march 2014 - little elm

March 2014

Monthly Development Report

31,411

Current Population Est.

Town of Little Elm Development Services Department

100 W. Eldorado Parkway Little Elm, TX 75068

214-975-0472

The Town with a

Lake Attitude

The Development Services Department is comprised of six (6) divisions:

Building Safety: The Building Safety division is responsible for the review, processing, issuance, and inspection of development related permits and certificates of occupancy in the Town limits and extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Building Safety is the first step in emergency response by ensuring safe and quality construction of buildings, remodels, and development. Community Integrity: The Community Integrity division performs routine consumer health in-spections, enforces development codes, coordinates the rental registration program and annual registrations, and administers the inspection, improvement, and rehabilitation of environmental hazards on public and private premises. Community Integrity protects property values, ensures neighborhood integrity, and enhances Little Elm’s image and reputation by abating grime, en-forcing property standards, and preventing community decline. Engineering: The Engineering division provides assistance and guidance to developers, contrac-tors, and external public agencies and franchises on new development, infrastructure projects, facilities, and other special projects and construction. This process includes maintaining the Town’s construction specifications and design criteria, providing civil plan review, permitting ac-tivity within the Town’s rights-of-way and other easements, conducting field inspections on the installation and construction of roadways, water and sewer lines, storm-water and drainage fa-cilities, new development, and Town facilities. Facilities/CIP: The Facilities/CIP division directs the Town’s capital improvement projects, in-cluding budget and contractor management of new buildings, remodels, and other municipal facilities and projects. Facilities/CIP equips, maintains, and operates buildings, infrastructure and grounds, and provides responsible stewardship of Town resources. GIS: The Geographic Information Systems division provides a variety of services to support daily operations for the Town of Little Elm and its customers. GIS roles include map creation, manag-ing technology, asset management, archiving infrastructure and public safety records, maintain-ing current base layers, leading special projects, and providing technical assistance, statistical analysis, consulting, guidance, and training to external and internal customers. Planning & Zoning: The Planning & Zoning division manages the planning and development is-sues of importance to Little Elm and the surrounding region by being the primary liaison be-tween the Town and developers, administering award-winning development regulations and zoning, supervising special projects, originating future plans, drafting ordinances, programming urban forestry, managing annual registrations, and providing staff support to numerous boards and commissions. Planning & Zoning ensures functional, high quality, and aesthetically pleasing development that is sustainable, coordinated, and enhances Little Elm’s long-range tax base.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PLANNING & ZONING. ........................................................ 4

Development Projects ....................................................... 4

Planning Cases ....................................................................... 5

BUILDING SAFETY .............................................................. 6

Single Family Permits .............................................................. 6

Single Family Permit Locations ............................................... 7

New Commercial Permits ........................................................ 8

Commercial Permit Locations .................................................. 9

Miscellaneous Permits ........................................................... 10

COMMUNITY INTEGRITY ................................................. 11

Restaurant Scores ................................................................. 11

Annual Permits ...................................................................... 14

Community Integrity Cases .................................................... 15

Code Violations Map ............................................................. 16

ENGINEERING / CIP ......................................................... 17

Engineering / CIP Report ....................................................... 17

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY ................................................ 18

Total Permit Fee Collection .................................................... 18

Marquee Signs ...................................................................... 19

Active Commercial Projects ................................................... 20

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT REPORT

March 2014

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PLANNING & ZONING

Commercial Projects: Lakeview Grocery Remodel: site plan approved

Wash Zone: site plan approved; expected opening Fall 2014

Wisdom Montessori Academy: pending building permit approval; expected opening Fall 2014

Johnny Joe’s Remodel: pending building permit approval, expected opening Fall 2014

Key’s Remodel: pending building permit removal, expected opening Fall 2014

GET Marketing: pending building permit approval, expected opening Fall 2014

Lakehill Fueling Center: pending building permit approval; expected opening Fall 2014

Twice the Ice: under construction; expected opening Spring 2014

Frisco Hills Amenity Center: under construction; expected opening Spring 2014

Starbucks: under construction; expected opening Summer 2014

Meineke Car Care: under construction; expected opening Summer 2014

Stripes / Ice Box / Exxon: under construction; expected opening Summer 2014

Sunset Storage Expansion: under construction; expected opening Summer 2014

Texas Education Center: under construction; expected opening Fall 2014

Holt Caterpillar: under construction; expected opening Fall 2014

The Towers (384 units): under construction; expected opening 2015

Residential Projects:

Valencia on the Lake Phase 1 (209 residential lots): pending plat approval

Brentwood Phase 1 (80 residential lots): pending plat approval

Paloma Creek Lakeview Phase 2B (64 residential lots): pending plat approval

Paloma Creek South Phases 3, 8B, 9C, & 13A (321 residential lots): under construction

Frisco Hills Phases 3B & 4B (140 residential lots): under construction

Sunset Pointe Phases 25, 26, & 27 (190 residential lots): under construction

Recently Completed Projects:

Paloma Creek South Phases 2A & 8C (93 residential lots): now open

Frisco Hills Phases 1A, 1B, & 1C (161 residential lots): now open

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PLANNING & ZONING

Planning Cases

Case Type 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010

Plats 17 21 31 6 19

Site Plans 15 13 20 3 8

Rezonings 6 5 5 0 2

PDs 2 1 5 3 1

SUPs 1 4 8 0 8

Annexations 1 0 4 0 0

BOA Cases 1 0 0 4 0

Ordinances 12 7 7 4 11

Tree Removal Permits 2 7 6 1 2

Special Projects 15 24 20 10 4

DRC Meetings 57 84 102 42 44

TOTAL 129 166 208 73 97

Single-Family Lots Created

YEAR # LOTS

2010 80

2011 202

2012 479

2013 437

2014 (so far) 254

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BUILDING SAFETY

Category Description Mar 2014

SF Permits (Town) Full Review SF Permits within Little Elm 32 86

SF Permits (ETJ) Full Review SF Permits within ETJ (Paloma Creek & Frisco Hills)

38 117

Total New Residential Units 70 203

Single Family Permits are categorized as new single-family, two-family, model homes, and manufactured homes.

Town Limits,

32, 46%

ETJ, 38, 54%

March Single Family Permits

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Single Family Building Permits

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BUILDING SAFETY

Single Family Permits

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Includes New Commercial Buildings and New Commercial Shells.

New Commercial Business Permits

Year # of Business Permits

2010 27

2011 49

2012 53

2013 63

2014 (so far) 13

Includes New Commercial Buildings, New Commercial Finish-Outs, and Commercial Tenant Changes. Excludes New Com-

mercial Shells.

BUILDING SAFETY

New Commercial Building Permits

Year # of Building Permits

2010 3

2011 13

2012 13

2013 23

2014 (so far) 4

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BUILDING SAFETY

New Businesses

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Miscellaneous Permits Include: Additions, Remodels, Fences, Irrigation, Patio Covers, Pools, Signs, Accessory

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Miscellaneous Permits

2011 2012 2013 2014

BUILDING SAFETY

Miscellaneous Permits

Year # of Permits

2010 664

2011 803

2012 1,141

2013 1,273

2014 289

Restaurant Health Scores

Business Name Address Previous Grade

Previous

Inspection Date Current Grade Date of Last Inspected

7-11 Convenience Store #33264 8999 FM 423 90 11/12/2012 88 10/11/2013

7-11 Convenience Store #34010 1005 E. Eldorado Pkwy 93 8/16/2013 97 2/11/2014

7-11 Convenience Store #39164 26730 US Hwy 380 East 92 8/19/2013 94 2/11/2014

Aldi 2650 Little Elm Pkwy 92 5/30/2013 100 11/13/2013

Applebee's 2672 FM 423 93 8/12/2013 100 11/22/2013

Bakers Dozen Donuts 2785 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 110 90 8/30/2013 93 3/19/2014

Baskin Robbins 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 103 96 9/18/2013 96 3/13/2014

Bruno's Italian Restaurant 800 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 128 100 8/22/2013 94 1/23/2014

Burger King 2770 E. Eldorado Pkwy 95 2/19/2013 95 11/6/2013

Chevron Convenience Store 500 W. Eldorado Ste 100 83 11/21/2013 96 3/13/2014

Chicken Express 904 W. Eldorado Pkwy 90 1/14/2013 87 11/5/2013

Church's Chicken 500 W. Eldorado Ste 400 93 4/25/2013 100 11/11/2013

Cici's Pizza To Go 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 407 97 10/23/2013 93 3/19/2014

CVS Pharmacy #8336-01 2591 FM 423 88 9/19/2013 100 3/18/2014

Del Taco 2721 Little Elm Pkwy 93 8/29/2013 89 1/24/2014

Dickey's BBQ 2587 FM 423 Ste 100 88 2/21/2013 85 10/23/2013

DJ Donuts 407 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 110 96 8/29/2013 97 3/13/2014

