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City Council Meeting Minutes February 16, 2016 Page 9 of 13 The Planning Commission reviewed the proposal at its January 14, 2016 meeting and unanimously recommended approval with one condition. Staff recommended City Council approval of the revised copy of Resolution No. 10, Series 2016. APPLICANT PRESENTATION The applicants introduced themselves: Stacey Root, Public Architect, Boulder Associates, Inc., 1426 Pearl Street, #300, Boulder, CO, and Malissa Benson, Centennial Peaks Hospital Representative, 2255 S. 88th Street, Louisville, CO. Ms. Root explained the proposal is to expand the hospital away from the neighborhood and Monarch High School and toward the Avista Campus. The land is owned by Avista Hospital and Centennial Peaks leases the land. She stressed Avista Hospital is very supportive of this project. With respect to architecture, they propose a combination of stucco and brick to be consistent with Avista Hospital. She reviewed a 1998 Site Plan Map, which showed the hospital site with a potential for an expansion of the campus. The current proposal requires 156 parking spaces. The hospital currently has 121 spaces, but there is a significant overflow problem, due to outpatient parking. The total amount of parking provided is 180 parking spaces, which exceeds the requirement by 24 spaces. A Neighborhood Meeting was heldJon December 22 for the purpose of updating the neighbors and residents of the project. Only 3 people showed up, but all were in full support of the project. Ms. Benson addressed the mission of Centennial Peaks Hospital and why the expansion is required. She explained Centennial Peaks Hospital's community partnership includes PEN, Sister Carmen and Hope Arapahoe House. They provide a complimentary level of care assessment to the community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Their call center responds to over 11,000 calls annually. She stressed one of the reasons for expansion is that Colorado ranks 50th in the United States in the number of beds per capita and nationally, Colorado ranked 9th in suicides per capita and in 2015. The Centennial Peaks Hospital is currently unable to serve approximately 200 patients per month due to the lack of beds. With the expansion Centennial Peaks Hospital expects to have the capacity to serve an additional 1,500 to 2,000 patients annually and estimates they will be providing 75 new jobs. Ms. Root noted they have worked very closely with Police Chief Hayes to address all of his concerns and will be installing a metal detector. They have also worked with the Facilities Director at Avista Hospital and the project has his full support. MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Lipton moved to approve the revised Resolution No. 10, Series 2016, seconded by Council member Loo. All were in favor. ORDINANCE No. 1716, SERIES 2016 — AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE (LMC) TO ADD HEALTH OR ATHLETIC