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CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 7500 W. 29th Ave. Wheat Ridge CO April 15, 2024
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Public Comment on Agenda Items
1. Colorado School of Mines Creekside Park Hill Stabilization Project
2. City Plan Status Update
3. 2J Sales Tax Extension Effort – Project Review & Update
4. Staff Report(s)
5. Elected Officials’ Report(s)
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Item No. 1 Memorandum
TO: Mayor and City Council THROUGH: Karen A. O’Donnell, Parks and Recreation Director
Patrick Goff, City Manager FROM: Brandon Altenburg, Grant and Special Project Administrator DATE: April 15, 2024 SUBJECT: Colorado School of Mines Creekside Park Hill Stabilization Project
ISSUE:
This hill along the south and southeast edge of Creekside Park regularly has minor landslides that push debris onto the Clear Creek Trail and into Creekside Park. Drainage from the hill also results in the Trail becoming icy in the winter.
Throughout the 2023-2024 academic year, a Colorado School of Mines Capstone Project student
team has analyzed the current state of the hill and provided recommendations and cost estimates for improving the ongoing stability, drainage, and sliding issues related to the hill. Their final project presentation on April 15th will provide a concise project overview.
BACKGROUND:
The School of Mines capstone program is a required course for School of Mines students to graduate. The course covers two semesters and prospective “clients” can submit projects to request that a student team be assigned to work on their project. Government entities do not have to pay a fee to participate in the program. The Parks and Recreation Department submitted the
Creekside Park Hill Stabilization project in 2023 to this program, and it was selected and
assigned to this student team. City staff, industry technical advisors, and faculty have worked with the students throughout the past nine months. In 2022, a different School of Mines capstone team completed a project designing a safe,
accessible trail around Tabor Lake and presented their work to Council. That work served as the
foundation for grant applications to Jeffco Open Space, which awarded $410,000 towards the project, and the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is considering a $451,000 request for the project. Professional project design for this project is currently underway.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
In addition to providing valuable work for the City, this program is a learning experience for the students who are about to graduate and enter the workforce. Presenting “real-world” work in front of a City Council is a significant accomplishment and learning experience for the team. Council questions and input can also inform the next steps in the project.
NEXT STEPS:
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The student work cannot be accepted as official engineering plans as certified engineers need to develop and “stamp” the work. The student work can be provided to a professional engineering
firm as baseline work and guidance to develop stamped plans. The goal is for this work to be a
foundation for including this project in a future budget year to fund a professional firm to design and implement an improvement project. The aim is for the eventual work to eliminate or reduce the minor landslides and icing issues while also proactively addressing the hill’s drainage and stability to prevent a potential larger and more impactful slides.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. School of Mines Presentation
Wheat Ridge Parks and Rec
CREEKSIDE HILL STABILIZATION
April 15, 2024
Hillside Heroes
ATTACHMENT 1
Agenda
•Background (Site Location, Scope of Work, Project Goals)
•Site Data Collection (Geotechnical Analysis, Topographic Analysis, Water Testing)
•Design Narrative (Decision Matrix, Proposed Solutions)
•Engineering Analysis and Calculations (Revegetation Analysis, Hydrology Calculations)
•Technical Drawings (Drainage Ditch, Detention Pond, Details)
•Cost Estimate
•Conclusion (Summary, Next Steps)
Kate
Background
Site Location, Scope of Work, Project Goals
Israel
Site Location
Israel
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Israel
Site Data Collection
Geotechnical Analysis, Topographic Analysis, Water Testing
Maggie
Soil Testing – Particle Size Analysis
•3 samples from steepest parts
•All 3 showed mostly sand/gravel
•Less 2% fines (silt/clay)
Maggie
Soil Testing – Direct Shear Test
•Effective cohesion = 0 psf
•Effective friction angle = 38.37 degrees
Maggie
Surveying
-The hill was initially surveyed in October using
a Leica TS-07 total station in order to create a
topographical surface to work with when
designing our solution
-Upon looking at our data we decided to go
back and do a second round in November to
get more definition along the back of the hill
and get latitude and longitude data for our
control points.
Jeremy
Existing Surface
Jeremy
Water Testing
Thomas
•Sample collected & tested on 1/25
•Regulation 38 Water Quality
standards
•Test show high phosphate levels
and Selenium
•Design will address these two
issues
Design Narrative
Decision Matrix, Proposed Solutions
Kate
Decision Matrix
Kate
Soil Stabilization | Drainage Ditch | Detention Pond
Proposed Solution – Revegetation
•Three areas of hill have
experienced slope failure
Hard, dry, exposed soil with no
vegetation on steep grade
•Revegetated to stabilize soil
•To revitalize, soil will be broken up
and compost will be added
•Netting will be placed over soil to
prevent erosion while roots grow
Kate
Proposed Solution – Riprap Drainage Ditch
•Ditch will catch stormwater draining
from hill and field and redirect
•Placed at base of hill
Safe distance from sidewalk
Larger riprap and vegetation along
edges to catch sediment deposits from
hill
•Will provide drainage towards
detention pond
Kate
Proposed Solution – Detention Pond
•Naturally shaped detention basin on
east side of hill with outlet pipe to clear
creek
Can hold light stormwater and
release water in larger storms
•Base vegetation will promote
infiltration and water quality
•Can hold water for maximum
design storm
Kate
Engineering Analysis and Calculations
Revegetation Analysis, Hydrology Calculations
Sabastian
Revegetation Analysis
Looking For
•Middle of two life zone: Plain, and Foothill
•The United States Department of Agriculture gave Wheat Ridge a Hardness of 6a
•Has a dry to semi–arid climate
•Soil is a mixture of clay and sandy loams.
Wheat Ridge
1. The plant has to be native to Colorado
2.The plant has to be able to survive in a mixed temperature range.
3.The plant needs to be able to survive with little water.
4.The plant has to be able to grow on a slope and help with erosion.
5.The plant must be easy to maintain.
6.The plant has to be able to grow in clay/sandy loams
Sabastian
Revegetation Analysis Continued
Sabastian
•Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
•Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
•Blue grama (Bouteloua Gracilias)
•Common Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) to remove heavy metals through phytoremediation
Plants
Plant Water Use Soil Moisture Drought Tolerance CaCO3 Tolerance Temperture Tolerance Maintence Difficulty
Chokecherry Medium Dry/Moist High High High Medium
Smooth Sumac Low Dry High High High Easy
Blue Grama Low/Medium Dry High Medium Medium Medium
Revegetation Analysis Continued
Sabastian
•Showy milkweed (Asclepias Speciosa) as it’s located in the location of the
future detention pond.
•Beneficial to the park as it brings in monarch (and other) butterflies.
•Will be placed around the edge of the detention pond as it is toxic to animals
and people.
