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ORIGINAL
MINUTES OF
WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY
March 7, 2006
5:30 p.m.
1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
The meeting of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority was called to order by
Chair Williams at 5:35 p.m. in the council chambers of the Municipal Building,
7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
Authority members present: James Bahrenburg
Dennis Boyat
Teri Carver
Dean Gokey
Terrell Williams
Commissioners absent: Janet Leo
Pete Ziemke
Also attending: Alan White, WRURA Executive Director
Corey Hoffmann, WRURA Attorney
Ann Lazzeri, Recording Secretary
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It was moved by Dennis Boyat and seconded by James Bahrenburg to
approve the minutes of February 7, 2006 as presented. The motion passed
unanimously.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was amended to include Item B under New Business: Discussion of
goals for the remainder of 2006.
4. PUBLIC FORUM
Charles Durbin
3703 Ames Street
Mr. Durbin inquired about the status of the Cornerstone lawsuit. Corey Hoffmann
stated there was nothing new to report at this time. He is still awaiting a decision
from the Court of Appeals.
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5. NEW BUSINESS
A. Review of Land Use Case - SUP0602/Casino Transportation
This case is a request for approval of a special use permit to allow operation of a
casino transportation service from property located at 7340 West 44th Avenue.
The property is located within the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor
Redevelopment Plan area.
During discussion of the case, concerns expressed included noise associated with
this business as buses arrive late at night, whether or not there was adequate
parking for bus patrons and potential littering of the area by bus patrons.
However, the proposed use would only be granted for a year under the special use
permit process and the use is consistent with the present use at that site.
It was moved by Dean Gokey and seconded by James Bahrenburg that the
Authority finds that the use is not in compliance with the Urban Renewal
Plan, but given the fact that there are no major structure or site
improvements, future development in compliance with the Urban Renewal
Plan would not be impeded. Also, giving a one-year time frame on the
special use and assigning a special use permit to the owner and the current
bus company would further ensure that this would not impact the Urban
Renewal Plan.
The motion passed 4-1 with Terri Carver voting no.
B. Discussion of WRURA Plans for Remainder of 2006
. Potential projects for WRURA were discussed. The following possibilities
surfaced from this discussion:
1. Survey businesses in redevelopment corridors to see if there are
individuals interested in starting a project with WRURA to assist their
current businesses.
2. A WRURA representative will attend Wheat Ridge Business District
meetings. (Teri Carver volunteered to attend the Business District
meetings and report back to the Authority.)
3. Talk to the owner of an abandoned restaurant to see if WRURA could play
a role in helping to get his business going again
4. Consider purchasing a property in need of redevelopment and fixing it up
for use as an office or some other use.
5. Consider whether or not to pursue additional blight studies in the city.
. Teri Carver stated that several properties have recently been sold at 38th and
Depew and asked if staff would research this and bring the information back
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to the next meeting to see if this might be a situation where WRURA could be
of some assistance.
. Alan White will review the WRURA budget at the next meeting.
. Dean Gokey informed the Authority that he would not be present for the
second meeting in March.
. Frequency of WRURA meetings was discussed. A schedule was not set;
however, it was decided to hold the next meeting on March 21,2006.
6. OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business to come before the Authority.
7. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by James Bahrenburg and seconded by Dennis Boyat to
adjourn the meeting at :02 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.
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Terrell R. Williams, Chair
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