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C0 UN C I l CHA MBE RS
City of En glewood, Colorado
Janu a r y 13, 1986
S Pl LI Al M( ET I NG:
11"' l il y Coun c il of the City o f (nglewood , Arapaho e Coun t y , lo l or ado , met in
s ;,N i a l se s sioe on Jan uary 13 , 19 86. al 7:30 p .m .
ll ,1y ,,,-Ol i s . p res i di ng , ca ll e d lli, meeti ng to o,·der.
l he invocatio n wa s giv en by May0r Olis , who a l so l ed lhe pledg e o f ali egiance.
Mayor Oti s a s ked for r ol l ca ll. Upon a ca ll of th e r o ll . lhP follow ing were
pre s e nt:
lo un c il Mem be ,·s Va n Dyke, Koz ac e k , Silo. Brad s haw, Oti s
Ab s ent : Coun c i l Mem ber s Higday, Vob ejda .
l he May or de c lared a qu orum prese nt . .........
LO UII CII MEM BER B11.0 MOVED, SECONDfD BY COU NCIL M[M B[R VAil DYKI. 10 OP [N THE
l'Ulll l l ll[AR !I/G. Upon a r ai l of th e roll, l he vol e r es ult ed a s f ol l o>i s :
Ay s : Co un ci l Mem be r s Van Dyk e , Kozacek. Silo . Br ads haw , Oti s
Nay s : No,,e
Absent: Co un c i 1 Membe rs Higda y, Vob ej da .
·1h e Ma yor de c l ared the motion carri ed, s la t ing lhal the pur pose of the publi c
he aring wa s t o cons id e r informat ion fro m t he Pl an ning and Zo ning Commi s s ion
co nce rn •ng lh e plann ed unit developme nt at 300 Wes t Be l l evie'1.
Ass i s tant Direc t or o f ~omm uni ty Dev el opm ent Ro ma ns , be in g dul y sw orn,
pre s nt ed t o th e Cl erk co pi es o f lh e no t i ce of publi c hear ing whic h wa s
pub! i s hed in th e offi c ial news pa pc · on December 25 , 1985. an d th e
Cert ,fi c at ion of Pos ting of th e pro pel'ly loc a t ed at 300 We s t Be ll view. Mr s .
llo111<1n s s t ated that the applican t i s Sanford Com pa ni es, Sanf ord Metze l ,
P,·e s id ent. lhe appli cat io n wa s fil ed 1,ilh th e City on Dc lo be 1· 21. 198 5. Th e
ass emblag e i s 10.e ac r e s, 9.74 of which i s in Eng l ewood and i .09 i s in
I itll e ton zoned R-3 re s i den tial s urrou nded by B-2 bu s in ess l o th e a s t , R-3
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h19h densi t y t o t he sou th. R-1-A s in gle fa mi ly ·es id entia l 1on i ng t o the wes t
and R-2 medi um de ns it y and R-l ·A sin gle family zo ning Lo th l' north .
lh<' deve lop me nt wide r cons i J e ,·at ion wil l con t ai n 31 2 dw e lling un i t s, I
((•ns tructcd in nin e buildirgs . thn,c anj L>:o s t orie s in hei9h t with a mi xture
,,f one a>1d tw o bedrooms. l he propo sed pr oj ec t i s de s igned f o1 · 28 .8 unit s pe"
aCl'e: propo se d he i gh is t-,o and th,·ee s t ori es with the maximum he ight to peak
of roo f being 45 f ce t. Open space t o be pr ov i ded is 40 percent: l a ndsc ap i ng
wi l l mee t th e r equ ireme nt of 50 pe r ce nt in li ving ma t e rial s. Parking me e t s
t hr rrqu i rr:~1c n t ~.
