Downtown Review Board – October 2, 2019

Downtown Stadium

OVERVIEW

PROJECT TEAM• Stadium Partnership

• Ragain Family

• Weidner Apartment Homes

• Consultant Project Team

• Architect: Perkins + Will

• Planning and Landscape Architecture: N.E.S. Inc.

• Public Engagement: Bachman PR

• Traffic & Parking: Felsburg, Holt & Ullevig

• Civil Engineer: Classic Engineering

• General Contractor

• GE Johnson

APPLICATIONS• FBZ Conditional Use Development Plan (Zoned FBZ-CEN)

• Relief / Warrants

• Building Height

• Frontage – glazing

• Block standards – historic block pattern

• Public spaces – trees

• Right of Way Vacation

• Moreno Street

• Portion of Sahwatch Street

• Subdivision Plat

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTMill Street Neighborhood Engagement:

• Board/resident meeting Thurs., Feb 21, Veteran’s Coffee Roasters

• Board/resident meeting Thurs, July 11, UCCS

• Neighborhood door-to-doors Fri./Sat., July 5 & 6

• Neighborhood Resident Block Picnic Sat., Aug 10, Mill Street

• One-on-One Meetings January 22nd-February 11th, Individual Meetings

Downtown Key Stakeholders:

• #1: Wed, Feb 27, 2019, UCCS downtown

• #2: Mon, July 15, UCCS downtown

• #3: Wed, Aug 21, Centennial Hall

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTDowntown Partnership Board Meeting Tues, July 9, Downtown Partnership

Retailer/Business meeting: Tues, July 16, The Warehouse Restaurant

Wed, July 24, 1 Million Cups, The Warehouse Restaurant

CONO Board Briefing: Wed, July 24, CONO office

Community Meeting #1: Wed, July 17, Centennial Hall

Community Meeting #2: Wed, Aug 21, Centennial Hall

Future Public Hearings:

• Downtown Review Board Wed, October 2, 2019, City Hall

• City Council Nov/Dec 2019, City Hall

DOWNTOWN ADJACENCY DIAGRAM

PlanCOS

Experience Downtown Master Plan

Mill Street Neighborhood Master Plan

Urban Land Institute Report on Downtown Colorado Springs

CityGate Urban Renewal Plan

Downtown Form Based Code

City for Champions Initiative

CONSISTENT PLANNING

SITE PLAN

SITE PLAN

ENTRY

Insert Elevations and Graphics

Insert Elevations and Graphics

TYPES OF EVENTS

SPECIAL EVENTS SWITCHBACK GAMES C4C EVENTS DAILY USE

STADIUM PROGRAMMING AND MANAGEMENT

• Switchbacks Entertainment

• Sports Authority

• District

• Successful programming and scheduling of events requires coordination:

• Sports Corp, Lodging and Rental Tax (LART), Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), United States Olympic Committee (USOC), National Governing Bodies (NGB’s), Mountain West

• Downtown Partnership, Chamber, EDC and VisitCOS, Pikes Peak Center, Future Robson Arena, Olympic Museum

• Adjacent Businesses

Parking Demand (Sold Out Switchbacks Game)

– 2,350 parking spaces needed (Sold Out Switchbacks Game)

• 34 Spaces ADA Accessible

– 85% of Attendees Arrive Via Private Automobiles

– 2.9 People per Automobile

Parking Demand (Daily Use)

– 85 parking spaces needed (Daily Use)

• 5 Spaces ADA Accessible

Parking Supply (Available Spaces)

– Public On-Street Parking

– Public Parking Garages & Surface Lots

– 2 Hour Meter Restrictions

– Residential Parking

– 1,200 – 1,350 Spaces Within a 5 Minute Walk

– 2,300 – 2,750 Spaces Within a 10 Minute Walk

Total Parking Available: 2,300 – 2,750 Spaces

DOWNTOWN CITY PARKING TOOLS & STRATEGIES

ON STREET PARKING

PUBLIC TRANSIT

BIKE / PEDESTRIAN

RIDE SHARE (UBER, LYFT)

PARKING METERS

PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM

ON STREET PARKING

SURFACE LOTS

PARKING GARAGES

DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE

CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIAConditional Uses are evaluated using three criteria:

That the value and qualities of the neighborhood are not substantially injured.

Consistent with intent and purpose of zoning code to promote public health, safety, and general welfare.

Consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan (PlanCOS).

Other:

Urban Renewal area

Experience Downtown Master Plan

VACATION CRITERIAROW Vacation applications are evaluated using five criteria:

No longer needed for public transportation purposes;

Will not adversely impact use of the right of way for public utility and/or drainage purposes;

Will not adversely impact uniform width of the remaining portions of the public right of way along the block frontage for which the vacation is sought;

Access to lots or properties surrounding the public right of way will not be adversely affected;

The vacation is consistent with the purpose of this Subdivision Code.

TECHNICAL COMMENTSThe project has gone through two rounds of review.

Resolved Technical Comments:

- Drainage report

- Glazing calculations

- Streetscape details and phasing

- Landscape planting details

- ADA access

Thank You & Questions

Perkins+Will

Downtown Stadium