Speaker 0: 13 Eyes. Counsel build 22 dash. 246 has passed. Thank you to the community member and the owner and thank you, friend for the staff report. We're going to move on. Councilmember Flynn, would you please put Council Bill 22, Dash 249 on the floor for final passage?
Speaker 3: Yes, Madam President, I move that council bill 22 dash to 49, be placed upon final consideration and do pass.
Speaker 0: Thank you. It has been moved and seconded the required public hearing for Council Bill 20 2-2 49 is open now we have the staff report.
Speaker 7: Council members from Pineville again planning services. No, I'm going to present you an overview for the MAP Amendment four 4151 4155 North Jason Street. The subject property is in Council District one in the Sunnyside neighborhood. And the properties are located in the southwest corner of Jason Street and 42nd Avenue. The properties are currently in the I am x three zone district and the applicant is proposing to rezone to urban residential mixed use five storey district which would allow for townhouse and shopfront building for up to five storeys. The District is intended for the use for using the urban neighborhood context to promote safe, active and pedestrian skill diverse areas and enhance the convenience, ease and enjoyment of transit, walking, shopping and public gathering within and around the city's neighborhood. The Karen Industrial mixed use three storey district allows for a mix of industrial, commercial, residential and civic uses. Adjacent zoning include I am x30x8 you are x3ia year two with other mixed use multi-unit and single units on districts in the vicinity. As far as the existing context, the area's land use is a mix of industrial office and residential uses. Showing the upper right photo. 4155 Jason Street has a warehouse currently on site and in the bottom right photo you can see 4155 Jason Street, that is currently used as surface parking. The image on the bottom left side of the slide shows the townhomes on the other side of the alley west of the subject properties. Now here I included a comparison table where you can see some of the differences and similarities between the carrier and I am x and the requested your x5. A couple of things I would like to note here are that the new request, the new request the district will allow for the shopfront building firm that is not currently allowed in. I am x three and it will allow for five storeys or 70 feet in height compared to the current three stories or 45 feet allowing. Also u r x5 doesn't allow for surface parking between the building and the primary street and requires more transparency on the primary street, which will promote safe, active and pedestrian uses. Concurrent with the rezoning, the applicant is facilitating a voluntary, affordable housing agreement. The agreement will apply to integrity of the site. General terms include a commitment to construct at least 10% of the total units affordable to residents earning 80% or less of the area median income, resulting in seven units under the current proposed development plan of 73 units. 8% of the units would be restricted to 80% AMI, and 2% of the units would be affordable to residents earning 60% AMI. The income restricted units will remain at this level of affordability for a minimum period of 99 years. Throughout the rezoning process, application modifications have been provided according to code requirements. Planning Board recommended approval anonymously in February 16, 2022, and to date received only one letter of support from Sunny, who has been working with developer on a memorandum of understanding. The applicant also provided a summary of the community outreach in the application. Now on to the criteria. There are four approved plans for these two sites. As stated in the staff report, the rezoning is consistent with several goals in the comprehensive plan. Just to name a few. If approved, this rezoning will increase the development of housing units closer to transit and mixed use development. It will promote infill development where infrastructure and services are already in place, and it will also focus growth in transit stations. The proposed rezoning is also consistent with the urban neighborhood context as defined in Blueprint Denver. The proposed U. R. S five district is intended to promote safe, active and pedestrian scale diverse areas through the use of building forms that clearly define and activate the public realm. The future places map designates the subject properties as high medium residential areas. Blueprint Denver describes these areas as having a mix of mid-scale multi-unit residential options. Some neighborhoods serving mixed use might be appropriate. Buildings are generally up to five storeys in height as proposed on district. You are five allows for a range of residential and limited commercial uses along on designated local streets, and this area is well-served by transit. This makes the district consistent with the future streetscape at this location. The growth area in Denver is all other areas of the city. These areas are anticipated to see a 10% employment growth and a 20% housing growth by 2040. Now looking at the 41st and Fox station area plan. This plan was adopted by City Council in 2009 and applies to subject properties. The plan sets for a vision for the creation of a diverse transit, sportive and environmentally sustainable urban center in the land use concept map. Subject properties are mapped urban residential to eight stories. These areas are intended as new moderate density neighborhoods and are intended to create an improved new edge between the station and the existing neighborhood to the west. The Urban Residential two stories designation calls for a range of housing types, including single unit accessory dwelling units, duplex townhouses and small condominium and apartment buildings. The requested zone district you are five, allows for a wide range of housing types and provides an opportunity