Workshop.

Before we begin today's proceedings, I'm going to give you an overview of the process because we're a little less formal on workshop days than we are at the hearing.

For each agenda item, we're going to start with the uh applicant coming up and giving us an overview of your project, um, walking us through it.

If any of you here are new to the process, um, we specifically want you to to give us some detail, um, not just say it's here, do you have questions?

And specifically, if you're asking for modifications, um, walk us through the modifications and tell us um why you're asking for those modifications.

Um, after the applicant presentation, uh, the commission will ask questions, um, give you comments, um, and then after that, we will turn to the staff and have the staff add any additional things that they have to say regarding the package.

And then finally, we will turn it over for public comment.

And if anybody is in the audience who wishes to make public comment, that would be um your time.

Um, and if there is anybody, um please sign up at the sign-up sheet on the side of the room today.

That would be useful, although not required.

Um, I will still ask for other comments as well.

And um, then at that point, we'll give the applicant a chance to respond to comments, give the commission a chance for one more round of questions or comments, and then we will finish the item.

Um, and with that being said, at this point, anybody who wants to present before the commission today, if it's the city staff, applicants, and public who need to be sworn in.

So if everybody could stand and raise your right hand.

Thank you.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the response is given and statements made in this hearing before the planning commission will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

If so, answer I do.

Thank you very much.

Um, Gabrielle, I know we don't have an official spot on the agenda for announcements, but do you have anything you need to say before we get started?

Um always a good reminder that this evening is our citywide planning department community outreach meeting at 6 p.m.

It's held in this room, uh, and that is an opportunity for a staff and the applicants to showcase the latest agenda items or the latest submissions that will ultimately be agenda items uh that the city is currently reviewing.

So just plug for that.

Thank you.

All right.

At this point, we are ready for our first agenda item.

That is the Frederick County Prospect Center.

Um case numbers PC 24-559 FSI for the final site plan and PC 24560 FSCB for the combined forest stand delineation and preliminary forest conservation plan.

And if you could start by introducing your team.

Are those on?

It's not on.

Good afternoon.

Thanks, Kyle.

Uh my name is Peter Soprano.

I'm with Site Resources.

I'm the civil engineer for the project.

With me here is Todd McManick, he's the architect from Crabtree Ruhrba and Associates.

And we also have Kyle Buda in the audience from Site Resources and a member of Frederick County from the owner side, in case there are any questions for you.

So with that, we can get started on the Frederick County Prospect Center project for the final site plan for this PC workshop.

You can see that the site plan here on the screen showing the proposed improvements for the site.

It's located at 585 Himes Avenue.

Um, and just this gives you a general introduction to what is being proposed, and you can see on the western side of the site, there is the existing lot which is existing to remain.

Um, and we can go into that in a little bit more detail here on the next slide.

Um we'll we'll get into the detail of the proposed site as we as we go.

If you could go to the next slide, please.

Thank you.

So this is the existing site.

Um the existing building is split up into three levels with the ground level as well.

As was noted, the address is 585 Himes Avenue, and the lot area itself is shown in red is 25.9 acres.

Um the actual site plan area that we're going to be uh viewing today is only 19 and a half acres, and that is primarily because that western lot that you see there that was I pointed out in that first slide is going to remain undeveloped and it's going to be earmarked for future development that is not included in this project.

The zone is IST.

The project's currently going through a zoning map amendment process, and we're hoping that gets approved as it's going before the mayor and the board uh in October.

So it's zone PB now, but for the purposes of the site plan, it'll be zoned IST.

Um it's on existing public water and sewer.

And um, as I'd noted, this building it's a primarily a renovation project with uh vehicle storage building and a small data center.

That'll be shown in the next slide.

Thank you.

Um so the existing building is just over 207,000 square feet, um, and we'll include some details in some subsequent slides here about exactly what will be renovated within the existing building.

But I wanted to talk to you a little bit about the site holistically.

Uh it's a being a rather large site.

I'm gonna split the it's kind of this brief presentation here into two sides of the site, the south side and the north side for you, so we can zoom in a little bit on the improvements and you can see a little bit more.