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UM, PURSUANT TO ARS 38-431.03.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AT THIS MEETING, REGULAR MEETING, THE COMMISSION MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING IN IN THE AGENDA PURSUANT TO ARS 38-431.03 A3.
[2. Roll Call NOTE: One or more Commission Members may be in attendance telephonically or by other technological means. MARIE JONES, CHAIR CAROLE MANDINO, VICE CHAIR DR. RICARDO GUTHRIE BOB HARRIS, III MARY NORTON IAN SHARP MARCHELL CAMP ]
SO IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE ROLL CALL.
AND AT THIS TIME, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY SUBJECT WITHIN THEIR THEIR JURISDICTION THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED BEFORE THE COMMISSION TODAY.
TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE CHAIR FOR ME TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS HEARD.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.]
HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE.I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? CHAIRMAN MANDINO CAN MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023.
THANK YOU. AND, UM, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU, IAN.
SO MARY HAS MADE A MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED BY IAN FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY.
THE MOTION PASSES AND I WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF THE AGENDA, ITEM
[A. PZ-21-00284-03: Butler Avenue Lofts A request from MICM BUTLER LOFTS PROJECT LP for a Direct to Ordinance Zoning Map Amendment of approximately 17.02 acres of real property located generally at 2950 East Butler Avenue from the Rural Residential (RR) and Medium-Density Residential (MR) zones with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) to the Highway Commercial (HC) zone with an RPO. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission, in accordance with the findings presented in this report, forward the Direct to Ordinance Zoning Map Amendment application to the City Council with a recommendation for approval with the following conditions: The subject property must be developed in accordance with the approved Site Plan and the conditions of approval dated February 2, 2023. Modifications (other than minor modifications) to the approved site plan will require an amendment to this Direct to Ordinance Zoning Map Amendment request. All other requirements of the Zoning Code and other City codes, ordinances, and regulations, shall be met by the proposed development. All terms, conditions, and restrictions detailed within the “Development Agreement between the City of Flagstaff and Miramonte Acquisitions, LLC for the Lofts on Butler” must be fully satisfied. The Developer’s failure to obtain certificate of occupancy for the entirety of the Project within five (5) years of the effective date of the rezoning ordinance shall entitle the City, in its sole discretion, to conduct a public hearing for the purpose of reverting the Highway Commercial (HC) zoning on the Property to its former zoning classification of Medium Density Residential (MR) and Rural Residential (RR), in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 9-462.01. All parcel reconfigurations must be completed prior to the issuance of the first Building Permit.]
FIVE, WHICH IS PZ 21-00284-03 BUTLER AVENUE LOFTS.AND IF STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION, I'LL ASK THE STAFF TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU STAFF DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION.
GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS PATRICK SAINT CLAIR.
I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THIS PROJECT IS NUMBER PZ 21-00284-03.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE PROJECT SITE IN RELATION TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND SURROUNDING USES.
THE DEVELOPMENT SITE IS INDICATED BY THE RED STAR AND ITS EXTENTS ARE OUTLINED IN RED.
ON THIS MAP THE DEVELOPMENT SITE IS INDICATED BY A HEAVY RED LINE.
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THE APPLICANT, MICM BUTLER LOFTS PROJECT LP REQUESTS THE FOLLOWING, A DIRECT ORDNANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT CHANGING PARCEL 10604006B, 10711001B AND 10744062 ZONING FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS MR AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS RR TO HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL WHICH IS HC.IF APPROVED, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT WILL CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 17 ACRES FROM THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONES TO THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE. THIS PROJECT ELECTS TO REZONE TO THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE BECAUSE THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE APPLIES TO AREAS OF THE CITY, PRIMARILY AT COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS APPROPRIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIXED USE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPRISED OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
IT INCLUDES A 5600 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE AND COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE AN APPROXIMATELY 1.09 ACRE COMMERCIAL PAD FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUDES 172 DWELLING UNITS AND 43 4PLEX RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
IT INCLUDES A LEASING OFFICE AND CLUBHOUSE ON ITS FIRST FLOOR AND PROVIDES 2154FT OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE ON ITS SECOND FLOOR.
THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN OF THE BUILDING SHOWS THE LAYOUT OF THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE, INCLUDING CONFERENCE ROOMS, SINGLE AND OPEN OFFICE SPACES, KITCHENETTE AND RESTROOMS. THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE INTRODUCES THE PASSER BY OR USER TO THE PROJECT'S ARCHITECTURAL THEMES AND MATERIAL PALETTE.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT LIMITS THE COMMERCIAL USES THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED ON THIS PARCEL AND THE FOLLOWING USES ARE EXCLUDED: INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING AND WHOLESALING USES RESIDENTIAL USES.
CEMETERIES, TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES.
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND VEHICLE SALES AND SERVICES.
