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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 16TH MEETING OF THE CITY OF WHITE
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PLAINS PLANNING BOARD.UH, THE NEXT MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE JANUARY 20TH, 2016. NO.
DIDN'T WE? DIDN'T WE MOVE IT TO JANUARY 27TH? I DON'T THINK SO.
THAT WAS THE SAME ISSUE AS LAST YEAR.
I THINK, UM, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY IS THE DAY BEFORE.
DO YOU NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT ON THE 20TH? I'M OUT OF TOWN.
YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, THEN? YEAH. THAT WEEK, EVERY YEAR I'M OUT.
WE WERE BACKING IT UP BECAUSE YOU WERE.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD ON THE 27TH? YEAH.
OKAY. IT TURNS OUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT NOW, BUT I COULDN'T DO THE 20TH EITHER, SO I THOUGHT WE BACKED IT TO THE 13TH, BUT I.
YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE, UH.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD ON THE 13TH? YOU'RE NOT.
OKAY, SO WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TO HAVE A FULL BOARD.
AND WE HAVE A NEW APPOINTMENT.
UH, OKAY, THEN WE COULD DO A MEETING, I SUPPOSE.
SO IS IT THE 13TH OR THE 27TH? I COULD DO THE 27TH OF THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT TO GET LAUREN TO COME.
OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT, FOLKS.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE JANUARY 27TH, 2026.
OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING.
[ADOPTION OF NOVEMBER 18, 2025 MEETING MINUTES]
ANY PRESENT MEMBERS HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE MINUTES AS THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO US.TWO TEAS IN MY LAST NAME, PLEASE.
UH, APART FROM THAT CORRECTION, WE'RE ALL GOOD.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH A SMALL CORRECTION IN SPELLING OF THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING.
UH, LET ME INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS.
WE HAVE MARK ELLIOTT, TANYA NORRIS, AND MYSELF OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE BULLPEN.
HERE WE HAVE BEATRICE CAPTAIN, WHO'S FROM THE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, MIKE KELLY FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE JUSTIN HOLMAN FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND OUR BOARD SECRETARY, EILEEN MCLEAN.
UH, THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS LIFETIME WHITE PLAINS.
[(242-25) Life Time, White Plains – 1 Maple Avenue; B-1 (Restricted Business) Zoning District – Site Plan Amendment and Special Permit for a Health Club. Common Council referral.]
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, AMENDMENT AND SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A HEALTH CLUB.IT'S A REFERRAL FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M WILLIAM NULL, PARTNER AT FIRM CUDDY AND FADER.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF LIFETIME IS ASHLEY ASTOR AND BILL WALSH AND BRIAN DEMPSEY WITH PROVIDENCE.
UM, I KNOW YOU'VE RECEIVED THE DETAILS ON THIS.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE SOURCE, WHICH IS AT ONE MAPLE AVENUE? IT'S A PERMITTED USE FOR A HEALTH CLUB SUBJECT TO A SPECIAL PERMIT.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE B-1, S DISTRICT, WHICH IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT.
AND ANYTHING THEY'RE RELATED TO HEALTH CLUB IS REQUIRED TO GO AS A SPECIAL PERMIT.
SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING, I'M SURE.
YEAH. UM, I'LL HAVE ASHLEY COME AND WALK AND BILL COME AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS, BUT THIS SHOWS PROPOSED NEW WINDOWS, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUNISHED TO BRING LIGHT INTO THE HEALTH CLUB AREA.
IT'S A 60 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT SPACE.
SO TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE SUBMITTED MATERIALS THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF LIFETIME, THE SITE LOCATION, OUR FLOOR PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING WITHIN THOSE PROGRAM SPACES.
UM, OUR ACOUSTIC ISOLATION STRATEGY, THE ELEVATIONS SHOWCASING THE WINDOWS AND OUR PROPOSED SIGNAGE.
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SO LIFETIME'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS.OUR CEO AND FOUNDER, BRIAN MCCARTY, WANTED TO BRING A HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE LIFESTYLE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
AT LIFETIME, WE'RE COMMITTED TO HELPING IMPROVE THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, AND THINK ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
WE'VE DONE THIS BY ALWAYS KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST TRENDS IN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS INDUSTRY, AND PROVIDING HIGH END, QUALITY PRODUCTS.
