Item 8 - 2035 Corridor Committee Meeting Report
Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee and 2035 Land Use Plan Committee
Meeting Report
Meeting 14 – January 22, 2018
MEETING
LOCATION: Southlake Town Hall – Training Rooms 3B, 3C & 3D
1400 Main Street
Southlake, Texas, 76092
IN
ATTENDANCE:
City Council Members: Chad Patton, Shawn McCaskill, John Huffman
Planning & Zoning Commission Members: Michael Forman, Michael
Springer, Daniel Kubiak, Chris Greer
Ex Officio: Brandon Bledsoe
Park Board Member: Frances Scharli
City Staff: Ken Baker, Dennis Killough, Jerod Potts, Lorrie Fletcher, Patty
Moos, Madeline Oujesky, Daniel Cortez
AGENDA
ITEMS:
1. Administrative Comments.
2. Review, discuss and make recommendations on the Southlake 2035 Land
Use Plan for the North, West, Southeast and Central Sectors.
3. Review, discuss and make recommendations on a proposed development
to include 3 to 4 restaurants on approximately 8 acres located at 2185 E.
Southlake Boulevard, generally located south of E. Southlake Boulevard,
west of S. Kimball Avenue and north of S. Village Center Drive (Greenway
Investments – Kimball Crossing).
4. Review, discuss and make recommendations on a proposed indoor
commercial amusement center for Urban Air Adventure Park located at
2201 W. Southlake Boulevard, Lot 2R1, Block 1, Southlake Crossing
(former Walmart Neighborhood Market).
5. Adjournment.
MEETING
OVERVIEW:
On January 22, 2018 the Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee
held their fourteenth meeting. The Committee was sent a packet of
materials prior to the meeting that were to be discussed during the
session. A meeting agenda was posted and the meeting time was
advertised on the City’s website. The following meeting report focuses on
discussion points made during the meeting by members of the
Committee, public and City staff. This report is neither verbatim nor does
it represent official meeting minutes; rather it serves to inform elected and
appointed officials, City staff, and the public of the issues and questions
raised by the Committee, City staff, and any attendees of the meeting.
Interested parties are strongly encouraged to follow development cases
through the process. Please visit CityofSouthlake.com/Planning for more
information.
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1. ITEM #4 DISCUSSION – Review, discuss and make recommendations on a
proposed indoor commercial amusement center for Urban Air Adventure Park
located at 2201 W. Southlake Boulevard, Lot 2R1, Block 1, Southlake Crossing
(former Walmart Neighborhood Market).
Staff presentation: Dennis Killough
Dennis reviewed the proposal, including the city’s pursuit of public/private
partnership with the Southlake Marketplace Management company regarding
improved drive access
Questions / Comments for staff by the Committee:
Q: Will the improved vehicular drive access provide a benefit to the Fire
Department?
A: A signal light is planned at DPS West intersection to control emergency vehicle
access onto FM 1709, as well as improve access to the shopping center
Q: There is not a budget item in the CIP for the Southlake Marketplace driveway
improvements and signalization, correct?
A: A funding item for the FM 1709 Market Place improvements and signalization is
included as a project in the FY 2017 CIP
Q: Can you identify the parking area to be used by this development?
A: Parking for the proposed use will be within the owner’s lot boundary. The entire
lot is under parked, not only for the new development
C: Parking ratio, per ordinance, is 10 adults to 10 kids, not 10 adults to 150 kids. A
rezoning to reestablish parking ratio is required to permit the proposed use.
Applicant presentation
Trampoline park adventure park
Sign on façade
Adventure Park
o Cafes
o Warrior Course
o Tubes
o Ropes Course
o Sky Runner (roller coaster) (zipline)
o Performance trampolines
Smaller trampolines for more activities
o APEX
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o Dodgeball
o Rockwall climbing
o Go Karts (will be at proposed location)
o Bowling
o Mini Golf
Only high performance go karts and tandem go karts will be used
Parking
o Complete parking study at 5 Dallas Urban Air locations (drones)
Identify what parking looks like on a busiest day (Saturday morning)
o 60% revenue = birthday parties
o Urban Air caters to children (1-14) but mostly younger children
o Hoping to move into dark box stores (mostly grocery stores)
o Company typically looks for 30,000+ SF
o 18-20ft clear height
Questions / Comments for applicant by the Committee:
Q: What size is the window for skydiving?
A: 8ft tube
Q: What are your normal hours?
A: Monday – Thursday (3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) / Friday (12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) /
Saturday (10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.) / Sunday (10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.)
Q: When will the drone parking study be completed?
A: Weekend of January 27th (so we can attach study to our application)
C: “Best thing we’ve ever had for entertainment”
C: Drone study will provide us with everything we need to address parking
C: Plan to discuss traffic flow for the intersection near the fire house on Southlake
Blvd.
C: Starbucks parking lot landscape is an issue – please come with plans that include
parking islands (shrubbery)
C: It will be fun to see how the property will be revitalized
C: This has been a positive discussion, but future driveway improvements are going
to be very important moving forward
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STAFF PRESENTATION SHOWN TO COMMITTEE:
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