A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3411 Albion Street, in Northeast Park Hill. Approves an official map amendment to rezone property from E-SU-Dx to E-MX-2x (urban edge, single-unit to urban edge, mixed-use), located at 3411 Albion Street in Council District 8. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 1-8-19. Community Planning and Development has determined that the requirement for a legal protest (signatures from at least 20% of property owners within 200 feet of the subject area or 20% of property owners within 200 feet outside of the subject area) has not been met (petition signatures represent 0% and 7.4%, respectively).
All right. Madam Secretary, please close voting. Announce the results. 1111 eyes constable 18 dash 1540 has passed. Councilman Flynn, will you please put council bill 18 does 1541 on the floor? Yes, Mr. President. I move that council bill 18 dash 1541 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. It has been moved and seconded. It's a public hearing for Council Bill 18. Dash 1541 is open. May we have the staff report? Yes. Thank you. Good evening. I'm Courtney Livingston with the Planning and Development. This is a request to rezone a single property at three four 3411 Albion Street from ESU D X to IMX to x. The property is located in Council District eight in the Northeast Park Hill statistical neighborhood. The subject property is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Bruce Randolph and Albion Street. One half block east of Colorado Boulevard. The site is approximately 31,000 square feet in size and has an existing 7100 square foot brick building on site, which was previously occupied by a church. The rezoning to AirMax two X has been requested to allow redevelopment for the property as the congregation is relocated. The site is currently zoned Eastside Tax, which is a single unit residential district that allows both the urban and suburban building forms. Earmarks two X can be found to the east, east three X zoning and APD is found to the west. In the south is ESU DCS. The subject property was used as a church and the surrounding properties to the south and east are also places of worship. The property directly to the north was once a restaurant and is now vacant. Generally, there's a mix of commercial uses you'll find along Colorado Boulevard, and then there's various types of residential densities and residential uses found interspersed throughout the neighborhood to the east. So these are photos, this site and the existing building. And then here are some photos of the immediate surrounding context with the multi-unit residential to the northeast of the site, a converted single unit Victorian home that was converted to the resident restaurant use that's now vacant. We also have the places of worship found directly to the east and to the south on site, and then you have the gas station to the west there. So this application was noticed according to code requirements. In December, the planning board voted 6 to 1, recommending approval of the rezoning. Representative of the Northeast Park Hill Coalition spoke at the Planning Board hearing in opposition to the rezoning with concerns related to the provision of affordable housing and the development paying a linkage fee rather than to providing affordable units at that time. The applicant, Northeast Park Hill Coalition and the Denver Islamic Center voluntarily entered into mediation after the planning board hearing. Discussions at the mediation focused around the provision of affordable housing. Additional details about the mediation can be found in the staff report and attached to the staff report. In terms of public comments received by CPD prior to today, there were eight letters of support for the rezoning. There are 29 form letters opposing rezoning, 104 signatures on a petition letter in opposition, as well as 200 signatures on a Change.org petition in opposition of the rezoning. There was a protest petition submitted last week related to this rezoning. We reviewed the protest petition and found that the signatures were not the valid signatures were not obtain, and it did not constitute a valid legal protest. So to approve a rezoning council must find that the proposed change meets five criteria from the Denver zoning code. I'll step through each one. How? Each one? So first, with consistency with adopted plans, we have comprehensive Denver 2000 blueprint Denver 2002 and the Park Hill Neighborhood Plan of 2000. In terms of the comprehensive plan, the proposed amendment will enable walkable mixed use development encourages quality infill development through its design standards that is consistent with the character of the surrounding neighborhood. The proposed district is proposed zoned district is consistent with the comprehensive plan 2000 strategies. So in Blueprint Denver 2002, the site has a concept land use of single family residential and these areas single family homes are the predominant residential type. Although the proposed Imac's two zone district will allow for more than just residential uses, its limited application will still maintain the character of the low scale district. It's also identified as a area stability blueprint. Denver notes that the area's stability is to maintain the character of the area while accommodating some new development and redevelopment. The application asserts that this area should be considered as a reinvestment area and these areas have opportunities for reinvestment through modest infill. Blueprint also notes that in areas of stability, the appropriate transitions should be used as a tool for ensuring compatibility of development. The IMX Chest X District includes building form, skills, setback and use limitations that ensure compatibility. The proposed rezoning would support limited