lh e deve loper ha s wod,ed with variou s department s of th e City: dr a i na ge ha s
bee n approved hy fn 9 1n ce ring. the access has brr n re v i ewed and approv ed by
l'ub l 1c Work s . and th e t raf f ic e nqinee r s have bee n co ns ult ed . Th e Fir e
Ocparlme nt ha s app,·oved the pla1,s f or th e fir e se rvi ce, Uti l it y De pa,·tm e nt ha s
apprriv 2d Lhe uti li t y 1n s ta ll at i ons .
lh e Plann 1n <1 and Zoning Comm i ss i on he ld a publi c he aring on t hi s matter on
ll o\l•m ber 19 . 1985. 1·1ith 18 per so ns present. lh e prim ary i ss ues ex pres s ed we r e
tra fie and t he ef f ects o f thi s deve lopme nt on Bel l ev i P1·1. Al so ra i sed a s an
1ss 11e wa s tl1 e f ire access. Al s o d i sc ussed we r e th e heigh t s and de s ign of the
1,rn po s ed o;1ild 1ngs. 1hr Plann ing Co,w:iissio n vot er! t o approve the development
a nd ,-er~r,·ed 1t to th e Cit y Counc il wi th t1·10 co ncll l ions:
I. A t 1·10 yea ,· t ,-aff i c s tu dy be ma de f o ll o,iing th e f inal ce ftificate
of ocrnpancy hr-ing i ss ued. I f th e En gl ewood t,·a ff ic ngi neer
dct ,·mines at th at po int in ti me t ha t a t1 ·affi c s igna l is necess ary,
th en th e traffi c sig nal wou ld be i ns ta ll ed al th e deve lope r 's
expense.
2 . Iha! a f ire c,-a s h gate be add d l o th e plan t o be l oc ated on th e
so uthea s t co rne r of t he s it e.
l he develo per ha s agreed Lo th ese co ndit i ons .
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Doug Wag ner . 1053 0 East Be thany Dri ve . arc hit ec t f or th e projec t , came
fonia rd. li e presen t ed t o Coun c il a se ri s of s lid es dep i c t i ng t he project as
f O I 1 OVI S :
I . IJ o \'lh Bel l ev ie1·1. a s l of K Mart
2. We s t Bel l ev i ew l o th e eas t
3 . Bo undary on th e ea st 1·1ilh K Mar t
4 . Sou th Slope s ubdi v i s i on
5. Drop off ha ck o f c r ee k with r e taining wall
6 . rl ood p lain area r es rved for r ecrea ti on ra ci liti es for
r es ,d ents .
7. Si t e data s hovi in g l and scap ing plan s
8 . [leva t i on d,·a ,iing s s ho wing xt er i or o f s tru c ture
9. (leva t ion dr av1 i ngs of th e 44 un i t s
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JO. Drawin g s howi r,g r e l at ionsh p betw ee n t he s i nylc f amily homes on
Elati an d th e s ite s tructur e
II. Arti s t r ender in g of th e 30 uni t building s howin g propo sed co l or
scheme s .
/•',. ~J.1q11P r qave Co un c il a l i st of homeo wn cr 's concern s .1 \onq wi t h t he
Jcv,•lopt•r '!:>. r es pon se~. lhc 1 i s t was marked Appli c ant I xh 1h1 t rl o . l and i s a
par l of 11,,, o ffi c ial r eco rd o f I hi s prrbl i r hear ing . I I in , l rrcle d:
