HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes TAC 10-19-11C ARMEL TECHNICAL ADVISORY CONIlVHTTEE
NIE'.ETING AGENDA
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Place: Dept. of Community Services Conference Room, 3 rd Floor, Carmel City Hall.
Time: 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. Docket No. 11090005 TAC: Carmel Hope Fellowship Church, Phase 3.
The applicant seeks TAC approval for a 6,284 sq. ft. building addition for a sanctuary and
meeting rooms, as shown on the original BZA special use approval in 2008. The site is
located at 14535 Cary Rd and is zoned R 1/Residential. Filed by Jamie Shinneman of
Weihe Engineers, Inc.
Eric Carter, Susie Dehart, and Martin Smith were all presented for the petitioner. They are
proposing their final addition to the church. It will be approximately 6,286 sq. ft. added to the
sanctuary.
Greg Hoyes Hamilton Co. Surveyor's Office
-The proposed development has complied with the Hamilton County's master plan so there
will be no comments or issues.
Shirley Hunter -Duke Energy
-When the second phase was built, Duke was aware of the third phase and has provided
adequate power for this proposed addition to the building.
Chris Ellison Carmel Fire Department
earlier this month, Chris contacted Eric in reference to the size of the structure and potential
building codes and requirements. The State of Indiana requires a sprinkler system or fire
division once you exceed 7,000 sq. ft. and once an occupant load of 300 is exceeded This
initial phase of the project is proposed to only have an occupant load of 200. The owner is
requesting a provision that in the future if they add additional space they will then sprinkler
the added addition but they will put in place the infrastructure at this time. The building
currently does not have an alarm system; it is recommended that the builder checks on
required occupancy's loads for the fire alarms, since they are lower than the requirements for
sprinkler systems.
Angie Conn -DOCS Planning Administrator
-No further comments
Presented comments for the Urban Forester in his absence. He request builder to comply
with previously approved landscape plan.
Present for the City Engineers Office. Review letter will be sent today.
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9:15 a.m Gramercy PUD; brief introduction of construction plans. For the November 16 TAC
meeting _Buckingham Companies will bring through their plans and DP /ADLS Applications
for Gramercy PUD (now Mohawk Hills Apartments Golf Course), which is located at the
southwest corner of 126` St. and Keystone Pkwy, on approximately 113 acres. The site is
zoned PUD/Planned Unit Development.
Matt Griffin, Dick Hoover, Ryan Rediger, Randy Schumacher, and Alyssa Prazeau all
presented for the petitioner. The proposed site is at the existing Mohawk Apartments Golf
Course. About 4 years ago it was successfully rezoned to a PUD (planned unit development)
called Gramercy. This project consisted of about 2,400 new units consisting of office space,
condos, single family, retail space and a core that would be 6 -7 stories in height. In the past 5
years the economy and marketplace has changed dramatically. Since this project has been in
the works for the past 5 years it has been re- envisioned in to something that would be able to
take root and be successful in the current economy and community. Provided today was a
draft version of the site plan for the proposed development. Next month for TAC they will
have more detailed and finalized plans for the project.
Essentially this is an infill and re- habilitation project. It is designed to keep most of the
existing apartments but do a complete renovation on the interior and exterior. Approximately
420 units will be renovated with new floor plans to make them more into modern day units.
They intend on adding 1,100 new units that will be a mix of a variety of building types
ranging from 2 and 3 stories with an urban core that will be 4 stories. These new units will
have a range of architectural looks. The vision of the core will be very much online with the
City of Cannel's current development, with masonry buildings and clock towers.
The site plan provided pays special attention to the utilities and easements. It has been
worked out to try and avoid the existing utility easements for the intent to upgrade and
redesign what is on site and add too instead of doing a complete scrap and rebuild. Above
ground detention ponds have been placed where they shouldn't be an issue with the current
utilities and existing infrastructure. The idea is to share the initial concept plan, take a look
and make sure the proposed concept is going in the right direction so not intruding on any
easements or causing any service issues.
The project is intended to be phased out into two phases. Phase one would be the complete
renovation of the 420 remaining units, the addition of 700 new units, and the removal of 8 -9
buildings. Intended start date is desired to be around March 2012.
Would like to set up an additional meeting with Vectren to discuss the possibility of
relocating some of the smaller gas lines running through the site.
Would like to set up an additional meeting with the City Engineers Office to discuss and get
any idea of what roads they will want to be public and or private.
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Greg Hoyes Hamilton Co. Surveyor's Office
-No comments, out of jurisdiction.
Shirley Hunter -Duke Energy
Will be able to comment further next month with updated plans that show existing service
and proposed easements. Currently the area has no electrical easements and the equipment is
so old there are daily issues on site.
Chris Ellison Carmel Fire Department
-Noted for in the first phase when the 8 -9 buildings are getting ready to be demolished the
Fire Department would like to see if they could use those for training proposes.
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