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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />April 14, 2016 <br />Page 14 of 19 <br />you can limit it but I think there are a lot of problems there that are not being represented by the <br />staff representation and materials you have been given. <br />Pritchard says what I would suggest to you is this is the beginning of the process. We do not <br />have something actually submitted to us at this time. Tonight's issue is adding this particular <br />type of property's ability to be there. It does not necessarily mean it gets approved via the <br />special review use. Keep involved in this process because it will be a long process. You have <br />valid points which this Commission and City Council will want to hear if this moves forward. <br />Herb Newbold, 9750 Empire Road, Louisville, CO <br />Instead of speaking for a private residence, I also have a business that shares a property line, <br />the Mountain View Building. I have had a chance to survey not only the people that share the <br />building I'm in, but Arapahoe Roofing, and Lockheed Martin. I have talked to a number of those <br />property owners. The general consensus is they too would like to see the feel of that stay the <br />same. It is somewhat unusual to start mixing wedding centers next to the high voltage, high <br />amperage facilities at Lockheed Martin or Bob Billet at Arapahoe Roofing where he has a lot of <br />things going on out there. I think the consensus is that they'd like to keep it the industrial theme <br />that it is as opposed to starting to mix things in. The other thing that I would suggest for the <br />wedding center is there are areas obviously in the tech center that are more specific towards <br />that. My understanding is they may even have already received a special review use that would <br />allow this. Those might be better areas. I echo Lynda's sentiment. With each new thing that <br />happens, you start off having nothing, and then the bike trail, and then the bike trail extension, <br />and then a push from the south. We are starting to squeeze in on all those animals. There used <br />to be a herd of deer, some turkeys, and even an occasional bear, but now we see the birds and <br />the coyotes and raccoons, but it has become limited. <br />Summary and request by Staff and Applicant: <br />Staff recommends approval with the acknowledgement that this will continue on for a special <br />review use and PUD review. <br />Closed Public Hearing and discussion by Commission: <br />Pritchard says what we are talking about this evening is pretty straight forward. We don't have <br />an applicant coming forward although it sounds like it. There is a special review in this so we will <br />get a bite of this apple. This is a little bit different. I know why they are choosing it because it has <br />a better view towards the west. That is why Pearl Izumi chose their site. This is not the first time <br />this has been tried. Many years ago, there was an attempt to put a restaurant out there for the <br />same reason, great view. This is different than what is currently out there. It changes the <br />definition of how that operates. <br />Moline says I have a couple of observations. I am empathetic to the residents there and am <br />also empathetic to the fact that the open space is just to the north. I am not necessarily <br />convinced that these uses are compatible with this location. One thing that would help me a little <br />bit would be if the entirety of those two lots didn't have that designation, or have it more oriented <br />to the street rather than on the far property lines. I still wonder if those uses are appropriate on <br />the edge of the tech center. <br />O'Connell says I don't think it is worth opening the door to this discussion further. I don't think <br />we should make this change. This is not in character with what is around it and I think it would <br />be too disruptive to the residents around it. I don't see a need. I think the CTC is doing very well <br />the way it is. This land will be used by someone else and it will not be a loss. <br />Tengler says I think this is incompatible with the CTC for the reasons that the neighbors <br />brought up for the open space issue. If you orient the wedding center toward the road, it defeats <br />the purpose of putting it up there because they want the views and access to the wide open <br />spaces to the west. I am opposed to this. <br />Rice says, complementary to what has been said, I was troubled by the procedural aspect of <br />this. It comes in to just change the GDP but then we don't get to discuss anything else about <br />