Approves a rezoning of portions of 2800, 2900 and 3000 blocks of Welton Street from C-MX-3 to C-MX-5 in Council District 8.  (LAND USE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE) Approves a rezoning of portions of 2800, 2900 and 3000 blocks of Welton Street from C-MX-3 to C-MX-5 in Council District 8.  A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AFTER PUBLICATION. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 4-1-14.
And this map shows the specifically affected properties. It is Welton Street between 28th and the intersection with Downing. Affecting all of the 2800 block and then just the western half of the 20 903,000 blocks. I also want to point out that the 30th and Downing Light Rail Station is not included within this area. The reason for that is because of the specific plan guidance that we have that showed five storeys as being an appropriate height on the property facing Downing and Welton, but recommended three stories facing California, and that is the zoning that the property currently has so to avoid. Split zoning the station itself into two different districts. We left it out of this map amendment. This map here shows the subject area in detail. There are 38 properties in total within the subject area, about seven acres in size, all of it zoned Cemex three. And the proposal is to rezone to Cemex five. Cemex five stands for Urban Center. Mixed use five storeys maximum. Adjacent properties. Many of these are already zoned CMCs five. You can see here along Welton Street, a couple of blocks of properties that already have the Cemex five zoning directly across the street from this area as well as to the southwest. Further down the corridor also has Cemex five so rezoning the affected properties here to see them x five will result in a consistent treatment of the properties along Walton Street. They'll all have the same zoned district beyond that to the west. In the Curtis Park neighborhood, you see u RH 2.5 zoning. And along this edge there's some GM x three mapped here at the Denver Health Clinic. In terms of historic districts, there are a couple in the vicinity. The affected area is partially located within the Walnut Street Commercial Cultural District. All of the properties except those here on the northernmost reach are located within that historic cultural district. Additionally, the Curtis Park Historic District is shown mapped in green. So there's location within a historic district as well as adjacency to historic district and current uses within this area, primarily a mix of commercial, retail and office as well as residential uses. Adjacent uses include the light rail station to the northeast, to the southeast and Southwest uses consistent with what's found along Walton Street, commercial residential mix into the northwest in the Curtis Park neighborhood, residential uses. And here are some photos of properties within the affected area. All of these are within the subject area, except for this one here in the lower right corner. These properties are already zoned CMC's five. In terms of our process. This was recommended by Planning Board for approval at their March 19th meeting, and we have followed the city's standard process for zone map amendments, with one exception, which was at the outset of the process before any notification had gone out to other organizations. CPD worked with Council District eight and the Five Points Business District to mail notification letters to all of the property owners within the affected area. So they were first notified of the intention to legislatively rezone the area before anyone else was notified. And then we continued from that point forward with our normal rezoning notification process. We did receive one official letter of support for this rezoning that coming from Curtis Park neighbors, and we have not received any letters of opposition. The Curtis Parks letter is included as an attachment to the staff report. In terms of review criteria, there are normally five, but for a legislative rezoning there are only three. And we'll go through each of those criteria now. The first is consistency with adopted plans. There are four that apply in this area, the first being comp plan 2000 and CPD has found that the proposed rezoning is consistent with several comp plan 2000 recommendations related to environmental sustainability, mobility, land use and legacies, and specifically increasing the mix of uses and identifying areas where additional building higher density can be accommodated and is desirable. Blueprint Denver identifies This is an area of change and the concept land use is a mix of pedestrian shopping corridor and transit oriented development, both of which are types of mixed use. The street classification for Welton is Main Street Collector. So for Blueprint Denver, we also find consistency with the proposal. The Welton Downing Triangle Plan is one of our older active plans adopted in 1986 and re adopted in 2000 with Comp Plan 2000. And this plan identifies the subject properties as being located in the Upper Walton sub area. And the guidance from that plan is to allow additional commercial. If that commercial is found to be compatible with adjacent residential. And we do believe that our new zoned districts adopted in 2010, which provide for building sculpting at the rear of properties where there's an abutment with a protected residential district, which is the situation that