Weekly Board Packet 11-30-07 - RTD

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REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 

TWO WEEK CALENDAR 

Events Scheduled as of November 30 2007 

Page 1 WEEK OF DECEMBER 3 THROUGH DECEMBER 7 2007 

Monday December 3 2007 

500 pm Meeting Planning and Development Committee 

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Tuesday December 4 2007 

500 pm Meeting 

FasTracks Monitoring Committee Study Session 

Rooms T 

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Wednesday December 5 2007 

730 am Meeting 

Aurora Chamber Transportation Council 

Aurora Chamber of Commerce 

562 Sable Boulevard Aurora 

530 pm Meeting Denver Union Station Advisory Committee 

Wellington E Webb Building 201 W Colfax 

4h Floor Room 4F6 4G2 

Thursday December 6 2007 

12 30 pm Meeting 

Technology Committee 

530 pm 

830 pm 

Event 

3d Floor Board Conference Room 

FRESC Front Range Economic Strategy Center 

5 Year Anniversary Dinner 

St Cajetan s Center Auraria Campus 

1 190 9 Street 

Denver CO 

Daly McMullen Buchman attending 

Friday December 7 2007

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Page 2 WEEK OF DECEMBER 10 THROUGH DECEMBER 14 2007 


800am 400 pm Conference Transportation Conference Delivering a 21St 


Northwest Rail Project Overview for Boulder 

900 11 00 am Meeting 

Century Transportation System 

Colorado Convention Center 

700 14th Street Denver 

Elfenbein Kinton Pulliam attending 

Employee Forum 

Blake Street Rooms T D 

500 pm Meeting Finance 

Administration Committee 


Tuesday December 11 2007 

800am 400 pm Conference Transportation Conference Delivering a 215 

Noon 

Meeting 

Century Transportation System 

Colorado Convention Center 

700 14th Street Denver 

Elfenbein Kinton Pulliam attending 

Executive Committee 


Wednesday December 12 2007 

11 30 130 pm 

Event 

City Council Municipal Building Council 

Chambers 1777 Broadway Boulder 

The Bell Policy Center The Voices of Opportunity 

Luncheon Public Works The Demos Center for 

The Public Sector 

Westin Tabor Center Augusta Room 

1672 Lawrence Street Denver 

Buchman attending 

130 30 pm Meeting 


Platte Division Driver sBreak Room 


Contracted Operational Services Committee 

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10 00 Noon Meeting 

Operations Customer 

Rooms T 

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Services Committee 


Planning and Development FasTracks Staff 

Rooms T 

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Citizens Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting 

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Friday December 14 2007 

730am 900am Meeting West Corridor Elected Officials Briefing 

Heritage Center Orchard Room 

801 South Yarrow Street Lakewood

Regional Transportation District 

1600 Blake Street 

Denver CO 80202 1399 

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Board of Directors 

Chair Chris Martinez District B 

First Vice Chair Bill Christopher District J 

Second Vice ChairONeill P Quinlan District G 

Secretary Barbara Brohl District D 

Treasurer Lee Kemp District I 

Noel Busck District K 

Juanita Chacon District C 

Bruce Daly District N 

Bill Elfenbein District A 

Daryl Kinton District H 

Bill McMullen District E 

Wally Pulliam District L 

John Tayer District 0 

Dave Buchman District M 

Barbara Yamrick District F 

PLANNING 

AGENDA 

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 

Dave Buchman Chair Noel Busck Vice Chair 

Committee of the Whole Quorum of 5 

Staff Contact 

Liz Rao 

Board Staff Contact Caitlin Magee 

Conference Call in 303 299 2663 

Conference ID 15120 


at500 pm 

Rooms T and D 

I Recommended Action 

Request for Approval of BackCountry at Highlands 

Ranch Annexation 

Request for Approval of Property Acquisition Services Contract Eminent 

Domain Counsel 

II Updates 

Public Opinion Survey on FasTracks 

Federal Center TOD 

III Other Matters 

IV Next Meeting Date 

To Be Determined 

V Adjournment 

The following communication assistance is available for public meetings 

Language Interpreters 

Sign language interpreters 

Assisted listening devices 

Please notify RTD of the communication assistance you require at least 48 hours in advance of a RTD 

meeting you wish to attend by calling 303 299 2307

BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT 

To 

Clarence W Marsella General Manager 

Date 

From 

Elizabeth A Rao Assistant Gen rat Manage 

Planning and Development 

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Date December 3 2007 

Board Meeting Date December 18 2007 

Subject 

Request for Approval of BackCountry at Highlands 

Ranch Annexation 

ACTION DISCUSSION INFO 

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RECOMMENDED ACTION 

It is recommended by the Planning and Development Committee that the Board of Directors approve the 

annexation of the 467 acre BackCountry property to RTD The property owners Shea Homes Limited 

Partnership and Sand Creek Cattle Company have petitioned RTD to approve the annexation Upon approval 

of this annexation the area will become part of District H 

BACKGROUND 

The proposed annexation is currently open land but is part of a planned gated community in the southern 

portion of the Highlands Ranch subdivision In the entire 1 100 acre community the owner and developer 

Shea Homes plans to construct 95 single family detached homes over 400 multi family units six 

neighborhood parks and provide nearly 500 acres of open space and recreational trails including a 

community recreation center The requested annexation is for 467 acres and is the southern portion of the 

overall BackCountry development and contains only 49 home sites open space and the proposed recreation 

center The land is contiguous with the current RTD boundary for the entire length of the northern boundary 

of the land to be annexed The proposed annexation is located adjacent 

to Director District H 

DISCUSSION 

The land requested to be annexed to RTD is approximately 467 acres in size and will contain about 400 acres 

of open space approximately 4 miles of trails an indoor private recreation center and all ar portions of 49 

custom home sites portions of some of the home sites are currently in the District 

The primary goal here is to include in RTD tats bisected by the RTD Boundary and lots adjacent to the RTD 

boundary so that all home sites in the BackCountry neighborhood have the same tax assessment receive the 

same service and contribute to that service the same as everywhere else in Highlands Ranch 

RTD operates the route 403 adjacent to the development along Wildcat Reserve Parkway The Highlands 

Ranchcall nRide service operates in an area east and northeast of the proposed annexation No ixed route 

service is presently proposed for the annexation area Upon approval ofthis annexation the area wilt become 

part of District H 

FINANCIAL IMPACT 

Financial impacts to RTD from this action include an undetermined amount of additional revenue from sales 

and use taxes as the area develops some relatively small amounts from concession sales at the recreation 

center and from automobiles sales to residents of the area and some increase in fares from possible new 

transit riders There may also be some unknown expenditure should RTD decide to expand its transit services 

to include this area at some time in the future 

ATERNAT VES 

1 Accept the Recommended Action It is recommended by the Planning and Development Committee 

that the Board of Directors approve the annexation of the 467 acre BackCountry property 

to RTD

Board of Directors Repart 

Request far Approval of BackCountry at Highlands Ranch Annexation 

December 3 2007 

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annexation the property owners Shea Homes Limited Partnership and Sand Creek Cattle Company have 

petitioned RTD to approve the annexation Upon approval of this annexation the area will become part of 

District H 

2 Do not accept the Recommended Action 

Prepared by Dave Shelley Manager Corridor and Regional Planning

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

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Clarence W Marsella Genera Manager 

Elizabeth A Rao Assistant General 

Manager Planning and Devel pment 

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Request far Approval of Property 

Acquisition Services Contract Eminent 

Domain Counsel 

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ACTION N INFO 

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It is recommended by the Planning and Development Committee that the Board of Directors authorize the 

General Manager or his designee to execute all documents necessary to award multiple contracts to the 

qualified proposers Duncan Ostrander Dingess PC in the amount of900 000 

May and 

Associates PC in the amount of 900 000 

and Icenogle Norton Smith Blieszner Gilida a 

Professional Corporation in the amount of 700 000 

for the provision of legal services specializing in 

eminent domain for the West Corridor Light Rail Project and and or possible additional transit projects 

Funding for this contract is in the West Corridor Budget 

BACKGROUND 

In order to build and operate the West Corridor Light Rail it will be necessary for RTD for acquire real 

property for alignments station areas and park nRides The appraisal appraisal review property 

acquisition relocation assistance and planning must be conducted in accordance with all state and 

federal laws the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 as 

amended Colorado Revised Statutes38121 and the Regional Transportation District policies and 

procedures 

RTD slegal authority is established in Colorado Revised StatutesCRS329Regional Transportation 

Act as amended Board administrative powers and duties established by Statute related to project 

implementation include the authority to condemn property for public use 

DISCUSSION 

Proposals pursuant to RFP No17 FO 034 were received on November 6 2007 from Duncan Ostranfer 

Dingess P C Hamilton and Faatz A Professional Corporation Rothgerber Johnson Lyons LLP 

Attorneys at Law Kamlet Shepherd Reichert LLP May and Associates P C Icenogle Norton 

Smith Blieszner Gilida A Professional Corporation Murray Dahl Kuecfhenmeister Renaud LLP and 

Trout Raley Montano Witwer Freeman PC 

A technical evaluation committee rated the proposals November 15 2007 based on the fallowing 

technical merits 

60 for qualifications and recent experience of lead attorney sin the area of eminent domain 

30 for cost 

10 for specific qualifications of firmis including all litigation 

The technical evaluation committee is recommending that a contract be awarded to three of the 

proposers The award of multiple contracts will help ensure that sufficient legal eminent domain 

expertise is available to acquire all properties pursuant to all rules and regulations and to meet project 

goats and deadlines

Board of Directors Report 

Request for Approval of Property Acquisition 

Eminent Domain Counsel Services Contract 


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The award of multiple contracts replicates the TREX model RTD had contracts with three 31 firms on 

the TREX project and was able to use different firms on different segments of the corridor maximizing 

expertise and meeting all project goals and deadlines 

FINANCIAL IMPACT 

Funding or these contracts is included as a part of the West Corridor Capital Budget 

ALTERNATIVES 

1 Accept the Recommended Action Authorize the General Manager or his designee to execute all 

documents necessary to award multiple contracts to the qualified proposers Duncan Ostrander 

Dingess PC in the amount of 5900 000 

May and Associates P C in the amount of 

5900 000 

and Icenogle Norton Smith Blieszner Gilida a Professional Corporation in the amount 

of 5700 000 

for the provision of legal services specializing in eminent domain for the West Corridor 

Light Raii Project and and or possible additional transit projects Funding far this contract is in the West 

Corridor Budget 

2 Do not accept the Recommended Action Do not authorize the General Manager or his designee 

to execute all documents necessary to award multiple contracts to the qualified proposers Duncan 

Ostrander DingessPC in the amount of 5900 000 

May and Associates P C in the amount of 

5900 000 

and Icenogle Norton Smith Blieszner Gilida a Professional Corporation in the amount 

of 5700 000 

for the provision of legal services specializing in eminent domain for the West Corridor 

Light Rail Project and andlor possible additional transit projects This is not recommended because 

RTD s Legal Department has neither the expertise among sufficient number of staff or the manpower to 

provide this service 

Prepared by Susan K Altes Manager Real Property



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AGENDA 

FASTRACKS MONITORING COMMITTEE STUDY SESSION 

Tuesday December 4 2007 

5OOPM 

FasTracks Monitoring Committee 

Time 

Agenda Item 

500 pm Call to Order 

500510 Recommended Action 

FasTracks Citizen AdvisoryCommittee 

Reappointment of Committee Members 

510530 Recap FasTracks Opinion Survey Maria Garcia Berry 

530600 Public Private Partnerships Goals Process and Schedule 

600610 TOD Status Report 

610630 Property Acquisition Process and the Uniform Act Susan Altes 

630 Vote to Adjourn to Executive Session 

630700 Executive Session 

700 pm Adjourn 

Study Session 

CRS246402 4athe acquisition of property for the West Corridor 

multiple parcels 

CRS 24640214 le DUSContract Negotiations 

Time 

Agenda Item 

710 pm Call to Order 

710730 Champion of Transit Award Policy Procedure 

730745 Service Evaluation of Routes Bruce Abel 

745800 Follow up to RTD Salaried Pension Plan Review 

800815 Other Matters 

815 pm Adjourn 

The following communication assistance is available for public meetings 

Language Interpreters 

Sign language interpreters 

Assisted listening devices 

Please notify RTD of the communication assistance you require at least 48 hours in advance of a RTD meeting 

you wish to attend by calling 303 299 2307

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BClARD QF DIRECT JRS REPORT 

To 

Clarence W Marsella General Manager 

Date 

Frain Scott Reed Assistant Gen ral 

Manage of 

Public Affairs 

Date December 4 2007 

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Subject 

FasTracks Citizens Advisory Cammittee 

Reappointment 

of Committee Members 

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It is recommended by the FasTracks Monitoring Committee that theRTD Board of Directorsre appoint 

four members of the FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee CAC Tom Asburn Thomas J Burns 

Charles Choi and Ken Hotard for athree year term 

BACKGROUND 

On April 1 2006 the RTD Board of Directors appointed eleven citizens to the FasTracks Citizens 

Advisory Committee for terms of ane to three years Actual terms of the appointees were determined 

by random drawing at the first meeting of the CAC in May 2006 Four member sterm expires on 


DISCUSSION 

Under the direction of the RTD Public Affairs Division the RTD Public Involvement 

Consultants were 

tasked with developing a proposed structure for the CAC which the Board approved at its December 13 

2005 meeting 

Recruitment for Committee members was publicly advertised through 

the RTD Web site local 

publications and stakeholderamail distributions beginning January 3 2006 The Nominating 

Committee Siff Christopher Juanita Chacon Scott Reed and Liz Rao carefully reviewed each 

application considering criteria outlined in the Committee Structure approved by the Board on December 

13 2005 

Broad representation of stakeholder interests 

Diversity 

Geographical representation 

within the District 

Demonstrated interest in public transit and or the FasTracks Plan 

Previous community service 

Professional experience 

Terms of office for initia committee members began the day the members were appointed with three 

members serving one year terms to expire on December 31 2006 four members serving two year terms 

to expire on December 31 2007 and four members serving three year terms to expire on December 31 

2008 Actual terms for each memberie one year two year etc were determined by a random 

drawing by the Committee at its first meeting in May 2006 

The four members selected to serve an initial two year term were 

Tom Ashburn is 

the Area Manager Community and Local Government Affairs responsible for 

maintaining effective working relationships with municipalities counties and community organizations in 

Arapahoe Douglas and Adams Counties He is past chairman of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce a 

past member of the Aurora Economic Development Council member of the Southeast Business 

Partnership and South Metro Chamber of Commerce a founding 

member of the Eastern Metro

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Board of Directors Report 

FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee 

Reappointment of Committee Members 


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Transportation Coalition and serves on the Community College of Aurora Foundation baard of directors 

Mr Ashburn holds an MBA from Regis University and is a resident of Aurora 

RTD District F 

Thomas J Burns is the former mayor of Eng ewood 1994 2001 during which time he was a vocal 

champion for the Southwest Corridor light rail line appearing before numerous meetings study sessions and 

committee meetings of the RTD Board and testifying before Congressional Committees and lobbying members 

of Congress for support and funding He is past chairman of the Metro Mayors Caucus former member 

of the Denver Regional Council of Governments baard of directors and current member of the 

Englewood Water and Sewer Board and Urban Renewal Authority Mr Burns holds a bachelor s degree 

in Political Science from the University of fovea a law degree from the University Of Denver College Of 

Law and is a resident of Englewood RTD District H 

Charles Choi is president of CY Choi 

Associates an architecture planning and program 

management firm located in Lakewood and has been involved in successful projects throughout the 

world He served an the Lakewood Planning Commission for two terms during which time the 

Comprehensive Plan for Lakewood wasre written and as a trustee of the Iliff School of Theology 

Mr Choi holds a bachelors degree in architecture from the Cooper Union School of Art and 

Architecture in New York Gity and is a resident of Lakewood RTD District M 

Ken Hotard is senior vice president of public affairs far the Boulder Area Realtor Association He is the 

immediate past chair of the US36TM0 and as a member of the Transit Alliance management team 

as 

currently serving Treasurer Mr Hotard is a former member of the RTD Board of Directors 

representing District O where he served as chairman far two years He was active in the development 

of FasTracks plan and volunteered extensively on the FasTracks Yes campaign Mr Hotard holds a 

master of public administration degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a resident of 

Boulder RTD District O 

ALTERNATIVES 

1 Accept the Recommended Action tis recommended by the FasTracks Monitoring Committee 

that theRTD Board of Directors re appoint four members of the FasTracks Citizens Advisory 

Committee CAC Tom Asburn Thomas J Burns Charles Choi and Ken Hotard for athree year 

term 

2 Modify the recommended appointments to the FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee This 

is not recommended as the recommendedre appointment is within the parameters of the committee 

structure adapted by the RTD Board of Directors and wit ensure consistency on the FasTracks 

Citizens Advisory Committee 

3 Do not adopt the Recommended Action Da notre appoint the recommended candidates and 

solicit additional applications This is not recommended as this alternative would delay the 

appointment process of the FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee 

FINANGIAL IMPACT 

There is no additional financial impact 

Prepared by Roger Sherman Public Information Liaison

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Transit Oriented Development Status Report 2007 

December 2007 

This is a control ddocument please do not dupli 

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them from the FasTracks Document Contro This 

will assure that al recipients of the document receive 

revisions and additions 

Approved By 

Liz Rao Assistant General Manager Planning and Development December 2007

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Transit Oriented Deve opment 

Status Report 2007 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

10 SUMMARY 1 

1 Development Activity 1 

11 Existing Corridors 1 

11 1 Central Corridor Central Platte Valley Spur 1 

112 Southwest Corridor 13 

113Southeast Corridor 13 

12 Planned Corridors and Extensions 13 

13 Systemwide Development Summary 13 

12 Planning and Zoning Activity 10 

121Station Area Planning 10 

12Rezoning Activity 12 

123Corridorwide Workshops 12 

20 Overview 21 

21 Regional TOD Market Trends 21 

2 Transit Influence on Development Decisions 24 

23 Report Methodology 25 

24 Report Format27 

30 Central Corridor Central Platte Valley Spur 

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Street Extension 31 

40 SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR 41 

50 Southeast Corridor 51 

60 West Corridor 61 

80 Gold Line Corridor 81 

90 Northwest Rail US 36 BRT Corridor 91 

10 North Metro Corridor101 

110I225 Corridor11 

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10 SUMMARY 

This report provides an update on the status of urban planning and real estate development 

in the vicinity of existing and planned stations within RTD stransit system 

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summary of development projects that have been built are under construction or are be 

ing planned within an approximate half mile of stations as well as an inventory of land use 

planning and rezoning efforts being conducted by local government jurisdictions in station 

areas 

RTD sexisting 35 mile rail transit system services 34 stations on three corridors the53 

mile Central Corridor and18mile Central Platte Valley Spur in central Denver the 87mile 

Southwest Corridor to Littleton and192mile Southeast Corridor to Lone Tree and Aurora 

The FasTracks Program approved by district voters in a 2004 ballot initiative 

miles of rail service 18 miles of bus rapid transit BRTl and approximately 

will add 122 

60 new stations 

along six new corridors and extensions to the three existing lines by 2017 See Exhibit 1 

for a map of the existing and FasTracks corridors The new FasTracks Corridors include the 

121mileWest Corridor to Golden 41 mile Northwest Rail Corridor to Longmont and related 

18 mile US 36 BRT Corridor to Boulder 236mile East Corridor to Denver International Air 

port 1 12mile Gold Line Corridor to Wheat Ridge 18 mile North Metro Corridor to Thorn 

ton and105mileI225 Corridor to Aurora The extensions include approximately 1 mile 

for the Central Corridor in central Denver25miles for the Southwest Corridor to Highlands 

Ranch and 23 miles for the Southeast Corridor to the planned RidgeGate community 

1 Development Activity 

1 Existing Corridors 

Development on the existing RTD transit system is quite extensive and growing rapidly 

