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Item #3 - Southwest Meadows - 2035 Corridor Committee Meeting Report - 10-04-2017 Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Meeting Report Meeting 13 – October 4, 2017 MEETING LOCATION: Southlake Town Hall – Training Rooms 3A, 3B, 3C & 3D 1400 Main Street Southlake, Texas, 76092 IN ATTENDANCE:  City Council Members: Chad Patton, Shawn McCaskill  Planning & Zoning Commission Members: Michael Springer, Chris Greer  Ex Officio: Brandon Bledsoe  Park Board Member: Frances Scharli  City Staff: Ken Baker, Dennis Killough, Jerod Potts, Daniel Cortez AGENDA ITEMS: 1. Open House to provide information on the recommendations of the proposed FM 1709 – FM 1938 Corridor Plan, an element of the Southlake 2035 Comprehensive Plan (5:30 PM to 6:30 PM). 2. FM 1709 – FM 1938 Corridor Plan public presentation and discussion (Approximately 6:30 PM). 3. Review, discuss and make recommendations on a proposed development to include a hotel and three (3) restaurants located on an approximately 6 acres of property addressed as 1901 W. Kirkwood Blvd. and located at the corner of W. State Highway 114 and W. Kirkwood Blvd. 4. Review, discuss and make recommendations on a proposed Senior Living Cottage development located on approximately 13 acres on property addressed as 930 E. Highland Avenue (Property located east of the Harbor Chase Assistant Living Facility). 5. Adjournment MEETING OVERVIEW: On October 4, 2017 the Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee held their thirteenth 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. Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 3 1. ITEM #3 DISCUSSION – Review, discuss and make recommendations on a proposed development to include a hotel and three (3) restaurants located on an approximately 6 acres of property addressed as 1901 W. Kirkwood Blvd. and located at the corner of W. State Highway 114 and W. Kirkwood Blvd: Staff Presentation: Dennis Killough Questions for Staff by the Committee: Q: Niche retail - does that mean we are talking about things other than a chain? A: Things that focus in unique markets Q: Regarding the zoning - is there specific language on the nature (5 stories or 3) of the hotel? A: The zoning just identifies those uses (hotel). Q: Sidewalk considered along SH 114 frontage? A: Yes Applicant Presentation: Charles Hodges  Property that initially became TD Ameritrade  Has about 35 feet of topography both up and down  Retail / specialty restaurant (concept restaurants not chain, that are sit down, not drive through)  Want to be the walkable centerpiece for that entire campus  Forested area as the backdrop; wanted to take advantage for the restaurant and hotel  Want to be a boutique hotel in this location  Wilks family will want to own and operate the hotel  Dramatic fall towards Kirkwood, and has a steady climb from the crown to the SH 114 area  The original decorative walls from Solana are still there  Not sure what we are able to do with the walls that are there - think it is important to work around those walls and make them a focal point to how buildings are arranged  Solid tree wall on both sides of the floodplain - great understory to take advantage of  Outdoor dining embracing the canopy  Encouraging the ability to extend trails with foot bridge that loop from Sabre system, to this area, and then to TD Ameritrade  Think there is an opportunity for a walkable environment Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 4  May be opportunities for autonomous system that runs on a loop; possibly a manually driven trolley system  Hoping to utilize offsite parking for valet in the evening  Think there is good compatibility for co -use of parking between restaurants and hotel  Think it is important for restaurants to cohabitation with one pad  Designing with high pressure pipeline, not against it  Relative height in the grading does two things: eight (8) foot cut off the knob that will give a neutral no cut - no fill area  There are a bunch of cedars, good trees  Think we will be able to work with this plan so that there opportunities to save trees in the neutral zone  Looking at 135 rooms in the hotel - boutique hotel is smaller  Would like to have extensive area (centerpiece of hotel) to be public area on the back side; passive, quiet, not a lot of organized activities  Think retaining wall will need to be included in the design  Asking to take 16,377 SF of land for a widening and extension of the service road  Designing hotel for the business traveler;  Worked with fire to make sure we satisfy requirements  Willing to work with staff and deliver level of quality. Will write definition of that Questions for the Applicant by the Committee: Q: Looks like a lot of parking A: Right on code - Uber effect. Many hotel residents would likely not even have a rental car. Would like to have less parking. 21% on green space not counting any in the parking lot. Probably 4 or 5 spots over on the hotel Q: What is keeping you from going to 95-room hotel? A: Hilton says you cannot be that successful with that few room s; We would like to be small Q: You say neutral - that is where you are not raising or lowering the grade? Least amount of earth disturbance? A: Setting restaurants 5-feet below the elevation of the top of that wall; all outdoor dining will sit behind that wall. Will have some opportunities to stair step in the neutral zone. Q: Did you look at the hotel requirements for the City? A: Say they will do full bell-service, full room-service. The restaurant in the hotel will not be full at noon. Would not be a vibrant 3-meal restaurant Q: What were your options with valet? A: Think we need to provide for it - particularly at the two restaurant site Q: Is there a pool with the hotel? Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 5 A: Right now we are not putting a pool Comments by the Committee:  Make the development work with what you're given  Comes down to negotiating this SUP; land use has been decided - what is it going to look like  Take that corner and turning that into more of a feature rather than just a wall - have set a precedent with how we treat corners  Use the SUP to tie down the details - industry has changed so much  There is a limit to what we do to make sure you maintain a quality level of hotel  There is zoning in place - be careful what you ask for  It would be really cool - subject to everything we are all concerned about  Great way to add to TD Ameritrade  Would be interested in seeing how you can doctor up that corner  We like options all the way through the process - might know what we want until we see it  Parking - way to link restaurants to the hotel Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 6 STAFF PRESENTATION SHOWN TO COMMITTEE: Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 7 Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 8 Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 9 Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 10 Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 11 Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Wilks Property Meeting #13 – October 4, 2017 Page 12