A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification of 3325 Denargo Street.  (NEIGHBORHOODS & PLANNING) Rezones 3325 Denargo Street from I-B, UO-2 (Industrial 4,500 sq. ft., Use Overlay) to PUD #G12 in Council District 9. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AFTER PUBLICATION. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting on 12-10-14.
We're going to wait for technology to catch up so you get a move and a second. Thank you. Public hearing on ten eight is now open. May we have the staff report? Thank you. Council President. Good evening, members of council. I'm Steve Daly with community planning and development. This is a rezoning at 3325, ten Argo Street. It's located in northwest Denver and Judy Montero's Council District nine, located in the Five Points statistical neighborhood, better known as River North or Reno. Getting down to the site is located along Tin Argo Street borders, the South Platte River, and it is across the street from the Navajo Market GDP area. The subject site is four acres. There's a warehouse structure on the site, but it is not in use. There's a single owner, Project BRINER. So Project Rhino LLC and the ownership group is represented by Bob Golic. Bob can be here tonight, but the development group is here and they are working group is here and can answer questions. And I believe a signed up to speak at the request is to rezone from I b you oh two. And that means it stands for heavy industrial or industrial general. It's C one of the heaviest is the heaviest industrial zone district in the zoning code. And then you go to allows for billboards. Thank you. The request is to rezone to APD G 12, which I have a lot of letters and numbers there, but that means a planned unit development general and it is the 12th update to come forward and a general PD is basically a standard zoned district and in this case the standards in district is C-Max 12 and the purity deviates from these standards within that zone district. The intent of this property is to utilize the urban center neighborhood context uses and building form standards found in C-Max 12. And that's the urban center neighborhood mixed use and about allowing up to 12 stories the deviations from C C 12 to acknowledge the South Platte River. There is not a street in between this property and the river. So we acknowledge that the river, by transitioning, allowed building height, increasing the transparency, altering the build to requirements, and requiring that the ground story of of the any future development facing the key frontage is have an active use. Also the intent is to anticipate planned infrastructure improvements surrounding the subject site, including future open space and a future realignment of ten Argo Street. This is an image of the general market. GDP in the of the yellow area indicates the subject site for rezoning tonight. It is outside of the ten Argo GDP. The areas in close proximity to the subject site is slated in a phase two of that build out of the GDP. It is slated as open space. Some of the standards in the party and you can find the beauty in your packet is to transition the height from the reverse though, so the development will actually step down to the river. Within the high transition zone, up to eight storeys is allowed and then on the remaining portions of the part of the property, 12 storeys would be allowed. Also the PWD calls out primary street zone lot Frontages. The zone districts are kind of built around the streets that the Zone district faces, so a future development has to address the street with an entrance with transparency or windows along the first floor. This would actually calls out the river frontage as a street, and so future development will have to address the street with an entrance. The PD would not allow parking in between the building and the river. Frontage would require a higher level of windows and transparency along the river's edge in addition to the dynaudio edge and would require active uses on those on those first floors facing these street frontages or river frontage. The the beauty controls that by basically drawing a line from any future development towards these zone lot lines or these the river frontage or the Denaro Street frontage. And if if you come that thick line drawn from future development touches one of these frontages, then that ground floor must be active. It cannot be a parking. So the surrounding site, there's IP on properties to the south and to the west of the site. The river, South Platte River is just to the north, along with some city owned property. And then there's Army 30 with waivers and conditions and pads associated with the to narco GDP. The site is industrial. It's surrounded by other industrial uses of vacant land, some commercial uses, and then some new multi-family residential that has been developed in the scenario GDP. This is these are a few images the top images of the site in the foreground with downtown in the background, there's an image of that new multi-family residential. And then the bottom image is looking north towards the river with the site just to the left of the image. So why opposed zone district? The zoning code allows use of zoning in unique and extraordinary circumstances when standard zoning, at least without multiple variances, waivers or condition, won't result in the desired development pattern form use consistent with the adaptive plans. And also when more zoning flexibility or customization is appropriate to get the desired development pattern form and use. So what