Metropolitan Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you to everyone who recorded. Thank you all for participating. We have Adam and his team here to discuss the proposal for these two lots on Bell Road, as he mentioned. Was there any problem with the warnings that Pleasant Hill was added? We are not dealing with any of that. These are just two front lots for Bell Road. In a moment I will pass the word to him. He can share his screen, share the plans and discuss what he and his team want to do. Then we will have time for questions. I would like to try to keep this organized, so if you can, send your questions to the chat. And when we get to the part of the questions, I will read them and give your team a chance to answer them. as this is a virtual meeting. It can be very chaotic if people start trying to ask questions. So, let's send these questions to the chat and we'll start from there. And with that, Adam, your word.

Thank you, Herbédio. As I was saying before, my name is Adam Stout, along with my partner Spencer Cox. We have a land development company for automobiles and we are focused on the Southeast in general. And we made a partnership with Unibio. to take two lots that are already superimposed by the city metro to be planned industrially and complete the reasoning process from R20 to IWD with the final intention of putting a self-serve unit there. And the reason why we are choosing self-sufficiency is for a few reasons. First, there is not much self-sufficiency in the area. In the area, I think it is a need in the community. But I also think we want to be aware, in fact, we want to be aware of the traffic in Bell Road. So self-sufficiency is probably the lightest use it would be from an industrial point of view. We are not trying to put a new distribution center on Bell Road. We talked to the National Transportation Department on Tuesday about this plan. We are carrying out studies to ensure that the road is safe. And ensure that no construction interferes with the road. So this is our general plan. I can share how it is. I will be happy to show, as long as ODEX allows me. So this is our general plan. This is Bell Road and the Cautiville Pike is at the top here. As everyone knows, there are industrial enterprises here. I don't know exactly what it looks like, but that's more or less how our vision for the area would be. We wanted to keep in mind the road facade and its appearance, leaving the trees so that the route would still be pleasant between there and the lake. And to not disturb traffic too much. So, this is our bow plan. We have about 100,000 square feet here, three floors. Boat and trailer storage. To serve those who need to keep boats to use in the lake. And the trailers staff that I don't know. I don't know about you, but I don't have where to keep a trailer. I would have to pay for it. So the goal is to help the community a little too. So this is our general plan and... Let me know if there is any question related to this.

Ok, the first question that was asked is about this Nabel Road slot. Do they stay on the Pleasant Hill side of Bell or on the Wooden Point Bell side? How close is the deposit for boats in Pleasant Hill? So this will be on the south side of Couchville Pike, right Bell Road? So it's south of the area I think you're referring to.

So these are the lots here. right where the arrow points. So there are some wet areas of preservation there that we will move. Well, we will not move the wet areas, but we will be aware of them. We will move the buildings and deposits to keep them. Along with this façade where the trees will be planted, it will be right here. So it's these two plots. Ned Shelton goes here. Pleasant Hill is up here. Pleasant Hill is up here. I believe that the other warning that may have been sent is related to this area. But the overlapping of the area by the subway or all this in blue is industrial and everything in the color white cream has no intention of being industrial. So, we're kind of following what the city overcame in the area.

If you have any questions, please put them in the chat. I'll do this as a question to the developers. I know we talked about this, but I'll do it as a question so you have a chance to answer those who are on the call. We discussed the entry you are proposing and what measures you could take to ensure that the vehicles that enter and leave the facilities do not cause congestion or problems on Bell Road.

100%. So, I committed myself, first of all, to N-DOT to see what they would like the Bell Road corridor to keep safe. So, after their feedback, we hired an engineering company called KCIA, which designed the highways and everything along that corridor, to help us conduct a study on how to maintain safety. I just paid for it. So this will all be available in three to four weeks to receive their recommendation. They will work together with Ndot to ensure that all entries are safe. And if we have to move this entry because it is safer here, we will move the entry. Whatever Ndot is, it needs to be done to ensure that it is safe. This is the goal of the engineering study, to obtain the lines of vision so that everyone who comes from Couttsville to the south and from the Shelton area going to the north can see the entrances. So there are some options, it can be a conversion band, it can be a signal, it can be a blinking yellow light. It depends on what INDOT wants us to do and what they want us to do to maintain security, we agree.

We have a question. How many storage units in total?

We are looking for something between 100 and 100 and 310,000 square feet, which is, depending on the mixture of units, between 7 and 800 units. Some have 5x5, others 10x10, others 10x25, some will have air conditioning, others will not. This depends on the layout. The goal is to maximize as much as possible the need for this specific area. We are doing a study on what this division would be, but it will probably be something around 750 of the small ones, you know how they are. You know how these units are, and if the demand is considered higher, we are building the larger units and this number will fall.

Another question that I would ask you that we have already discussed, but for the benefit of the participants of this call. How much, if there is a detonation, do you foresee that it will be done? So, I don't foresee much being done. There are some layers of soil, if I can find them correctly.

Where the soil is. This is my personal information, you don't need to... Let me find it quickly. And then, when I was out there walking on the ground, receiving text messages, there was a... Yes, and Spencer might be better at finding this than me. Real soil.

How much are you looking for this? Another question is, will it be closed? Will it require access with cardboard?

Yes, that's the intention.

I usually ask this question. What kind of security will there be? Will we have cameras? Will there be cameras? Will there be security in the place? Will it be just an alarm?