NOW WE CAN LOOK AT THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
A SINGLE 4PLEX IS WITHIN THE RED CIRCLE.
COMMERCIAL SPACES AND MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS ADJOINING THE SITE.
THIS GENERATES THE UNIQUE AND UBIQUITOUS CHARACTER OF THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE'S POSITION WITHIN A REGIONAL URBAN ACTIVITY CENTER AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
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THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT MIX INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 26 ONE BED ONE BATH UNITS, 122 BED, TWO BATH UNITS AND 26 THREE BED TWO BATH UNITS.THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO OFFER 5% OR NINE OF THE UNITS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
ALSO, THE CIVIC SPACES PROVIDE TRANSITION FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE AREAS, AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ARE ARRAYED TO CREATE SAFE HOMES WITH ADJACENT OPEN SPACE AND AMENITIES BLENDED INTO THE NATIVE TERRAIN.
IN EACH OF THE BUILDING TYPES SHARE A COMMON EXTERIOR MATERIAL PALETTE DETAILS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT EXHIBIT A UNIFYING ARCHITECTURAL THEME APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIVE TO NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENTS.
THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL WAS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
THIS PARCEL IS OR IS WITHIN THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONE.
TREE RESOURCES MUST ALSO BE PROTECTED WITHIN THE OVERLAY.
COMMERCIALLY ZONED SITES MUST PRESERVE A MINIMUM OF 30% OF TREE RESOURCES, AND THE PROPOSAL SHOWS A 35% RETENTION RATE FOR THESE RESOURCES. NO STEEP SLOPES, WHICH ARE THOSE EXCEEDING 717% ARE PROPOSED TO BE DISTURBED.
THE PROPOSAL IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 15% OF THE SITE WITH OPEN SPACE.
THOUGH NOT REQUIRED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECT ORDINANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPING PLAN SHOWING ALL LANDSCAPE AREAS AND TREE LOCATIONS THAT GENERALLY MEET REQUIRED LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.
A TOTAL OF 375 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
TRANSIT AND BICYCLE PARKING REDUCTIONS DROP THE TOTAL PARKING TO 327 SPACES.
THE PROJECT PROVIDES 352 PARKING SPACES.
THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 40 TOTAL BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE 19 REQUIRED, 16 OF WHICH ARE UNCOVERED AND 24 OF WHICH ARE COVERED. A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED JANUARY 5TH, 2022.
MITIGATION OF IMPACTS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND IN-LIEU CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE CITY FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG BUTLER AVENUE.
THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOUND THE PROPOSAL SUFFICIENT TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO PAY A PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THE PERMANENT SIGNAL PLAN FOR THE NEARBY BUTLER AVENUE AND NORTH FOURTH STREET INTERSECTION.
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A WATER SEWER IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED ON AUGUST 31ST, 2022.ALL ON SITE WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE ARE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO PAY A PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THE CITY'S SEWER TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A SECONDARY WATER SOURCE TO THE AREA.
THE PROJECT PROVIDES ON SITE VOLUME MITIGATION, PEAK FLOW MITIGATION AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING RUNOFF CAPTURE VOLUME AND WATER QUALITY COMPONENTS. THE SITE INCLUDES THREE SURFACE BASINS AND THREE UNDERGROUND STORAGE BASINS TO MITIGATE INCREASED RUNOFF FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.
THESE SYSTEMS WERE RETAINED IN METERED OUT RUNOFF CAPTURE VOLUME AND RETENTION VOLUME.
A SMALL PORTION OF THE SITE WITHIN THE RURAL FLOODPLAIN WILL BE COVERED WITH A DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE EASEMENT WHICH IS ADDRESSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AS PART OF THE REGIONAL PLAN ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIRECT ORDINANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT STAFF REVIEWS, A PARCELS, AREA AND PLACE TYPE DESIGNATIONS SHOWN ON REGIONAL REGIONAL PLAN. FUTURE GROWTH ILLUSTRATION MAPS 21 AND 22.
EACH URBAN ACTIVITY CENTER IS DISTINCT AND UNIQUE, BUT EACH SEEKS TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, A UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE AND SHOULD CONTAIN CONNECTED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
REGIONAL URBAN ACTIVITY CENTERS ANTICIPATE A DENSITY OF EIGHT PLUS UNITS PER ACRE WITH MIXED USE PROJECTS, AND THE PROPOSAL HAS A DENSITY OF 10.8 UNITS PER ACRE. REZONING THE PARCEL TO HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL AND STIPULATING THAT REZONING ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN WILL INTRODUCE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INTO THIS REGIONAL URBAN ACTIVITY CENTER THAT MATCHED THE CHARACTERISTICS JUST DESCRIBED.
THIS SLIDE LISTS A NUMBER OF GOALS AND POLICIES WITHIN THE CHAPTERS OF THE REGIONAL PLAN THAT CITY STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ANALYZED TO VERIFY CONFORMANCE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND ADDRESSING ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE REGIONAL PLAN.
