AGENDA #5

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager

SUBJECT:      Concept Plan:  The Residences at Grove Park (aka Town House Apartments)

DATE:            September 18, 2006

Tonight, the Council considers a Concept Plan from the Residences at Grove Park, (aka Town House Apartments). The site is located at 425 Hillsborough Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Hillsborough Street on the property currently occupied by the Town House Apartments. The applicant is proposing demolition of the existing Town House Apartments complex and construction of 332 multi-family units in eight buildings with 524 parking spaces, including some underground parking. In accordance with the Land Use Management Ordinance, there has been no staff review of this Concept Plan.

We recommend that the Council review this Concept Plan, receive comments from the Community Design Commission and citizens, and adopt a resolution transmitting comments to the applicant.

The attached memorandum for the Concept Plan proposal includes background information on the Concept Plan process, the applicant’s materials, and additional related information.