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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-05-20 PZC MINUTES\ • • • I. CITY OF ENGLEWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAY 20, 1986 CALL TO ORDER. The regular meeting of the Englewood Planning and Zoning Commis- sion was called to order by Chairman Carson at 7:00 P. M. Members present: Barbre, Beier, Carson, Magnuson, Mesa, Mulhern, Allen Members absent: Gourdin, Maunakea Also present: D. A. Romans, Assistant Director of Community Development II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. May 6, 1986 Chairman Carson stated that the Minutes of May 6, 1986 were to be considered for approval. Beier moved: Magnuson seconded: The Minutes of May 6, 1986 be approved as written • AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Beier, Carson, Magnuson, Mesa, Mulhern, Allen, Barbre None Gourdin, Maunakea None The motion carried. III. FINDINGS OF FACT CASE #14-86 Chairman Carson stated that the Findings of Fact on Case #14-86, Amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, were to be con- sidered for approval. Magnuson moved: Barbre seconded: The Findings of Fact for Case #14-86, Amend- ments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, be approved as written. AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Carson, Magnuson, Mesa, Mulhern, Allen, Barbre, Beier None Gourdin, Maunakea None The motion carried . -l - IV. REPORT OF TRASH COMMITTEE. Mr. George Allen stated that members of the Trash Committee (Messrs. Gourdin, Mesa, Carson and Allen) have met with the City staff regarding the solid waste proposal. The Trash Committee met earlier this evening, and formulated a recommendation to City Council, namely that the council ask for contract bids on the pick up and disposal of trash, and that it be made mandatory that every household in Englewood pay for this service. The Committee is of the opinion that the $15,000 to $20,000 proposed for a limited study of the trash problem would not be cost effective. Discussion ensued. Mr. Beier asked if this proposal applied only to residential areas, or did it apply also to commercial establishments. Mr. Allen stated that the recommendation was only for the residential areas. Mr. Magnuson asked how the households would be billed for this service --through water bills? Mr. Allen stated that the Committee understands that the prepara- tion of specifications for the proposed contract would place a severe burden on the City staff, and the Planning Commission Com- mittee on Trash Removal will be available to assist the staff in the compilation of the specifications. Mr. Carson stated that the Denver Regional Council of Governments is forming a task force to look into the matter of trash pick-up and removal on a metro-wide basis. Mr. Allen stated that he did not feel anyone affiliated with City government would rely on DRCOG to come up with a resolution to this very critical situa- tion. Brief discussion ensued. Beier moved: Mesa seconded: The Planning Commission recommend to City Council that the Council ask for contract bids on pick-up and disposal trash services for all residential areas within the City. It is fur- ther recommended that the city make it manda- tory that every household pay for the service. AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Further, it is the opinion of the Planning Commission that an expenditure of $15,000 to $20,000 to initiate a limited study for the above service would not be cost effective, and therefore the Commission recommends that a study not be undertaken at this time. Magnuson, Mesa, Mulhern, Allen, Barbre, Beier, Carson None Gourdin, Maunakea None The motion carried. -2 - , • • • \ • • V. DIRECTOR'S CHOICE • Mrs. Romans stated that the Housing Division staff is meeting with members of the Northwest Englewood Citizens Committee regarding a proposal to construct two single family residences in the Northwest Englewood area. This would be done with the Hous- ing staff working in conjunction with the Alternative High School and SEMBECS; the students would be doing the actual construction, with supervision and instruction coming from the Housing Staff and interested private contractors. The lot that the Housing Au- thority has selected is on West Baker Avenue, and is 84 feet wide by 213 feet in depth. T~e Housing Division will appear before the Board of Adjustment and Appeals to request a variance in lot frontage to enable the construction of two single-family homes. The zoning classification in this area is R-2-c, which requires 50 foot frontage for a single-family residence. Some members of the Northwest Englewood community are concerned about the variance request and the placement of the structures on the lot, so the staff has asked that the Citizens Committee work with them in qonsidering the placement of the structures, and other facets of the proposed construction. Were the Housing Authority to build the units with a common wall, they could build the two units without requesting a variance. Mr. Maunakea entered the meeting ~t 7:15 P. M. and took his place with the Commission. Mrs. Romans stated that a similar project has been accomplished in Evergreen, and this gives the students practical construction experience. Mrs. Romans asked that members of the Commission let the staff know of summer vacation schedules to assist in the scheduling of meetings. Mr. Barbre noted that he would be gone for two weeks the latter