LIFETIME IS A PLACE FOR ALL, WHETHER YOU ARE 90 DAYS OLD OR 90 YEARS OLD.
LIFETIME AIMS TO PROVIDE HEALTHY LIVING AND HEALTHY AGING AND HEALTHY ENTERTAINMENT SPACES FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE PROVIDE A KIDS ACADEMY WITH YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND LESSONS FOR KIDS FROM THREE MONTHS OLD TO 11 YEARS OLD, AS WELL AS AURORA CLASSES AND PROGRAMS AND GROUPS FOR SENIORS.
AURORA IS AN ACRONYM WE HAVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE LIFETIME.
THAT'S FOR 55 PLUS ACTIVE AGERS.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES AS EXPERT OPERATORS IN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS INDUSTRY WITH OVER 180 LOCATIONS.
75% MEMBER RETENTION, 2.1 PLUS MILLION MEMBERS AND 16.9 MILLION AND GROWING SQUARE FOOTAGE OF REAL ESTATE ACROSS THE NATION.
WITH OVER 180 ATHLETIC RESORTS IN OVER 43 MAJOR MARKETS.
WE WANTED TO MENTION WE'VE NEVER CLOSED THE CLUB NOR MISSED A PAYMENT OF A CLUB THAT WE'VE OPENED.
EVEN THROUGHOUT COVID, MOST IN OUR INDUSTRY STRUGGLED TO DO SO.
FOR FOLKS IN THE ROOM UNFAMILIAR WITH LIVE TIME, I'D WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME QUICK MARKET CONCEPT CONTEXT USING THIS MAP.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20 CLUBS IN THE GREATER NEW YORK MARKET, SPANNING FROM LONG ISLAND TO NEW YORK CITY, NEW JERSEY, WITH THREE CLUBS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, TWO IN NEW YORK CITY AND ONE IN NEW JERSEY.
OUR WESTCHESTER CLUB, FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION, IS ACTUALLY OUR TOP PERFORMING CLUB IN OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS CRAZY.
UM, TO ALLEVIATE THE DEMAND AT THIS LOCATION AND ALSO TO PROVIDE AN URBAN EXPERIENCE FOR THE DOWNTOWN WHITE PLAINS COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE CURRENTLY CAPTURING.
WE BELIEVE THIS LOCATION IS A PERFECT SOLUTION, AND WE HOPE THIS TO MAKE TO MAKE THIS CLUB THE 24TH LOCATION IN THE MARKET.
AS A COMPANY, WE HISTORICALLY FOCUSED ON LARGER FORMAT GROUND UP DEVELOPMENTS SINCE COVID AND THE CLOSURE OF MANY FITNESS OPERATORS AND OFFICE TENANTS IN URBAN DOWNTOWN DEMOGRAPHICS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENTER INTO VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PROJECTS AND LOCATIONS WE PRIOR DID NOT THINK POSSIBLE.
WHILE SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS MAY BE SMALLER IN SCALE, WE EVALUATE LOCAL MARKET NEEDS AND LIFESTYLE HABITS TO TAILOR OUR OUR OFFERINGS TO ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT ABOUT THE SITE PLAN IN AND OF ITSELF.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 100 BLOOMINGDALE ROAD IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK AND SUPPORTS A 1025 STALL PARKING GARAGE, WHICH IS VERY RARE IN URBAN DEMOGRAPHIC.
DTES HERE WITH US TODAY PERFORMED A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND DEEMED THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A LIFETIME.
THERE IS ONE ENTRANCE TO THE GARAGE OFF MAPLE AVENUE ON THE NORTH AND ANOTHER OFF BLOOMINGDALE ROAD ON THE PLANT EAST.
ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING IS WHOLE FOODS AND THE DMV AND THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH WOULD BE BELOW LIFETIME.
WE WOULD BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND ON THE TOP FLOOR IS DANNON AND HUDSON GATEWAY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS OFFICE.
THE GOAL AT LIFETIME IS THAT EVERYTHING IS A ONE STOP SHOP, A HOME AWAY FROM HOME WHERE YOU COULD SPEND YOUR DAY WORKING OUT, RELAXING, SHOWERING, EATING OR WORKING.
OUR FACILITIES ARE MADE WITH HIGH END FINISHES PROPOSED BY OUR IN-HOUSE INTERIOR DESIGN TEAM.