we have here, does provide for that level of compatibility between commercial and residential uses. Finally, the Northeast Downtown Neighborhoods Plan adopted in 2011 has recommendations that are specific to Main Street corridors, and it identifies Walton as one of those corridors and states that a moderate mix scale of general shopfront, apartment and row house building forms is desired in this area. It recommends that those buildings be sited in a context sensitive manner with emphasis. Orienting to the street in parking, access off the rear or to the alley promotes the use of design elements that link the building directly to the street environment and allows for a mix of uses within both the area and within buildings themselves and the CSX five. Zoning does accomplish these objectives. The plan also provides specific guidance in terms of land use and building height. It recommends transit oriented development within the subject area and a maximum height of five storeys. So there also we find consistency. So in terms of all three applicable criteria here, we find that there is consistency with all of the adopted plans within the area. The second criteria, which is uniformity of district regulations, we find that rezoning the CMC's three properties to CMC's five will encourage the uniform application of the new Denver zoning code within this area, and furthermore that the Public Health, Safety and welfare will be advanced primarily through the implementation of the city's adopted land use plans. So after considering all this, the official recommendation from CPD is approval. Thank you very much. It looks like we have seven people signed up to speak and I'm going to ask the first four to come on up in the front pews so we can have you on deck. And they are. Tracy Winchester, Jill Dancy Williams, Michael Markel, Aubrey Atherton. Come on up and we'll start with Tracy Winchester. Thank you very much. My name is Traci Winchester. I'm the executive director of the Five Points Business District. Thank you for allowing me to speak. I'm here in support of the Community Planning Development's recommendations that we rezone from Cemex three to SIMEX five, the 2800 to 3000 blocks of Welton Street, as you all heard from Cortland. It was very important to us that we notified our property owners and we went over and above the normal procedures for notification. We sent out letters to everyone prior to the planning board and prior to the City Council meeting and the subcommittee for Land Use. We also sent out another letter prior to this hearing on June 2nd to make sure that their voices would be heard in opposition or in support of this. In the last couple of weeks, or rather last couple of months, this office has received no opposition at all. In fact, we received phone calls saying this was a great idea. We're glad we're moving forward with this. And people that we thought might potentially oppose this said no, they were in favor of it. And these were property owners. We were hoping that they would be here today, but they're not. We have other property owners who will be speaking in support of this rezoning effort. So to keep this short, I'll let the other people speak. The property owners here speak in our behalf. And we thank you again for taking this under consideration. Thank you, Miss Winchester. Jill. Dorothy Williams. Good evening. My name is Jill Dancy Williams. I'm the owner of 3025 Welton Street. I'm a practicing attorney. I've been a residential property owner and business owner in this area since 2000. My children also attend Gilpin Montessori Elementary School, which is right around the corner from this proposed rezoning area we zoned area. I'm asking I'm here today in support of this rezoning proposal of the 28th to 30th block of Welton Street from Cemex, 3 to 5. I follow the changes that have been going on in this area and believe that this is one of the most important acts that the Council can undertake to ensure that the end of the Welton Street corridor continues to be used for both residential as well as commercial purposes. There were several policies that speak to the importance of rezoning the end of the corridor and encouraging more residential density and strengthening existing businesses. First, I believe that it will create a more compatible and consistent development, enhance the community's character, increase affordable housing, spur economic development, while improving the transition between commercial development and adjacent residential neighborhoods. The goal here is to enable people to live near where they work, shop, play, educate their children and receive a variety of services. This measure will also help to increase the value of all of the properties in this area and make the properties on the northern blocks of the corridor more attractive to developers because of its proximity to downtown and to the RTD. We can capitalize on opportunities to develop housing along the transit line and help reduce vehicle traffic, travel and pollution. This will benefit not only the residents but the schools and the small business owners in the area. Allowing for smart growth and design will also encourage more modern style residential development, attracting a more professional, younger demographic and encouraging uniformity in line with the downtown market and the Lower Welton Street Line and Walton Street Trends. This will allow for more flexibility consistent with the vision of the entire neighborhood. You have already furthered the goals of many of the property owners by making tax increment financing available, supporting the vitalization of this district. I am fortunate to own in this corridor and I ask that you consider the positive economic efforts and effects on businesses and the economic benefit to the community in making this decision. This rezoning change will be a welcome addition to this beautiful neighborhood. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Ansley Williams, Michael Markel. Good evening, council members. My name is Michael Markel and I resided 5723 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder and I'm here I'm a hard act to follow on that last was very eloquently spoken. I just I'll try to be brief. I'm a property owner on Welton Street and we owned five properties to 28, 31, 28, 43 and we would be here in support of the rezoning effort from the Cemex three to see in next five and just my first project in. Boulder. Absolutely. First project in Denver, and I'm a Boulder County developer, but I'm excited, you know, to be in Denver and I'm excited to be on Welton Street and also in five points. And I would ask, you know, your support for this rezoning and we do have been doing some concept plans. And with your approval on the rezoning, we would be very excited to talk, you know, to all the neighborhood groups, you know, get involved and start the process and demonstrate, you know, to the neighbors, you know, that we would be very compatible with some of the uses that are within the neighborhood. And we would also be compatible with the city of Denver's. You know, goals. That have been outlined, you know, by the planner that spoke previously. So if you had any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. If not, I would like your support. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Merkle. I'll call Aubrey at a time. But while he's coming up, I'd like to ask Joel Noble, Sekou and King Harris to come to the front pews to be on deck. And thank you for your patience, Mr. Arrington. Hello, council members. My name is. Aubrey Addison, and I live at 2036. Glenwood Glencoe Street here in Denver. Just wanted to say that as I've had a chance to work with some of the owners, Mr. Markel's particular on the area and interact with the community. I've had nothing but positive feedback from the people we've dealt down there and in our professional experience and business acumen, it seems that this change of the zoning from the CRM x three to CRM x five will really help rehabilitate some of that area and I think we'll get things going. So I hope you support it. And I appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Addison. Joel Noble. Good evening, council members. My name is Joel Noble. I live at 2705 Stout Street and I'm here representing Curtis Park Neighbors, the neighborhood organization that I serve as president of. Curtis Park Neighbors took a position on March 17th in favor of this rezoning. We voted with a vote of nine in favor, zero opposed, and with two new board members abstaining throughout the second half of 2010, Curtis Park neighbors and the whole neighborhood spent a lot of time working on the new area plan, which was an update from our 1987 Curtis Park Neighborhood Plan. And in addition to the wonderful sessions the community planning and development always holds, we had ten specific Curtis Park study sessions in the evening that Cortland Heiser took his evenings to join us with. And one of those sessions was What about our edges? What do we want to see? What's our vision for Welton Street, for Downing Street, for Park Avenue? And the result of that is in the Northeast, Downtown Neighborhoods plan the vision for five stories that steps down at the alley with a protected district gate guidance that is now in the zoning code. So when it came time to adopt that plan, Curtis Park neighbors was unanimously in support. We'd like to express our gratitude to Councilman Brooks, who's bringing this forward legislatively. You know, why is it being brought forth legislatively as Jill Durante Williams was talking about? There's a serious commitment on behalf of the city to revitalize this corridor. Bringing this forward legislatively reduces the burden on the property owners from having to rezone one at a time piecemeal, which is an expensive and lengthy and sometimes contentious process. If I may, I think there's some lessons here for how well this has worked that that I think we can learn from. One is the northeast downtown neighborhoods plan spent the time with the community to get the vision specific what's called for in the area plan is five stories and a particular set of uses. It's not a range of stories, but then several years later, when it comes time to zone, we have different opinions about what the vision was. We took the time to do that and I think you'll see the more recent an area plan is CPD is looking for that specificity which serves us all well. Secondly, I would venture to guess that there's less controversy on this than some others because we have transit on the corridor where we're directing density and Transit's been here. It's been here since 1994. It's been here actually since the early days of Denver, but light rail and its modern incarnation is here. And so there's a a lesson to what what can we do to guide transit where we want density. I will be available for questions and thank you for supporting this. Thank you, Mr. Noble Sekou. Huh? First of all, my name is Sherman Siku. I am proud to represent the Black Star Action Movement. Was self-defense a voice for poor, working, poor and homeless people? Address 2514 Chapel Street. Born and raised five points since 1952. 