6400 Arapahoe Rd. - Future Waste Reduction Facilities

In 2009, the City of Boulder purchased property at 6400 Arapahoe Rd. for future waste reduction facilities and raised the city's trash tax to fund it. The city intends to make minor modifications to the buildings and site, and to have ReSource, a used building materials facility, relocate to the site. The site will also accommodate the Eco-Cycle offices and the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM). These three nonprofit facilities will be located on the western portion of the property and a public process during the next year will help determine the community's desired use for the eastern portion of the property.

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News

The City of Boulder broke ground to begin site development work at 6400 Arapahoe Rd. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Learn more.

Site development for waste reduction facilities at 6400 Arapahoe Rd. to begin next week - Sept. 7, 2012

In March 2012, technical documents were submitted to the city's Planning and Development Services (P&DS) department to begin the process of obtaining a construction permit for the first phase of property development. After these documents are approved, P&DS will review and approve the construction plans before issuing a permit.

•  Technical Document Application 
•  Legal Description 
• Final Plat 
• Final Landscape Plans
• Final Architectural Plans
• Construction Plans and Site Development
• Final Stormwater Report 

Phase I development, occurring on the western portion of the site, will facilitate the moving of the Eco-Cycle offices, commercial hauling operation and the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM).

Previous News/Meetings

City Council meeting - Oct. 18, 2011
Public hearing, approval of the 6400 Arapahoe Rd. Annexation proposal

Planning Board meeting - July 7, 2011
Public hearing

Third Good Neighbor Meeting - April 6, 2011
City staff invited the public to provide feedback about the site review and annexation applications for the property, before submission to the Planning Board. Public notices and site review, annexation, and preliminary plat application documents for are listed below.

• Public Notice and Good Neighbor Meeting Details
•  Land Use Review Application
•  Written Statement
•  Project Fact Sheet
• Survey and Vicinity Map
• Legal Description of Property
•  Landscape Plans 
• Civil Site Plans - Phase I and Phase II
•  Architectural Plans - Phase I and Phase II
•  Annexation Written Statement and Map
•  Vehicle Trip Generation 
•  TDM Plan
•  Tree Inventory
•  Stormwater Report
•  Preliminary Plat 

Planning Board meeting - Nov. 4, 2010
Board members reviewed the concept plans presented at the second Good Neighbor Meeting. After review, the project went on-hold until the first quarter of 2011 so the Phase II cost-benefit analysis could be placed in context with the update to the Zero Waste Master Plan.

• Public Notice with project details

Second Good Neighbor Meeting - July 7, 2010
City staff presented two concept plans for the site and asked for input from neighbors before submitting the plans to the city's Planning Board. The Phase I plan has an approved city budget and includes the relocation of nonprofit groups ReSource, Eco-Cycle and CHaRM. The Phase II plan is the nonprofits' vision for the site, which is not currently funded.

• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Discussion Items
• Concept Plans - Phase I and Phase II

City Council Study Session on Waste Reduction - June 3, 2010
Update on land use processes for 6400 Arapahoe Rd. site and single-hauler contracting

• Study Session Packet
• Study Session Summary

Good Neighbor Meeting - April 5, 2010
Residents in the area provided input about the process of repairing and retrofitting the site and existing buildings.

• Meeting summary including discussion notes  
•  Meeting Discussion Items
• Meeting notice
• Map of the site and meeting location
• Memo to City Council - update on the land use review and visioning processes for the property

City Council meeting - Aug. 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 Organizations Correspondence
•  Attachment I: Reimbursement Resolution
•  Attachment J: Site Purchase and Financing Scenarios

Related Documents

• First reading of ordinances increasing the trash tax
• Public hearing and consideration of extension of the purchase contract
• City Council Meeting - July 7, 2009
  
  • Errata to agenda memo
  • Open House comments
  • Correspondence #2
  • Preliminary Traffic Study
  • File review addendum to Environmental Site Assessment 
• Council Study Session on Recycle Row - June 9, 2009
  
• City Council Meeting - May 19, 2009
  

Contact

For more information on this project, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Residential Sustainability Specialist, at 303-441-1940.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2013 09:04