part of July. Mrs. Romans stated that a meeting had been scheduled of the Brochure Ad Hoc Committee for Wednesday, May 21; however, in talking to Public Relations Specialist Dalquist, it was suggested that this meeting might be delayed until a report is received from the Urban Renewal Authority regarding the request for finan- cial assistance. Disc~ssion ensued. Members agreed it would be well to delay this meeting until further information is available. Mrs. Romans stated that she has been revi~wing City Council Mi- nutes from 1959 on another matter, and has discovered the City did have a contract for trash and garbage collection in 1959. The Planning Commission will be meeting with the Englewood Down- town Development Authority at 5:30 P.M. on June 3 in Library Con- ference Room I; sandwiches will be served, and the Commission -3 - will then meet in regular session at 7:00 P. M. in the council Chambers. There will be two public hearings on conditional use requests on the agenda fo·r June 3, as. well as the preliminary subdivision plat for Buyer's Club. The public hearing on the Buyer's Club final subdivision plat and on the Planned Development for Buyer's Club will ·be scheduled on June 24. The Commission members agreed to the special meeting on the 24th for the Public Hearings. Mrs. Romans stated that the Traffic Division has assisted Code Enforcement Of'ficer Parsons in painting an orange stripe delineating the 10 foot setback at 3655 South Broadway. Mrs. Romans suggested that this procedure might be followed on all small car sales lots to assure that the 10 foot setback is honored. Mr. Carson asked if the meeting with EDDA would be an update on the downtown project. Mrs. Romans stat~d that this discussion will center with the .area east of Soath Broadway. VI. DOWNTOWN UPDATE. Mr. William Richard Hinson, Acting Executive Director of the En- glewood Urban Renewal Authority, was present and discussed the plans for the downtown area. Mr. Hinson presented a map outlin- ing the total Urban Renewal area, and indicated the different phases of development that are occurring~ Brady Development Cor- poration developed Phase I, the new King Soopers (Trolley · Square); Phase II is development of the Buyer's Club site and the old King Soqpere block. -Phase III is the area west of the Broadway/Acoma alley, and south and east of Englewood Parkway, ,for which area Requests for Proposal have been mailed to 90+ developers. Mr. Hinson discussed the fomnation of the tax increment district, noting that Cinderella City is included in the property tax in- crement district, but is not included in the sales tax increment district. Mr. Hinson discussed the public improvements being financed by the Urban Renewal Authority, such as the Englewood Parkway and the Little Dry Creek improvements. The improvements to Little Dry Creek are being done to eliminate the flood plain existing through downtown Englewood. Once this is eliminated, development in the downtown area will be enhanced. The Englewood Parkway should be completed by June 1, and final design work is to begin on the Creek channel east of Broadway in early October. This will include hiking/biking trails along the Creek. Retaining walls will be constructed along the channel bordering ·the apart- ment complexes, and a bridge will be constructed at South Pearl Street for pedestria~ crossing. Mr. Hinson discussed .the bonds issued by the Authority to finance the public improvements. On December 30, 1985i the Authority refunded the $16,000,000 short t~rm notes which had been issued -4 - , • • • l • • • in 1984, and reissued the funds as 20 year bonds; also, the amount of the bond issue was increased to approximately $30,000,000. Mr. Hinson discussed the need to have revenue pro- ducing development brought in as ~oon as possible to retire these bonds. on April 30, 1986, the Urban Renewal Authority de- clared Mr. Brady in default of his Agreement with the Authority, because of the delay in bringing additional development on line. However, in a spirit of cooperation, Mr. Brady agreed to waive the 30-day "cure period" which was granted in. the Agreement to correct the default. This waiver enabled the Authority to im- mediately issue the Requests for Proposals to other developers, and these were mailed on May 14, 1986 following approval by the Authority at their regular meeting on May 7, 1986 .. Mr. Hinson further discussed the development of the old King Sooper's block by JBC Investment Group (Girard Place, Ltd.). They are proposing to purchase the property on September 1, 1986, and have posted a $60,000 letter of credit .payable to the Au- thority, with a second letter of credit due later this summer. Following the completion of a marketing stu~y com~issioned by JBC, they are proposing the construction of 300 units of housing, rather than the initially proposed 200 units. Also in the tenta- tive plans for pevelopment are a,n · athletic club and a multi- screen theatre. The Buyer's Club development was then discussed by Mr. Hinson. The Urban Renewal Authority has a stipulation agreement to gain control of the property on June 6, 1986. Park Floral is begin- ning to move their stock now. Demolition contractors are being contacted for bid proposals on the demolition work. Asbestos was discovered in s~veral locations on the site, so a separate asbes- tos removal contract w~ll have to be signed. There is a rela- tively small amount of asbestos on the site, and removal should take