for neighborhoods serving commercial uses within walking distance of the transit station . Therefore, this rezoning request is consistent with both the land use and building heights recommendation in the 41st and Fox station area plan. Now. The Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan was adopted in 1992 and also applies to subject properties. The plan identifies the subject properties as industrial, but they are right on the edge of what is described as a residential area to the west. Although the Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan is an adopted plan that contributes to policy and development of decisions within the neighborhood, the eastern portion of the plan area, including the subject sites, has more recent guidance from the 41st and Fox station area plan. The station area plan is more recent. It provides more recent land use recommendations and the older Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan. Still, the proposed zone district you are five is consistent with the overall goals of the plan. It supports housing options and the opportunity for a limited neighborhood serving commercial uses. Stuff also finds the requested zoning meets the next two criteria. It will result in the uniform application of this on district building, form, use and design regulations on these sites as they are applied in any other sites. You are. And the proposed amendment furthers a public health, safety and general welfare of the city by implementing the vision set forth in the city. Adopted plans. By allowing. By allowing high medium intensity mix of land uses and intensity redevelopment that is in character with the surrounding neighborhood. The application identified several changes and changed conditions that justified circumstance, risk and physical. Recent physical changes within close proximity to subject sites include the opening of the 41st and Fox Station in 2019 and the addition of the multi-use industry that connects the Sunnyside neighborhood to downtown. There are also several new predominantly residential projects in the immediate area, including townhomes across the alley from the subject property. The site development on the street and the new project under construction across adjacent street. Rezoning to a district that allows for ground floor retail will be necessary to provide neighborhood serving uses for new and existing residents in the area. Overall, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the urban neighborhood context, the mixed use, residential district purpose and intent. Therefore, it stuff recommends approval based on finding all you get. Criteria has been met.
Speaker 0: All right. Thank you, Fran. We have two individuals signed up to speak this evening. Our first speaker is Bobby Brown. Just drastic?
Speaker 2: Thank you, Madam President. I'm Bobby Vandross. I live in the neighborhood. I'm here representing Sunnyside, United Neighbors, Inc.. We want to urge the council to support this bill tonight. We've met with the developers on multiple occasions over several months and have developed a memorandum of understanding with them that incorporated multiple tasks from the community into the site development plan and the zoning changes consistent with Blueprint Denver, a 41st in Fox station area and in the Sunnyside neighborhood. Thank you.
Speaker 0: All right. Thank you. Our next speaker is Jesse Perez.
Speaker 1: Yes.
Speaker 0: Go ahead, please. Jessie.
Speaker 1: Evening. Yes. Good news. A counselor was watching at home. My name is just the song Personal Representative for Black Star Action, Movement for Self Defense, Positive Action Command for Social Change as well as the East Denver Residence Council. For a long black nose. And I'll be the next mayor of Denver in 2023. I'm actually a guest on tonight. This um in this new Sunnyside has been rapidly gentrified. It's like a breeze of the city, and it seems to be nonstop of this. So if you approve, my Lord, just filling. That's the affordability. Not much. My my criteria. The people's criteria, what is actually affordable in this area. If you're really trying to keep the people that benefits, embrace that community, which I'm not this is not for people that have only lived in this neighborhood. This is for people that are very rich and wealthy. So I cannot support this to my I had a few questions. However, was there a good neighborhood agreement signed with the community? Was there a traffic study done? Was there a real study done? If I get, please get an answer to. But I would really spit it. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. That concludes our speakers this evening. Questions from members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dash 249. Councilmember Ortega. Sorry about that. Thank you, Madam President. I just wanted to ask if the developer of the project is in the room. If you wouldn't mind coming forward, tell us your name and then I have a couple of questions for you.
Speaker 1: Jonathan Bush with LCP development.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you for being here tonight. I think it's always helpful to have the applicant in the room when we have questions. So under the I am x three, how many units would you have been able to build on this site?
Speaker 1: I don't know that we really looked at it as a three story, but I would guess two thirds of that count. So the order of 40 to 50, maybe.
Speaker 0: Okay. And I noticed looking at the site map, everything on Jason on that west side is all the IMX three zoning. So to the to the east, you've got the higher density zoning in. I understand that. Creates the zoning on the east side, creates the changing circumstances for the area. But this will now create that domino effect on the rest of Jason. And that is the most adjacent street to the more single family residential to the west. And so I was just trying to understand why you chose to go with the five story instead of the three story.
