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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />September 19, 2017 <br />Page 4 of 14 <br />Ritchie noted staff has concerns related to architectural enhancements beyond the <br />IDDSG If Council finds the application meets the intent of Ordinance 1725, then staff <br />recommends approval of Resolution 53, Senes 2017 for a final Planned Unit <br />Development for Lot 1, Block 3, Colorado Technological Center. If Council finds the <br />application does not meet the intent of Ordinance 1725, then staff recommends Council <br />continue the application and provide further direction <br />Staff recommends the following Condition: The northern access drive to CTC Blvd <br />located in Easement Area No. 2 shall be relocated out of Easement Area No 2 <br />Jim Vasbinder, Etkin Johnson, distnbuted supplemental information including new <br />renderings of the proposed building. All loading is done inside the building, not on the <br />docks There are three dock doors on the south side of the facility that will receive and <br />ship out large containers The facility will serve Boulder, some of Adams, and some of <br />Denver counties The lease with FedEx is fully executed pending approval of this <br />facility. Planning Commission had a detailed discussion about the design of the building <br />Following the Planning Commission meeting, they reduced the height of the building, <br />added additional glass sections; added reveal lines in the panels for design affect; and <br />changed the landscape plan for additional shrubs, trees, and additional landscaping He <br />stated he believes they have responded to the comments from the Planning <br />Commission. Regarding the access point at the NW corner of the site, this design gives <br />limited access only for vans and employees, it is not available to customers. This will be <br />a secure facility, the general public has only one access point to the building <br />Vasbinder noted Public Works did do not have an issue with the NW entrance to the <br />facility. He noted the conservation easement on the north and east sides of the building <br />and the driveway that crosses that easement. This is how other buildings use this <br />easement. We have gotten permission from Council's before for such a crossing <br />Vasbinder added the City and the CTC Metro District are working on traffic signals at <br />Dillon Road and 104th Street and at Hwy 42 and 104th Street. These traffic signal <br />designs are underway and will jointly construct the signal improvements They hope to <br />have them operational sometime in 2018 which will alleviate some of the traffic <br />congestion in CTC. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked Ritchie about the north and south elevations where staff <br />has concerns He asked what would be the minimum changes that would resolve staffs <br />concern. Ritchie stated there are no horizontal articulations on this 550 foot side of the <br />building. Staff has suggested some changes such as bump outs or canopies that might <br />be made to the building to enhance the building <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked if material variation might soften the appearance Ritchie <br />said yes, those types of changes might satisfy staffs concerns. <br />