Dollar General 416 W. Eldorado Pkwy 93 9/18/2013 100 3/18/2014

Dollar Tree 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 200 100 9/18/2013 96 3/13/2014

Domino's Pizza 2405 FM 423 Ste 500 95 2/22/2013 97 11/8/2013

Eldorado Meat Market 1000 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 190 74 10/29/2013 87 3/12/2014

Elm's Liquor 500 W. Eldorado Ste 200 100 6/5/2013 100 12/4/2013

Favorite Yogurt 2832 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 207 94 11 14 2012 90 10/11/2013

Fluffy Donuts 1104 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 102 94 8/29/2013 100 3/13/2014

Hong Kong Express 2405 FM 423 Ste 200 89 2/21/2013 96 11/8/2013

Current Scores



Previous


Current Scores

Hot Wok Café 2763 E. Eldorado Ste 130 89 2/22/2013 100 11/7/2013

I Luv Pho 2833 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 309 96 11/21/2013

Joe's Pizza, Pasta, & Subs 2765 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 220 90 4/30/2013 100 11/12/2013

Johnny Joe's 102 Lobo Ln. 88 1/5/2013 84 11/7/2013

KFC/LJS Restaurant 2801 E. Eldorado Pkwy 92 1/22/2013 100 11/4/2013

Kobe Steak and Sushi 2832 E. Eldorado Ste 208 71 6/12/2013 87 12/16/2013

Kroger 2671 Little Elm Pkwy 92 6/27/2013 95 12/3/2013

La Casa Velez 2831 Eldorado Ste 112 87 11/21/2013

Lakeview Grocery 1104 W. Eldorado Pkwy 90 11/14/2012 93 10/14/2013

Lighthouse Grill-Little Elm Park 704 B W. Eldorado Pkwy 96 9/19/2012 100 5/28/2013

Los Charros 2763 E. Eldorado Ste105 87 4/24/2013 91 11/11/2013

Los Jalapenos 420 E. Eldorado Pkwy 88 5/20/2013 97 11/12/2013

Marble Slab Creamery 2831 E. Eldorado Ste 102 93 9/18/2013 100 3/13/2014

Mary's Bakery & Taqueria 800 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 127 87 8/19/2013 93 12/16/2013

McDonald's 2670 FM 423 81 12/6/2012 93 10/23/2013

Mooyah Burgers & Fries 2587 FM 423 Ste 401 97 11/7/2013 100 3/25/2014

Mr. Jim's Pizza 800 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 1181 96 5/6/2013 90 11/12/2013

Palio's Pizza 2832 E. Eldorado Ste 201 92 10/14/2013 93 3/12/2014

Papa John's Pizza 2650 King Road Ste 100 92 11/14/2012 81 10/14/2013

Popeye's 2770 E. Eldorado Pkwy 97 2/19/2013 100 11/6/2013

Quik Trip #920 2181 FM 423 97 11/5/2013 93 3/26/2014

Race Trac 2100 FM 423 100 10/23/2013 97 3/26/2014

Rock 101 2833 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 301 97 4/15/2013 100 11/13/2013

Roma's Italian Restaurant 1725 E. Eldorado Pkwy 91 8/22/2013 100 1/24/2014

Selby's Liquor 1725 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 100 100 8/16/2013 100 10/14/2013



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Current Scores

Smoothie Bar 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 401 94 12/31/2012 100 10/14/2013

Sonic Drive In 900 W. Eldorado Pkwy 89 2/18/2013 93 11/12/2013

Sonny Donut 2405 FM 423 Ste 450 83 11/13/2012 87 10/17/2013

Sonny Donuts #10 1000 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 110 100 8/30/2013 97 10/23/2013

Sonny Donuts #8 2650 King Rd. Ste 300 84 11/12/2012 93 10/17/2013

Starbucks Coffee House 2831 E. Eldorado Ste 101 100 5/9/2013 97 11/11/2013

Subway 407 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 120 92 1/26/2013 89 11/5/2013

Subway Hwy 380 26795 E US Hwy 380 Ste 1100 100 10/28/2013

Subway #38746 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 404 93 1/26/2013 95 11/8/2013

Sushi House 2671 Little Elm Pkwy 97 6/26/2013 93 12/3/2013

Taco Bell 2589 FM 423 100 1/26/2013 97 11/5/2013

Taco Delite 896 W. Eldorado Pkwy 100 11/8/2013 100 3/13/2014

Tacos & Tortas Dona Chelo 500 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 100 76 3/13/2014

The Lion's Den 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 250 87 5/13/2013 95 11/21/2013

