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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes October 17, 2016 Page 7 of 19 Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Trice presents from Power Point: 301-333 East Street 44 townhomes, 3.6 acres Street names after Romano family Improve gateway park along 96th Street and Lock Street Proposed Clementine Subdivision Potential Gateway Improvements Applicant Presentation: Eric Hartronft, Hartronft Associated, 950 Spruce Street, Suite 2A, Louisville, CO Michael Eisenstein, 487 Carmen Street, Louisville, CO I am the architect and planner. Mike Jones has owned the majority of this site for years and has looked to development. Randy Luellin owned the corner site for years and he was not interested in developing. Randy sold his property to Mike Jones so he and Mike Eisenstein are moving together to develop. A couple of things of note are the density is a little less than zoning would allow. 46 units are allowable per the zoning and we have 44. Mike came up with an idea to honor the families with the street names. The names fairly unique such as Romano, Gelsomino, Clementina, Domenica, and Nuncieta. I think it is a way to have some history infused into this development. There is a leftover piece of right-of-way, a pie -shaped triangular piece to the east of East Street and to the west of Highway 42 and north of Lock Street. The owners left that as part of their community benefit for this site to develop gateway landscaping. Currently, it is a graded flat wheat patch. We have talked to Parks and Open Space about the ability of the developer to improve it, possibly provide a trail that could be connected up the north, and provide some landscaping that would be drought tolerant. It would be much nicer than what is there now. Parks and Open Space have indicated that they are open to it and have no plans for this property. To have the developer improve it has been seen as a benefit. We have talked