City of Colorado Springs  
30 S. Nevada Ave., Suite  
102  
Regular Meeting Agenda - Final  
City Planning Commission Work Session  
Thursday, January 8, 2026  
9:00 AM  
30 S. Nevada Ave., Suite 102  
CPC Work Session: All meetings are open to the public. Those who wish to participate may  
do so in person or via phone.  
Phone: 1-720-617-3426, enter Conf ID: 426 665 961# and wait to be admitted.  
Attendees participating by phone will be muted upon entry to the meeting.  
No public comments are taken during the informal meetings.  
1. Call to Order and Roll Call  
2. Changes to Agenda/Postponements  
1403 Mesa Avenue Short Term Rental Permit Appeal  
An Appeal of the administrative denial of the Short Term  
Rental Permit application for 1403 Mesa Avenue.  
2.A.  
Located in Council District 3  
Presenter:  
Tamara Baxter, Planning Supervisor, City Planning  
Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department  
Attachments:  
3. Communications  
Kenneth Casey - Planning Commission Chair  
Kevin Walker - Planning Director  
4. Approval of Minutes  
Minutes for the December 10, 2025, City Planning Commission  
meeting.  
4.A.  
Presenter:  
Kenneth Casey, City Planning Commission Chair  
5. Consent Calendar  
Ridge at Waterview North Rezone  
A Zone Map Amendment (Rezone) consisting of 21.19 acres  
located northeast of Bradley Road and Powers Boulevard  
from R-5/AP-O (Multi-Family, High with Airport Overlay) to  
R-FLEX-M/AP-O (R-Flex, Medium Scale with Airport  
Overlay).  
5.A.  
(Quasi-Judicial)  
Located in Council District 4  
Presenter:  
Drew Foxx, Planner II, City Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department  
Attachments:  
Polaris Pointe South Filing No. 4 (Ford Amphitheater)  
Polaris Pointe South Filing No 4 (Ford Amphitheater)  
Development Plan Major Modification to remove 58  
unconstructed parking spaces from the approved parking  
plan of the Ford Amphitheater consisting of 18.11 acres  
zoned PDZ/HR-O/AF-O (Planned Development Zone District  
with Highrise and United States Air Force Academy  
Overlays) located at 13045 Spectrum Sun View.  
(Quasi-Judicial)  
5.B.  
Located in Council District 2  
Presenter:  
Austin Cooper, Senior Planner, City Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department  
Attachments:  
Nine Extracts Conditional Use Request  
A Conditional Use to allow for indoor Retail Marijuana  
Products Manufacturing where indoor Medical Marijuana  
Products Manufacturing exists in the MX-L (Mixed-Use Large  
Scale) zone district consisting of 1.12 acres located at 2430  
Platte Place.  
5.C.  
Located in Council District 4  
Presenter:  
Matthew Ambuul, Planner II, City Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department  
Attachments:  
6. Items Called Off Consent Calendar  
7. Unfinished Business  
8. New Business  
A Development Standards Adjustment to City Unified  
Development Code Section 7.3.301.A to allow a 49-unit,  
Multi-Family Dwelling when the use is limited to no more than  
ten (10) units in a single structure, and the compensating  
benefit being affordable housing, located at 2126 North  
Weber Street.  
8.B.  
(Quasi-Judicial)  
Located in Council District 5  
Presenter:  
William Gray, Senior Planner, City Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department  
Attachments:  
Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan  
The Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan, the first  
neighborhood planning project proposed under the PlanCOS  
key initiative for a Neighborhood Planning Program.  
NPLN 25-0001.  
8.C.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Page Saulsbury, Planner II, City Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department  
Attachments:  
9. Presentations  
2026 City Planning Commission Work Plan  
2026 City Planning Commission Work Plan.  
9.A.  
Presenter:  
Daniel Sexton, Planning Manager.  
Attachments:  
10. Adjourn