Tutti Frutti Yogurt 2785 E. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 115 92 1/26/2013 89 10/23/2013

Walgreens #11320 2774 E. Eldorado Pkwy 96 10/29/2012 96 10/14/2013

Water's Edge Café 800 W. Eldorado Pkwy Ste 126 92 10/24/2013 100 3/26/2014

Yum Asian Fusion 2721 Little Elm Pkwy Ste 215 89 4/18/2013 86 11/12/2013

Grade A (90 to 100) Grade B (80 to 89)

Grade C (70 to 79) Grade D (less than 70)

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COMMUNITY INTEGRITY

Annual Permits Year-to-Date

Permits Revenue % Total

Alcohol 28 $5,948 100%

Food Establishments 75 $24,230 100%

Pools, Schools, Daycares 31 $4,385 100%

In-Home Daycares, Vendors 13 $815 25%

Rental 1,210 $91,528 81%

Garage Sales 110 $1,134 N/A

The % Total column is based on estimation of total properties or businesses that are subject to the required permit.

$65,829

$141,468 $152,410

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$180,000

2011 2012 2013 2014

Annual Registration Fees

$141,201

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COMMUNITY INTEGRITY

March 2014 Total

Rental 48 141

Health 25 38

West Nile / Mosquito Response 0 0

Sign Violations 51 184

Neighborhood Integrity 117 397

Total Inspections 241 760

Community Integrity Inspections

Neighborhood Integrity consists of the investigation of residential nuisance violations, property maintenance, construction without a permit, tree preservation complaints, and commercial site integrity.

Neighborhood Integrity Cases Opened 67 153

March Neighborhood Integrity Cases Opened

Junked Vehicle,32, 48%

High Grass & Weeds, 1, 2%

Trash & Debris, 3, 4%

Residential Property

Maintenance, 14, 21% Commercial Site

Integrity, 17, 25%

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COMMUNITY INTEGRITY

Code Violations

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ENGINEERING / CIP

Project Name Start Date Est. Comple-

tion Phase

Percent-age com-

plete Status

Main Street/Lakeshore recon-struction (East)

January-13 February-14 Construction 95% Contractor has completed all of the paving, drainage, water and sewer in contract and is working on the landscaping and irrigation. Staff is expecting to preform the final walk through with in the next few weeks.

FM 423 Water & Sewer relocation Phase 2

April-13 March-14 Construction 75%

Contractor has installed the sections of water and sewer lines where easements have been obtained. The easement for the Lowes section of the project has been acquired and the contractor will begin building this section once the sewer line across Big leaf is complete. While installing the gravity sewer line at Big leaf the contractor discovered a conflict with the existing 20" water line staff and the project engineer are working to resolve is issue.

Marion Drive Recon-struction

March-14 August-14 Construction 2% The contractor has mobilized to the project and begun the installation of the water line on the west side of Marion. They will be continuing the water line installation and once it is complete begin the sewer line on the east side of the road.

2 MG Water Tower November-13 July-14 Construction 50% Painting of the tower bowl is complete and the bowl has been raised into place. The contractor is now working to complete the top of the bowl and the installation of the components on the inside of the pedestal.

Little Elm Park Phase 1

September-13

April-14 Construction 15% All of the concrete work at the beach parking area is complete and backfilled. The boat ramp parking lot is poured and they are working on the sidewalk in the area. Once this is complete all that remains in the stamped concrete for the crosswalks.

Little Elm Park Phase 2

March-14 August-14 Construction 2% The contractor has started the excavation of the beach area and the installation of the coffer dams at the beach and boat ramp. As soon as the coffer dams are installed they will begin the excavation below the current water level.

Walker & Hart Street Lighting

January-14 May-14 Construction 50%

The contractor has installed all the concrete piers and light poles on Walker & Hart with the exception of the 3 that are in conflict with the Atmos gas line. Atmos is scheduled to get the gas line relocated by mid April. In the mean time, the contractor will continue pulling wire and turning them on as they complete each section.

Walker & Hart Land-scape and Irrigation

April-14 July-14 Construction 0% Staff opened bids on March 25 and Haven Landscaping was the aperient low bidder. Staff will be taking the bids to Town Council on April 1, 2014 to award the contract.

Beard Park Improve-ments

TBD Design 70%

Staff is working on site plan with Hula Hut to submit for Army Corp of Engineers consent to construct. Design is 70% complete with bidding expected in approximately 60-90 days.