THE PROPOSAL WILL ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE ALL ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS REQUIRED TO PAY COSTS FOR AND CONSTRUCT PORTIONS OF UPGRADED CITY TRANSIT AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECT PRESERVES FLOODPLAIN AND FOREST RESOURCES AND INTEGRATES OPEN SPACES INTO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
THE PROPOSAL WAS SERVED TO DEVELOP HIGH QUALITY, COMPLETE AND CONNECTED PLACES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MUST BE EVALUATED AGAINST AND FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THREE FINDINGS REGARDING FINDING NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
REGARDING FINDING NUMBER TWO COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND PUBLIC GOOD.
THE PROJECT WILL INFILL AN UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY, COMMITS 5% OF THE DWELLING UNITS AS PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, PROVIDES CASH IN LIEU PAYMENTS FOR AN OFFSITE PUBLIC WATER MAIN AND FOR TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG BUTLER AVENUE CORRIDOR.
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THE PROJECT IS A SUSTAINABLE ALL ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTES ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.THE PROPOSAL CONTRIBUTES TO THE STABILITY OF AN ACTIVE AND GROWING URBAN ACTIVITY CENTER .
REGARDING FINDING NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS SITE PHYSICAL SUITABILITY.
ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS WOULD BE MITIGATED BY THE APPLICANT.
INDICATES LAND USES ALLOWABLE IN THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL PAD.
INDICATES COST AND PAYMENT TIMING FOR THE IN LIEU FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PROPORTIONAL SHARE COST AND PAYMENT TIMING OF THE BUTLER AVENUE AND NORTH FOURTH STREET INTERSECTION PERMANENT SIGNAL AND IDENTIFIES COST AND PAYMENT TIMING FOR THE SOLIERE TRANSMISSION MAIN PROPORTIONAL SHARE.
THE GENERAL TOPICS DISCUSSED WERE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
THE FOR RENT NATURE OF THE UNITS AND THE LOCATION OF COMMERCIAL USES ON THE SITE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED FORWARD THE DIRECT ORDINANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF CASE PZ 21-00284-03, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING FIVE CONDITIONS WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED INTO THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.
THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS PLANNING AND ZONING PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS THE END OF STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, PATRICK.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? MARY HAS HER HAND UP.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THIS REZONING, UM.
ARE WE JUST CONSIDERING THE REZONE ALONE, OR IS IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SITE PLAN AND PREDICATED ON THE SITE PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT AND THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE AND ALL THAT THAT'S BEEN ILLUSTRATED IN THE FLOOR PLANS AND RENDERINGS? SO IS IS THIS NOT A SEPARATE REZONE AND SITE PLAN? IT'S ALL IN ONE, OR ARE WE JUST LOOKING AT THE REZONING OF THESE PARCELS? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MISS NORTON.
YES. SO THE DIRECT ORDINANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST IS IS FOUNDED ON THE SPECIFIC SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.
THE SITE PLAN WAS WAS PZ 21-00284-02.
ORDINANCE. THE DIRECT ORDINANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IS A THREE.
IT CARRIES FORTH AND USES THE SITE, THE APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AS THE BASIS FOR THE REZONING APPROVAL. OKAY, SO OUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS REZONE IS PREDICATED ON THE USE THAT IS GOING TO BE WELL, THE TYPE OF USE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THESE PARCELS PER THE SITE PLAN.
SO IT IS CONNECTED IN A SENSE.
IS THAT AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.
UM, TOOLS THAT WE HAVE FOR, FOR SMALL CHANGES.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE IN A MAJOR CHANGES TO OCCUR UM TO THE PROPOSED TO THE SITE PLAN.
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PROCESS. I SEE.OKAY. UM, SO MY COMMENTS WITH REGARD WITH REGARDS TO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST GLANCE, THE DEVELOPMENT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES WHICH YOU'VE ILLUSTRATED IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND IT WAS ALL THERE AS FAR AS SLOPE AND NATURAL SPACE AND THE FOOT'S CONNECTION AND ALL OF THAT PARKING EVERYTHING.
SO THAT ALL LOOKED GOOD ON, ON A SURFACE REVIEW.
UM, WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTION, BUT I GET THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME WITHHOLDING HAPPENING FOR WHEN THIS DOES GO TO COUNCIL.
UM, I'LL TOUCH ON THAT AGAIN LATER.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS WHY ISN'T THE, THE DENSITY A LITTLE HIGHER IF WE'RE GOING TO REZONE THESE PIECE, THESE PARCELS TO ALLOW FOR A HIGHER DENSITY? THIS COMES IN, YOU KNOW, JUST AT THE, AT THE MINIMUM.
