1. E Properties & Development Holy Family Project Community Report Back Meeting August 7, 2012 St. Mary’s Lyceum – 6pm

2. Overview of Meeting Welcome Review of Community Process Final Plan
Overview of Meeting and Ground Rules
Review of Community Process
Review of Proposed Plans and Feedback from Small Group Sessions
Final Plan
Questions/ Comments

3. Meeting Rules & Guidelines
This will be a respectful, meaningful, productive meeting.
During presentations, please hold questions until the speaker has finished presenting as there will be Q&A time.
Only questions and comments related to the proposed development project will be addressed. This includes such topics as variances that could be requested, potential impact of the project, project management, and design.
Personal questions and attacks will not be tolerated.
Any individual refusing to follow these rules will be asked to leave the premises. If the disruption persists, the meeting will end.

4. Overview of Community Process
Planning Team – what is this and who comes before this team?
Lawrenceville United
Lawrenceville Corporation
Lawrenceville Stakeholders
City Council
Community Process – Iterative Process
Community Meeting
Small Group Sessions
Final Plan

5. Feedback from Planning Team and Initial Meeting
Density - # of units proposed for site
Impact of additional height on urban context, visual impact on adjacent residents
Parking issues – adequate parking facilities for all residents and visitors; ensuring residents are not parking on adjacent residential streets
Traffic issues: speeding, pedestrian safety, congestion
Rental vs. For-Sale: concerns around management of rental units
Developer’s capacity to complete large scale project

6. Small Group PROCESS and GOALS
LC and LU facilitated discussion in small groups following a presentation from E Properties & Development in which 3 options were presented
Each small group nominated a volunteer participant to serve as recorder and reporter for “report-back” portion of the meeting
GOALS
Feedback on the three 0ptions
If not these options, then what?
Generated additional project-related questions and recommendations for the developer
QUESTIONS ON PROCESS

10. Overall Concerns with Option 1, 2, 3
Rental vs. For Sale
Issues with density
Parking/ traffic is an issue with each project
Fear of Low-Income tenants, transient population, and its impact on neighborhood
Long-term sustainability and management of rental units
Capacity of developer
Most still preferred none of the proposed plans when given the option of 1, 2, 3, or none

11. Key questions addressed through meetings
Units would be built with potential to condo-ize in future
Property management and contracting firms will be brought on as part of team
Would not plan to lease any parking to business (bowling, funeral home)
High-end rentals ($750/ studio - $1500/ loft)
65% 1 bedrooms
2 story addition = 22 ft. / 1 story addition = 12 ft.
Special Exception vs. Variances necessary for implementation of plans
Eliminating no existing parking from street

12. What do you want to see on this site?
Demolition of church and/ or school and construction of town-homes
Preservation of church and/ or school and for- sale condos within existing buildings
Flowering trees
Green roof
Park/ Farm
Parking lot for adjacent businesses
Senior housing

13. Final Plan
Final plan created and released following small group meetings:
Residential Units: 57 (zoning permits 88)
Parking Spaces: 88 (zoning requirement is 40 spaces)
Ratio of Unit/ Parking space is 1.5
Rental rates comparable to Cork Factory
Dumpster would be located between the parish house and church – along 44th St.

14. Final Plan Parking: Permit Parking Restrictions
If there is parking left after all tenants have requested parking and guest parking is accounted for, they could rent to the public.
Increased rate for second parking space
Discounted rents for “car-less” living
Zip-Car Parking

15. Zoning Hearing Zoning Variances: Zoning Issues
Thursday, September 13th , 10:10 am
1st Floor, 200 Ross Street, Downtown
Zoning Variances:
Use Variance – to convert church/ school into apartments
Front Set-Back – to set the parking deck ten feet away from the sidewalk

16. Q & A / Comments