Board of Zoning Appeals - Regular Meeting

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I'm Pamela Smith, planning commission vice chair. Welcome to the October October public hearing of the city planning commission. This meeting is being broadcast live via YouTube. Please make sure that the sound on all electronic devices is turned off during the meeting. If you wish to speak to any manner, I'll recognize you in turn. When recognized, speakers should approach the podium. Each speaker must state his or her name and residential address so that the commission secretary may record the proceedings accurately. All persons shall be afforded an opportunity to speak and state their views concerning all aspects of this matter. Miss Clark, would you please take the role?

Thank you. Miss Matt Stumpa and of course Mr. Martin in our advice today. So Mr. Richmond here, Mr. S here, Miss Wolf here, Miss Smith here. So next is the approval of the agenda. Commissioners, may I have a motion and a second, please? Second. Thank you. And since there is no unfinished business, let's move on to new business.

Sorry, we will have to agree the minutes from last meeting as well. My apologies. I uh may I have a motion and a second, please?

Thank you. So, we have an application by CSW Associates, Reno LC, and CSW Brandon Frontage LLC to repeal all conditions profered as part of a previous reszoning on property located at 3840 Stratford Park Drive Southwest. Official tax map number 52000122 enacted through order ordinance number 3398. The uh second is repeal all conditions profered as part of a previous resoning on property located at 0en Avenue Southwest. official tax map number 52000104 enacted through ordinance 25825. And lastly, we have uh placed conditions on a portion of the property at 3840 Stratford Park Drive Southwest and the entirety of Zero Brandon Avenue Southwest bearing official tax map numbers 52000 52000122 and 520004 respectively. Is the applicant present? Good afternoon members of the commission.

So please state your name and residential address so the secretary of the commission can record the matter accurately and please tell us about your project.

Ben Groove Balls Associates 128 corporate circle Renick Virginia 2418. Thanks for standing in for the chair today. Um so going to talk about uh item one today and want to walk through a little bit of that. Um I'm representing both of the CSW entities that are part of the title paragraph that you just read just a minute ago. Um I also have Paige Puit with me this afternoon. Um you'll hear from her for in just a minute. um you know she's the she's the property owner and the applicant on this and so wanted to give you an opportunity to hear a few highlights from my side and then also some items from the ownership side as well as part of this request. So it you know really excited to be with you all um this afternoon to share the project talk about the vision of um of what we're looking for for this new townhouse community. I think it's important to share with this, you know, this project's of a scale that it will be a new community. Um, and you don't see that very often where a lot of projects in the city uh can be smaller and can be infill. So, this will be a new community. Th this project we feel reflect current housing trends, development standards, and have been carefully crafted to respond to some of the on-site conditions such as topography and some of the environmental areas of the site. And the um the exhibit plan reflects that. I'm going to walk through a few highlevel items that I think are pertinent for everybody to share about the project and then let Paige share share a couple of comments. I appreciate um staff's um thoroughess both from Colette's side and Katherine's side up to this side. I think it's very important from the staff report in that there's you know six or seven or eight pages of important items listed in there in addition to the application package that we've provided. So, you know, as you all know, these projects don't happen overnight. There's a lot of planning efforts to get to me standing before you and you all hearing it this afternoon. Um, you know, initially we held a ma a meeting with staff to

