implementation Section 3

3.1 3.1

SECTION 3

Section 3 identifies the City’s recommendations for implementing the goals and strategies detailed in Section 2 over the next five years. TRAB’s goals and strategies establish the long-term direction for revitalization of south Thornton, while the implementation steps are intended to provide short-term actions for sustaining this direction.

In recognition of anticipated progress and changing needs, the STaR plan is intended to be a living document. Therefore, the plan’s goals and strategies should be re-evaluated approximately every five years in order to refine implementation steps. Implementation steps will take into account the current economic and decision-making environment and ensure that TRAB’s revitalization vision prevails into the future.

City staff developed the initial implementation steps based on the goals, strategies and available resources, including anticipated budget and staffing constraints. Implementation must be achievable and therefore, a practical and realistic scope of action is proposed in light of the current conditions and economy. If economic conditions improve, the scope of implementation could be expanded in the future.

3.1 BaCKGRoUnD

3.2 CompaRiSon oF GoalS, StRateGieS anD ReCommenDationS

City staff developed the implementation recommendations and steps based on the goals and strategies identified in Section 2. Implementation recommendations were developed for all nine of TRAB’s priority strategies and five of the secondary strategies. Figure 4 shows the relationship between TRAB’s goals and strategies and the list of implementation recommendations.

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IMPLEMENTATION

Figure 4 - Relationship Between TRAB’s Goals and Strategies and Staff Implementation Recommendations

TRAB STRATEGIES STAFF IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS

GOAL A: CREATE MORE APPROPRIATE RETAIL AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VACANT BUILDINGS.

Strategy A1 (priority)Conduct a commercial demand study to identify neighborhood-serving retail and markets suitable for the area.

Recommendation A1Utilize applicable findings in Office of Economic Development Citywide Retail Assessment to determine commercial development nodes and options within the STaR area.

Strategy A2 (priority)Continue to provide financial assistance or other incentives to existing and desired businesses and commercial entities.

Recommendation A2Target commercial incentive or financial assistance programs to align with STaR revitalization goals.

Strategy A3 (secondary)Develop a commercial development concierge service to assist developers, property owners and business owners through the process of (re)development and (re)design.

Recommendation A3Create expedited review process for City Council-identified priority uses.

GOAL B: CAPITALIZE ON THE STRENGTHS AND UNIQUE REGIONAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA.

Strategy B1 (priority)Rezone and/or create overlay zoning districts in the area to spur revitalization, guide development and encourage desired uses.

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Strategy C4 (secondary)Develop design guidelines for the south Thornton commercial areas to encourage attractive and visually consistent development and redevelopment of commercial properties, including facades and signage.

Recommendation B1 Rezone and/or create overlay zoning districts in the STaR area as needed based on the findings of four detailed area studies:• South Thornton Blight Study• Citywide Retail Assessment• Health Impact Assessment (STaR HIA)• Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Urban

Center Study

Strategy B2 (priority)Continue to partner with other government entities and organizations to maximize revitalization efforts.

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Strategy B4 (secondary)Leverage funded expansion projects, such as Clinica Family Health Services, York International and Skyview Campus, to assist in redevelopment and revitalization of the area.

Recommendation B2 Partner with other entities and organizations to leverage funds for revitalization projects.

3.3

SECTION 3

TRAB STRATEGIES STAFF IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS

GOAL B: CAPITALIZE ON THE STRENGTHS AND UNIQUE REGIONAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA.

Strategy B3 (secondary)Identify an area’s unique character and utilize and interpret those qualities to create market material.

Recommendation B3 Based on the Office of Economic Development’s Competitive Analysis of Thornton, capitalize on potential office and industrial uses in the south Thornton area.

Recommendation B4 Promote uses with a regional draw in south Thornton.

Recommendation B5 Utilize BTAC and business stakeholders to gain insight and involvement with implementation of the STaR Plan.

Strategy B5 (secondary) Continue to design and install City signage at prominent gateways.

Recommendation B6 Acknowledge historic significance of the area to enhance neighborhood identity and sense of place.

GOAL C: IMPROVE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Strategy C1 (priority)Use Urban Renewal to assist in redeveloping difficult properties in the south Thornton area including the Thornton Shopping Center.