THE NEXT FEW FEW SLIDES, I'LL WALK THROUGH A BLOCK DIAGRAM OF OUR FLOOR PLAN THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THIS LOCATION, PAIRED WITH INSPIRATIONAL IMAGES FOR EACH SPACE.
ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL ACCESS OUR CLUB FROM THE PARKING GARAGE AND CHECK IN AT THE RECEPTION DESK HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
DIRECTLY BEHIND THE RECEPTION DESK WILL BE OUR COWORKING CLUB LOUNGE, WITH SOME OVERFLOW FOR SEATING.
AS YOU MOVE TO THE LEFT WHERE WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED CAFE.
OUR CAFE OFFERS HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS, OUR SLOGAN BEING IF IT'S HERE, IT'S HEALTHY.
ITEMS WILL INCLUDE GRAB AND GO FOODS, PROTEIN SHAKES, ASSEMBLES, PROTEIN BOWLS, SANDWICHES, KIDS MEALS, COFFEE, ETC.
ON THE RIGHT OF THIS IS OUR KIDS ACADEMY, WHERE MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE 2.5 HOURS OF CHILDCARE INCLUDED IN THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
AT THE TOP IS OUR OPEN FITNESS FLOOR, INCLUSIVE OF OUR TWO OF OUR SIGNATURE BRANDED CLASSES, GTA AND ALPHA.
THIS AREA IS ALSO INCLUSIVE OF FREE WEIGHTS, RESISTANCE, CARDIO AND FUNCTIONAL TRAINING.
WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO ENHANCE OUR RECOVERY OFFERINGS ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO WITH HYDROTHERAPY AND MASSAGE CHAIRS, WHICH WILL BE OFFERED AT THIS LOCATION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THESE IMAGES HERE, PLAN SOUTHEAST IS OUR GROUP FITNESS OFFERINGS, INCLUSIVE OF GENERAL GROUP, FITNESS, BAR, PILATES, YOGA, AND TWO MORE OF
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OUR SIGNATURE CLASS OFFERINGS, NB 360 AND CTR, WHICH IS CORE TONE AND REFORM.IT'S ESSENTIALLY A SMALLER FORMAT OF PILATES, A SMALLER REFORMER.
SO WHATEVER YOUR FITNESS PASSION IS, LIFETIME WANTS TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE YOUR HEALTHY HABITS.
WEST OF OUR WORK LOUNGE IS OUR MIURA PERFORMANCE AND LONGEVITY CLINIC.
THIS OFFERING IS NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL DO GREAT IN THE WHITE PLAINS MARKET.
AS YOU MOVE PLANNED WEST, THIS IS OUR MEN'S AND WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOMS, DESIGNED WITH CUSTOM MILLWORK AND PREMIUM FINISHES.
MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY TOWELS, SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, LOTION, HAIRSPRAY, BLOW DRYERS FOR A TRULY ELEVATED EXPERIENCE.
AND LASTLY, WITH ACCESS THROUGH BOTH OF OUR LOCKER ROOMS IS OUR LUXURY CO-ED WET SUITE.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A SAUNA STEAM ROOM, WARM SPA AND COLD PLUNGE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS AN OVERLAY OF WHAT LIFETIME SUBMITTED AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION OF AN ACOUSTIC REPORT FROM LONGMAN AND LINDSAY DETAILING THE EXTENT TO THIS EXHIBIT OF OUR ACOUSTIC ISOLATION STRATEGY ON OUR FLOOR PLAN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE LOUDER NOISES, UM, NOISE LEVELS WILL RECEIVE MORE ACOUSTIC TREATMENT IN THE WALLS, FLOORING AND CEILING FOR NOISE TRANSFER, BOTH INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR SPACE AND EXTERNALLY TO ADJACENT TENANTS.
HINES, OUR LANDLORD, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND REVIEW AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS, AND THEY WILL BE OVERSEEING ALL THE STRUCTURAL WORK IN AND TO OUR PREMISES.
AS BILL HAD MENTIONED, WE ARE PROPOSING TO PUNCH EIGHT WINDOWS INTO THE STRUCTURE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRIGHTEN IT UP.
UM, WE ALSO TRIED TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE THESE WHERE IT'S OUR OPEN FITNESS FLOOR AND TO ALIGN WITH DANTON'S WINDOWS AS WELL.
SO WE TRIED TO KEEP A COHESIVE LOOK FOR THIS WHERE THESE WERE PLACED.
