Franklin Meadows

Good afternoon, Attached is a summary of the community meeting held on Friday, May 18 regarding the proposed rezoning of 6194 S Franklin St. You may also download all of the handouts from the meeting here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/74nf6jnz0d6l69d/AAB_sKrsGiS44-Ai1KAWcv5Ga?dl=0 Please let me know if there are any additional questions I can answer for you about the process. I appreciate everyone taking the time to be involved and share their input. I am committed to making the City's community meeting process valuable for all our residents. I have created an optional survey where you can share feedback about the meeting anonymously here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BVNHC8S I would also be happy to talk to anyone about suggested improvements you may have for our community meeting process. You are receiving this email because you provided your email address on the meeting sign in sheet, emailed comments to the City, or provided your ...

Greetings, My name is Rebecca Franciscus and my husband and I live in Orr Estates right across from the proposed development.  I was the blond lady that asked several questions at the community meeting last Friday. I am an attorney (but not a land use attorney), and recommend strongly that we engage legal counsel on behalf of our group to oppose the Creekside Homes LLC application.  Specifically, as we all know, the key to defeating the application will be to present a unified front with cogent legal and factual analysis regarding the nine approval standards for rezoning. We already have a great draft of the responses to the nine points that Phil Nearing read at the community meeting,  but that draft needs to be turned into a strong, legally based brief to submit to the City to properly oppose the application.   To that end, I have contacted a friend who is one of the best real estate/land use planning attorneys in Denver and I am getting an engagement proposal for helping our group pr...

Candace Moon, Kathy Turley and Kelly Hickler, Just a short but IMPORTANT message to inform you that I am AGAINST the REZONE for the property at 6194 S. Franklin St. The reason we bought our house is because of this awesome secluded neighborhood known as Cromwell Heights/ Franklin Meadows. Reasons for OBJECTION About 10+ years ago, the property west of 6194 S. Franklin St. was sold and went from a single house property to multiple houses. To this day, I STILL notice all the extra traffic from the additional houses. I do NOT want to see increased automobile traffic. S. Franklin St. has a unique quality in that a BUNCH of foot/bicycle traffic occupies this country road and adding even more automobile traffic would NOT be an ideal situation! The intersection of S. Franklin St. and Orchard Rd. just can't handle all the extra traffic that this proposed REZONE change would bring! I feel the proposed 'RA' zoning would greatly reduce home/propert...

Good remarks by all !! Saber mentioned something that will be a good point at the meeting. What about parking with all the activity within the very small area and 9 homes jammed in. No turn around, cars in and out in that tight "end of street". Again, It's not only the downgrading of our wonderful country atmosphere but, as Tom says the danger to the walkers, riders, kids etc with the increased traffic. I am afraid that this development will only lead to further downgrades in the future, i.e. the 2 acres on the Holm property, Franklin street widened, and possibly putting Franklin through over the canal. Increased traffic will eventually justify Centennial widening the street, and possibly the bridge over Big Dry. We can't let these dominoes start to fall. Hope we can all make it to the meeting Friday, Dick R

Hello opponents to rezoning, Here are just a few thoughts to start to build a possible list of "talking points" for our pitch against our Rezoning Challenge: The 1st two pages would be an excellent, front and back, handout to new contacts to support the cause Traffic - with the width of Franklin Street only 21-22 feet wide, and with at least 18 additional cars, the danger of traffic will be overwhelming for the many: walkers, joggers, bicyclists, baby carriages, school age children walking to buses coming up Franklin to get them, dog walkers, horses, etc. What are the reasons the City of Centennial changed the zoning to Neighborhood Conservation (NC2A) seven years ago? Are those reasons not important today? (In fact seven years ago, none of the neighbors were notified of the move to make that change) Are there other options to the owner selling to this developer: a. suggesting that South Suburban buy this 2.4 acres for a special use (use your conservationi...

