 Welcome planning commissioners staff and guests special welcome to our newest planning commissioner commission member. Mr. Carl S. Soria Multiple staff members are here today to ensure that the meeting runs smoothly and all applicants and members of the public Are able to participate in the meeting at the appropriate times If you're here today and would like to speak about a case Please provide your name clearly into the microphone and please be sure to sign in either at the back of the room Or at the podium for documentation purposes if you're here today to speak about a case You must speak up when the chairperson calls for public comment And I'll go ahead and call the roll. Mr. Cohn present mr. Cook Miss Davis present mr. Osorio Present and Miss Thomas present. We have a quorum. I'll give a brief review of the meeting format Applicants with requests before the planning commission are allotted a presentation time of 10 minutes This time should include but is not limited to an overview of the project case history and any pertinent meetings held regarding the request This time also includes all persons presenting information on behalf of the applicant such as attorneys engineers or and or architects The time limit does not include any questions asked by the planning commission or staff regarding request During the public comment period members of the general public are given the opportunity to address their concerns in intervals of two minutes After the public comment period applicants have five minutes to respond The administrator has a timer and will make presenters aware of when their time has expired The planning commission reserves the right to amend these procedures on a case-by-case basis Are there any changes to the agenda? Yes, there are two changes to the agenda since publication case number six a text amendment Which was TA dash 2023 dash 005 for 1531 Taylor Street has been deferred until the October meeting in Case number eight, which is annex dash 2023 dash 0018 This is a future land use map amendment and zoning map amendment for a pending annexation at Park Lane Road Has also been deferred the planning commission uses the consent agenda to approve non controversial or routine matters by a single motion or vote Examples of such items include approval of site plans annexations and street names If a member of the planning commission or the general public would like to discuss an item on the consent agenda You must speak up after the consent agenda is read Then that item is removed from the consent agenda and considered during the main the meeting The planning commission then approves the remaining consent agenda items I'll go ahead and read through the consent agenda. The first item is approval of the August 10th 2023 meeting minutes and Case number two is a future land use map amendment and zoning map amendment for a pending annexation This is annex dash 2023 dash 0020 at 3214 Bluff Road This is request for a recommendation on the assignment of the land use classification of urban edge community activity center UEC one and the assignment of zoning of community activity center corridor district CAC for a pending annexation The property is currently classified as economic development center corridor and a priority investment area and zoned in one by Richland County Is there anyone here to speak about? 3214 bluff road seeing none we can advance The next case case 3 is annex dash 2023 dash 0021 3650 bluff road This is a request for recommendation on the assignment of the land use classification of urban edge community activity center UEC one and The assignment of zoning of community activity center corridor district CAC for a pending annexation The property is currently classified as economic development center corridor in a priority investment area and zone GC by Richland County Is there anyone here to speak about 3650 bluff road and we can proceed? Case number four is a future land use map confirmation. It's L. U. M. A. Dash 2023 dash 0000 for 118 118 and a half 126 132 and 138 Bluff Road Request recommendation on the confirmation of the future land use classification of urban core mixed residential type 3 UC MR 3 The property is currently assigned an interim future land use classification of UC MR 3 or urban core mixed residential type 3 And we'll go ahead and just read the next case. It's on the same property This is a zoning map confirmation ZMA dash 2023 dash 0013 for the same property on bluff road Request recommendation on the confirmation of zoning of residential two-family mill village district RDMV a portion within the floodplain overlay district The property is currently assigned an interim future land use classification of residential two-family mill village district a portion within the floodplain overlay district Is there anyone here to speak about the cases at bluff road and we can proceed and as mentioned case number six has Been deferred so that brings us to oh well the vote on the Consent agenda Seen as there's no one here from the public to speak on these cases Is there anyone on the planning commission who would like to speak on any of the cases on the consent agenda with that I will entertain a motion to approve the August minutes and the consent agenda Mr. Chairman I'd like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda in the minutes from August Have a motion can I get a second all those in favor say aye. Hi any opposed Motion passes We will use the following outline for the regular agenda items The administrator will introduce the case the applicant will have 10 minutes to make a presentation The planning commission may then ask questions the public comment period will be open to those present The public comment period will be closed The applicant will have five minutes to respond to the public comments Planning commission may ask additional questions of the applicant Deliberation and action by the planning commission will