Recommendation C1 Use Urban Renewal to assist in redeveloping and/or rehabilitating challenged properties in the south Thornton area including all or a portion of the Thornton Shopping Center.

Strategy C2 (priority)Encourage local businesses, property owners and developers to work together toward common objectives through a Business Improvement District (BID), Downtown Development Authority (DDA), or other mechanism for cooperative action.

Recommendation C2Support small businesses through a referral network.

Additionally, support local businesses, property owners and developers who want to work together toward common objectives, possibly through a Business Improvement District (BID), Downtown Development Authority (DDA), or other mechanism for cooperative action.

Strategy C3 (priority)Install streetscape and sidewalks to improve aesthetics, safety and walkability.

Recommendation C3Improve the safety and walkability of the STaR area.

Recommendation C4Develop a Three-Year CIP Program and identify potential funding streams to improve physical conditions of the area.

3.4

IMPLEMENTATION

TRAB STRATEGIES STAFF IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS

GOAL D: INCREASE THE BUYING POWER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BY INSPIRING RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR EXISTING HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

Strategy D1 (priority)Engage stakeholders in a neighborhood enhancement campaign, future community planning and revitalization efforts.

Recommendation D1 Engage stakeholders in efforts to shape and enhance their own neighborhoods.

Recommendation D2 Implement the Housing Master Plan goals relevant to the STaR area.

GOAL E: ENHANCE ACCESS BETWEEN AND WITHIN THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF SOUTH THORNTON.

Strategy E1 (priority)Improve the pedestrian, bicycle, and bus circulation throughout the area.

Recommendation E1 Improve pedestrian and bicycle circulation infrastructure throughout the STaR area.

Recommendation E2Improve transit accessibility throughout the STaR area.

3.5

SECTION 3

Figure 5 identifies the current recommendations for carrying out TRAB’s revitalization vision. Each recommendation is listed with associated implementation steps needed to achieve the recommendation. The anticipated resource allocation and timeline are also provided for each recommendation.

Approved recommendations and implementation steps can be incorporated annually into the City Council’s future Work Plans. Some implementation steps are currently included in the 2011 - 2012 Work Plan.

3.3 ReCommenDationS anD implementation StepS

Businesses in the Pinnacle Shopping Center.

3.6

IMPLEMENTATION

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ls r

un th

roug

h or

igin

al

Thor

nton

.•

Rena

me

Har

vest

Fes

t to

Her

itage

Fes

t to

cre

ate

an a

nnua

l cel

ebra

tion

of

Thor

nton

’s h

erita

ge.

City

sta

ff: C

omm

unity

Ser

vice

s,

City

Dev

elop

men

t

Stak

ehol

ders

: A

dam

s Co

unty

H

isto

rica

l Soc

iety

, His

tory

Co

lora

do, C

omm

unity

St

akeh

olde

rs, S

choo

l Dis

tric

ts

Budg

et: C

ity C

apita

l Im

prov

emen

t Pr

ojec

ts (C

IP) b

udge

t, g

rant

s fr

om

the

Stat

e H

isto

rica

l Fun

d, G

reat

O

utdo

ors

Colo

rado

(GO

CO),

etc.

•Si

gns

to b

e co

mpl

eted

in 2

011.

•Lo

cal H

isto

ric

Land

mar

k O

rdin

ance

to

be

com

plet

ed in

20

11.

•Re

nam

e H

arve

stfes

t as

det

erm

ined

by

City

Co

unci

l.•

All

othe

r st

eps

to b

e co

mpl

eted

in 2

– 5

ye

ars.

3.10

IMPLEMENTATIONST

AR

PLA

N IM

PLEM

ENTA

TIO

N

Not

e: *

WP

indi

cate

s an

impl

emen

tatio

n st

ep th

at is

in th

e ap

prov

ed 2

011

– 20

12 W

ork

Plan

.

