN THE ORANGE.

AND THE PHASE TWO WILL BE THE AREA YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW.

AND PHASE ONE IS ANTICIPATED FOR CONSTRUCTION TO START IN MARCH 2025.

NOT THAT LONG, NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM NOW.

THEY STILL WILL NEED TO COME BACK THROUGH FOR A FINAL PLAN, APPROVAL AND BUILDING PERMITS BEFORE THEY CAN GET GOING ON CONSTRUCTION AND THE SECTION OF 91ST STREET NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND IMPROVED ALL THE WAY TO THIS EXISTING ROUNDABOUT.

THIS IS JUST AGAIN, JUST SOUTH OF LIFETIME FITNESS.

THIS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE THIRD BUILDING IN PHASE ONE.

SO DEPENDING ON WHICH ONES THEY CONSTRUCT, IN WHICH ORDER THERE WILL BE THAT STREET CONNECTION.

AND AGAIN, AS TIM MENTIONED, IT'S DUE TO FIRE ACCESS REQUIREMENTS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNITS.

AND THIS PORTION OF 93RD STREET IS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, SO THEY WILL TIE INTO THAT HERE WHEN THEY GO UP AND DO 93RD STREET.

PHASE TWO IS ANTICIPATED TO START IN JUNE OF 2026.

AND WITH THAT, STAFF IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE REZONING FROM AG AND R1 TO P3 AND P4 AND THE PRELIMINARY PLAN PLAT FOR THIS MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTAINS 374 APARTMENTS AND 90 TOWNHOMES CALLED ROSS CANYON HERE AT 93RD AND MILL CREEK AND RENNER.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE.

GO AHEAD. MARK. WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS AND THE DENSITIES ARE GETTING A LOT MORE POPULATED.

DO WE EVER DISCUSS WITH THE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OR IS THIS OLATHE SCHOOL DISTRICT? LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ABOUT THESE PROPOSED PLANS? AND IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HOW DO WE INTERACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES ON? SO USUALLY NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THEY DO REACH OUT TO US TO ASK ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.

AND IN THIS CASE, SINCE WE RECOMMENDED THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HERE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED A MAXIMUM OF AT LEAST THAT 600 AND SOME ODD DWELLING UNITS, IF NOT MORE, SINCE IT WOULD BE HIGH DENSITY.

AND SO I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT THEY ARE THEY WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.

AND THAT INFORMATION FOR OUR POTENTIAL BUILD OUT THROUGH THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS AVAILABLE TO ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL.

OKAY, MARK.

TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNERS WILL TAKE THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN FORECAST OFF THAT MODEL.

SO WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR CAPITAL PLANNING, THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT PLAN AND THEN APPROPRIATELY SIZE THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES OR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THEIR LONG RANGE PLANNING.

SO SOME OF THE BIGGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY EMPLOY SOME PLANNERS THAT DO LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR THE ACTIVITY THAT YOU TALK ABOUT.

SO WHILE STEPHANIE IS CORRECT, INDIVIDUAL PLANS MIGHT NOT BE INDIVIDUALLY DISCUSSED.

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THEY DO LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PUT THAT INTO THEIR LONG RANGE PLANNING.

SO THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT ON HOW THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.

THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THESE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS.

SO. GREG, YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF YOUR PRESENTATION JUST A BIT EARLY.

OKAY, NOT A PROBLEM.

LET'S GO TO THE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE PHASING.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, THE STREETS SHOWN ON THE PROPERTY ARE GOING TO BE BUILT TO CITY STANDARDS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO BUILD A SECTION TO OF 91ST, NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD THAT, FUND IT AND PAVE IT TO CITY STANDARDS.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR STEPHANIE BEFORE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT? OKAY. GENTLEMEN.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU START, PLEASE.

YES. TYLER BERKES WITH PETRA, TWO FIVE, ONE SOUTH WHITTIER STREET, SUITE C, WICHITA, KANSAS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, STEPH. I'M ACTUALLY FROM KANSAS CITY, BY THE WAY.

SO AGAIN, ROSS CANYON.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL GO OVER HERE, SHE'S ALREADY TOUCHED ON, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR IN SOME OF MY PHOTOS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'LL GO OVER THE AGENDA HERE.

PROJECT TEAM, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH US AND WHO'S CONSTRUCTING IT AND WHO'S DESIGNED IT AS WELL.

I KNOW DESIGN WAS A BIG POINT OF CONCERN AND CONTENTION, I GUESS AT THE FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH AND ACTUALLY TOOK A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY AND MADE A LOT OF UPDATES TO IT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE 3D RENDERINGS HERE A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN PROJECT VISION.

SO UNDERSTANDING THE SITE LAYOUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT IMPLEMENTED IN THE PROJECT VISION.

SITE LOCATION.

IN THE CONSTRAINTS IS A BIG ONE.

I KNOW STEPHANIE JUST TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THAT STUFF, BUT AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER OVERLAY THAT HAS A LOT MORE COLOR INTO IT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS REALLY ARE. AND THEN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE NEIGHBORS, ACTUALLY SPENT TIME ON THE GOLF COURSE WITH THEM AND GOT TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SAT DOWN WITH COFFEE, ETC.

AND UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THE TREE BUFFER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE IMPLEMENTED INTO THE PROJECT, WHICH STEPHANIE HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SO FAR.

OF COURSE THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE PROJECT SCHEDULE WILL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT AS WELL.

PETRA, WE'RE THE OWNER DEVELOPER AGAIN.

I'M TYLER BURKS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.

I'M FROM HERE. I'M FROM KANSAS CITY, BUT THE COMPANY IS FROM WICHITA.

