Subject:
Title
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Erie Urban Renewal Authority Approving the Payment of Funds to the Town of Erie for the Preparation of the Erie Gateway Planned Development from the Proposed I-25 Erie Gateway Urban Renewal Plan Area
Body
Department: Economic Development
Presenter(s): Julian Jacquin, Economic Development Director
Sarah Nurmela, Planning and Development Director
Neal Payton, Torti Gallas + Partners, Inc.
Time Estimate: 15 minutes
only required for non-consent items
Fiscal Summary:
Cost as Recommended: $493,987
Balance Available: $51,860
Budget Line Item Number: 800-90-875-560100-100282
New Appropriation Required: Yes
Staff Recommendation:
Recommendation
To review the scope of work and approve the Expenditure.
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Summary and Background of Subject Matter:
Town staff seeks to retain Torti Gallas + Partners, Inc., to assist in the refinement and entitlement of the existing planning and urban design vision for the I-25 Erie Gateway site, at the northwest corner of I-25 and Erie Parkway. The final product will be an adopted new Planned Development (PD) District for this site, addressing the southern 600 acres of the 1,200-acre new development area. The new PD site is bounded by Weld County Road 7 (WCR-7) to the west and I-25 to the east, and Weld County Roads 10 (WCR-10) and 8 (WCR-8 or "Erie Parkway") to the north and south.
The I-25 Erie Gateway will serve as a destination within the community and broader region, and is intended to be developed as a vibrant, sustainable, mixed-use, and transit-oriented development. This vision was established in concert with property owners and the community in 2018 and captured in the I-25 Erie Gateway Developer Book, which can be found here: www.erieco.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11327/Erie-Gateway-Developer-Book. Implementation of this broad vision will require a closer evaluation of scale, connectivity, mix of uses, built form and mobility. The PD...
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