10 999 residential units3729 hotel rooms 28million square feet of retail 4 million square 

feet of office space 

16 million square feet of government space 137 000 square feet of 

cultural facilities and 23 million square feet of convention sports space have either been 

built or are currently under construction at station areas and bus transfer facilities 

transit oriented development TOD product delivered to the real estate market in 2007 rep 

resents75growth in residential units 176in hotel rooms43in retail space72 

in office space and76in institutional space 

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An additional7381 residential units1736 hotel rooms 18 million square feet of retail 3 

million square feet of office and 850 000 square 

feet of convention sports space are either 

in the local government development review process or have been proposed 

1Centra Corridor CentraPatte Va ey Spur 

For the Central Corridor and Central Platte Valley Spur6124 residential units3729 hotel 

rooms 864 200 square 

feet of retail 2 million square feet of office space 1 5 million square 

feet of government space 103 000 square feet of cultural space and23 million square feet 

of convention sports space have either been built or are currently under construction An 

additional5020 residential units 156 hotel rooms 1 5 million square feet of retail and 

24million square feet of office have been proposed 

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office space have either been built or are currently under construction An additional1846 

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November 20042465 residential units 24 million square feet of retail 278 581 square 

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12 Planning and Zoning Activity 

121 Station Area Planning 

In light of all this development activity land use planning at station areas has become a pri 

ority for local jurisdictions See Exhibit 18for summary After the passage of FasTracks 

the Denver Regional Council of Governments DRCOGI the Denver region s metropolitan 

planning organization established a pool of 2 million in federal congestion mitigation and 

air quality CMAQ matching funds available to local jurisdictions to encourage station area 

planning Prior to this incentive very 

few jurisdictions had initiated any planning at proposed 

or even existing station areas 

DRCOG has awarded 1 695 million in federal matching funds for planning 

at 21 station 

areas and has made additional funding available for new applications this fall In addition 

RTD has committed 251 500 to local jurisdictions for planning 

eas 

studies at nine station ar 

In part due to these resources five additional station area plans were adopted by local 

governments in 2007 Arvada splans for Sheridan Olde Town and Kipling on the Gold Line 

Boulder sfor 30th Pearl on the Northwest Rail Corridor and Denver sfor Louisana and Pearl 

on the Southeast Corridor The adoption of station area plans by local governments is impor 

tant because they become official policy to guide development within station area neighbor 

hoods and they can provide input to the corridor planning during the project environmental 

documentation phase 

Planning efforts are currently underway on the Central Corridor at 10th Osage 

Auraria West stations Southeast Corridor at Louisiana 

Alameda and 

Pearl Colorado Boulevard and South 

moor Stations West Corridor at Decatur and Sheridan East Corridor at 40th Central 

Park Boulevard and 40th Airport stations on the Gold Line at Federal and Pecos stations 

and on theI225 Corridor at Nine Mile Station The adoption of station area plans by local 

governments is important because they become official policy to guide development within 

station area 

neighborhoods and they can provide input to the corridor planning during the 

project environmental documentation phase 

Funds are committed by local jurisdictions to begin station area plans 

in 2008 on the South 

west Corridor at Evans Station East Corridor at Peoria Smith Station Gold Line at 38th Inca 

Station Northwest Rail Corridor at South Westminster North Metro Corridor at Commerce 

City and 124th Avenue stations andI225 Corridor at Colfax Abilene and Iliff stations 


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Exhibit 18 Station Area Planning and Rezoning 

10 Osage 

Alameda 

Auraria West 

Central CPV Denver In process Publice housing study 

Central CPV Deriver tn process 

Bway Mktplace GDP 

Central CPV Denver In process Auraria Master Plan 

I25 Broadway CentrallCPV Denver None Adopted 2005 Urban renewal Cherokee GDP 

Cionstone GPD 

Union Station 

Central CPV Denver Adopted 2004 Adopted 2004 

40 Airport East Aurora In process 

Peoria Smith East Aurora Begin 2008 

40 East Denver fn process Subarea plan 

Stapleton East Denver In process 

Federal Gold Adams County In process 

Pecos Gold Adams County In process 

Kipling Gold Arvada In process Ridge Moma redev 

Olde Town Arvada Gold Arvada In process Subarea plan 

Sheridan Gold Arvada to process 

38 Inca Gold Denver Begin 2008 

Ward Rd Gold Wheat Ridge Adapted 20Q8 

Abilene I225 Aurora Begin 2008 

Colfax I225 Aurora Begin 2008 

Iliff I225 Aurora Begin 2008 

Commerce City NorthMetro Commerce City Begin 2b08 

Swansea North Metro Denver Begin 2008 

124th Ave NonhMetro Thornton Begin 2008 Subarea plan 

Dry Creek Southeast Arapahoe County None Adopted 2004 

Nina Mile Southeast Aurora In procQSs 

Belleview Southeast Denver None Adopted 2003 

Colorado Blvd Southeast Denver In process Lincoln GDP Subarea plan 

Louisiana Pearl Southeast Denver Adopted 2007 

Southmoor Southeast Denver In process 

University Southeast Denver None Adopted 2007 

Arapahoe Southeast Greenwood Village Adopted 2006 

Orchard Southeast Greenwood Village None Adopted 2005 

Evans Southwest Deitiuer Begin 2008 

Mineral Southwest Littleton None Adopted 2007 ULI study 

30 Pearl NWRaiI Boulder Adopted 2007 1ranait Village study 

Louisville NWRaiI Louisville Adopted 2003 In process Urban renewal 

Decatur West Denver In process 

Sheridan West Denver In process 

Federal Center West Lakewood Adopted 2008 Adopted 2007 GSA master plan RTD JD 

Oak West Lakewood Adopted 2006 Adopted 2007 

Sheridan West Lakewood Adopted 2006 Adopted 2007 

Wadsworth West Lakewood 

Adopted 2006 Adopted 2007 Urban renewal EDAW study 

ULI study 

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12 Rezoning Activity 

Lakewood in 2007 adopted 

a new transit mixed use zoning designation 

and amended its 

zoning map for four station areas on the West Corridor Sheridan Wadsworth Oak and Fed 

eral Center A total of about 930 acres was rezoned to allow for more transit supportive 

uses 

and densities Lakewood also annexed the entire 640 acre Denver Federal Center from the 

federal government adopting an Official Development Plan to govern land use and develop 

ment on the site 

Littleton amended a 17 acre Planned Unit Development PUD near the Mineral Station to 

allow residential use for the River sEdge at Aspen Grove a 199 unit residential project con 

sisting of condos and townhomes being built by McStain Neighborhoods and developed by 

Quadrant Properties The PUD previously allowed only commercial uses 

Denver rezoned a3acre site adjacent to University Station on the Southeast Corridor to al 

low for mixed used development Denver also rezoned the 13 acre Colorado Center project 

site adjacent to Colorado Station to allow for mixed use development on the 5 acres of re 

maining land owned by Lincoln Property Group 

123 Corridorwide Workshops 

RTD conducts corridorwide TOD workshops to coordinate planning efforts among jurisdic 

tions and to refine transit project design to maximize the potential for TOD in each corridor 

This process occurs separate from the corridor environmental documentation process but 

helps inform the latter by considering TOD concerns that might 

not ordinarily be part of 

the environmental process scope RTD has received S150 000 in federal CMAQ matching 

grants for these efforts in addition to sponsorship from the Metro Denver Economic Devel 

opment Corporation and contributions from participating local jurisdictions 

The West Corridor workshop was completed in 2006 RTD undertook three workshops for 

four transit corridors in 

2007 The Northwest Rail Corridor US36 BRT workshop 

was con 

ducted in February providing the Northwest Rail Environmental Evaluation EE team with 

a series of early action items to evaluate as that environmental process began 

The initial 

phase of the North Metro Corridor workshop was conducted in May providing design alter 

natives for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement DEIS to be released in the spring of 

2008 A final phase will be conducted this winter with potential modifications to be evalu 

ated in the final EIS A was 

joint workshop conducted for the East Corridor and Gold Line 

in October to explore the TOD implications of the proposed public private partnership PPP 

approach to design build finance operate 

and maintain these corridors 


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20 OVERVIEW 

21 Regional TOD Market Trends 

Since the passage of FasTracks in 2004 there has been animated discussion about TOD in 

the Denver region 

cal media outlets 

In just the past year the following has been reported in national and lo 

In dozens ofcities from CharlotteNC to Denver to Portland Ore thehottest 

redevelopment project is happening next to the local train station Kemba Dunham 

The Little Engine That Could Wa Street Journa 61 1 07 

Developers are increasing the number of apartments they re building particularly 

along the newly opened TRex Southeast Corridor light rail line Margaret 

Jackson Apartment Construction Surges Denver Post427 07 

Transit oriented development has become the key element in Denver surban 

growth Pete Lewis Creating Urban Village Co orado Construction307 

TOD has become so popular and so pervasive observed the Denver Business Journa 

even some real estate professionals joke with each other about what projects currently 

coming out of the ground arentTOD Paula Moore The Buck Stops Here83107 

All of this begs the question of how much of the TOD trend is real and how much is just 

hype In general TOD includes many but not all of the following development principles it 

has a functional relationship to transit usually expressed through a strong pedestrian orien 

tation in contrast to the automobile orientation of sprawl pattern developmentl it is denser 

and has a more compact street pattern than adjacent development and it has a mix of land 

uses 

Context matters most to TOD there is noone size fits all approach 

The influence 

area of TOD usually extends to a radius of one quarter to one half mile a 5 to 10 minute 

walk from a transit facility depending on the context of the surrounding environment 

The reality is that even for a region such as Denver which will have nearly 90 fixed guideway 

rail stations by 2017 TOD can only comprise a segment of the real estate market as growth 

continues at faster rates in the outlying suburbs than in the central and inner ring cities 

However an analysis of RTD sTOD data suggests that beginning in 2008 the TOD market 

is poised for explosive growth in metro Denver that will raise it from a boutique product to a 

leading niche market The residential TOD market which has delivered an average of 1 10 

units a year since 2000 is expected to grow by more than 300 as developers prepare to 

complete an average of nearly4600 units per year between now and 2010 see Exhibit 

211 The forecast for the retail TOD market is also robust developers have delivered an 

average of nearly 480 000 square feet since 2000 but will complete nearly 900 000 square 

feet of retail per year between now and 2010 a nearly 50 increase see Exhibit 21 


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Exhibit 2 Retail TOD by Delivery Year 

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But the truly exponential TOD growth over the next 3 years will likely be experienced in the 

office market An average of only 250 000 square feet of office space per year has been 

delivered in the vicinity of existing and proposed transit stations since 2000 but that num 

ber is expected to grow by an order of magnitude beginning in 2008 to nearly 

square feet per year through 2010 see Exhibit 231 These are not projections 

24 million 

but actual 

projects either currently under construction in development review by local governments or 

proposed by developers 

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According to an analysis of Census data by the Center for Transit Oriented Development 

69 of housing units within ahalf mileof the nation sfixed guideway rail stations are rental 

product The tenure 

figure is just more than 60 for completed or under construction resi 

dential units in the Denver region but only 40 of the proposed projects 

ever this figure may change as those projects move closer to construction 

are rental How 

According to project developers 74 1002 of completed 

and units under construction 

are affordable without any determination of what Area Median Income thresholds were 

usedl But more than half of those affordable units are part of in Denver Housing Authority 

DHA redevelopment projects which do not represent a net gain of affordable units for the 


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region While 891079 of the region s proposed TOD residential units are reported to be 

affordable more than half of these are also in DHA redevelopment projects Only 1 132 

of completed and units under construction in senior housing developments but this figure 

rises to26324 for the proposed units 

2 Transit Influence on Development Decisions 

One should not deduce that the inclusion of a specific development project in this report sig 

nifies that it would not otherwise have been built but for its proximity 

to transit However 

access is a key consideration among the many factors that influence development decisions 

The presence of transit service with regional connectivity within a 5 to 10 minute walk cer 

tainly improves accessibility which enhances the attractiveness of a potential development 

site 

For example developers of several new projects in the I25 corridor have said that while 

the proximity of light rail service may not have been a strong factor in their original decision 

to build it is now one of their key selling points and marketing messages Shea Properties 

Colorado one of the developers near Arapahoe Station on the Southeast Corridor believes 

the ir TOD project has such a strong location that Shea is moving 

quarters there Moorel 

its metro Denver head 

As reported in the Wa Street Journa Demographic and lifestyle shifts are among the pri 

mary reasons many cities and developers are willing to bet on transit oriented development 

A growing number of households include singles and retiring baby boomers who are opting 

to live in smaller homes in urban areas Dunhaml 

According to a 2006 study conducted by the market research company GFK Rope 

of more 

than 1000 US homeowners Generation Y also called Millenniums and Echo Boomersl 

those born between 1978 and 1988 are looking for homes primarily based on location es 

pecially in areas with proximity to transit and entertainment The majority of Gen Yers also 

purchase townhomes or condos the primary TOD ownership products rather than single 

family homes Mike Bradley From Boomers to Gen YADream Home for Every Genera 

tion Denver Business Journal 126 071 

The Denver region had the sixth highest percentage of baby boomers of any US metropoli 

tan area according to the 200 Census and the Denver Regional Council of Governments 

DRCOG estimates its share is growing at almost twice the nationwide rate Boomer friend 

ly communities also share many elements of TOD such as pedestrian access to public trans 

portation parks and recreation and food stores and restaurants Creating Senior Healthy 

Communities DRCOG 2007 

Whether you are 15 or 85 TODs are going to become more and more a part of life for the 

sake of accessibility speed and time said Peter Kudla president and CEO of Metropolitan 

Homes which is developing the Vallagio residential mixed use project near Dry Creek Station 

Cyndia Zwahlen Ticket to Ride Colorado Homes and Lifestyle3071 


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Another demographic trend affecting metro Denver is immigration According 

to the US Cen 

sus Denver Arapahoe Adams Boulder and Jefferson counties respectively were the top 

five Colorado counties for foreign born migrants from 2000 2006 totaling nearly 100 000 

new immigrant residents Immigrants often have higher public transit usage rates and are 

more likely to live in rental 

housing like most TOD Fernando Quintero and Sosa Ramirez 

Immigrants Flocking to Metro Area Denver Post322 07 

These trends are reshaping the real estate development community suggesting a new trend 

among large and small developers alike a turn away from expanding new subdivisions on the 

outskirts of metropolitan area and a turn inward where small attached multi family units 

renovation and remodeling and walkable urbanity are all on the rise Even as the regional 

total of new home sales fell in the third and fourth quarter of 2006 compared to the previ 

ous year sales in central Denver and transit station areas rose Stephen Titus Down Home 

Reality Co orado Biz207 

The region shigh foreclosure rate has also led a surge in apartment construction as the re 

gional vacancy rate dropped to 71 in early 2007 its lowest level in 6 years according to 

the Apartment Association of Metro Denver Forbes magazine in 2007 named Denver the 

second best renter market in the US Matt Woolsey Best Renters Markets830 071 De 

velopers have targeted the Southeast Corridor for new rental projects with 220 currently 

either under construction or in the development review process 

Research shows that the value of commercial and residential properties close to transit sta 

tions often rises 

and cities can extract fees from these developments that can be rein 

vested in the transit system or in the development or anywhere 

else It s no wonder that 

as the Journal reports TOD is being promoted as a way to counter sprawl reduce traffic 

on the roads and revitalize struggling urban neighborhoods Dunham Transit oriented de 

velopments are a good place to focus our limited economic development resources wrote 

Denver environmental and labor leaders Elise Jones and Carmen Rhodes in a Denver Post 

op ed If the public is involved and active in the process this kind of development 

a catalyst for positive community change 

can be 

23 Report Methodology 

RTD tracks real estate development projects within an approximate half mile radius of its 

existing and planned transit stations in a TOD database See Exhibit 21 for a map of 

FasTracks and existing transit corridors RTD does not currently evaluate whether project 

design orientation and access provide strong pedestrian connectivity to its transit facilities 

one of the key definitions of TOD Because these criteria require some 

degree of subjectiv 

ity RTD is still researching generally accepted principles 

for their evaluation in the future 

Until then the TOD database will include all development within the area of potential transit 

influence 

However discretion has been exercised regarding projects located on the periphery of the 

zmile radius from a given station In cases where there is an existing street network and 

built environment projects on the periphery have been included In cases where there are 

poor street connections or significant pedestrian obstacles including natural barriers like wa 


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terways or man made barriers such as cloverleaf style interchanges projects on the periph 

ery have been excluded The transit station 

influence on a particular development decision 

is clearly more tenuous in the latter case than in the former 

RTD has designated development projects using four status levels 

Completed projects have already been built 

Under construction projects are currently being built 

Proposed projects are either in some phase of the development review process with 

a local government jurisdiction or have detailed development programs already 

articulated for each type of use by the developer 

Expected projects have been announced by a developer or local jurisdiction but 

have not yet been submitted for review or do not yet have detailed development 

programs 

Some of the latter phases of built under construction and proposed 

projects are classified as expected since their final buildout depends 

market conditions 

While some proposed projects will be changed based on the review process 

conditions expected projects are even more speculative 

on future 

and market 

In an effort to represent actual 

market conditions rather than best case scenarios RTD has mapped the completed under 

construction and proposed projects but not the expected projects even if they 

tailed development programs 

have de 

Development along the FasTracks corridors is tracked beginning in November of 2004 when 

the ballot initiative was passed Similarly development along the Southeast corridor is 

tracked beginning in November of 1999 when the ballot initiatives to fund the TREX project 

were passed It is reasonable to assume that the public commitment to fund these transit 

projects removed enough uncertainty for developers to begin planning real estate projects in 

the vicinity of expected stations 

The starting point for inclusion of development in the vicinity of stations along RTD s original 

Central Corridor which began operations in October 1994 is 1996 Since it was Denver s 

first operational fixed guideway rail corridor in nearly 45 years 

the Central Corridor was 

unlikely to influence development decisions until its success became apparent RTD has ac 

counted for this uncertainty with atwo year lag between corridor opening and inclusion of 

any nearby development in the TOD database All development projects included in the TOD 

database for the Southwest Corridor were tracked since the beginning of service in 2000 

All projects included for the Central Platte Valley Spur were tracked since 2001 when RTD 

acquired 

Union Station 

Information in RTD sTOD database is gathered from a variety of sources including 

Published or broadcast news reports 

Meetings and interviews with individual real estate developers 


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Meetings and interviews with planning and development staff from local government 

jurisdictions 

Other published reports studies and plans 

All of the data is as of the end of the third quarter of 2007 RTD verifies data accuracy and 

provides periodic updates by confirming details with individual developers and local jurisdic 

tions Historical data for the Central Corridor was obtained from research provided by the 

Downtown Denver 

Partnership Grubb 

Ellis Denver Urban Renewal Authority Denver 

Housing Authority and the Denverlnfill com website 

Because of the large number of development projects captured within the regional scope of 

FasTracks and the volatile nature of real estate development due to market regulatory and 

community processes it is possible that some of the information in RTD sTOD database is 

not completely up to date at the time of publication While it is not humanly possible 

to have 

a completely accurate picture of so many projects simultaneously RTD believes its published 

reports have a reasonable enough degree of accuracy to provide a representative 

development near transit in the Denver region 

view of 

24 Report Format 

The sections that follow describe all known station area development and planning activi 

ties by transit corridor beginning with the three in operation today the Central Corridor and 

Central Platte Valley Spur in central Denver Southwest Corridor to Littleton and Southeast 

Corridor to Lone Tree and Aurora Individual sections then follow for each of the six new 

FasTracks Corridors the West Corridor to Golden East Corridor to Denver International Air 

port Gold Line Corridor to Wheat Ridge Northwest Rail Corridor to Longmont and related US 

36 BRT Corridor to Boulder North Metro Corridor to Thornton andI225 Corridor to Aurora 

Station areas without any planning or development activity are not profiled 

Unlike last year s report the database of development projects will not be printed in an ap 

pendix This information along 

with aweb based interactive mapping tool of TOD projects 

is available on DRCOG sTOD webpage at www dreog org TODand updated on a quarterly 

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30 CENTRAL CORRIDOR CENTRAL PLATTE VALLEY SPUR 

DOWNING STREET EXTENSION 

The 

original 53mile Central Exhibit 31 Central Corridor CPV Map 

Corridor and the18mile Cen 

tral Platte Valley CPV Spur 

serve the economic cultural and 

us 

corr 

entertainment heart of metro 

politan Denver see Exhibit 31 

The opening of the Central Cor 

ridor in 1994 represented the 

Denver region s return to fixed 

rail guideway after a nearly 45 

year absence The opening of t F 

the CPV Spur in 2002 marked 

the beginning 

of the Union Sta 

rc 

tion s reemergence as a regional 

transportation hub Under Fas 

Tracks Union Station will serve 

as the junction of eight RTD rail 

corridors RTD regional and local 

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and other private interstate and 

