In attendance were: Eugene Keyser, Tom Currigan, Steve LeMoine, Bethany Gtavell, Carla Madison, Charles Brantigan, Jim Wiseman, Paul Benington, Michael Henry, Jason Schlager, Mike Hillbert, Virginia McAllister and Ted Freedman.

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 pm. The minutes were read and approved as written. It is noted that the minutes from the November 2006 meeting are still pending and Steve LeMoine is to create minutes of that meeting.

Dr. Brantigan began the meeting with a discussion of communications problems between the Forum and its members. For the past couple of years, Paula Greenwood from Al Davis’s office has been circulating the minutes and the announcements electronically, obtaining the documents from Billie Brown of Dr. Brantigan’s office. Paula has elected not to proceed in that capacity because it has been increasingly difficult for her to circulate these minutes in a form that is acceptable to the members of the Forum. It has been discussed and agreed that documents created within Microsoft Word such as the agenda, minutes, letters and other documentation generated from Dr. Brantigan’ s office will be sent in a Word format. Any other documents that need to be circulated will be sent in PDF format. Henceforth, the documents will be sent by Billie.

Dr. Brantigan then revised the agenda to reflect items which had come up since the agenda was sent out.

Dr. Brantigan informed the group that he has been contacted by Pam Whitaker of the Ronald McDonald House. Apparently, Children’s Hospital is planning to deed the property to the Ronald McDonald House, but there is some question about the parking will be handled. Pam Whitaker is concerned that the required parking will be assigned to the Kempe Center so that the Kempe Center can sell their building profitably and move their facility to the Fitzsimons campus. The Ronald McDonald House, in contrast, is building an additional facility to serve the new Children’s Hospital. This will not be on the Fitzsimons campus but will be nearby on land donated by HealthONE. Plans for the Ronald McDonald House parking have been discussed which involve paving over the retention pond and compromising the landscaping required in the H2 district. Dr. Brantigan has put Pam Whitaker in touch with Chris Gleissner and has had the opportunity of discussing the situation with Matt Keelin and with Peter Durante. After these discussions, there has been assurance that some provision will be made to see that the Ronald McDonald House has the parking that it needs. At the time of this meeting, there were discussions with St. Joseph Hospital so that parking spaces in their parking structure could be allotted to the Kempe Center allowing sufficient parking for all. This was presented as an informational item and the group is to be informed if the issue is not satisfactorily resolved.

The Urban Design Plan is set to go to the Planning Board on April 18. Dr. Brantigan circulated a letter that he had sent on his own behalf to the Planning Board suggesting the revisions be made to protect any special review provisions in the current zoning code to preserve the landscaping and bulk planning protections for the neighborhood. By consensus, the group agreed that this represents the Forum’s point of view. One discussant thought that the wording should be somewhat stronger. Dr. Brantigan is authorized to present this information to the Planning Board.

Mike Hillbert, Virginia McAllister and Jason Schlager presented their plans requiring a rezoning of the triangular space bounded by Park Avenue, Clarkson, Washington, 19^th and 20^th Avenues. Mr. Hilbert reports that Mike Bellamy and Cadlocek have given him an option on the property. They are concerned that the alley vacation not go through and the property not be rezoned before closing.

Jason Schlager presented the developer’s plans for the area. The developer is a multi-family developer based in Houston. They design rental projects that are considered class A rental apartments and are condo quality. They have built 8,000 units in the past 15 years. They do their own construction operations. They are planning a development of 90-100 units per acre. It will be a 4-5 story stick brick construction surrounding a parking garage. The parking garage will be invisible from the street. This adds up to about 195 units. 60% would be one bedroom and 40% two bedroom. Rents would be between $1,250 and $2,300 per month. The targeted income would be $50,000-$75,000 per year and they average size of the unit would be about 925 square feet.

Only one elevation for the building was presented. It appears that there will be a limited number of entrances. In fact, it appears that there will be a courtyard, and the facade facing Park Avenue is likely be a blank wall, as the corridors are located in that area so that the units look into the enclosed courtyard.

The members of the Forum reiterated their thought that an alley vacation conveys property of significant value to the developer, and there needs to be some type of trade off. The trade off could include something such as public art. More important is a treatment of the Park Avenue elevation of the building which is sensitive to the neighborhood and sensitive to the needs of the people who live there. It is anticipated that there would be good mountain views from the Park Avenue elevation, and if there aren’t any entrances on the Park Avenue side, then people going to the Safeway store would have to exit the building on the other side and walk around the building to get to the Safeway store. There is a community meeting later this week to allow us to see the Park Avenue elevation and to allow the developers to consider some of the issues that have been raised.

The Forum is willing to support a rezoning to R-4-X. The Forum is also willing to endorse an alley vacation providing that the issues concerning integration into the neighborhood, pedestrian friendliness, and sensitivity to the other elevations of the building be followed.

San Rafael reports that they are about to submit their overlay zoning request and anticipate requesting the approval of the Forum at the next meeting. They were assured that the Forum had been trying to get that project accomplished for a long time and could be assured of their support.

The San Rafael group has been in negotiations with Cherokee Development. The Cherokee redevelopment plan is temporarily on hold as they consider possible modifications to the plan for the property behind the new terrace and the possibility that one of the medical institutions might want part of the property. There have been meaningful discussions between San Rafael and Cherokee, but there is still a concern about the density of the proposed project. Suffice it to say that this is a work in progress.

Plans for closing Franklin Street and reopening Gilpin Street show that the bridge over troubled waters can be installed came up for discussion. There has been some concern that, while the medical community has been notified of the plans, perhaps the neighbors have not. Steve LeMoine agreed to follow up with St. Joseph Hospital to see that not only are appropriate signs put up, but the appropriate notifications are put up as well.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned.

Charles O. Brantigan, MD, FACS

Chairman, Hospital District Urban Design Forum

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