Many of them don't have employees. After the file, it depends on our partner, the developer. Or are we talking to the public storage now? So it depends on... that they will try to find a solution. Right? So, although this is not an exact estimate, this is not an exact estimate, you know. by this superposition of inches of where the soils are. We have a rock section that you all know very well when you drive and that needs to be destroyed. But this is not in our lots. So, I have no indication that there will be a significant amount of detonation in these two lots. So Andy Andy is the owner of this, we are currently in Sharon David, but we are actively buying it. And we will anticipate, I mean, be sure that there will be a little, but we will not explode this green section because it is not in our lots. There will be a considerable amount of earth movement, just because there is a declive and you can see in the topographic map to go down towards the lake. This should minimize the explosion. By the way, we have to put stones there.

Next question we have, what is the schedule for this project, dates of beginning and end?

We don't have exact schedules for the dates of beginning and end, because we don't have exact schedules for the first step, it is to rezone it for adequate zoning. In conjunction with the zoning process, we can obtain a construction partner and an operational partner to obtain schedules. But I would expect something between 18 and 24 months.

So I'm going to add something about the zoning part you're talking about. So nothing has been protocolized yet? So he really doesn't have a starting point, but we wanted this meeting before we started. If we decide to allow this to go on, then basically I would give him a green light to start. They will protocol their planning plans. So they will start the whole process by going to the planning commission, having a planning public audience, the planning commission, three readings in the council. With the second reading being a public audience, another public audience. As soon as it passes through there and it is really approved, then they can really have some kind of start date. In addition, if they had to change anything in the use of the soil, I don't think it's necessary because we did it a few years ago, that's why it's in blue. But if this had happened, it would have to be a separate legislation, if it hadn't been changed.

We talked to the subway and they told us that we wouldn't have to do this and, in general, they supported our plan. So it looks like we won't have to do that.

Yes, I think everything in blue. We redid the soil use policy a few years at the beginning of this mandate. And we approved it. I don't believe you will have to change the use of the soil. I think if it's already in blue now, it's all right. So it would be one step less. But going back to the point where the question was made. When we start this, it can take two to three months for it to go through the subway process and then their schedule will start from there. The next question is about the single entry and exit point.

At the moment we are projecting this as a single entry to minimize any disturbance in that wet area. And then the intention is to make it long enough to facilitate entry. All right. Any other questions? I'll go once.

I'll go twice! Hmm... If there are no more questions, I will close here. If any neighbor who could not appear tonight had any questions or comments, I have already received some emails from people who could not appear. Send the emails to me. I will collect them and in seven days I will collect what I have and send it to the developers so that they also have this opinion. With the area, this is probably the best use we will have of this land, since it is already zoned for industrial use. And the community has already said several times that when we talk about this area, this area in particular does not want any housing. So I thank them for their willingness to keep the trees along the side of Bell Road so that it is a little hidden from the passengers who go up and down and I thank them for taking into consideration my initial feedback about the entrance and the explosion while they prepared this presentation for us tonight. If there are no major concerns from the community that have not been addressed in this meeting tonight, then I predict that the next time we, me and the developers, talk, I will inform you. It seems that everything is fine and we can start this process. All right, another question came up. Any plans for the event with many victims, like a fire, like what happened in Gatlinburg? Is Bell Road a unique access road?

That's a good question. I didn't think about Bell Road's entrance and exit being a unique access road. I can take a look, but there's nothing.

One thing with that, then, once we give green light, so that this continues and they archive their plans in the planning department, they will go through all the metropolitan departments. The fire department is two of those who will go through these plans. So they will take a look at this and say, yes, everything is fine, or they will say, we need you to have a second entrance, or we need the entrance to be wide enough for a fire truck to come in and out, or emergency vehicles, etc. So all of this is part of the process. It will go through natural water, rainwater, sewage, all these departments will have to take a look, assuming that any green signal is given by the planning department.

Yes, and you know that sprinklers and everything else will be there anyway. So I hope it is amenized.

And it's a good point considering that Bell Road was currently designed, it has only two tracks, with some conversion tracks here and there, and NCDOT, in its infinite wisdom, decided that it wanted to put those bicycle posts there. This makes everything more difficult, but it's something I can address with N. Sedotti while we continue to shout with him about improvements at Bell Road.

On Tuesday, N. told me that they are I'm not putting words in Jane's mouth now, but they told me on Tuesday that Bell Road is about to need another lane, but it hasn't passed over it yet, or something like that. So, they seem to be focused on that, but not individually, of course. But I imagine that yelling at them would be useful.

Well, especially if it's just on the limit. I tell them they need to get out of the rush. They can let me know if they're on the limit or not.

Yes, they said there are 22,000 cars per day. And it's more or less when they need another lane.

Leave it to Anne to wait until the need arises to start doing something.

Certainly. All right. Go to the doctor when you're sick, not for prevention.

Well, do you have anything final that you would like to say to the staff before we close?

I really appreciate that you have appeared today, and you know, I've put a little bit of love in the community and asked us questions, and you are involved in what is happening in your local area, and it is revigorating to see that. So I appreciate everyone's time today, and Mayor Bradford for organizing this, and Sherry and David for appearing, and Andy, and everyone in the camp.

All right. Well, once again, if anyone has any questions later, or if anyone who is watching this recording later has any questions, send me an email to huss.bradford.nashville.gov. So I'll compile these questions and comments and send them to the developers when we have our debriefing, probably next week. Mais uma vez, vou repetir o que foi dito. Agradeço a todos por terem vindo aqui hoje à noite e por terem reservado um tempo para ouvir os desenvolvedores. Espero que todos tenham uma ótima noite e um ótimo fim de semana. Fiquem tranquilos. Tudo bem, obrigado. Obrigada a todos.