introduce the project and share, you know, share our share our proposed development and solicit feedback from the initial concept efforts. We revised that plan based on that feedback and then started, you know, the official presubmitt process for the zoning zoning side. Um, you know, we submitted our application package. We attended a couple of work sessions with you all, listened to feedback from that side. Um, received staff comments and then then have responded to those along the way. Um, we also attended the diarly neighborhood meeting which Paige will expand upon a little bit because we thought it was important um to make sure to involve the the community group that we were that we were a part of. So, you know, there's lots of steps and it's important to share those because the the the revised application before you reflects um those changes along the way. Um I think it's also important that this request, you know, we're not changing the base zoning district here. So, as residential multif family today, it's going to be residential multif family as part of what we're proposing. Um as you know, a highintensity residential district within the city of Rono. We've included both civil and architectural exhibits that have been pro provided as part of the application to convey what we're what we're uh intending as the project. And then in response to those two property conditions that we've voluntar voluntarily provided addressing some of the comments including sidewalks and access um and those conditions are a part of the revised application. Um important part about this as well, you know, prior to officially filing the application, um we prepared a traffic study as part of this project. And you know, that was prepared and submitted back in June, you know, at the beginning of the summer because we wanted to ensure that where we were headed in the traffic impacts um we're going to be okay for the proposed project prior to any of the filing actions that we took. And so, you know, we're we're excited that staff is in concurrence with what

we've submitted and we've agreed upon the findings, recommendations, and the traffic data that we provided. So, I think it's really important um to share that. So, um we're excited to have staff support as part of this project. It's been a lot of work to get here and we're excited that the staff report um recommends approval for that and um supports the base zoning district, future land use map, you know, the intent of the neighborhood um and a handful of things of what CSW is trying to envision with this new community. So, with those couple thoughts, I'll invite Paige to share a couple um words from from her side and then be happy to answer any questions from you all. [Music] Good.

Could you just say your name and address, please? Just for the record. Sure. Do you want the residential address or CSW corporate address? CSW. Okay. Um, Paige Lester Puit, 3807 Brandon Avenue Southwest, sweet 245.

Good afternoon. Um, and thank you all so much for what you do. I realize this is this is such an important task and we really appreciate the opportunity to be here and and staff's work as well as as the hard work you guys still have to do. Um I wanted to take this opportunity. Um CSW has been in the community. We're a small local family-owned business, second generation. We've been in this area for decades. We've actually held this property for the most part for decades. We acquired a small the smaller parcel more recently, but we are very committed to this area and the Brand Avenue corridor and we're very excited about uh the positive direction that's been going in. Um we are um an existing uh property manager for multif family apartments. So we're very familiar with that market. We looked at this and really thought about the question of what could could serve the area best. And we decided that was not apartments. And we looked for an opportunity and really believe truly believe that this townhouse product which can be market driven but more entry level and provide an ownership option in the area that really to my mind doesn't exist at least in that very tight market. Right? You have a great neighborhood with direly association. you have the opportunity for apartment houses, but this is really going to give an opportunity for a community at hopefully a more um available entry point for first-time home buyers or other other home buyers who um are looking for a permanent um permanent home and want to call Renick City their home. So, we are very passionate about it. As I say, we've been here for decades, plan to be here for decades. We are a neighbor to this property, so we are personally invested in its success and it being a good project that's not going to have an adverse impact um to the area. To that end, I um the direly association was very generous in allowing me to come to one of their meetings, make the presentation, answer questions. Um, I think we all have an awareness of of that corridor and as Ben alluded or said directly, we we recognized that traffic would be a concern and we wanted to make

sure we took it into account and that's part of the reason we commissioned the study before we even got um any further along. But um we certainly want to be a good neighbor and think this can be a great project and a great um community within this larger area. Mana staff recommendation chair and commission. Uh thank you very much. We are actually going to do a quick presentation prior to the uh staff recommendation just to uh ensure that everyone is on the same page with what um is being requested here from the applicant. So as stated uh the applicant is requesting to repeal and replace conditions on the property for the purpose of constructing a 195 unit town home development. This property is guided in the comprehensive plan as being for mixed residential and also within the direly neighborhood um plan as being for residential multif family. The base sewing district for both of these parcels is also residential multif family. So in alignment with both of those planning documents um and as I stated earlier this is a repeal and replacement for the property conditions the base zoning district of residential um or RMF residential would remain the same. The property is also within the overlay district for both the flood plane and for the river creek corridor district. So basically what that means is that in the development of this parcel there would be additional restrictions placed on the development form and the construction to ensure that it was meeting additional standards for being constructed within the flood plane. So