THEY COME FROM THE KOCH INDUSTRIES, MOSTLY, AND THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY'RE WELL FUNDED AS WELL AS WELL EXPERIENCED AS WELL.

SO EL DORADO ARCHITECTURE LOCAL HERE TO KANSAS CITY.

MCCLURE ENGINEERING.

YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM.

I KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE SOME PROJECTS HERE IN LENEXA AND LUKE DRAILY CONSTRUCTION, ALSO ANOTHER LOCAL COMMERCIAL FIRM.

JUST SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALL DONE TOGETHER.

EL DORADO THERE. THAT TOP LEFT ONE THERE IS A PRETTY COOL ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY THE KANSAS CITY AQUARIUM, KANSAS CITY ZOO AQUARIUM.

AND THEN THAT BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY PICKED OUT OF THEIR WALL IN THEIR OFFICE ON WHAT I WANTED THE TOWNHOMES TO LOOK LIKE.

SO THAT IS THAT INSPIRATION RIGHT THERE.

AND THEY DID THE AWARD WINNING CROSSROADS HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN.

MCCLURE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THEY'VE DONE SOME PRETTY COOL PROJECTS.

AND ALSO HERE IN LENEXA AND LUKE CONSTRUCTION, THAT TOP LEFT ONE THERE IS WHAT THEY RECENTLY COMPLETED IN THE LEGENDS.

LEGENDS 267.

IT IS MARKET RATE APARTMENTS, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING HERE.

SO JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THEIR CAPABILITIES OF CONSTRUCTING A PROJECT THAT'S TO LENEXA CITY CENTER'S STANDARDS AND ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE. PROJECT ORIENTATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PROJECT VISION.

ROSS CANYON PROVIDES RESIDENTS A DISTINCTIVE LIVING EXPERIENCE THAT IS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE BEAUTY AND NATIVE LANDSCAPE.

THERE'S A LOT OF NATIVE LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN THIS SITE, AND SO WE DECIDED TO REINCORPORATE AS MUCH OF THAT INTO THE PROJECT AS WE COULD, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

STEPHANIE ALREADY WENT OVER THIS THE SITE GOING FROM R ONE IN AGRICULTURAL TO R3 AND R4.

AND HERE IS THAT COLORFUL SITE OVERLAY WITH THE SITE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH CAUSED US TO HAVE TO GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON THE BUILDING

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HEIGHTS. THE STREAM CORRIDOR TAKES ABOUT 25% OF THAT SITE OF 44 ACRES.

THAT'S QUITE A BIT AS WELL AS THE HIGH OVERBURDEN AND IMMEDIATE OVERBURDEN OVERBURDENED AREAS OVER THE MINES.

THE HIGH OVERBURDEN AREA ALLOWS YOU TO CONSTRUCT SOME MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN THE IMMEDIATE OVERBURDEN DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW YOU TO CONSTRUCT TOO MUCH AT ALL.

SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND WHAT WE'RE CONFIRMING TODAY, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FILL THE MINES.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OLSON AND OTHER GEO TECHS TO WORK ON A STRATEGY OF PUTTING IN NEW COLUMNS AND FILLING IN THE MINES BELOW, SO THOSE IMMEDIATE AND HIGH OVERBURDEN AREAS SHOULDN'T BE A BURDEN ANYMORE.

AND THEN THE NEW SITE PLAN STEPHANIE SHOWED THIS A LITTLE BIT AGO, BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE THE MORE RECENT UPDATE THAT WE ACTUALLY DID TO THE PHYSICAL CIVIL ENGINEERING PLAN ON THE ON THE WEST SITE.

WE DID WE DID MOVE THE OFFICIALLY MOVED THE PARKING LOT OVER.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, IT DOES ACTUALLY HELP US OUT QUITE A BIT FOR SCREENING LIGHTS AND ALSO HELPING OUT THE FLOW OF FOOT TRAFFIC FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE MULTIFAMILY AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE TOWNHOMES.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IN THE LITTLE PINK AREAS THAT THIS WILL BE HIGHLY AMENITIZED THE POOL, THE CLUBHOUSE.

BOTH SIDES WILL HAVE THEIR OWN CLUBHOUSE AND POOL.

AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN A 3D RENDERING HERE, JUST A LITTLE BIT, THERE WILL BE A SKY LOUNGE AS WELL.

WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART HERE.

LIKE I SAID, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THESE FOLKS, AND WE WERE VERY OPEN AND RESPONSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE WITH THEIR FEEDBACK AND IMPLEMENTED IT IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD, GIVEN CONSTRAINTS OF FINANCIAL AND ALSO SITE CONSTRAINTS AS WELL.

ALSO USING THE COMP PLAN AS A REFERENCE MORE FOR LAND.

I'M SORRY, LANDSCAPING BUFFERS.

THAT WAS THE FIRST CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THE BUILDINGS.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THE LIGHTS FROM THE BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO UNDERSTANDING THE COMP PLAN AND COMP PLAN REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS AS WELL, AND INCORPORATING THAT BACK INTO THE PROJECT FIRST. AND THAT LEADS INTO THE WEST LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

SO THIS IS WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.

STEPHANIE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.

WE HAD PARALLEL PARKING ON THAT WESTERN DRIVE THERE AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALK.

THE PARKING LOT WAS PUSHED OVER AND THE BUILDINGS WERE PUSHED OVER.

AND THEN WHAT WE DID, WE SHOVED THOSE BUILDINGS OVER TO THE EAST AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO, AND THEN SQUEEZE THEM TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, AND THEN INCREASE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER BY ON THOSE BUILDINGS BY ROUGHLY 60FT, AND THEN SHIFTED THE WESTERN DRIVE OVER, ELIMINATED THE SIDEWALK AND THE PARALLEL PARKING, AND ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 26FT OF BUFFER.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE WESTERNMOST PIECE OF THIS PICTURE HERE, THE LIGHTER COLOR GREEN, THAT IS ACTUALLY TREES THAT ARE ON THE COTTONWOOD CANYON PROPERTY.

