Planning Commission Minutes 2017 06 08

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 8, 2017 Page 9 of 27 discussion about full movement which would require re -doing the medians. The decision was to put the striping and signage in because there is no intent to change the medians at this time. Pritchard asks if the parking spaces are standard size, not small vehicle size. Zuccaro says in the CDDSG, we have no minimum dimension standard. In the IDDSG, we have 19' x 9'. They are meeting the 19' deep by 9' wide throughout the parking area. Drive aisle width is 23'. Most of our commercial properties are 24' to 25', but 23' is not unheard of. The spaces will match existing conditions which is a 23' drive aisle and parking spaces of 19' x 9'. Applicant Presentation: Hillary Andren-Wise, Sink-Combs-Dethlefs, 475 Lincoln Street, Suite 100, Denver, CO The vision of the project itself is to expand and upgrade the facility. This has been needed since the early 2000s. Andren-Wise shows elevations. We will be reusing existing playground equipment and there will be a new shade structure. There is a new leisure pool, a new program pool, and an outdoor patio space. The trail system has been revised. Commission Questions of Applicant: Brauneis says there appears to be a lot of glass on the southern exposure, which are both an opportunity and an energy challenge. What have you done regarding shading and insulating? Andren-Wise says there is a 10' overhang on the high side. All glass will be UV resistant and low E. There will be fritted glass and pattern glass so it won't be open glare. There will be skylights. Brauneis asks what percentage of operation will you have as day lit. When might we not use the lights to reduce operational costs? Andren-Wise says the whole fagade is glass other than moving the screen wall. It will be a 28' span and there will be different bands to accomplishing daylighting we need. We have done a full energy model on the project and are using the Xcel EDA Incentive Program. All lights in the building will be high efficient LED fixtures. They will be on sensors. In the pool area, you want it bright so there is no glare off the water and have good visibility. The skylights help with the glare. All glazing used will be the highest insulation value. Brauneis asks about xeric landscaping opportunities. Is there any irrigation involved in what is proposed? There was mention of evergreens. Andren-Wise says we have not done a full irrigation plan yet. There will be irrigation to islands with trees. We are maximizing as much xeric as we can. Brauneis says regarding the proposed waiver for landscape along Via Appia, do you have any concerns? Andren-Wise says no, it is practical as well as economic. There is a slope down from the sidewalk to the first row of parking spaces. There is existing vegetation and we already have a buffer. We feel this is a better trade since there is an existing condition that meets the intent of screening. Moline says there is a lot of impervious surface. Can runoff from that be incorporated into providing some water needs? Andren-Wise says at this time, we are not including any pervious paving. It is not a direction we included in the project. We do have a bio-soil and could look into this. Zuccaro says on Sheet L1.1, page 7 of 17 of the PUD, in lower right hand corner, there are several irrigation notes. 'All proposed trees, shrubs, and ornamental grasses are native or adapted species with low to medium water requirements. All proposed planting beds are designed to be medium water zones. Proposed native grass areas are low water zones with no supplemental irrigation requirements after establishment. No high water zones are proposed. There is no permanent irrigation proposed for the native grass areas. The native seed mix is designed to require no supplemental irrigation after establishment."There is xeric in the intent. Moline says based on what Brauneis was asking about, is there any LEED certification in the building.