A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3001 South Federal Boulevard in Harvey Park South. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from CMP-EI2 to PUD-G 24, PUD-G 25 and U-MX-3 with waivers (rezoning of Loretto Heights campus), located at 3001 South Federal Boulevard in Council District 2. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 3-30-21.
11 Eyes. 11 Eyes. Counsel Bill 20 1-0308 has passed. Moving along to our second hearing. Councilmember Black, would you please put council bill three, three, three on the floor? Yes I moved that council. Bill 20. 1-0333 be placed upon. Final consideration and do pass. All right, thank you. We have our motion and our circuit. The combined public hearing on council Bill three, three, three and council bill 352 is open. Speakers may offer comments on either or both items. After the conclusion of the public hearing, council will vote separately on each. But first, May we have the staff report, please. Great. Thank you. Council President Joe Moore and good evening. Members of Council Jason Morrison, senior city planner with Community Planning and Development. I'm here to present the rezoning application at 3001 South Federal Boulevard, or the property more commonly known as Loretto Heights. The request is from MPI too, which is a campus zone district to customize zoning of potentially 24 Fields 25 and Annex three with waivers. So before I begin, I do want to provide a little background on how we got here this evening. In 2018 at TCU University sold the former Loreto Heights campus, which presented a unique opportunity to build on the site's legacy through a sensitive redevelopment that incorporates the vision of the surrounding community. For over a year, CPD worked with neighborhood residents and stakeholders to capture the community vision for this area. The community driven public process builds on previous work done by local leaders and neighborhood groups who have been eager to put a plan in place for many years. This planning process included a significant outreach component, which consisted of ten steering committee meetings, four public meetings, including an all Spanish language meeting. Two online surveys, which yielded 2300 individual comments and the distribution of over 25,000 fliers. Some of the key land use recommendations that came out of the plan include preserve and reuse historic structures and features, encourage affordable housing development, promote a diverse mix of uses, and allow for a variety of building heights and intensities. There are also a number of mobility, connectivity and open space recommendations found throughout the Lorelei Heights area plan. This plan was adopted in September of 2019 and ensures that decisions such as this rezoning are done with current policy guidance in place that reflects the community's vision. 70 acre subject site is in Council District two, which is Councilman Kevin Flynn's district in southwest Denver. The site is in the Harvey Park South Statistical neighborhood. And as I mentioned, the existing zoning is CPI to which is intended to be applied to smaller to medium scale educational campus sites adjacent to lower density residential districts. Maximum building heights are 150 feet, maximum and 75 feet maximum, when within 175 feet of a protected district. Surrounding zoning includes single unit, multi-unit and mixed use districts of varying heights and intensities. The Ruby Hill part you claim covers the eastern half of the subject site, and maximum height restrictions range from 55 feet to 204 feet, depending on the topography. The proposed maximum allowable building heights that would result from this rezoning range from 35 feet to 110 feet. Silverado Heights Lawyer Plan provides additional guidance on maximum allowable building heights, which I will cover shortly. As previously mentioned, this is a former educational campus. Existing land uses include public and quasi public and mixed use. Surrounding land uses include single unit, multi-unit and commercial and retail. Additionally, the subject site is adjacent to Loreto Heights Park. The next two slides. So the existing context within and around the subject site, and these are some of the iconic buildings on the former campus. From left to right, we have Chris, a hall in the quadrangle. The administration building in the May Bond filled Stanton Library Theater. And these images are representative of some of the existing context surrounding the subject site. Examples include single unit and multi-unit structures, commercial uses and the Denver School of Science and Technology immediately south of the subject site. As part of one application, the applicant requests three zones a DG 24 and DG 25 for Denver Zoning Code Section 961 as well as your MCs three with a waiver to five storeys at a high level Pdg 24 would apply to the historic core of the Heights campus is based on the Denver Zoning Code District. Copyright two and addresses the preservation, adaptive reuse of the historic buildings and open spaces, along with new residential and commercial development in a campus setting. The proposed Pdg 25 allows for low scale residential development oriented toward a network of new streets and open spaces to the north and west of the historic campus. For this, Pudi has four sub areas based on a s RH 2.5 and you are x three zone districts. He proposed the Denver Zoning Code District of U.N. x three, which is urban. Mixed use for up to three stories, is intended for use in the urban neighborhood context, which is characterized by small scale, multi-unit, residential and commercial areas embedded in single unit and two unit residential areas where a building scale of three stories or 45 feet is desired. The applicant is requesting a mixed three zone district with a waiver to allow for up to five stories. And I will get into details of that request here in just a moment. In responding to the unique attributes of the subject site, new DG 24 contained several special provisions that address the design of buildings that may front open spaces or public streets. The protection and treatment of historic buildings prior to any local historic designation. The adaptive reuse of historic buildings and open spaces that may not be designated as local historic landmarks. Flexible design allowances for exterior alterations, additions, and reconstruction of these buildings. And finally, the height of buildings within a unique topography. Similarly, Dee, 25, contains several special provisions, including addressing buildings up front, open spaces and public streets, implementing land use recommendations that do not match the existing zoned district that came out of the Loreto Heights small area plan. For example three storey maximum height for rowhouse districts and a suburban neighborhood context, as well as side street standards for South Irving Street and South Julien Streets. And finally, addressing height with a unique topography, including a height incentive which rewards development meeting Denver's green building objectives. Finally, the applicant is requesting the UN through his zone district with a waiver to allow for up to five stories. This zone district is a mixed use zone district, which allows for a variety of residential, commercial and office uses. It allows the townhouse general and shopfront building forms up to three stories or 35 feet, except for the Townhouse Building Forum, which allows up to 38. The applicant is proposing a waiver and maximum building heights, which would allow it to five storeys or 70 feet. You'll find that this waiver request is consistent with the height guidance in the Loreto Heights small area plan inconsistent with CPD policy of using waivers as a bridge to future text amendments to the Denver zoning code. The CPD has identified a need for a future use by some district. In addition to this rezoning, the Loreto Heights Large Development Review Framework outlines specific regulatory steps required for implementation of the development, including completion of an infrastructure master plan, mobility study and subdivision. In addition, the framework identified potential topics for a future development agreement, including affordable housing, off site street improvements, historic preservation requirements outside of the community and open space maintenance and track. Concurrent with this MAP amendment, the applicant is proposing to record a development agreement that would ensure a number of important provisions. The development of affordable housing units on the subject site, protection of historic buildings and campus character through local historic designations and demolition prohibition. Inclusion of publicly accessible open space and enhancements to Loreto Heights Park. Compliance with the Denver Green Code for residential structures within the residential PV or G 25 that require additional maximum building height. And finally, a number of off site improvements along Irving Street and Julian Street. Due to the applicant's request of extended vesting rights beyond what is allowed by the zoning code at the development agreement is also before Council this evening under a separate action item. The Mountain Limit application was unanimously recommended for approval by a planning board back on March seven and moved forward by committee last month. All notification requirements have been met since the staff report was published. We've received 16 letters in support of the proposed rezoning and two letters of opposition. That said, I do know that additional letters have been sent to council, including three letters of support from those in the area. As you know, there are five review criteria when analyzing the appropriateness of the request. Additionally in Denver, zoning code section 12, four, ten, nine, there are specific review criteria for the approval of all planned unit development zoned districts, and I'll walk through these shortly. But first, we'll start with the general review criteria, which is consistency with adoption plans. As you can see, there are three adopted plans applicable to this site Comprehensive Plan 2040 Blueprint Denver as well as a little rental height. Small area plan. The proposed MAP amendment is consistent with several strategies from Conference 2040, including a number of strategies in the equitable, affordable and inclusive vision element, as well as the environmentally, environmentally resilient vision element listed here and also detailed in the staff report. Looking at Blueprint Denver Blueprint Denver identifies three future neighborhood contexts for the subject site, suburban, special District and Urban. The western portion of the property proposed to be rezoning the G 25 is predominantly within the suburban neighborhood context. The proposed pad is based on the S, s, u, s, r, h and your three zone districts and the respective suburb boundaries are mapped consistent with the neighborhood context. The proposed Pdg 25 would allow compatible low scale residential uses and some residential mixed use in appropriate building form embedded in the neighborhood. Consistent with Blueprint's description of the suburban and urban neighborhood context. The central portion of the subject property proposed to be resolved to PG 24 is identified as a special districts context. These areas offer a diverse range of amenities. The proposed PDE is based on the campus zoned district and the respective sub area boundaries are consistent with the neighborhood context map. Although the former Loreto Heights campus will no longer serve a specifically designed purpose, the application notes that the preservation of existing buildings, the integration of open space and thoughtfully design infill development will help maintain and further promote the vision for unique campus feel. Finally, the eastern portion of the state is designated as the urban neighborhood context and blueprint. Denver and the proposed um x three with waivers map for this portion of the site adjacent to Federal Boulevard is not consistent with the urban neighborhood context map and would allow for compatible residential and commercial development in an appropriate building for and facilitate the activation of a walkable public realm. The Future Places MAP identifies several place types for the subject site. The northern and western areas identified as high, medium residential, low, medium, residential and residential low. The PDS 25 boundary encompasses all of the high, medium, residential, low, medium, residential and residential low to high guidance and allowable building forms built into the Crescent Zone District is intended to respond to the existing single unit structures to the West in the North and provide a variety of residential uses that competitively transition to higher intensity uses