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2010-07-26 Meeting Report (School of Rock)SPIN MEETING REPORT CASE NO. PROJECT NAME SPIN DISTRICT: MEETING DATE: MEETING LOCATION: ZA 10 -042 School of Rock SPIN 11 July 26, 2010 1400 Main Street, Southlake, TX Training Rooms 3A 3B TOTAL ATTENDANCE: Ten (10) SPIN REPRESENTATIVE(S) PRESENT: Ron Evans #10) APPLICANT(S) PRESENTING: Dean Tarpley STAFF PRESENT: Daniel Cortez, Planner I STAFF CONTACT: Richard Schell, Planner II, (817)748 -8602; rschell(a�ci.southlake.tx.us EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Property Situation The property is located at 3220 W. Southlake Boulevard. Development Details The applicant is requesting approval of a Zoning Change and Site Plan on 0.64 acres to operate a music school. No modifications are being proposed to the exterior of the existing building and the school would operate from inside the existing building on site. QUESTIONS CONCERNS How many full time employees will you have? That would be fully dependent on number of children enrolled. There are always 2 salaried employees at all times, the music director and general manager. We do have the equivalent of 6 FTE's at the Frisco location. Will you collaborate with the school district? We are passionate of working with other schools. In Frisco, we have a very good healthy relationship with the city and school district; we support many of their functions. How many people in the Southlake do you know of go to the Dallas school? Not sure, but approximately up to 70% of the students commute to these schools such as the one in Dallas. We never have more than 20 -25 kids at a time. Parking is rarely an issue Are there kids from Southlake at this school? Not completely sure, but there are children from the surrounding communities going. How is this school different from the other music school? Student: I never really gained a connection with the music and it really didn't motivate me, whereas now I am loving it and extremely motivated. I have attended multiple schools for music and never was really attracted to the music until School of Rock. Do you do concerts within the school? It's not planned to have a venue within the building, our Dallas school doesn't even have a venue, and we generally go to large known venues like the house of blues for performances. Did you plan to upgrade the exterior of the building? We plan to paint the outside of the building, but no other changes were planned. Did you purchase the building from Wayne Lee, it looks very poorly? Yes, that's why we intend to paint the exterior so it appears attractive to our students and parents. Are you aware of the previously approved plans for this site? My partner is more involved with this, but we can discuss this further as far as improving the building any further. We have a lot of concerned citizens that are aware of this site that would like to see it look nicer. We are willing to commit to have it look like a great facility; we want to attract these children and parents to feel this is a legitimate business. We look at specific communities very purposely and that's why Southlake was chosen. What are the hours up to? Up to 8:30, but I don't want to restrict it to that time because there may be adults that stay later, but I can guarantee if there are any adults playing it would be in the interior of the building. We don't want our reputation to be of a bad place. We will resolve any issues and haven't had any problems at other locations. How many kids are anticipated? Ultimately 150, that would be desired and best for our business. We never really have more than 20 to 25 at any given time though. We never have rehearsals going on concurrently so it shouldn't be a problem. Will you be teaching piano? Voice? We do keyboard and yes we do vocals. SPIN Meeting Reports are general observations of SPIN Meetings by City staff and SPIN Representatives. The report is neither verbatim nor official meeting minutes; rather it serves to inform elected and appointed officials, City staff, and the public of the issues and questions raised by residents and the general responses made. Responses as summarized in this report should not be taken as guarantees by the applicant. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to follow the case through the Planning and Zoning Commission and final action by City Council.