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international buses As part of the FasTracks plan the Central Corridor will also be extended 

from its terminus at 

30th Downing Station about a mile north along Downing Street to con 

nect to the proposed 40th Station where passengers will be able to transfer to com 

muter rail trains to Denver International Airport on the East Corridor Thornton on the North 

Metro Corridor and Union Station 

For the entire Central Corridor CPV Spur and Downing Street Extension a total 6164 resi 

dential units3729 hotel rooms 864 000 square feet of retail 2 million square feet of office 

space 1 5 million square feet of government space 103 000 square feet of cultural space 

and 23 million square feet of convention sports space have either been completed or are 

currently under construction Another 5036 residential units 156 hotel rooms 1 5 mil 

lion square feet of retail and 24million square feet of office space have been proposed 

Union Station 

The 195 acres surrounding Union Station owned by RTD and its partners represent the pre 

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RTD the Colorado Department of Transportation DRCOG and the City and County of Den 

ver in November 2006 announced the selection of Union Station Neighborhood 

Co as the 

master developer for the195acre site Led by Continuum Partners and East West Partners 

Union Station Neighborhood Co s proposal included 557 residential units 246 100 square 

feet of retail and 732 500 square feet of office space The proposal included an additional 

13 acres of land owned by East West Partners adjacent to the Union Station site Union 

Station Neighborhood Co would complete all transportation and street level improvements 

by 201 1 The total development value of the site upon total buildout which is expected 

by 2015 is estimated to be more than 51 

billion Negotiations between the Union Station 

partners and Union Station Neighborhood Co on a development agreement were ongoing 

at the time of publication so the ultimate development program and market delivery dates 

may change 

Including projects by other developers at sites directly adjacent to Union Station at least 

557 residential units 335 651 square feet of retail 1 4 million square 


and 150 hotel rooms have so far been proposed within about 1000 feet of the new com 

muter rail station Among the newest developments 

The Nichols Partnership announced a 5130 million project on the 1900 block of 

Chestnut Street that will include an upscale grocery and up to 420 000 square 

feet 

of residential and or commercial space including office space or an extended stay 

hotel by 2010 

Resolute Investments Wewatta Plaza on the 1800 block of Wewatta Street will 

have 180 742 square feet of office space and 19 551 square feet of ground floor 

retail when completed 

in 2009 

Sunshine Development s 5175 million 1601 Wewatta project will have 450 000 

square feet of office space 70 000 square feet of retail and 150 hotel rooms 

when completed in 2010 

East West Partners is 

refining its design and finalizing its financing for the City 

House another high rise high end residential project on the 1800 block of Chestnut 

Street 

Beyond the parcels directly adjacent to Union Station a tremendous amount of development 

activity has been occurring within a short walk across 16th Street and over the Millennium 

Bridge led by East West partners which purchased 33 acres in the Central Platte Valley 

from Trillium Corp in 1999 Since 2001 East West Partners or other developers 

to whom 

it sold land in the CPV have either built or are currently constructing1689 residential units 

103 000 square 

feet of retail 620 000 square feet of office space and 27 000 square 

feet of cultural space An additional 440 residential units 12 500 square feet of retail and 

119 000 square feet of office space have been proposed Among the newest develop 

ments 

East West Partners Glass House development at 1800 Basset Street twin 23 

story towers with 389 condominium units was completed in early 2007 


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East West Partners 530 million ONE Riverfront Park and The Park at ONE Riverfront 

developments at 17th and Little Raven streets totaling 67 high end residential 

units are currently under construction 

Balfour Senior Care s 5100 million Cosmopolitan Club at 15th and Little Raven 

streets is poised to break ground by 2008 The 7story senior housing community 

will have 264for rent apartments with an attached assisted living component and 

private medical offices 

Construction has begun on Trammell Crow Co s 5100 million three phase 1900 

16th Street project on the 16th Street Mall between Delgany Street and the CML 

Phase 1 is an 18 story335 000 square foot office building along the 16th Street 

Mall phase 2 will be a 10 story office building next to the Millennium Bridge and 

phase 3 will be eight floors of condos above the phase 1 parking garage being built 

along 15th Street Phase 1 will be complete in 2009 with phases 2 and 3 planned 

subject to market conditions See Exhibit 32 

The 515 million27 000 square foot Museum of Contemporary Art Denver 

designed by David Adjaye was recently completed at 15th and Delgany streets 

The land was donated by Continuum Partners adjacent to their Art House residential 

project See Exhibit 3 

Exhibit32 1900 16th Street Construction Site 

Trammell Crow Co s 5100 million 1900 16th 

Street office project will have three phases on the 

16th Street Mall between Delgany Street and the 

CML 


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Exhibit 3 Museum of Contemporary Art Denver 

The 515 million27 000 square foot Museum of 

ContemporaryArt Denver was recently complet 

ed at 15th and Delgany streets 

Lower Downtown LoDo1 adjacent to Union Station on the east is one of the most sought 

after real estate markets in the Denver metropolitan area 

Since RTD and its partners pur 

chased Union Station in 2001 140 residential units 135 351 square feet of retail 1 1 

million square feet of office space and 248 000 square feet of government space has 

been constructed or is currently under construction in Lobo Another 463 residential units 

14 500 square feet of retail 47 000 square feet of office space and 180 hotel rooms have 

also been proposed Among the newest developments 

The Environmental Protection Agency s EPA Region 8 Headquarters at 16th 

and Wynkoop streets was recently completed The 70 million project includes 

248 000 square feet of government space and 56 000 square 

feet retail 

Urban Villages has broken ground on Sugar3 

million project when complete in 2008 will have 38 luxury rental apartments 

50 000 square feet of office space and 8000 square 

feet of ground floor retail 

See Exhibit 34 

at 16th and Blake streets The 540 

Hines Development has broken ground on 151 5 Wynkoop next to the Environmental 

Protection Agency srecently completed Region 8 Headquarters The 590 million 

project will contain 267 833 square feet of office space and27 387 square 

feet of 

ground floor retail when completed 

in 2008 

Opus Development s580 million 1400 Wewatta project at 

14th and Wewatta 

Streets has also broken ground The development encompasses three buildings two 

of which are currently under construction a 310 000 square foot office building 

and amixed use building with 100 000 additional square feet of office space and 

22 residential condos on the top floors A third building will be constructed at the 

corner of 15th and Wewatta Streets once the first two are complete in 2008 

Sage 

Hospitality announced plans to construct a long awaited 

W Hotel and 

Residences at 16th and Market streets at the site of the current Office Depot 

The 5180 million project will have 180 hotel rooms 60 condos as well as6000 

square feet of ground floor retail 


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Exhibit 34 Sugar3 

Urban Villages has broken ground on Sugar3 ca 

ter corner from the Market Street bus station The 

540 million project will have 38 luxury rental apart 

ments 50 000 square feet of office space and 

8000 square feet of retail 

Convention Center Performing Arts Center Station 

The western edge of downtown Denver is a hot spot for high rise hotel and residential devel 

opment particularly around the Convention Center Performing Arts Center Station which is 

located at 14th and Stout Streets The original 14th Street stations were moved in conjunc 

tion with expansion of Colorado Convention Center in 2004 which added 2million square 

feet of convention and meeting space The 36 000 square foot Ellie Caulkins Opera House 

was renovated at the Denver Performing Arts Center one block away a year later 

Ground was recently broken on the highly anticipated 

Four Seasons Hotel Residences 

Den 

ver at 14th and Arapahoe streets This 5300 million45 story project will have 102 luxury 

condos some of the most expensive ever sold in the Denver market and 235 hotel rooms 

Between the Four Seasons Hyatt Regency Colorado Convention Center Hotel Hotel Cur 

tis See Exhibit 351 Hilton Garden Inn Homewood Suites Embassy Suites and the Inn at 

Denver Athletic Club2688 new hotel rooms1892 of which have already been completed 

or are 

currently under construction are expected within walking distance of this station by 

about 2010 

New activity among residential developments includes the Nichols Partnership 

5175 mil 

lion Spire project which is under construction at 14th and Champa streets This41 story 

building expected to be complete in 2009 will have 503 condos Great Gulf Group is also 

moving forward with its 5165 million Murano project at 1401 Lawrence a51 stoy building 

with 145 condos 


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Exhibit 35 Hotel Curtis 

The Hotel Curtis project which opened in 2007 

was a 

566 million renovation of the old Executive 

Tower Hotel including 338 stylishly retro hotel 

rooms 125 units of student housing and The Cor 

ner 

Office arestaurant bar 

Downtown Denver Stations 

16th 

Ca ifornia 16th Stout 18th California 18th Stout Stations 

After several years of Lobo getting all the attention an interesting mix of new projects are 

emerging in central Downtown Denver including some new hotels and office buildings 

Among the newest developments 

The newest five star downtown luxury hotel the Ritz Carlton Denver is under 

construction at 1881 Curtis St The former Embassy Suites Hotel will be converted 

into 202 luxury hotel rooms and 23 luxury condos The 575 million hotel slated for 

completion in early 2008 will also house a second Elway srestaurant location 

Westfield Development has begun construction on its 5150 million 1800 Larimer 

project a22 story500 000 square foot office building slated will be completed 

in 2009 

Developer Evan Makovsky purchased the entire block bordered by the 16th Street 

Mall Welton California and 15th streets with the exception of the Washington 

McClintock building at 16th and California The Steel Building also known as the 

Pontius Building will be renovated with office space 

and ground floor retail The 

remainder of the block will be razed and included as part 

million development 

of an estimated 5350 


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20th We ton 25th We ton 27th We ton 29th 

33rd Do wning and 35th Do wning Stationsl 

We ton 30th 

Downing 

The historic Five Points and Curtis Park neighborhoods have seen dramatic levels of invest 

ment and redevelopment since light rail service was first established along the Welton Street 

corridor in 1994 209 residential units 102 600 square feet of retail and 40 000 square 

feet of cultural space have either been built or are currently under construction and another 

594 residential units and 11000 square feet of retail have been proposed Nearly 20 

440 of the new and more than 50 303 of the proposed residential units are considered 

affordable either through the redevelopment of existing Denver Housing Authority DHA 

facilities or new infill projects by community development groups 

For example DHA in 2007 completed the first phase of its Park Avenue mixed income re 

development near Court Place consisting of 124 81 affordable apartments When com 

plete in 2010 the project will encompass an estimated 653 residential units of which 290 

144 are planned to be affordable New activity among market rate projects includes Erik 

Osborn s5140 million One Lincoln Park project currently under construction at 20th and 

Welton streets The32 story tower will have 186 luxury condos and is expected to be com 

plete in 2008 See Exhibit 36 

Exhibit 36 One Lincoln Park 

Construction is moving ahead on the 5140 million 

One Lincoln Park project 

The32 story tower puts 

186 condos right at the 20th Welton Station 


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Pepsi Center Elitch Gardens nvesco Fie d Auraria West Colfax at Auraria sta 

tions 

The Auraria Higher Education Center Campus home to the University of Colorado Denver 

Metropolitan State College and Community College of Denver Pepsi Center home of the 

Denver Nuggets basketball and Colorado Avalanche hockey teams and Invesco Field home 

of the Denver Broncos football team are all served by the Central Platte Valley Spur which 

began operations 

in 2002 

The Auraria Higher Education Center campus 

is attended by about 38 000 students and 

is experiencing record enrollment growth 

The campus 

is currently updating its master 

plan While it is restricted from developing any residential uses the campus 

is considering 

pursuing public private partnerships for several commercial projects One concept is 535 

million 200 225 room hotel and conference center affiliated with Metro State shospitality 

department near the Auraria Colfax Station Urban Ventures the developer of the 685 bed 

Campus Village student housing project just outside the campus boundary near the Auraria 

West Station see Exhibit 37 is planning a second phase for that project 

associated with 

that station srelocation for construction of the West Corridor as well as a retail main street 

project on the campus for 5th Street The City and County of Denver is currently conducting 

a station area plan for Auraria West 

Exhibit 36 Campus Village 

Urban Ventures 685 bed Carn 

pus Village student housing proj 

ect which opened last fall will be 

adjacent to the Auraria West Sta 

tion when it is relocated as part of 

the West Corridor project 


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Kroenke Sports Enterprises owner of the Pepsi Center and its pro sports franchises is part 

nering with NS West onatwo phased 30 office project adjacent to Invesco Field Station 

at 5th and Wazee streets expected by 2009 The first will be a 5story150 000 square 

foot office building the second a5story 175 000 square foot building both connected to 

the station via a pedestrian plaza 

10th Osage Station 

RTD in 2007 sold two parcels comprising about 3 acres to the City and County of Denver 

located between the 10th Osage Station and the South Lincoln Park Homes The City is 

conducting a station area planning process in coordination with DHA on how the site could 

be used to prevent resident displacement if the South Lincoln Park Homes were to be rede 

veloped 

as amixed income project 

Alameda Station 

Alameda Station LLC is under contract with RTD on the former bus barn site west of Alame 

da Station fronting Santa Fe Drive Their proposal includes a retail and affordable housing 

component along with a pedestrian bridge across the CML to connect with the station The 

City and County of Denver is developing a station area infrastructure master plan and the 

owners of Broadway Marketplace and the Denver Design District are 

developing a General 

Development Plan to guide the future redevelopment of the entire district between Alameda 

Avenue Broadway Exposition Avenue and the CML including the Alameda Station park 

nRide 

25 Broadway Station 

Metropolitan Gardens is the proposed TOD project on the50 acre western half of the former 

Gates Rubber plant owned by Cherokee Denver Total buildout of the site expected to cost 

about S 1 

billion and be complete between 2015 and 2020 will include 2400 residential 

units 300 of which will be affordablel and more than 1 

space and retail Demolition began in August 2007 

million square feet each of office 

The first phase of development will occur on the 24 acres west of the CML where Illinois 

based Joseph 

Freed and Associates an experienced TOD builder in the suburban Chicago 

market along the Metra commuter rail is planning to build about 1500 residential units 

800 000 square feet of retail 

including a Sundance Cinema owned by Robert Redford 

300 000 square feet of office space and a hotel See Exhibit 38 Construction should 

begin in late 2008 once essential infrastructure elements are in place and demolition is com 

pleted RTD is coordinating with Freed and Cherokee on a new pedestrian bridge they will 

build to connect the west side of Metro Gardens to the station RTD is also in exclusive ne 

gotiations with Cherokee for joint development on its 18 acre bus transfer facility and park 

nRide site which could include about 145 000 square feet of retail and 500 000 square 



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Exhibit 36 Site Plan for Metropolitan Gardens 

The west side of Metropolitan Gardens will be the first 

phaseofverticaldevelopmentattheGates Rubbersite 

Image courtesy of Joseph Freed and Associates 

Elsewhere on the Cherokee Gates redevelopment site Trammell Crow Residential will be a 

vertical developer on the block bound by Arizona Avenue Broadway Mississippi Avenue and 

the tracks with Alexan Gates a proposed 350 unit apartment complex 50 of which will be 

affordable with 16 000 square 

feet of retail 

Houston based Lionstone along with local partner McKinnon 

Associates is the master 

developer for the 28 acre Gates East redevelopment site which is expected to total 5540 

million and have about1500 residential units 100 000 square feet of retail and 500 000 

square feet of office space to be completed by 2025 Lionstone has renovated the existing 

300 000 square foot former Gates Company headquarters as part of the office component 

McStain Neighborhoods is building 43 infill residential units on the southern tip of the site for 

its Manor Homes at Platt Park project McStain plans to build between 140 and 200 condos 

in a second phase 


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40 SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR 

Opened in 2000 this87mile exten 

sion from the original Central Corridor 

Exhibit41 Southwest Corridor Map 

brought light rail service into south 

Denver Englewood and Littleton The 

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Certidor 

Denver 

FasTracks program will extend the line 

25miles toC470 Lucent Boulevard 

bringing service to Douglas County s 

Highlands Ranch community in 2016 

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Situated along side active freight ser 

Sheridon 

vice the Southwest Corridor has seen 

limited real estate development over 

the past 7 years other than at CityCen 

ter 

Englewood and some infill projects 

around the downtown Littleton Sta 

tion CityCenter Englewood 

the Den 

ver region s first contemporary TOD 

was developed as by apublic private 

partnership in which the City of Engle 

wood redeveloped a failed shopping 

mall as apedestrian oriented mixed 

use center and moved its city facilities 

to the new station 

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A total of 479 residential units 687 804 square feet of retail 160 000 square feet of office 

space 100 000 square feet of government space and 34 000 square feet of cultural space 

have either been completed or are currently 

tial units have been proposed 

under construction An additional 515 residen 

Evans Station 

The City and County of Denver plans to begin its station area planning process 

in 2008 

Bates Stationparmed 

RTD staff are in discussions with the City of Englewood and private property 

ceptual plans for an infill station whose cost would be split among the three parties 

owners on con 

CityCenterEng ewood Station 

The City of Sheridan rezoned the Cinderella City Twin Drive InTheatre for the development 

of Embrey Partners 25 million Park at Sheridan proposal This317 apartment project is 

expected to begin construction in early 2008 with completion in 2009 


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Oxford Station 

Miller Weingarten is developing the 300 acre South Santa Fe Drive Corridor Redevelopment 

Area located in Sheridan along the west side of South Santa Fe Drive from West Hampden 

Avenue on the north to Oxford Avenue on the south to 

just beyond the South Platte River 

on the west Though the southeast corner of this large format auto oriented retail project 

will be located about ahalf milefrom the Oxford Station there is limited pedestrian access 

across Santa Fe Drive 

Litt eton Downtown Station 

Infill redevelopment projects are starting to proliferate 

around the Littleton Downtown Sta 

tion Littleton Capital Partners Littleton Station project was completed earlier this year The 

35 unit condominium and townhome development also includes 10 000 square 

feet of re 

modeled office space see Exhibit42 M2H Group is close to breaking ground 

on Littleton 

Crossing a34 unit condominium project at 5500 Prince Street The project is expected to 

break ground in April 2008 

Exhibit 42 Littleton Station 

Littleton Capital Partners 35 unit 

condominium and 

townhome Little 

ton Station project was completed 

earlier this year 


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Other developers are evaluating potential infill redevelopment sites near the station such as 

the former Arapahoe County Sherriff Building for the proposed 115 unit Littleton Gateway 

condo project and the proposed 60 unit Littleton Loft project on the 5800 block of S Rapp 

Street 

Litt eton Mineral Station 

The City of Littleton approved a rezoning amendment in 2007 to allow McStain Neighbor 

hoods to 

begin construction of the 199 townhome and condo River sEdge at Aspen Grove 

project on 17 acres behind the Aspen Grove Lifestyle Center between Platte River Parkway 

and the Platte River greenbelt 

C470 Lucent Boulevard Station planned 

Though this station is in Douglas County the City of Englewood through the Englewood 

Water District owns 165 acres of undeveloped land around the plannedC470 Lucent Bou 

levard Station Following its successful model at CityCenter Englewood in 2007 created 

a non profit entity the Englewood McLellan Reservoir Foundation and appointed city of 

ficials as its directors to oversee development of this property 


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50 SOUTHEAST CORRIDOR 

Opened in 2006 the 19 mile 

Southeast Corridor extended light 

rail service alongI25 into south 

east Denver Greenwood Village 

Centennial Arapahoe County 

Lone Tree and Douglas County 

with a spur along 

I225 into Auro 

ra The FasTracks program will ex 

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Corridor 

Exhibit51 Southeast Corridor Map 

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aurora 

tend the Southeast Corridor by 23 

miles south along I25 with 3 new 

stations in RidgeGate a 3500 

acre mixed use master planned 

community being developed by 

Coventry Development Corpora 

tion in Lone Tree see Exhibit 51 

for a map of the corridor 

Sneddan 

e outheast Corridor is one of 

LHNefon 

the hottest markets for TOD in 

metro Denver This is not surpris 

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Greenwood Village Inverness Meridian and the city of Centennial 