Relocate
Hydrology Calculations
Goals
Will use manning’s equations/derivations to
find final dimensions
maximum Froud number of 0.8
maximum flow velocity of between 5 and 7
ft/s
make sure that slope is within maximum
range
Equations
Ethan
Technical Drawings
Drainage Ditch, Detention Pond, Details
Sabastian
Dry Detention Pond
Sabastian
•Bioretention pond
‒Looks natural
‒Removes multiple types of pollutants (Will help with our
Phosphate issue)
‒Has multiple functions like flood control and natural
infiltration
‒We are planning on not removing any trees to build this
pond
Sabastian
Drainage Ditch
Ethan
Primary Ditch Cross-Section
Ethan
Alternate Ditch Cross-Sections
Ethan
Cost Estimate
Israel
Cost Estimate
Israel
•No budget restrictions
•Estimated total cost of
$151,092
•10% contingency
•Largest cost from
earthwork and haul-off
Revegetation,
$11,082 , 7%
Grass Swale,
$68,768 , 46%
Detention
Pond, $53,907
, 36%
Overall
Maintance ,
$3,600 , 2%
10%
Contigency,
$13,736 , 9%
Revegetation Grass Swale Detention Pond
Overall Maintance 10% Contigency
Conclusion
Next Steps, Summary
Kate
Next Steps
WHOLE PROJECT
Verify CAD Plans with a Professional Engineer
Plans cannot be utilized until stamped by a licensed, practicing engineer
GRADING
404 US Army Corps of Engineers Permit
Specified under the Clean Water Act
Permit required for discharge of fill material into any US waters, including flood plain
GRADING
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) and Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)
From the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
CLOMR will ensure all National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements are met
LOMR will officially alter the NFIP map with new flood boundaries after grading is approved
DITCH AND POND
Clean Water Permitting
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit
Must be completed when dumping any possible pollutants into existing state waterways
Kate
Summary
Summary
•Completed site data collection and testing
•Developed proposed solutions for soil stabilization, drainage ditch, and detention pond
•Used decision matrix to chose final solution
•Completed design analysis and calculations
•Completed technical drawings in CAD
•Defined necessary next steps for design implementation
•Questions?
Kate
Memorandum
TO: Mayor and City Council
THROUGH: Lauren Mikulak, Community Development Director
Patrick Goff, City Manager
FROM: Ella Stueve, Senior Neighborhood Planner
DATE: April 5, 2024 (for April 15 study session)
SUBJECT: City Plan Status Update
PURPOSE
The purpose of this study session is to provide City Council with an update on the City Plan
planning process, including public engagement and preliminary findings from the existing conditions analysis completed thus far.
Attachment 1 is a memo provided by the City Plan consultant, czb, which includes more details
to support this study session. This is the first of four anticipated Council meetings on this
project, with subsequent study sessions scheduled for June, September, and February 2025.
BACKGROUND On December 11, 2023, City Council awarded a contract to czb, a professional planning firm, to
lead the community through the City Plan process. The City Plan is the next iteration of the
Comprehensive Plan and will supersede Envision Wheat Ridge, which was adopted in 2009. The City Plan will articulate a community vision for Wheat Ridge through 2045. A specific focus will be to ensure robust community input and to create a plan that balances different values and tradeoffs that emerge from community conversations. A successful City Plan process will result
in an adopted document that reflects community values and acts as a foundation for future City
decisions around all topics related to the physical development of the City for years to come.
PROJECT STATUS Timeline
This 15-month process began in late January with a project team kick-off, beginning with the
first phase, “Discover: Existing Conditions.” The week of April 15th will be the project’s first public engagement phase, which will include the following events:
•A City Council study session on Monday, April 15th
•A public open house on Tuesday, April 16th, from 4:30 to 6:30pm at the RecreationCenter
•A steering committee meeting on Wednesday, April 17th
•A Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, May 2nd
The subsequent phases will align with the Council study sessions listed above, in June, September, and February 2025. It is anticipated that the final plan will be brought to Planning
Item No. 2
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Commission and City Council for final adoption in late spring of 2025. The final plan will include a summary of existing conditions, a community character and development vision, an
integrated land use and mobility framework, a future land use map, street typologies, an action
plan, and other elements as needed. Steering Committee City Council and staff nominations resulted in an 18-member steering committee made up of
community members representing a range of perspectives, including residents, business owners,
commercial and residential real estate, planning, development, housing, finance, transportation, and arts and culture. The steering committee had its first meeting on March 14th. There will be a total of six meetings throughout the planning process. The steering committee will provide guidance during the planning process to supplement public participation and to lend citizen
expertise to the planning team. They will also help spread the word about the City Plan.
Public Process Since December 2023, the City Plan project page on What’s Up Wheat Ridge has been live: https://whatsupwheatridge.com/city-plan. In January 2024, the project team sent a newsletter to
all What’s Up Wheat Ridge subscribers to announce the project page and to encourage
community members to subscribe to project updates and become neighborhood champions. Neighborhood champions are a group of people who live, work, or have general interest in Wheat Ridge and who want to stay up to speed on the City Plan and help promote City Plan participation. Anyone is welcome to become a neighborhood champion, and the sign-up form to
join this group will be available throughout the planning process. As of April 5th, the City Plan
page had 219 subscribers, and 64 community members had signed up to be neighborhood champions. Staff have been distributing yard signs for neighborhood champions to put up, and many have also been given a stack of project half-sheets to pass out to their neighbors.
The City Plan kickoff event is a public open house on Tuesday, April 16th from 4:30 to 6:30pm
at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center. At this event, participants can learn more about the plan and share their initial thoughts on the city’s future. There will be four stations where community members can learn about the project, provide input on core values, review and comment on an existing conditions analysis, and participate in an exercise to identify and rank priorities that this
plan should address. This information and these activities will also be available online on the
project website from April 15th through May 3rd. Communications for this phase of public engagement includes the following:
• What’s Up Wheat Ridge newsletters
• Connections newsletters
• Rooted in Fun Activity Guide advertisement
• Mayor’s Matters articles
• City of Wheat Ridge’s website newsflash
• Project half-sheets available at upcoming community events and distributed to
neighborhood champions and steering committee members
• Yard signs distributed to neighborhood champions and steering committee members and displayed at City parks and facilities
• Social media ads and posts
• Coasters with a QR code to the project webpage distributed to local businesses to give to customers
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Each subsequent engagement phase will continue to use these communications methods and
more.
Existing Conditions and Next Steps As detailed in Attachment 1 and as part of their presentation at the April 15th Council study session, czb will provide a summary of the preliminary existing conditions analysis. This
analysis and the information gathered in this first round of public engagement will be used to
finalize the “Discovery: Existing Conditions” phase of the project and to inform the second phase of the planning process, “Envision: Development Vision.” In the second phase, the project team will draft focus area concepts, a character and development vision, and a draft land use and mobility framework for public consideration, vetting, and feedback.
CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK REQUESTED The next step of the planning process is to use the existing conditions analysis and public feedback to inform subsequent technical work by the project team and public discussion of the city’s development vision in Engagement Round 2. No formal consensus or direction will be
required from Council to move the project forward. Instead, City Council is asked to come to the
April 15 meeting prepared to discuss what the project team is calling “Big Things.” This is an exercise designed to identify and rank big priorities that the City Plan should address. Additionally, staff is requesting that Council provide feedback and reactions to the existing conditions analysis presented.
Attachments 1. City Plan Status Update, April 2024
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
Prepared by czb
April 2, 2024
Introduction
This update document is intended to share information about key items of importance in the
transition between Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Wheat Ridge City Plan. Phase 1 is focused on
project start-up activities and existing conditions analysis, while Phase 2 is focused on the
community’s vision for the future. This update should be considered a summary, not exhaustive,
and covers the following:
What Makes a Great City Plan?
The Importance of Core Values
czb’s Preliminary Hunches
Preliminary Existing Conditions Analysis
Focus of Engagement Round 1 (April 2024)
What Makes a Great City Plan?
