Future Waste Reduction Facilities - 6400 Araphoe Road

On Tuesday, Aug. 18 City Council approved the purchase of 6400 Arapahoe for waste reduction activites and raised the city's trash tax to fund it. The city purchased the property on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The city will do minor modifications to the buildings and the site and plan for ReSource, a used building materials facility, to move to the property. The property will go through the city's annexation process and once annexed into the city will then be able to accommodate additional uses, such the Eco-Cycle office and the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM). These facilities will occupy the west portion of the property, with a public processes over the next year to determine the needs for the eastern portion of the property.

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NEWS

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
Contact(s):
Elizabeth Vasatka, Local Environmental Action Division, 303-441-1964 
Jody Jacobson, Media Relations, 303-441-3155
www.bouldercolorado.gov

Local nonprofit moving onto city land at 6400 Arapahoe Road

ReSource, a used building materials donation and sales yard operated by the Center for ReSource Conservation (CRC), is relocating to the recently purchased city property at 6400 Arapahoe Road beginning the weekend of Nov. 7.

The city planned annexation should be complete in the second quarter of 2010.  However, under county zoning, ReSource is allowed to relocate and operate on the site as a continuation of the existing use.  ReSource will be open for business at their current site, 2665 63^rd St., until early December.

The City of Boulder purchased the 10-acre site on Aug. 25, 2009 for waste reduction infrastructure that will support the city’s becoming a zero waste community. 

For more information about ReSource’s move or the city process to annex the property, please contact Elizabeth Vasatka at 303-441-1964 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Frequently Asked Questions

Sign up for e-mail updates on this project: Visit the Boulder County Web site and subscribe by checking the box "Recycle Row."

Questions or Comments? See the project comment box below.

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The most recent City Council meeting on this matter was August 18, 2009.
Agenda Memo

• Attachment A: Four Trash Tax Ordinances
• Attachment B: Trash Tax Increase Options
• Attachment C: Current and Future Waste Reduction Infrastructure
• Attachment D: Recycle Row Cost Estimates
• Attachment E: 6400 Arapahoe Draft Illustrations
• Attachment F: Comparison of Facilities
• Attachment G: Frequently Asked Questions
• Attachment H: Non-Profit Ogranizations Correspondence
• Attachment I: Reimbursement Resolution
• Attachment J: Site Purchase and Financing Scenarios

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Past Council Agenda Memos

July 21, 2009 - City Council Meeting

First reading of ordinances increasing the trash tax

Public hearing and consideration of extension of the purchase contract

July 7, 2009 - City Council Meeting
Memo Supplemental Materials
- Errata to agenda memo
- Open House comments
- Correspondence #2
- Preliminary Traffic Study
- File review addendum to Environmental Site Assessment

June 9, 2009 - Council Study Session

May 19, 2009- City Council Meeting

Watch recorded Council meetings on the Channel 8 Web site.

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Public Open House on the future use of 6400 Arapahoe Ave

On June 30, 2009, Boulder County and the City of Boulder hosted an open house on potential future uses of the former BMC West lumberyard site at 6400 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Comments from open house participants were shared with the Boulder County Commissioners and the Boulder City Council. (Open house comments.)

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Contact:
City of Boulder, Project Manager, Elizabeth Vasatka, 303-441-1964
Boulder County, Commissioners' Office, 303-441-3500

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 15:21