 Call to order the Long Mountain Planning and Zoning Commission April 20, 2022 meeting Next item is roll call Chairman Poland here commissioner flag here vice chairman Goldberg here commissioner height Commissioner to cut here commissioner boom Chairman you have a quorum Thank you very much Anyone wishing to speak during public invited to be heard which are items four and seven or during any public hearing item Which is item 6a Will need to watch the live stream of the meeting for instructions about how to call in to provide public comment at the appropriate times Instructions will be given during the meeting and display down the screen when it is time to call in to provide comments Comments are limited to five minutes per person and each speaker will be asked to state their name and address for the record prior to proceeding with their comments Please remember to mute the live stream when you're called upon to speak Thank you Next item is item three communications from planning director Glenn van Memm-Wigan Good evening planning commission. I don't have anything at this time Thank you very much Glenn Next item is item number four, which is public comment Information is being displayed on the screen for those viewing from home. Please dial 1-888-788-0099 When prompted enter the meeting ID 897-5823-8624 When we are ready to hear public comment, we'll call on you to speak based on the last three digits of your phone number Each speaker must state their name and address for the record and will be allowed five minutes to speak Please remember to mute the live stream when you're called upon to speak and remember This is for any items that are not before the commission today, which is item 6a We will now take a five-minute break to allow people to dial in. Thank you Chairman we're about 15 seconds out from the five minute mark currently. There are no callers. Thank you Sure thing. We've hit the five minute mark. So I'm going to drop the slide and we still have no callers Okay, thank you. So are we set to go on then? Uh, sounds like it. Yep. Okay. Thank you. I will go ahead and close the public Invited to be heard Next item is item number five or approval of the minutes for the march 16th 2022 planning zoning commission Any questions comments or motions commission our height Need myself this time. Sorry. I was present. Um, I moved to prove that march 16th Okay, thank you. We have a motion to approve Commissioner lukaca I second the motion We have a motion to approve in a second any other discussion. Are we ready for a vote? Jane, let's go ahead and vote Chairman poland Yes, commissioner flag. Yes Vice chairman goldberg off to abstain commissioner height All right commissioner lukach Yes commissioner boon abstain Chairman that narrowly passes with commissioners goldberg and boon abstaining Thank you A next item is item number six a the burqana institute conditional use site plan Senior planner jennifer huitt epperson presenting At this time, I also do would like to disclose I was not aware of this at all until it showed up on the screen here But one of the people presenting here martin burq is a former co-worker of mine at a company called webroot From above three years ago. It is a fielded business There's no conflict of interest here I do not believe there's any partiality and I can remain objective through this But I want to go ahead and make note of that. Great. Thank you. Thank you so much chairman call chairman poland and members of the commission Dallas would like to get that presentation up. We can get started with this So as chairman poland mentioned, my name is jennifer huitt epperson I'm a senior planner here in the planning development department With the city of bogmont and I am here tonight to present to you A conditional use site plan for the burqana institute of massage therapy Next slide This property is located at the intersection of third avenue and cockman street It's at the southwest corner of that intersection It is a locally designated landmark known as the allen house And the site is about one fifth of an acre. It's currently zoned mixed use downtown Next slide So this particular use is Considered a vocational school is classified which is Classified as a conditional use within the mixed use downtown district As I mentioned, this is a local landmark called the allen house The applicant is not proposing any exterior changes to the building nor to the site Um Nothing that would trigger a certificate of appropriateness. Um at this point Um, so the school itself is currently in operation at in the prospect area And the applicant is seeking to move it to the downtown area Once I'm finished with this presentation regarding the process and staff findings The applicant jill burqana as well as martin burq will be On hand to describe in more detail What this use will entail and give a little bit of history Of their operations as well as the qualifications for running such an operation So, um, as I mentioned, there are no changes proposed to the site or to the building exterior This property is located in the general improvement district. So there is no onsite parking required That said, there are a few spaces on the site that will be available for use as well as On street parking nearby public parking lots and garages, etc Next slide So in terms of community input a neighborhood meeting was held on march 22nd Notices were posted via sign as well as mail notice for in a 1000 foot radius This was a virtual meeting. There were no call ins For any with any questions or concerns The notice of application was also mailed At the same time as the neighborhood meeting on march 3rd Because this was such a fairly minor use the Planning director determined that it would be appropriate to do some consolidation of the processes So that they could do their notice of application and neighborhood meeting concurrently In terms of response to the notices We did receive one email from the owner of the tangerine restaurant who expressed support for the proposed use As it would generate more foot traffic in the downtown area And with regard to the public hearing the notice of public hearing was mailed In in