According to DRCOG 

more than 180 000 people work in these two employment centers and another 30 000 or 

so work at intermediate points along the corridor including businesses along Colorado Bou 

levard Evans Avenue and University Boulevard 

Another key factor in real estate investment along this corridor is that the rail alignment is 

adjacent toI25 the highest volume highway in metro Denver In addition some of the 

communities the Southeast Corridor provides service to are among of the highest value real 

estate in the region These factors have all made Southeast Corridor stations very attractive 

to private investment but are not necessarily indicative of the level of development invest 

ment one should expect to see on future FasTracks corridors 

Some4396 residential units 492 533 square feet of retail 1 3 million square feet of office 

space and 40 000 square feet of medical space have either been completed or are currently 

under construction An additional2587 residential units 580 hotel rooms 262 500 square 

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Louisiana Pear Station 

Trammell Crow Co s S9 million Louisiana Station Lofts was completed 

in 2007 after being 

destroyed by a fire the previous year just weeks prior to completion The 29 unit residential 

condominium directly across Buchtel Boulevard from Louisiana Pearl Station also has3000 

square feet of ground floor retail Isee Exhibit521 Trammell Crow Co is examining 

sibility of another infill project 

to the southeast 

The Denver City Council in October adopted a new station area plan 

the fea 

to address issues as 

parking impacts and infill redevelopment in the adjacent Platt Park and West Washington 

Park neighborhoods 

Exhibit 52 Louisiana Station Lofts 

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The29 unit Louisiana Station Lofts 

project was rebuilt after a fire de 

stroyed the building 

just weeks 

prior to completion It includes 

3000 square feet of retail 

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University Station 

Mile High Development initiated a parcel consolidation and rezoning for University Station 

that was approved by the Denver City Council in July The RTD Board of Directors in Sep 

tember granted Mile High Development exclusive rights to negotiate a joint development 

proposal on the station property for one year 

Other recent development activity at this station includes the Romani Group s15 million 

University Lofts project which was completed in August 2007 at the southeast corner of 

University Boulevard and Evans Avenue This 35 unit apartment building includes 800 

square feet of retail Isee Exhibit531 

Campus Living Villages has broken ground on Vistaloft at University Boulevard and Jewell 

Avenue The 86 unit student housing project will include 317 beds and is expected to be 

completed 

in 2008 


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Exhibit 53 University Lofts 

The University Lofts project has 35 

rental units and 8000 square feet of 

retail on the corner of University Bou 

levard and Evans Avenue 

Co oradoBou evard Station 

The City and County of Denver is in the process of developing an infrastructure master 

plan for Colorado Boulevard Station to guide future development of new roads utilities and 

other infrastructure needed to support redevelopment in the station area 

In the context 

of that process Lincoln Property Group has submitted a general development plan for the 

75 acre station area that primarily addresses the 13 acres it owns the Colorado Center de 

velopment across Asbury Avenue from the station The City will be a co applicant for the 

wedge shaped parcel south of Colorado Center Drive and north of Evans Avenue About 5 

acres of the Colorado Center site is currently used for surface parking that is available for 

development by Lincoln Property The Denver City Council in August approved rezoning the 

site for mixed use 

Vale Station 

Byers Street Properties has broken ground on its Townhomes at Yale Station project on Yale 

Circle about 500 feet from the station Completion of these 24 townhomes is expected in 

2008 

Southmoor Station 

The City and County of Denver is in the process of developing an infrastructure master plan 

to guide future development of new roads utilities and other infrastructure needed to sup 

port redevelopment 

in the station area 

Dayton Station 

Trammell Crow Co sold the remaining southernmost 5 acres of the 100 acre Hampden 

Town Center located closest to Dayton Station toNova Investments which previously 

developed the 260 unit Town Center Terrace condo project one of several components of 

Hampden Town Center 

Nine Mi e Station 

The City of Aurora is in the process of developing a station area plan 


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Be view Station 

In January 2008 vertical construction is expected to begin in earnest at Belleview Station 

Phase 1 

of the project will include 250 luxury apartments in two 45 story buildings to be 

built by the Hanover Co 120 000 square feet of speculative office space to be built by 

Trammell Crow Co and 120 000 square 

feet of retail and a hotel to be built by Continuum 

Partners Front Range Land and Development Co a partnership between the landowner the 

Bansbach family and master developer Continuum Partners is planning 

a total of2 mil 

lion square feet of office space 250 000 square feet of retail 1 hotel and 2000 residential 

units on the entire 50 acre site for a total value of 51 5 billion The first phase of the project 

will be built on the northeast corner of Niagara Street and Belleview Avenue 

Fairfield Residential has broken ground on three rental projects near the station The 570 

million DTC III apartment complex will have 397 rental units on the east side of Monaco 

Street near Tufts Avenue DTC IV East and DTC IV West are both under construction north 

of Union Avenue on both sides on Monaco Street The 551 million DTC IV West will have 

270 apartments while the 551 million DTC IV East will have 240 All three Fairfield Resi 

dential projects are expected to be complete in 2008 

RE MAX in 2007 completed their new corporate headquarters at Belleview Avenue and Syra 

cuse Street in early 2007 The 550 million250 000 square foot office building 


also includes 

Orchard Station 

Construction continues on The Landmark Everest Development Company s5160 million 

mixed use development located north of the Orchard Station see Exhibit54 This 15 acre 

project will include 251 condos and 168 000 square 

feet of retail in two residential towers 

of 1 1 and 12 stories each While this phase is expected to be completed in 2008 Ever 

est has announced a second phase called the Brownstones at Landmark consisting 

townhomes and 10 single family homes 

of 160 

Exhibit 54 The Landmark 

Construction is moving along at The 

Landmark a S 160 million mixed use 

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n Status Report 2007 

Arapahoe at Vi age Center Station 

Implementation of the Village Center at Arapahoe Framework Plan which was adopted by 

Greenwood Village in 2005 is moving forward The plan envisioned a dense buildout with a 

mix of uses in the 1 

10 acres 

surrounding the station which includes holdings by major de 

veloper landowners such as Koelbel and Company Shea Properties 

and John Madden Com 

pany as well as Greenwood Village the Colorado Department of Transportation CDOT 

and RTD Recent development activity is centered on Fiddler sGreen Circle on the west of 

I25 

The Palazzo Verdi a 5100 million office building being developed John Madden Co is 

under construction The285 000 square foot office building is expected to be complete in 

2008 see Exhibit 51 John Madden Co is also in preliminary planning stages for a second 

phase 

Exhibit 5 Pallazo Verdi 

Construction is underway of Pal 

lazo Verdi a S 100 million 285 000 

square foot office building 

ING Clarion Partners S75 million Hotel Palomar is nearing construction The 200 room hotel 

will also include 25 luxury condominiums when complete in 2009 Meanwhile Shea Proper 

ties is moving towards construction of the first phase of its Village Center Station will have 

200 000 square feet of office space including Shea s Colorado headquarters with 30 000 

square of retail when complete in 2009 And Charlie Biederman Steve Roitman and Walter 

Isenberg in 2007 announced plans 

story project will also include 15 luxury condominiums 

fora 180 room Renaissance Hotel The S60 million 15 


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Dry Creek Station 

Construction is moving along of The Vallagio a 194 million 30 acre mixed use project 

southeast of Dry Creek Road and Inverness Drive West The project by Metropolitan Homes 

will have 389 residential ownership units 20 000 square feet of retail and 24 000 square 

feet of office space It is expected to be completed in 2008 Isee Exhibit 561 

Exhibit 56 The Vallagio 

The Vallagio is a 5194 million 30 acre 

mixed use project being developed by 

Metropolitan Homes southeast of Dry 

Creek Road and Inverness Drive West 

that will will have 389 residential owner 

ship units 20 000 square feet of retail 

and 24 000 square feet of office space 

when complete in 2008 

Construction is also underway just north of Dry Creek Road from The Vallagio on Fairfield 

Residential s34 million 219 unit Ballantyne apartment complex expected to be completed 

in 2008 Embrey Development Company has broken ground on its 30 million 309 unit In 

verness Apartment Homes The project located on the southwest corner of Dry Creek Road 

and Inverness Drive East behind the Vallagio is also expected to be completed in 2008 And 

construction continues at Dry Creek Crossing a 60 million residential project on 8 acres off 

the southeast corner of Yosemite Street and Dry Creek Road west ofI25 The project by 

Mountain View Homes will have 248 condos and will be completed 

in 2008 

Linco nStation 

Westfield Development is under construction on the first phase of their Lincoln Station proj 

ect for the 5 acres adjacent to the station The 70 million phase expected to be completed 

in 2008 will include 73 residential condos9083 square feet of retail and 188 052 square 

feet of office space see Exhibit57 Phase II on the next 9 acres is expected to include 

200 apartments and an additional 300 000 square feet of office Later phases could include 

an additional 600 residential units Bradbury Properties which owns 53 acres adjacent to 

the station on the west side ofI25 has partnered with Westfield Development on the proj 

ect which is expected to have a total value of 700 million 


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Exhibit 57 Lincoln Station 

The first phase of Westfield 

Lincoln 

Station project will include 188 052 

square feet of office 9 083 square 

feet of retail and 73 condos 

RidgeGate Extension 

The three planned stations along the23mile Southeast Corridor extension scheduled for 

completion in 2016 are all expected to be integrated into RidgeGate a 3500 acre mixed 

use master planned community being built by Coventry Development Corporation 

Tree with final buildout expected by 2050 

in Lone 

The 600 acre first phase of RidgeGate the West Village is currently under construction near 

Sky Ridge Station which will serve the expanding Sky Ridge Medical Center The 5200 

million Commonwealth Heights community is about a 10 minute walk from the planned sta 

tion site Century Communities is building 334 residential units in two condo buildings with 

17 000 square feet of ground floor 

retail New Town Builders will add 123 townhomes and 

9 single family homes High Point Investments is also building a 222 unit apartment build 

ing 

In addition to Commonwealth Heights Prime West Development is nearing completion on 

the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine across Ridgegate Parkway from SkyRidge 

Medical Center The40 000 square foot medical facility also includes room for expansion at 

a later date MacKenzie House is expected begin construction on its 5250 million 300 unit 

continuing care retirement community in 2008 on 35 acres immediately south of Sky Ridge 

Medical Center The development will include independent living units assisted living units 

and an assisted living center Also to the west of Sky Ridge Lauth Development is moving 

forward on RidgeGate Point a125 000 square foot speculative office building 


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60 WEST CORRIDOR 

The mile12 station West 

Exhibit61 West Corridor Map 

Corridor will be the next ad 

dition to the RTD rail system rro coa 

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ridor to be completed Cur p 

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acre campus with 6000 jobs and 4 million square feet of office space that is planning a 

major expansion Red Rocks Community College main campus which serves nearly 12 000 

commuting students and Jefferson County Government Center a 180 acre campus with 

about2500 employees that will also expand in the near future See Exhibit 61 fora cor 

ridor map 

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Federal Decatur Station 

The City and County of Denver is in the process of developing a station area plan Morethan 

40 acres of land around the station are in public ownership between the City and the Denver 

Housing Authority DHA with many more acres currently used as surface parking by the 

Metropolitan Football Stadium District which owns Invesco Field at Mile High 

This station 

area has strong redevelopment potential due to three factors 

A10 acre City maintenance facility 

located east of Decatur Street and north of the 

alignment is slated for demolition as part of the West Corridor project 

While it currently has no identified funding for the project DHA plans to redevelop 

the 33 acre 333 unit Sun Valley public housing 

station as amixed income community and 

located 3 blocks south of the 


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Land use restrictions on Invesco Field at Mile High 

will sunset when the Stadium 

District bonds are retired in 2012 creating the opportunity for development on the 

parking lots located north of the station 

Knox and Perry Stations 

Denver adopted the West Colfax Plan in September 2006 which calls for a new urban 

neighborhood station zone to allow denser infill development to support transit near these 

stations The City plans to amend its zoning code and remap the station areas by 2008 

About ahalf milenorth of Perry 

Station is the current16 acre St Anthony Central Hospital 

campus which will be available for redevelopment when the hospital completes 

the Federal Center in 2010 The hospital and the City 

its move to 

have created a task force to address 

the redevelopment of the site The task force has recommended that the primary 

land use 

on the site will be residential and that it could support higher densities Some complemen 

tary neighborhood retail could be accommodated as first floor development in combination 

with higher density residential in a vertical mixed use configuration 

the site and toward Colfax Avenue 

neighborhood serving 

health center on the site 

toward the center of 

The hospital has also expressed a desire to retain a 

Sheridan Station 

The City 

of Lakewood in 2007 rezoned 90 

acres on its half of the station area to a newly 

created designation transit mixed use consis 

tent with the station area 

plan the City ad 

opted in 2006 See Exhibit621 Denver is in 

the process of developing a plan 

the station area building 

land use vision 

for its half of 

off of Lakewood s 

Exhibit62 Lakewood Rezoning of 


RTD plans to issue an RFP in fall 2008 for 

the planned 800 space parking 

structure at 

this station with the potential for incidental 

transit supportive uses on the site which will 

be approximately 4 acres 

Lamar Station 

The Lakewood Housing Authority purchased 

a6acre site south of the station where 

is planning amixed income housing develop 

ment Large industrial parcels to the north and 

south of Lamar Station make this area a strong 

candidate for redevelopment over time 

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Wadsworth Station 

Lakewood in 2007 rezoned 320 acres in this sta 

tion area to transit mixed use consistent with 

the station area plan the City adopted 

in 2006 

see Exhibit63 The station area is located in 

the West Colfax Avenue Corridor Reinvestment 

Area an urban renewal designation making 

it eligible for the use of tools such as tax in 

crement financing to facilitate new develop 

ment and infrastructure 

spurred redevelopment along 

near the station where 

This designation has 

Colfax Avenue 

several large format 

auto oriented retail projects were recently com 

pleted such as a Wal Mart and a Home Depot 

as well as Colfax Central a14 000 square foot 

retail center 

Exhibit 63 Lakewood Rezoning of 


RTD plans to issue an RFP in fall 2008 for the 

planned1000 space parking structure at this 

station with the potential for incidental transit 

supportive uses on the site which will be ap 

proximately 4 acres 

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Garrison Station 

Lakewood envisions this station as an area of 

stability with little redevelopment occurring in 

this established residential neighborhood 

Exhibit 64 Lakewood Rezoning of 

Oak Station 

Oak Station 

Lakewood in 2007 rezoned 300 acres in this 

station area to transit mixed use consistent 

with the station area plan the City adopted in 

2006 Isee Exhibit641 

Federal Center Station 

RTD and Catholic Health Initiatives CHIT in Sep 

tember 2007 closed on their acquisition 

of the 

southwestern 65 acres of the Denver Federal 

Center for the purposes of building the Federal 

Center Station and St Anthony West Hospital 

RTD in October 2007 issued an RFP fora 16 

bay bus transfer facility and 1000 space park 

nRide with the option for additional transit 

supportive uses on its 15 acres Construction 

is about to begin on the first phase of the 5500 

million St Anthony West Hospital on 27 acres 

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south of 2nd Place See Exhibit65 The 386 bed900 000 square foot facility is expected 

to be complete in 2010 and provide1500 jobs The remaining 23 acres of the site is for a 

second phase of hospital expansion 

Lakewood in 2007 rezoned 220 acres in this station area along the Union Boulevard corridor 

to transit mixed use consistent with the station area plan the City adopted in 2006 After 

annexing 

the entire 700 acre Federal Center in August 2007 Lakewood also adopted 

an Of 

ficial Development Plan ODP to govern development on the 65 acres for the transit center 

and hospital as well as the remaining 635 acres of future development The federal General 

Services Administration which manages the Federal Center in 2007 released a Draft Mas 

ter Site Plan and EIS to guide new development on those 635 acres that will connect the 

campus to the surrounding community over the next 20 years see Exhibit 61 Within a 

half mile of the station the plan projects the potential for1400 residential units 100 000 

square feet of retail and 800 000 square feet of new office space 

in addition to the new 

hospital and any joint development on the RTD site 

Exhibit65 Massing Study for St Anthony West Hospital 

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Exhibit6Preferred Alternative for Denver Federal Center 

rnvcr1ecieral rater 

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STUDY 

Jefferson County Government Center Station 

Nexcore Group in 2007 proposed a 306 unit apartment building on Golden Ridge 6 acres 

across a planned pedestrian bridge possibly to be built by another party over US Highway 

6 from the Jefferson County Government Center But the Golden City Council voted against 

amending the site 

zoning to permit the project and the project sprospects are unclear 


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70 EAST CORRIDOR 

The East Corridor sched Exhibit 71 East Corridor Map 

uled to open in 2015 will 

extend 24 miles from Den 

ver Union Station through 

the emerging Denver neigh 

boyhood of River North a aa 

transfer point to the North 

Metro and Central corri 

dors and along 

the northern 

edges of North Park Hill and 

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transfer point to theI225 a 

Corridorl then along Pena 

Boulevard to Denver Inter 

national Airport DIA see 

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Exhibit 71 for a corridor 

b 

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map 

Private landowners 

have proposed two addi 

tional stations that could be 

integrated with large green 

Fng ewo od 

field developments along 

the Pena Boulevard corri Carr Ir 

dor LC Fulenwider sDen 

ver International 

Business 

Center and LNR Property s 

High Point at DIA project 

RTD has held discussions 

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with these developers and there is the potential for these stations to move forward de 

pending on the commitment of additional funding from other parties At total of 6 stations 

140th 

Colorado Blvd Central Park Blvd Peoria Smith40th Airport DIA are planned 

for the corridor 

RTD plans to utilize apublic private partnership PPP to design build finance operate and 

maintain or some combination thereof the East and Gold Line corridors both of which are 

recommended to use electric multiple unit EMU commuter rail technology and their asso 

ciated maintenance facility In 2007 RTD was one of three transit agencies in the US se 

lected to participate in the Federal Transit Administration 

FTA Public Private Partnership 

Pilot Program Penta P1 Authorized by the current federal transportation bill SAFETEA LU 

Penta Pis intended to demonstrate the benefits of PPPs for the development of public transit 

in the US While widely used in Europe Australia and other parts of the world PPPs are 

a relatively new approach to transportation infrastructure projects in the US where they 

have primarily been used for highway projects to date While Penta Pwill not provide any 

additional funding for the East and Gold Line corridors which were both designated as can 

didates for federal funding in the FasTracks plant it provides regulatory relief and expedites 

the federal New Starts program funding process 


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40th Avenue 

40th Street Station 

This station is expected to be a transfer point between the East North Metro and Central 

corridors 

County 

The current land uses around the station are mostly industrial but the City and 

of Denver sRiver North Plan ladopted in 2003 envisions a major transformation of 

this area into a thriving urban neighborhood The private sector has started this change with 

a number of small adaptive reuse and infill projects slowly marching 

that are bringing new vitality to this area 

northeast from Lobo 

For example Byron Weiss is planning a second phase for his Denver Rock Drill development 

at 39th Avenue and Franklin Street The 540 million project 

will include 30 condominium 

units Tim Larson has proposed an adaptive reuse of the Brighton Ironworks Foundry 

site on 

the 3600 block of Delgany Street consisting of 24 condos Peter Barnes is planning nearly 

150 condos retail and offices in a new development near 37th Avenue and Walnut Street 

and Larry Burgess is working on plans for alive work project near 35th Avenue and Brighton 

Boulevard There is also large scale development occurring in the vicinity but beyond the 

station area with Cypress Real Estate Advisors plans to redevelop the 30 acre Denargo 

Market site with2000 residential units in buildings 

years 

as tall as 22 stories over the next 10 

Denver is in the process of developing a station area plan A significant development chal 

lenge in this area is the need for regional scale drainage facilities in addition to integrating 

development around the planned commuter rail maintenance facility in this area 

Colorado Bou evard Station 

Landon Enterprises recently broke ground at the northeast corner of Colorado Boulevard and 

40th Avenue on a 5 million19 000 square foot retail project adjacent to Delwest sPark 

Hill 

Village that is expected to be completed in the summer of 2008 The west phase of 

Park Hill Village is expected to add 152 residences On the west side of Colorado Boulevard 

the Denver Work Lofts has been proposed along 41st Avenue south of the station 

Centra Park Bou evard Station 

RTD is planning to relocate its existing Stapleton park nRide 

to a 20 acre site to the north 

east at the proposed commuter rail station A federal grant of 525 million was awarded to 