the closer you get to the campus core. The future places map shows the central portion of the subject property as part of the campus area within the district's context. Pudi 24 boundary encompasses the campus feature place type custom zoned district will offer a variety of sensitive infill development, including retail, residential and office uses, which will serve the surrounding neighborhood consistent with the blueprint. Denver Place Type Description. Finally the northwest corner of the subject properties identified as a corridor feature place type and most of the eastern portion of the proposed rezoning along Federal Boulevard is identified as the community center place type. The proposed U.N. x three with waivers boundary encompasses the Community Center and Community Corridor feature Peyton Place type. The general purpose of this Zone district is provide a mix of residential, commercial and office uses that promote a safe, active and pedestrian scaled street edge. The Zone District is intended for corridors, embedded neighborhood business areas and larger sites. Staff finds that the proposed math amendment is consistent with the future place mapped in this area. Looking at Blueprint's growth strategy, the western portion of the subject property is located within the all other areas of the city growth area where 10% employment growth and 20% housing growth is anticipated by 2040. Blueprint Denver identifies the eastern portion of the property along Federal Boulevard as a community centers and corridors growth area. These areas are expected to see 20% of new employment growth and 25% of new housing growth by 2040. The proposed MAP amendment is consistent with the growth strategy map for this area. The proposal allows for a variety of residential infill development that will support housing growth, as well as an appropriate level of mixed uses that will enable the growth of employment opportunities. An equity analysis was done for this property and the subject site is in an area with below average access to opportunity. The proposed rezoning from the Campus Zone District will enable a greater mix of residential, retail, commercial and pedestrian oriented uses within close proximity to the surrounding community. The anticipated development that will result from this rezoning has the potential to bring additional services and amenities, including publicly accessible open space that draws residents and visitors into the site from the surrounding community. Improvements to infrastructure, streetscape and existing network of local and regional trails will further improve multimodal connectivity and greater accessibility in the community. Staff finds that this rezoning application will have a positive impact on improving access to opportunity in the area. The subject's site is in an area that is more vulnerable to displacement. The proposed rezoning from the Campus Zone District will enable greater access to jobs and a diversity of residential opportunities, including both for sale and for rent in units. The rezoning will allow for a variety of residential building forms, including middle density housing. Additionally, an affordable housing agreement has been finalized concurrent with this rezoning, and this agreement will ensure the provision of for rent and for sale affordable housing units on the subject site. These affordable units will be available to households of diverse income levels, dispersed equitably throughout the site size to accommodate a variety of households and of similar type to market rate housing units and redevelopment staff. Stop of this rezoning application will have a positive impact on this measurement and has the potential to greatly improve the vulnerable displacement score for this area over time. Subject site is in an area that has above average housing diversity. This area is considered not diverse for one of the indicators, and that's percent of middle density housing, and that's anywhere from 2 to 19 units. Is anticipated that the proposed rezoning from the Campus Zone District will further increase the diversity of housing options in the area, including single unit duplex. It will small scale and large scale multi-unit options such as townhomes, rowhouses. And apartment building forms. Subject site has a job mix that is similar to the city's overall mix of job types. The proposed zone districts will continue to allow various commercial office and retail jobs in the area consistent with the citywide average. Staff finds that on balance, this rezoning application will continue to have a positive impact on the area's jobs diversity. We print Denver provides additional recommendations when it comes to rezonings such as this one that include a historic preservation component as well as a customized zoning approach. The proposed G 24 would promote the preservation and adaptive reuse of the historic resources on the former Loreto Heights campus and would facilitate its continued use consistent with the recommendations we find in Blueprint Denver. Additionally, due to the many unique attributes of the property, including the challenging topography and the variety of remaining historic resources located in the center of the site, there is no standard zoned district that can address the site's unique and extraordinary circumstances. Similarly, the Pwds and Next Three District with waivers will assist in implementing the land use recommendations from the Loreto Heights small area plan that do not match an existing zoning district. Therefore, the use of a puti and a standard district with waivers is consistent with the recommendations we find a blueprint. Denver. Next we're looking at the Loreto Heights small area plan, the neighborhood context and future place. Maps created in this plan provide detailed guidance for use in rezonings and other policy decisions. In 2019, these maps updated the same blueprint Denver Maps. As a result, you'll find consistency in staff's analysis in this section with the future place and context maps previously discussed. Consistent with the blueprint Denver Mapping and analysis, there are three different future neighborhood contexts for the subject property and that suburban special district and urban. The proposed PD 25 would allow complex compatible residential uses and some residential mixed use in an appropriate building form embedded in the neighborhood consistent with the lower Hyde smaller airplane. Description of the suburban and urban neighborhood context. Similarly, the proposed Pdg 24 is appropriate and consistent with the Special District's context plan direction, as it will allow for the preservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new residential and commercial development in a campus setting. Finally, the proposed U.N. actually with waivers, would allow for compatible residential and commercial development in an appropriate building for the facilitate activation of a walkable public realm, which is consistent with the urban context description. Consistent with the blueprint. Denver Mapping and analysis. The Future Places map identifies several place types for the subject site. Pdg 25 allows for low scale and medium scale residential development oriented toward a network of new streets and open spaces. Pdg 24 addresses the historic core of the former rights campus with the preservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings and the customized zoned district will allow for a variety of sensitive infill development, including commercial, residential and office uses, which will serve the surrounding neighborhood consistent with a low rate small area plan. Place. Type. Description. The proposed U.N. makes three waivers, provides a mix of residential, commercial and office, uses that promote a safe, active and pedestrian skilled street edge. The Zone District is intended for corridors like Federal Boulevard, embedded better neighborhood business areas and larger sites like the former Loreto Heights campus. The carefully calibrated high guidance in the P g 25, which allows for a maximum of two and a half to three stories in allowable building forms into the Customs Zone. District is intended to respond to the existing single unit structures to the north and the west of the site and provide a variety of residential uses that competitively transitions to higher intensity uses the closer you get to the campus core. The proposed maximum allowable building height 5 to 8 storeys and the ADG 24 in the mass and scale of building varies as appropriate when considering the historic status of the site. Du G, 24, contains massing footprint and spacing requirements and restricts the number of placement of any building over five storeys on the site to a single location. Finally, the Loreto Heights area plan recommends a five storey maximum height on the eastern portion of the site in the unmixed three zone district. The waiver to five stories helps to improve the transition between commercial development and adjacent residential neighborhoods like the College View Neighborhood to the east. The proposed rezoning will result in uniform application of zoned district building form, use and design regulations. It will also further the public health, safety and welfare by implementing adopted plans, as well as providing enhanced design standards, a broader mix of uses and mobility improvements as well as much needed affordable housing. And the application identifies change or changing conditions as justifying circumstance with the newly adopted plan guidance in the recently adopted the red light small area plan. The requested Pdg 24, pdg 25 and you three with waivers is consistent with the neighborhood context, description, zoned district purpose and intent, which I won't get into right now. In addition to the general review criteria, Denver's zoning code Section 12 four nine contains additional review criteria for the approval of all planned unit development zone districts. Staff finds that the proposed districts are intended to respond to unique and extraordinary circumstances where more flexible zoning than what is achieved through a standard zone district is desirable on and multiple variances, waivers and conditions to be avoided. One example of a unique and extraordinary circumstance to preview 25 is where a development site has specific, special physical characteristics, including lots with significant topography. There is a significant amount of topography on the western portion of the redevelopment site, and the site cannot be redeveloped under the existing zoning or any standard zoned district without significant waivers and conditions, while also addressing buildings that front desired open spaces. Specifically, there is approximately 133 feet of fall on the western portion of PGE 25, which equates to about a 9% average grade. And there are areas within the party where the grade is upwards of 11%. Additionally, within the western portion of the site, there are a number of unique existing conditions, including a 100 foot wide Denver water easement, an existing irrigation ditch to be preserved, and a cemetery also to be preserved to the northwest of the site. As previously stated, Pdg 25 will further implement land use recommendations that do not match an existing Denver zoning code zone district. Similarly, one example of unique and extraordinary circumstance applicable to PD 24 is where a customized zoning approach is necessary to protect and preserve the character of a historic structure or historic district. Pdg 24 will enable standards to protect historic buildings prior to any local historic designation and by supporting the adaptive reuse of historic buildings in open spaces that are not expected to be formally designated. With flexible design allowances for exterior alterations, additions and new construction. According to section 9.6.1.1. D in the Denver zoning code. In return for the flexibility in site design, a district should provide significant public benefit. Staff finds that the districts are compatible with the goals and objectives of current plan for providing significant public benefits, including the provision of a diverse range of affordable housing options, including different price points types, and a mix of rental and for sale units. Provision of publicly accessible open space and valuable connections to the adjacent Liberto Heights Park and Regional Trail Network, including the Platte River Trail, development patterns compatible in character and design with surrounding neighborhoods while preserving the historic structures and character of the former Loreto Heights campus. Expanded allowed uses on the former campus while providing a storage structure is more flexibility to adapt to new uses over time. And finally, investments in public infrastructure, including public roads which