AND THIS, THESE ARE PARCELS THAT ARE IDEAL FOR A HIGHER DENSITY BEING THAT THEY GO BETWEEN THE I-40 AND BUTLER AND NEXT DOOR IS, YOU KNOW, FOUR AND WAS IT THREE AND FOUR STORIES HIGH OF THE BLUFFS AND SUCH.
SO I REALLY WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR A REZONE, THAT WE WOULD GET THE MOST OUT OF THE PARCEL AND GET A HIGHER DENSITY, MORE UNITS AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, BE CHIPPING AWAY AT, AT OUR HOUSING CRISIS.
UM, SO I WOULD HAVE RATHER HAVE SEEN SOMETHING DESIGNED THAT WAS CLOSER IN SCALE OR IN FEEL TO, YOU KNOW, THE BLUFFS RETIREMENT LIVING AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO USE THE BROOKFIELD DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET WHICH IS WOODSHIRE ON BUTLER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BEING MARKETED AS VACATION GETAWAY HOMES.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND COMMEND MIRAMONTE'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND EFFORTS TO BUILD AND RESPONSE TO THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN AND THE REGIONAL PLAN.
AND I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS THAT THIS BUILDER HAS PIVOTED TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, BY GOING FROM CUSTOM HOMES AND PRODUCTION TRACKS HOMES TO INFILL CONDOMINIUMS AND FULFILLING SOME OF THAT MISSING MIDDLE OF HOUSING TYPES.
AND AND WE NEED BUILDERS TO BUILD WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WHAT FLAGSTAFF TRULY NEEDS.
BUT I FEEL THAT THIS REZONING FOR THIS PURPOSE REFLECTED ON THIS SITE PLAN.
IT DOES NOT DOES NOT REFLECT THAT.
UM, WHEN WE APPROVED A SIMILAR REZONE FOR MIRAMONTE HOLDINGS LLC LAST YEAR OUT ON CORTLAND AND IT WAS A SIMILAR RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT FOR RENT, AND I THOUGHT, OH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DABBLING IN THE BUILD TO RENT MARKET AND DIVERSIFYING THEIR PORTFOLIO UP HERE.
UM, BUT THIS REZONE REQUEST IS FULL OF FULL ON BUILD RENT ENDEAVOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, MICM IS MIRAMONTE AND ICM ASSET MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, INVESTORS AND I'M I FOLLOW DEVELOPMENT AND THE BUILD TO RENT MARKET AND IT'S A SURGING NEW TREND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY INCLUDING PHENIX AMONG BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS.
AND THERE'S LOW TURNOVER ONCE THEY'RE LEASED.
BUT THESE ARE HIGHER END HIGH DOLLAR RENTALS REQUIRING HIGHER INCOME.
AND THERE'S A MARKET FOR THAT.
BUT I JUST FEEL THAT THE LAST THING FLAGSTAFF NEEDS ARE MORE HIGH PRICED RENTALS AND OFTENTIMES THESE BUILD TO RENT DEVELOPMENTS MASQUERADE AS A SOLUTION TO HOUSING SHORTAGES. BUT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO SERVE OUR LOCALS AND OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE TRYING TO BUY A HOME AND SAVE FOR A DOWN PAYMENT.
SO I JUST FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, FLAGSTAFF HAS SUCH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF DEVELOPABLE LAND REMAINING IN CITY LIMITS AND THAT WHEN ZONING REQUESTS COME FORWARD, IT'S THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY.
WE AS A COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL HAS TO INFLUENCE WHAT'S BUILT THERE.
UM, SO IF THIS REZONE GOES THROUGH WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, I HOPE AT MINIMUM THERE'S A
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RECOMMENDATION FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS UP FROM THE 5% AND THE NINE UNITS THAT ARE THERE TO THERE MORE SO I'D WISH TO SEE A COMPLETE REDESIGN THAT HAD A HIGHER DENSITY. UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO REZONE THIS.AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FINDING TWO.
UM, AND I PROBABLY WILL VOTE NO BASED ON THAT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REZONING THESE INFILL PIECES.
I JUST DON'T SUPPORT WHAT ITS BEING REZONED FOR.
THIS IS CHARITY WITH MIRAMONTE HOMES.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT COMMISSIONER NORTON HAD? UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER MANDINO, AND I WAS GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU, CHARITY, TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE? I CERTAINLY DO. BUT WHILE IT'S, YOU KNOW, FRESH, I'D LIKE TO IF IT'S IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION AND I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS OF OUR, OUR PROJECT AS WELL WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY IS RIGHT.
BUT OKAY, SO, SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT AND QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER NORTON.
AND THEN AFTER YOU ADDRESS THOSE, I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER HARRIS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER NORTON, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS SITE TO DEVELOP, WE EXPLORED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUILDING PLANS TO SEE WHAT WOULD WORK BEST.
UM, KNOWING THAT THE SITE WOULD ALLOW FOR I BELIEVE IT WAS UP TO 50FT IN HEIGHT.
