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City Council Meeting Minutes December 6, 2016 Page 3 of 15 in the area: 1) sense of community, 2) sustainability, and 3) unique commercial areas and distinctive neighborhoods. This led to the creation of the project principals: • Promote development to meet fiscal and economic goals • Encourage desired uses • Improve connectivity and accessibility • Enhance bicycle and pedestrian connections • Create public and private gathering spaces • Create design regulations that reflect community vision and promote creative design including limiting density in transition areas Director Zuccaro stated changes since the November 1 meeting are: removal of the roundabout at Dahlia and Cherry; and removal of mixed use residential on the east side of McCaslin. Since the October 18th meeting changes include removal of the lane reduction on McCaslin Boulevard; removal of the reduction of Cherry Street to one lane east of Dahlia; and revision of the statement on the creation of residential standards from "should" to "will." Everything else remains the same from November 1. He added the Finance Committee asked for more information about the land use assumptions that are the basis for the fiscal analysis. Staff evaluated current conditions in the area and compared them to the assumptions from the Plan and also looked at alternative assumptions that more closely reflect current conditions to get a feel for what could happen in the next 20 years. He noted the fiscal analysis is not intended to predict the building that may or may not occur, but rather it is to be used as a tool to understand what fiscal impacts there could be depending on what kind of development occurs. Director Zuccaro stated this item could be adopted as presented this evening or with Council directing specific changes before publication or could be continued if there are items that need to be addressed or changed or additional information Councilmembers would like. Jeff Sheets, Koelbel and Company, 5291 East Yale Avenue, Denver, presented the Council with some proposed redesign ideas for Centennial Parkway. He stated that as Centennial Parkway is in need of resurfacing, Koelbel is interested in partnering with the City to redesign the road to reduce speeds and encourage a more pedestrian -friendly environment. The proposal includes a large median, a 12 -foot travel lane, a five-foot bike lane, and a parking lane. It keeps the left-hand tum lanes and keeps the lane configuration at the Via Appia and Cherry Street intersection. Mr. Sheets noted some prospective tenants (particularly tech companies) have told them they would like more parking than the current configuration allows which is one reason they are interested in the reconfiguration with additional parking. He stated Koelbel passes on those tenants as they can't meet that parking need. The proposal would add about 265 parking spaces and would include the addition of pocket parks in