RTD in 

1997 to relocate the facility and RTD is participating with Denver and Forest City 

Stapleton in a planning process for the site 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation also announced plans to construct a new building for 

its Denver offices on 10 acres south of the new park nRide site The 175 155 square foot 

building is expected by 2010 

Peoria Smith Station 

This station will be a transfer point between the East Corridor and theI225 Corridor provid 

ing access to DIA from the Fitzsimons medical and bioresearch campus and central Aurora 

The City of Aurora will begin station area planning in 2008 


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40th Airport Station 

Aurora is finalizing its station area plan which was conducted in partnership 

the Pauls Corporation the major landowner in the station vicinity 

with RTD and 

Denver nternationa Airport 

DIA is now ranked as the fourth busiest airport in the nation moving ahead of Los Angeles 

International but still trailing Atlanta Chicago OHare and Dallas Fort Worth Annual pas 

senger traffic is nearing DIA s capacity of 50 million The need for new capacity ambitious 

new development plans around the terminal and the integration of the end of linecommuter 

rail station are being addressed in a new airport master plan currently being developed RTD 

staff is working with DIA to design the station as part of the East Corridor EIS process 

Capacity expansion plans include at least 8 new gates on Concourse C Development plans 

include The Landings at DIA a 17 acre project north of Pena Boulevard and southeast of 

the rental car lots that is expected to include a boutique hotel 60 000 square feet ofin line 

retail and 5 to 8 retail pad sites An RFP was issued in April for a S 185 million 499 room 

luxury hotel adjoining the southeast corner of the Jeppesen Terminal to be connected via a 

skybridge 

The ridership impacts of airport area development differ from typical TOD but the plans 

to increase airport capacity will result in more travelers using the rail system 

to access the 

metro area and the new development will create ridership from additional airport employees 

and new workers at the airport area developments 


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80 GOLD LINE CORRIDOR 

The Gold Line Corridor Exhibit 81 Gold Line Corridor Map 

is planned to extend 11 

miles from Denver Union 

Station 

through 

north 

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Denver before turning 

west into unincorporated 

Adams County Arvada 

and Wheat 

Ridge 

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pected to be open for adan 

service in 2015 the Gold 

Line will link historic Olde 

Town Arvada and the 68 

acre Ridge Home redevel 

V1eW 

opment site to downtown 

Denver see Exhibit 81 

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Wstt 

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significant amount of de cria 

velopment activity occur 

ring in Gold Line station scaeo 

areas during the Se IM tq 

project s 

Conldor 

planning phase A total 

of 450 residential units 

279 824 square feet of w 

retail and 19 372 square 

feet of office space have 

either been completed or are currently under construction An additional 625 residential 

units3500 square feet of retail and 36 000 square feet of office space have been pro 

posed 

RTD plans to utilize apublic private partnership PPP to 

design build finance operate and 

maintain or some combination thereof the East and Gold Line corridors bothof which are 

recommended to use electric multiple unit EMU commuter rail technology and their asso 

ciated maintenance facility In 2007 RTD was one of three transit agencies in the US se 

lected to participate in the Federal Transit Administration 

FTA Public Private Partnership 

Pilot Program Penta 

Authorized by the current federal transportation bill SAFETE 4LU1 

Penta Pis intended to demonstrate the benefits of PPPs for the development of public transit 

in the US While widely used in Europe Australia and other parts of the world PPPs are 

a relatively new approach to transportation infrastructure projects in the US where they 

have primarily been used for highway projects to date While Penta Pwill not provide any 

additional funding for the East and Gold Line corridors which were both designated as can 

didates for federal funding in the FasTracks plan it provides regulatory relief and expedites 

the federal New Starts program funding process 


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38th 

nca Station 

To the southeast of the station the first phase of Railyard Marketplace 26 000 square feet 

of retail at the corner of Park Avenue West and Globeville Road was completed in 2007 and 

a second phase of equal size is currently under construction The Colorado Coalition for the 

Homeless has also proposed Renaissance Riverfront Lofts a S 12 million 100 unit afford 

able housing development on 1 3 acres adjacent to the Railyard Marketplace 

County of Denver will begin a station area plan 

in 2008 

The City and 

Pecos and Federal Stations 

Adams County is in the process of developing station area plans for both of these stations 

that examines how these largely industrial and flood plain 

that could generate economic development and be a regional attraction 

areas could transition toward uses 

Sheridan Olde Town Arvada and Kipling Stations 

The City of Arvada in 2007 adopted station area plans for Sheridan Olde Town Arvada and 

Kipling Stations While the land uses around Sheridan are not expected to change dramati 

cally in the near future the existing pedestrian scale of Olde Town offers an opportunity for 

transit supportive growth that respects the neighborhood s 

historical context 

A current example is Landon Enterprises Grandview Plaza and Reno Place infill project at 

the corner of Grandview Avenue and Olde Wadsworth Boulevard see Exhibit82 This 8 

million project which is nearing completion will have about 20 000 square feet of retail and 

20 000 square feet of office space on a key corner in Olde Town very 

close to the commuter 

rail station The Arvada Urban Renewal Authority also issued an RFP for the Webster Center 

a planned36 000 square foot office building in Olde Town near the new library location 

Skyline Ridge a 40 unit condo project is under construction near Ridge Road and Nelson 

Street And the City has held discussions with RTD on the potential for a shared parking 

structure for the station and the retail establishments in Olde Town but it has not identified 

funding for a joint project 

Exhibit82 Grandview Plaza and Reno Place 

Landon Enterprises is nearing comple 

tion on this 8 million office retail infill 

project 

on a 

near the station 

key corner in Olde Town 


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Shea Properties and Peregrine Group Development have begun the redevelopment 

of the 68 

acre former Ridge Home site which surrounds the planned Kipling Station At the southern 

edge of the site a221 000 square foot retail center anchored by a Super Target was com 

pleted in 2006 They are also planning a 325 unit apartment complex to the west of the 

station and a 200 unit condo complex north of Ridge Road from the station There is also 

potential for joint development on the 5 acres directly surrounding the station including a 

shared parking structure 


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90 NORTHWEST RAIL US 36 BRT CORRIDOR 

After suffering through the collapse 

of its office market in the first half 

of this decade the US 36 Corridor 

Exhibit91 Northwest Rail Map 

NorlMweer 

market today has rebounded with an 

eclectic mix of large scale develop 

ments under construction or on the 

planning board most of which are 

located near planned rail and bus 

stations 

On the office side vacan 

cy rates are down lease rates are 

up and existing buildings are selling 

to investors 

But the introduction 

of residential uses which has been 

encouraged by the passage of Fas 

Tracks 

has also reinvigorated the 

corridor market offering residences 

for office workers and creating de 

mand for site scale retail 

Boulder 

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tend 41 miles from Denver Union 

Golden WheatRldgeR VJeN utiontiAonl 

Station with 7 new stations in West 

minster Broomfield Louisville Boul 

der and Longmont see Exhibit91 

wear 

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At the request of local government 

stakeholders the Northwest Rail En 

p 

vironmental Evaluation EE1 is also NdfoStuf 

clearing the impacts 

stations at 88th Avenue 

of additional 

Harlan 

Street in Westminster 116th Avenue in Broomfield and 63rd Street 

Arapahoe 

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Road in 

Boulder Though there is no funding for these additional stations in the project budget RTD 

will evaluate their impacts in the event that other parties provide the financial resources to 

construct them at a later date There is also potential to make use of the stations at Pecos 

and 38th Inca already planned 

on the Gold Line Corridor 

The US 36 Bus Rapid Transit BRT Corridor includes 18 miles of BRT service from Denver 

Union Station north along I25 and northwest along US 36 through Westminster Broomfield 

and Superior to the Table Mesa park nRide in Boulder where it becomes local bus service 

terminating at either the downtown Boulder Transit Center at 14th and Walnut Streets or 

the Boulder Transit Village at 30th and Pearl Streets see Exhibit92 The BRT will be built 

in two phases Phase 1 scheduled to be completed in 2009 will use slip ramps at park n 

Ride locations for buses to leave the general purpose lanes to access the loading platforms 

instead of leaving the highway 

Parking is planned to be located on both sides of the high 


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way 

Phase 2 improvements are 

linked to the reconstruction of the 

highway by CDOT which has no 

timetable at present and would in 

clude median loading platforms at 

each of the park nRides 

A total of 703 residential units 

16 million square feet of retail 

259 209 square 

feet of office 

space 17 373 square 

feet of cul 

tural space and 180 000 square 

feet of convention sports space 

have either been completed or are 

currently under construction This 

total does not include the670 000 

square foot Superior Marketplace 

which was completed prior to the 

passage 

of FasTracks in 2004 ad 

jacent to the McCaslin park nRide 

An additional 122 residential 

units 315 hotel rooms 109 270 

square feet of retail and 180 000 

square feet of office space have 

been proposed 

Boulder 

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South Westminster Commuter 

Rai Station 71st 

Several infill and redevelopment 

projects are underway or being 

Lowel Nor roscw 

Tunm wltlwu 

planned around the South Westminster commuter rail station Icon Investment Group has 

aggregated property between the station and Federal Boulevard an area for which the City 

of Westminster envisions major redevelopment The City will begin working on a station 

area plan 

in 2008 

Church Ranch Commuter Rail and BRT Stations 

On 15 acres just north of Westminster Promenade Urban Pacific Builders has proposed a 

200 million mixed use project called Axis Construction is expected to begin in 2008 on 

the first phase which will include 180 condos and 24 000 square feet of retail Another 

570 condos are planned for Phase II 

Other proposed projects in the station area include Myananda a proposed 

50 million infill 

development planned in Westminster Promenade that would include 68 luxury condos sa 

lons and shops and the Rocky Mountain Chopra Center 

building in the Circle Pointe office park located just 

Spa and long delayed third office 

north of the Axis site 


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Broomfield BRT Station 

In 2009 the Broomfield park nRide will be relocated to the Arista Grand Parkade a facility 

shared by RTD with the Broomfield Events Center With its evening and weekend program 

ming including minor league hockey basketball and concerts the6000 seat Event Cen 

ter is an ideal partner to share parking with commuters The 45 million Events Center is 

part of Wiens Real Estate Venturesplanned 215 acre Arista project which is expected to 

total1200 residential units and 800 000 square feet of retail at total buildout in 201 1 

Construction is underway for the first wave of Arista projects which includes the Arista 

Place mixed use main street project 70 000 square feet of retail and 150 000 square feet 

of office space a 13 unit Live Work development by Sunburst Design New Design Logic 

and the 140 room Arista Aloft hotel by developed by Stonebridge Companies Isee Exhibit 

93 

Exhibit 93 Arista Place 

Construction is un 

derway on the Arista 

Place mixed use main 

street project adjacent 

to the new Broomfield 

park nRide 

Radiating outward from Arista Place Hibernia is planning 

to build a 116 unit condo project 

and Trammell Crow Residential is planning 200 condos 246 apartments and7200 square 

feet of retail 

Fatirons 

96th Commuter Rai and BRT Stations 

Trammell Crow Residential sVantage Pointe development which includes 251 condomini 

ums and 99 townhomes on 13 acres near the Flatirons park nRide is now complete Isee 

Exhibit94 Urban Frontier and Granite Properties announced amixed use development in 

the Inverness Office Park The 12 acre project is expected to have 15 000 square 

retail 180 000 square feet of office space and 175 hotel rooms 

feet of 


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Exhibit 94 Vantage Pointe Trammell Crow Residential completed 

its 251 condo 99 townhome Van 

tage Pointe project 

near the future 

Flatirons 96th Station and existing 

park nRide 

Louisvil eCommuter Rai Station 

Three infill projects were recently completed across Front Street from the planned commuter 

rail station the City of Louisville snew 17 373 square foot public library the redevelopment 

of the old library by LJD Enterprises into 13 800 square feet of office space and Arlin Leh 

man sOne Koko Plaza infill 

project 

which includes5800 square feet of retail and 16 400 

square feet of office space Isee Exhibit951 

Exhibit95 One Koko Plaza 

This attractive retail office infill project 

by Arlin Lehman was built across Front 

Street from Louisville 

future down 

town commuter rail station 


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The City also envisions mixed usedevelopment occurring in the future in a25 acre currently 

industrial area east of the planned station location which is addressed in the Highway 42 

Corridor Plan adopted in 2003 and included in a 230 acre urban renewal district created in 

2006 

Bou der Transit Vi age Com 

muter Rai and Bus Stations 

30th 

Pear I 

The Boulder City Council in 2007 

adopted the Boulder Transit Vil 

lage Area plan for the 160 acres 

surrounding the planned com 

muter rail and bus stations 

The 

plan calls for new uses that would 

support1400 to2400 new resi 

dences and2900 to4300 new 

jobs over the next 25 years see 

Exhibit 961 The City 

is now look 

ing at potential zoning changes 

and how to fund the infrastructure 

Exhibit 96 Boulder Transit Village Area Plan 

improvements needed to support 

redevelopment 

in the area 

In 2004 RTD and the City of Boul 

der purchased 11 acres at 30th 

and Pearl streets to relocate the 

Foothills park nRide and develop 

a new regional bus facility whose 

construction will be funded by a 

578 million federal grant The 

City issued an RFP in late 2007 for 

a conceptual development plan for 

the overall site and for construc 

tion drawings for the bus facility 

after which RTD will issue an Invi 

tation for Bids for construction 

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Meanwhile construction continues on The Peloton a 5142 million mixed use project on 

10 acres of former industrial land located north of Arapahoe Road between 38th and 33rd 

Streets just less than ahalf mile south of the planned bus facility The Peloton being de 

veloped by Bancroft Capital will include 390 condos and 17 000 square feet of retail and 

office space 

Longmont Commuter Rai Station 

Longmont Station at 1st and Terry Streets near downtown Longmont is adjacent to the 

historic Golden West Flour Mill a3acre site that has not been in use since 1979 and offers 


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an opportunity for adaptive reuse and or redevelopment The City of Longmont and RTD are 

in discussions with the site owners about coordinating design of the project with the station 

Longmont staff are also developing amixed use TOD overlay zone 

as amendment to the City Code by the City 

Council this winter 

There is potential to integrate the station facilities through joint development 

which will be considered 

with Fulen 

wider but additional funding will be needed to pay for the transit facilities and access roads 

since this station was not in the FasTracks budget 


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10 NORTH METRO CORRIDOR 

The North Metro Corridor 

will extend 

from 

187 miles 

Denver Union Sta 

tion northeast through 

Denver into the Adams 

County 

cities of Com 

merce 

City Northglenn 

and Thornton Isee Exhibit 

101for map Transfer 

to the East 

and Central 

corridors will be available 

at 40th then 8 ad 

ditional stations are 

being 

evaluated as part of this 

project Swansea Elyria 

Commerce City 88th 

Avenue 104th Avenue 

112th Avenue 124th 

Avenue 

144th Avenue 

and 162nd Avenue The 

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transfer point between rte 

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and Central Corridors 

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TOD opportunities and challenges at 40th are discussed in the East Corridor section 

Swansea Eyria Station 

The North Metro EIS is evaluating station locations at 48th Avenue and 51st Avenue along 

the Union Pacific right of way 

and ano station option This is anticipated to be primarily a 

walk and bus access station The City and County of Denver is expected to begin a new 

neighborhood plan 

in 2008 

Commerce City Station 

The North Metro EIS is evaluating station locations at 68th Avenue and 72nd Avenue along 

the Union Pacific right of way Commerce City will conduct a station area plan in 2008 

focusing on the Adams County High School site that will tie in with the potential station 

location 


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88th Avenue Station 

New Town Builders has proposed Welby Station a 100 million new urbanist development 

to be located on 52 acres north of 88th Avenue and east of Welby Road in the City of 

Thornton The nearly 750 housing units would be a mix of stacked condos townhomes 

and single family homes and include community retail This project is still in the planning 

stage 


RTD is having discussions with the City of Thornton and the owners and tenants of the AI 

bertson 

shopping center at the southwest corner of 104th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard 

about the proposed station design to allow for future retail development at the site 


The City of Thornton in 2008 will begin a station area plan In 2003 Thornton adopted the 

Eastlake subarea plan which envisions the historic character of the Eastlake community pro 

viding acontext for future TOD that would revitalize the area Some large parcels in private 

and public ownership near the station offer a major opportunity for TOD 

162nd Avenue Station 

Thornton Gateway Property is planning a 135 acre mixed use development around the pro 

posed end of line station The project is in the early planning stages but could support as 

much as3580 housing units and 275 000 square feet of commercial space 


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110I225 CORRIDOR 

TheI225 Corridor will extend light 

rail 105 miles from the existing 

Nine Mile Station north along I225 

through a new planned Aurora city 

center into the Anschutz Medical 

Exhibit 11I225 Map 

Eat 

cont r 

Campus and Fitzsimons Life Sci 

ences District ending 

at the Peoria 

Smith Station a transfer point 

to the East Corridor with access 

to DIA and downtown Denver Isee 

Exhibit 11 for mapl Service is 

expected to begin in 2015 

Eat 

Grti or 

A significant amount of develop 

ment activity is occurring 

at several 

station areas even 

though theI225 

Auraro 

Corridor Environmental Evaluation 

is just getting underway 

much of 

it located at 

the Anschutz Fitzsi 

mons redevelopment site 

A total 

of 996 residential units 76 000 

square feet of retail and 32 mil 

lion square feet of medical related 

space have either been completed 

or are currently under construction 

An additional 1467 residential 

units 524 841 square feet of re 

tail 586 152 square feet of office 

space and 5 million square feet of 

son 

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medical related space 

have been 

proposed 

iff Station 

The City of Aurora will be conducting station area planning in 2008 RTD is having discus 

sions with the Medical Center of Aurora whose campus is adjacent to an alternative station 

location about the prospects for sharing parking facilities 

Aurora City Center Station 

Working with the City of Aurora Woodbury Corporation continues to refine plans for Met 

ro Center a 65 acre mixed use development located between the Aurora Mall and the 

City s municipal complex at the southeast corner of Sable Boulevard and Alameda Parkway 

The project could encompass nearly 1000 residential units 435 000 square feet of retail 

235 000 square feet of office and a 260 room hotel when completely built out but will be 

developed in phases 

RTD has an agreement with Woodbury and the City to transfer land to 

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site a bus transfer facility that would be integrated into the future station A temporary bus 

facility has been built to accommodate current transfer activity 

Abliene Sfation 

Aurora will be conducting a station area 

plan in 2008 A couple of residentially focused 

projects are currently proposed or under construction at this station area 

Embrey Develop 

ment has broken ground on its Aurora Town Center project on the southwest corner of 4th 

Avenue and Sable Boulevard The 288 unit residential apartment project is expected to be 

complete in 2008 David J Erb Company has proposed a 15 acre mixed use develop 

ment called Abilene Station at the southeast corner of Abilene Street and 4th Avenue This 

project would have 767 residential units in four story lofts and about 16 000 square 

feet of 

convenience retail 

Co fax Station 

Two stations will serve the former the 578 acre Fitzsimons Army Medical Center 

closed in 1995 Aurora will be conducting station area planning in 2007 

which was 

The Colfax Station will serve the future 5621 million VA Hospital a 1 5million square foot 

facility planned for 38 acres and The Children sHospital a 1 4million square footfacility 

on 48 acres The 5567 million 270 bed Children s Hospital part of the Anschutz Medical 

Center complex was recently completed see Exhibit 11 21 Brent sPlace apartments for 

families of cancer patients is currently under construction near the new Children sHospital 

The 575 million 16 unit complex is expected to be completed in November 2008 South of 

Colfax Icon Investment Group has proposed 5400 million 32 acre mixed use project called 

Fitzsimons Commons It will include 700 residential units two hotels with a total of 380 

rooms 100 000 square feet of retail space and 500 000 square 

feet of office space The 

project is expected to break ground in 2008 and be completed by 2014 

Exhibit 112 Children s Hospital 

The 5567 million 270 bed Children s 

Hospital part of the Anschutz Medical 

Center complex was recently com 

pleted near the proposed Colfax Fitzsi 

mons South Station 

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Montview Station 

The Pauls Corp has begun construction on Fitzsimons Commons a 57 million 15 acre 

mixed use project It is planned to have 550 apartments and 16 000 square fleet of ground 

level retail see Exhibit 11 3 The 160 acre Colorado Bioscience Park Aurora is located to 

the north of the station This 2 billion bioscience park being developed by Forest City will 

have 35 million square feet of development and an estimated 6000 jobs when completely 

built out in 2030 Construction is also underway on the13 billion first phase of University 

of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus which includes the Anschutz Centers for Advanced 

