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City Council Meeting Minutes June 14, 2016 Page 3 of 10 the development are under construction with permits issued for 14 buildings and 3 buildings currently under review. The current PUD includes 191 residential units and 5,977 square feet of commercial area with areas of the project site reserved for future phases of development. The General Development Plan (GDP) allows up to 231 residential units and 64,488 square feet of commercial development. The first phase is heavy on the residential and the future phases are intended to be heavy on the commercial. The applicant proposes four of the nine units on the ground floor of the live /work building adjacent to Hecla Dr., replacing 3,100 square feet of commercial area in this building. The proposal also includes increasing the live /work building from a two -story to three -story building. The building height will increase only slightly from 32' -0" to 32' -8" due to a decrease in ceiling heights. The application proposes the additional five units within the community center building, which would be changed from a one -story to a two -story structure in order to accommodate the additional units. The building height would increase from 19'5" to 30' 1 ". A total of 31 parking spaces would be required for Planning Area 1 under the proposed PUD amendment. The proposal includes 38 parking spaces. Staff recommends approval with no conditions. PUBLIC COMMENT Michael Menaker, 1827 W. Chokecherry Drive, Louisville, CO thanked Council for taking this off the consent agenda and noted it was in reply to a question he asked. He stated staff answered the question thoroughly and he appreciated the responsive of Council and staff. APPLICANT PRESENTATION Ian Swallow, with Boulder County Housing, 2525 13th Street, Boulder, CO noted the proposal asks to move 9 residential units from the future phase of development up to the current phase, adding a second story to the community building; as well as 4 -one bedroom units to the live /work building. The housing authority had heard from the community there was a need for one bedroom units, especially from the senior population and persons with disabilities. The flex place was to be shared with Art Underground; they have found another place making the need for that commercial space not the same. The additional affordable units seemed like a benefit to the project. Mayor Muckle asked if a comparable number of units were now not going to be built in other parts of Area A.