redevelopment as inconsistent with the blueprint Denver Areas of Stability Recommendations. So in Blueprint Denver, Bruce Randolph is shown as a residential collector and Albion Street is an designated local. The proposed rezoning is consistent with the plan's recommendations of support for limited redevelopment on a corner of a collector and a local street embedded in a preexisting neighborhood corridor. So then we have the Park Hill Neighborhood Plan of 2000. It was adopted by council in 2000. Implies this subject property goals generally discuss maintaining character mix of housing types and densities, minimizing visual impacts and maintaining enhancing the viability of the residential and commercial uses along Colorado Boulevard. The rezoning will allow for low skill multi-unit dwellings, limited commercial, which would support the viability of Colorado Boulevard and provide a compatible mix of housing types. The proposed rezoning of IMAX to EX is consistent with the goals of the plan because the allowed building forms, the design standards and the use limitations of that zoned district ensure compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood. Staff also finds that the proposed rezoning meets next to criteria that the rezoning will result in a uniformity of district regulations and will further the public health, safety and welfare through its implementation of adopted plans. And it will also allow for the compatible redevelopment that allows more opportunities to live, work and play within the Park Hill neighborhood . The application meets the justifying circumstance criteria by identifying change or changing conditions. The application calls out the recent development in the neighborhood of those townhomes across the street. Additionally, the commuter rail station at 40th in Colorado is less than a mile away, and it came online in 2016. And finally, the proposed redevelopment is consistent with the urban edge description because of its low scale multi-unit commercial areas embedded in residential areas. The rezoning is consistent with the general purpose, as is an existing neighborhood site, and promote a pedestrian, skilled, walkable area. Finally, there is consistency with the intent of the mix to district as it's located on the corner. It's limited in nature to just one parcel and with low scale and low intensity uses within an existing neighborhood. In conclusion, CPD recommends approval based on finding all review criteria have been met. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have eight individuals signed up to speak this evening, so if we can make room in this front bench, I'm going to call the first five up Matthew Kingsbury, Glenn Goldberg, Dr. Robert Davis, Jessie Pearce and Abdul Rahim Ali. If you want to come up to the front, Matthew Kingsburg, you are up first. Mr. President, for council members, my name is Matthew Kingsbury and the pastor of Parkhill Presbyterian Church at 3411 Albion St Grace Church in Pearce from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our congregation came to the difficult decision to sell our property about two years ago. The this property at 3411 Albion Street has been owned by the congregation since the early 1950s when we moved there from. 26 and Downing Street. I've been the pastor there since 1999 and help the congregation work through this process. One of the reasons that we determined to make the move is that over the last 30 years, we've had no new members come from within the immediate community. Our last member from the Park Hill neighborhood moved out into an assisted living facility about 15 years ago. Since that time, we've seen growth from outside the neighborhood. And so we don't we've not been able to bring in anybody from the neighborhood, haven't had influence from people in the neighborhood and worshiping with us. We think that selling the property and so that it can be developed into residential housing would benefit the neighborhood. Right now, there's an awful lot of drug dealing, vandalism, vagrancy going on on our corner, things that you don't want your kids finding in our church parking lot, drugs and human waste products, for example. So we think that having residents there can help clean up that a little bit just by having more people in the area. We also want to point out that or I'd like to point out that as we've been negotiating with the with the neighborhood and through the mediation process, hearing their concerns that the congregation made the decision to lower the cost of what rather price what we would receive for selling our property in order to provide affordable housing. The congregation, many of the members of the congregation at that meeting, one we agreed to do so, stated that they wanted to be able to give up some funds that we would be able to use to further our mission in a new location in order to help those who are underprivileged in the Denver community, which we will now be leaving so that we can move to a places closer to where our members currently live. We want to point out that the planning board and the planning was a planning staff, so I can't keep track of all the meetings I've been to and who everybody is over the last number of months. They're all in support of this. And so for these reasons, and I could keep on going, I'm a preacher, I want to recommend that the council does approve this change in zoning. And I will be here if you have any other questions. Thank you. Next up, Len Goldberg. Good evening, members of City Council. My name is Len Goldberg. I'm the developer and I'm here just to answer any questions you might have during the process. Thank you. Next up, Dr. Robert Davis. The Evening City Council. I stand in support of this rezoning for a couple of reasons. The first is that we were able to come to a an agreement