Rezones multiple addresses at the Broadway Station area (800-1000 blocks South Broadway, 301 West Mississippi Avenue, 700 South Santa Fe Drive, 925 South Santa Fe Drive, 711 South Cherokee Street, 501 West Ohio Avenue, 510 West Tennessee Avenue, and 99 West Kentucky Avenue) from T-MU-30 with waivers and conditions, UO-1 to C-MX-16, C-MX-12, C-MS-12, and C-RX-8 in Council District 7. (NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING) Rezones multiple addresses at the Broadway Station area (800-1000 blocks South Broadway, 301 West Mississippi Avenue, 700 South Santa Fe Drive, 925 South Santa Fe Drive, 711 South Cherokee Street, 501 West Ohio Avenue, 510 West Tennessee Avenue, and 99 West Kentucky Avenue) from T-MU-30 with waivers and conditions, UO-1 to C-MX-16, C-MX-12, C-MS-12, and C-RX-8 in Council District 7. IF ORDERED PUBLISHED, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THIS ITEM.  REFER TO THE "PENDING" SECTION OF THE FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS FOR THE DATE. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 4-27-16.
At the confluence of the Baker and Ashmore Park neighborhoods. But we can see that it's it's really bringing together a lot of different neighborhoods in the hub of this transit oriented area of our city. Zooming in a bit to the location, we can see that the site is located at the I 25 and Broadway station area. And just to orient you a little bit, we can see that it's bound by I-25, the interstate at the north south Broadway at the East Mississippi Avenue at the South, and the Santa Fe Platte River Drive couplet generally at the West. And our site is split by a number of manmade, as well as natural barriers, including the consolidated mainline in the South Platte River. And we can see Vanderbilt Park East and Vanderbilt Park West just to the west of our subject site. There are both dedicated city parks and the subject site. The station itself is served by five light rail lines and multiple different high frequency bus lines as well. So to the request, the property is a 58.5 acres and it is largely vacant. Former Industrial. This is the area that we often think of as the former Gates redevelopment site at the Gates factory. It does include today one small auto service structure in the northeast corner of the site as well as the RTD station. So that includes the bus bays, the station platform itself, as well as surface parking. And the entirety of the site is currently owned by four property owners. So our Broadway station partners, which is a private development entity as well as the city and county of Denver and these four property owners are requesting a rezoning to facilitate redevelopment within the framework of the Denver Zoning Code to facilitate transit oriented development. So the request before you was to rezone from 10 to 30 waivers in conditions you are one to the forward zoned districts as seen here. And just to let you know, the current zoned district does include the yellow one adult use overlay and it is not proposed to retain that overlay coming into the Denver zoning code. And currently there are no adult uses on the subject site. And just a reminder tonight that the approval of a rezoning is not the approval of a specific development concept. So now on to existing context. First zoning so we can see that our site is HTML 30 waivers and conditions and tenure. 30 is a former Chapter 59 zone district generally mapped around station areas. It includes a maximum of 5 to 1 and height of 220 feet. And it's important to note that the waivers and conditions that apply to the site do not apply to the entirety of the site. They are concentrated within certain sub areas. So the waivers for parcel five, parcel five is that little portion outlined in yellow to the west of the river, waivers for that particular site way out, certain uses highly limited for that piece of property specifically. And then for Parcel six, which is the parcel located generally right around the I-25 and Broadway station area, that's the portion owned by RTD. There's a number of different waivers and conditions, all generally getting to the same intent that for private development to occur on that subject site, a waiver, the reduction of parking spaces essentially is waived out through a number of different mechanisms and a different process is specified for sharing parking across the GDP area. Additionally, conditions are attached to the subject site. An important one is that an infrastructure master plan is also required as part of the zoning, along with a general development plan . So something to see as we go forward. I now looking to the surrounding context to the north of I-25. We can see some see Amex 16 and see Amex eight zoning, and that's the IMX 16. Zoning was just approved by this body in March of this year. We can see a number of different old codes in districts as well as Denver zoning code zone districts generally mixed use in contexts surrounding the property. And to the south of Mississippi, we can see that the tme 30 waivers and conditions that was mapped on or subject site in 2003 also does extend to the south of Mississippi and CPD is exploring with the property owners throughout this entire TI and the 30 waivers and conditions area to bring all of that property into the Denver zoning code. And we can see OSA zoning located to the West where there's two dedicated city parks are located now in two existing contexts for the GDP and the Urban Design Standards and guidelines. The Cherokee redevelopment of the former Gates factory GDP was approved for the subject site in 2005. So again, a requirement of the TMU 30 with waivers in condition zoning and coterminous for the same boundary. We see urban design standards and guidelines that are intended to facilitate redevelopment over time. But we do understand today that the majority of the site was not developed under this general development plan or these urban design standards and guidelines. So as you'll see, moving into the 25 and Broadway stationary