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CITY OF ENGLEWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the City Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:00
p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Englewood Civic Center, Chair Fish presiding .
Present:
Absent:
Staff:
Bleile , Brick , Freemire , King , Kinton , Knoth , Madrid , Pittinos , Chair Fish
Townley (Excused)
Michael Flaherty , Deputy City Manager/Interim Community Development Director
Harold Stitt, Senior Planner
John Voboril , Planner II , Long Range Planning
Brook Bell , Planner II
Dugan Comer, Interim City Attorney
Also Present: Kristina Kachur , Logan Simpson Design
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II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Freemire moved ;
Knoth seconded : To approve the November 3, 2015 , minutes as written .
Chair Fish asked if there were any modifications or corrections . There were none .
AYES :
NAYES :
ABSTAIN :
ABSENT:
Motion carried.
Brick , Freemire , King , Kinton , Knoth, Chair Fish
None
Bleile , Madrid
Townley
Ill. Findings of Fact Case #ZON2015-003 Sand Creek Planned Unit Development
Site Plan
King moved ;
Knoth seconded : To approve the Findings of Fact for Case #ZON2015-003 Sand Creek
Planned Unit Development Site Plan as written and forward to City
Council with a favorable recommendation.
AYES :
NAYES :
ABSTAIN :
ABSENT:
Brick, Freemire , King , Kinton , Knoth , Chair Fish
None
Bleile, Madrid
Townley
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Motion carries .
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IV. Public Hearing 2013-03 Englewood Forward 2016 Comprehensive Plan
Bleile moved ;
Freemire seconded: To open the public hearing for Case #2013-03 Englewood Forward 2016
Comprehensive Plan Update
AYES:
NAYES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Motion carried .
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Staff Presentation
Bleile, Brick , Freemire , King , Kinton , Knoth , Madrid , Chair Fish
None
None
Townley
Harold Stitt , Senior Planner with the Department of Community Development , was sworn in. Mr.
Stitt presented proof of publication of the notice of public hearing . Mr. Stitt explained that the
Comprehensive Plan is an important document for the City to use to guide development. The
case number reflects the date which City Council requested an update of the Comprehensive
Plan .
The draft of the Comprehensive Plan update for 2016 is comprised of information from several
other plans and studies . The current Roadmap Englewood 2003 Comprehensive Plan , the South
Platte River Open Space Plan adopted in 2003 , the South Broadway Plan from 2004 , the
Business and Employment Strategic Plan adopted in 2004 , Three Mile Annexation Plan from
2005 , Parks and Recreation Master Plan from 2006 , the Downtown and Medical District Small
Area Plan from 2007 , Ready Set Action which was an urban design action plan for the Downtown
and Medical Districts that was adopted in 2007 , the Englewood Complete Streets Toolbox which
was reviewed by the Planning Commiss ion in 2011 , the Englewood Light Rail Corridor Plan in
2013 , the recently completed Next Steps Study adopted in 2015 and the Walk and Wheel Master
Plan and Program completed in 2015 were all considered in the development of the current
document.
The Comprehensive Plan serves as policy document containing a vision for development of
Englewood over the next 20 years. The document is used by staff, City boards and commissions
and agencies to develop strategies , objectives and goals that will guide the future of Englewood.
Recommendations for implementation will be developed from the Comprehensive Plan and the
community 's adopted strategies .
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Mr. Stitt reviewed the process by which the draft Comprehensive Plan was developed with
community input , staff and City leaders . Six themes were developed to evaluate the needs of the
various neighborhoods in the City : Live , Work , Shop , Play , Move , and Learn. These themes
provided a platform by which to evaluate each neighborhood area . Many of the goals and
objectives in the updated plan reflect the same that were in the previous plan but have been
updated with current conditions.
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A monitoring program has been developed to monitor project from year to year . The same metrics
used in the plan will be used to measure project. The plan can be adjusted based on a yearly
basis with analysis of the metrics .
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Public Comment
No members of the public were present to testify.
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Motion to close the public hearing:
Moved by Bleile
Seconded by Knoth : To close the public hearing for Case #2013-03 Englewood Forward 2016
Comprehensive Plan Update
AYES :
NAYES :
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Motion carried .
Bleile , Brick , Freemire , King , Kinton , Knoth, Madrid , Chair Fish
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None
Townley
V. Study Session 2013-03 Englewood Forward 2016 Comprehensive Plan
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Staff recommended that the Commission delay making a recommendation to City Council and
discuss how to proceed with developing amendments to the document .
Discussion regarding how to proceed with discuss ion and reach consensus on recommended
changes continued.
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Mr. Flaherty commented to the Commissioners regarding their recommendation to City Council.
Options were offered to delay forwarding the plan to City Council. Informat ion about the Strategic
Planning process being undertaken by the City Manager were distributed to the Commissioners .
He asked the Commissioners to consider that they have other items to work on in the near future .
It was determined that the Commission will submit their top 4-6 recommended changes to staff to
determine what the priority topics are by November 30 th and utilize the December gth and January
5th meetings to discuss the changes . If a third meeting is necessary , it was tentatively set for
January 12 th in order to approve the Comprehensive Plan to forward to City Council by the
January 19th Council meeting .
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Mr. Fish recommended a change to indicate that the City is the facilitator for change and
improvement but the City does not carry out the function of making the improvements . The
references to historical designation for properties or areas in the City need to be examined . He
does not feel that the references to creating and implementing design guidelines is a viable activity
for the City . Mr. King added that implementation of design standards would be very difficult.
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Public Forum
No members of the public were present at the meeting .
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Attorney's Choice
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Interim City Attorney Comer informed the Commission that City Council upheld the Planning
Commission 's decision on the urban lot development at 4635 South Pearl Street t hat w ill allow
development on the urban lot.
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Staff's Choice
Work priorities for 2016 at the December 81h meeting. Mr. Brick asked staff to invite City Manager
Keck and the Englewood School Superintendent to visit the Commission . A holiday dinne r will
be served prior to the December 81h meeting beginning at 6 :30 p.m .
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Commissioner's Choice
Mr. Knoth mentioned the ballot issue in Boulder that would have created multiple zone districts , it
did not pass.
Mr. Fish , Mr. King and Mr. Freemire thanked the staff for their work on the Comprehens ive Plan .
Mr. Kinton hopes that in the future there will be more dialogue between the Comm ission and City
Council.
The meeting adjourned at 8 :34 p.m .
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