A City Plan is a blueprint for the community’s future. It provides guidance on where and how the
community will invest and change over the next 20 years. It contains maps, vision and goals for
the future, and policies to address topics ranging from land use and economics, to housing, to
transportation and community services.
The purpose of a City Plan is to provide long-range guidance to property owners, residents,
elected and appointed officials, City staff, and others. It informs decisions on land use issues, such
as where and what type of future development should occur.
It plans for what is known. A great plan creates clarity around trends and issues that are
measurable, allowing a community to make well-informed choices that are likely to achieve
desired outcomes.
It gets the ‘Big Things’ right. A great plan identifies a few issues that are so important to a
community’s future that they require focused attention and resources to ensure they are handled
correctly. When attention is scattered or resources are spread too thin, inaction or half-measures
become the norm.
ATTACHMENT 1
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
It creates a decision-making framework for what is unknown. A great plan recognizes that the
unforeseen happens every day, and therefore provides a decision-making framework (tied to core
values) for circumstances that cannot be predicted
The Importance of Core Values
A community’s core values are deeply-held and widely-shared beliefs that serve as building blocks
for the community’s vision and shape how decisions are made. These values can evolve over
generations, but they are durable and have a lasting impact. When a community knows what it
values, important public decisions become more straightforward (if not always easy) and the
community is not left adrift when the unforeseen occurs. During the City Plan process, Wheat
Ridge’s core values will be identified and joined to a complementary set of planning principles to
form a community decision-making framework.
czb's Preliminary Hunches
As a firm, czb has extensive experience in Wheat Ridge, and also extensive comprehensive
planning experience from elsewhere. The combination of the two inform a preliminary set of
“hunches” about what will matter in the City Plan project. These are biases that our team freely
admits, and are open for discussion and disagreement (or confirmation) with stakeholders.
Wheat Ridge’s market has strengthened, presenting opportunities.
The city now has choices it might not have had in years past.
These choices will revolve around how much it wants to leverage that strength, and for
what.
Choosing to make the most of an improved market position may come with tradeoffs, and
such tradeoffs will be an important part of the City Plan process.
Common themes from past engagement efforts are likely to reemerge.
Community character, density, and height will all be important topics.
The state of the city’s corridors, both private and public realms, will be on the community’s
collective mind.
Desires will be expressed for more and/or better retail, restaurant, shopping and “third
place” options.
Future change will be confined to a few key areas, not everywhere.
The city has many miles of commercial corridors, and not all will be ready for change.
There may be a relatively large amount of commercial space for the local trade area.
There is likely a need to concentrate, not disperse, economic activity.
There will be some locations—perhaps many—where significant change will not be
desired.
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
Preliminary Existing Conditions Analysis
The existing conditions analysis work is ongoing and considered “draft” work product until a draft
City Plan is delivered. However, there are some things that can be shared early in the process that
have informed and will continue to inform the City Plan process. The data and analysis are
generally organized into the following categories: Community Profile, Corridors, Mobility,
Commercial Centers, and Community Character. Additional information related to Infrastructure
and Areas of Stability and Change will follow at a later date. Some highlights of early findings:
COMMUNITY PROFILE
Population growth returned in the 2010s.
Since becoming a city, Wheat Ridge has never experienced periods of rapid population growth. Its
highest rate of growth occurred in the 1990s when the population increased by about 12%. Wheat
Ridge actually lost population during the 1980s and the 2000s.
The 2010s were a decade of population growth again for the city. New population was partially
attributable to members of the Millennial generation moving into Wheat Ridge.
Wheat Ridge got a bit younger in the 2010s.
By 2010, Wheat Ridge had become an older community with a median age that was three full
years older than the median for Jefferson County. Between 2010 and 2020, however, Wheat
Ridge’s median age fell by over 2.5 years while the county’s remained about the same.
This lower median age was a result of younger people moving into Wheat Ridge. During the
decade, the number of Millennials born 1981-1995 increased by over 3,000 people (a 62% increase),
as the numbers of residents in older generations fell.
Educational attainment and incomes are on the rise.
Wheat Ridge has historically had lower educational attainment than its neighbors as measured
by the proportion of college graduates in its adult population, which is defined as those aged 25
and older. But between 2015 and 2022, Wheat Ridge increased its rate of bachelor’s degree
attainment by 10.4 percentage points, while Jefferson County increased its rate by 7.5 points.
Educational attainment and incomes are correlated, and this may help explain why incomes
began to rise in a noticeable way during the late 2010s. This was especially true for family
households—per the Census Bureau, families must include at least two related people-–in which
median income increased by over 50%.
HOUSING MARKET
Wheat Ridge is a (barely) majority ownership community dominated by mid-20th Century
houses.
Wheat Ridge has had a fairly steady rate of homeownership since 1990. The homeownership rate
increased from 53.5% in 1990 to 54.6% in 2000, remained at that level until 2010, and then
decreased again to 53.1% by 2020. The growth in new housing units for the ownership market
slowed through 2010, but increased somewhat in the following decade. The majority of the city’s
single-unit houses pre-date the city’s incorporation, and fewer than 20 new single-unit detached
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
houses have been built annually since 1990. During the 2010s and 2020s, the production of
attached townhomes outpaced that of detached houses. Wheat Ridge added 438 new
townhomes and 222 detached houses from 2010 to 2023.
Home values have risen in the past decade, causing serious affordability concerns for buyers.
As the Denver regional economy and housing demand strengthened through the 2010s and
beyond, the effects were felt in Wheat Ridge home prices. Wheat Ridge’s historic affordability
eroded as prices rose and, by 2020, it was difficult to find a house for much less than $500,000.
The incomes necessary to purchase a home in Wheat Ridge also rose with prices, such that in the
early 2020s, few buyers will have household incomes below $150,000.
After nearly four decades without rental development, new units have come online in large
numbers.
Wheat Ridge historically has been a city with a large proportion of rental units, many of them
dating to the middle of the last century. Nearly half of all Wheat Ridge households are renters.
However, from 1980 to 2019, no new market-rate rental units were added to the city’s housing
supply. (A limited number of subsidized affordable units were built during that time.)
Things changed during the 2010s as Denver area rental demand grew, and Wheat Ridge was
eventually able to capture some of that demand by adding new rental projects. Planning work,
regulatory changes, and redevelopment incentives paved the way for new projects around the
intersection of Wadsworth and 38th Avenue, at Clear Creek Crossing, and near the Ward Station.
As of early 2024, nearly 1,000 new market-rate rental units have been added since 2020, with more
on the way at Clear Creek Crossing.
For many renters, incomes have not quite kept up with rising rents.
Wheat Ridge historically has been among the more affordable rental locations in the Denver area,
and specifically on the west side of the region. Partially this is attributable to the presence of
subsidized housing (both in directly subsidized units and through the use of housing vouchers),
and partially it is due to the existence of a large supply of older rental units which tend to have
lower rents than newer units.
Average and median rents have risen in Wheat Ridge as regional rental demand and overall real
estate values have increased. Renter incomes, however, have begun to fall behind rents in recent
years. Depending on the data source, an income of about $60,000 is required to afford the
average unit in Wheat Ridge, but the median renter household income was about $50,000 as of
the most recent data in 2022, with half of renter households having incomes below that figure.
CORRIDORS AND MOBILITY
Major street corridors and gateways in Wheat Ridge are generally auto-oriented and lack a
sense-of-place.
