[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] [00:00:22] MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. >> MOVE TO APPROVE. [3. NEW BUSINESS] >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. I WILL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> ALL: AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OLD BUSINESS? >> NO OLD BUSINESS TODAY. >> NO OLD BUSINESS, AND ITEM A IN NEW BUSINESS IS THE BUCKINGTOWN AT THE OLD AT&T SITE. DO WE NEED TO TABLE THAT? >> WE WILL TABLE THAT. >> THANK YOU. AND WOULD YOU UPDATE US ON THE STRUCTURE ON THE GREEN? >> SURE, AND IN MAY 2022, THEY MADE THE STRUCTURE ON THE GREEN, AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO US TO REVIEW AND BEFORE E GET INTO THAT, I WANT TO MENTION THAT THE PLAN FROM 2018 ALSO INCLUDED THE STRUCTURE ON THE GREEN RIGHT HERE AND THAT WAS A BUILDING THAT WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE INITIAL CONCEPT FOR THE PLAN, THE LAST BUILDING TO COME ONLINE. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEW DESIGN FOR THAT BUILDING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. WE CAN GET A LOOK THERE, AND THE ONLY NOTES THAT WE HAVE -- A FEW THINGS THAT WE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO AS IT WORKS THROUGH THE KDLS PROCESS WILL MAKE SURE TO LOOK THROUGH THE PACKAGE, THE LANDSCAPING PLAN AND THE MATERIALS USED AND THE PERGOLAS OR UMBRELLAS THEY ARE SUBMITTING AND THE PLANTERS. THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FOR THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IT LOOKS GREAT AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL IF YOU WISH AND IT WILL INCLUDE 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND AN 11,000--SQUARE-FOOT COFFEE HOUSE. >> COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? >> THIS IS REPLACING THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE TAVERN ON THE GREEN CONCEPT? >> CORRECT. >> I HAVE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTMENT. I VOTED FOR -- WELL, WE DID VOTE FOR THE CHANGES IN THE PROJECTS AND THIS IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROMISED AS PART OF THE PROJECT FOR MANY YEARS. I UNDERSTAND SINCE IT'S BEEN SO MANY YEARS THE SHIFT IN DIRECTION, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> YEAH. I THINK THEY SAW A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE IN THE AREA, AND THEY ARE JUST PASSING ON THAT AND PUTTING AN OFFICERS IN THERE, BUT THEY ARE KEEPING THE COFFEE SHOP CONCEPT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE OFFICES IN THE AREAS AS WELL. THIS IS JUST A CHANGE OF DIRECTION FROM THE DEVELOPER. >> SO THAT WAS THE MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES? I MEAN, IS THERE JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGE SPECIFICALLY? >> OH, SORRY. JUST THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING HAS CHANGED. IT USED TO LOOK MORE RUSTIC AND NOW IT'S MORE MODERN AND THE USE CHANGED. IT'S NOW OFFICE, AND THE COFFEE SHOP -- I THINK IT WAS A COFFEE SHOP AND ICE CREAM SHOP AND TAVERN AND NOW IT'S OFFICE AND COFFEE. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> HENRY I THINK -- >> I KNOW, TAVERN ON THE GREEN, I KNOW IT'S BEEN YEARS AND IT'S A SHIFT AND IT WAS ALWAYS DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PROJECT AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHY WE ARE USING THE PARKING IMPACT FEES, THIS IS FOR PUBLIC USE AND THIS IS STILL INTENDED FOR PUBLIC USE. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND IT HAS A GOOD ANSWER AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE LAST PAGE THERE, LARYSA. TAVERN ON THE GREEN WAS GOING TO ALWAYS BE SOME KIND OF BUSINESS, AND THIS IS THE SHAPE, SO YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A BUILDING ON -- LET'S CALL IT 40% OF THE GREEN AND THE REST IS GREEN AND THAT WAS THE PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING. THE ENVIRONMENT HERE HAS SLIGHTLY CHANGED. PREVIOUSLY, AGAIN, THIS WAS ON HOLD FOR A LONG TIME AS I WOULD SAY THIS AREA KIND OF ABSORBED AND THE RESTAURANTS WERE KIND OF ABSORBED. IT WAS ON [00:05:01] HOLD. THERE WAS A TWO RESTAURANT CONCEPT. SINCE THE TWO-RESTAURANT CONCEPT, WAHLBURGER'S CLOSED AND THE DEVELOPMENT BROUGHT THE ROUNDABOUT WITH THE RETAIL AND THE DEVELOPER DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING IN TWO MORE RESTAURANTS THERE. THE DEVELOPER'S ONLY PUTTING IN A COFFEE SHOP THAT THE CREATE THAT KIND OF ACTIVATION AND A VERY SMALL OFFICE FOOTPRINT WITH HIGH-PAYING JOBS. I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN LINE FOR WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE VERY BEGINNING IN 2016 AND ALSO MAKES LIGHT IN SENSE OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. >> YEAH. I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE WE NEED THE SHIFT AT SOME POINT. IT'S JUST A LITTLE FRUSTRATING ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS BEFORE THIS PROJECT EVEN STARTED. THE REASON IT'S NAMED THIS TO BEGIN WITH THERE WAS A LOVELY RENDERING, A WALKWAY WITH RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AND THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED SO I FEEL LIKE THE PUBLIC WAS SOLD ON A PROJECT THAT WAS NOT BUILT. SO I WILL VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS MORE AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE. BUT THIS IS WHY WHEN WE APPROVE PROJECTS, I ALWAYS WARN PEOPLE, WHAT THEY PROMISE MAY NOT ACTUALLY GET BUILT. >> I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE CONCEPT RENDERINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE DONE, REALLY, BEFORE I GOT HERE. IT IS TRUE THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT, THERE WAS NOT A THOROUGHFARE, A WALKWAY WALL THE WAY THROUGH AND THAT DID CHANGE AND WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROPER ADLS AND ALL THE PROCESSES AND THIS HAS BEEN STANDING FOR A LONG TIME AS A TAVERN. SO WE ARE GETTING AN ACTIVATED RESTAURANT, AND IT HAS FOOD AND BEVERAGE NEXT TO IT, VERY SMALL, LOW PROFILE. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? >> THANKS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOTION IS FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN APPROVAL AND NOT APPROVAL OF THE USE OF THE BUILDING. ALL RIGHT. SO MS. GLASPIE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND BRICK AND MASONRY MATERIAL AND PLANTERS SEPARATING THE PATIO FROM THE LAWN AREAS, SO ALL THOSE DETAILS ARE YET TO BE IRONED OUT BY THE ADLS. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. WE WILL WORK THROUGH THEM WITH THE ADLS AND THESE WERE THE COMMENTS FROM 2023 WHEN WE BROUGHT IT THROUGH. >> I'LL SECOND THE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.