WE CAN'T TOUCH THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN WE GET INTO FINAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN, WE'LL HAVE A TREE STUDY TREE SURVEY SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHICH ONES WE CAN AND CAN'T TAKE OUT.

AND THEN ALSO STEPHANIE SHOWED THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO WE ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE NEW LANDSCAPING FOR ANYTHING THAT DOES GET DEMOLISHED FOR WHATEVER REASON.

AND THEN ALSO WE PUSHED THE BUILDINGS OVER AS FAR AS WE COULD, GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS AGAIN, OF THE LANDSCAPE.

I'M SORRY. THE STREAM CORRIDOR.

AS SOON AS WE GET INTO THE STREAM CORRIDOR, WE START TALKING ABOUT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT PROCESS AND INCREASE COSTS TO THROUGH THE ROOF.

AND IT JUST WOULDN'T MAKE THE PROJECT GO.

SO WE STRATEGICALLY KEPT IT OUTSIDE OF THAT STREAM CORRIDOR.

HERE'S A VIEW. WE ACTUALLY DID LIKE I SAID, WE SPENT TIME OUT THERE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND ACTUALLY TOOK SOME PHOTOS OUT THERE SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE PHYSICAL VIEWPOINT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE SHADED BOX WITH THE DOTTED LINE WHERE BUILDING SEVEN IS GOING TO SIT.

995FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

AND THEN PRAIRIE CREEK, WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST BARELY SEE THE TOP OF THERE, THE ROOF LINE THERE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPENDING ON THE ANGLE.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR ANGLE FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBOR'S YARDS.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE ROOF LINE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT, ABOUT EIGHT FEET.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER CROSS SECTION TO WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE AN ACTUAL VISUAL ANGLE THERE.

THE TREES WILL EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS OVER THERE, TOO.

SO THAT TREE BUFFER SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.

THERE'S YOUR FOOTBALL FIELD.

588FT. AND THEN WE USED ARROWHEAD STADIUM FOR A REFERENCE.

I'M SURE A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN THERE.

IT'S A PRETTY BIG STADIUM.

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WE'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR, ACTUALLY.

SO 370FT TO THE ACTUAL PARCEL LINE, BUT 588FT ROUGHLY TO THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF.

SO AND THEN THOSE BUILDINGS TOO ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE HILL AS WELL.

SO STEPHANIE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

SO WE WERE STRATEGIC ABOUT USING THE TOPOGRAPHY, WHICH IS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE COMP PLAN.

OH, SKIPPING O 93RD MEDIAN AND SHIFTING THE PARKING.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

WE ACTUALLY DID SHIFT THE BUILDING OVER AND THEN IT WAS A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY.

AND WE DID THROW UP SOMETHING FOR THE PROPOSED MEDIAN.

THERE'S A LOT TO DISCUSS THERE.

WE'RE OPEN TO IT.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO ANY OF THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC FLOW YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT OF, YOU KNOW, 93RD GOING INTO MILL CREEK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ROUNDABOUT IS KIND OF SMALL.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE, TOO.

SO, WE'RE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

AND THEN ALSO SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS ON DIFFERENT IDEAS ON WHAT WE COULD DO HERE.

AND WE ARE COMMITTING TO DOING SOMETHING THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY.

BUILDING HEIGHTS AGAIN, USING THE COMP PLAN AS A REFERENCE.

CONTEXT SENSITIVE INFILL DEVELOPMENT SECTIONS A, B, C AND D, THEY ALL FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY JUST FOLLOWED, RIGHT? SO THE HIGHER INTENSITY GOING DOWN TO THE LOWER INTENSITY.

AND THEN SAME THING WITH THE HEIGHTS, THE HIGHER HEIGHTS GOING DOWN TO THE LOWER HEIGHTS.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY USE THE TOPOGRAPHY TO OUR ADVANTAGE FOR THAT.

AND SO IN THIS CASE THE TOPOGRAPHY WASN'T A DISADVANTAGE AS IT TYPICALLY IS IN DEVELOPMENT.

WE ACTUALLY USE IT TO OUR ADVANTAGE IN THIS PROJECT.

AND IT ACTUALLY KIND OF CREATES SOME CHARACTER INSIDE THE COMMUNITY TOO.

HERE'S THE COLORS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE FROM RED TO YELLOW, HIGHER INTENSITY TO THE EAST.

MOVING TO THE WEST YOU HAVE THE ORANGE THERE, WHICH IS THE FOUR AND FIVE STORY BUILDINGS.

AND THEN MOVING FURTHER WEST, YOU HAVE THE THREE AND TWO STORY BUILDINGS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING FROM RP4 DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 STORY BUILDINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TWO STORY BUILDINGS, WHICH IS NOT UNLIKE WHAT'S AT FAIRWAYS AND COTTONWOOD CANYON.

SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR.

AND THEN THE TALLER BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY LOWER ON THE HILL THERE.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TALLER THERE.

AND THEN THESE SHORTER BUILDINGS ARE HIGHER THERE ON THE SHORTER BUILDINGS OR THE HIGHER POINT OF THE GROUND.

SO EVERYTHING IS LOWER AND SHORTER THAN WHAT YOU SEE AT REFLECTIONS THERE.

REFLECTIONS IS ROUGHLY 67FT, AND WE'RE SEVERAL FEET LOWER THAN THAT.

ARCHITECTURE. AND HERE IS OUR COLOR THEMES.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CITY STAFF AND ALSO PLANNING COMMISSION MENTIONED IN OUR FIRST TIME AROUND WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MONOTONY OF COLORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAD IN OUR ORIGINAL RENDERINGS.