they construct the flood plane um and provided along the or along the river corridor the Barnhart Creek corridor that's running through the property. Um it also has been brought to our attention that this is within the Windsor Dan Windsor Lake Dam breach zone. Um and so that will also be reviewed as part of the comprehensive development plan process for this project as well any sort of additional standards that would be put in place from the state um because of the stamp breach zone. Um so here's a street view of the property. So you can see that the property generally is um relatively wooded. I've placed a asterisk where the approximate entrance location would meet. Um and so this is driving on Brandon Avenue facing west, driving on Brandon Avenue facing east, approximately where the entrance to the community would be located. Here's the concept plan that the applicant is proposing as along with this repeal and replacement of property conditions. This is just a concept plan. Uh they haven't proper this plan. Um so this is what is being composed at this point in time but would be subject to change and um still meeting proper conditions that they're putting in place. Um and the concept building elevations shown here. So there are two ordinances that fall over the parcels right now where conditions are put into place. And so one of them is a smaller tax parcel ID that's closer to the Brain Avenue French. Um this ordinance was put into place in 1981 and is not able to be located at this time. So the applicant is just requesting to repeal all of the conditions that were potentially in place um at that point in time.

the larger portion of the um or the larger parcel that's part of this um zoning request is uh has four commissions placed on them or placed on it. One of them is for substantial conformity with the site plan and others relate to the internal access and construction of the road that goes through the future development. Um here is the uh site plan that was part of that resoning. So you can see that the form of the required concept plan is that it takes the form of a apartment building and of town homes on the site and um it was for approximately 100 units at that point in time. It also would open up development to um the other portion of the parcel that does not have profer commissions on it today. Um so that being said, the um primary request that's before you today is for the change in form of what the residential construction would be on this site. So being from apartment buildings and town homes to being something that's more flexible um to be town homes as the concept plan shows today. The applicant has also requested to put in two um or has offered to put in two property conditions as part of the um zoning request. So, one of them is to have multiple points of entry for uh the purposes of emergency vehicles and access to uh the development and then the other one uh will provide sidewalks throughout the development for pedestrian connectivity for residents that live within the development. As the applicant shared, they did do a

traffic study as part of their application. And so some highle results of the traffic study, the entire traffic uh report was provided within their application. Um but the high level results is that uh the PM traffic or right and left turn lane would be warranted but not with the AM traffic that was generated. When our transportation department reviewed the traffic study, um they noted that a existing left turn lane is uh in place going into the site. And so the review of the functionality of that turn lane will just need to be looked at the comprehensive development review process. and that a right turn lane is not recommended because it would conflict with the pedestrian sidewalk that's on in place on Brandon today and could result in some confusion of pedestrian connectivity. Um here's the general uh overview of the traffic generated site or the uh traffic generated from the site along the Brandon Avenue corridor. Um the primary impacted roadway obviously is Brandon uh with the next ones being the Peters Creek Road for turning movements and the Keei Road and the Barcelidge uh intersection further down. And so with that, um, staff recommends approval and the finds that the amended application number one is consistent with the general principles of the city's comprehensive plan, the greater direly neighborhood plan, and the zoning ordinance as the property will be developed and used in a manner that supports the goals and purposes of these plans and regulations. I think I can answer any questions. So, commissioners, do you have any questions for either the applicant or staff? What is um what's going to be the price you said affordable housing that you're looking to put on these homes?