1932. We stand opposed to this zoning change. What I learned this afternoon in operations meeting was looking at the criteria of the zoning and what its purpose is. Its purpose was not underlying to ethnically cleanse a neighborhood and drive out a population of black people and replace it with white folk. One set up for that. And yet that's what's been happening since 1982. Hmm. Now you got to get with David so you can explain that, because I couldn't believe what I heard today, that we were actually training people to look like they're listening when they're not. So they wouldn't violate rule one or see what a democracy fit in all of that. Is that for real? I need you to pay attention. 106. Look at me. Pay attention. Say. Because I know you know what's going on here. And we got active participants not only in the white community, but members of this board who represent black people who are running with this like running dog lackeys of capitalism. Well, it's all about the money. It's all about the money. You don't care about this neighborhood, your opinion about these people. And you are looking forward to no black people being there. Now, I understand how Geronimo better now understand how the Native American people felt. Is this how the West is won? And we continue the process, and there ain't no question about it. And you have no more ground to stand on. Well, guess what? Act like you ain't listening, because that's more authentic, because I'm watching what you do. But guess what? God's watching. Do you think you're going to get away with this? For real? For real? Well, come on. Bring your time is up, Mr. Psycho. King Harris. Good evening. My name is King Hezekiah Harris. I reside at 2634 Garfield Street. Own property in the area that is talking about being resolved. It seems that you have a number of people who are speaking in favor of this. And after hearing these lovely ladies, I felt like I should run out the door, as I am not nearly as well prepared to to say it as well as they did. But the reality is this. I've owned property in five points since 1975. And we have been looking forward to the opportunity to develop the Five Points community. That opportunity has arrived. And I think that the change in the zoning that you're talking about now is just another way of uplifting that opportunity. So I encourage you to move forward with the rezoning. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Harris. That is the end of our speakers. Will you first have questions from council? Are there any questions? Councilman Brooks. Yes, for Courtland Kizer. I'm kind of smiling because King's voice is so good. He just tell he's a pastor Hezekiah. But anyway, hey, I had a question around this RTD lot. I think this is really interesting because I know when we put this northeast down to neighborhood plan together for the protection of Curtis Park, it's a landmark district. Even the zoning that we're doing now is going to have some certain requirements around step setbacks and setbacks. And, you know, because it's a protected district right there. Couldn't you do something similar on this RTD lot? I mean, couldn't a portion of it be Zone C and mix five? And couldn't you, I don't know, put some requirements for some step backs on that on the on the parking lot. Yes. The well the property's already zoned x three. Yeah. And that's consistent with the plan recommendation for the portion of it that fronts California. So it would be an option to split zone it. And so on the front half that's facing downing C-Max five, that would be consistent with the plan. But the reality is that with the consolidated parcel in the way that the stations developed historically, you would have had an alley dividing it, which would have been a rational place to draw that line. The alleys no longer there. And generally, we would try to avoid creating a split zone situation like that. Yeah. So the thinking was if at some future point in time the station isn't there, that that would be the time to have a conversation about potentially up zoning, that one portion of the lot and the developer would have to come and just do it that way and rezone it. You know, the reason I say this is Denver City of Denver and RTD is looking seriously and I believe we will extend the 30th and Downing Station to 30th and Blake to connect with the commuter rail if that happens. RTD, you know, is talking about that lot being in play. And so I just wanted to have that conversation just to make sure I see there's a lot of other folks that have questions. Let me just ask this, because I think this cuts to the reason we're doing this rezoning. You know, when we did blueprint in Denver in 2010. Why wasn't this. Property, this this whole all these properties and these streets zoned at that time? Can you just explain that? Because I think that's a major reason why we're here today. Well, I believe it has to do with the mapping, the equivalent districts that at the time along Walton Street, you had a mix of B districts. Yeah. And, you know, generally, when you didn't have plan support for doing something