plan, we do see specific recommendations to review these various layers of regulations that exist on the site, streamline where possible, and ensure that they're implementing our adopted plans. So as such, we do anticipate that the general development plan will be repealed and the Urban Design Standards and guidelines have been substantially amended and restated. Recently recommended approval by our Denver Planning Board just last week. So we're not going to be talking about these two tools as we move forward tonight. It's now on to the view plane. We can see that the Washington excuse me, Washington Park view plane applies to the subject site. Originating, of course, in Washington. And estimating maximum building heights of 111 to 169 feet across the subject site, which, of course, these will fall below the maximum building heights requested for the zone districts. So ultimately, the Washington Park View plane will regulate building heights across the subject site. It's now looking to land use. We can see that our site is largely vacant. Its former industrial and the small outdoor service. The structure there, we can see in purple in the northeast corner of the site and we see a mixture of industrial and mixed use uses, specifically industrials concentrated to the southwest portion of the site as well as mixed use continuing on the Broadway corridor. Now on to building form and scale. We can see some images of the vacant property and the one remaining structure, as well as the station area itself, the platform, the light rail flyover and the surface parking lots. And then the photos in the lower right hand corner are the vacant properties to the west of the Consolidated Mainline and west of the South Platte River. Now looking to the foreman scale, we can see generally low to mid rise buildings located around the subject site and then moving into more auto oriented industrial and flex spaces to the south and the west. So now in terms of process, the following ten registered neighborhood organizations have been notified throughout the process. And we did actually receive 37 letters of support. This has not been updated and they are all included in your staff report packet. A notice of receipt of application was sent on February 17th, 2016 to register neighborhood organizations and City Council. Notice of the Planning Board public hearing was sent on March 21st, 2016 to Arnaud's, as well as notification signage posted on the Property Planning Board did vote unanimously to recommend approval on April six, 2016 and the Neighborhoods and Planning Committee move the bill forward on April 27th. And of course here we are tonight at City Council and Arnault's have been properly notified as well as signage posted on the property. So in terms of the review criteria, we will move on to consistency with adopted plans. And there are three adopted plans that apply to the subject site, the first of which is comprehensive plan 2000. And we did find that the rezoning is consistent with the strategy seen here and comprehensive plan 2000, which is of course adopted now six years ago, actually does call out the Gates site as a significant transit oriented development redevelopment opportunity. Next on to Blueprint Denver, our land use and transportation plan. We can see that the subject site is called out with two land use concepts. The first is that sort of bright pink fuchsia color, which is transit oriented development, which recommends compact mid to high density mix of uses, high pedestrian orientation and friendliness, as well as high multimodal access and a reduced emphasis on auto parking. And then to the west of the South Platte River, we can see that pink color, a lighter pink color, is called out as mixed use. And these are subject sites that are recommended for a mix of employment and residential uses next within buildings, but also within larger areas and the entirety of our subjects that is called out as an area change. So areas where the city of Denver recommends channeling the most growth and redevelopment to benefit the city as a whole. Next onto the I-25 and Broadway station area plan, which was recently adopted by this body in April. You will recall that the station area plan recommends encouraging a variety of uses to activate the station area. And again, seeing the reinforcement of the concept land use categories from Blueprint Denver. Next. The plan also recommends in terms of building heights, incorporating higher densities near the station with overall building heights ranging from 8 to 16 storeys across the subject site. Ultimately, though, being regulated by the Washington Park Viewpoint. We do find that the rezoning request will also result in the uniformity of district regulations. By bringing all these properties into the Denver zoning code, additionally facilitating redevelopment within the framework of the zoning code across properties owned by multiple entities over a long period of time . We also find that the rezoning will further the public health, safety and welfare through the implementation of adopted plans. And in terms of justifying circumstances, we can look to a number as articulated in your application and your staff report. So the land or its surrounding environs has changed or is changing, and we can look to specific change circumstances. The first being that adopted plans over for now almost the last 20 years have recommended redevelopment of this particular area and recognize the evolving character all the way back to comprehensive plan 2000 reinforced through the adoption of the Strategic Plan in 1216, 2014, and now the 25 and Broadway stationary plan. And of course, we're given this a finer grain analysis through the 25 and Broadway stationary plan that sets much more specific guidance than we have been given before in the past. We also see that redevelopment in the area is signaling an evolution in the environs. So redevelopment occurring at the Denver Design District to the north along with the south Broadway corridor. Additionally, the