WILLIAMS PARKER Application No. 23-CW-09 ATTORNEYS AT LAW e ESTABLISHED 1925 To: Meeting Attendees Date: April 26, 2023 From: Charles (Charlie) D. Bailey, III, Esq., Williams Parker, Applicant' s Agent Subject: Summary of Minutes-Community Workshop April 6, 2023, 5:30 pm A community workshop was held to discuss a Site Plan to be filed with the City of Sarasota relating to a proposed multi-family project to contain 225 dwelling units on 5.63 acres located at 4211, 4229, 4309, 4415, and 4501 North Tamiami Trail (PID Nos. 2004070009, 2004070010, 2004070012, 2004070014, 2004070016, and 2004020003) (collectively, the "Property"), which is zoned North Trail (NT) and Residential Multifamily (RMF-2), located within the North Trail Overlay District (NTOD), and has the Future Land Use Map classifications ofUrban Mixed Use and Multi Family (Moderate Density). The Property includes the land embraced by the Sapphire North multi-family project (2.22 acres; 61 dwelling units) and Sapphire South multi-family project (2.06 acres; 59 dwelling units) for which the City of Sarasota approved Site Plans on November 9, 2022. The Property also includes the intervening .35-acres containing the existing Super 8 hotel parcel to create one contiguous property. Together, the entire 5.63-acre Property is proposed to be developed as a single, unified multi-family project containing 225 dwelling units within 3 four-story multi-family apartment buildings, with two access points on U.S. 41. Charles (Charlie) D. Bailey, III, Esq., applicant' S agent, and Marty McCarthy, applicant, provided an overview of the proposal. Below are the non-verbatim summary minutes of the discussion: Questions/Comments Responses Does the sidewalk connection have to go right next to the The sidewalk stops at our property line. That is where the existing pedestrian house? connection approved for the Sapphire North project was. Kevin Spence spoke on behalf of the IBSSA See attached notes. Would you be willing to work with us on getting the City to put Sure, yes I think we would be willing to work with you. Would be nice to in some traffic calming / cross walks on U.S. 41? be able to get from West to East to get to Water Tower Park. Question about the entrances on US 41. One entrance will be a full access. We are working through the process with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) we may need to move the full access (northern access). If this occurs, we may need to move the northernmost building southward, possibly "merging" it with the middle building to form a larger building. The other access (southern access) will be a right-in/ right-out. Is there going to be a traffic light at 42nd Street? No, no traffic signals are proposed at the driveway connections or at 42nd Street and US 41. Can you elaborate on the one parking spot per bedroom? Yes, the City requires one space per unit. We will actually be providing spaces at 1.3 spaces per unit. Will there be assigned spaces per unit? We have not gotten that far yet. Within the total number of units, how many are single bedroom? We usually do about 40% of units at one-bedroom and 40% at two-bedroom. Worried that there will not be enough parking. A lot are studios too. Question about rules relating to how the apartments would be Iti is not allowed for that, it is all written in the lease. Not allowed for VRBO- leased, such as weekend vacationers, etc. type rental. No subletting or assigning. Is there a restriction on the number of size of dogs, and where Don' 't know what the restrictions are on the dogs. We do charge extra rent will they walk? for dogs and cats. Will be up to property management. We typically have a dog play area SO they would utilize that space. Questions/Comments Responses Who will manage the Greenway if the dogs walk in the We do DNA test the dogs before they come onto the property. If we find Greenway? droppings, they can be tested to determine who is responsible. Can you tell us what the price point might be? This is a market-rate project. The rent is around $2- $2.50 a square foot at this time. When will it be completed? This type of project would take between 20-24 months to construct. It is dependent on approvals with the City, but we would hope to start construction in Fall 2023. If one building has to be moved South to accommodate a We would break its façade with architectural elements. There may be a way different driveway access, what will you do architecturally to to set it back it back or stair-step it. We can do something with trees as well prevent it from looking like one big monolithic building? or a public art installation. Is this the same company that built the apartment complex to No. the South? Is this plan what you will be submitting to the City, more or Yes. If the northern driveway is moved, it will remain on US 41 as we less? described. We would keep the same amount of parking and units, we would just be reconfiguring to move the driveway to a location FDOT approves. Do you have any other developments in Sarasota that are up and No. We are a Minnesota-based company that has expanded across the functioning? country. We would love to do more here. Is there any consideration to put in electric vehicle charging Yes, at opening we will have 10% of units (25 parking spaces) with charging stations? stations. Then another 10% will be wired to accommodate charging stations in the future. Comment about stormwater they are using for the Bay project. Our rain garden would do something very similar. Is there any retail space? No. Can