A 2024 urban design assessment of the major corridors completed by czb demonstrated that
many of them lack the physical and aesthetic attributes that make a major city street feel safe
and inviting. The visual assessment considered several urban design qualities that contribute to
place-making, such as enclosure, frontage, and human scale. Most corridors rated as “Fair,” the
second lowest ranking, on the assessment scale.
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
Many of the design shortcomings on these corridors stem from being built with a focus on the
automobile with little consideration to the needs of other users such as pedestrians and bicyclists.
Poor interfaces and frontages – the connectivity between the public and private realms – as well
as the lack of street trees and the prevalence of expansive front yard parking lots contribute to the
poor sense-of-place.
Many key corridors in Wheat Ridge carry high daily traffic volumes, making it challenging to
comfortably accommodate non-motorized users.
According to data from the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation, Kipling Street
and Wadsworth Boulevard both carry an average annual daily count of more than 35,000 vehicles
per day. Streets and roadways with volumes more than 20,000 per day typically require multiple
lanes in each direction and include higher travel speeds. Non-motorized facilities along these
corridors are limited. Other corridors such as parts of W 38th Avenue and W 44th Avenue have
daily volumes well under 20,000 and could be candidates for improved bike and pedestrian
facilities.
Even areas that have sidewalks often aren't comfortable places to walk.
The sidewalk itself doesn’t make a city walkable. There are several factors that contribute to
walkable places including the placement of the sidewalk, width of sidewalks, buffers from traffic,
street trees, connections to adjacent development and other uses, and even the ability to cross
the street all play a role. Comfort is critical. Much of Wheat Ridge includes sidewalks but they are
typically along the curb with no buffer from adjacent traffic. This is an uncomfortable feeling for
most pedestrians.
Bicycle facilities are limited, and the Clear Creek Trail is difficult to access without a car.
Depending on where one is riding, biking in Wheat Ridge is difficult. Type A cyclists – the riders
that are comfortable riding in the travel lane with automobiles – will often ride regardless of
whether there are dedicated on-street bike facilities. Most other riders, especially recreational
riders, need dedicated bike facilities to feel comfortable. Based on map data provided by the city,
Wheat Ridge has approximately 7.5 miles of on-street bike facilities. The Clear Creek Trail is a great
facility for bike riders, but most users need to drive to a trail head to access the trail. Expanding
the network of bicycle facilities throughout neighborhoods and providing low-stress routes will
not only improve access to the trail but expand opportunities for residents to use a bicycle for
both transportation and recreation purposes throughout Wheat Ridge
Improving non-motorized access to and around key community assets could be an effective
approach.
Wheat Ridge should look to the 2017 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and other recent
planning initiatives aimed at improving non-motorized mobility in Wheat Ridge, and consider
focusing those improvements aimed at providing access to and around key assets.
Assets to consider include:
Parks, open space, and trail heads
Neighborhood commercial centers
Schools
Transit stops
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
Commercial Centers
There are five locations that can reasonably be categorized as commercial centers (Kipling Ridge,
Wheat Ridge Market Place, Applewood Village, Gold’s Marketplace, and Ridge Village/Chase
Plaza). These centers generally provide commercial and general services catering to the daily
convenience needs of the surrounding residential neighborhoods and beyond. Grocery stores
often serve as the primary anchor for a center, and four of the five centers include a grocery in
their commercial mix. Approximately 75% of the community’s geographical area is located within
one mile of these four centers. The exception is the far northwest section of the city surrounding
the Wheat Ridge/Ward Road Station, where very little commercial development currently exists.
None of the centers are particularly walkable.
COMMUNITY CHARACTER
Community character may come to have two meanings in the City Plan process. For some,
character is physical: what they see when they drive along the city’s commercial and residential
streets – what the buildings and the streetscape look like. For others, community character
represents something intangible and much more difficult to express – a combination of history
and culture. It’s the “way of life” in the community. At this time, the existing conditions analysis
has focused on the physical part of community character, with the following preliminary insights:
• Wheat Ridge lacks a coherent, unified character, though many locations in Wheat Ridge
have their own identifiable character. One example of this is the city’s variety of
neighborhoods, many of which reflect specific residential eras and styles.
• Commercial areas are generally suburban, auto oriented, and a bit dated. 38th Avenue is the
closest thing to a “Main Street” community center, but is not quite there.
• New development hints at a more urban future, but there has not been enough
development in a concentrated location to confirm this.
• Strong regional demand has found Wheat Ridge and home prices are high. Demand at
these prices will likely be for larger and newer housing types than Wheat Ridge generally
offers, meaning pressure to demolish and rebuild aging residential structures may increase.
• Whether Wheat Ridge should one day have a character that feels unified, or whether it
should remain a “place full of places” is a question to explore in the City Plan.
Focus of Engagement Round 1
The City Plan will feature four rounds of public engagement. The first round, taking place in April
of 2024, is focused on the following:
CORE VALUES
During the City Plan process, Wheat Ridge’s core values will be identified and joined to a
complementary set of planning principles to form a community decision-making framework.
Seemingly simple questions can help to extract core values, such as “What is one thing you would
City Plan Status Update, April 2024
change about Wheat Ridge and one thing you would want to keep the same?” or “What one
word best describes the future Wheat Ridge in which you hope to live?” Part of the round 1
engagement will be aimed in this direction.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
The existing conditions analysis shared in this update document will also be shared with the
public in the first round of engagement.
BIG THINGS
czb’s comprehensive planning work is highly dependent on getting the “Big Things” right. Big
Things are those long-term projects or issues that a community simply cannot afford to mess up.
Whatever the Big Things are, if the City Plan does not properly address them, the plan will not be
considered a success. There are never a dozen Big Things. Rarely are there even five. Usually there
are about three Big Things that a community can generally agree upon.
In the first engagement round, the community will be asked to help prioritize or identify the Big
Things this planning process should address by selecting from a preliminary list, or helping to
change the list. The first draft of potential Big Things was synthesized from discussion with the
project’s Steering Committee and subsequent discussion with City staff. The initial list of big
things will be shared as part of the presentation at the April 15th study session.
Item No. 3
Memorandum
TO: Mayor and City Council
THROUGH: Patrick Goff, City Manager
FROM: Maria D’Andrea, Director of Public Works Amanda Harrison, Communications Manager Ashley Holland, Neighborhood Engagement Specialist
DATE: April 15, 2024 SUBJECT: 2J Sales Tax Extension Effort - Project Review & Update
ISSUE: In November 2023, Wheat Ridge residents favorably supported an extension of a ½ cent temporary
sales and use tax to be used for the following capital infrastructure projects:
• Sidewalk, bike lane and street improvements on primary street corridors such as 32nd Ave., 38th Ave., 44th Ave, and Youngfield Street;
• Filling sidewalk gaps and other sidewalk repair and replacement with an emphasis on major
pedestrian corridors and routes to schools; and
• Drainage and floodplain infrastructure improvements at priority locations in the city.
Feedback from the community over the last several years, the bi-annual citizen survey, as well as the January 2023 City Council retreat formed the basis for these major project themes.
Since approval of the tax extension, staff has developed a refined list of projects within each of the three themes. City leadership has considered other funding sources available for these specific projects, state and grant funding opportunities, staff capacity, as well as projects that span multiple council districts. Staff also prioritized projects that residents directly identified as being a top
priority in the surveys. The emergency stormwater repairs, together with the estimated costs for
the corridor, sidewalks and bikeways projects, exceeds $121 million. It is hoped that grants will provide additional resources to allow for design and construction of some of these improvements. Many projects fall into two or three of the major themes. As many projects have not been designed
or fully scoped, the cost estimates for each are conservative. The projects and estimated costs for
drainage improvements were developed at a very high level since the Stormwater Master Plan has just begun. Given the anticipated costs of the Stormwater Program, staff is recommending that only emergency stormwater repairs be funded with the sales and use tax revenue.