a manner consistent with the 14 day requirement as well as a signs posted and again no comments were received Next slide So staff is recommending approval of this particular conditional site plan So that would be pz resolution 2022 5a within your packet Staff lines in the proposed use meets the criteria established in the land development code Section 15.0 to 0.055 specifically For criteria a with regard to consistency with the comprehensive plan The proposed conditional use will promote the continued mixed use character of the downtown zoning district and continue to promote that downtown character in terms of the being pedestrian friendly and Including a mixture of uses within within the area in terms of Compliance with applicable city standards There were no changes proposed to the site or structure This property currently contains a mixture of professional services and is served by existing utilities and streets All members of the development review committee Found that the proposed use meets all of their criteria for approval And recommended that we that we bring it to the planning and zoning commission In terms of compatibility with surrounding properties The proposed use is compatible with the surrounding uses which include offices retail commercial multifamily and single family uses consistent with the mixed use downtown district Additionally as noted the proposed conditional use will attract daytime users to downtown longmont, which will continue Which will contribute to continue downtown revitalization Additionally, this property is located within the general improvement district as I noted, which means that no on-site parking is required Nonetheless, because there are on-site spaces that would mitigate any additional parking issues With regard to criteria e regarding riparian areas this Criteria is not applicable as we are not within any riparian areas and then finally With regard to the appropriate transportation plan A multimodal transportation plan was not required for this application given the minimal impacts of the proposed conditional use Additionally cough in the street is a designated multimodal corridor that will have expanded transit service at some point in the future And next slide All right with that I'm going to transfer The presentation or transfer the floor over to joe brokana and she will take you through Her presentation and then we will be able to answer any questions that you may have Thank you Hello, thank you so much for your time this evening Appreciate you all so much taking a look at the school Dallas you can go ahead and start my slideshow whenever you're ready So i'm just going to get through this really quickly so we don't take up too much of your time The brokana institute has been operating since 2011. This would be our fourth Relocation And we started in denver you can go to the next slide I'll give you a brief history. So i'm the founder and the owner and the academic dean of the school And i've been running this school for 11 actually 10 years and before this I had another school That I was running in costa rica for seven years I came back to the front range because this is my home I'm from bolder and started the school in capital hill in a victorian mansion From that point after five years of being there we moved to Lower downtown just east of course field and because of the homeless situation there It was difficult to prosper and so then I relocated to prospect where I've been for the last five years And now that the school has proven to be Very sturdy. We've decided that it's time for us to purchase our own building and we absolutely fell in love with this building We have already produced 280 amazing massage licensed massage therapists And we have completed 40 of our programs We have a 100 percent success rate on the us national board exam Which is impressive given that the the us national Average is 69 so we're we feel that we're producing some of the best massage therapists in the nation And we're actually known for this. We've provided over 225 thousand dollars in academic scholarships and we continue to do that We currently are offering three five thousand dollar scholarships to our next class For students from underserved populations So we can go to the next slide Um, so I I've been a massage therapist since 1990 as I mentioned I grew up in bolder and I've been operating massage school since 2005 I am known as a pioneer and leader in the massage therapy profession specifically with a mindfulness based and holistic approach I've served on the us national board exam for therapeutic massage and body work as a director And I was the liaison to the ethics and standards committee at that time and so because of that Our school is known and expected to be at the highest level of ethics and professionalism I also serve as an expert witness In cases of misconduct in massage therapy for the state of colorado The next slide please So we have a prestigious advisory board who advise us When we need some support, I also have a vice principal who is off-site He is the the former president of the american massage therapy association. I have two assistant directors who Run the school For me, they're my boots and eyes on the ground when I can't be there and we have right now We have 11 subject matter experts who teach the original curriculum So our instructors come and go as they are required and needed We have our program is about a third science a third massage therapy and body work in a third complementary studies such as entrepreneurship classes Communication ethics psychology and classes like this I have an executive administrator and office manager and then we have Other vendors who help support the upkeep of our campus Next slide please We are approved by the us national board for therapeutic massage and body work Our students are eligible and prepared to pass the board exam for massage therapists We are a member in good standing with the american massage therapy association And we are approved and regulated by the colorado department of education regulatory schools We are also i didn't put that in this in the slide that we are also approved by the the