to put four affordable units in the development. And the second one being that we are going to promote the units in community publications so that we can attract a a larger swath of the community, both economically and racially. And I hope that this becomes a model for future development projects that we will build upon this to make sure that as we are developing in the city, that we're doing so with an eye towards being more inclusion based. But I do have a few concerns that I want to speak about, even though I stand in support of this and hope that it will be voted tonight. The first concern is I feel that the process that the city has currently is very favorable toward the developer and does not encourage community input. And so I'm asking the city council that as you look toward the future, that you become more conscientious about the needs and the desires of the individuals who currently live there. Currently, Minister, they're currently working to build up. It's nice to have people come from the outside, but we need to hear more of the voice of the individuals who are actually living in the community. We need to be intentional about seeking out those voices and hearing them as the second thing that I'm concerned about is that we're not really addressing the larger issue of affordable housing in Denver. Putting four units in the park community does not really address the larger problem. We're kind of trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon and we're not getting in the way. So I'm hoping that this body will will take that into consideration. The last thing is this process did not lateral naturally lend itself to promoting racial diversity. And we put a little Band-Aid on it by asking that the sale of these units be publicized in community newspapers such as Fivepoint News and the Body of Christ and the Denver Weekly, etc. But this that was not a natural part of this process, and nor can that be the end of this process. So I'm really admonishing and asking that this body will be more intentional about a including the community intentional be about making sure that as we're doing these developments, as we voted to previous ones tonight, that we are attracting people from various economic and racial groups. And with that, thank you very much. Thank you. Next up, Jesse Pierce. Jessie Paris represented for Denver Homicide, Low Black Star Action Movement for Self-defense and Positive Action Commitment for Social Change. And I'm also an At-Large candidate for the May 2019 May election, and I reside in Council Brooks District. I was against this. But after hearing the words of the community that I was born and raised in, I grew up in this neighborhood. I went to Smith and Hallett. I resonate with the residents of this neighborhood, predominately the black and brown neighbors that feel that they do not. Are included. In the city. Planning and development that is rapidly happening throughout this whole town. There's rapid gentrification going on and the community's input is not being heard. And the community has come out today and let you know that. So I'm not just speaking, but the whole community is speaking. And I hope that you hear us loud and clear. So with that being said, we are for this. But as the previous speaker stated, you need to take it to full consideration the input of the community. And think about the decisions that you make before you make them. Because we don't need any more unintended consequences. The city has a housing crisis. This is the least that could be done. These are affordable units. I want to know exactly what the ammo level is going to be for these, and I won't know exactly how many units. Who is going to be residing in this property and. When the. Groundwork for this is going to begin. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, Abdul Rahim Ali. Good evening. City Council. This has been a arduous task over the last over the last month. And we we were happy that we came to a resolution. We've been able to speak with the mediator and and go through mediations. And we've had personal conversations with Mr. Goldberg. And we feel that this resolution that we are coming to now is fair and we support it. But we we would be remiss if we didn't mention the fact that affordable housing is an issue in city of Denver, not just park here, but in the city of the entire city of Denver. This is the issue. But this particular process has brought consequences, good consequences, where we have actually Christians, Muslims and Jews working together. And that's historic in itself. We hope that you consider this resolution that. We go forward in support of this housing and that this is just the beginning and this is just the first step . And we think that there will be many opportunities in the future for the city of Denver and particularly Park Hill and diversifying the community and park here. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to call the last three up so if we can make a room for them in that front bench. Patrick Key David more of it's and Bruce O'Donnell if you want to come up to the front and Patrick here up next. A tricky. All right, David. More of its. Thank you very much for your time. And if David more of its own property directly across from the the church lot definitely in favor of the the zone change we think that the the project fits the scale of the neighborhood. We think that the the price point though some may think that it is high for the neighborhood. It actually does fit in with the proximity of the neighborhood and some other projects down Martin Luther that are that are currently being developed and being finished. So we think it fits the scale as well. I was able to talk to a few of the neighbors, the letters that you guys actually have in your packets. I was able to talk with them to