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conditions are included in the five pages of the city’s conditions. This proposal is an attempt to fit within the ethos of Chattahoochee Hills (the more rural area), and the size of the project, over 1,600 acres, gives the applicant the chance to do that.

Benefits to the City: The applicant proposes to give the city 70 acres of the property contiguous to the existing city park; dedicate 10 acres along the river for extension of the trail that Trust for Public Land has proposed, and plans on building a multi-use path on the property along the length of Campbellton Redwine Rd to the city’s specifications. The applicant will also purchase a fire truck for the city, and donate land for a fire station in the future, if requested by the city.

City Property Tax Revenue: Using the existing millage rate, the city’s portion of the property tax this year is estimated at $7,800. Next year, without any improvements to the property, it is about $134,000. In the following years, property taxes would increase incrementally as improvements are added to this property. After the project has been fully built, the city’s portion of the property tax is estimated between $5 million - $6 million per year.

Traffic: South Fulton Pkwy and Campbellton Redwine Rd (south of SF Parkway) are both state roads, so any improvements would have to be approved and permitted by Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). The project would build two acceleration lanes at the two entrances. There have been some questions with neighbors who live on Campbellton Redwine Rd, and the project team met with them this past week and made it clear that while we show conceptual locations for road improvements on the plan, the roads are subject to GDOT approval and therefore could shift to a degree. The DRI suggests a series of roundabouts on SF Parkway. These have been in the GDOT plans for years, it’s nothing the applicant came up with or suggested to them. We’re working with the city to allocate the approximate percentages the applicant is responsible for. The city will not have any financial responsibility for those. GDOT and GRTA have assumed a 3.9% increase in traffic per year, even if this project were not built. Based on studio operations, we expect between 75-125 people per active set at any one time, which should give some idea of the traffic that would be there. The DRI used warehouses as a category because there is no category for film studio in their instruction manual. We received some traffic numbers from the Trilith Movie Studio to get an idea of studio traffic. Their traffic count was at 5,200 trips/day prior to the studio being built, then increased over time to 9,000 trips/day, which places the actual studio traffic at around 3,800 trips/day.

Responses to previous questions:

1. Where is the maintenance building? Answer: We’ve now added it on the site plan.

2. Can you eliminate the Jones Ferry Rd driveway?

Answer: No, but there is a condition that shows a maximum of 24 houses can go on to it. There will be internal access from those to get to the studio property.

3. Was Hutcheson Ferry Rd part of the DRI study?

Answer: Yes, it was. GRTA assumed there was so little impact on that road they didn’t recommend any traffic improvements.

4. What happens if our development is ahead of the GDOT schedule for improvements on SF Parkway?

Answer: Condition 3A requires the applicant is obligated to pay 100% of the improvements, if needed, prior to GDOT improvements coming on line.

5. Will there be a helipad? Answer: No. The applicant talked about it, but never filed an application for it. There’s no helipad or airport anywhere on the property.

6. Is it true that this application was only possible because of the changes to the code the city council made in February? Answer: The application was filed on December 1. It did not require those amendments. The only thing those amendments have done is allow the elimination of a few of the variances, such as the request for building height.