RECO

MM

END

ATIO

NS

IMPL

EMEN

TATI

ON

STE

PSRE

SOU

RCE

ALL

OCA

TIO

NTI

MEL

INE

& S

TATU

S

GO

AL

C: IM

PRO

VE

PHYS

ICA

L CO

ND

ITIO

NS

OF

THE

ARE

A.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

C1

Use

Urb

an R

enew

al to

ass

ist i

n re

deve

lopi

ng a

nd/o

r re

habi

litati

ng

chal

leng

ed p

rope

rties

in th

e so

uth

Thor

nton

are

a in

clud

ing

all o

r a

porti

on

of th

e Th

ornt

on S

hopp

ing

Cent

er.

•Fo

rm a

new

Urb

an R

enew

al A

rea

(URA

) in

sou

th T

horn

ton.

•Pr

iori

tize

urba

n re

new

al p

roje

cts

thro

ugh

the

form

ation

of s

peci

fic

proj

ect a

reas

for

the

purp

ose

of

faci

litati

ng re

vita

lizati

on th

roug

h po

tenti

al a

cqui

sitio

n an

d in

vest

men

t.•

Acc

umul

ate

fund

s fr

om s

ales

and

pr

oper

ty ta

x in

crem

ent o

r ot

her

sour

ces

over

tim

e to

fina

nce

urba

n re

new

al e

ffort

s.

City

sta

ff: C

ity D

evel

opm

ent

Stak

ehol

ders

: Con

sulta

nts,

im

pact

ed p

rope

rty

owne

rs,

exis

ting

busi

ness

es, d

evel

oper

s

Budg

et: I

nitia

lly, a

ppro

xim

atel

y $2

5,00

0 to

dev

elop

the

plan

and

fo

rm th

e U

RA.

Blig

ht S

tudy

com

plet

e

App

roxi

mat

ely

9 m

onth

s of

sta

ff &

co

nsul

tant

wor

k to

dr

aft th

e U

RA p

lan

and

impl

emen

t new

URA

.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

C2

Supp

ort s

mal

l bus

ines

ses

thro

ugh

a re

ferr

al n

etw

ork.

Add

ition

ally

, sup

port

loca

l bus

ines

ses,

pr

oper

ty o

wne

rs a

nd d

evel

oper

s w

ho

wan

t to

wor

k to

geth

er to

war

d co

mm

on

obje

ctive

s, p

ossi

bly

thro

ugh

a Bu

sine

ss

Impr

ovem

ent D

istr

ict (

BID

), D

ownt

own

Dev

elop

men

t Aut

hori

ty (D

DA

), or

oth

er

mec

hani

sm fo

r co

oper

ative

acti

on.

•D

evel

op a

mai

ling

list o

f bus

ines

s an

d co

mm

erci

al p

rope

rty

owne

rs in

a

prop

osed

are

a.•

Prov

ide

info

rmati

on th

roug

h m

ailin

gs

and

mee

tings

abo

ut p

oten

tial

orga

niza

tiona

l str

uctu

res,

ben

efits

, ab

ilitie

s, a

nd c

osts

.•

Prov

ide

succ

essf

ul e

xam

ples

of w

hat

othe

r co

mm

unity

-bas

ed b

usin

ess

orga

niza

tions

hav

e ac

com

plis

hed.

•A

ssis

t as

requ

este

d to

est

ablis

h a

form

al d

istr

ict o

r au

thor

ity a

s de

term

ined

by

the

busi

ness

gro

up.

City

sta

ff: C

ity D

evel

opm

ent,

Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

Stak

ehol

ders

: Loc

al b

usin

esse

s an

d co

mm

erci

al p

rope

rty

owne

rs

Budg

et: $

3,00

0 an

nual

ly

Trig

gere

d by

sch

edul

e ag

reed

upo

n by

pr

oper

ty o

wne

rs

antic

ipat

ed in

2 –

3

year

s.

3.11

SECTION 3ST

AR

PLA

N IM

PLEM

ENTA

TIO

N

Not

e: *

WP

indi

cate

s an

impl

emen

tatio

n st

ep th

at is

in th

e ap

prov

ed 2

011

– 20

12 W

ork

Plan

.

RECO

MM

END

ATIO

NS

IMPL

EMEN

TATI

ON

STE

PSRE

SOU

RCE

ALL

OCA

TIO

NTI

MEL

INE

& S

TATU

S

GO

AL

C: IM

PRO

VE

PHYS

ICA

L CO

ND

ITIO

NS

OF

THE

ARE

A.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

C3

Impr

ove

the

safe

ty a

nd w

alka

bilit

y of

th

e ST

aR a

rea.