get them to to kind of discuss the project. And they're not just in favor but actually kind of excited about it having a new development across the street. And we think that it all fits in. So with that said, I hope that you guys all vote in favor for the project. Thank you. Thank you, Bruce O'Donnell. Thank you, Mr. President, a members of council. I'm Bruce O'Donnell again at 386 North Emerson in Denver. And I'm the owners representative on this rezoning request. As you know from the testimony this evening, there is a staff recommendation of approval and also planning board recommending approval. There is good plan support and justifying circumstances for this rezoning request. This is a mostly vacant and largely underutilized site bordering Colorado Boulevard. It's zoned for single unit. Across the alley is a car wash and a gas station and fast food on the other side of the street on the east side of Alby. And this entire block is already zoned m x to ex the exact zone designation that we're requesting. And it supports townhomes exactly like we are proposing to build here. And so those entitlements have been in place and been successful for some time. You mentioned or you heard earlier in the staff report that there had been significant opposition to this rezoning request, and that was true until we sat down with immediate neighbors and the registered neighborhood organizations. And so today we have letters of support from nine immediate neighbors. We also have a letter that's in your file from the Northeast Park Hill Coalition, the R.A., recommending that you vote in favor of this rezoning and supporting the rezoning. And then tonight, I was able to hand the end to the council secretary. And there are officially in your the records of this meeting, letters of support from the Northeast Denver Islamic Mosque and the Denver Park Hills Seventh Day Adventist Church. And you've just heard the representatives of those religious institutions speak in favor of and requesting that you approve this rezoning. So with that, I'm going to sum up by also requesting that you vote to approve Council Bill 18 1541 rezoning 3411 Albion Street to M x to x. This support largely came through work we did over the past couple of weeks with CPD and OED to come up with an agreement we're working on to build affordable units . And the plan is to build for deed restricted affordable units consistent with Ovid's formulas and calculations. And we're available to answer any questions. Should you have any. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That concludes our speakers. Are there any questions from members of council? Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Bruce. I'm not sure if you're the one to answer this question, but what will the project require for tax credits in order to meet the affordability on the units it. No, it will not. And then lastly, how how will the agreement be enforced? So right now we have a memorandum of understanding with the Northeast Park Hill Coalition and the mosque in the Seventh Day Adventist Church are in and the applicants are all parties to this memo you and there's an exhibit to the memo U is an OED document called agreement to build affordable units. And we ran out of time today to get that actually executed. But it will be recorded against the property. And I'm not sure if there's a representative from OED here tonight or not. But if not, Courtney has been very familiar with it from KPD who gave the staff report. And so it would all it will all be enforceable through Lloyd's regulatory toolkit. And that's because of the requirement for the. What's the the the build alternative? Yes. Yes. So we're we're going to do the build alternative instead of the linkage fee. Great. Thank you so. Much. Thank you. I have no further questions. Thank you. Councilwoman Ortega. Councilman Brooks. Yeah. Just a couple quick questions. There was another I was actually at this planning board, but I didn't see the entire deal. There was another no vote for planning boards, according to you. Is there? Yeah. At that December hearing, there was one no vote. Interestingly, there wasn't a ton of testimony and conversation that led us to understand fully why the no vote was voted on that way. There wasn't a ton of testimony. Okay, great. And then, Dr. Davis, quick question for you. So, you know, been on the diet for about eight years looking at these rezonings and looking at other cities the way they do rezonings and outreach. And and by far don't have a perfect process. But you said some pointed comments around. There needs to be more community process. And this this process we have is an advantage to the developer. Can you give us some specific examples that you would request for us to change around the process? So one of the things that I think would be beneficial is, of course, that it would be mandated that developers have to meet with the various community organizations to get a better understanding. Because one of the things that was discussed in of the proposal was that it's going to be very similar to the units that are across the street. So right there on Albion, but on the other side of the street, those units are really what we considered, what I considered to be the problem or one of the symptom of the problems. Let me say that what I mean by that is we did a I had my administrative assistant to do a search on the owners of the property. It's not ethnically diverse so that, you know, so if that's the model that we're using, I was not here when those units were built. But so but I don't know how many I know as I spoke to the leaders of my congregation. They were not brought in, even though the units that were built were right across the street from us. But we were not brought in on the process. We have the imam here. I don't know how much