Medicine and the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute located to the south of the station 

Seven new educational facilities are expected to be completed by 2009 and the campus 

is 

expected to be fully operational by 2010 

Exhibit 112 Fitzsimons Commons 

Pauls 

Corp s 57 million 15 acre 

mixed use project is planned to have 

550 apartments and 16 000 square 

feet of ground level retail at Montview 

Station 

Peoria Smith Station 

This will be a transfer station between theI225 and East corridors 

ing station area planning in 2008 

Aurora will be conduct 

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Pur ose 

The purpose of the annual RTD Champion of Transit Awards is to recognize 

individualls and organization scompany ies that have made significant 

contributions in support of the Regional Transportation District 

Nominations 

Nominations for the 2007 RTD Champion of Transit Awards will be made by RTD 

Board Members Board Members may submit as many nominations as they wish in 

either category A nomination form is attached Nominations should be submitted 

to the RTD Board Office no later than October 26 2007 and should be limited to 

the nomination form and one additional page of narrative 

Review Committee 

The RTD Champion of Transit Awards Review Committee will be comprised 

RTD Board Executive Committee 

of the 

Selection 

All nominations received will be forwarded to the members of the Executive 

Committee The Chairman of the RTD Board will designate the time and date s of 

meetings to discuss the nominations and select award winners A single award will 

be made in each category 

Presentation 

The 2007 awards will be presented at the regularly scheduled January 

2008 RTD 

Champion of Transit meeting A reception honoring the winners and their guest 

will be held prior to the Board meeting

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Service Performance 2006 

Networked Pamily of Services 

Overview 

RTD s Mission is To meet our constituents present and future public transit needs by offering safe clean 

reliable courteous accessible and cost effective service throughout the district Service development and 

performance analysis require that we ask several questions What are the markets or demand Should service 

be provided and how much What type of service should be provided RTD s general approach 

is as follows 

Develop a family of services suited to a 

variety of markets Connect all the services together 

in anetwork or 

system to accommodate today sdispersed travel patterns Match thelevel of service with demand thus 

improving performance and sustainability 

Performance is a term often used interchangeably with effectiveness and efficiency 

The effectiveness 

productivity charts in this report present these measuresfor all RTD servicesEfectiveness measures 

attainment of the objective maximize ridership within 

the budget and is presented on the vertical axis as 

subsidy per boarding Efficiency productivity or output 

divided by input is presented on the horizontal axis as 

boardings hour The charts offer a convenient 

comparative analysis of all classes of services illustrating 

both absolute and relative performance 

RTD service standards are depicted in the charts to help 

make judgments about performance Each rectangle 

labeled by service type represents the domain for routes 

that meet or exceed minimum performance requirements 

for that service class Minimums are defined statistically 

to represent routes meeting or exceeding 10 of the 

performance for all routes in each category So this is a 

case whereits bad to be outside the box 

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Routes that perform minimally get minimum service frequency typically every 30 minutes during peak 

periods and 60 minutes off peak The charts also depict guidelines for routes where ridership significantly 

exceeds the minimum and passenger loads justify more frequent service The orange dotted vertical line at 

25 boardings per hour represents the typical minimum productivity for a route to 

justify 15 minute frequency 

and the green vertical dotted line at 40 boardings per hour for10 minute frequency 

Please note that these are true to apples comparisons of performance all fare revenues 

boardings and 

costs both operating and amortized capital are included For complete detailed information see RTD s 

Service Standards 

Definitions 

Boardings Unlinked passenger trips includes transfers as boardings 

HoursIn service vehicle hours not 

including dead head garage time or layover recovery 

Fare Revenues Cash ticket tokens allocated by route by farebox recorded boardings Monthly pass 

revenues are allocated by class of pass and the number of uses 

by route Revenue from Eco CU 

and Auraria 

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passes are allocated individually by the counts for each route 

weighted by the ratio of the class of service fare 

to the local fare 

Costs All operating maintenance and administrative costs for providing current service plus depreciation on 

all RTD assets Excludes interest and any costs attributed to future projects Costs are allocated to each route 

based on the cost model which includes the following variables miles hours and peak vehicles Individual 

accounting line items are 

assigned to the most relevant variable by 

Subsidy Costs Fare Revenues 

the model 

Standards 

RTD has established guidelines in its Service Standards that the least productive 10 of routes based on either 

subsidy per boarding or boardings per hour need to be evaluated for marketing revision or elimination or if 

both measures fall below 25 for a route The performance chartsillustrate the acceptable performance domain 

containing all routes 

meeting the 10 minimums for each class of service The calculation of the 10 and 25 

standards are made from the annualun weighted data assuming the data have a normal distribution and 

using the appropriate formulas for standard deviation and confidence intervals however the standard 

deviation is applied to the weighted average The following table gives the current year weighted averages 

and standards by class of service 

Year 2006 Service Standards 

Subsid Per Boardin Boardin s Per Hour 

Service Class Avera a 10 Max 25 Max Avera a 10 Min 25 Min 

CBD Local 292 65 487 345 194 26 

Urban Local 424 92 721 289 173 228 

Suburban Local 826 16 28 12 46 157 71 112 

Ex ress 699 14 90 11 13 306 80 18 

Re Tonal 684 18 58 12 99 216 131 172 

sk Ride 465 676 575 192 142 16 

call nRide 12 02 20 19 16 30 47 1 28 

Mall 049 290 

LRT 353 147 8 

access aRide 50 14 12 

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It is useful to compare all of the classes of service 

together This helps us to understand service equity the equitable distribution of services throughout the District One size does not fit all so there are a 

variety of 

services classes to meet a variety of market needs Performance expectations RTD Service Standards and 

resource allocation service hours are different for each service market Both the proportionate 

the relative performance of RTD s classes of service are depicted 

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Notes on Routes Outside Their Acceptable Performance Domain 

The following provides status as of October 2007 listed in route number order 

Service on the Route OLtd South Broadway was reduced to 

peak period only with the advent of the SW 

Corridor and selected trips were discontinued January 2003 This route is now connections 

providing 

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Southeast Corridor riders betweenI25 f Broadway and Civic Center Station and ridership is growing 

hour standard 

Route 3Ltd East Alameda is awell utilized route that easily meets the boardings per 

However its subsidy per boarding is higher than most other CBD Local routes because the 3Ltd is a peak 

period peak direction only service and is thus more expensive to operate 

For the SE Corridor Service Plan Route 6X Ward RdlCold SpringlDTC was truncated to operate between 

Cold Spring pnR and I25fBroadway LRT station with two way service peak hours only 

Due to customer 

complaints and Board action in May 2007 two 

morning and three afternoon trips to Ward Road were 

provided viaextensionof the existing route along with the removal of two underutilized reverse peak 

direction trips Ridership will be monitored and proposals for reduced service are likely 

For the SE Corridor Service Plan Route 17X EastIliff Seven Hills was discontinued with local service 

portions covered by new routes 

November 2006 

For the SE Corridor Service Plan Route 23X East Mexico was discontinued with local service portions 

covered by new Routes 131 and 133 November 2006 

Route 26XI25Lone Tree was discontinued with the opening of the Southeast Corridor in November 2006 

Route 30 Ltd South Federal operates in conjunction with the very productive Route 30 Without it 

overloads would occur on some Route 30 trips Ridership is increasing and performance improving and 

the route will continue to be monitored 

For the SE Corridor Service Plan Route 35 

Hampden Crosstown was rerouted to now serve three Light Rail 

stations Nine Mile Southrnoor and Englewood Ridership is increasing and will be monitored to 

determine the impact from this major change 

Route 35X East Ya1elHeather Gardens was discontinued with the opening of the Southeast Corridor in 

November 2006 

Route 38Ltd 38Ave and Route 44Ltd 44 Ave have long been in service as 

peak period supplements 

instead of local trippers to their respective local routes 

They have been showing improved ridership in 

recent years Canceling them would result in little savings as they would have to be replaced with local 

trips Ridership which was down on 38L and up 

on 44L in 2007 will continue to be monitored 

Route 46Ltd Glendale was replaced by the new Route 46 

Chem Dahlia and 79 Florida Ave with the 

opening of the Southeast Corridor in November 2006 

Ridership was down significantly in 2007 on Route 49 North Lowell andit is apotential candidate for 

cancellation The relocation of St 

Anthony Hospital will further reduce the potential 

for this route 

Changes made as a part of the additional DPS high school trippers have significantly improved the 

performance of Route 50 Bryant Commuter to the point of nearly meeting standards Ridership up 

significantly in 2007 will continue to be monitored 

Discontinuance of the Route 51Ltd South Sheridan is under consideration It is a remnant of the Route 53X 

with a total of four regular and one school trips Ridership is down in 2007 

Route 54 Montbello Industrial is another small route with ridership down due to the economy Ridership 

is up in both 2005 and 2006 and about same in 2007 and will continue to be monitored 

Route 56 South Holly has only afew peak period tips that were extended to connect with the Southeast 

Light Rail at Yale Station in November 2006 Ridership has declined in 2007 and the route has been 

proposed to be discontinued January 2008 Its primary purpose was service to the CU Medical Center 

Route 60 South Pierce is asmall feeder route to the SW Corridor and is acandidate for discontinuation 

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For the SE Corridor Service Plan Route 63X was truncated to operate between Mineral LRT station and 

Lockheed Martin peak trips only Ridership has dropped significantly and this route is a candidate for 

discontinuation depending on performance in 2007 

Route 75 Ken Caryl Mineral and Route 77 Dry Creek Crosstown were interlined September 2002 and other 

changes made to improve performance With the opening of the SE Corridor in November 2006 ridership 

has increased significantly and these routes will continue to be monitored 

Route 79 Ltd Cherry CreekDayton was discontinued with the opening of the Southeast Corridor in 

November 2006 Portions were 

replaced by new Routes 79 and 46 

Route 89X Southmoor Yosemite was discontinued and replaced by Light Rail with the opening of the 

Southeast Corridor in November 2006 

Route 125 Denver West was changed to serve the new Colorado Mills shopping center September 2002 

Ridership has increased very significantly every year since 2004 and performance is now 

meeting the 

subsidy boarding standard 

Changes made to Route 201 Newlands and Route 210 The Hill in 2002 did not resolve the low productivity 

situation Route 210 was discontinued and service reduced on Route 201 in January 2006 Route 201 

ridership is being monitored 

Productivity of R oute 206 Manhattan Eisenhower was negatively impacted by incorporating 

the remnants 

of the LEAP Ridership was up significantly in 2006 and is up in 2007 and performance is now 

meeting the 

subsidy boarding standard However evening and weekend ridership has continued to be poor and is 

proposed to be discontinued in January 2008 

Route 225 Boulder1Lafayette via Baseline performance is being monitored ridership has increased 

substantially such that it meets 

subsidy boarding but not 

boardings hour standards Ridership is down 

significantly 

in 2007 

The Route 325 was 

part of a complete restructuring of all Longmont bus and call nRide services 

implemented September 2003 Ridership and performance have improved substantially for Longmont 

routes except for Route 325 Service reductions will be considered in 2008 

Based on poor and declining ridership and a comprehensive analysis of services in 

Highlands Ranch 

Route 426 Ranch Rider was discontinued and replaced in part by the new 

November 2006 

Highlands Ranchcall nRidein 

Route 465 Yosemite Park Meadows evolved from the Route 473 with the opening of the Southeast 

Corridor in November 2006 Performance and ridership will be reviewed in 2008 

Route 470Ltd Highlands Ranch Mineral serves C470 University pnR which is a satellite for the 

Littleton Mineral Station and ridership will be impacted by the opening of the Southeast Corridor 

Performance will be reviewed in 2008 

The sky Ride Route AA Wagon Rd1DIA is performing slightly below the subsidy per boarding standard 

but no service changes are planned at this time 

Route Bee Line was discontinued and in part replaced by the new Route 46 Cherry Dahlia with the 

opening of the Southeast Corridor in November 2006 

Route CC Coal Creek is a 

poor performing route and its number of trips were reduced 69 in August 2007 

Replacement with a vanpool or revised route and trip patterns are being considered 

Six trips of the Route DD Boulder Colorado Blvd were discontinued August 2005 These resourceswere 

used to create the new Route DM BoulderJCU Health Sciences Fitzsimons to accommodate the emerging 

commuter market at Fitzsimons Campus and ridership is up significantly in 2007 with the opening of the 

new Childrens and University Hospitals Ridership response will continue to be monitored 

Route SDenver East Boulder is areverse 

peak service operated with deadhead trips that would otherwise 

be nonproductive service In January 2006 several routes in the US 36 Corridor were consolidated with a 

restructuring of Route B to improve services and customer understanding Ridership has increased and 

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performance is now meeting the subsidy boarding standard and is close to 

meeting the hoardings hour 

standard 

Route U Pine Tunction Conifer DTC was truncated and trips reduced to become afeeder route to the 

Southeast Corridor in November 2006 Two additional trips are proposed to be discontinued January 2008 

Arvadacall nRide began May 2005 and has not yet met performance standards Ridership is down 18 in 

2006 and is about the same in 2007 This service has been targeted for intense marketing 

candidate for discontinuance 

in 2007 and is a 

Lone Treecall nRide began operation January 2004 Service was extended to the Lincoln Station with the 

opening of the Southeast Corridor November 2006 Adjustments to thecall nRidetook place in January 

2007 Ridership is up substantially in 2007 and performance will be monitored 

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Ridership Thorntoncall nRide now meets the minimum 10 hoardings per hour standard but not the 

desired 3 per hour ridership will continue to be monitored 


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RTC Service Standards Analysis2006 

Route 

Standards 

Class 

Farebox 

Revenue 

Operating 

Costs 

Total 


In Service 

Hours 

Net Subsidy 

Subsidy per 

Boarding 


per Hour 

00 CBD Local 1898 625 7853 246 2505 194 68 627 5954 621 238 365 

OL CBD Local 150 386 1800 231 171 325 4968 1649 845 963 345 

01 CBD Local 553 673 3 386 924 618 191 28 786 2833 251 458 215 

02 CBD Local 213 111 1584 135 250 947 12 771 1371 024 546 196 

3L CBD Local 131 184 1246 654 150 255 4305 115 470 742 349 

06 CBD Local 796 609 4613 107 928 996 41 066 3816 498 411 226 

07 CBD Local 579 101 2 929 468 788 017 27 803 2350 367 298 283 

08 CBD Local 212 515 1477 491 280 239 14 231 1264 976 451 197 

09 CBD Local 256 378 1710 012 323 677 12 060 1453 634 49 268 

10 CBD Local 720 842 4547 214 923 225 35 705 3826 372 414 259 

12 CBD Local 420 381 2847 335 518 610 21 301 2426 954 468 243 

15 CBD Local 2341 739 654 625 345 254 59 655 4312 886 129 561 

15L CBD Local 2030 651 6175 965 2998 184 46 161 4145 314 138 649 

16 CBD Local 1250 989 3778949 1859 751 39 111 2527 960 136 476 

16L CBD Local 449 924 249 222 629 175 13 664 1799 298 286 460 

20 CBD Local 687 214 410535 862 731 29 689 3723 321 432 291 

28 CBD Local 483 780 3597 285 622 197 27 968 3113 504 500 22 

29 CBD Local 356 487 1920 556 463 413 15 669 1564 069 38 296 

30 CBD Local 1369 079 475536 1921 277 41 222 3106 457 162 46 

30L CBD Local 29 388 298 002 36 178 1846 268 614 742 196 

31 CBD Locai 939 916 4651 055 1221 465 40 725 3711 139 304 30 

32 CBD Local 366 091 2986 962 479 599 20 814 2620 871 546 230 

38 CBD Locai 823 527 4049 337 144 821 33 252 3225 810 282 34 

38L CBD Local 11 540 202 442 14 444 926 190 902 13 22 156 

44 CBD Local 879 511 5019 465 199 229 41 296 4139 954 345 290 

44L CBD Local 24 588 299 277 30 608 1509 274 689 897 203 

46L CBD Local 52 343 634 583 66 072 1770 582 240 81 373 

48 CBD Local 391 638 2411 552 541 622 20 740 2019 914 373 261 

50 CBD Local 21 699 325 364 28 042 1884 303 665 10 83 149 

52 CBD Local 616 221 4119 948 738 063 34 799 3503 727 475 212 

79L CBD Local 71 191 798 440 92 680 2475 727 249 785 374 

83L CBD Local 693 310 3902 508 895 726 22 807 3209 199 358 393 

BEE CBD Local 89 602 1085 476 118 580 6865 995 874 840 173 

GOOD CBD Local 4816 7462 4834 91 2647 055 532 

SubtotallAvera a CBD Local 19 913 233 98 042 904 26 767 787 776 469 78 129 671 292 345 

Standard Deviation 292 118 

Min Max at 10 or better Avers e t128 Std Dev 65 194 

Min Mazat 25 or better Avers e t 67 Std Dev 54 87 26 

03 Urban Local 947 401 5174 874 1 231 517 39 949 4 227 473 343 308 

11 Urban Local 864 662 3696 744 1009 964 32 101 2832 083 280 315 

14 Urban Local 174 602 1076 134 231 561 841 901 532 389 262 

21 Urban Local 997 282 5236 510 1399 884 438 4239 229 303 364 

24 Urban Local 338 723 2153 784 379 417 19 286 1815 061 478 197 

27 Urban Locai 340 093 276 922 391 209 21 506 1936 830 495 182 

34 Urban Local 3194 34 158 4184 210 30 964 740 19 

35 Urban Local 151 100 1587 658 186 526 12 102 1436 558 70 154 

40 Urban Local 1048 026 4775 707 1506 120 40 780 3727 681 248 369 

43 Urban Local 660 213 410 569 981 601 317 3750 356 382 313 

45 Urban Local 61 811 743 126 77 039 2703 681 315 84 285 

49 Urban Local 795 110 119 8960 1240 102 324 11 42 72 

51 Urban Local 664 429 3440 588 834 535 33 455 2776 159 33 249 

51L Urban Local 7861 220 973 9477 580 213 113 22 49 164 

54 Urban Local 12 445 309 220 19 885 1509 296 775 14 92 132 

56 Urban Local 7255 127 937 8514 546 120 682 14 17 156 

65 Urban Local 352 187 205 294 479 704 17 191 1853 107 386 279 

73 Urban Local 301 560 1752 302 438 217 16 739 1450 742 31 262 

76 Urban Local 832 556 4668 576 120 870 39 450 3836 019 342 284 

105 Urban Local 764 994 4255 541 1022 122 31 539 3490 547 342 324 

125 Urban Local 38 581 629 713 53 424 5168 591 132 11 06 103 

153 Urban Local 689 486 3063 058 918 110 27 820 2373 572 259 330 

201 Urban Locai 19 184 231 267 19 060 1843 212 083 11 13 103 

203 Urban Locai 164 934 771 353 195 224 5689 606 418 311 343 

204 Urban Local 287 790 1843 999 338 640 15 094 1556 209 460 224 

205 Urban Local 344 789 1993 321 354 005 17 951 1648 532 466 197 

206 Urban Local 155 170 196 088 165 505 10 947 1040 918 629 151 

208 Urban Local 159 021 799 653 156 517 6753 640 633 409 232 

209 Urban Local 75 388 740 571 133 958 5619 665 183 497 238 

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RTD Service StandardsAnaivsis 2006 

Route 

Standards 

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in service 

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per Hour 

225 Urban Local 63 806 718 172 76 357 6232 654 365 857 123 

BOND Urban Local 290 750 1501 542 350 939 12 561 1210 792 345 279 

DASH Urban Local 522 046 2863 450 635 730 19 341 2341 404 368 329 

JUMP Urban Local 444 899 2485 203 489 055 234 2040 304 417 210 

SKIP Urban Local 1252 100 3882 838 1505 726 32 242 2630 738 175 467 

STMP Urban Local 90 812 697 683 186 142 597 606 871 326 33 

46 Urban Local 11 429 282 467 13 681 2178 271 038 19 81 63 

79 Urban Local 4690 212 843 5702 166 208 153 36 51 49 

AVA Urban Locai 3515 92 839 3659 388 89 323 24 41 94 

Subtotal Avera a Urban Local 136 946 71 674 649 16 919 698 585 574 58 537 703 424 289 