v.a So we do have veterans that common can attend our program And we also are approved by the colorado workforce We are a founding member of the alliance for massage therapy education slide please And this is what we do. We have intensive 600-hour holistic massage therapy certification programs for small classes of focused students Our student culture is more mature Professionals mostly between the ages of 25 and 50 who have maybe had a career already and end up Deciding that they want a change of career. So that's the majority of our students are coming from that demographic We also have a student massage therapy clinic where the students are doing their clinical practicum requirements and we bring the public in under supervision and We are able to provide very low cost massage therapy for the people of long mat and we also give Senior citizen discounts so that we can see more of the older folks in our community We also offer continuing education courses next slide please Maybe that's it That's everything Great. Thank you, jill and thank you Chairman paul and i'll turn it over to you and members of the commission for any questions or comments that you may have Yes, thank you since this is a public hearing item. I will go ahead and open up the public invite to be heard for this item Uh, the information is being displayed on the screen for those viewing from home Please l188 788 000 9 9 till for united states when prompted enter the meeting id 897 5823 8 624 When we are ready to hear public comment We will call on you to speak based on the last three digits of your phone number Each speaker must state their name and address for the record and will be allowed five minutes to speak Remember to utilize dream when you are called upon to speak. We will now take a five minute break to allow people to call in. Thank you Chairman we're about 10 seconds again away from the five minute mark Currently, there are no callers Thank you Sure thing. We're over the five minute mark. So i'm going to drop the slide And yeah, we still have no callers. You're welcome. Thank you very much. We'll go ahead and close public comment We'll now open up to the commission for any questions comments motions commissioner height Sure, i'll start it off. Um I'm interested in why this game does I like it. I don't think it's controversial. It seems to be um completely in accordance with um I think overall What is happening in downtown in long line? I mean, I guess I understand technically it's Because the use requires a condition use review the standard review procedures under 150205 I think it didn't act I think Well, I look further through a condition of these standards under 150206. So we see and I think Really what that does is just best us with authority to impose conditions on the the use So that it is more conformity with the surrounding neighborhood And I don't see that there's any basis on which There's an necessity to do so so I'm going to let others Wrap on but I'm going to be an approval of I'm going to be in favor of this application. Thank you. Thank you commissioner height commissioner boon hi Before I have a question and a comment but um I actually am very much in favor of this conditional use But my question is this is a historic building and um Are there any responsibilities of owning a historic building? ie You have to let the public in or you have to open houses or anything like that that are required of a historic building that May or may not be compatible with your use and then um, so that's my question and then my comment is Because of the nature of the Students that are coming It seems like it might be nice to have Bicycle parking somehow on site and I'm wondering if that's something that's even allowed at a historic building So that's my question and my comment and I will let somebody else Sure, so thank you so much commissioner boon. I can answer the question regarding historic building responsibilities and I will refer to the applicant on the bicycle parking question so in terms of historic buildings and the responsibility of owners the primary responsibility is to Make ensure that any external modifications or external work that is done on the building is Consistent with its historic nature and essentially for all locally designated landmarks Which this building is if the owner were to or the applicant were to Want to do any exterior? Modification short of you know freshening up the paint job. They would need to come to planning development to Seek a certificate of appropriateness under our historic preservation ordinance In terms of the bicycle parking, there's nothing precluding the applicant from having bicycle parking on site That's something I will Let Ms. Burkana discuss Hello, thanks again So there is already a bike rack installed in the front of the building as well as an ADA compliant ramp And bathroom and this was this was very exciting and one of the reasons that the building was so appealing We are Doing our funding through the SBA and so if all approvals go through We have already we're securing funding to replace the roof which is in disrepair as well as The driveway and That will be something that we'll have to do right away And we'll be putting in signage in accordance with the historic society and all of the um The limitations and rules Um for having signage in the downtown area Thank you Thank you Commissioner Goldberg Thank you chairman pollin Chairman pollin what a joy this is to have a project before us um This is really exciting as a resident and um as someone who sits on this commission with all these folks, you know Seeing the future of longmont, you know bill right before us. So man. I think this is a great project. I'm thrilled it's before us um, I applaud the applicant for selecting longmont and And really bringing this kind of experience to to our city um, I think to echo commissioner heights And commissioner boon support Man, I don't I don't have any Issues with this application It's met the review criteria. No issues from the drc No concerns from the neighborhood um You know, obviously a celebrated and highly regarded business Uh that I think would fit lovely into our