they consulted the mosque in the building of those units. All that right there in and of itself brings a problem. And so, as the gentleman said, he went and spoke with people in the community and the people that he spoke with, people in those developed units, but they're not from the community. What I mean by that is they bought those units and moved there. But that's not they don't have the historical understanding per se. And I'm not trying to isolate them and say that we shouldn't talk to them. But I think there needs to be a larger conversation that includes those registered community organizations that says when we when we do these type of developments, we're going to make sure that they're in on the process and especially the immediate neighborhood should be invited to come to the table. When we get to when we get to an, I don't know, all the various acronyms, but not when we get to the to the city to apply for these various things. But at on the front end, we sit down and have these conversations. Yeah. So I appreciate that. And I just wanted to just say it since we're on the record talking about that outreach, because I think it's really important and I think we need to be talking about specific outreach changes. So one specific change and if you indulge me, Mr. President, we passed we just passed this ordinance, and it was sponsored by Councilman Espinosa that every home within 200 feet of a new rezoning must be alerted. Right. They get something in the mail. Every developer that comes in here must reach out to a neighborhood organization. Some don't respond, things like that. Those are kind of things we have in place today. Okay. But when you say mandate, what is the that extra? I'm just trying to. You know. Well, that extra piece. So you're saying that those things are already in place. And again, I'm I'm new here. So but as I was as I was a part of this process, I did not. First of all, my church, which is right across the street, literally across the street from it, was not you didn't receive. And no one. I receive anything. No one reached out to us. No conversations were made with us. And I'm pretty visible in this community. So that was concerning to me. That's helpful. And I'm just going to stay on this real quick, because this is something that we pass. And if you didn't get notification, this this is a problem with our system. Cordy, can you just come? You want to say opposite down about me? You do what you want you to, pastor. So I'm just curious. Every property within 200 feet should receive a notice of any rezoning that comes through for City Council for review. Far before we get to planning board. So what do churches not receive that? Is it commercial properties do not receive that. What's the every property within 200 feet should receive that postcard. It's a postcard. So, you know, it might have been missed. I'm not sure. But I do know that this rezoning was noticed according to the code requirements. That is the mail postcards at time of application. And for the planning board hearing. So we sent out two mailings. We also post the property and then send that notification to the Arnaud's. Okay. And just just for the public's edification, when do you post the property? The applicant posts the property and they post it for the planning board hearing. And then they post it again three. Weeks or two weeks before to two weeks. Before, prior to the planning board. And then again for this city council hearing three weeks prior. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Doctor. Thank you. Councilman Brooks. Councilman Herndon. One question for CPD and I meant to look this up. So with the current zoning, what can be built now? So not expecting an exhaustive list, but just kind of generally. Right. So it's ESU docs and that is single unit. The D, the X signifies the building forms. You have the suburban house form and the urban house form. Places, places of worship are also allowed under the code. The one unit or places of worship. Things like that. Yeah. Okay. They must. Thank you. Councilman Herndon, Councilwoman Kinnick. Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to ask CPD about the protest petition. I'm pleased that we ended up with a situation where we have majority community support here tonight. But there was earlier protest position and towards the same type of questions Councilman Brooks was asking about how we can do better. I think that there seemed to be some confusion about who's eligible to sign when you have an institution that doesn't have the same kind of traditional ownership as a single family home. So I wanted to ask about whether or not CPD has learned anything about how we can, you know, either one better educate folks on institutions and how signatures work for them and or do we need to make any changes to our code to make sure that we are not just accounting for single family homes, for example. Right. And the the protest petition, when we hand out that form, we also hand out instructions with protest petitions. They're pretty detailed instructions, multiple pages. And it goes through and it says, you know, the name must match exactly as you hold deed to the property. And we also say that we need authorization. If you're an LLC, it says on those instructions, you know, you need to have provided authorization that you're allowed to sign on behalf of this organization, and we can look at ways to make those instructions more clear. I think that that would be something that we can work on right away. Yeah, I think that it sounds to me like those are really geared towards businesses and homes, whether they be apartment buildings or, you know, single family homes and churches and nonprofits are totally different types of entities. I'm not sure that most churches or nonprofits would know who holds the deed