Lake Front Trail Improvements

TBD Design 0%

Staff has received qualifications from firms to design the Lakefront Trail. Firm will be selected by a committee and a design Task Order will be issued for the proposed work. Design and permit approval expected to take approximately 10 months. Con-struction to begin in November 2014.

Witt Road west of FM 423 (east/west section)

TBD Design 30% Expect to bid project in October 2014

TxDOT Projects

FM 720 (Eldorado Pkwy)

May-12 August-14 Construction 30%

Now that the contractor has switched traffic to the new concrete lanes they have begun excavating the south lanes. As the excavation is completed in each section they will install the storm drain and inlets on the south side of the road. The contractor has also started construction of the south side of the bridges at Peach Creek, Harts Branch, and Little Elm Bridge.

FM 423 North Sec-tion

July-14 September-

16 Construction 0%

Project has bid and been awarded to the contractor with a 9 month utility delay. Con-tractor scheduled to start in July 2014.

FM 720 from West Eldorado to Martop

September-14

September-14

Construction 0% TxDOT bid the project and is in process to award the bid to the lowest bidder. Contract will be awarded with a 6 month utility delay.

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Permit Fees Collected Includes: All Building Permits, Inspection fees, Contractor Registrations, Planning fees, and Annual Permits. It excludes Escrow and Impact fees.

210,855

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Permit Fees Collected

2011 2012 2013 2014

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

$1,656,892

$2,947,867

$3,708,697

$748,903

$0

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

$3,000,000

$3,500,000

$4,000,000

2011 2012 2013 2014

Total Permit Fees Collected Year-to-date

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MARQUEE SIGNS

Assorted Advertisements

March Permits: 13

2014 Permits (so far): 36

2013 Permits: 209

2012 Permits: 119

Tenant Name Project Type Permit Date Site Address Status

Big Daddy BBQ Addition or Remodel Not Issued 102 Lobo Ln In Review

Verizon Addition or Remodel 3/18/2014 11535 B FM 423 Awaiting Final Inspection

AT&T Addition or Remodel Not Issued 9500 Lonesome Dove Dr In Review

T-Mobile Addition or Remodel 1/29/2013 26709 E. US 380 Awaiting Final Inspection

Holt Cat New Commercial Building 10/2/2013 27600 E. US 380 Under Construction

Texas Education Center New Commercial Building 10/18/2013 5901 Crestwood Pl Under Construction

Sunset Storage Expansion New Commercial Building 6/11/2013 2511 Sunflower Dr Under Construction

Frisco Hills Amenity Center New Commercial Building 2/27/2013 701 Frisco Hills Blvd Awaiting Final Inspection

2MG Water Tower New Commercial Building 2/10/2014 2450 Little Elm Pkwy Under Construction

Meineke Car Care New Commercial Building 1/29/2014 2972 FM 423 Under Construction

Icebox Convenience Store New Commercial Building 1/22/2014 26748 E. US 380 Under Construction

Lakehill Fueling Center New Commercial Building Not Issued 1020 W. Eldorado Pkwy In Review

Wisdom Montessori New Commercial Building Not Issued 25679 Smotherman Rd In Review

GET Marketing New Commercial Building Not Issued 1000 W. Eldorado Pkwy In Review

Little Elm Park Rest Area New Commercial Building Not Issued 704 W. Eldorado Pkwy In Review

Towers Tap House New Commercial Finish-Out 2/26/2014 290 E. Eldorado Pkwy Under Construction

Baylor Physician Suites New Commercial Finish-Out 1/27/2014 26791 E. US 380 Under Construction

Starbucks Building New Commercial Finish-Out Not Issued 2170 FM 423 In Review

Dickey's Barbeque New Commercial Finish-Out 9/21/2012 500 W. Eldorado Pkwy, Ste 300 Awaiting Final Inspection

7-Eleven Parking Expansion New Commercial Site 2/28/2014 8999 FM 720 Under Construction

McCord Park New Commercial Site 11/7/2012 1900 FM 423 Under Construction

Little Elm Park Parking Expansion New Commercial Site 10/1/2013 704 W. Eldorado Pkwy Under Construction

Little Elm Park Boat Ramp, Beach, Volleyball Courts New Commercial Site Not Issued 704 W. Eldorado Pkwy In Review

The Towers New Multi-Family Building 12/4/2013 1750 FM 423 Under Construction

CO's Issued CO Issue Date Address

Liberty Tax Service 1/2/2014 2700 E. Eldorado Pkwy, Ste 101B

QuikTrip Addition 3/7/2014 2181 FM 423

Zellars Elementary 3/31/2014 300 Lobo Ln

Active Commercial Projects

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