downtown district. So I'm supportive of this and don't have any concerns Thank you commissioner goldberg Any other? Ah commissioner lupachy Thank you chairman pollin I I also like this project and welcoming this in our downtown um My question is more generic. Um maybe for The senior planner he would have person in these cases. Um specifically in downtown, let's say Uh, would ldda be involved in In these transfer or, you know, purchases of uh A real estate in in terms of what happens with the the other businesses that are leaving Is there a movement to to keep those businesses in downtown and you know, generally speaking like in long Month, you know to keep the the tax revenue and all that Sure Sure. Um, I'm That would actually be something up to the ldda. I'm not aware of any involvement at this point Um, obviously we do want we would love to keep these businesses in downtown Um, miss broconi can talk a little bit about kind of how their attrition of these uses will will work as well Assuming that this use is approved and the purchases, you know, purchase goes through et cetera Um, you know, ldda does have some programs that might be beneficial for such for such You know businesses, uh, but it would really be up to the Businesses on site to to really work with ldda to reach out. Yeah, okay Thank you Any other questions comments motions? commissioner golberg I don't see any other folks jumping at the opportunity to chat and uh offer their comments then i'm Client to just make a motion you know, given the feedback from the commission and the Presentation brought to us in the city's packet i'm inclined to move for approval of pzr 2022-5a Thank you. We have a motion on the floor Is there a second commissioner height? We'll second that motion. We have a motion. We have a seconder. Are there any other comments? Questions, if not, we will move to a vote Jane chairman pollin yay commissioner flake yay Vice chairman golberg Yes, commissioner height. Hi commissioner new coach. Hi commissioner boom. Hi Chairman that passes unanimously six to zero Thank you very much jane. This item now enters a seven day appeal period During this time any agree party may appeal the commission's decision by submitting a written appeal letter Stating why the planning zoning commission's decision should be amended or reversed by city council All appeals must be in writing and must be received in the city clerk's office and the planning office within the seven day appeal period The appeal period begins thursday april 21st at 8 a.m. And ends wednesday april 27th at 5 p.m Thank you, miss For kana. Thank you for the presentation. Thank you A senior planner hewitt epperson for your presentation Thank you so much Thank you so much We're thrilled 37 minutes Okay, that's it for public hearing items We'll now go to the final call. I will open up final call for public invited to be heard The information is being displayed on the screen for those viewing from home. Please dial 1 888 788 0099 toll for united states When prompted enter the meeting id 897 5823 8624 When we are ready to hear public comment, we will call on you to speak based on the last three digits of your phone number Each speaker must state their name and address for the record And they will be allowed five minutes to speak Please remember to mute the live stream when you're called upon to speak We will now take a five minute break to allow people to call in Chair we are about 15 seconds out from the five minute mark Currently we have no one calling in Thank you very much Sure thing Give it just a few more moments Right and we are past the five minute mark and still no callers Thank you very much. I'll go ahead and close the final call public invited to be heard Next item is items from the commission. Anybody have any items? Commissioner height I want to see you all in person sometime soon. I don't have anybody feels about that, but we should address whether or not and when we might put this line Is my thought Thank you Come our planning director glenn dadden and moegan To answer that question actually I was going to talk about it under me, but Um We did you are surveyed by the clerk's office. I think a couple of months ago and the results of that showed that There's a great majority six Other commissioners voted in favor of going back in person One was against and one was for possibly a hybrid situation so We are moving forward. We're planning on going back in person probably in june And jane can jump in here if she'd like but we have to get caught up on the new equipment Staff hasn't really used the new equipment yet And there'll be a little bit of a learning curve. I think for you, mr. Chairman Just in how the mics work, but I think showing up early. I think we can get you up to speed on that so Our intent is we'll probably have to do a one more meeting in may virtually, but Um, we expect to be back in person in june Barring any unforeseen circumstances and let's keep our fingers crossed I kind of would thank you lenn any other comments from the commission Seeing none. I will move to the next item. Uh, I'm some council representative Councilman rodriguez is not here today Items from planning director glenn vanden and wiggin only one other thing We had talked to the planning commission Earlier about the council's wish to have you weigh in on future candidates We thought we were going to be in a really tough time frame and have to have that done by June the clerk's office decided not to post your opening For this round and I think because it only goes through to next year and so We'll have to deal with it in the fall Basically, okay I think that'll give us an opportunity to kind of look at what some of the other commissions are doing as far as how they're Doing the process. I think the best answer is maybe have a Interview committee and that doesn't have to be a public meeting And then bring the recommendations back to the board for your recommendation To the council But we've got some time to think about it. So hey, thank you very much You bet seeing there is no other business before us. I'll go ahead and call this meeting to adjournment Thank you everyone. Oh, thank you