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RESOLUTION NO. 888
Series of 1984
TITLE: RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A NEW SPENDING LIMIT FOR THE WADSWORTH TOWN
CENTER PARK PROJECT AT THE LEVEL OF $300,000 FOR DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION AND AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DO
DEMOLITION WORK h~D THE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT 'DO DO THE
PLANTING OF THE TREES.
WHEREAS, the City Council in the spring of 1978 authorized the Community
Development Department to hire an Architect/Urban Design Consultant to do a
Master Plan for the total Wadsworth Activity Center. Upon receiving that
report the same City Council directed the consultant to do a detailed study of
the "hub area" so that action plans would focus on the commercial area east of
Wadsworth between 38th am 44th, which more recently has been called the
wadsworth Town Center; and
WHEREAS, in April of 1981, the City Council instructed staff to prepare an
urban Renewal Plan for the Wadswoth Town Center and to purchase the easement
for the Connector Drive; and
WHEREAS, in December of 1981, the City Council approved the Limited Wadsworth
Town Center Urban Renewal plan and also approved the use of Open Space funds
for appraisal and purchase of the Town Center Park; and
~MEREAS, in January of 1982, the City Council approved the Wadsworth Town
Center Plan Master Plan Amendment to the Comprehensive Development Plan of the
City of Wheat Ridge; and
WHEREAS, in August of 1982, the Town Center Park was purchased by the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, in September of 1982, the City Council approved Project Approval No.
2 for the Wadsworth Town Center which authorized the construction of the
Connector Drive; and
WHEREAS, in September of 1983, the City Council approved Project Element
Approval No.3 which authorized the Urban Renewal Authority to design and
construct the Wheat Ridge Town Center Park at a total cost of development
between $100,000 and $200,000. It also authorized the Authority to work with
the property owners to construct a joint project to improve the internal
circulation of the center and improve the linkage with the existing Connector
Drive, which has been constructed by the City; and
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WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Authority has contracted with Winston Associates,
a landscape architectural firm, to do a Master Plan for the Wheat Ridge Town
Center Park. This Master Plan has been completed through a design workshop
process with the citizens of Wheat Ridge. The cost of the Park, Plaza and
Fountain comes to a total design and construction cost of $300,000, which
falls within the original range requested by the Urban Renewal Authority of
$200,000 to $400,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, the city Council approves a new spending limit for the
Wadsworth Town Center Park Project at the level of $300,000 for design and
construction and that the public Works Department be authorized to do the
demolition work on the project and the Parks & Recreation Department be
authorized to do the planting of the trees.
DONE N,D RESOLVED this
26th day of March, 1984.
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WANDA SANG, CIT
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FRANK ITES, MAYOR
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