Rivian would have a small vehicle showroom of about 31 or 3,180 ft located inside the mall. Um, additionally, there would be up to six vehicles on site available for test drives. Customers could place an order for a new vehicle on site. However, for sale vehicle inventory would not be stored on the property.

since the proposed use would provide education and greater access to electric vehicles that would support EV adoption, staff find that the proposed use is consistent with the goals of the comprehensive plan and the climate action plan.

I do have a little bit of pause around if one of the uh reasons for not approving a CUP had to do with safety. if having a vehicle in a crowded parking lot using self-driving capabilities was maybe is a component of why this was a conditional use in retail. So I I'm trying to think through that.

Rivian is an American automotive manufacturer found in 2009 uh, with the goal of helping to accelerate the global transition to zero emissions transportation. Uh we Rivian design, build, sell uh advanced electric vehicles along with the software and services that support them.

our showroom is really for educational purposes. We want the customers to come in and feel comfortable asking us questions and being able to touch and feel the vehicle. So, we've um we have many touch points throughout the retail store for customers to take a look at the um the exterior paint, the interiors um and talk with our staff to understand how they can configure them to their um to their liking.

Rivian is not going to take up all four of the current charging stations there. They will take up two. So, there will be two remaining that are universal chargers for any EV to hook up to. Mhm. Um, but I will I will commit that Galleria as well as the Weston, we're in current conversations with Tesla about bringing in additional level two chargers on both of the properties.

I've had the opportunity to be in other Rivian dealerships, which um to even call this to even call something like this a car dealership is kind of a misnomer and is very misleading I think because it's unlike any other dealership. Um you know, in terms of the experience, in terms of the vibe, uh in terms of what they're trying to do so, I think this fits in.

I think this clearly meets the requirements of the conditional use permit as laid out by the code and I agree with staff and their assessment there. um none of the small concerns that we brought up today I think negate any of the or um make it such that we don't meet these requirements for a conditional use permit.

I would rely on the fire department and the building code or I guess uh our building department to work with city attorney and then ultimately go to city council and impose any other additional conditions as needed um before it gets to city council level to make sure that we're covered there.

I love that we're encouraging electric vehicles. I think it's the right demographic for Galleria. I think you're absolutely right. While this is a car related business, this is a retail store where you just happen to have cars that you can drive outside, but you can also cross the street and get one at at the Cadillac dealer that's also an EV and you couldn't drive that or you'd have to learn to drive that, too.

mark your calendar for September weekend of September 6th and 7th for Fall into the Arts if you are not already planning on going. Great event. Um I'm part of the Adina Crime Prevention Fund and we benefit greatly from that.