•Co

nduc

t a s

afet

y as

sess

men

t of t

he

area

s of

mos

t con

cern

.•

Cond

uct a

wal

kabi

lity

asse

ssm

ent a

s pa

rt o

f the

Hea

lth Im

pact

Ass

essm

ent

(HIA

) pro

cess

.•

Corr

elat

e th

e fin

ding

s of

the

four

st

udie

s id

entifi

ed in

Rec

omm

enda

tion

B1 w

ith th

e w

alka

bilit

y an

d sa

fety

as

sess

men

ts.

•Ba

sed

on th

e fin

ding

s, d

evel

op o

ption

s fo

r in

crea

sing

saf

ety

in th

e ST

aR a

rea.

•Co

ntinu

e ex

istin

g Ci

ty p

rogr

ams

that

in

crea

se n

eigh

borh

ood

safe

ty a

nd

awar

enes

s (e

.g. N

eigh

borh

ood

Wat

ch,

iWat

ch S

peed

Aw

aren

ess

Prog

ram

, gr

affiti

rem

oval

, dire

cted

pat

rols

, co

mm

unity

reso

urce

offi

cers

, etc

.)•

Am

end

the

City

Cod

e to

impr

ove

man

ufac

ture

d ho

me

com

mun

ity

stan

dard

s. *

WP

•Co

ntinu

e to

coo

rdin

ate

with

sch

ool

dist

rict

s on

Saf

e Ro

utes

to S

choo

l gra

nt

appl

icati

ons.

City

sta

ff: C

ity D

evel

opm

ent,

Co

mm

unity

Ser

vice

s,

Infr

astr

uctu

re, P

olic

e D

epar

tmen

t

Stak

ehol

ders

: Res

iden

tial a

nd

com

mer

cial

pro

pert

y ow

ners

, bu

sine

sses

Budg

et: D

epen

ds o

n an

nual

au

thor

ized

fund

ing.

To b

e co

mpl

eted

in 2

–

5 ye

ars.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

C4

Dev

elop

a T

hree

-Yea

r Ca

pita

l Im

prov

emen

t Pro

ject

s (C

IP) P

rogr

am

and

iden

tify

pote

ntial

fund

ing

stre

ams

to im

prov

e ph

ysic

al c

ondi

tions

of t

he

area

.

•Co

mpl

ete

the

four

stu

dies

iden

tified

in

Rec

omm

enda

tion

B1 to

det

erm

ine

need

ed C

IP p

roje

cts

for

the

STaR

are

a.•

Iden

tify

thre

e-ye

ar b

udge

t ite

m.

•Co

nstr

uct i

mpr

ovem

ents

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith ti

mel

ine.

City

sta

ff: I

nfra

stru

ctur

e,

Com

mun

ity S

ervi

ces,

City

D

evel

opm

ent

Budg

et: A

s an

nual

ly fu

nded

by

CIP

budg

et

Initi

ate

as p

art o

f 201

3 bu

dget

and

con

tinue

du

ring

sub

sequ

ent

budg

et c

ycle

s as

ne

eded

.

3.12

IMPLEMENTATIONST

AR

PLA

N IM

PLEM

ENTA

TIO

N

Not

e: *

WP

indi

cate

s an

impl

emen

tatio

n st

ep th

at is

in th

e ap

prov

ed 2

011

– 20

12 W

ork

Plan

.

RECO

MM

END

ATIO

NS

IMPL

EMEN

TATI

ON

STE

PSRE

SOU

RCE

ALL

OCA

TIO

NTI

MEL

INE

& S

TATU

S

GO

AL

D:

INCR

EASE

TH

E BU

YIN

G P

OW

ER O

F TH

E N

EIG

HBO

RHO

OD

S BY

INSP

IRIN

G R

ESID

ENTS

TO

IMPR

OV

E TH

EIR

EXIS

TIN

G H

OM

ES A

ND

NEI

GH

BORH

OO

DS.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

D1

Enga

ge s

take

hold

ers

in e

ffort

s to

sha

pe

and

enha

nce

thei

r ow

n ne

ighb

orho

ods.

