URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE

The City of Lincoln Urban Design Committee will have a regularly scheduled public meeting on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 210 on the 2nd floor, County-City Building, 555 S. 10th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, to consider the following agenda. For more information, contact the Planning Department at (402) 441-7491.

AGENDA 1. Approval of UDC meeting record of May 7, 2019. DISCUSS AND ADVISE 2. Lincoln Sports Facility Revisions (Manzitto/Urban Development Dept.)

DISCUSSION 3. Staff Report & misc.: upcoming items, etc.

Urban Design Committee’s agendas may be accessed on the Internet at http://lincoln.ne.gov/city/plan/boards

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MEETING RECORD NAME OF GROUP: URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE DATE, TIME AND May 7, 2019, 3:00 p.m., Conference Room 210, County- PLACE OF MEETING: City Building, 555 S. 10th Street, Lincoln, NE. MEMBERS IN Amber Brannigan, Emily Casper, Tom Huston, Gil Peace and Michelle ATTENDANCE: Penn; (Tammy Eagle Bull and Trent Reed absent). OTHERS IN Ed Zimmer, Stacey Hageman, Kellee Van Bruggen and Teresa ATTENDANCE: McKinstry of the Planning Dept.; Hallie Salem of Urban Development;

and Matt Olberding with the Lincoln Journal Star. Michelle Penn called the meeting to order and acknowledged the posting of the Open Meetings Act in the room. Penn called for a motion approving the minutes of the regular meetings held March 5, 2019 and April 2, 2019. Motion for approval made by Huston, seconded by Casper and carried 5-0: Brannigan, Casper, Huston, Peace and Penn voting ‘yes’; Eagle Bull and Reed absent. SARO CIDER SIDEWALK CAFÉ: Hallie Salem stated that she has talked to the owner about a sidewalk café. This would be located within their property. East of the building is private property. They have food and serve cider and other beverages. The fact that they provide food allows them to have outdoor dining. Sidewalk cafés are usually done in the public right-of-way. It will look and operate like a sidewalk café. If this is approved, the Urban Development Dept. would recommend this for approval to the State Liquor Commission. An outdoor dining area has a lower fence, as opposed to a higher fence that is required for an outdoor beer garden. Penn wondered if there is a door to the outside from the establishment. Salem believes there is. The Liquor Commission will review all the details. Huston thinks this is a great idea. He would prefer to see this, as opposed to a beer garden. Zimmer noted that this location is former right-of-way. ACTION: Huston moved approval of the sidewalk café as proposed, seconded by Peace and carried 5-0: Brannigan, Casper, Huston, Peace and Penn voting ‘yes’; Eagle Bull and Reed absent.

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Peace understands that a beer garden must have a six foot fence and outdoor dining requires a lower fence. He wondered where these rules can be found. Zimmer stated that there are sidewalk café design standards. They can occur in places other than downtown. The key difference is if they are located on public or private property. Huston added that beer garden rules are for liquor licenses. VENDOR CART: Salem showed a proposal for a vendor cart. We want to make sure this fits in the size requirements. She believes we are generally good with what they are showing us in terms of complying with the law. Penn remembers having a hotdog vendor cart in the past. Salem noted that the key things with food trucks is vending from the street and safety. You also cannot bike on City sidewalks downtown. The question is if the appearance of the cart is appropriate for vending. Brannigan questioned if there is anything similar to this that is already operating. Salem is not aware of anything similar. ACTION: Brannigan moved approval of the bicycle vendor cart as proposed, seconded by Huston and carried 5-0: Brannigan, Casper, Huston, Peace and Penn voting ‘yes’; Eagle Bull and Reed absent. Peace wondered if other approved vendor carts from the past are still operating. Salem stated there are a few that operate for a year or two. The hotdog carts seem to be the longest lasting. It is a challenging business. STAFF REPORT AND MISCELLANEOUS: * Penn stated that the Mayor’s Art Awards are Thursday and she is unable to attend. She will be out of town. She is looking for someone to attend in her place. Dan and Tamara Sloan of the Mill are the award recipients. Brannigan would consider doing it if her daycare provider can stay late. Casper has a conflict with daycare as well. Huston agreed to attend this year. * Zimmer will bring forward a neighborhood design standard appeal next month. It is a townhome with both garage doors facing the street. * Huston read in the paper that the container houses on Vine Street are moving forward. Zimmer stated that yes, they are in motion. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. F:\Boards\UDC\Minutes\2018\050719.doc

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TO: URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE

FROM: Ed Zimmer

RE: Meeting of June 25, 2019

DATE: June 19, 2019

ITEM 2: Lincoln Sports Facility Revisions

Sam Manzitto, developer for the Lincoln Sports Facility (West O & SW 14th), is requesting changes to

the building design due to greater construction costs than anticipated.

UDC first considered this project in April and May of 2018 and made recommendations which were

reflected in the design then under consideration. Geotechnical problems on the site prompted

reorientation of the building from the south part of the lot (with primary orientation of the building to

the north), to an east placement on the site (with the entrance oriented westward). In November of

2018, the Committee reviewed the revised site and elevation plans and recommended their

approval, with suggestions for site enhancements. The building design at the bottom of this page is

the last one reviewed by UDC. It is now incorporated into the adopted Redevelopment Agreement for

the project. That Agreement also authorizes the Mayor, after consultation with Urban Design

Committee, to amend the approved design.

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The proposed amended building design is illustrated below.

The question before the Committee is not whether the value-engineered proposal is superior or

equivalent to the previously approved design, but rather whether the amended design, in its

proposed location, has a positive, negative, or neutral impact on our community’s urban design. In

this West O Street area, impact on residents and visitors entering Lincoln on West O Street is

perhaps central to the discussion.

The developer’s

architect, JEO, has

prepared some

perspectives analyzing

(using simplified

masses) the visibility

of the proposed facility

from various vantage

points. The adjacent

image from the

northeast includes a

single story

commercial building

between the Sports

Facility and O Street,

which is part of the

overall development

plan. When that is

built, the larger

building will have little presence from that nearest vantage point.

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From the northwest, a similar

commercial building already

stands and largely screens the

view towards the Sports

Facility located on the lower,

southern part of the property.

Of course the access drive

southward to the Sports

Facility would provide the

clearest (but brief) view of the

Facility to the passing

motorist.

The overpass on Homestead

Expressway (Highway 77)

provides a striking view

towards downtown and the

Capitol, seen over the railyard. The Sports Facility should be visible over the low lying railyard, but at

a distance of over 3,000 feet. Eastbound on West O Street, there would currently be some views

towards the Sports Facility across adjacent vacant or low-density commercial properties, but the

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nearest open view of any duration for a traveler from that direction is approximately 1400 feet

distant.

In summary, while the proposed Facility is a large, plain structure, its presence appears likely to be

perceived almost entirely from its parking lot, by visitors to the Facility itself. The proposed

landscaped parking lot, and the activities within, hopefully will offer positive experiences to those

visitors.

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