Planning Commission Minutes 2015 10 08

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 8, 2015 Page 17 of 23 Rice asks is that Staff recommends three conditions. Do you accept those? Johnson says yes. Pritchard asks about shared parking for the larger events. When will those events take place? Are they a week day event or are they a week night? Weekend? Johnson says the competitions typically will be on the weekends. On Saturday and Sunday, it is pretty quiet in the CTC. We run bike races out there then for obvious reasons. We don't how competitions will be run, when they'll be run, and what kind of popularity this gym will have hosting competitions. Our response is that Special Event permits will need to be pulled for larger events. I don't think there will be a problem developing agreements between the neighbors. I think it will happen when a need presents itself. We feel the parking is more than adequate based on what we have studied with other gyms in the area. Public Comment: None. Summary and request by Staff and Applicant: Staff recommends Planning Commission move to approve of Climbing Gym/Brew Pub - Resolution 32, Series 2015: A resolution recommending approval of a final planned unit development (PUD) plan and special review use (SRU) to allow for the construction of a 24,282 SF climbing gym and 4,071 SF brewpub in the Colorado Technology Center. 1. The applicant shall remove the proposed sign on the west elevation. 2. If parking shortages are demonstrated on the site, the applicant shall develop a shared parking agreement with a neighboring property. 3. The applicant shall construct a sidewalk along Dogwood Street, from Cherry Street to the mid -block access drive. Also, the sidewalk shall extend along the south side of the access drive to the entrance of the Brew Pub. Closed Public Hearing and discussion by Commission: Brauneis says I am eager to discuss the potential for the sign. I do see it as something different. It is not a lit box sign screaming "fast food" at me. It is in a completely different location. Having been the beneficiary of Mr. Menaker's discussion regarding creativity in the signage as it related to Downtown during the past few years, it seems to me that this may be an option for something different out there. We don't have to approve the sign as is entirely; perhaps Council has a completely different attitude towards this. Maybe other discussions need to happen between the applicant and the Business Association. I am not convinced we have to kill that right out of the gate. They are thinking about flexibility and further discussion between the interested parties. This location is very different when it comes to signage. The fact that it is designed with solar access is tremendously forward thinking and something I wish more buildings could take on. I am excited to see that. Regarding surrounding xeriscaping, I was at a presentation last night in Greenwood Village at a different tech center. This presentation had to do with irrigation and residential. They were excited that certain people within Greenwood Village had taken on xeric landscapes because that provides resilience for both the community when drought does come and also protects property values. Like we've witnessed in California, people are spray painting their lawns to make them look green and other contrived adaptations to potentially threatened property values when the whole area has to go "zero water" landscaping. I am encouraged to see you are leading on xeric landscaping and it bodes well for the future of Louisville. Rice says this is a really interesting project and I am excited about it. Adding to my prior comments, it is great to see this vibrancy going on out at CTC. It is nice to see this infill happening. Andy, that was a great presentation and I enjoyed it. I support this project.