are the unique and extraordinary circumstances? In this case? It is. The site is directly adjacent to the South Platte River. There are very few sites in the city that do not have a street in between the site and the river. And therefore that is fairly unique and the river is a gem of the city and the powder does build in requirements to address the river. Also there is some phased development and planned open space so associated with the group. So in return for some flexibility built into the PD, the zoning code requires a significant public benefit that's not achievable through application of a standard zoned district and some examples of a public benefit be things such as diversification in the use of land , the innovation in development, exemplary pedestrian connections and amenities and considerations. There are other examples of a public benefit and these are just a few of them. So what are the public benefits conferred by this? PD It would be those exemplary pedestrian connections requiring that ground source use the entrances along the river's edge and along the narrow street . Also additional quality fence and wall design standards. And then there are development patterns compatible with the nearby areas. So height and build to alterations to transition between the river and future plant open space. And then again, there's no parking allowed between the river and future structures. So this case went to a planning board on December 3rd committee on the 10th of December. We're here tonight. All our no's within 200 feet of the subject site were notified. Signs were posted for this public hearing in the public hearing for planning board. There are six review criteria in the code associated with APD. The first is consistency with adopted plans. There are three plans that apply to the site. The first is complete in 2000. The plan recommends and promotes infill development, designing mixed use communities, calling for more amenities and a variety of compatible uses. Because we're investing in the neighborhoods and creating and promoting those mixed use communities where folks can live, work and play. Blueprint. DMR recommends mixed use area of change and the goals include high intensity development with a sizable employment base as well as housing. The areas of change are called out as areas where a blueprint desires channeling growth and improving access to jobs, housing and services. Donato Street is a residential collector and Brayton Boulevard is a mixed use arterial and an enhanced transit corridor. Identified in Blueprint Denver, the River North Area Plan adopted in 2003 recommends residential mixed use for this property. Donato Markets placement along the South Platte River in proximity to downtown provides an opportunity to create an exciting mixed use area with its own identity. The plan identifies the Donato Market District as an opportunity for intensive, mixed use development oriented to downtown. Donato Market offers the potential for a significant mixed use development with destination commercial uses anchored by housing and benefiting from its relationship to the river corridor and to downtown. Also on page 76 of the plan in the Urban Design section, a goal specific to the John Argo market area calls for developing urban design standards and guidelines for new development. It calls for those guidelines to require facades on parking structures facing public right of way to accommodate pedestrian active uses on the ground level, which is the beauty standards require also requires. The plan calls for requiring appropriate massing scale and building heights for new development with height limits along the South Platte River. And then the plan also encourages street oriented building placement and architectural variation. CVD finds the rezoning is consistent with adopted plans. Development within this beauty will result in uniformity of district regulations. The district would be the PD district and would further, further public health, safety and welfare associated with adopted plans. The justifying circumstances, the land or its surrounding environments has changed or is changing, and to such a degree that it is in the public interest to encourage redevelopment of the area or to recognize the change character of the area. CBD finds. This criterion is met due to the area of change, planned direction and redevelopment occurring in River North consistency with neighborhood context, zone district purpose and intent. So CMC's 12 the base zone district applies to areas or intersections served primarily by major arterial streets. We're building scale of 312 stories is desired and CBD finds that this criterion is met based on the plan recommendations. Also, additional review criteria for rezoning to PD. The proposed scale and timing of the development project demands more customized zoning approach to achieve a successful phase development to anticipate the realignment of Donato Street and to address future open space along the South Platte River. A custom zoning approach is needed. The General PD complies with all standards and criteria stated in Division 9.6. The beauty district is necessary because there is no zoned district available in the zoning code that requires grounds, ground reactivation, activation along planned open space or the South Platte River. It only applies to existing streets. The General PD district utilizes the same x 12 building forms and uses to ensure land uses, height siting and ground spray activation are compatible with surrounding properties. And the General PD district utilizes modified building forms and standards to achieve the vision establishing adopted plans. Last slide CPD recommends approval based on training. All review criteria have been met. Thank you. We have six speakers for this public hearing. I'm going to say all six names and you can come up to the front pew. Sean Maley, Dana Crawford, Bill Parkhill, Bill Moore, Justin Cross and Mr. Sekou. So those six can start to make their way up here. And Sean, you can begin your comments when you're ready. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Madam Members of Council. Sean Maley, 1625 Broadway. Denver. 802 I'm here representing the owner and development team. As Steve noted in his staff report, this is an industrial zone site up near the market. There are a number of changing conditions that are leading to the request to rezone Blueprint Denver and the River North Plan both identify this site as a mixed use area of change. The River North Plan also goes on to say that the residential uses will be predominantly located along the river. So this rezoning is to accommodate for a residential. Mixed use project that will truly embrace the river. As Steve discussed in the staff report, the reason we're seeking a pudi, which largely resembles x 12 is such that we can agree to treat the river like a primary street. And with that comes ground story activation, transparency and other requirements. Additionally, we're seeking flexibility from the build to requirements such that we can design and responsibly integrate this project with the river and the surrounding parks and open space. We filed the application originally on July 7th, 2014, and at that time it should be noted that it was 420 storeys in height. We had a number of dialogs with the surrounding neighborhood groups, but it's fair to say that the real back and forth didn't start until a few weeks leading up before planning board. So we actually delayed the project three times at planning boards so that we could continue on with our meetings with the neighborhood and community. The results of those delays was actually that we reduced the application from 20 stories in height to 12 storeys in height. You know, there were some other tower heights approved in the neighboring and adjacent and Argo market GDP. I believe there's 180 200 feet and 220 feet towers approved and the site just next to us. But at the end of the day, the project team and the development team wanted to be good neighbors, good partners with the community . And after a long, lengthy series of internal conversations, found a way to make the program and the project work with the 12 stories. I want to personally commend the folks in the Rhino Arts District and that neighborhood group for the series of dialogs that we had with them. It was a really good process and we're happy to have their support tonight. That concludes my remarks, and I'll be here for questions. Thank you. Thank you. Danny Crawford. Mr. President, members of council, thank you very much once again for the opportunity to talk about a project. Mm hmm. I think it's been extremely well described to you. And we have obviously council chambers that are packed tonight in support of this project. And we we it most likely will be called to now go straight on the river. And it is really all about the river. And it is another opportunity in the Rhino District to to create a place where as a group, we are involved with placemaking and hope and think that we have a reputation for getting some kind of nice places done. The the group here isn't all going to speak to you. That's the very best news. We have people here ready to answer questions. And and the local development group is here, Curt Larson, all over in the corner, Bill Parkhill here and the architect. Bill, more can answer any questions that you might have. And we just want you to know that if you approve this tonight, while you can look forward to something very exciting in the future. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Crawford. Bill Parkhill. Good evening. My name is Bill Parkhill. I'm at 631 High Street and I'm a member of the development team and I'm here to answer questions. Thank you. Thank you, Bill Moore. My name is Bill Moore. I'm an architect. I'm at 940 Lincoln. I'm here just for questions. Thank you. Justin Kroll. Good evening, members of the council. My name is Justin Croft, about 34, 55 rings B Court in the Rhino neighborhood. And I'm here representing the Urban Improvement Committee, which is a committee underneath the Rhino Art District. The Urban Improvement Committee is specifically tasked with tackling land use, infrastructure, connectivity, zoning issues in the neighborhood. We were actively engaged in this project, as Shaun said, and initially we had some challenges with the design of the project as shown. But to the great credit of this development team continuing to enter into dialog with us, we were able to talk it through and really reach consensus on something that Rhino feels really great about, that our district feels great about, and we would like to recommend that it be approved with our full support. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Mr.. You. First of all, a long term long see them. All right. Well. Well, we already know. Ain't no po po gon be in this. You know, since they talked about it. I know the rent for a studio are going to be at least 2600. And that's okay. That's okay. Because I don't want people to get the impression that I'm not open for folks to do development. I'm not busy every time. And that's what piques me about this whole process. Every time there's a mention of affordable housing for poor, working, poor or homeless people or Section eight people, there is this bum rush of opposition that comes out Toronto District. They don't want none of that down there because this is reserved riverfront properties for the Hootie hoops. And it's marketing and they've got to do who's got to have somewhere to go? They're going to have to somewhere. You know, and I understand that. But see, this is a diversity. So and everybody needs to have an opportunity to at least one time in their life. You know, our studio window that they can look out to the riverfront and be around, you know, some nice stuff, you know, because we're not disease cause we're poor or we're bad, not bad neighbors because we're poor. And to help with some of the initiatives that they have, inclusionary housing ordinances and things like that. We never seem to get around building us. Nothing for us. You guys are going to have to share this in Rondo districts, Cherry Creek, all throughout the city because it's still a city. That has residents of human beings who have value. We have the right to live. In a place that's safe and secure and a place they can raise their kids and be a part of, as opposed to being isolated and stigmatized and feeling unwanted. So originally I was opposed to this thing. But I changed my mind. Because you're in danger. And I know your heart is sick. You need to address council, please. Thank you. So I know her heart. I know Dana. And I know that we can sit down and have a conversation. And maybe we can open up some doors here and see if we can get some done things so that this can be a more exclusionary project. And then we can break down some of the barriers that's going down down it right now so that we can combat some elite ism, some classism, and once again unite this city. Mr. Speaker, your 3 minutes is up. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes our speakers. Time for questions from members of the council. Councilwoman Ortega. I have a couple of questions. So the first one is for. The developer. Dana? Would you mind coming forward? Where we're multiple. Okay, so this is a four acre site. Rice for four plus. How how many residential units are proposed generally in general? We don't know exactly where as we wait for the rezoning, why, we have discussed a number of different proposals. We don't know whether they will be for rent or whether they'll be condominiums. We just know that the primary use will be residential. And as I said, this is really all about the river because there are very, very few places so far. I hope that's just true so far in this community that people can live in a place and be really involved with the Platte River. You want to come in so. For Akers, you can do a lot of units if you're allowed to build up to eight storeys in some areas and 12 in others. So if you're doing any for sale units and they exceed 30, then obviously you'll comply with the city's FHA ordinance. Right. Okay. That's that's all I have for you right now. I'd like to ask Steve Nelli a question, and I'd like the map pulled up so we could see the surrounding parcels. It looks to me on one of those maps, like we have railroad to the west. Is that an active railroad line to the west? It is a very active railroad line. Okay. So what I would like to know is if there was any discussion in the process about the interface with the railroad and issues related to public health and safety. And raising this because we have had a number of meetings with the planning director in our fire department around how especially in the design review process. But, you know, when you're you've got people coming in wanting to rezone, I think the discussion about how do we ensure that if there happens to be any kind of incident on the railroad next door, that we as a city are doing everything we can to protect public health and safety. So, for example, some of the things we've talked about have been like, how do you make sure that you don't have, you know, exit doors, if you will, that face the railroad tracks so that if you've got to evacuate the building and there's some kind of spill and we know that, you know, we're seeing more and more tanker cars that are carrying crude oil because we've seen more and more drilling, although that's kind of slowing down right now with the oil and gas industry. But communities across the country have had situations and incidents. And I'm trying to look at how we can be proactive as a city to ensure we're addressing those public health and safety issues. So I want to know what kind of discussions took place around those that that concern. Right. So I should just add that the North and metro commuter rail line will actually go in between this property and the rail that you can see on the map. So RTD does owns a property in the north metro line will go through there. Also through the discussions that we've had to date, it was more about what what sides of this property should be active. And there there are no requirements to have an entrance along the edge of the railroad beyond that discussion. That's that's that's all we had for the zoning. Now when the development team comes forward for site plan review, I'm sure those discussions will continue, especially with the fire department. Okay. I appreciate that. I just I just think it's in our collective best interest to ensure that, you know, we're thinking about that, looking at how we address it. With with all projects, I