improve East-West vehicular and pedestrian connections throughout the subject site. The remaining criteria are listed here on your screen. The first criteria is that the districts comply with all applicable standards and criteria. As stated in Division 9.6, staff finds the proposed districts comply with the standards and criteria stated in Division 9.6 next that the development proposed on a subject property is not feasible under any other zone districts and will require a reasonable number of variances, waivers and conditions. As previously described, the site would require several variances or waivers to the standard. As you are age, you are X and copy two zone districts to accommodate the development, most notably the location, side streets, standards, height and scale of the allowed development in Pdg 25 and the flexible building standards needed to preserve and maintain existing buildings, including G 24. There is no other zoned district which would accommodate the development without variances or waivers. Next, the district establishes permitted uses that are compatible with existing land uses adjacent to the subject property. Stock lines of the district proposes uses consistent with those allowed in the SS. You are age, you are X and C empty zone districts with additions and modifications described previously. These uses are appropriate to apply to a site currently used for public and quasi public uses in a suburban neighborhood and are surrounded by varying residential intensities and commercial areas. Finally, the beauty district establishes permitted building forms that are compatible with adjacent existing building forms, or which are made compatible through appropriate transitions at the boundaries of the districts. Staff finds that the districts allow building heights and building forms that are compatible with the surrounding neighborhoods, and the setback and building form restrictions ensure appropriate relationships to adjacent properties and the character of the campus core as well as the surrounding community. With the finding that all general review criteria have been met in Denver's zoning code, section 12, four, ten, seven and 12, four, ten, eight, as well as the additional criteria. And Denver Zoning Code Section 12 for ten nine staff recommends approval of application 2019 00165. And thank you. And we are available to answer any questions you may have. All right. Thank you for the presentation, Jason. And we'll go ahead and ask you. Thank you for taking your screen sharing down tonight. Council has received four written comments on Council Bill three, three, three and there are four submitted comments in favor of the application and no submitted comments in opposition of the application. Council has also received nine written comments on Council Bill 352. There are seven submitted comments in favor of the application and two submitted comments in opposition of the application. All members of Council that are present have certified that they have read each of the submitted written comments. Do any members need more time in order to read all of the written testimony that was submitted? All right, scene one council secretary. Let the record reflect that all written testimony both in favor and in opposition of Council Bill three, three, three and Council Bill 352 have been read by each member of Council and all written testimony will be submitted to the official record of the hearing this evening for this combined public hearing. Four, three, three, three and three, five, two. We have 27 individuals signed up to speak and we will go ahead and get started. And our first speaker is Chris Shears. Yes. Good evening. My name is Chris Years. 1550 Wynkoop. And I'm a consultant to the applicant and I'm available for questions. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Chris. Our next speaker this evening is Daniel Craig. Evening. Thanks for your time. Council and resided. Daniel Craig resided at 3111 West 36th Avenue. Denver, Colorado. I don't own one and I'm available for questions as well. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Daniel. Our next speaker is Marcus Harkness. All right, Marcus. And you will have to go ahead and unmute yourself. City Council members and Marcus Faulkner. I am here for questions as well. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Our next speaker is Nash Noel. And now you're going to have to go ahead and a new and so it star six on your phone. You hear me now? Mm hmm. Go ahead. Union council members. Yep. My name is Nash Noel. I'm a consultant for the applicant as well. And here for any questions you guys may have. All right. Thank you, Nash. Our next speaker is Annie Bensky. Hi, I'm Annie Levinsky, executive director of historic Denver at 1420 Ogden Street. We participated in the Small Area Plan Steering Committee and have remained. Engaged in the project. Planning and committee discussions over the last few years. And throughout the process, both the community meetings and the steering committee meetings. Participants and stakeholders have. Emphasized to prioritize the preservation of the unique assets and qualities of the campus. And certainly Loretto Heights is the most significant historic site in southwest Denver. And it's notable not just for its architecture, for its special cultural and historical associations, including its. Association with women's. History, something that we think is. Particularly special. As an organization. We've remained committed to the role that we can play in the preservation of the site as a partner. And we appreciate the care that has been placed in the on the rezoning and the use of the zoning that recognizes the unique attributes in this place. The specific role historic Denver agreed to play back in 2019. And what I'm happy to answer questions about this evening is to hold a perpetual preservation easement on the main administration building and chapel. This was conveyed as part of the small area plan adoption and included in the development agreement. A preservation easements are a long established tool that protect buildings through legal agreement according to preservation values. We have been in a qualified is not holder for nearly 50 years helping to protect 69 iconic properties across the metro area. Using this particular tool, we have been working to negotiate this easements and have experienced some delays during the pandemic and as West Side worked out other aspects of the development plans, it has been our understanding and goal that the easement agreement would be. Executed. Along with the development agreement. However, we have not fully resolved all the aspects of the easement agreement. Despite numerous conversations and some drafts. Even up to this afternoon. It's important that the easement provide the level of protection worthy of this building and this property and promise to the community and be an agreement that's consistent with the standards . Of our organization. And best easement practices. So we remain fully committed to getting the agreement done, and we'll continue to work on it in good faith. And I'm available to answer questions about that if needed. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Our next speaker is Eric Browning. Good evening, Eric Browning. I'm the acting building official for Community Planning and Development, and I'm here to answer questions. All right. Thank you. Our next speaker is Sochi guy Tom. And you might need to hear me. Oh, there you go. Yeah, go ahead, please. Yes. Hi. So Itchy Gaitan, a. 19 year homeowner in Harvey Park, the first woman of color president of the Harvey Park Community Organization. Also known as Hip Girl. I'm no longer president. I'm now co-chair of the Colorado Latino Forum. I spoke to you. About two years ago, the typical president to share. That my board had voted to oppose the lowering. Of Heights area plan and the metro district plan. Also to share with you then several concerns that had come out of our research and conversations. So I speak to you today to ask you to vote no on the zoning change request. The Denver City Council. As you all continue with your renewed commitment to racial and social justice, I ask that you help our bipoc communities in Southwest Denver by helping to stave off some of the major gentrification sweeps that are taking place now, which will also be the outcome by approving this zoning change request. And in your commitment to racial and social justice, it only makes sense. To work. Towards dismantling racist, social, structural systems such as these types of zoning requests from major developer developers like West Side Investment. Partners. I also ask you to question the consequences of approving this zoning change request. I support smart growth and. Development when. It's done via the lens. Of equity. And social justice, which is very. Different than overdevelopment. And so. What I've seen and experienced. And is a proven fact now that under the current mayor's administration. The city of Denver is the second. Most gentrified city in the nation. Displacing vulnerable communities such as my bipoc community, also low. Income white families. And what is proven fact is how much dark. Money has been. Poured into campaigns of current politicians. By many developers. That do the work in this city, including West. Side. Another fact is that West Side sits on the board of over 17 metro districts holding power and complete control over the districts. And the property. Taxes of the homes and. Businesses within the boundaries. And they reinvest the bonds from their benefit for their benefit. And on the backs of working families. So as you approve this request, it opens the floodgates. And to. A wide range of liberties. And so I ask you to think about. The following one. It gives them legally enforceable. Agreement with a guarantee for the developer site plan. That does not include community. Concerns to total 20 years of vesting rights for the. Developer as opposed to a. Typical five years. Three. No guarantees that the developer will address traffic concerns in and around the campus. Thank you for your public comment this evening. Our next speaker is Donna Rapp. Good evening. I'm Donna Reed. 4830 West Colorado Avenue. I'm a representative of the South Mali, at which you're in Park Reno. And I served as my neighborhood's backup on the official Loretta Hyde steering committee. My neighborhood unanimously voted. To approve the. Small area plan, which was developed in partnership with the community. And we continue to support this project. I can't stress enough how much from then to now this developer. Has involved the community in the visionary process. It's undeniable that Loreto Heights is a gem, truly a landmark. So when the sale of the 72 acres happened, it created a sense of doubt. In the community about what would happen next. At the time of the sale, the current zoning allowed for heights of up to 15 storeys. So the creation of an inclusive steering. Committee meant that any future development would have to wait. At the very least a whole year until the community could properly weigh in. So that was encouraging news to the community because the pause button was pushed by none other than the developer. In sure. West Side. Listen to the community. This is actually a down zone in each. R.A. appointed their own representatives to serve their neighborhoods on the committee and in the end to gather. We came up with an area plan reflective of that year long, inclusive process. Communication flowed freely to and from West Side, Denver staff and the community. And the process has always been one in which the developer actively created a space for the community to weigh in. I've never been allowed to wander freely onto Loretto Heights because it's been private property. So for the first time ever, Loreto Heights will be accessible to all people to enjoy. Remember, the vision of the steering committee has always been for Loreto Heights to have a village like feel keeping the wonderful spirit of Loreto in its character. We asked for affordable housing with a mix of other price points available. Very little traffic pedestrian and cyclist friendly. A sustainable place that fosters inclusion. This is what the community wants and is asking for. So when the developer announced that Pan Croatia Hall would be used for affordable housing. I thought, he gets it. It was a perfect first move based on the community driven process. My neighborhood association is in full support of this proposed. Rezoning. And personally I support it too. Please approve the rezoning request. So the legacy of Loreto Heights can continue to impact the Southwest Denver community in positive ways. Loreto Heights needs new life and love breathed back into this wonderful place. Thanks so much for your time and consideration and I'll stick around in case you have any other quick questions for me. Thank you. Thank you, Donna. Our next speaker is Tess Dougherty. Hi there. I want to once again. Go ahead. Okay. Okay. I just wanted to you ask that when. Decisions like this are being made, that the city council is is keeping in mind equity is keeping in mind that this that the. But decisions have not always been made, and I would argue maybe in most cases have not been made with with the with the culture of the neighborhood and and people who are most marginalized in life. And so I just, you know, I feel like a lot of these zoning decisions that I sit through and that we here are just not centering the people who have been silenced for the longest. And so I also I don't think that depending on Arnaud's as the only voice in the city for public input is is appropriate. We know that Arnaud's do not represent equitably the neighborhoods. They just don't. So I just would ask that you keep that in mind because there are so many decisions that are being made that are not centering people, people of color, low income people. They're not centering people who, you know, with disabilities. So I just it's I, I just am kind of really frustrated by some of the conversations that are not asking the right people the right questions. Thank you. Thank you, Tess. Our next speaker is Brad Billingsley. I may. Can you hear me? Mm hmm. Go ahead. Thank you. Brad Billingsley. 