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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 12, 2016 Page 6 of 13 Trice says there have been sign waivers regarding the size of the signage. The climbing gym was granted a waiver for their large sign. Planning Commission rejected the sign and City Council approved it. Rice says regarding the side yard setback, we are basically cutting the setback in half. What is the good reason for that? Trice says I don't think it will have much of an impact on the building itself based on where the building is situated. It will not be directly to the property line because the roadway has some sidewalk and greenspace in the design of the roadway. It is not directly up at the 15' mark. I think that having a building closer to the street, especially as an office building, would not be a bad design. Hsu asks what is a surface mounted sign and what is a monument sign? Trice says a monument sign is in the ground, usually at an entrance to a building. A surface mounted sign is on a wall and fagade of the building. Applicant Presentation: Liz Cox, Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners, 1512 Larimer Street, Suite 100, Denver, CO This is a 17,940 SF building on a 2.3 acre site in the CTC. The walls are basically concrete tilt - up with reveals with varying curb -hit heights as well as some articulation in the walls. There is a lot of glass to a height of about 12' and about 18' clear heights inside the building. There are two overhead glass doors with access to one of the two patios. Currently, the tenant that will be residing in this building is Accurence, a software technology company for insurance adjusters and contractors. They currently are in Westminster and will be relocating to Louisville. Energy saving methods are 60 ml white cool roof system with mechanically fastened one -layer of R25 roof insulation and R11 wall insulation above the window line. There are high efficiency RTU with economizers and two electric vehicle charging stations as well as energy efficient building and parking lot lighting. Jim Vasbinder, Etkin Johnson, 1512 Larimer Street, Suite 100, Denver, CO About two and a half years ago, the Metro District and we as the developer undertook an evaluation of a connection from CTC to 96th Street. We funded it as a joint effort with the City. We think there needs to be another connection and RTD has told us in no uncertain terms that without the connection, they will not provide RTD service to CTC. Fox Tuttle Hernandez Transportation Group (which at that time was just Fox Tuttle), did an evaluation and did alternative designs for this connection point. It will be signalized at 96th Street. We also developed the budget for this connection. The end result is the project in 2014 dollars was $1.2 million. The City now has this in their long range plans. We also have, as the Metro District, come back to the City and suggested that we have a substantial amount of funds available for transportation projects at CTC including this project. It would also include signalization of 104th Street at Dillon Road and 104th Street at Highway 42/Empire Road. We look at this as both a benefit for us as one of the major developers at CTC as well as the current CTC buildings and in the future. While we will get no guarantees from RTD as it relates to service, it is clear to us as well as the City Staff and administration that without this connection, there will be no RTD service. We have received proposals from Fox Tuttle as well as Felsburg Holt Ullevig Inc. to provide us with designs for all three locations. One of the pluses that happens at 104th Street is there are funds available to complete the trail connection north -south and be a great circulation point. Submission of building materials board: Motion made by Brauneis to enter the building materials board into the record, seconded by O'Connell. Motion passed by voice vote. Commission Questions of Applicant: Moline asks if you can describe the roadway. Did the City approach you? Can you give me a little background on the CTC Connectivity Study? After listening to the explanation from Jim