Standard Deviation 44 90 

MinlMax at 10 or better Avera e t128 Std Dev 92 173 

MinlMax at 25 or better Avera e f 67 Std Dev 721 228 

17 Suburban Local 150 292 1722 526 223 273 16 248 1 572 234 704 137 

59 Suburban Local 74 036 134 268 92 244 7168 1060 232 11 49 129 

60 Suburban Local 6939 225 588 10 375 128 218 649 21 07 92 

66 Suburban Local 357 796 3206 942 456 121 21 090 2849 146 625 216 

67 Suburban Local 70 306 1202 521 88 040 8986 132 215 12 66 98 

72 Suburban Local 168 295 1632 485 215 200 14 076 1464 190 680 153 

75 Suburban Local 20 432 724 597 27 530 3 498 704 165 25 58 79 

77 Suburban Local 25 529 670 167 33 259 3 230 644 638 19 38 103 





104 Suburban Locat 44 723 781 820 56 417 5882 737 096 13 07 96 

112 Suburban Local 38 974 747 451 52 891 5974 708 477 13 40 89 


121 Suburban Local 695 015 4000 136 908 068 27 020 305 121 364 336 


169 Suburban Local 186 961 1339 612 234 980 9355 152 651 491 251 

169E Suburban Local 96 669 744 836 102 857 3546 648 147 630 290 

228 Suburban Local 79 159 988 669 90 183 6187 909 510 10 09 110 

323 Suburban Local 48 939 607 255 52 190 5021 558 316 10 70 104 


325 Suburban Local 18 997 326 789 16 922 3259 307 792 18 19 52 

326 Suburban Local 30 450 331 988 31 736 3085 301 537 950 103 

327 Suburban Local 20 421 399 036 24 436 301 378 615 15 49 74 

401 Suburban Local 79 407 1320 351 104 009 10 882 1240 944 11 93 96 

402E Suburban Local 83 192 1378 318 110 724 12 840 1295 126 11 70 86 


426 Suburban Local 15 538 462 504 20 907 3227 446 966 21 38 65 

465 5ubufian Local 5872 170 205 8376 1415 164 333 19 62 59 

470E Suburban Local 12 668 472 707 16 474 1375 460 039 27 93 120 


130 Suburban Local 20 161 228 290 24 051 1300 208 109 865 185 

131 Suburban Locai 2580 62 642 3171 267 60 062 18 94 119 

133 Suburban Local 11 646 133 947 14 172 765 122 298 863 185 

135 Suburban Local 6495 140 135 7476 801 133 640 17 88 93 

139 Suburban Local 10 921 129 380 12 327 802 118 459 961 154 

301 Suburban Local 3294 21 143 342 134 17 849 534 250 

302 Suburban Local 17 028 22 728 14 980 195 5700 038 767 

303 Suburban Locai 2768 5370 2741 70 2603 095 392 

410 Suburban Local 7200 266 559 8412 1264 259 359 30 83 67 

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727 Suburban Local 3839 10 030 4980 609 6191 124 82 

SubtotallAver a Suburban Locai 3420 197 35 400 013 4285 018 273 627 531 979 817 E8 26 157 

Standard Deviation 

56 27 67 

Min Max at 101orbetter Avera e t 128 Std Dev 16 28 71 

Min Max at 25 or better Avera e t 67 Std Dev 12 46 112 

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call nRide 8994 219 826 9492 3953 210 832 22 21 24 

call nRide 11 633 204 761 12 474 3901 193 128 15 48 32 

call nRide 218 287 304 17 273 5679 269 086 15 58 30 

call nRide 21 780 257 985 13 639 3836 236 205 17 32 36 

call nRide 48 678 285 571 22 952 4348 236 892 10 32 53 

call nRide 34 670 611 290 32 020 7957 576 620 18 01 40 

call nRide 84 732 448 230 98 777 7834 363 498 368 126 

call nRide 11 610 293 577 9576 4712 281 966 29 45 20 

call nRide 39 524 370 473 24 469 689 330 950 13 53 37 

call nRide 35 997 275 580 18 686 4325 239 582 12 82 43 

call nRide 23 012 253 568 13 981 3855 230 557 16 49 36 

call nRide 8966 281 503 13 063 417 272 537 20 86 30 

call nRide 3193 27 564 6839 414 24 371 356 165 

call nRide 1012 27 560 943 414 26 548 28 15 2 3 

call nRide 744 30 265 390 489 29 520 75 69 08 

call nRide 186 37 073 2540 635 35 887 14 13 40 

call nRide 1683 45 060 3037 816 43 377 14 28 3 7 

call nRide 4035 36 179 5185 599 32 143 620 8 7 

call nRide 583 30 211 380 482 29 628 77 97 08 

call nRide 706 32 236 1212 456 31 530 26 02 27 

call nRide 347 814 E3 789 667 286 402 61 506 3441 854 12 02 47 


MinlMax at 10 orbetter Avera e t128 Std Dev 20 16 20 19 

MIn Maz at ZS or better Avera e t 67 Std Dev 16 41 16 30 

2X Ex ress 99 667 653 953 44 814 1608 554 286 12 37 27 87 

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Ex ress 46 545 

380 433 

443 745 

47 883 

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11X Ex ress 39 162 329 913 21 057 918 290 751 13 81 229 

17X Ex ress 28 205 467 291 15 497 1014 439 087 28 33 153 

23X Ex ress 32 036 371 028 17 293 1018 338 992 19 60 170 

24X Ex ress 126 835 977 700 68 969 3002 850 865 12 34 230 

25X Ex ress 92 384 856 238 56 786 4302 763 854 13 45 132 

26X Ex ress 99 260 1431 919 54 406 9357 1332 660 24 49 58 

31X Ex ress 41 293 224 898 21 768 120 183 605 843 194 

35X Ex ress 35 387 379 899 17 720 944 344 512 19 44 18 

39X Ex ress 64 905 570 871 35 948 1476 505 966 14 07 24 

40X Ex ress 120 818 477 121 53 854 1695 356 303 62 318 

47X Ex ress 125 774 519 849 52 636 2177 394 076 749 242 

48X Ex ress 77 838 547 643 34 425 1315 469 805 13 65 262 

SSX Ex ress 55 677 296 915 26 921 1261 241 238 896 214 

63X Ex ress 37 944 542 571 26 253 2971 504 627 19 22 8 

68X Ex ress 41 991 241 813 21 295 967 199 821 938 220 

72X Ex ress 174 789 783 474 82 051 2822 608 685 742 291 

76X Ex ress 80 145 294 211 39 145 1467 214 067 547 267 

78X Ex ress 90 986 588 002 51 236 1984 497 017 970 258 

80X Ex ress 45 121 313 813 25 773 182 268 692 10 43 218 

82X Ex ress 118 113 453 963 62 850 1464 335 850 534 429 

85X Ex ress 196 798 1 055 447 109 385 3859 858 649 785 283 

86X Fx ress 350 814 912 427 162 861 1921 561 613 345 848 

87X Ex ress 39 123 139148 18 488 706 100 025 541 262 

89X Ex ress 54 836 770 558 31 555 1854 715 723 22 68 170 

90X Ex ress 602 301 228 373 331 843 648 1626 071 490 49 

91X Ex ress 112 927 511 127 60 079 2021 398 200 63 297 

93X Ex ress 47 077 359 343 22 465 1252 312 267 13 90 179 

100X Ex ress 94 617 581 306 42 024 1890 486 689 11 58 22 

108X Ex ress 57 089 321 468 32 792 1332 264 379 806 246 

116X Ex ress 136 069 949 611 60 840 2972 813 542 13 37 205 

119X Ex ress 51 500 248 637 22 869 851 197 137 862 269 

120X Ex ress 1204 749 2951 266 640 876 11 873 1746 516 273 540 

122X Ex ress 710 576 1405 674 315 759 3489 695 098 20 905 

145X Ex ress 39 578 284 680 17 018 1734 245 102 14 40 98 

Subtotal Avera a Ex ress 5480 245 24 866 330 2772 979 90 548 19 386 085 699 306 


MinlMax at 10 or better Avera e f128 Std Dev 14 90 80 

Min Max at 25 or better Avera e t 67 Std Dev 11 13 18 

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Route 

Standards 

Class 

Farebox 

Revenue 

Operating 

Costs 

Total 


In Service 

Hours 

NetSubsidy 

Subsidy per 



per Hour 

B Re Tonal 3569 078 7816 932 1 485 106 45 189 4247 854 286 329 

BOLT Re Tonal 881 683 3205 799 360 606 22 542 2324 116 645 160 

CC Re Tonal 24 892 578 899 12 913 2421 554 007 42 90 53 

CV Re Tonal 427 460 1630 974 155 362 6053 1203 514 75 257 

DD Re Tonal 234 989 1296 499 92 952 7234 1061 510 11 42 128 

DM Re Tonal 52338 639 541 19 784 2488 587 203 29 68 80 

EV Re Tonal 315 200 1518 408 115 824 5631 1203 208 10 39 206 

F Re Tonal 12 436 87 034 5258 344 74 599 14 19 153 

GS Re ionai 216 024 959 482 93 627 5184 743 458 792 181 

HX Re Tonal 274 982 114 855 102 3719 839 873 823 275 

J Re Tonal 113 159 937 945 59 512 3795 824 786 13 86 157 

L Re Tonal 585 972 2784 265 227 471 14 116 2198 293 966 161 

N Re Tonal 233 477 894 212 834 6170 660 736 788 136 

P Re Tonal 338 431 2143 519 173 492 7251 1805 088 10 40 239 

R Re Tonal 189 490 1062 624 68 636 4098 873 134 12 72 167 

S Re Tonal 77 862 612 972 31 900 2563 535 110 16 77 124 

T Re Tonal 136 269 806 849 52 827 4542 670 580 12 69 116 

U Re Tonal 79 729 1050 444 43 466 3538 970 715 22 33 123 

W Re Tonal 140 977 995 971 62 147 3443 854 995 13 76 181 

Y Re Tonal 43 850 147 288 17 438 881 103 438 593 198 

SubtotallAvera a Re tonal 57 948 297 530 284 513 3264 457 151 202 322 336 216 36 84 216 


39 17 6 

18 58 131 

MinlMax at 10 or better Avera e t128 Std Dev 

Min Max at 25or better Avera e t 67 Std Dev 12 99 172 

AA sk Ride 389 374 1 515 210 158 470 10 274 1 125 836 710 154 

AB sk Ride 121 506 2666 222 320 420 19 046 1 544 717 482 168 

AF sk Ride 963 469 3093 367 341 692 21 286 2129 897 623 161 

AS sk Ride 1988 868 3594 188 578 564 23 292 1605 320 277 248 

AT sk ide 181 145 3488 757 474 896 23 691 2307612 486 20 

Subtotal Avera e s Ride 35 644 361 514 357 744 1874 042 97 590 38 713 382 54 65 192 


31 65 39 

Min Max at 10 or better Aver e t128 Std Dev 56 76 142 

MInIMax at 25 or betterAvera e f 67 Std Dev 575 16 

BroncoRide S cial Services 612 280 1331 707 251 175 19 124 719 427 286 131 

RockiesRide S ecial Services 71 469 505 786 23 460 9132 434 317 18 51 26 

SeniorRide S ecial Services 60 534 632 758 29 044 11 325 572 224 19 70 26 

SubtotallAvera e S ecial Services 744 283 2470 303 679 39 581 31 725 968 55 68 7 

MALL Mall 30 893 547 18 258 407 62 761 38 893 547 50 49 2909 

LRT LRT 58 576 736 348 392 295 11 277 855 76 299 339 815 559 33 53 1478 

access aRide 

access aRide 51 378 495 330 641 065 583 588 489 600 329 262 570 550 14 12 

Van ooi Van ool 803 004 51 733 727 281 598 70 104 5678 461 32 41 40 

SHOP 

Shopper 

5 ecial 30 3210 913 52 416 3715 5210 913 54 02 141 

S stem S stem 67 517 157 3373 365 594 87 071 980 2792 911 5319 559 015 53 67 312 

Rouses 301 303 GOOD and AVA are trippers and are not included in calculation of performance stsustics 

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Standards Farebox Operating Total In service Net Subsidy per Boardings 

B rdin erHour 

Route Class Revenue Costs Boardin s Hours Subsid oa 

45 254 59 655 4 312 950 129 561 

15 CBD Local 2341 739 654 690 3 

1 250 989 3756 662 1859 751 39 2505 673 135 476 

16 

CBD Loca 

15L 

CBD Local 2030 651 6176 025 2998 184 46 161 4145 138 649 

46 6 

30 CBD Local 1369 079 450 673 1921 277 41 3081 594 160 

627 5954 698 238 

365 

00 CBD Local 1898 625 7853 322 2505 194 68 

23 527 4 049 248 

1 144 821 33 252 3225 721 282 34 

3g 

CBD Local 8 

CBD Local 449 924 248 041 629 175 13 664 1798 117 286 460 

16L 

07 CBD Local 579 101 2919 861 788 017 27 803 2340 760 297 283 

30 0 

31 CBD Local 939 916 4634 896 1221 465 40 3694 980 303 

9 338 

29 6 

29136136E CBD Locai 356 487 1920 556 463 413 15 669 1564 06 

229 41 296 4 139 740 345 290 

44 CBD Local 879 511 5019 251 199 

693 310 3901 162 895 726 22 807 3207 852 358 393 

83L 

CBD Loca 

4g 

CBD Local 391 638 2411 575 541 622 20 740 2019 937 373 261 

22 6 

06 CBD Local 796 609 4603 247 928 996 41 066 3806 638 410 

05 3818 333 414 

259 

10 CBD Local 720 842 4539 174 923 225 357 

687 214 4 410 469 862 731 29 689 3723 255 432 291 

20 

CBD Loca 

09 

CBD Local 256 378 1709 620 323 677 12 060 1453 243 49 268 

19 7 

Og CBD Local 212 515 1473 886 280 239 14 231 1261 371 450 

6 2 832 240 4 58 215 

01 CBD Local 553 673 385 913 618 191 28 78 

420 381 2 846 298 518 610 21 301 2425 917 468 243 

12 

CBD Loca 

5y 

CBD Local 616 221 4109 677 738 063 34 799 3493 456 473 212 

2g CBD Local 483 780 3597 223 622 197 27 3113 443 500 22 

85 5 46 19 6 

Op CBD Local 213 111 1583 250 947 12 771 1370 6 

652 479 599 20 814 2620 

561 546 230 M 

32 CBD Local 366 091 2986 

x 56 CBD Local 131 184 1246 666 150 255 4305 115 482 742 349 Min194 

3L 

30L CBD Local 29 388 297 747 36 178 1846 268 358 742 196 

256 785 

37 4 

79L CBD Local 71 191 798 447 92 680 2475 727 

118 580 6 865 995 885 840 173 

BEE 

CBD Local 89 602 1085 486 

52 343 634 442 66 072 1770 582 099 81 373 

48L 

CBD Loca 

44L 

CBD Local 24 588 298 801 30 608 1509 274 212 896 203 

OL CBD Local 150 386 1800 249 171 325 4968 1649 863 963 345 

03 406 10 82 

14 9 

50 CBD Local 21 699 325 105 28 042 1884 3 

2 212 14 444 926 190 672 13 20 156 

38L 

CBD Local 11 540 20 

4816 7462 4834 91 2647 055 532 

GOOD 

CBD Loca 

SubtotallAvera a CBD Local 19 913 233 97 931 078 26 

787 778 489 78 017 843 

5x 91 118 

Min Max at 25h or betterAvera ef87 Std Dev 


56 65 194 

MInIMax at 10orbetter Avera e t128 Std Dev 

54 87 268 

MinlMax at 25 orbetter Avera et 87 Std Dev 

32 242 2 630 738 1 75 467 

SKIP 

Urban Local 1252 100 3882 838 1505 726 

L 1048 026 4758 298 1506 120 40 780 3710 271 246 369 

40 

Urban oca 

153 

Urban Local 689 486 3051 468 918 110 27 820 2361 982 257 330 

11 Urban Local 864 662 3684 339 1009 964 32 101 2819 677 279 31 5 

952 303 

36 4 

21 Urban Local 997 282 5234 

1399 884 4236 

689 606 418 311 

343 

203 Urban Local 164 934 771 353 195 224 5 

90 812 697 683 186 142 597 606 871 326 33 

STMP 

Urban Loca 

73 

Urban Local 301 560 1746 625 438 217 16 739 1445 065 30 262 

51 Urban Local 664 429 3430 057 834 535 33 455 2765 628 31 249 

822 3 41 

32 4 

105 Urban Local 764 994 4252 816 1022 122 31 539 3487 

20 870 39 450 3 822 875 341 284 

7g 

Urban Local 832 556 4655 431 1 

947 401 5172 176 

1 231 517 39 949 4224 775 343 308 

03 

Urban Loca 

BOND 

Urban Local 290 750 1501 350 939 12 561 1210 792 345 27 9 

DASH Urban Local 522 046 2863 635 730 19 341 2341 404 368 329 

390 382 

31 3 

43 Urban Local 660 213 410 603 981 601 

317 3750 

479 704 17 191 

1 847 492 385 279 

85 Urban Local 352 187 2199 679 

U ban Local 174 602 1 073 216 231 561 841 898 614 388 262 

14 

208 

Urban Local 159 021 799 653 156 517 6753 640 633 409 232 

304 4 17 21 0 

JUMP Urban Local 444 899 2485 203 489 055 

234 2040 

338 640 15 094 1556 

209 460 224 

204 Urban Local 287 790 1843 999 

Urban Local 344 789 1993 321 354 005 17 951 1648 532 466 197 

205 

24 Urban Local 338 723 2148 478 379 417 19 286 1809 755 477 197 

27 Urban Local 340 093 271 827 391 209 21 506 1931 734 494 182 

665 183 4 97 23 8 

209 Urban Local 75 388 740 571 133 958 5619 

947 1040 918 629 151 

208 Urban Local 155 170 196 088 165 505 10 

210 30 951 740 19 

34 Urban Local 3194 34 145 4184 

Urban Local 151 100 1585 073 186 526 12 102 1433 973 769 154 

35 

225 Urban Local 63 806 718 172 76 357 6232 654 365 857 123 

681 322 884 

28 5 Max 59 92 

45 Urban Local 61 811 743 133 77 039 

703 

125 Urban Local 38 581 629 049 63 424 5168 590 468 11 05 103 Min 173 

201 Urban Local 19 164 231 267 19 060 1843 212 083 11 13 103 

7 2 

49 Urban Locai 795 110 017 8960 1240 102 222 11 41 

120 575 14 16 15 6 

5g Urban Local 7255 127 830 8514 546 

223 19 885 

1 509 296 778 14 92 132 

54 

Urban Local 12 445 309 

51L 

Urban Local 7861 220 955 9477 580 213 095 22 49 164 

AVA Urban Local 3515 92 839 3659 388 89 324 24 41 94 

6 3 

g Urban Local 11 429 282 470 13 681 2178 271 041 19 81 

7g Urban Locat 4690 212 845 5702 166 208 155 36 51 49 

SubtotallAvera a Urban Local 138 946 71 573 811 576 919 898 585 574 558 526 189 

54 44 290 


59 92 173 

MInIMax at 10 orbetter Avera et128 Std Dev 

57 21 228 

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Standards Farebox Operating Total In Service 

