Time and Location of the Meeting: the meeting was held at the Heights Community Center on Buena Vista and was called to order at 7:00 pm.
Board Members Present: James Montalbano, Rich Braziel, Elizabeth Doak, Don McIver, Tom Ocken, Jill Berry, Sean Matney & Richard Hallett. Sign-in Sheet
Others Present: Gordon Reiselt, Sal Perdomo – Titan Construction, & Josh Rogers – Titan Construction Sign-in Sheet
Titan Construction: Sal Perdoma and Josh Rogers from Titan Construction shared information about the multi-stage construction project occurring on the vacant land to the north of Presbyterian Hospital. The first phase of the project is called Highlands North and will be submitted for permitting in a couple weeks. They had submitted a three-story building but it was not economical because of the high site preparation cost. They redesigned this portion of the project to be a four-story multifamily rental building with 92 apartments. This Gated Community will have on-site parking for all residents and some visitors. There will be public parking on all other sides. They have a small pool and will be renting one-bedroom apartments for approximately $1095/Mo and two-bedroom apartments for $1625/Mo. The building is 46’ high but it was noted that zoning would actually have allowed it to be 65’ feet high. Alliance Property Management will operate the property. They plan to break ground in August of this year and have a 12-month construction schedule.
The second part of the project will be a Marriott Springhill Suites hotel with 118 rooms. They will also have onsite parking & will house the Ronald McDonald House (20 rooms). Building permits were submitted this week. 5G is the Architect and they are out of Dallas. Part of this project will be a pedestrian bridge over Central Avenue. The bridge will be constructed on site and then lifted across central onto its supports. This will allow for minimal interruptions on Central Avenue.
Another part of the project is the Highlands East Block consisting of a 228-unit project w/ 5000 square feet of ground floor retail. They plan on submitting their building permit in about 5 months and begin construction in early 2019.
An open-air food space was approved in April 2017, which will have room for 10-15 vendors to have 300-400 square feet each for food preparation and a large space for customers to sit and eat. The property manager will maintain the eating space.
Art Project: The Titan representatives reported that Mayor Keller said there will be a big announcement this week about ART. Sources say the construction issues are reported as resolved. However, we are still waiting on the new buses.
SE Area Command Community Policing Council: The Monthly meeting will be held at the Cesar Chavez Community Center located at 7505 Kathryn SE on Thursday 5/17 from 6-8pm to discuss the process for selecting a new police chief.
Lucaya House Dumpster: For a long time their dumpster has been blocking the sidewalk and overflowing with trash on Ash between Lead and Coal. Tom and James will write up a letter to send to the City requesting action.
Roosevelt Park Thursday Summer Events: We have received our Noise permit, No Impact Permit, and special-use Permit for “Thursdays @ Roosevelt.” We still need to get our Vendor Selection permit & Fire Permit. We may need to get Event insurance. The Roosevelt committee will meet next week to push forward this new event that is set to debut on June 21. Sal Perdomo has offered his services for Marketing and Tom Ocken for Design. The committee will toss around more ideas for food trucks.
1512 Silver: The new home being built at 1512 Silver now has a single-file driveway, which satisfies the only concern the neighborhood has about the house.
Minutes: The April Board Meeting minutes were approved unanimously as corrected.
The meeting adjourned at 8:50pm.