AND SO WE HAD LOOKED AT, UM, ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE SITE'S VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT'S IN A RESOURCE PROTECTION ZONE.
UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING THE THREE STORY BUILDING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE, WHAT WE WERE BUILDING OVER ON PONDEROSA PARKWAY, UM, WE ENDED UP NOT EVEN REALLY GETTING ENOUGH, UH, ADDITIONAL UNITS.
SO OUR PROJECT IS ABOUT 172 UNITS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING.
I BELIEVE WE WERE ONLY TEN UNITS OVER THAT, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS BUILDING FOR THE LOFT UNITS.
AND AND YOU MENTIONED AFFORDABLE AND BUILDING RENTALS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN LIVE IN.
THOSE THINGS ARE ALL FACTORED INTO WHY WE CHOSE TO GO WITH THE LOFT STYLE TOWNHOMES VERSUS A 3 OR 4 STORY, UH, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE PAYING A PREMIUM EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING.
SO WHEN YOU ADD IN THE COST OF THE LAND, THEN YOU FACTOR IN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
WE REALLY FELT THAT THIS WAS THE BEST PROJECT AND IT TOOK US ABOUT SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE EVER SUBMITTED OUR INITIAL CONCEPT PLAN BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST PROJECT FOR THAT SITE TO MAXIMIZE IT.
UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT AND REALLY THIS IS THE, THE BEST DESIGN FOR THE SITE THAT IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE.
SO OUR RENTS CAN BE REASONABLE.
AND AS FAR AS THE 5% GOES AS WELL, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE IN AN INFLATION.
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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONTRIBUTE FOR OFF SITES TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR WATER AND FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ADD UP AND WE REALLY WANT TO BUILD A PROJECT FOR FLAGSTAFF.
YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING PLAN IDENTIFIES THAT OVER 7976 HOUSING UNITS ARE NEEDED BY 2031.
EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS APPROVED HELPS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND WILL HELP TO EVENTUALLY BRING DOWN COSTS.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE UNITS YOU BRING INTO A MARKET, THE THE LOWER RENTS WILL EVENTUALLY GO.
AND CHRIS KIMBERLY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING IF IF WE HAVE A MINUTE FOR HIM TO SPEAK AS WELL.
UM, CAN WE MOVE TO BOB? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HEAR HIS CONCERNS FIRST AND HIS QUESTION OR HIS QUESTIONS.
OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE TO MORE FROM YOU, CHARITY.
SO, BOB, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE YOUR CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
WHAT IS THE MECHANISM THAT IS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPER BUILDS AND IT'S DEDICATED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? OR HOW DOES THAT HOW IS THAT ENSURE THAT THAT GOES DOWN OR TAKES PLACE? AND IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
YES, MR. HARRIS. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? I MISSED JUST THE MIDDLE PART.
THE SOUND WAS WEIRD, BUT YOU'D ASKED ABOUT A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO.
TO ENSURE THAT THE THE TRANSITION OF THE NINE AFFORDABLE UNITS GET BUILT AND CONVEYED.
JUST REMIND ME OF THAT PROCESS OR HOW THAT HAPPENS.
YES, SIR. SO WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE IS A THERE IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN.
IT STIPULATES ALL OF THE THE NUMBERS OF UNITS.
THE LENGTH OF THESE ARE THESE ARE THESE ARE PROPOSED TO BE PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE.
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'D BE AFFORDABLE.
THEY WOULD BE AT THAT RATE, THOSE RATES FOR 30 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN THERE IS A THE PORTION OF THAT HOUSING PLAN, UM, HANDLES, UM, HOW THOSE, HOW THOSE UNITS ARE, ARE USED AND HOW THEY ARE, UM, OBTAINED THROUGH THE PUBLIC AND STUFF. SO ESSENTIALLY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTION OF THIS PROPOSAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD THAT'S WHAT STAFF THAT'S WHAT LEGAL AND OUR APPLICANT WOULD BE LOOKING AT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE UNITS EXIST AND STAY EXISTING FOR THE FOR THE TIME INDICATED AND AT THE RATES REQUIRED.
OKAY. AND ARE THOSE PARCELS DEEDED TO THE CITY? UM, AND IS THE DEVELOPER REQUIRED TO BUILD THOSE OR DOES THE CITY FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE? NO, ALL OF THAT THERE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ALL BE ON A SINGLE PARCEL.
THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, ARE BUILT AS THE UNITS ARE BUILT. AND AND SO THEY WOULD BE MANAGED BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY WOULD THEN BE REPORTING TO OUR HOUSING, OUR HOUSING DIVISION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE UNITS.
OKAY, SO, SO SO THERE'S A THERE'S A FEW STEPS, BUT IT'S BUT AGAIN, IT'S IT'S ALL LAID OUT IN THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
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HOUSING PORTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.OKAY. SO THE THE OWNER WILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ALL THE PROPERTY, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THAT AGREEMENT IS FOR 30 YEARS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT TIME THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THOSE NINE UNITS THEN.