So to to to kick it to to kick it off first um this is not an affordable project. This is a market rate pro. This is a market rate product. Um that that's the first item. Second is um this team is going to work with a regional or national builder for the products and so we don't have a range yet of what the of what the price will be for those but intent is is what Paige shared fee simple sales um of it and then you know market rate market rate products. Yeah. I neglected this in the public meeting public meeting, but I was curious is this going to be phased in across the proposed conceptually under 95 millions or what what are you anticipating in terms of the tool that China needed um to get all of the tax? So depending on who the final partner is in the project, um I'd anticipate that your buildout time is between two and three years. It's probably, you know, 195 units. It's probably in chunks of 60 or 70 units per phase. Um and so the the great part about this is, you know, one of the important parts have two connections, right? And so those two connections are going to be part of the first development phase of that. And so then then we'll work back on each one of those arms as it goes back into the property as we work through those phases.

Thank you. Sure. Any questions? Not sure if this is relevant now, but will there be on street parking? Uh not anticipating on street parking. So we've provided um these units have garages um private driveway parking in each one. And then we've also provided guest parking um in a few different nodes throughout the development to serve that. Thank you. Sure. Uh do we have anyone who would like to speak to the matter as I open the public hearing? Yes, we have Adam Strangula. Thank you.

Would you please say your name and your address?

Uh, my name is Adam Stangelo. I live at 3528 Windsor Oak Circle. So, good afternoon and thank you for this opportunity to address the planning commission regarding the proposed Brandon Station development. Uh in addition, I am the uh president of the Greater Direly Neighborhood Association. During Greater Direly September meeting, our guest speaker, Miss Paige Puit from CSW Associates, provided us with an overview of the Brandon Station project, and then she answered any questions or concerns that the GDNA had. Many questions and concerns were addressed. However, today I'd like to focus on two that were brought up. The first uh will there be additional uh will there be an additional stoplight on Brandon Avenue? And second, how will this development affect the traffic in the greater Darly neighborhood? Going all the way back to the 1990 Greater Direly neighborhood plan. Our issues have been through traffic and pedestrian safety on the primary residential streets. The primary streets are two-lane and have winding alignments. They do not have defined shoulders, curbs, gutters, or sidewalks. Drainage ditches are meant are a means for channeling storm water. In 2025, the configuration of the primary streets haven't hasn't changed. As stated in the current 2006 greater direly plan, quote, overall the greater dire greater direly is not conducive for pedestrian movement. Unquote. Overall, Greater Direly is not uh in reality is definitely not uh is definitely the opposite of the vision that Reno City's complete streets and vision zero programs promoted. In 1992, the city of Reno and GDA entered into a memorandum of understanding. Its intention was to give particular attention to the present and future control of increased traffic uh volumes through our neighborhood caused by the new Peters Creek Road extension

being built. Item number seven in theou stated that annual reports of traffic volumes at six specific different locations would be made uh when the uh when there was an increase of 25% in traffic volumes in comparison to the 1989 uh volumes on the street. the city would initiate a process to seek an acceptable uh mandating measures. Comparing the March 2002 traffic count data collected on Direly Road with GDNA's recently collected October 2025 data, the traffic volume on Direly has increased by 20 uh 25.2% or 771 vehicles per day. However, from 2002 to 2024, the number of residential and multif family dwellings has only increased by 105. With the expansions of Brandon Oaks, the proposed 195 new town homes, and the new 80 room at home extended stay hotel, all feeding into Brandon, consideration must be given to number one, the future control of increased traffic volumes through the greater Darly neighborhood, and number two, possibly a traffic light at the Brandon Darly intersection for left turns onto Brandon. Because we don't have sidewalks or greenways or parks, our city public spaces or bus service like most all the other city neighborhoods do. The traffic volume and speeding issues in our neighborhood is very important. I'd like to ask the city if they would begin working with Greater Darly as soon as possible to help us address these concerns. So, thank you for your time, your consideration, and for what you do for our city.

Thank you. Have anyone else registered? Not sure. Anyone else like to keep? Well, hearing no one else, the public hearing portion of this matter is sorry.