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Staff is seeking City Council confirmation on the proposed list of projects as well as the planned approach to implementation.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Wheat Ridge spent the last several years engaging with residents to better understand the specific needs and interests of the community. Planning and outreach efforts included the following:
• Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy (NRS) Update (2019)
• Resident Survey (2021 and 2023)
• Let’s Talk Resident Engagement Program (2020-2023)
• Lutheran Legacy Campus Master Plan (2022)
• W 35th Avenue Street Improvements Project (2022)
• Affordable Housing Strategy (2023)
• 44th Avenue Subarea Plan (2023)
• Open Space Management Plan (2023)
• Facilities Master Plan (2023)
• 38th Avenue West End Improvements Project (on-going)
• Youngfield Street Beautification Project (on-going)
• Safe Routes to Parks Project (on-going)
Through these engagement efforts, several common themes arose, and with the city’s ½ (0.5) cent sales tax set to expire in 2024, city staff examined these themes and crafted a list of unfunded capital improvement projects that aligned with community desires and could be funded by a sales
tax extension. In November of 2023, Wheat Ridge residents had the opportunity to vote on this extension, which ultimately passed with nearly 70% of the vote. Street Corridors
The City of Wheat Ridge has repeatedly heard that street corridors are an issue requiring attention.
Specifically, there’s interest in investing in local streets—not state highways—such as 44th Avenue, 38th Avenue, Youngfield St, 32nd Avenue, and 29th Avenue. Desired improvements include road maintenance, improved pedestrian and bicycle facilities, aesthetic improvements, and safer street crossings. Residents shared their general desire for improved corridors through the
NRS Update, the Resident Survey, and Let’s Talk. Community members also provided corridor-
specific feedback through Let’s Talk, the 44th Avenue Subarea Plan, the 38th Avenue West End Improvements Project, and the Youngfield Street Beautification Project. Selected projects are detailed in Attachment 1. Four primary projects were identified for inclusion:
• 38th West Complete Streets Project, (Youngfield St to Kipling St) which would add continuous sidewalks on both sides of the street, on-street bike lanes, pavement maintenance, a roundabout at Parfet Street and, potentially, two traffic circles for traffic calming. This project could be eligible for a number of grants. Staff plans to submit an Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP) grant through DRCOG.
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• 38th East “Refresh” Project, (Wadsworth Blvd to Harlan St) would complete pavement, sidewalk, and curb and gutter repair as well as install similar improvements as those between Harlan and Sheridan including city-owned pedestrian lighting, benches, railings,
and public art in lieu of the clocks. Special focus will be on the segment of street between
Upham Ave and High Ct, adjacent to The Green at 38th park. Upgrades to the traffic signals will allow traffic to flow better along the corridor, at a reasonable speed, which will assist in providing adequate capacity with the existing two through lanes.
• Tabor Street Multi-Modal Improvements Project, (I-70 north frontage road to 44th Ave and
to Clear Creek) is funded through the design phase. Additional funds are needed for
construction. This project would likely construct a pedestrian bridge over I-70 and install sidewalks and on-street bike lanes.
• Additional funding for the city’s annual Pavement Maintenance Program would provide an additional $2M per year for the next 6 years. This funding would be in addition to the
annual $3M which is budgeted from the CIP Fund. Funds would be focused in one of six
zones, as shown in Attachment 6.
• Other projects include traffic calming measures, a new traffic signal, and replacement of an existing traffic signal. The traffic calming measures may be eligible for SS4A grant funding.
Sidewalks and Bikeways
Staff has seen interest city-wide in improved pedestrian and bicycle mobility, specifically along collectors and arterials. We’ve also heard the desire for better pedestrian and bike infrastructure on routes to schools and parks. This feedback has been provided through the Resident Survey,
Let’s Talk, the Lutheran Legacy Campus Master Plan, the W 35th Avenue Street Improvement
Project, the 44th Avenue Subarea Plan, the Open Space Management Plan, the 38th Avenue West End Improvements Project, the Youngfield Street Beautification Project, and the Safe Routes to Parks Project.
Selected projects are detailed in Attachment 2. The focus in this area was on repair of existing
walks throughout the city and modifications to existing ADA ramps or, installation of new ramps where none currently exists to allow for safe, hazard-free passage on the existing sidewalk network. Sidewalk “gaps” were identified and measured in the field and then cross-checked against the 2017 Bike & Ped Plan Update which had a list of 23 priority segments. The segments identified
in the project list would construct segments so that at least one side of the street along each of the
priority routes shown in Attachment 3 have a continuous sidewalk on one side except for CDOT roads and W 44th Ave, west of Youngfield St. Other projects include:
• 32nd Ave Bike Lanes and Sidewalk/Trail Project, (south side from high school ped. crossing
to Wadsworth Blvd) would widen the street where needed to allow for compliant on-street
bike lanes, pavement maintenance, enhanced pedestrian crossings, and traffic calming measures.
• 35th Ave Multi-Modal Improvement Project, (Wadsworth Blvd to Sheridan Blvd) is funded
through the ROW and environmental phases only. Additional funding is required for design
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and construction of improvements. This project would construct various bicycle and pedestrian improvements along with traffic calming measures.
• The city recently received a small Safe Routes to Parks grant to evaluate and identify
potential improvements to facilitate better pedestrian access to parks. Two projects have been identified through the efforts: 32nd Ave (as detailed above) and Miller St between 44th Ave and the south I-70 frontage road which would construct “missing” segments of sidewalk and install improved pedestrian crossings.
• Of note, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is currently designing sidewalk improvements along both sides of Ward Road between 44th Ave and 52nd Ave. Construction is likely to occur in 2025 or 2026. No city funds are required for this planned project.
Floodplain & Drainage
This final theme has been an issue in certain areas over the past several years but became more pronounced during 2023’s rainy spring. Staff identified the need to make major improvements to the city’s stormwater and drainage infrastructure due to flooding and failing storm sewer facilities.
Floodplain and drainage issues aren’t mentioned often by residents during the various engagement
efforts because these issues don’t affect areas of Wheat Ridge equally. However, in the areas that are impacted, this is a hot topic. One of the highest priority areas for floodplain mitigation is near the Clearvale neighborhood. This area has many homes within the floodway and the 100-year floodplain which not only raises insurance rates, but also inhibits investment in properties. During
the Anderson Park Let’s Talk Blitz the highest ranked action item was to “Improve Clear Creek
North of 44th Avenue to Reduce Flood Impacts on Property”. The same project was raised as part of the 44th Avenue Subarea Plan. The projects and estimated costs for drainage improvements were developed at a very high level
since the Stormwater Master Plan has just begun. The Plan will better inform the city of top
priorities for capital investment and provide better cost estimates. The Plan results are anticipated in October 2024. For this effort, a preliminary list of projects was developed and is shown in Attachment 5. Several drainage projects have been identified through various Mile High Flood District (MHFD) efforts including Clear Creek and the Sloan’s Lake drainage area which includes
a portion of southeast Wheat Ridge. The MHFD would participate in the costs of these projects,
in phases. Critical projects include:
• Clear Creek Channelization Improvements both north and south of 44th Avenue. In 2008, the MHFD commissioned a Major Drainageway Plan (MDP) for Clear Creek. Several
projects were identified for the reach of Clear Creek, within Wheat Ridge including
channelization improvements and replacement of an existing pedestrian bridge over Clear Creek and replacement of a drop structure. Together, these improvements would provide additional capacity within the creek waterway and, thus, remove a number of structures from the floodplain and/or floodway within the Clearvale neighborhood. Costs shown in
the project list are based on the estimates provided in the MHFD report updated to 2024
dollars. MHFD is currently working to update the recommendations in this report so that
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the city can better project costs and project timing.