sale of the former Gates factory to a private entity opens up new redevelopment opportunities for this particular site. And the adoption of the Denver Zoning Code has introduced new tools to implement adopted plans that we would not have had available to us at the time of the TMU 30 with waivers and conditions rezoning in 2003. Specifically, the design recommendations that are coming forth from the 25 and Broadway stationary plan are not implemented by the existing zoning on the site as articulated in your staff report. Now looking to excuse me. Consistency of neighborhood. Context to a district purpose and intent. As articulated in your staff report, we do see that it is appropriate to resume the site within the urban center and neighborhood context as well as the zone district purpose statements that are stated for the Max AMS and our zone districts, as well as the specific intent statements where we see specific guidance both in terms of building heights from the stationary plan as well as the transportation context. So based upon our review of the five criteria, we find that the rezoning meets all five and recommend approval. And property owners are here this evening from RTD as well as Broadway station partners. Should you have any questions for them? Thank you. Thank you. Right. So first up, we have Kate Iverson. 3 minutes. Welcome. Kate Everson, artist Todd, manager in the Archduke's Planning Department. I'm here to answer any questions. No comments. Thank you. Our final speakers. Lisa Angel. I'm pronouncing that right. Hello. Good evening. My name is Lisa Ingle. Address of use is 1821 Blake Street 3c80202i represent Broadway Station Partners as the development project manager and local owners representative. We want to thank you for your time tonight. Of course, we're excited to bring forward the rezoning of this important underutilized and contaminated land. We recognize the significance of the property to the city and its citizens and look forward to bringing it back into productive use. We are already cleaning the site, as I think we've mentioned to a few of you and see quality development that the city and its neighbors will be proud of moving forward. Over the past year, we have worked closely with the city and county of Denver, the I-25 and Broadway Station Area Plan, which was adopted through council back in April. We also convened back in November of 2015 a steering committee made up of neighborhood representatives. We called that the B stack. We met four times over the past several months, along with two additional public meetings, and the team was on hand to answer questions as well as get input into the vision of the of the project itself. As a result, tonight, we have letters of support from each of the participating neighborhood organizations. You have a summary of the public outreach on your desk, along with each of those letters of support. And we're here tonight to seek your approval on the rezoning application. And the rest of the team is here as well to answer questions, if you have any. Thank you, Mr. Singh. Thank you. Questions for members of Council. Councilman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. Pro tem. I have a couple of questions. Let me start first with Lisa. If you wouldn't mind coming to the front. And it might be helpful to have all our speakers that were just here for questions in French just in case they have. Come on down. So. I would like to ask what kind of discussions have taken place with the city related to proximity to rail? As you know, we have cargo shipments that travel through this corridor and we have had a working committee that has been meeting to talk about rail safety and also as it relates to new development. And just curious to know what those discussions have entailed that would ensure that item number three, which says we're addressing health, safety and welfare, that we're in fact, doing that and. Okay. I understand. You mean you're clearly probably not at that level of detail, but, I mean, I want to know, has the conversation come up? What you know, what has that consisted of? Sure. I think it was really brought to our attention by you when we met to to have these initial discussions on the zoning. There has been some some minor discussions with the city staff around this, but we haven't really gotten to that level of detail since we are still really in the visioning phase and not the implementation phase. But it's obviously good to keep on the on the radar. So as the representative of the development team, can you tell me if they will be looking at creating a special district, if they will be requesting tax increment financing, what are the additional approvals that will need to be coming back before this body for this project to to develop as it's envisioned? Sure. There currently is a special district. We have a metro district on the actually there's three districts. One is an operating district. There will, in fact, be a public finance component of this that we are seeking. We are in current negotiations with Dura and we will, of course, be back in front of each and every one of you for briefings and discussions on that package as well. We're hoping that that will be finalized towards the end of this year. And part of that discussion will include affordable housing, I'm assuming that is correct. Part of the TIFF conversation. I know you've been engaged in some conversations with on that topic as well. We have. When will we know what that package entails? Sure. Right now, the the current affordable housing requirement remains with the land. As you noted, we are in negotiations with OED at this time. We are closing in on an agreement. We hope to have something finalized by the end of potentially this week, at which point in time we will look to make rounds back through city council and give some additional briefings and information as well. Thank you. I have no further questions at this time. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Flynn. Thank you, Mr. President. Ryan, could you talk to me a little bit about the the parking waivers and how that works? Sure. The sites that were actually rezonings. I remember if you read I don't know if you were here when we adopted the. The stationary plan. Mm hmm. Okay. I had a lot of concern about the references to locating transit parking far near, but not necessarily at the station, which is the words that are used in your staff report. So there are currently 1200 and 1250 parking spaces for RTD I 25 Broadway. Under this zoning, where do we expect the transit parking will go? That's a great question. So there's actually very little change in the way that parking is treated for transit operations between the current zoning and the proposed zoning. So the site that's up right now, I don't know if you can see it, but the waivers for Parcel six, that's the area that's owned by RTD, generally around the I-25 and Broadway station. Those waivers relate specifically to private development that would occur on the parking related seating and the property related to parking. So in former Chapter 59, just like the Denver zoning code, transit users themselves don't have minimum parking requirements. Understanding that these stations can occur throughout the city of Denver depending on the context. And so the zoning today that is proposed is really a framework to facilitate redevelopment over the time, but doesn't require that parking is removed, just like the current zoning does not compel that parking stay. So then what does that mean, though, from kind of the plan perspective in the policy guidance that we see? So we've seen policy guidance now for the past 20 years that recommend balancing the importance of multimodal access to the station as well as placemaking with continued operations as a larger and having a larger aspect, I guess, of park and ride function is of course the station was constructed as the former end of the line in 1994 and we've definitely seen transit facilities expand since then. So the context has shifted and we're seeing the realization of that planned direction come to light. RTD has expressed an interest in maintaining the parking that they currently control. Definitely over the long term, as well as the station area plan does reinforce that. However, recommending that given the urban center context that's contemplated for this site, that surface parking is not the appropriate context moving forward and structured parking would be more appropriate. I agree with that. Kate, can I ask you a few questions? Of course I can. You care, Kate. Kate and I used to work together at RTD. It's nice to see you again. Good to see you, too. Tell me, since our TED reconfigured the Alameda station and has the there's now housing there and and we don't actually have parking there anymore to speak of. Do you do you know and if you don't, that's okay, because no reason you would expect this question. But what how has that affected the boardings and the lightings on light rail? And has it changed the mix of them, if you know? So boardings decreased when we closed the parking at that station. Of course, that station was also under construction and jerky was a gigantic mess for a period of time. What we've seen is, you know, we do run boards every three months or we check boardings and lightings every three months. So the residential project at that station has been fully that it was fully leased this winter. We don't have those numbers yet. We have seen, as it has leased up, that boardings at that station have continued to rise. It's one of the few stations in the system where they are continuing to rise. They are, however, below the level that they were when we initially closed it. So I don't think I think the verdict is out in terms of what that what kinds of conclusions we can draw from that. Okay. Do you know if any of the folks who used to park at Alameda, which is just is too hop, skip and a jump from I-25 Broadway. Do you know if they've has that increase the pressure on I-25 and Broadway parking? Because I know that's pretty heavily utilized. You know, I 25 and Broadway has always been heavily utilized. And we don't track individual usage in a way that we could tell you that when somebody stops parking at one station, they go to a different. But you don't. Know. When you closed Alameda did did I 25 Broadway become even more crowded or you don't know. You know it is it's risen steadily. We haven't seen it. It went, you know, down here and up here. We haven't seen a direct correlation like that. Okay. And finally, from what Ryan said, can you confirm that it's Artie's intent that the parking there remain at the at the level it is now, whether it's configured in structure or whether it's dispersed over different locations? My my interest is in seeing that that the station platform, the train platform is is conveniently walkable by regional commuters who choose to park there, remembering that this is a this is a regional commuting station, not a neighborhood station. Understood. Yes. I mean, at this time, that is the intent. We recognize it's an important station. It's one that we have a high commuter usage. That parking in general is a very difficult is a is a complex issue. It's something that will actually be going to our board in a study session in the end of July. I believe so. Okay. Very good. Thank you. That's all. Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Cashman. Thank you, Mr. President. Pro tem for the owners. Representative, couple of questions. Can you can you talk to me about what the current brownfields situation is on on the property? And is there any anticipation of any need to limit users because of that? Or will will it be wide open? Sure. When we bought the property, we only had 13 acres clean at this point in time. Santa Fe has been fully cleaned as well as our so the triangle parcel. I don't know if you guys have an exhibit on your screen that you can see sort of the triangle parcel against Vanderbilt Park West. We also have no action, determination letters on a portion of Broadway running north, south and sort of to the center line of the Broadway parcel. But the remainder of Broadway is is still contaminated. The needs call for requirements to clean two commercial standards, not residential. So there will be some limiting uses. But based on the way parking and retail will be placed on the site, we'll be able to do residential above. There will be ongoing cleanup and portions of this property, you know, for for a certain period of time and then throughout the end of this year and ongoing. So we saw a little bit of a road ahead of us, but we're well underway. Sure. Thank you. As far as how substantial is the site grade from Broadway down to Santa Fe? I'm sorry, could you repeat that again? How substantial is substantial is the grading of the site. I know it's lower down towards the river, but how substantial is that a story? Two stories, three story difference, do you know? We haven't done full topography studies, but it's about a story and a half, as you hear from the rail. And the way to really look at this is sort of from the rail to the Santa Fe to to the Platte River Drive and Santa Fe Road. As that grade sort of falls away, you know, will be changing the grade of the site as we improve. However, you know, it's around a half a story story somewhere in there. I don't have the exact I could sure defer to a team. Remember who's here. If you'd like an exact answer. No, that's fine. Thank you. Yes. Yes, that's all, Mr. President. Thank you. Councilman Cashman. Councilman Brooks. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. Ryan, I have a question for you and Steve now. Please be listening. This is this is more this is more of a oh, they just took my screen off. This is more of a question on the relation of the 16 story buildings to the single family homes. Sure. So I had I had the. Maybe you can pull it up. The the correlation between that 16 stories and the single family. And I just want to talk real quick. That's a a dramatic drop from the 16 to the five. Do you see that? The five, the tan area to the south of Tennessee? Yeah, right on Broadway. Mm hmm. And does that go right into single family homes? I might not be looking at the exact same area that we're looking. So we're talking to the east of east. So you can see that the building heights recommended for the area between the castle and Broadway. That's 12 stories. Yeah. And again, calibrated by the Washington Park View plane. So an actual building heights, as you're closer to Broadway, will be around 110 feet. So more on the eight stories. But to answer your other question, we do not see any single family homes located between the intervening alley between Lincoln and Broadway. We see single family homes located on Lincoln. So we have a good block separation for single family ones as well as the Broadway corridor, which is two blocks. Yes. I mean, you're two blocks away. Okay. And this was a community process that you all work with neighborhoods for support. Do you have any complaints from any of the single family neighbors? No. What we heard through the stationary planning process is that maintaining the Washington Park Plain was of utmost importance. So the building heights map that you see in the plan and then we are implementing today through the rezoning is roughly calibrated to that building heights. But overall, throughout the process, there was, I think, an expectation that this is the area, if anywhere in the city of Denver, that high density toddy blocks that mixed uses and an intensity that truly catalyzes the development of the station belongs here. So we didn't hear great concerns over building heights, those specifically to the west of Broadway. Okay, great. Yeah. And I'm specifically talking about exposition to East Center Avenue on on Broadway to Lincoln. Okay. So we're talking to the north of the interstate. Yeah. Okay. And those building heights there where we see it, right along the interstate and then five along the South Broadway corridor, we did reinforce Building Heights recommendations from the Alameda Station Area plan adopted in 2009. So those recommendations were carried forward. No change there. Okay. All right. Were Mr. Nowlin, myself, we're working on another part of the city. And there were some concerns. And they wanted to know where has this precedent been set in other locations. And so, obviously, Mr. Clark said in the precedent over here. So thank you. Appreciate it. Okay. Right, Councilman Espinoza? Well, actually, Councilman Kinney did not ask a question earlier. Do you guys do you mind? You go ahead and then we'll go to Espinoza. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm happy to do. I don't know if Councilman Espinoza got one on this round yet, so I'm happy to let him go ahead with my spot. Oh, sorry. I apologize. No, it's. Dropping busy everywhere all over this field. No worries. It's a busy night, Mr. President. Councilman Espinoza. Oh, no, it's okay. My. My reputation is. Is. Yeah, I'm already chimed in, and. It's, like, burned into my screen right here to burn. Actually, I wasn't going to say anything until I heard comments, so I would have questions both to Ryan and to RTD. On to Councilman Brooks. QUESTION So what is the in maybe you had it in the presentation. I missed it. What is the what is the zoning on the north side of I-25 between Broadway and Lincoln? Okay. So we really get back to that slide. Okay. If you're seeing the same image, I am. Great. So this map was actually produced just before the approval of the rezoning for the parcel that we have actually called the Sliver Parcel currently owned by our TD. You would have seen this back in March. So if you can see just to the north of that yellow boundary, which is our rezoning boundary, we can see some see max eight in that kind of pink translucent color and then the area. So I was really concerned with I was just asking about that you ams three in the YouTube so that half of this is UMass three and then we have