WaWa Renderings

[Donn Carr]

As I promised this morning, here are two renderings I was able to grab last night that give a solid feel for what they are wanting to do. This first is the artist rendering showing WaWa's design rendering of the 3' knee wall as submitted. It is decorative, adds visual softness to a stark corner and according to the engineer is made to NOT be customer friendly to posterior parts of the human body to prevent loitering. 

The issue as mentioned was that the City is directing them to make this into a block fence which would create numbers of loitering issues. I will confirm with all later today after I have heard from Doug Metzger in planning.

Here is a shot of the actual Plat. 

A few facts:

* The parcel is 5.2 acres of which WaWa will use one half. The balance of almost 3.0 acres will be mixed use office - no one is committed at this moment.Banking is being pursued.

*The site will take $6.0 million to develop, the average WaWa hires a staff of 50+ and is very customer focused.

*The building itself has glass on three sides to provide visibility onto the parking parcel as well as ability to look in (7Eleven should have been taking notes on that issue). 

*There will be outdoor seating for customers to enjoy food purchases

*There will be 8 pumps and 64 parking spaces

* Lighting is hi-tech LED with less than 5 ft candles with no bleed out

* The trip impact is <1,000 below its zoned usage

* Major emphasis on landscaping and first impressions

Note - It is a shame that Commissioner Lynum was not there although RS was. The public outcry regarding the low presence of police, high crime and open drug/prostitution/panhandling was loud, sustained and strong. I was surprise there were no official comments made addressing this. Perhaps it is because this is a shared boundary between the two commish's, I don't know. I was shocked and disappointed that the issue was left undefended by the city. 

Does anyone know what the working relationship is between these two county representatives. It is incredibly obvious to the outsider that if they could work in tandem, the outcry would be loud enough to gain attention. Perhaps they are and it simply is not yielding results. Worthy of further discover. What we know is what ever IS being done, is not working and methodologies should be modified.

Here is the plat: