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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/19/15I City of WheatR d c PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA November 19, 2015 Notice is hereby given of a Public Meeting to be held before the City of Wheat Ridge Planning Commission on November 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. *Agenda packets and minutes are available online at hup:/fwww. ci.wheatridge. co.us/95/Planning- Commission 1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA (Items of new and old business may be recommended for placement on the agenda.) 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES— November 5, 2015 6. PUBLIC FORUM (This is the time for any person to speak on any subject not appearing on the agenda. Public comments may be limited to 3 minutes.) 7. PUBLIC HEARING 8. OTHER ITEMS A. Resolution 03-2015: A resolution finding a fifth amendment to the 38" Avenue corridor redevelopment plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. B. Resolution 04-2015: A resolution finding a third amendmentto the I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. C. Resolution 05-2015: A resolution finding a second amendment to the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. D. Resolution 06-2015: A resolution finding a first amendment to the West 44`" Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. E. Resolution 07-2015: A resolution finding the West End 38`" Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. 9. ADJOURNMENT Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to participate in all public meetings sponsored by the City of Wheat Ridge. Call Heather Geyer, Public Information Officer at 303-235-2826 at least one week in advance of a meeting if you are interested in participating and need inclusion assistance. I City Of ]�9rWheatRoge PLANNING COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting November 5, 2015 CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair BUCKNAM at 7:01 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 7500 West 29a Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. 2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS Commission Members Present: Dirk Boden Alan Buckram Emery Dorsey Donna Kimsey Scott Ohm Steve Timms Amanda Weaver Commission Members Absent: Staff Members Present: Meredith Reckert, Senior Planner Zack Wallace, Planning Technician Tammy Odean, Recording Secretary 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. APPROVE ORDER OF THE AGENDA It was moved by Commissioner OHM and seconded by Commissioner KIMSEY to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried 7-0. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — October 1, 2015 It was moved by Commissioner OHM and seconded by Commissioner DORSEY to approve the minutes of October 1, 2015, as written. Motion carried 4-0-3 with Commissioners BUCENAM, TIMMS and WEAVER abstaining. 6. PUBLIC FORUM (TMs is the time for any person to speak on any subject not appearing on the agenda.) Planning Commission Minutes - 1 — November 5, 2015 No one wished to speak at this time. PUBLIC HEARING A. Case No. WZ-15-08: Ms. Reckert gave a short presentation regarding the zone change process and the application. She entered into the record the contents of the case file, packet materials, the zoning ordinance, and the contents of the digital presentation. She stated the public notice and posting requirements have been met. The applicant is requesting approval of a zone change from Restricted Commercial (RC) to Mixed Use -Neighborhood (MU -N) for property located at 4340 Harlan Street. The purpose of the rezoning is to expand permitted uses to locate a daycare facility with a residential unit toward the rear of the property and office space on the second and third floor. A daycare is not a permitted use in the RC zone district. Ms. Reckert stated that the primary difference between RC and MU -N zoning is MU -N allows residential uses including live/work facilities. At this time there are no proposals for redevelopment on the site. The applicants plan to modify the interior, which at the time will require building permit approval. Ms. Reckert also pointed out that this change in zone is in conformance with the City of Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan which identifies Harlan as a Neighborhood Commercial Corridor. A neighborhood meeting was held on June 16, 2015 which had no attendees and there were no calls or letters of concern after the 15 day posting. Ms. Reckert stated that if the zoning is approved there will be a site plan reviewed administratively to make sure the parking area meets the standards, a plat, if required, and a building permit. Commissioner DORSEY noticed the property is filled with a lot of building space and is concerned if there is enough parking for the daycare clients along with the residential parking. Ms. Reckert stated this was also staff's concern. Staff recommended the applicants work with an architect to lay out designs with modifications for the daycare parking so they have adequate parking and there are no conflicts with pedestrians. Commissioner TIMMS wanted to know what was on the other side of the tall windows, in the building. Klare Looney 4340 Harlan Street The applicant, Ms. Looney, stated that it is one big room behind the window and to the left is another big room. Both of which will be used for the daycare. The residence is in the back and upper floor of the building. Planning Commission Minutes -2— November 2— November 5, 2015 Commissioner TIMMS noticed a few other properties in the neighborhood have also been rezoned to MU -N, and wondered if there is any chance the city has looked at a city initiated rezoning for this area. Ms. Reckert stated that staff and planning commission have talked about it and will discuss it more after the first of the year. Commissioner OHM asked because of the offices on the third floor if the zone change will trigger ADA compliance or is it already ADA compatible. Ms. Reckert stated she believed it is already ADA compatible and indicated that the inspectors had already been out to look at structure. Ms. Looney stated they are not going to move forward with the offices right now, but that they have met with the inspectors and are complying with their requests. CHAIR BUCKNAM asked if the structure will currently be under the maximum lot coverage for MU -N which is 90%. Ms. Reckert said yes the building structure will be under the 90% maximum lot coverage. Commissioner TIMMS asked about having an outdoor play area for the daycare children. Ms. Looney stated they are working with the adjacent property owner to get an easement and that they are going to rent 750 sq. ft. from the neighbor to the south. Commissioner TIMMS asked if the outdoor play area will be part of the site plan review. Ms. Reckert stated that an outdoor play area is not required by the city, only the state, so it will not be part of the site plan review. It was moved by Commissioner OHM and seconded by Commissioner Kimsey to recommend APPROVAL of Case No. WZ-15-08, a request for approval of a zone change from Restricted Commercial (RC) to Mixed Use -Neighborhood (MU -N) for property located at 4340 Harlan Street, for the following reasons: 1. The proposed zone change will promote the public health, safety, or welfare of the community. 2. The proposed zone change is consistent with the goals and objectives of the City's Comprehensive Plan. 3. The zone change will provide additional opportunity for reinvestment in the area. Planning Commission Minutes -3— November 3— November 5, 2015 4. The criteria used to evaluate a zone change support the request. Motion carried 7-0. B. Case No. WZ-15-04: Ms. Reckert gave a short presentation regarding the zone change process and the application. She entered into the record the contents of the case file, packet materials, the zoning ordinance, and the contents of the digital presentation. She stated the public notice and posting requirements have been met. The applicant is requesting approval of a zone change from Planned Commercial Development (PCD) to Mixed Use -Neighborhood for property located at 10590 W. 44a' Avenue. In 2001 the property was rezoned from Agricultural -One (A-1) to Planned Commercial Development (PCD) with the intent of developing the property into a garden center. No residential uses are included in the permitted uses. The applicant is requesting MU -N for the flexibility of having commercial and residential uses allowed on the property. Ms. Reckert continued that the MU -N setbacks are more pedestrian friendly as opposed to the PCD setbacks which place the buildings farther away from the street. The change of zone is also in conformance with the City of Wheat Ridge comprehensive plan goals because it will allow for a wider range of development scenarios on the property. A neighborhood meeting was held on April 13, 2015 in which no neighborhood attendees were present. Also, there were no phone calls or letters received and no concerns from city departments or agencies. Slawomir Golabek 4745 S. Andes St., Aurora, CO Plans for the site might be townhomes and construction would likely start in in 2016. There were no questions from the Commission. It was moved by Commissioner DORSEY and seconded by Commissioner TIMMS to recommend APPROVAL of Case No. WZ-15-04, a request for approval of a zone change from Planned Commercial Development (PCD) to Mixed Use -Neighborhood (MU -N) for property located at 10590 W. 44u' Avenue, for the following reasons: 1. The proposed zone change is consistent with Envision Wheat Ridge and the Fruitdale Valley Subarea Plan Planning Commission Minutes -4— November 4— November 5, 2015 2. Increasing the potential land use options will be a benefit for the city and may serve as a catalyst for other property investment in the area. 3. The evaluation criteria support the zone change request. Motion carried 7-0 8. OTHER ITEMS Commissioner OHM asked if the city considered looking at the parking requirements at retail areas; reducing the amount of parking requirements for areas like food establishments. Ms. Reckert stated that when the city adopted the mixed use zonings the parking requirements were substantially reduced. 9. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Commissioner WEAVER and seconded by Commissioner OHM to adjourn the meeting at 7:42 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. Alan Bucknam, Chair Tammy Odean, Recording Secretary Planning Commission Minutes November 5, 2015 5— RENEWAL If WHEAT RIDGE Progress Through Partnership TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steve Art, Urban Renewal Manager RE: Adoption of Resolution No. 03-2015 relating to Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan, and its adherence to Renewal Wheat Ridge, adopted 2011, the City's Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan"). DATE: November 19, 2015 ITEM: Review of the Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan, and Adoption of a Resolution regarding its adherence to Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted 2009 PRIOR ACTION: The 38 Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan was adopted by City Council on October 22, 2001 by Resolution 25-2001. It has since been amended four previous times, the last time on March 25, 2013. 38TH AVENUE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN INTENT: The Plan anticipates public and private investment within its boundaries including a mix of residential and non-residential land uses, roadway and streetscape enhancements in furtherance of established goals to establish a "main street" environment within the corridor, and other public improvements all of which support local goals related to land use, economic development, housing diversity, community services, transportation, and sustainability. CONFORMANCE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted in October 2009, identifies several goals and objectives that will be accomplished and advanced through completion of projects in urban renewal areas. The Planning Commission is being asked to review this memo and these Attachments, and make a determination that the Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan will further the same in a manner consistent with the intentions of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff has completed a review of Envision Wheat Ridge and the 38u' Avenue Corridor Plan, a relevant corridor plan, and provided verbatim excerpts from these documents which are considered to be accomplished by the Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan. The Amended Plan is also believed to build on previous planning efforts and be consistent with the vision outlined in these and other City adopted plans. REQUEST: The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority dba Renewal Wheat Ridge (RWR) is recommending that the Wheat Ridge City Council adopt a resolution approving amendment of the Amended 7500 West 29"' Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303.235.2805 Fax:303.235.2805 www.ci.wheatridge.co.us 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan initiating the collection of incremental revenues for the statutorily -allowed 25 -year period. The process of commencing the collection of TIE revenues in an existing urban renewal area is considered a substantial modification under the urban renewal law. As such, it requires consideration by the Planning Commission regarding the urban renewal plan's adherence to the general plan of the community. In this instance, the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission is being asked to adopt a resolution stating consistency of the existing Amended I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan with Envision Wheat Ridge, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge. The Colorado Urban Renewal Law, C.R. S. § 31-25-107(2), states that, "Prior to its approval of an urban renewal plan or substantial modification of an urban renewal plan, the governing body shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban renewal plan to the governing body within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within said thirty days, without such recommendations, the governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal plan prescribed by subsection (3) of this section." RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff supports the Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan and recommends the Planning Commission agree its conformity with Envision Wheat Ridge, for the reasons cited above, and to that end, adopt the attached resolutions. This recommendation requires, then, that the Planning Commission review the following Attachments: 1. Exhibit of the Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Area boundaries 2. Relevant excerpts from Envision Wheat Ridge 3. Relevant excerpts from the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan 4. 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to adopt Resolution, 03-2015, finding the Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge." Or, "I move to deny Resolution 03-2015 is not in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge for the following reasons." Attachments: 1. Resolution 03-2105 —Amended 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan ATTACHMENT 1 WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan 0 0.125 0.25 Miles N O N CO O L O Z aV L N 0 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan Boundary O 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan Parcels RICKER I CUNNINGHAM (303) 458-5800 www.rickercunningham.com 8200 South Quebec Street, Suite A3-104 - Centennial, CO 80112-4411 ' ' _ , _ �„y e � I j FFM ,join d II IINN • x : • 7 E '9 h.l I J E \ PLI ink _ - _IL.I _ t r y I , V r Y ISP+° Vj wo" • i Y 1` , J p t < 1 . 9 .: ® I" I _ :.- A I I I > - z r t LL r YI c -- ---Fr W --r , ., 3 t r k - , y f e a I I°� r v v v' I:j rq e Y Jig q { ag t d Y y I: r ` I 0 0.125 0.25 Miles N O N CO O L O Z aV L N 0 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan Boundary O 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan Parcels RICKER I CUNNINGHAM (303) 458-5800 www.rickercunningham.com 8200 South Quebec Street, Suite A3-104 - Centennial, CO 80112-4411 Envision Wheat Ridge, Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 2009 (excerpts taken verbatim) Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. 1- INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Plan Basics Building on Previous Planning Efforts Page 2 The Plan update included review of these previous efforts and documents. Many of the goals, policies, and ideas for the future represented in the previous planning efforts are still relevant, and are carried forth in this plan. Some examples of overarching themes in this plan that are carried forth from previous planning efforts include: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment (from the 2000 Comprehensive Plan); Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's Neighborhoods (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Continue to provide quality community services, parks, and open spaces (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Encourage alternative transportation opportunities and intergovernmental cooperation on regional issues (2000 Comprehensive Plan); • Focus on increasing housing options to attract a range of household types (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); • Prioritize the redevelopment of key commercial areas (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy), • Enhance community character and gateways (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); Promote transit -supportive development (Northwest Subarea Plan); and • Develop a Town Center (Wadsworth Subarea Plan), Increase property maintenance and stability (Fruitdale Subarea Plan). Previous Planning Efforts in Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plans 2000 Comprehensive Plan Repositioning Wheat Ridge: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS, 2005) Subarea Plans Northwest Subarea Plan (2006) Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan (2007) Fruitdale Subarea Plan (2007) 38th Avenue Corridor Plan (2011) (completed after adoption of Envision Wheat Ridge) Urban Renewal Plans • Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) • West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan (2001) • 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) 1-70 / Kipling Corridor Urban Renewal Plan (2009) Key Trends and Issues Throughout the planning process a number of key trends and issues emerged as important topics for the Envision Wheat Ridge Plan to address. The list of key trends and issues are summarized below: Economic and Fiscal Issues Developing a clear economic strategy; Defining roles and responsibilities of partner organizations; Addressing opportunities for future employment and retail centers; • Identifying prime areas for redevelopment and infill, and address barriers to development, Addressing the fiscal realities of the City and how to achieve sustainable revenue sources to maintain current levels of City services; and Investing in new technology to advance economic development. Land Use, Housing, and Design Issues • Recognizing the importance of the community's neighborhoods and addressing howto increase the variety of housing options (beyond the single-family ranch homes and older apartments), • Addressing how to reinvest in existing neighborhoods to maintain their character but also make them more appealing to new residents; Achieving a sustainable balance of housing, retail, and employment land uses over time; Identifying appropriate density and design for different parts of the community; and • Establishing areas for future activity centers such as a larger scale Town Center and smaller neighborhood centers. Community Character and Livability Issues Addressing how to promote the community's assets to attract new residents, employees, and visitors. • Accommodating the needs of different types of households; • Coordinating with the school district to maintain quality schools; Identifying barriers for active lifestyles and promoting healthy lifestyles; Continuing parks, recreation, and open space investment and offerings; Engaging residents in crime prevention and code enforcement efforts; and Including sustainability as a key theme throughout the Plan. Other Issues Incorporating previous planning efforts into the Comprehensive Plan; and Focusing on strategic implementation and priority actions to achieve the Plan's goals. 2 - COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES Page 11 Key Values The following six broad Key Values are the primary principles behind the Community Vision. They describe the community's aspirations and organize the more specific policies into the chapters of this Comprehensive Plan. Create a Resilient Local Economy Based on a Balanced Mix of Land Uses A diverse mix of land uses including residential neighborhoods, primary employment, and commercial goods and services will build and sustain a broad and resilient tax base. Promote Vibrant Neighborhoods and an Array of Housing Options Maintaining the character of existing neighborhoods and establishing new housing options will retain and attract a range of household types. Enhance Community Character and Accentuate Quality Design Marketing Wheat Ridge's unique qualities and emphasizing quality design for new development and redevelopment will reposition Wheat Ridge as a unique community. Increase Transportation Connections and Options Continued coordination and investment in transportation efficiency, travel options and connections will improve mobility for community residents, employees, and visitors. Provide Quality Community Amenities, Services, and Resources A commitment to providing exemplary community services will maintain the high quality of life for community residents, and will help attract future households and employers. Ensure a Sustainable Future * Continued focus on the future implications of today's choices and their impacts on the community's residents, the natural environment, and community prosperity will ensure a prosperous future for future generations. Page 12 * Vision for a Sustainable Future • A sustainable future is a continuous journey to balance social, environmental, and economic interests. It respects and provides stewardship of the natural environment, facilitates active lifestyles and civic engagement, and bestows economic prosperity to individuals and the community. • A community with a sustainable future focuses on its local progress while also considering the global impacts of its decisions. 3 —Structure Plan Page 13 Introduction Overview The Structure Plan is intended to provide strategic guidance and general land uses for future redevelopment to aid the Wheat Ridge community in achieving its future vision. It provides high-level guidance for the community's areas and corridors - it is not intended to be parcel -based, nor is it a zoning map. The Structure Plan, in combination with goals and policies, will help the community determine appropriate locations and strategies for: 1. conservation of the community's assets and foundation; 2. areas in need of reinvestment and revitalization; and 3. targeted development and redevelopment to achieve vibrant commercial, mixed-use, and employment areas. Page 20 Foundations Foundations are neighborhoods and commercial areas with common characteristics, upon which the focus areas are layered. They include: Neighborhood Revitalization - residential areas -- individual properties or general pockets that might benefit from reinvestment; often require special attention because they have issues related to dilapidated properties, code enforcement, crime and safety, lower rates of owner occupancy, and / or incompatible mix of uses; promote home ownership and spur reinvestment through infrastructure improvements; and / or, limited small-scale residential redevelopment will be encouraged in areas that exhibit several of the following characteristics of neighborhoods in need of revitalization Criteria to distinguish Neighborhood Revitalization Areas Increasing incompatibility of uses Infrastructure needs (e.g., utilities in disrepair) Less stability than established neighborhoods Neighborhood Buffer Areas Along both sides of Kipling Street north of 44th Avenue 44th Avenue near Youngfield Street • Along Wadsworth Boulevard Along Sheridan Boulevard Mixed -Use Commercial Areas Existing Areas Kipling Street at 1-70 Youngfield Street and 38th Avenue at 1-70 • 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards The plan designates existing commercial areas mixed with office and employment as mixed-use commercial areas. Focus in these areas is on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment, and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties, with "centers" being the primary emphasis. Page 24 Corridors and Gateways Corridors and Gateways are areas of future focus and emphasis layered on top of the foundations. Corridors are the major thoroughfares through Wheat Ridge along which businesses are located. The intensities and land use characteristics of the city's corridors will vary from vehicular -oriented commercial districts to quaint and pedestrian -friendly neighborhood commercial areas. The corridors include: Primary Commercial Corridors - focus on assembling and redeveloping outdated and underutilized properties primarily from 35th to 44th Avenues, encourage development of a mixed-use Town Center, including multi -family housing (as lofts or part of the mix), improved bicycle and pedestrian connections along routes parallel to Wadsworth Main Street Corridor, 38th Avenue Corridor (between Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard) - show case nodes of locally owned commercial businesses and employers in a transit and pedestrian - friendly "main street' environment that emphasizes Wheat Ridge's historic and hometown character, small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities will be focused primarily between Wadsworth and Pierce, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan, streetscape and other urban design improvements will be extended through the Main Street corridor to provide a walkable and distinct gateway Neiehborhood Commercial Corridors 44th Avenue (between Youngfield and Kipling Streets) 44th Avenue (between Kipling Street and the greenbelt) 44th Avenue (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) Harlan Street (from 1-70 to just south of 44th Avenue), Primary Gateway, Primary Gateways 1-70 at Wadsworth 1-70 at Kipling Street 1-70 at Ward Road 1-70 at Youngfield Street / 32nd Avenue Wadsworth at 26th Avenue 38th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard 26th Ave at Kipling Street 44th Avenue at Harlan Street En:X91L,M TAi17e1L,IDIIe1L,IP1131: Page 35 Relationship to the Community Vision and Structure Plan Emphasis on retention and reinvestment in commercial areas will ensure that residents have convenient local locations to shop, in addition to generating retail sales tax to maintain City services. To provide balance to the community's strong residential base, future employment and commercial development efforts will target key areas. Goal ELU1: Make Wheat Ridge a "community of choice" in which to live, work, shop, and recreate. Wheat Ridge will actively promote the community's positive assets to attract and retain residents, employers, and visitors. The City will emphasize and market its high quality of life to position Wheat Ridge as a desirable place to live, work, recreate, and visit. Policies ELU 1.2 — Become a Regional Destination The City will promote the community's attributes, and showcase entrances and travel corridors to draw visitors and position the community as a regional destination. Strategies: A. Develop programs to enhance and highlight the city's main entrances (gateways) with landscaping and signage Goal ELU2: Attract Quality Retail Development and Actively Retain Existing Retailers to Locate in Wheat Ridge Actively retain existing retailers and attract quality retail development. Wheat Ridge will proactively work with existing quality retailers to remain and thrive in Wheat Ridge, and encourage new businesses, particularly those that provide healthy and high quality products and goods and services to locate in Wheat Ridge. In addition, the City will plan for future regional retail, community commercial, and neighborhood commercial centers and promote opportunities for niche and specialty businesses and districts. Policies: ELU 2.1— Retain and Enhance Existing Retailers The City, in conjunction with its economic development partners, will work with existing quality retailers and businesses to remain and expand in Wheat Ridge so that goods are purchased locally and retail sales taxes are not lost to neighboring communities. Strategies: C. Assist existing retailers with expansion plans or opportunities for local relocation ELU 2.2 — Promote Specialty Retail Businesses The City, in partnership economic development partners, and the development and business communities, will work to establish and grow unique small businesses and niche business districts in areas identified as activity centers and along key corridors. Strategies: E. Work with local brokers and developers to identify and attract regional niche retailers for a potential location in Wheat Ridge. ELU 2.3 — Rehabilitate Underutilized Retail Spaces Coordination and partnership between the City, economic development partners, and the development community to improve the appearance and function of outdated and inefficient retail spaces will re energize the community's primary corridors and key activity centers. Strategies: B. Encourage land assemblage and denser nodes of development within activity centers C. Partner with area economic development organizations D. Continue to work with local property owners on identifying opportunities for fayade and landscaping improvements and upgrades ELU 2.4—Develop Regional Retail The City, economic development partners, and private developers will partner to develop the Regional Commercial Center west of 1-70 (including the Crossing at Clear Creek site) with a mix of regional retail anchors, smaller retailers, and secondary uses such as offices and hotel. B. Enter public / private partnerships and facilitate the use of tools such as Tax Increment Financing through an Urban Renewal Authority, special districts, and other tools to share infrastructure development costs; and C. Provide business start-up incentives and financing tools (such as Tax Increment Financing) Goal ELU3 — Retain and Diversity Local Employment Wheat Ridge will foster a business climate that encourages expansion or creation of employment opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on growing the community's existing health care industry, redevelopment of the area surrounding the future FasTracks Gold Line Transit Station, and allowing secondary employment opportunities in the Crossing at Clear Creek Regional Commercial Center area. This business climate will require the retention of industrially zoned lands, and will place emphasis on new, high-quality employment opportunities in growing fields such as clean energy and biotechnology. Policies: ELU 3.1— Retain and Expand Established Employers The City and its economic development partners will work with the community's existing primary employers such as Exempla Lutheran Hospital to maintain and grow operations to provide quality local jobs to residents. Strategies: A. Supply an adequate mix of housing in the community to create a "whole community' where residents can live and work; D. Work closely with local employers and business owners to address issues and retain them in Wheat Ridge; and E. Coordinate with employers to develop plans for future growth and expansion and help facilitate their plans through the City's development review process. ELU 3.2 —Generate New Primary Employment The City, in partnership with economic development and other business organizations, will recruit new primary employers to locate in Wheat Ridge, in order to provide quality jobs for the community's large residential base, and to draw employees into the city on a daily basis. Strategies: A. Market development sites within Enterprise Zone and Urban Renewal Authority areas B. Target medical -related facilities C. Work on a package of appropriate incentives and establish the criteria by which these incentives can be used Goal ELU4 — Increase the Diversity of Land Uses Wheat Ridge will work to ensure that the limited future development and redevelopment areas provide increased opportunities for employment, retail, and commercial services, along new housing options, to achieve a sustainable and balanced mix of land uses for the community. Policies: ELU 4.1— Efficient Use of Limited Land Because of the limited amount of land available for new development, the City will require efficient use of newly developing and redeveloping areas by promoting higher -intensity development. Priority areas for new development include the Crossing at Clear Creek site west of 1-70 and the future T.O.D. area north of 1-70 near Ward Road. Strategies: A. Emphasize mixed-use development in developing and redeveloping areas C. Prioritize areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential overlay districts to identify opportunities for property assemblage and efficient use of land E. Seek to remove height and density limitations from the City Charter in targeted development and redevelopment locations and examine / rezone those areas as necessary to achieve goals Goal ELUS: Revitalize Key Redevelopment Areas Policies: ELU 5.1— Infill and Redevelopment Many properties along Wheat Ridge's primary corridors and in activity centers are dated and underutilized. The City will work with partners and private developers to promote infill and redevelopment in key areas shown on the Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Provide financing tools and incentives (such as Tax Increment Financing in Urban Renewal Areas and Enterprise Zone tax credits) to jump-start redevelopment in underutilized areas B. Identify areas with potential for property assemblage (through future subarea and corridor plans) and provide assistance with assemblage C. Actively pursue grants and technical assistance in determining the existence of brownfields at key redevelopment locations D. Coordinate with all interested parties (property owners, adjacent property owners, and City) to plan and define the vision for future development on infill sites E. Identify areas for future overlay districts F. Enter public-private partnerships (between City government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood organizations) to increase cooperation and development success ELU 5.2 - High Quality Redevelopment The City will require high quality urban design for all future infill and redevelopment, in order to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods, and to improve the overall appearance of the community's primary corridors and activity centers. Strategies: A. Assist with property assemblage to promote well coordinated, complete areas for redevelopment (not piecemeal properties) C. Identify areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential thematic -based overlay districts (to establish guidelines and standards to address suitable design and scale, variety and visual interest, and appropriate materials specific to each subarea or corridor) Goal ELU6: Establish Community Activity Centers and a Town Center Policies: ELU 6.1— Community Activity Centers The City will guide development and redevelopment to occur in planned activity centers. A range of existing and proposed activity centers along major corridors will discourage strip commercial development by concentrating a mix of uses to serve as neighborhood and community destinations. Existing Community Activity Center Locations Youngfield at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Sheridan at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Wadsworth at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Future Community Activity Center Locations Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenue (Town Center) Crossing at Clear Creek site (Regional Commercial Center) Future Gold Line Transit Station Area (Employment/Commercial Center) Strategies: A. Partner with private property owners, economic development organizations, and developers to assemble parcels for redevelopment C. Encourage a mix of uses in activity centers (including multi -family residential and senior housing where appropriate) D. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) E. Coordinate development with established Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, and other regional plans ELU 6.2 —Town Center Development In collaboration with economic development partners and other organizations, the City will guide the development of a mixed-use Town Center, located along Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues. Strategies: C. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) D. Enter public/ private partnerships to assist with development funding and design E. Establish an appropriate package of incentives to help jump-start redevelopment 5 - NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING Page 54 Goal NH2: Increase Housing Options Policies: NH 2.1— New Housing Types The City will direct the development of new housing types such as townhomes, condos/lofts, and senior living units (especially in Neighborhood Revitalization, Neighborhood Buffer and other mixed-use areas) to meet market demand. Strategies: B. Promote traditional neighborhood development with a variety of housing types (possibly including accessory dwelling units, multi -family, and senior housing units) as a component of infill / redevelopment sites Goal NH4: Stimulate Investment and Redevelopment in Neighborhood Buffer Areas Policies: NH 4.1— Enhance Neighborhood Buffer Areas The City will coordinate and partner economic development partners, neighborhood groups, and private developers to initiate investment and redevelopment efforts in Neighborhood Buffer Areas. Strategies: A. Coordinate revitalization efforts within established Urban Renewal Authority areas and plans B. Enter public / private partnerships to improve or redevelop outdated multi -family properties C. Encourage and facilitate property assemblages to accommodate new small-scale mixed-use developments to provide transition between primary corridors and residential neighborhoods 6 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN Pages 61 through 63 Policies Goal CC1: Create Recognizable Gateways and Corridors Wheat Ridge will establish a clear identity that promotes a positive community image in primary community entrances ("gateways"). CC 1.1— Gateway Identity In collaboration with economic development partners, private developers, and other groups, the City will improve primary gateways into the community (as shown on the Structure Plan) so that they project a positive, cohesive community identity and clear sense of place. Strategies: A. Develop signage and landscaping at gateways and along I-70 that uses recent community branding efforts to "tell the Wheat Ridge story' (such as the themed gateway signage and streetscape on 38th Avenue near Sheridan) B. Provide and maintain attractively landscaped areas at community entrances (such as the recent 1-70 and Kipling interchange improvements) CC 1.2 — Corridor Image The City will work with private developers, economic development partners, Colorado Department of Transportation and other organizations to enhance the image of the city's primary corridors (as identified on the Structure Plan). Strategies: B. Enter public / private partnerships to coordinate, fund, develop, and maintain streetscape improvements C. Continue the community sign code to ensure quality new signage along corridors and to encourage upgrades to existing non -conforming signage 7 -TRANSPORTATION Pages 79 through 83 Goal T 1: Provide an Integrated Transportation System to Address all Modes of Travel and Future Funding Priorities Wheat Ridge will accommodate all modes of travel including motorists, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit riders. Policies: T 1.1—Targeted Improvement Areas The City will focus future investment for infrastructure improvements in targeted corridors and intersections, as identified on the Transportation Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Institute transportation improvements as activity centers and primary corridors develop and redevelop B. Use the improvements shown on the Transportation Structure Plan to establish key areas for each travel mode and capital improvement projects C. Establish criteria to identify neighborhoods that are not targeted areas for street or sidewalk enhancements T 1.2 — Improvements Funding The City will continue to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements and will seek opportunities to partner with regional, state, and national agencies to establish funding for key projects. Strategies: A. Seek to establish anew local funding source for pedestrian and bicycle system improvements B. Work to establish a blend of local and matching funds for multi -modal improvements T 1.3 — Complete Streets The City will coordinate with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish roadway design criteria that ensure safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users (also commonly referred to as "complete streets"). Strategies: A. Develop new road cross sections for principal corridors that meet the needs of all modes of transportation B. Revise development regulations to require new development to constructor enhance segments of pedestrian and bicycle systems C. Establish and require level of service standards for all travel modes D. Complete the Implementation Plan (Phase 2) of the Bike and Pedestrian Route Master Plan 8 - COMMMUNITY SERVICES Goal CS 4: Continue Coordination with Fire Districts and Utility Providers to Maintain Quality Service The City will continue to coordinate with utilities and fire districts to maintain quality levels of service to existing customers and provide new services to areas where future growth will occur. Policies: CS 4.1— Utility and Service Districts The City will continue to coordinate development and redevelopment activities with utility providers and service districts. Strategies: B. Develop and offer credits or incentives for development/ redevelopment that reuses, establishes new connections to, or upgrades existing utility infrastructure. 10 - PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Pages 111 and 112 An Economic Development Strategy This Plan, and the process to develop it, has continually identified economic development of targeted redevelopment areas as a primary strategy for the City to accomplish its livability, fiscal, image, and identity -related goals. Five Target Redevelopment Areas a. Crossing at Clear Creek (Cabela's) b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' c. Kipling Corridor d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Short- and Long -Term Priorities The strategy should confirm, in discussion with policymakers and staff, short- and long-term priorities for redevelopment and geographic areas. For example, redevelopment priorities in the "target areas' should focus on the long-term desires as reflected in the Comprehensive and Sub -Area Plans, while in other commercial and industrial areas, the priority may be to minimize vacancies. Identify Appropriate Financial Tools Public agencies can employ a number of financing tools to finance public improvements. The special districts, authorities, and other tools described in the following table are a short list of financing tools that are applicable to the redevelopment of key areas in Wheat Ridge. Page 115, 117 and 118 Economic Strategies for Geographic Areas b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' Establishing a small locally oriented retail center at 38th Avenue is a high priority for residents of Wheat Ridge. Challenges include the perception that there is "no market," checkerboard zoning, the lack of funding for significant improvements, and land assembly. Initial action items are focused on market creation. Potential Financing Tools Urban Renewal Area Local Marketing District Business Improvement District d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center Background The Wadsworth Corridor between 38th and 44th Avenues has been identified as the preferred location for a Town Center that would have a small civic component such as a library, retail development, and places for public gathering. The URA owns the site just east of the 1st Bank at 44th and Wadsworth and has been working with public and private partners to foster its development. Redevelopment of the Wadsworth Corridor hinges on actions by CDOT to widen and / or improve the road. Potential Financing Tools Specific parcels may require land write-down assistance, environmental remediation, and assistance with current property ownership. Other tools to encourage redevelopment in this corridor area are listed below. Their use will depend on the specific situation. Metropolitan Districts General Improvement Districts Urban Renewal Area Special Improvement Districts Public Improvement Fees Use Tax Rebates e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station -Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Site This site is seen as having longer term importance to the City; however, potential projects are not likely to materialize until after the commuter rail line is close to completion (Gold Line station estimated completion for 2016). Potential Public Financing Tools • Urban Renewal Authority Metropolitan District • General Improvement District • Special Improvement District Public Improvement Fee Use Tax Rebates Others for the Specific TOD Project 38th Avenue Corridor Plan, adopted 2011 (some excerpts grammatically edited) Pages 1 and 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY West 38th Avenue, between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, is a priority redevelopment area in Wheat Ridge. The City's comprehensive plan, Envision Wheat Ridge, identifies the corridor as one of five key redevelopment sites and designates 38th Avenue as the City's main street. Although many residents view 38th Avenue as the heart of the community, today it lacks the physical environment and economic vitality that is commonly associated with a main street corridor. The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for 38th Avenue so that it can be revitalized into an attractive focal point for the community. Building on valuable input from stakeholders and the public at -large, the plan creates a vision for the future of the street. It establishes four guiding principles that set the framework for the plan's recommendations, which focus on transportation, land use, urban design, and economic development. Vision Statement The following statement captures the vision for what 38th Avenue will become in the next two decades: "West 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth is a safe, vibrant and diverse corridor in Wheat Ridge with a strong identity and robust commercial and residential markets. The corridor has identifiable sub -districts with its Main Street being a source of community pride and a primary destination for city residents and visitors. In the year 2030, people of all ages and abilities live, work, learn, shop, and play along 38th Avenue." Sub -Districts Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center anchors the corridor at its western end. Building upon the City's adopted plans which envision a mixed-use town center on Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues, this sub- district includes a mix of community and regional serving retail, offices, and residences. Improvements in the Area will serve as a gateway into Wheat Ridge's downtown and Main Street from the west. Main Street The vision for Main Street is a historic gathering place that integrates small shops, restaurants, and services at the ground floor with residences and office space on upper floors. This half -mile stretch of 38th Avenue will be easily walkable and attract a synergy of people and activities during the day and night. Guiding Principles The input received during the visioning process led to the creation of four guiding principles that inform the plan recommendations. Identity- Redevelop 38th Avenue with a strong identity as Wheat Ridge's Main Street Vitality- Promote economic and real estate vitality and healthy living Appeal - Create an attractive, comfortable, inviting atmosphere Mobility- Develop a complete street that better accommodates pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders while maintaining adequate vehicular access and parking Pages 5 through 8 1- INTRODUCTION 1.1 —Study Area Location West 38th Avenue is an important east -west corridor that runs the entire length of Wheat Ridge. The focus of this plan is the portion of West 38th Avenue that falls between Sheridan Boulevard and Wadsworth Boulevard, which is about 1.5 miles in length. The study area continues just west of Wadsworth Boulevard in order to capture the entire 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard intersection, which is a gateway within Wheat Ridge and into the study area. To the east, the study area ends at Sheridan Boulevard, which is also the boundary between the city of Wheat Ridge and city and county of Denver. The study area extends roughly 600 feet to the north and south of 38th Avenue. 1.2 — Purpose of the Plan The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for the future of 38th Avenue between Wadsworth and Sheridan Boulevards. This portion of the street is identified as a priority redevelopment area in the City's Comprehensive Plan and Economic Development Strategic Plan. Wheat Ridge 2020, another important stakeholder given its office location on 38`" Avenue, has also identified 38th Avenue as a priority area and is committed to the revitalization of the corridor. 1.4 — Relationship to Other Plans There are several existing plans, studies, and guiding documents that set the framework for the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan. 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (Urban Renewal Plan), adopted 2001 This plan, established an urban renewal area along 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth, covers a majority of the focus area. A major objective identified in this plan is to strengthen the identity of 38th Avenue as the city's main street with a human -scaled mix of uses. The proposed land use concept is to enhance neighborhood- and community -serving retail while preserving housing. This urban renewal plan also identifies redevelopment techniques that could be utilized such as demolition, land acquisition, redevelopment and rehabilitation. Financing tools identified in the plan include revenue from property and sales tax increments, federal loans or grants, as well as bond issuances. Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy, adopted 2005 The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) focused on the repositioning of Wheat Ridge as a vibrant community by improving its housing stock and revitalizing its commercial corridors to attract higher -income households. Acknowledging demographic trends such as decreasing median household incomes, the NRS strongly urges the City to pursue policies and regulations that encourage investment in neighborhoods and redevelopment in commercial areas. The NRS recommends that the City and Wheat Ridge 2020 focus housing efforts on the east side of the city by increasing permissible densities and encouraging infill and rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. The NRS also specifically identifies 38th Avenue as one of four key commercial areas where the City should focus redevelopment efforts. Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan are consistent with the NRS. Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted 2009 Envision Wheat Ridge is a city-wide plan that guides the future of the city. The plan identifies 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards as a "main street corridor" that is transit- and pedestrian -friendly. It recommends development of small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment projects focused primarily between Wadsworth Boulevard and Pierce Street, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan Boulevard, over time. Envision Wheat Ridge also identifies 38th Avenue as one of five priority redevelopment areas in the city and calls out several action items to facilitate its redevelopment, including: Preparation of a 38th Avenue subarea / corridor plan Form a public-private partnership with merchants and owners along the corridor to make the area attractive for private investment Develop a streetscape plan Facilitate creation of a Business Improvement District (BID) to maintain improvements (when appropriate) Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan coincide with the vision and recommendations in Envision Wheat Ridge, and have been adopted as an official amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. West 38th Avenue Community Revitalization Partnership Report, Prepared for Wheat Ridge 2020, 2009 This study, prepared by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) and Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) was the result of a 3 -day assessment of the 38th Avenue corridor between Wadsworth and Sheridan Boulevards by a multi -disciplinary assessment team. The assessment team evaluated strategies for revitalization of the street, focusing on land use, real estate, marketing and promotion, and urban design. This study recognizes existing aspects of the corridor that detract from its economic viability, including its auto -oriented form, outdated retail formats, and lack of a cohesive identity. The report includes many recommendations to guide the revitalization of 38th Avenue, focusing on marketing and branding, redevelopment opportunities, and urban design. The report recommends the completion of a corridor plan and further study of a "road diet' that serve to reduce travel lanes and create opportunities for on - street parking, improved sidewalks, and / or bicycle facilities. Bicycle and Pedestrian MasterPlan, adopted 2010 This plan lays the framework for providing a more comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle network throughout the city; and, identifies which streets in Wheat Ridge need pedestrian and bicycle improvements, and discusses potential funding sources for implementing planned pedestrian and bicycle facilities. It proposes detached sidewalks with amenity zones on both sides of 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, as well as a shared bicycle facility. Other proposed improvements within the study area include bike lanes on Pierce Street, a shared lane on Harlan Street, and a shared lane that starts on 38th Avenue at High Court and connects north to West 41st Avenue. Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan generally comply with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. However, the Corridor Plan does not recommend adding bike facilities to the street. Bike lanes for 38th Avenue were considered through public input during the planning process, but ultimately ruled out due to a lack of continuity with other east -west routes and high potential for cyclist / motorist conflicts. The Plan did recommend, though, amending the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan to remove the proposed shared bicycle facility on 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards. Streetscape Design Manual, adopted 2011 This document establishes design standards for important corridors throughout the city. The document identifies 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards as a "priority corridor" and lays out design goals and standards intended to create a high-quality streetscape and pedestrian -friendly environment. The Manual requires improvements to the streetscape in front of a parcel on 38th Avenue, if the subject of new construction or expansion of existing buildings by more than 50 percent. Required improvements include an 8 -foot wide sidewalk and 6 -foot wide amenity zone. If room within the existing right-of-way to make these improvements does not exist, then the City may require an easement or right-of-way dedication. The Manual also contains requirements for regularly spaced street trees, pedestrian lights, and other amenities within an amenity zone. Requirements within the Manual do not apply to that portion of 38th Avenue between Sheridan Boulevard and Harlan Street that was subject to a City -funded streetscape improvement project in 2002. Recommendations included in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan generally coincide with the Streetscape Design Manual. Pages 31 through 37 3 -VISION Common desires expressed during the visioning process for 38th Avenue include: Improve the design and quality of the street. Create a street that is safe and enjoyable for pedestrians, but that does not compromise other modes of travel, especially cars. Draw a variety of restaurants, shops, and other services to the corridor so that it becomes a lively, attractive destination during the day and night. Recognize the street as the heart of the community (its "main street") through improved design and a clear identity. Encourage different districts or nodes along the 1.5 mile length of the street. Improve connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods. 3.2 — Sub -Districts Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center anchors the corridor at its western end. Building upon the City's adopted Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan and Envision Wheat Ridge, which envisions a mixed-use town center on Wadsworth Boulevard between 38th and 44th Avenues, this sub -district includes a mix of community and regional serving retail, offices, and residences. It will serve as a gateway into Wheat Ridge's Downtown and Main Street from the west. The Wadsworth Town Center will draw larger -format higher - intensity retail uses that fit well on a regional arterial like Wadsworth Boulevard. This sub -district contains one of the major opportunity areas identified in the potential for change analysis, which is the 14 -acre vacant lot and former car dealership at the southwest corner of 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. This site could draw significant redevelopment that would help establish a quality gateway to the 38th Avenue corridor Main Street The vision for Main Street is a historic gathering place that integrates small shops, restaurants, and services at the ground floor with residences and office space on upper floors. This half -mile stretch of 38th Avenue will be easily walkable and attract a synergy of people and activities during the day and night. The heart of Main Street is between Vance and Pierce Streets. This area overlaps with one of the major opportunity areas also identified in the potential for change analysis. The eastern edge of Main Street extends to Newland Street so that it is anchored by Wheat Ridge Lanes, a popular bowling alley on the east end, and encompasses a full one-half mile walking distance along the corridor. It is important to note that Main Street falls within the proposed Downtown area. Wheat Ridge has never had an official downtown, but main streets are typically found within the downtown of a community. Downtown Wheat Ridge will incorporate the Wadsworth Town Center and Main Street, recognizing the portion of 38th Avenue that has historically been the heart of the City. Identity - Redevelop 38th Avenue with a strong identity as Wheat Ridge's Main Street. Design the street as a unique, pedestrian -oriented, safe, comfortable, and economically viable place that people go to repeatedly for an unparalleled experience. Build and sustain support for the vision among public officials, corridor businesses, and area residents. Create four distinct districts - the Wadsworth Town Center, Main Street, the Residential District, and the Sheridan Commercial District. • Allow for a mix of uses throughout the corridor, with specific standards for each district. • Apply to each sub -district a unique, timeless, easily maintainable materials palette to each district with enough overlap among the palettes to convey a unified image. Capitalize on existing and historic assets. Provide adequate and consistent signage, wayfinding, marketing materials, and streetscape amenities to brand 38th Avenue and its districts. • Continue to encourage architecturally appropriate building facade renovations as well as new infill development that supports a Main Street environment. • Create a branding strategy for the Main Street district. Vitality - Promote economic and real estate vitality and healthy living. Develop a competitive marketplace that provides opportunities for local and national businesses, existing and new. Create a vibrant place of commerce where people congregate. Encourage local businesses to enliven the streetscape with outdoor seating and merchandise displays. Implement short-term stimulant projects / improvements to spur long-term redevelopment. Identify and consolidate land as necessary for large catalytic projects that will provide a substantial infusion of energy to the corridor and specifically to Main Street. Provide opportunities for flexible use of the public realm for temporary events, such as street fairs and farmer's markets. Encourage a diverse mix of land uses to create 18 -hour activity. Preserve and cultivate health-related uses within and near the corridor, through projects and events that promote Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) among all members of the Wheat Ridge community. Examples include community gardens, farmers markets, mobile vending of healthy foods, family or youth bike rodeos, Living Local / Living Well exhibitions or mini -fairs, summertime events in which the street is closed to cars, and/or temporary demonstration projects that show possible improvements to the street. Encourage the formation of an entity to aggressively market the corridor. Focus public and quasi -public uses such as a new library or City Hall to locate on or immediate to the corridor to provide a significant population to patronize local businesses. Provide a predictable and clear regulatory process including mixed use zoning along 38th Avenue and regulations that support the Main Street district. Retain and expand incentive programs (grants and loans) that stimulate private sector investment. Appeal - Create an attractive, comfortable, inviting atmosphere. Implement pedestrian -oriented urban design strategies and regulations. Create a consistent street edge with commercial buildings placed near or at the front lot line along 38th Avenue, especially within the Main Street Sub -district. Provide opportunities for casual social interaction by incorporating gathering spaces into the streetscape or via pocket plazas and park space. Incorporate public art into the streetscape. Generously provide landscaping via trees, planters, and hanging pots to provide visual appeal, protection from the elements, and a buffer from vehicular traffic. Provide pedestrian lighting that results in a safe, welcoming nighttime environment. Utilize high-quality materials that are relatively easy to maintain. Provide routine maintenance to sustain a safe streetscape free of obstructions and ensure a high level of plant health, cleanliness, and repair. Minimize the visual clutter of signage through new regulations or design standards Mobility- Develop a complete streetthat better accommodates pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders while maintaining adequate vehicular access and parking. Reduce the number of vehicular travel lanes on 38th Avenue where feasible. Consolidate and reduce curb cuts to minimize conflicts among pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. Embrace shared parking strategies and restrict off-street parking to the sides and backs of buildings along 38th Avenue. • Create an unobstructed walkway at least 6 feet wide that is detached from 38th Avenue with an amenity zone. • Clearly identify and improve pedestrian crossings across 38th Avenue as well as crossings along 38th Avenue from block to block. • Consider developing bulb -outs at feasible intersections to help further traffic calming, reduce the pedestrian crossing distance, and increase the visibility of pedestrians by motorists. Provide adequate amenities as feasible, including benches, trash cans, pedestrian lighting, and bicycle racks. Enhance visibility of and amenities at transit stops working closely with RTD. Strengthen connections to the surrounding neighborhoods to encourage mobility for pedestrians, cyclists, and the disabled. Strengthen connections to other non -vehicular networks, such as adjacent bike facilities, both existing and planned. 4—PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS Pages 54 through 56 4.3 - LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN Corridor -Wide Recommendation 4.3-2: Encourage quality, pedestrian -friendly architecture that places buildings close to the street. Guiding Principle: Identity The identity of 38th Avenue depends on high-quality architecture. To promote a pedestrian -friendly street, buildings with active ground floors should be located close to the sidewalk. The City should implement new zoning - such as the Mixed Use -Neighborhood zone district - with design standards that will complement the vision for the corridor. Recommendation 4.3-5: Incorporate public gathering spaces into streetscape design and develop public spaces along the corridor. Guiding Principle: Appeal Public gathering spaces will enhance the image of the corridor, complement surrounding land uses and business, and provide opportunity for social interaction and enjoyment. The streetscape design, especially for Main Street, should include places to sit and gather. Public and private redevelopment on 38th Avenue should incorporate new public spaces such as pocket parks, plazas, and community gardens. Recommendation 4.3-6: Develop a parking strategy for the corridor that includes shared parking and parking reservoirs. Guiding Principle: Mobility As the corridor redevelops, the provision of adequate parking will be an important strategy. Since many parcels are small and may not be able to meet parking needs on-site, shared parking will be an important tool. The approach for parking on the corridor should include allowing and encouraging shared parking on private property, as well as identifying key parking reservoirs. In the short-term, existing parking lots such as the one in front of Wheat Ridge Middle School can provide parking for adjacent uses. As the corridor develops over the long-term, redevelopment plans should include parking reservoirs, especially parking garages. Strategic placement and successful usage of off-street parking reservoirs could partially reduce the need for on -street parking in some locations, thereby creating more room for other amenities on the street. Pages 56 through 59 Main Street Main Street is envisioned as the focal point of both downtown Wheat Ridge and 38th Avenue. As such, there are a few key land use and urban design recommendations specific to this sub -district. Recommendation 4.3-7: Design and build new streetscape improvements and gateway elements that create an attractive and consistent image for Main Street. Guiding Principle: Identity Gateway signs, vertical elements, and other enhancements that clearly mark entry into Main Street should be utilized at both the western and eastern ends of the district. Signage and streetscape design should be developed in conjunction with the branding / marketing strategy for Main Street in order to create a strong identity for this sub -district. The streetscape design for Main Street should include some common elements that link it to the rest of the corridor, as well as unique, enhanced features that distinguish it from the Residential and Sheridan Commercial sub -districts. Recommendation 4.3-8: Encourage infill development with land uses, building placement, and architecture that supports a Main Street environment. Guiding Principle: Identity The proposed mixed use zoning for this sub -district should support a mix of uses and include design standards that promote a main street environment - encouraging the placement of buildings close to the street and quality, human -scaled architecture. Figure 23 is an illustrative plan of what Main Street could look like in the year 2030. It identifies opportunity sites for infill development that could be catalytic projects in both the short and long term. The new buildings shown would bring approximately 65,000 SF of new ground floor uses (retail or offices) and 56,000 square feet of new upper floor uses (office or residential) to Main Street. As discussed in more detail below, the development program for this sub -district also includes about 85,000 square feet of new public and quasi -public uses within a proposed civic center. Recommendation 4.3-9: Foster a new civic center on Main Street that includes public and quasi -public uses. Guiding Principle: Vitality Throughout the visioning process, many stakeholders mentioned the desire for public uses that would regularly draw residents to the corridor. A civic center would provide a focal point for Main Street and bring a significant number of employees and customers to 38th Avenue. The public uses would draw new activity to the corridor and create a large number of patrons for nearby businesses. As a long-term goal, the City should pursue the possibility to relocate city offices to the Main Street sub- district. This location contains underutilized parcels that could be assembled to support approximately 85,000 square feet of development, including a new City Hall, police station, and complementary civic uses. The civic center is adjacent to a proposed parking structure, which would provide a large parking reservoir for the center as well as for adjacent retail uses - both existing and proposed. The proposed civic center would build upon existing public uses in the area, including two schools and the Wheat Ridge Fire Station. Quality public spaces, such a park or plaza in front of the civic center and community gardens surrounding the school, would help link public uses to 38th Avenue. Public open space is a key component for the civic center since it would draw people to the corridor and provide opportunities for outdoor special events. The proposed community gardens surrounding the school could be pursued in the short term, while the rest of the civic center is a longer-term goal for Main Street. Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center forms an important gateway into Main Street and contains opportunity sites for new development. Recommendation 4.3-13: Encourage the redevelopment of the southwest corner of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue to create an attractive gateway for the corridor. Guiding Principle: Vitality This site, about 14 acres in size, represents a significant opportunity for new development adjacent to the corridor. New Mixed Use- Commercial (MU -C) zoning recently adopted on Wadsworth should encourage a mix of uses and pedestrian -friendly design. Due to the site's size and visibility from Wadsworth, larger -format retailers and national chains would fit well. It makes sense to redevelop the site with this type of retail use, which will not compete with the boutique -type retail envisioned for 38th Avenue, as long as the design includes pedestrian connectivity and quality architecture Ideally, new development at this site will be mixed use, with office and / or residential uses in addition to retail. New residents at this location would support new businesses on 38th Avenue. Residential uses at the southern end of the site provide an important transition to the residential neighborhood to the south. Design of the corner of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue is especially important for creating an inviting gateway into the Main Street sub -district. Recommendation 4.3-14: Improve pedestrian crossings at 38th Avenue across Wadsworth. Guiding Principle: Mobility Safer pedestrian access across Wadsworth could draw more people to 38th Avenue. Comfortable and safe crosswalks, including raised tables in turn pockets, would help to connect the corridor to new development on Wadsworth, to the Exempla -Lutheran Campus, and to existing residential neighborhoods, all of which contain potential patrons for businesses on 38th Avenue. The 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelo pment Plan AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN Prepared for: The City of Wheat Ridge and The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority CLARION ASSOCIATES HNTB CORPORATION CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 25-2001 Series of 2001 TITLE: ARESOLUTION APPROVING THE38THAVENUE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, with the adoption of Resolution No. 12-2001 on April 23, 2001, the City Council determined that blight existed in the vicinity of the 381h Avenue Corridor between Sheridan Boulevard and Wadsworth Boulevard; and WHEREAS, such resolution created the 3glh Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Area {Area), an urban renewal area within the City; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 12-2001 also directed the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (Authority) to effect the preparation of an urban renewal (redevelopment) plan (Plan) for the Area for consideration by City Council; and WHEREAS, the Council has been presented with aproposed Plan; and WHEREAS, the Authority has endorsed and recommended approval of the Plan by Council; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission has submitted its written recommendation to the City Council that the Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, a copy of the Plan and information regarding the impact of the Plan were submitted to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners; and WI IEREAS, the Jefferson County School District also received a copy of the Plan and has been advised and permitted to participate in an advisory capacity with respect to the potential use of tax increment financing; and WHEREAS, notices of the public hearing for consideration and approval of the Plan by City Council were provided by publication and by written notices to property owners, residents and business owners in the Area in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law, C.R.S. 31-25-101 etseq.; and WI IEREAS, a public hearing on the Plan was held on October 22, 2001, providing a full opportunity for property owners, residents, taxpayers, people and business owners in the Area and all interested persons to be heard; and WHEREAS, the inclusion of certain areas and properties designated in the Plan within the Area would provide for the elimination and prevention of blight and the development, redevelopment and rehabilitation of the blighted areas, so that the areas can be developed or redeveloped by the public and private sectors to provide a safer and more useful environment for its users and inhabitants; to develop and redevelop such properties to provide necessary, greater and reasonable economic utilization of such areas; to promote, enhance and provide public facilities; to eliminate traffic, transportation, pedestrian and other hazards within the areas; to ensure reasoned and sound social, physical and economic growth and improvement within the City; to promote the public health, safety and welfare; to promote and effect the goals, objectives and purposes of the Plan and the Comprehensive Plan of the City; to provide a sound financial and economic base for the community; to provide a necessary tax base for the City and to comply with the intent and purposes of the Urban Renewal Law; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority to adopt the Plan as proposed. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes the following findings with respect to the proposed Plan: A. A feasible method exists for the relocation of families or individuals who may or will be displaced by redevelopment projects in decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship. B. A feasible method exists for the relocation of business concerns that may or will be displaced by redevelopment projects either in the Area or in other areas that are not generally less desirable regarding public utilities and public and commercial facilities. C. The City Council has caused its staff to take reasonable efforts to provide written notice of the public hearing to property owners, residents and business owners in the Area at their last known addresses at least 30 days prior to this public hearing of October 22, 2001. D. Section 31-25-107 (4) (d) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law does not apply in that not more than 120 days have passed since the first public hearing on this Plan, because this is the first public hearing. E. Section 31-25-107 (4) (e) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law does not apply in that City Council did not fail to previously approve this Plan. F. The Plan conforms to the City's Comprehensive Plan. 2 G. The provisions of the Plan, consistent with the needs of the City, provide maximum opportunity for redevelopment of the Area by private enterprise. H. Section 31-25-107 (5) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law is not applicable to this Plan. I. To the extent that the Area may consist of an area of open land which may be developed for non-residential uses under the Plan, City Council hereby determines that such non-residential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the City in accordance with sound planning standards and the City's objectives. The potential acquisition of such areas may require the actions of the Authority, in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law, because such open areas are within areas of blight or blighted conditions. J. City Council has determined that the boundaries of the Area have been drawn as narrowly as feasible to accomplish the planning and development objectives of the Plan in accordance with Section 31-25-107(1) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Section 2. Although the Plan provides for the use of tax increment financing, such financing mechanisms will not be utilized with ]he initial adoption of this Plan at this time, but will be considered at an appropriate time when redevelopment projects or market factors necessitate orjustify same or promote the use of tax increment financing as appropriate. Modifications of this Plan may then be necessary to implement tax increment financing. Section 3. The Jefferson County School District was permitted to participate in an advisory capacity regarding this Plan. Section 4. The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners was provided a copy of the Plan and information regarding its impact, in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law. Section 5. The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized to exercise the powers of eminent domain to carry out, effect and administer the Plan. Section 6. The rroposed Plan accompanying this Resolution and incorporated herein is adopted as the 38' Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge and may be referred to as the 38'h Avenue Redevelopment Plan. The Plan is an urban renewal plan as defined in Section 31-25-103(9) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Section 7. The 381h Avenue Redevelopment Plan shall control the land area, land use, design, building requirements, timing of development, and procedure for 3 implementation of such Plan inthe 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Area and inthe City of Wheat Ridge, as may be applicable. DONE AND RES VED this 22"d day of October 200I . i ., -q ' - 4- c •• d . EA' A, wandaSalli,CA)lt? 91 WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NO. 04 Series of 2001 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 38Tn AVENUE BETWEEN SHERIDAN BOULEVARD AND WADSWORTH BOULEVARD, AND TRANSMITTING THE SAME TO THE WHEAT RIDGE CITY COUNCIL. WHEREAS , the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 3 1 - 25- 1 05( I )(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wlleat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, did on April 23. 2001 make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the redevelopment plan; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority held a public meeting for the purpose of receiving comment on the redevelopment plan; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: Section I . The proposed redevelopment plan attached hereto as Exhibit I be, and hereby is, approved by the Authority. Section 2. The Authority hereby transmits the proposed 3gth Avenue Redevelopment Plan to the City Council with the request that the City Council hold a public hearing to formally adopt the redevelopment plan. DONE AND RESOLVED TIDS /§'H -day of October, 2001. WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY By; I> W Chairman ATTEST: /{at 4 Secretary to 41.uthority C.A."1yhIcs WPF1k> URA ucl Res 3Rd1 Ave LRP "j IJ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1 PREFACE AND BACKGROUND ............................. 1 1. 1 Preface.................................................................................... 1 2.0 FINDINGS......................................................................................2 2.1 Finding of&rght..........................................................................2 2.2 FYEparationoflhisCbrridorRedevelcpmentRan................................2 2.3 Urban Renewal Pr4ects..................................................................... 3 3.0 CONFORMANCE.................................................................................3 3.1 Uban Renewal Law........................................................................... 3 3.2 The Wheat Ride Comprehensive Plan .................................................... 3 3.3 Boundaries ofthis CbrridorRede velgomentPlan .................................4 3.4 CbrridorRedevelopment Plan OVectives........................................... 4 4.0 REDEVELOPMENT activities..............................................................5 5.0 PROJECT FINANCING...........................................................................7 51 Financing Methods......................................................................... 7 52 Potential Utilization of Tcc Increment Rnanca�g (Tfj ........................... 8 6.0 LAND USE CONCEPT..............................................................................8 6.1 Subarea One VIbosworth Blvd. to Pierce Street ...........................9 6.2 Subarea Two- Pierce Street to Harlan Street .................................. 10 6.3 Subarea Thee - Harlan Street to Sheridan Bvlcl................................ 10 7.0 LAND USE PLAN.............................................................................. 11 The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion TABLE OF CONTENTS 8.0 AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN.....................................................11 9.0 REASONABLE VARIATIONS............................................................12 The M Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pan `xi fjziz,,CF=r! CF�� 1.1 Preface This 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (Corridor Redevelopment Plan), is an urban renewal plan prepared for the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (the Authority) and the City of Wheat Ridge (the City), pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Renewal Law, Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 31-25-101 et seq. (Urban Renewal Law). This Corridor Redevelopment Plan describes the framework for certain public undertakings constituting urban renewal projects and other authorized activities under Colorado Urban Renewal Law, in the 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Area (Redevelopment Area), located in the City of Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. For the purposes of the Plan, the term "Redevelopment Area" shall have the same meaning as "urban renewal area" as defined in §31-25-103(8) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Except as may otherwise be provided, the administration of urban renewal projects and the implementation and enforcement of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, including without limitation the preparation and execution of any implementing documents, shall be performed bythe Authority. This Corridor Redevelopment Plan has been prepared for the Authority and adopted by the City Council in recognition that the Redevelopment Area requires a comprehensive and integrated development strategy in order to accomplish the City's objectives for improving the viability of the 38th Avenue corridor. Redevelopment of this Redevelopment Area is anticipated to occur over a substantial period of time, perhaps ten to fifteen years. The 34 Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Poge 1 Clarion Associates & HNTB 2.0 FINDINGS 2.1 Finding ofBlight Based on the evidence presented at a public hearing, and in the 38th Avenue Corridor Blight Study (dated April 11, 2001 and filed with the Jefferson County Clerk), the City Council, by Resolution No. 12-2001, made a finding that the Redevelopment Area was "blighted" as defined by the Urban Renewal Law, by the existence of the following factors: i) deteriorated or deteriorating structures and sites, (ii) defective or inadequate street hyout,or faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness, (iii) unsanitary and unsafe conditions, (iv) defective or unusual conditions of title rendering title non -marketable; (v) buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work in because of building code violations, dilapidation, deterioration, or faulty or inadequate facilities; (vi) environmental contamination of property; and (vii) inadequate public improvements or utilities. The City Council also found that such blight substantially impairs the sound growth of the City, constitutes an economic and social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. 22 Preparatfonofthis CorridorRedevelopmentPlan The findings and recommendations contained herein were formulated, in part, from information collected from site inspections of the Redevelopment Area; interviews with developers, landowners, and business -owners; comments and suggestions received at a community meeting held on August 28, 2001; results from a questionnaire sentto all property -owners within the Redevelopment Area; interviews with city staff; and a review of relevant public documents, including the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Ran (adopted Jan. 2000), the 38th Avenue The 38 Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pan Page 2 Clarion Associates & HNTB Streetscape Plan, the zoning ordinance, and the Streetscape and Architectural Design Manual. 2.3 Urban Renewal Projects Based on the evidence of blight, the Redevelopment Area is appropriate for authorized undertakings and activities of the Authority, pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law. 3.1 CONFORA44NCE 32 Urban Renewal law This Corridor Redevelopment Plan is in conformity with the applicable statutory requirements of the Urban Renewal Law. 32 The WheatRkIge Q nprehensivePlan h January 2000, the City amended and adopted its Comprehensive Plan. The Plan includes desirable land use patterns, as well as general goals and objectives intended to guide future growth along 38th Avenue. The desirable land use pattern envisioned by the Comprehensive Plan for the Redevelopment Area is primarily neighborhood retail and services uses characterized by a pedestrian - scaled environment, and superior urban design and streetscape, in a mixed-use development pattern with transitional residential development. The Comprehensive Plan's primary objectives for future growth and development along the 38th Avenue corridor are as follows: • To promote improvements to 38th Avenue as a principal entrance or gateway into the City. • To create a pedestrian -friendly environment The 38& Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Page 3 Clonon Assoclotes& HNTB • To restore the identity and character of 38th Avenue as the City's original "Main Street." The findings and recommendations of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan are consistent with the land use patterns, goals and objectives identified in the Comprehensive Plan. 33 Bomdaries of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan The boundary of the area to which this Corridor Redevelopment Plan applies generally includes those properties along 38th Avenue, between Wadsworth Boulevard on the west to Sheridan Boulevard on the east. SEE: FIGURE 1 URB4N RENEWAL AREA BOUNDIRY MAP. A legal description of this Plan Area is included in APPENDLYA. 34 CorridorRedevelcpmentPlan Objecdves The stated objectives of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan are as follows: • To strengthen the identity of 38th Avenue as the Cty's "Main Street", defined as being the center of cultural, entertainment and economic activity, accessible by vehicle, transit and pedestrian, and identified by the inclusion of certain urban design elements. • To promote a mixed-use development pattern designed to service the surrounding neighborhoods and community, to include a balanced mix of residential, retail and service businesses. • To improve pedestrian and vehicular circulation and safety. The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan Clarion Associates & HNTB Page 4 Wadsworth Blo Vance S Upham S Teller Newland S Marshall Jay Fenton Benton St. Ames St. Sheridan Blvd. id St. all St. St. I St. 5t. it. 5t. Chase St. U )� O J> C 110J 11 r <g o J> TM _ J> M z < C f0 =-< m O r • To minimize pedestrian and vehicular conflicts. • To encourage retention and enhancement of existing businesses while creating opportunities for new complimentary uses. • To encourage new development and redevelopment that is compatible in scale and design with the existing character of the Redevelopment Area. 4.0 REDEVELOPMENTACTIVITIES Public projects are intended to stimulate private sector development in and around the Redevelopment Area. The combination of public and private investment will assist in implementing redevelopment activities consistent with the objectives of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Area, and contribute to increased property and sales taxes for the City. 4.1 RedevekanmentTect"gcues h undertaking all urban renewal projects pursuant to this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, the Authority may utilize any the following redevelopment techniques and activities, as deemed appropriate for the elimination or prevention of blighted areas within the Redevelopment Area, pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law: a. Demolition. The Authority may provide for the demolition and clearance of buildings, structures and other improvements inthe Redevelopment Area. b. Publiclnprovements. The Authority may cause, finance, or facilitate the design, installation, construction and reconstruction ofany public improvements in the Redevelopment Area. The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Clarion Associates & HNTB Page 5 c. Land Acquisition. The Authority shall have the power to facilitate urban renewal activities in the Redevelopment Area by acquiring real property through condemnation proceedings pursuant to requirements and procedures established by the Urban Renewal Law,CRS §31-25-IOS(I)(e). The Authority shall have the power to exercise is legal right to acquire real property and improvements,and all interests therein, by eminent domain. d. Redevelopment and Rehabilitation. Appropriate activities may include such undertakings and activities authorized by the Urban Renewal Law or this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, including those redevelopment techniques identified inthis section determined to be necessary or desirable. e. Relocation. Relocating individuals and families from the Redevelopment Area may be required to facilitate redevelopment activities contemplated by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan. All relocation activities require that the City Council find a feasible method for the relocation of individuals and families who will be displaced by an urban renewal project (CRS §31-25-107(4)(a)). The Authority shall prepare and implement relocation plans or policies before any business, family, tenant or individual is relocated. Such plans or policies shall include butwill not limited to the following provisions: i. Methods for temporary relocations; ii. Relocation to areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities; at rents or prices within the financial means of such persons and families; into equally decent and The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Chrion Associotes & HNTB Page 6 sanitary dwellings as available to such persons; and in places reasonably accessible to their employment; iii. A reasonable relocation payment (as determined by the Authority) for moving expenses and actual loss of property directly related to relocation; iv. For businesses, to provide for losses of goodwill and profits which are reasonably and directly related to relocation for which compensation is not otherwise provided. f. Other Techniques. Other redevelopment activities contemplated by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan may include changes to applicable zoning, land use and building code requirements. 50 PROJECTFINANCING Urban renewal projects may be financed in whole or in part by the Authority under the tax increment financing (TIF) provisions of CRS §31-25-107(9)(a), of the Urban Renewal Law,or by any other available source of financing authorized to be undertaken bythe Authority under CRS §31-25-105.of the Urban Renewal Law 51 FinandngMethods The Authority is authorized to finance urban renewal projects within the Redevelopment Area with revenues from property and sales tax increments, interest income,federal loans or grants, or any other available source of revenues. The Authority is authorized to issue bonds and incur other obligations contemplated bythe Urban Renewal Law inan amount sufficient to finance all or any part of an urban renewal project within the Redevelopment Area. The Authority is authorized to borrow funds and create indebtedness in any authorized The 38'h Avenue Corndor Redevelopment Pan Page 7 Clarion Associates & HNTB form in carrying out this Corridor Redevelopment Plan in the manner contemplated by the Urban Renewal Law. Any principal and interest on such indebtedness may be paid from property and sales tax increments, or any other funds, revenues, assets or properties legally available to the Authority. 52 PotentiaiUSiizatronofTax incrementFinanciriry(TF} After the date of final adoption of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, as described in the Resolution approving the Plan, the City may authorize the utilization of TIF pursuant to CRS §31-25-107(9), of the Urban Renewal Law at such time or times that a redevelopment project or projects is/are initiated under the provisions of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan within the Redevelopment Area. Such TIF may be utilized in the entire Redevelopment Area or portions of the Redevelopment Area. The utilization of TIF pursuant to this section will necessitate a modification of, or to,this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, in accordance with the provisions of CRS §31-25-107(7) of the Colorado Urban Renewal Law governing such modifications. The details of this utilization of TIF may also be provided for by agreement between the City and the Authority. 60 LAND LISE CONCEPT The general land use concept envisioned by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Area is subject to further refinement and revision as future plans and/or projects are proposed for specific properties within the Redevelopment Area. The Authority, in cooperation with and at the direction and guidance of the City, shall adopt such refinements and revisions to this Plan related to the general land use concept. SEE: HGURE23!!11AVENUEC9NCHPTPLAN. The 38,.. Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pan Page 8 Clarion Associates & HNTB rGateway/Entry Possible Civic / Feature Presence Activity yI VI F, •• ., VI VI .. VI (ommuniry I ' _ Commercial Node V�k +.;'.Rr I l7J I ..-rr L r ■i a�v^✓� .. �— I ' 14—J 4� ,-Gateway/Entry Proposed 1 Feature Streetscape Improvements ♦.� ��.i� 11 1:�: - <_� ercial Node ? "' oroo5etl .. N MIICed Use °° e > Development Strong Neighborhood Residential Oriented Neighborhood Oriented Commercial Mixture ofAu iented Business and Residential Conversions and Uses Focus Business Restaurants and Specialty Retail Mixture of scales(Juco and pede5trian) and and uses Pedestrian mle Pedestrian Scale © _ ..... Figm2 JffihA-rune and W<I Concept Phln The general land use concept envisioned by this Plan is to enhance the existing neighborhood and community -oriented retail and service uses that are currently located along 38th Avenue, while maintaining residential housing as an important component of the corridor's mixed-use development pattern. Many of the properties along 38th Avenue present signticant opportunities for improving the image and function of existing and future activities and businesses within the Redevelopment Area. nitial efforts for development and redevelopment will likely be focused near Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard, in the vicinities of the community commercial centers (Safeway and King Soopers) that anchor each end of the Redevelopment Area. Over time, it is anticipated that many of the existing auto -oriented uses, such as car repair and sales facilities, will decrease as the pedestrian -oriented environment is enhanced. Other opportunities that might contribute positively to the Redevelopment Area include civic uses, such as a library, post office, recreation center,or transportation facilities. For the purposes of presenting the recommendations of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, the Redevelopment Area has been divided into three distinct subareas along 38th Avenue. Each subarea is described by certain common characteristics, followed by a summary of potential redevelopment activities that are intended to support the objectives of this Plan. &1 Subarea One- Wadsworth Ellvd.toFferceStreet The Safeway Shopping Center located on the northeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and 38th Avenue anchors the west end of the 38th Avenue corridor. Although this center is not within the boundaries of the Redevelopment Area, it is an important influencing factor. It establishes a high quality gateway and design character for the Redevelopment Area, and generates a signticant amount of The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Page 9 Clarion Associates & HNTB activity that could benefit existing and future businesses along 38th Avenue. Another major component of this subarea is the Wheat Ridge Cyclery, a specialty retail business that attracts clientele from the entire Denver region and beyond. A number of popular restaurants that serve local and regional patrons are also located within this subarea. Potential development opportunities in this subarea should build on the existing strengths of the area, including pedestrian activity generated from existing businesses, and pedestrian scaled buildings and streetscape, by encouraging redevelopment and building improvements that will accommodate additional neighborhood and regional -serving businesses and will foster more pedestrian activity. It may be appropriate to consider extending the City's streetscape program, currently planned for the eastern end of 38th Avenue, to the western end of the corridor. in order to enhance the urban environment for this subarea. 62 Subarea Two -Pierce Street lo Harlan Street Subarea Two contains a larger number of auto -oriented businesses as well as a significant amount of residential housing of varied density and quality. It also includes a number of single-family residential structures that have been converted to commercial uses. Potential development opportunities should encourage the retention and upgrading of the existing housing stock, and promote redevelopment and building improvements for additional neighborhood and regional -serving businesses. 6.3 Subarea Three -Harlan Street to Sheridan Bvld. The King Soopers Shopping Center located at the northwest corner of Sheridan Boulevard and 38th Avenue anchors this end of corridor. It establishes a gateway The 38',,Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Page 10 Clarion Associates & HNTB and design character for the eastern edge of the Redevelopment Area , and generates a significant amount of activity that could benefit existing and future businesses along this portion of 38th Avenue i the area was more pedestrian friendly. The businesses and uses within this area are less pedestrian -oriented thanthose found in Subarea One,which creates unsafe pedestrian movementdue to numerous pointsof uncontrolled vehicular access along 38thAvenue. The City is currently undertaking plans to improve the image and appearance of this area through a comprehensive streetscape improvement program. This program will improve the Redevelopment Area's image, and increase pedestrian safety with more controlled and concentrated vehicle access points along 38th Avenue. Development opportunities should build on the existing strengths of this subarea by encouraging redevelopment and building improvements for additional neighborhood and regional -serving businesses. Over time, as improvements occur, it may be appropriate for the auto -oriented businesses to relocate, allowing opportunities for businesses and uses that foster more pedestrian activity. 7.0 LAND LASEPLAN Land use within the Redevelopment Area shall conform to those uses (by right or otherwise) permitted by the City's adopted comprehensive plan, zoning code, and other applicable ordinances and regulations. &0 AMENDMENTS TO THEPLAN The approved Corridor Redevelopment Plan may be modified pursuant to requirements and procedures set forth in CRS §31-25-107 of the Urban Renewal Law governi ng such modifications. The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Page 11 Clarion Assoc1otes & HNTB 9.0 REASONABLE VARIATIONS h specific cases, where a literal enforcement of the provisions of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan constitute an unreasonable limitation beyond the intent and purpose of the Plan (as determined by the Authority), the Authority may allow reasonable variances from these provisions. The 38'h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Pion Clarion Associates & HNTB Page 12 Appendix A 3gth Avenue Corridor A tract of land in the Southeast '14 of Section 23, the South Yi of Section 24, the North Yi of Section 25, and the Northeast Y4 of Section 26, Township 3 South, Range 69 West, of the 6th Principal Meridian, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the South Comer of said Section 23; Thence proceeding on abearing ofN00°J.0' 12"W and a distance of 47.71 feet, on and along the West line of the Southeast of said Section 23 which has a bearing ofN00°10'12"W; Thence N89°39'45"E a distance of 526.45 feet, on and along the North Right -of -Way line of West 38th Avenue; Thence S00°00'00"E a distance of 17.50 feet on and along said North Right -of -Way line; Thence N89°38'24"E a distance of 969.34 feet on and along said North Right -of -Way line, to a point on the East Right -of -Way line of High Court; Thence N00° 17'49"W a distance of 220.00 feet, on and along the East Right-of-way line of High Court; Thence N89°38'31 "Eadistance of 119.99 feet, on and along the North line of Lot 1, Craig Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00° 13'38"E a distance of 98.30 feet, on and along the East line of said Lot 1; ThenceN89°37'58"E a distance of 63.99 feet, along the Northerly lot line ofthe Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0733357, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°21'37"W adistance of 84.29 feet, on and along Westerly line of said Parcel; Thence N89°38'20"E a distance of 32 1. 80 feet, to a point on the East Right -of -Way of Reed Street; Thence S00° 15'29"E a distance of 56.00 feet, on and along said East Right - of -Way; Thence N89°38'25"E a distance of 634.34 feet, on and along theNorth line of Lots land 10, of the Holley Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, and also on and along the North line of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Block 1, Withers Subdivision, as recorded in the official 1 records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the West line of the Southwest of Section 24; ThenceN00°17'53"W adistance of 50.00 feet, on and along said West line of Section 24; Thence N89°56'42"E a distance of 288.79 feet on and along the North line of Lot 5 of the Anel Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the East Right-of-Way line of Otis Street; Thence on and along said East Right-of-Way line, said line being a curve to the left havinWa radius of 50.00 feet a length of 20.93 feet and a chord bearing of Sl l ence S00016'28" E a distance of 79.36 feet to a point on the Westerly line of Lot 1, of the Fullerton Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89053'07"E a distance of 125.00 feet on and along the Southerly line of said Lot 1, Fullerton Subdivision; Thence N00° 16'39"W a distance of 47.49 feet; Thence N89053'22"E a distance of 114.00 feet to a point on the West line of Lot 19, Castle Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00007'45"W a distance of 128.50 feet on and along the West line of Lots 19 and 18, said Castle Subdivision; Thence N89053'17"E a distance of 153.65 feet on and along the North line of Lot 18, said Castle Subdivision, to a point on the East Right-of-Way line of Newland Street; Thence on and along said East Right-of-Way line, said line being a curve to the right with aradius of 150.00 feet, a length of 66.58 feet, and a chord bearing of S24034'26'W Thence N89°53' 17"E a distance of 138.09 feet, on and along theNorth line of Lot 20, said Castle Subdivision, to apoint on the West line of Koegler Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of saitl County.of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00009'00"E a distance of 84.00 feet on and along the West line of the Koegler Subdivision; Thence N89053'28"E a distance of 115.80 feet on and along the South line of Lot 12, said Koegler Subdivision, to a point on the West Right-of-Way line of Marshall Street; Thence S00° 1T 11"E a distance of 100.00 feet, on and along said West Right-of-Way line; Thence N89053'26"E a distance of 152.00 feet on and along the North line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0552020, inthe official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; ON Thence N00° 17' 12'W a distance of 143.90 feet, to the Southwest comer of Lot 12, David Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°53' 18"E a distance of 154.00 feet on and along said Lot 12, tc a point on the East Right -of -Way line of Lamar Street; Thence N00°17'22"W a distance of 39.60 feet on and along said East Right -of -Way line; ThenceN89°53'23"E a distance of 110.09 feet, to the Southeast comer of saidDavid Subdivision; Thence S00°1722"E a distance of 248.61 feet to a point on the West line of Lot 1, Noro Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°53' 14"E a distance of 141.42 feet on and along the North line of said Lot 1, to a point on the Right -of -Way centerline of Kendall Street; Thence N00°06'39"W a distance of 70.16 feet, on and along said Right -of - Way centerline; Thence N89°53'20"E a distance of 170.50 feet on and along the South line of Lot 7, Swanson Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to apoint on the Right -of -Way centerline of Jay Street; Thence N00°06'45 "W a distance of 39.99 feet, on and along said Right -of - Way centerline; Thence N89°53'22"E a distance of 176.70 feet along the North line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0964683, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°48'49"W a distance of 95.06 feet, on and along the Easterly line of said Parcel; Thence N89°53'16" E a distance of 76.53 feet on and along the Southerly boundary line of Lot 12, Blake Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°06'43"W a distance of 25.58 feet to the Northwest comer of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number 89016637, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; ThenceN89°53'00„ E a distance of 98.27 feet, on and along the Northerly line of said Parcel; Thence N00°00'00"E a distance of 4.50 feet to the Northwest comer of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number 93187174, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°53'21 "E a distance of 82.76 feet, on and along the North line of said Parcel; Thence N00°05'3T'W a distance of 42.90 feet to a Southerly comer of the Ingalls Place Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; 3 Thence N89°57'06"E a distance of 82.90 feet, on and along the Southerly line of Lot 8, said Ingalls Place Subdivision; Thence S00° 16'49"E a distance of42.95 feet, on and along the Westerly line of Lot 7, said Ingalls Place Subdivision; Thence N89°53'21"E a distance of 165.56 feet, on and along the North line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number 93198267, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°47'28"E a distance of 44.90 feet, on and along the Easterly line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number 93198267, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89'54'53 "E a distance of 330.64 feet, on and along the North line of the Parcels as recorded at Reception Numbers 90100424 and 93057019, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the West line of the Southeast Y<i of Section 24; Thence N00°16'45"W a distance of 173.34 feet, on and along the West line of the Southeast Y<i of Section 24; Thence N89°59'54"E a distance of 321.75 feet, on and along the North line of Lot 3, Carter Minor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°59'49"E a distance of 64.80 feet; Thence N00°15'44"W a distance of 8.00 feet, to the Southwest corner of the Holley Courts Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N90°00'00"E a distance of 256.95 feet, on and along the South line of Lots 9 and 8, said Holley Courts Subdivision; Thence N00° 17'26"W a distance of 13.75 feet; Thence N89°59'57"E a distance of 98.50 feet, on and along the North line of Lot 29, Stewart Gardens Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00° 16'45"E a distance of 150.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Lot 29; Thence N89°59'58"E a distance of 200.00 feet, to a point on the East Right - of -Way line of Eaton Street; Thence S00°16'47"E a distance of 180.00 feet to apoint on the North Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence N89°59'52'E a distance of 501.98 feet, on and along said North Right -of -Way line; Thence N00° 1 T 11 "W a distance of 130.00 feet; Thence N90°00'00"E a distance of 67.35 feet; Thence S00°17 1 FE a distance of 130.00 feet to a point on the North Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence S89°59'29"E a distance of 134.81 feet on and along said North Right -of -Way line, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Chase Street; 21 Thence N00° 17'02" W a distance of 220.00 feet; Thence N90°00'00"E a distance of 340.00 feet, on and along the Northerly line of Lots 12, 11, 10, and 9, Stewart Gardens Subdivision," as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to apoint on the West line of the Parcel of land as recorded at Reception Number 92151590, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00° 18' 14"W a distance of 209.35 feet, on and along the West line of said Parcel; Thence N90°00'00" E a distance of 100.00 feet, along said Parcel; Thence N00° 16'55"W a distance of 40.65 feet, along said Parcel; Thence N90°00'00"E a distance of 200.57 feet, along said Parcel; Thence N00°1T31'W a distance of 137.40 feet, along said Parcel; Thence N90°00'00"E a distance of 30.67 feet, along said Parcel, also being the South Right-of-Way line of W. 40th Avenue; Thence S00° 17'29"E a distance of 109.40 feet; Thence N89°59'55 "E a distance of 290.94 feet, to a point on the West Right- of-Way line of Sheridan Boulevard; Thence S00° 17'23"E a distance of 582.00 feet, on and along the West Right-of-Way line of Sheridan Boulevard, said Right-of-Way line being parallel with the East line of the Southeast of Section 24, to a point on the North line of the Northeast of Section 25; Thence S89°59'46"E a distance of 39.85 feet, to the Northeast corner of Section 25; Thence S00° 15'33 "E a distance of 320.46 feet, on and along the East line of the Northeast of Section 25; Thence S89°48'47"W a distance of 165.43 feet, along the centerline of Lot 13,Pearson Woodside Addition Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°15'08"W a distance of 25.00 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 21, said Pearson Woodside Addition Subdivision; Thence N90°00'00"W a distance of 185.14 feet, to apoint on the West Right- of-Way line ofAmes Street; Thence on and along said West Right-of-Way line, said line being a curve having aradius of 574.00 feet, a length of 66.04 feet, and a chord bearing of N00°47' 19"W Thence N90000'00"W a distance of 145.50 feet, on and along the South line of Lot 7, said Pearson Woodside Addition; Thence N0001 1'32"W a distance of 74.52 feet on and along a portion of the East line of Lot 13, Lancaster Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89027'53"W a distance 9f 115.60 feet across a portion of said Lot 13, to a point on the East Right-of-Way line of Benton Street; 5 Thence S28°08,01 „W a distance of 158.97 feet, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Benton Street; Thence N90°00,00„W a distance of 125.00 feet on and along the North line of Lot 12, Case Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the East line of Weg Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°15'46„W a distance of 141.75 feet along said East line of Weg Subdivision; Thence S89°59,45"W a distance of 135.00 feet to a point on the East Right -of -Way line of Chase Street; Thence S27°33'26„W a distance of 107.15 feet to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Chase Street; Thence S89°59'58„W a distance of 145.66 feet across Lot 2, Norgren Minor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the East line of the A. E. Anderson Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°17'26''W a distance of 210.00 feet on and along the East line of said A. E. Anderson Subdivision, to apoint on the South Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence N90°00,00"W a distance of 155.48 feet on and along the South Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue, to a point on the East Right -of -Way line of Depew Street; Thence S00°17'24"E a distance of 189.75 feet on and along said East Right -of -Way line; Thence S89°57'35"W a distance of 356.06 feet on and along the South line of the Balmar Consolidation Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°24'54"E a distance of 100.79 feet, to the Southeast comer of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0565739, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°58'08'W a distance of 147.11 feet along said Parcel; Thence N0018'1 1'W a distance of 98.99 feet to the Southeast comer of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0854052, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°59'58"W a distance of 85.00 feet on and along the South line of said Parcel, to a point on the East line of the Seiler's Minor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00° 16'52"W a distance of 31.88 feet, along said East line of Seiler's Minor Subdivision; Thence N90°00'00,'W a distance of 99.00 feet on and along the South line of Lot 1 of said Seiler's Minor Subdivision, to a point on the East Right -of -Way line of Fenton Street; 6 ThenceN76°37'33"W adistance of 43.23 feet, to apoint on the West Right -of -Way line of Fenton Street; Thence S89°54'54"W adistance of 620.00 feet, on and along the South Right -of -Way line of the Service Alley in Block 1, Fred L. Spallone Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the East line of the Northwest Y -i of Section 25; Thence N26°30'04" W a distance of 67.99 feet, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Harlan Street, said point also being the Southeast corner of the Parcel ofland as recorded at Reception Number Fl 146842, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°53'24"W a distance of 135.53 feet on and along the South line of said Parcel, to a point on the East line of a Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0973483, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00° 17'54"E a distance of 70.00 feet, on and along said East line; Thence S89°53'22'W a distance of 165.80 feet, across said Parcel to the East line of the Conway Heights Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°19'08'W a distance of 32.67 feet on and along the East line of said Conway Heights Subdivision; Thence S89°53'21 "W a distance of 270.60 feet across Lot 14, said Conway Heights Subdivision, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Jay Street; Thence N00°19'02"W a distance of 13733 feet on and along said West Right -of -Way line, to apoint on the South Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence S89'53'23 "W a distance of 290.88 feet, on and along said South Right -of -Way line, to theNortheast corner of the Parcel as recorded atReception Number 94055543, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°21'55"Ea distance of 160.00 feet, along said Parcel; Thence S89°53'30"W a distance of 110.14 feet along said Parcel, to a point on the East boundary of the Highland South Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°21'58"W a distance of 159.47 feet on and along said East boundary line, to a point on the South Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence S89°58'44"W a distance of 324.92 feet on d along said South Right -of -Way line, to a point on the East line of the Hildebrand Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°22'01"E a distance of 150.00 feet on and along the East line of said Hildebrand Subdivision; Thence S89°53'21"W adistance of 140.00 feet, to apoint on the East Right -of -Way line of Marshall Street; 7 Thence N45'3 1'04"W a distance of 70.39 feet, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Marshall Street, said point also beinjie Southeast comer of Lot 1,Hildebrand Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Thence N90°00'00"W a distance of 107.30 feet on and along the South line of Lot 1, said Hildebrand Subdivision, to a point on the East line of the Newland Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°21 '55"W a distance of 100.40 feet on and along the East line of said Newland Subdivision, to a point on the South Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence S89°53'21"W a distance of 361.67 feet on -and along said South Right -of -Way line, to the Northeast corner of the Thomas Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°23'44"E a distance of 118.80 feet on and along the East line of said Thomas Subdivision; Thence S89°41'26"W a stance of 200.00 feet across Lot 9, said Thomas Subdivision, to a point on the East line of the Lynn Lee Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°23 47E a distance of 120.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Lynn Lee Subdivision; Thence S89°41'1 TW a distance of 145.12 feet on and along the South line of said Lynn Lee Subdivision; Thence N00°24'38"W a distance of 120.00 feet on and along the West line of said Lynn Lee Subdivision, to the Southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1, Thomas Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°40'48"W a distance of 317.00 feet on and along the South line of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, said Thomas Subdivision, to a point on the East line of the Northeast Y,. of Section 26; Thence N00'4'31'W a distance of 35.52 feet, on and along said East line oftheNortheast Y. of Section 26; Thence S89°38' 19"W a distance of 173.03 feet, on and along the South line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number 88124555, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the East line of aParcel as recorded in Book 678, Page 240, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°24'50"E a distance of 180.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Parcel as recorded in Book 678, Page 240; Thence S89'38'2 FW a distance of 85.74 feet, on and along the South line of said Parcel, to a point on the East line of a Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F1217899, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; M Thence S00°24'43"E a distance of 145.11 feet, on and along the East line of said Parcel, to the Southeast corner of said Parcel; Thence S89°38'21"W a distance of 278.72 feet, to apoint on the South Right -of -Way line of W. 37th Avenue; Thence continuing along the bearing of S89°38'21'W a distance of 105.78 feet, on and along the South Right -of -Way line of W. 37th Avenue; Thence N00°24' 49"W a distance of 159.34 feet, to the Southeast comer of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0821217, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°20'2VW a distance of 303.07 feet, to apoint on the East line of the Flageolle Minor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°23'48°W a distance of 53.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Flageolle Subdivision, to the Southeast comer of Lot 1, said Flageolle Subdivision; Thence S89°38' 17"W a distance of 88.67 feet, on and along the South line of Lot 1, said Flageolle Subdivision; ThenceN00°24'42"W a distance of 51.48 feet, on and along the West line of said Flageolle Subdivision, to a point on the South line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0724880, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°38'35'W a distance of 122.02 feet, on and along said South line, to a point on the East Right -of -Way line of High Court; Thence S47°29'30"W a distance of 54.37 feet, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of High Court; Thence S89°38'20"W a distance of 251.32 feet on and along the South line of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number 92087491, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the East Right -of -Way line of Teller Street; Thence S52°58'42"W a distance of 38.51 feet to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Teller Street said point also being the Southeast comer of the Parcel as recorded in Book 2785, Page 339, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°38'23"W a distance of 385.45 feet on and along the South line of said Parcel, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Upham Street; Thence N00°19'39" W a distance of 58.00 feet on an4 along said West Right -of -Way line, to the Southeast comer of the Parcel as recorded at Reception Number Fl 135427, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°38'14 "W a distance of 110.56 feet, on and along the South line of said Parcel, to a point on the East line of a Parcel as recorded at Reception Number F0880225, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; 9 Thence S00' 19'44'E a distance of 55.73 feet, on and along the East line of said Parcel; Thence S89°38'23"W a distance of 200.03 feet, on and along the South line of said Parcel, to a point on the West Right -of -Way line of Vance Street; Thence N00°19'36"W a distance of 200.73 feet, on and along said West Right -of -Way line, to a point on the South Right -of -Way line of W. 38th Avenue; Thence S84°48'58"W a distance of 178.41 feet, on and along said South Right -of -Way line, said line also being the North line of the United Methodist Church Minor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°38'32"W a distance of 49.64 feet, on and along said South Right -of -Way line, to the Northeast corner of the Texaco Minor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00' 19'38"E a distance of 25220 feet on and along the East line of said Texaco Minor Subdivision; Thence S89°37'23"W a distance of 231.00 feet on and along the South line of said Texaco Minor Subdivision, to a point on the West line of the Northeast Yi of Section 26; Thence N00°18'16"W a distance of 349.98 feet on and along said West line of the Northeast Yi of Section 26, to the South Yi Comer of Section 23, said South Yi Comer also being the Point of Commencement. The tract of land as described above contains 3,190,072 square feet (73.234 acres), more or less. REG%S j� Bitps� 'prro The drafter of this description is David F. Brossman, P.L.S., prepared on behalf of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, 7500 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO 80215- 6713, and is not to be construed as a monumented land survey. FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 38TH AVENUE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN The 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (`Plan') is amended by adding Sections 5.1 1 c., d. and e. c. Utilization of Property and Sales TIF. Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.0 regarding TIF, there is hereby adopted the utilization of property and sales tax increment for the properties within the Project Area (which is within the Redevelopment Area), and is legally described on Appendix A hereto. That portion of property tax revenues in excess of those described in paragraph 5.1(a)(i) above and all (100%) of the municipal sales taxes in excess of those municipal sales tax revenues described in paragraph 5.1(a)(i) above shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. Unless and until the total valuation for assessment of the taxable property in the Project Area) exceeds the amount as provided in paragraph 5.1(a)(i) above, all of the revenue attributable to property taxes levied upon the taxable property in the Project Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. Unless and until the total municipal sales tax revenue collections in the Project Area exceed the base year municipal sales tax revenue collection, as provided in paragraph 5.1(a)(i) above, all such sales tax revenue collections shall be paid into the funds of the City. When such bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, and all financial obligations and debts of the Authority; if any, including interest thereon and any premiums due in connection therewith, have been paid, but in no event later than twenty-five (25) years following the effective date of the approval of this amendment to this Plan (which effective date is , 2003) all property tax revenues upon the taxable property and the total municipal sales tax revenue collections in the Project Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. d. No Application. The provisions of paragraph 5.1(a)(v) shall not apply to the utilization of TIF for this Project Area. e. Consistent Interpretation. All other provisions of this Plan, not specifically amended hereby, shall be interpreted so as to be consistent with the purpose of this amendment to effect the utilization of TIF in the Project Area described on Appendix A. SECONDAMENDMENTTO TBE 38nnAVENUE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPKAENT FLAN Section S -of the 3gth Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan ('Plan„) is hereby amended to read as follows: 5.1 PROJECT FINANCING Urban renewal projects may be financed inwhole or inpart by the Authority under the tax increment financing ("TIF") provisions of C.R.S § 31-25-107(9)(a) of the Urban Renewal Law, or by any other available source of. financing authorized to be undertaken by the Authority under C:RS. § 31-25-105 of the Urban Renewal Law 52 Financing Methods The Authority is authorized to finance urban renewal projects within the Redevelopment Area with revenues from property and sales tax increments, interest income, federal loans or grants, or any other available source of revenues. The Authority iS authorized to issue bonds and incur other obligations contemplated by the Urban Renewal Law iii an amount sufficient to finance all or any part of an urban renewal project within the Redevelopment Area. The Authority is authorized to borrow funds and create indebtedness in any authorized form incaeying out this Condor Redevelopment Plan inthe manner contemplated by the Urban Renewal Law. Any principal and interest on such indebtedness may be paid from property -and sales tax increments, or any other funds, revenues, assets orproperties legally available to the Authority. 5.3 Potential Utilization of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Aftei'the date offinal adoption ofthis Corridor Redevelopment Plan, as described inthe Resolutin approving the Pthe City may autho the tion of TIF pursuant to C.R.S. §31-25107(9) of the Urban Renewal La✓v at such time ortimes 1 Jat a redevelopment project or prof ects is/are initiated under the provisions of this Conidor Redevelopment Plan within the Redevelopment Area.. Such TIF may be utilized inthe entire lledevelopment Area or portions of the Redevelopment Area. The utilization of TIF pursuant to this section will necessitate a modification of: or to, this Conidor Redevelopment Plan, in accordance with the provisions of CRS. § 31-25-107(1)of the Colorado Utban Renewal La✓v governing such modifications. Stich an amendment shall be accomplished by the procedure set forth in Section 5.3, below. The details of this utilization of TIF rray also be provided for by agreement between the City and the Authority. 54 Utilization of Property and Sales TIF Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.Q regarding-Tlf, there is hereby adopted the utilization of property and sales tax increment for the 1 properties described inthe attached Appendix A. The properties and projects for which a tax increment shall be utilized, along with a legal description for the properties, the date upon which the utilization of the tax increment shall take effect, and the terms of the tax increment applicable to each property, shiLllbe as set forth InAppendix A. 1 APPENDIX A Cornerstone Property a. Date TIF implemented: October 27, 2003 b. Council Resolution: No. 26, Series 2003 (October 27, 2003) C. Legal Description: A tract of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 25. Township 3 South. Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian and also being apart of. Block 1,Pearson- Woodside Addition. as- recorded inBook 6, Page 8 of the official records of the Countyp"fgqson, State of Colorado, and being m<:>re described particwarly Commencing at the Northeast coma of said Northeast 114 thence S 00° 15'49"B along the Bast line of Said Northeast %, said line also being the centerline of Sheridan Boulevard, 65.00 feet; thence S 89° 59. 58" W, 30.00 feet"to a point on the East line of said Block land the West line of Sheridan Boulevard, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence N 45° 0756" W along the Southerly line of that tract of land described at Receptioo Number 91056588, 8aid line also being the Southerly line of West 381h Avenue, 28.3-5 feet; thence continuing along said Serly IineS 89° 59'58"W. 115.45 feet; thenceN 00° ts• 49H W along said Southerly line, 5.00 feet to apoint on the North line of said Block 1, said point also being a point oil the Southerly line of West 38111 Avenue; thence S 89° 59' 58" W along said Northerly line of Block 1, 135.45 feet to the Northwest comer of said Blook 1; thence S 00° 15'49" E along the West line of said Block 1,217.20 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence Southerly along acurve to the lefta.gd along. the West line of said Block 1 38.84 feet, which curve has a radius of 523.00 feet, a central angle of 4° 15' IT and whose chord bears S 2° 23' 28" B, 38.83 feet, to the Southwesterly comerofLot21 ofsaidBlock l;thenceN89' 59' 58" B along the Southerly line of said Lot 21 134.01 feet to the Southeast comer of said Lot 21; thence N 00° 15'49" W along the East line of said Lot 21, 25.00 feet; thence N 890 59' 58" B along a line parallel to the North line of said Block 1, 135.45 feet to a point on the East line of said Block 1 andthe W est line of Sheridan Boulevard; thence N 000 15' 49"W along said East line of said Block 1 and the West line of Sheridan Boulevard, 206.00 feet tothe POINT OF BBGINNJNG, County of Jefferson. State of Colorado. Saidparcel contains 1.4937 acres more orless. (the'Project Area' 1 d. TIF tertns: i. Property Tax Increment One hundred percent (100%) of the property tax payable to the Authority u nd e r C.R.. S. § 31-25-107(9) Sha 11 be allocated to, and when collected, paid Into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal o premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, ioans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, 1n:whole or i npart, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. ii. Sales Tax Increment One hundred percent (100%) of the sales tax payable to the Authority under C.R. S. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal o premiW!4 if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or i np! 111, urban renewal proj , and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. W. Expiration of Sales and Property Tax Increments.When such bOttds loans, advances and indebtedness, and all financial obligations and debts of the Authority; if any, including interest thereon and any premiums due in conneCtion therewith, have been paid, but 1n -no event later than twenty-five (25) years following the date the sales and property tax TIF is implemented as set .forth in subsection (a) above (which implementation date is October 27, 2028) all property tax revenues upon the taxable property and the total municipal ales tax revenue collections inthe Project Area shall be paid into the funds ofthe respective public bodies. 2. Wheat Ridge Cyclery Ptoperty a. Date TIF implemented: December 11,2006. b. Council Resolution: No. 55, Series 2006 (December 11. 2006) C. Legal Description: Parcel 1 The South 163 feet of Lot L Craig Subdivision, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, Parcel 2 Lot 1, EXCEPT the South 163 feet thereof and the South 6feet of Lot 2, Craig Subdivision, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State Of Colorado, Also described as: Commencing at the southeast comer of Section 23, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence S89°38'23"W a distance of 1018.72 feet along the south line of said Section; thence N00014'01"W a distance of 30.00 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 1, Craig Subdivision and the Point of Beginnin thence along the southerly and westerly lines of said Lot 1 andthe westerly line ofsaidLot2, the following 3 counies: ) 889°38'23"W adistance of 104.97feetto apoint of curvature; 2) along the are of a curve to the right having a radius of 15.00 feet through a central angle of 9000736° and having an are length of 23.60 feet, a chord bearing N45°17'49"W and a chord length of 21.24 feet to apoint oftangency; 3) NOW 14'01"W a distance of 210.97 feet to the northwest comer of the south 6 feet of said Lot 2; Thence N89°38'23"B a distance of 120.00 feet along the north line ofthe south 6 fee of said Lot 2; thence S00014'01"B a distance of 226.00 feet along the east line of said Lot 1 and said Lot 2 to the Point of Beginning, Containing 27,070 square feet or 0.621 acres more or less d TIF terms: i. Pm,perty Tax Inctem.etrt. One hundred percent (t.00%) -of the property tax. payable to the Authority under CRS. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collec paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by th Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, ifany, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) ineurred by the Authority to finance orrefinance, inwhole or inpart, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. . Sales Tax Increment One hundred percent (100%) of the sales tax payable to the Authority under CRS. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid Into a special fund of the Authority, and maybe 1 irrev:ocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, inwhole or inpart. urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. iii. Bxoiration of Sales and Property Tax Increments. When such bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, and all financial obligations and debts of the Authority; ifany, including interest thereon and any premiums due in connection therewith, have been paid, but in no event later than twenty-five (25) years following the date the sales and property tax TIF is implemented as. set forth in subsection (a) above (which implementation date is December 11, 2006) all property tax revenues upon the taxable property and the total municipal sales tax re'Venue collections in the Project Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. 1 RESOLUTION NO. 55-2006 SERIES OF 2096 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SECOND MODIFICATION TO THE 38nnAVENUE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, in2001,the WheatRidge City Council approved anurban renewa I plan, known as the 38111 Avenue.CoJ. Tido r Redevelopment Plan (the "Urban Renewal Plan,) for the. elimination of blight and redevelopment of certain portions ofthe City; WHEREAS, such Urban Renewal Plan included the area described in Exhibit A hereto, which is the commt location of the wheat Ridge Cyclery business; WHE:tmAS, Section5oftheUrbanRenewalPlanpdedfortheutilization ofsalesand propertytax in.c.reJllental revenue sources within the redevelopment area; WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority has entered into a redevelopment agreement with owner and t of the Wheat Ridge Cycleiy property; WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Authority has recommended to CityCocil that the Urban Renewal Plan be modified to implement sales and property tax increment for the project area as described inE:dtibitA; WHEREAS, the Urban.Renewal Plan has only been amended once-before,on October 27, 2003, by the First Modification to the 3gfh Avenue Conidor hdevelopmentPlan; WHEREAS, inthis first amenAmprt, references were made to nonexistent subsections of SeCtton S of the Urban Renewal Plan, and thus, a number of to chnical errors exist inthe current Urban Renewal Plan; and WHEREAS, incompliance with the Urban Renewal Law of Colorado, C.R.S, . § 31-25-101 etseq.,the Wheat Ridge City Council desires to implement theuse oftax increment financingforthe project area as described inExlilbitA, and to remedy tl-ze section references made in First Modification to the 3gth Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Connell of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows:. Section 1. The modification to the 3g1 hAvenue Corrldor Redevelopment Plan implemeoting the use of tax increment financing for the Wheat Ridge Cycle as described inmore detail inExhibit A and revising amendments made to the 3g1h Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan by the Fhst Modification io the 3g1h Avenue Conidor Redevelopment Plan as set forth in Exhibit A is hereby approved. Section 2. The modification setforth inExhibit A does not substantially change the urban renewal plan in land area, land use, design, building. requirements, timing,or procedure, and therefore does notconstitute a substantial modification to the 3glh AVenuc Corridor Redevelopment PlanpursuanttoC.R.S. §31-25-107(7). Section3. All other provisions ofthe381hAvenue Corridor RedevelopmentPlanshallbeand remain in effect. DONEAND RESOLVED THIS this 1i1 -a- -- dayof Zq-C4i ".f� ',2006. fr �1 J Tullio, Mayor ATTEST: k Pam Anderaon, City C k FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE 38TH AVENUE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN Section 5 of the 38' Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (`Plan') is hereby amended to read as follows: 5.0 PROJECT FINANCING Urban renewal projects may be financed in whole or in part by the Authority under the tax increment financing ("TIF") provisions of C.R.S § 31-25- 107(9)(a) of the Urban Renewal Law, or by any other available source of financing authorized to be undertaken by the Authority under C.R.S. § 31-25- 105 of the Urban Renewal Law. 5.1 Financing Methods The Authority is authorized to finance urban renewal projects within the Redevelopment Area with revenues from property and sales tax increments, interest income, federal loans or grants, or any other available source of revenues. The Authority is authorized to issue bonds and incur other obligations contemplated by the Urban Renewal Law in an amount sufficient to finance all or any part of an urban renewal project within the Redevelopment Area. The Authority is authorized to borrow funds and create indebtedness in any authorized form in carrying out this Corridor Redevelopment Plan in the manner contemplated by the Urban Renewal Law. Any principal and interest on such indebtedness may be paid from property and sales tax increments, or any other funds, revenues, assets or properties legally available to the Authority. 5.2 Potential Utilization of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) After the date of final adoption of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, as described in the Resolution approving the Plan, the City may authorize the utilization of TIF pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-25-107(9) of the Urban Renewal Law at such time or times that a redevelopment project or projects is/are initiated under the provisions of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan within the Redevelopment Area. Such TIF may be utilized in the entire Redevelopment Area or portions of the Redevelopment Area. The utilization of TIF pursuant to this section will necessitate a modification of, or to, this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, in accordance with the provisions of C.R.S. § 31-25- 107(7) of the Colorado Urban Renewal Law governing such modifications. Such an amendment shall be accomplished by the procedure set forth in Section 5.3, below. The details of this utilization of TIF may also be provided for by agreement between the City and the Authority. 5.3 Utilization of Property and Sales TIF Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.0 regarding TIF, there is hereby adopted the utilization of property and sales tax increment for the properties described in the attached Appendix A. The properties and projects, for which a tax 10 increment shall be utilized, along with a legal description for the properties, the date upon which the utilization of the tax increment shall take effect, and the terms of the tax increment applicable to each property, shall be as set forth in Appendix A. 10 APPENDIX A 1. Cornerstone Property a. Date TIF implemented: October 27, 2003 b. Council Resolution: No. 26, Series 2003 (October 27, 2003) C. Legal Description: A tract of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 25, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian and also being a part of Block 1, Pearson— Woodside Addition as recorded in Book 6, Page 8 of the official records of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Northeast 1/4 thence S 00° 15' 49" E along the East line of said Northeast %, said line also being the centerline of Sheridan Boulevard, 65.00 feet; thence S 89° 59' 58" W, 30.00 feet to a point on the East line of said Block 1 and the West line of Sheridan Boulevard, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence N 45° 07'56" W along the Southerly line of that tract of land described at Reception Number 91056588, said line also being the Southerly line of West 38`" Avenue, 28.35 feet; thence continuing along said Southerly line S 89° 59' 58" W, 115.45 feet; thence N 00° 15'49" W along said Southerly line, 5.00 feet to a point on the North line of said Block 1, said point also being a point on the Southerly line of West 38`" Avenue; thence S 89° 59' 58" W along said Northerly line of Block 1, 135.45 feet to the Northwest corner of said Block 1; thence S 00° 15'49" E along the West line of said Block 1,217.20 feet to the beginning of a curve; thence Southerly along a curve to the left and along the West line of said Block 1, 38.84 feet, which curve has a radius of 523.00 feet, a central angle of 4° 15' 17" and whose chord bears S 2° 23' 28" E, 38.83 feet, to the Southwesterly corner of Lot 21 of said Block 1; thence N 89° 59' 58" E along the Southerly line of said Lot 21, 134.01 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 21; thence N 00° 15' 49" W along the East line of said Lot 21, 25.00 feet; thence N 89° 59' 58" E along a line parallel to the North line of said Block 1, 135.45 feet to a point on the East line of said Block 1 and the West line of Sheridan Boulevard; thence N 00° 15'49" W along said East line of said Block 1 and the West line of Sheridan Boulevard, 206.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. Said parcel contains 1.4937 acres more or less. (the `Project Area') d. TIF terms: i. Property Tax Increment. One hundred percent (100%) of the property tax payable to the Authority under C.R.S. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the 10 principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. ii. Sales Tax Increment. One hundred percent (100%) of the sales tax payable to the Authority under C.R.S. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. iii. Expiration of Sales and Propertv Tax Increments. When such bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, and all financial obligations and debts of the Authority; if any, including interest thereon and any premiums due in connection therewith, have been paid, but in no event later than twenty-five (25) years following the date the sales and property tax TIF is implemented as set forth in subsection (a) above (which implementation date is October 27, 2028) all property tax revenues upon the taxable property and the total municipal sales tax revenue collections in the Project Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. 2. Wheat Ridge Cyclery Property a. Date TIF implemented: December 11, 2006. b. Council Resolution: No. 55, Series 2006 (December 11, 2006) C. Legal Description: Parcel 1 The South 163 feet of Lot 1, Craig Subdivision, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, Parcel 2 Lot 1, EXCEPT the South 163 feet thereof and the South 6 feet of Lot 2, Craig Subdivision, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, Also described as: Commencing at the southeast corner of Section 23, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6' Principal Meridian; thence S89°36'23"W a distance of 30.00 feet to the southeast corner of Lotl, Craig Subdivision and the Point of Beginning; thence along the southerly and westerly lines of said Lot 1 and the westerly line of said Lot 2, the following 3 courses: 1) S89°38'23"W a distance of 104.97 feet to a point of curvature; 10 2) along the are of a curve to the right having a radius of 15.00 feet through a central angle of 90°07'36" and having an are length of 23.00 feet, a chord bearing N45°17'49"W and a chord length of 21.24 feet to a point of tangency; 3) N00°14'01"W a distance of 210.97 feet to the northwest corner of the south 6 feet of said Lot 2; Thence N89°38'23'Ti a distance of 120.00 feet along the north line of the south 6 feet of said Lot 2; thence S00°14'01'Ti a distance of 226.00 feet along the east line of said Lot 1 and said Lot 2 to the Point of Beginning. Containing 27,070 square feet or 0.621 acres more or less. d. TIF terms: i. Propertv Tax Increment. One hundred percent (100%) of the property tax payable to the Authority under C.R.S. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. ii. Sales Tax Increment. One hundred percent (100%) of the sales tax payable to the Authority under C.R.S. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority. iii. Expiration of Sales and Property Tax Increments. When such bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, and all financial obligations and debts of the Authority; if any, including interest thereon and any premiums due in connection therewith, have been paid, but in no event later than twenty-five (25) years following the date the sales and property tax TIF is implemented as set forth in subsection (a) above (which implementation date is December 11, 2006) all property tax revenues upon the taxable property and the total municipal sales tax revenue collections in the Project Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. 3. Crosswire Investments, LLC a. Date TIF implemented: March 25, 2013. 10 b. Council Resolution: No. 12, Series 2013 (March 25, 2013) C. Legal Description: LOTS 1 THROUGH 13 PERRIN'S ROW SUBDIVISION A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, BALMAR CONSOLIDATION PLAT SITUATED IN THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 25, T.3S., R.69W., OF THE 6T" P.M. CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO d. TIF terms: i. Property Tax Increment. One hundred percent (100%) of the property tax payable to the Authority under C.R.S. § 31-25-107(9) shall be allocated to, and when collected, paid into a special fund of the Authority, and may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds, loans or advances, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the Authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects, and to pay all financial obligations and debts of the Authority ii. Expiration of Sales and Property Tax Increments. When such bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, and all financial obligations and debts of the Authority; if any, including interest thereon and any premiums due in connection therewith, have been paid, but in no event later than twenty-five (25) years following the date the sales and property tax TIF is implemented as set forth in subsection (a) above (which implementation date is , 2013) all property tax revenues upon the taxable property and the total municipal sales tax revenue collections in the Project Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. 10 RENEWAL If WHEAT RIDGE Progress Through Partnership TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steve Art, Urban Renewal Manager RE: Adoption of Resolution No. 04-2015 relating to Amendment of the I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan and its adherence to Renewal Wheat Ridge. adopted 2011, the City's Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan"). DATE: November 19, 2015 ITEM: Review of the Amended I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan, and Adoption of a Resolution regarding its adherence to Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted 2009 PRIOR ACTION: The I70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan was adopted by City Council on August 10, 2009 by Resolution 40-2009. The plan has been amended twice since its adoption. I-70 / KIPLING CORRIDORS URBAN RENEWAL PLAN INTENT: The Plan anticipates public and private investment within its boundaries including a mix of residential and non-residential land uses, including transit -supportive uses RTD's Gold Line Ward Road Station. Public improvements identified as priority investments in the Northwest Subarea Plan, adopted in June 2006 and addressing properties located in both the urban renewal area and subarea plan area include: roadway, infrastructure, and, stormwater and enhancements to public and open spaces; all of which support local goals related to land use, economic development, housing diversity, community services, transportation, and sustainability. CONFORMANCE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted in October 2009, identifies several goals and objectives that will be accomplished and advanced through completion of projects in urban renewal areas. The Planning Commission is being asked to review this memo and these Attachments, and make a determination that the Amended I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan will further the same in a manner consistent with the intentions of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff has completed a review of Envision Wheat Ridge and the Northwest Subarea Plan, a relevant subarea plan, and provided verbatim excerpts from these documents which are considered to be accomplished by the Amended I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan. The Amended Plan is also believed to build on previous planning efforts and be consistent with the vision outlined in these and other City adopted plans. REQUEST: The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority dba Renewal Wheat Ridge (RWR) is recommending that the Wheat Ridge City Council adopt a resolution approving amendment of the I-70 / Kipling 7500 West 29"' Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303.235.2505 Fax: 303.235.2505 www.ci.wheatridge.co.us Corridors Urban Renewal Plan initiating the collection of incremental revenues for the statutorily -allowed 25 -year period. The process of commencing the collection of TIE revenues in an existing urban renewal area is considered a substantial modification under the urban renewal law. As such, it requires consideration by the Planning Commission regarding the urban renewal plan's adherence to the general plan of the community. In this instance, the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission is being asked to adopt a resolution stating consistency of the existing Amended I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan with Envision Wheat Ridge, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge. The Colorado Urban Renewal Law, C.R. S. § 31-25-107(2), states that, "Prior to its approval of an urban renewal plan or substantial modification of an urban renewal plan, the governing body shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban renewal plan to the governing body within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within said thirty days, without such recommendations, the governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal plan prescribed by subsection (3) of this section." RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff supports the Amended I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan and recommends the Planning Commission agree its conformity with Envision Wheat Ridge, for the reasons cited above, and to that end, adopt the attached resolutions. This recommendation requires, then, that the Planning Commission review the following Attachments: 1. Exhibit of the Amended I-70 Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Area boundaries 2. Relevant excerpts from Envision Wheat Ridge 3. Relevant excerpts from the Northwest Subarea Plan 4. I-70 Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to adopt Resolution, 04-2015, finding the Amended I-70 Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge " Or, "I move to deny Resolution 04-2015 is not in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge for the following reasons." Attachments: 1. Resolution 04-2105 — Amended I-70 Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 04 Series of 2015 TITLE: A RESOLUTION FINDING A THIRD AMENMDENT TO THE I- 70/KIPING CORRIDORS URBAN RENEWAL PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 31- 25-105 (1)(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, did in May 2009 make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the 1-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan; and WHEREAS, under C.R.S. 31-25-107(2), the redevelopment plan is to be forwarded to the Planning Commission to determine its conformity with the comprehensive plan for the City. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission as follows: Section 1. The proposed Third Amendment to the 1-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. Section 2. This Resolution No. 04-2015 shall be transmitted to the Wheat Ridge City Council pursuant to the requirements of C.R.S. 31-25-107(2). DONE AND RESOLVED THIS 19th day of November 2015. WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION mo ATTEST: Secretary to the Commission Chair ATTACHMENT 1 WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 1.701 Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan 0 0.25 0.5 I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Boundary Miles 1-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Parcels RICKER I CUNNINGHAM (303) 458-5800 www.rickercunningham.com 8200 South Quebec Street, Suite A3-104 - Centennial, CO 80112-4411 N Envision Wheat Ridge, Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 2009 (excerpts taken verbatim) Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. 1- INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Plan Basics Building on Previous Planning Efforts Page 2 The Plan update included review of these previous efforts and documents. Many of the goals, policies, and ideas for the future represented in the previous planning efforts are still relevant, and are carried forth in this plan. Some examples of overarching themes in this plan that are carried forth from previous planning efforts include: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment (from the 2000 Comprehensive Plan); Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's Neighborhoods (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Continue to provide quality community services, parks, and open spaces (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Encourage alternative transportation opportunities and intergovernmental cooperation on regional issues (2000 Comprehensive Plan); • Focus on increasing housing options to attract a range of household types (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); • Prioritize the redevelopment of key commercial areas (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy), • Enhance community character and gateways (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); Promote transit -supportive development (Northwest Subarea Plan); and • Develop a Town Center (Wadsworth Subarea Plan), Increase property maintenance and stability (Fruitdale Subarea Plan). Previous Planning Efforts in Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plans 2000 Comprehensive Plan Repositioning Wheat Ridge: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS, 2005) Subarea Plans Northwest Subarea Plan (2006) Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan (2007) Fruitdale Subarea Plan (2007) 38th Avenue Corridor Plan (2011) (completed after adoption of Envision Wheat Ridge) Urban Renewal Plans • Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) • West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan (2001) • 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) 1-70 / Kipling Corridor Urban Renewal Plan (2009) Key Trends and Issues Throughout the planning process a number of key trends and issues emerged as important topics for the Envision Wheat Ridge Plan to address. The list of key trends and issues are summarized below: Economic and Fiscal Issues Developing a clear economic strategy; Defining roles and responsibilities of partner organizations; Addressing opportunities for future employment and retail centers; • Identifying prime areas for redevelopment and infill, and address barriers to development, Addressing the fiscal realities of the City and how to achieve sustainable revenue sources to maintain current levels of City services; and Investing in new technology to advance economic development. Land Use, Housing, and Design Issues • Recognizing the importance of the community's neighborhoods and addressing howto increase the variety of housing options (beyond the single-family ranch homes and older apartments), • Addressing how to reinvest in existing neighborhoods to maintain their character but also make them more appealing to new residents; Achieving a sustainable balance of housing, retail, and employment land uses over time; Identifying appropriate density and design for different parts of the community; and • Establishing areas for future activity centers such as a larger scale Town Center and smaller neighborhood centers. Community Character and Livability Issues Addressing how to promote the community's assets to attract new residents, employees, and visitors. • Accommodating the needs of different types of households; • Coordinating with the school district to maintain quality schools; Identifying barriers for active lifestyles and promoting healthy lifestyles; Continuing parks, recreation, and open space investment and offerings; Engaging residents in crime prevention and code enforcement efforts; and Including sustainability as a key theme throughout the Plan. Other Issues Incorporating previous planning efforts into the Comprehensive Plan; and Focusing on strategic implementation and priority actions to achieve the Plan's goals. 2 - COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES Page 11 Key Values The following six broad Key Values are the primary principles behind the Community Vision. They describe the community's aspirations and organize the more specific policies into the chapters of this Comprehensive Plan. Create a Resilient Local Economy Based on a Balanced Mix of Land Uses A diverse mix of land uses including residential neighborhoods, primary employment, and commercial goods and services will build and sustain a broad and resilient tax base. Promote Vibrant Neighborhoods and an Array of Housing Options Maintaining the character of existing neighborhoods and establishing new housing options will retain and attract a range of household types. Enhance Community Character and Accentuate Quality Design Marketing Wheat Ridge's unique qualities and emphasizing quality design for new development and redevelopment will reposition Wheat Ridge as a unique community. Increase Transportation Connections and Options Continued coordination and investment in transportation efficiency, travel options and connections will improve mobility for community residents, employees, and visitors. Provide Quality Community Amenities, Services, and Resources A commitment to providing exemplary community services will maintain the high quality of life for community residents, and will help attract future households and employers. Ensure a Sustainable Future * Continued focus on the future implications of today's choices and their impacts on the community's residents, the natural environment, and community prosperity will ensure a prosperous future for future generations. Page 12 * Vision for a Sustainable Future • A sustainable future is a continuous journey to balance social, environmental, and economic interests. It respects and provides stewardship of the natural environment, facilitates active lifestyles and civic engagement, and bestows economic prosperity to individuals and the community. • A community with a sustainable future focuses on its local progress while also considering the global impacts of its decisions. 3 —Structure Plan Page 13 Introduction Overview The Structure Plan is intended to provide strategic guidance and general land uses for future redevelopment to aid the Wheat Ridge community in achieving its future vision. It provides high-level guidance for the community's areas and corridors - it is not intended to be parcel -based, nor is it a zoning map. The Structure Plan, in combination with goals and policies, will help the community determine appropriate locations and strategies for: 1. conservation of the community's assets and foundation; 2. areas in need of reinvestment and revitalization; and 3. targeted development and redevelopment to achieve vibrant commercial, mixed-use, and employment areas. Page 20 Foundations Foundations are neighborhoods and commercial areas with common characteristics, upon which the focus areas are layered. They include: Neighborhood Revitalization - residential areas -- individual properties or general pockets that might benefit from reinvestment; often require special attention because they have issues related to dilapidated properties, code enforcement, crime and safety, lower rates of owner occupancy, and / or incompatible mix of uses; promote home ownership and spur reinvestment through infrastructure improvements; and / or, limited small-scale residential redevelopment will be encouraged in areas that exhibit several of the following characteristics of neighborhoods in need of revitalization Criteria to distinguish Neighborhood Revitalization Areas Increasing incompatibility of uses Infrastructure needs (e.g., utilities in disrepair) Less stability than established neighborhoods Neighborhood Buffer Areas Along both sides of Kipling Street north of 44th Avenue 44th Avenue near Youngfield Street • Along Wadsworth Boulevard Along Sheridan Boulevard Mixed -Use Commercial Areas Existing Areas Kipling Street at 1-70 Youngfield Street and 38th Avenue at 1-70 • 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards The plan designates existing commercial areas mixed with office and employment as mixed-use commercial areas. Focus in these areas is on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment, and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties, with "centers" being the primary emphasis. Page 24 Corridors and Gateways Corridors and Gateways are areas of future focus and emphasis layered on top of the foundations. Corridors are the major thoroughfares through Wheat Ridge along which businesses are located. The intensities and land use characteristics of the city's corridors will vary from vehicular -oriented commercial districts to quaint and pedestrian -friendly neighborhood commercial areas. The corridors include: Primary Commercial Corridors - focus on assembling and redeveloping outdated and underutilized properties primarily from 35th to 44th Avenues, encourage development of a mixed-use Town Center, including multi -family housing (as lofts or part of the mix), improved bicycle and pedestrian connections along routes parallel to Wadsworth Main Street Corridor, 38th Avenue Corridor (between Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard) - show case nodes of locally owned commercial businesses and employers in a transit and pedestrian - friendly "main street' environment that emphasizes Wheat Ridge's historic and hometown character, small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities will be focused primarily between Wadsworth and Pierce, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan, streetscape and other urban design improvements will be extended through the Main Street corridor to provide a walkable and distinct gateway Neiehborhood Commercial Corridors 44th Avenue (between Youngfield and Kipling Streets) 44th Avenue (between Kipling Street and the greenbelt) 44th Avenue (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) Harlan Street (from 1-70 to just south of 44th Avenue), Primary Gateway, Primary Gateways 1-70 at Wadsworth 1-70 at Kipling Street 1-70 at Ward Road 1-70 at Youngfield Street / 32nd Avenue Wadsworth at 26th Avenue 38th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard 26th Ave at Kipling Street 44th Avenue at Harlan Street En:X91L,M TAi17e1L,IDIIe1L,IP1131: Page 35 Relationship to the Community Vision and Structure Plan Emphasis on retention and reinvestment in commercial areas will ensure that residents have convenient local locations to shop, in addition to generating retail sales tax to maintain City services. To provide balance to the community's strong residential base, future employment and commercial development efforts will target key areas. Goal ELU1: Make Wheat Ridge a "community of choice" in which to live, work, shop, and recreate. Wheat Ridge will actively promote the community's positive assets to attract and retain residents, employers, and visitors. The City will emphasize and market its high quality of life to position Wheat Ridge as a desirable place to live, work, recreate, and visit. Policies ELU 1.2 — Become a Regional Destination The City will promote the community's attributes, and showcase entrances and travel corridors to draw visitors and position the community as a regional destination. Strategies: A. Develop programs to enhance and highlight the city's main entrances (gateways) with landscaping and signage Goal ELU2: Attract Quality Retail Development and Actively Retain Existing Retailers to Locate in Wheat Ridge Actively retain existing retailers and attract quality retail development. Wheat Ridge will proactively work with existing quality retailers to remain and thrive in Wheat Ridge, and encourage new businesses, particularly those that provide healthy and high quality products and goods and services to locate in Wheat Ridge. In addition, the City will plan for future regional retail, community commercial, and neighborhood commercial centers and promote opportunities for niche and specialty businesses and districts. Policies: ELU 2.1— Retain and Enhance Existing Retailers The City, in conjunction with its economic development partners, will work with existing quality retailers and businesses to remain and expand in Wheat Ridge so that goods are purchased locally and retail sales taxes are not lost to neighboring communities. Strategies: C. Assist existing retailers with expansion plans or opportunities for local relocation ELU 2.2 — Promote Specialty Retail Businesses The City, in partnership economic development partners, and the development and business communities, will work to establish and grow unique small businesses and niche business districts in areas identified as activity centers and along key corridors. Strategies: E. Work with local brokers and developers to identify and attract regional niche retailers for a potential location in Wheat Ridge. ELU 2.3 — Rehabilitate Underutilized Retail Spaces Coordination and partnership between the City, economic development partners, and the development community to improve the appearance and function of outdated and inefficient retail spaces will re energize the community's primary corridors and key activity centers. Strategies: B. Encourage land assemblage and denser nodes of development within activity centers C. Partner with area economic development organizations D. Continue to work with local property owners on identifying opportunities for fayade and landscaping improvements and upgrades ELU 2.4—Develop Regional Retail The City, economic development partners, and private developers will partner to develop the Regional Commercial Center west of 1-70 (including the Crossing at Clear Creek site) with a mix of regional retail anchors, smaller retailers, and secondary uses such as offices and hotel. B. Enter public / private partnerships and facilitate the use of tools such as Tax Increment Financing through an Urban Renewal Authority, special districts, and other tools to share infrastructure development costs; and C. Provide business start-up incentives and financing tools (such as Tax Increment Financing) Goal ELU3 — Retain and Diversity Local Employment Wheat Ridge will foster a business climate that encourages expansion or creation of employment opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on growing the community's existing health care industry, redevelopment of the area surrounding the future FasTracks Gold Line Transit Station, and allowing secondary employment opportunities in the Crossing at Clear Creek Regional Commercial Center area. This business climate will require the retention of industrially zoned lands, and will place emphasis on new, high-quality employment opportunities in growing fields such as clean energy and biotechnology. Policies: ELU 3.1— Retain and Expand Established Employers The City and its economic development partners will work with the community's existing primary employers such as Exempla Lutheran Hospital to maintain and grow operations to provide quality local jobs to residents. Strategies: A. Supply an adequate mix of housing in the community to create a "whole community' where residents can live and work; D. Work closely with local employers and business owners to address issues and retain them in Wheat Ridge; and E. Coordinate with employers to develop plans for future growth and expansion and help facilitate their plans through the City's development review process. ELU 3.2 —Generate New Primary Employment The City, in partnership with economic development and other business organizations, will recruit new primary employers to locate in Wheat Ridge, in order to provide quality jobs for the community's large residential base, and to draw employees into the city on a daily basis. Strategies: A. Market development sites within Enterprise Zone and Urban Renewal Authority areas B. Target medical -related facilities C. Work on a package of appropriate incentives and establish the criteria by which these incentives can be used Goal ELU4 — Increase the Diversity of Land Uses Wheat Ridge will work to ensure that the limited future development and redevelopment areas provide increased opportunities for employment, retail, and commercial services, along new housing options, to achieve a sustainable and balanced mix of land uses for the community. Policies: ELU 4.1— Efficient Use of Limited Land Because of the limited amount of land available for new development, the City will require efficient use of newly developing and redeveloping areas by promoting higher -intensity development. Priority areas for new development include the Crossing at Clear Creek site west of 1-70 and the future T.O.D. area north of 1-70 near Ward Road. Strategies: A. Emphasize mixed-use development in developing and redeveloping areas C. Prioritize areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential overlay districts to identify opportunities for property assemblage and efficient use of land E. Seek to remove height and density limitations from the City Charter in targeted development and redevelopment locations and examine / rezone those areas as necessary to achieve goals Goal ELUS: Revitalize Key Redevelopment Areas Policies: ELU 5.1— Infill and Redevelopment Many properties along Wheat Ridge's primary corridors and in activity centers are dated and underutilized. The City will work with partners and private developers to promote infill and redevelopment in key areas shown on the Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Provide financing tools and incentives (such as Tax Increment Financing in Urban Renewal Areas and Enterprise Zone tax credits) to jump-start redevelopment in underutilized areas B. Identify areas with potential for property assemblage (through future subarea and corridor plans) and provide assistance with assemblage C. Actively pursue grants and technical assistance in determining the existence of brownfields at key redevelopment locations D. Coordinate with all interested parties (property owners, adjacent property owners, and City) to plan and define the vision for future development on infill sites E. Identify areas for future overlay districts F. Enter public-private partnerships (between City government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood organizations) to increase cooperation and development success ELU 5.2 - High Quality Redevelopment The City will require high quality urban design for all future infill and redevelopment, in order to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods, and to improve the overall appearance of the community's primary corridors and activity centers. Strategies: A. Assist with property assemblage to promote well coordinated, complete areas for redevelopment (not piecemeal properties) C. Identify areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential thematic -based overlay districts (to establish guidelines and standards to address suitable design and scale, variety and visual interest, and appropriate materials specific to each subarea or corridor) Goal ELU6: Establish Community Activity Centers and a Town Center Policies: ELU 6.1— Community Activity Centers The City will guide development and redevelopment to occur in planned activity centers. A range of existing and proposed activity centers along major corridors will discourage strip commercial development by concentrating a mix of uses to serve as neighborhood and community destinations. Existing Community Activity Center Locations Youngfield at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Sheridan at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Wadsworth at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Future Community Activity Center Locations Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenue (Town Center) Crossing at Clear Creek site (Regional Commercial Center) Future Gold Line Transit Station Area (Employment/Commercial Center) Strategies: A. Partner with private property owners, economic development organizations, and developers to assemble parcels for redevelopment C. Encourage a mix of uses in activity centers (including multi -family residential and senior housing where appropriate) D. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) E. Coordinate development with established Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, and other regional plans ELU 6.2 —Town Center Development In collaboration with economic development partners and other organizations, the City will guide the development of a mixed-use Town Center, located along Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues. Strategies: C. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) D. Enter public/ private partnerships to assist with development funding and design E. Establish an appropriate package of incentives to help jump-start redevelopment 5 - NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING Page 54 Goal NH2: Increase Housing Options Policies: NH 2.1— New Housing Types The City will direct the development of new housing types such as townhomes, condos/lofts, and senior living units (especially in Neighborhood Revitalization, Neighborhood Buffer and other mixed-use areas) to meet market demand. Strategies: B. Promote traditional neighborhood development with a variety of housing types (possibly including accessory dwelling units, multi -family, and senior housing units) as a component of infill / redevelopment sites Goal NH4: Stimulate Investment and Redevelopment in Neighborhood Buffer Areas Policies: NH 4.1— Enhance Neighborhood Buffer Areas The City will coordinate and partner economic development partners, neighborhood groups, and private developers to initiate investment and redevelopment efforts in Neighborhood Buffer Areas. Strategies: A. Coordinate revitalization efforts within established Urban Renewal Authority areas and plans B. Enter public / private partnerships to improve or redevelop outdated multi -family properties C. Encourage and facilitate property assemblages to accommodate new small-scale mixed-use developments to provide transition between primary corridors and residential neighborhoods 6 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN Pages 61 through 63 Policies Goal CC1: Create Recognizable Gateways and Corridors Wheat Ridge will establish a clear identity that promotes a positive community image in primary community entrances ("gateways"). CC 1.1— Gateway Identity In collaboration with economic development partners, private developers, and other groups, the City will improve primary gateways into the community (as shown on the Structure Plan) so that they project a positive, cohesive community identity and clear sense of place. Strategies: A. Develop signage and landscaping at gateways and along I-70 that uses recent community branding efforts to "tell the Wheat Ridge story' (such as the themed gateway signage and streetscape on 38th Avenue near Sheridan) B. Provide and maintain attractively landscaped areas at community entrances (such as the recent 1-70 and Kipling interchange improvements) CC 1.2 — Corridor Image The City will work with private developers, economic development partners, Colorado Department of Transportation and other organizations to enhance the image of the city's primary corridors (as identified on the Structure Plan). Strategies: B. Enter public / private partnerships to coordinate, fund, develop, and maintain streetscape improvements C. Continue the community sign code to ensure quality new signage along corridors and to encourage upgrades to existing non -conforming signage 7 -TRANSPORTATION Pages 79 through 83 Goal T 1: Provide an Integrated Transportation System to Address all Modes of Travel and Future Funding Priorities Wheat Ridge will accommodate all modes of travel including motorists, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit riders. Policies: T 1.1—Targeted Improvement Areas The City will focus future investment for infrastructure improvements in targeted corridors and intersections, as identified on the Transportation Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Institute transportation improvements as activity centers and primary corridors develop and redevelop B. Use the improvements shown on the Transportation Structure Plan to establish key areas for each travel mode and capital improvement projects C. Establish criteria to identify neighborhoods that are not targeted areas for street or sidewalk enhancements T 1.2 — Improvements Funding The City will continue to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements and will seek opportunities to partner with regional, state, and national agencies to establish funding for key projects. Strategies: A. Seek to establish anew local funding source for pedestrian and bicycle system improvements B. Work to establish a blend of local and matching funds for multi -modal improvements T 1.3 — Complete Streets The City will coordinate with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish roadway design criteria that ensure safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users (also commonly referred to as "complete streets"). Strategies: A. Develop new road cross sections for principal corridors that meet the needs of all modes of transportation B. Revise development regulations to require new development to constructor enhance segments of pedestrian and bicycle systems C. Establish and require level of service standards for all travel modes D. Complete the Implementation Plan (Phase 2) of the Bike and Pedestrian Route Master Plan 8 - COMMMUNITY SERVICES Goal CS 4: Continue Coordination with Fire Districts and Utility Providers to Maintain Quality Service The City will continue to coordinate with utilities and fire districts to maintain quality levels of service to existing customers and provide new services to areas where future growth will occur. Policies: CS 4.1— Utility and Service Districts The City will continue to coordinate development and redevelopment activities with utility providers and service districts. Strategies: B. Develop and offer credits or incentives for development/ redevelopment that reuses, establishes new connections to, or upgrades existing utility infrastructure. 10 - PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Pages 111 and 112 An Economic Development Strategy This Plan, and the process to develop it, has continually identified economic development of targeted redevelopment areas as a primary strategy for the City to accomplish its livability, fiscal, image, and identity -related goals. Five Target Redevelopment Areas a. Crossing at Clear Creek (Cabela's) b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' c. Kipling Corridor d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Short- and Long -Term Priorities The strategy should confirm, in discussion with policymakers and staff, short- and long-term priorities for redevelopment and geographic areas. For example, redevelopment priorities in the "target areas' should focus on the long-term desires as reflected in the Comprehensive and Sub -Area Plans, while in other commercial and industrial areas, the priority may be to minimize vacancies. Identify Appropriate Financial Tools Public agencies can employ a number of financing tools to finance public improvements. The special districts, authorities, and other tools described in the following table are a short list of financing tools that are applicable to the redevelopment of key areas in Wheat Ridge. Page 115, 117 and 118 Economic Strategies for Geographic Areas b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' Establishing a small locally oriented retail center at 38th Avenue is a high priority for residents of Wheat Ridge. Challenges include the perception that there is "no market," checkerboard zoning, the lack of funding for significant improvements, and land assembly. Initial action items are focused on market creation. Potential Financing Tools Urban Renewal Area Local Marketing District Business Improvement District d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center Background The Wadsworth Corridor between 38th and 44th Avenues has been identified as the preferred location for a Town Center that would have a small civic component such as a library, retail development, and places for public gathering. The URA owns the site just east of the 1st Bank at 44th and Wadsworth and has been working with public and private partners to foster its development. Redevelopment of the Wadsworth Corridor hinges on actions by CDOT to widen and / or improve the road. Potential Financing Tools Specific parcels may require land write-down assistance, environmental remediation, and assistance with current property ownership. Other tools to encourage redevelopment in this corridor area are listed below. Their use will depend on the specific situation. Metropolitan Districts General Improvement Districts Urban Renewal Area Special Improvement Districts Public Improvement Fees Use Tax Rebates e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station -Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Site This site is seen as having longer term importance to the City; however, potential projects are not likely to materialize until after the commuter rail line is close to completion (Gold Line station estimated completion for 2016). Potential Public Financing Tools • Urban Renewal Authority Metropolitan District • General Improvement District • Special Improvement District Public Improvement Fee Use Tax Rebates Others for the Specific TOD Project Northwest Subarea Plan, adopted June 2006 CHAPTER 11 INTRODUCTION Pages 5 through 8 The purpose of the Northwest Subarea Plan is to establish a vision that will guide future development around the Ward Road commuter rail station in Wheat Ridge. As part of the FasTracks Program, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) will build the Gold Line, an 11.2 -mile electric commuter rail transit line connecting Wheat Ridge to Union Station in downtown Denver. The end -of -line station will be Ward Road Station, located near Ward Road and W. 50th Place in the northwest corner of the city. Riders will be able to travel between Ward Road Station and Union Station in 25 minutes, creating the opportunity to attract not only commuters, but also reverse commuters coming from downtown Denver to Wheat Ridge. RTD started construction on the Gold Line in 2012 and it is expected to open in 2016. The area that is covered by the Northwest Subarea Plan is generally bounded by W. 52nd Avenue to the north, Tabor Street to the east, Interstate -70 to the south, and Ward Road to the west. Figure 1 shows the location and boundaries of the subarea. 2006 PLAN In 2006, the City of Wheat Ridge adopted the Northwest Subarea Plan. The plan called for mixed use, pedestrian -friendly development - often called transit -oriented] development (TOD) - to be developed] over time around Ward Road Station. It set goals and policies related to land use, urban design, and infrastructure to achieve that vision. One purpose of the 2006 plan was to inform the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that RTD would be required to complete prior to the Gold Line's construction. The EIS process occurred from 2007 to 2009. The process, which involved stakeholder input along the entire Gold Line, analyzed a variety of alternatives and eventually determined a final alignment for the Gold Line corridor, including all eight station locations in Denver, Adams County, Arvada, and Wheat Ridge. 2013 UPDATE Many milestones have been reached since the original adoption of the Northwest Subarea Plan, so in 2013 the City initiated an update to incorporate important changes and to bring the plan document up to -date. The purpose of this update is not to revisit the overall vision and major policy goals established in the 2006 plan. Instead, the updated plan furthers the original vision for transit -oriented development by refining and clarifying the goals and strategies to realize that vision. The following is a summary of major milestones, plans, and policies that have been incorporated into the 2013 plan. Envision Wheat Ridge The City of Wheat Ridge adopted a new comprehensive plan, Envision Wheat Ridge, in 2009. Envision Wheat Ridge establishes the Northwest Subarea as one of five priority redevelopment areas in the City. It reinforces the vision established in the 2006 subarea plan for higher density, mixed use development around the transit station. It refined that vision, however, by calling for a focus on employment - supporting land uses in the area. Urban Renewal Designation and City Charter Exemption In 2009, the entire Northwest Subarea became part of the I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Area. Renewal Wheat Ridge, the City's urban renewal authority, adopted the I-70 / Kipling Corridors Plan in May 2009.The formation of the urban renewal area is significant because it enables the use of certain financing tools, such as tax increment financing (TIF), that could help to fund future development and / or infrastructure improvements in the subarea. Shortly after the formation of the urban renewal area, Wheat Ridge voters exempted the 1-70 / Kipling urban renewal area from the height and density restrictions in the City Charter. When the original Northwest Subarea Plan was adopted in 2006, the subarea was subject to restrictions in the charter that limit development to 50 feet in height for commercial buildings, 35 feet for buildings with residential use, and a maximum residential density of 21 units per acre. These restrictions no longer apply to the subarea, which creates new subarea, which creates new opportunity for the mixed-use, higher -density development that is common to TOD. Bicycle -Pedestrian Master Plan In 2010, Wheat Ridge adopted a city-wide master plan for bicycle and pedestrian connectivity. The plan establishes key routes for bicycle connections to Ward Road Station, the most important being a north south connection on Tabor Street and an east -west route along Ridge Road and W. 50th Place. The master plan also designates key pedestrian improvements planned in the Northwest Subarea, including detached along Ward Road. Streetscape Design Manual The City adopted a Streetscape Design Manual in 2010. The manual identifies priority corridors in Wheat Ridge, requiring enhanced streetscapes with sidewalks, amenity] zones, and street trees to be installed with major redevelopment or new development. The Streetscape Design Manual includes the Northwest Subarea as a priority area. EPA Smart Growth Implementation Grant The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Sustainable Communities offers communities assistance in implementing smart growth through its Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) program. The City of Wheat Ridge was selected for this implementation assistance program in 2010-2011. The SGIA team developed recommendations for financing infrastructure improvements needed in the Northwest Subarea, including new streets, stormwater facilities, and structured parking. The final report produced by EPA recommends that Wheat Ridge prioritize storm water and street improvements. It suggests utilizing value capture tools, such as tax -increment financing (TIF) and assessment districts, for most of the needed infrastructure. CHAPTER 4 1 FUTURE SUBAREA CHARACTER Page 18 FUTURE VISION The Northwest Subarea has the potential to become a mixed-use "village' with an urban character near the transit station, gradually transitioning to a more suburban character as it extends outward to blend with the adjacent neighborhoods. In the core area near the transit station - approximately 1/4 mile around the station platform —the following character is envisioned: Buildings oriented close to the sidewalk, with parking located to the rear and side of buildings. Quality streetscapes with wide sidewalks and street trees that provide shade. Buildings located to provide continuous facades along the street, with little to no setbacks. On -street parallel parking to provide convenience for drop-in customers and future residents of the area. Ground floor facades that are largely transparent, with many windows, to encourage office and retail uses and to provide an interesting sidewalk environment for pedestrians. Building materials that provide visual interest and a pedestrian scale; industrial architecture (such as tilt -up concrete) should be avoided. Varied building heights and upper-level step backs to avoid buildings of uniform height and long, uninterrupted wall planes. Occasional towers and other architectural features that will give identity to the area. A mix of land uses, including retail, office, and residential, that create activity and interest for commuter -rail riders, residents, and employees in the area. Small, shaded plazas and seating areas for pedestrian comfort. CHAPTER 61 FUTURE TRANSPORTATION Page 24 VEHICULAR CIRCULATION One of the goals of the Northwest Subarea Plan is to design automobile circulation to be as convenient and direct as possible. As seen in the Future Land Use Map (Figure 7), several new streets are envisioned to improve circulation in the subarea. External Access Ward Road will continue to provide an important regional connection to the subarea and future development. The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) Regional Transportation Plan recommends the widening of Ward Road to six lanes. Future development along Ward Road may need to provide a reservation area to allow for a future widening of the Ward Road right-of-way. All of these streets will need to be built in conformance with Wheat Ridge road classification standards, as well as the streetscape standards in the City's Streetscape Design Manual. PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CIRCULATION The goal is to create an environment within the subarea that is safe and inviting for pedestrians and bicyclists and encourages residents and employees to walk to the transit station and other community facilities. To accomplish this, a number of sidewalks and bike facilities are planned. CHAPTER 7 1 INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES Pages 27 and 29 Improved infrastructure and amenities will be essential as the subarea develops over time. This Chapter summarizes the major improvements that are needed and discusses how each type of improvement could be funded in the future. Many of the recommendations for financing strategies come from the EPA Smart Growth Implementation Report, referenced in the Introduction chapter. The report contains recommendations specific to financing infrastructure improvements in Wheat Ridge's Northwest Subarea. SUMMARY OF FINANCING TOOLS The second part of this chapter discusses infrastructure improvements that are needed within the subarea and suggests several common financing mechanisms. These financing tools are briefly described below. Special Districts A special district is a quasi -municipal corporation that is formed through an election by the private property owners in the special district's geographic area. In Colorado, special districts are often called metropolitan districts. Once formed, a special district can establish a special assessment tax. These additional tax revenues can then be used to pay for public improvements or to secure debt financing, such as bonds, to pay for public improvements within the district. A small metropolitan district has already been formed in the subarea. It currently includes the former Jolly Rancher site but it could be expanded to cover a larger area in the future. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) TIF works by freezing current tax levels and using projected future gains in taxes to subsidize public improvements. Future increases in taxes, or tax increments, are typically used to finance debt that is issued to pay for public improvements, such as streets and utilities, in the TIF district. This tool is a financing option in the subarea since it is part of a designated Urban Renewal Area (1-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan, 2009). Development Impact Fees Development impact fees are charges assessed on new development to defray the cost to the municipality of building public services to serve new development. The fees are usually collected at one time and are used to offset the cost of public improvements, such as streets and utilities, as they are built. Impact fees are not typically used in Wheat Ridge, but they could be a viable way to collect money for public improvements that the City would like to coordinate, such as regional stormwater management. STREETS A complete grid of high-quality, pedestrian -friendly streets, as shown in the Future Land Use Map, will be necessary in order to realize the vision for TOD in the subarea. This includes construction of the roadway, curb, gutter, sidewalk, and amenity zone as called for in the City's Streetscape Design Manual. Implementation and Financing Strategies The City has a limited capital budget through its Capital Investment Program (CIP) and available funds are typically allocated for street repairs. For new streets, developers are responsible for constructing all improvements per the development code and Streetscape Design Manual. Likewise, new streets in the subarea will be built by private development as it occurs. Financing tools that could help the private sector pay for major street improvements include a special district (metropolitan district) or TIF. A Ward Road TOD Metropolitan District has been formed for a portion of the subarea and could be expanded to pay for roadway construction. There is also potential to secure grants at the regional or federal level that are targeted at smart growth areas and multi -modal streets. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT Stormwater drainage has been an issue in the subarea for decades because there is very little existing infrastructure to handle stormwater flows. Currently, there is a storm sewer line under W. 50th Place which turns at the east end of the street and discharges to the south at the BNSF railroad tracks. All other stormwater in the area surface drains to the southeast, flowing over Tabor Street and Ridge Road and heading to the east. At the south end of the subarea, there is a storm sewer line under I-70 Frontage Road North; this line carries stormwater south and discharges into the existing ponds. Current Improvements As part of the design for the Gold Line, the City of Wheat Ridge worked closely with RTD, Urban Drainage, and the City of Arvada to develop a regional stormwater management solution that will greatly improve the drainage issues in the subarea. The Cities of Wheat Ridge and Arvada will construct a major storm sewer line that parallels the commuter rail tracks on the south side of the tracks. RTD will build connections to this new line as well as a regional detention pond located southwest of Ridge Road and Quail Street, to the east of the subarea. The new storm sewer line will convey all of the stormwater runoff from the north half of the subarea to the new regional pond. These improvements are funded and will be complete with the Gold Line project in 2016. Future Improvements As new development occurs in the subarea, private developers will be required to construct new storm sewer lines to convey the stormwater runoff from their property. On-site detention and water quality will also be required. Urban Drainage is in the process of updating a regional drainage plan which affects the Northwest Subarea. The private property requirements for on-site detention and water quality features could be reduced depending on the conclusions of the updated drainage plan. A regional approach to stormwater management is preferred with one or two detention facilities to serve development in the mixed use TOD area north of the tracks. Regional facilities would be a much more efficient use of land, rather than require each development site to provide their own detention facility. Implementation and Financing Strategies There are a few potential financing tools that make sense for stormwater improvements for future development. As with streets, these include a special district or TIF. A third option could be impact fees in which the City would collect fees and use them to build a regional detention facility for new development. Another option for financing stormwater improvements are utility fees. Utility fees are typically set to cover a system's operating and capital expenses each year, which could include payment of debt service for improvements to the system. SEWER AND WATER As development occurs, upgrades to the existing sanitary sewer and water service will be necessary. As mentioned in the Introduction, the City does not control these utilities. Valley Water District provides water service to the subarea and Fruitdale Sanitation District provides the sanitary sewer service. Both districts would require private developers to pay for upgrades to the systems as development occurs. Implementation and Financing Strategies Even though the City does not control water and sewer utilities, it could work with the utility districts to sequence infrastructure projects and to determine which costs are reasonable for developers to pay. Phasing is an important consideration since the utilities will be under streets; the most sensible approach would be to install water and sewer lines with sufficient capacity for future needs prior to roadway construction. Potential financing mechanisms to help cover the costs of utility upgrades include a special district, TIF, development impact fees, and / or utility user fees. STRUCTURED PARKING As discussed in the Future Land Use chapter, there is a strong desire for structured parking in the subarea. Parking garages and underground parking have many benefits, including the ability to achieve higher density development, the preservation of land for amenities like open space, and the ability to hide parking from the public realm. Implementation and Financing Strategies Parking garages are expensive to build. Strategies to help finance a parking structure (or structures) in the subarea include a special district or TIF. Another option would to be charge a fee for parking for Ward Road station users, especially if a parking garage is shared between RTD riders and private development. While state law currently limits RTD's ability to charge for parking, this may change in the future and it could be a viable way to help defray the costs of a parking structure. It may make sense to until the Gold Line has been operational for some time prior to building a parking structure. This will allow stakeholders to better understand the actual parking demand of transit riders. OPEN SPACE As discussed in the Future Land Use chapter, quality open space should be a key component of future development in the subarea. The City currently has a parkland dedication formula required for residential subdivisions which is not appropriate for higher -density residential development and should be re-evaluated for the subarea. City code also allows developers to pay a fee -in -lieu of parkland dedication which may be an appropriate option in the subarea, since open space needs are generally reduced in an urban, compact development. Implementation and Financing Strategies Open space could be created in the subarea by a combination of strategies including the City's parkland dedication requirement (recalibrated for the subarea) and financing mechanisms such as a special district and / or TIF. There is also the possibility of obtaining grant funds to offset the costs of open space development. If the existing metropolitan district is expanded to cover a larger portion of the TOD area, it could be a viable mechanism for funding the construction and maintenance of open spaces. It is possible that some open space, especially small plazas or pocket parks associated with a development site, will be privately constructed, owned, and maintained. BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES The improvements shown in the Future Bicycle and Pedestrian Circulation Map are essential to providing safe bicycle and pedestrian access to the station and to the subarea. One essential improvement that will be a costly but high-priority investment is the pedestrian bridge connecting the station directly to the south. The City currently does not have capital dollars reserved for bicycle or pedestrian improvements and is not expected to have funding for such improvements unless a funding mechanism, such as a street utility fee, is approved by Wheat Ridge voters. As with other needed\ improvements, a special district and/or TIF could be used to finance bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Federal or regional grants targeted for bike / ped improvements at transit stations are another viable option, including for the pedestrian bridge. A Safe Routes to School grant could be a potential funding source for new sidewalks on 52nd Avenue since it is a route used by children to reach Drake Middle School west of Ward Road. For many of the needed bicycle and pedestrian improvements, such as along Ridge Road and West 52nd Avenue, the City of Wheat Ridge will need to coordinate with Arvada and Jefferson County, since the roadways cross through multiple jurisdictions. INFRASTRUCTURE: PRIORITIES AND FINANCING The following table summarizes the major infrastructure items and potential financing mechanisms. Those checked in the "High Priority" column should be among the City's highest priority to assist in implementation in the coming years. The content in this table is based on the 2012 EPA report "Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit -Oriented Development." I-70/ Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado May 2009 Prepared for: Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority Wheat Ridge, Colorado City Council Prepared by: Leland Consulting Group (LCG) LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) I-70/ Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado Table of Contents Section 1.0: Introduction 1.1 Preface 1.2 Blight Findings 1.3 Other Findings 1.4 Urban Renewal Area Boundaries 1.4.1 Boundary Map of Urban Renewal Area Section 2.0 Definitions Section 3.0 Purpose of the Plan 3.1 Public Participation Section 4.0 Qualifying Conditions Section 5.0 Relationship to Comprehensive Plan Section 6.0 Plan Objectives 6.1 General Descriptions 6.2 Development and Design Objectives 6.3 Public Investment Objectives 4 6 10 11 13 14 Section 7.0 Authorized Urban Renewal Undertakings and Activities 18 7.1 Public Improvements and Facilities 7.2 Other Improvements and Facilities 7.3 Development Opportunities - Catalyst Projects 7.4 Development Standards 7.5 Variations in the Plan 7.6 Urban Renewal Plan Review Process 7.7 Project Financing and Creation of Tax Increment Areas 7.8 Property Acquisition and Land Assemblage 7.9 Relocation Assistance 7.10 Demolition, Clearance, Environmental Remediation, and Site Prep 7.11 Property Disposition 7.12 Redevelopment and Rehabilitation Actions 7.13 Redevelopment / Development Agreements 7.14 Cooperation Agreements LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 2 I-70/ Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado Table of Contents Section 8.0 Project Financing 8.1 Public Investment Objective 8.2 Authorization 8.3 Project Revenues 8.3.1 Tax Increment Financing 8.3.2 Distribution of Tax Revenues 8.4 Other Financing Mechanisms / Structures 26 Section 9.0 Severability 28 Appendix Appendix A: Urban Renewal Area Legal Description Appendix B: Urban Renewal Plan Concept Map Appendix C: City of Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 References Attachment 1: I-70 / Kipling Corridors Conditions Survey Attachment 2: I-70 / Kipling Corridors Jefferson County Impact Report LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 3 I-70/ Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado 1.1 Preface and Background 1.2 Preface This I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan (the "Plan' or the "Urban Renewal Plan') has been prepared by the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (the "Authority') for the City of Wheat Ridge ("City"). It will be carried out by the Authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Renewal Law of the State of Colorado, Part 1 of Article 25 of Title 31, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1973, as amended (the "Act'). The administration and implementation of this Plan, including the preparation and execution of any documents implementing it, shall be performed by the Authority. 1.3 Blight Findings Under the Act, an urban renewal area is a blighted area, which has been designated as appropriate for an urban renewal project. In each urban renewal area, conditions of blight, as defined by the Act, must be present, and in order for the Authority to exercise its powers, the City Council must find that the presence of those conditions of blight, "substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality or constitutes an economic or social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare." LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 4 The I-70IKipling Corridors Conditions Survey, prepared by Matrix Design Group, submitted June 2009, which is attached hereto as Attachment 1(the "Blight Study'), demonstrates that the I-70 / Kipling Corridors Area ("Study Area'), as defined in the Blight Study, is a blighted area under the Act. 1.4 Other Findings The Area is appropriate for one or more urban renewal projects and other undertakings authorized by the Act to be advanced by the Authority. Projects could require the demolition and clearance of certain public and private improvements within the Area as provided in this Plan. If this is the case, such actions will be determined to be necessary in order to eliminate unsafe conditions, obsolete and other uses detrimental to the public welfare, and otherwise remove and prevent the spread of deterioration. The Authority has the discretion to create a single or several tax increment areas within a single urban renewal planning area. In addition, it is at the Authority's discretion whether or not to initiate creation of one or several tax increment areas at the time the Plan is adopted by City Council. Factors that could support creation of a tax increment district include announcement of a specific project or prevailing or impending market and / or economic conditions. Further, the Authority is entitled to all powers authorized in the Act. It is the intent of the City Council in adopting this Plan that the Authority exercise all powers which are necessary, convenient or appropriate to accomplish the objectives of the Plan. In addition, it is the intent of the Plan that the Authority exercise all such powers as may now be possessed or hereafter granted for the elimination of qualifying conditions in the Area. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) The powers conferred by the Act are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and police powers exercised; and, this Plan is in the public interest and necessity - such finding being a matter of legislative determination by the City Council. 1.5 Urban Renewal Area Boundaries The proposed I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Area (referred to herein as "the Urban Renewal Area' or "the Area") is located within the City of Wheat Ridge and Jefferson County, Colorado as delineated in Figure No. 1 and described in the legal description presented in the Appendix. The boundaries of the Area generally include properties roughly following a U-shaped corridor that runs north along Interstate 70 beginning at 32nd Avenue, then east along the Interstate until Kipling Street, and finally south along Kipling Street until 26ffi Avenue. The survey area contains 649 real property parcels. In terms of land area, the Area consists of approximately 1,189 total acres (including any streets or rights-of-way) of which approximately 812 acres lie within real property parcels. 1.4.1 Figure 1, I-70/Kipling Corridors Area The Plan Concept Map is presented in Appendix B. 2.0 Definitions In addition to terms previously defined in the text, the following terms are used in this Plan: LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) Figure No.1 LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) Act - means the Urban Renewal Law of the State of Colorado, Part 1 of Article 25 of Title 31, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended. Area or Urban Renewal Area - means the I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Area as depicted in Figure 1 and legally described in the Appendix. Authority - means the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority. Blight Study - means the I-70/Kipling Corridors Conditions Survey, prepared by Matrix Design Group, submitted June 2009, incorporated herein by this reference. City - means the City of Wheat Ridge, a home -rule municipal corporation of the State of Colorado. City Council - means the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge. City Tax or City Taxes - means, collectively, taxes imposed by the City on certain transactions. Comprehensive Plan - the City ofWheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 (the "Comprehensive Plan'). Cooperation Agreement - means any agreement between the Authority and City, one or more Metropolitan Districts, or any public body (the term "public body" being used in this Plan as defined by the Act) respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers set forth in the Act or in any other provision of Colorado law, for the purpose of facilitating public undertakings deemed necessary or appropriate by the Authority under this Plan. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) C.R.S. -means the Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time. Impact Report -means the I-70/Kipling Corridors, Jefferson County Impact Report prepared by Leland Consulting Group, dated July, 2009, attached hereto as Attachment 2 and incorporated herein by this reference. Improvement District - means a special district created to make improvements, typically to public space infrastructure, in a given area. Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan - means City of Wheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000, as such plan has been or may be amended from time to time. Plan or Urban Renewal Plan - means this I-70IKipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan. Property Tax Increment Area - means that portion of the Area designated as a property tax increment area Redevelopment/ Development Agreement - means one or more agreements between the Authority and developer(s) and / or property owners or such other individuals or entities as may be determined by the Authority to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Plan. Sales Tax - means the municipal sales tax imposed by the City on certain transactions. Sales Tax Increment Area - means any portion of the Area designated as a sales tax increment area. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) Tax Increment Area - means a portion of the Area designated as a Property Tax and/or Sales Tax Increment Area. 3.1 Purpose of the Plan The purpose of the I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan is to reduce, eliminate and prevent the spread of blight within the Area and to stimulate growth and investment within the Area boundaries. To accomplish this purpose, the Plan promotes local objectives with respect to appropriate land uses, private investment and public improvements, provided that the delineation of such objectives shall not be construed to require that any particular project necessarily promote all such objectives. Specifically, the Plan promotes an environment which allows for a range of uses and product types, as supported by the City of Wheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 and any subsequent updates, as well as any other relevant policy documents which leverage the community's investment in public improvement projects in the Area. While the principal goal of this urban renewal effort, as required by the Act, is to afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the City of Wheat Ridge as a whole, and to develop and rehabilitate the Area by private enterprise; it is not intended to replace the efforts of area business development entities. 3.2 Public Participation The Plan has been made available to business and property owners located within and adjacent to the Plan boundaries, as well as Wheat Ridge residents at - large. All stakeholders and residents were also invited to participate in several LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 10 4.1 venues: workshops held between April and May 2009 designed to solicit input on the vision for the Area. In all, more than 100 individuals participated. In addition, City staff received written comments via e-mail and phone calls. Notification of the public hearing was provided to property owners and owners of business concerns at their last known address of record within the Area as required by the Act. Notice of the public hearing to consider the Plan was published in the Wheat Ridge Transcript. Presentations were also made at public meetings of the City Council and Planning Commission during the summer of 2009 to receive comments and input on the process and Plan documents. As required by the Act, a report outlining the potential impact of the Plan on Jefferson County was prepared and submitted along with the Plan document to the County Commissioners of Jefferson County not less than 30 days before consideration of its approval. Qualifying Conditions Before an urban renewal plan can be adopted by the City, the area must be determined to be a "blighted area' as defined in Section 31-25-103(2) of the Act, which provides that, in its present condition and use, the presence of at least four of the following factors in the Area, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare: (a) Slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures; (b) Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout; (c) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness; (d) Unsanitary or unsafe conditions; LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 11 (e) Deterioration of site or other improvements; O Unusual topography or inadequate public improvements or utilities; (g) Defective or unusual conditions of title rendering the title nonmarketable; (h) The existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes; (i) Buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work in because of building code violations, dilapidation, deterioration, defective design, physical construction, or faulty or inadequate facilities; (1') Environmental contamination of buildings or property; (k.5) The existence ofhealth, safety, or welfare factors requiring high levels of municipal services or substantial physical underutilization or vacancy of sites, buildings, or other improvements; or (l) If there is no objection by the property owner or owners and the tenant or tenants Of such owner or owners, if any, to the inclusion of such property in an urban renewal area, "blighted area" also means an area that, in its present conditions and use and, by reason of the presences of any one of thefactors specified in paragraphs (a) to (k.5) of Section 31-25-103(2), substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare. The Act also provides that, if private property is to be acquired by the Authority by eminent domain, at least five of the factors specified in Section 31-25-103(2)(a) to (2)(1) must be present. The general methodology for conducting the Blight Study is to: (i) define the Study Area; (ii) gather information about the Study Area, such as right-of-way and parcel boundaries, aerial photography, etc.; (iii) evaluate evidence of blight through field reconnaissance of the Study Area to document observed physical conditions of blight; and, (iv) collect data about blight factors that are not visually observable. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 12 5.0 Among the 11 qualifying factors identified in the Act, the Blight Study identified the presence of the following ten blight factors in the Study Area: (a) Slum, Deteriorated and Deteriorating Structures (b) Predominance of Defective or Inadequate Street Layout (c) Faulty Lot Layout in Relation to Size, Adequacy, or Usefulness (d) Unsanitary or Unsafe Conditions (e) Deterioration of Site or Other Improvements O Unusual Topography or Inadequate Public Improvements or Utilities (h) Existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire and other causes (i) Buildings that are Unsafe or Unhealthy for Persons to Live or Work (1') Environmental Contamination ofBuildings or Property (k.5) High Levels ofMunicipal Services or Underutilization or Vacancy of Sites, Buildings, or Other Improvements The condition, (g) of Section 31-25-103(2), defective or unusual conditions of title rendering the title non -marketable, was not investigated. Relationship to Comprehensive Plan A general plan for the City, known as the City ofWheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, was updated in 2000. The Authority, with the cooperation of the City, private enterprise and other public bodies, will undertake projects and activities described in this Plan in order to eliminate the conditions of blight identified herein while implementing the goals and objectives of the City of Wheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 and all subsequent updates. Specific elements of the City ofWheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 which this Plan advances, are presented in Appendix C of this Plan (and taken verbatim). References from other adopted and accepted documents LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 13 (Repositioning Wheat Ridge, Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy; and W wat Ridge Northwest Sub -Area Plan) that speak to issues within the Urban Renewal Area are also provided. Pursuant to State Statutes, the I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan was reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission on August 6, 2009 and a Resolution was passed indicating that the Plan was consistent with certain Goals, Policies and Strategies contained in the Wheat Ridge Area Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 and other City adopted and accepted plans. 6.1 Plan Objectives 6.2 General Description The vision for the Area as defined by stakeholders involved in the process is: Redevelopment of the Urban Renewal Area represents a unique opportunity to create a series of destinations that are both region -serving and locally supportive. This Urban Renewal Plan, while not a regulating document envisions quality materials notable architecture; strong internal and external connections; and, host environments far public events and cultural venues. New uses and redevelopment of existing uses may be developed in mixed-use and multi- use formats where feasible, and in an architectural style that is regionally -relevant. Whereas existing neighborhoods will be stabilized, new neighborhoods will be co -located with commercial, employment and institutional uses. Improvements in the physical realm will be consistent and communicate a unified identity and brand. Connections far vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and other modes of transportation will be improved and strengthened in a manner that is regionally -relevant and in accordance with the Architectural and Site Design Manual. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 14 6.3 Development and Design Objectives All development in the Plan Area shall conform to the zoning and development codes of the Wheat Ridge Municipal Code, as well as any site-specific zoning regulations or policies which might impact properties in the Area, all as in effect and as may be amended from time to time. Codes and regulations present at the time of any project application and development will apply. No project within the Urban Renewal Area is vested to previous codes or regulations. While the Act authorizes the Authority to undertake zoning and planning activities to regulate land use, maximum densities, and building requirements in the Area, the City will regulate land use and building requirements The primary development objective of this Urban Renewal Plan is strategic investment in the public realm that will leverage private sector projects. Potential land uses within the Urban Renewal Area include a range of commercial, employment (industrial and office), residential, institutional, lodging, civic, cultural and parking. Other, more general development objectives include flexibility given changing market conditions; adaptability to a range of uses and product types; and, consistency in building material and development quality. Specific project goals and objectives identified by the stakeholders, in collaboration with impacted property owners, that investment within the Urban Renewal Area should aspire to, include the following: 1. Eliminate and prevent blight 2. Implement elements of the City ofWheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Update 2000 related to urban renewal and the vision of this Plan 3. Ensure orderly growth throughout the community 4. Stimulate development of under-utilized land in the Urban Renewal Area LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 15 5. Increase property values and strengthen the City's economic base 6. Participate in the long-term economic vitality of the City through quality (re) development 7. Enhance Wheat Ridge's identity 8. Preserve existing neighborhoods 9. Expand the City's commercial activities 10. Maintain a fiscally -prudent base of industrial uses 11. Encourage growth in primary jobs 12. Promote Wheat Ridge's cultural heritage 13. Reduce sub -standard uses 14. Support stronger code enforcement Land Use 15. Improve relationships between uses in the Urban Renewal Area and surrounding areas 16. Provide uses supportive of and complementary to planned improvements 17. Promote a variety of housing product types to address multiple segments of the populous 18. Advance cultural art programs and capital investments 19. Unify uses and plan components (signage, street furniture, landscaping) 20. Support preservation of historic structures 21. Expand service facilities (police, fire, library, recreation and / or senior) Economic Development 22. Encourage the continued presence of existing viable businesses 23. Attract regional and national businesses LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 16 Financial 24. Provide a range of financing mechanisms for private property (re) investment 25. Encourage public-private partnerships 26. Promote economic incentives in order to attract (re) investment Political 27. Facilitate cooperation among government agencies (taxing entities) Architecture 28. Promote "green' development (environmentally sensitive) 29. Raise the quality of building standards in the Urban Renewal Area 30. Encourage higher design standards Physical 31. Improve the public realm 32. Increase the capacity and quality of infrastructure in the Urban Renewal Area 33. Develop and enhance community gateways 34. Maintain / develop public gathering spaces (soft and hard) 35. Preserve the area's natural (and man-made) resources 36. Grow the City's multi -modal options (bike routes, trails, pedestrian access, transit) LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 17 6.4 Public Investment Objectives Existing conditions present within the Area will be remedied by the proposed Plan, but will first need to be identified as a priority public investment item by the Authority, in consultation with the stakeholders. As it is the intent of this Plan that improvements will only be partially funded by tax increment revenues, creation of special districts and/or other financing districts to serve as supplemental funding sources will not only be considered, but encouraged. Experience has proven that a critical component to the success of any urban renewal effort is participation by both the public and private sectors. This said, leveraging of resources will be key as no one entity, either public or private, has sufficient resources alone to sustain a long-term improvement effort. 7.1 Authorized Urban Renewal Undertakings and Activities The Act allows for a wide range of activities to be used in the implementation of an urban renewal plan. In the case of this Plan, it is the Authority's intent to provide incentives to stimulate private investment in cooperation with property owners and other affected parties in order to accomplish its objectives. Public- private partnerships and other forms of cooperative development will be key to the Authority's strategy for preventing the spread of blight and eliminating existing blight conditions. Reliance on powers such as eminent domain will only be considered as a final option, as determined by the City Council, to achieve the objectives of this Plan. 7.2 Public Improvements and Facilities The Authority may undertake certain actions to make the Area more attractive for private investment. The Authority may, or cause others to, install, construct, and reconstruct any public improvements. Additionally, the Authority may, or LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 18 cause others to, demolish and clear buildings and existing improvements for the purpose of promoting the objectives of the Plan and the Act. Finally, the Authority may, or may cause others to, install, construct and reconstruct any other authorized improvements in the Area, including, without limitation, other authorized undertakings or improvements for the purpose of promoting the objectives of this Plan and the Act. Public projects are intended to stimulate (directly and indirectly) private sector investment in and around the Area. The combination of public and private investment will assist in the investment and reinvestment of the Area with a greater intensity and quality of viable commercial, employment, residential and mixed-use sub -areas supported by multiple forms of transportation and public spaces contributing to the overall economic well-being of the community. As described in Section 4.0 of this Plan, ten qualifying conditions of blight, as defined in Section 31-25-103(2) of the Act, are evident in the Area. This Plan proposes addressing each of these conditions through potential completion of the following public improvements and facilities: (a) Slum, Deteriorated and Deteriorating Structures: building improvements including facades, fencing, roof repairs; and, graffiti clean-up; (b) Predominance of Defective or Inadequate Street Layout: completion of incomplete streets and sidewalks; increased road and intersection capacity; roadway repairs; and, stronger connections; (c) Faulty Lot Layout in Relation to Size, Adequacy, Accessibility, or Usefulness: (see Predominance of Defective or Inadequate Street Layout); and, assemblage of small, narrow and awkwardly shaped parcels; (d) Unsanitary or Unsafe Conditions: pedestrian improvements; ADA improvements; lighting; bike paths; deferred maintenance items LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 19 including cracked and buckled sidewalks; and, roadway improvements designed to arrest congestion; (e) Deterioration of Site or Other Improvements: improvements to parking surfaces; curbs and gutters; and, signs and advertisements; (f) Unusual Topography or Inadequate Public Improvements or Utilities: undergrounding of overhead utilities; increasing infrastructure capacity where necessary; and, completion of curbs, gutters and sidewalks; (h) Existence of Conditions that Endanger Life or Property by Fire and Other Causes: sprinklering of commercial buildings; and, improved access for emergency vehicles; (i) Buildings That Are Unsafe or Unhealthy for Persons to Live or Work: demolition of substandard structures; (j) Environmental Contamination of Buildings or Property: assistance with site and building environmental clean-up; (k.5) Existence of Factors Requiring High Levels of Municipal Services or Substantial Physical Underutilization or Vacancy of Sites, Buildings or Other Improvements: stronger code enforcement; site assemblage; site prep; and, assistance with post -development leasing strategies. 7.3 Other Improvements and Facilities There could be other non-public improvements in the Area that may be required to accommodate development and redevelopment. The Authority may assist in the financing or construction of these improvements. 7.4 Development Opportunities— Catalyst Projects A key concept associated with implementation of the Plan is targeted investment that will serve to catalyze development throughout the Area and fund future LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 20 public improvements. The aggregate impact of potential investment within the Area is reflected in the Impact Report in Attachment 2. 7.5 Development Standards All development in the Area shall conform to applicable rules, regulations, policies and other requirements and standards of the City and any other governmental entity which has jurisdiction over all or any portion of the Area. In conformance with the Act and the Plan, the Authority may adopt design standards and other requirements applicable to projects undertaken by the Authority in the Area. Unless otherwise approved by City Council, any such standards and requirements adopted by the Authority shall be consistent with all other City zoning and development policies and regulations. 7.6 Variations in the Plan The Authority may propose, and the City Council may make, such modifications to this Urban Renewal Plan as may be necessary provided they are consistent with the City ofWheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 and any subsequent updates, as well as the Act, or such amendments made in accordance with this Plan and as otherwise contemplated by this Plan. The Authority may, in specific cases, allow non -substantive variations from the provisions of this Plan if it determines that a literal enforcement of the provision would constitute an unreasonable limitation beyond the intent and purpose stated herein. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 21 7.7 Urban Renewal Plan Review Process The review process for the Plan is intended to provide a mechanism to allow those parties responsible for implementing key projects to periodically evaluate its effectiveness and make adjustments to ensure efficiency in implementing the recommended activities. The following steps are intended to serve as a guide for future Plan review: (a) The Authority may propose modifications (including expansion of the Plan boundaries), and the City Council may make such modifications as may be necessary provided they are consistent with the City of Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 and any subsequent updates, as well as the Act. (b) Modifications may be developed from suggestions by the Authority, property and business owners, and City staff operating in support of the Authority and advancement of this Plan. (c) A series of joint workshops may be held by and between the Authority and property and business owners to direct and review the development of Plan modifications. 7.8 Project Financing and Creation of Tax Increment Areas While projects within the Area are planned to be primarily privately financed, it is the intent of the City Council in approving this Urban Renewal Plan to authorize the use of tax increment financing by the Authority to assist with the development of these projects. Urban renewal authorities in Colorado are authorized by statute (C.R.S 31-25-105) to borrow money and accept advances, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 22 loans, grants and contributions from public or private sources, and to issue bonds to finance their activities or operations. In practice, an accepted method for financing urban renewal projects is to utilize incremental property tax and / or municipal sales tax revenues attributable to redevelopment in the project area to pay the principal of, the interest on, and any premiums due in connection with the bonds of, loans or advances to, or indebtedness incurred by the Authority. The boundaries of the Urban Renewal Area shall be as set forth in Appendix A. As more fully set forth herein this Section 7.7, it is the intent of City Council in approving this Plan to authorize the use of tax increment financing by the Authority as part of its efforts to undertake and advance the Plan. 7.9 Property Acquisition and Land Assemblage The Authority may acquire property by negotiation or any other method authorized by the Act, except that any proposal to acquire property under the power of eminent domain must be approved by the City Council in accordance with the Act. The Authority may temporarily operate, manage and maintain property in the Area with the consent of the owner of the property. Such property shall be under the management and control of the Authority and may be rented or leased pending its disposition for redevelopment. 7.10 Relocation Assistance It is not anticipated that acquisition of real property by the Authority will result in the relocation of any individuals, families, or business concerns. However, if such relocation becomes necessary, the Authority will adopt a relocation plan in conformance with the Act. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 23 7.11 Demolition, Clearance, Environmental Remediation, and Site Prep In carrying out this Plan, it is anticipated that the Authority may, on a case-by- case basis, elect to demolish and clear buildings, structures and other improvements. Additionally, development activities consistent with this Plan, including but not limited to Development or Cooperation Agreements, may require such demolition and clearance to eliminate unhealthy, unsanitary, and unsafe conditions, eliminate obsolete and other uses detrimental to the public welfare, and otherwise remove and prevent the spread of deterioration. With respect to property acquired by the Authority, it may demolish and clear, or contract to demolish and clear, those buildings, structures and other improvements pursuant to this Plan, if in the judgment of the Authority, such buildings, structures and other improvements cannot be rehabilitated in accordance with this Plan. The Authority may also undertake such additional site preparation activities as it deems necessary to facilitate the disposition and development of such property. 7.12 Property Disposition The Authority may acquire, sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest in real property subject to covenants, conditions and restrictions, including architectural and design controls, time restrictions on development, and building requirements, as it deems necessary to develop such property. Real property or interests in real property may be sold, leased or otherwise transferred for use in accordance with the Act and this Plan. All property and interest in real estate acquired by the Authority in the Area that is not dedicated or transferred to public entities, shall be sold or otherwise disposed of for redevelopment in accordance with the provision of this Plan and the Act. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 24 7.13 Redevelopment and Rehabilitation Actions Redevelopment and rehabilitation actions within the Area may include such undertakings and activities as are in accordance with this Plan and the Act, including without limitation: demolition and removal of buildings and improvements as set forth herein; installation, construction and reconstruction of public improvements; elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe conditions; elimination of obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare; prevention of the spread of deterioration; and, provision of land for needed public facilities. The Authority may enter into Cooperation Agreements and Redevelopment/ Development Agreements to provide assistance or undertake all other actions authorized by the Act or other applicable law to redevelop and rehabilitate the Area. 7.14 Redevelopment/ Development Agreements The Authority is authorized to enter into Redevelopment/ Development Agreements or other contracts with developer(s) or property owners or such other individuals or entities as are determined by the Authority to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Plan. Such Redevelopment/ Development Agreements, or other contracts, may contain terms and provisions as shall be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Authority for the purpose of undertaking the activities contemplated by this Plan and the Act, and may further provide for such undertakings by the Authority, including financial assistance, as may be necessary for the achievement of the objectives of this Plan or as may otherwise be authorized by the Act. These Agreements will be separate from this Plan, yet in support of its goals and objectives. Existing agreements between the City and private parties that are consistent with this Plan are intended to remain in full force and effect. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 25 7.15 Cooperation Agreements For the purpose of this Plan, the Authority may enter into one or more Cooperation Agreements pursuant to the Act. The City and the Authority recognize the need to cooperate in the implementation of this Plan and, as such, Cooperation Agreements may include, without limitation, agreements regarding the planning or implementation of this Plan and its projects, as well as programs, public works operations, or activities which the Authority, the City or such other public body is otherwise empowered to undertake and including without limitation, agreements respecting the financing, installation, construction and reconstruction of public improvements, utility line relocation, storm water detention, environmental remediation, landscaping and/ or other eligible improvements. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any particular form of cooperation. 8.1 Project Financing 8.2 Public Investment Objective It is the intent of the Plan that the public sector will play a significant role in urban renewal efforts as a strategic partner. Typical infrastructure investments the public would anticipate making include, but are not limited to: unifying streetscape elements (but for specific modifications made on private property); improving access and circulation; improving streets and parks; providing for infrastructure improvements; completing utilities; and, creating special districts or other financing mechanisms. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 26 8.3 Authorization The Authority may finance undertakings pursuant to this Plan by any method authorized under the Act or any other applicable law, including without limitation: issuance of notes, bonds and other obligations in an amount sufficient to finance all or part of this Plan; borrowing of funds and creation of indebtedness; advancement of reimbursement agreements; and / or utilization of the following: federal or state loans or grants; interest income; annual appropriation agreements; agreements with public or private entities; and loans, advances and grants from any other available sources. The principal, interest, costs and fees on any indebtedness are to be paid for with any lawfully available funds of the Authority. Debt may include bonds, refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates or receipts, temporary bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or any other obligation lawfully created. 8.4 Project Revenues 8.4.1 Tax Increment Financing The Plan contemplates that a primary method of financing projects within the Area will be through the use of property tax and City Sales Tax increments. The Authority shall be authorized to pledge all or any portion of such property tax and City Sales Tax increment revenues for financing public infrastructure that benefits the Area pursuant to one or more Cooperation Agreements. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 27 8.4.2 Distribution of Tax Revenues As specified in any amendment to this Plan which creates a new Tax Increment Area as set forth herein, property taxes and/or City Taxes levied after the effective date of the approval of such amendment shall be divided for a period commencing on the date of City Council approval of such amendment and continuing for a period not -to -exceed twenty-five years in accordance with Section 31-25-107(9) of the Act and the terms of any applicable Cooperation Agreement. 8.5 Other Financing Mechanisms/ Structures The Plan is designed to provide for the use of tax increment financing as one tool to facilitate investment and reinvestment within the Area. However, in addition to tax increment financing, the Authority shall be authorized to finance implementation of the Plan by any method authorized by the Act. The Authority is committed to making a variety of strategies and mechanisms available which are financial, physical, market and organizational in nature. It is the intent of this Plan to use the tools either independently or in various combinations. Given the obstacles associated with development, the Authority recognizes that it is imperative that solutions and resources be put in place which are comprehensive, flexible and creative. 9.0 Severability If any portion of this Plan is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity will not affect the remaining portions of the Plan. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 28 I-70 / Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado AppendixA Urban Renewal Area Legal Description LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 29 INTERSTATE 701 KIPLING STUDY AREA BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, AND 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: NOTE: ALL PARCEL NUMBERS CITED IN THIS DESCRIPTION ARE JEFFERSON COUNTY ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS. BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FOOTHILLS ACADEMY SUBDIVISION, BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MILLER STREET, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MILLER STREET TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-211-00-005, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE AND ITS WESTERLY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 FRONTAGE ROAD DESCRIBED IN RECEPTION NO. 84016260, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-211-00-009, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-211-00-009 AND PARCELS ID NO. 39-211-01-001, 39-211-01-002, 39-211-00-013 AND 39-211-00-015 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL ID 39-211-00-015, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID 39-211-00-015 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BANDIMERE MINOR SUBDIVISION, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID BANDIMERE SUBDIVISION TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY POINT OF BANDIMERE MINOR SUBDIVISION ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-211-00-017, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-211-00-017 TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LEE STREET, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LEE STREET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 44TH AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 44TH AVENUE TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF NEWGATE IN WHEAT RIDGE SUBDIVISION, THENCE SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID NEWGATE IN WHEAT RIDGE SUBDIVISION TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-00-001, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-00-001 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF KIPLING VENTURES SUBDIVISION, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID KIPLING VENTURES SUBDIVISION, THENCE EASTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID KIPLING VENTURES SUBDIVISION TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2148 AT PAGE 663, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 30 THENCE WESTERLY, SOUTHERLY AND EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY, WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL IN BOOK 2148 AT PAGE 663 TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-00-014, THENCE WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY AND WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-00-014 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, BEING A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF GREEN VALLEY SUBDIVISION, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID GREEN VALLEY SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 2 OF SAID SUBDIVISION, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 2 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 41ST AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF 41ST AVENUE TO THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF THE WEST 15 FEET OF LOT 23, GREEN VALLEY SUBDIVISION, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE AND ITS NORTHERLY EXTENSION TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID GREEN VALLEY SUBDIVISION, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF GREEN VALLEY SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 39-214-99-001, BEING ALSO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CAMBRIDGE PARK & AMENDED, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-99-001 AND THE EASTERLY LINE OF CAMBRIDGE PARK & AMENDED TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-00-044, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY AND WESTERLY LINE AND THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF SAID WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-214-00- 044 TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE WEST 38TH AVENUE AND THE NORTHERLY LINE OF ORTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, THENCE EASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY AND EASTERLY LINE OF ORTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KING STREET DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1579 AT PAGE 296, THENCE EASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY AND WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KING STREET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 35TH AVENUE, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARAMOUNT HEIGHTS PART FIVE, BEING THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 27TH AVENUE AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 27TH AVENUE TO THE NORTH LINE OF BLOCK 5, PARAMOUNT HEIGHTS PART FIVE, BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-284-21-001, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 31 THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-284-21-001 TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF PARAMOUNT PARKWAY, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF PARAMOUNT PARKWAY TO WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS IN WEST 26TH AVENUE, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS TO THE CITY LIMITS ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 35TH AVENUE, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-272-99-003, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 35TH AVENUE AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-272-99-003 TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF JOHNSON STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF JOHNSON STREET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE, THENCE NORTHERLY TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-223-00-025 ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-223-00-026 AND 39- 223-99-002 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LAST PARCEL ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 39TH AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 39TH AVENUE TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET AND BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-223-00-021, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF JANET D. MINOR SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID JANET D. SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID JANET D. SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-223-00-008, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-223-00-008 AND ITS EASTERLY EXTENSION TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF JELLISON STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF JELLISON STREET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-026, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-223-00-026 AND 39-223- 00-025 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-025 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-024, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 32 THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-024 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-024 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-11-001, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-11-001 AND ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-11-002 TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF IRIS STREET, THENCE EASTERLYTO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-023 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF IRIS STREET, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-222-00-023 AND 39-222- 00-044 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-044 AND ITS NORTHERLY EXTENSION TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 44TH AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 44TH AVENUE TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-09-008, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-09-008 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCELS ID NO. 39-222-09-008, 39- 222-09-024 AND 39-222-09-009 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-09-009 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-09-010, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS IN NO. 39-222-09-010,39-222-09- 011, AND 39-222-09-012 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LAST PARCEL, BEING A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-012, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-012 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHERLY AND EASTERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY AND NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-012 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-011; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCELS 39-222-00-011, 39-222-00-010 AND 39-222-00-009 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LAST PARCEL, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-222-00-009 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCELS ID NO. 39-222-00-009, 39- 222-00-010 AND 39-222-00-011 TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 33 THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DAVIS MINOR SUBDIVISION, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID DAVIS MINOR SUBDIVISION TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF ADP SUBDIVISION ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF HOLLAND STREET, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF GARRISON STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF GARRISON STREET EXTENDED NORTHERLY TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 49" AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 49TH AVENUE TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 50TH AVENUE, BEING THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-153-00-014, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-153-00-014 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-153-00-014 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-153-00-014 TO A POINT ON WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INDEPENDENCE STREET TO THE WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS IN WEST 51ST PLACE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS IN WEST 51ST PLACE TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 50TH AVENUE, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 50TH AVENUE TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MILLER STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MILLER STREET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE COLORADO AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-164-00-002, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 34 THENCE NORTHERLY TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-164-00-003 ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RIDGE ROAD, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, DEPARTING SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS, ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RIDGE ROAD AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-161-00-003 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-161-00-007, THENCE NORTHERLY, WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY, NORTHERLY AND WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL 39-164-00-007 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RIDGE ROAD, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RIDGE ROAD TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-163-00-002, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-163-00-002 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, SAID POINT BEING ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RIDGE ROAD, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RIDGE ROAD TO WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF QUAIL STREET, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-163-00-025, THENCE CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-163-00-025 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 50TH AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-163-00-025 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-163-00-025 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL, THENCE CONTINUE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS TO THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 51ST PLACE, BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-174-01-006, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST 51ST AVENUE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 8, HANCE'S SUBDIVISION AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF TABOR STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF TABOR STREET AND ITS NORTHERLY EXTENSION TO WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS WITHIN WEST 52ND AVENUE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS IN WEST 52ND AVENUE TO AN ANGLE POINT IN WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS IN THE INTERSECTION OF WEST 52ND AVENUE AND WARD ROAD, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND ITS SOUTHERLY EXTENSION IN WARD ROAD TO THE NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT 2, KAISER PERMANENTE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3 -CORRECTION PLAT, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 2 AND IT'S NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION TO A POINT ON WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-004, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 35 THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-202-00-004,39-202-00-003 AND 39-202-00-007 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-202-00-001 AND 39-202-00-036 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL, ALSO BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1876 AT PAGE 165, THENCE SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTESTATE 70 THE FOLLOWING FOUR (4) COURSES: 1. THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY PARCELS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1876 AT PAGE 165 AND BOOK 900 AT PAGE 478 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 720 AT PAGE 231, 2. THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY AND WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL IN BOOK 720 AT PAGE 231 TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THAT STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1859 AT PAGE 72, 3. THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL IN BOOK 1859 AT PAGE 72 TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER THEREOF, 4. THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THAT STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2163 AT PAGE 160 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL FOR STATE HIGHWAY NO. 58 DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1895 AT PAGE 55, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 58 AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1895 AT PAGE 55 AND BOOK 2177 AT PAGE 367 AND BOOK 2116 AT PAGE 106 TO THE PROPOSED MOST WESTERLY LINE OF WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AS SHOWN ON THE ANNEXATION MAP #3 - COORS CLEAR CREEK, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID ANNEXATION MAP #3 TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 58 AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 2227 AT PAGE 527, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 58 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL DESCRIBED IN RECEPTION NO. 2008011087, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL IN RECEPTION NO. 2008011087 AND PARCEL ID NO. 39-193-00-009 TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG EXISTING WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-193-00-009 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 9, CABELA'S / COORS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 9A, CABELA'S / COORS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2; LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 36 THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9A TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9A TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 8, CABELA'S / COORS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, AMENDED, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 8 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY, DEPARTING SAID WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 8 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 6, CABELA'S/ COORS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, AMENDED, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE ON SAID LOT 6 TO THE END OF SAID CURVE, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 5 OF SAID CABELA'S / COORS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, AMENDED, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, BLOCK 2, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, BLOCK 2, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 5, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, BLOCK 2,70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 2 AND TRACT A, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 3, BLOCK 2, 70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 3, BLOCK 2,70 WEST BUSINESS CENTER SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ZINNIA COURT, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG WHEAT RIDGE CITY LIMITS AND THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ZINNIA COURT AND ITS SOUTHERLY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 37 ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6t° PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR WEST 32ND AVENUE, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST 32ND AVENUE TO THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-292-00-014, THENCE NORTHERLY, DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-292-00- 014 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-292-00-014 TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-292- 00-014 TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-292-11-016, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-292-11-016 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT 15, BLOCK 1, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 15, BLOCK 1, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF LOT 14, BLOCK 1, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 14, BLOCK 1, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOTS 11 THROUGH 14, BLOCK 1, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 11 ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF LOT 2, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER SUBDIVISION, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF LOTS 1 AND 2, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER SUBDIVISION TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 1 ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE AND THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT 1, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH DRIVE, THENCE NORTHERLY AND NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH DRIVE AND ITS SOUTHERLY EXTENSION TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF TRACT C, RIDGE SUBDIVISION, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT C TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID TRACT C ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF LOT 1, YOUNGFIELD PLAZA, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 1, YOUNGFIELD PLAZA TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF YOUNGFIELD PLAZA TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID YOUNGFIELD PLAZA TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF ROCK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1; LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 38 THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF ROCK SUBDIVISION FILING NO.1 AND ITS SOUTHERLY EXTENSION TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, BEING THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 42ND AVENUE AND THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF XENON STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF XENON STREET TO THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-025, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-025 AND ITS EASTERLY EXTENSION TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-202-00-025 AND 39-202- 00-026 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LAST PARCEL, THENCE SOUTHERLY TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-028, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-028 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE WESTERLY ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-027 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70/ YOUNGFIELD STREET AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1895 AT PAGE 44, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 / YOUNGFIELD STREET TWO COURSES TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL DESCRIBED IN RECEPTION NO. 86104746 ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF XENON STREET, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL IN RECEPTION NO. 86104746 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PARCEL DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1989 AT PAGE 207, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL IN BOOK 1989 AT PAGE 207 TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-202-00-009, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL 39-202-00-009 TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF SAID PARCEL ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 AND ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-202-00-009 AND 39-202-00-008 TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LAST PARCEL, THENCE NORTHEASTERLYTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PUBLIC STORAGE AMENDED 1 SUBDIVISION, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PUBLIC STORAGE AMENDED 1 TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID PUBLIC STORAGE AMENDED 1; THENCE NORTHEASTERLYTO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-05-009 ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE INTERSTATE 70, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 39 THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 AND THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-05-009 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-05-009 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-05-014 ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-05-014 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF TABOR STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-03-001 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF TABOR STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-03-001 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER THEREOF ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SWADLEY STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-201-02-017 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SWADLEY STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-201-02-017 AND 39-201-02-001 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SIMMS STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-212-05-025 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SIMMS STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-212-05-025 AND 39-212-05-024 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROUTT STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-212-05-009 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROUTT STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-212-05-009 AND 39-212-05-008 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROBB STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-212-00-004 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ROBB STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-212-00-004 AND 39-212-00-003 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF PARFET STREET, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 40 THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PARCEL ID NO. 39-212-00-002 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF PARFET STREET, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCELS ID NO. 39-212-00-002, 39-212-00-001, 39-211-03-006, 39-211-03-005, 39-211-03-004, 39-211-03-003, 39-211-03-002, 39-211-03-001, 39-211-99-001, AND 39-211-02-002 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAST SAID PARCEL ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MILLER STREET AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 41 I-70/ Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado Appendix B Urban Renewal Plan Concept Map LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 42 1-701 Kipling Road Corridors Urban Renawal Concept Map cpem E^IPIPVmen1 m ei Commemial — • • Stablp Residential Neighborhoods i <omr�unityeommercima "" "heorh.ad Commercial ' I Stable Residential Nelghborhoods village Centers rve�gnbomooa Comme¢mi 0 LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 43 I-70/ Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan Wheat Ridge, Colorado Appendix C City ofVVheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Updated 2000 — References LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 44 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE I-70/KIPLING CORRIDORS URBAN RENEWAL PLAN Section 8 of the I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.0 Project Financing 8.1 Public Investment Objective It is the intent of the Plan that the public sector will play a significant role in urban renewal efforts as a strategic partner. Typical infrastructure investments the public would anticipate making include, but are not limited to: unifying streetscape elements (but for specific modifications made on private property); improving access and circulation; improving streets and parks; providing for infrastructure improvements; completing utilities; and, creating special districts or other financing mechanisms. 8.2 Authorization The Authority may finance undertakings pursuant to this Plan by any method authorized under the Act or any other applicable law, including without limitation: issuance of notes, bonds and other obligations in an amount sufficient to finance all or part of this Plan; borrowing of funds and creation of indebtedness; advancement of reimbursement agreements; and / or utilization of the following: federal or state loans or grants; interest income; annual appropriation agreements; agreements with public or private entities; and loans, advances and grants from any other available sources. The principal, interest, costs and fees on any indebtedness are to be paid for with any lawfully available funds of the Authority. Debt may include bonds, refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates or receipts, temporary bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or any other obligation lawfully created. 8.3 Project Revenues LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 45 8.3.1 Tax Increment Financing The Plan contemplates that a primary method of financing projects within the Area will be through the use of property tax and City Sales Tax increments. The Authority shall be authorized to pledge all or any portion of such property tax and City Sales Tax increment revenues for financing public infrastructure that benefits the Area pursuant to one or more Cooperation Agreements. 8.3.2 Distribution of Tax Revenues As specified in any amendment to this Plan which creates a new Tax Increment Area as set forth herein, property taxes and/or City Taxes levied after the effective date of the approval of such amendment shall be divided for a period commencing on the date of City Council approval of such amendment and continuing for a period not -to -exceed twenty-five years in accordance with Section 31-25-107(9) of the Act and the terms of any applicable Cooperation Agreement. 8.4 Other Financing Mechanisms / Structures The Plan is designed to provide for the use of tax increment financing as one tool to facilitate investment and reinvestment within the Area. However, in addition to tax increment financing, the Authority shall be authorized to finance implementation of the Plan by any method authorized by the Act. The Authority is committed to making a variety of strategies and mechanisms available which are financial, physical, market and organizational in nature. It is the intent of this Plan to use the tools either independently or in various combinations. Given the obstacles associated with development, the Authority recognizes that it is imperative that solutions and resources be put in place which are comprehensive, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 46 flexible and creative. 8.5 Utilization of Property and Sales TIF Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.0 regarding TIF, there is hereby adopted the utilization of property and sales tax increment for the properties described in the attached Appendix A. The properties and projects, for which a tax increment shall be utilized, along with a legal description for the properties, the date upon which the utilization of the tax increment shall take effect, and the terms of the tax increment applicable to each property, shall be as set forth in Appendix A. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 47 APPENDIX A 1. MVG Development Property a. Date TIF implemented: b. Council Resolution: No. 09, Series 2014 (January 27,2014) C. Legal Descriptions: LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 48 ���------ I| � Ll §i§i R1 §�'I m P 1qV § 7 �5 � m |] � k��|�� 41 Nlk &` K|§�� ��°` .�.�■$� R• �•.•� ®.•� ! R � (� |•tM k`|�. k .m |� j [| IN kill t wase CONSULTING GROUP 40 6§ a m! 49 10101 W. 37" Place Our Order No: ABB70393418 LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 28; THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION, 230 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 200 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 109.99 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 20 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 28; THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION, 124.86 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 355 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 28; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 40 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH AND 20 FEET WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER, 75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 290.19 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EAST LINE OF LEE STREET; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST LINE, PARALLEL WITH AND 20 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER, 400 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF 38TH AVENUE; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, PARALLEL WITH AND 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 28, A DISTANCE OF 440.53 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 200 FEET WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION, 200 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE PORTIONS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1579 AT PAGE 296 AND IN BOOK 1969 AT PAGE 800 AND IN BOOK 1970 AT PAGE 1 OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 50 10050 W. 37' Place Omr Odn Nu- AB)7R7MU LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT PARI OF THE `7ORT11FAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTDN n.TONNMHP 3SOUDL. RANGE 0 HEST OF THE LTH PRIN EPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS. THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE FASO LINE OF SAID SPC7DON IS A DISTANCE OF 2911 FEET: THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 29 A DIFTANGE OF 91 FEET TO THE TRUE PONT OF RFGINNNG: THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE FAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 29 A DISTANCE OF 196.07 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH ME OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER CF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QVA]TER OF SAID SECTION 21; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAO] SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 279.6] FEET TO A POINT ON THE FAST IJNE OF KLINE STREET; THENCE NORTHERLY AIOM1G SAM EAST LUNE OF II TMF STREET AND AID LINE E=NDED N091 AND PARALLEL WITH AND N FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 135 SI FEET. MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 2911 SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAM SECTION N: THENCE EAST AND PARALEL LATCH THE NORTIEAST LINE OF SAID SECTON 1B A DISTANCE OF 109.97 FEET, MORE OR LESS. TO A POINT 200 FEET WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAM SECTION 21: THENCE NORTHERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LUCE OF SAID SECTION 20 A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LUNE OF WEST MR AVENUE THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE. PARALLEL WITH AND 30 FEET Sam OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 20. A DISTANCE OF 45 FEET TO A POINT 1S5 FEET HIST OF THE FAST LINE OF SAID SECTION IF THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH AND 1 SS FEET WEST OF THE EAST LIVE OF SAID SECTION 21 A DISTANCE DF 200 FEET lO A PONT 230 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 21: THENCE EASTERLY PARAI. I.FT. WnTI THE NORTH LINE OF SAM SECEION 20, A DISTANCE OF L25 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF RECLVNORG; EXCEPTING THERElRO)A THAT CERTAIN PARCEL CONVEYED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF IUOOYAYS AND DESCIRNED AS A TRACTOR PARCEL OF LAND NO. HG OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, DIML ON OFHIGHWAYS, STATEOFCOLORADO, PR0j1ET M1O U 0HACID SECTION 2, IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SWOON 21, TUWNSIIP S SOUTH. RANGE 69 WEA OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERMUSN, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. COLORADO, SAM TRACT OR PARCEL BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIRFD AS FOLLOWS NEGINNNG AT A POINT WHICH IS SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION Ore, A DISTANCE OF 230.0 FEET AND NTST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF STCTION 20. A DISTANCE OF 65.0 FEET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNTIR OF SECOON 20, TOWNSHIP D SOUTH_ RANG E RO NEA; 1. THENCE SOM. PARALLEL WILD THE EAST LAE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2B A DISTANCE OF 696.09 FEET TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE; 2. THENCE EAST, ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY 114E A DISTANCE OF 15.0 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST PROPERTY CORNER; 3. THENCE NOWO-L A THE EAST PROPERTY LINE A DISTANCE OF Mm FEET; 6. THENCE WEA, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION Oar Odn No- ABJ7MS3822 LmmoEsEAIPTI011 2B A DISTANCE OF 15.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BECINNNG: COUP. OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO_ LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 51 3785 Kipling Our Order No: ABJ70397564 LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE EAST 112 OF THE NORTHEAST IA OF THE NORTHEAST 114 OF THE NORTHEAST I/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH. RANGE 69 WEST, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS 30 FEET SOUTH AND 30 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 28: THENCE SOUTH 100 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF KIPLING STREET A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET: THENCE WEST AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET: THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF KIPLING STREET A DISTANCE OF 10o FEET: THENCE EAST AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF OF WEST 38171-1 AVENUE. A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS BY DEED RECORDED AUGUST 27, 19891N BOOK 2128 AT PAGE 357, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. d. TIF terms LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 52 SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE I-70/KIPLING CORRIDORS URBAN RENEWAL PLAN Section 8 of the I-70/Kipling Corridors Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") is hereby amended to read as follows: 9.0 Project Financing 8.2 Public Investment Objective It is the intent of the Plan that the public sector will play a significant role in urban renewal efforts as a strategic partner. Typical infrastructure investments the public would anticipate making include, but are not limited to: unifying streetscape elements (but for specific modifications made on private property); improving access and circulation; improving streets and parks; providing for infrastructure improvements; completing utilities; and, creating special districts or other financing mechanisms. 8.2 Authorization The Authority may finance undertakings pursuant to this Plan by any method authorized under the Act or any other applicable law, including without limitation: issuance of notes, bonds and other obligations in an amount sufficient to finance all or part of this Plan; borrowing of funds and creation of indebtedness; advancement of reimbursement agreements; and / or utilization of the following: federal or state loans or grants; interest income; annual appropriation agreements; agreements with public or private entities; and loans, advances and grants from any other available sources. The principal, interest, costs and fees on any indebtedness are to be paid for with any lawfully available funds of the Authority. Debt may include bonds, refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates or receipts, temporary bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or any other obligation lawfully created. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 53 8.5 Project Revenues 8.5.1 Tax Increment Financing The Plan contemplates that a primary method of financing projects within the Area will be through the use of property tax and City Sales Tax increments. The Authority shall be authorized to pledge all or any portion of such property tax and City Sales Tax increment revenues for financing public infrastructure that benefits the Area pursuant to one or more Cooperation Agreements. 8.5.2 Distribution of Tax Revenues As specified in any amendment to this Plan which creates a new Tax Increment Area as set forth herein, property taxes and/or City Taxes levied after the effective date of the approval of such amendment shall be divided for a period commencing on the date of City Council approval of such amendment and continuing for a period not -to -exceed twenty-five years in accordance with Section 31-25-107(9) of the Act and the terms of any applicable Cooperation Agreement. 8.6 Other Financing Mechanisms / Structures The Plan is designed to provide for the use of tax increment financing as one tool to facilitate investment and reinvestment within the Area. However, in addition to tax increment financing, the Authority shall be authorized to finance implementation of the Plan by any method authorized by the Act. The Authority is committed to making a variety of strategies and mechanisms available which are financial, physical, market and organizational in nature. It is the intent of this Plan to use the tools either independently or in various combinations. Given the obstacles associated with development, the Authority recognizes that it is LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 54 imperative that solutions and resources be put in place which are comprehensive, flexible and creative. 8.5 Utilization of Property and Sales TIF Consistent with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.0 regarding TIF, there is hereby adopted the utilization of property and sales tax increment for the properties described in the attached Appendix A. The properties and projects, for which a tax increment shall be utilized, along with a legal description for the properties, the date upon which the utilization of the tax increment shall take effect, and the terms of the tax increment applicable to each property, shall be as set forth in Appendix A. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 55 APPENDIX A 1. MVG Development Property a. Date TIF implemented: b. Council Resolution: No. , Series 2014 (_ _,2014) C. Legal Descriptions: LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 56 ���------ I| � Ll §i§i R1 §�'I m P 1qV § 7 �5 � m |] � k��|�� 41 Nlk &` K|§�� ��°` .�.�■$� R• �•.•� ®.•� ! R � (� |•tM k`|�. k .m |� j [| IN kill t wase CONSULTING GROUP 40 6§ a m! 57 10101 W. 37" Place ()or Order No: ABB70393418 I1i179a11$1.10"1121M0 THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 28; THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION, 230 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 200 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 109.99 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 20 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 28; THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION, 124.86 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 355 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 28; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 40 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH AND 20 FEET WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER, 75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, 290.19 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EAST LINE OF LEE STREET; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST LINE, PARALLEL WITH AND 20 FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER, 400 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF 38TH AVENUE; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, PARALLEL WITH AND 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 28, A DISTANCE OF 440.53 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 200 FEET WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION, 200 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE PORTIONS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1579 AT PAGE 296 AND IN BOOK 1969 AT PAGE 800 AND IN BOOK 1970 AT PAGE 1 OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 58 10050 W. 37' Place O`r Ode Nu: AJUI03839U IEGALDESCRFMON THAT PARI OF THE NOR'ITFAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF TEL NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 29. TONNSH]P S SOUTH. RANGE 60 WTST OF THE GTN PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS. REON:NI`NG AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 21. ME4CE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 21 A DISTANCE OF 23D FEET: THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION N A DiSTANLE OF M FEET TO THE TRUE PONT OF IIEGINNWG: THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE EAST UNE OF SAID SECTION 21 A DISTANCE OF 43G D9 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SUM LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 21; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAM SOL -TM LINE A DISTANCE OF 219.61 FEET TO A POINT ON THE LAST LINE OF 8714E STREET: THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAM EAST LINE OF ELINE STREET AND AID LINE EXTENDED NORTH AVO PARALLEL WRH AND PD FEET EAST O THE WEST LIVE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF IIS. S2 FEET. MORE OR LESS, TO A PONT TIG SOUTH O THE NORTH LINE OF SAM SECTION ZIL THENCE EAST AND PARALFL WITH THE NORTHEAST UNE OF SAID SECTION 28 A DISTANCE OF TM.99 FEET, MORE OR LES. TO A POINT 2O FEET WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAM SECTION 21; THENCE NORTHERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LM OF SAID SECTION 21 A DISTANCE CIS 2M FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF WT -ST NTH AVENUE THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH ME. PARALLEL WITH AND 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 29. A DISTANCE OF 45 FEET TO A POINT ISS FEET WT3T O THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION tk THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH AND I SS FEEL WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAM SECTION 21 A DISTANCE OF IDD FEET TO A POIN72M FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH UNE OF SAM SECTION 2$ THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL WTHT THE NORTH UNE OF SAID SECTION 21, A DISTANCE OF ITS FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING: UTCEPTING THEREFROM THAT CERTAIN PARCEL CONNEYEO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MGHWAYS AND DESCOUIED AS A TRACTOR PARCEL OF LAND NO, TIG OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. DIVISION CIS HIGHWAYS. STATE OF COLORADO, PROJECT NO U044-10) SECTION 2, IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION A. TOWNSMP I SOUTH_ RANGE RE WEST O THE GTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN JUVIU ON COUNTY. COLORADO, SAM TRACT OR PARC EI BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS BEGINNING AT A POINT WMCH IS SOUTH ALONG THE EAST UNE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION H, A DISTANCE OF TJOD FEET AND WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE O THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 211. A DISTANCE OF 15.0 FEET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 21. TOWNSHIP T SOUTH. RANG F B WEST: I. THENCE SOUTH_ PARALLEL WITH THE EAST IA -E OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 21 A DISTANCE OF M.09 FEET TO THE SOUTH PRDPFRTY ONE; 2. THENCE EAST, ALONG THE SHJTTI PROPERTY 117E A DISTANCE OF IED FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST PROPERTY CORNER: 9. THENCE NORTH- A TIW EAST PROPERTY UNE A DISTAhTE OF O9.O FEET: I. THENCE WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LIVE O THE NORTHEAST OUARTFR OF SECTION Oor Odn Nw AEUTMO3972 LEGAL DESCRIPTION 21 A DISTANCE OF 15.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; COUNTY OF JEFFERSON. STATE OF COLORADO- LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 59 3785 Kipling Our Order No: ABJ70397564 LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE EAST 112 OF THE NORTHEAST 114 OF THE NORTHEAST 114 OF THE NORTHEAST 114 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH. RANGE 69 WEST, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS 30 FEET SOUTH AND 30 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 28: THENCE SOUTH IDD FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF KIPLING STREET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF KIPLING STREET A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET; THENCE WEST AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET: THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF KIPUNG STREET A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET; THENCE EAST AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF OF WEST 38TH AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS BY DEED RECORDED AUGUST Z7,1969 IN BOOK 2128 AT PAGE 357, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 60 3795 Kipling The South 100 feet of the North 130 feet of the West 115 feet of the East 155 feet of the East half of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 3 South, Range 69 We of the 6th Principal Meridian, EXCEPT that portion thereof conveyed to The qty of Wheat Ridge, Colorado by Deeds recorded November 10, 1972 in Book 2444 at Pages 376 and 377, LELAND CONSULTING GROUP (20 July 2009) 61 RENEWAL If WHEAT RIDGE Progress Through Partnership TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steve Art, Urban Renewal Manager RE: Adoption of Resolution No. 05-2015 relating to Amendment of the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan and its adherence to Renewal Wheat Ride, adopted 2011, the City's Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan"). DATE: November 19, 2015 ITEM: Review of the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan, and Adoption of a Resolution regarding its adherence to Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted 2009 PRIOR ACTION: The Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan was adopted by City Council on October 22, 2001 by Resolution 26-2001. It has since been amended once on December 18, 2014. WADSWORTH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN INTENT: The Plan anticipates public and private investment within its boundaries including a mix of residential and non-residential land uses, creation of a "town center" within the corridor, and other public improvements all of which support local goals related to land use, economic development, housing diversity, community services, transportation, and sustainability. CONFORMANCE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted in October 2009, identifies several goals and objectives that will be accomplished and advanced through completion of projects in urban renewal areas. The Planning Commission is being asked to review this memo and these Attachments, and make a determination that the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan will further the same in a manner consistent with the intentions of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff has completed a review of Envision Wheat Ridge and the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan, a relevant subarea plan, and provided verbatim excerpts from these documents which are considered to be accomplished by the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan. The Amended Plan is also believed to build on previous planning efforts and be consistent with the vision outlined in these and other City adopted plans. REQUEST: The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority dba Renewal Wheat Ridge (RWR) is recommending that the Wheat Ridge City Council adopt a resolution approving amendment of the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Planinitiating the collection of incremental 7500 West 29"' Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303.235.2505 Fax: 303.235.2505 www.ci.wheatridge.co.us revenues for the statutorily -allowed 25 -year period. The process of commencing the collection of TIE revenues in an existing urban renewal area is considered a substantial modification under the urban renewal law. As such, it requires consideration by the Planning Commission regarding the urban renewal plan's adherence to the general plan of the community. In this instance, the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission is being asked to adopt a resolution stating consistency of the existing Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan with Envision Wheat Ridge, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge. The Colorado Urban Renewal Law, C.R. S. § 31-25-107(2), states that, "Prior to its approval of an urban renewal plan or substantial modification of an urban renewal plan, the governing body shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban renewal plan to the governing body within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within said thirty days, without such recommendations, the governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal plan prescribed by subsection (3) of this section." RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff supports the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan and recommends the Planning Commission agree its conformity with Envision Wheat Ridge, for the reasons cited above, and to that end, adopt the attached resolutions. This recommendation requires, then, that the Planning Commission review the following Attachments: 1. Exhibit of the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Area boundaries 2. Relevant excerpts from Envision Wheat Ridge 3. Relevant excerpts from the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan 4. Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to adopt Resolution, 05-2015, finding the Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge." Or, "I move to deny Resolution 05-2015 is not in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge for the following reasons." Attachments: 1. Resolution 05-2105 — Amended Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 05 Series of 2015 TITLE: A RESOLUTION FINDING A SECOND AMENMDENT TO THE WADSWORTH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 31- 25-105 (1)(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, did in October 2001 make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, under C.R.S. 31-25-107(2), the redevelopment plan is to be forwarded to the Planning Commission to determine its conformity with the comprehensive plan for the City. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission as follows: Section 1. The proposed Second Amendment to the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. Section 2. This Resolution No. 05-2015 shall be transmitted to the Wheat Ridge City Council pursuant to the requirements of C.R.S. 31-25-107(2). DONE AND RESOLVED THIS 19th day of November 2015. WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION AO - ATTEST: Secretary to the Commission Chair ATTACHMENT 1 WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan 0 0.1 0.2 E Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan Boundary Miles bw Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan Parcels RICKER I CUNNINGHAM (303) 458-5800 www.rickercunningham.com 8200 South Quebec Street, Suite A3-104 - Centennial, CO 80112-4411 N Envision Wheat Ridge, Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 2009 (excerpts taken verbatim) Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. 1- INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Plan Basics Building on Previous Planning Efforts Page 2 The Plan update included review of these previous efforts and documents. Many of the goals, policies, and ideas for the future represented in the previous planning efforts are still relevant, and are carried forth in this plan. Some examples of overarching themes in this plan that are carried forth from previous planning efforts include: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment (from the 2000 Comprehensive Plan); Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's Neighborhoods (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Continue to provide quality community services, parks, and open spaces (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Encourage alternative transportation opportunities and intergovernmental cooperation on regional issues (2000 Comprehensive Plan); • Focus on increasing housing options to attract a range of household types (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); • Prioritize the redevelopment of key commercial areas (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy), • Enhance community character and gateways (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); Promote transit -supportive development (Northwest Subarea Plan); and • Develop a Town Center (Wadsworth Subarea Plan), Increase property maintenance and stability (Fruitdale Subarea Plan). Previous Planning Efforts in Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plans 2000 Comprehensive Plan Repositioning Wheat Ridge: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS, 2005) Subarea Plans Northwest Subarea Plan (2006) Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan (2007) Fruitdale Subarea Plan (2007) 38th Avenue Corridor Plan (2011) (completed after adoption of Envision Wheat Ridge) Urban Renewal Plans • Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) • West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan (2001) • 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) 1-70 / Kipling Corridor Urban Renewal Plan (2009) Key Trends and Issues Throughout the planning process a number of key trends and issues emerged as important topics for the Envision Wheat Ridge Plan to address. The list of key trends and issues are summarized below: Economic and Fiscal Issues Developing a clear economic strategy; Defining roles and responsibilities of partner organizations; Addressing opportunities for future employment and retail centers; • Identifying prime areas for redevelopment and infill, and address barriers to development, Addressing the fiscal realities of the City and how to achieve sustainable revenue sources to maintain current levels of City services; and Investing in new technology to advance economic development. Land Use, Housing, and Design Issues • Recognizing the importance of the community's neighborhoods and addressing howto increase the variety of housing options (beyond the single-family ranch homes and older apartments), • Addressing how to reinvest in existing neighborhoods to maintain their character but also make them more appealing to new residents; Achieving a sustainable balance of housing, retail, and employment land uses over time; Identifying appropriate density and design for different parts of the community; and • Establishing areas for future activity centers such as a larger scale Town Center and smaller neighborhood centers. Community Character and Livability Issues Addressing how to promote the community's assets to attract new residents, employees, and visitors. • Accommodating the needs of different types of households; • Coordinating with the school district to maintain quality schools; Identifying barriers for active lifestyles and promoting healthy lifestyles; Continuing parks, recreation, and open space investment and offerings; Engaging residents in crime prevention and code enforcement efforts; and Including sustainability as a key theme throughout the Plan. Other Issues Incorporating previous planning efforts into the Comprehensive Plan; and Focusing on strategic implementation and priority actions to achieve the Plan's goals. 2 - COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES Page 11 Key Values The following six broad Key Values are the primary principles behind the Community Vision. They describe the community's aspirations and organize the more specific policies into the chapters of this Comprehensive Plan. Create a Resilient Local Economy Based on a Balanced Mix of Land Uses A diverse mix of land uses including residential neighborhoods, primary employment, and commercial goods and services will build and sustain a broad and resilient tax base. Promote Vibrant Neighborhoods and an Array of Housing Options Maintaining the character of existing neighborhoods and establishing new housing options will retain and attract a range of household types. Enhance Community Character and Accentuate Quality Design Marketing Wheat Ridge's unique qualities and emphasizing quality design for new development and redevelopment will reposition Wheat Ridge as a unique community. Increase Transportation Connections and Options Continued coordination and investment in transportation efficiency, travel options and connections will improve mobility for community residents, employees, and visitors. Provide Quality Community Amenities, Services, and Resources A commitment to providing exemplary community services will maintain the high quality of life for community residents, and will help attract future households and employers. Ensure a Sustainable Future * Continued focus on the future implications of today's choices and their impacts on the community's residents, the natural environment, and community prosperity will ensure a prosperous future for future generations. Page 12 * Vision for a Sustainable Future • A sustainable future is a continuous journey to balance social, environmental, and economic interests. It respects and provides stewardship of the natural environment, facilitates active lifestyles and civic engagement, and bestows economic prosperity to individuals and the community. • A community with a sustainable future focuses on its local progress while also considering the global impacts of its decisions. 3 —Structure Plan Page 13 Introduction Overview The Structure Plan is intended to provide strategic guidance and general land uses for future redevelopment to aid the Wheat Ridge community in achieving its future vision. It provides high-level guidance for the community's areas and corridors - it is not intended to be parcel -based, nor is it a zoning map. The Structure Plan, in combination with goals and policies, will help the community determine appropriate locations and strategies for: 1. conservation of the community's assets and foundation; 2. areas in need of reinvestment and revitalization; and 3. targeted development and redevelopment to achieve vibrant commercial, mixed-use, and employment areas. Page 20 Foundations Foundations are neighborhoods and commercial areas with common characteristics, upon which the focus areas are layered. They include: Neighborhood Revitalization - residential areas -- individual properties or general pockets that might benefit from reinvestment; often require special attention because they have issues related to dilapidated properties, code enforcement, crime and safety, lower rates of owner occupancy, and / or incompatible mix of uses; promote home ownership and spur reinvestment through infrastructure improvements; and / or, limited small-scale residential redevelopment will be encouraged in areas that exhibit several of the following characteristics of neighborhoods in need of revitalization Criteria to distinguish Neighborhood Revitalization Areas Increasing incompatibility of uses Infrastructure needs (e.g., utilities in disrepair) Less stability than established neighborhoods Neighborhood Buffer Areas Along both sides of Kipling Street north of 44th Avenue 44th Avenue near Youngfield Street • Along Wadsworth Boulevard Along Sheridan Boulevard Mixed -Use Commercial Areas Existing Areas Kipling Street at 1-70 Youngfield Street and 38th Avenue at 1-70 • 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards The plan designates existing commercial areas mixed with office and employment as mixed-use commercial areas. Focus in these areas is on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment, and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties, with "centers" being the primary emphasis. Page 24 Corridors and Gateways Corridors and Gateways are areas of future focus and emphasis layered on top of the foundations. Corridors are the major thoroughfares through Wheat Ridge along which businesses are located. The intensities and land use characteristics of the city's corridors will vary from vehicular -oriented commercial districts to quaint and pedestrian -friendly neighborhood commercial areas. The corridors include: Primary Commercial Corridors - focus on assembling and redeveloping outdated and underutilized properties primarily from 35th to 44th Avenues, encourage development of a mixed-use Town Center, including multi -family housing (as lofts or part of the mix), improved bicycle and pedestrian connections along routes parallel to Wadsworth Main Street Corridor, 38th Avenue Corridor (between Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard) - show case nodes of locally owned commercial businesses and employers in a transit and pedestrian - friendly "main street' environment that emphasizes Wheat Ridge's historic and hometown character, small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities will be focused primarily between Wadsworth and Pierce, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan, streetscape and other urban design improvements will be extended through the Main Street corridor to provide a walkable and distinct gateway Neiehborhood Commercial Corridors 44th Avenue (between Youngfield and Kipling Streets) 44th Avenue (between Kipling Street and the greenbelt) 44th Avenue (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) Harlan Street (from 1-70 to just south of 44th Avenue), Primary Gateway, Primary Gateways 1-70 at Wadsworth 1-70 at Kipling Street 1-70 at Ward Road 1-70 at Youngfield Street / 32nd Avenue Wadsworth at 26th Avenue 38th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard 26th Ave at Kipling Street 44th Avenue at Harlan Street En:X91L,M TAi17e1L,IDIIe1L,IP1131: Page 35 Relationship to the Community Vision and Structure Plan Emphasis on retention and reinvestment in commercial areas will ensure that residents have convenient local locations to shop, in addition to generating retail sales tax to maintain City services. To provide balance to the community's strong residential base, future employment and commercial development efforts will target key areas. Goal ELU1: Make Wheat Ridge a "community of choice" in which to live, work, shop, and recreate. Wheat Ridge will actively promote the community's positive assets to attract and retain residents, employers, and visitors. The City will emphasize and market its high quality of life to position Wheat Ridge as a desirable place to live, work, recreate, and visit. Policies ELU 1.2 — Become a Regional Destination The City will promote the community's attributes, and showcase entrances and travel corridors to draw visitors and position the community as a regional destination. Strategies: A. Develop programs to enhance and highlight the city's main entrances (gateways) with landscaping and signage Goal ELU2: Attract Quality Retail Development and Actively Retain Existing Retailers to Locate in Wheat Ridge Actively retain existing retailers and attract quality retail development. Wheat Ridge will proactively work with existing quality retailers to remain and thrive in Wheat Ridge, and encourage new businesses, particularly those that provide healthy and high quality products and goods and services to locate in Wheat Ridge. In addition, the City will plan for future regional retail, community commercial, and neighborhood commercial centers and promote opportunities for niche and specialty businesses and districts. Policies: ELU 2.1— Retain and Enhance Existing Retailers The City, in conjunction with its economic development partners, will work with existing quality retailers and businesses to remain and expand in Wheat Ridge so that goods are purchased locally and retail sales taxes are not lost to neighboring communities. Strategies: C. Assist existing retailers with expansion plans or opportunities for local relocation ELU 2.2 — Promote Specialty Retail Businesses The City, in partnership economic development partners, and the development and business communities, will work to establish and grow unique small businesses and niche business districts in areas identified as activity centers and along key corridors. Strategies: E. Work with local brokers and developers to identify and attract regional niche retailers for a potential location in Wheat Ridge. ELU 2.3 — Rehabilitate Underutilized Retail Spaces Coordination and partnership between the City, economic development partners, and the development community to improve the appearance and function of outdated and inefficient retail spaces will re energize the community's primary corridors and key activity centers. Strategies: B. Encourage land assemblage and denser nodes of development within activity centers C. Partner with area economic development organizations D. Continue to work with local property owners on identifying opportunities for fayade and landscaping improvements and upgrades ELU 2.4—Develop Regional Retail The City, economic development partners, and private developers will partner to develop the Regional Commercial Center west of 1-70 (including the Crossing at Clear Creek site) with a mix of regional retail anchors, smaller retailers, and secondary uses such as offices and hotel. B. Enter public / private partnerships and facilitate the use of tools such as Tax Increment Financing through an Urban Renewal Authority, special districts, and other tools to share infrastructure development costs; and C. Provide business start-up incentives and financing tools (such as Tax Increment Financing) Goal ELU3 — Retain and Diversity Local Employment Wheat Ridge will foster a business climate that encourages expansion or creation of employment opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on growing the community's existing health care industry, redevelopment of the area surrounding the future FasTracks Gold Line Transit Station, and allowing secondary employment opportunities in the Crossing at Clear Creek Regional Commercial Center area. This business climate will require the retention of industrially zoned lands, and will place emphasis on new, high-quality employment opportunities in growing fields such as clean energy and biotechnology. Policies: ELU 3.1— Retain and Expand Established Employers The City and its economic development partners will work with the community's existing primary employers such as Exempla Lutheran Hospital to maintain and grow operations to provide quality local jobs to residents. Strategies: A. Supply an adequate mix of housing in the community to create a "whole community' where residents can live and work; D. Work closely with local employers and business owners to address issues and retain them in Wheat Ridge; and E. Coordinate with employers to develop plans for future growth and expansion and help facilitate their plans through the City's development review process. ELU 3.2 —Generate New Primary Employment The City, in partnership with economic development and other business organizations, will recruit new primary employers to locate in Wheat Ridge, in order to provide quality jobs for the community's large residential base, and to draw employees into the city on a daily basis. Strategies: A. Market development sites within Enterprise Zone and Urban Renewal Authority areas B. Target medical -related facilities C. Work on a package of appropriate incentives and establish the criteria by which these incentives can be used Goal ELU4 — Increase the Diversity of Land Uses Wheat Ridge will work to ensure that the limited future development and redevelopment areas provide increased opportunities for employment, retail, and commercial services, along new housing options, to achieve a sustainable and balanced mix of land uses for the community. Policies: ELU 4.1— Efficient Use of Limited Land Because of the limited amount of land available for new development, the City will require efficient use of newly developing and redeveloping areas by promoting higher -intensity development. Priority areas for new development include the Crossing at Clear Creek site west of 1-70 and the future T.O.D. area north of 1-70 near Ward Road. Strategies: A. Emphasize mixed-use development in developing and redeveloping areas C. Prioritize areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential overlay districts to identify opportunities for property assemblage and efficient use of land E. Seek to remove height and density limitations from the City Charter in targeted development and redevelopment locations and examine / rezone those areas as necessary to achieve goals Goal ELUS: Revitalize Key Redevelopment Areas Policies: ELU 5.1— Infill and Redevelopment Many properties along Wheat Ridge's primary corridors and in activity centers are dated and underutilized. The City will work with partners and private developers to promote infill and redevelopment in key areas shown on the Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Provide financing tools and incentives (such as Tax Increment Financing in Urban Renewal Areas and Enterprise Zone tax credits) to jump-start redevelopment in underutilized areas B. Identify areas with potential for property assemblage (through future subarea and corridor plans) and provide assistance with assemblage C. Actively pursue grants and technical assistance in determining the existence of brownfields at key redevelopment locations D. Coordinate with all interested parties (property owners, adjacent property owners, and City) to plan and define the vision for future development on infill sites E. Identify areas for future overlay districts F. Enter public-private partnerships (between City government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood organizations) to increase cooperation and development success ELU 5.2 - High Quality Redevelopment The City will require high quality urban design for all future infill and redevelopment, in order to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods, and to improve the overall appearance of the community's primary corridors and activity centers. Strategies: A. Assist with property assemblage to promote well coordinated, complete areas for redevelopment (not piecemeal properties) C. Identify areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential thematic -based overlay districts (to establish guidelines and standards to address suitable design and scale, variety and visual interest, and appropriate materials specific to each subarea or corridor) Goal ELU6: Establish Community Activity Centers and a Town Center Policies: ELU 6.1— Community Activity Centers The City will guide development and redevelopment to occur in planned activity centers. A range of existing and proposed activity centers along major corridors will discourage strip commercial development by concentrating a mix of uses to serve as neighborhood and community destinations. Existing Community Activity Center Locations Youngfield at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Sheridan at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Wadsworth at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Future Community Activity Center Locations Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenue (Town Center) Crossing at Clear Creek site (Regional Commercial Center) Future Gold Line Transit Station Area (Employment/Commercial Center) Strategies: A. Partner with private property owners, economic development organizations, and developers to assemble parcels for redevelopment C. Encourage a mix of uses in activity centers (including multi -family residential and senior housing where appropriate) D. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) E. Coordinate development with established Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, and other regional plans ELU 6.2 —Town Center Development In collaboration with economic development partners and other organizations, the City will guide the development of a mixed-use Town Center, located along Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues. Strategies: C. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) D. Enter public/ private partnerships to assist with development funding and design E. Establish an appropriate package of incentives to help jump-start redevelopment 5 - NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING Page 54 Goal NH2: Increase Housing Options Policies: NH 2.1— New Housing Types The City will direct the development of new housing types such as townhomes, condos/lofts, and senior living units (especially in Neighborhood Revitalization, Neighborhood Buffer and other mixed-use areas) to meet market demand. Strategies: B. Promote traditional neighborhood development with a variety of housing types (possibly including accessory dwelling units, multi -family, and senior housing units) as a component of infill / redevelopment sites Goal NH4: Stimulate Investment and Redevelopment in Neighborhood Buffer Areas Policies: NH 4.1— Enhance Neighborhood Buffer Areas The City will coordinate and partner economic development partners, neighborhood groups, and private developers to initiate investment and redevelopment efforts in Neighborhood Buffer Areas. Strategies: A. Coordinate revitalization efforts within established Urban Renewal Authority areas and plans B. Enter public / private partnerships to improve or redevelop outdated multi -family properties C. Encourage and facilitate property assemblages to accommodate new small-scale mixed-use developments to provide transition between primary corridors and residential neighborhoods 6 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN Pages 61 through 63 Policies Goal CC1: Create Recognizable Gateways and Corridors Wheat Ridge will establish a clear identity that promotes a positive community image in primary community entrances ("gateways"). CC 1.1— Gateway Identity In collaboration with economic development partners, private developers, and other groups, the City will improve primary gateways into the community (as shown on the Structure Plan) so that they project a positive, cohesive community identity and clear sense of place. Strategies: A. Develop signage and landscaping at gateways and along I-70 that uses recent community branding efforts to "tell the Wheat Ridge story' (such as the themed gateway signage and streetscape on 38th Avenue near Sheridan) B. Provide and maintain attractively landscaped areas at community entrances (such as the recent 1-70 and Kipling interchange improvements) CC 1.2 — Corridor Image The City will work with private developers, economic development partners, Colorado Department of Transportation and other organizations to enhance the image of the city's primary corridors (as identified on the Structure Plan). Strategies: B. Enter public / private partnerships to coordinate, fund, develop, and maintain streetscape improvements C. Continue the community sign code to ensure quality new signage along corridors and to encourage upgrades to existing non -conforming signage 7 -TRANSPORTATION Pages 79 through 83 Goal T 1: Provide an Integrated Transportation System to Address all Modes of Travel and Future Funding Priorities Wheat Ridge will accommodate all modes of travel including motorists, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit riders. Policies: T 1.1—Targeted Improvement Areas The City will focus future investment for infrastructure improvements in targeted corridors and intersections, as identified on the Transportation Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Institute transportation improvements as activity centers and primary corridors develop and redevelop B. Use the improvements shown on the Transportation Structure Plan to establish key areas for each travel mode and capital improvement projects C. Establish criteria to identify neighborhoods that are not targeted areas for street or sidewalk enhancements T 1.2 — Improvements Funding The City will continue to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements and will seek opportunities to partner with regional, state, and national agencies to establish funding for key projects. Strategies: A. Seek to establish anew local funding source for pedestrian and bicycle system improvements B. Work to establish a blend of local and matching funds for multi -modal improvements T 1.3 — Complete Streets The City will coordinate with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish roadway design criteria that ensure safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users (also commonly referred to as "complete streets"). Strategies: A. Develop new road cross sections for principal corridors that meet the needs of all modes of transportation B. Revise development regulations to require new development to constructor enhance segments of pedestrian and bicycle systems C. Establish and require level of service standards for all travel modes D. Complete the Implementation Plan (Phase 2) of the Bike and Pedestrian Route Master Plan 8 - COMMMUNITY SERVICES Goal CS 4: Continue Coordination with Fire Districts and Utility Providers to Maintain Quality Service The City will continue to coordinate with utilities and fire districts to maintain quality levels of service to existing customers and provide new services to areas where future growth will occur. Policies: CS 4.1— Utility and Service Districts The City will continue to coordinate development and redevelopment activities with utility providers and service districts. Strategies: B. Develop and offer credits or incentives for development/ redevelopment that reuses, establishes new connections to, or upgrades existing utility infrastructure. 10 - PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Pages 111 and 112 An Economic Development Strategy This Plan, and the process to develop it, has continually identified economic development of targeted redevelopment areas as a primary strategy for the City to accomplish its livability, fiscal, image, and identity -related goals. Five Target Redevelopment Areas a. Crossing at Clear Creek (Cabela's) b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' c. Kipling Corridor d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Short- and Long -Term Priorities The strategy should confirm, in discussion with policymakers and staff, short- and long-term priorities for redevelopment and geographic areas. For example, redevelopment priorities in the "target areas' should focus on the long-term desires as reflected in the Comprehensive and Sub -Area Plans, while in other commercial and industrial areas, the priority may be to minimize vacancies. Identify Appropriate Financial Tools Public agencies can employ a number of financing tools to finance public improvements. The special districts, authorities, and other tools described in the following table are a short list of financing tools that are applicable to the redevelopment of key areas in Wheat Ridge. Page 115, 117 and 118 Economic Strategies for Geographic Areas b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' Establishing a small locally oriented retail center at 38th Avenue is a high priority for residents of Wheat Ridge. Challenges include the perception that there is "no market," checkerboard zoning, the lack of funding for significant improvements, and land assembly. Initial action items are focused on market creation. Potential Financing Tools Urban Renewal Area Local Marketing District Business Improvement District d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center Background The Wadsworth Corridor between 38th and 44th Avenues has been identified as the preferred location for a Town Center that would have a small civic component such as a library, retail development, and places for public gathering. The URA owns the site just east of the 1st Bank at 44th and Wadsworth and has been working with public and private partners to foster its development. Redevelopment of the Wadsworth Corridor hinges on actions by CDOT to widen and / or improve the road. Potential Financing Tools Specific parcels may require land write-down assistance, environmental remediation, and assistance with current property ownership. Other tools to encourage redevelopment in this corridor area are listed below. Their use will depend on the specific situation. Metropolitan Districts General Improvement Districts Urban Renewal Area Special Improvement Districts Public Improvement Fees Use Tax Rebates e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station -Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Site This site is seen as having longer term importance to the City; however, potential projects are not likely to materialize until after the commuter rail line is close to completion (Gold Line station estimated completion for 2016). Potential Public Financing Tools • Urban Renewal Authority Metropolitan District • General Improvement District • Special Improvement District Public Improvement Fee Use Tax Rebates Others for the Specific TOD Project Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan, adopted August 2007 Pagel - 4 1. Introduction 1.1 Subarea Plans In 2005, the City of Wheat Ridge completed a Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) that analyzed Wheat Ridge in the broader Jefferson County context relative to population and household trends, jobs and retail sales trends, housing market and commercial inventory. The study, titled Repositioning Wheat Ridge, recommended a variety of strategies to restore the City to a "community of choice" for homeowners and businesses. The Wheat Ridge City Council accepted the NRS findings and recommendations as guiding principles for subsequent City -regulated development. One of the recommendations of Repositioning Wheat Ridge called for the City to undertake subarea planning in order to apply the revitalization strategies to the unique opportunities and challenges facing specific areas of the City. 1.2 Purpose of the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan The Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan is one of the first rounds of subarea plans prepared by the City pursuant to the recommendations of the 2005 Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS). Like the other subareas plans, it is both a short-term and long-term planning document. Some elements can, and should, be implemented immediately, whereas other elements of the plan may take 20-30 years or longer to implement. As shown in Figure 1, the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea extends from I-70 on the north to West 26th Avenue on the south. The eastern boundary is generally Upham Street, and the western boundary is generally Yarrow Street. The Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan provides guidance for the future development and re -development of properties along Wadsworth Boulevard. The document provides a series of roadway design alternatives and a maximum recommended roadway width, taking into account CDOT's long-term plans to widen the state highway. It is an advisory document, providing a vision for the future of Wadsworth Boulevard. Since the widening of Wadsworth Boulevard is on CDOT's long-range plan, it is important for the City to have a plan in place because CDOT considers all locally adopted plans through the environmental studies that must be undertaken as a requirement for use of federal funds. 1.3 Wadsworth Corridor Challenges Beyond the recognized need to widen Wadsworth Boulevard, no specific roadway improvement plans have been established, nor has a time line for these capacity improvements been confirmed. In the absence of clear direction, many property owners have deferred reinvestment and upgrading of properties. Although there has been some redevelopment, in general the corridor suffers from gradually declining conditions. In most cases, the Wadsworth Corridor through Wheat Ridge lacks the level of investment/reinvestment seen in communities to the north and south on the corridor. In addition, the Wadsworth Corridor is uninviting to pedestrians: buildings are setback far from the sidewalk and often separated by parking lots, there are large-scale blocks with few intervening streets and a general lack of amenities such as street trees, benches and trash receptacles. Finally, a lack of clear edges or transitions contributes to overall lack of community identity. Signage is uncoordinated and varies greatly in quality. The Wadsworth Corridor provides the only impression of Wheat Ridge for many commuters, and the image portrayed is negative, stagnant and evidences a lack of community pride. As a result, various portions of the corridor present slightly negative to very -negative impressions to the large number of travelers that pass through the City. The generally declining conditions along various portions of Wadsworth Boulevard act as negative 'billboards' for Wheat Ridge that mask the many other appealing aspects of the City. If the Wadsworth Boulevard corridor continues to decline, or merely maintains its current level of investment, the City will miss an opportunity to increase commercial activity (and sales taxes) in the corridor as well as to improve the City's image in the region, both of which would greatly benefit the residents of Wheat Ridge. 1.6 Goals for the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea The following goals for the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor have been extracted from the NRS, the 1999 Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plan and from the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan public meetings. Improve the success of businesses along Wadsworth Boulevard. Create an attractive, welcoming front door to Wheat Ridge. Create a town center with vitality, attractive shopping and a gathering place for the community. Develop a plan that will create predictability—that will alleviate the current uncertainties and allow investment and development to occur. Improve traffic flows to provide better] vehicular access to, and through, the Wadsworth Corridor—balanced with the "livability" needs of businesses and residents. Preserve and enhance the residential neighborhoods east and west of the Subarea. Create a regular grid for drivers and pedestrians to get to local businesses without negatively affecting local neighborhoods. Create a plan that can be implemented by individual property owners and developers. The overriding challenge is to balance increased future traffic while still allowing convenient access to ensure business success. 1.7 Overview of the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan A major goal of this plan is to provide a proactive vision for the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea. This will allow the City, current landowners and business owners and future developers to work together to stimulate economic development along the corridor. The major features of the plan include: Encouragement of the development of the Wadsworth Corridor, especially between West 44th Avenue and West 38th Avenue as a town center for Wheat Ridge—filling in both sides of Wadsworth Boulevard with a mix of commercial, office and residential uses, convenient parking both on -street and behind the buildings, and broad sidewalks with benches, street tree planting an areas for plazas and outdoor dining. On the east side of Wadsworth Boulevard, the existing commercial street (approximately Webster Street) that serves the shopping center will be preserved. On the west side of Wadsworth Boulevard, between West 44th and West 41st Avenues, create links to connect existing north -south roadways (approximately Yukon and Yarrow Streets) as service lanes. Implementation of Town Center Park, which has long been a component of the City plans, as a large "central park" to provide a central focus for a town center, as well as an area for events that will draw additional patrons to the area. Just east of the newly named Webster Street and on both sides of W. 44th Avenue, encourage infill with mixed-use development, including the underutilized area at W. 44th Avenue and Upham Street. Similarly, on West 38th Avenue east of Wadsworth Boulevard, encourage infill mixed-use developments that will gradually transition between the Wadsworth Corridor and adjacent W. 38th Avenue 'main street' commercial area. In general, encourage a gradual increase in density and building height closer to Wadsworth Boulevard to provide the critical mass of uses and residents that will help support the businesses i the Corridor and bring life to this town center as well as prevent encroachment into the residential neighborhoods east and west of the Subarea. Page 5 2. Roadway Design 2.1 Summary of Roadway Design Alternatives Roadway design alternatives were developed through an extensive process, in which various design options were considered. While several options were initially considered, the process was narrowed to three options that fit into a 150 foot envelope. Page 7 2.5 Other Roadway Improvements Several other roadway improvements along the corridor were identified during the public meetings. These improvements work in tandem with any of the roadway alternatives. These improvements are intended to improve both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Improve pedestrian access from W. 46th Avenue north to Johnson Park. Reduce the road grade from W. 46th Avenue to the highway underpass. The West 48th Avenue / Wadsworth Boulevard intersection on the west side of Wadsworth would be eliminated. West 48th Avenue should cul-de-sac at Wadsworth Boulevard. Residents would exit the area from either West 47th Avenue or the new W. 46th Avenue signaled intersection. Create a three quarter turn at W. 47th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. The three-quarter turn would include left and right off Wadsworth Boulevard onto W. 47th Avenue and a right out of W. 47th Avenue onto Wadsworth Boulevard. The left -out northbound turning movement onto Wadsworth Boulevard would be eliminated. From the east, W. 46th Avenue should continue across Wadsworth Boulevard to join W. 46th Avenue on the west side. A signal should be introduced at W. 46th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard creating a four-way signaled intersection. In coordination with CDOT, the traffic signal at Three -Acre Lane should be moved to W. 41st Avenue. The Three Acre Lane/Wadsworth Boulevard intersection should be eliminated and be connected to the frontage road and service lane. A service lane west of Wadsworth Boulevard should connect W. 44th Avenue and W. 41st Avenue. Yukon should be extended south to W. 35th Avenue. W. 36th Avenue will continue on the west side of Wadsworth Boulevard to intersect with Yukon Street. Both the east and west intersection of W. 36th Avenue with Wadsworth Boulevard will be restricted to right -in, right -out and left -in turning. The intersection at W. 35th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard will become a signaled intersection, contingent on CDOT approval. W. 34th Place will cul-de-sac and not intersect with Wadsworth Boulevard. Wadsworth Boulevard may contain a raised or painted median Page 9 -11 2.6 Future Land Use The Future Land Use Map encourages the creation of a town center between W. 38th Avenue and W. 44th Avenue. In this section, higher density mixed-use development is proposed. This would include buildings with more than one use; by example, commercial on the ground floor and office or residential on the upper floors. Between W. 38th Avenue and W. 44th Avenue, land uses are encouraged to increase gradually from the existing low-density single family neighborhoods to higher intensity uses along Wadsworth Boulevard. A major expansion of Town Center Park is proposed—to create a large "central park" in the heart of the Subarea and adjacent to Wadsworth Boulevard. The park is envisioned to be a major civic gathering space, as well as an urban open space on which stores and offices front. The exact dimensions and orientation of the park would be determined in conjunction with detailed planning of the commercial development. Though not illustrated specifically, other small pocket parks, greenways and pedestrian ways will be desirable throughout the Wadsworth Boulevard Subarea. These types of small recreation amenities are extremely important to the livability and desirability of the town center for mixed uses, especially in higher density areas. For any recreation amenities that are too small to be maintained efficiently by the City, construction and/or maintenance by a special improvement district should be considered. Pages13 through 15 3. Policies and Implementation Actions 3.1 The Core Retail Area - Approximately West 44th Avenue to West 38th Avenue Wadsworth Boulevard between W. 38th Avenue and W. 44th Avenue will be considered, and designed to function, as a "town center' for Wheat Ridge. To function as a town center, and to create an attractive setting for shopping and civic functions that will increase the success of businesses and attractiveness as a gathering place and shopping destination for residents of Wheat Ridge, Wadsworth Boulevard will have: A near -continuous fayade of buildings aligned at or near the right-of-way line as designated in the Architectural and Site Design Manual Traditional Overlay; A mix of uses that include retail shops and offices on the ground floors and offices and multi -family residential on upper floors; Broad, continuous sidewalks made of durable materials with decorative colors and / or textures; Places along the sidewalk, but out of the pedestrian travel zone, for outdoor dining, street sales, and street furniture such as benches, fountains, public art, light fixtures and directional signage; • Street trees that provide shade and help soften and shape the public realm; • A physical barrier or separation between sidewalks and through traffic lanes that buffers pedestrians from high speed traffic and traffic -related noise, splashing and snow plowing; Limited curb cuts that break the continuous fayade of buildings and interrupt the shopping experience; Parking lots located to the rear of buildings (on the opposite side of the buildings from Wadsworth Boulevard); A major green, "central park" for passive use as well as for public gatherings and events; and Plazas and other public places designed for comfortable sitting and public events. 3.3 Increased Connectivity It is an objective of the Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan to increase the connectivity and accessibility of properties and businesses—to provide multiple ways for potential customers to reach an establishment. This will be accomplished by: For vehicles—introducing new streets, interconnecting parking and shopping areas, creating and/or moving intersections for vehicular convenience and improved traffic flow. For pedestrians—creating safe street crossings, and on both sides of Wadsworth, a continuous sidewalk with street trees, benches and wide enough for sidewalk activities such as outdoor dining and sidewalk sales. For bicycles—creating safe street crossings. Trail connections to Johnson Park, Clear Creek Open Space and Arvada. 3.5 Design All new buildings in the Wadsworth Boulevard corridor will be subject to the Wheat Ridge Architectural & Site Design Manual. The Manual establishes a build -to area where buildings should be located. The intent of the build -to area is to create a well-defined street edge along Wadsworth Boulevard. For specific site and building design requirements, refer to the Architectural and Site Design Manual. 3.7 Density In the proposed town center area between W. 38th Avenue and W. 44th Avenue, higher densities (10 20 units per acre) could be encouraged over and above commercial uses. Densities will be "feathered" (gradually decreased) along the edges of the corridor to make a transition to adjacent zoning. 4. Existing Characteristics of Wadsworth Boulevard Page 26 4.6 Economic Development The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and the Urban Renewal Plans (URP) have focused on the preservation of current commercial areas and re -oriented those lots available towards a regional commercial draw. The Urban Renewal Plan for the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor did not include mixed-use development component. To create a successful retail environment and encourage redevelopment, residential densities need to be increased in this area. Changing the land use along the corridor to include a higher density residential component associated with mixed use will assist in the creation of a retail environment. The URA should update the current urban renewal plan to include the land use plan outlined in this document. The URA should evaluate tools such as tax increment financing to help encourage the realization of this plan. The revitalization of the Wadsworth Boulevard Subarea is an essential element of the NRS charge to revitalize Wheat Ridge. The corridor is the City's most visible and expansive commercial area. It is also a significantly underperforming area, but also has the greatest potential for infill development and redevelopment. The revitalization of the Wadsworth Corridor should be a high priority within the City's economic development goals. The City should look for other partners such as Wheat Ridge 2020 to help acquire and land -bank problem properties in the corridor as they become available. Finally, the City should consider using their authority to acquire lots at fair market prices and to condemn as necessary. The Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN Prepared 6 The City of Wheat Ridge and The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority CLARION A5SOCIATES HNTB CORPORATION CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 26-2001 Series of 2001 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WADSWORTH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, with the adoption of Resolution No. 11-2001 on April 23, 2001, the City Council determined that blight existed in the vicinity of the Wadsworth Corridor from 350 Avenue to 440 Avenue: and WHEREAS, such resolution created the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Area (Area), an urban renewal area within the City; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. I 1-2001 also directed the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (Authority) to effect the preparation of an urban renewal (redevelopment) plan (Plan) for the Area for consideration by City Council; and WHEREAS, the Council has been presented with a proposed Plan; and WHEREAS, the Authority has endorsed and recommended approval of the Plan by Council; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission has submitted its written recommendation to the City Council that the Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, a copy of the Plan and infonmadon regarding the impact of the Plan were submitted to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Jefferson County School District also received a copy of the Plan and has been advised and permitted to participate in an advisory capacity with respect to the potential use of tax increment financing; and WHEREAS, notices of the public hearing for consideration and approval of the Plan by City Council were provided by publication and by written notices to property owners, residents and business owners in the Area in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law, C.RS. 31-25-101 et seq.; and WHEREAS, a public hearing on the Plan was held on October 22, 2001, providing a full opportunity for property owners, residents, taxpayers, people and business owners in the Area and all interested persons to be heard; and WHEREAS, the inclusion of certain areas and properties designated in the Plan within the Area would provide for the elimination and prevention of blight and the development, redevelopment and rehabilitation of the blighted areas, so that the areas can be developed or redeveloped by the public and private sectors to provide a safer and more useful environment for its users and inhabitants; to develop and redevelop such properties to provide necessary, greater and reasonable economic utilization of such areas; to promote, enhance and provide public facilities; to eliminate traffic, transportation, pedestrian and other hazards within the areas; to ensure reasoned and sound social, physical and economic growth and improvement within the City; to promote the public health, safety and welfare; to promote and effect the goals, objectives and purposes of the Plan and the Comprehensive Plan of the City; to provide a sound financial and economic base for the community; to provide a necessary tax base for the City and to comply with the intent and purposes of the Urban Renewal Law; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority to adopt the Plan as proposed. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes the following findings with respect to the proposed Plan: A. A feasible method exists for the relocation of families or individuals who may or will be displaced by redevelopment projects in decent. safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship. B. A feasible method exists for the relocation of business concerns that may or will be displaced by redevelopment projects either in the Area or in other areas that are not generally less desirable regarding public utilities and public and commercial facilities. C. The City Council has caused its staff to take reasonable efforts to provide written notice of the public hearing to property owners, residents and business owners in the Area at their last known addresses at least 30 days prior to this public hearing of October 22, 2001. D. Section 31-25-107 (4) (d) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law does not apply in that not more than 120 days have passed since the first public hearing on this Plan, because this is the first public hearing. E. Section 31-25-107 (4) (e) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law does not apply in that City Council did not fail to previously approve this Plan. F. The Plan conforms to the City's Comprehensive Plan. G. The provisions of the Plan, consistent with the needs of the City, provide maximum opportunity for redevelopment of the Area by private enterprise. H. Section 31-25-107 (5) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law is not applicable to this Plan. 1. To the extent that the Area may consist of an area of open land which may be developed for non-residential uses under the Plan, City Council hereby determines that such non-residential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the City in accordance with sound planning standards and the City's objectives. The potential acquisition of such areas may require the actions of the Authority, in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law, because such open areas are within areas of blight or blighted conditions. J. City Council has determined that the boundaries of the Area have been drawn as narrowly as feasible to accomplish the planning and development objectives of the Plan in accordance with Section 31-25-107(1) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Section 2. Although the Plan provides for the use of tax increment financing, such financing mechanisms will not be utilized with the initial adoption of this Plan at this time, but will be considered at an appropriate time when redevelopment projects or market factors necessitate or justify same or promote the use of tax increment f rumcing as appropriate. Modifications of this Plan may then be necessary to implement tax increment financing. Section 3. The Jefferson County School District was permitted to participate in an advisory capacity regarding this Plan. Section 4. The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners was provided a copy of the Plan and information regarding its impact, in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law. Section 5. The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized to exercise the powers of eminent domain to carry out, effect and administer the Plan. Section 6. The proposed Plan accompanying this Resolution and incorporated herein is adopted as the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge and may be referred to as the Wadsworth Redevelopment Plan. The Plan is an urban renewal plan as defined in Section 31-25-103(9) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Section 7. The Wadsworth Redevelopment Plan shall control the land area, land use, design, building requirements, timing of development, and procedure for implementation of such Plan in the Wadsworth Corridor Redevelopment Area and in the City of Wheat Ridge, as may be applicable. DONE AND RESOLVED this 22nd day of October 2001. _ 1 tchen Cc Y. Mayor to ATTEST: Wanda Sang, City Clerk WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NO. 05 Series of 2001 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR WADSWORTH BOULEVARD BETWEEN 35"a AVENUE AND 45"a AVENUE, AND TRANSMITTING THE SAME TO THE WHEAT RIDGE CITY COUNCIL. WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 31- 25-105(1 )(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, did on April 23, 2001 make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the redevelopment plan; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority held a public meeting for the purpose of receiving comment on the redevelopment plan; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: Section 1. The proposed redevelopment plan attached hereto as Exhibit 1 be, and hereby is, approved by the Authority. Section 2. The Authority hereby transmits the proposed 38' Avenue Redevelopment Plan to the City Council with the request that the City Council hold a public hearing to formally adopt the redevelopment pian. DONE AND RESOLVED THIS day of October, 2001, WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY /.�/ .,,�, �. ATTEST: Secretary to a Authority C N,F.M AWW1 A�qlJ Xe, wu6 Mw TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 PREFACE AND BACKGROUND.........................................................1 I 1 Preface _ __. _.. __._..... _.. .................... .l 2.0 FINDINGS......................................................................................1 1.1 Finding of Blighl........................................... . ........... ................. I ............ ..... 1 2.2 Preparation of the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan ........... 1 2.3 Urban Renewal Projects....................................................................................... 2 3.0 CONFORMANCE.............................................................................2 3.1 C'olorado Urban Renewal Law ...... ................._.._......_......... _........_...................1 3.2 The Wheal Ridge Comprehensive Plan_ ..............__.._............_........__.__. .....1 3.3 Consislencv with the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plmr.......... _.__....._.__._3 3.4 Boundmies of the Wadsworth Boulevard ('omidor Redevriopment Plan......._.. 4 3.5 Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan Objectives....._.................5 4.0 REDEVELOPMENT ACT/V/TIES.........................................................5 4.1 Redevelopment Techniques......._. _.. _.. ......._....._ .. __...._......5 5.0 PROJECT FINANCING.....................................................................7 5.1 Financing Meiho&... ...... .......... .............................. ............ ,........... ................... . 1 _ 5.2 Potential Utilization of Tax Increment FinancingCTIFI................ ..................... 7 6.0 LAND USE CONCEPT......................................................................8 6.1 Tintev Square Shopping Center............................................................................. 9 6.1 "John Elway Auto .Nation"She...................................... ...................... ._... ..... . 10 63 .Southwest Corner of 44" Avenue and Wadsworth Blvd ..................................... 11 7.0 LAND USE PLAN.......................................................................... 12 8.0 AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN ........................................................ 12 9.0 REASONABLE VARIATIONS........................................................... 13 Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan Clarion beaiates 8 MNTB 1.0 PREFACE AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 Preface This Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (Corridor Redevelopment Plan), is an urban renewal plan prepared for the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (the Authority) and the City of Wheat Ridge (the City), pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Urban Renewal Law, Colo. Rev. Stat. H 31-25.101 at seq (Colorado Urban Renewal Lawl. This Corridor Redevelopment Plan describes the framework for certain public undertakings constituting urban renewal projects and other authorized activities under Colorado statutes, as cited above, within the boundaries of the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Area (Redevelopment Area), located in the City of Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County. For the purposes of this Plan, the term "Redevelopment Area" shall have the same meaning as "urban renewal area" as defined in 431-25-103i81 C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Except as may otherwise be provided, the administration of the urban renewal projects and the implementation and enforcement of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, including without limitation the preparation and execution of any implementing documents, shall be performed by the Authority. This Corridor Redevelopment Plan has been prepared by the Authority and approved by the City Council in recognition that the Redevelopment Area requires a comprehensive and integrated development strategy in order to accomplish the City's objectives for improving the viability of Wadsworth Boulevard. Redevelopment activities within the Redevelopment Area are anticipated to occur over a substantial period of time, perhaps up to ten to fifteen years. 2.0 F/ND/NQS 2.1 Finding of Might Based on the evidence presented at a public hearing, and in the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Blight Study (Dated April 11, 2001, and filed with the Jefferson County Clerk), the City Council, by Resolution No. 11-2001, made a finding that the Wadsworth Boulevard Redevelopment Area was "blighted" as defined by Colorado Urban Renewal Law, by the existence of the following factors: i) deteriorated or deteriorating structures and sites, (Ii) defective or Wodsvmdh Boulevard Condor Redevelop"ril Plan raga r Clarion Assmmles a RNTB inadequate street layout, or faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness, (iii) unsanitary and unsafe conditions, fiv) defective or unusual conditions of title rendering title non -marketable; (v) buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work in because of building code violations, dilapidation, deterioration, or faulty or inadequate facilities; NO environmental contamination of property; and (vii) inadequate public improvements or utilities. The City Council also found that such blight substantially impairs the sound growth of the City, constitutes an economic and social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. 2.2 Preparation of the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan The findings and recommendations contained in this Corridor Redevelopment Plan were formulated in part, from information collected from site inspections of the Redevelopment Area; interviews with developers, landowners, and business -owners; comments and suggestions received at a community meeting held on August 28, 2001; results from a questionnaire sent to all property -owners within the Redevelopment Area; interviews with city staff; and a review of relevant public documents, including the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan (adopted, Jan. 2000). the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Study (adopted, 1999), the zoning ordinance, and the Streetscape and Architectural Design Manual. 2.3 Urban Renewal Projects Based on the existence of blight, the Redevelopment Area is appropriate for authorized undertakings and activities of the Authority, pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law. 3.0 CONFORMANCE 3.1 Colorado Urban Renewal Law This Corridor Redevelopment Plan is in conformity with the applicable statutory requirements of the Colorado Urban Renewal Law. 3.2 The Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan The City amended and adopted a Comprehensive Plan in January 2000. The Comprehensive Plan includes desirable land use patterns, as well as general goals and objectives intended to guide future growth on Wadsworth Wadl�fth Boule ird Corridor Redevelopment Plan Page 2 Clarion ksoclotes a HNTB Boulevard. The land use pattern envisioned by the Comprehensive Plan for the Redevelopment Area is "Community Commercial Center" development, which includes a mix of compatible retail and office uses that primarily serve a regional market area. The Comprehensive Plan's primary goals and recommendations that apply to future growth and development along Wadsworth Boulevard are as follows: a. Future Land Uses • Encourage Community Commercial Center development along Wadsworth Boulevard. b. Community Character • Complement and promote the City's image and identity through good urban design and open space buffering. c. Sustainable Economic Development • Maintain a healthy business climate for existing businesses by making revitalization a continuing priority. • Pursue high quality redevelopment that minimizes impacts to residential neighborhoods. The findings and recommendations of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan are consistent with the land use patterns, goals and objectives identified in the adopted Comprehensive Plan. 3.3 Consistency with the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plan The Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plan was approved by the City Council in 1999. The objective of the plan was to mitigate a variety of traffic problems along Wadsworth Boulevard by relating transportation improvements to land use and design actions in a strategy for coordinated improvement. In doing so, the following key aspects and principles were developed during the planning process to guide the recommendations contained in that plan: a. Land Use Element Key Aspect: • Improve the market potential and physical environment along Wadsworth Boulevard. Wodswodh Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment flan Page 3 Clarion Msociotes 8 HNTB Principles: • Renovate and redevelop outdated and obsolete uses. • Improve retail Quality. • Facilitate the development potential of large, single -ownership sites. • Create a pedestrian friendly environment. b. Transportation Element Key Aspect: • Improve functionality and safety for vehicle and transit movement. Principles: • Concentrate points of access. • Create uniform roadway sections. • Create a network of circulation. • Improve access to business properties. • Improve visibility of businesses. • Improve the functions of intersections. c. Urban Design Element Key Aspect: • Improve the physical appearance and amenities of Wadsworth Boulevard. Principles: • Break down the scale of blocks. • Add streetscape and identity elements. • Enhance the City's image with landscaping and streetscape elements. • Create a pedestrian access network. The findings and recommendations of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan are consistent with the key aspects and principles of the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plan. 3.4 Bounderies of the Wadsworth Boulevard Cortldor Redevelopment Plan This Corridor Redevelopment Plan applies to a portion of the Redevelopment Area, which generally includes those properties along both the east and west sides of Wadsworth Boulevard, beginning south of 38th Avenue, extending Wodii o.dh Boolevord Condor Rede,elopmenl Phn Page d Clarion kr«iaMs 8 HNTB north beyond 44th Avenue. SEE: FIGURE 1, URBAN RENEWAL Bo UNDARY MAP. A legal description of this Plan Area is included in Appendix A. 3.5 Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan Objectives The objectives of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan are as follows: • To provide a framework that encourages private development opportunities. • To encourage the development of uses that serve a regional market area as well as the continuation of uses that serve specific local market demands. • To improve vehicular circulation and pedestrian movement. • To encourage new development and redevelopment with superior urban design features. • To engage in all redevelopment activities under Colorado Urban Renewal Law to effect the elimination and spread of blight in the Redevelopment Area. 4.0 REDEVELOPMENT ACTIV/7/ES Public projects are intended to stimulate private sector development in and around the Redevelopment Area. The combination of public and private investment will assist in implementing redevelopment activities, consistent with the objectives of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Area, and contribute to increased property and sales taxes for the City. 4.1 Redevelopment Techniques In undertaking all urban renewal projects pursuant to this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, the Authority may utilize any the following redevelopment techniques and activities as deemed appropriate for the elimination or prevention of the spread of blighted areas within the Redevelopments Area, pursuant to Colorado Urban Renewal Law. Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor xedewbpmenl Plan Po,e 5 Clarion Associales a RMB WAD5WORTH CORRIDOR URBAN RENEWAL AREA BOUNDARY MAP CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE a 5u `..terA m w Figure I Nadsworth Blvd. rsr eor. Legend — rereny r.w tea — 91ecG Rxyit p W+r o ua�� 9eNy Nn .� suti �-+oo vcem o aco +a Figure I Nadsworth Blvd. rsr eor. Legend — rereny r.w tea — 91ecG Rxyit p W+r o ua�� 9eNy Nn a. Demolition. The Authority may provide for the demolition and clearance of buildings, structures and other improvements in the Redevelopment Area. b. Public Improvements. The Authority may cause, finance, or facilitate the design, installation, construction and reconstruction of any public improvements in the Redevelopment Area. c. Land Acquisition. The Authority shall have the power to facilitate urban renewal activities in the Redevelopment Area by acquiring real property through condemnation proceedings pursuant to the requirements and procedures established by the Colorado Urban Renewal Law, CRS §31-25-1051111e1. The Authority shall have the power to exercise its legal right to acquire real property and improvements, and all interests therein, by eminent domain. d. Redevelopment and Rehabilitation. Appropriate activities may include such undertakings and activities authorized by the Colorado Urban Renewal Law or this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, including the redevelopment techniques identified in this section determined to be necessary or desirable. e. Relocation. Relocating individuals and families from the Redevelopment Area may be required to facilitate redevelopment activities contemplated by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan. All relocation activities require that the City Council find a feasible method for the relocation of individuals and families who will be displaced by an urban renewal project (CRS §31.25-10714)1a11. The Authority shall prepare and implement relocation plans or policies before any business, family, tenant or individual is relocated. Such plans or policies shall include but will not be limited to the following provisions: i. Methods for temporary relocations. ii. Relocation to areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities; public and commercial facilities; at rents or prices within the financial means of such persons and families; into equally decent and sanitary dwellings as available to such persons; and in places reasonably accessible to their employment. Wads odh Boulevard Comdor Redevelopment flan Page 6 Clarion Associates a HNTB iii. To provide for reasonable relocation payments (as determined by the Authorityl for moving expenses and actual loss of property directly related to relocation. iv. For businesses, to provide for losses of goodwill and profits which are reasonably and directly related to relocation for which compensation is not otherwise provided. f. Other Techniques. Other redevelopment activities contemplated by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan may include changes to applicable zoning, land use and building code requirements. 5.0 PROJECT FINANCING Urban renewal projects may be financed in whole or in part by the Authority under the tax increment financing (TIFI provisions of CRS 131-25-107(9)(a). of the Colorado Urban Renewal Law, or by any other available source of financing authorized to be undertaken by the Authority under the Colorado Urban Renewal Law, CRS §31-25-105. 5.1 Financing Methods The Authority is authorized to finance the urban renewal projects within the Redevelopment Area with revenues from the property and sales tax increments, interest income, federal loans or grants, or any other available source of revenues. The Authority is authorized to issue bonds and incur other obligations contemplated by the Colorado Urban Renewal Law in an amount sufficient to finance all or any part of an urban renewal project within the Redevelopment Area. The Authority is authorized to borrow funds and create indebtedness in any authorized form in carrying out this Corridor Redevelopment Plan in the manner contemplated by the Colorado Urban Renewal Law. Any principal and interest on such indebtedness may be paid from property and sales tax increments, or any other funds, revenues, assets or properties legally available to the Authority. 6.2 Potential Utilization of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) After the initial date of adoption of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, as described in the Resolution approving this Plan, the City may authorize the utilization of TIF under CRS 491-25-107191 of the Urban Renewal Law, at such time, or times, that a redevelopment project or projects isfare initiated under Wadsworlh Boelevord Corridor Redevelapnrenl Plan Page 7 Clorion Ass ,ales 6 RNTB the provisions of this Corridor Redevelopment Plan within the Redevelopment Area. Such TIF may be utilized in the entire Redevelopment Area or portions of the Redevelopment Area. The utilization of TIF for such redevelopment activities as described herein, will necessitate a modification of, or to this Corridor Redevelopment Plan, by the City, in compliance with the provisions of CRS 431.25-107171 of the Colorado Urban Renewal Law governing such modifications. The details of this utilization of TIF may also be provided for by agreement between the City and the Authority. dCrs� L7rI rF9�d.PIe7�3� The general land use concept envisioned by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Area is subject to further refinement and revision as future plans and/or projects are proposed for specific properties within. the Redevelopment Area. The Authority, in cooperation with and at the direction and guidance of the City, shall adopt such refinements and revisions to this Plan related to the general land use concept. SEE. FIGURE 2, LAND USE CONCEPT PLAN. The land use concept envisioned by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan is to strengthen the market potential and identity of Wadsworth Boulevard as a regional, destination -oriented commercial center, by facilitating opportunities for developing additional regional -scaled projects, maintaining desirable community -oriented uses, and improving the physical environment of the Redevelopment Area. Larger, existing properties under single ownership or management should be redeveloped to increase the intensity and continuity of destination -oriented commercial uses within this Redevelopment Area. It is anticipated that redevelopment of these larger sites will facilitate desirable redevelopment activity on smaller parcels more suitable for community - oriented uses. Over time, as this type of redevelopment activity increases, the City can use this opportunity to eliminate existing incompatible uses, consolidate fragmented parcels for improved vehicular movement and pedestrian circulation within the Redevelopment Area. The Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plan 11999) identifies three properties that are suitable for major redevelopment opportunities at key locations within the Redevelopment Area. The physical and locational attributes of these properties are most favorable to large-scale, cohesively planned developments. These properties are also more likely to require additional efforts between the property -owners and the City in order to facilitate redevelopment activity. The Wadsworth aoolewrd Corridor Redevelopment Pion Poge a Cbr,on Associates 8 HNTa Major Intersection Activity Node Gateway/Entry West Side Redevelopment I _� a1s1 J ■ Commercial Infill Development I o c Chesrown Site Mixed -Use Commercial fI I O ..R 44th Time Square Retail Center —I Major Redevelopment Action 39th t<gBBa �M.. BulOmq O 1.1111" 6.ddmq � Comm.rCulA.nilMen.want • oni<.rcanm.,<MI O nv.n sR.a. 0 mlunnmrMun.a1 OM." D...legr,ml OppwUniry Rgun7 Wadsworth Boulevard Land U"Concept Plan MO red Bom 1M'WMSwlh Bor and Comdun IMm♦bn~ land 1l ..dn VN "'. CLYd WWn Rnge Cobradn Me 1999 lypaµ.RB(M11RMw91nr1M redevelopment activities contemplated by this Corridor Redevelopment Plan are intended to support these land use recommendations. It is further recommended that redevelopment activities in these identified areas concentrate on municipal sales tax -generating commercial -retail uses. The following descriptions of these properties summarize the potential development opportunities for each property, as recommended by the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Plan. 6.1 Times Square Shopping Canter The Time Square Shopping Center site is located on the southeast corner of Wadsworth Blvd. and 44th Avenue. This potential redevelopment area is approximately 14.5 acres, and extends from the shopping center property north to 44th Avenue (not including the bank parcel on the corner). The existing shopping center is approximately 120,000 square feet, and includes the Grocery Warehouse, Rite-Aid Drug, a U.S. Postal facility, and additional shops and pads. Given the size and scale of this site, it is underutilized by current zoning and development standards, and could reasonably support more intensive development including a regional anchor tenant. One feasible option for this site is total redevelopment of the property, including a new grocery store as the anchor use, increased square footage for new retail uses, and additional pad sites. A less intensive proposal would also be feasible, such as a partial renovation and facade improvements to the existing shopping center. Wadsworth Boulevard Condor Redevelopment Plan Page 9 Clarion As ioies 6 HNTB 6.2 "John FJway Auto Notion" Site This site is approximately 15 acres, and includes the existing auto dealership parcel on the southwest corner of 38" Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard and a large vacant parcel to the south. Two acres of wetlands have already been mitigated off-site; one acre of wetland will need to be included in any future concept plan for the site. Given the relatively small size of this site (assuming the dealership remains on one of the two parcels), a range of small-scale development options are considered feasible, such as: • A commercial retail center • Pad uses, such as restaurants, gas stations, and auto -oriented services • Village retail (similar to the commercial retail center, but with more pedestrian -oriented design features including buildings located closer to the street, less visible parking, and a mix of compatible uses) • A single tenant retail or office use Wadsw dh aoalevard Cwndw Redevelopment Plan Page 10 Clanon Anaciales 8 NNTB • A medical office or clinic pb WrmMnn' oiree 2 'new=.,eo•.— U, Sm,ye J S pySiY ,s•dw t :YW.acr.+ewawJ hryn V lfi. /ebe FhmS I,u A'man USe fir/ fiwLrm/ 6.3 Southwest Comer of 4,r Avenue and Wadsworth Blvd. This area includes a number of individually owned parcels, some with existing viable uses and others that are underutilized. The Wardell feed building is located in this area and is currently being used as a recycling center. Given the multiple property owners associated with this area, the recommended redevelopment scenario is to treat the area as a cohesively planned subarea rather than a single redevelopment project, which would require potentially cost -prohibitive land assembly. The subarea plan would require the cooperation of several property -owners, selective re -tenanting and redevelopment, fa;ade and site improvements, and cross easements Ito open up the back of some of the properties). Appropriate future uses for the subarea could include: • Pad uses, such as restaurants, gas stations, and auto -oriented services. • Village retail Wadewonh Bovlevord Corndor Redevelopment Plan Page 11 Clorion Air doles & HNTB • A single tenant retail or office use. • Specialty restaurants. A subarea plan would require an internal circulation plan, along some compatible infill and new construction to achieve a more feasible development density. lixun vla Wa,Qyt FSM wirh r.••onrmol fnfiP 7.0 LAND USE PLAN Land use within the Redevelopment Area shall conform to those uses Iby right or otherwise) permitted by the City's adopted comprehensive plan, zoning code, and other applicable ordinances and regulations. 8.0 AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN This approved Corridor Redevelopment Plan may be modified pursuant to CRS 431-25-107 of the Urban Renewal Law governing such modifications. Wadswodh Bovl"ord Corridor Redevelopment Pion Page 12 Clorion Ms iofes & HNTB 9.0 _REASONABLE VARIATIONS In specific cases. where a literal enforcement of the provisions contained in this approved Corridor Redevelopment Plan constitutes an unreasonable limitation beyond the intent and purpose of this Plan las determined by the Authority), the Authority may allow reasonable variances from these provisions. wodo nth Boule rord Corridor RedeveloprneN Flan Page 13 Clprron Mi.tes 8 HNTB Appendix A Wadsworth Corridor A tract of land in Section 23, and the north half of Section 26, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6" Principal Meridian, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the Northeast'/. of said Section 23; thence proceeding on a bearing of N00°10' 12"W and a distance of 635.69 feet on and along the West line of the Northeast 'A of said Section 23 to the True Point of Beginning. Thence, N89°47'22"E a distance of 415.39 feet, along the North line of Coulehan Grange Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00° 10' 16"E a distance of 405.00 feet, along the East line of the parcels as recorded in Book 2335 Page 785 under Reception Number F0856884 at said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°41'35"E a distance of 206.57 feet, along the North side of the parcel recorded at Reception Number F0856884 at said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the West Right -of Way line of Vance Street; Thence S42°30'33"E a distance of 74.25 feet, to a point on the East Right - of -Way line of Vance Street, said point being on the West Line of a parcel as recorded at F0532782, said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N8904 1'37"E a distance of 169.31 feet; Thence N00° 11'28"W a distance of 6.00 feet; Thence N89°41'38"E a distance of 146.31 feet, to a point on the East line of Lot 4, Coulehan Grange Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00° 10'1 2"E a distance of 181.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Lot 4, Coulehan Grange Subdivision, to a point on the South line of the NE '/s of Section 23; Thence N89041'37"E a distance of 22.83 feet, on and along said South line of the NE 1/4, Section 23; Thence S00°l3'03'E a distance of 661.01 feet, on and along the East Right - of -Way line of Upham Street; Thence S89°39'45"W a distance of 353.61 feet, on and along the South line of the parcel recorded at Reception Number F0330477, and to a point on the East fine of the Times Square Subdivision, as recorded at said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°12' 12"E a distance of 661.13 feet, on and along the East fine of said Times Square Subdivision; Thence S89°39'57"W a distance of 462.76 feet, on and along the South line of said Times Square Subdivision; Thence SOO°10'23"E a distance of 132.50 feet, on and along the West line of Currier Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°39'09"E a distance of 150.10 feet, to a point on the East Right- of-Way line of Wadsworth Boulevard; Thence S00°10'09"E a distance of 132.03 feet, on and along the East Right-of-Way line of Wadsworth Boulevard; Thence N89°39'22"E a distance of 20.00 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way line; Thence S00°IO' I2"E a distance of 1057.80 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way line, said line also being the West line of the Wheat Ridge Marketplace First Filing Subdivision as recorded in said County of Jefferson, Stale of Colorado, to a point on the North line of the Northeast t/4 of Section 26; Thence SOO°19'34"E a distance of 302.14 feet, on and along the East Right-of-Way line of Wadsworth Boulevard; Thence 589°23'54"W a distance of 20.00 feet, on and along said East Right-of Way line; Thence S00°19'29"E a distance of 358.18 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way fine; Thence N89°37'43"E a distance of 20.06 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way line; Thence SOO° 19'33"E a distance of 439.60 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way line; Thence S89°38'52"W a distance of 17.90 feet, on and along said East Right-of-way line; Thence SOO°19'35"E a distance of 257.52 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way line; Thence S89°41'38"W a distance of 47.14 feet, on and along said East Right-of-Way fine, to a point on the East line of the Northeast th of Section 26; Thence N00°19'35"W a distance of 5.00 feet, on and along the East line of the Northeast t/4 of Section 26; Thence S89°41'23"W a distance of 660.00 feet, on and along the South Right-of-Way line of West 35" Avenue: Thence N00019'35"W a distance of 823.78 feet, to the Southwest comer of the Adkins Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°37'49"E a distance of 330.00 feet, on and along the South line of said Adkins Subdivision; Thence N00°19'39"W a distance of 270.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Adkins Subdivision, to the Southeast comer of a parcel recorded at F0768224, said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°16'58"W a distance of 330.00 feet, on and along the North line of the parcels as recorded at the Reception Numbers F0768224 and 85079150 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°20' I5"W a distance of 260.00 feet, on and along the West line of said Adkins Subdivision, to a point on the South line of the Southwest'/. of Section 23; Thence N89°37'48"E a distance of 2.52 feet, on and along the South line of the Southwest 1/. of Section 23; Thence N00°20' 16"W a distance of 686.44 feet, on and along the West line of the Wilmore Center Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the South Right-of-Way line of West 391° Avenue; Thence N89°38'44"E a distance of 310.29 feet, on and along the South Right-of-Way line of West 39'" Avenue; Thence N00°21' 12"W a distance of 611.13 feet, on and along the East line of Laurel Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the South Right-of-Way line of West 41' Avenue; Thence S89°38'51"W a distance of 234.14 feet, on and along the South Right-of-Way line of West 41'1 Avenue; Thence N71 °34' 19"W a distance of 77.57 feet, on and along the South Right-of-Way line of West 4t" Avenue, to a point on the West line of the Melrose Manor Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00018'44"W a distance of 185.68 feet, on and along the West line of said Melrose Manor Subdivision, to the Southwest comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0155284, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89041'44"E a distance of 303.00 feet, on and along the South line of said parcel; Thence N00°I0' 12"W a distance of 205.46 feet, on and along the East line of said parcel, to a point on the North right-of-Way line of Three Acre Lane; Thence N89°46'48"E a distance of 97.12 feet, on and along the North Right-of-Way line of Three Acre Lane, to the Southeast comer of Lot 5, Three Atte Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°13' 12"W a distance of 158.00 feet, on and along the East line of said Lot 5, Three Acre Subdivision; Thence S89°46'48"W a distance of 400.00 feet, on and along the North line of said Three Acre Subdivision, to a point on the East line of Melrose Manor Subdivision, as recorded, in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°12'22"E a distance of 78.93 feet, on and along the East line of said Melrose Manor Subdivision to a point of curvature, said point being on a curve to the left; Thence along said curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 42.20 feet, a central angle of 60°00'00", and a chord bearing of N30° 12'22"E, said curve being on and along the East Right-of-Way of Yarrow Street; Thence N00°13'45"W a distance of 20.00 feet, on and along said Right-of- Way to the Southwest comer of Graul Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°38'49'E a distance of 274.17 feet, on and along the South line of said Graul Subdivision; Thence N00°13'55'W a distance of 331.05 feet, on and along the East line of said Graul Subdivision; Thence S89°41'42"W a distance of 274.15 feet, along the North line of Lot 3, Gmul Subdivision, to a point on the East Right-of-Way line of Yarrow Street; Thence N00° 13'50"W a distance of 310.00 feet, on and along the East Right-of-Way line of Yarrow Street, to a point on the South line of the Northwest '/4 of Section 23; Thence N00° 13'50' W a distance of 30.00 feet, to a point on the North Right-of-Way line of West 44i° Avenue; Thence N89°41'00"E a distance of 77.85 feet, on and along said North Right-of-Way line; Thence N00°13'39"W a distance of 2.52 feet, on and along said North Right-of-Way line; Thence N86°47'35"E a distance of 345.35 feet, on and along said North Right-of-Way line; Thence N89°41'58"E a distance of 129.62 feet, on and along said North Right-of-Way line, to a point on the West Right-of-Way line of Wadsworth Boulevard; Thence N47'29'14"E a distance of 30.47 feet. on and along said West Right-of-Way fine; Thence N00010'1 8'W a distance of 210.19 feet, on and along said West Right-of-Way line; Thence N89°30'32"E a distance of 14.00 feet, on and along said Right-of- Way line: Thence N00°I0' 11 "W a distance of 355.09 feet, on and along said Right- of-Way line; Thence N89°49'48"E a distance of 45.00 feet, to the True Point of Beginning. EXCEPT FOR A TRACT OF LAND IN THE SOUTHEAST V. OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6' PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, thence S56°34'28"E a distance of 54.02 feet to the True Point of Beginning. Thence N89042'47"E a distance of 283.5 1, feet on and along the South Right -of -Way line of West 40 Avenue; Thence SOV l 1'11"E a distance of 631.18 feet, on and along the Westerly line of Times Square Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89040'33"W a distance of 283.69 feet, along a Northerly line of said Times Square Subdivision, to a point on the East Right -of -Way of Wadsworth Boulevard; Thence N00°10'12"W a distance of 631.34 feet, on and along the East Right -of -Way of Wadsworth Boulevard to the True Point of Beginning. The area described above contains 3,659,074 square feet (84.00 acres) more or less. The drafter of this description is David F. Bmssman, P.L.S., prepared on behalf of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, 7500 W. 29" Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO 80215- 6713, and is not to be construed as a monumented land survey. FIRST MODIFICATION TO THE WADSWORTH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN The Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the Wheat Ridge City Council on October 22, 2001, The Authority recommended that the City Council give notice and hold the necessary public hearing to consider Tax Increment Financing (TIF) relating to Property Tax and Sales Tax. The purpose of this modification to the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan is to make a Substantial Modification to the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan to allow the use of TIF relating to Property Tax and Sales Tax for the property as described in Attachments A through D. All other provisions of the Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan are to remain in effect as the Plan was adopted by City Council Resolution 26-2001 on October 22, 2001. The proposed uses of this expanded area are for mixed use commercial uses consistent with the Plan. Attachment A LEGAL DUCRivrOla 'IK' D41iIXM MI/] II[I/r YY{N fi YLlul H\ tflw„®W ] f011wi MIIII d WRi Y Tlf Lfn Rw[lA IYIODYYMp C�DY wMrONY 6YfYOrr wT1 MMf 1^ wC N[•f! Y]fli _V T_[ i1C [OYH11d M [!/! W TYf Y![N6 9f MNIX fWOMIAL\.4 TR\Q %Vln :N "SII Dp11t IX YLWIf '�PY]'A.m..V CMG]'I[]ilaf6 wVD WlIXWI101'I4lIn YV.]fYYC LI. IHIICf w[T D/I]Allli i0 1t!!N'fY lrp Ye Wryg1Y1[�:1rYYQ IY]E111 D1rAll1 TO'16 (!q!!! wKCiwM✓-it CY]YMIp IN'MI1Nwlf OIMY1wY LYf Of TI!!T)II+ilKCD:IIIiL f.VT4:Wf.'�Y:dld 111[Of Y�Qi Ylw Yafl 6S;T4woi,vriDMNx ,GM QMit. tt Wt?MVrti W WNO GO:llllwCf lMi MiNlt![ AM ®1[w IMf [( WRi Y'n IV[Ylt �r. r ix eowT IX YQ•YIYG raaT,-�u, r�1•oY MRIX nsn[o WD mx�IXIrn[ 0M,,rdiI 1 W4. 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I ! - I p: J 1 1 I. 1 I I !, Ye_= L�It= I I I r T Yom_ II r I wsn�lr� I 1 _ I s . r. y II I 1 r I I I I I It 1 — I Tom- 1 I r/!M. , • I I I IOrr rcv I I IIOMIlgMY + I 1 n II I J I I ! - I p: J 1 1 I. 1 I I !, Ye_= L�It= I _ I r I I p: 1 1 I. 1 I I !, Ye_= I IJ)Y' wsn�lr� u•xs 1 s . r. Attachment Ali � l i RENEWAL If WHEAT RIDGE Progress Through Partnership TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steve Art, Urban Renewal Manager RE: Adoption of Resolution No. 06-2015 relating to Amendment of the West 441' Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan and its adherence to Renewal Wheat Ridge, adopted 2011, the City's Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan"). DATE: November 19, 2015 ITEM: Review of the Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan, and Adoption of a Resolution regarding its adherence to Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted 2009 PRIOR ACTION: The West 44 Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan was adopted by City Council on October 22, 2001 by Resolution 27-2001. WEST 44TH AVENUE WARD ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN INTENT: The Plan anticipates public and private investment within its boundaries including a mix of residential and non-residential land uses, including ancillary development associated with the planned RTD Gold Line Ward Road Transit Station. Public improvements identified as priority investments in Envision Wheat Ridge addressing properties located in the urban renewal area include: roadway, infrastructure, and, stormwater and enhancements to public and open spaces; all of which support local goals related to land use, economic development, housing diversity, community services, transportation, and sustainability. CONFORMANCE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted in October 2009, identifies several goals and objectives that will be accomplished and advanced through completion of projects in urban renewal areas. The Planning Commission is being asked to review this memo and these Attachments, and make a determination that the Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan will further the same in a manner consistent with the intentions of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff has completed a review of Envision Wheat Ridge and the Fruitdale Subarea Plan a relevant subarea plan that covers a portion of the West 44U' Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Area, and provided verbatim excerpts from these documents which are considered to be accomplished by the Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan. The Amended Plan is also believed to build on previous planning efforts and be consistent with the vision outlined in these and other City adopted plans. 7500 West 29"' Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303.235.2505 Fax: 303.235.2505 www.ci.wheatridge.co.us REQUEST: The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority dba Renewal Wheat Ridge (RWR) is recommending that the Wheat Ridge City Council adopt a resolution approving amendment of the Amended West 40 Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan the collection of incremental revenues for the statutorily -allowed 25 -year period. The process of commencing the collection of TIF revenues in an existing urban renewal area is considered a substantial modification under the urban renewal law. As such, it requires consideration by the Planning Commission regarding the urban renewal plan's adherence to the general plan of the community. In this instance, the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission is being asked to adopt a resolution stating consistency of the existing Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan with Envision Wheat Ridge, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge. The Colorado Urban Renewal Law, C.R. S. § 31-25-107(2), states that, "Prior to its approval of an urban renewal plan or substantial modification of an urban renewal plan, the governing body shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban renewal plan to the governing body within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within said thirty days, without such recommendations, the governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal plan prescribed by subsection (3) of this section." RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff supports the Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan and recommends the Planning Commission agree its conformity with Envision Wheat Ridge, for the reasons cited above, and to that end, adopt the attached resolutions. This recommendation requires, then, that the Planning Commission review the following Attachments: 1. Exhibit of the Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Area boundaries 2. Relevant excerpts from Envision Wheat Ridge 3. Relevant excerpts from the Fruitdale Subarea Plan 4. West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to adopt Resolution, 06-2015, finding the Amended West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge." Or, "I move to deny Resolution 06-2015 is not in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge for the following reasons." Attachments: 1. Resolution 04-2105 — Amended West 44a' Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 06 Series of 2015 TITLE: A RESOLUTION FINDING A FIRST AMENMDENT TO THE WEST 44TH AVENUE WARD ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 31- 25-105 (1)(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, did in October 2001 make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, under C.R.S. 31-25-107(2), the redevelopment plan is to be forwarded to the Planning Commission to determine its conformity with the comprehensive plan for the City. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission as follows: Section 1. The proposed First Amendment to the West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. Section 2. This Resolution No. 06-2015 shall be transmitted to the Wheat Ridge City Council pursuant to the requirements of C.R.S. 31-25-107(2). DONE AND RESOLVED THIS 191h day of November 2015. WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION Chair ATTEST: Secretary to the Commission ATTACHMENT 1 WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO West 44th Avenue and Ward Road Redevelopment Plan 0 0.05 0.1 West 44th Avenue and Ward Road Redevelopment Plan Boundary Miles West 44th Avenue and Ward Road Redevelopment Plan Parcels RICKER I CUNNINGHAM (303) 458-5800 www.rickercunningham.com 8200 South Quebec Street, Suite A3-104 - Centennial, CO 80112-4411 N Envision Wheat Ridge, Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 2009 (excerpts taken verbatim) Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. 1- INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Plan Basics Building on Previous Planning Efforts Page 2 The Plan update included review of these previous efforts and documents. Many of the goals, policies, and ideas for the future represented in the previous planning efforts are still relevant, and are carried forth in this plan. Some examples of overarching themes in this plan that are carried forth from previous planning efforts include: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment (from the 2000 Comprehensive Plan); Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's Neighborhoods (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Continue to provide quality community services, parks, and open spaces (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Encourage alternative transportation opportunities and intergovernmental cooperation on regional issues (2000 Comprehensive Plan); • Focus on increasing housing options to attract a range of household types (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); • Prioritize the redevelopment of key commercial areas (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy), • Enhance community character and gateways (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); Promote transit -supportive development (Northwest Subarea Plan); and • Develop a Town Center (Wadsworth Subarea Plan), Increase property maintenance and stability (Fruitdale Subarea Plan). Previous Planning Efforts in Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plans 2000 Comprehensive Plan Repositioning Wheat Ridge: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS, 2005) Subarea Plans Northwest Subarea Plan (2006) Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan (2007) Fruitdale Subarea Plan (2007) 38th Avenue Corridor Plan (2011) (completed after adoption of Envision Wheat Ridge) Urban Renewal Plans • Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) • West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan (2001) • 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) 1-70 / Kipling Corridor Urban Renewal Plan (2009) Key Trends and Issues Throughout the planning process a number of key trends and issues emerged as important topics for the Envision Wheat Ridge Plan to address. The list of key trends and issues are summarized below: Economic and Fiscal Issues Developing a clear economic strategy; Defining roles and responsibilities of partner organizations; Addressing opportunities for future employment and retail centers; • Identifying prime areas for redevelopment and infill, and address barriers to development, Addressing the fiscal realities of the City and how to achieve sustainable revenue sources to maintain current levels of City services; and Investing in new technology to advance economic development. Land Use, Housing, and Design Issues • Recognizing the importance of the community's neighborhoods and addressing howto increase the variety of housing options (beyond the single-family ranch homes and older apartments), • Addressing how to reinvest in existing neighborhoods to maintain their character but also make them more appealing to new residents; Achieving a sustainable balance of housing, retail, and employment land uses over time; Identifying appropriate density and design for different parts of the community; and • Establishing areas for future activity centers such as a larger scale Town Center and smaller neighborhood centers. Community Character and Livability Issues Addressing how to promote the community's assets to attract new residents, employees, and visitors. • Accommodating the needs of different types of households; • Coordinating with the school district to maintain quality schools; Identifying barriers for active lifestyles and promoting healthy lifestyles; Continuing parks, recreation, and open space investment and offerings; Engaging residents in crime prevention and code enforcement efforts; and Including sustainability as a key theme throughout the Plan. Other Issues Incorporating previous planning efforts into the Comprehensive Plan; and Focusing on strategic implementation and priority actions to achieve the Plan's goals. 2 - COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES Page 11 Key Values The following six broad Key Values are the primary principles behind the Community Vision. They describe the community's aspirations and organize the more specific policies into the chapters of this Comprehensive Plan. Create a Resilient Local Economy Based on a Balanced Mix of Land Uses A diverse mix of land uses including residential neighborhoods, primary employment, and commercial goods and services will build and sustain a broad and resilient tax base. Promote Vibrant Neighborhoods and an Array of Housing Options Maintaining the character of existing neighborhoods and establishing new housing options will retain and attract a range of household types. Enhance Community Character and Accentuate Quality Design Marketing Wheat Ridge's unique qualities and emphasizing quality design for new development and redevelopment will reposition Wheat Ridge as a unique community. Increase Transportation Connections and Options Continued coordination and investment in transportation efficiency, travel options and connections will improve mobility for community residents, employees, and visitors. Provide Quality Community Amenities, Services, and Resources A commitment to providing exemplary community services will maintain the high quality of life for community residents, and will help attract future households and employers. Ensure a Sustainable Future * Continued focus on the future implications of today's choices and their impacts on the community's residents, the natural environment, and community prosperity will ensure a prosperous future for future generations. Page 12 * Vision for a Sustainable Future • A sustainable future is a continuous journey to balance social, environmental, and economic interests. It respects and provides stewardship of the natural environment, facilitates active lifestyles and civic engagement, and bestows economic prosperity to individuals and the community. • A community with a sustainable future focuses on its local progress while also considering the global impacts of its decisions. 3 —Structure Plan Page 13 Introduction Overview The Structure Plan is intended to provide strategic guidance and general land uses for future redevelopment to aid the Wheat Ridge community in achieving its future vision. It provides high-level guidance for the community's areas and corridors - it is not intended to be parcel -based, nor is it a zoning map. The Structure Plan, in combination with goals and policies, will help the community determine appropriate locations and strategies for: 1. conservation of the community's assets and foundation; 2. areas in need of reinvestment and revitalization; and 3. targeted development and redevelopment to achieve vibrant commercial, mixed-use, and employment areas. Page 20 Foundations Foundations are neighborhoods and commercial areas with common characteristics, upon which the focus areas are layered. They include: Neighborhood Revitalization - residential areas -- individual properties or general pockets that might benefit from reinvestment; often require special attention because they have issues related to dilapidated properties, code enforcement, crime and safety, lower rates of owner occupancy, and / or incompatible mix of uses; promote home ownership and spur reinvestment through infrastructure improvements; and / or, limited small-scale residential redevelopment will be encouraged in areas that exhibit several of the following characteristics of neighborhoods in need of revitalization Criteria to distinguish Neighborhood Revitalization Areas Increasing incompatibility of uses Infrastructure needs (e.g., utilities in disrepair) Less stability than established neighborhoods Neighborhood Buffer Areas Along both sides of Kipling Street north of 44th Avenue 44th Avenue near Youngfield Street • Along Wadsworth Boulevard Along Sheridan Boulevard Mixed -Use Commercial Areas Existing Areas Kipling Street at 1-70 Youngfield Street and 38th Avenue at 1-70 • 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards The plan designates existing commercial areas mixed with office and employment as mixed-use commercial areas. Focus in these areas is on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment, and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties, with "centers" being the primary emphasis. Page 24 Corridors and Gateways Corridors and Gateways are areas of future focus and emphasis layered on top of the foundations. Corridors are the major thoroughfares through Wheat Ridge along which businesses are located. The intensities and land use characteristics of the city's corridors will vary from vehicular -oriented commercial districts to quaint and pedestrian -friendly neighborhood commercial areas. The corridors include: Primary Commercial Corridors - focus on assembling and redeveloping outdated and underutilized properties primarily from 35th to 44th Avenues, encourage development of a mixed-use Town Center, including multi -family housing (as lofts or part of the mix), improved bicycle and pedestrian connections along routes parallel to Wadsworth Main Street Corridor, 38th Avenue Corridor (between Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard) - show case nodes of locally owned commercial businesses and employers in a transit and pedestrian - friendly "main street' environment that emphasizes Wheat Ridge's historic and hometown character, small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities will be focused primarily between Wadsworth and Pierce, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan, streetscape and other urban design improvements will be extended through the Main Street corridor to provide a walkable and distinct gateway Neiehborhood Commercial Corridors 44th Avenue (between Youngfield and Kipling Streets) 44th Avenue (between Kipling Street and the greenbelt) 44th Avenue (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) Harlan Street (from 1-70 to just south of 44th Avenue), Primary Gateway, Primary Gateways 1-70 at Wadsworth 1-70 at Kipling Street 1-70 at Ward Road 1-70 at Youngfield Street / 32nd Avenue Wadsworth at 26th Avenue 38th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard 26th Ave at Kipling Street 44th Avenue at Harlan Street En:X91L,M TAi17e1L,IDIIe1L,IP1131: Page 35 Relationship to the Community Vision and Structure Plan Emphasis on retention and reinvestment in commercial areas will ensure that residents have convenient local locations to shop, in addition to generating retail sales tax to maintain City services. To provide balance to the community's strong residential base, future employment and commercial development efforts will target key areas. Goal ELU1: Make Wheat Ridge a "community of choice" in which to live, work, shop, and recreate. Wheat Ridge will actively promote the community's positive assets to attract and retain residents, employers, and visitors. The City will emphasize and market its high quality of life to position Wheat Ridge as a desirable place to live, work, recreate, and visit. Policies ELU 1.2 — Become a Regional Destination The City will promote the community's attributes, and showcase entrances and travel corridors to draw visitors and position the community as a regional destination. Strategies: A. Develop programs to enhance and highlight the city's main entrances (gateways) with landscaping and signage Goal ELU2: Attract Quality Retail Development and Actively Retain Existing Retailers to Locate in Wheat Ridge Actively retain existing retailers and attract quality retail development. Wheat Ridge will proactively work with existing quality retailers to remain and thrive in Wheat Ridge, and encourage new businesses, particularly those that provide healthy and high quality products and goods and services to locate in Wheat Ridge. In addition, the City will plan for future regional retail, community commercial, and neighborhood commercial centers and promote opportunities for niche and specialty businesses and districts. Policies: ELU 2.1— Retain and Enhance Existing Retailers The City, in conjunction with its economic development partners, will work with existing quality retailers and businesses to remain and expand in Wheat Ridge so that goods are purchased locally and retail sales taxes are not lost to neighboring communities. Strategies: C. Assist existing retailers with expansion plans or opportunities for local relocation ELU 2.2 — Promote Specialty Retail Businesses The City, in partnership economic development partners, and the development and business communities, will work to establish and grow unique small businesses and niche business districts in areas identified as activity centers and along key corridors. Strategies: E. Work with local brokers and developers to identify and attract regional niche retailers for a potential location in Wheat Ridge. ELU 2.3 — Rehabilitate Underutilized Retail Spaces Coordination and partnership between the City, economic development partners, and the development community to improve the appearance and function of outdated and inefficient retail spaces will re energize the community's primary corridors and key activity centers. Strategies: B. Encourage land assemblage and denser nodes of development within activity centers C. Partner with area economic development organizations D. Continue to work with local property owners on identifying opportunities for fayade and landscaping improvements and upgrades ELU 2.4—Develop Regional Retail The City, economic development partners, and private developers will partner to develop the Regional Commercial Center west of 1-70 (including the Crossing at Clear Creek site) with a mix of regional retail anchors, smaller retailers, and secondary uses such as offices and hotel. B. Enter public / private partnerships and facilitate the use of tools such as Tax Increment Financing through an Urban Renewal Authority, special districts, and other tools to share infrastructure development costs; and C. Provide business start-up incentives and financing tools (such as Tax Increment Financing) Goal ELU3 — Retain and Diversity Local Employment Wheat Ridge will foster a business climate that encourages expansion or creation of employment opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on growing the community's existing health care industry, redevelopment of the area surrounding the future FasTracks Gold Line Transit Station, and allowing secondary employment opportunities in the Crossing at Clear Creek Regional Commercial Center area. This business climate will require the retention of industrially zoned lands, and will place emphasis on new, high-quality employment opportunities in growing fields such as clean energy and biotechnology. Policies: ELU 3.1— Retain and Expand Established Employers The City and its economic development partners will work with the community's existing primary employers such as Exempla Lutheran Hospital to maintain and grow operations to provide quality local jobs to residents. Strategies: A. Supply an adequate mix of housing in the community to create a "whole community' where residents can live and work; D. Work closely with local employers and business owners to address issues and retain them in Wheat Ridge; and E. Coordinate with employers to develop plans for future growth and expansion and help facilitate their plans through the City's development review process. ELU 3.2 —Generate New Primary Employment The City, in partnership with economic development and other business organizations, will recruit new primary employers to locate in Wheat Ridge, in order to provide quality jobs for the community's large residential base, and to draw employees into the city on a daily basis. Strategies: A. Market development sites within Enterprise Zone and Urban Renewal Authority areas B. Target medical -related facilities C. Work on a package of appropriate incentives and establish the criteria by which these incentives can be used Goal ELU4 — Increase the Diversity of Land Uses Wheat Ridge will work to ensure that the limited future development and redevelopment areas provide increased opportunities for employment, retail, and commercial services, along new housing options, to achieve a sustainable and balanced mix of land uses for the community. Policies: ELU 4.1— Efficient Use of Limited Land Because of the limited amount of land available for new development, the City will require efficient use of newly developing and redeveloping areas by promoting higher -intensity development. Priority areas for new development include the Crossing at Clear Creek site west of 1-70 and the future T.O.D. area north of 1-70 near Ward Road. Strategies: A. Emphasize mixed-use development in developing and redeveloping areas C. Prioritize areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential overlay districts to identify opportunities for property assemblage and efficient use of land E. Seek to remove height and density limitations from the City Charter in targeted development and redevelopment locations and examine / rezone those areas as necessary to achieve goals Goal ELUS: Revitalize Key Redevelopment Areas Policies: ELU 5.1— Infill and Redevelopment Many properties along Wheat Ridge's primary corridors and in activity centers are dated and underutilized. The City will work with partners and private developers to promote infill and redevelopment in key areas shown on the Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Provide financing tools and incentives (such as Tax Increment Financing in Urban Renewal Areas and Enterprise Zone tax credits) to jump-start redevelopment in underutilized areas B. Identify areas with potential for property assemblage (through future subarea and corridor plans) and provide assistance with assemblage C. Actively pursue grants and technical assistance in determining the existence of brownfields at key redevelopment locations D. Coordinate with all interested parties (property owners, adjacent property owners, and City) to plan and define the vision for future development on infill sites E. Identify areas for future overlay districts F. Enter public-private partnerships (between City government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood organizations) to increase cooperation and development success ELU 5.2 - High Quality Redevelopment The City will require high quality urban design for all future infill and redevelopment, in order to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods, and to improve the overall appearance of the community's primary corridors and activity centers. Strategies: A. Assist with property assemblage to promote well coordinated, complete areas for redevelopment (not piecemeal properties) C. Identify areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential thematic -based overlay districts (to establish guidelines and standards to address suitable design and scale, variety and visual interest, and appropriate materials specific to each subarea or corridor) Goal ELU6: Establish Community Activity Centers and a Town Center Policies: ELU 6.1— Community Activity Centers The City will guide development and redevelopment to occur in planned activity centers. A range of existing and proposed activity centers along major corridors will discourage strip commercial development by concentrating a mix of uses to serve as neighborhood and community destinations. Existing Community Activity Center Locations Youngfield at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Sheridan at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Wadsworth at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Future Community Activity Center Locations Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenue (Town Center) Crossing at Clear Creek site (Regional Commercial Center) Future Gold Line Transit Station Area (Employment/Commercial Center) Strategies: A. Partner with private property owners, economic development organizations, and developers to assemble parcels for redevelopment C. Encourage a mix of uses in activity centers (including multi -family residential and senior housing where appropriate) D. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) E. Coordinate development with established Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, and other regional plans ELU 6.2 —Town Center Development In collaboration with economic development partners and other organizations, the City will guide the development of a mixed-use Town Center, located along Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues. Strategies: C. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) D. Enter public/ private partnerships to assist with development funding and design E. Establish an appropriate package of incentives to help jump-start redevelopment 5 - NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING Page 54 Goal NH2: Increase Housing Options Policies: NH 2.1— New Housing Types The City will direct the development of new housing types such as townhomes, condos/lofts, and senior living units (especially in Neighborhood Revitalization, Neighborhood Buffer and other mixed-use areas) to meet market demand. Strategies: B. Promote traditional neighborhood development with a variety of housing types (possibly including accessory dwelling units, multi -family, and senior housing units) as a component of infill / redevelopment sites Goal NH4: Stimulate Investment and Redevelopment in Neighborhood Buffer Areas Policies: NH 4.1— Enhance Neighborhood Buffer Areas The City will coordinate and partner economic development partners, neighborhood groups, and private developers to initiate investment and redevelopment efforts in Neighborhood Buffer Areas. Strategies: A. Coordinate revitalization efforts within established Urban Renewal Authority areas and plans B. Enter public / private partnerships to improve or redevelop outdated multi -family properties C. Encourage and facilitate property assemblages to accommodate new small-scale mixed-use developments to provide transition between primary corridors and residential neighborhoods 6 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN Pages 61 through 63 Policies Goal CC1: Create Recognizable Gateways and Corridors Wheat Ridge will establish a clear identity that promotes a positive community image in primary community entrances ("gateways"). CC 1.1— Gateway Identity In collaboration with economic development partners, private developers, and other groups, the City will improve primary gateways into the community (as shown on the Structure Plan) so that they project a positive, cohesive community identity and clear sense of place. Strategies: A. Develop signage and landscaping at gateways and along I-70 that uses recent community branding efforts to "tell the Wheat Ridge story' (such as the themed gateway signage and streetscape on 38th Avenue near Sheridan) B. Provide and maintain attractively landscaped areas at community entrances (such as the recent 1-70 and Kipling interchange improvements) CC 1.2 — Corridor Image The City will work with private developers, economic development partners, Colorado Department of Transportation and other organizations to enhance the image of the city's primary corridors (as identified on the Structure Plan). Strategies: B. Enter public / private partnerships to coordinate, fund, develop, and maintain streetscape improvements C. Continue the community sign code to ensure quality new signage along corridors and to encourage upgrades to existing non -conforming signage 7 -TRANSPORTATION Pages 79 through 83 Goal T 1: Provide an Integrated Transportation System to Address all Modes of Travel and Future Funding Priorities Wheat Ridge will accommodate all modes of travel including motorists, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit riders. Policies: T 1.1—Targeted Improvement Areas The City will focus future investment for infrastructure improvements in targeted corridors and intersections, as identified on the Transportation Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Institute transportation improvements as activity centers and primary corridors develop and redevelop B. Use the improvements shown on the Transportation Structure Plan to establish key areas for each travel mode and capital improvement projects C. Establish criteria to identify neighborhoods that are not targeted areas for street or sidewalk enhancements T 1.2 — Improvements Funding The City will continue to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements and will seek opportunities to partner with regional, state, and national agencies to establish funding for key projects. Strategies: A. Seek to establish anew local funding source for pedestrian and bicycle system improvements B. Work to establish a blend of local and matching funds for multi -modal improvements T 1.3 — Complete Streets The City will coordinate with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish roadway design criteria that ensure safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users (also commonly referred to as "complete streets"). Strategies: A. Develop new road cross sections for principal corridors that meet the needs of all modes of transportation B. Revise development regulations to require new development to constructor enhance segments of pedestrian and bicycle systems C. Establish and require level of service standards for all travel modes D. Complete the Implementation Plan (Phase 2) of the Bike and Pedestrian Route Master Plan 8 - COMMMUNITY SERVICES Goal CS 4: Continue Coordination with Fire Districts and Utility Providers to Maintain Quality Service The City will continue to coordinate with utilities and fire districts to maintain quality levels of service to existing customers and provide new services to areas where future growth will occur. Policies: CS 4.1— Utility and Service Districts The City will continue to coordinate development and redevelopment activities with utility providers and service districts. Strategies: B. Develop and offer credits or incentives for development/ redevelopment that reuses, establishes new connections to, or upgrades existing utility infrastructure. 10 - PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Pages 111 and 112 An Economic Development Strategy This Plan, and the process to develop it, has continually identified economic development of targeted redevelopment areas as a primary strategy for the City to accomplish its livability, fiscal, image, and identity -related goals. Five Target Redevelopment Areas a. Crossing at Clear Creek (Cabela's) b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' c. Kipling Corridor d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Short- and Long -Term Priorities The strategy should confirm, in discussion with policymakers and staff, short- and long-term priorities for redevelopment and geographic areas. For example, redevelopment priorities in the "target areas' should focus on the long-term desires as reflected in the Comprehensive and Sub -Area Plans, while in other commercial and industrial areas, the priority may be to minimize vacancies. Identify Appropriate Financial Tools Public agencies can employ a number of financing tools to finance public improvements. The special districts, authorities, and other tools described in the following table are a short list of financing tools that are applicable to the redevelopment of key areas in Wheat Ridge. Page 115, 117 and 118 Economic Strategies for Geographic Areas b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' Establishing a small locally oriented retail center at 38th Avenue is a high priority for residents of Wheat Ridge. Challenges include the perception that there is "no market," checkerboard zoning, the lack of funding for significant improvements, and land assembly. Initial action items are focused on market creation. Potential Financing Tools Urban Renewal Area Local Marketing District Business Improvement District d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center Background The Wadsworth Corridor between 38th and 44th Avenues has been identified as the preferred location for a Town Center that would have a small civic component such as a library, retail development, and places for public gathering. The URA owns the site just east of the 1st Bank at 44th and Wadsworth and has been working with public and private partners to foster its development. Redevelopment of the Wadsworth Corridor hinges on actions by CDOT to widen and / or improve the road. Potential Financing Tools Specific parcels may require land write-down assistance, environmental remediation, and assistance with current property ownership. Other tools to encourage redevelopment in this corridor area are listed below. Their use will depend on the specific situation. Metropolitan Districts General Improvement Districts Urban Renewal Area Special Improvement Districts Public Improvement Fees Use Tax Rebates e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station -Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Site This site is seen as having longer term importance to the City; however, potential projects are not likely to materialize until after the commuter rail line is close to completion (Gold Line station estimated completion for 2016). Potential Public Financing Tools • Urban Renewal Authority Metropolitan District • General Improvement District • Special Improvement District Public Improvement Fee Use Tax Rebates Others for the Specific TOD Project Fruitdale Subarea Plan, adopted August 2007 Chapter 1 Page 4 Plan Summary This Plan sets forth a vision for the future of the Fruitdale Subarea. It represents the work of citizens, City staff and elected officials. The Goals and Policies and the Future Land Use Concept provide guidance for decisions about future develop and redevelop of the area. The Plan attempts to focus on the unique aspects of the Fruitdale Subarea and makes recommendations to maintain and improve the unique characteristics of the area. West 44th Avenue in the Fruitdale Subarea has the potential to become a unique corridor in the City of Wheat Ridge. It is essentially an underdeveloped commercial corridor with reasonably priced real estate. There are currently several vacant buildings and parcels of land for sale or lease. The area is tucked into a protected corner of the City nestled along the Clear Creek Open Space and has retained elements of the City's historical, rural and agricultural heritage. The Plan recommends embracing this agricultural heritage by encouraging a gardening theme for businesses along the corridor. Unfortunately, along the corridor and in surrounding neighborhoods, many properties are showing signs of lack of maintenance and investment. While there are established single family areas, there are a large number of multi -family rental units as indicated by the 63% rental rate in the area. The primary concepts in the Plan are: Encourage and support the revitalization and redevelopment of properties along West 44th Avenue Encourage larger commercial, possibly gardening oriented, uses on the west end of the corridor with a mixed-use neighborhood village at the intersection of W. 44th Avenue and Parfet Street providing more neighborhood serving uses. Work with property owners to improve and maintain the condition of properties in the area through commercial and residential rehabilitation programs. Also promote home ownership programs in the area. Maintain and protect the established single family character, as well as, agricultural character, of portions of the area. When currently vacant properties on W. 44th Avenue do develop, encourage single family development consistent with the existing single family neighborhoods. Given the large number of existing multi -family units, do not encourage more medium density residential development. Address traffic flow and pedestrian safety issues by investigating traffic improvements and the addition of safer pedestrian crossings on West 44th Avenue. Work to promote Prospect Park and the Historical Park as community assets. Chapter 2 Page 5 Introduction Purpose The purpose of the Fruitdale Sub -area Plan is to provide guidance and recommendations for future decision making in the Fruitdale area. Sub -area plans look at specific geographic areas of the City and focus on the unique characteristics of that particular area. The goal of the Plan is to preserve the positive aspects of the sub -area and ensure that future changes are beneficial both to the sub -area and the City as a whole. Sub -area plans are an opportunity to be proactive rather than reactive in identifying issues and in creating a direction for future development and redevelopment. The plans also provide an opportunity to identify needed public improvements, and can offer guidance for future expenditures as well as needed public services and programs for the area. Relationship to Other City Plans Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) The NRS was approved (not adopted) by the Wheat Ridge City in July 2005. The intent of the NRS was to take a comprehensive look at the current condition of the City and identify ways to address issues being faced by the community to restore the City to a community of choice for homeowners and businesses. The study was a broad based effort aimed at improving the City's image, attracting quality businesses and housing and creating standards that will enhance the City's existing neighborhoods. One of the recommendations of the NRS was the creation of sub -area plans for various locations to identify and address the unique challenges facing specific areas of the City. The Fruitdale sub -area (referred to in the NRS as the Orchard District) was one of the priority areas for development of a sub -area plan. The West 44th Avenue corridor was chosen because it is an underdeveloped commercial corridor with still reasonable real estate prices that could have great potential given its location in the City adjacent to open space and fact it has retained elements of the City's agricultural and rural heritage. Development of the Fruitdale Sub -area Plan is consistent with the recommendations of the NRS. Chapter 3 Page 10 Subarea Profile Existing Conditions Several buildings and properties on W. 44th Avenue are showing signs of deterioration. There are vacant buildings not being maintained and a general of lack of maintenance on many occupied properties. In addition, many residential units show signs of neglect and disrepair and are in need of maintenance and reinvestment. City code violations such as junk, trash and inoperable vehicles can also be found on many properties. Page 14 Transportation West 44th Avenue is a Minor Arterial carrying approximately 14,000 cars a day. The capacity for a Minor Arterial is 21,000 cars per day; West 44th Avenue is well under capacity at this time. West 44th Avenue is a major east-west corridor running from Denver west to Golden. With the development of the Cabela's project just west of the sub-area, there is the potential for increased traffic on West 44th Avenue Traffic flow and safety issues include the large number of curb cuts along West 44th Avenue which causes frequent turning movements that impede traffic flow due to the lack of a center turn lane. Congestion at the intersection of West 44th Avenue and Tabor and Miller Streets., particularly at peak traffic hours, is also a concern. There is the need for improved pedestrian connections at West 44th Avenue and Robb Street to connect Prospect Park to the Historic Park and at West 44th Avenue and Miller Street near the Montessori School and Foothills Academy on Parfet Street. Page 16 Community Services and Facilities Special Districts Water District Developers are required to fund any water system improvements needed to serve proposed development. Fire Protection Redevelopment projects that occur in the sub-area would need to conform to the District's current fire safety code. Storm water Drainage The sub-area is included in the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD.) The Clear Creek Basin Plan, prepared by the UDFCD, identifies needed stormwater facilities in the Clear Creek Basin in which the sub-area is located. The recommendations of the Clear Creek Basin Plan need to be implemented to address the any drainage problems that might occur in the area during storm events. Parks and Open Space The Fruitdale sub-area is home to Prospect Park, the largest park in the City of Wheat Ridge. The Park entrance is located on the south side of West 44th Avenue at Robb Street. Fruitdale Park is located at 4700 Miller Street north of West 44th Avenue The park is 12 acres in size and contains a basketball court, playground, and picnic shelter. The Park receives a high amount of use during the day from the neighboring Foothills Academy. It does, however, experience a high level of vandalism and vagrancy due to its location near the Wheat Ridge motel zone and its somewhat isolated location. The Parks and Recreation Department is aware of this issue and is considering measures to address it. Chapter 4 Page 19 Future Sub -Area Character West 44th Avenue Roadway Improvements In an effort to address traffic flow and safety issues along West 44th Avenue, the City has developed a Concept Street Plan for potential future improvements to West 44th Avenue The proposed improvements include adding a center turn lane to help with turning motions on and off of West 44th Avenue In addition, a five foot tree lawn would be added on both sides of the roadway. On the north side of West 44th Avenue, there would be a five foot sidewalk with streetscape improvements such as benches and trash receptacles. On the south side of West 44th Avenue, there would be a five foot sidewalk, also to include streetscape improvements, and a five foot bicycle/ pedestrian path. Currently there are no funds available by the City to make the proposed improvements. The Concept Street Plan was developed to provide guidance as properties develop or redevelop as to what types of roadway design the City would like to see in the future. Chapter 5 Pages 21 and 22 Goals and Policies — Land Use 1. Support the redevelopment and revitalization of properties along West 44th Avenue a. Develop programs to encourage landowners and business owners to reinvest in their properties to enhance the economic vitality of the corridor. b. Encourage business and commercial property owner's participation in grant programs to improve signage, landscaping and facades. c. Encourage mixed use developments around the intersections of West 44th Avenue and Parfet Street to create a neighborhood center. This could include neighborhood type retail or commercial on the ground floor with residential or office on the upper floors. d. Promote neighborhood serving businesses. e. Encourage the rezoning and redevelopment of single family properties fronting on West 44th Avenue to uses more appropriate for a minor arterial. f. Incorporate streetscape features such as decorative lighting, benches, planters and bus shelters to create a consistent theme and street edge. g. Support the Wheat Ridge Historical Society in their efforts regarding a viable reuse of the historic Fruitdale School. h. Explore the establishment of a Business Improvement District. Goals and Policies—Transportation 1. Improve pedestrian connections in the area. a. Improve pedestrian crossings on W. 44th Avenue at Robb Street, Parfet Street and Miller Street. Goals and Policies — Parks and Recreation 1. Work with property owners on Robb Street between the Baugh House and the Historical Park to investigate ways to utilize this property for a community benefit consistent with the historic nature of the surrounding area. 2. Enhance / improve the entrance to Prospect Park to improve visibility to the Park. 3. Encourage completion of the renovation of the Baugh House. 4. Encourage use of Prospect Park and the Historic Park for City events and functions. 5. Explore the development of more active uses at Fruitdale Park. 6. Follow the recommendations of the City of Wheat Ridge Parks and Master Plan and the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan regarding trail improvements along Clear Creek. Chapter 6 Page 23 Implementation Working with Wheat Ridge 2020 and the City's Economic Development Division, undertake an inventory of existing properties on West 44th Avenue Test the market regarding a gardening theme along the corridor. • Develop programs to encourage landowners and businesses to reinvest in their properties to enhance the economic vitality of the corridor and to make it more appealing to prospective businesses. Develop an overlay zone / design standards for West 44th Avenue to consider prohibiting certain uses not compatible with the desired character of the area and to promote quality building and site design for new or redeveloping properties. Improve and maintain the quality and condition of properties in the area. Work with the Community Services Unit to undertake proactive code enforcement and develop programs to encourage residential property clean-up. Improve traffic flow and safety issues along West 44th Avenue by undertaking warrant studies for traffic signals where appropriate. Improve pedestrian crossings on West 44th Avenue at key locations such as Robb Street, Parfet Street and Miller Street. Encourage the use of Prospect Park and the Historical Park for City events such as a seasonal farmer's market to bring more visibility to the area. Given the current condition of the Baugh House, encourage the completion of its renovation to make it a more appealing asset to the community. West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan City of Wheat Ridge October 2001 Prepared by: Arthur L. Anderson and Associates, Inc. Waterton Planning Group CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 27-2001 Series of 2001 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WEST 44' AVENUE/WARD ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, with the adoption of Resolution No. 16-2001 on July 23, 2001, the City Council determined that blight existed in the vicinity of the West 44" Avenue/Ward Road area of the City; and WHEREAS, such resolution created the West 44' Avenue/Ward Road Redevelopment Area (Area), an urban renewal area within the City; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 16-2001 also directed the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (Authority) to effect the preparation of an urban renewal (redevelopment) plan (Plan) for the Area for consideration by City Council; and WHEREAS, the Council has been presented with a proposed Plan; and WHEREAS, the Authority has endorsed and recommended approval of the Plan by Council; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission has submitted its written recommendation to the City Council that the Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, a copy of the Plan and information regarding the impact of the Plan were submitted to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Jefferson County School District also received a copy of the Plan and has been advised and permitted to participate in an advisory capacity with respect to the potential use of tax increment financing; and WHEREAS, notices of the public hearing for consideration and approval of the Plan by City Council were provided by publication and by written notices to property owners, residents and business owners in the Area in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law, C.R.S. 31-25-101 etseq.; and WHEREAS, a public hearing on the Plan was held on October 22, 2001, providing a full opportunity for property owners, residents, taxpayers, people and business owners in the Area and all interested persons to be heard; and WHEREAS, the inclusion of certain areas and properties designated in the Plan within the Area would provide for the elimination and prevention of blight and the development, redevelopment and rehabilitation of the blighted areas, so that the areas can be developed or redeveloped by the public and private sectors to provide a safer and more useful environment for its users and inhabitants; to develop and redevelop such properties to provide necessary, greater and reasonable economic utilization of such areas; to promote, enhance and provide public facilities; to eliminate traffic, transportation, pedestrian and other hazards within the areas; to ensure reasoned and sound social, physical and economic growth and improvement within the City; to promote the public health, safety and welfare; to promote and effect the goals, objectives and purposes of the Plan and the Comprehensive Plan of the City; to provide a sound financial and economic base for the community; to provide a necessary tax base for the City and to comply with the intent and purposes of the Urban Renewal Law; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority to adopt the Plan as proposed. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes the following findings with respect to the proposed Plan: A. A feasible method exists for the relocation of families or individuals who my or will be displaced by redevelopment projects in decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship. B. A feasible method exists for the relocation of business concerns that may or will be displaced by redevelopment projects either in the Area or in other areas that are not generally less desirable regarding public utilities and public and commercial facilities. C. The City Council has caused its staff to take reasonable efforts to provide written notice of the public hearing to property owners, residents and business owners in the Area at their last known addresses at least 30 days prior to Us public hearing of October 22, 2001. D. Section 31-25-107 (4) (d) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law does not apply in that not more than 120 days have passed since the first public hearing on this Plan, because this is the first public hearing. E. Section 31-25-107 (4) (e) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law does not apply in that City Council did not fail to previously approve this Plan. F. The Plan conforms to the City's Comprehensive Plan. G. The provisions of the Plan, consistent with the needs of the City, provide maximum opportunity for redevelopment of the Area by private enterprise. H. Section 31-25-107 (5) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law is not applicable to this Plan. I. To the extent that the Area may consist of an area of open land which may be developed for non-residential uses under the Plan, City Council hereby determines that such non-residential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the City in accordance with sound planning standards and the City's objectives. The potential acquisition of such areas may require the actions of the Authority, in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law, because such open areas are within areas of blight or blighted conditions. J. City Council has determined that the boundaries of the Area have been drawn as narrowly as feasible to accomplish the planning and development objectives of the Plan in accordance with Section 31-25-107(1) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Section 2. Although the Plan provides for the use of tax increment financing, such financing mechanisms will not be utilized with the initial adoption of this Plan at this time, but will be considered at an appropriate time when redevelopment projects or market factors necessitate or justify same or promote the use of tax increment financing as appropriate. Modifications of this Plan may then be necessary to implement tax increment financing. Section 3. The Jefferson County School District was permitted to participate in an advisory capacity regarding this Plan. Section 4. The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners was provided a copy of the Plan and information regarding its impact, in compliance with the Urban Renewal Law. Section 5. The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized to exercise the powers of eminent domain to carry out, effect and administer the Plan. Section 6. The 9roposed Plan accompanying this Resolution and incorporated herein is adopted as the 44 Avenue/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan for the City of Wheat Ridge. The Plan is an urban renewal plan as defined in Section 31-25-103(9) C.R.S. of the Urban Renewal Law. Section 7. The 44" Avenue/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan shall control the land area, land use, design, building requirements, timing of development, and procedure for implementation of such Plan in the 44" Avenue/Ward Road Redevelopment Area and in the City of Wheat Ridge, as may be applicable. DONE AND RESOLVED this 22nd day of October 2001. { n e hen Cerveny, Mayor WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NO. 06 Series of 2001 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 44m AVENUE BETWEEN TABOR STREET AND YOUNGFIELD STREET, AND TRANSMITTING THE SAME TO THE WHEAT RIDGE CITY COUNCIL. WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 31- 25-105(1)(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, did on July 23, 2001 make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the redevelopment plan; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority held a public meeting for the purpose of receiving comment on the redevelopment plan; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: Section 1. The proposed redevelopment plan attached hereto as Exhibit I be, and hereby is, approved by the Authority. Section 2. The Authority hereby transmits the proposed 40 Avenue between Tabor Street and Youngfield Street Redevelopment Plan to the City Council with the request that the City Council hold a public hearing to formally adopt the redevelopment plan. DONE AND RESOLVED THIS day of October, 2001. WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY ATTEST: e4 4 Secr tary e Authority C:WyFilex\WPFilu�U A\lJtiq Res Nth WW 1W "d West 4,0 Avenue/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan Table of Contents Chapter Page Preface 1 L Plan Area 1 IL Plan Purpose 1 III. Plans Relationship to Local Objectives 4 IV. Project Plan 6 A. Overall Redevelopment Plan 6 B. Lund Acquisition 8 C. Land Use 8 D. Private Improvements 8 E. Public Improvements 8 V. Planning and Design Standards 9 VI. Procedures for Implementation 11 A. ProjectActivttier 11 B. Rede-lopwiniAgnements 11 VII. Financing 13 A. Public Financing Mechanisms 13 B. Tax lncnment Bonds 14 C. Tax Immment Reimbursement 14 D. Capital lmprommem Progmm 14 E. Other Financing Mechanisms 14 F. Authorization 16 G. TTF Details 16 H. Alterna[tve Utilization oJ'TIF 18 VIII. Relocation 19 A. 0lgectives 19 B. Relocation Plans 19 LY Reasonable Variations 19 Wheat Ridge West W Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan Preface This plan has been prepared pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Renewal Law of Colorado, Part 1 of Article 25, of Title 31, C.R.S., as amended (Act). The administration and the enforcement of this plan, including preparation and execution of any documents and actions implementing it, shall be performed by the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority (Authority). I. Plan Area The Urban Renewal Area (Area) is roughly defined by the following boundaries: Tabor Street to the east, Interstate 70 to the north, Youngfield Street to the west, and an irregular line to the south of West 44d� Avenue. Figure 1 shows the configuration of the Plan area. A legal description of the Area is found in Appendix A. II. Plan Purpose Reference to the redevelopment plan herein shall be and mean the same as the urban renewal plan as provided in Section 31-25-103(9) C.R.S. of the Act. The Urban Renewal (Redevelopment) Plan (Plan) for the Area located in the vicinity of West 44" Avenue and Ward Road has been developed to achieve, by the illustration, the following purposes: A. To eliminate the existing blighted conditions (delineated in Ward Road/West 44th /Avenue Ama Blight Survey, dated June 2001, prepared by Arthur L. Anderson and Associates, Appendix B) in their various forms within the Area, which constitute a serious and growing problem; are injurious to the health, safety and well-being of the community; constitute economic liabilities for the City; and adversely affect the sound growth of the City. B. To implement the 2000 Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, to ensure orderly growth of the City of Wheat Ridge. C. To stimulate the redevelopment of undemtilized commercial land in the Area. D. To improve conditions and correct problems in the Area related to vehicular and pedestrian access, traffic, pedestrian and bicycle circulation, public utilities, drainage, environmental contamination, public safety, and public amenities. E. To develop an implementation strategy that encourages private developers to follow an approved development master plan and design guidelines and work with the Authority to redevelop the Area. F. To assist in developing the economic potential of this Area, through the attraction of capital investment, retention and expansion of existing business and maintaining a competitive regional position thereby providing employment and strengthening the City's economic base. Page 1 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan G. Afford the private sector full opportunities to participate in the development/redevelopment of the Area. H. To ensure that existing and proposed development is sensitive to surrounding residential neighborhoods. I. To develop projects which reflect an image of quality development, through good landscaping and design. J. Provide a fait and equitable relocation plan for existing businesses. K. To eliminate blight and prevent the spread of blight by developing/redeveloping the Area in compliance with the Act. L. Engage in all undertakings and activities in compliance with the Act. Page 2 Wheat Ridge West 40 Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan III. Plans Relationship to Local Objectives The Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the 2000 Comprehensive Plan. The Wheat Ridge 2000 Comprehensive Plan, has identified some of the following goals for the community: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment of land within the City of Wheat Ridge. • Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's neighborhoods. • Recognize that parks and open space in the City of Wheat Ridge are valuable, limited resources that should be preserved for the enjoyment of all citizens. • Encourage intergovernmental cooperation on issues with regional impacts and nurture interaction between all members of the community. • Continue to provide quality community services, facilities, and amenities in Wheat Ridge. • Encourage alternative transportation opportunities. • Make every effort to make pedestrians and bicyclists feel safe and comfortable throughout the City of Wheat Ridge. • Continue to provide opportunities for meaningful public involvement in decisions that affect the quality of life in Wheat Ridge and encourage involvement. • Improve and upgrade the quality of infrastructure in the City. • Promote and foster quality small businesses in Wheat Ridge. Additionally, the Comprehensive Plan has identified goals related to future land use, commercial development, quality housing, and environmental sensitivity. The Plan places emphasis on the following goals: • New development or redevelopment shall be so designed as to be a positive contribution to the community and compatible with surrounding uses. • Provide conveniently located and attractive commercial, office and service uses that meet the needs of the City and are compatible yet well buffered from surrounding areas. • All new commercial development or redeveloped commercial areas shall be designed to minimize effects on nearby residential areas. • Any development or redevelopment site, whether public or private, shall be reviewed with attention to: siting, orientation, scale, mix and compatibility of uses, and relationship to on- and off-site community amenities and design elements to make citizens feel more comfortable and safe in and around the development parcet Page 4 Wheat Ridge West 441h Ave/Watd Road Redevelopment Plan M Development Plan A. Overall Redevelopment Plan This Plan assumes the relocation of the eastbound I-70 access ramp by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDO'f). That relocation will create the opportunity for the development of new retail and supporting commercial uses in this blighted area. Discussion in this Plan assumes the movement of the eastbound on/off rumps to 1-70. If the I-70 ramp is not relocated, the area of the proposed rump location would be combined with the parcel of land to the west and uses in this Plan are still valid. The Ward Road/West 44th Avenue Area is a gateway to Wheat Ridge that has visibility from West 44th Avenue, a major arterial, and I-70, the major east -west route through Colorado. Because of that visibility, redevelopment should be sensitive to the visual impression that will be created by any project in this Area. The existing traffic movements will be modified by the relocation of the eastbound I- 70 entry/exit ramps. The existing ramps will be abandoned and new ramps will be constructed, approximately 1,000 feet to the east. This should create the opportunity for a large development parcel that is unique in size, location and visibility. The recommended development concept is a community commercial center that serves residents and non-residents, and also includes a mix of commercial, office and municipal sales tax generating retail uses. Development along the edges of the Plan Area will be used to buffer the commercial area from the adjacent residential neighborhoods. This location serves as the western entrance to Wheat Ridge. A mix of commercial uses and an inviting streetscape should provide a sense of arrival into Wheat Ridge. The following is a description of the Plan found in Figure 2. Located north of West 44,h Avenue, the community commercial center may include the following. "Large Format Commercial'- Within the project area is a large unique parcel of land, of approximately 20 acres in size. There are few parcels of this size available along the 1-70 corridor within the metropolitan region, therefore making such a parcel suitable for a potential large format development. This site will be situated next to the I-70 eastbound ramps, making easy access for eastbound traffic Westbound traffic will continue to access West 44d� Avenue via Ward Road. Traffic counts along Interstate 70 during an average weekday were 106,350 vehicles in 1998. Traffic counts along West 44th Avenue during an average weekday were 12,150 vehicles in 1997. This site could accommodate a commercial building in the range of 100,000 to 150,000 square feet. Page 5 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan • "Small Scale Commercial'- To the west of the large commercial site, a cluster of smaller commercial shops and services is proposed. These businesses provide a variety of services for residents and non-residents, such as restaurants, convenience stores and gas stations. • The original I-70 access ramps could be used as access to the potential large format retail property and the smaller retail property. This will allow for safe access to the retail sites, using existing traffic flow patterns. Combined access to both development parcels will allow for one traffic signal and allow the greatest flexibility for future site development. • Access to each site will be detemvned as part of the redevelopment project or projects. • "Neighborhood Office" - Development along Tabor Street should be defined as neighborhood office. These uses will generate less traffic demands than those uses along West 44th Avenue and provide a sound and visibility buffer between the residential neighborhood on the east side of Tabor Street and the proposed I-70 ramps. Located south of West 44th Avenue, a proposed community commercial center may include the following uses: • "Community Commercial" - The Plan encourages commercial development and redevelopment along the south side of West 441h Avenue. Most of the area is currently used as commercial. The Plan encourages the redevelopment of sites to maximize utilization of the land. Several large parcels of land are located on the south side of West 44th Avenue and provide flexibility for different development opportunities. All development south of West 44th Avenue adjacent to Tabor Lake should incorporate pedestrian amenities allowing use and enjoyment of the adjacent open space. A landscape buffer should screen the back of all buildings from public view. Located at the intersection of West 44th Avenue and Ward Road and Youngfield, the area may include the following uses: • "Small Office/Business Center'- The western end of the Area has a large volume of through traffic from Youngfield and Ward Roads to I-70. This area should be designated as small office/business center to encourage development of small businesses, offices, research and development, or laboratory space that may have a retail component. Page 6 dwea llONO OL -1 'PH Pn3M a Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Wand Road Redevelopment Plan B. Land and Improvements Acquisition The Authority will encourage the private redevelopment of property within the Plan Area and strive to work with the private sector to achieve such goal. It is likely that all of the existing land and improvements in the area may have to be acquired and demolished to redevelop the area. Few structures may be rehabilitated. The Authority shall have the legal power of eminent domain. If necessary, the Authority will use the power of eminent domain if private negotiations for acquisition of land and improvements, and land assemblage are unsuccessful. Negotiating for land acquisition for the relocation of the access ramps for I-70 is the responsibility of CDOT. C. Land Use The proposed land use is consistent with the Fume Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. The primary land uses should be community commercial, buffered by neighborhood municipal sales tax generating retail and office on the areas bordering the residential neighborhoods. The west end of West 44'h Avenue between Youngfield and Ward Roads is designated as a retail/service area. West 446 Avenue has been designated as a collector street This will encourage auto - oriented uses. However, the plan also requires that safe pedestrian access be provided to all new development. Therefore, sidewalks and crosswalks should be provided with each new development or redevelopment of property, as detailed below in accordance with the Svaetrcape andArchteduml Design Manual D. Private Improvements The Authority should encourage the improvement of private property throughout the Plan Area by the private sector and property owners. Each new development in the Plan area will be required to comply with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, the Sfreetrcape and Arobiteaurai Design Manuai and this Plan. All new development and redevelopment shall be reviewed to insure that development is in conformance with this Plan. The Authority is authorized to allow or effect changes to land uses if such uses me in conformance with the intent of this Plan and may place such covenants, restrictions and controls on land uses in the Area as it deems appropriate. E. Public Improvements Significant public improvements will be undertaken by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) in the relocation of the eastbound on and off ramps to Interstate 70. City of Wheat Ridge capital improvements should be concentrated in areas of general community wide benefits. These should include, by illustration only, transportation improvements on West 44th Avenue, development of city entry statements at the intersections of Youngfield Street and West 44th Avenue and Ward Road and West 441h Avenue, flood management and drainage improvements. Public improvements should also include public and municipal amenities and utilities in locations and to such extent as necessary to accommodate development/redevelopment projects to be undertaken in this entire Plan Area. RTD should be consulted concerning location of transit stops as the area redevelops. Page 8 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan V. Design Standards The City of Wheat Ridge Stmetscape and Architectural Design Manual describes standards for the Arterial Commercial Streetscape of West 44th Avenue with the following design elements in paragraph 1.3.6.3 of the Manual. A. Design Elements • Pedestrian safety and connectivity • Planted medians and street edges • All commercial areas should provide for pedestrian scale • Strong entrance features which relate to the character of the city • Strong streetscape features along the way continue the character of the city • Transit features and access • Coordinated signage • Detached sidewalks where feasible • Screening of parking All proposed plans submitted for redevelopment of the Area must address these elements. B. Streetscape Requirements In general the streetscape should consider and/or incorporate the following improvements in the Manual • Typical arterial commercial streets will have a required streetscape easement along the traveled way. This will consist of a 4 to 6 -foot landscaped area, a minimum six- foot width sidewalk and a seven -foot amenity area along the travel lanes. • All crosswalks should be enhanced, therefore more visible to vehicular traffic with the use of scored concrete and concrete pavers to define the intersections. • The use of street trees to carry the visual image from the residential portions of West 44th Avenue through this area is important. Street trees provide the Pedestrian scale and esthetic appearance that is necessary at this gateway into Wheat Ridge. • Screening of puked vehicles adjacent to the pedestrian streetscape will be important in this portion of West 44th Avenue. The use of fencing combined with low walls will provide a unique effect along this portion of the roadway. Page 9 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan Parking lots associated with large retail establishments must include between each parking bay landscaped medians including street trees with irrigation. Parking lots shall have defined pedestrian walkways from parking to the building entrance. To reduce pedestrian/auto conflicts, the major traffic flow from the arterial street into parking or building entry should not pass between parking areas and the front building facade or building entry. C. Architectural Guidelines The Architectural Design Guidelines provide guidance for redevelopment of this Area. The following elements should be considered when proposed projects are reviewed: • Enhance pedestrian oriented activity by providing a consistent edge to the street and sidewalk to create a pedestrian scale and access to business. • Provide convenient pedestrian access from the public right-of-way to each business and utilize pedestrian friendly site and building design features. • Minimize automobile parking along the corridor edge to limit the auditory and visual impacts of parked automobiles along the corridor. • Provide visual interest and human scale through the use of architectural elements such as mass, bulk, height, entry features, and articulation of walls, materials, texture, detail and color. • Transition of land uses must be considered. Luger buildings should be located adjacent to commercial corridors and transition to smaller buildings closer to residential neighborhoods. Landscape and architectural treatments such as screen walls should be rued as edge buffers. • Pedestrian entries into buildings should face the street whenever possible. All facades of building facing any street or open space should provide a level of finished architectural quality appropriate to the area. • The design of the roof and other related elements should be an integral and balanced part of the architecture. All rooftop mechanical equipment shall be completely screened from ground level and I-70 corridor. • Provide elements that provide human scale to the facades, such as, arcades, display windows, entry areas, awnings or such other features along no less than sixty percent of their horizontal length. • Building facades must include detail features such as, color change; texture change; and material module change. • Predominant exterior building materials shall be high quality materials, including, but not limited to, brick sandstone, or other native stone and tinted/textured concrete masonry units. Page 10 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan VI. Procedures for Implementation A. Project Activities The Authority may exercise all legal powers, without limitation, to implement this Plan. These include all powers defined in the Act, such as but not limited to: • acquisition of property and improvements, or any interest in property and improvements, by any lawful methods, including the use of eminent domain; • management of property; • demolition and clearance of property; • effect the famishing or repair of public streets, utilities or other public improvements; • conveyance and/or disposal of property or any interest in property; and • issuance of bonds, debt or incurrence of financial obligations; • enter into contracts with private patties for redevelopment of property; • utilization of tax increment The sequence of projects will be determined by the actions of the private sector. The large commercial format will probably be the catalyst for redevelopment of the Area. The Authority is encouraged to seek a user for this unique site as the first priority. Future redevelopment should follow this action. The City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority recognize that a cooperative effort between the entities is required in order to carry out this Plan. To further this effort, the City and the Authority have entered into an agreement to assist each other in redevelopment effotts. B. Redevelopment Agreements Some of the legal mechanisms which the Authority can utilize to afford private enterprise maximran opportunities for rehabilitation or redevelopment of the Area, consistent with the needs of Wheat Ridge, include: 1. Public/Private Partnerships The development and implementation of public/private partnerships in many and varied forms can be a key to the success of this Redevelopment Plan. There are many public investments which will be necessary in order to implement elements of this Plan such as: acquisition, demolition, relocation and assemblage of land; I-70 access relocation; West 44th Avenue improvements; drainage and street improvements; and sidewalks and gateway statements. There most, however, be Page 11 Wheat Ridge West 44i° Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan reciprocal efforts of private improvements made in order for the redevelopment project to be both physically and fiscally successful. 2. Disposition and Development Agreements (DDA) A form of private/public partnerships that could be used in the implementation of the Plan is that of Disposition and Development Agreements. Assuming property is acquired by the Authority, under a DDA, the Urban Renewal Authority conveys property, which has been assembled to a "Redeveloper'. The agreement of conveyance has certain performance criteria, covenants, and requirements, which both parties must meet in order for title to transfer to the Redeveloper. DDAs between redevelopers as well as other governmental bodies (e.g. City of Wheat Ridge and the Urban Renewal Authority), will specifically establish the responsibility of each party regarding various commitments, and the timetable for construction of public and private improvements. 3. Owner Participation Agreements Another technique that can be used to implement this Plan will be owner participation agreements. Under terms of these agreements, certain public investments will be made on and/or around private properties and in return certain private reinvestment or new investments are to occur. 4. Intergovernmental Agreements The Act allows governmental entities to enter into agreements with the Authority to provide all necessary services, planning, public improvements, financing, land uses and all other government/public related amenities, facilities, agreements and services to effect redevelopment of the Area. 5. Enforcement of Codes, Law and Regulations The Act addresses authorization for the elimination and prevention of blight by voluntary plans of the private sector and governmental enforcement and utilization of programs and plans for the clean-up, rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Area in compliance with and by adherence to applicable codes, laws, regulations and plans addressing the purposes of the Act 6. Other Legal Arrangements The Authority can participate in any legal arrangement to effect the implementation of this Plan. Page 12 Wheat Ridge West 4416 Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan VII. Financing A. Public Financing Mechanisms Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a financial vehicle for funding debt and forth of financial obligation that support redevelopment projects by utilizing the increased revenues in property taxes and/or sales taxes caused by redevelopment In the case of sales tax increment, only the city's portion of the sales tax is committed. All or a portion of these funds may be used by the Authority for financial activities and fiscal obligations which relate to the elimination of blight and redevelopment of the Area, such as site acquisition, site clearance, construction and/or reconstruction of streets, utilities, or other public infrastructure or the removal of hazardous materials or conditions. Urban renewal authorities can use TIF. Because authorities do not possess the power to levy taxes, they enter into cooperation agreements with the cities and counties. These cooperation agreements arrange for the taxing bodies to collect the incremental tax revenues and transfer them to special accounts of the urban renewal authorities, which in tum use them to pay for the financial obligations of the authorities in carrying out urban renewal plans. The geographic boundaries of an urban renewal area also serve as the boundaries of the tax increment area. Tax increment areas may comprise smaller areas within an urban renewal area. The Act allows that upon adoption or amendment of an urban renewal plan, property and sales taxes are "frozen" at their current level Thereafter, all ad valorem property taxing bodies, or the city in the case of sales tax, continue to receive tax revenue calculated from that existing "frozen base" which is established based on the level from the previous twelve months. The urban renewal authority thereafter receives all property and/or sales taxes, which are generated above that "frozen base". To finance the issuance of bonds, reimburse developers for public improvement costs, and pay off financial obligations and other debts incurred in the administration of an urban renewal plan, an authority may use these incremental revenues. TIF is not an additional sales tax or property tax levy on property owners, but rather a portion of the established taxes collected by the county and/or city on behalf of the urban renewal authority. Sales tax may also be subject to tax increment financing and may be utilized alone or in conjunction with property tax increments. The collection and use of sales tax increment follows the same process as property tax increments. The urban renewal authority receives only the city's share of the sales tax, which is collected from the urban renewal area in excess of the "frozen" base level. The city may elect to commit all or a portion of the sales tax increment for urban renewal financial obligations. Page 13 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan B. Tax Increment Bonds The Authority may issue bonds to finance the administration of the Plan. The Authority may use tax increment revenue to pay the principal, interest, and issuance costs of the financing. Bonds supported by TIF are not required to be guaranteed by the city or any other governmental entity. C. Tax Increment Reimbursement In accordance with a DDA, tax increment revenues may also be used to reimburse a developer for costs incurred for certain improvements in support of a project (Le., life safety systems, environmental remediation, other public improvements). In such a reimbursement scenario, the risk falls upon the developer, due to the fact that any incremental increase in tax revenues is wholly dependent on the success of the project. For both the bond and reimbursement scenarios, tax increment revenues can be paid to an urban renewal authority until the TIF bonds are retired or until the tetras of developer reimbursement have been satisfied as set forth in a DDA. Tax incremental revenues can only be utilized by an urban renewal authority for a maximum of twenty- five years from the date of establishment. However, there are some legal opinions that utilization of sales tax incremental revenues may be utilized for a period of time as agreed by a city and an urban renewal authority. Further legal advice about this matter should be sought by the Authority in relation to this Plan. D. Capital Improvement Program One of the ways the City can show its commitment to the West 44th Avenue corridor revitalization is through its capital improvement program. Capital improvements may be concentrated in areas of general community wide benefits. These could include transportation improvements on West 44th Avenue, development of city entry statements at the Youngfield/West 44th Ave intersection and Ward Road/West 44th Avenue intersection, flood management and drainage improvements. E. Other Financing Mechanisms The following are illustrative of some of the financing mechanisms available to the City of Wheat Ridge to finance this Plan, subject to constitutional restraints or requirements. Page 14 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Pkw Financing Description Applicability Advantages Requirements Mechanism City to Area City's full faith requirement i TiINDT.v General - issued by - any public - backed by - municipal vote Obligation City improvement City's full faith requirement Bonds - requires - should be and credit municipal vote used for projects - payable by of community general fund wide benefit or ad valorem mill levy Special -City or - usually specific - does not - may require Improvement property projects not require city majority vote of District Bonds owners create covered by wide vote property owners district for general - City or in district special improvement property improvements districts owners initiate -majority vote - special public of property spaces or owners needed amenities - assessment based on relative benefit to property owner Revenue - City issues -public - payable solely - may require Bonds bonds payable improvements from backup for by revenue designated bonding revenues Sales and - bonds issued - public accommodates - short term - Property Tax by City improvements immediate subject to vote for Anticipation needs for extension beyond Bonds public projects short term Lease Revenue - City or public - leasing City or public Bonds Authority improvements revenues entity such as owns property provide greater Authority must - leases to surety for become developer developer bonding than -rental fee is income used for bond revenues repayment Page 15 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan F. Authorization The Authority is authorized to finance the costs of implementing, administering and carrying out this Plan by any method authorized by the Act or any other applicable law, including without limitation, loans or advances from the City; federal loans and grants; state loans and grants; interest income; pay as you go arrangements; annual appropriation agreements; agreements with public and private parties or entities; issuing bonds, securities and other forms of debts; loans, advances and grants from any other available source; any and all financing methods legally available to the City and/or the Authority, any private developer, redeveloper or owner may be used to finance in whole or in part any and all costs, including without limitation, the cost of public improvements, described or anticipated in the Plan or in any manner related or incidental to the development of the Area. Such methods may be combined to finance all or any part of the Plan. Any financing method authorized by the Plan or by any applicable law, including without limitation, the Act, may be used to pay the principal of and interest on and to establish reserves for indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed or otherwise) incurred by the Authority or the City to finance the Project in whole or in part. The Authority is authorized to issue notes, bonds or any other financing instruments or documents in amounts sufficient to finance all or part of the Project. The Authority is authorized to borrow funds and to create indebmess in carrying out this Plan. The principal, interest and any premiums due on or in connection with such indebmess may be paid from tax increments or any other funds available to the Authority. The Project may be financed by the Authority under the tax allocation financing provisions of the Act. G. Alternative Utilization of TIF Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7 regarding TIF and in relationship to the utilization of TIF under 31-25-107(9) of the Act, the City, upon adoption of this Plan, and as described in the Resolution approving this Plan, may authorize the utilization of TIF at such time or times, after the date of the initial adoption of this Plan, that a redevelopment project or projects is/are initiated under the provisions of this Plan within the Area. Such TIF may be utilized in the entire Area or portions of the Area. Further, it is understood that under this provision, the utilization of TIF will necessitate a modification of/or to this Plan, and that the provisions of 31-25-107(7) of the Aa shall be complied with by the City. Furthermore, the details of the utilization of TIF may also be provided by agreement between the City and the Authority. Page 16 Wheat Ridge West 44' Ave/Ward Road Redevelopment Plan VIII. Relocation A. Objectives The Authority realizes that in order for the redevelopment process to be a success the affected businesses and individuals in the Area may have to be relocated. It is the intent of the Authority to attempt to relocate all businesses, individuals, families and tenants to areas within Wheat Ridge, and to minimize hardship to such relocates. In accordance with this intent, the objectives of the Authority with respect to relocation are as follows: 1. To prepare, adopt and implement relocation policies and procedures in accordance with 31-25-105 of the Act. 2. To establish an information program to advise businesses and individuals to be relocated of property and facilities available for them. 3. To keep businesses and residents of the Area informed of the progress of the redevelopment. B. Relocation Plans The Authority shall prepare and implement relocation plans or policies before any business, family, tenant or individual is relocated. Such policies shall include but not be limited to the following provisions: 1. Methods for temporary relocations; 2. Relocation to areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities, public and commercial facilities, rents or access within the financial means of persons, and families; into equally decent and sanitary dwellings as available to such persons; and in places reasonably accessible to their employment. 3. To provide for reasonable relocation payments (as determined by the Authority) for moving expenses and actual losses of property directly related to relocation. 4. Por businesses, to provide for losses of goodwill and profits that are reasonable and directly related to the relocation for which compensation is not otherwise provided. IX. Reasonable Variations The Authority shall have the ability to approve reasonable variations (as determined by the Authority) from the strict application of these Plan provisions, so long as such variations accommodate the intent and purpose of this Plan and the Act. Page 17 Appendix A 44th Avenue Corridor A tract of land in the North -Half of Section 20, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6`h Principal Meridian, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest Comer of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 20, whence the Northwest Comer bears N00°15' 12"W, a distance of 2642.34 feet; Thence proceeding on a bearing of N44°51'11 "E a distance of 2834.25 feet, to a point on the East Rigbt-Of-Way line of Tabor Street, said point being the True Point of Beannine. Thence S00°27'32"E a distance of 1288.58 feet, on and along the East Right -Of --Way line of Tabor Street, to a point on the North Right -Of -Way line of West 44" Avenue; Thence S05°2823"W a distance of 96.77 feet to a point on the South Right -Of -Way line of West 44" Avenue, said point also being the Northwest comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0877551 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°27'35"E a distance of 514.60 feet, on and along the East Right -Of -Way line of Tabor Street; Thence S89°19'26'W a distance of 349.10 feet, on and along the South line of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0712510 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to a point, said point being on the East line of Westlake Park Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00° 15'1 2"W a distance of 217.12, on and along the East line of said Westlake Park Subdivision to a point, said point being the Southeast comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0664189 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; . Thence S89°24'04"W a distance of 468.87 feet, on and along the South line of said parcel, to a point on the East line of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number 93125444 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°27'59"E a distance of 63.87 feet, on and along said East line to the Southeast comer of said parcel; Thence S89026'14"W a distance of 322.80 feet, on and along the South line of said parcel, also being the North line of Westlake Park Subdivision, to a point on the East Right -Of -Way line of Van Gordon Street: Thence S00°15'15"E a distance of 162.27 feet, on and along said East Right -Of -Way line; Thence N89°40'57"W a distance of 45.11 feet, to a point on the West Right -Of -Way line of Van Gordon Street, said point also being the Northeast comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number 91077580 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°14'34"E a distance of 210.00 feet, on and along the East line of said parcel; Thence N89°41'11 "W a distance of 259.54 feet,on and along the South line of said parcel, said line also being the North line of Westlake Park Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00° 15' 13"W a distance 158.17 feet, on and along the West line of said parcel, also being the East line of Jensen Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°41'06"W a distance of 100.00 feet, on and along the North line of said Jensen Subdivision to a point, said point being the Southwest comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0696261 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00°15'13"W a distance of 400.00 feet, on and along the West line of said parcel, also being the East line of said Jensen Subdivision; Thence N89°41'15"W a distance of 214.49 feet, on and along the South line of a parcel as recorded at Book 1882 Page 759 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the West Right -Of -Way line of Vivian Street; Thence N00°15'13"W a distance of 54.13 feet, on and along said West Right -Of -Way line; Thence N89'57'0 VV a distance of 150.00, on and along the South line of a parcel as recorded at Book 2365 Page 310 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N00° 15'12"W a distance of 147.00 feet, on and along the West line of said parcel, to a point on the South Right -Of -Way line of West 44" Avenue; Thence S89049'39"W a distance of 196.12 feet, on and along said South Right -Of - Way line to a point, said point being the Northeast comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number 84066140 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°45'01"E a distance of 206.21 feet, on and along the East line of said parcel; Thence S89°11'48"W a distance of 111.99 feet, on and along the South line of said parcel to a point on the West Right -Of -Way line of Wright Street; Thence N00°44'59"W a distance of 207.88 feet, on and along said West Right -Of - Way line to a point on the South Right -Of -Way line of West 44b Avenue; Thence S89'1 3'46'V a distance of 200.00 feet, on and along said South Right -Of - Way line to a point, said point being the Northeast comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F1200212 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°45'24"E a distance of 165.07 feet, on and along the East line of said parcel; Thence S801 1'39"W a distance of 96.00 feet, on and along the South line of said parcel to a point on the East Right -Of -Way line of Xenon Street; Thence S00°45'03 "E a distance of 82.42 feet, on and along said East Righf Of -Way line; Thence N89°56'58"W a distance of 181.33 feet to a point, said point also being the Southwest comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0836462 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00°02'45"W a distance of 62.34 feet to a point, said point being the Southeast comer of Parcel #3 as recorded at the Reception Number F1227059 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S89°53'23"E a distance of 5.20 feet to a point, said point being the Northwest comer of a parcel as recorded at Book 3025 Page 950 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence S00035'30"E a distance of 203.36 feet, on and along the West line of said parcel to a point, said point being on the South line of Parcel #2 as recorded at the Reception Number F1227059 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N89°56'58"W a distance of 295.43 feet, on and along the South line of said parcel to a point on the Easterly Right -Of -Way line of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT); Thence N28024"28"E a distance of 231.13 feet, on and along said Easterly CDOT Right -Of --Way line; Thence N29°34'33"E a distance of 104.64 feet, on and along said Easterly CDOT Right -Of -Way line; Thence N29°29'55"E a distance of 128.64 feet, on and along said Easterly CDOT Right -Of -Way line; Thence N67°4927"E a distance of 206.52 feet, on and along said Easterly CDOT Right -Of -Way line, also being the North line of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0836462 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, to a point on the Rest Right -Of -Way line of Xenon Street; Thence N00°19'56"W a distance of 32.67 feet, on and along said West Right -Of -Way line to a point on the South Right -Of -Way line of West 44th Avenue; Thence N36°26'32"E a distance of 149.21 feet, to a point on the North Right -Of - Way line of West 44 h Avenue; Thence N48°34'43 "E a distance of 177.30 feet, on and along said Easterly CDOT Right -Of -Way line, also being the West line of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0991194 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N64°55'01"E a distance of 324.74 feet, on and along the Northerly line of said parcel, and along the North line of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0299509 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, also being the Southeasterly CDOT Right -Of -Way line, to a point on the West Right -Of - Way line of Ward Road; Thence N61°38'54"E a distance of 115.61 feet, to a point on the East Right -Of -Way line of Ward Road, also being the Northwest comer of Public Storage Amended Subdivision, as recorded in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N64'05'3 9"E a distance of 184.60 feet, on and along the North line of said Public Storage Amended Subdivision, also being the Southerly CDOT Right -Of -Way line; Thence N72°44'09"E a distance of 387.56 feet, to a point on said Southerly CDOT Right -Of -Way line, said point being the Northwest comer of a parcel recorded at the Reception Number 78117309 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N52°40'25"E a distance of 223.10 feet, on and along the North line of said parcel, also being said Southerly CDOT Right -Of -Way line; Thence N64°22'38"E a distance of 607.18 feet, on and along the North line of said parcel, also being said Southerly CDOT Right -Of -Way line; Thence N00° 15'39"W a distance of 17.57 feet, on and along said Southerly CDOT Right -Of -Way line; Thence N64°10'38"E a distance of 648.80 feet, to a point on the West Right -Of -Way line of Tabor Street, also being the Northeast comer of a parcel as recorded at the Reception Number F0811522 in the official records of said County of Jefferson, State of Colorado; Thence N65043'14"E a distance of 108.32 feet, to the True Point of Beeinnine. The area described above contains 2,851,196 square feet (65.4545 acres), more or less. The drafter of this description is David F. Brossman, P.L.S., prepared 10/11/01 on behalf of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, 7500 W. 29'" Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO 80215- 6713, and is not to be consorted as a monumented land survey. 4 RENEWAL If WHEAT RIDGE Progress Through Partnership TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steve Art, Urban Renewal Manager RE: Adoption of Resolution No. 07-2015 relating to the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan and its adherence to Renewal Wheat Ridge, adopted 2011, the City's Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan"). DATE: November 19, 2015 ITEM: Review of the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan, and adoption of Resolution regarding its adherence to Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted 2009 PROPOSED WEST END 38 URBAN RENEWAL PLAN INTENT: The Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan anticipates private investment within its boundaries including a mix of residential and non-residential land uses, a higher standard of development than exists in the area today, demolition of existing blighted structures, and improvements that support local goals related to land use, economic development, housing diversity, community services, transportation, and sustainability. CONFORMANCE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Envision Wheat Ridge, adopted in October 2009, identifies several goals and objectives that will be accomplished and advanced through completion of projects in urban renewal areas. The Planning Commission is being asked to review this memo and these Attachments, and make a determination that the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan will further the same in a manner consistent with the intentions of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff has completed a review of Envision Wheat Ridge and the 38u' Avenue Corridor Plan, a relevant corridor plan, and provided verbatim excerpts from these documents which are considered to be accomplished by the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan. The Proposed Plan is also believed to build on previous planning efforts and be consistent with the vision outlined in these and other City adopted plans. REQUEST: The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority dba Renewal Wheat Ridge (RWR) is recommending that the Wheat Ridge City Council adopt a resolution approving a new urban renewal plan, referred to as the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan. The Colorado Urban Renewal Law, C.R.S. § 31-25-107(2), states that, "Prior to its approval of an urban renewal plan, the governing body shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations 7500 West 29"' Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303.235.2805 Fax:303.235.2805 www.ci.wheatridge.co.us with respect to the proposed urban renewal plan to the governing body within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within said thirty days, without such recommendations, the governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal plan prescribed by subsection (3) of this section." RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff supports the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan and recommends the Planning Commission adopt a resolution confirming the Plan's conformity with Envision Wheat Ridge, for the reasons cited above. This recommendation requires, then, that the Planning Commission review the following Attachments: 1. Exhibit of the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Area boundaries 2. Relevant excerpts from Envision Wheat Ridge 3. Relevant excerpts from the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan 4. Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to adopt Resolution 7-2015, finding the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge." Or, "I move to deny Resolution 7-2015, finding the Plan is not in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, Envision Wheat Ridge for the following reasons: Attachments: 1. Resolution 07-2105 —Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan 2. Attachment 1 a. Exhibit of the Proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Area boundaries b. Relevant excerpts from Envision Wheat Ridge c. Relevant excerpts from the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan d. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 07 Series of 2015 TITLE: A RESOLUTION FINDING THE WEST END 38 URBAN RENEWAL PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority is authorized under C.R.S. 31- 25-105 (1)(i) of the Urban Renewal Law to prepare a plan for redevelopment for certain areas of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council, upon recommendation of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, on December 14, 2015 will be asked to make a finding of the presence of blight in the area included in the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan; and WHEREAS, under C.R.S. 31-25-107(2), the redevelopment plan is to be forwarded to the Planning Commission to determine its conformity with the comprehensive plan for the City. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission as follows: Section 1. The proposed West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan is in conformance with the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan. Section 2. This Resolution No. 07-2015 shall be transmitted to the Wheat Ridge City Council pursuant to the requirements of C.R.S. 31-25-107(2). DONE AND RESOLVED THIS 191h day of November 2015. WHEAT RIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION in ATTEST: Secretary to the Commission Chair ATTACHMENT WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan N Jl- t ' +' :% I I �l ` /✓�I i i h��= i e y 0 50 100 Feet West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Boundary RICKER I CUNNINGHAM (303) 458-5800 www.rickercunningham.comAp- 8200 South Quebec Street, Suite A3-104 - Centennial, CO 80112-4411 Envision Wheat Ridge, Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 2009 (excerpts taken verbatim) Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. 1- INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Plan Basics Building on Previous Planning Efforts Page 2 The Plan update included review of these previous efforts and documents. Many of the goals, policies, and ideas for the future represented in the previous planning efforts are still relevant, and are carried forth in this plan. Some examples of overarching themes in this plan that are carried forth from previous planning efforts include: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment (from the 2000 Comprehensive Plan); Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's Neighborhoods (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Continue to provide quality community services, parks, and open spaces (2000 Comprehensive Plan); Encourage alternative transportation opportunities and intergovernmental cooperation on regional issues (2000 Comprehensive Plan); • Focus on increasing housing options to attract a range of household types (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); • Prioritize the redevelopment of key commercial areas (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy), • Enhance community character and gateways (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy); Promote transit -supportive development (Northwest Subarea Plan); and • Develop a Town Center (Wadsworth Subarea Plan), Increase property maintenance and stability (Fruitdale Subarea Plan). Previous Planning Efforts in Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plans 2000 Comprehensive Plan Repositioning Wheat Ridge: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS, 2005) Subarea Plans Northwest Subarea Plan (2006) Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan (2007) Fruitdale Subarea Plan (2007) 38th Avenue Corridor Plan (2011) (completed after adoption of Envision Wheat Ridge) Urban Renewal Plans • Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) • West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan (2001) • 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) 1-70 / Kipling Corridor Urban Renewal Plan (2009) Key Trends and Issues Throughout the planning process a number of key trends and issues emerged as important topics for the Envision Wheat Ridge Plan to address. The list of key trends and issues are summarized below: Economic and Fiscal Issues Developing a clear economic strategy; Defining roles and responsibilities of partner organizations; Addressing opportunities for future employment and retail centers; • Identifying prime areas for redevelopment and infill, and address barriers to development, Addressing the fiscal realities of the City and how to achieve sustainable revenue sources to maintain current levels of City services; and Investing in new technology to advance economic development. Land Use, Housing, and Design Issues • Recognizing the importance of the community's neighborhoods and addressing howto increase the variety of housing options (beyond the single-family ranch homes and older apartments), • Addressing how to reinvest in existing neighborhoods to maintain their character but also make them more appealing to new residents; Achieving a sustainable balance of housing, retail, and employment land uses over time; Identifying appropriate density and design for different parts of the community; and • Establishing areas for future activity centers such as a larger scale Town Center and smaller neighborhood centers. Community Character and Livability Issues Addressing how to promote the community's assets to attract new residents, employees, and visitors. • Accommodating the needs of different types of households; • Coordinating with the school district to maintain quality schools; Identifying barriers for active lifestyles and promoting healthy lifestyles; Continuing parks, recreation, and open space investment and offerings; Engaging residents in crime prevention and code enforcement efforts; and Including sustainability as a key theme throughout the Plan. Other Issues Incorporating previous planning efforts into the Comprehensive Plan; and Focusing on strategic implementation and priority actions to achieve the Plan's goals. 2 - COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES Page 11 Key Values The following six broad Key Values are the primary principles behind the Community Vision. They describe the community's aspirations and organize the more specific policies into the chapters of this Comprehensive Plan. Create a Resilient Local Economy Based on a Balanced Mix of Land Uses A diverse mix of land uses including residential neighborhoods, primary employment, and commercial goods and services will build and sustain a broad and resilient tax base. Promote Vibrant Neighborhoods and an Array of Housing Options Maintaining the character of existing neighborhoods and establishing new housing options will retain and attract a range of household types. Enhance Community Character and Accentuate Quality Design Marketing Wheat Ridge's unique qualities and emphasizing quality design for new development and redevelopment will reposition Wheat Ridge as a unique community. Increase Transportation Connections and Options Continued coordination and investment in transportation efficiency, travel options and connections will improve mobility for community residents, employees, and visitors. Provide Quality Community Amenities, Services, and Resources A commitment to providing exemplary community services will maintain the high quality of life for community residents, and will help attract future households and employers. Ensure a Sustainable Future * Continued focus on the future implications of today's choices and their impacts on the community's residents, the natural environment, and community prosperity will ensure a prosperous future for future generations. Page 12 * Vision for a Sustainable Future • A sustainable future is a continuous journey to balance social, environmental, and economic interests. It respects and provides stewardship of the natural environment, facilitates active lifestyles and civic engagement, and bestows economic prosperity to individuals and the community. • A community with a sustainable future focuses on its local progress while also considering the global impacts of its decisions. 3 —Structure Plan Page 13 Introduction Overview The Structure Plan is intended to provide strategic guidance and general land uses for future redevelopment to aid the Wheat Ridge community in achieving its future vision. It provides high-level guidance for the community's areas and corridors - it is not intended to be parcel -based, nor is it a zoning map. The Structure Plan, in combination with goals and policies, will help the community determine appropriate locations and strategies for: 1. conservation of the community's assets and foundation; 2. areas in need of reinvestment and revitalization; and 3. targeted development and redevelopment to achieve vibrant commercial, mixed-use, and employment areas. Page 20 Foundations Foundations are neighborhoods and commercial areas with common characteristics, upon which the focus areas are layered. They include: Neighborhood Revitalization - residential areas -- individual properties or general pockets that might benefit from reinvestment; often require special attention because they have issues related to dilapidated properties, code enforcement, crime and safety, lower rates of owner occupancy, and / or incompatible mix of uses; promote home ownership and spur reinvestment through infrastructure improvements; and / or, limited small-scale residential redevelopment will be encouraged in areas that exhibit several of the following characteristics of neighborhoods in need of revitalization Criteria to distinguish Neighborhood Revitalization Areas Increasing incompatibility of uses Infrastructure needs (e.g., utilities in disrepair) Less stability than established neighborhoods Neighborhood Buffer Areas Along both sides of Kipling Street north of 44th Avenue 44th Avenue near Youngfield Street • Along Wadsworth Boulevard Along Sheridan Boulevard Mixed -Use Commercial Areas Existing Areas Kipling Street at 1-70 Youngfield Street and 38th Avenue at 1-70 • 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards The plan designates existing commercial areas mixed with office and employment as mixed-use commercial areas. Focus in these areas is on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment, and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties, with "centers" being the primary emphasis. Page 24 Corridors and Gateways Corridors and Gateways are areas of future focus and emphasis layered on top of the foundations. Corridors are the major thoroughfares through Wheat Ridge along which businesses are located. The intensities and land use characteristics of the city's corridors will vary from vehicular -oriented commercial districts to quaint and pedestrian -friendly neighborhood commercial areas. The corridors include: Primary Commercial Corridors - focus on assembling and redeveloping outdated and underutilized properties primarily from 35th to 44th Avenues, encourage development of a mixed-use Town Center, including multi -family housing (as lofts or part of the mix), improved bicycle and pedestrian connections along routes parallel to Wadsworth Main Street Corridor, 38th Avenue Corridor (between Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard) - show case nodes of locally owned commercial businesses and employers in a transit and pedestrian - friendly "main street' environment that emphasizes Wheat Ridge's historic and hometown character, small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities will be focused primarily between Wadsworth and Pierce, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan, streetscape and other urban design improvements will be extended through the Main Street corridor to provide a walkable and distinct gateway Neiehborhood Commercial Corridors 44th Avenue (between Youngfield and Kipling Streets) 44th Avenue (between Kipling Street and the greenbelt) 44th Avenue (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) Harlan Street (from 1-70 to just south of 44th Avenue), Primary Gateway, Primary Gateways 1-70 at Wadsworth 1-70 at Kipling Street 1-70 at Ward Road 1-70 at Youngfield Street / 32nd Avenue Wadsworth at 26th Avenue 38th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard 26th Ave at Kipling Street 44th Avenue at Harlan Street En:X91L,M TAi17e1L,IDIIe1L,IP1131: Page 35 Relationship to the Community Vision and Structure Plan Emphasis on retention and reinvestment in commercial areas will ensure that residents have convenient local locations to shop, in addition to generating retail sales tax to maintain City services. To provide balance to the community's strong residential base, future employment and commercial development efforts will target key areas. Goal ELU1: Make Wheat Ridge a "community of choice" in which to live, work, shop, and recreate. Wheat Ridge will actively promote the community's positive assets to attract and retain residents, employers, and visitors. The City will emphasize and market its high quality of life to position Wheat Ridge as a desirable place to live, work, recreate, and visit. Policies ELU 1.2 — Become a Regional Destination The City will promote the community's attributes, and showcase entrances and travel corridors to draw visitors and position the community as a regional destination. Strategies: A. Develop programs to enhance and highlight the city's main entrances (gateways) with landscaping and signage Goal ELU2: Attract Quality Retail Development and Actively Retain Existing Retailers to Locate in Wheat Ridge Actively retain existing retailers and attract quality retail development. Wheat Ridge will proactively work with existing quality retailers to remain and thrive in Wheat Ridge, and encourage new businesses, particularly those that provide healthy and high quality products and goods and services to locate in Wheat Ridge. In addition, the City will plan for future regional retail, community commercial, and neighborhood commercial centers and promote opportunities for niche and specialty businesses and districts. Policies: ELU 2.1— Retain and Enhance Existing Retailers The City, in conjunction with its economic development partners, will work with existing quality retailers and businesses to remain and expand in Wheat Ridge so that goods are purchased locally and retail sales taxes are not lost to neighboring communities. Strategies: C. Assist existing retailers with expansion plans or opportunities for local relocation ELU 2.2 — Promote Specialty Retail Businesses The City, in partnership economic development partners, and the development and business communities, will work to establish and grow unique small businesses and niche business districts in areas identified as activity centers and along key corridors. Strategies: E. Work with local brokers and developers to identify and attract regional niche retailers for a potential location in Wheat Ridge. ELU 2.3 — Rehabilitate Underutilized Retail Spaces Coordination and partnership between the City, economic development partners, and the development community to improve the appearance and function of outdated and inefficient retail spaces will re energize the community's primary corridors and key activity centers. Strategies: B. Encourage land assemblage and denser nodes of development within activity centers C. Partner with area economic development organizations D. Continue to work with local property owners on identifying opportunities for fayade and landscaping improvements and upgrades ELU 2.4—Develop Regional Retail The City, economic development partners, and private developers will partner to develop the Regional Commercial Center west of 1-70 (including the Crossing at Clear Creek site) with a mix of regional retail anchors, smaller retailers, and secondary uses such as offices and hotel. B. Enter public / private partnerships and facilitate the use of tools such as Tax Increment Financing through an Urban Renewal Authority, special districts, and other tools to share infrastructure development costs; and C. Provide business start-up incentives and financing tools (such as Tax Increment Financing) Goal ELU3 — Retain and Diversity Local Employment Wheat Ridge will foster a business climate that encourages expansion or creation of employment opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on growing the community's existing health care industry, redevelopment of the area surrounding the future FasTracks Gold Line Transit Station, and allowing secondary employment opportunities in the Crossing at Clear Creek Regional Commercial Center area. This business climate will require the retention of industrially zoned lands, and will place emphasis on new, high-quality employment opportunities in growing fields such as clean energy and biotechnology. Policies: ELU 3.1— Retain and Expand Established Employers The City and its economic development partners will work with the community's existing primary employers such as Exempla Lutheran Hospital to maintain and grow operations to provide quality local jobs to residents. Strategies: A. Supply an adequate mix of housing in the community to create a "whole community' where residents can live and work; D. Work closely with local employers and business owners to address issues and retain them in Wheat Ridge; and E. Coordinate with employers to develop plans for future growth and expansion and help facilitate their plans through the City's development review process. ELU 3.2 —Generate New Primary Employment The City, in partnership with economic development and other business organizations, will recruit new primary employers to locate in Wheat Ridge, in order to provide quality jobs for the community's large residential base, and to draw employees into the city on a daily basis. Strategies: A. Market development sites within Enterprise Zone and Urban Renewal Authority areas B. Target medical -related facilities C. Work on a package of appropriate incentives and establish the criteria by which these incentives can be used Goal ELU4 — Increase the Diversity of Land Uses Wheat Ridge will work to ensure that the limited future development and redevelopment areas provide increased opportunities for employment, retail, and commercial services, along new housing options, to achieve a sustainable and balanced mix of land uses for the community. Policies: ELU 4.1— Efficient Use of Limited Land Because of the limited amount of land available for new development, the City will require efficient use of newly developing and redeveloping areas by promoting higher -intensity development. Priority areas for new development include the Crossing at Clear Creek site west of 1-70 and the future T.O.D. area north of 1-70 near Ward Road. Strategies: A. Emphasize mixed-use development in developing and redeveloping areas C. Prioritize areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential overlay districts to identify opportunities for property assemblage and efficient use of land E. Seek to remove height and density limitations from the City Charter in targeted development and redevelopment locations and examine / rezone those areas as necessary to achieve goals Goal ELUS: Revitalize Key Redevelopment Areas Policies: ELU 5.1— Infill and Redevelopment Many properties along Wheat Ridge's primary corridors and in activity centers are dated and underutilized. The City will work with partners and private developers to promote infill and redevelopment in key areas shown on the Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Provide financing tools and incentives (such as Tax Increment Financing in Urban Renewal Areas and Enterprise Zone tax credits) to jump-start redevelopment in underutilized areas B. Identify areas with potential for property assemblage (through future subarea and corridor plans) and provide assistance with assemblage C. Actively pursue grants and technical assistance in determining the existence of brownfields at key redevelopment locations D. Coordinate with all interested parties (property owners, adjacent property owners, and City) to plan and define the vision for future development on infill sites E. Identify areas for future overlay districts F. Enter public-private partnerships (between City government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood organizations) to increase cooperation and development success ELU 5.2 - High Quality Redevelopment The City will require high quality urban design for all future infill and redevelopment, in order to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods, and to improve the overall appearance of the community's primary corridors and activity centers. Strategies: A. Assist with property assemblage to promote well coordinated, complete areas for redevelopment (not piecemeal properties) C. Identify areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential thematic -based overlay districts (to establish guidelines and standards to address suitable design and scale, variety and visual interest, and appropriate materials specific to each subarea or corridor) Goal ELU6: Establish Community Activity Centers and a Town Center Policies: ELU 6.1— Community Activity Centers The City will guide development and redevelopment to occur in planned activity centers. A range of existing and proposed activity centers along major corridors will discourage strip commercial development by concentrating a mix of uses to serve as neighborhood and community destinations. Existing Community Activity Center Locations Youngfield at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Sheridan at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Wadsworth at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Future Community Activity Center Locations Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenue (Town Center) Crossing at Clear Creek site (Regional Commercial Center) Future Gold Line Transit Station Area (Employment/Commercial Center) Strategies: A. Partner with private property owners, economic development organizations, and developers to assemble parcels for redevelopment C. Encourage a mix of uses in activity centers (including multi -family residential and senior housing where appropriate) D. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) E. Coordinate development with established Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, and other regional plans ELU 6.2 —Town Center Development In collaboration with economic development partners and other organizations, the City will guide the development of a mixed-use Town Center, located along Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues. Strategies: C. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) D. Enter public/ private partnerships to assist with development funding and design E. Establish an appropriate package of incentives to help jump-start redevelopment 5 - NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING Page 54 Goal NH2: Increase Housing Options Policies: NH 2.1— New Housing Types The City will direct the development of new housing types such as townhomes, condos/lofts, and senior living units (especially in Neighborhood Revitalization, Neighborhood Buffer and other mixed-use areas) to meet market demand. Strategies: B. Promote traditional neighborhood development with a variety of housing types (possibly including accessory dwelling units, multi -family, and senior housing units) as a component of infill / redevelopment sites Goal NH4: Stimulate Investment and Redevelopment in Neighborhood Buffer Areas Policies: NH 4.1— Enhance Neighborhood Buffer Areas The City will coordinate and partner economic development partners, neighborhood groups, and private developers to initiate investment and redevelopment efforts in Neighborhood Buffer Areas. Strategies: A. Coordinate revitalization efforts within established Urban Renewal Authority areas and plans B. Enter public / private partnerships to improve or redevelop outdated multi -family properties C. Encourage and facilitate property assemblages to accommodate new small-scale mixed-use developments to provide transition between primary corridors and residential neighborhoods 6 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN Pages 61 through 63 Policies Goal CC1: Create Recognizable Gateways and Corridors Wheat Ridge will establish a clear identity that promotes a positive community image in primary community entrances ("gateways"). CC 1.1— Gateway Identity In collaboration with economic development partners, private developers, and other groups, the City will improve primary gateways into the community (as shown on the Structure Plan) so that they project a positive, cohesive community identity and clear sense of place. Strategies: A. Develop signage and landscaping at gateways and along I-70 that uses recent community branding efforts to "tell the Wheat Ridge story' (such as the themed gateway signage and streetscape on 38th Avenue near Sheridan) B. Provide and maintain attractively landscaped areas at community entrances (such as the recent 1-70 and Kipling interchange improvements) CC 1.2 — Corridor Image The City will work with private developers, economic development partners, Colorado Department of Transportation and other organizations to enhance the image of the city's primary corridors (as identified on the Structure Plan). Strategies: B. Enter public / private partnerships to coordinate, fund, develop, and maintain streetscape improvements C. Continue the community sign code to ensure quality new signage along corridors and to encourage upgrades to existing non -conforming signage 7 -TRANSPORTATION Pages 79 through 83 Goal T 1: Provide an Integrated Transportation System to Address all Modes of Travel and Future Funding Priorities Wheat Ridge will accommodate all modes of travel including motorists, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit riders. Policies: T 1.1—Targeted Improvement Areas The City will focus future investment for infrastructure improvements in targeted corridors and intersections, as identified on the Transportation Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Institute transportation improvements as activity centers and primary corridors develop and redevelop B. Use the improvements shown on the Transportation Structure Plan to establish key areas for each travel mode and capital improvement projects C. Establish criteria to identify neighborhoods that are not targeted areas for street or sidewalk enhancements T 1.2 — Improvements Funding The City will continue to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements and will seek opportunities to partner with regional, state, and national agencies to establish funding for key projects. Strategies: A. Seek to establish anew local funding source for pedestrian and bicycle system improvements B. Work to establish a blend of local and matching funds for multi -modal improvements T 1.3 — Complete Streets The City will coordinate with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish roadway design criteria that ensure safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users (also commonly referred to as "complete streets"). Strategies: A. Develop new road cross sections for principal corridors that meet the needs of all modes of transportation B. Revise development regulations to require new development to constructor enhance segments of pedestrian and bicycle systems C. Establish and require level of service standards for all travel modes D. Complete the Implementation Plan (Phase 2) of the Bike and Pedestrian Route Master Plan 8 - COMMMUNITY SERVICES Goal CS 4: Continue Coordination with Fire Districts and Utility Providers to Maintain Quality Service The City will continue to coordinate with utilities and fire districts to maintain quality levels of service to existing customers and provide new services to areas where future growth will occur. Policies: CS 4.1— Utility and Service Districts The City will continue to coordinate development and redevelopment activities with utility providers and service districts. Strategies: B. Develop and offer credits or incentives for development/ redevelopment that reuses, establishes new connections to, or upgrades existing utility infrastructure. 10 - PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Pages 111 and 112 An Economic Development Strategy This Plan, and the process to develop it, has continually identified economic development of targeted redevelopment areas as a primary strategy for the City to accomplish its livability, fiscal, image, and identity -related goals. Five Target Redevelopment Areas a. Crossing at Clear Creek (Cabela's) b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' c. Kipling Corridor d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Short- and Long -Term Priorities The strategy should confirm, in discussion with policymakers and staff, short- and long-term priorities for redevelopment and geographic areas. For example, redevelopment priorities in the "target areas' should focus on the long-term desires as reflected in the Comprehensive and Sub -Area Plans, while in other commercial and industrial areas, the priority may be to minimize vacancies. Identify Appropriate Financial Tools Public agencies can employ a number of financing tools to finance public improvements. The special districts, authorities, and other tools described in the following table are a short list of financing tools that are applicable to the redevelopment of key areas in Wheat Ridge. Page 115, 117 and 118 Economic Strategies for Geographic Areas b. 38th Avenue "Main Street' Establishing a small locally oriented retail center at 38th Avenue is a high priority for residents of Wheat Ridge. Challenges include the perception that there is "no market," checkerboard zoning, the lack of funding for significant improvements, and land assembly. Initial action items are focused on market creation. Potential Financing Tools Urban Renewal Area Local Marketing District Business Improvement District d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center Background The Wadsworth Corridor between 38th and 44th Avenues has been identified as the preferred location for a Town Center that would have a small civic component such as a library, retail development, and places for public gathering. The URA owns the site just east of the 1st Bank at 44th and Wadsworth and has been working with public and private partners to foster its development. Redevelopment of the Wadsworth Corridor hinges on actions by CDOT to widen and / or improve the road. Potential Financing Tools Specific parcels may require land write-down assistance, environmental remediation, and assistance with current property ownership. Other tools to encourage redevelopment in this corridor area are listed below. Their use will depend on the specific situation. Metropolitan Districts General Improvement Districts Urban Renewal Area Special Improvement Districts Public Improvement Fees Use Tax Rebates e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station -Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Site This site is seen as having longer term importance to the City; however, potential projects are not likely to materialize until after the commuter rail line is close to completion (Gold Line station estimated completion for 2016). Potential Public Financing Tools • Urban Renewal Authority Metropolitan District • General Improvement District • Special Improvement District Public Improvement Fee Use Tax Rebates Others for the Specific TOD Project 38th Avenue Corridor Plan, adopted 2011 (some excerpts grammatically edited) Pages 1 and 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY West 38th Avenue, between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, is a priority redevelopment area in Wheat Ridge. The City's comprehensive plan, Envision Wheat Ridge, identifies the corridor as one of five key redevelopment sites and designates 38th Avenue as the City's main street. Although many residents view 38th Avenue as the heart of the community, today it lacks the physical environment and economic vitality that is commonly associated with a main street corridor. The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for 38th Avenue so that it can be revitalized into an attractive focal point for the community. Building on valuable input from stakeholders and the public at -large, the plan creates a vision for the future of the street. It establishes four guiding principles that set the framework for the plan's recommendations, which focus on transportation, land use, urban design, and economic development. Vision Statement The following statement captures the vision for what 38th Avenue will become in the next two decades: "West 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth is a safe, vibrant and diverse corridor in Wheat Ridge with a strong identity and robust commercial and residential markets. The corridor has identifiable sub -districts with its Main Street being a source of community pride and a primary destination for city residents and visitors. In the year 2030, people of all ages and abilities live, work, learn, shop, and play along 38th Avenue." Sub -Districts Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center anchors the corridor at its western end. Building upon the City's adopted plans which envision a mixed-use town center on Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues, this sub- district includes a mix of community and regional serving retail, offices, and residences. Improvements in the Area will serve as a gateway into Wheat Ridge's downtown and Main Street from the west. Main Street The vision for Main Street is a historic gathering place that integrates small shops, restaurants, and services at the ground floor with residences and office space on upper floors. This half -mile stretch of 38th Avenue will be easily walkable and attract a synergy of people and activities during the day and night. Guiding Principles The input received during the visioning process led to the creation of four guiding principles that inform the plan recommendations. Identity- Redevelop 38th Avenue with a strong identity as Wheat Ridge's Main Street Vitality- Promote economic and real estate vitality and healthy living Appeal - Create an attractive, comfortable, inviting atmosphere Mobility- Develop a complete street that better accommodates pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders while maintaining adequate vehicular access and parking Pages 5 through 8 1- INTRODUCTION 1.1 —Study Area Location West 38th Avenue is an important east -west corridor that runs the entire length of Wheat Ridge. The focus of this plan is the portion of West 38th Avenue that falls between Sheridan Boulevard and Wadsworth Boulevard, which is about 1.5 miles in length. The study area continues just west of Wadsworth Boulevard in order to capture the entire 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard intersection, which is a gateway within Wheat Ridge and into the study area. To the east, the study area ends at Sheridan Boulevard, which is also the boundary between the city of Wheat Ridge and city and county of Denver. The study area extends roughly 600 feet to the north and south of 38th Avenue. 1.2 — Purpose of the Plan The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for the future of 38th Avenue between Wadsworth and Sheridan Boulevards. This portion of the street is identified as a priority redevelopment area in the City's Comprehensive Plan and Economic Development Strategic Plan. Wheat Ridge 2020, another important stakeholder given its office location on 38`" Avenue, has also identified 38th Avenue as a priority area and is committed to the revitalization of the corridor. 1.4 — Relationship to Other Plans There are several existing plans, studies, and guiding documents that set the framework for the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan. 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (Urban Renewal Plan), adopted 2001 This plan, established an urban renewal area along 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth, covers a majority of the focus area. A major objective identified in this plan is to strengthen the identity of 38th Avenue as the city's main street with a human -scaled mix of uses. The proposed land use concept is to enhance neighborhood- and community -serving retail while preserving housing. This urban renewal plan also identifies redevelopment techniques that could be utilized such as demolition, land acquisition, redevelopment and rehabilitation. Financing tools identified in the plan include revenue from property and sales tax increments, federal loans or grants, as well as bond issuances. Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy, adopted 2005 The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) focused on the repositioning of Wheat Ridge as a vibrant community by improving its housing stock and revitalizing its commercial corridors to attract higher -income households. Acknowledging demographic trends such as decreasing median household incomes, the NRS strongly urges the City to pursue policies and regulations that encourage investment in neighborhoods and redevelopment in commercial areas. The NRS recommends that the City and Wheat Ridge 2020 focus housing efforts on the east side of the city by increasing permissible densities and encouraging infill and rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. The NRS also specifically identifies 38th Avenue as one of four key commercial areas where the City should focus redevelopment efforts. Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan are consistent with the NRS. Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted 2009 Envision Wheat Ridge is a city-wide plan that guides the future of the city. The plan identifies 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards as a "main street corridor" that is transit- and pedestrian -friendly. It recommends development of small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment projects focused primarily between Wadsworth Boulevard and Pierce Street, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan Boulevard, over time. Envision Wheat Ridge also identifies 38th Avenue as one of five priority redevelopment areas in the city and calls out several action items to facilitate its redevelopment, including: Preparation of a 38th Avenue subarea / corridor plan Form a public-private partnership with merchants and owners along the corridor to make the area attractive for private investment Develop a streetscape plan Facilitate creation of a Business Improvement District (BID) to maintain improvements (when appropriate) Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan coincide with the vision and recommendations in Envision Wheat Ridge, and have been adopted as an official amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. West 38th Avenue Community Revitalization Partnership Report, Prepared for Wheat Ridge 2020, 2009 This study, prepared by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) and Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) was the result of a 3 -day assessment of the 38th Avenue corridor between Wadsworth and Sheridan Boulevards by a multi -disciplinary assessment team. The assessment team evaluated strategies for revitalization of the street, focusing on land use, real estate, marketing and promotion, and urban design. This study recognizes existing aspects of the corridor that detract from its economic viability, including its auto -oriented form, outdated retail formats, and lack of a cohesive identity. The report includes many recommendations to guide the revitalization of 38th Avenue, focusing on marketing and branding, redevelopment opportunities, and urban design. The report recommends the completion of a corridor plan and further study of a "road diet' that serve to reduce travel lanes and create opportunities for on - street parking, improved sidewalks, and / or bicycle facilities. Bicycle and Pedestrian MasterPlan, adopted 2010 This plan lays the framework for providing a more comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle network throughout the city; and, identifies which streets in Wheat Ridge need pedestrian and bicycle improvements, and discusses potential funding sources for implementing planned pedestrian and bicycle facilities. It proposes detached sidewalks with amenity zones on both sides of 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, as well as a shared bicycle facility. Other proposed improvements within the study area include bike lanes on Pierce Street, a shared lane on Harlan Street, and a shared lane that starts on 38th Avenue at High Court and connects north to West 41st Avenue. Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan generally comply with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. However, the Corridor Plan does not recommend adding bike facilities to the street. Bike lanes for 38th Avenue were considered through public input during the planning process, but ultimately ruled out due to a lack of continuity with other east -west routes and high potential for cyclist / motorist conflicts. The Plan did recommend, though, amending the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan to remove the proposed shared bicycle facility on 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards. Streetscape Design Manual, adopted 2011 This document establishes design standards for important corridors throughout the city. The document identifies 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards as a "priority corridor" and lays out design goals and standards intended to create a high-quality streetscape and pedestrian -friendly environment. The Manual requires improvements to the streetscape in front of a parcel on 38th Avenue, if the subject of new construction or expansion of existing buildings by more than 50 percent. Required improvements include an 8 -foot wide sidewalk and 6 -foot wide amenity zone. If room within the existing right-of-way to make these improvements does not exist, then the City may require an easement or right-of-way dedication. The Manual also contains requirements for regularly spaced street trees, pedestrian lights, and other amenities within an amenity zone. Requirements within the Manual do not apply to that portion of 38th Avenue between Sheridan Boulevard and Harlan Street that was subject to a City -funded streetscape improvement project in 2002. Recommendations included in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan generally coincide with the Streetscape Design Manual. Pages 31 through 37 3 -VISION Common desires expressed during the visioning process for 38th Avenue include: Improve the design and quality of the street. Create a street that is safe and enjoyable for pedestrians, but that does not compromise other modes of travel, especially cars. Draw a variety of restaurants, shops, and other services to the corridor so that it becomes a lively, attractive destination during the day and night. Recognize the street as the heart of the community (its "main street") through improved design and a clear identity. Encourage different districts or nodes along the 1.5 mile length of the street. Improve connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods. 3.2 — Sub -Districts Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center anchors the corridor at its western end. Building upon the City's adopted Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan and Envision Wheat Ridge, which envisions a mixed-use town center on Wadsworth Boulevard between 38th and 44th Avenues, this sub -district includes a mix of community and regional serving retail, offices, and residences. It will serve as a gateway into Wheat Ridge's Downtown and Main Street from the west. The Wadsworth Town Center will draw larger -format higher - intensity retail uses that fit well on a regional arterial like Wadsworth Boulevard. This sub -district contains one of the major opportunity areas identified in the potential for change analysis, which is the 14 -acre vacant lot and former car dealership at the southwest corner of 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. This site could draw significant redevelopment that would help establish a quality gateway to the 38th Avenue corridor Main Street The vision for Main Street is a historic gathering place that integrates small shops, restaurants, and services at the ground floor with residences and office space on upper floors. This half -mile stretch of 38th Avenue will be easily walkable and attract a synergy of people and activities during the day and night. The heart of Main Street is between Vance and Pierce Streets. This area overlaps with one of the major opportunity areas also identified in the potential for change analysis. The eastern edge of Main Street extends to Newland Street so that it is anchored by Wheat Ridge Lanes, a popular bowling alley on the east end, and encompasses a full one-half mile walking distance along the corridor. It is important to note that Main Street falls within the proposed Downtown area. Wheat Ridge has never had an official downtown, but main streets are typically found within the downtown of a community. Downtown Wheat Ridge will incorporate the Wadsworth Town Center and Main Street, recognizing the portion of 38th Avenue that has historically been the heart of the City. Identity - Redevelop 38th Avenue with a strong identity as Wheat Ridge's Main Street. Design the street as a unique, pedestrian -oriented, safe, comfortable, and economically viable place that people go to repeatedly for an unparalleled experience. Build and sustain support for the vision among public officials, corridor businesses, and area residents. Create four distinct districts - the Wadsworth Town Center, Main Street, the Residential District, and the Sheridan Commercial District. • Allow for a mix of uses throughout the corridor, with specific standards for each district. • Apply to each sub -district a unique, timeless, easily maintainable materials palette to each district with enough overlap among the palettes to convey a unified image. Capitalize on existing and historic assets. Provide adequate and consistent signage, wayfinding, marketing materials, and streetscape amenities to brand 38th Avenue and its districts. • Continue to encourage architecturally appropriate building facade renovations as well as new infill development that supports a Main Street environment. • Create a branding strategy for the Main Street district. Vitality - Promote economic and real estate vitality and healthy living. Develop a competitive marketplace that provides opportunities for local and national businesses, existing and new. Create a vibrant place of commerce where people congregate. Encourage local businesses to enliven the streetscape with outdoor seating and merchandise displays. Implement short-term stimulant projects / improvements to spur long-term redevelopment. Identify and consolidate land as necessary for large catalytic projects that will provide a substantial infusion of energy to the corridor and specifically to Main Street. Provide opportunities for flexible use of the public realm for temporary events, such as street fairs and farmer's markets. Encourage a diverse mix of land uses to create 18 -hour activity. Preserve and cultivate health-related uses within and near the corridor, through projects and events that promote Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) among all members of the Wheat Ridge community. Examples include community gardens, farmers markets, mobile vending of healthy foods, family or youth bike rodeos, Living Local / Living Well exhibitions or mini -fairs, summertime events in which the street is closed to cars, and/or temporary demonstration projects that show possible improvements to the street. Encourage the formation of an entity to aggressively market the corridor. Focus public and quasi -public uses such as a new library or City Hall to locate on or immediate to the corridor to provide a significant population to patronize local businesses. Provide a predictable and clear regulatory process including mixed use zoning along 38th Avenue and regulations that support the Main Street district. Retain and expand incentive programs (grants and loans) that stimulate private sector investment. Appeal - Create an attractive, comfortable, inviting atmosphere. Implement pedestrian -oriented urban design strategies and regulations. Create a consistent street edge with commercial buildings placed near or at the front lot line along 38th Avenue, especially within the Main Street Sub -district. Provide opportunities for casual social interaction by incorporating gathering spaces into the streetscape or via pocket plazas and park space. Incorporate public art into the streetscape. Generously provide landscaping via trees, planters, and hanging pots to provide visual appeal, protection from the elements, and a buffer from vehicular traffic. Provide pedestrian lighting that results in a safe, welcoming nighttime environment. Utilize high-quality materials that are relatively easy to maintain. Provide routine maintenance to sustain a safe streetscape free of obstructions and ensure a high level of plant health, cleanliness, and repair. Minimize the visual clutter of signage through new regulations or design standards Mobility- Develop a complete streetthat better accommodates pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders while maintaining adequate vehicular access and parking. Reduce the number of vehicular travel lanes on 38th Avenue where feasible. Consolidate and reduce curb cuts to minimize conflicts among pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. Embrace shared parking strategies and restrict off-street parking to the sides and backs of buildings along 38th Avenue. • Create an unobstructed walkway at least 6 feet wide that is detached from 38th Avenue with an amenity zone. • Clearly identify and improve pedestrian crossings across 38th Avenue as well as crossings along 38th Avenue from block to block. • Consider developing bulb -outs at feasible intersections to help further traffic calming, reduce the pedestrian crossing distance, and increase the visibility of pedestrians by motorists. Provide adequate amenities as feasible, including benches, trash cans, pedestrian lighting, and bicycle racks. Enhance visibility of and amenities at transit stops working closely with RTD. Strengthen connections to the surrounding neighborhoods to encourage mobility for pedestrians, cyclists, and the disabled. Strengthen connections to other non -vehicular networks, such as adjacent bike facilities, both existing and planned. 4—PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS Pages 54 through 56 4.3 - LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN Corridor -Wide Recommendation 4.3-2: Encourage quality, pedestrian -friendly architecture that places buildings close to the street. Guiding Principle: Identity The identity of 38th Avenue depends on high-quality architecture. To promote a pedestrian -friendly street, buildings with active ground floors should be located close to the sidewalk. The City should implement new zoning - such as the Mixed Use -Neighborhood zone district - with design standards that will complement the vision for the corridor. Recommendation 4.3-5: Incorporate public gathering spaces into streetscape design and develop public spaces along the corridor. Guiding Principle: Appeal Public gathering spaces will enhance the image of the corridor, complement surrounding land uses and business, and provide opportunity for social interaction and enjoyment. The streetscape design, especially for Main Street, should include places to sit and gather. Public and private redevelopment on 38th Avenue should incorporate new public spaces such as pocket parks, plazas, and community gardens. Recommendation 4.3-6: Develop a parking strategy for the corridor that includes shared parking and parking reservoirs. Guiding Principle: Mobility As the corridor redevelops, the provision of adequate parking will be an important strategy. Since many parcels are small and may not be able to meet parking needs on-site, shared parking will be an important tool. The approach for parking on the corridor should include allowing and encouraging shared parking on private property, as well as identifying key parking reservoirs. In the short-term, existing parking lots such as the one in front of Wheat Ridge Middle School can provide parking for adjacent uses. As the corridor develops over the long-term, redevelopment plans should include parking reservoirs, especially parking garages. Strategic placement and successful usage of off-street parking reservoirs could partially reduce the need for on -street parking in some locations, thereby creating more room for other amenities on the street. Pages 56 through 59 Main Street Main Street is envisioned as the focal point of both downtown Wheat Ridge and 38th Avenue. As such, there are a few key land use and urban design recommendations specific to this sub -district. Recommendation 4.3-7: Design and build new streetscape improvements and gateway elements that create an attractive and consistent image for Main Street. Guiding Principle: Identity Gateway signs, vertical elements, and other enhancements that clearly mark entry into Main Street should be utilized at both the western and eastern ends of the district. Signage and streetscape design should be developed in conjunction with the branding / marketing strategy for Main Street in order to create a strong identity for this sub -district. The streetscape design for Main Street should include some common elements that link it to the rest of the corridor, as well as unique, enhanced features that distinguish it from the Residential and Sheridan Commercial sub -districts. Recommendation 4.3-8: Encourage infill development with land uses, building placement, and architecture that supports a Main Street environment. Guiding Principle: Identity The proposed mixed use zoning for this sub -district should support a mix of uses and include design standards that promote a main street environment - encouraging the placement of buildings close to the street and quality, human -scaled architecture. Figure 23 is an illustrative plan of what Main Street could look like in the year 2030. It identifies opportunity sites for infill development that could be catalytic projects in both the short and long term. The new buildings shown would bring approximately 65,000 SF of new ground floor uses (retail or offices) and 56,000 square feet of new upper floor uses (office or residential) to Main Street. As discussed in more detail below, the development program for this sub -district also includes about 85,000 square feet of new public and quasi -public uses within a proposed civic center. Recommendation 4.3-9: Foster a new civic center on Main Street that includes public and quasi -public uses. Guiding Principle: Vitality Throughout the visioning process, many stakeholders mentioned the desire for public uses that would regularly draw residents to the corridor. A civic center would provide a focal point for Main Street and bring a significant number of employees and customers to 38th Avenue. The public uses would draw new activity to the corridor and create a large number of patrons for nearby businesses. As a long-term goal, the City should pursue the possibility to relocate city offices to the Main Street sub- district. This location contains underutilized parcels that could be assembled to support approximately 85,000 square feet of development, including a new City Hall, police station, and complementary civic uses. The civic center is adjacent to a proposed parking structure, which would provide a large parking reservoir for the center as well as for adjacent retail uses - both existing and proposed. The proposed civic center would build upon existing public uses in the area, including two schools and the Wheat Ridge Fire Station. Quality public spaces, such a park or plaza in front of the civic center and community gardens surrounding the school, would help link public uses to 38th Avenue. Public open space is a key component for the civic center since it would draw people to the corridor and provide opportunities for outdoor special events. The proposed community gardens surrounding the school could be pursued in the short term, while the rest of the civic center is a longer-term goal for Main Street. Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center forms an important gateway into Main Street and contains opportunity sites for new development. Recommendation 4.3-13: Encourage the redevelopment of the southwest corner of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue to create an attractive gateway for the corridor. Guiding Principle: Vitality This site, about 14 acres in size, represents a significant opportunity for new development adjacent to the corridor. New Mixed Use- Commercial (MU -C) zoning recently adopted on Wadsworth should encourage a mix of uses and pedestrian -friendly design. Due to the site's size and visibility from Wadsworth, larger -format retailers and national chains would fit well. It makes sense to redevelop the site with this type of retail use, which will not compete with the boutique -type retail envisioned for 38th Avenue, as long as the design includes pedestrian connectivity and quality architecture Ideally, new development at this site will be mixed use, with office and / or residential uses in addition to retail. New residents at this location would support new businesses on 38th Avenue. Residential uses at the southern end of the site provide an important transition to the residential neighborhood to the south. Design of the corner of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue is especially important for creating an inviting gateway into the Main Street sub -district. Recommendation 4.3-14: Improve pedestrian crossings at 38th Avenue across Wadsworth. Guiding Principle: Mobility Safer pedestrian access across Wadsworth could draw more people to 38th Avenue. Comfortable and safe crosswalks, including raised tables in turn pockets, would help to connect the corridor to new development on Wadsworth, to the Exempla -Lutheran Campus, and to existing residential neighborhoods, all of which contain potential patrons for businesses on 38th Avenue. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Table of Contents Section 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Preface 1.2 Blight Findings 1.3 Other Findings 1.4 Urban Renewal Plan Area Boundaries 1.4.1 Map of West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Area 1.5 Public Participation Section 2.0 Definitions Section 3.0 Plan Purpose and Vision 3.1 Plan Vision 3.2 Plan Objective 3.3 Plan Goals 3.4 Plan Implementation Section 4.0 Blight Conditions Section 5.0 Plan Relationship to Other Community Documents 5.1 Plan Conformity 5.2 Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and Corridor Plan 5.3 Correlation with Other Community Plans Section 6.0 Authorized Urban Renewal Undertakings and Activities 6.1 Complete Public Improvements and Facilities 6.2 Complete Other Improvements and Facilities 6.3 Promote Development and Redevelopment 6.4 Adopt Standards 6.5 Modify the Plan 6.6 Review the Plan 6.7 Provide Relocation Assistance 6.8 Demolish, Clear and Prepare Improvements 6.9 Acquire and Dispose of Property 6.10 Enter Into Redevelopment/ Development Agreements West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) 3 1 7 10 12 it. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Table of Contents (conYd) 6.11 Enter Into Cooperation Agreements 6.12 Tax Increment Area Section 7.0 Project Financing 21 7.1 Public Investment Objective 7.2 Financing Mechanisms 7.3 Tax Increment Financing 7.3.1 Special Fund 7.3.2 Base Amount 7.3.3 Incremental Revenues 7.4 Other Financing Mechanisms and Structures Section 8.0 Severability 24 Appendix A: Excerpts from the Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 12, 2009 and 38`" Avenue Corridor Plan adopted October 2011 Appendix B: Legal Description and Supporting Illustration for the Urban Renewal Plan and Tax Increment Financing Area West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Preface This West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (the "Plan' or the "Urban Renewal Plan") has been prepared for the City of Wheat Ridge ("City"). It will be carried out by Renewal Wheat Ridge, the City of Wheat Ridge urban renewal authority (the "Authority"), pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Renewal Law of the State of Colorado, Part 1 of Article 25 of Title 31, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1973, as amended (the "Act'). The administration and implementation of this Plan, including the preparation and execution of any documents implementing it, shall be performed by the Authority. 1.2 Blight Findings Under the Act, an urban renewal area is a blighted area, which has been designated as appropriate for an Urban Renewal Project. In each urban renewal area, conditions of blight, as defined by the Act, must be present, and in order for the Authority to exercise its powers, the City Council must find that the presence of those conditions of blight, "substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality or constitutes an economic or social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare." The West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Area Conditions Survey, prepared by RickerlCunningham, dated November, 2015, and presented to the Authority under separate cover, demonstrates that the West End 38 Area (the "Study Area") as defined in the Survey, is a blighted area under the Act. 1.3 Other Findings The Area, as defined in Section 1.4 below, is appropriate for one or more urban renewal activities and undertakings authorized by the Act to be advanced by the Authority. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) It is the intent of the City Council in adopting this Plan that the Authority has available to it any and all powers authorized in the Act which are necessary and appropriate to accomplish the objectives stated herein. Further, it is the intent of this Plan that the Authority exercises these powers for the elimination of qualifying conditions in the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Area (the "Plan Area" and the "Area") and furtherance of the goals and objectives of the community's general plan. The powers conferred by the Act are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended. This Plan is in the public interest and necessity -- such finding being a matter of legislative determination by the City Council. 1.4 Urban Renewal Area Boundaries The Area includes four legal parcels and right-of-way area, comprising approximately 4.535 acres and located at the northwest corner of West 38`" Avenue and Upham Street in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. As illustrated in Table 1, the parcels are owned by two entities, Olive Street Development Co, LLC and Wadsworth Building Corporation (Vectra Bank Colorado), and are zoned Mixed -Use Commercial (MU -C). As shown in the Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 2009, the Area is designated as a Mixed -Use Commercial Area, "focusing on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties" and as a Main Street Corridor, encouraging "small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities." The Area currently contains two vacant residential structures located along 38`" Avenue within the eastern portion of the Area, a vacant auto repair building located within the northeast quadrant of the Area west of Upham Street, and a Vectra Bank building located within the interior of the Area. The Urban Renewal Plan Area Map is presented as Figure No. 1 on the following page. Table 1 West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Survey Area - Property Ownership Parcel Number Property Ownership Land Area %of Area 39-234-00-086 Wadsworth Building Corporation 57,150 sf 28.93% 39-234-00-088 Olive Street Development Co, LLC 12,325 sf 6.24% 39-234-00-089 Olive Street Development Co, LLC 53,840 sf 27.26% 39-234-04-030 Olive Street Development Co, LLC 36,491.5 sf 18.47% City of Wheat Ridge Right of Way 37,730.5 sf 19.1% 197,537 square feet or 4.535 acres Source: Jefferson County Assessor West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) Figure No. 1: West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Area s y , s, 601 o so loo = West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Boundary 0o Fed IM West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Parcels West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) 1.5 Public Participation Notification of the public hearing was provided to property owners, residents and owners of business concerns at their last known address of record within the Area as required by the Act. Additionally, all property owners have been provided written consent for their property to be included within the Area, and notice of the public hearing to consider the Plan was published in the Wheat Ridge Transcript as required by the Act. The City Planning Commission reviewed the Plan on November 19, 2015, and found that the Plan is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The City Council reviewed and approved the Plan at a public hearing on December 14, 2015. 2.0 Definitions Act— means the Urban Renewal Law of the State of Colorado, Part 1 of Article 25 of Title 31, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended. Unless otherwise stated, all capitalized terms herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Act. Area or Plan Area — means the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Area as depicted in Figure No. 1 and described in Appendix B of this Plan. Authority — means Renewal Wheat Ridge, the City urban renewal authority (the "Authority'). Base Amount — means that portion of property taxes which are produced by the levy at the rate fixed each year by or for each public body upon the valuation for assessment of taxable property in a Tax Increment Area last certified prior to the effective date of approval of the Plan; and, that portion of municipal sales taxes collected within the boundaries of the Tax Increment Area in the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the month prior to the effective date of approval of the Plan. City Council — means the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge. Comprehensive Plan — means the Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted 2009. Cooperation Agreement — means any agreement between the Authority and the City, or any public body (the term "public body" being used in this Plan as defined by the Act) respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers set forth in the Act or in any other provision of Colorado law, for the purpose of facilitating public undertakings deemed necessary or appropriate by the Authority under this Plan. Corridor—generally represents linear areas along major arterial streets and including commercial corridors. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) C.R.S. — means the Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time. Impact Report—means the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan -Jefferson County Impact Report prepared by RickerlCunningham, dated November 2015 and presented to the Authority under separate cover. Plan or Urban Renewal Plan — means this West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (the "Plan'). Project or Urban Renewal Project — for purposes of this Plan, the Project includes any and all undertakings and activities within the Plan Area to remedy or prevent blighted conditions or otherwise achieve the goals of the Plan. Redevelopment / Development Agreement — means one or more agreements between the Authority and developer(s) and / or property owners or such other individuals or entities as may be determined by the Authority to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Plan. Study Area — means the geographic area defined for the Survey. Survey—means the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan Area Conditions Survey, prepared by RickerlCunningham, dated November 2015 and presented to the Authority Board under separate cover. Tax Increment— means that portion of property and / or municipal sales taxes in excess of the base amount set forth in Section 7.3.2 of this Plan allocated to and, when collected paid into the Authority's Tax Increment Revenue Fund. Tax Increment Area — means the area designated as a Tax Increment Area, as defined and pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 6.12 of this Plan. Tax Increment Finance (or Financing) (TIF) - means a financing mechanism which uses future revenues resulting from private investment within an established area (Tax Increment Area) to fund improvements for the public benefit. Tax Increment Revenue Fund - means a fund supervised by the Authority and the resources of which include incremental ad valorem property and municipal sales tax revenue resulting from investment and reinvestment in an established urban renewal area. 3.0 Plan Purpose and Vision The purpose of this Plan is to reduce, eliminate and prevent the spread of blight and to stimulate and catalyze growth and investment within the Area boundaries. To accomplish this purpose, the Plan is intended to promote local objectives expressed in adopted community plans and advance the priorities of the Comprehensive Plan. The Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2009. Presented below in Section 5.0, are excerpts (taken West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) verbatim) from the Comprehensive Plan that describes how implementation of Urban Renewal Projects within the Area will advance the vision and goals expressed in that document. Also provided are excerpts (taken verbatim) from the 39`" Avenue Corridor Plan, adopted 2011, which will similarly be addressed by these Urban Renewal Projects. Additional excerpts from both documents are presented in Appendix A of this Plan. 3.1 Plan Vision As expressed in the City's general plan and numerous subarea and corridor plans, Wheat Ridge desires to be a prominent and sustainable community, with a prosperous future built upon the foundation of the community's major assets (comfortable neighborhoods, unique culture and history, abundant open space, terrific views, and proximity to Denver and the Rocky Mountains). Additionally, the city will grow a broad and resilient local economy that provides family wage jobs and thriving business districts to balance with the community's friendly and established neighborhoods. Finally, Wheat Ridge will offer convenient transportation options, valuable services, and high quality of life for all residents. Also confirmed is the City's recognition that attaining this vision will require an aggressive approach and willingness of the community to embrace change. 3.2. Plan Objective The objective of this Plan is to alleviate conditions of blight by actively promoting investment and reinvestment within the Area; and, to make financial resources available to assist its partners (private, public, non-profit and others) with addressing those conditions of blight identified herein, and explained in greater detail in the West End 38 Conditions Survey, especially those that render undertakings or investment within its boundaries infeasible. 3.3 Plan Goals All development in the Area shall conform to the zoning code and any site-specific zoning regulations or policies which might impact properties, all as are in effect and as may be amended from time to time. Although the Act authorizes the Authority to: undertake zoning and planning activities to regulate land use, establish maximum or minimum densities, and institute other building requirements in an urban renewal area, for the purpose of this Plan, the Authority anticipates that the City will regulate land use and building requirements through existing municipal codes and ordinances. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) General goals of the Plan include redevelopment of properties within its boundaries for the purpose of generating revenue sufficient to fund public improvements that address conditions of blight and facilitate investment. Specific goals include: 1. Eliminate and prevent blight by facilitating redevelopment. 2. Implement elements of the Comprehensive Plan. 3. Support and advance actions identified in existing plans related to development of vacant and under-utilized parcels that are consistent with the vision of this Plan. 4. Provide public infrastructure and make more efficient use of existing land. 5. Promote sustainability - development, fiscal, resource, etc. 6. Advance uses that can leverage public investment in planned improvements including multiple modes of transportation (vehicular and non -vehicular). 7. Enhance the public realm including streetscape amenities, trail connections and other pedestrian -friendly improvements in a manner consistent with the existing community character. 8. Encourage economic sustainability throughout the community and growth in appropriate locations. 9. Provide a range of financing mechanisms for improvements. 10. Provide additional opportunities for residential development to support commercial uses in the Area. 11. Support existing industry by encouraging a stronger jobs -housing balance. 12. Encourage growth and stability in local businesses. 13. Facilitate public-private partnerships. 3.4 Plan Implementation As the plan administrator, the Authority will seek to advance the Plan objectives through the following if deemed necessary: Financing of redevelopment undertakings and activities and critical infrastructure; and Agreements with private, public and other partners to undertake redevelopment undertakings and activities. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) The Authority will work in cooperation with the City to advance the objective and its goals through: Investment in the public realm (roadway, parks, open space); Encouragement of development consistent with or exceeding existing standards; Provision of supportive programs to existing area businesses; and Judicious use of limited resources. 4.0 Blight Conditions Before an urban renewal plan can be adopted by the City, the Area must be determined to be a "blighted area" as defined in Section 31-25-103(2) of the Act, which provides that, in its present condition and use, the presence of at least one of the following factors in the Area if all property owners consent (four of the factors if property owner consent is not expressly obtained or five of the factors in cases where the use of eminent domain is anticipated), substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare: (a) Slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures; (b) Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout; (c) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness; (d) Unsanitary or unsafe conditions; (e) Deterioration of site or other improvements; (f) Unusual topography or inadequate public improvements or utilities; (g) Defective or unusual conditions of title rendering the title nonmarketable; (h) The existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes; (i) Buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work in because of building code violations, dilapidation, deterioration, defective design, physical construction, or faulty or inadequate facilities; (j) Environmental contamination of buildings or property; (k.5) The existence of health, safety, or welfare factors requiring high levels of municipal services or substantial physical underutilization or vacancy of sites, buildings, or other improvements; or West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) (1) If there is no objection by the property owner or owners and the tenant or tenants of such owner or owners, if any, to the inclusion of such property in an urban renewal area, "blighted area" also means an area that, in its present condition and use and, by reason of the presence of any one of the factors specified in paragraphs (a) to (k.5) of Section 31-25-103(2), substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability, and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare. As stated above, factor "I" above applies when there is no objection by the Area's property owner or owners. However, despite the statutory allowance for the presence of fewer factors when creation of an urban renewal area is being requested voluntarily, every effort was made during preparation of the West End 38 Conditions Survey, dated November 2015, to identify all factors impacting investment within its boundaries. Additionally, all property owners have provided written consent for their property to be included within the Area. The general methodology for conducting the Survey is to: (i) define the Study Area; (ii) gather information about properties, infrastructure and other improvements within that Area; (iii) evaluate evidence of blight through field reconnaissance, review of aerial photography, discussions with representatives of various City departments; and, (iv) record observed and documented conditions listed as blight factors in the Act. Among the 11 qualifying factors identified in the Act, the Survey showed the presence of the following nine (9) blight factors in the Study Area which is the subject of this Plan and presented herein as Figure 1. (b) Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout— ill-defined driveways, particularly along Upham Street; lengthy curb cuts along 38`" Avenue and no curb cuts along Upham Street; and, increasing trend of traffic accidents and incidents (c) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness — one lot that is too small to redevelop according to municipal standards; another lot with an irregular shape leaving significant portions undevelopable without and assemblage; irregular and absent curb cuts making access confusing and potentially dangerous West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) (d) Unsanitary or unsafe conditions —presence of environmentally hazardous contaminants within a general influence area of properties within its boundaries; and, increasing trend of traffic accidents and criminal incidents (e) Deterioration of site orother improvements - unpaved parking surface; lack of landscaping in a portion of the Area; weeds and unkempt landscaping on one parcel; overall impression of neglect due to vacancy; and, damaged signage that is inconsistent with current municipal standards (f) Unusual topography or inadequate public improvements or utilities — see curb cut references above; substandard in 38`" Avenue due to a lack of appropriate accommodations for bicycles (as required by the code), and pedestrians, particularly along 38`" Avenue closest to Wadsworth Boulevard where sidewalk widths narrow to less than 6' (as required by the general plan and code); and, the lack of sidewalks along Upham Street (h) Existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes - presence of environmentally hazardous contaminants within a general influence area of properties within its boundaries; and, increasing trend in criminal incidents (i) Buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work in because of building code violations, dilapidation, deterioration, defective design, physical construction, or faulty or inadequate facilities - presence of environmentally hazardous contaminants within a general influence area of properties within its boundaries (j) Environmental contamination of buildings or property - presence of environmentally hazardous contaminants within a general influence area of properties within its boundaries (k.5) Existence of health, safety, or welfare factors requiring high levels of municipal services orsubstantial physical underutilization or vacancy of sites, buildings, or other improvements — requiring high levels of municipal services; and, underutilization of sites and buildings throughout the Area 5.0 Plan Relationship to Other Community Documents 5.1 Plan Conformity As supported by specific references presented herein, implementation of this Plan will further the objectives and requirements of the Comprehensive Plan with respect to development and redevelopment, particularly within the community's commercial corridors. As stated earlier, as development occurs in the Area, it shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan and any subsequent updates, as well as any regulating documents West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) including the current building code or other rules, regulations, and policies promulgated pursuant thereto. Any site-specific planning documents that might impact properties in the Area including, but not limited to City -approved site, drainage, and public improvement plans; and, any applicable City design standards, all as may be in effect and amended from time to time, will also be adhered to. Finally, conditions of blight within the Area will be remedied by the Plan and redevelopment by private enterprise, to the greatest extent possible, but will need to first be identified as a priority investment by the Authority in consultation with the City and affected property owners. It is the Plan's intent that public improvements will be phased as the market allows and funded in part by tax increment revenues. 5.2 Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and Corridor Plan As explained earlier, a general plan for the City, known as the Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, was adopted in 2009. The Authority, with the cooperation of the City, private enterprise and other public bodies, will engage in undertakings and activities described herein in order to eliminate the identified conditions of blight while also implementing the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan, the 38`" Avenue Corridor Plan, adopted in October 2011, and all other adopted City plans which may impact properties within the Area. Select goals and policies of those plans which this West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan will advance are described below, and in detail in Appendix A. Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. Envision Wheat Ridge Building on Previous Planning Efforts The Plan update included review of these previous efforts and documents. Many of the goals, policies, and ideas for the future represented in the previous planning efforts are still relevant, and are carried forth in this plan. Some examples of overarching themes in this plan that are carried forth from previous planning efforts include: • Commit to quality development and redevelopment (from the 2000 Comprehensive Plan) Preserve and enhance Wheat Ridge's Neighborhoods (2000 Comprehensive Plan) Continue to provide quality community services, parks, and open spaces (2000 Comprehensive Plan) Encourage alternative transportation opportunities and intergovernmental cooperation on regional issues (2000 Comprehensive Plan) West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) Focus on increasing housing options to attract a range of household types (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy) • Prioritize the redevelopment of key commercial areas (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy) Enhance community character and gateways (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy) Promote transit -supportive development (Northwest Subarea Plan) • Develop a Town Center (Wadsworth Subarea Plan) Increase property maintenance and stability (Fruitdale Subarea Plan) Previous Planning Efforts in Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plans 2000 Comprehensive Plan Repositioning Wheat Ridge: Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS, 2005) Subarea Plans Northwest Subarea Plan (2006) Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan (2007) Fruitdale Subarea Plan (2007) • 38`h Avenue Corridor Plan (2011—following adoption of the Comprehensive Plan) Urban Renewal Plans • Wadsworth Boulevard Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) • West 44th Avenue Ward Road Redevelopment Plan (2001) 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2001) 1-70 / Kipling Corridor Urban Renewal Plan (2009) Key Trends and Issues Throughout the planning process a number of key trends and issues emerged as important topics for the Envision Wheat Ridge Plan to address. The list of key trends and issues are summarized below: Economic and Fiscal Issues Developing a clear economic strategy Defining roles and responsibilities of partner organizations • Addressing opportunities for future employment and retail centers • Identifying prime areas for redevelopment and infill, and address barriers to development West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) Addressing the fiscal realities of the City and how to achieve sustainable revenue sources to maintain current levels of City services Investing in new technology to advance economic development Land Use, Housing, and Design Issues • Recognizing the importance of the community's neighborhoods and addressing how to increase the variety of housing options (beyond the single-family ranch homes and older apartments) • Addressing how to reinvest in existing neighborhoods to maintain their character but also make them more appealing to new residents • Achieving a sustainable balance of housing, retail, and employment land uses over time • Identifying appropriate density and design for different parts of the community • Establishing areas for future activity centers such as a larger scale Town Center and smaller neighborhood centers Community Character and Livability Issues • Addressing how to promote the community's assets to attract new residents, employees, and visitors • Accommodating the needs of different types of households • Coordinating with the school district to maintain quality schools • Identifying barriers for active lifestyles and promoting healthy lifestyles Continuing parks, recreation, and open space investment and offerings Engaging residents in crime prevention and code enforcement efforts Including sustainability as a key theme throughout the Plan Otherlssues Incorporating previous planning efforts into the Comprehensive Plan • Focusing on strategic implementation and priority actions to achieve the Plan's goals 38`" Avenue Corridor Plan Executive Summary West 38th Avenue, between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, is a priority redevelopment area in Wheat Ridge. The City's comprehensive plan, Envision Wheat Ridge, identifies the corridor as one of five key redevelopment sites and designates 38th Avenue as the City's main street. Although many residents view 38th Avenue as the heart of the community, today it lacks the physical environment and economic vitality West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) that is commonly associated with a main street corridor. The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for 38th Avenue so that it can be revitalized into an attractive focal point for the community. Building on valuable input from stakeholders and the public at -large, the plan creates a vision for the future of the street. It establishes four guiding principles that set the framework for the plan's recommendations, which focus on transportation, land use, urban design, and economic development. VISION STATEMENT The following statement captures the vision for what 38th Avenue will become in the next two decades: "West 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth is a safe, vibrant and diverse corridor in Wheat Ridge with a strong identity and robust commercial and residential markets. The corridor has identifiable sub -districts with its Main Street being a source of community pride and a primary destination for city residents and visitors. In the year 2030, people of all ages and abilities live, work, learn, shop, and play along 38th Avenue." 5.3 Correlation with Other Community Plans Implementation of this Plan will be consistent with objectives expressed in all City adopted and accepted plans that speak specifically to properties in the Area, including those cited above. 6.0 Authorized Authority Undertakings and Activities Whereas the Act allows for a wide range of activities to be used in the implementation of an urban renewal plan, it is the Authority's intent to provide both financial assistance and public improvements in partnership with property owners and other affected parties in order to accomplish the objectives stated herein. Public-private partnerships and other forms of cooperative development will be essential to the Authority's strategy for preventing the spread of blight and eliminating existing blighting conditions. Specific undertakings of the Authority in the furtherance of this Plan are described as follows. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) 6.1 Complete Public Improvements and Facilities The Authority may, or may cooperate with others to, finance, install, construct, and reconstruct any public improvements. Additionally, the Authority may, or may cooperate with others to, demolish and clear existing improvements for the purpose of promoting the objectives of the Plan and the Act. While public improvements or investment should, whenever possible, stimulate (directly and indirectly) desired private sector investment, it is the intent of this Plan that the combination of public and private investment that occurs in the Area will contribute to the overall economic well-being of the community at -large. As described in Section 4.0 of this Plan, nine (9) qualifying conditions of blight, as defined in Section 31-25-103(2) of the Act, are evident in the Area. This Plan proposes to remedy those conditions by providing certain public improvements and facilities, including, but not limited to the following: (b) Assistance with property assemblages (if needed); and, consolidate and improve existing, and assist in the construction of new curbs and gutters, along with other improvements in an effort to raise values and the investment climate in an effort to reduce traffic accidents and incidents (c) Assistance with property assemblages (if needed); and, consolidate and improve existing, and assist in the construction of new curbs and gutters (d) Elimination and / or mitigation of environmentally hazardous contaminants; and, assist and improve properties and public infrastructure in an effort raise values and the investment climate in an effort to reduce traffic and criminal incidents (e) Provide assistance for landscaping, parking lot and signage improvements (f) Consolidate and improve existing, and assist in the construction of new curbs and gutters; and, assist with the completion of accommodations for pedestrian and bicycles (h) Elimination and / or mitigation of environmentally hazardous contaminants; and, provide "gap' financing to meritorious projects which advance the vision stated herein and in relevant City adopted plans (i) Elimination and / or mitigation of environmentally hazardous contaminants (j) Same as (i) West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) (k.5) Assistance with property assemblages (if needed); and, assist and improve properties and public infrastructure in an effort raise values and the investment climate in an effort to reduce crime 6.2 Complete Other Improvements and Facilities To the extent that non-public improvements in the Area may be required to accommodate development and redevelopment and still benefit the public, the Authority is hereby authorized to assist in the financing or construction of such improvements to the extent authorized by the Act. 6.3 Promote Development and Redevelopment A key concept associated with implementation of the Plan is targeted investment that will serve to catalyze development throughout the Area and fund future public improvements. The potential impact of this investment to Jefferson County is quantified in the West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan —Jefferson County Impact Report, dated November 2015, presented to the Authority Board under separate cover. 6.4 Adopt Standards As stated earlier, all development in the Area shall conform to applicable rules, regulations, policies, other requirements, and standards of the City, along with any other governmental entity which has jurisdiction in the Area. While the Act allows for the adoption of standards and requirements applicable to activities undertaken in an urban renewal area, in the context of this Plan, it is the Authority's intention that investment within its boundaries conform to City -approved documents. 6.5 Modify the Plan The Authority may propose, and the City Council may make, modifications to this Plan as may be necessary provided they are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and any subsequent updates. Additionally, any such amendments made in accordance with this Plan and as otherwise contemplated, must also be compliant with the Act. Finally, the Authority may, in specific cases, allow non -substantive variations from the provisions of this Plan, if it determines that a literal enforcement of the provision would constitute an unreasonable limitation beyond the intent and purpose stated herein. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) 6.6 Review the Plan The ongoing review process for the Plan is intended to provide a mechanism to allow those parties responsible for administering and implementing key activities within its boundaries to periodically evaluate its effectiveness and make adjustments to ensure efficiency in implementing these activities. To this end, the following steps are presented to serve as a guide for future Plan review: (a) The Authority may propose modifications, and the City Council may make such modifications as may be necessary provided they are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and any subsequent updates, as well as the Act. (b) Modifications may be developed from suggestions by the Authority, property and business owners, and City staff operating in support of the Authority and advancement of this Plan. 6.7 Provide Relocation Assistance While it is not anticipated as of the date of this Plan that acquisition of real property will result in the relocation of any individuals, families, or business concerns; if such relocation becomes necessary, the Authority will adopt a relocation plan in conformance with the Act. 6.8 Demolish, Clear and Prepare Improvements While also not anticipated as of the date of this Plan, the Authority may, on a case-by- case basis, elect to demolish or cooperate with others to clear buildings, structures and other improvements within the Area in an effort to advance activities and undertakings deemed consistent with the vision stated herein. Additionally, existing Development or Cooperation Agreements may require such demolition or site clearance to eliminate unhealthy, unsanitary, and unsafe conditions; obsolete uses deemed detrimental to the public welfare; and, otherwise remove and prevent the spread of deterioration. 6.9 Acquire and Dispose of Property Acquisition of property by negotiation or any other method, including eminent domain, is authorized for use within this Plan Area. Properties acquired by entities other than the Authority may temporarily be operated, managed and maintained by the Authority if requested to do so by the acquiring entity and deemed in the best interest of the Urban Renewal Project and the Plan. Such property shall be under the management and West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) control of the Authority and may be rented or leased pending its disposition for redevelopment. The Authority may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest in real property subject to covenants, conditions and restrictions, including architectural and design controls, time restrictions on development, and building requirements in accordance with the Act and this Plan. 6.10 Enter Into Redevelopment/ Development Agreements The Authority may enter into Redevelopment / Development Agreements or other contracts with developer(s) or property owners or such other individuals or entities determined to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Plan. Further, such Agreements, or other contracts, may contain terms and provisions deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of undertaking the activities contemplated by this Plan and the Act. Any existing Redevelopment Agreement between the City and private parties that are consistent with this Plan are intended to remain in full force and effect, unless all parties to such agreements agree otherwise. 6.11 Enter Into Cooperation Agreements For the purpose of this Plan, the Authority may enter into one or more Cooperation Agreements pursuant to the Act. Whereas the City and the Authority recognize the need to cooperate in the implementation of this Plan, these Cooperation Agreements may include without limitation the planning, financing, installation, construction and / or reconstruction of public or other eligible improvements. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any particular form of cooperation. 6.12 Tax Increment Area The boundaries of the Urban Renewal Plan Area shall be as set forth in Section 1.4 and illustrated in Figure 1. It is the intent of the City Council in approving this Plan to authorize the use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) by the Authority as part of its efforts to advance the vision, objectives and activities described herein. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-25-107(9) of the Act, the City Council further contemplates that a Tax Increment Area is being created with concurrent boundaries to the Urban Renewal Area, effective as of the date of City Council's approval of this Plan. Notwithstanding such distinction, the Authority is specifically authorized to expend the revenue from West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) property and sales tax increments to the extent authorized by the Act and this Plan. However, improvements which enhance the financial viability of existing businesses and / or redevelopment of these businesses will be a priority use for these resources. While this West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan contemplates that the primary method of assisting with financing eligible expenses in the Area will be through the use of Property Tax Increment revenue, the City Council may allocate municipal sales Tax Increments if requested to do so by the Authority, and only after receipt of a financing plan outlining the proposed amounts and purpose for which the municipal sales Tax Increment is to be used. As such, the use of sales tax increment is hereby authorized pursuant to Section 31-25-107 (9), C.R.S., which is by this reference incorporated herein as if set forth in its entirety, but any such pledge of municipal sales Tax Increment by the Authority in a Development or Redevelopment Agreement shall not be authorized until a separate Cooperation Agreement between the Authority and the City Council setting forth the amount and terms of this allocation of incremental sales taxes between the City Council and the Authority is established. The approval of such Cooperation Agreement by the City Council and the Authority is hereby found by the City Council not to be a substantial modification of the Urban Renewal Plan, and is not an addition or modification of the Urban Renewal Project, does not alter the boundaries of the Plan Area, does not change the mill levy or sales tax component of the Plan (up to 100% of the sales tax increment being hereby authorized by the Plan), and is not an extension of the Plan or the duration of a specific Urban Renewal Project, regardless of when such Cooperation Agreement may be approved. The entire Plan Area is hereby designated as a single Tax Increment Area. 7.0 Project Financing 7.1 Public Investment Objective A critical component to the success of any urban renewal strategy is participation by both the public and private sectors. Leveraging of resources will be key, as no one entity, either public or private, has sufficient resources alone to sustain a long-term improvement effort. Possible public infrastructure investments may include, but will not be limited to completing non -vehicular public and eligible improvements intended to improve safe movement within the Area and advance key goals of the Comprehensive Plan; roadway improvements including curbs, gutters, and drainage and West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) utility, and infrastructure improvements and relocations; as well as, providing financial assistance for other expenses considered eligible under the Act. 7.2 Financial Mechanisms The Authority may finance undertakings pursuant to this Plan by any method authorized under the Act or any other applicable law, including without limitation of the following: issuance of notes, bonds and other obligations as defined in the Act in an amount sufficient to finance all or part of this Plan; borrowing of funds and creation of indebtedness; reimbursement agreements; and / or, utilization of the following: federal or state loans or grants, interest income, annual appropriation agreements, agreements with public or private entities; and loans, advances and grants from any other available sources. The principal, interest, costs and fees on any indebtedness are to be paid for with any lawfully available funds of the Authority. Debt may include bonds, refunding bonds, notes, interim certificates or receipts, temporary bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or any other obligation lawfully created. 7.3 Tax Increment Financing Activities may be financed by the Authority under the Tax Increment Financing provisions of the Act. Such incremental revenues may be used for a period not to exceed the statutory requirement, which is presently twenty-five (25) years after the effective date of the Plan adoption which authorizes and creates the Tax Increment Area. 7.3.1 Special Fund In accordance with the requirements of the law, the Authority shall establish a Tax Increment Revenue Fund for the deposit of all funds generated pursuant to the division of ad valorem property and municipal sales tax revenue described in this section. 7.3.2 Base Amount The Base Amount includes that portion of the property taxes which are produced by the levy at the rate fixed each year by or for each public body upon West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) the valuation for assessment of taxable property in the Tax Increment Area last certified prior to the effective date of approval of the Plan (or future modifications); and, that portion of municipal sales taxes collected within the boundaries of the Tax Increment Area in the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the month prior to the effective date of approval of the Plan and paid to the public body, as are all other taxes collected by or for said public body. 7.3.3 Incremental Revenues Incremental revenues including that portion of said property, and if authorized by City Council, municipal sales taxes in excess of the base amount set forth in Section 7.3.2 above shall be allocated to and, when collected, paid into the Authority's Tax Increment Revenue Fund. The Authority may use these funds to pay the principal of, the interest on, and any other premiums due in connection with the bonds of, loans or advances to, or indebtedness incurred (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) by the Authority, for financing or refinancing, in whole or in part, any portion of an Urban Renewal Project considered eligible under the Act. Unless and until the total valuation for assessment of the taxable property in any Tax Increment Area exceeds the base valuation, all of the taxes levied upon taxable property in the Tax Increment Area shall be paid into the funds of the respective public bodies. Also, when such bonds, loans, advances and indebtedness, including interest thereon and any premiums due in connection therewith, have been paid, all taxes upon the same taxable property shall be paid to the respective public bodies. Further, the incremental portion of said taxes, as described in this subsection 7.3.3, may be irrevocably pledged by the Authority for the payment of, principal and interest on, and any premiums due in connection with such bonds, loans, advances and / or indebtedness incurred by Authority to finance an Urban Renewal Project (as defined in the Act); except: (a) Any offsets collected by the County Treasurer for return of overpayments or any funds reserved by the Authority for such purposes in accordance with Section 31-25-107(9)(a)(III) and (b), C.R.S. (b) Any reasonable (as determined by the Authority) set -asides or reserves of incremental taxes paid to the Authority for payment of expenses associated with administering the Plan. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) If there is any conflict between the Act and this Plan, the provisions of the Act shall prevail, and the language in the Plan automatically deemed to conform to the statute. 7.4 Other Financing Mechanisms / Structures The Plan is designed to provide for the use of Tax Increment Financing as one tool to facilitate investment and reinvestment within the Area. However, in addition to Tax Increment Financing, the Authority shall be authorized to finance implementation of the Plan by any method authorized by the Act. The Authority is committed to making a variety of strategies and mechanisms available which are financial, physical, market and organizational in nature. It is the intent of this Plan to use the tools either independently or in various combinations. Given the obstacles associated with redevelopment, the Authority recognizes that it is imperative that solutions and resources be put in place which are comprehensive, flexible and creative. Finally, the Authority may contract with the City to administer various incentives. 8.0 Severability If any portion of this Plan is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity will not affect the remaining portions of the Plan. West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) Appendix A: West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Excerpts from the Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 12, 2009 and 38" Avenue Corridor Plan, adopted October 2011 West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) Appendix B: West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Legal Description and Supporting Illustration for the Urban Renewal Plan and Tax Increment Financing Area West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) 2 - COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES Page 11 Key Values The following six broad Key Values are the primary principles behind the Community Vision. They describe the community's aspirations and organize the more specific policies into the chapters of this Comprehensive Plan. Create a Resilient Local Economy Based on a Balanced Mix of Land Uses A diverse mix of land uses including residential neighborhoods, primary employment, and commercial goods and services will build and sustain a broad and resilient tax base. Promote Vibrant Neighborhoods and an Array of Housing Options Maintaining the character of existing neighborhoods and establishing new housing options will retain and attract a range of household types. Enhance Community Character and Accentuate Quality Design Marketing Wheat Ridge's unique qualities and emphasizing quality design for new development and redevelopment will reposition Wheat Ridge as a unique community. Increase Transportation Connections and Options Continued coordination and investment in transportation efficiency, travel options and connections will improve mobility for community residents, employees, and visitors. Provide Quality Community Amenities, Services. and Resources A commitment to providing exemplary community services will maintain the high quality of life for community residents, and will help attract future households and employers. Ensure a Sustainable Future * Continued focus on the future implications of today's choices and their impacts on the community's residents, the natural environment, and community prosperity will ensure a prosperous future for future generations. Page 12 * Vision for a Sustainable Future A sustainable future is a continuous journey to balance social, environmental, and economic interests. It respects and provides stewardship of the natural environment, facilitates active lifestyles and civic engagement, and bestows economic prosperity to individuals and the community. A community with a sustainable future focuses on its local progress while also considering the global impacts of its decisions. 26 3 — Structure Plan Page 23 Introduction Overview The Structure Plan is intended to provide strategic guidance and general land uses for future redevelopment to aid the Wheat Ridge community in achieving its future vision. It provides high-level guidance for the community's areas and corridors - it is not intended to be parcel -based, nor is it a zoning map. The Structure Plan, in combination with goals and policies, will help the community determine appropriate locations and strategies for: 1. conservation of the community's assets and foundation; 2. areas in need of reinvestment and revitalization; and 3. targeted development and redevelopment to achieve vibrant commercial, mixed-use, and employment areas. Page 20 Foundations Foundations are neighborhoods and commercial areas with common characteristics, upon which the focus areas are layered. They include: Neighborhood Revitalization - residential areas -- individual properties or general pockets that might benefit from reinvestment; often require special attention because they have issues related to dilapidated properties, code enforcement, crime and safety, lower rates of owner occupancy, and / or incompatible mix of uses; promote home ownership and spur reinvestment through infrastructure improvements; and / or, limited small-scale residential redevelopment will be encouraged in areas that exhibit several of the following characteristics of neighborhoods in need of revitalization Criteria to distinguish Neighborhood Revitalization Areas ■ Increasing incompatibility of uses ■ Infrastructure needs (e.g., utilities in disrepair) ■ Less stability than established neighborhoods Neighborhood Buffer Areas ■ Along both sides of Kipling Street north of 44th Avenue ■ 44th Avenue near Youngfield Street ■ Along Wadsworth Boulevard ■ Along Sheridan Boulevard Mixed -Use Commercial Areas Existing Areas ■ Kipling Street at 1-70 ■ Youngfield Street and 38th Avenue at 1-70 27 ■ 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards The plan designates existing commercial areas mixed with office and employment as mixed-use commercial areas. Focus in these areas is on long-term infill and redevelopment, reinvestment, and high quality urban design and landscaping for vacant or underutilized properties, with "centers" being the primary emphasis. Page 24 Corridors and Gateways Corridors and Gateways are areas of future focus and emphasis layered on top of the foundations. Corridors are the major thoroughfares through Wheat Ridge along which businesses are located. The intensities and land use characteristics of the city's corridors will vary from vehicular -oriented commercial districts to quaint and pedestrian -friendly neighborhood commercial areas. The corridors include: Primary Commercial Corridors - focus on assembling and redeveloping outdated and underutilized properties primarily from 35th to 44th Avenues, encourage development of a mixed-use Town Center, including multi -family housing (as lofts or part of the mix), improved bicycle and pedestrian connections along routes parallel to Wadsworth Main Street Corridor, 38th Avenue Corridor (between Wadsworth Boulevard and Sheridan Boulevard) - show case nodes of locally owned commercial businesses and employers in a transit and pedestrian - friendly "main street" environment that emphasizes Wheat Ridge's historic and hometown character; small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment activities will be focused primarily between Wadsworth and Pierce, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan, streetscape and other urban design improvements will be extended through the Main Street corridor to provide a walkable and distinct gateway Neighborhood Commercial Corridors ■ 44th Avenue (between Youngfield and Kipling Streets) ■ 44th Avenue (between Kipling Street and the greenbelt) ■ 44th Avenue (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) ■ Harlan Street (from 1-70 to just south of 44th Avenue), Primary Gateway, Primary Gateways ■ 1-70 at Wadsworth • 1-70 at Kipling Street ■ 1-70 at Ward Road ■ 1-70 at Youngfield Street / 32nd Avenue ■ Wadsworth at 26th Avenue • 38th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard ■ 26th Ave at Kipling Street ■ 44th Avenue at Harlan Street 28 4 - ECONOMY AND LAND USE Page 35 Relationship to the Community Vision and Structure Plan Emphasis on retention and reinvestment in commercial areas will ensure that residents have convenient local locations to shop, in addition to generating retail sales tax to maintain City services. To provide balance to the community's strong residential base, future employment and commercial development efforts will target key areas. Goal ELU1: Make Wheat Ridge a "community of choice" in which to live, work, shop, and recreate. Wheat Ridge will actively promote the community's positive assets to attract and retain residents, employers, and visitors. The City will emphasize and market its high quality of life to position Wheat Ridge as a desirable place to live, work, recreate, and visit. Policies ELU 1.2 — Become a Regional Destination The City will promote the community's attributes, and showcase entrances and travel corridors to draw visitors and position the community as a regional destination. Strategies: A. Develop programs to enhance and highlight the city's main entrances (gateways) with landscaping and signage Goal ELU2: Attract Quality Retail Development and Actively Retain Existing Retailers to Locate in Wheat Ridge Actively retain existing retailers and attract quality retail development. Wheat Ridge will proactively work with existing quality retailers to remain and thrive in Wheat Ridge, and encourage new businesses, particularly those that provide healthy and high quality products and goods and services to locate in Wheat Ridge. In addition, the City will plan for future regional retail, community commercial, and neighborhood commercial centers and promote opportunities for niche and specialty businesses and districts. Policies: ELU 2.1— Retain and Enhance Existing Retailers The City, in conjunction with its economic development partners, will work with existing quality retailers and businesses to remain and expand in Wheat Ridge so that goods are purchased locally and retail sales taxes are not lost to neighboring communities. Strategies: C. Assist existing retailers with expansion plans or opportunities for local relocation 29 ELU 2.2 — Promote Specialty Retail Businesses The City, in partnership economic development partners, and the development and business communities, will work to establish and grow unique small businesses and niche business districts in areas identified as activity centers and along key corridors. Strategies: Work with local brokers and developers to identify and attract regional niche retailers for a potential location in Wheat Ridge. ELU 2.3 — Rehabilitate Underutilized Retail Spaces Coordination and partnership between the City, economic development partners, and the development community to improve the appearance and function of outdated and inefficient retail spaces will re energize the community's primary corridors and key activity centers. Strategies: B. Encourage land assemblage and denser nodes of development within activity centers C. Partner with area economic development organizations D. Continue to work with local property owners on identifying opportunities for fa4ade and landscaping improvements and upgrades ELU 2.4 — Develop Regional Retail The City, economic development partners, and private developers will partner to develop the Regional Commercial Center west of 1-70 (including the Crossing at Clear Creek site) with a mix of regional retail anchors, smaller retailers, and secondary uses such as offices and hotel. B. Enter public/ private partnerships and facilitate the use of tools such as Tax Increment Financing through an Urban Renewal Authority, special districts, and other tools to share infrastructure development costs; and C. Provide business start-up incentives and financing tools (such as Tax Increment Financing). Goal ELU3 — Retain and Diversify Local Employment Wheat Ridge will foster a business climate that encourages expansion or creation of employment opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on growing the community's existing health care industry, redevelopment of the area surrounding the future FasTracks Gold Line Transit Station, and allowing secondary employment opportunities in the Crossing at Clear Creek Regional Commercial Center area. This business climate will require the retention of industrially zoned lands, and will place emphasis on new, high-quality employment opportunities in growing fields such as clean energy and biotechnology. Policies: ELU 3.1 — Retain and Expand Established Employers 30 The City and its economic development partners will work with the community's existing primary employers such as Exempla Lutheran Hospital to maintain and grow operations to provide quality local jobs to residents. Strategies: A. Supply an adequate mix of housing in the community to create a "whole community" where residents can live and work; D. Work closely with local employers and business owners to address issues and retain them in Wheat Ridge; and E. Coordinate with employers to develop plans for future growth and expansion and help facilitate their plans through the City's development review process. ELU 3.2 — Generate New Primary Employment The City, in partnership with economic development and other business organizations, will recruit new primary employers to locate in Wheat Ridge, in order to provide quality jobs for the community's large residential base, and to draw employees into the city on a daily basis. Strategies: A. Market development sites within Enterprise Zone and Urban Renewal Authority areas B. Target medical -related facilities C. Work on a package of appropriate incentives and establish the criteria by which these incentives can be used Goal ELU4 — Increase the Diversity of Land Uses Wheat Ridge will work to ensure that the limited future development and redevelopment areas provide increased opportunities for employment, retail, and commercial services, along new housing options, to achieve a sustainable and balanced mix of land uses for the community. Policies: ELU 4.1— Efficient Use of Limited Land Because of the limited amount of land available for new development, the City will require efficient use of newly developing and redeveloping areas by promoting higher -intensity development. Priority areas for new development include the Crossing at Clear Creek site west of 1-70 and the future T.O.D. area north of 1-70 near Ward Road. Strategies: A. Emphasize mixed-use development in developing and redeveloping areas C. Prioritize areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential overlay districts to identify opportunities for property assemblage and efficient use of land 31 E. Seek to remove height and density limitations from the City Charter in targeted development and redevelopment locations and examine / rezone those areas as necessary to achieve goals Goal ELU5: Revitalize Key Redevelopment Areas Policies: ELU 5.1 — Infill and Redevelopment Many properties along Wheat Ridge's primary corridors and in activity centers are dated and underutilized. The City will work with partners and private developers to promote infill and redevelopment in key areas shown on the Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Provide financing tools and incentives (such as Tax Increment Financing in Urban Renewal Areas and Enterprise Zone tax credits) to jump-start redevelopment in underutilized areas B. Identify areas with potential for property assemblage (through future subarea and corridor plans) and provide assistance with assemblage C. Actively pursue grants and technical assistance in determining the existence of brownfields at key redevelopment locations D. Coordinate with all interested parties (property owners, adjacent property owners, and City) to plan and define the vision for future development on infill sites E. Identify areas for future overlay districts F. Enter public-private partnerships (between City government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood organizations) to increase cooperation and development success ELU 5.2 - High Quality Redevelopment The City will require high quality urban design for all future infill and redevelopment, in order to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods, and to improve the overall appearance of the community's primary corridors and activity centers. Strategies: A. Assist with property assemblage to promote well coordinated, complete areas for redevelopment (not piecemeal properties) C. Identify areas for future subarea and corridor plans, and potential thematic -based overlay districts (to establish guidelines and standards to address suitable design and scale, variety and visual interest, and appropriate materials specific to each subarea or corridor) Goal ELU6: Establish Community Activity Centers and a Town Center Policies: ELU 6.1 — Community Activity Centers 32 The City will guide development and redevelopment to occur in planned activity centers. A range of existing and proposed activity centers along major corridors will discourage strip commercial development by concentrating a mix of uses to serve as neighborhood and community destinations. Existing Community Activity Center Locations ■ Youngfield at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) ■ Sheridan at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) ■ Wadsworth at 38th Avenue (Community Commercial Center) Future Community Activity Center Locations Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenue (Town Center) ■ Crossing at Clear Creek site (Regional Commercial Center) ■ Future Gold Line Transit Station Area (Employment/Commercial Center) Strategies: A. Partner with private property owners, economic development organizations, and developers to assemble parcels for redevelopment C. Encourage a mix of uses in activity centers (including multi -family residential and senior housing where appropriate) D. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) E. Coordinate development with established Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, and other regional plans ELU 6.2 —Town Center Development In collaboration with economic development partners and other organizations, the City will guide the development of a mixed-use Town Center, located along Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues. Strategies: C. Provide multi -modal transportation connections and options to activity centers (especially bicycle and pedestrian connections) D. Enter public / private partnerships to assist with development funding and design E. Establish an appropriate package of incentives to help jump-start redevelopment 5 - NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING Page 54 Goal NH2: Increase Housing Options Policies: 33 NH 2.1— New Housing Types The City will direct the development of new housing types such as townhomes, condos/lofts, and senior living units (especially in Neighborhood Revitalization, Neighborhood Buffer and other mixed-use areas) to meet market demand. Strategies: B. Promote traditional neighborhood development with a variety of housing types (possibly including accessory dwelling units, multi -family, and senior housing units) as a component of infill / redevelopment sites Goal NH4: Stimulate Investment and Redevelopment in Neighborhood Buffer Areas Policies: NH 4.1 — Enhance Neighborhood Buffer Areas The City will coordinate and partner economic development partners, neighborhood groups, and private developers to initiate investment and redevelopment efforts in Neighborhood Buffer Areas. Strategies: A. Coordinate revitalization efforts within established Urban Renewal Authority areas and plans B. Enter public/ private partnerships to improve or redevelop outdated multi -family properties C. Encourage and facilitate property assemblages to accommodate new small-scale mixed-use developments to provide transition between primary corridors and residential neighborhoods 6 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN Pages 61 through 63 Policies Goal CCI: Create Recognizable Gateways and Corridors Wheat Ridge will establish a clear identity that promotes a positive community image in primary community entrances ("gateways"). CC 1.1 —Gateway Identity In collaboration with economic development partners, private developers, and other groups, the City will improve primary gateways into the community (as shown on the Structure Plan) so that they project a positive, cohesive community identity and clear sense of place. Strategies: A. Develop signage and landscaping at gateways and along 1-70 that uses recent community branding efforts to "tell the Wheat Ridge story" (such as the themed gateway signage and streetscape on 38th Avenue near Sheridan) 34 B. Provide and maintain attractively landscaped areas at community entrances (such as the recent 1-70 and Kipling interchange improvements) CC 1.2 —Corridor Image The City will work with private developers, economic development partners, Colorado Department of Transportation and other organizations to enhance the image of the city's primary corridors (as identified on the Structure Plan). Strategies: B. Enter public / private partnerships to coordinate, fund, develop, and maintain streetscape improvements C. Continue the community sign code to ensure quality new signage along corridors and to encourage upgrades to existing non -conforming signage 7 -TRANSPORTATION Pages 79 through 83 Goal T 1: Provide an Integrated Transportation System to Address all Modes of Travel and Future Funding Priorities Wheat Ridge will accommodate all modes of travel including motorists, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit riders. Policies: T 1.1—Targeted Improvement Areas The City will focus future investment for infrastructure improvements in targeted corridors and intersections, as identified on the Transportation Structure Plan. Strategies: A. Institute transportation improvements as activity centers and primary corridors develop and redevelop B. Use the improvements shown on the Transportation Structure Plan to establish key areas for each travel mode and capital improvement projects C. Establish criteria to identify neighborhoods that are not targeted areas for street or sidewalk enhancements T 1.2 — Improvements Funding The City will continue to invest in transportation infrastructure improvements and will seek opportunities to partner with regional, state, and national agencies to establish funding for key projects. Strategies: A. Seek to establish a new local funding source for pedestrian and bicycle system improvements 35 B. Work to establish a blend of local and matching funds for multi -modal improvements T 1.3 — Complete Streets The City will coordinate with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to establish roadway design criteria that ensure safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users (also commonly referred to as "complete streets"). Strategies: A. Develop new road cross sections for principal corridors that meet the needs of all modes of transportation B. Revise development regulations to require new development to construct or enhance segments of pedestrian and bicycle systems C. Establish and require level of service standards for all travel modes D. Complete the Implementation Plan (Phase 2) of the Bike and Pedestrian Route Master Plan 8 - COMMMUNITY SERVICES Goal CS 4: Continue Coordination with Fire Districts and Utility Providers to Maintain Quality Service The City will continue to coordinate with utilities and fire districts to maintain quality levels of service to existing customers and provide new services to areas where future growth will occur. Policies: CS 4.1— Utility and Service Districts The City will continue to coordinate development and redevelopment activities with utility providers and service districts. Strategies: B. Develop and offer credits or incentives for development / redevelopment that reuses, establishes new connections to, or upgrades existing utility infrastructure. 10 - PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Pages 111 and 112 An Economic Development Strategy This Plan, and the process to develop it, has continually identified economic development of targeted redevelopment areas as a primary strategy for the City to accomplish its livability, fiscal, image, and identity -related goals. Five Target Redevelopment Areas a. Crossing at Clear Creek (Cabela's) b. 38th Avenue "Main Street" c. Kipling Corridor 36 d. Wadsworth Corridor / Town Center e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Short- and Long -Term Priorities The strategy should confirm, in discussion with policymakers and staff, short- and long-term priorities for redevelopment and geographic areas. For example, redevelopment priorities in the "target areas" should focus on the long-term desires as reflected in the Comprehensive and Sub -Area Plans, while in other commercial and industrial areas, the priority may be to minimize vacancies. Identify Appropriate Financial Tools Public agencies can employ a number of financing tools to finance public improvements. The special districts, authorities, and other tools described in the following table are a short list of financing tools that are applicable to the redevelopment of key areas in Wheat Ridge. Page 115, 117 and 118 Economic Strategies for Geographic Areas b. 38th Avenue "Main Street" Establishing a small locally oriented retail center at 38th Avenue is a high priority for residents of Wheat Ridge. Challenges include the perception that there is "no market," checkerboard zoning, the lack of funding for significant improvements, and land assembly. Initial action items are focused on market creation. Potential Financing Tools ■ Urban Renewal Area ■ Local Marketing District ■ Business Improvement District d. Wadsworth Corridor/ Town Center Background The Wadsworth Corridor between 38th and 44th Avenues has been identified as the preferred location for a Town Center that would have a small civic component such as a library, retail development, and places for public gathering. The URA owns the site just east of the 1st Bank at 44th and Wadsworth and has been working with public and private partners to foster its development. Redevelopment of the Wadsworth Corridor hinges on actions by CDOT to widen and / or improve the road. Potential Financing Tools Specific parcels may require land write-down assistance, environmental remediation, and assistance with current property ownership. Other tools to encourage redevelopment in this corridor area are listed below. Their use will depend on the specific situation. ■ Metropolitan Districts ■ General Improvement Districts 37 • Urban Renewal Area ■ Special Improvement Districts ■ Public Improvement Fees • Use Tax Rebates e. Gold Line/Ward Road Station - Transit -Oriented Development (TOD) Site This site is seen as having longer term importance to the City; however, potential projects are not likely to materialize until after the commuter rail line is close to completion (Gold Line station estimated completion for 2016). Potential Public Financine Tools ■ Urban Renewal Authority ■ Metropolitan District • General Improvement District ■ Special Improvement District ■ Public Improvement Fee ■ Use Tax Rebates • Others for the Specific TOD Project 38 38th Avenue Corridor Plan, adopted 2011 (some excerpts grammatically edited) Those that are particularly relevant to potential actions within the Plan Area are bolded in blue. Pages 1 and 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY West 38th Avenue, between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, is a priority redevelopment area in Wheat Ridge. The City's comprehensive plan, Envision Wheat Ridge, identifies the corridor as one of five key redevelopment sites and designates 38th Avenue as the City's main street. Although many residents view 38th Avenue as the heart of the community, today it lacks the physical environment and economic vitality that is commonly associated with a main street corridor. The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for 38th Avenue so that it can be revitalized into an attractive focal point for the community. Building on valuable input from stakeholders and the public at -large, the plan creates a vision for the future of the street. It establishes four guiding principles that set the framework for the plan's recommendations, which focus on transportation, land use, urban design, and economic development. Vision Statement The following statement captures the vision for what 38th Avenue will become in the next two decades: "West 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth is a safe, vibrant and diverse corridor in Wheat Ridge with a strong identity and robust commercial and residential markets. The corridor has identifiable sub -districts with its Main Street being a source of community pride and a primary destination for city residents and visitors. In the year 2030, people of all ages and abilities live, work, learn, shop, and play along 38th Avenue." Sub -Districts Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center anchors the corridor at its western end. Building upon the City's adopted plans which envision a mixed-use town center on Wadsworth between 38th and 44th Avenues, this sub -district includes a mix of community and regional serving retail, offices, and residences. Improvements in the Area will serve as a gateway into Wheat Ridge's downtown and Main Street from the west. Main Street The vision for Main Street is a historic gathering place that integrates small shops, restaurants, and services at the ground floor with residences and office space on upper floors. This half -mile stretch of 38th Avenue will be easily walkable and attract a synergy of people and activities during the day and night. 39 Guiding Principles The input received during the visioning process led to the creation of four guiding principles that inform the plan recommendations. Identity - Redevelop 38th Avenue with a strong identity as Wheat Ridge's Main Street Vitality - Promote economic and real estate vitality and healthy living Appeal - Create an attractive, comfortable, inviting atmosphere Mobility - Develop a complete street that better accommodates pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders while maintaining adequate vehicular access and parking Pages 5 through 8 1 - INTRODUCTION 1.1— Study Area Location West 38th Avenue is an important east -west corridor that runs the entire length of Wheat Ridge. The focus of this plan is the portion of West 38th Avenue that falls between Sheridan Boulevard and Wadsworth Boulevard, which is about 1.5 miles in length. The study area continues just west of Wadsworth Boulevard in order to capture the entire 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard intersection, which is a gateway within Wheat Ridge and into the study area. To the east, the study area ends at Sheridan Boulevard, which is also the boundary between the city of Wheat Ridge and city and county of Denver. The study area extends roughly 600 feet to the north and south of 38th Avenue. 1.2 — Purpose of the Plan The purpose of the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan is to establish a vision for the future of 38th Avenue between Wadsworth and Sheridan Boulevards. This portion of the street is identified as a priority redevelopment area in the City's Comprehensive Plan and Economic Development Strategic Plan. Wheat Ridge 2020, another important stakeholder given its office location on 38`h Avenue, has also identified 38th Avenue as a priority area and is committed to the revitalization of the corridor. 1.4 — Relationship to Other Plans There are several existing plans, studies, and guiding documents that set the framework for the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan. 38th Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan (Urban Renewal Plan), adopted 2001 This plan, established an urban renewal area along 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth, covers a majority of the focus area. A major objective identified in this plan is to strengthen the identity of 38th Avenue as the city's main street with a human -scaled mix of uses. The proposed land use concept is to enhance neighborhood- and community -serving retail while preserving housing. This urban renewal plan also identifies redevelopment techniques that could be utilized such as demolition, land acquisition, redevelopment and rehabilitation. Financing tools identified in the plan 40 include revenue from property and sales tax increments, federal loans or grants, as well as bond issuances. Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy, adopted 2005 The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) focused on the repositioning of Wheat Ridge as a vibrant community by improving its housing stock and revitalizing its commercial corridors to attract higher -income households. Acknowledging demographic trends such as decreasing median household incomes, the NRS strongly urges the City to pursue policies and regulations that encourage investment in neighborhoods and redevelopment in commercial areas. The NRS recommends that the City and Wheat Ridge 2020 focus housing efforts on the east side of the city by increasing permissible densities and encouraging infill and rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. The NRS also specifically identifies 38th Avenue as one of four key commercial areas where the City should focus redevelopment efforts. Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan are consistent with the NRS. Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan, adopted 2009 Envision Wheat Ridge is a city-wide plan that guides the future of the city. The plan identifies 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards as a "main street corridor" that is transit- and pedestrian -friendly. It recommends development of small-scale mixed-use infill and redevelopment projects focused primarily between Wadsworth Boulevard and Pierce Street, with additional nodes of development extending along 38th Avenue to Sheridan Boulevard, over time. Envision Wheat Ridge also identifies 38th Avenue as one of five priority redevelopment areas in the city and calls out several action items to facilitate its redevelopment, including: ■ Preparation of a 38th Avenue subarea / corridor plan ■ Form a public-private partnership with merchants and owners along the corridor to make the area attractive for private investment ■ Develop a streetscape plan • Facilitate creation of a Business Improvement District (BID) to maintain improvements (when appropriate) Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan coincide with the vision and recommendations in Envision Wheat Ridge, and have been adopted as an official amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. West 38th Avenue Community Revitalization Partnership Report, Prepared for Wheat Ridge 2020, 2009 This study, prepared by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) and Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) was the result of a 3 -day assessment of the 38th Avenue corridor between Wadsworth and Sheridan Boulevards by a multi -disciplinary assessment team. The assessment team evaluated strategies for revitalization of the street, focusing on land use, real estate, marketing and promotion, and urban design. This study recognizes existing aspects of the corridor that detract from its economic viability, including its auto -oriented form, outdated retail formats, and lack of a cohesive identity. The report includes 41 many recommendations to guide the revitalization of 38th Avenue, focusing on marketing and branding, redevelopment opportunities, and urban design. The report recommends the completion of a corridor plan and further study of a "road diet" that serve to reduce travel lanes and create opportunities for on - street parking, improved sidewalks, and / or bicycle facilities. Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, adopted 2010 This plan lays the framework for providing a more comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle network throughout the city; and, identifies which streets in Wheat Ridge need pedestrian and bicycle improvements, and discusses potential funding sources for implementing planned pedestrian and bicycle facilities. It proposes detached sidewalks with amenity zones on both sides of 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards, as well as a shared bicycle facility. Other proposed improvements within the study area include bike lanes on Pierce Street, a shared lane on Harlan Street, and a shared lane that starts on 38th Avenue at High Court and connects north to West 41st Avenue. Recommendations in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan generally comply with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. However, the Corridor Plan does not recommend adding bike facilities to the street. Bike lanes for 38th Avenue were considered through public input during the planning process, but ultimately ruled out due to a lack of continuity with other east -west routes and high potential for cyclist / motorist conflicts. The Plan did recommend, though, amending the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan to remove the proposed shared bicycle facility on 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards. Streetscape Design Manual, adopted 2011 This document establishes design standards for important corridors throughout the city. The document identifies 38th Avenue between Sheridan and Wadsworth Boulevards as a "priority corridor' and lays out design goals and standards intended to create a high-quality Streetscape and pedestrian -friendly environment. The Manual requires improvements to the Streetscape in front of a parcel on 38th Avenue, if the subject of new construction or expansion of existing buildings by more than 50 percent. Required improvements include an 8 -foot wide sidewalk and 6 -foot wide amenity zone. If room within the existing right-of-way to make these improvements does not exist, then the City may require an easement or right-of-way dedication. The Manual also contains requirements for regularly spaced street trees, pedestrian lights, and other amenities within an amenity zone. Requirements within the Manual do not apply to that portion of 38th Avenue between Sheridan Boulevard and Harlan Street that was subject to a City -funded streetscape improvement project in 2002. Recommendations included in the 38th Avenue Corridor Plan generally coincide with the Streetscape Desien Manual. Pages 31 through 37 3 - VISION Common desires expressed during the visioning process for 38th Avenue include: 42 ■ Improve the design and quality of the street. ■ Create a street that is safe and enjoyable for pedestrians, but that does not compromise other modes of travel, especially cars. ■ Draw a variety of restaurants, shops, and other services to the corridor so that it becomes a lively, attractive destination during the day and night. ■ Recognize the street as the heart of the community (its "main street") through improved design and a clear identity. ■ Encourage different districts or nodes along the 1.5 mile length of the street. ■ Improve connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods. 3.2 — Sub -Districts Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center anchors the corridor at its western end. Building upon the City's adopted Wadsworth Corridor Subarea Plan and Envision Wheat Ridge, which envisions a mixed-use town center on Wadsworth Boulevard between 38th and 44th Avenues, this sub -district includes a mix of community and regional serving retail, offices, and residences. It will serve as a gateway into Wheat Ridge's Downtown and Main Street from the west. The Wadsworth Town Center will draw larger -format higher - intensity retail uses that fit well on a regional arterial like Wadsworth Boulevard. This sub -district contains one of the major opportunity areas identified in the potential for change analysis, which is the 14 -acre vacant lot and former car dealership at the southwest corner of 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. This site could draw significant redevelopment that would help establish a quality gateway to the 38th Avenue corridor. Main Street The vision for Main Street is a historic gathering place that integrates small shops, restaurants, and services at the ground floor with residences and office space on upper floors. This half -mile stretch of 38th Avenue will be easily walkable and attract a synergy of people and activities during the day and night. The heart of Main Street is between Vance and Pierce Streets. This area overlaps with one of the major opportunity areas also identified in the potential for change analysis. The eastern edge of Main Street extends to Newland Street so that it is anchored by Wheat Ridge Lanes, a popular bowling alley on the east end, and encompasses a full one-half mile walking distance along the corridor. It is important to note that Main Street falls within the proposed Downtown area. Wheat Ridge has never had an official downtown, but main streets are typically found within the downtown of a community. Downtown Wheat Ridge will incorporate the Wadsworth Town Center and Main Street, recognizing the portion of 38th Avenue that has historically been the heart of the City. Identity - Redevelop 38th Avenue with a strong identity as Wheat Ridge's Main Street. ■ Design the street as a unique, pedestrian -oriented, safe, comfortable, and economically viable place that people go to repeatedly for an unparalleled experience. ■ Build and sustain support for the vision among public officials, corridor businesses, and area residents. 43 ■ Create four distinct districts - the Wadsworth Town Center, Main Street, the Residential District, and the Sheridan Commercial District. ■ Allow for a mix of uses throughout the corridor, with specific standards for each district. • Apply to each sub -district a unique, timeless, easily maintainable materials palette to each district with enough overlap among the palettes to convey a unified image. • Capitalize on existing and historic assets. • Provide adequate and consistent signage, wayfinding, marketing materials, and streetscape amenities to brand 38th Avenue and its districts. ■ Continue to encourage architecturally appropriate building facade renovations as well as new infill development that supports a Main Street environment. • Create a branding strategy for the Main Street district. Vitality - Promote economic and real estate vitality and healthy living. ■ Develop a competitive marketplace that provides opportunities for local and national businesses, existing and new. ■ Create a vibrant place of commerce where people congregate. ■ Encourage local businesses to enliven the streetscape with outdoor seating and merchandise displays. ■ Implement short-term stimulant projects / improvements to spur long-term redevelopment. ■ Identify and consolidate land as necessary for large catalytic projects that will provide a substantial infusion of energy to the corridor and specifically to Main Street. ■ Provide opportunities for flexible use of the public realm for temporary events, such as street fairs and farmer's markets. ■ Encourage a diverse mix of land uses to create 18 -hour activity. ■ Preserve and cultivate health-related uses within and near the corridor, through projects and events that promote Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) among all members of the Wheat Ridge community. Examples include community gardens, farmers markets, mobile vending of healthy foods, family or youth bike rodeos, Living Local / Living Well exhibitions or mini -fairs, summertime events in which the street is closed to cars, and/or temporary demonstration projects that show possible improvements to the street. ■ Encourage the formation of an entity to aggressively market the corridor. ■ Focus public and quasi -public uses such as a new library or City Hall to locate on or immediate to the corridor to provide a significant population to patronize local businesses. ■ Provide a predictable and clear regulatory process including mixed use zoning along 38th Avenue and regulations that support the Main Street district. ■ Retain and expand incentive programs (grants and loans) that stimulate private sector investment. Appeal - Create an attractive, comfortable, inviting atmosphere. ■ Implement pedestrian -oriented urban design strategies and regulations. ■ Create a consistent street edge with commercial buildings placed near or at the front lot line along 38th Avenue, especially within the Main Street Sub -district. 44 ■ Provide opportunities for casual social interaction by incorporating gathering spaces into the streetscape or via pocket plazas and park space. ■ Incorporate public art into the streetscape. ■ Generously provide landscaping via trees, planters, and hanging pots to provide visual appeal, protection from the elements, and a buffer from vehicular traffic. ■ Provide pedestrian lighting that results in a safe, welcoming nighttime environment. ■ Utilize high-quality materials that are relatively easy to maintain. ■ Provide routine maintenance to sustain a safe streetscape free of obstructions and ensure a high level of plant health, cleanliness, and repair. ■ Minimize the visual clutter of signage through new regulations or design standards. Mobility - Develop a complete street that better accommodates pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders while maintaining adequate vehicular access and parking. ■ Reduce the number of vehicular travel lanes on 38th Avenue where feasible. ■ Consolidate and reduce curb cuts to minimize conflicts among pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. ■ Embrace shared parking strategies and restrict off-street parking to the sides and backs of buildings along 38th Avenue. • Create an unobstructed walkway at least 6 feet wide that is detached from 38th Avenue with an amenity zone. ■ Clearly identify and improve pedestrian crossings across 38th Avenue as well as crossings along 38th Avenue from block to block. ■ Consider developing bulb -outs at feasible intersections to help further traffic calming, reduce the pedestrian crossing distance, and increase the visibility of pedestrians by motorists. ■ Provide adequate amenities as feasible, including benches, trash cans, pedestrian lighting, and bicycle racks. ■ Enhance visibility of and amenities at transit stops working closely with RTD. ■ Strengthen connections to the surrounding neighborhoods to encourage mobility for pedestrians, cyclists, and the disabled. ■ Strengthen connections to other non -vehicular networks, such as adjacent bike facilities, both existing and planned. 4 —PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS Pages 54 through 56 4.3 - LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN Corridor -Wide Recommendation 4.3-2: Encourage quality, pedestrian -friendly architecture that places buildings close to the street. Guiding Principle: Identity 45 The identity of 38th Avenue depends on high-quality architecture. To promote a pedestrian -friendly street, buildings with active ground floors should be located close to the sidewalk. The City should implement new zoning - such as the Mixed Use -Neighborhood zone district - with design standards that will complement the vision for the corridor. Recommendation 4.3-5: Incorporate public gathering spaces into streetscape design and develop public spaces along the corridor. Guiding Principle: Appeal Public gathering spaces will enhance the image of the corridor, complement surrounding land uses and business, and provide opportunity for social interaction and enjoyment. The streetscape design, especially for Main Street, should include places to sit and gather. Public and private redevelopment on 38th Avenue should incorporate new public spaces such as pocket parks, plazas, and community gardens. Recommendation 4.3-6: Develop a parking strategy for the corridor that includes shared parking and parking reservoirs. Guiding Principle: Mobility As the corridor redevelops, the provision of adequate parking will be an important strategy. Since many parcels are small and may not be able to meet parking needs on-site, shared parking will be an important tool. The approach for parking on the corridor should include allowing and encouraging shared parking on private property, as well as identifying key parking reservoirs. In the short-term, existing parking lots such as the one in front of Wheat Ridge Middle School can provide parking for adjacent uses. As the corridor develops over the long-term, redevelopment plans should include parking reservoirs, especially parking garages. Strategic placement and successful usage of off-street parking reservoirs could partially reduce the need for on -street parking in some locations, thereby creating more room for other amenities on the street. Pages 56 through 59 Main Street Main Street is envisioned as the focal point of both downtown Wheat Ridge and 38th Avenue. As such, there are a few key land use and urban design recommendations specific to this sub -district. Recommendation 4.3-7: Design and build new streetscape improvements and gateway elements that create an attractive and consistent image for Main Street. Guiding Principle: Identity Gateway signs, vertical elements, and other enhancements that clearly mark entry into Main Street should be utilized at both the western and eastern ends of the district. Signage and streetscape design should be developed in conjunction with the branding / marketing strategy for Main Street in order to create a strong identity for this sub -district. The streetscape design for Main Street should include some common elements that link it to the rest of the corridor, as well as unique, enhanced features that distinguish it from the Residential and Sheridan Commercial sub -districts. 46 Recommendation 4.3-8: Encourage infill development with land uses, building placement, and architecture that supports a Main Street environment. Guiding Principle: Identity The proposed mixed use zoning for this sub -district should support a mix of uses and include design standards that promote a main street environment - encouraging the placement of buildings close to the street and quality, human -scaled architecture. Figure 23 is an illustrative plan of what Main Street could look like in the year 2030. It identifies opportunity sites for infill development that could be catalytic projects in both the short and long term. The new buildings shown would bring approximately 65,000 SF of new ground floor uses (retail or offices) and 56,000 square feet of new upper floor uses (office or residential) to Main Street. As discussed in more detail below, the development program for this sub -district also includes about 85,000 square feet of new public and quasi -public uses within a proposed civic center. Recommendation 4.3-9: Foster a new civic center on Main Street that includes public and quasi -public uses. Guiding Principle: Vitality Throughout the visioning process, many stakeholders mentioned the desire for public uses that would regularly draw residents to the corridor. A civic center would provide a focal point for Main Street and bring a significant number of employees and customers to 38th Avenue. The public uses would draw new activity to the corridor and create a large number of patrons for nearby businesses. As a long-term goal, the City should pursue the possibility to relocate city offices to the Main Street sub- district. This location contains underutilized parcels that could be assembled to support approximately 85,000 square feet of development, including a new City Hall, police station, and complementary civic uses. The civic center is adjacent to a proposed parking structure, which would provide a large parking reservoir for the center as well as for adjacent retail uses - both existing and proposed. The proposed civic center would build upon existing public uses in the area, including two schools and the Wheat Ridge Fire Station. Quality public spaces, such a park or plaza in front of the civic center and community gardens surrounding the school, would help link public uses to 38th Avenue. Public open space is a key component for the civic center since it would draw people to the corridor and provide opportunities for outdoor special events. The proposed community gardens surrounding the school could be pursued in the short term, while the rest of the civic center is a longer-term goal for Main Street. Wadsworth Town Center The Wadsworth Town Center forms an important gateway into Main Street and contains opportunity sites for new development. Recommendation 4.3-13: Encourage the redevelopment of the southwest corner of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue to create an attractive gateway for the corridor. Guiding Principle: Vitality 47 This site, about 14 acres in size, represents a significant opportunity for new development adjacent to the corridor. New Mixed Use- Commercial (MU -C) zoning recently adopted on Wadsworth should encourage a mix of uses and pedestrian -friendly design. Due to the site's size and visibility from Wadsworth, larger -format retailers and national chains would fit well. It makes sense to redevelop the site with this type of retail use, which will not compete with the boutique -type retail envisioned for 38th Avenue, as long as the design includes pedestrian connectivity and quality architecture. Ideally, new development at this site will be mixed use, with office and / or residential uses in addition to retail. New residents at this location would support new businesses on 38th Avenue. Residential uses at the southern end of the site provide an important transition to the residential neighborhood to the south. Design of the corner of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue is especially important for creating an inviting gateway into the Main Street sub -district. Recommendation 4.3-14: Improve pedestrian crossings at 38th Avenue across Wadsworth. Guiding Principle: Mobility Safer pedestrian access across Wadsworth could draw more people to 38th Avenue. Comfortable and safe crosswalks, including raised tables in turn pockets, would help to connect the corridor to new development on Wadsworth, to the Exempla -Lutheran Campus, and to existing residential neighborhoods, all of which contain potential patrons for businesses on 38th Avenue. 48 Appendix B: West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Legal Description and Supporting Illustration for the Urban Renewal Plan and Tax Increment Financing Area West End 38 Urban Renewal Plan (12.14.2015) 49 LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ZONELOT A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN CITY OF WHEATRIDGE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1/4 CORNER OF SECTION 23 FROM WHENCE THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 23 BEARS N 89038'24" E A DISTANCE OF 2633.65 FEET WITH ALL BEARINGS HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE N 75046'40"E A DISTANCE OF 542.64 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N 00°1012" W, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF A PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE UNDER RECEPTION NUMBER F005061 I A DISTANCE OF 200.55 FEET; THENCE N 89038'12" E, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL A DISTANCE OF 131.83 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1, E.S. ALLEN SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE UNDER RECEPTION NUMBER 2010000090; THENCE N 00012'07" W, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT I A DISTANCE OF 119.99 FEET; THENCE N 89038'48" E, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 A DISTANCE OF 354.09 FEET TO THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF UPHAM STREET AS PER EASEMENT DOCUMENT RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE UNDER RECEPTION NUMBER 94113597; THENCE S 00013'03" E, ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 483.01 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST 38TH AVENUE AS PER EASEMENT DOCUMENTS RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE UNDER RECEPTION NUMBERS 90086570, 90086575, 90086572 AND 90086573; THENCE S 89038'24" W, ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 354.42 FEET; THENCE N 00011'13" W, A DISTANCE OF 162.65 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF A PARCEL OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE UNDER RECEPTION NUMBER F005061 I A; THENCE S 89034'48" W, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 131.79 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 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