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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-09-19 PZC MINUTES• • • • I. CITY OF ENGLEWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION September 19, 2006 CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the City Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:01 in the Community Development Conference Room of the Englewood Civic Center, C1air Roth presiding . Present: Absent: Staff Present: Roth, Welker, l<noth, Brick, Bl eile, Mosteller Hunt, Diekmeier, Krieger Harold Stitt, Community Development Manager John Voboril, Planner Brook Bell, Planner Nancy Reid, Assistant City Attorney 11. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of September 6, 2006 Mr. Brick moved: Mr. Knoth seconded: TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 MINUTES AS WRIT- TEN. AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Brick, Roth, Welker, Knoth None Bleile, Mosteller Hunt, Diekmeier, Krieger Motion carried. Ill. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET Mr. Stitt stated the Englewood Home Rule Charter requires the City Planning and Zoning Commiss ion to submit annually to the City Manager a list of recommended capital projects for the forthcom in g year. Mr. Stitt reviewed the process by which the Capital Budget is put together. He referenced the 2007 Public Improvement Fund Revenue Estimates spread- sheet included in the Commissioner's meeting packet. The budget for the City of Eng le- wood is composed of several different funds. There is a general fund, special funds, donor funds and also public improvement funds . The Public Im provement Fund (PIF) consists of funds that are set aside for capital projects. The table shows there are a variety of sources, the largest of which are the vehicle use tax and the building use tax. All figures are esti- mates. Throughout the year the City's Finance Director provides updates to City Council as to whether the City is on track to collect as much revenue as the projections forecast. The 1 • • • $2,703,000 is an estimate. Mr. Stitt reviewed the categories in the PIF Revenue Estimate spreadsheet. Mr. Stitt also referenced two spreadsheets, provided by the City Manager's office, that pro- vide a listing of the capital project requests as submitted by City Department and the sources and amount of funds available for these capital projects for 2007. Mr. Stitt stated the grayed areas are maintenance projects. They are included in the spreadsheet because for purposes of budgeting in the City of Englewood, a capital item is anything that has a life of more than five years. He stated for 2007 project requests total $6,807,598, with only $2,703,000 available. There will be projects that will not be funded. He stated generally City Council funds the maintenance items since some of those are required to maintain the infrastructure of the City. That does not leave a great deal of money available for the other projects . City Council's ultimate responsibility is to allocate the remaining funds to a num- ber of capital projects submitted by various departments. He asked the commissioner's to suggest projects they felt were priorities. He also stated they could add projects that were not currently on the spreadsheet. Mr. Brick asked how the numbers are arrived at. Mr. Stitt said a lot of the figures are de- rived from past experience. Mr. Brick asked what happens if there is money left over at the end of the year. Mr. Stitt said it is rolled over. He also asked about preventative or predic- tive maintenance schedules for maintenance costs. Mr. Stitt said there is a replacement schedule in place, but as budgets get tighter the schedule is sometimes stretched out. He said the Utility Department is not represented on the spreadsheet as they have their own source of funds. Mr. Fish asked Mr. Stitt to explain what the difference was between the Requested and Recommended columns. Mr. Stitt said that the Requested column is what is asked for and the Recommended column is what the City Manager recommends to Council for approval. Mr. Bleile asked what the total Englewood budget is. Mr. Stitt said he believed it is $36,000,000. Mr. Stitt stated the City Manager also has to balance the requests from all other depart- ments, so simply because the Planning Commission may recognize that their list is in their view critical to the community that does not necessarily mean their projects will end up on the list. Ms. Mosteller asked if any of the projects on the Parks and Recreation list are eligible for Arapahoe County Open Space Tax Funding. Mr. Stitt said some are, but those funds tend to be for acquisition of open space trails and recreation properties . She asked about the Dun- can Park purchase. Mr. Stitt stated in the past several years the Open Space Grant Program has limited the grant amount to $250,000 with a 25% match. That would mean the request- ing municipality or jurisdiction would have to match the $260,000 with $62 ,500, which may or may not be enough to acquire the Duncan property. Department Directors have discussed ways of coming up with funding for some of the projects outside of the PIF. 2 • • • Mr. Bleile asked how feasible the Bates Light