• The Sloan’s Lake Major Drainageway Plan was completed in 2018 and identifies two
significant drainage projects in southeast Wheat Ridge and Edgewater that would remove
structures from the 100-year floodplain. Costs for these projects have been updated to 2024 dollars.
• Emergency storm sewer repairs are anticipated to continue for the next several years until
the city begins to invest in proactive maintenance and complete critical infrastructure
projects. Therefore, funds are identified for this work over the next five years. Given the anticipated costs of the Stormwater Program, staff is recommending that only the emergency stormwater repairs be funded with the 2J sales and use tax revenue.
Financial Impact
Based on estimated sales and use tax revenues for fiscal year 2023, a one-half of one cent extension of the tax rate would generate approximately $5.2 million in 2024. Over 20 years that would result in approximately $126 million which would net out approximately $75 million in available project
funds upon sale of the bonds. Two or three tranches are anticipated to take advantage of the bond
market and coordinate with the overall project schedule. Preliminary, conservative costs for the various projects are summarized in the following table:
Major Theme Recommended Project Costs (millions) Street Corridors $67.4
Sidewalks & Bikeways $39.1
Drainage $15.0
Total $121.5
The challenge is that bonding capacity is limited to $75 million while the project costs total more than $121 million. City leadership has considered other funding sources available for these specific projects, including federal and state grant funding opportunities. It is hoped that grants will provide
additional resources to allow for construction of some of these improvements.
Project Schedule
The overall program anticipates a five- to six-year design and construction period. Initial efforts in the Pavement Management zones for pavement repair, sidewalk repair, ADA ramps, and some
sidewalk construction would be constructed in 2025. Assuming that bonds are issued in fall of
2024, design and construction would span from 2025 through 2030. Grant funding will often have enhanced requirements such as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearance which will require longer project timelines that may extend the completion date
beyond 2030. More detail will be provided as individual projects are developed.
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ATTACHMENTS: 1. 2J Project List: Corridors
2. 2J Project List: Sidewalks & Bikeways
3. 2017 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update: Figure 11, Proposed Pedestrian Routes 4. Sidewalk Gap List 5. 2J Project List: Drainage 6. Pavement Zone Map
Project
Estimated
Cost
(millions)
Description Location Length District Public Input Notes
38th West Complete Streets Project $20.5
Repair pavement, install drainage, connect existing
sidewalks, install an on-street bike lane in each direction;
replace existing traffic signal at Depew St with a
roundabout; install two traffic circles; install pedestrian
lighting at key locations only; install bus benches at
existing bus stops
Youngfield Ave to Kipling 1.76 miles IV
Let's Talk Paramount Park, Let's Talk
Applewood, and 38th Avenue West End
Improvements Project
Preliminary design estimate due in April; includes
widening & signal replacement at 38th & Kipling;
applying for an Active Transportation Infrastructure
Investment Program (ATIIP) grant
38th East "Refresh"$14.0
Repair pavement and curb & gutter; repair/enhance
sidewalks, landscaping, and pedestrian elements
including benches, railings, banners, etc.; replace
pedestrian lights with city-owned ones; remove clocks and
replace with public art; enhance striping and crosswalks.
Overall similar look to Harlan to Sheridan segment.
Wadsworth Blvd. to
Harlan St. 0.97 miles I & II Let's Talk East Wheat Ridge
Includes enhancements between Upham & High Ct,
adjacent to The Green as well as traffic signal
detection for adaptive signal coordination.
Pavement Maintenance ($2M addtl/zone) $12.0 Preventative maintenance of existing streets, based on 6
zones of Pavement Management Program City-wide n/a All Resident Survey
Assumes continued funding of $3M/year for pavement
maintenance from the CIP Fund; this would be in
addition to that; based on quantitative pavement
assessment
Replace Traffic Signal at 44th Ave/Eldridge St.$1.5 Existing signal will be replaced with a new traffic signal
along with pedestrian ramps as needed
Intersection of 44th Ave &
Eldridge St.n/a IV Existing signal was turned over from Jefferson County.
. Existing signal is obsolete and needs to be replaced.
Install new Traffic Signal at Tabor/44th Ave $2.0
Signal warrant study was conducted as a part of the 44th
Ave Subarea Plan showing the need for a new traffic signal
at this intersecrion
Intersection of Tabor St. &
44th Ave n/a IV Let's Talk Fruitdale, Let's Talk North I-
70, 44th Avenue Subarea Plan
New signal needed based on traffic study completed
as a part of 44th Plan
Tabor Street Multi-Modal Improvements $12.4 Repair pavement; install sidewalk, bike lanes and a
pedestrian bridge over I-70
Tabor Street from north I-
70 frontage road to 44th
Ave and then to Clear
Creek Trail
0.63 miles IV Let's Talk North I-70
Partially funded TIP project ($1.596 federal, $2.0 state,
and $404K local )for environmental & design. Assume
$12M for construction (assume 100% from city).
Traffic Calming Measures $5.0
Install various traffic calming measures, based on
established criteria, to address cut through and speeding
on local streets
Varies n/a All Resident Survey Possible SS4A funding opportunity
Sub-Total $67.4
CORRIDORS
ATTACHMENT 1
Project
Estimated
Cost
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Description Location Length District Public Input Notes
Repair existing sidewalks - all areas (by Zone)$4.8
Repair existing walks throughout each of six Pavement
Management Program zones in accordance with criteria
established in the Concrete Repair Program
City-wide n/a All Resident Survey and Let's Talk - general
calls for bike/ped improvements Based on results of Zone 1 evaluation
ADA Ramp Replacement (by Zone)$3.0
Install new ADA compliant pedestrian ramps where none
currently exist or replace substandard ramps, based on six
Pavement Management Zones
City-wide n/a All Resident Survey and Let's Talk - general
calls for bike/ped improvements
Assume $500K/zone to replace substandard or
"missing" ADA ramps
Bike-Ped Plan Priority Sidewalk Gaps $7.0 Construction of various missing sidewalk segnments-14 total.
The selected segments were identified as a priority.Varies 3.41 miles All Resident Survey and Let's Talk - general
calls for bike/ped improvements
Locations based on priorities identified in 2017 Bike
& Ped Plan Update; assumes bridge over Clear
Creek remains as is; assumes minimal drainage
modifications required
Gap Construction - Kipling St (CDOT Road)$0.9
Construct four missing/substandard sections of sidewalk.
Segment between 38th Ave and 32nd Ave was identified as a
high priority in the 2017 Bike-Ped Plan Update.
West side of Kipling St.
between 26th Ave & 44th
Ave
0.45 miles III & IV Resident Survey and Let's Talk - general
calls for bike/ped improvements
Locations and lengths collected by Streets staff;
assumes bridge over Clear Creek remains as is;
assumes minimal drainage modifications required
35th Ave Multi-Modal Improvements $5.5 Construct various pedestrian and bicycle improvements,
including traffic calming measures.
