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Jim Junge, Junge Architects, residing at 9630 East Powers Place, Englewood, Colorado, stated that the largest single change was that of having a right-in/right-out on McCaslin. He stated that they adequately buffered the nine single family houses to the east and took advantage of dividing them from the original three large one to five smaller ones, moving them a greater distance, each time adding to the building variety, addressing the concerns toward visual screening, taking advantage of the drain swell away from the fence line, to direct the light onto the property, to get all of the parking internal, and addressed landscaping. They feel that they are very much in conformance to the spirit of the PUD, the intent of the PUD, and the goals of the PUD ordinance. They are exceeding the setbacks, less than the height, more than the open space, they have extra parking, and it's a quality project. They've moved the clubhouse to the McCaslin entrance, canted the buildings to the streets, increased setbacks, taken care of parkway landscaping, and each time this project has been addressed, they've added to the quality. Randy Nichols, representing Square Foot Development, 2121 North Hudson, Chicago, Illinois, stated that the rents will be in the $400 - $1100.00 range, with General Electric being the owner of the property. Paul Foley, 267 South Lark Avenue, Louisville, Colorado, stated that his home is the second one in from south border of the property. His main concern was the crime. He pointed out that in townhomes or condominiums, where there is ownership involved, there is less crime in those buildings. He wanted to see ownership involved, rather than apartments, which they voiced to the Planning Commission and now to Council. He did stress the cooperation of Loftus and Junge in dealing with his neighborhood. He stated that his neighborhood avoids Century Drive, because you can't make a left hand turn on McCaslin now. He felt that with the additional traffic coming out of these apartment dwellings, it will make it even worse. Davidson called for Council comments and questions. Sisk stated that it was his understanding that swimming pool was proposed in the Century location. the neighbors objected to that. originally a He wondered if Foley: Yes. At that point, from some previous feedback, they had deleted the swimming pool by that time. I believe it was in response to our concerns that the noise and the amount of activity that would drift over the apartments. They moved that swimming pool down to the other property. They (developers) have 2O