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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes January 8, 2015 Page 10 of 23 Boyd says all senior housing is affordable housing. The current design has 70 units for seniors with buildings with elevators and accessibility. The project has noncontiguous buildings with seniors distributed throughout the property. Russell asks about qualifying for affordable housing. Is it different to quality for senior housing? Boyd answers it is the same. Moline asks how BCHA determined the amount of units. Nicole Delmage, Barrett Studio Architects, 1944 20th Street, Boulder, CO 80302. In determining the number of units on the site, at some level the site designs itself in terms of the number of units. We try to get the maximum of the number of uni for the BCHA program so they get the most affordable housing they can. We also look at • • cs of how the site will be drained, satisfy parking, as well as park space and quality spy - he Art Underground on the property, we look to incorporate art into the landscape an - capes. We look to maximize housing, getting quality of place, and quality of li Public Comment: Michael Menaker, 1827 W Choke Cherry Drive, Lo His first comment regards the fiscal model and fi the subsidized part of subsidized housing. He i the cost burden of providing low income housing a He believes strongly that if it is a community value, a expressed in every document genera - • • er a incumbent on us to put our "money w appropriate to this conversation and sh and incumbent on all of us as a commun , CO 80027. e discussion to be disc • - ing. This is osed to i onary zoning h takes is it • • °ople who do not e here yet. s to be a community value decade • • ovide low income housing, then it is outh is ". 'nks that cost models are not ct your • on. It is subsidized housing subs • There is a moral obligation here, there is a stated com troubled by the propose are skewed heavily to He would say to the lobbying for more s by the 28 discussed senior housin -s well. well. He '•• of details He f hous project goal her o not enter into it. He is tween - - • seni• • ing. Our needs in Louisville forum, he will discuss that in more detail. ct a lot of push back on that mix and s to be our particular need. He is troubled s. He wants to see that land turned to e t BCHA subsidizing Art Underground as exation. The ' a PUD and final process to hammer out the ed uses, so there will be plenty of time to talk about it later. on us as a community to embrace and support affordable we in . olicies, and to make everything done to make this positi vote from the PC. identi trongly that i d for it to be i cess. He urg Debby Fahe She agrees wit housing and affor on this property. Sh Circle, Louisville, CO 80027. t Michael Menaker said. It is important to support low income ng, particularly for seniors. She is in favor of more senior housing tions the co- housing for the artist community and would rather see that as senior housing. She agrees there will be push back if more senior housing is not provided. With senior housing, there will not be as much of an issue with BVSD because seniors do not generally have children attending elementary school. The plans for the proposed parking show the situation is limited. If there will be limited parking spaces, it could be balanced with making sure it is a very pedestrian and bike friendly community with ways to get in and out safely on foot or on a bike. She is in favor of annexation. Rob Lathrop, 601 Johnson Street, Louisville, CO 80027 He and his wife own the Davidson Highline subdivision. To address Commissioner O'Connell's question regarding any objections, this is an annexation and GDP. He does not have any