AND THEN SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO AND GOING BACK TO OUR PROJECT VISION OF INCORPORATING THE LANDSCAPING BACK INTO THE PROJECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS IS WE CAME UP WITH THE TWO THEMED COLOR SCHEME, ESSENTIALLY SPRING AND AUTUMN.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW WE INCORPORATED THAT IN THERE.

SO WE ROTATED THE COLORS BY THE BUILDING.

SO IT CREATES SOME INTERESTINGNESS AND UNIQUENESS AS YOU'RE COMING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

SO NOT ALL THE BUILDINGS LOOK THE SAME.

AND THEN WE ADDED MORE DRAMATIC AND GEOMETRIC SHAPE ROOF MONITORS ON THAT SKY LOUNGE THERE.

SO WE'LL GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.

THERE IT IS THERE.

AND THEN SO WHAT THAT GEOMETRIC SHAPE IS JUST KIND OF NERDING OUT HERE FOR YOU GUYS, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SIMILAR ROOF PITCH TO THE PRAIRIE STYLE ROOF PITCHES, BUT IT'S JUST OPPOSITE.

IT'S MORE CONVEX VERSUS CONCAVE.

SO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT THERE.

SO THERE'S CREATIVENESS IN THERE, ALL THE BALCONIES HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS, THEY ROTATE AND THEN THE COLUMNS OF COLORS AND TEXTURES ARE ALL ROTATING AS WELL.

SO OUR VERY FIRST GO AROUND WITH THIS, A LOT OF THAT LOOKED THE SAME.

CONTINUING ON, I JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF THERE.

THERE WE GO. THERE'S THE BACKSIDE OF BUILDING FIVE CURRENTLY.

AND THEN WE ZOOMED IN ON THAT LITTLE GUY OVER THERE, THAT COLUMN.

SO WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THE, ON THE GARAGE PIECES HERE, TYPICALLY ON THOSE TUCK UNDER PARKING GARAGES.

AND I KNOW THIS FROM EXPERIENCE.

YOU CAN'T FIT A TRUCK IN THOSE.

SO WE LEFT IT OPEN.

BUT IN WITH THAT WE ADDED STORAGE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE.

SO WHERE YOU SEE THE WOOD AND EVERYTHING THERE'S ACTUALLY STORAGE UNITS IN THERE.

SO IT'S NICE FOR THE TENANTS.

BUT WE ALSO CREATED SOME INTERESTING TOUCHES TO THE COLUMNS.

SO THEY JUST DON'T LOOK LIKE THESE BARE CONCRETE COLUMNS.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE STAINED AND ALSO TEXTURES.

BUILDING FOUR HERE, LOOKING NORTH.

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AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE BRICK PATTERN THERE, AS WELL AS KIND OF THAT BREEZE BLOCK LOOK SCREENING THAT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BALCONIES THERE AGAIN ADDING TO THE TEXTURE, ADDING TO THE FEEL OF THE ARCHITECTURE.

MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN WHAT WE HAD THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT YOU'LL SEE TOO, ON THE TOP FLOOR, THOSE, THOSE WINDOWS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

STEPHANIE ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS TOO, ON THE TOP FLOOR ABOUT HAVING TALLER CEILINGS.

SO THOSE TOP FLOORS WOULD BE GRAND LUXURY TYPE OF APARTMENTS AS WELL.

AGAIN, ANOTHER ANGLE LOOKING AT THIS COOL GEOMETRIC SHAPE.

BUILDING SIX AND SEVEN.

WE ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH FROM BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND INCORPORATED IT FURTHER INTO BUILDING SIX AND SEVEN.

BUT IT CREATES ANOTHER UNIQUE ELEMENT BY IT BEING A LITTLE BIT SHORTER NOW.

SO IT JUST FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT BUILDING VERSUS BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE UNIQUE ANGLED BALCONIES THERE AND THE DRAMATIC ROOF LINES.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT PICTURE ALREADY.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

TOWNHOMES, WE'VE SEEN THIS PICTURE AS WELL.

BUT SOMETHING TO KIND OF TAKE NOTE OF AS WELL ON THESE TOWNHOMES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM HEAD ON, THEY JUST LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FLAT.

BUT EVERYTHING IS CURVED AROUND THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THEN BROKEN UP ACCORDING TO THE TOPOGRAPHY.

SO EVERYTHING IS USED.

THE GROUND IS USED TO OUR ADVANTAGE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

SO IT CREATES IT.

IT BREAKS EVERYTHING UP.

IT MAKES IT INTERESTING.

IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OTHER TOWNHOME COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYTHING IS JUST A FLAT BOX.

THERE'S A LOT OF BREAKS IN THE ARCHITECTURE HERE, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AS WELL.

SO WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BALCONIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

CREATING VARIATION.

PROJECT SCHEDULE.

WE'VE SEEN THIS ALREADY.

AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

SO ORANGE, PHASE ONE.

WE DO PLAN ON PUTTING 93RD AND THE FIRST PART OF 91ST IN THERE.

AND THEN BEFORE WE HIT CO OF BUILDING THREE, THE REST OF THE 91ST TO GO IN THERE.

AND THEN HERE'S KIND OF OUR PROJECT TIMELINE.

HERE WE ARE, 1119.

WE PLAN ON BEING COMPLETELY DONE WITH THIS THING HOPEFULLY BY Q3 OF 2028.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

CHRIS. WHAT ARE YOU CHARGING FOR RENT? ANYWHERE BETWEEN $1.80 TO 2.10 A FOOT, DEPENDING ON THE UNIT SIZE.

NOW, WHAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE? YOU KNOW, AVERAGE APARTMENTS.