a ride away which is, which does separate protected districts from non-protected districts, correct. Right. That is an intervening alley. And that's everything that you're seeing now is to the east of Broadway. And just to be clear, the only the boundary that is outlined in yellow is proposed for rezoning today. Okay. Um, interesting. Okay. And then now the question for RTD, since we were talking about boardings, do you have data? And it doesn't need to be presented here, but maybe you could shoot it to my office about the historical data, about the boardings at Broadway station. Do you have information about where those riders are coming from and where they're going? You know, how many are boarding there and going in the core versus going down to to to Greenwood Village or something like that. So what I could tell you, the way that we the way that we collect data, we do license plate utilization surveys, I think we do them on only an annual basis. I'm not positive I can check. So that will show us where people who are parking are originating. If somebody got there by foot, by bike, if they got dropped off, if they transferred from a bus. Typically throughout the system, we see that only about 20% of our ridership actually comes from park and rides. We don't have a way to track where those people are coming from and going to. So we have in one instance prior actually to Alameda Station done a person by person survey. So we have a single snapshot in time, but we don't have that system wide and we don't have that station. Well, actually, I'm only I'm glad you have that information on the cars, the vehicles, because that's actually the only part I'm concerned about. Right. Which is the huge amount of land area to accommodate those cars, to just sort of sit there, roast all day. So if you if you can put shoot in my office, whatever historical data you have about where those cars originate. And if you I guess you don't have any way of correlate correlating the driver or whoever's in that vehicle where they go. But it would be interesting on where they're coming, how they're where they're coming from to Broadway station. Absolutely. I can get you that. All right. Thank you. That was it. No further questions. Councilman Ortega. Do you want to go first? Okay. Okay. So I have a couple of questions about infrastructure. And first, I want to know if the three acre park, Vanderbilt Park East is going to remain on the east side of Santa Fe. And. Will it also be used as detention for storm storm drainage? Vanderbilt Park East is a designated park and we are not seeking to change that. So yes, it will stay effectively a park throughout the entirety of this development vision. As far as detention, we are seeking to use the northern end of the park for some small amount of detention, but the majority of the detention will be housed along Santa Fe on private property and we will be improving that park. As you know, it's sort of a vacant dirt lot right now. So were you all connecting pipe into drainage that would go into the South Platte River? That is correct. We have an outfall that is planned and if you'd like a little more detailed information, Laura Loretta is also here who did the engineering for that. But yeah, the intent is to have drainage coming from Broadway under the under the rails into our private property where it will be detained and then outfall into the river. Okay. So now I want to talk about the road that she has to approve that would allow access to the site from traffic going southbound on Santa Fe. Mm hmm. Where is that at in the discussions with CDOT? And are they going to require a traffic study that looks at the traffic flow and what that might do to backing up traffic on this already congested corridor? We have begun discussions with see that we have sort of a preliminary, if you want to call it, sort of a verbal preliminary approval. We have to go through the the process, of course. Yes, we are looking at a traffic impact study. We have some results back from that. And Laurel kind of deferred to you if we need to a little bit more in detail. But yes. Yes. So we are looking to put the bridge there and we'll have to do a traffic study for that. And that will be both pedestrian and car. That's correct. Multimodal. So bike, pedestrian, vehicular. I thought I read in one of the documents that there will be some credits available based on infrastructure improvements that are put onto the site. Was I making this up with something else that I was reading over the weekend on the for. What type of credits? I don't remember if it was infrastructure. I was looking through the documents, trying to see if that was part of this one. And we're going to consult I'm not familiar with with this have it so far. Okay. Good evening. Jill Jennings Gold at Community Planning and Development in the agreement that you'll be talking about next. We have agreed if there is detention that is put within Vanderbilt Park East, in order for them to do that and get credit for open space, we'll give them 50% credit and not the full credit for improving that park . Okay. That's what it was. Okay. Thank you. I have no further questions. Thank you. Okay. Um. Looks like the trio. I mean, she disappeared. Every time I defer, I disappear. All right. Go for it. Councilman Cohen. Each. Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank my colleague because she asked a couple of my questions about affordable housing. So it was great to hear. I do just have to comment really quickly that it's a little funny to be talking about the Gates project with Fred Bells having a little historical, historical moment. But anyway, he's not here for this project anymore. I want to pick up where Councilwoman Ortega left off with the open space question. So I think that I think I just got the answer, so. The GDP has a requirement for open space. How much of it is being satisfied with the park? Correct. So the existing general development plan, the Cherokee Gates redevelopment concept, had a 10% open space requirement. But of course, the concepts that we're looking at now going forward proposes a different open space configuration, as well as different tools to specifically secure that open space. So we're talking about Vanderbilt Park East specifically. Well, I've. Actually my follow up question was going to be that to the extent are there other open spaces planned within within the development areas? So that was so I'll just throw them out. So so that that was one question. The question that comes from that then is is this zoning appropriate for the whole site, even if it includes some of those open spaces? So pocket parks and things like that, even I understand they may not be dedicated because they may be maintained by the Met District or something, but do we not carve out zoning for those things? We just we just kind of plop them in the middle of this bigger zoned district, and that's okay and that's fine. So those that's the line of questions that I had. So. Okay. So first question. Are there other open spaces proposed on the site? So the tool that we are using going forward to secure open space across the site is an infrastructure master plan. And just to recall, there is one existing on the site today. So the general development plan that was approved in 2005 for the site. Thank you. This is a much larger version than my tiny copy recommended. The future location of aggregated open spaces as well as the location of smaller open spaces throughout the entirety of the site as redevelopment occurred. So not all of the open spaces were fully sort of locked in and articulated in the GDP at the time. And the infrastructure master plan then provided an additional layer of specificity and detail. And then secured by development agreement. So lots of lots of things trying to all achieve the same purpose. So what we're doing going forward is the infrastructure master plan is the method to secure the 10% open space. So there are open spaces that are fully credited. So they are given entirely out of private property owned by Broadway station partners. Open spaces that are partially credited. So that is the portion of, for example, Vanderbilt Park East where there will be stormwater. So the infrastructure master plan lays out an open space framework that is responsive to the I-25 and Broadway stationary plan and provides greater connections than what we would have seen in the general development plan that currently exists on the site. So then when it comes to. Yes. So the total open space credit that is provided is 3.72 acres, if you're interested, and the open space required by 10% of the net area. So the area minus the right of ways is 3.33 acres, so exceeding the 10%. And then to the question of how we would typically implement these things. So you're correct that certain open spaces will be managed by the Metro District, and there is an expectation that a portion will be given to the city when the specific site plans are developed and the exact boundaries are known, which is part of what we struggled with when considering rezoning options that did it make sense to rezone a portion of property to say the OCA or the OSP zoned district without knowing the specific boundaries to the point of a legal description to exactly where that would occur. So to answer your question, no. The OSA or OSP zoned districts are not proposed for the subject site, but the infrastructure master plan and then the development agreements that give specificity allow our development reviewers during the site development planning process to specifically allocate and review open spaces based upon these criteria. Okay. And then just to follow up questions, which is that so it's okay that there's open space within this dense zoning district for. Yes, it is. It's an allowed use. It is a. Permitted. Yes. Okay. I didn't want to have any situation whereby the zoning is for closing the open space. And then my my question probably for the the owner's representative is just having come back from New York City and, you know, 16 stories, you know, we're getting into some density that is you know, we're talking about when you're in some of the outer boroughs, they're dog park. Are you working on a dog park? Because, you know, I think it's it's really critical. So given that given this zoning, you need all kinds of infrastructure and that's one of them. So we heard very strongly from the community and council that Joel and really just of the dog park, I was not put up to this question, by the way, by Councilman Clark. So so as long as you don't mind calling it the Clark Park, I think we can accommodate a dog park on this on this site. Now, seriously, though, it is our intent to incorporate and build a dog park, and that is written into the parameters of the development agreement for open space. And I know we're all laughing about it, and it sounds like just an amenity, but the truth is that you end up with conflicts in the other open spaces if you don't plan for it. And this kind of dense. It just requires it. So thank you. I appreciate that. I think that's all, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman. Any other questions? Town Council Bill 4314 actually. Okay. Constable 314. Hearing is closed. It's time for comments, Councilman Clark. Thank you, Mr. President. And I did not put my colleague up to the dog park question. I was grinning from ear to ear when it was asked to, but I did I did not put her up to that. This is, you know, a site that we've been talking a lot about in the just a year since the new class of us came on. An area that is exciting for all of Denver is also really exciting for the community that I represent and is really at the heart of the community that I represent. This has been a really long time coming. This community has sat and watched this site and dreamed of what it could be. As we you know, I was I was writing down during the staff report that six years ago a plan called about eagerly awaiting redevelopment of this site. And it's so exciting now through Broadway