My name is Gary Stein and my street address is uh 3827 Chesterton which is parallel with Budlick and perpendicular to Darly and basically in the backyard of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. Um, my excitement about this project is is is the willingness and hopefully the willingness of the city to work with the neighborhood dally association to address some of the unforeseen challenges of basically building a new village because that I've seen as I see it the and and Adam very clearly stated that we're kind of headed into at this moment. We we're not looking in terms of, you know, the future a year from now. I mean, the project is going to take about three years from what what the developers have been saying. But what I'm I'm encouraging the planning commission, the city, and the rest of the people in the neighborhood association to consider is, you know, this is a big deal. I mean, I'm I'm not say we're I'm I don't know about Adam, but I'm not here as an opponent. I'm more here as as a someone that's willing to work beside the city because what I see coming is, you know, there are questions that we're going to need to answer. There is a firehouse very close by on Peters Creek. I have no idea how far it is to the nearest police station. uh in terms of sidewalks, the developers talking about addressing the idea of sidewalks within the community, but but beyond that, I guess one of my questions would be

well, so how are we going to get there if we happen to be walking or in a wheelchair on a bicycle? And I don't have a lot of time invested in this in terms of weeks and months. Sounds like the developers been working on it since last summer. But the uh and the owner has been working on it, you know, pondering it for longer than that. But I I think there are some things that that are going to come into play. And one is now that Peter's Creek has been completed and comes all the way through, that's kind of a pinch point there. And yes, there's a light there. And yes, there's commuter traffic in the morning and and in the afternoon. And one thing that I want to throw out there, and this is only a brain, and that is the idea, everyone was kind of amazed when they put a couple of traffic circles there at Virginia Western and then they finally completed the traffic circles at Virginia Western. But the nice thing about traffic circles is there is no pinch point in a traffic circle. And I think that's something we need to really think about because it sounds like the way the existing proposal from the developers is coming along. You know, they're not seeing that as their problem. But but I'm seeing it as or I'm thinking I want to discuss the possibility of seeing it as maybe that means that we're just going to inherit it as our problem planners council taxpayers. And so I think that that's one one thing that I want to throw out there early in the game is because there's the there's a kind of an interesting pinch point on Darly, you know, reflected by a you can't turn left here at a certain time in the

morning. You can't turn left here at a certain time in the evening. And then and it's the same situation there on uh Peter's Creek. Now, what's happened on the rest of Brandon as it continues on down to which is unofficially the center of my neighborhood, the Shell station there at Brandon and and Mudlick. That's the theoretical center of my town. You know, the town that I live in now. It's kind of a far reach to grasp that is true, but I do go there and buy the newspaper and I do buy gas there. So I guess I guess the point is I just want to make sure that that I'm encouraging all of us to go in with a completely open mind about what's it I mean I I told a story earlier. I mean, the developer, they're coming in and and they're they're perfectly happy to take on all the rights and privileges of being able to develop this space. And and as I said, I don't think Adam nor the neighborhood association is against houses in the neighborhood. But I think the problem is the could be po problem that I see is are we willing is everybody else not the people on the map and not the people who are developing what's on the map but are all the rest of us willing to take on all the responsibility that's going to come with that because not to say things didn't work out the way we'd hoped in the past but you know this was all in the county and then it became part of the city and then there were promises made and contracts made about, oh, we're going to be part of the city and of course we'll do this and this and this and this. Well, those things haven't happened. So, I just wanted to make sure two points. One is our willingness to be to work beside the city planners, the developers, and everybody else who's who's got some skin

in the game here to make this project not only successful in the next three years, but successful five years down, 10 years down. And I think in consideration of that is we need to zoom out as far as we can and think about so what's coming because as far as I can tell and I'm familiar with this neighborhood. I was born in 1950 so I've been familiar with it since I could ride my bicycle. So let's say 1958. I don't know how far you have to go in any direction to find another house. Thank you. Move forward now. Is there anyone else who would like to speak to the issue?

