Open Space & Development in Balance Welcome to Broomfield This is a story of how Broomfield stepped up to meet Critical Regional Needs. (Welcome to Broomfield sign at the Broomfield interchange on US 36) Long’s Peak in the background (just below the “v” in the title) is located in the southern portion of Rocky Mountain National Park ...or It's not easy being green. Presented by: Karen Stuart, Mayor City and County of Broomfield, Colorado Broomfield Then - 1920’s; Broomfield began as a farming community in the 1880’s Our community received it’s name from the Broomcorn being grown in the area at the time We were a busy place in the 1920’s as shown by this view of 120th Avenue in front of the “Broomfield Garage” Broomfield Now Photo shows development. Broomfield was incorporated in 1961 A Home Rule Charter was approved in 1974 We use a Council-Manager form of government Colorado amended the State Constitution in November 1998 to create the City and County of Broomfield We were once a part of 4 neighboring counties: Adams Boulder Jefferson Weld We opened our doors as the City and County on November 15, 2001 Rocky Mountain High by John Denver Voters reject 1976 Winter Olympics Gov. Lamm tries to kill C-470 beltway Boulder Enacts the “Danish Plan” in 1972 to limit Residential Growth to 2% Growth pushed to surrounding cities Growth came anyway – more congestion Beltway revival C-470 (southwest quadrant of Beltway) revived & built in mid ‘80s Planning begins on E-470 (east half of beltway) W-470 (northwest quadrant of beltway) E-470 is approved 1989 voters defeat W-470 plan, 5-1 margin Concern beltway would spur growth & new taxes 1990’s – Broomfield decides to support: Annexation Boundaries through IGAs and Coordinated Master Plans Designating possible growth areas as Open Space Use existing road alignments, augmented with Open Space No pot of money exists to buy open space! A new version of W-470 evolved: The Northwest Parkway (new name) is planned with open space buffers between communities as a part of 1991 IGA CITIZENS WANT IT ALL! January 1, 1995: old 1991 IGA expires Broomfield begins Master Plan update Northwest Parkway alignment preserved through planning and ROW purchased in 1980’s Fear of development on Parkway remains Citizens asked “Do you still want the road?” “Yes, but not all the planned development!” 1997 IGA with Lafayette, Boulder County, and Broomfield 1999 IGA with Louisville, Lafayette, Boulder County, and Broomfield Broomfield stepped up to meet a critical regional need and began to fully facilitate the Northwest Parkway 1997 & 1999 IGAs Open Space buffers increase from 2,400 acres in 1991 to 4,480 acres under 1997-1999 IGAs 3 cities and Boulder County forgo 960 acres of commercial and industrial tax base to preserve open space and Quality of Life And, all parties agree to facilitate the Parkway construction OPEN SPACE FUNDING More than $22M of land will be purchased around the Parkway to create new permanent open space so no development will occur in the vicinity of portions of the Parkway The Parkway is planned as a transportation corridor, not a development accelerator NON-PROFIT CORPORATION Non-profit corporation created prior to establishing a Public Highway Authority to perform preliminary tasks such as initial design and environmental investigation Non-profit corporation was public-private partnership funded by Broomfield and Interlocken Business Park NORTHWEST PARKWAY NOW Public Highway Authority funded without any State of Federal funds $ 417M in bonds sold based on future traffic and revenue projections Ability to sell bonds based on revenue stream and the certainty of the project moving forward provided by the IGAs Will connect with E-470 at I-25 10 miles $1.75 projected toll 2003 completion NORTHWEST PARKWAY FACTS ROW to accommodate HOV & Light Rail Buses will travel for free Multi-Use trail included along Parkway 4 lanes expandable to 6 lanes Drive time to DIA from US 36 via Northwest Parkway and E-470 to be 30 minutes (versus 1 hour+ during rush hour on previous route) Another community has modeled Broomfield’s efforts and is working to complete the missing link in the northwest sector PARKWAY ENDS AT US 36 Since lots of open space along Parkway – development needs a place to go – we’ve selected US 36 & Parkway interchange as location for development Want to maximize development potential and minimize impact on transportation facilities of NWP and US 36 US 36 LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE 4 elements listed ensure consensus of jurisdictions along the corridor US 36 becoming very congested Very attractive corridor: Boulder, CU, IBM, Sun, Storage Tech, Level 3, Ball Corporation, McData, Hunter Douglas Combination of employers, open space, and Rocky Mountain lifestyle makes for a unique and magnetic Quality of Life along the corridor (toot our own horn for Broomfield) Through an extensive collaborative effort between the developers of the regional commercial area, Westcor, Koll and Midcities and the City of Broomfield, the US 36/96th Street Sub Area Plan was created. The plan addresses many issues including: - elevating the quality of development to the highest level obtainable for the area - creation of a transportation plan that would not conflict with Interlocken traffic - and maximizing the opportunity for accessing the area through transit The collaboration was facilitated by city staff Directional interchanges Flatiron Circle grade separation from 96th Street Interchange on 96th Street (future Northwest Parkway) from Flatiron Circle Acceleration/Deceleration lanes on US 36 Multi-modal RTD Transit Center and Park-N-Ride for regional buses, local circulator buses and the “ZIP SHUTTLE” Grade separated off road ZIP SHUTTLE system Created excellent access to Interlocken and the mall from US 36 Local investment of $150M in mall district coupled $417M in toll road funding for the Parkway without any State or Local funding Broomfield has taken care of 1/3 of $1.5B transportation need in the region Remainder $1B is transit and roadway improvements for US 36 Partnership with RTD and developers for ZIP shuttle at Flatirons shopping area FlatIron Improvement District pays for and maintains system with 0.2% Sales Tax The ZIP runs right in front of the front doors of Dillard’s and Lord & Taylor at FlatIron Crossing Next interchange project on US 36 is the Broomfield Interchange Will be a multi-modal reconstruction of the interchange to accommodate rail, bus, bikeways, and new lanes Need Federal Highway Adminstration (FHWA) funding for $120M All efforts anticipate and enable a truly multi modal US 36 corridor. The Urban Transit Village is an example of locating a high density transit oriented development to support a multi-modal corridor. The Urban Transit Village will be coordinated with the expansion of a heavily used Park and Ride at Broomfield on US 36 Contact Information: Mayor Karen Stuart City and County of Broomfield One DesCombes Drive Broomfield, Colorado 80020 www.ci.broomfield.co.us 303.438.6300 It’s not easy being green! Come on out and see us sometime!