follow. That's going to bring us to S plan 2023 dash zero zero zero nine and this is a project that entails a construction of a 250,000 square foot multifamily development on 2.4 acres within the block founded by Hugi Washington and William Street the proposed development will contain 223 one-bedroom apartments and to 27 two-bedroom apartments in a minute the tea space which will include a clubhouse pool and garages The required number of all-street parking spaces for this development is zero where the applicant will be providing 344 in addition the applicant is proposing to construct eight parking spaces along the Washington Street right away adjacent to the development the requirement required bicycle parking is 13 short short-term parking spaces and 63 long-term parking spaces Whereas the applicant will be providing 15 short-term spaces and 63 long-term parking spaces the applicant has also provided a traffic impact study and should the Commission be inclined to grant the approval of the site plan staff will request that the Commission grant approval subject to staff comments Numberly the applicant as president can explain their case. Thank you for having me. I'll be relatively quick We I am my name is Ryan solo. I'm the president of development for Silver Hills We're a multinational multifamily developer that's active all throughout the United States we partnered with We are a family run organization. So and we are long-term holders of all of our assets So what that means in terms of the projects that we build is we really focus on the quality of what we build We try to build really nice high-end apartments that really activate the activate areas We are very focused on helping to create vibrant walkable downtown So a lot of our projects if you look at what we've done in downtown Fort Myers and in Orlando and in Daytona Beach And and we have a project a 300 unit project in uptown Charlotte that's under construction. We really are We are really experts at trying to activate areas that need the residential Component in order to have the walkability So we're very excited about this project because this is really on you know being adjacent to the corner of huge Hugie and Gervais and right across the street from the public's and walking distance to all the restaurants and community amenities here We're very excited as we think our projects really can activate the area and really feel in need I feel in need that the community doesn't have and that there's been a lot of student housing developed in this area but not really much in the way of Multifamily traditional for rental products. So that's what we're offering here We really focus on building you said it's an urban walkable product So you can see some of the elevations that we have Kind of gives you a sense of what our buildings look like really try to blend into the community and Kind of work through kind of work with the kind of work symbiotically with other the other projects in the area and You know that that's kind of us in a nutshell You know we in our inside of our buildings We are very focused on putting together a high-end amenity package. So we will have a really nice pool courtyard clubhouse Everything in terms of parking for the for the residents will be in a parking garage So there won't be any impact on the part on the on the adjacent neighborhood for parking purposes and That's basically us in a nutshell. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have and I appreciate the time Appreciate the presentation. Thank you. It's been a while. We've seen a few projects For this site. So we're great to see one go We were very excited to work on this we've been we've been working on this project for a long time. So we're really excited to get going the traffic study was favorable for I Believe so. Yes. No additional. Okay. I looked through it, but I Make sure I miss anything Okay, do you want to have any comments? I don't have a comment, but I do have a question Can you tell me what your targeted? Renters are for your apartment buildings. Is it students or is it seniors or so we we are a market rate product So we're not student housing. So this is not designed to be So typically when you see student housing projects, what you typically see is, you know, a common area with three or four or five bedrooms our product is Mostly heavily geared towards one bedroom units our average square footage is you know in the seven That's you know probably high sixes low sevens. So it's really geared towards I would say more of a more You know, typically what we find is our residents tend to be more of the young professional The people who are living and working in a downtown area that being said we we wind up with residents from frankly all walks of life teachers doctors firefighters You know because our unit size tends to be a little bit on the smaller side It allows us to kind of hit a little bit lower of a price point. So we tend to wind up with you know a fair amount of It's really a mix of everything Okay, thank you I have one question for staff. We're in this approval purely looking at the site plan That is correct. I believe DDRC approval will be next week. Okay. Thank you Thank you. Thank you very much Like crowd today, is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? for against or By the project anyone on planning commission have any other questions or comments of the applicant or staff? I'll entertain a motion Mr. Chair, I like to make a motion to approve as planned to 023009 2.5 acres 400 block of Washington Street and 1245 Huger Street Second and is that with staff comments? Yes with staff comments In second All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes And since the last case was deferred that's all the business we have today That I'll entertain a motion to adjourn Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion to adjourn the meeting Second All those in favor aye. Aye