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File #: 24-2086    Version: 1 Name: 1/6/25 First Amendment to 616 E Washington Development Agreement
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/6/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/6/2025 Final action: 1/6/2025
Enactment date: 1/6/2025 Enactment #: R-25-003
Title: Resolution to Approve the First Amendment to The 616 E. Washington Development Agreement (616 E. Washington Street)
Attachments: 1. 616 E Washington - First Amendment to Development Agreement.pdf, 2. The 616 E Washington Development Agreement (Recorded)
Related files: 19-1869, 19-2091, 19-2407

Title

Resolution to Approve the First Amendment to The 616 E. Washington Development Agreement (616 E. Washington Street)

Memorandum

This resolution will approve two changes to the 616 E. Washington Development Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and LMP Ann Arbor Property Owner, LLC, the current owner of the property, assigned interest in the development by previous owner Cerca Trova.

 

The proposed changes are:

 

To replace paragraph P-23 with new language that reduces the minimum rated capacity of installed solar panels from 90,000 kWh per year to 79,000 kWh per year. As construction plans have been refined to meet all building codes, there is not sufficient space on the roof to provide enough solar panels to meet the minimum required kilowatts per hour per year. 

 

To eliminate paragraph P-25 which requires contracting 15 parking spaces in the public parking system. These spaces are in addition to those provided on-site and were required to meet the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required by code. There is no longer a minimum off-street vehicle parking requirement.

 

The 616 E. Washington development is a 19-story apartment building with ground floor retail space and parking on the second and third floors. It utilized premium options for bonus floor area (combining the residential and affordable housing options) and planned project modifications to increase building height and exceed the front setback exception in exchange meeting LEED Silver certification. Both the premium option and the planned project modifications have since been rescinded and are no longer offered in the Unified Development Code.

 

Attachments:                     First Amendment to the 616 E Washington Development Agreement

                     The 616 E Washington Development Agreement (Recorded)

Staff

Prepared by:                     Alexis DiLeo, Principal Planner

Reviewed by:                     Brett Lenart, Planning Manager

                     Derek Delacourt, Community Services Area Administrator

Approved by:                     Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator

Body

Whereas, The Developer has been assigned interest in the Development Agreement for land which has received site plan approval as 616 East Washington Planned Project Site Plan, approved on December 2, 2022 and administratively amended on February 4, 2022; and

 

Whereas, The City and Development have agreed in principle to the attached amendment to the Development Agreement;

 

RESOLVED, That City Council approves this amendment to The 616 E. Washington Development Agreement that was originally entered on February 9, 2022, as attached; and

 

RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to sign the amendment after approval as to substance by the City Administrator and approval as to form by the City Attorney.