only 10 days to two weeks. All demolition work is to be finished by July 18. Osprey Corporation will be coming to the Planning Commission for approval of the subdivision plat and the Planned Development. Osprey Corporation and 3~ (Buyer's Club) are negotiating with the Authority on an agreement to assign development rights on the site to Osprey; this is anticipated to be considered by the Authority in the near future. Osprey Cor- poration will do the actual construction for the Buyer's Club, a 100,000 square foot outlet, and are negotiating with Home Club for an additional 100,000 square foot outl~t to the south end of the site. Additional complementary retail will be situated on the site. Mr. Hinson discussed the necessity to get the Buyer's Club developed in time to ta~e advantage of the 1986 holiday season. Mr. Hinson then discussed the realignment of Floyd Avenue. The City purchased the Colorado Tool property, and the Urban Renewal Authority is fin~ncing the demolition of .the structures and the construction of the new F~oyd alignment. Mr. Hinson discussed the negotiations with the u. s. Post Office on the parking switch --public parking is proposed to be located on the south side of the Post Office, and Post O~fice vehicles would be parked on the -5 - north side of the building. Mr. Hinson also addressed the park- ing swap fot the Simon Center and Malley Center. The Bannock Street median was addressed by Mr. Hinson. The traf- fic light at South Bannock street and U.S. 285 will be elimi- nated, and westbound traffic on U.S. 285 will be allowed to make left turns onto southbound Bannock Street. Bannock Street will remain one-w~y southbound from U.S. 285 to West Oxford Avenue. The median at Banpock/p.s. 285 will be modified to allow the southbound turning movement. ' ' ' Mr. Hinson discussed th' traffic signalization along U.S. 285. The state Highway Department has agreed to installation of a sig- nal at South Inca Street to facilitate access to the Buyer's Club development; howeve~, the Authority has been required by the state to do a traffic study on U. s. 285 from South Santa Fe Drive to South Gilpin. ~his ha$ resulted in a recommendation that the signals be set for 120 second cycles dur~ng peak hours. The Authority staff and Traffic Engineering staff have · peen work- ing to get the equipment to effectuate. the 120 second cycle for intersections f~om South S~nta Fe Drive to South Gilpin Street. Mr. Hinson stated that South Elati Street north of Girard Avenue will be wid~ne~ ~uring the redevelopment of the JBC site. Mr. Allen aske~ if Brady Development Corporation had a perfor- mance bond posted with the Authority. Mr. Hinson stated that Mr. Brady had a $100,000 letter of credit posted, upon which the ur- ban Renewal Authority has partially drawn; but no Performance Bond was required. Mr. Allen asked if Little Dry Creek improvements were one bond issue; he stated that he knew the Englewoqd Parkw~y was a sepa- rate issue. Mr. Hinson stated that while there w~+e two bond issues done in 1984, they were not sepa~ated by intended use of the funds. The total issue in 1984 was for approximately $16,000,000 and were to finance public improvements along Little Dry Creek and th~ Englewood Parkway. These funds were refunded into 20 year bonds and increased to approximately $30,000,000 in December of 1985. Mr. Allen stated that he understood there had been an industrial bond issue for Buyer'$ Club. Mr. Hin$on discussed tpe passing of an ''inducement resolution" for Industrial Dev~lopment Bonds for the Buyer's Club development. This action reserve? up to $6,000,000 in IDB allocation from the State, but is not an actual commitment on the part of 1the City that the bonds will be issued. Further discussion on the f in~ncial aspects of the redevelopment ensued. Mr. Hinson pointed out that the City has transferred funds from ~~e Publi~ Im~rovement Fund ~o the Autho~i~y.to u~e in the improvement of ~ittle Dry Creek; thi~ has been a Joint City of Englewood/Ur~an ~enew~l Authori~y ~ffort from the beginning. Mr. Mulhern asked what type development is ~nticipated and wanted on the Phase III site. Mr. Hinson state~ tha~ the Autnority -6 - • • • •• • • hopes a hotel and additional retail will be developed on the site. Mr. Mulhern asked if the staff had had any discussions with other developers on the potential development 'of the site. Mr. Hinson stated that developers have be~n he$itant to discuss the development project as long as Brady Corporation was the designated developer. Further discussion ensued. Mr. Allen asked if there were plans to go further south in the 3400 block of South Broadway with redevelopment. Mr. Hinson stated that the Authority was concentrating on the redevelopment of land within Englewood Parkway, and that at this time there were no plans for acquisition or redevelopment of the 3400 block of South ~roadway. Mr. Carson than~ed Mr. Hinson for his presentation. VII. COMMISSIONER'S CHOICE. Mr. Maunakea stated that he would be glad to call an acquaintance of his in Honolulu and ask for a copy of the information they have on inc-inera-tion of trash. and tqe energy $3ystem. The possiQility of a Commission picnic was discussed. June 22 was chosen as the date, 2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M., at Mr. Allen's house. The members of the Commission will discuss the picnic with their families and confirm their attendance at the meeting on June 3 • The meeting adjourned at 8:20 P. M . -7 -