Would you guys like to speak to his questions? All right. So, I'm gonna uh walk through this a little bit and unpack what Adam and Gary have shared a little bit. So, um Dly neighborhood is a dynamic group um incredibly important neighborhood. Um and these traffic comments are holistic in nature, right, for what's been shared. And so I think we can appreciate that there's been many conversations before even before my time, you know, in the A&E industry that's been going on between connectivity and traffic and direction and all that. There's a lot of um historical conversations with the city that have occurred over time, right? So I'll I'll share that kind of starting out. And so and you know particular particular to this project there's you know we wanted to get out in front of these comments because I think what was provided is hey the great thing of what's occurring is Brandon Avenue is actually being successful in this section now right where rewind 10 years ago it it was a tough stretch of road to be on and so we've seen a lot of positive growth in that area um adjacent to Direly neighborhood um and Dly neighborhood connects to arterial roads, local roads, some regional connectors. They mentioned the commuter side um which which are all there. Um and as part of this project from our side, we've had we have multiple connection points. So one of the you know strategies here, one of the things really important from the city's perspective is interconnected streets, right? So you have different options to go different ways. And then we get to

these points like Brandon um Brandon entirely where you have this connection point, right? There's been a lot of conversations about that. Rewind 15 years ago, the solution to when you had a traffic problem was put in a signal, right? So it was, hey, you put in a signal and that's going to fix the fix the traffic issue. Well, there's been a lot of um been a lot of additional thought to that, especially in the city of Reno. city runs been leading some of the traffic efforts where hey the the signal isn't necessarily the right answer here. Maybe a roundabout's the right answer. Who would have ever thought that we would have a two-lane road running besides Tower Shopping Center on Brandon Avenue? Of all the places that we think there's so much traffic adjacent to Tower Shopping Center. And that's and because you can move traffic through an area different ways, there's a lot of there's another project going on on Williamson Road right now. There's some road dieting stuff that's occurring that's, you know, road dieting is buzz buzzword. And so I think it's it's not a one solution fits all for what's going on with them. And I think they shared a lot of great points about hey with the development that's going on in Brandon Avenue. I think we need to take a look at holistically from a city side about hey what are the priorities here? What are the steps that we need to take? And I I think I would share that and you know staff has taken notes from from from this side but I would from a development side I don't have much to share but from a holistic traffic engineering growth standpoint from what I'm hearing from the neighborhood I think it's you know it's great to have success along Brandon Avenue but there's it's probably the time to take a look at one of those other pieces as part of that. Um, and so I think that I think those are the big picture items that I wanted to share uh that I would share in response to that. Not necessarily direct to the project, but holistically from a traffic engineering standpoint, from a community planning standpoint, because there, you know, their comments are

exactly right. It was a neighborhood built many years ago, narrow streets, which is good, which tries to slow down traffic, but very limited pedestrian accommodations, no curb and gutter. they they mentioned complete streets was not in the picture at that time and so some of those are challenges for the older neighborhoods in the area. So that's what I that's what I would share in response to that. Thank you. Just

so being that there is no one else the public portion of the hearing is closed. Commissioners, do you have any questions or comments for either uh him or her? Sorry. Excellent question. Sure. So in response then regarding the fact that the developer uh or the applicant conducted a traffic study that showed that the impact of 195 units coming into this area was going to not necessitate dramatic changes

to the Darly community. or do you still stand by that traffic study or in light of comments that you've had with the Darwin Neighborhood Association and others, do you feel like that needs to be amended in any way?

Sure. I I think I think it's a great question. So, the the traffic study that we provide that we provided, we stand behind 100% of what we've done. Um the city of running transportation division also stands behind it because they haven't issued an approval but they kind of issue a concurrence and say hey we agree with what you're providing here. Um and from the direly neighborhood standpoint when you talk about transportation there's two sides of the direly neighborhood. There's the side that connects to the run city and there's a side that connects to Reno County. Okay, two different totally different approaches on transportation engineering, right? And so if you go to the Ronic City side, you know, focus on pedestrian connectivity, focus on narrow streets, focus on small radiuses at intersections and access points. you go over to the Rona County side and VOTE will say, "Hey, we need a turn lane and we need a taper and we need to make sure we've got 500 feet of that at every intersection." And there's so there's a totally different approach. So when when the Dial neighborhood is talking about traffic, there's kind of two sides to the conversation because you have two different bodies that are that are looking at those concerns from one way or the other. And so for this site, for our traffic study, we certainly support what we provided and so does the city. Sure.