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7. Bui Id i ng mass
3. Autu l rrrne s
4 . Qua lit y of co n~tru c t 10 n mat e ri als
, . Qua 1 i t y o f pro s pec t i vP r e nter s
6. Den s ity.
r,,,·. Wd g11C'1· co ncl ud ed h i s prese nt at ion by stat i n<J th ey . lhP devr l ope r and hi s
o»oc ia t e s , f eel th e pr oject 1-1ou l d be an a s se t t o lh comrm rn i l y and r eq ues ted
Cou nc i l t o g i ve i t st r ong ap prova l. He al so r esponded to qu es ti ons of Cou nc i l
co nl t•rn ing \•lld en i tHJ o f 8el l cv i e1·1 il S i t wi l l af fctt l ,11rl sca pin 9 t o th e nort h ,
raff1c nc,1 -s e . accclr rilti on/dcatc l ratior 1 l ane. lhC' l c·tlrr da t P.d
ll nvrmbe i 14. 19 85 . t o Susan Krng fr nn i 01"vi l1 r Ros11 . Ma intenan ce
~u p!' .. inl t·1,dt·nt. s iqnrd hy Hichdl'ci Hra ~h<:I', wJ (,, cl1 c..c w~<,(•d ctnd en t e re d into th e
r t·l<11d or th e p,·oc<: di ,HJS . Al so d1!,c u ss ed \•t C l'l' th1 11 1e} heiqht s and a f ence
J,rrff ,,,.
1·,a, I i n Good rich . Vi ce Pre s i d nt of ms Mortgage Co mpa ny a t 18 73 So uth
Be ll a ire. c ame f on,ard and v1a s dul y s,,orn in. He s poke con ce rn ing t he
finan c ing of th e proposed proj ec t s tating th ey we r e rrnd e r· l oan appl i ca tion
with Mr. Me t ze l to pr ovide con s truc tion and perma ne nt loan finan c ing of the
properly in th e amou nt of SI0,750,000. Co ne ming the valu a t i on of t he
proper t y, he s t ated th ey had obtain ed a pr e liminary apprai s al from Leventha l
and Horw a th valuing th e property once completed at 95 perce nt occupied in the
amo unt of $13 ,615,000.
San f ord Me t zel, 3773 Ch e rry Cr ee k Driv e, Denver. he iu9 duly sworn. addressed
Co rr nc il aud r equ es t ed tire facl s be reviewed obj ert ivrly and u l t i mate l y
app roved. He d s c ribed in detai l th e propo se d pl an and we nt over th e
pe ,·t i nr nt d ata whi c h l ed up t o thi s requ s t before Cit y Cou nc il. He offered
vd ri 011!:. doc umc nl s t o be cnl c f ed int o th e r eco rd a~. f ol lm•1~:
r,ppl1 ca rr t l xhi bit A
f,ppl ica rrt f xhibit
MAI l e tt e r apprai s al r e fl ec ting a fair mar ke t valu e of
approximately $13,6 15.000.
[n ~1 lcwood Wale!' and Sew e r rn !.t at c urrEl n t rale s .
Ce rtified co py o f th e City of lngl e11ood Pl ann ing
Comm i ss i on Hear i ng , Ca s e No. 3485 . ll wa s no t ed by t he
Ci ty Attorney t hat th e only ,iay thi s item can be
co ns idered by Coun c il i s for Co un c il to have copies of
th e clor 11"'e nl pr io r to voting on th e matter. Mr. Metzel
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ag r eed t o ha ve s uff i c i ent l op1e s de\ "'''"d for thi s
pur pose.
Planning Comm i ss ion fin ding s of fa c t and Rec omme ndation
to (ity rnun c i l f or approva l. Ca s e No. ,485. I t was
no t ed thi s i s alre ady on r eco r d.
Ct•r t i fi ed cop i es of t he City of [ng l ewnorl g en e ral
,r•s i o11 on Dec em be r 16 , 198 5 . a l s o on r e,n1CI.
Pe tition s of approximat e l y 75 s igna tu r es of Lit tl eton /
I nglewood r es i de nt s e nd or s in g the project.
Sli de of al'l i s l 's re nde r in g o f th e proj ec t.