decades and decades into their existence. So I think, one, if you can please take a look at whether or not the rules we have are actually appropriate for institutions like those that the deed holder might be long deceased , for example. And then secondly, yes, whether or not you can do some improvements, so are those things that you're willing to go back and take a look at? Yeah. And I know that the committee planning development, we have a Process and procedures subcommittee, a team of staff members and we work on, you know, instructions in these type of things to make them more clear and just better applicant and customer service type things, not like code related, but little things that we can tweak and then we can take up the chain. So we are working on things like that and I haven't taken a look at those rules and regs, but often things like a frequently asked questions or guide by the type of property would be much better than a rule regulation code type language. So thank you for that. Yeah. Thank you. Councilwoman, can you seeing no other questions? The public hearing for Council 18 1541 is closed. Comments by members of Council Councilman Herndon. Hey, Mr.. President, I want to applaud everyone for coming out. And I have to admit, usually when I hear we have three public hearings, I look up at the clock and to say we're at 750 is is really is really good to my colleagues. If you've never come out to this area, we throw one heck of a Denver Days event. I know Councilwoman Kennedy has been out there. The mayor has been out there. And so that was always a good time. And I'm glad to see that we have come together on this. Our charge here as a body is to make decisions based off of the criteria. And I was going to spend a little bit of time walking through the criteria and why I do think it's appropriate, but with the direction and people members speaking in support, I won't go through that level of debt because I want to take the time to applaud the people in this chamber because we saw where we were and you look up to see where we are now. And I think one. We sit down and we hear each other and hear each other's concerns, and you can reach a point of consensus. And to the numerous people, we need to support the leadership and members of Northeast Park Hill. Pastor Davis. Imam Ali. We have demonstrated that redevelopment can be successful where the parties can say, hey, we're at a place where we are, are happy and we do have an affordability challenge. And one development, one parcel is not going to solve it. And I believe as a city we're taking steps to get there. And so this is one of the steps and thank you for the for the acknowledgment that we need to do better. And I think CPD will take that to heart. And we can certainly have conversations as a body how we can make this, because we want this to be an inclusive process where people make sure they're all heard. And so as as Pastor said, this can be a model and I hope that other future opportunities, we can follow the model. We can look the Northeast Park Hill and said, hey, this is a way that you can get together and all the parts can get away with a successful conclusion. So I will be in support of this and I would ask my colleagues to do the same thing. Thank you. Councilman Herndon. Councilwoman Cannick. Thank you so much, Mr. President. I came to find that this rezoning meets the criteria, but I do need to go ahead and just put a couple of things on the record. First of all, I just want to put on the record that I had a number of contacts from the community asking for information about how this process worked, particularly when things were beginning to get contentious. We talked about the opportunity for mediation and that the city could offer a mediator if that was needed. I just want to be really clear that each of those communications I shared that I was not able to take an opinion on this zoning, and none of those conversations included information that was outside the record. It did not change in any way my opinion on this rezoning, but I think that what it showed me and we've all had every single person, as Dennis said, has had this experience. It is so difficult. Our entire job is designed to have this interaction and two way conversation with the people we represent and it drives us crazy as council members. We just had a meeting about this today that we cannot do that two way communication around rezonings. We can't, you know, say, here's what we like, here's what's challenging. We can't form an opinion ahead of time because the rules of how we do rezonings prevent us from doing that. And so it is. So I hear, Pastor Davis, your words so clearly about how it feels like there's not enough community input. And one of the reasons I think that is, is because the rules don't let us do that. We spent a long time with our lawyers this afternoon asking about Will. Is there any other city that allows for this? And the answer is, this is not just because of property rights. It appears that this is the standard practice in cities. And so so that is a challenge that leaves us saying how do we create the type of community input that the community desires? I mean, you can't have the normal back and forth that we have around, for example, a policy debate that, you know, where the council members can answer questions and share their views with their constituents. And so I want to just I, too, want to applaud the community because I feel like what you did was you stepped into the gap that our system creates, and you didn't let it be a barrier to having your voices heard. And so I really think that the self-organization that you had, the fact that you got access to a mediator and worked to have someone help represent you in that conversation. And I think that is, you know, to your credit, that you were able