ONE. ONE UNIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE BEDROOM.

TWO BEDROOM. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1400 FOR THE STUDIOS TO 2250 AND SOME CHANGE FOR THE TWO BEDS.

MARKET RATE? FOR WHAT EVERYTHING ELSE.

A PEEK AT SONOMA IS WHAT I COPIED OFF OF, ESSENTIALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.

IT WORKED FOR THE PRO FORMA.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING.

AND THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD OCCUPANCY RATE.

MARK. AND ONE MORE COMMENT.

YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PHASE OF 93RD OR WAS THAT 91ST.

DID YOU SAY 91ST? 91ST. SO ARE, YOU SAID IS WHAT ARE YOU EXACTLY CONSTRUCTING.

IS IT THE IS IT LIKE IS IT GOING TO BE A TWO LANE OR THREE LANE.

AND WHAT ARE YOU GUYS. WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF AND ENGINEERS TO FIGURE OUT THE SPECIFICATIONS.

BUT YES, TWO LANE. SO ONE WILL GO EAST AND THE OTHER LANE WILL GO WEST.

IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A SHARED THING WITH LIKE THE FUTURE OFFICE COMPLEX? IS THAT DO THEY HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, I GUESS DOWN THE ROAD AT THIS MOMENT? NO, WE HAVE TO DO IT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PUT IN OUR BUDGET.

WE WILL USE, YOU KNOW, SOME NEGOTIATION TACTICS WITH THOSE GUYS OVER THERE TO SEE IF WE CAN SHARE THE COST, BUT IT WILL BE DONE BEFORE CFO OF BUILDING THREE.

SCOTT, DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO, I WOULD JUST AGREE THAT THE CITY HAS ITS REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPED AT CERTAIN POINTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S UP TO THE DEVELOPERS TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK OUT HOW THAT'S DONE.

OTHER QUESTIONS MELANIE.

YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING, JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING SO FLEXIBLE AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

IT REALLY IT REALLY DOES SHOW THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE PUBLIC.

ANOTHER QUESTION WAS CHRIS ASKED ABOUT THE PRICE RANGE FOR THE APARTMENTS.

WHAT ABOUT FOR THE TOWNHOMES? THE TOWNHOMES. SO WE USED THE FAIRWAYS AS A AS AN INITIAL STARTING POINT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE WELL BELOW THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING UPWARDS TO $37,800 A MONTH PER SIDE PER UNIT ON THERE.

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AND THAT'S PRETTY RICH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE DIALING THAT THING BACK DOWN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 26 TO 3100, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A THREE BEDROOM TO A FIVE BEDROOM.

OKAY. AND THEN I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE CORNER BALCONIES THAT YOU WERE SHOWING US A WHILE AGO.

IS THAT A SHARED AMENITY? YEAH, THAT WILL BE A SHARED AMENITY.

OKAY. YEP.

THAT'LL BE OUR SKY LOUNGE RIGHT THERE.

OH, WOW. OKAY.

YEAH. NO, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND CLARIFYING.

YEP. OTHER QUESTIONS.

COURT. OKAY, EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN.

THE SHARED AMENITY.

THE COOL GEOMETRIC SHAPE.

NO. LIKE THE CORNER BALCONIES? YES. SO THAT IS A THE VERY TOP ONE.

OKAY. WITH THE COOL, YOU KNOW, GEOMETRIC ROOFLINE.

RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO BE A SHARED AMENITY CLUB LOUNGE, IF YOU WILL.

OKAY. JUST KIND OF A HANGOUT SPOT FOR FOLKS.

AND THAT'S ON ALL THE FLOORS OR JUST THE TOP FLOOR? JUST THE TOP FLOOR OF THAT ONE.

OKAY. OF THAT ONE BUILDING.

YEAH. AND WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A CLUBHOUSE TOO.

SO WE'LL HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE LEASING CENTER THE GYM, THE KITCHEN AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN A MARKET RATE APARTMENT.

BUT WE JUST WANTED TO CREATE SOME DIFFERENT FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT VIEW LOOKING WEST.

SO AND OF THE TOWNHOUSES, THERE WAS 90, 95, 95.

AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE HOW MANY BEDROOMS? LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T WORKED THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT YET, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE, FOUR AND FIVE BEDROOM TOWNHOMES WITH TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGES.

I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS.

YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS AND YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A TOWNHOUSE.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOUSING IN THAT SPACE, SO.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN TO ADD TO THAT, WE WILL USE THE TOPOGRAPHY AGAIN TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

SO SOME OF THOSE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE IT'LL FEEL THREE STORY BECAUSE IT'LL HAVE THE WALKOUT BASEMENT.

BUT THAT WILL LIKELY BE WHERE ADDITIONAL LIVING SPACE OR THE FOURTH AND FIFTH BEDROOM WILL BE AT TWO.

OKAY, CHELSEA.

I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID ABOUT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND MAKING SOME FAIRLY DRASTIC CHANGES.

WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL VERSUS WHAT YOU REVISED, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

AND BEING ABLE TO CONSTRUCT AND DESIGN SOMETHING ON SUCH AN ODD PIECE OF LAND WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE AND THE STREAM CORRIDOR.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN REALLY WORKING AROUND WHAT YOU HAD.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A DIFFICULT PIECE OF LAND.

OTHERWISE IT, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BEFORE 1983.

SO I REALLY AM IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

I ALSO WILL SAY THAT I WAS UNEASY ABOUT SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURE WITH WHAT HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.

I WASN'T REALLY SOLD ON SOME OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND SOME OF THE COLORS.

BUT YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR SLIDES, I THINK REALLY BROUGHT IT OUT.

