WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.560 Welcome to CivicCast Brief. I'm Maya, covering the Longmont City Council meeting of October twentieth, twenty twenty-six. 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:13.140 This episode is AI-generated from the public meeting video; check the official record. 00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:23.040 On the consent agenda, second readings and public hearings for ordinances introduced there were scheduled for November third, twenty twenty-six, according to the meeting record. 00:00:23.340 --> 00:00:33.540 For Ordinance twenty twenty-six dash sixty-five, the public hearing opened and closed with no one signed up and no audience speaker, as the record shows. 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.480 Right. That covers the consent item. 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:38.700 Okay. On to the next item. 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:46.680 A speaker said there had been four neighborhood meetings, along with a number of individual and group sessions, and that was the speaker's account. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:56.460 Another speaker described a range of twenty-seven to forty-four units, at six point one to nine point nine units per acre, and that was the range given. 00:00:56.760 --> 00:00:58.200 That's a wide range. 00:00:58.500 --> 00:00:59.220 It is. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:08.040 The public hearing then opened for R twenty twenty-six dash seventy-five and O twenty twenty-six dash sixty-nine, as the record shows. 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:16.620 A motion was made to amend condition one by striking the existing traffic condition in its entirety, and that was the motion before the council. 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:24.960 A motion was also made to amend condition two by striking the existing fire mitigation condition in its entirety, as stated in the motion. 00:01:25.260 --> 00:01:37.380 Dead or dying trees, vegetation, and other combustible material identified in the plan were required to be removed by August first, twenty twenty-seven, according to the requirement described. 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:45.960 Under municipal code, the City Council has authority to exempt improvements after a public hearing, as the code provision was described. 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:54.420 Another speaker said the mural is about five thousand square feet and very similar in size to the parking garage mural at the civic center. 00:01:54.720 --> 00:02:02.640 That speaker said artists could apply as either a mentor or a mentee, with portfolio review opportunity on either side, as described. 00:02:02.940 --> 00:02:11.460 Another speaker said two hundred thousand dollars should be completely sufficient for a twenty-year lifespan of a mural of this size, and that was the budget point. 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:13.320 That's a big number. 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:14.340 It is. 00:02:14.640 --> 00:02:23.040 A speaker said he was concerned about the actual one percent donation because, if it was more than two hundred thousand dollars, he would be concerned. 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:32.940 An unidentified speaker said their policy was not to wash on site because the landlord had not provided fixtures to do so, and that was the policy described. 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:39.960 An unidentified speaker said the target density was in the ten to twelve range, and that was the range given. 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:49.620 A vote carried unanimously, and the council moved to Item C, Ordinance O twenty twenty-six dash seventy-six, as the record shows. 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:56.640 Ordinance O twenty twenty-six dash seventy-six was pulled by a council member, and that was the item pulled. 00:02:56.940 --> 00:03:05.700 An unidentified speaker said section three of the annexation agreement related to development of a historic preservation plan, as described. 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:12.960 An unidentified speaker said the commission's priority was to see that house preserved, and that was the priority stated. 00:03:13.260 --> 00:03:20.580 On the historic preservation matter, the vote carried six to one, with one council member in opposition, as recorded. 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:28.560 An argument was made that the decision was plainly inconsistent with the review criteria, as shown by clear and convincing evidence. 00:03:28.860 --> 00:03:36.780 A speaker said the hardship was self-imposed by the applicant, and several Planning and Zoning commissioners agreed, according to the speaker. 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:43.920 An unidentified speaker said the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the setback, and that was the commission decision described. 00:03:44.220 --> 00:03:45.780 That's a specific number. 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:46.800 It is. 00:03:47.100 --> 00:03:55.980 An unidentified speaker cited a two thousand five hundred dollar survey cost and said they did not want to spend two thousand five hundred dollars for a no. 00:03:56.280 --> 00:04:04.560 An unidentified speaker said the commission did not spend significant time discussing the self-imposed hardship aspect, as the speaker described. 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:13.140 An unidentified speaker said an alteration to the scope of work submitted to the permit would be an eighty dollar fee, according to the speaker. 00:04:13.440 --> 00:04:19.800 A speaker reported that a motion had been made earlier that day to look at the structure for interviewing the tech board. 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:28.500 A speaker identified two council members as interested in the interviewing component for that board, and that was the interest reported. 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:36.240 A speaker announced that the city council and school board would hold a joint meeting the next night at six p.m. at the senior center. 00:04:36.540 --> 00:04:40.740 Thanks for listening. You can find the meeting video on the city's YouTube channel.