At a nonbinding workshop the petitioner presented a revised plan for 4.11 acres at 125 South Superior Drive proposing two hotels and a 6,000-square-foot commercial building. The commission provided feedback on traffic, drainage, wetlands, landscaping, pedestrian connectivity to the Sportsplex and building appearance.

Joseph C. Spatnoff, attorney for petitioner Ahmed Shaw of the Shaw Lodging Group, said the first hotel to be built would be a five‑story Holiday Inn Express with 99 rooms and about 130 parking spaces; a second five‑story hotel with 94 rooms is planned later. The petitioner also proposed aligning one site entrance with Levin Drive in response to prior commission direction and submitted a traffic and parking study for review.

Commissioners praised the entrance alignment but flagged several technical and neighborhood concerns. Commissioner Laura Sowerland noted the five‑story height and asked how service functions (dumpsters, laundry and deliveries) would be screened from nearby residences; the petitioner said service areas would be placed away from the residential edge and staff would work with planning to require screening. Commissioners raised potential wetland presence on parcel maps and asked the petitioner to be prepared to adjust drainage and site plans pending engineering review; one commissioner displayed Lake County GIS wetland layers and said a fraction of the property appeared as wetland on that mapping.

Traffic and pedestrian connectivity drew sustained comment. Commissioners suggested the developer and city consider pedestrian paths to Sportsplex and SportsPlex parking areas, safer crossing treatments, and one‑way driveway options to manage event traffic. Commissioners also encouraged landscaping and architectural treatments tailored to the Broadway corridor rather than strict franchise standardization.

Petitioners said they would take the comments to staff and work on revised site and drainage plans. Because the item was a workshop, no vote or formal action was taken; the commission will expect a formal site‑development application with engineering review and detailed drainage, landscaping and pedestrian‑connectivity proposals.