•Ex

pand

City

pro

gram

s th

at e

ngag

e re

side

nts

(e.g

. Mee

t the

Nei

ghbo

rs,

Com

mun

ity G

arde

ns, P

aint

-a-T

hon,

Re

build

ing

Day

s, e

tc.).

*W

P•

Dev

elop

a s

erie

s of

free

or

low

cos

t w

orks

hops

that

edu

cate

resi

dent

s on

mai

ntai

ning

or

impr

ovin

g th

eir

prop

erty

. Thi

s w

ill in

clud

e ex

istin

g la

ndsc

apin

g an

d w

ater

wis

e w

orks

hops

as

wel

l as

new

topi

cs re

ques

ted

thro

ugh

resi

dent

sur

vey.

•A

ssis

t elig

ible

sou

th T

horn

ton

wat

er

utilit

y cu

stom

ers

thro

ugh

the

Thor

nton

W

ater

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

. •

Enga

ge re

side

nts

thro

ugh

the

Hea

lth

Impa

ct A

sses

smen

t pro

cess

. *W

P•

Det

erm

ine

cultu

rally

app

ropr

iate

w

ays

to in

clud

e al

l are

a re

side

nts

in

revi

taliz

ation

effo

rts.

City

sta

ff: C

ity D

evel

opm

ent,

Co

mm

unity

Ser

vice

s

Stak

ehol

ders

: Res

iden

ts a

nd

prop

erty

ow

ners

Budg

et: A

s an

nual

ly fu

nded

.

On-

goin

g

Reco

mm

enda

tion

D2

Impl

emen

t the

Hou

sing

Mas

ter

Plan

go

als

rele

vant

to th

e ST

aR a

rea.

•Pr

ovid

e in

form

ation

to re

side

nts

on h

ome

repa

ir re

sour

ces

and

ince

ntive

pro

gram

s fo

r en

ergy

effi

cien

cy u

pgra

des

or o

ther

hom

e im

prov

emen

ts.

•M

aint

ain

and

incr

ease

suc

cess

ful

hom

eow

ners

hip

thro

ugh

prom

oting

m

ortg

age

assi

stan

ce p

rogr

ams

and

hom

ebuy

er e

duca

tion

wor

ksho

ps.

City

sta

ff: C

ity D

evel

opm

ent

Stak

ehol

ders

: Com

mun

ity

Hou

sing

Dev

elop

men

t O

rgan

izati

ons,

Col

orad

o H

ousi

ng

and

Fina

nce

Aut

hori

ty

Budg

et: F

unde

d an

nual

ly th

roug

h Pr

ivat

e A

ctivi

ty B

ond

Allo

catio

n an

d Co

mm

unity

Dev

elop

men

t Bl

ock

Gra

nt.

On-

goin

g

3.13

SECTION 3ST

AR

PLA

N IM

PLEM

ENTA

TIO

N

Not

e: *

WP

indi

cate

s an

impl

emen

tatio

n st

ep th

at is

in th

e ap

prov

ed 2

011

– 20

12 W

ork

Plan

.

RECO

MM

END

ATIO

NS

IMPL

EMEN

TATI

ON

STE

PSRE

SOU

RCE

ALL

OCA

TIO

NTI

MEL

INE

& S

TATU

S

GO

AL

D:

INCR

EASE

TH

E BU

YIN

G P

OW

ER O

F TH

E N

EIG

HBO

RHO

OD

S BY

INSP

IRIN

G R

ESID

ENTS

TO

IMPR

OV

E TH

EIR

EXIS

TIN

G H

OM

ES A

ND

NEI

GH

BORH

OO

DS.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

D2

(con

t.)

Impl

emen

t the

Hou

sing

Mas

ter

Plan

go

als

rele

vant

to th

e ST

aR a

rea.

•Pa

rtne

r w

ith lo

cal C

omm

unity

Hou

sing

D

evel

opm

ent O

rgan

izati

ons

to

reha

bilit

ate

vaca

nt h

ousi

ng p

rope

rties

in

the

STaR

are

a.