Wadsworth Blvd. to
Sheridan Blvd.1.64 miles I Let's Talk East Wheat Ridge and W 35th
Avenue Street Improvements Project
Partially funded TIP project ($1.975 federal, $2.475
state, and $0.5M local ) for environmental and
ROW. Additional $5M for construction (assume
100% from city).
32nd Ave Bike Lanes & Sidewalk/Trail $8.2
Construct sidewalk on the south side of 32nd Ave from high
school ped crossing east to existing walk, west of Dudley St;
repair & widen pavement to allow for 4 foot-wide on-street bike
lanes in each direction; install additional ped crossings and
traffic calming measures
Holland St to Wadsworth
Blvd.
0.5 miles of
sidewalk/1.2 miles
of pavement
modifications
III Let's Talk Lutheran/Crown Hill/Safe Routes
to Parks
Priority segment based on Safe Routes to Parks
effort; assumes minimal drainage modifications &
limited modifications to existing walk, east of
Dudley St.
Small Sidewalk Segment Gaps $0.9
Construct relatively short segments of sidewalk to allow for a
continuous walk on all high priority (city only roads) pedestrian
segments as shown in the 2017 Bike-Ped Plan Update
Varies 0.42 miles All Resident Survey and Let's Talk - general
calls for bike/ped improvements Assumes minimal drainage modifications
44th Ave Enhanced Crossings including
Improvements to 44th Ave bridge $5.2
Enhance ability to safely cross 44th Ave through various
measures; modify shoulders on existing 44th Ave bridge to allow
for pedestrians & bicycles along 44th Ave.
Varies n/a II & IV 44th Avenue Subarea Plan, Let's Talk
Anderson Park, and Let's Talk Fruitdale
Other Sidewalk Gaps-Collector Streets $1.8 Construct all "missing" segments on Pierce St (which were not
identified as priority segments) both east & west sides
All missing gaps between
32nd Ave & 44th Ave 0.86 miles I & II Resident Survey and Let's Talk - general
calls for bike/ped improvements
Safe Routes to Parks Recommendations $0.8
Construct all "missing" segments on Miller Street between 44th
Ave and 48th Ave/frontage road on both east & west sides of
street; install improved crossings
Miller St from 44th Ave to
48th Ave 0.37 miles Safe Routes to Parks, Let's Talk Fruitdale,
and Let's Talk Lutheran/Crown Hill
Two locations currently identified through this
effort; recommendations not yet defined
Citizen-Requested Sidewalk Segments $1.0 Three segments identified based on citizen requests [See Notes]0.48 miles II & III & IV Citizen emails to staff
North side of 26th Ave, west of Gold's Market;
Ammons St, south of 44th Ave & 52nd Ave from
Tabor St east to Arvada border
Sub-Total $39.1
Sidewalks and Bike Facilities
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Figure 11. Proposed Pedestrian RoutesCity of Wheat Ridge
Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Date: 8/4/2017
City Boundary
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Proposed Facility on Priority Route
Existing Facility on Priority Route
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Pierce St E 26th Ave S of 32nd Pl 1,280 X 3 Bike-Ped Priority
Pierce St E 29th Ave S of 32nd Pl 1,210 X 3 Bike-Ped Priority
Pierce St W 29th Ave 32nd Pl 1,280 X 3 Bike-Ped Priority
Pierce St W 32nd Pl N of 32nd Pl 120 X 3 Bike-Ped Priority
Garrison St E 45th Pl 46th Pl 770 X 5 Bike-Ped Priority
Youngfield E Bridge over Clear Creek W 42nd Ave 390 X 6 Bike-Ped Priority
W 48th Ave N Harlan St W 48th Pl 1,030 X 4 Bike-Ped Priority
41st Ave S Miller St Clear Creek Trail 1,100 X 1 Bike-Ped Priority
W 29th Ave N Pierce St Vance St 1,900 X 3 Bike-Ped Priority
Youngfield E W 42nd Ave S edge of Public Storage p 760 X 6 Bike-Ped Priority
W 48th Ave S Wadsworth Blvd Pierce St 2,260 X 4 Bike-Ped Priority
W 29th Ave S Pierce St Wadsworth Blvd.2,310 X 3
Bike-Ped Priority; partially
adjacent to Hayward Park
W 29th Ave N Newland St Pierce St 770 X 3
Bike-Ped Priority; partially
adjacent to Stites Park
W Ridge Rd N Pierson Ct Parfet St 410 X 6
Bike-Ped Priority; Future
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Marshall St E 48th Pl Clear Creek Trail 1,240 X 4 Bike-Ped Priority
Ammons St W 44th Ave S of 44th Ave 220 4 Citizen requested
26th Ave N Oak St Paramount Pkwy 1,690 1 Citizen requested
W 52nd Ave S or N Tabor St Arvada line 620 6 Citizen requested
Harlan St W 32nd Ave S of 33rd Ave 400 3 Collector
Pierce St E 33rd Ave N of 33rd Ave 270 3 Collector
Pierce St W 33rd Ave N corner of 33rd Ave & S to 360 3 Collector
Pierce St E 33rd Ave 32nd Pl 360 3 Collector
Harlan St W 35th Ave N of intersection 90 3 Collector
Harlan St W 35th Ave 33rd Ave 550 3 Collector
Pierce St W 35th Ave S of 35th Ave 180 3 Collector
Pierce St W 35th Ave 36th Ave 430 3 Collector
Pierce St W 36th Ave N of 36th Ave 130 3 Collector
Pierce St W 36th Pl N of 36th Pl 150 3 Collector
Pierce St E 38th Ave S of 38th Ave 220 3 Collector
Pierce St E 38th Ave North of 38th Ave 200 4 Collector
Pierce St E 41st Ave N of 41st Ave 110 4 Collector
Pierce St W 41st Ave N of 41st Ave 120 4 Collector
Pierce St W School crossing 41st Ave 525 4 Collector
W 29th Ave N W of Kendall St 110 3 Collector
Dudley St E 32nd Ave S of 38th Ave 2,300 2 Future Development
Moore St E 44th Ave S of 44th Ave 170 5 Future development
Moore St W 44th Ave S of 44th Ave 280 5 Future development
W Ridge Rd N E of Nelson St Miller St 670 6 Future Development
W 50th Ave S Oak St Miller St 1,280 6 Future Development
Dudley St W 32nd Ave S of 38th Ave 2,460 2 Future Project
Dover St E 44th Ave 38th Ave 2,610 2 Future Project
Dover St W 44th Ave 38th Ave 2,630 2 Future Project
Garrison St W 44th Ave 42nd Ave 1,080 2 Future Project
Garrison St E 44th Ave 42nd Ave 1,240 2 Future Project
W 44th Ave S Eldridge St Youngfield St 4,480 X 6 Future Project
32nd Ave N Field St Lutheran Pkwy 1,920 2 Future Project
32nd Ave N Holland St Flower St 850 2 Future Project
W 29th Ave S Kendall St Pierce St 1,470 3 Future Project
32nd Ave N Lutheran Pkwy Yarrow St 1,520 2 Future Project
32nd Ave S HS ped crossing West of Dudley St 2,600 X 2 Other 2J Project
W 35th Ave N Wadsworth Blvd Sheridan Blvd.4,200 3 Other 2J Project