AND AS MENTIONED, WE'LL BE COORDINATING ALL THIS STRUCTURAL WORK WITH OUR LANDLORD.
UH, THERE'S A TON OF SIGNAGE OUT ON THIS ON THIS PROPERTY, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SWAPPING OUT ANYWHERE IT SAYS RAYMOND FLANAGAN AND REPLACING THAT LIKE FOR LIKE WITH LIFETIME, OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE COHESIVE LOOK OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO WE'LL BE MATCHING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND JUST BASICALLY SWAPPING IT OUT.
THERE'S EIGHT SIGNS IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THIS SITE THAT I'LL WALK THROUGH BRIEFLY.
UM, FIRST ONE BEING ON THE EXTERIOR GLAZING.
WE'LL BE MATCHING THE LETTER HEIGHT OF THE RAYMOND FLANAGAN.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONDENSED, BUT THIS IS THE THE DESIGN INTENT.
UM, THIS NEXT SIGN IS THE TOWER FACADE SIGNAGE OFF OF BLOOMINGDALE ROAD.
ALSO ON BLOOMINGDALE ROAD THERE IS A SMALL RAYMON FLANAGAN FLAG SIGN.
WE'LL BE REPLACING THAT AS WELL WITH THIS TOWER GLAZING SIGN.
THIS IS OFF MAPLE AVENUE, SO THE PARKING GARAGE ENTRANCE BEING RIGHT TO YOUR TO YOUR LEFT.
AND THEN UPON ENTRY TO THE GARAGE, THERE'S ALSO A RAYMOND FLANAGAN SIGN.
YOU WILL SEE THAT BEING REPLACED A LIFETIME.
AND THEN THERE'S THREE PYLON SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE PERIMETER OF THE EXTERIOR THAT WE'LL BE REPLACING WITH LIFETIME AS WELL, INTERNAL TO THE GARAGE.
ALSO A TON OF WAYFINDING SIGNAGE.
THIS WILL BE ON OUR LANDLORD TO REPLACE THIS ULTIMATELY, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW ANYWHERE IT SAYS RAYMORE AND PLAN AGAIN.
IT WILL BE SAYING NOW LIFETIME.
SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PUTTING SCAFFOLDING UP FOR THE WINDOWS TO PUT THE TO TO PUT THE WINDOW.
UM, WE'LL BE COORDINATING THAT EFFORT WITH OUR LANDLORD.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIMING DURATION, BUT WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH WITH THE BOARD.
THIS, RIGHT? YEAH. WE WOULD BE TRIED.
WE WOULD TRY TO LIMIT THAT WORK TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, LESS DISRUPTIVE, MORE IN THE EVENING HOURS AS NEEDED, BUT TRY TO LIMIT, YOU KNOW, BUSIER HOURS OF OPERATIONS.
BUT IT'LL ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE COORDINATED WITH OUR LANDLORD.
THEY'LL BE DOING THAT WORK AND OVERSEEING IT.
AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE THE DETAILING FOR IT.
I WANTED TO MENTION ALSO ASHLEY WAS SAYING THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH HINES.
IT'S ALSO BEEN COORDINATED WITH RAYMORE, WITH THE WITH DICK'S SPORTING GOODS AS BELOW, AND WITH THE OTHER TENANTS SO THAT THEY WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
YEAH. ACOUSTICAL IMPACTS FROM EXERCISE OR MUSIC ARE ARE ISOLATED TO THE LIFETIME SPACE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LIFETIMES EXPERIENCED WITH BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUIET AREAS, EVEN WITHIN THEIR OWN SPACES WHERE THEY DON'T WANT OVERLAPS.
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SO THEY THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO INSULATE AND ISOLATE.ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MARK.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE MEMBERSHIP.
YES. SO THE FACILITY IN WESTCHESTER.
AND I'M ASSUMING AND IT COULD BE WRONG.
BUT IF SOMEONE IS A MEMBER THERE THEY CAN GO TO THIS ONE OR NO.
YEAH. SO IT THE WAY WE'VE STRUCTURED OUR PRICING AND MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN TO THE PRICE POINT.
SO TYPICALLY WE TRY TO ALIGN WITH THE MARKET NEEDS.
WELL THIS CLUB ISN'T GOING TO BE OPEN FOR YOU KNOW A YEAR DOWN THE LINE.
SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A ROUGH PROJECTION OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
BUT IT WILL BE IN LINE WITH THE MARKET.