AND ARE THOSE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT? ARE THEY ALL CONFINED TO ONE CERTAIN AREA? TYPICALLY THOSE ARE SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE NOT ISOLATED INTO TO JUST A CORNER OVER HERE OR A CORNER OVER THERE.
UM. AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE WAY THE HOUSING THE HOUSING PLAN IS STRUCTURED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SHOW UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS THE SITE, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE NOT CROWDED INTO ONE AREA.
THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO ASK THE DEVELOPER IF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE, UM, THE INVOLVE THE DIFFERENT SIZES OF APARTMENT UNITS.
THEY HAVE A MIX BETWEEN ONE BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS AND THREE BEDROOMS. SO WE'LL HAVE 26.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE 26 ONE BEDROOMS, 26 THREE BEDROOMS AND AND THEN 120 TWO BEDROOMS. AND SO IT'LL BE PROPORTIONALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THOSE UNITS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS TO STAFF? AND BOB, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO LOWER YOUR HAND IF YOU CAN.
AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THEY SHOULD BE ON MUTE UNLESS THEY'RE SPEAKING.
SO IF YOU'LL LOWER YOUR HAND AND THEN THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T MUTED, IF YOU WOULD.
AND THEN SEEING THAT I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS, I WILL ASK THE MIRAMONTE TO IF THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION.
WELL, CHAIRMAN, IT'S CHRIS [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S CHRIS KIMBERLY FROM MIRAMONTE HOMES.
AND I'M SORRY, MY CONNECTION IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO RAISE MY HAND, SO I APOLOGIZE.
REMEMBER, THERE WAS A QUESTION YOU WERE GOING TO.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE THE BUILDER RENT.
TRADITIONAL BUILDER RENT ARE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES THAT ARE SMALL, BUT THEY'RE DETACHED.
WE ARE BUILDING ATTACHED TOWNHOMES.
SO OUR DENSITY NUMBERS ARE MUCH GREATER THAN A TRADITIONAL BTR THAT YOU SEE DOWN IN PHENIX.
STAFF EARLY ON HAD ASKED US TO LOOK AT THE DENSITY ISSUE.
AND SPECIFICALLY WE SPENT THE TIME AND ENERGY AND LAID OUT THE SITE WITH OUR THREE STORY BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE DOING OVER ON PONDEROSA.
AND AS CHARITY SAID, BECAUSE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS, TREE ORDINANCE, THE INCREASE IN THE UNIT COUNT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.
AND TO BE REAL CLEAR, WHEN YOU BUILD BUILDINGS LIKE WE'RE DOING AT PONDEROSA OR THESE THREE STORY BUILDINGS, WE'RE PUTTING ELEVATORS IN.
AND NOT ONLY ARE WE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ELEVATORS, BUT THE COST OF THESE ELEVATORS IS NOW EXCEEDING $100,000 PER ELEVATOR. SO THE COST TO BUILD THE THREE STORY BUILDING FAR EXCEEDS WHAT THE COST IS TO DO THESE INDIVIDUAL TOWNHOME BUILDINGS.
FURTHERMORE, THE TOWNHOME BUILDINGS ARE MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE FAMILY TYPE HOUSING WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CAN GO OUT IN THEIR BACKYARD.
THEY HAVE STORAGE UNITS IN THEIR BACK AND AND ESPECIALLY HERE AT ON THE BUTLER SITE, WE HAVE A PRETTY, PRETTY LARGE AMENITY PACKAGE.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE WEEKEND
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RENTALS VRBO AS ANYBODY THAT HAS KNOWN OUR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PAST FOR SALE DEVELOPMENTS.I CAN'T STAND THE IDEA ON A LOT OF LEVELS.
SO WE WE DO NOT DO VRBO IN OUR FOR SALE.
WE'RE NOT DOING IT IN OUR RENTALS.
SO THIS IS NOT THIS IS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
IT'S NOT FOR PEOPLE COMING UP FROM SCOTTSDALE ON THE WEEKENDS.
BUT THE THE OVERRIDING THING IS, IS CHARITY SAID THE DENSITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOWNHOMES AND THREE STORY DENSE BUILDINGS, IT JUST WASN'T WORTHWHILE.
AND THE BENEFIT IS THIS IS A LOT MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY.
THEY WALK IN THEIR FRONT DOOR, THEY SHARE A COMMON WALL.
THEY CONTROL THEIR TWO LEVELS.
THEY'RE NOT WALKING UP THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS OR GOING UP AN ELEVATOR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT REAL CLEAR.
AND THEN I SEE MARY HAS ANOTHER COMMENT.
THANKS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND CLARIFICATION AND EXPLANATIONS BY MR. KIMBERLY AND CHARITY.
AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN THAT, HAVE YOU? TWO QUESTIONS.