,1111111•\ ! 1111 1, ~166 ~o uth ! lat i 0 1·i vl•. c ame forwa rd. M1 ·. I 11 u 1 i ntl'odu ced Fin n
I xli 1hll /\ and spo~l: 1n op pos iti on t o the dev e l opme nt , mcnt i onin g th e zo ning,
11 ,.,1 t his d<·. lor:n l'n t I ,c s ,:i 1h 111 Sc hoo l Di s tr ic t 6 an d 1·1o uid not he a bene fit
t 11 \1 ,·1l L•,·:H,.\ rni \lid \ bas i s . and th r i nappr op r ia t e t 1111 in~1 o f Mr . Wa~J ne r 's vis it
11, t I I , 1 • llu.em h• r 23. He al s o mcn t i oned th e probl em \'1ith e xh aus t and a
I ,:1: n it If 1c•r1Cl· 011 1 111 f , till'. HL' po int ed out th at th e dr vc lop mc nt would
, p1,1l • 11 -=? ur 1 \'., 1w, rll t·• o f !11~1 l e\·mo d pr opr1 t,v . nut 28. He s tat ed that th e
11 , : 1•11 \,t1llh 1,,,, li nu~l 1 ~ l oca t ed i ~ an R-1/:. i t.:!)i dentla l str ee t and wa s
,; , 1 1 11 find ti ,\ vn l l huu: r1 massive fl.·3 t hr t>P·sto ,y s l ru ct u1 ·e right ne xt t ri
t i,,·· lie ai s o mc•nt i nneJ ti,e t op og ,·aphy of t he la nd 1·1hi c h woul d have the roof
u f l11 s ho u,e ap prox ima te\; al th e l eve l o f t h s t art of con s lrucLion o f lh l 45
f oo l un i t. li e point ed out th a t the rnrrenl plan s c all for carport s l o run lh e
,-,hol e l ength fr om no r th t o s ou th which wo uld border lhe backyards of lh e
r s id enli a l homes and t he r es ultant ex hau s t prob l ems thi s wou l d ca us e a l on g
,iith a ll the f ire pla ce s . He q ue st ion ed wh et her th e r e would be ped es tri an
s i de 1•1a lk s and requ e s ted a no i se abatemen t barri e r a l ong lh e pro pe rty l in e from
110 ,·lh t o s ou th. He r eque s t ed lhal th e 25-fool buffer be l and sc aped wit h
~r e ncr_v , not roc ks . e t c . Snow and i ce r emov a l prob l ems we re ment ianed. He
~lat ed he 1·1o nd ered wh at wa s happ e n i ng i n Englewood -we r e the si ng le f ami l y
n ·sident s br in g forc ed o u t l o make way for bu s i ness , h ig i, dc1H i ty , apartme nt s ?
I 11 11e 1:.11-,·~tt . 4940 So uth fox. cam fo rw a r d. He s poke in ,1ppo s iti on ba s ing
111•. statene ul s 0 11 ti,e fa c t lh al h i s a r ea i s I -A an d he .rnd t he Counc il 's
i'"'•i'<•".,o ,·, h ave a \1·1,iv s s taled th a l they ,1an l ed to ;lfe ,e rv e lh e a ,·e a a s I -A.
Iii, t 1,tff1c problem !-. ,,.,f,,c h woul d res ult on Be l l e view an d in th e arC'a o f
'"" l•i • M1ddl c Sc hoo l and Clay t on El eme ntary Scho ol ,i e r me n tion ed .