SO IF IT DOES END UP BEING THE SAME PRICE POINT AS OUR WESTCHESTER CLUB.
AND YOU HAVE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS WHERE YOU CAN EITHER DO A ONE CLUB ONLY MEMBERSHIP AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY GET A REDUCED RATE, OR YOU CAN DO IT WITH A PRICE POINT, AND THEN YOU GET ACCESS TO ALL OF ALL OF THE CLUBS WITH THE SAME PRICE POINT, EVEN IN THE CITY AND ACROSS ACROSS ALL OF OUR CLUBS NATIONWIDE.
UM, AND WHAT, WHAT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU THINK YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE USING ONE CLUB, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO JUST DO THAT CLUB AND YOU GET A DISCOUNT THERE.
BUT IT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE NEEDS OF WHAT YOU WANT.
THERE'S NO POOL IN THIS ONE OR, YOU.
KNOW, NO POOL DUE TO THE SIZE.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE WITH WITH THE SPACE BELOW US.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THIS ELEVATED WET SUITE CONCEPT.
UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE AT OUR WESTCHESTER CLUB OF THE ELEVATED WET SUITE, CO-ED EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND THIS IS MORE TO ALLEVIATE, BUT ALSO INFILL THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY OFFER AT WESTCHESTER.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY THE THOUGHT HERE ON THE PROGRAMMING, BUT REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THIS SIGNATURE CLASS OFFERINGS AT THIS LOCATION.
SO THE THE HARRISON LOCATION IS VERY, VERY BUSY.
ARE YOU ANTICIPATING A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE WHITE PLAINS? IT'S YEAH.
AND THE PARKING IS THE PARKING.
YEAH. DO THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING TO USE THE.
SO FOR THIS LOCATION WE WILL GET REIMBURSED PARKING.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH OUR LANDLORD.
BUT IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S UP TO 2.5 HOURS.
YOU'LL GET REIMBURSED THROUGH OUR SPACE.
SO YOU'LL GET A TICKET AND WE'LL.
THAT'S THE WORD VALIDATED PARKING THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR.
YEP. SO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS UM, YOU KNOW WE CALL IT CANNIBALIZATION OF OF ANOTHER CLUB.
WE DO THINK THIS AREA IS NOT BEING SERVICED CURRENTLY.
IT'S ALSO HARD TO NECESSARILY SAY WE DO THINK A LOT OF FOLKS MAYBE COMING FROM THE SUBURBS, AND THIS IS PULLING MORE OF THE WORKING, WORKING CLASS THAT IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN WORKING.
MAYBE THEY'RE COMING BEFORE WORK OR AFTER WORK.
BUT UNTIL WE OPEN, IT'S HARD TO REALLY SAY.
THERE'S ALSO SOME RESIDENTIAL AREA, YOU KNOW, SOME APARTMENTS GOING UP IN THE CITY.
SO MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING AND TRAVERSING.
IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
BUT I DO THINK THERE'LL BE SOME ALLEVIATES FROM THE WESTCHESTER CLUB.
BUT IT'S HARD TO TRULY, TRULY SAY.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE VOLUME.
YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S SO BUSY OVER THERE, I WANT TO COME OVER HERE BECAUSE IT'S LESS BUSY.
IT'S IT'S JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON THE DEMANDS AND THE TRENDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE FACILITY.
IS THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS NOW, UM, THROUGH OR DO YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THROUGH THE GARAGE? YEAH. THERE'S ONLY ONE POINT OF ENTRANCE WHICH YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GARAGE.
UM, BUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S STAIRS THAT YOU CAN ACCESS IF YOU'RE WALKING.
THERE'S DIFFERENT STAIRS IN AN ELEVATOR AS WELL.
THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN ELEVATOR THAT'S ADJACENT TO WHOLE FOODS THAT YOU CAN TAKE DIRECTLY UP.
YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S, I BELIEVE TWO, TWO ELEVATORS, ONE ON THE BLOOMINGDALE AVENUE SIDE AND THEN ONE RIGHT NEXT TO WHOLE FOODS, INTERNAL TO THE GARAGE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE FOR THAT SPACE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SYNERGISTIC EFFECT WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES AS WELL.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE COMMON COUNCIL THAT WE THINK THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE CLUB IS A GOOD IDEA FOR WHITE PLAINS.
ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
AND I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING.
AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.