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Appia, and west of Pine Street. The proposal is for the development of 25 buildings for a total of 128 attached multi- family townhouses ranging in size from 880 - 1,500 s.f. and are attached in clusters of 4 - 6 units per building. The parcel is 9.6 acres with a density of 13.3 units per acre. The maximum building height is 33'. The property is zoned R-E and is included on the Centennial Master Plan originally approved in 1983 and subsequently amended in 1985 and 1990. Dedication, design guidelines, and density are currently under research by staff. Tom Hoyt, President of McStain Enterprises, introduced Phil Pocorny, Architectural Consultant, and Jeff Winston, Winston Associates, landscape architects and site planners. He gave the history of the project. He stated that this would be a significant up scale from the existing townhouses that they had done earlier. These townhouses will have all of the characteristics of single family homes with yards, basements, two-car garages, but are attached. Concerning the school issue, he explained that the range of students at 127 units is between 10 - 13 elementary students, or 16 - 20 total students, including elementary. On construction phasing, he stated that they would develop the southwest edge of this and then move in a counter clockwise motion getting the off street frontage completed first, which both have significant landscape buffers on them. They propose to do this project over three years: '94 - 35 units, '95 - 60 units, and '96 - 42 units. Phil Pocorny, Phil Pocorny & Company Architects, 1565 Wildwood Lane, Boulder, Colorado, stated that the units have enclosed garages, most of which are two car garages. Each unit has a variety of exterior spaces that are private to that unit. All of the elevations that are presented to the street are entrance elevations and not garage door elevations. He reviewed the architecture and elevations. Jeff Winston, Winston & Associates, Boulder, Colorado, site planners, reviewed the number of changes they had made after talking with the neighborhood about their concerns. Concerning the construction dust, they will probably grade the site, then reseed the site, so that those areas that are not to be developed immediately will have grass to hold the dust down. There is internal, as well as guest parking, within the site for each unit. Concerning the lighting, they are agreeable to low level lighting. They've reduced the overall density by 34 units and they anticipate losing one or two more units. Annelise Weiner, 795 West Pinyon Way, Louisville, Colorado, stated the neighbors felt that the proposed development is too dense at 13.3 units/acre. They are concerned about the height of the buildings, because the property has a slope. She suggested that the exterior buildings on the top and the bottom be two stories tall. They wanted an increase in the amount of green space in and around the development. 13