3940. East Wesley Avenue. Denver. 802. No. And I just want to speak to the character of West Side Development as a leader in our community. I volunteer with Food for Thought, which is a local nonprofit that addresses childhood food insecurity. We were started by local businessman Bob Bell nine years ago when he realized that many kids in Denver public schools don't have food to eat from Friday, hot lunch told the following Monday morning free breakfast at school. So back then, we started attacking stacks of foods for every student in two schools. Today we're delivering to 75 schools that are 90% or better free and reduced lunch. Many of those are in the immediate area around Loretto Heights, including College View, August Gottesman and Schmitt Elementaries. Our organization approached West Side Development two years ago with a need to create a new food packing site. We asked if we could use one of the buildings that's on Loreto Heights once they learned about what we do. They said not only yes and gave us a place to operate out of, but they also volunteered to pack food and even went so far as to buy us a forklift to help move the many pallets of food so we could feed even more kids and expand the program. Websites been critical to our ability to serve 8500 families around Denver every week, many in the Laredo Heights neighborhood. They've just demonstrated their commitment to our community quietly and consistently. They're an organization built of character that is walking the walk to help give Loreto Heights a future we can all be proud of. We've reviewed what they're asking for in terms of this development. Encourage City Council to approve the rezoning of this campus. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker this evening is Mark. With kids. With kids. I'm sorry, Mark. I'm going to let you go ahead and pronounce your last name. Go ahead. Thank you. Madam President, members of the City Council. My name is Mark White Cabbage. I am speaking as the applicant tonight. Here I am, a principal at West Side Investment Partners. Our address is 4100 East Mississippi Avenue, Glendale 80246. Our goal, Loreto Heights, was to seek to understand together as a community. As a community, we have come together to plan the next great chapter at Loretta Heights. We are very proud as to what we have accomplished together. Preservation, housing of all types. Open spaces. Community spaces, significant down zoning at the community's request. Just to name a few. We look forward to the next great chapter of Loretta Heights. And we thank you. And I'm happy to answer any questions, which I'll begin with one tonight that I heard earlier to address the comments from historic Denver . We are fully committed to finalizing the negotiations of the easement, as we have promised before. For further clarity, the property is protected. Even without the easement, it's not to say that we won't have a final easement, but the property is protected with an existing covenant for non demolition. There is very specific language with the side of the Peabody and there's also the development agreement. We do understand the importance of the conservation easement that the community and historic Denver has asked for and we are a stone's throw away from having that finalized. Again, I appreciate your time tonight, and I am here to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Mark. Our next speaker this evening is David Hagan. Go ahead, David. All right. Well, we'll see if we can get David to unmute here. All right. We'll go ahead and move to our next speaker and try to get him back in the queue. Claire Harris. Go ahead, please. You're going to have to go ahead and unmute yourself. All right. Here you go. Can you hear me now? Mm hmm. Go ahead and hear me now. So if you have a second device. All of you. Turn it down. I'm Claire here, so I live it. How do I look? You hear me? Hello? Mm hmm. Go ahead. Can you hear me? Yeah. Okay. I live. At 2695 West Dartmouth Avenue. In college view. And partly because of my location. I'm very invested in this project. I live about two or three blocks to the east of. Of Lorena Heights and. Students who went. To heights when it became a Japanese university. So I've watched it for many years, since 1970s. I've lived in the. All the good work at West Side is. Done with the neighborhoods. I've especially appreciated that the West Side has worked with all the neighborhoods and as Donna said in much detail. They've addressed our concerns. They planned to neighborhood meetings. They talked about maintaining the buildings. It's in the neighborhood, especially college views. Since it's actually part of our name, we're very invested in the continuation of some kind of youth. Have also. Been. One of the earlier speakers mentioned affordable. Housing and in my neighborhood college. You that's what it is affordable housing. Although I have to say that gentrification is a big issue all over town because even College View is now has million dollar homes. Another issue that they've addressed is the traffic on Dartmouth Avenue. Even Dartmouth matters to me. Personally as well as. Being part of the neighborhood. So I have to say that that west west side has been listened to. Concerns from the neighborhood addressed things that they could work very. Well in trying. To maintain what they. After that of the surrounding areas. And we appreciate that greatly in college. You. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Jim Gibson. I'm going to get Jim Gibson up into the queue here. All right. Go ahead, please. Okay. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Jim Gibson. I live at two seven, eight, seven South Stuart Street, board member of the Hardy Park Community Organization, otherwise known as hip hop. My involvement with the redevelopment of the Arts campus began in 2016. I led an effort to conduct a series of community conversations in 2017 that resulted in the document community recommendations, which were shared with West Side Investment Partners shortly after it was announced the company had bought the property. I also served on the steering committee of the city sponsored Laredo Heights area plan and as a result, the Hip Hop Board asked me to serve as chair of the Liberal Arts Subcommittee and represent hip cause position this evening. The Harvey Park Community Organization and the community we represent are largely in favor of the rezoning of the liberal arts campus. We will support the rezoning of this project with the commitment of the City and Western investment partners to address the following two major concerns over the course of the project. We look forward to working with the city and the developer on these items. Major concern. Number one, we're concerned about the effects of gentrification and displacement in our community. We recommend that the city and all developers take into consideration anti displacement measures such as rent subsidies, a city living wage, utilizing a localized area, median income and increased services and supports. For example, we recognize that the aim for affordable housing units is set at the regional rate of $100,000 for a family of four. Our concern is that the amount immediately surrounding the Loreto Heights campus is roughly $63,000. Therefore, we recommend to the city and county of Denver and the West Side investment partners that the AMA should be based on a more localized geographic area rather than the Denver metro area in this development and in all future developments. Major concern. Number two, a community services center should be formally included on the campus to provide essential community services to the local area related and unrelated to the redevelopment. Some additional concerns. The redevelopment should have a maximum five storey building height net zero carbon emission goals should be put in place for the redevelopment. An ordinance and or a new provision in the development agreement should be approved by Denver City Council to ensure that Dartmouth Avenue remains closed and roadways should have four way stops. At a date certain. A raised federal boulevard meeting in front of the campus should be constructed to maximize pedestrian safety, and a three legged car should be covered by the developer. The Federal Boulevard traffic signal should stay in Amherst, not move to Bates. If the signal is moved, the developer should pay the cost. City Council should require that adequate time be provided for community review of the finalized traffic impact study before the rezoning request is approved. And we also finally, we recommend that the city's process for community involvement in future developments undergo rigorous capacity building around diversity, equity, justice and inclusion. Thank you for your time and I'm available. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker, we're going to go back to David Hagan and see if we can get him in the queue. Hello? You hear me? Go ahead, David. Sorry, my phone died and I'm not at anymore. I really appreciate the gentleman that just spoke. Unfortunately, I don't think our city work that way. If we let them pass this right now, none of your concerns will be met and need to be changed. The lady that spoke earlier about her fellow bipoc folks I think is pretty much spot on. When I hear the city talk about. Affordable housing or mixed income housing. It really scares me when they don't start telling me how many. What is it? What does affordable housing mean? Because from. What I can understand or what I gather in the city of 80% AMI is. Affordable housing. Well, 80% AMI $100,000. I mean, it doesn't get any done. No, that doesn't just look like if you read that book. I mean, there's people that are going to folks that are going to need 20 and 30%. Amy, we're not going to displace people. And I don't know why, but the city continues never, ever provide that or when they do it, very limited. Um, I think that we need that just in general. There needs to be a little bit more transparency. Well, I mean, a lot more transparency of what the city's got going on when it comes to stuff like this . Um, just telling us that affordable housing doesn't really. It basically. Means there's not any affordable housing because if. You are going to have affordable housing, it's bragging about how good a job you doing. So when zoning comes in is that that we know they're pushing it and they need to take it back to the drawing board and come back, give us something and. Refrain from any profane language. David Oh, I'm sorry. The city's been firing me up lately. And for you to. Not out of anything but passion. So I wish some of the people on this council cared about as much about the city as I do. That's all I got. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Martha Kirkpatrick. Go ahead, Martha. You're going to have to admit. There you go. Go ahead. Sorry. Thank you, counsel. My name is Martha Newland Kirkpatrick. I'm a 1982 graduate. Of Lawrence Heights College, where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree. I grew up in southwest Denver. The Harvey Park in the Bear Valley. Neighborhoods, and I currently live in Inglewood. So Lorena Heights has been part of my life for my entire life. Through community and alumni groups. Particularly, that were at a high community initiative. I became very involved about what the future health. Of his property. When Westside purchased the property in July 2018, West Side welcome the small area plan process and also took to heart the. LHC EIS recommendations to help inform and dove deeply into what the community wanted and needed. Through community meetings held on the campus. Property. Dozens of meetings. With R.A. groups from the surrounding neighborhoods. A year's worth of meetings through the small area plan process. The development team has joined hands with. All of us to craft a vision for the future of Arad. Heights. While most of us understand that not. Everyone will get everything that they want, most of us will get something that we do. And what the. Larger community wants. Is a gathering place somewhere to. Find respite and a good meal, a street. Fair, lush greenspace, an outdoor concert or a. Comfortable home. The words that come to mind, come to mind our respect. Reverence, reuse, reclaim, and the other key word that many don't wish to utter redevelopment. However, this redevelopment is being done in a different way. By respecting the wishes of the community that they will be using. And living nearby by revering the past. And letting it inform the future, by reusing. And reclaiming what was once grand and bringing it. Back to a full, colorful. And vibrant life. There are some that. Would have you believe that more time or a different plan or another developer. Might be the best strategy. But the campus has become a ghost and a shell. Quietly crumbling and fading away. It will never be what it once was. That time has passed. Let it be rewarded for waiting. Let it be rewarded with voices and laughter, life and a new legacy. Dedication to the processes and the requests for a rezoning. Exemplified by. A significant down zoning from approximately a 12 million square foot allowance to approximately a 2 million square foot development shows. That West Side Investment Partners has a vision for the future with the desires of the Southwest Denver community. Firmly in mind. I completely support West Side Investment Partners and the request for rezoning of the Loreto Heights campus property. Thank you, Counsel. I appreciate your time. Thank you, Martha. Our next speaker this evening is Sister Mary Nell Gage. Oh, there you go. Good evening. Thank you. My name is Mary Nell Gage. I am a 1966 graduate of Loretto Heights College, and I am a sister of Loreto for over 50 years. I endorse, I affirm the. Application for. Rezoning. Of the. Loreto Heights campus. I have been blessed during the last four years with engaging with neighbors and residents of Southwest Denver alumni and civic stakeholders, historical preservationists. Denver city officials. And West Side investment partners in. Discussions and. Conversations. Regarding the redevelopment. Of Loreto Heights. It has been both instructional and inspirational to be involved in such a process. I applaud the encouragement extended to those most affected by the redevelopment. To be involved in the process. I am. Grateful for that experience. Going forward. I know we will ensure both historical preservation as well as creating what. Will be needed for the benefit of our city. Honoring what has been created. By man and woman on the campus has been. One of the ideals in the respectful redevelopment. Plans. Equally important. Is enhancing the environment so that God's beautiful creation may continue to. Inspire all who are seeking. Home opportunities. To work. To learn. To play. To pray. That which has characterized Loretta Hyde since 1888. The cemetery. Where 62. Pioneer Sisters are buried. Is on the grounds. And we. Will continue to be in conversation. With Westside. Regarding the insurance. That that. Space will always be held sacred. I am confident that the motto engraved in stone. Above the academy. Building three days mores cultura will be promoted so that all who come. Will. Share the ideals of faith. Morals and culture. May the light from the. Tower. Give guidance to all who come. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker this evening is Guadalupe Floyd. Hi. Hi. Go ahead. Good evening. City council members. And hello. My name is Guadalupe Lloyd. I live at 3260. West Amherst. Denver 80236. And I share the northwest backyard with the Loretto Heights campus right behind me here. I am a native of Chicago, but have been visiting this campus and neighborhood for over 30 years. Since 1988, when my sister and her husband moved to their home on the west side of the campus on Irving Street. My mom and dad followed in 2000. And this is where I now live. My family was the primary reason that I. I first started coming to Denver, Colorado Heights campus and the neighborhood have made me living here. My home. Sorry, I have to read this. I don't remember everything. I have invested countless hours and energy to make sure that this campus both reflects and honors our neighborhoods, our neighborhood. Along with spending the last three years working on the redevelopment of the former. The Retro Heights campus. I am impressed with the collaboration that has taken place between the neighbors, the city and the developer. As a neighbor who will continue to share a fence with the proposed development, these rezoning applications have my full support. Since the beginning of this small area plan, I have been an active stakeholder throughout the entire process. I have been to most of the community meal meetings held on a monthly basis. As well as. Meetings in my R.A.. I understand the vision of the campus, the rezonings that will bring it to life, and the concept plans for Redevelop for Development. I love this neighborhood and my ranch house right next door here on the north side of the campus. And I am sure there are parts of me that wanted the campus to remain. But these changes are wonderful and will bring community amenities along with housing for all, and will honor the tradition of the Sisters of Loreto and the campus. Please join me in supporting the proposed rezoning rezoning applications. Finally, I believe that great collaboration has been shown by all parties. We as a community are proposing a medium density village like development that will be a treasure for our neighborhood and all southwest Denver. I thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Mark Upshaw. Can you. Hear me? Yes, go ahead, please. Madam President and members of city council. My name is Mark Upshaw. I live about 400 feet west of the campus on West Dartmouth Avenue. I live in the Dartmouth Heights neighborhood, a homeowners association of 72 homes. We share the western boundary of a lot of heights defined by South Irving Street and South Julien Way. I am co-chair of the Dartmouth High School Liaison Committee for Loreto Heights Campus Development. Tonight, I am speaking on behalf of the Dartmouth Heights neighborhood. We support the plan and urge City Council to adopt this on request. Our comments tonight are a brief summary of our position statement dated May six, 2021. It is in your information packet. The Zombies for you are a rational and natural outgrowth of the Florida Heights area plan. The small area plan was a public process managed by the Denver Community Planning Development Office. It was adopted with widespread community support by City Council in the fall of 2019. West Side Development Partners on their own initiative and under the leadership of Marc Rich, principal and project manager, has continued community engagement by holding regularly scheduled community meetings via Zoom during the infrastructure masterplan process. West Side has listened to our concerns, sought to fully understand them and incorporate them as appropriate into the development designs throughout the process . We are also. Pleased. That they have. Donated 300,000. To the city for improvements to the right of heights. Or out of Hyde Park, that is Loretta Hyde Park is located immediately north of our neighborhood. However, we continue to be concerned about the traffic impacts to our neighborhood, especially the real possibility of cuts through traffic that would use our neighborhood streets as conduits. For this reason, we strongly encourage the incorporation of calming devices on the campus to slow and discourage cut through traffic. We solicit your cooperation in expressing this concern to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, the mayor's office, and other appropriate city agencies. Also, we solicit cooperation from city and elected officials that there be an ongoing monitoring of traffic volumes in our neighborhood in appropriate intervals. As the campus construction progresses, such moderating will determine your traffic calming and management features are needed around the new development, and particularly in our neighborhood. We thank you for listening to our comments. We have hopes for a truly livable community that will make Southwest, Denver and the city at large proud. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker this evening is Lydia Pena. Go ahead, please. Oh, let me see. You've got to get you to unmute again. There you go. Thank you very much. City Council Members. I'm Lydia Pena, a sister of Loreto. Loreto Heights College was my home for 27 years, four years as a student and 23 years as the sister of Laredo faculty member on the campus. Matchup of Hall was opened with the first Christmas banquet in 1951 when I was a freshman. The view of the mountains from that dining room nurtured my soul for many years. The plan, put forth by West Side remodels match for use by the community that will be created on those grounds. It lends to the exceptional beauty of the property itself. Mark the cabbage. From West Side investment has been so respectful of the values brought to that land. My sister in Croatia, Boniface, and the first sisters of Loreto in 1888 when they purchased the property. For some three years. Mark and his team have invited the wider community of interested persons to meetings where they listened to a variety of individuals. Because of those meetings, they generated an amazing, sustainable plan with open space and affordable housing with reduced density. The Great Land will have helped bring the community together. Mark and Justine spoke. And I saw evidence of the values of those sisters who began living and working there 130 years ago. We human beings all have impressions, opinions, and it is easy to assume that what I think is fact. I have accumulated many years and as I've done that, I learned the importance of checking the evidence, the truths, the facts with. I listened to opinions and in my opinion, check what they heard the wider community saying and embedded and into a plan that respects the values of us. Sisters of Loreto. And I, as a student and sister of Loreto, wholeheartedly support. So I end by saying for all what has been thanks. And to all that will be. Yes. Thank you very much for your time and your skills. Thank you. Our next speaker this evening is Jean Myers. Hello. Good evening, counsel, and thank you. For hearing us today. It's been an amazing journey to work on this project with West Side. I'm the CEO of Thrive Home Builders. We're one of the builders in the project. We're located at 1875 Ward Street in Denver. The collaboration has been with West Side, our neighbors, the Sisters of Loreto and your staff, and a special thanks to Councilman Kevin Flynn for his tireless advocacy on behalf of the people district. To Thrive has three legs to this brand of efficient, healthy and local. We're based in downtown and homegrown. We understand Denver home buyers and what they want. For example, we build our homes with Colorado Beetle Kill Lumber. When we drive to the mountains, it's alarming to see the dead forests and anything good from that could come from that. Well, yes, we can build our homes with trees that have already died, reducing wildfire fuels and helping restore watersheds our customers love there. We specialize in healthy homes by building to the standards of EPA's Indoor Air Plus program. When we started in 2013, not many people connected the dots between health and the home. But in the last year, our customers have seen start clarity that home is where the health is. In 2019, we were indoor air plus builder of the Year nationally, and in 2020 we received EPA's Leader Award. We have homes in Central Park with full house separate filtration that can filter out the coronavirus. And and that provide real time indoor air quality monitoring. Finally, we build very energy efficient homes. In fact, based on evaluations of about. 