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\'.,1 ~''h ll o n. 515 0 So ul\, [lat i Drive . came forwar d and ,i i;lll'd l o e labo rate on
'.\a t pr1£111 t s m<1 ch• by Mr. f"inn . ~t aling he r greate s t con cern wa s th e mass ive
\,u 1ld1 11q ,. pd r l 1c 11larl y t he on e, th a t pa,-alle l s Elali Dr i ve and Be ll eview,
1·1h1th 1•1ill r esu lt in i ce an d sn o,; bui l d up . Th e dens it y wa s ano th er co nce rn
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;,, i,ill .1 ,11 t h or,ly one acc e ss onto an ext ,·eme ly bu sy s tr ee t and close to•
t,,,,, 111/e r sec t ion causing even mo re pr o bl ems . She wondered how and why thi s
1 •·o pr rt y wa s eve ,· zon ed R-3 to begin with a s it c annot handle R-3 zoning with
·he Ira! I ic co nge s tion whi ch exi s t s. Water pr ess ure wa s another con cern . She
fr-I t !h t• developme nt was desig ned f or excess profit, rath e r th a n to
.,c o11 1111o d,1te th e s ite, the acea, or the r es id ent s of the area. She ent ered a s
<~~ato11 I xhihi t I a picture he r hu sba nd t ook of the sig 11 whi ch "a s posted t o
nes ignJt r th e publ i c hrar i og on thi s dat. s tatin g that it wa s pos ted in the
\dml' ",p ot III P Planning Commiss ion posted th e s ign con cc r11in9 th e hear in g
•, l o1t• tl1t•111 a11d que s t1oned tha t anyone would have r ea li 1ed 1t wa s a different
'''"· \hr ,1 1,o s tat ed th at th e sign wa s barely vi sible fr o11, Bel l eview and
·1 ,11 \h r· 011 ly way to r ea d the s ign fro m Bellevie,; ;:ould hav be n Lo s t op the
1. tt. Sile m,1dr· ~ome co mpat'1 so ns be t \'1 ec n thi s rroject and ollll t dcve l op nu•nl s ,
t.itir,q t hat i n her opinion Mr. Mel7cl's proj ec t wa s dc f ini l r:l y not an upgrade
',, ... l hn .r ·~hl had in s pec ed . again me ntionin9 d ns it y . hrig ht s of build ings,
· ,,11oq . la,k of bufle,·. con s rn c t1 un ma t e ri a l s , op en space and s t ai ,·-s teppin g
t f 11111 I .
I., ;v lleyle·. 5421 South Cl in ton Court, came forwai-rl . She rpqu e s ted t o read a
1,11,, int o th e r eco rd s fr om Ru th Kelly of 5145 Sou th flati Dr iv e . City
/.t \t1 1'W) 01 ~.n n s tated that s in ce Ms . Ke ll y wa s no t a s1w r11 vlitn c 5s . th e
•«ol ,•1,t 1 o f ll1•• letter would have lit tl e we ight. Ua s i c ally, he r l e tter s tated
, , "0l1,1{•c t in n t o th e de ve l opme nt ba sed on th r nu mber of uni t s , nu mbe r of c ar s .
,,. 1qh1,, of th e bui lding s . t he di s tance bet,ie en lhe proje c t and th e r es id e nces .
'•I''" ·pa ce . e t c. Co unc il Me mb er Kozace k qu e s tioned Ms . Dey l e a , to ,ihy s he
:rL11<•1ht in th e l e tt e ,· and Ms . Deyl e c l a rifi ecl I.hat Ms . Kelly wa s 111 Au s t ra l ia .
i,111d,,ll Dey l e . 5136 Sout h [lati. cam e forward and submi tt ed to Co 11n c il e l even
I'" lure s o f th e r esi dential ho mes.
Russe ll Sco tt. 49 85 So uth De l .Jwar e. c am e forward . Ii i, commen t s concerned the
qua lity of r es id e nts wh o would r es id e in th e proj ec t, lhe traffic. l ack of
po l1ce patrnlling lh e s tree t s, and th e probl ems the elde r l y fa ce in 011r
rn ,·,·ant cultu,e. Upon being q11e s tioned by Councilman Kozace k. Mr. ll us ~e ll
s tated a s tr eet 1 ight on De lai;are/Belleview would be betlci-than it i s now.