mean, and what really brought that to light was going out to a particular site where, you know, you've got roll up windows and people have very active space. The tracks are right there. You see the kinds of, you know, tanker cars that carry different types of materials. You know, I mean, I have a long history with those neighborhoods where from time to time we've had to see evacuations, you know, because of various types of spills or whatnot. And if we can in our process, really make sure that we're addressing that public health and safety issue, I think we would all be better off. Thank you. I have nothing further, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. Councilman Canete. Thank you, Mr. President. A couple of really quick questions probably for you, Steve. First of all, I, I know I've written this section of trail, but I cannot for life. Remember, does the trail, the bike trail go between where the site is in the river or is it on the other side of the river here? It is on this side. It is on this side. So they won't just be interface with the river. There actually be interface with the transportation corridor first. Okay, great. Further supporting, treating it like a road. Second question is I'm bad. Also on the new zoning code, old zoning code, I be weaver. I can't remember seeing another rezoning from B. Is that old code. That is new code. Or new code? Sorry, Denver zoning code. No, it. Was it was updated. Okay. Got it. And then my third question is the sign overlay. Got asked this question recently about because there's a whole net billboard situation in the state, if I understand correctly. So does the site have a billboard now? And what happens to the sign overlay with the PUD? Is it written into the pad or how does that work? Is it being extinguished? So the overlay is going away. I don't recall that there's a billboard on the site. I could be wrong. The zoning is there, but it's not part of the current allocation of how many signs are allowed. Right. The zoning would allow a billboard there today, but there is not a billboard on the site. It's going away. And it's going away. Thank you very much. That's it, Mr. President. And Councilwoman Carlson. Councilman Brooks? Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. I think the developers won't give us a hint on what this development is going to be. So I'll go to my next question and maybe Councilwoman Monteiro can answer this, Steve maybe can answer this. But for for the Rhino neighborhood, it's a it's a it's a great opportunity because it's a blank canvas. And there's going to be a lot of development in the future. I'm just wondering, has there been any talks about creating design review guidelines for the future just when all these developments start hitting oak shaking? So one of your can can answer this question. I just think I think it's important we talk about that. And then one, I think it's important that we get to action on that. But I just want to I want to hear from either one of you. There has been quite a bit of discussion, especially in the neighborhood. So I would defer especially to Justin. But in considering design guidelines, I think there are a few ways to go about doing those. The traditional way is to adopt design guidelines as rules and regulations and then establish a review board and make permits or approving permits contingent on approval from that review board with a finding of consistency with those design guidelines. Some other things that we've discussed with the neighborhood has been more of an informal design guideline design guidelines where developers work with the neighborhood and they have a conversation with the permits aren't necessarily contingent on approval. Justin, do you want to? So we've been talking about design guidelines for a couple of years, specifically for the reasons that you brought up, which are there's so much development coming to the neighborhood and, you know, what does that look like and what is the neighborhood looking for and what's the vision for the neighborhood and how is that articulated? We've actually talked with Brad Buchannan on a couple of occasions as to what the best way to move that process forward is, specifically because we don't necessarily want to create the typical design guidelines. We want to be the neighborhood wants to be pro-development and pro change. The other reason is that we're not particularly caught up in architectural styles. I think what we're really interested in is great urbanism and having reinoehl be a place for great urbanism in the city. And so what that tends to look more like is form and activation of buildings at the street. So we are in the process of determining how we're going to articulate that and what the formalized process will look like with Mr. Buchanan. The other thing is we're looking at forming a business improvement district in the neighborhood. The idea being at that business improvement district would fund the creation of a set of design guidelines which we don't currently have. Yeah, I just asked that question because I've heard some rumblings about it, but I didn't know if there was a formal plan to action this development. I'm sure it's going to be great, whatever it is. But I think this is a microcosm of the other 20 that are being planned in the future and this district has the opportunity to be incredible, like you said, new urbanism. And I just I'm glad that we're moving forward with that. It's good. Thanks. You, Councilman Brooks? Councilman? No. Thank you, Mr. President. I think this is for