INC ZONING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES August 24, 2019 Committee Co-chair Ean Tafoya convened the meeting. (Co-chair Christine O’Connor was unable to attend.) The following items were discussed: Terese Howard, an organizer with Denver Homeless Out Loud(DHOL) discussed the organization’s 7-year fight for the dignity and rights of persons who are homeless. She said that almost everyone who opposed Amendment … Continue reading →
Committee Member Laura Liska convened the meeting. (Co-chairs Ean Tafoya and Christine O’Connor were unable to attend.) The following items were discussed: Brad Johnson of the Community Planning and Development Department (johnson2@denvergov.org) continued his presentation from our April 27 committee meeting about the planning and rezoning for the National Western Center. He said that it is important to emphasize the … Continue reading →
The April 2019 INC Zoning and Planning meeting featured these speakers and topics: Brad Johnson of the Community Planning and Development Department and Eric Anderson of Jacobs Engineering updated the committee about the new 250-acre National Western Center and Erica Rogers, Excise and Licenses Department Policy Analyst, described the department’s proposal to allow Liquor Common Consumption areas in Denver.
The March 2019 INC Zoning and Planning meeting featured these speakers and topics: Jeff Hirt of Community Planning and Development about changes to the General Plan Development process; Laura Brudzinski, the Director of Housing Programs and Planning in the Office of Economic Development, discussed how affordable housing will be considered in future GDPs and Dre Chiriboga-Flor, a senior housing organizer for 9 to 5, reviewed key issues they are working on at the state level.
The February 2019 INC-ZAP meeting featured a presentation about opportunity zones from Denver’s Chief Economist, an update on CPD’s deliberations on INC’s request for a delay in final consideration of Blueprint Denver and Comprehensive Plan 2040, and committee members discussed rationale for the requested delay.
The October INC-ZAP meeting featured the following topics: Group Living Advisory Committee update, General Development Plans modification working group status, CPD presentation on 41st & Fox Street area maximum parking requirements, marijuana social use license progress, Downtown Area Plan amendment to create new D-CPV zone district, with incentive height limits for developers who build affordable housing, and the committee approved making a request to the mayor to extend the deadline for citizen and RNO comments on the Denver Comprehensive Plan 2040 and Denveright draft documents to February 18, 2019
The August 2018 INC ZAP meeting was almost entirely focused on an overview of two key planning documents: Comprehensive Plan 2040 and Blueprint Denver. Both are currently in the public comment period and all citizens are encouraged to review the documents and offer feedback. See the minutes for Citizen Open House events to speak with Planning Department staff.