City

sta

ff: C

ity D

evel

opm

ent

Stak

ehol

ders

: Com

mun

ity

Hou

sing

Dev

elop

men

t O

rgan

izati

ons,

Col

orad

o H

ousi

ng

and

Fina

nce

Aut

hori

ty

Budg

et: F

unde

d an

nual

ly th

roug

h Pr

ivat

e A

ctivi

ty B

ond

Allo

catio

n an

d Co

mm

unity

Dev

elop

men

t Bl

ock

Gra

nt.

On-

goin

g

GO

AL

E: E

NH

AN

CE A

CCES

S BE

TWEE

N A

ND

WIT

HIN

TH

E EA

ST A

ND

WES

T SI

DES

OF

SOU

TH T

HO

RNTO

N.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

E1

Impr

ove

pede

stri

an a

nd b

icyc

le

circ

ulati

on in

fras

truc

ture

thro

ugho

ut

the

STaR

are

a.

•A

s a

com

pone

nt o

f the

nex

t Par

ks

and

Ope

n Sp

ace

Plan

upd

ate,

iden

tify

pote

ntial

trai

ls a

nd/o

r bi

ke ro

utes

that

w

ould

impr

ove

wal

kabi

lity/

bike

abili

ty in

th

e ST

aR a

rea.

•

Incl

ude

conn

ectiv

ity a

nd m

ulti-

mod

alis

m in

the

scop

e of

wor

k fo

r th

e U

rban

Cen

ter

Stud

y. *

WP

•Re

ques

t Tra

nspo

rtati

on Im

prov

emen

t Pr

ogra

m (T

IP) f

unds

or

othe

r gr

ant

mon

ey to

pre

pare

a b

icyc

le c

ircul

ation

pl

an.

•Im

plem

ent t

he C

ompl

ete

Stre

ets

polic

y in

the

STaR

are

a as

opp

ortu

nitie

s ar

ise.

City

sta

ff: C

omm

unity

Ser

vice

s,

Infr

astr

uctu

re, C

ity D

evel

opm

ent

Stak

ehol

ders

: Den

ver

Regi

onal

Co

unci

l of G

over

nmen

ts (D

RCO

G)

Budg

et: C

apita

l Im

prov

emen

t Pr

ojec

ts (C

IP) b

udge

t,

Tran

spor

tatio

n Im

prov

emen

t Pr

ogra

m (T

IP) f

undi

ng, g

rant

s

•Pa

rks

and

Ope

n Sp

ace

Plan

upd

ate

to b

e sc

hedu

led

in

2012

.

•U

rban

Cen

ter

Stud

y to

be

com

plet

ed in

20

12.

•Re

ques

t Tra

nspo

rta-

tion

Impr

ovem

ent

Prog

ram

(TIP

) fun

ds

as p

art o

f the

nex

t TI

P cy

cle.

•Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Com

plet

e St

reet

s po

licy

ongo

ing.

3.14

IMPLEMENTATIONST

AR

PLA

N IM

PLEM

ENTA

TIO

N

Not

e: *

WP

indi

cate

s an

impl

emen

tatio

n st

ep th

at is

in th

e ap

prov

ed 2

011

– 20

12 W

ork

Plan

.

RECO

MM

END

ATIO

NS

IMPL

EMEN

TATI

ON

STE

PSRE

SOU

RCE

ALL

OCA

TIO

NTI

MEL

INE

& S

TATU

S

GO

AL

E: E

NH

AN

CE A

CCES

S BE

TWEE

N A

ND

WIT

HIN

TH

E EA

ST A

ND

WES

T SI

DES

OF

SOU

TH T

HO

RNTO

N.

Reco

mm

enda

tion

E1

(con

t.)

Impr

ove

pede

stri

an a

nd b

icyc

le

circ

ulati

on in

fras

truc

ture

thro

ugho

ut th

e ST

aR a

rea.

•Co

mpl

ete

the

84th

Ave

nue

and

I-25

Brid

ge e

nhan

cem

ent.

*W

PCi

ty s

taff

: Com

mun

ity S

ervi

ces,

In

fras

truc

ture

, City

Dev

elop

men

t

Stak

ehol

ders

: Col

orad

o D

epar

tmen

t of T

rans

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