Mr. Neely, but anybody else on the development team may have the answer to this question. I raised this privately first when we had this at committee, and it was just a little source of anxiety on my part. Slip up a different picture, maybe the zoning picture. Yeah. On that thing. Right. No, no, that's the that's the land use picture. Is there a one? Yeah, that's a good one. That's it. So we're investing a bunch of money to make the river nicer, to make that, you know, a more of a a destination. And the developers are investing a lot of money in making this project actually speak to the river and interact with the river in a direct way. And then. But when I was looking at the map, there's this weird sliver of land that lies between the property in question that we're rezoning. And the Open Space C district, which is the river which appears to be owned by the railroad. And I don't know about y'all, but I haven't had great experiences with dealing with the railroad. So somebody somebody reassure me that this is understood and that there will be nothing standing in the way of creating developed space that speaks to the river and our investments on the river. That between those will not be a whole bunch of. Railroad ties and. You know, 50 gallon drums and Lord knows what all. Maintenance junk at the river. I mean, do you see you see what I mean about that? The space there. So the ownership is as well understood. The the the property is not abutting up for its entirety. The sliver actually ends and there is it's hard to see on this map. And I don't know if my pointer works on your screen. Oh, no, there it is. Yeah, I see your point. Okay, so this there's a very small sliver of upland in this portion, right? Just enough to fit some 15. I believe the ownership ends here and that it's city property and combination of city owned property and a property that is planned for open space associated with phase two of the Niro market GDP. Right. So a large portion of this area and here it's actually slated for open space to meet the center for the GDP. Now, I may ask the development team to to speak to any of negotiations or discussions they've had, but we do understand the ownership. I'd like to just dovetail on that a little bit. So first of all, we've really tried to approach the entire property almost in a sequential basis, and it's been very challenging. The acquisition of the land because of the seller was very challenging. The dialog and the and the zoning conclusions were challenging. And then again this the way we address the park and the open space will be a challenge. But so first of all, I will say we're very aware that it's a railroad property, it's a very small sliver, is probably 6 to 10 feet wide at the most at the biggest piece and narrows down. But most importantly, as has mentioned, we're very focused on trying to solve this problem and solve this river park, open space on the next step. So in terms of that sequence, that's our next next step. And then also will be the the actual land use the size of the project. To answer Debbie Ortega's question, we have engaged in a lot of dialog with the Greenway Foundation and Jeff Shoemaker. So far. We have engaged some planning and landscape architects with him. So we are working in concert with Greenway Foundation at the moment. It's very possible that it's a public private type of partnership that will solve that problem. So again, we don't really have any pat answers tonight, but but we do feel like we're solving these problems in a hierarchy that will get that accomplished. Thank you. I stand reassured. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Monteiro. Thank you. Would you mind coming back up to the podium? Would you talk to counsel about the general background of the property? And in that it's been an activated for quite some time. And what you saw in this particular piece of property we've talked about. Most of the conversation is oriented towards the river, but are there other merits to this property? So I want you to answer that also and then clarify again. I think it's a little bit confusing that we keep talking about the Dynamo Market General Development Plan, which is not your character, which is not the proposed property that we're talking about. And be clear about the connection that the property that you're talking about, the connection that it has across the street to the do not go market. Yeah. So I'm going to play planning staff in point. So we are. So first of all, to answer to try to answer your question. This property has been on and off of the development radar for over ten or 12 years. It's been a very difficult challenge with the seller to acquire this parcel. Wind and cargo market GDP was originally applied for in 2006. This property was was thought to be included in that. And then that didn't work out. And as a result, it remained almost sterilized by itself for four, eight years. We had the opportunity to reactivate that in negotiations for the purchase of that. We felt the the value of this property as another gemstone for the rhino neighborhood and on that river was worth the challenge to try to activate that. So I don't know if that answers your your question, Councilwoman, with regards to the assemblage piece, with regards to the Drago market, GDP, that GDP is across the street to the east of us, we are not part of that. However, the reason we keep referring to the general market GDP is the scale and the size and the planning of that property helps inform our decisions and how we want to interact not only with the rest of the urban context, but also the river as well. And part of that river and that open space is the negotiated open space agreement with the our market GDP to put that open space adjacent to our property. So we feel like there's a a need for the dialog between the two parcels that the target market GDP in our property. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Monteiro. Any other questions on Tinetti? See? No other questions. Public hearing on 1080 is now closed. Time for comments, Councilman Monteiro. Thank you, Mr. President. For quite some time. It's probably been 10 to 12 years. I've been very concerned about this particular piece of property, especially around the time that the the general market development across the street was being discussed in that particular zoning application. I think past probably 12 years ago before the Reno neighborhood even got any traction and is as attractive as it is today. This particular property has the potential to be a major anchor on that side of the river. Today, it's pretty isolated and it's a it's just it looks like it's an old grocery store garage where the semi-trucks were back up to the to the loading dock and take the groceries and to distribute this whole particular area to the merits of the diner go market, which is across the street, is because it really was a market at one time where people would go and purchase, I think it was wholesale produced fruits and vegetables and then distribute them around town. So there really is urban agricultural feel in this particular neighborhood. I was concerned about the height of the of the project and I was concerned about, you know, why are we doing another piece ? Those arguments have gone away as Steve, Nelly and the developers have explained why we do need to put under these extraordinary, extraordinary circumstances. The biggest one is that the project is oriented to magnify the use of the river. And it's my understanding that through going back and forth with the neighborhoods, the development team has has agreed to the 12 stories as opposed to the original 20. So that does build goodwill within the neighborhood. So I want to say that I am relieved that there will finally be an activated use for this particular piece of property . Today, it just sort of seemed like it's wasting away and it's kind of an asphalt parking lot. And the idea of activating and being able to have this kind of use is very, very important. I will say that in my mind it doesn't really relate to Brighton Boulevard in that, you know, it's several blocks away, which I know is probably not a popular thing to say, but I like that we have Brighton Boulevard developing as it is in terms of its uses bikes, pedestrians, automobiles and other vehicles. But this sits back, I don't know, two blocks maybe. And so it kind of gives it can give potential people in the future a respite in terms of being away from the the harshness of and maybe it won't be harsh in the future, but today it is the urban harshness of Brighton Boulevard. So you can easily just walk a couple of blocks and you're near the near the the river. So I am supporting this and want to commend everyone, Steve, Nelly and to the developers and the whole team for actually taking the time to sit down and listen and being able to work out all of the, you know, all of the concerns and come to presenting the application that we have to do. So I will be supporting this and I encourage my colleagues to do the same. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilmembers. Thank you, Mr. President. And I'll be supporting this because of similar reasons that Councilwoman Monteiro mentioned. But I want to say something that's a little different. I believe this is Bob. Alex, this is the first time we we've seen a project that Bob Gorelick has been representing. And I want to thank Shamali for standing in. And we just as a council, just want to give our thoughts and prayers to Bob. We know he's doing a little bit better, but we want to see him to a full recovery and be up here talking that that zoning mumbo jumbo. So here's the here's to Bob Gorelick. I vote yes. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. Seen. Their comments on 1080. Madam Secretary, roll call. Montero I never i Ortega I Rob I Shepherd I'm Brooks. I can eat lemon. Lopez All right. Mr. President. Hi. Madam Secretary, please. Kosovo only announced results tonight. Tonight 1080 has been placed on final consideration and does pass a one period German announcement on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015. Council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill 1097, authorizing and approving an amendment to the Saint Anthony Urban Redevelopment Plan to add to Sloan's BLOCK seven East Project and to create the Sloan's BLOCK seven East sales tax increment area and a required public hearing on Council Bill 1099 authorizing and approving an amendment to the St Anthony Urban Redevelopment Plan to add the Sloan's BLOCK seven West Project and to create the Sloan's BLOCK seven West sales tax increment area. On Monday, February nine, 2015. Council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill six, changing the zoning classification for 2600 South University Boulevard. Any protest against Council Bill six must be filed with the Council offices no later than noon on Monday, February 2nd, due to the Martin Luther King holiday. Council will meet on Tuesday, January 20th, 2015. Seeing no other business before this body, this meeting is adjourned. Denver eight TV your city your so.