AND I, I FINALLY SAW THE CONNECTION WITH THE NATURE AND WITH THE THEMES OF SPRING AND AUTUMN AND THE COLORS, AND IT JUST IT REALLY CAME TOGETHER FOR ME.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT IT COMING IN TONIGHT, SO.

THANK YOU. SURE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS.

AND WE HAVE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF EMAILS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYONE.

CAME IN LATE LAST WEEK AND THEN WERE DISTRIBUTED TODAY.

DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED? NO. OKAY.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON GOLDEN? OKAY. I WOULD ALSO JUST ADD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RESPONSIVENESS.

I THINK AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE DOING A PRETTY REMARKABLE JOB AT FITTING THIS IN BETWEEN, AS YOU SAID, SORT OF THAT STEPPED APPROACH TO SORT OF THE LOWER HEIGHT, LOWER DENSITY, UP TO THE HIGH DENSITY AND CREATING SORT OF A GOOD MIDDLE OF THE SANDWICH BETWEEN THE R1 AND

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THE P5.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT DILIGENCE.

WE CAN SEE THE OBVIOUSLY, AS CHELSEA MENTIONED, THE QUALITY OF THE DESIGN.

THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR PROCESS HERE IN LENEXA THAT WE DRIVE TOWARDS QUALITY.

AND WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING RESPONSIVE IN THAT WAY.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN END PRODUCT HERE THAT WILL BE VERY DESIRABLE.

YOU KNOW, HIGH QUALITY TYPE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK.

WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE, REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM RG AND RG AND R1 TO P3 AND P4.

SECOND MOTION BY CHELSEA, A SECOND BY CRAIG.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES AND WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPANION PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR ROSS CANYON.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY MELANIE. SECOND BY CHELSEA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM 13 IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PLAT AND ACCEPTANCE OF DRAINAGE, UTILITY LANDSCAPE AND SIDEWALK EASEMENTS, AND RIGHT OF WAY, AS SHOWN ON THE FINAL PLAT OF

[13. Consideration of a preliminary plan/plat and acceptance of drainage, utility, landscape, and sidewalk easements and right-of-way as shown on the final plat of Wheatley Point West on property located at the northwest corner of 99th Street & Clare Road]

WHEATLEY POINT WEST ON A PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST NORTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH STREET AND CLARE ROAD.

ITEM 13 A IS APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS WHEATLEY POINT WEST.

ITEM 13 B IS ACCEPTANCE OF DRAINAGE, UTILITY LANDSCAPE AND SIDEWALK EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY AS SHOWN ON WHEATLEY POINT WEST FINAL PLAT.

THAT WAS A LOT.

THAT WAS A LOT. I'LL JUST SAY WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.

ITEM 13 IS MENTIONED IS FOR WHEATLEY POINT WEST.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE USUALLY YOU WOULD JUST SEE A FINAL PLAT ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

BUT SINCE WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN COMPONENT TO THIS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO FULLY EXPLAIN SORT OF WHY THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THIS IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH STREET AND CLARE ROAD.

SO JUST A QUICK BACKSTORY BEFORE WE GET INTO ALL THE GRAPHICS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS AND TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU.

IN PRELIMINARY PLAN PLAT AND FINAL PLAT STAGE PACKAGED TOGETHER.

BASICALLY BECAUSE THIS HAD A PRELIMINARY PLAN THAT ACTUALLY EXPIRED ABOUT 6 OR 8 MONTHS AGO.

AND SO WE NEEDED TO RENEW THAT PLAN.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAN AND THEIR FINAL PLAT ARE BASICALLY THE SAME AT THIS POINT.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO BELABOR THE PROCESS, MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED, MAKE THEM DO AN EXTRA STOP AT PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE COMING BACK.

AND IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL SUBDIVISION.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY PRACTICES HERE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE WANTED TO PACKAGE IT TOGETHER, BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU ALL AT ONCE, AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT PLAN IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, AND SEE IT MOVING FORWARD AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS HERE.

SO THIS PROJECT, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS AROUND 99TH AND CLARE, WHICH IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT CURRENT.

AND BOTH OF THOSE ROADS ARE BEING IMPROVED AND WILL HOPEFULLY OPEN PRETTY SOON.

TIM'S NODDING. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.

JUST IN TIME TO GET SOME MORE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THIS SITE.

AND LOCATED HERE IN SORT OF THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF LENEXA.

THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE STREETS HERE NOW.

DON'T DRIVE ON THEM QUITE YET, BUT THEY'RE THERE.

AND THE SITE IS IN THIS RED POLYGON SHAPE HERE.

AND IF YOU WERE ON COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY CAME THROUGH FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME FACTS ABOUT THIS SITE.

AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT GOT STUCK OVER THERE.

THE SITE IS ZONED RP TWO AND AROUND IT WE HAVE SOME OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF 99TH STREET WE HAVE THE CEDAR CANYON WEST DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IF YOU RECALL, INCLUDES A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS AND SEVEN DIFFERENT TRACKS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING AND THE PLAN AND PLAT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH THIS APPLICATION.

SO HERE IS THE COMPARISON OF THE ORIGINAL 2022 PRELIMINARY PLAN AND THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION THIS EVENING.

VERY, VERY SIMILAR.

THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO RE-ENERGIZE THIS PROJECT AND GET SOME DEVELOPMENT GOING HERE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE STREETS ARE ALMOST COMPLETED.

THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT NOW WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION BE WITHIN A TRACT RATHER THAN BEING AN EASEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND WE'VE FOUND THAT BY HAVING IT BE IN A TRACT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN ACCIDENTALLY GET FENCED IN OR OBJECTED TO BY A PRIVATE PROPERTY

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OWNER THAT OWNS THAT AND DOESN'T WANT TO SEE A SIDEWALK THROUGH WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THEIR BACKYARD.