,,,11., I. f an n,ll a . 5000 Sou h Delai;are. came fon,ant s tating he ba s ically
,,,.,,,,,1 ,-n th all rrio ,· com me nt s mad e by th r reside11l s of th area, poi nting out
·•.,1 111 , l a1H! be rn g utiliz ed fo,· ope11 sp ace i s all Littleton land whi c h if
,, 1rl ,•r od in lilal light i;ould c hang e t he den s ity figure s. He agreed with Mr .
t I co11u •111in g th e qualit y of r en l ei-s, lhe traffi c . etc. He further
•·-1 11c1 l ed tl!a Counci l do some t hi ng for the R-l 's and les s for the deve loper s
1•, th is l0<•:11. He ,i as al so co nce rn ed ab out the traffi c t hi s project would
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cit ·,.,, clow n Ue l awar e and pa s l th e Sinc la ;r Mi ddle Schoo l a,,d Clay ton School.
llw problem with sno w and i ce wa s broug ht up .
l-l1Li 1,1cl l orlh. 5 156 So uth [la ti Drive, came f orward . li e comme nted on the
q11P ,t1011 ,·aised ea r li er con ce rning quality o f buildi ng ma t e ri a l s, s t at ing th at
th e matc ,·ials prnpo sed by th e dev e l oper, spec ifi ca ll y ha rdboard l ap s idi ng ,
1•1a s th e chedpes t t yp e of s i ding. li e fu r t her com me nt ed on the quality of
variou~ as pec t s of th e co ns tr uc tion materia l s prop osed . . . . . . . . .
Lv a [isenb ,·g , 4955 Sou th Galapago , cam e f orward. li e r concern wa s wit h th e
1•1 a t e r pre11u r e . She was ass ur ed that thi s de vel opme nt s hould not ca use
prob I em s in t h i s r eg a rel .
Pa t \·•c alon. s t ill ,11,de ,· oa t h. camp f orwar d lo men t i on the probl em of la c k of
pail.1119 s pacP f or th e development . She a l so ,·e fe n ed t o lhe fa c l lhal he r
,,.,,, not only ,n111ld Ile s urrounde d by apartmen t s . bul lh al Englewood had
,, i, ... ·t th e devc l opu to take rcsiclen l1a l s tre e ts and uti lize them a s acce ss
Ill '.> l ittl r t (l 11 cl11\'£•lo pmP nl.
r, t t>n minut e r ecess v1as t ak e n; th e mee ting wa s rec onv e ned al 9:59 p.m.
Ma_yo ,· Oli s a s ke d for r oll c al l . Up on a ca ll of lhe r oll, th e follo,ii ng were
prese nt:
Co un c il M mbe r s Van Dyk e, Kozace k , Bi l o, Bra ds haw, Ol i s.
Ab se nt: Cou ncil Mem bers H igday , Vobejda.
1 he Mayo r dee I a r ed a qu oru m pre sent.
1-1,·. Hagner . Archi t ec t for de ve l oper, offe r ed r ebutta l s t at eme nts co ncer ning
t he de ns ity. he ight o f f ence , trees l o ac t as buffe r , e t c . He agreed on
be half of l1 11• clt•vt•l oper lo i ns tall a minimu m e ight fool f e nc e a long enti r e I
1·1C'.-l prnpe rt_y l 111e f or th e full l eng th wh e r e th e project abut s th e s ing l e
f ,,mily ntig hbors; al so he agr ee d to increa se d planting i n th e area; and s ta led
t hey woul d t ry l o minimi1e t he pro bl em with a JOO -fool se tb ack . He r e butted
t he comments about th e conslnic l i on mater i a l quality and discu ssed th e open
,pa ~e ut iliza ti on. I n co nn ec ti on "i lh th e i ce and snow prob l ems on Be ll ev iew ,
he fe ll thi s probl em exis t s in many other area s an d that it wou ld not be any
>1 01·se in thi ~ ca se. li e re s po11ded l o ques tion s of Co un c i l concern ing th e
con ,pariso11 o f thi s proje c t with other s, i.e., Tell y, Writ e r 's , Auspree,
s tat ing he f e ll th e projec t uncl e ,· co ns id e r ation wa s comparab l e. He wa s a ske d
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liJ t he' ., Atto r ney 1f Coun c il would vot e t o appr ove the dL•velop mc nt, was he
a,ia ,·e ·11a t Coun c il could r eq uire l it e de vel oper l o wa iv e t he r ig ht duri ng th e
fo !Jo1,111g >1 ee k; or yea r s lo go the t he Pl anni ng and Zo ni n~ Comm i ss i on or th e
Board of Ad ~us l ment and Appeal s lo see k a va ri anc e. Mr. Ol sen a l so a s ke d
co nce rning t he de ve l oper ag r eei ng l o the projec t con for mi ng wi t h th e ar t i s t 's
re nder i11g and with th e dr awin gs s ubm itted i nto th e record , and wit h s t ateme nt s
ma de t,v Mr . Wagne r and Mr. Me tzel r egardinct t he ame n i i i es . M,·. Wa gner
an swr 1J'd i n th e a f firma t iv t o t hese co ndition s.