different in the remapping effort in 2010, the first thing that you do is look to establish the equivalent zone district. So the the decision was made at the time, I think it was openly discussed and folks like John Noble have the specific history on it. But I believe Karla madison had conversations with the neighborhood and the decision was made to wait for the Northeast Downtown Neighborhoods plan because at that time it was in process and imminent and coming up a year later. And that that was the route that they decided to take. Okay. I'm going to come back to that. I love my other colleague. Okay. Thank you, Councilman. Councilwoman Sheppard. Thank you, Madam President. So either for Cortland or even Councilman Brooks, I remember when we voted on the you are a for this corridor and I can't even remember when that was. Now, in the last 12 year OC September, I remember hearing from at least one block of folks that lived on Welton, I believe in some Victorian homes that were really adamantly opposed to the area at the time because of fears about potential eminent domain on their properties. And I was wondering if those properties are covered in this map that you're drawing. And any information that either of you can provide about about that situation. I'll I'll comment first. Thank you for asking that question. And, you know, we went through Tracie Winchester's office, five points Business District to do the letters. In addition to that, I went to those houses and knocked on them. That included Denver Weekly News Leonora. That included the gentleman who came up here and said, Hey, they're going to rezone this here pretty soon. And that included another resident. I can't remember her name, but we went and talked to them and two of them were in support of it. The gentleman actually came to the planning board and he said, Oh, you know, I have some questions, you know, but you know, I'm not going to come out in opposition against it. But I do have some questions about this and. I wish we could have, you know, done some other things as well, but there was no outright opposition to it. And those homes are largely included in this map. They're all included in this map, yes. Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman Sheppard. Councilwoman Lemon. Yeah. So can you explain to me the relationship between that historic and Landmark District and the Sea Five in particular? What does that mean to the buildings that are there and how it's going to be redeveloped? Sure. Well, the the landmark review process for design kind of lays on top of whatever zone district is in place. So in the portion of the corridor that's included in the historic cultural district, properties that redevelop will be subject to that additional level of review that comes from the landmark process at the northernmost block of the corridor that's outside of the Landmark District. They won't be subject to that review, and that's essentially the effect of it. Thank you, Councilwoman Lehman, Councilman Levitt. Oh, thank you. Madam President, I had a question about the origin of the C-Max three, the original C-Max three zoning. Councilman Brooks asked that question, and I had a question about the overlay of the urban renewal area and the Tift district and Councilwoman Shepherd asked that question. So all my. Questions have been answered. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Councilman Levitt, Councilman Brooks, did you have a question? You know what I'm going back to I'm. Going to bring up John Noble, because he was very intimately involved in this process with my predecessor, Councilwoman Carla madison. Joe talked to me about, I think Cortland set it up very well for you, saying that, you know, they wanted to wait. They didn't do it during the blueprint Denver rezoning this this parcel here but you guys wanted to wait to northeast downtown neighborhood plans, but we never got to it. During the zoning code update, there were three criteria that were looked at throughout the city as to what the new zoning should be. And one of them was, what's the current zoning on Welton Street from Park Avenue to 27th? There was one zoning that was higher intensity than the next block. Up from the 2700 block was middle intensity. And then the rest of the blocks were a lower intensity in in the old zoning code. And so that's what was recommended by staff during the 2010 zoning code. UPDATE That top section that we're dealing with now, zoned to three stories, that middle block to five storeys and below that to eight. So it's a very good, you know, just correspondents waiting for the new area plan because the new area plan would give more specific guidance. The new area plan, unfortunately, was running one year behind the zoning code updated. Now, there was you'll see there's a chunk missing that we're not rezoning tonight. That's already five stories. And I'm not entirely clear what what the discussion was during the zoning code update to say, well, we can accelerate that half of the block early and they did it and there wasn't any opposition to it. Okay. Thank you. Last question. I'm sorry. This is this is a legislative rezoning and armed omnibus zoning change that we voted on must have been a couple of months ago during the legislative rezoning, there was a change there that. Can you talk about the impact of that change? So what I understand it is that we don't we no longer have to come forward with a resolution first for a legislative rezoning. We can for legislative rezoning. We can just initially charge CPD to start the process. That's correct. So this ended up being a pretty lengthy process because we had to take that resolution through before we could even start working on the proposal. And my understanding is that the new process would be that any individual city council member would have the authority to initiate the the legislative rezoning process. And that would effectively skip that, you know, couple of months that we spent putting the resolution through the process. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Brooks, Councilwoman Robb. Thank you. I think maybe this is a question for Tracy Winchester. We heard from Mr. Merkle about his plans on his property. Do you know of any other properties where development may be imminent or someone is really looking that? Yeah. As soon as we get this passed, I'm just trying to, you know, see how much change we're going to see at once. Well, we're fortunate right now that we do have a lot of plans in the works. Most of it is further down southern part of Welton Street right now. Markel Homes is pretty much the main. Developer down to that end. In addition to across the street, we have Saint Bernard Properties which they developed property. What if you've been to the purple door to the little coffee shop? There's four different businesses there right there at 29th and Walton, as well as Studio Trope, those were both of them were two of the winners of the Walton Challenge. And they have plans to develop within the next 18 months. So they're across the street from Markelle. Holmes They're on the site that's closest to the light rail side. And so they will be developing, but they're there. They don't need the requirement of five stories are coming in a little bit under TMX. A little bit around four stories is what their plans are right now. So we do have development happening, but it's not contingent upon the zoning being changed from mixed three. That's a mixed 504. Stories would. Take a. Change. That's right. Excuse me. Exactly right. You're absolutely right. Yes. Okay, good. I thought I was tracking there. Okay. Thank you for that answer. Thank you. Councilwoman Robb. Councilwoman Ortega. This question is either for Tracy or for Portland. I would like to know if you can share how many properties within these boundaries have already been resold within the boundaries of this area, not rezoning developed where it's required a separate one off zone application. Well, there I don't believe there have been any that have required rezoning as all of the properties within the boundary have the the three story zoning currently. Okay. Yeah, I agree. Okay. That answers my question. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. And I see no other questions. So in a close the public hearing and ask for comments by council members. Councilman Rob. Councilman Brooks. Councilman Robb, you want to. Talk about. It's got to be. In an hour. Oh, no, don't you know, I am I'm excited to to finally see this come through. It's this has been a labor of love. And one of the reasons you don't see any opposition to this rezoning is there was a pretty deliberative process in getting information, phone calls, knocking on doors in and letters out to individuals and property owners pick up a value of getting their homes redeveloped, whether it's homes or businesses. I've actually received emails and letters from and phone calls from developers who have not purchased property just yet in this zone district who were saying, hey, can you hold off because they know the price is going to go up for the property owners . So this is actually a good what I like to say a good thing for property owners and it has nothing to do with the timing of this is just the way it happened. It just took a long time through the city. This was not because, you know, there's a setup here or anything like this. This is something that we've been trying to work on for four, three, three years. As soon as I got in office, Tracy Winchester, John Noble from Curtis Park, sat down with me and talked about this incongruity that we see on Walton with these parcels . And as I went back to my office, I have a Carla Carla Mattison list. And this was one of the things that she wanted to get done. And unfortunately, Orgill didn't say is this is what she wanted to get done in 2011 when she passed. And and so there's there's an emotional connection to this as well. But that's not the reason we need to do this. We need to do this because the criteria fits. David Braswell And. The. Everything lines up perfectly for this rezoning, the plans, the adopted plans, the northeast downtown neighborhood plan calls for this specific site. We had a lot of community input around this. We have business leaders like Jill who is saying, Hey, how come those folks across the street have a higher zoned district than we do? And so this is something that is the right thing to do. And we we're excited about it. You know, I also want to say that transformation is happening on Walton, and it is exciting. And I'm so glad that King Harris I love it when someone who's been in the district, I mean, 1975, I was minus four. At that at that time when he was just buying the property and and to see him say this is something that we've wanted for a long time, and to know that because of the protected district, the the, you know, the historic district, the landmark district, we can do smart development. We could do smart growth. And so we're excited. I will say this is the only part of the city where I just feel like we have so much going on. We have, you know, almost five, six TIFF applications. I was just talking to Tracey about on one street for just for this year. And so there's a lot of development going on. But I am confident in the systems, in the structure that have been in place. And so because of the the plans that are in place, the uniformity of district regulations and restrictions and also the public health and safety and general welfare, I'm in favor of this, and I hope that my other colleagues will do the same and be in favor of this and be a part of the transformation that's going on. Five points. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. Councilwoman Shepherd. Thank you. I couldn't help reflecting on the fact that maybe a bit of a tale of three cities here. So tonight we have a whole group of people advocating on behalf of five stories on a and. On a commercial. Corridor. And then was it last week or the week before? We had a vehement a group of people vehemently opposed to five stories on a commercial corridor in a separate part of the city. And then, you know, a year or two ago, we actually had a lawsuit again against a potential five story development that happened in my district by a separate group of neighbors. So, you know, it's just interesting to notice all these these differences among the city. But it reminds me of several cities that I've lived in where folks say, hey, if you don't like the weather, just wait 15, 20 minutes. It'll change, you. Know, get something new. But I'm glad to see the community and the Business Improvement District also in support of this. So happy to support you all tonight as well as my colleague, Councilman Brooks. Thank you, Councilwoman Shephard. Councilman Levitt. Thank you, Madam President. I'll certainly be voting in favor of this legislative rezoning tonight. But I just want to. Congratulate Councilman Brooks in absentia, his predecessor, as well as all the people in the audience who've been working on this for years. A lot of pieces are being put in. Place, and so often it. Requires all the pieces to be put in place before the big thing. That you want to see happens. And it requires patience, it. Requires vision, it requires persistence. And that patience, that vision, that persistence that patients has been shown. Over many years. All the pieces are being set up, the most recent to having the urban renewal area established for the Weldon Street corridor, and now here the zoning for the Weldon three corridor. And the irony is that when. Things really pop down on the five. Points, people go, Wow, that was fast. But we know that it took a lot of work over a lot of time to get all those pieces together to make it happen. So I'm looking forward to being startled by how fast it all happened. So thank you. Councilman Nevett. Councilwoman Monteiro. You're. Speaker seven. Quick. Thank you, Madam President. I want to thank everybody that's here tonight for doing the heavy lifting that you're doing. And I am not even mindful. Of. All of the work that you've done. Just on a personal note, I've always wondered why when that particular corridor in Welton was built out, why there wasn't ever a station area plan done, and why it was, in my opinion, the Wilton three corridor that that rail system was ahead of its time and it was built. And there was a lot I remember a lot of RTD politics going on. And at the end of the day, it was a neighborhood that suffered. That's my perspective. And as a result, it started to fall between the cracks. And the idea that you're here tonight to empower the neighborhood and to lift the power of the neighborhood up is really important because as you know, as you're going through all of this, that everything in every neighborhood is always about the land and who owns it and how it's zoned. And it was to me, it was one of the greatest injustices that was done to. This particular part of town, because there was never during that time there was never any any strategy or any thought behind how we would have this station stop and how it would relate to the people that live there and how it would connect to the rest of the city. And it's so close to downtown and it has so many possibilities. And so I just want to say that I completely support this. I'm glad that the intersection of everything that's happening is happening. It's going to go fast for everyone that lives there. But I can't think of a better way for people that live in the neighborhood and own their homes to realize the American dream because it isn't silo thinking anymore. You know, it's just this and that. It all needs to work together. And I just want to, again, commend you, commend you for all of the work that you're doing in your neighborhood and you keep it up. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Monteiro and I see no other comments. I think that we are ready for the vote. Brooks Brown Fox. I can each layman i. Monteiro i. Nevitt I. Ortega, i rob Shepherd. Madam President. Hi. Madam Secretary. Close to voting announced the results. 11 eyes. 11 eyes. The zoning passes. Congratulations. Now we are ready for the next public hearing. Councilwoman Sheperd, will you please put Council Bill three or four on the floor?