Rail Station was. Mr. Stitt stated there was a discussion last night at the City Council Study Session. The Developer should have a pro- posal to the City very soon. Funding for the project was discussed. Cost of the station will be shared by the developer, the City, and RTD. Approximate cost of the station will be in ti1-:; $4 -$5 million range. After discussion, the following projects were chosen: • South Broadway Action Plan • Commercial Corridor Improvements • E-Government Initiatives • Transportation Action Plan • Bike Trail Plan The Commissioner's also felt the Art Shuttle bus should be added to the list. Chair Roth dis- tributed a list of RTD's Board of Directors. He asked that all commissioner's contact Engle- wood's District Director in support of the Art Shuttle. Mr. Stitt stated he would get the Commissioner's priority list to the City Manager to include in the discussion at the Council Budget Retreat on Saturday, September 23, 2006. He stated the Council Budget Retreat is open to the public if anyone on the Commission would like to attend. IV. ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN AND MEDICAL DISTRICT SMALL AREA PLAN Mr. Voboril distributed a copy of the letter that went out to all of the registered stake- holders, which was 300 plus people. The letter provides the dates and times of the meet- ings. He stated the October 3rd Planning and Zoning Commission meeting has been can- celled so that the Commissioners may attend the stakeholder meeting that night. Mr. Voboril provided a brief review of the comments and slides from the September 6th meet- ing. Commissioner's commented on RTD's routes and how the Art Shuttle route overlaps RTD routes, adding the Craig Hospital area to the Arapahoe County Enterprise Zone, and im- proving the Little Dry Creek area with a park, sculpture garden, community garden, etc. Ms. Reid suggested in the public meetings someone might mention that if someone were to donate land near Craig for an ADA accessible park that the City might be able to do match- ing funds. Mr. Voboril began the Medical Sub Area slide presentation. Items discussed in Sub Area 1 were building heights (it was agreed that sub-areas 1, 5 and 6 are better suited to higher building heights), views and spacing of buildings, the Swedish parking garage and rezoning t~1e entire area to a hospital zone . 3 • • • The members discussed reconfiguring Sub Area 2. It is the oldest residential ar~a in Engle- wood. The members felt the northern one-third of this area should be the area least open to development with the lower third area the most likely to be developed. Sub Area 3 is directly north of the hospitals. It consists of multi-family along Floyd and Clarkson, Swedish office conversions of older apartment buildings into office space and Washington Street with many single-family rentals. The area is surrounded on three sides by R-1 zoning. The members felt it is a transitional area. Mr. Bell stated the lot sizes are a prob- lem for redevelopment. The area along S. Pennsylvania Street has special permits required for street parking and in the past has been against the hospital expanding into that area. P<.:rking is a problem in this area. Sub Area 4 is east of Corona to Lafayette, north of Old Hampden to Girard. The members felt this area is in need of an anchor restaurant or shop. Mr. Bleile said the south area would be good for mixed use such as first floor retail with apartments above. It was suggested this area needs to be an entry focal point into the big medical corridor. Mr. Welker said the area transitioning away from single family homes is to be expected. Buildings should be al- lowed to be higher closer to Hampden, with lower height restrictions toward Girard. Mr. l<noth said he would love to see a grand entrance to the hospital zone. This area may be one in which the zoning needs to be changed. Mr. Bleile thanked Mr. Voboril for doing a remarkable job assembling the maps for the pres- entation. The balance of the presentation will be tabled for a future meeting. V. PUBLIC FORUM No one was present to address the Commission. VI. DIRECTOR'S CHOICE There was no Director present. VII. STAFF'S CHOICE There were no further comments VIII. ATTORNEY'S CHOICE Ms. Reid had no further comments . 4 • • • IX. COMMISSIONER'S CHOICE Chair Roth distributed a flyer regarding the ULI Fall Meeting to be held in Denver from Oc- tober 1 7 -20 . He stated the budget allowed for one member to attend and asked if any- one would like to attend . Mr. l<noth stated he would like to represent the Commission . Chair Roth asked the commissioner's if they agreed. They stated they did. Chair Roth asked Mr. l<noth to report back to the Commission after attending the meeting. The recording · secretary will register Mr. l<noth for the conference. Mr. Bleile asked if anyone knew what was going into the old Denver Mattress building. Ms. Reid stated it is a bank. Ms. Mosteller wanted confirmation the October 3rc1 meeting has been cancelled. Mr. Voboril stated that was correct. The Board is invited to attend the community meeting that ni1Sht regarding the Downtown and Medical District Small Area Plan to be held at CityCen- ter. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 . 5