Rezones property at 8901 E. 56th Ave. from M-RX-5 and OS-B to M-MX-5 and M-RX-5 in Council District 8.  (NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING) Rezones property at 8901 E. 56th Ave. from M-RX-5 and OS-B to M-MX-5 and M-RX-5 in Council District 8. 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 4-13-16.
Madam Secretary, please, for the financial results. 12 hours of eyes, 341 some place on final consideration and does pass. Okay. The next one we have, I believe is 218. Councilman Clark, would you please put Council Bill 218 on the floor for a final passage? Thank you, Mr. President. I move the accountable to 18 replaced one final consideration and do pass. All right. A public hearing on Council Bill 218 is now open. May we have the staff report? Good evening, Mr. President. Members of the council caught up with community planning and development, something. We have a rezoning in the Stapleton area at the northern boundary of Stapleton of vacant land right near the intersection of 56th Avenue and Central Park Boulevard. So we're in Council District eight, again, on the northern boundary of the city and county of Denver, right in Section ten, which is the little notch that is adjacent to Adams County and is just east of Dick's Sporting Goods Park. So as you can see, this is primarily a vacant land. It's a little over 155 acres. The property was requesting the rezoning from M or x five, which is the master plan context mixed use residential of five storeys and OSB, which is an open space designation to mix five and more x five. And the zoning change is to be consistent with the Stapleton Section ten General Development Plan. I to move into consistency with adopted plans. Blueprint Denver This is an area of change of single family, residential and a park designation, and the future street classification is 56th on 56th Avenue as mixed use arterial. While the proposed rezoning district is not exactly matching single family residential and in park designation, the the proposed district is in Blueprint Denver as a recommendation for a coordinated master plan development going forward, which I'll get to with the general development plan in the following slides. We also have the Stapleton Development Plan in this area, which is a mix of residential and employment. Land uses of moderate density in open space. And here's the Section ten general development plan, which calls for residential mixed use and general mixed use. And it has a zoning equivalency table of M, rs5 and X five. And this proposed rezoning exactly matches the general development plan. And the justifying circumstances. Obviously Stapleton is changing. There has been a number of adopted plans over the years and obviously the redevelopment of the area is a changing condition and meets that test. And it's also consistent with our neighborhood context zone, district purpose and intent. So with that, we do recommend approval of this item. Thank you. We've got two public speakers today, Bruce O'Donnell and force. Your last name was cut off. So, Bruce, you can go ahead and speak. Thank you, Mr. President, and members of the council. My name is Bruce O'Donnell and I'm with Star Board Realty Group at 770 Sherman Street here in Denver. And I am pleased to be for you as the owner's representative for this proposed rezoning in filing 49, Section ten of the Stapleton Master Plan. This actually is the staff report indicated includes two separate rezonings. Parcel one is right at the corner of East 56th Avenue and Central Park Boulevard. It's a 24 acre parcel being rezone from Memorex five to Amex five. This will allow for development patterns that are consistent with earlier neighborhoods in Stapleton that have been planned, zoned and developed and will support the development of both residential and commercial uses of this important corner. Residential uses in the zone district may include attached single family homes and multi-family apartment style buildings in commercial will be more kind of a neighborhood character. The second parcel is 132 acre. That is generally north of parcel one and it's being rezone from OSB to mrx5. And the reason for this is at the time of the 2010 zoning code update was adopted. Little planning had been done on this area and open space concepts and infrastructure design were not well defined. The land was still owned by the airport. The current OSB zoning was a placeholder, anticipating the adoption of the Section ten CDP, which was approved in 2014 and identifies that the USP property be zoned to mrx5. This request rezoning to mrx5 is consistent with Stapleton's existing neighborhoods and will support the development of single family homes in multiple forms. As mentioned in the application, the rezoning application and also in CBDs pardon me, CPD's staff report and recommendation for approval. The proposed MAP amendment is consistent with many aspects of the comp in 2000. This is in an area of change in Blueprint Denver and is consistent with objectives and Blueprint Denver and it is also consistent with many of the objectives in the Stapleton Development Plan. And more recently, the proposed MAP Amendment is consistent with and helps implement the approved Stapleton Section ten General Development Plan, specifically seat four, which Kurt pointed out in his staff report. The proposal, that's the proposed land use seat. It identifies these exactly and uses in these exact locations in that GDP. So it's been a long evening. I want to thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this rezoning request. I'm available to answer questions. I'm also joined by Forrest Hancock tonight with Forest City Stapleton, who is the hands on development manager in this part of Stapleton that I do want to say that consistent with community planning and development, department staff report and recommendation for approval and with the Planning Board's recommendation for approval, I formally request that City Council approve official Map Amendment Application Number 2015. i-00150. Mr. O'Donnell, your 3 minutes is up. I only get 3 minutes. Okay. Well, please approve us. Thank you. For. Thank. Good evening, Mr. President. Members of the council again. My name is Forest Hancock. I work with four city Stapleton as the development manager 7351 East 29th Avenue in Denver. Really here to just answer any questions that the councilor members may have. Oh, thank you. Members of council. That concludes our speakers. Now time for questions of members of council. Any questions from council? Right. Seen the public hearing to waiting is now closed. I will start. This is amazing to think we are reaching the point where we hit our last significant parcel when it comes to our old airport. And though the time has gone by quickly, the development that quickly moves through. And I would encourage my colleagues, if you not had the ability to drive north of I-70, there is a massive community now that goes all the way out to 56th Avenue, all different types of housing products, great affordable products, rental, great commercial that we have going on. And so kudos to the the visionaries of the council to create the idea of Stapleton. And while we are certainly have work to be done, what we have commended the community that we have so far is truly remarkable. So I look forward to this next step and I would encourage my colleagues to support this because there have been several iterations of this Section ten that we have gone through, and I am excited about the one that we have. And it does require a reason which most everyone expected. Any other comments to 18? Councilman Espinosa. It's a rezoning, so I got to comment. No, I was I was going to say. Is that. Yeah, well, we don't have great connectivity out there. Um, to mass transit mean to light rail. It's not, it's a straight line shot down Central Park Boulevard. And right now I'm in the wrong spot anyway. It is it is a you know, it is a it's as barren as it seems out there. It is still a prime piece of real estate with great views of the mountains and all that over Dick's Sporting Goods thing. Huge amenity that's right there. So I hope that in addressing even though there was a lot of mention about single family product I hope that for city has it master plan to to be at least mixed density so that there's an opportunity to capture some of the some of the potential of that site and help us with our housing needs in an affordable location with great access to certain amenities that support families. So thank you. Thank you, Councilman. That's another Councilwoman Gilmore. Thank you, President Herndon. I want to definitely congratulate you know, you on this parcel and I actually drive this way every day to the city and county building. My colleagues will appreciate this because I usually don't take I-70 because it's congested. And so Central Park Boulevard is my go to route into the city, and I'm just looking forward to seeing what will be here and perhaps I can stop and get my coffee on the way in. So thank you. President Herndon. Thank you, Councilwoman Gilmore. Any of the comments to 18? Scene nine. Madam Secretary. Rocco. Black Eye. Brooks Clark. By. Espinosa. I Flynn. I Gilmore. I Cashman. I can each. I knew Ortega. I Susman. I. Mr. President. I. I'm sorry. Madam Secretary, please, cause very nice results. 11 nice eyes to 18 has been placed on final consideration and does pass. All right, next, when we have counter bill to five three. Councilman, clerk, will you please put 253 on the floor for final passage? Thank you, Mr. President. I move the council bill 253 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. It has been moved. We need a second council. It is being moved and seconded. Public hearing on 253 is now open. May we have the staff report?