300,000. Energy efficient homes built in 2024, I was recently named the most energy efficient builder in America. In addition, the US and Canada have a friendly rivalry each year and in 2023 have also won the cross-border challenge making thrive the most energy efficient builder on the North American continent. Also in 2020. We closed our last affordable townhomes that we constructed. Under the old Stapleton Affordable Housing Program. In this last project, we built homes for 271 families at 80% of AMI or less. I'm bringing all this up to let you know that you're bringing all of these attributes and all of our expertize to Loreto Heights, West Side, New that the city of Denver and. Loreto Heights deserve the best homes in America. And that's what. We are committed to building. We will build a wide range of price points in Loreto Heights for each and every home, regardless of price will be designed, built and field tested to ensure compliance with EPA, indoor air plus EOG Zero, Energy Ready and LEED certified. We ask that you give us the opportunity. To thank you team. By improving the. Time you have this evening. Our next speaker is Ali Laubach. Hi. Good evening and thank you, council members. My name is. Ellie Lowe back and I am speaking tonight on behalf of Grand Peak's. Properties. Grand Peaks Properties is also a homegrown company. We are based in Denver and our. Founders have been building here in Colorado for over 70 years. I have personally been working with Mark Djokovic and the West Side development team for over two years on the planning and zoning efforts. Here at Loreto Heights. And our organization would be the one responsible for the creation of for rent housing. And this evening, I would like to encourage you to support this rezoning request for the following reasons. First. The entire team has ensured that any of the. Zoning proposals that we've put together are consistent with the. Approved small area. Plan as the basis of community design. Furthermore, the. Applicant. Website development has done an extraordinary. Amount of community outreach and public engagement. We've been meeting with the neighborhood now for over 18. Months. And working closely with. The Sisters of Loretto as. Well throughout this process. The rezoning proposed reflects the input and lessons that we've learned from the community throughout those years. We've also engaged a comprehensive team of experts in planning and design to thoroughly understand the entire campus and the surroundings. And advise on where appropriate density should be developed. The rezoning proposal creates certainty around outcomes. It's sensitive to and. Respects the adjacent communities and the neighborhood. Context. Surrounding it. I fully believe that the rezoning that we are proposing would enable the renovation and re-use of the just. The designated historic structures on the campus. While also creating the opportunity for new neighborhood. Centered. Uses. The mix of uses and housing. Types that we are proposing would. Establish a desirable. Balance for a fully. Supported neighborhood, and that would carry into the future. So for all of the above, these are the reasons I would. Advise that Denver City Council approves a rezoning request. Thank you so much for your time tonight. Thank you. Our next speaker is Megan Beecher. Good evening. I'm Megan Becker. I'm with McGinty Becker in Denver. I represent the Loretto Heights Metropolitan Districts Mass General Counsel, and I'm here tonight to answer any questions that may arise. All right. Wonderful. Thank you. Next up is J.J. Newman. Go ahead, please. Hello? Can you hear me okay? Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Okay. Awesome. Hi, everybody. My name is John Joseph Nieman, 2786 South Wall Street, Denver, Colorado. 802 36 A good agreement is one that stands the test of time, and I would say that we now need to add that a good agreement stands the test of code with the the community involvement and outreach efforts for this property. It was comprehensive for the Lauretta Heights small area plan creation. It contained input from neighbors that belong to many affected neighborhoods around the campus. It contained experts and novice members of our community. This down zoning is good for the community and for meeting the intention of the small area plan. Meeting I. The meetings I attended showed that this developer is taking an inclusive and deliberate approach that will maximize the value of the Denver gains through its redevelopment. There are many community and government inputs that have made this plan better, and we should never let the desire of perfection be the enemy of doing good. But this plan is good and the process that has been undertaken is great. I think having multiple zoning districts allows for residential representation in your district is the correct district for the reasons mentioned earlier. Also, the New Plains will be maintained for the surrounding area with the New Zone District six, which I think is important. It also allows for the save our theater effort for the Avon Boundaries Center to continue and still be possible, which is a really big positive for the neighborhood and for the development. Yeah, certainly this plan is not perfect. Certainly we're going to see more stipulations maybe around energy efficiency and improvements of water quality, but that may just be a discussion for another time that we can address some of the more detailed pieces. I think for myself, like so many people who live in southwest Denver, I've been working on a full time job trying to keep my family safe from COVID over the last year. And so maybe we all haven't been as active as we used to be, but the training, the effort that we invested in, we wanted to see that small area plan come to fruition. I think I like so many of my other neighbors, we just know that this needs proper zoning and a well-structured funding source to make the Loretta Heights vision a reality like active, alive and functional space that many neighbors can enjoy. So with that, I would just like to say the possibilities for this redevelopment become possible because of this down zoning. So I ask for your support. Thank you. Our next speaker is Jim Hartman. Hello, counsel. My name is Jim Hartman. 2120 BlueBell Avenue in Boulder. And I'm speaking tonight in support of the application. Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity. As background and a common owner of many of the investments for as an architect and as a redevelopment specialist over the last 40 years. I'm also speaking tonight as a member and a manager of Pan Christian Hall Partners. We have a very large team that is currently redeveloping and increasing the hall, Eldorado Heights, creating 74 affordable homes for families. And I'd like to stress that the families are going to have large, unique units. Over 50% of our homes. There will be two, three and four bedroom apartments. Not the small ones, not the efficiencies in the one bedroom that you often see. And it will offer deep affordability. 30% Army units, 60%, as well as 80%. We have a very large team. PNC Bank is our major investor grant vantage of proximity. Green is our other development partner, and the city's affordable housing office host has generously provided some essential funding to our efforts. I'd like to say a little bit how we got involved in the red lights. That was over four years ago when City Councilwoman Sally Daigle from Sheridan inviting invited us to attend a community meeting. And we've listened to the community speak for four years now, and it's been really rewarding to hear how much the liberal arts community cares about this campus and these historic buildings and open spaces. I'd also like to echo Jean Myers's comments about Councilman Flynn. He truly cares. And Denver is very fortunate to have his effort at the advocacy level that he's taken to make this campus a beautiful place. I'm really impressed by the land plan. I've been involved in design review committees at Lowry Air Force Base and other places in Denver, and the design standards that have been promoted and will be adhered to and the needs of our community are outstanding. These buildings change buildings. I've seen some preliminary versions and they're good. It's going to be very nicely done. Buildings. They complement our pancreas, the hall and some of the other buildings there, maintaining the views, integrating walkable communities and pedestrian oriented features. All of that is really commendable. It's really about our heights. So my conclusion from all of this is that city council, I really hope that you support and vote yes tonight of heights is going to be a better place for Denver. If you approve this rezoning. Thank you. Thank you, Jim. Our next speaker is Preston Dial. And see. I had seen Preston in the queue here. I don't know if we. Lost Preston, but we'll go ahead and try to get Preston back up into the queue. And in the meantime, we'll go ahead and go to Jesse Paris. Go ahead, Jesse, please. Yes. Good evening. Members of council, those watching at home. My name is just Michelle Paris and I'm represented for Denver homicide or formula for Denver homeless so low currently for Black Star and for self defense positive actually work for social change as well as the Unity Party of Colorado and Frontline Black knows that I'll be the next mayor of Denver in 2023. I am torn with this redevelopment to me because on one side they try to make it seem like it's a good thing. And then the people from the community, the Bipoc community, are saying it's a bad thing and I have to go with the Bipoc community on this because. This is not affordable. Houses affordable. Uh, I heard something recently. About 30%. And my. How many units out of all the underserved calls for the site are going to actually be at 30%? At my level, even that's not affordable. We need housing that is below the 30% across the board. But every last one of these rezonings, every last one of these proposals, there needs. To be. Uh, 0 to 30%. Ami across the board, whenever you're talking about any kind of redevelopment with housing involved, if you're really trying to solve this housing crisis that we've had for at least the past four years and. This notion that the community was outreach was sufficient enough. That is not good enough there. At previous hearings on the same campus, about the same campus. We heard numerous speakers say that they were not outreach to. So somebody is not telling the truth here. And I'm not going to sit up here and try to decipher who is not or not, who is or who isn't. The fact remains that 30% A-minus was needed, not 60%. Am I not 80% am I? So I would like the ACC or West Side Development to answer the question how many units are actually going to be at 30%? Am I. If this traffic study has been completely done and. Will be implemented. And also who is benefiting? It's definitely not benefiting black. Indigenous people of color. It is a it is benefiting whites, affluent developers and residents. And the people that I spoke with tonight, majority of which have been white, affluent, rich developers and the residents of this area that have been in favor of this have no idea of the unintended consequences that are going to come from this rezoning. So we asked you. To not pass this tonight. If you pass it tonight, the voters will know that developers run this town and have the money and the time. We have a lot of this evening. Our last speaker this evening is Preston Dial. Hi. Good evening, counsel. Thank you for having me. I know it's been a long night, so I'll try to be brief. My name is Preston Down, the vice president of acquisitions for Getty Realty, a commercial real estate development company based in Nashville, Tennessee. First, I'm here in favor as a potential partner of the applicant. I represent my client, which is an organic grocer. Two quick things. One, I wanted to commend the applicant and the representatives of the community for preserving the soul of this pretty sweet place. To hear the non-speaking, to hear excuse me, the sister speak and other people, it was it's very special to potentially be a part of this. You know, the big thing that several people have said is the due diligence at West Side is done. I'm here to echo that. There's two things that continued to show up and research. One was affordable housing. We've heard a lot about that. The other was basically this community is a food desert. This place is starving for fresh food, for options with food, for affordable food, for food. I'm here and hopes to partner with West Side in my client, which is a national organic grocer, and hopes to solve that. Here at the Loretta Heights Development. I'll stay on for any questions. Thank you guys very much. Thank you, Preston. That concludes our speakers questions from members of Council on Council Bill three, three, three and or 352. Oh, right. Okay. There we go. I knew I needed to pause for a second. Council member can each. But I believe your muted. Sorry. Changing headphones. Thank you. So what an amazing testimony, but just