SO IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR A LOT OF REASONS ACCESS, MAINTENANCE AND ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THIS CONNECTION GETS DONE.

SO THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS EXPIRED PLAN AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

AND THEN THIS IS THE COLORFUL GRAPHIC THAT YOU USUALLY SEE IN YOUR PACKET ON CONSENT ITEMS THAT SHOWS YOU ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEDICATIONS THAT ARE REQUESTED WITH THIS. REALLY QUICK, BEFORE I GO OVER THESE, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

THIS IS 22 DWELLING UNITS.

SO THESE ARE DUPLEX UNITS.

IT'LL BE 11 LOTS, THREE TRACKS, AND IT'S ABOUT 9.5 ACRES TOTAL.

SO THAT IS THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS ON THE PLAN AND THE DEDICATIONS YOU SEE HERE NOW IN THE BROWN.

IT'S RIGHT OF WAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'LL BE FOR BOTH CLARE AND 99TH AND THEN THE INTERNAL ACCESS IN THE CUL DE SACS THERE WILL ALL BE PUBLIC STREETS. THERE'S A LANDSCAPE EASEMENT FOR SOME BUFFERING ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE GREEN THERE.

THERE ARE A FEW DRAINAGE EASEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE LOTS IN BLUE UTILITY EASEMENTS AROUND THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE CUL DE SACS.

AND THAT SIDEWALK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IS WITHIN THE TRACK.

SO IT'S STILL AN EASEMENT, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE TRACT, NOT WITHIN THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY LINES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITH THE PLAT DEDICATION.

AND STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PLAT FOR THE 11 DUPLEX LOTS, WHICH ARE 22 DWELLING UNITS.

THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE LOTS, THREE TRACKS, EASEMENTS AND DEDICATIONS OF RIGHT OF WAY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR WHEATLEY POINTE WEST AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 99TH AND CLARE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.

YES, STEPHANIE.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PLANS? SURE. BACK TO BACK.

SO DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM, THE TRACK THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IS THAT NOT.

THAT'S THE SAME DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? THIS LIKE FROM THE WHERE THE HOUSES STOP OR IS IT LIKE OR IS IT SOUTH OF OR IS THAT SOUTH.

NO. TO THE RIGHT. THAT PART.

YEAH. YES.

THIS IS A DETENTION AREA.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME LINES ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I WAS LIKE, WHERE'S THE DRAINAGE GOING? AS I WAS TRYING TO PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER.

YEAH, THEY WANTED TO KNOW THE SAME SHAPE ISN'T ON THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT THAT IS RESERVED FOR DRAINAGE.

PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS WHEATLEY POINT WEST.

SECOND. MOTION BY COURTNEY.

SECOND BY MELANIE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DRAINAGE UTILITY LANDSCAPE AND SIDEWALK EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY SHOWN IN THE WHEATLEY POINT WEST FINAL PLAT.

PLOT. MOTION BY CRAIG, SECOND BY MARK.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. STEPHANIE. THANK YOU.

NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT.

NUMBER 14 IS AN APPROVAL.

THANK YOU FOR WAITING, ELLEN.

ITEM NUMBER 14 IS AN APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH FINKLE WILLIAMS INCORPORATED FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE LENEXA FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX AND LIVEWELL

[14. Approval of an agreement with Finkle-Williams, Inc. for architectural and engineering services for the Lenexa Fire Station #6 and LiveWell Health Center Project]

HEALTH CENTER PROJECT.

TODD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE I THINK WE RECENTLY DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR CIP RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THIS.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR TWO COMPONENTS.

ONE, THE LIVEWELL HEALTH CLINIC, RELOCATION FROM THE OLD CITY HALL INTO THIS BUILDING UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS IS THE STUDY OF THE FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING TO LOCATE AT THE OLD CITY HALL SITE.

SO THERE'S TWO PHASES TO THIS, AND WE'VE NEGOTIATED A FIXED FEE WITH FINKLE WILLIAMS, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

THIS IS ELLEN FOSTER, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, WHO I KNOW VERY WELL AND HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOMMEND THEM.

WE HAD 1010 SUBMITTALS FOR, SO WE HAD VERY GOOD INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT.

WE SHORTLISTED TO FOUR FIRMS WHERE WE DID A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INTERVIEW PROCESS.

WE WERE PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND A LOCAL LENEXA BASED COMPANY.

THEY'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A NATIONAL FIRM CALLED TCA OUT OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

THEY'VE DONE OVER 325 PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN FIRE STATIONS AND EMS TYPE OF FACILITIES.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON THE TEAM TO BRING SOME OF THAT NATIONAL EXPERTISE, ALONG WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, WHO'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORK FOR LOCAL

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JURISDICTIONS. SO THEY WERE CHOSEN REALLY ON THEIR CREATIVITY, THEIR DESIGN PRINCIPLES.

AND WE JUST REALLY HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH FINKEL.

SO WE'RE READY TO START THIS PROCESS WITH YOUR APPROVAL AGAIN TONIGHT AT I THINK IT'S THE 400 AND 524 IS THE TOTAL FEE, 485,000 OF THAT IS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FEES.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME REIMBURSABLES THAT ARE ALSO FIXED AT ABOUT 38,000.

FOR THESE TWO PHASES OF THE CONTRACT.

