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Washington Street Study

Community Working Group #1

Kickoff Meeting February 2, 2017

Agenda

• Introduction
• Roles and

Responsibilities of CWG

• Study area
• Why a study
• Build on past and

current studies

• Coordinating projects
• Process
• Outreach
• Schedule
• Q&A

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Consultant Team

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Community Working Group

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• Represent the community
• Bring ideas, we need your input!!!!
• Respect the ideas of others
• Be available
• Focus on the task, we don’t want to skip steps.
• Parking Lot
• Be a project partner, you are part of our team.
• Share information with your organization and the community
• Review charter, charter will also be signed and a commitment of the project team.
• Questions?

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Why a Study?

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• Identified in the Globeville Neighborhood Plan as a Transformative Project
• Address the changing land uses and the future vision for the corridor as a mixed

use street. Washington Street has the opportunity to establish a neighborhood identity and catalyze redevelopment and reinvestment in the area.

• Some of those changes include:
• A main street to the Globeville Neighborhood
• New entrances to the National Western Center
• A connection to I-70 and Brighton Boulevard and the 38th & Blake Station
• Link to Adams County
• Design and technical elements in realizing the vision for improvements for

implementation

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Build on Past and Current Studies

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Process

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PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE KICK-OFF ANALYSIS X-SECTION ALTERNATIVES

• IMPLEMENTATION
• PHASING
• DEVELOP
• TEST
• EVALUATE

Phase 1 - Winter/Spring 2017 Phase 3 - Fall 2017 Phase 2 - Summer 2017

• CORRIDOR SEGMENTS
• DESIGN
• CONNECTIVITY
• LAND USE / URBAN DESIGN

Finalization of Alternative Creation of Alternatives Refinement of Alternatives Project Goals Community Vision Background Information

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Scope Elements

• General multimodal connectivity assessment along

and across the corridor including:

• Bicycle
• Pedestrian
• Transit
• Vehicular
• Access & Parking
• South Platte River access and connectivity
• Neighborhood connections
• Emphasize important community intersections

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Scope Implementation

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• Define character zones along Washington Street
• Prepare conceptual design alternatives
• Create urban design principles and tools to

strengthen the community for public and private benefit along the corridor

• Develop selection criteria for Preferred Alternative

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• 5 CWG Meetings
• Meeting #1 - February 2nd

Introduction

• Meeting #2 - March

Visioning / Existing Conditions

• Meeting #3 – May

Review character areas / Review Visioning

• Meeting #4 – September

Review and discuss alternatives

• Meeting #5 – November

Confirmation of preferred alternative

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Community Working Group Schedule

Additional Resources

• Website
• www.denvergov.org/washingtonstreetstudy
• Public Meetings
• April – Visioning
• August – Cross Sections / Character Areas
• September – Preferred Alternative

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Schedule

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Thank You

Karen Good, AICP Karen.good@denvergov.org

Appendix

Appendix