38th Ave N Youngfield St Kipling St 4,780 X 1 Other 2J Project
38th Ave S Youngfield St Kipling St 5,910 X 1 Other 2J Project
W 35th Ave S Wadsworth Blvd Sheridan Blvd.5,115 3
Other 2J Project; partially adjacent
to Panorama Park
Tabor St E I-70 Frontage Rd W 46th Ave 1,340 X 5
Other 2J Project; bridge crossing;
design funded
Tabor St W I-70 Frontage Rd W 44th Ave 2,870 X 5
Other 2J Project; bridge crossing;
design funded
Fenton St E 30th Ave S of 30th Ave 60 3 Small Gap
City Pedestrian Priority Streets
ATTACHMENT 4
Street Side From To Length Roadway Type
Bike/Ped
Plan Priority Zone Notes
City Pedestrian Priority Streets
Independence St E 36th Ave 35th Ave 140 2 Small Gap
41st Ave N E of Moore St Miller Ct 410 1 Small Gap
35th Ave S Independence Ct Independence St 190 2 Small Gap
35th Ave S Kipling St 34th Dr 660 2 Small Gap
Fenton St E S of 32nd Ave N of 31st Ave 200 3 Small Gap
Independence St E S of 37th Ave 36th Ave 420 2 Small Gap
Miller St W 44th Ave N of 44th Ave 150 X 5 SRTP
Miller St W 45th Ave 47th Ave 660 X 5 SRTP
Miller St E 45th Ave N edge of Fruitdale Park 1,130 X 5 SRTP
Fenton St W 30th Ave 32nd Ave 620 3
Independence St W 35th Ave N of 35th Ave 130 2
Parfet St E 35th Ave N of 35th Ave 300 1
Parfet St E 35th Ave N of Clear Creek 570 1 Louise Turner Park
Independence St W 37th Ave 36th Ave 570 2
Independence St W 38th Ave 37th Ave 570 2
Independence St W 38th Ave 39th Ave 610 2
Independence St W 39th Ave 41st Ave 780 2
Garrison St W 44th Ave N of 44th Ave 180 5
Garrison St W 45th Ave I-70 frontage road 1,400 5
W 49th Ave N Garrison St Independence St 910 6
37th Ave N Holland St W of Holland St 240 2
35th Ave N Independence Ct Independence St 200 2
35th Ave N Johnson St E of Johnson St 570 2
41st Ave N Miller St Kipling St 1,300 1
W 50th Ave S Miller St East 630 6
41st Ave S Moore St Miller Ct 150 1
W 44th Ave N Mount Olivet Cemetery Youngfield St 600 6
41st Ave S Nelson St Moore St 150 1
41st Ave S Oak St Newman St 250 1
Tabor St W Ridge Rd I-70 Frontage Rd 1,080 6
Independence St E S of W 50th Ave W 49th Ave 500 6
Independence St W S of W 50th Ave W 49th Ave 720 6
Miller St E W 49th Ave W 50th Ave 220 6
W 48th Ave N Wadsworth Blvd Otis St 2,940 4
95,550 feet
18.10 miles
Street Side From To Length Roadway Type
Bike/Ped
Plan Priority Zone Notes
Ward Rd E 44th Ave I-70 On/Off Ramp 1,020 Principal Arterial Under design by CDOT
Ward Rd E I-70 On-Off Ramp W I-70 Frontage Rd 830 Principal Arterial Under design by CDOT
Ward Rd E I-70 Frontage Road Ridge Rd 1,200 Principal Arterial Under design by CDOT
Ward Rd W S of W 52nd Ave Approx. W 50th Ave 900 Principal Arterial X Under design by CDOT
I-70 Frontage Rd N Holland St Garrison St 360 Frontage Road Collector
I-70 Frontage Rd N Parfet St Oak St 590 Frontage Road 2 billboards; future development?
Wadsworth Blvd.W 35th Ave 32nd Ave 1,280 Principal Arterial Funded City Project
Wadsworth Blvd.E 34th Pl 32nd Ave 750 Principal Arterial
Wadsworth Blvd.E 32nd Ave 30th Ave 240 Principal Arterial
Wadsworth Blvd.W 26th Ave 29th Ave 1,110 Principal Arterial Adjacent cemetery
Kipling St W Rocky Mtn Ditch Approx 36th Ave 1,390 Principal Arterial X
Kipling St W
N of 26th Ave (Gold's
Market) 27th Ave 170 Principal Arterial
Kipling St W Clear Creek Trail S of 43rd Ave 530 Principal Arterial Improve bridge crossing?
Kipling St W 43rd Ave 44th Ave 270 Principal Arterial Future development?
Kipling St E N of 44th Ave S of 48th Ave 1,880 Principal Arterial Future development
Sheridan Blvd W 35th Ave 32nd Ave 600 Principal Arterial
Sheridan Blvd W S of 38th Ave 150 Principal Arterial Future development
13,270 Feet
2.51 Miles
CDOT-Owned Roadways
Project
Estimated
Cost
(millions)
Description Location Length District Public Input Notes
Existing Storm Sewer Repair (annual)$15.0 Varies n/a All
$3M/Year. Some problem areas have been
identified but additional, unknown locations
will likely be identified over time.
Clear Creek Channelization Improvements
(Clearvale Area)$6.5
Excavate the existing channel to provide additional
capacity within the creek in order to remove some
structures from the floodplain/floodway
Clear Creek, north of
44th Ave to west of
Wadsworth Blvd.
n/a II & IV Let's Talk Anderson Park and 44th
Avenue Subarea Plan Clear Creek MDP Ph B
Pedestrian Bridge Replacement & Drop
Structure Replacement - Clear Creek $3.2
Replace existing pedestrian bridge with a structure
that does not impede flow in the creek; replace drop
structure to provide improved flow & safety through
Clear Creek, north of
44th Ave n/a II & IV Clear Creek MDP Ph B
Clear Creek Channelization Improvements $8.6
Excavate the existing channel to provide additional
capacity within the creek in order to remove
structures from the floodplain/floodway
Clear Creek, south of
44th Ave to east of
Kipling St.
n/a II & IV Clear Creek MDP Ph B
Modification of Denver Water Augmentation
Area $12.0 Modify ponds to construct at grade to avoid
floodplain impacts
41st Ave &
Independence St Area n/a IV Clear Creek MDP Ph B
Stormwater Master Plan prioritized
recommendations for
repairs/enhancements/upgrades
$35.0 TBD City-wide n/a All Based on results of the SWMP
Stormwater detention construction $20.8 Construction of new stormwater detention basins
and associated piping
Various parks/ open
space n/a Varies Based on results of the SWMP
Lena Gulch - Floodway Structure Acquisition $8.6 Acquire 13 structures within the floodway/floodplain Varies n/a III
Gray Street Tributary-Reach 1: 100 year
stormwater pipe network $10.5 Installation of 100-year stormwater piping 26th Ave & Gray St to
32nd Ave & Kendall St I
2018 Sloan's Lake Major Drainageway Plan;
removes 31 structures from the 100-year
floodplain
Pierce Street Tributary, Reach 3: 100-year
stormwater pipe network $7.3 Installation of 100-year stormwater piping 25th Ave & Pierce St to
28th Ave & Vance St I
2018 Sloan's Lake Major Drainageway Plan;
removes 37 structures from the 100-year
floodplain
Sub-Total $127.5
DRAINAGE
ATTACHMENT 5
Improvement Zones
ATTACHMENT 6