a couple questions. So the first one is for either host or Jean Myers. So if we can promote them. And then the other one is for Nate Lucero or whoever the attorney is representing community planning and development. So let me switch views so I can. See who's joined. All right. We've got Gene up here. Gene, I might have missed this. Sorry I had to eat a bite of food. We have a long night. I am so excited about the 99 year affordability as I read it. It applies to the for sale as well, is that correct? Right. So I am again so excited. Now, in my experience, I've only ever seen 99 year affordability on for sale in the land trust environment. So I just wanted to check on, you know, the the agreement doesn't have a lot of details on the mechanism, but I understand that when you get to that long of affordability in a land trust, sometimes the land trust has to kind of infuse a little cash to keep the price within the ambit limits while still allowing families to build a little equity over time. Not like spikes in equity like we have in this boom market right now, but just a little bit of equity over time for them to build wealth. I just wondered how you'd be handling that issue in this particular approach. You know, if you're going to be continuing to anyway, I don't think you have a land trust here. So why don't you figure out correct credibility with without one? Well, as you know, we have quite a bit of experience with the deed. Restriction and we understand when it fails and when it succeeds. And we've had a good track record in our work in Central Park, not having lost a single unit, just by properly setting it up with the title company at the beginning. And so that's our plan. Got it. Can I just clarify, you don't have any concern about the price going up a little bit for owners and then going to high to stay within the 80% of EMI. At the point of transfer, you don't feel like you need any infusion of capital or reset to to do that. Like 50, 70 years out. Well, it's our our plan to just use the the city's structure for ensuring that 80% of EMI remains in place. Okay. Got it. I mean, follow up offline on the mechanism. That's great. I just wanted to ask then for Brad. We had a few speakers and I know I cannot see the slide deck through the the website, the council portal. So I don't know if the public has it either. But can you just refresh folks on the 30% of AMA and 60% of AMA housing that this is not this site is not just 80% of I said it, 80% of your median income. Can you just clarify those other affordability levels real quick? Yes. Happy to thank you, Councilwoman Kinney, so that the agreement with the West Side and all of their developer partners is to incorporate 12% of all the units that created on site as affordable writ large. Among that level, 14 for sale units will be built at a minimum, half of them affordable at 80%, and my half of them are affordable 100% my on the rental side. 40% of the units that are that to create on the rental side have to be affordable at or below 60% of AMI and 30% of those need to be restricted at or below 30% of a BMI. And so I say these things in percentages because it's based on the total number of units that are that are to be developed. The last number that I'm familiar with is roughly 1200 across all various phases, which results in 144 total affordable units. All of those percentages applied thereunder. And in addition to that, I should add that Mr. Harvey made this point within his development. But a good chunk of the units have to be two plus bedroom units as well, trying to make sure that we have larger format, family style units to support lower income families as well. Thanks. And just one quick follow up question on that. Can you describe a little bit sometimes people like to focus just on that percentage of units that are affordable. Can you just describe, in your opinion, how there might be tradeoffs between some of the things you just described and the overall percentage? I'm not sure I understand the question, but I think what you're asking is, is why maybe the overall affordability percentage of the total product product development isn't higher, and that is because it does take more resources, more capital, more support and or, you know, more difficult economic modeling to ensure that larger units are created. That lower AMI 30 even 6% units are difficult to to create and given the costs and sort of development materials, labor, etc., land. And so, you know, it takes a little bit off of the overall economics of the entire property to be able to to accommodate identified needs lower down at my spectrum into larger units. Is that what you were asking? Yeah. So there are some tradeoffs here. If you might have had 20% of units at 80% of I and said we have 12% of units, including much lower median incomes for families and more family units. So those are all negotiated. Great. My last question for the attorney, who might that be? We have Nate Lucero. He's in the queue here. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. I just couldn't see him on my screen. We're on two screens now. Sorry. Thank you. So neat. I wanted to ask about the requirement to have a historic easement not being completed while council tonight is voting on the development agreement. And can you just walk us through what it means to execute the city's agreement and to make sure that we're in compliance with that piece that requires that to be that that separate agreement. It sounds like they're working on, but they're not quite done with yet. I just want to want to clarify that, please. Thank you so much. Nate Lucero, assistant city attorney. Good evening, members of council. So I'm just going to try to walk you through the process practically how it would work. So if council approves the bill this evening. Then the bill will need to be or the it will need to be published. And that usually occurs on Friday. So once once that's taken care of, then the city attorney's office will begin circulating the contract for signatures. And that process usually takes about two weeks. And it's not until all city's signatures are obtained that. That the contract is considered fully executed. So it's possible that the easement gets negotiated. And signed between now and then. I guess. Alternatively, there's a possibility where the city could sort of slow their signature process to kind of see if the easement catches up or if the development agreement is fully executed and there is no easement then. We could consider using the. Default provisions that are provided in the development agreement. Thank you for that answer. And I don't know if this is for you or for this CPD staffer who who negotiated the agreement. But I just want to hear from from from someone who represents the city that if the if this party does not execute any easement for this property, that either we will not be signing or we will be proceeding to some other mechanism that there is no scenario by which they don't get this easement and everything else goes forward. This is the last bite at the apple for the council, but the city has another bite at the apple. And we won't take it unless we we have an executed easement. I want that assurance, please. Jason Morrison That is correct. I also have a Jenni button work available if you have any more specific questions about what went into that agreement. I'm going to do council pencil and manage. The easement provision was placed in there for two reasons one, to provide short term protection to the Administrative Administration Building and Chapel prior to its designation as a Denver landmark, but also because easements are held in perpetuity. So they actually provide a higher level of protection for a building or buildings, even more so than local designation, which could unlikely but could in the future actually be changed to remove protections from a building. So we do find that this is a very important provision to keep within the day, and we would support it being included and being a part of this signing process moving forward. Got it. Thank you very much. Thanks. Council president. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Canete. Up next, we have council member Sandoval. Thank you. Council President. I just have one question for you, Jason. How how did you come to the conclusion that you wanted to based the PWDS on C MP, the campus and district growth? I appreciate the question, Councilman Sandoval. You know, again, a lot of this came out of the small area plan process. And, you know, we we learned very often that while this this campus is a very special place, it no longer serve that purpose. And so that being said, a nod to kind of the past of the previous life of the campus and the community wanted to see over swaths of open space, remained on plazas, trails integrated within the redevelopment, and staff felt that the most appropriate bases of district would to be to keep the zone district available and then of course add some modifications to allow for different uses to allow for the protections of those buildings as well. Thank you. And then in the period 24 and 25, they have different citing security or setbacks. And you know me, I'm totally looking at your first me application. So they have different side interior setbacks like the PD, I think 25 have 0 to 10 and then the other one has zero. So is that based on the topography and what you wanted to see an open space with with the book plane inside? That's how you got from the based on district to the waivers or down to the PD. And just to clarify you, I just pulled up my staff bracelet to make sure I was answering your question correctly. You're speaking to the G 25, is that correct? So they can be pretty G 24 has a ten side that intercept that great and then PD G 25 had 0 to 5. So they're not the same. So PD 24 and PD 25 have different side interiors effects and different type of other just building coverages and maxes. So I just was wondering how those comparison charts were created, where they created based on the topography and what this small area plan recommended, recommended. Does that make sense? It does, yes. So thank you for clarifying. So it actually has less to do with the topography and more of kind of the feel of the area. So it's a big reason why we have superfoods in the campus study, which is pretty g 24 is is more of kind of a, you know, a quieter kind of, you know, residential office type type setting and versus kind of some of those mixed use contexts as well. And so a lot of it is a nod to kind of the the open space in the area. And so the residential pretty does have setbacks and the campus community doesn't have setbacks. So it is kind of that that, you know, distinguishing between the two kind of like fields of the buildings and kind of what the community wanted to see between the two different areas of the site. Perfect. Thank you, Jason. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval. All right. Giving it one last moment here. The public hearing is closed. Comments by members of Council on Council Bill 333. Council Member Flynn. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Madam President. You're hearing Sister Mary. Inspired me to open my remarks with something very special about this place. This is a this has been a four year journey that's been instrumental in reconnecting the Sisters of Loreto and the Loreto community to this sacred and beautiful space. They have been gone from the ownership and management of Loreto Heights for 30 years since they completed To Regis. And then. And we won't go into the. The Jesuits will leave the Jesuits at peace for right now, sister. They flipped it over to the Tokyo group out of Japan who ran taking on Loreto Heights for the next 30 years. And so the Loreto, the sisters and the Loreto community really have been connected to the campus for those 30 years and is one of the most beautiful things about this process, Madam President, is the fact that they are now once again an integral part of the fabric of the hides. And maybe if I could just take one moment. To disclose a thing that something that just happened today and that is the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has agreed with our request, my request from my office and the Sisters of Loreto to use legacy naming for some of the streets that are contained entirely within the campus, rather than having them have the names from the surrounding grid to which they don't connect anywhere. We were faced. Some of you I mentioned, as we were faced with a prospect, if we followed the grid that this former Catholic Women's College would have a street on it named Hooker Street. And I have to commend Sister Mary now for a nun. She's got a great sense of humor. She said, well, if we have to have a hooker street, there has to be a street intersecting with that that's named Mary Magdalene. And I just thought that was a great, great sense of humor, sister. I really appreciate the broad support that the community, including the City of Sheridan, by the way, which closely borders a campus, as well as ten southwest Denver registered neighborhood organizations that supported the area plan two years ago and the seven that support this rezoning, one of them conditionally. I want to mention especially for thanks Jason Morrison, who was the lead is from Tennessee and the rest of the CBD team Jenny Button board from the Landmarking Office, Deirdre Oates who came in to to work with us tirelessly on this as well as the department heads, primarily Laura Andretti. Julia's likely from Dottie, a lawyer from CBD, Abbey Hanes from Parks and Recreation. But I think the most thanks goes to our neighborhood leaders and our residents who spent years hard hours hammering out a consensus that, while not unanimous, represents the top of the curve of what the community wants. Thanks, Sister Mary. Now in particular for constant involvement due to Annie Levinsky in historic Denver, our neighborhood leaders. Claire Harris. Tara Durham. Cassandra Cornelius. Donna Rip. Aaron Manhart. Richard Sides. Adriana Pena. Tony Hernandez. Others I'm sure to mystify. If I kept going, I'd leave some folks out. Madam President and colleagues, this site in Southwest Denver presents us in our part of town with our first major development project in a quarter century, which was Grant Ranch back in the nineties. This presents us with the opportunity to create the kind of community we've always said we want diverse in population, in household incomes, to combat displacement and gentrification, income, restricted, affordable rental and for sale housing, including, as you heard, required deep affordability levels of 60% and below and 30% and below multi bedroom units because we are a family neighborhood. Dedication of another parcel for and another affordable housing a project still to be selected. In fact, this is the approach to combating displacement and gentrification. Embedding permanently affordable income restricted units, along with Gene Myers could have mentioned this. I didn't hear it specifically, but some of the market affordable units that thrive will be building will be priced for less than some of the housing, some of the homes already in the existing neighborhood. So double the amount of open space that's required a revitalizing and landmarking the iconic destroyed buildings. This is the first housing development to use the Denver Green Code preservation of key view corridors both to and from the site height restriction so no building can ever overwhelm that beautiful Frank Ed Brooke, 1890 Loreto Academy Building Preservation of the cemetery where 62 sisters of Loreto have their eternal rest. Vision zero centered street design that places people first. One of the key things to know and that I quickly learned about this, Madam President, college going into a complicated and diverse issues such as the future of Loreto Heights, is that with so many competing needs and desires coming to the table, no one. Going gets everything they want, but everyone gets something they need. It takes a lot of intentional work for every party to this site to see how their specialized interests necessarily intersect with impact and affect the other parties. And that takes a lot of coordination and really, really wasn't easy. This was the first LDR project to go to. That first project, you go through that LDR process. My Southwest Denver community has been engaged with the potential changes on this campus since shortly after the college announced more than four years ago that it was closing and selling the land. Excuse me. Now, I hope that's not my time running out. That's my clock at the top of the hour. Long before the current owner came on the scene, we learned a lot about what the stakeholder group said, what they want to see, but more importantly, what they don't want to happen on the campus, too. With the first potential buyer that came along was a California developer who didn't even want a zoning change at all. He simply wanted to use the existing campus environments to match out nothing but residential. The campus zoning would have allowed around 10 million square feet of residential in buildings, up to 12 storeys, covering up to 60% of the land area compared to what could have been. What we have in front of us now is a clear path to a truly diverse, multi income, multi housing form, integrated community parks and trails, historic landmark preservation, deeply affordable housing. It will give my district four new landmark buildings. Joining are Fort Logan Field Officers quarters as the only Denver landmark buildings in Denver, west of the Platte and south of Sixth Avenue, a situation that I hope we work intentionally to change as time goes on. This hasn't been easy. The community came together to create the first specific neighborhood small area plan. In my district, the participation by the public was extraordinary 1300 unique participants over nearly a year. My office led the effort to increase that involvement by repeating the initial public meeting as a monolingual Spanish meeting that attracted 30 participants canvasing the Latinos serving businesses in the neighborhood. My office paid to leaflet for each meeting hanging fliers on one at one one occasion up to 13,000 doors throughout the Southwest and into Sheridan. The overwhelming community consensus was for a unique place that preserves the feel of the campus far into the future. As a result, many of the housing units, if you look at the residential building, many of those units face onto parts, puzzles or open spaces, as you might find on a campus in the summer of 2019, West Side allowed one of the RINO's to hold their summer picnic in the quadrangle. And as my wife and I sat there watching 5060 people enjoying a barbecue, the Denver Municipal Band Brass Quintet playing some yard games and whatnot. That place really came alive again, and if you had been there, you would have seen what the future of this special place can be when you come to Loreto Heights to live, work , play or hopefully attend a show in the revitalized May Montes Stanton Theater, you will know that you've entered a community where all are welcome. So building on the great respect for the past, to fulfill the spirit of Loreto that Mother Pan Croatia bought brought to this hilltop in 1918 88. Pardon me? I ask for the support of my colleagues for both the development agreement and the rezoning. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Councilmember Flynn. Up next, we have council member Clarke. Thank you, Madam President. Well, the land here is in Councilman Flynn's district. You know, college view, the neighborhood that is in my district. And in addition to being very important to a lot of my constituents, also a very important place for my family because we're out of heights is what brought my mom out to Denver. And so I won't go in and repeat. I know the hours late and we still have more work to do. I just want to echo all the things that Councilman Flynn already gave. And he he said it better than I could anyway. But I just want to add a thanks to Councilman Flynn for his just continued being plugged into every little piece of this all along the way with the community, with the developers, with the city staff all the way to the, you know, the the push to get these streets renamed in there and just really a service to the community that I represent and and to my family. And so I just want to say thank you, Councilman Flynn. And I'm very excited to support this tonight. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Councilmember Clark. Councilmember can each. Thank you. Council President My kudos to this community for coming together to hear a lot of testimony where there's consensus. Sometimes it's about convincing the council, but other times you can tell it's about the community celebrating what they've been through. I understand it might not have been universal, but it was overwhelming. And I just want to acknowledge that and just say how great it was. My kudos to Councilman Flynn and to the staff. My staff probably Kyle monitored much of this process and participated for my office and helped us answer questions and respond. But, you know, several times these negotiations over this development agreement hit impasse. And I just have to say to the developer team for stretching and staying at the table and hearing the feedback and understanding how important this was. Even the price differences between when you started negotiating this agreement and what they are today is is notable. And I hopefully, hopefully you feel like you understand more why the city pushed as hard as it did and to the city for continuing to advocate for for these high standards. Anyway, there were a lot of staff involved in this, and you are typically the unsung heroes. But I just want to sing you for a minute. This this was kind of a test project for a lot of things. And we had a developer who hadn't done a ton of affordable housing before. And so, you know, bringing in the partners and etc.. So, so to everybody who had to stretch to get to these outcomes. Thank you. And just stay at the table and get that easement done. All right. Thanks. The historic easement, that is. All right. Thank you, everyone, and congratulations. Thank you. I'll be supporting it tonight. He's right. Thank you, Councilmember. Coming up next, we have Councilmember Sandoval. Thank you, Madam President. Similar to Councilman Park, Colorado Heights is what my from my mom, from Minnesota to Denver. She graduated from greater heights and is a co member of Laredo Heights and retired, but now is working part time for the Sisters of Loretto. So I have heard all about this development from my mom and the numerous sisters that she works with, and they have had nothing but positive feedback to say. And as I was thinking about what to say, I'll just take a quote from their website. It says The Laredo community works for justice and peace as it educates the young and or serves the poor and marginalized, protects the environment and advocates for the voiceless. And I really believe that that's what this project does, and I really believe that's what this process has been. And so thank you. Councilman Flynn, I know we don't have very many rezonings in District two, so congratulations on a job well done. And me, I love the zoning code. And as I was digging through the application and seeing all of the details, it was really beautiful to see. You have requirements that I would like to see in school and tourist in my district where you don't have open, can you have back doors to the open space? You have front doors to the open space and you have requirements in these parties that I'll probably piece apart and make into another overlay in my council district. So thank you for leading that because that's exciting. That's something I've been saying I would like to do along the Platte River, along Lakewood Gulch and all the gotchas. So thank you for being a leader in that and creating new tools. And with that, I'll be supporting it. Very good. Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval. And not seen any other hands raised. I'll go ahead and make my comments here as we vote on Council Bill three, three, three, reminding folks that we also need to vote on 352 as well. But congratulations, Councilman Flynn, way back in 2019. I remember seeing Jason in our satellite space at the city and county building, and I kept asking, I'm like, What? What is this guy doing? Why is he always sitting back here in our satellite space? What the heck? And it was. You were doing your thing, Councilman Flynn. You were big and down into the details. You were making sure that this would be a development, that you could be proud of, that the community could be proud of. And I think the amount of speakers that spoke tonight in support shows that, and especially Sister Mary, Miss Guadalupe, a miss Lydia. They are the folks that in the speakers, this space and this sacred ground means so much to them. And change is not easy. It's never easy. And when you have folks that have deep ties to this site saying that they're supportive and that they believe in this process. You've done your work and you've done it well. And so I want to congratulate you, Councilman Flynn, and I am happy to support this this evening as well. And we will go ahead. Madam Secretary, roll call, please, on council Bill. Three, three, three. Flynn. I. Herndon i. Hinds. II. Cashman. I can each. I. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. Torres. I. Black. I see tobacco. Clark. I. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.