WE WILL, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BRING FORWARD A MORE FORMAL RECOMMENDATION AROUND OPTIONS TO BUILD FIRE STATION SIX WITH COST ESTIMATES AND DIFFERENT SITE PLANS, AND REALLY BRINGING ON OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO WORK ALONGSIDE FINKEL WILLIAMS TO DEVELOP A BETTER SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HERE AND THE COST ISSUES THAT WE'RE THE CURRENT ECONOMY RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE HARD, WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBERS THAT GIVE US A LITTLE PAUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE BUDGETING THIS FOR IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

BUT WE NEED A BETTER NUMBER BEFORE WE START, BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE TO PROPOSE SOME TYPE OF PHASING OPTIONS OR, LOOK AT READJUSTING SOME OF THE SCOPE. SO WITH THAT, JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT AGAIN, THAT'S THE FIRE STATION.

BUT IT'S ALSO OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TEAM IS ALSO LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING.

AND RIGHT NOW OUR PROGRAM IS ABOUT 31,000FT².

AND THAT WOULD BE A 3 TO 4 BAY APPARATUS BAY WITH RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS.

AND THEN THIS OFFICE COMPONENT IS A HEADQUARTERS STATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'D SEE AT SOME OF THE OTHER STATIONS.

IT'S MORE OFFICE SPACE FOR CHIEF VAUGHN AND HIS STAFF, THE PREVENTION STAFF, SOME TRAINING STAFF, AND THEN ALSO THIS IT FUNCTION THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT BUILDING. SO AGAIN, A LOT, A LOT THERE.

WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS GOING.

WE ACTUALLY MET TODAY.

ELLEN WAS KIND OF WORKING PRO BONO TODAY LOOKING AT THE LIVE WELL SITE WITH US TODAY.

BUT WE'D LIKE TO REALLY FAST TRACK THAT LIVE WELL COMPONENT TO GET THEM INTO THIS BUILDING.

THAT REALLY FREES UP THE ABILITY TO REALLY KIND OF NOT TAKE CARE OF THAT SIDE AS WELL AND MOVE EVERYBODY OUT OF THERE AS WE'RE STILL PAYING, OBVIOUSLY UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING ON THE OLD BUILDING.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO GET EVERYBODY BACK OVER INTO THIS BUILDING AND THEN REALLY START DEVELOPING THOSE OPTIONS FOR YOU.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION, MAYBE SECOND, THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR HERE IN THIS BUILDING AND THEN BRING FORWARD THOSE FINAL OPTIONS FOR FIRE STATION SIX AROUND THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

SO SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

THE DELIVERABLE FOR THIS CONTRACT IS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ON LIVWELL AND THE STUDIES ON FIRE STATION.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AT THE FIXED FEE AT THE 524.

SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE ELLEN.

SHE'S HERE REPRESENTING FINKLE WILLIAMS. JUST INTRODUCE HER AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.

SURE. I'LL JUST SAY YEAH.

ELLEN FOSTER FINKLE WILLIAMS, I APPRECIATE BEING PART OF THIS, THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

AND OUR FIRM IS ALL IN WITH LENEXA.

AS YOU KNOW, JUST COMING OFF THE JUSTICE CENTER PROJECT, WE WERE JUST THRILLED TO BE SELECTED ONCE AGAIN TO WORK WITH YOUR CITY AND DEVELOPING THESE ESSENTIAL FACILITIES. SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SAME TEAM MEMBERS ARE PART OF OUR DESIGN TEAM.

TODD MENTIONED OUR FIRE STATION EXPERT OUT OF SEATTLE.

WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH.

IT'S LIKE SEAMLESS, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION.

YOU WON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS WORKING ON YOUR PROJECT.

WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON A COUPLE OTHER LOCAL FIRE STATIONS AS WELL.

SO SUPER EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.

WE KICKED OFF LIVWELL TODAY, TOURED THE EXISTING FACILITY, TOURED THE SPACE HERE AND READY TO GET PLANS GOING.

SO VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH FINKLE WILLIAMS FOR THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE LENEXA FIRE STATION SIX AND LIVEWELL HEALTH CENTER. SECOND.

MOTION BY COURTNEY. SECOND BY MELANIE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS THIS EVENING.

[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]

OKAY. ANYTHING FROM STAFF?

[STAFF REPORTS]

NO. JUST A REMINDER THAT WE WILL NOT BE MEETING ON THE 26TH OF THIS.

SO ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING FROM ALL OF US AT THE STAFF LEVEL.

WE SAY HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK, I GUESS, IN DECEMBER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DID WANT TO FLAG FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR DECEMBER CALENDARS.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THE SENIOR HOLIDAY LUNCHEON THAT LOGAN IS PUTTING TOGETHER.

THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME.

SERVING LUNCH TO THE SENIORS.

THEY LINE UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO GET SEATS AND HAVE A GREAT EVENT THAT DAY.

SO IF YOU CAN GET AWAY DURING LUNCH, IT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE TO ATTEND.

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AND THE SENIORS REALLY ENJOY.

SEEING GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS THE DATE OF THAT LOGAN IS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO THE STAFF LUNCHEON OCCURS IN DECEMBER.

DATE OF THAT? DECEMBER 12TH.

DECEMBER 12TH DECEMBER 12TH.

SO BE SURE AND ATTEND THAT IF YOU CAN.

AND THEN NEW ITEM ON YOUR GOVERNING BODY CALENDAR IS THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THREE AND TWO BASEBALL AGAIN.

THAT WAS THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDED TO THEM TO REDO THE FIELDS.

THEY'RE HAVING A VERY NICE LUNCHEON FOR BOTH THEIR INTERNAL TEAM.

INVITING MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNING BODY AND SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO BOTH HELPED FUND THAT PROJECT.

SO IF YOU HAVE TIME AT LUNCH THAT DAY DO ATTEND THAT RIBBON CUTTING AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS THE FRIDAY THE 13TH, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S ON YOUR GOVERNING BODY CALENDAR EMAIL THIS WEEK.

OKAY. THIS ENDS THE RECORDED PORTION OF THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.