1-:,·. Good ,·ith , s ti l l uncl e ,· oa th , c am e fo r ward an ~ r e ite rat ed hi s s t a t emen t s
crnur-rnrn~1 t l1e finan r in g of t he projec t, 5-lalin9 t hat th e prop e r l y;~
r,111 •, Hie red an i ncomc •produ c i IHJ 1wo pc rly. lh a l rcdu c i ng t he densi t y woul d
""", -,e ly affe c t th e eronomir , of th e proj ec t
M,. Me t 1e l, s till uncl e ,· oa th, came fornard sta lin\J th a t t he p,·oject had met
\Ii i• rr•q uircrn cn t s o f zoning and t he var iou s agc nc i es/drpart rnp nt ~ in volverf and
,. tt•1 ,s is l en l 1•1it he City o f [ng t e1•mod Co mprehen s ive Ma s t e r Pl an . li e
111,·ther s ta led th a t thi s pr oJ ecl mee t s an d ex ceeds Lh e R-3 r eq 11 ire111ents . li e
1 C',pondcd t o ques t i ons from Cou nc i I co ncerning So uth Slop e Co ndo mi nium
ll,•vt•lopm('n t. he aqre ed to pr e,vidi nq a s oun d barri e r if found ncic ded aft er a
\Hn yC:dt· s lu cl_v: t,(. fu1 ·th e .-ag,·e cd ifl pr ov i dr ma int ena nc e as to snm,1 an d i ce
,emo ,al on Bellevie1-1 (a cce l -dece l l anes ) if that mai nt enan ce wa s pe rmitted by
he Colo rado ll iqi,1:,1y Drpai-t rn nt . lh·. Ol se n po s d the s am e ques ti ons t o Mr.
M,·1t,-l that he ha cl t o 1-t,·. Wagner . M,·. Me tz e l agr eed lo th e s ame condit i ons.
M,·. Me tze l fu rth e r s tat ed upo n que s t i onin g, that th e r e 1-1011 l cl be a t otal of 96
unit s wholly or partl y in t he third s t ory; th a t no more than that number would
he· inco rp ora t ed into the prn jec t.
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Mr. Cangi l la . s till under oath, f ur t he r add r essed Co 11n c il inqu i ring if the
entra nce t o th e pro j ec t could be c hange d so not l o a li r1n >1 i\h De law are. Up on
quP s ti on ing by Cou nc il co ncerning t he po s sib ility of t lo s in g Dc l a1<ar e on lit e
11 orlh ,:de o f Bc ll cv ie1·1 so th at tra ff ic coulcl not ente1 · Oela ,-,a,c , but only
turn ri 9h t or l e f ou t o f th e de ve lop·ne nt, he r espo nded th at th a t 1-,o ul d so lve
hi ~ con ce rns !Jul th at he didn 't lnm,, how it would a ff H t th l' rt'!.id c nl s o f
I l at i ,111cc i t 1·:ou l d then se nd the raffi c down [l a t ,. li e ccrn ftrmed that it
v:r,u lt! .ldd n .·ss hi s conce rn ~. Mayu 1 Oti s qu e~ti oned hm-1 th e ! i ,·r and Police
[Jr•po1·t ,·r nl s 1-1n11ld respo nd to t hi s : Co un c i l Memb r Bra cl s ha1-, ment i onc d
111•t,lll1 ng a S1n•1l ar harr1C•1· t o the one on Elati at L111 clcrella City a s a
1l ilL scilut 1011.