AND LIKE, LET ME SAY I LIKE THE PRODUCT.
BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MAKING THESE FOR SALE? UM, OF COURSE, WITH THE RESTRICTIONS OF NO SHORT TERM RENTALS WAS REALLY GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT IN YOUR BELIEF.
AND SECONDLY, IF THEY ARE TO BE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY STAY AS RENTALS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE IT FALLS IN THE SORT OF IN THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME PERCENTAGES AS FAR AS WHERE THESE RENTS MIGHT FALL? UM, AS I REFERENCED, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE READ ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THESE LARGE RENTAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY. UM, IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE REALLY HIGH RENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONLY REACH THE HIGH INCOME RESIDENTS.
SO THOSE TWO QUESTIONS HAVE YOU CONSIDERED FOR SALE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE AMI GENERALLY FOR THE RENTS? THANKS. YOU KNOW, THE FOR SALE IT'S CHRIS KIMBERLY AGAIN AND AGAIN I APOLOGIZE.
I'M JUST BASICALLY TALKING ON MY PHONE.
SO, UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THE FOR SALE RIGHT NOW IS, UM, AND WE HAVE THE AFFORDABLE PROGRAM AT PONDEROSA AND WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS BECAUSE FRANKLY, WITH THE INTEREST RATES GOING UP AND FRANKLY, COSTS GOING UP, IT IT IT'S WE'RE GETTING A REAL WE'VE HAD A REAL HARD TIME.
FINDING PEOPLE THAT CAN QUALIFY UNDER THE AFFORDABLE PROGRAM WITH THE CITY.
THE BEST WAY TO DO THE AFFORDABLE AND THE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS WITH RENTALS. NOW, GRANTED, IT'S A RENTAL.
IT'S NOT AN OWNERSHIP, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S WE'VE HAD EXTREME PROBLEMS WITH PONDEROSA.
YOU CAN TALK TO ANYBODY ON STAFF AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US.
I THINK WE SOLD THREE PORTABLES OUT OF THE 16 WE HAVE TO DO.
AND IN FACT THE CITY IS LOOKING THROUGH THEIR HOUSING COMMISSION, I GUESS POSSIBLY BUYING SOME UNITS AND RENTING THEM FOR AFFORDABLE.
SO THE FOR SALE HOUSING RIGHT NOW IS JUST REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING AFFORDABLE.
THANK YOU. THAT GIVES US A MORE CLEAR VISION.
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MARY. YEAH, JUST WANTED JUST WANTED TO ADD ON TO THAT DISCUSSION, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.IT'S SUCH A SMALL WINDOW TO QUALIFY.
THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THAT.
BUT WOULD ALMOST WOULD RATHER SEE THESE FOR SALE AND, YOU KNOW, IN AN ATTAINABLE PRICE AND YOU DON'T AND NOT HAVING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM.
BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S KIND OF AGAINST THE TREND RIGHT NOW.
JUST WANTED TO COMMENT BACK, SHARE MY THOUGHTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? AND DOES MIRAMONTE WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? HI, THIS IS CHARITY WITH MIRAMONTE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SLIDESHOW.
PATRICK DID SUCH A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARY, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE A FEW THINGS, SO I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN IF, UM, IF WE'RE READY TO DO THAT NOW. THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE MY SCREEN.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND FLAGSTAFF AND NORTHERN ARIZONA, AND IT'S KNOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED OVER 8000 UNITS BY 2031.
SO WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HELP.
EVERY PROJECT THAT'S APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT, REGARDLESS IF IT'S A RENTAL PROJECT OR A HOUSING PROJECT, WILL HELP TO MEET THESE NEEDS FOR THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND THE MORE UNITS YOU BRING INTO THE AREA, AGAIN, IT'S THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
SO MORE UNITS EQUAL LOWER PRICES.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S JUST SUCH A NEED.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS AND APPROVE THE PROJECT ON THAT BASIS.
SO WE MENTIONED THAT THIS SITE IS AN INFILL SITE, SO THIS REALLY IS THE PERFECT SITE FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN FLAGSTAFF AND LAND IS SCARCE.
SO WE WERE LUCKY ACTUALLY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE SELLER.
IT TOOK US ABOUT NINE MONTHS JUST TO EVEN NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE CONTRACT.
UM, THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE UNITS WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR PROJECT REALLY IS CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE WHERE EACH OF THE UNITS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BACK YARD AND A FRONT PATIO.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK OUT ON THE TREE LINED STREETS.
IT'S CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
UM, WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ALL LOW-VOC AND FORMALDEHYDE FREE MATERIALS AND THE CARPET CABINETS AND PAINT, AS PATRICK HAD MENTIONED.
THIS IS AN ALL ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE DO IN OUR DEVELOPMENT TO HELP MAKE OUR BUILDINGS MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT IS WE USE OPEN CELL FOAM ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ROOFING DECK. AND THIS CREATES A CONDITIONED SPACE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TRUSSES AND MAKES THE HEATING AND COOLING MORE EFFICIENT.
