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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Q & A / Comments