l•.t t hc req 11 ~t of Cou nr 1l111an Koz acek, Mr. Me t ze l ca me fo,·wanl an d agreed l o a
"a~h gale on th e so uth eas t corner if that woul d meet 1·1ith appro val of bo th
th e fire departmen t an d th e So ut h Slope Homeown e r 's Ass nc i al ion.
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H,11-i-y Sh i e l ds , 4960 South f ox , came forw a r d and wa s sworn in . He inq u ired
wha l the ramificati ons or i mp l i c ations of a yea r down the r oad, wh at
,1, .. ,,yna t es t hat a t raff ic light be i ns ta l l ed . Ci t y Attorney Ol se n di rected
1h .1 l this ques tion s hould be a sked of the deve lope r, not Council . Mr. Shie ld s
furlh e r s t a t ed he f e lt traf fi c li ght s on any o f th e s treet s in ques io n wo uld
hr il r t ri me nta l .
Mr . Melle I . in r ebut tal , st al ed that the St a t e Hi ghw ay Depar t ment do es not
MiJi trari l y pla ce 1 i ghts. that 1 ig ht s mu st be ju s tifi ed throug h warrant s, and
ful"lh e r s t a l e d th at the Ci ty traffi c e nginee r, though co nce rn ed, i s not
con vin ced th a t a traffi c li ght i s wa rr ant ed. A tw o-yea r s tudy pe riod ha s bee n
r econm,e nded t o de t e r mine i f thi s wou l d be a hazardous co ndition. He ha ;
agre ed t o go a l ong with bo th aut horiti es , but if th e Stale nor th e City is
co nvin cP d th a t one i s necess ary, he f e lt he had me t th e r equireme nt s of the
au lh or1 l ,es . lh e s pe ed 1,m it on Be ll ev i e1·1 >i a s di sc uss ed.
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M, . Cdng i 11 a spoke aga i n con ce rn, 11 9 Co un c i 1 Mem ber Brad s haw 's rrnpo s a 1 of a
tnan g l e bar ri er, s tatin that he fell thi s 1·10u ld be a mo r e accep table exi t
f rom the p.-oje c t than ha v ing a li ght i ns tall ed.
Mt. B<l n ·c t . und e r oa t h . came f onJard. statHHJ lt wa s unfa ir t o "s ta c k a
proj ec l I 1k e thi s again s t us . " ·
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M,·. Fi nn, un de r oath , s lated a con ce rn about th e zon ing whi c h t ook pla ce i n
196 4 and qu es t i on ed if t he zoning pro ce dur e had been l ega l , tha t th e zoning
s hou ld not be R-3. . ...... ..
Mr. Me t ze l dec l in ed th e opportunity for r eb utta l.
IIIUI ICIL ME MBER KOZACE K MOVED . SECO NDED BY CO U~Cl l M[MBER BILO, TO CLOSE TH£
1·u 1;1 1c HLA RIN G. Upon a ca ll of th e r oll , th e vol e res ult ed a s f ollow s :
Aye s :
Na ys:
Abse nt:
Coun c i l Mem he ,·s Van 11.d,e, Ko1acek, Bile. Bradshaw. Ot i s
None
Coun c il Membe r s Higd ay. Vob e jda .
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Speci al Mee ting -January 13, 1986
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Ille pub I ic hearing was adjourn ed at 10:40 p.m.