DocuSign Envelope ID: E0DCF1BB-5E00-44A7-B64D-A0C169C19FCF WHITEHAVEN WORKS AT GRAVES ELEMENTARY - PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ADDENDUM ANSWERS TO 4.10.3 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT GENERAL PROVISIONS/QUESTIONS: 1. The proposed development will not unduly injure or damage the use, value and enjoyment of surrounding property nor unduly hinder or prevent the development of surrounding property in accordance with the current development policies and plans of the City and County. a. The proposed development will not unduly injure or damage the use, value and enjoyment of surrounding property nor unduly hinder or prevent the development of surrounding property in accordance with the current development policies and plans of the City and County. The proposed development will be a one-story building that will have the same similar designed aesthetic of the existing school structure. Further, because the development will have a vocational technical training facility component, the façade of the current building will remain, if economically feasible, or if the entire current structure is demolished and a new building constructed, the front of the building will look very similar to what the building currently looks like. The Applicant intends to maintain the look of a school for this building because students will be using the facility to train and develop skills in 3D printing and other skills necessary to produce or assemble the products being created or assembled at the facility. b. The history of this property provides additional context to the proposed development and the positive impact it will have on the surrounding community. Graves Elementary has been closed since 2014 and has since been boarded up. The empty school requires resources to maintain, including security, utilities, and lawn maintenance. Shelby County Schools is marketing the Property for sale, and consistent with other closed school facilities, the buildings are intended to be repurposed. These vacant buildings cause surrounding areas, and it and/or contribute is the intent of the Applicant to blight in to contribute to the redevelopment and reinvigoration of the Whitehaven community by bringing a vocational/technical training facility, jobs, and additional economic activity to the Whitehaven community. c. The Memphis 3.0 plan designates this tract to be used for public or “quasi-public” uses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shelby County Schools has agreed to sell this property to the Applicant and was aware of the Applicant’s intended use of the Property. The Shelby County School Board approved the sale at its public meeting on December 3, 2019. The vocational/training aspect of this development will require a continued affiliation with Shelby County Schools as students from area high schools will be the trainees at the site, thus, although this development will meet with a progressive mindset which support creative re-purposing for the betterment of the communities comprising Memphis, Tennessee. Page 1 of 3 the quasi-public facility requirement when considered
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