to do it. But I agree with you that I wish the system did not leave you in that boat. So I feel like the conversation I want us as a body to have is if it can't be us, is there an office of neighborhood assistance, for example? That can be the place where you can go and get some more of that support and expertize. I mean, I was able to answer process questions. I think any of us can and would answer questions to help folks understand how things work. But where you need an advocate, where is it that you find that? So so I'm intrigued by thinking about other ways when we're stuck in parts of this that we can, you know, think about how to create more of that. The second thing I just wanted to focus on is just the substance of what you have figured out in terms of your agreement. And so I want to just say a word to Pastor Kingsburg, who I'm not sure if he's still here. He may have had to leave. But the fact that that oh, sorry. The fact that I was looking at your old seat there, the fact that your congregation was willing to step up and thinking about making the pricing work, you know, to the developer who is willing to think about changing your your mix of of your product and to the community for your creativity. Again, and talking about, for example, the affirmative marketing, that it's not just the price of the unit, but it's it's how the word is spread. And we know from Councilman Brooks is just. That a townhome project that did similar marketing did results in a very local group of residents from the area, really getting the chance to buy a home and build wealth, which I think we do actually have a lot of very affordable housing in Northeast Park Hill. We don't have a lot of affordable homeownership for African-American and communities from diverse backgrounds to build wealth. And so that is actually a gap that this project is helping to fill. So I'm excited about it. I agree with Councilman Herndon that one project doesn't solve the challenge, but it creates these openings for more conversation. So I appreciate the way you've all used the linkage fee as as a launch pad to build those homes on the site. And I want to thank everyone for participating in what is clearly not a perfect process, but one where you managed to find a way to common ground. So thank you very much. And you can reach Councilman Brooks. Yeah. Thank you to my colleagues for for your comments. I just want to just go straight to the the community. I mean, I think we hear a lot this is such a complicated and convoluted process. We know that from a community perspective. But I want to recognize you tonight and use yours as an example that actually in this convoluted process, it worked. It worked on your behalf. And so I think there's a lot more to build off of. I think there's a lot of examples that other the other 72 neighborhoods throughout the city can build off of and take it to the next level. And there's another thing that we've that I've been doing in the district and it's it's also council initiated rezonings where actually the councilperson is the is the person who takes on the rezoning for two property and maybe the property owner in the community to come to some sort of agreement. And so there are ways around that. But it's hard, it's convoluted and there's all those issues. And so I really appreciate all the work. I want to thank the developer, the property owner, the church for being willing to engage in conversation and engage in a solution. And once again, thank you all for going through security in the parking meters and sitting in these hard seats. We really appreciate you being here. It's when folks are not here that they're not a part of the of putting their fingerprints in building this city. So thank you. Thank you. Councilman Brooks. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. I won't repeat what my colleagues have already said in just thinking all of the all of the players who came together to come to this consensus in being able to move the project forward. I'm not sure when things changed, but city council members historically have played a role of bringing both sides together. I did that on the seven zoning changes that we did down in lower downtown. We had both sides at extreme ends of the spectrum and and we were successful sitting down without saying, I'm on this side or I'm on this side, but being able to bring opposing views to the table and being able to find that middle ground and then bring it forward. And I'm not sure, you know, what's changed that would not council allow council members to continue playing that role without prejudicing our vote, because we sit like a judge up here when we deal with zoning matters, we cannot indicate if we're for or against a rezone application, but we can bring two sides together to find that middle ground and hope that we continue to have that conversation about how we can play a bigger role in working within our communities. To address that, I appreciate the fact that the agreement is being filed as a. Part of the title to the property because that then assures that the agreement is something that will follow through. If, for example, the developer decided to sell the property, it assures the community that that agreement holds true because it applies to the land. And it's not just an agreement between the two parties. So I think that was a big part of the decision moving forward. So I just want to commend all of you for your work. And it sounds like we'll see a great project there with some affordable units in the near future. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. See no other comments, Madam Secretary, roll call. Brooks High. Black Flynn. High. Herndon, I. Cashman. I can eat. Lopez. I knew Ortega. I. Susman. I. Mr. President. I. I'm secretary. Please close voting. Announce the results. 1111.