Any further discussion on this matter? Okay. Miss Cler, could you please take the vote? Mr. Ocean.

Um, before I do my vote, I want to express my sentiments on this development. And I think from the beginning I I put that I think this is a big undertaking for anybody to take on based on its location. Um so close proximity to to the water um exposures. That being said, the number of houses that are being posed here, it's a dense population. However, I think it's also a needed um part of our city where we find more housing like this. And and the hopes would be also with development like this is we've got a strip mall further down the street on Aerson where the old food line used to be that's been vacant for years and you know you see a development like this does that help encourage more people to maybe develop that that center and and develop it. So, um I do like the idea about traffic circles though. Um to to it slows traffic down as they cuz that is a very busy corridor. It's I I live close by there the it's fast. People are moving on that street. So I I do my concern is in the mornings making a left turn coming out of there. The amount of traffic that goes through there. All that being said um my vote is yes.

Mr. Settle um Thank you guys for comments from the neighborhood. I think we're well researched and warranted and I do feel like uh the developers are going to keep you in the loop during this. This is really very infancy of this project and there's a lot more steps to go where I think the neighborhood will and should be involved. Yes. M um I am I really appreciate the governor's uh comments in response to the public uh comments that were shared because there is I don't want to say attention but perhaps a difference of philosophy between the city and the county regarding how traffic is managed but um in all the information I've reviewed the traffic study does stand for what it is right now. And I think that traffic to any area has to be cobbalanced by the benefits of the density that will be brought forward from having this many um affordable uh residential sites be made available for home ownership is going to be a huge benefit to the Darling community. And for that reason, I hope that house.

Miss, I think you guys have done a fantastic job. It's a very exciting project and the housing is needed. Um, so with that, my vote is yes as well.

May I have a motion in a second, please? Sorry.

Thank you. Okay. So, our next applicant is Mark I'm sorry, Maron LLC to resone the property located at 560 Valley View Boulevard Northwest. Official tax map number 2490111 from CG Commercial General District to NPUD Institutional Plane Unit development district subject to the development plan that specifies uses location of buildings and infrastructure and site design. Is the applicant present? You just represent everybody, huh?

Just the right group significantly. Okay, I think we know your name and address. I'll be happy be happy to restate it again. Ben Crew with Boulder Associates, 128 Corporate Circle, London, Virginia 24018.

Um, so a couple of updates in regard to this request. So, uh, between the work sessions and up to this point of the public hearing, we've, um, been soliciting and receiving feedback from various parties, um, including staff and city council. And um at this time we're going to request to continue the application for one month to November um with the intent of having three or four weeks to have some additional conversations um some intentional conversations and make sure everyone understands exactly what is being proposed and why it's being supported. um and and try to do a little bit more um a little bit further discussions rather than just folks reading a staff report or reading the application and have a little sit down time with a few folks. So, um the so as the agent on behalf of the owner requesting a continuence uh for 30 days until the November meeting.

Thank you. Before we uh consider a vote on the continuence of this matter, since it was legally advertised, I will open the public hearing. Are there any speakers who wish to speak on this application? Hearing no one else, then since the applicant has requested a continuence, the public hearing will remain open until November 10th, 2025. Public hearing. Commissioners, may I have a motion and a sec? Second to continue this matter to the November public hearing. I second. Thank you. Miss Clark, would you please take the role? Yes. Mr. Arshene? Yes. Mr. Sling? Yes. Miss Wolf? Yes.

Miss Smith? Yes. If there are no other matters to discuss, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you all.