Speaker 1: I think one and this is one of many tuned projects we've done and I think is a as a 2D project that's hitting a block from light rail. I think there's a certain responsibility to have density around light rail. And so in looking at in kind of looking at the three storey townhouse at the West, and we stepped up to the project across the street, the alleyway, which is going to be eight stories, just felt like a natural height. I mean, five storeys, as Bobby indicated, we met with the neighborhood on multiple times. They were very comfortable with that height, frankly, and I think they were encouraging about that height because of the proximity to light rail. So I think it was done for a lot of urban planning reasons, not just density.
Speaker 0: So for 73 units, how many parking spaces will be required to?
Speaker 1: 56?
Speaker 0: 56. Okay. And then you've got one affordable at 60% of the am I and six at 80%.
Speaker 1: That's correct.
Speaker 0: Okay. I think those are all the questions I have. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Ortega. Councilmember Flynn.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Madam President. First of all, it's commuter rail over there, not light rail. It's the it's the larger one. The Fran, could you address a question about the Sunnyside neighborhood plan? 1992, it's 30 years old, but I know that Sunnyside is included in the is it called Near Northwest NPI? I've not been following that process from Southwest Denver, but could you tell me from your knowledge, are you working on the Near Northwest MPI?
Speaker 7: I am not. I'm sorry, I am not part of that MPI. I was leaving. Are you working?
Speaker 3: And I'm just wondering, do you know, is there anything in this application that is at odds with direction that that that MPI is headed?
Speaker 7: No. And we brought it up to the team and we talked about it and we all agreed that that that's an area like we worked really closely with the developer into picking the appropriate districts. So we all agreed that that was what the plans call for and what our goals were, because at first they were asking for C and then we figure that Irvine was more appropriate for the area. And the five stories he explained was a good transition with the three, the eight. So we worked together on that.
Speaker 3: Okay, so although we can't reference it because it's not an exact plan at this point, there's no concern that this would not be consistent with what's coming.
Speaker 7: I don't think so, because a 44 person Fox station area plan, it's pretty accurate and it's still fairly new. So I think that that guidance is still pretty accurate. Mm hmm.
Speaker 3: Okay. Thank you, Madam President. That's all I needed to know.
Speaker 0: All right. Thank you, Councilmember Flynn. Councilmember Sandoval.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Madam President. I have a question for CPD. Do you remember what zone district and how tall this application first came in at?
Speaker 7: When I got it, it was CMCs five. When I received it.
Speaker 6: Okay. Thank you. Thank you, my president.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval. And not seeing anyone else in the queue for questions at the public hearing. This closed comments by members of Council on Council Bill 22, Dash 249. Councilmember Sandoval.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Madam President. This area on Jason streets one block away from Enga and the 41st and Fox station area plan in 2009 actually calls out that it could be eight stories. And I've been working with the Sunnyside neighborhood to figure out how to transition down to the protected zone district in between Jason and the alley and the next street over. And so I want to thank CPD and the applicant for working on that because although there is plan support for eight stories CPD because of the Neighborhood Planning Initiative, we have talked about the need for this to be more of a transition zone and it has coming in at five stories. I want to also thank the applicant for working with the Sunnyside neighborhood, I think, Bobby, for being here in person. It matters when people show up, especially from registered neighborhood organizations, and this meets our plan guidance and all of the recommendations. So I'd ask my fellow colleagues to support it. Thank you, Madam President.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval. And not seeing anyone else in the queue for comments all round the mill that I agree this does meet all of the rezoning criteria and we'll be supporting that this evening as well. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 2249, please.
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Speaker 4: All right.
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Speaker 5: Madam President.
Speaker 0: I. Madam Secretary, closed the voting and announced results. 1313 Ies Council Bill 20 2-2 49 has passed. Thank you to the members of the public on that one. We're going to our last hearing this evening. Councilmember Flynn, will you please put council bill 22, dash 250 on the floor for final passage?
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4151 and 4155 Jason Street in Sunnyside.
Approves a map amendment to rezone property from I-MX-3 to U-RX-5 (industrial to urban, mixed-use), located at 4151 and 4155 North Jason Street in Council District 1. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 3-1-22.