From: Susan Deats Planning & Zoning Commission Community Meeting (Hostess Kelly Hickler 5/18/2018) (One hour starting with developer's presentation that was shut down by attendees.) General Impressions from meeting from Susan Deats, 1400 E Orchard Rd: Ideally, to block this rezoning, a few people need to concentrate on each phase of the process to present appropriate arguments. If there is an attorney who has successfully advised about blocking rezoning, it might be hiring the attorney for consultation. It is hard to find one who doesn't work for realtors. Planning & Zoning doesn't care how the neighbors "feel" or what they want. Hopefully the City Council will and should be well advised to take into account the neighborhood's wishes . It appears the Planning & Zoning Commission employee's job is to Process rezoning applications without evaluation. Centennial doesn't recognize a group of h...

Kelly Hickler, Planner II City of Centennial Planning and Zoning Commission 13133 East Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 303-754-3378  Dear Ms. Hickler,  We are neighbors of 6194 S. Franklin Street, that we understand has a scheduled meeting on May 18, 2018, concerning rezoning. Our address is 6100 S. Gilpin Street. My father, Dr. Charles Smedley, a third generation Denver dentist, grew up near City Park, but always wanted in live in the country. After serving in the Navy as a dentist in World War II, he found 12 acres of farm land in 1947, with a little one bedroom cottage at 6100 S. Gilpin Street, where he raised his family of 4. It was his dream that this little "oasis in the middle of the city", surrounded by the High Line Canal Path would remain as open space for the public to enjoy. Three years ago, we began the process of establishing a Conservation Easement on 10 acres of that farm land. In a partnership with South Suburban Rec. Dist., Arapaho County and t...

My name is Saber Amine and my address is 6071 S Franklin Street. I have been a resident of Franklin Meadows since 2012. My family and I moved here because we fell in love with the laid-back and Country feel of the neighborhood. Before I share with you the technical aspects of what it means to allow the zoning changes, let me share some general thoughts about the proposed changes: 1- As many of you know Franklin St has no sidewalk and with the opening of the new bridge on the Highline Canal we are seeing a significant increase of pedestrian traffic. Now imagine increasing the auto traffic by 45%. This is a recipe for disaster for people and pets both on Franklin st and at the Orchard intersection. 2- If we allow the zoning changes, it would be hard to control what the developer will decide to do. Future plans and changes are mainly agreed on between the developer and the city. This is the only time we get to object to the changes.  3- Property values: Patio homes, multi units an...

Hi Neighbors, Please read this packet of information regarding the potential rezone of the property at 6194 S. Franklin. (The top of Franklin St, east side, on the Highline Canal) The City of Centennial will be holding a meeting on Friday the 18th of May at 6:00 at the Southglenn Library concerning the rezoning of this property from 2 acre lots to proposed 9! NINE!! houses on 2 acres. We are hoping you will join us as a unified neighborhood against this craziness! If rezoned it would affect our Franklin St neighborhood mightily. Traffic increase, setting a precedent for continued rezoning of the east side of Franklin St, property values, etc. The east side of Franklin St. is zoned NC2A and was rezoned to "protect the character of the neighborhood and the conservation of the land". This 2 acre re-zoning was passed in 2011, only 7 years ago, and now they want to undo it to make it even much less than the original 1/2 acre lots. If you love your walk down this street or live ...

May 4, 2018 Re: Community Meeting for a Rezoning and Site Plan Application, 6194 S Franklin St, Centennial, CO 80121 Please be advised that a community meeting is being held prior to the formal submittal for a Rezoning and Site Plan application for a property located at 6194 S Franklin St, Centennial, CO 80121 (see page 2). The Applicant, Creekside Homes LLC, proposes a Site Plan for nine single family residences. Prior to Site Plan approval, the Applicant proposes to rezone the existing property from Neighborhood Conservation 2 Acres (NC2A) to Auto-Urban Residential (RA). Community meetings are required by the City’s Land Development Code (LDC) prior to submittal of certain development applications. The purpose of the community meeting is to inform the affected property owners and neighborhoods about the proposed development application and seek comments about its potential impacts on the area which could reasonably be mitigated. These meetings are intended to be forums in which th...