you explain how garbage is picked up and collected? We have a waste management consultant that we work with, and have identified how the trucks can move through this location. Many apartments have a valet trash service, so the trash will be managed. Question about buffers from the trash. Iti is located in a trash compactor building and is enclosed. Concern about landscaping at front of the building. Wel have had conversations with a landscape architecture firm about how to manage that space. There will be landscaping. Engineering will tell us what trees will fit based on other improvements in that area. Question about pedestrian access into the neighborhood shown Yes, that is the only direct connection. on the plan, is that the only access? Have you talked to the City about what would happen ifwe start That is not a discussion we have had. It is a public right-of-way. We to see overflow parking in the neighborhood? designed it to be inconvenient to park in the neighborhood and are providing more parking spaces than required by the Zoning Code. Is it the City that requires the connection to the neighborhood? Yes, they require a connection to the right-of-way. It is the City's requirement that wel have a sidewalk there, which we believe is a good thing. Anyone who lives in the apartments can join the IBSSA and can Noted. Thank you. donate towards maintenance of the Greenway. Question about lighting. We will have to light to the standards of the Zoning Code and provide a photometric plan to the City's requirements regarding light casting from the property. Eventual goal for the Trail is to slow down on US41, including We do have balconies; they are just inset. with roundabouts in the future. Please do consider some balconies. Will your company be managing the rentals of these apartments Yes. as well? Do you have restrictions regarding animals and somewhere Yes. We are not showing a dog park yet, we haven' 'ts gotten that far with our outdoors for them? landscape plan yet. We do have a dog wash area and anticipate that, as we develop that outdoor space, we will probably incorporate something like that. 2 Questions/Comments Responses Concern about if there will be enough parking. The sidewalk along our US 41 frontage will be wider than normal, 8-feet in Did you mention there will be a bike path? width. Not a bike lane, but it can accommodate bikes. What does the four-stories equate to in height? Somewhere around 50 feet, approximately. Question about the density. North Trail allows 35 dwelling units per acre, RMF-2 allows 9 dwelling units per acre. We will be utilizing a density bonus for the Graywater system, which is provided under State Statute. We are doing a total of 225 units, which comes out to about 39 dwelling units per acre. Concern about traffic and possibly lower speed limits. Goes to traffic calming, with the roundabouts and crosswalks. Anyone know how many units are proposed for across the 80 or 90? street? Comment that it is not right across the street. Is the gate to the neighborhood going to be limited access? We haven 't figured that out yet. If there is a concern about people parking there, we could potentially have a code on the inside. Is there CCTV? We do have cameras that will be positioned around the property. Will the renters there be investors or renters? Who owns the Renters. Roers Companies owns the property. It will not be a condominium property? Can anyone sublease? and no short-term rentals. This meeting adjourned at 6:40 pm. Contacts regarding this summary: Charles (Charlie) D. Bailey, III, Esq., Williams Parker, Applicant's Agent: (941) 366-4800 3 Roer's Apartments Community Workshop April 6, 2023 Intro- K. Spence- IBSSA board member Would to thank Marty with Roer's and would like everyone to know: Roer's has reached out to our neighborhood through IBSSA in advance of this meeting and we have met with them twice to discuss issues. Joanne Gonet, our president, regrets that she cannot be here herself tonite; she's back home in Mass. dealing with family business and asked me to relay her thanks and that of IBSSA. Our compliments to Roer's for watching the Sapphire Community workshop in advance and being knowledgeable about our neighborhood concerns. The issues we spoke about then, are still our concerns today and I'm please to say that Roer's has listened and actively worked with us. As most here know, our concerns center around safety and the protection of our homes: 1) Traffic being routed into our neighborhood. Without sidewalks, with streets being our walkways, any more traffic IS an increased hazard to pedestrians, bicyclists, and children playing. We are very pleased that the latest drawings shown to us had no exits into our neighborhood streets. Thank you Roer's. 2) Stormwater and our 1950's infrastructure- Roer's is working on a field design to mitigate the impact of bubblers dumping storm water into 45th street and 42nd street. 3) Parking- Roer's has worked to raise their parking ratio and has even involved IBSSA for opinions on certain trees that are presenting obstacles to additional parking. Roer's has also not taken advantage oft the NTOD allowed ratio of one car per apartment. Thank you. 4) Height & parking lot buffers- Roer's has shown sensitivity to these matters and has been transparent about what they can do and worked with us to improve certain areas. So, thank you Charlie with Williams Parker, and Marty and the team at Roer's for involving the neighborhood early. We look forward to working with you moving forward. 4