WE ALSO INSTALL HIGH QUALITY VINYL WINDOWS AND DENSE FOAM INSULATION ON THE SIDES OF THE SLABS, AND HIGH DENSITY FOAM IS ALSO INSTALLED FOR ALL PENETRATIONS AND WINDOW OPENINGS.
OUR WINDOWS WILL ALSO BE VERY HIGH QUALITY VINYL.
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UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TO PROMOTE RECYCLING IS THAT WE WILL HAVE TRASH AND RECYCLING RECEPTACLES WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE ON THE BINS SO THAT THE TENANTS KNOW WHAT'S RECYCLABLE AND WHAT ISN'T AND THAT MATERIALS DON'T GET PUT IN THE WRONG BINS.THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RECYCLING WITH GETTING INVOLVED WITH CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SUSTAINABILITY.
HERE'S A FLOOR PLAN I BELIEVE PATRICK TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER.
SO WE WE PROPOSE TO HAVE 26 ONE BEDROOM UNITS.
26 THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND THEN 120 TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
AND THE ONE BEDROOM UNITS ARE APPROXIMATELY.
EXCUSE ME, 813FT, TWO BEDROOM UNITS, APPROXIMATELY 1071FT.
AND THEN THE THREE BEDROOMS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1340FT.
HERE'S A DEPICTION OF THE CLUBHOUSE AND OFFICE BUILDING.
SO THIS SPACE IS THIS DEPICTION HERE IS ACTUALLY FACING BUTLER.
AND SO WHAT WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED IS INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO COME AND VISIT THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE A TENANT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL USERS AND RECEIVED A LETTER OF INTEREST FROM A REAL ESTATE COMPANY. AND SO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO COME TO THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARK WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENTRANCE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THIS IS A DEPICTION OF THE OFFICE AREA FOR RENT.
AND THEN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, WE ARE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP AN UNDERUTILIZED INFILL PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE OF FLAGSTAFF AND PROVIDE 172 HOUSING UNITS TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
WE ARE VOLUNTARILY OFFERING 5% OF THE UNITS AS PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE FOR 30 YEARS.
WE DID NOT TAKE ANY INCENTIVES AS PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE ARE VOLUNTARILY OFFERING 5%.
AND DURING CONSTRUCTION WE'LL BE PRESERVING AN ADDITIONAL 5% OF TREE RESOURCES.
THIS WILL BE A LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE PROVIDING FOOTS CONNECTIVITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOUR EV READY PARKING SPACES AND ONE EV DUAL PORT STATION.
THIS IS ALSO EXCEEDING THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING 40 BICYCLE PARKING FACILITIES.
THIS IS 222% ABOVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.
THE CODE REQUIRED 18 UNCOVERED SPACES.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I CAN STOP SHARING? DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? HEARING NONE.
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AND THANK YOU, CHARITY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.UM, I COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF ANYBODY SO MOVED.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
YES. LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS.
OKAY. I THOUGHT I DID THAT, BUT.
OKAY. SO DOES ANY OF THE PUBLIC I'LL JUST ASK AGAIN IF ANY OF THE PUBLIC HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD ON FROM WHAT I WAS SAYING.
SO SEEING I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, EITHER I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR I CAN MAKE THE MOTION.
DOES ANYBODY, ANY COMMISSIONER WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? IF NOT, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
PZ 21-00284-03 THE BUTLER AVENUE LOFTS.
APPROVE THE LOFTS WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEND TO CITY COUNCIL.
[INAUDIBLE] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS.
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? THIS IS IAN SHARP I WILL SECOND THE MOTION.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WITH THE THE FIVE CONDITIONS, CORRECT? RIGHT. IT'S I BELIEVE I HAD SAID WITH THE FIVE CONDITIONS LISTED.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM COMMISSIONERS? ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I WILL MOVE TO THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN MY NAY IF FOR THE RECORD.
BASICALLY, I'M JUST I'M GOING TO STAND BY MY OPPOSITION TO FINDING TWO, BUT THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE THE BILL TO RENT AND THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEING ASKED TO BE PUT ON THIS REZONING OF PARCELS HAS SOME DETRIMENTAL VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING.
I WILL MOVE ON TO MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO AND FROM COMMISSIONERS.
[6. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO/FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS]
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHARITY AND CHRIS.IS THERE ANYTHING? [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS OR CITY STAFF? HEARING NONE.
WE OUR NEXT P&Z MEETING IS THE 22ND, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN IN-PERSON COMPONENT. SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH EVERYONE WITH EMAILS, BUT JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. OKAY.
THANK YOU. UM, THAT MIGHT BE A HARD ONE FOR ME TO GET TO.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER TO AND FROM COMMISSIONERS? HEARING NONE. THEN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.