stationary plan and now to be taking the step to be continuing to take steps. And I just hope that we are able to do this and achieve this and actually start seeing dirt being moved around. Because I think that that's what the community is is waiting for and longing for, because we've been down this road before. And and and they're ready for things to start coming out of the ground. So I'm excited that we have this here tonight. I just wanted to say a couple of things. You know, my West Watch Park Neighborhood Association is one of the most active neighborhood associations on the planet, as my colleagues have seen, with their turnout at a lot of different issues, whether they are specific to my district recently or not. And and in your report, you can see and this is the neighborhood councilman Brooks was talking about, are they okay being this close to this kind of density? And they had a 12 to 0 vote and sent no one here tonight to to to even you know, I think when we had the stationary plan, they had a unanimous vote of support and then set five people to say, we support this unanimously, but here's here's what we're still worried about. So they're very active and they're very engaged. And so the fact that they have provided the support and strong support from all the neighborhood associations, but specifically from West VI to that conversation, is proof. I think that one, this community process has been successful, that everyone from our team with the city to the property owners has really engaged very deeply with these communities, with these neighborhood associations, and worked very closely with them on every little detail, from sound mitigation to light mitigation to dog parks, to fit in everyone's hopes and dreams , and to a piece of property that this community really feels like they own in a lot of ways. And so I'm thrilled to see this and to see this just, you know, pack it full of very strong support from all of the neighborhoods, saying, okay, let's let's go do this thing, let's start building something. I also think that, you know, when I was on the campaign trail and with the city that's growing as quickly as we are, density and growth is always this red hot issue. And across the board, when I talk to people at doors, when they said, you know, we have to protect our historic neighborhoods, Baker West, Rochford, Platte Park Overland, Ruby Hill, Ashmore Park and these traditional single family residents. When I would ask, okay, well, if eight or 10,000 or however many people are coming to Denver, where should we put them so that we can protect our neighborhoods? And everybody would turn and point to this piece of property and say, that's the perfect place. There are two train stations within a rock throw of each other between Alameda and Broadway, and there is a big brownfield, ugly site that is not bringing value to us and to our community. Let's build it there. This is the right place. This is, as I've said before, and I stole this from other people. But this is midtown for Denver. You know, it's not the DTC, it's not downtown. It's that happy place right in the middle that is urban but surrounded by single family. And I think that I'm really excited to see this. I really hope that my colleagues up here will support this tonight so that we can take one more step in a process that will continue to have a bunch more steps before we can actually see something come out of the ground. But this is an important next step to continue moving us towards that. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Cashman. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to ask that in the final design of Clarke's Bark Park, that we might include a just a small separate area for hairless varieties. I think that's. That's all, Mr. President. Thank you, Susan. All right. We still have two public hearings to go. All right, Madam Secretary, let's roll call on the moment. Black eye. Brooks. I Clark. I mean, I. Espinosa. I. When I. Gilmore. I. Cashman. I can each. I knew Ortega I. Susman, I. Mr. President. Hi. Police closed the voting in a civil. War vise. 12 eyes council bill 314 has passed. Councilman Espinosa, will you please put resolution 370? Those postpone on the floor for adoption. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that resolution 370 be adopted. All right. Thank you. We have a motion in a second. Councilman Clark, did you want to. Comment on this one. I don't have any comments on this. Thank you. Okay. Seeing that there's no other comments on this one, can we have a roll call, Madam Secretary, on Council Resolution 370 black. Hi, Brooks. CLARK. Hi. Espinosa. Hi. Flynn. Hi. Gilmore. Hi. Cashman. Hi. Can each. New. Ortega. My assessment, Mr. President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. Tonight's. Ten is resolution three. 70 has passed. Councilman Espinoza, will you please put Council Bill 319 on the floor for final passage? Thank you, Mr. President. I move that council bill 319 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second is Flynn right? The public hearing for Accountable 319 is open and we have the staff report. Curt Upton, welcome. Thank you, Mr. President. Pro Tem. Good evening. Council Members. Curt Upton Committee Plans, Planning and Development. Tonight we have the first of three items relating to regulatory changes to implement the 61st in a stationary plan. This is a large private property owner initiated rezoning moving property from former chapter 59 mixed use CMU ten with waivers and conditions . CMU 20 with waivers and conditions and CB 30 with waivers and conditions. And the urban overlay one which is the adult use overlay to the new Denver zoning code with a variety of mixed use districts. So as we all know, this is Council District 11, near 61st and Pioneer Boulevard. This gives you a sense of the scale. This is just east of the 61st and penner light rail stop. It's a vacant land again just to the east of the 61st. And Penn Station is just south of 64th Avenue and west of Tower Road.