Class 

Revenue Cost 

s Boardin s Hours 

Net 

Subsid 

Subsidy pe 

Boardin 


erHour 

121 


88 

Suburban Local 33 6 

238 210 1639 307 286 534 15 149 1401 096 

189 

489 


186 961 1339 238 234 980 9355 

92 

152 277 490 

Suburban 25 

Local 1 

259 481 1990 436 318 017 17 787 1730 955 

86 

544 17 

Suburban Local 9 

357 796 3201 550 456 121 21 090 2843 754 

169E 

623 21 

Suburban 8 

Local 96 689 744 843 102 857 3546 

100 

648 154 630 

Suburban 29 

Local 0 

231 151 1988 534 271 994 17 043 

72 

1757 384 646 


168 295 1629 742 215 200 14 076 

120 

Suburban 1461 447 679 

Local 15 3 

127 680 163 966 150 682 10 457 

17 

1036 286 688 14 4 

Suburban Local 150 292 1719 744 223 273 16 248 

80 1569 452 703 13 

Suburban 7 

Local 29 335 312 933 37 565 2956 283 598 755 

326 

12 


30 450 331 988 31 736 3085 

228 


Suburban 10 3 

Local 79 159 988 669 90 183 8187 

323 

909 510 10 09 

Suburban Local 11 0 

48 939 607 255 52 190 5021 

59 

558 316 10 70 


74 036 134 201 92 244 7168 

402E 

1060 165 11 49 12 

Suburban 9 

Local 83 192 1377 133 110 724 12 840 

401 1293 941 11 69 g 

Suburban Local g 

79 407 1319 096 104 009 10 882 

324 1239 689 11 92 g 


66 458 941 746 68 660 869 

87 

875 288 12 75 7 

Suburban 7 

Local 70 306 1201 450 88 040 8986 131 144 12 85 

104 

g 8 

Suburban Local 44 723 781 159 56 417 5882 736 435 


13 05 g g 

Suburban Local 38 974 747 458 52 891 5974 

128 

708 485 

Suburban 13 40 g g 

Local 36 426 646 008 44 140 4981 

473 

609 582 13 81 


52 795 106 301 g 

70 194 7966 

327 1053 506 15 01 

Suburban 8 g 

Local 20 421 399 036 24 436 301 378 615 

03 

15 49 

Suburban 7 

Local 48 4 

029 1005 002 

325 

SuburbanLocal 

60 020 8626 956 973 

18 997 326 789 

15 94 70 p fax16 28 

16922 3259 307 792 

77 18 19 52 

Suburban Local Min71 

25 529 669 682 33 259 3230 644 153 

465 

19 37 

103 

Suburban Local 5872 170 207 8376 1415 

80 

164 335 19 62 

5 g 


28 

21 07 


15 538 462 508 2 

20 907 3227 

75 

446 970 21 38 


65 

20 432 724 212 27 530 3498 703 780 

470E 

Suburban 25 56 7g 

Local 12 668 472 712 16 474 1375 460 044 27 93 

130 Suburban Local 20 181 120 

228 292 24 051 1300 208 111 

131 8 65 


2580 62 643 3171 267 60 063 

133 

18 94 

Suburban 11 9 

Local 11 648 133 948 14 172 765 122 300 

135 

863 


6495 140 137 7476 801 133 642 17 88 

139 

Suburban local g 

10 921 129 381 3 

12 327 802 



Suburban 15 4 

Local 3294 21 143 342 134 17 849 


534 25 0 

Suburban Local 17 028 22 728 14 980 195 5700 038 


76 7 

Suburban Local 2768 5370 2741 70 2603 

10 

095 


7200 266 562 2 

8412 1264 259 361 

727 

30 83 7 

Suburban 6 

Local 3839 107 372 4980 609 103 533 20 79 

Subtotal Averse 

8 2 

Suburban Local 3420 197 35 388 938 54 285 018 273 827 

Standard 531 946 741 825 

Deviatlon 

157 


MINMaz at 627 

10 or better 87 

Avers e t128 Std Dev 

MINMaz at 516 28 

25 or better Avers e t 71 

67 Std Dev 

512 45 

Gatewa 


call nRide 84 732 448 230 98 777 7834 363 

InteHocken 

498 368 

call nRide 12 8 

48 678 285 571 22 952 4348 

Louisvill 

236 892 10 32 e 

53 

call nRide 35 997 275 580 18 686 4325 239 582 12 82 43 

Aurora call nRide 11 633 204 761 12 474 3901 

Bri hton 

193 128 15 48 

call nRide 32 

218 287 304 17 273 5679 269 

Lon 086 15 58 

moot call nRide 30 

39 524 370 473 24 469 689 330 950 13 53 

S u r or call nRide 3 7 

23 012 253 568 13 981 3855 

Broomfield 

230 557 16 49 

call nRide 36 

21 780 257 985 13 

Evergreen 

63 9 3836 236 205 

call nRide 17 32 36 

34 670 611 290 32 020 7 957 576 620 18 

Thornton 

01 40 M 

call nRide 8966 281 503 13 063 417 

Arvad 

272 537 20 86 

a 


call nRide 8994 219 826 9492 3953 210 832 22 21 

Lone Tree 

24 

call nRide 11 610 293 577 9576 

4712 

rapahoe 

281 966 29 45 

call nRide 20 

3193 27 564 6839 414 24 371 

D Creek 356 

call nRide 165 

1012 27 560 943 414 26 

Hi 548 28 

hlands Ranch 

15 

2 3 

call nRide 744 30 265 390 489 29 520 75 

Meridian 

69 0 

call nRide 8 

186 37 073 2540 635 

N Inverness 

35 887 14 13 4 

call nRide 0 

1683 45 060 3037 816 43 377 

rchard 

14 28 

call nRide 3 

4035 36 179 

7 

5185 599 32 143 620 8 

Parker 

7 

call nRide 583 30 211 

380 482 29 628 77 97 

S Inverness 

Og 

call nRide 706 32 236 

1 2 12 456 31 530 26 02 

SubtotallAvera 27 

a call nRide 347 814 3 789 667 286 402 81 508 

Standard 3441 854 12 02 

Deviatlon 

47 

58 39 28 

Min Max at 10korbetter Avers e t128 Std Dev 

MINMaz at25horbetter Avers e t 87 Std Dev 

20 19 1 

16 30 28 

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Standards 

Class 

Farebox 

Revenue 

Operating 

Costs 

Total 

Boardin s 

In Service 

Hours 

Net 

Subsid 

Subsidy per 



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122X 

Express 710 576 1405 687 315 759 3489 695 111 20 905 

120X 

Express 1204 749 2951 294 640 876 11 873 1746 545 273 540 

86X 

Express 350 814 912 436 162 861 1921 561 622 345 848 

90X 

Express 602 301 228 394 331 843 648 1626 093 490 49 

82X 

Ex ress 118 113 453 967 62 850 1464 335 854 534 429 

87X Ex ress 39 123 139 150 18 488 706 100 026 541 262 

78X Express 80 145 294 214 39 145 1467 214 069 547 267 

5X Ex ress 107 317 380 437 47 883 1492 273 119 570 32 09 

40X Express 120 818 477 126 53 854 1695 356 307 62 318 

91X Ex ress 112 927 511 132 60 079 2021 398 205 63 297 

72X Ex ress 174 789 783 481 62 051 2822 608 693 742 291 

47X Ex ress 125 774 519 854 52 636 2177 394 081 749 242 

85X Express 196 798 1055 457 109 385 3859 858 659 785 283 

108X Ex ress 57 089 321 471 32 792 1332 264 383 806 246 

31X Express 41 293 224 901 21 768 120 183 608 843 194 

119X Express 51 500 248 639 22 869 851 197 140 862 269 

56X Ex ress 55 296 918 26 921 1261 241 896 214 

68X Ex ress 41 991 241 815 21 967 199 824 938 220 

76X Express 90 986 588 008 51 236 1984 497 022 970 258 

80X Ex ress 45 121 313 816 25 773 182 268 695 10 43 218 

100X Ex ress 94 617 581 311 42 1890 486 695 11 58 22 

24X Ex ress 126 835 977 709 68 969 3002 850 874 12 34 230 

2X Ex ress 99 667 653 44 814 1608 554 292 12 37 27 87 

116X Express 136 069 949 620 60 840 2972 813 551 13 37 205 

25X Ex ress 92 384 856 247 56 786 4302 763 862 13 45 132 

48X Ex ress 77 838 547 34 425 1315 469 810 13 65 262 

11X Ex ress 39 162 329 916 21 918 290 754 13 81 229 

93X Express 47 077 359 347 22 465 1252 312 270 13 90 179 

39X Ex ress 64 905 570 877 35 948 1476 505 971 14 08 24 

145X 

Express 39 578 284 683 

245 105 98 

17 018 1734 14 40 Max 14 BX 

Ex ress 46 545 443 749 25 545 2589 397 204 15 55 9 Min80 

63X Ex ress 37 944 542 576 26 253 2971 504 632 19 22 8 

35X Ex ress 35 387 379 903 17 720 944 344 516 19 44 18 

23X Ex ress 32 036 371 17 293 1018 338 996 19 60 170 

89X Ex ress 54 836 770 31 555 1854 715 730 22 68 170 

28X Ex ress 99 260 1431 933 54 406 9357 1332 673 24 49 58 

17X 

Ex ress 28 205 467 296 15 497 1014 439 091 28 33 153 

SubtotallAvera a Ex ress 5480 245 524 866 571 2772 979 90 548 19 388 328 899 308 

Standard Deviation 56 18 17 

MinlMax at 10 orbetter Avera e t128 Std Dev 14 90 80 

MinlMax at 25 or better Avera et 87 Std Dev 11 13 18 

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Class 

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Revenue 

Operating 

Costs 

Total 

Boardin s 

In Service 

Hours 

Sort 

Net 

Subsid 

Subsidy per 



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B Re Tonal 3569 078 7816 934 1485 106 45 189 4247 856 286 329 

Y Regional 43 850 147 081 17 438 881 103 231 592 198 

BOLT Re Tonal 881 683 3205 800 360 606 22 542 2324 116 645 160 

CV Regional 427 460 1630 974 155 362 6053 1203 514 75 257 

N Re Tonal 233 477 894 213 834 6170 660 736 788 136 

GS Re Tonal 216 024 959 482 93 827 5184 743 458 792 181 

HX Regional 274 982 114 855 102 3719 839 873 823 275 

L Re Tonal 585 972 2784 265 227 471 14 116 2198 293 966 161 

EV Regional 315 200 1518 408 115 824 5631 1203 208 10 39 206 

P Re Tonal 338 431 2143 519 173 492 7251 1805 066 10 40 239 

DD Re Tonal 234 989 1296 500 92 952 7234 1061 511 11 42 128 

T Re Tonal 136 269 806 849 52 827 4542 670 580 12 69 116 

R Re Tonal 189 490 1062 624 68 636 4098 873 134 12 72 167 

W Re Tonal 140 977 995 971 62 147 3443 854 995 13 76 181 

J Re Tonal 113 159 937 945 59 512 3795 824 786 13 86 157 

F Re Tonal 12 436 87 034 5258 344 74 599 14 19 153 

S 

Regional 77 862 612 972 31 900 2563 535 110 16 77 124 

Max 18 U 

Re Tonal 79 729 1050 444 43 466 3538 970 715 22 33 12 3 Min 131 

DM Re Tonal 52 338 639 541 19 784 2488 587 203 29 68 80 

CC Re Tonal 24 892 578 899 12 913 2421 554 007 42 90 53 

Subtotal Avera a Re tonal 7948 297 30 284 310 3264 457 151 202 22 336 013 684 216 


Min Max at 10 or better Avera e t128 Std Dev 18 58 131 

MiniMax at 25k or better Avera e t 67 Std Dev 12 99 172 

AS sk Ride 1988 868 3594 186 578 564 23 292 1605 320 277 248 

AB sk Ride 121 506 2666 223 320 420 19 046 1544 717 482 168 

AT sk Ride 181 145 3488 757 474 896 23 691 2307 612 486 20 

AF 

963 469 3093 367 

sl Ride 

AA 

sk Ride 89 374 1515 210 341 21 286 623 161 

2129 897 

158 470 10 274 125 836 710 154 

SubtotallAvera a s Ride 5644 361 14 351 744 1874 042 97 590 8713 383 465 192 


MinlMax at 10 or better Avera e t128 Std Dev 676 142 

Min Max at 25k or better Avera e f 67 Std Dev 575 16 

BroncoRide S ecial Services 612 280 1331 707 251 175 19 124 719 427 286 131 

RockiesRide Special Services 71 469 505 786 23 460 9132 434 317 18 51 26 

SeniorRide Special Services 60 534 632 758 29 044 11 325 572 224 19 70 26 

SubtotallAvera e S eclat Services 744 283 2470 25 303 679 38 581 1725 968 568 7 

MALL Mall 0 893 547 16 975 825 62 781 893 547 50 52 2705 

LRT LRT 8578 736 548 392 295 11 277 855 76 299 39 815 559 353 147 8 

access aRlde access aRide 1378 495 30 641 065 583 588 489 600 E29 262 570 50 14 12 

Van ool Van of 0 447 150 343 369 70 104 447 150 130 49 

SHOP Shop r S vial EO 210 913 52 416 3715 210 913 402 141 

S stem S stem 66 714 153 371 204 677 85 851 169 2792 911 318 371 728 371 307 

Routes 301 303 GOOD and AVA aretrippers and are not included in calculation of performance srstisrics 

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PENSION PLAN REVIEW 

RTD Salaried Employees 

Pension Plan 

Board of Trustees 

Brad Ramirez FSA MAAA EA 

The Segal Company 


CONTRIBUTION RATE HISTORY 

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2006 2007 

Normal Cost Plus 

Expenses 

toai izzi 

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Amortization 29 s1 ss s3 s7 a1 43 3B 23 2 

Total 

Recommended zsr sv sir sar oi ssi ssr sor toar toor 

Contribution 

Adjusted for timing 

Normal Cost Rate is relatively stable 

Amortization Credit is decreasing 

Payments less than normal cost erode amortization balance 

SEGAL 

1

OPTIONS 

Board of Trustees and RTD Board have many options to maintain plan 

balance 

1 Increase employer 

contribution rate 

2 Switch to defined contribution plan for new participants 

3 Change current plan to match 900contribution rate 

a Lower multiplier180 for new participants 

b Add employee contribution requirement for new participants 

4 Make no changes now risk underfunding 

Decreasing benefits for current participants poses legal risks SEGAL 2 

OPTION 1 

Increase employer contribution to full actuarial recommended value 

10 01 i n 2007 

Advantages 

Achieves plan balance since contributions fit funding policy 

exactly 

Current plan continues with no changes for participants 

Disadvantages 

Additional cost to the District 

2

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Defined contribution plan for future employees Current plan 

to new participants Employer contributes69 75 

recommended 

is closed 

Advantages 

Simplicity of defined contribution plans often appealing to 

employees 

Contribution fixed as a percent of pay for RTD 

Disadvantages 

Risk shifted to employees 

SEGAL 

a 

3

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Lower benefit multiplier to 180for future participants current benefit 

multiplier is 250 

Advantages 

Easy to implement most elements of plan remain unchanged 

Benefits earned match900contribution more closely 

Disadvantages 

Different plan benefits for participants working by side may 

create equity issues 

Risk of higher contributions still required by RTD if plan experience 

is not favorable 

SEGAL 

s 

ClP71t3N 3 

Employee contribution requirement added for new participants 

30 per year 

Advantages 

Participants share in cost of the plan 

Combined with current900contribution benefits earned match 

total contributions more closely 

Disadvantages 

Administrative complexity added account tracking needed 

Significant change to plan provisions vesting requirements 

withdrawal benefits etc 

Different plan contribution requirements working by side may 

create equity issues 

Risk of higher contributions still required by RTD if plan experience 

on returns is not favorable 

SEGAL 

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OPTION 4 

Make no changes now 

Advantages 

Plan is currently over 100funded and is projected to remain over 

100 for the next 5 10 years 

Good asset returns may extend period that plan is over 100 

funded 

Disadvantages 

Poor asset returns may decrease funded level more 

quickly than 

projected 

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Clearly determinable amount of funds 

Employees 

can control investment 

Fully inheritable death benefit 

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No investment risk to employee 

Benefit defined after retirement 

Employee will not outlive benefits 

Employees may exceed DB return 

FOR DISTRICT Caps exposure set 

contribution amount 

increase cost 

CON 

no risk of 

Employees may not achieve same 

return as DB plan 

DEFINED 

Employees may outlive benefits 

CON 

Spousal reduction for death benefit 

FOR DISTRICT Open ended exposure 

District is obligated to fully fund benefit 

SEGAL 

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RTD SALARIED PLAN 

800 Rate of Return 

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NASRA survey for FY 2006 

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Chair Christopher Martinez District B 

First Vice Chair Bill Christopher District J 

Second Vice ChairONeill P Quinlan District G 

Secretary Barbara Brohl Director District D 

Treasurer Lee Kemp District I 

Noel Busck District K 

Juanita Chacon District C 

Bruce Daly District N 

Bill Elfenbein District A 

Daryl Kinton District H 

Bifl McMullen District E 

Wally Pulliam District L 

Dave Ruchman District M 

John Tayer District 0 

Barbara Yamrick District F 

AGENDA 

Technology Committee 

Neill Quinlan Chair Directors Busck Chacon Kinton 

Conference Dial in 303 299 2663 

Conference ID 15120 


12 30 pm 

3d Floor Conference Room 

Note This is a WebEx training meeting followed by an audio conference Please call 

into number above 3d Floor Conference Room will be available for drop in 

WebEx Training 12 30100 pm 

I Dial into WebEx from PC as prompted 

II 

WebEx Training by Shawn Stenmark 

III 

Adjourn from WebEx Training 

Audio Conference Call 

call into audio conference303 299 2663 enter conference ID 

15120 

Analysis of Web Ex training What worked what did not work what you 

would 

like to see for the full Board training 

II 

Needs Analysis for Equipping RTD room in Basement for WebEx 

II1 ERP Status for Inventory Parts Ordering 

IV 

Other Matters 

V 

Adjournment


Dur mission 

To meet our constituents present and future public transit needs by offering safe clean 

reliab 

courteous accessib eandcost effective service throughout theDistrict 

o 

n 

p 

Memorandum 

To 


From Clarence W M sell Manager 

Date November 30 2007 

Subject 

GENERAL MANAGER SREPORT 

I YEAR 2007 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT STATUS REPORT 45 

A FasTracks Public Information nvolvementProgram 

Al Districts 

Updated FasTracks Materials 

The revised FasTracks brochures are now available for distribution There are two types 

of brochures a 

general FasTracks program 

vision brochure and a FasTracks projects 

brochure with a full page focus on each corridor project 

Baseline Public Opinion Survey 

Results of the baseline FasTracks public opinion survey will be presented to the RTD Board 

at the December 3 Planning and Development Committee meeting David Kenney of the 

Kenney Group who administered the survey will be to share the 

present 

findings A 

briefer recap of the survey 

results will also be presented at the December 4 Study Session 

but David Kenney will only be in attendance at the PD Committee on December 3 The 

survey was conducted as a phone survey using a random sampling of constituents all 

across the RTD region The survey included general questions about RTD and FasTracks 

as well as questions about commuting habits and how people prefer to get their 

information about FasTracks The results of this first survey will provide a benchmark for 

each annual survey throughout the implementation of FasTracks 

Stakeholder Participation 

The PI Team is incorporating information about our guidelines 

for stakeholder 

participation into our various communication tools such as newsletters PowerPoint 

presentations and a new brochure which will be available soon for distribution The 

Board passed the Stakeholder Participation Policy earlier this year establishing the different 

levels of participation that RTD seeks during each phase of FasTracks The PI Team has 

been working with the corridor teams to ensure that whenever possible they are 

communicating the importance of the public getting involved early in a project 

when their 

input has the most impact It is also important that the project teams start communicating 

how public input will change from the current project phase to the next project phase

General Manager s Report 

November 30 2007 

Page 

2 of 12 

Annual FasTracks Video 

The PI Team has completed production of the 2007 FasTracks Video This year s video 

will feature accomplishments of the program thus far and the importance 

of the 

partnerships 

that RTD has 

developed and will continue to develop through the 

implementation process The concept of Public Private Partnerships will be incorporated 

into the video and how PPPs will become a part of implementing FasTracks The video 

will be available on DVDs for Board Members and FasTracks team members to share with 

elected officials and other stakeholders 

Fastracks Monitoring Committee on Tuesday 

The Fastracks video will be presented 

December 4h 

at the 

B FasTracks Project Reports 

Gold LineEIS BE Districts C J L and M Directors Chacon Christopher Pulliam and 

Ruchman 

no change to previous report 

The Project Team will hold an Agency Working Group meeting on November 29 from900 

am to 11 00am at the FasTracks Office We will begin the agency review process 

within the next month of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and are scheduled for 

a February 2008 public release of the DEIS 

City and County of Denver on their 38 Station TOD Planning 

2008 

The project team will also coordinate with the 

scheduled for January 

North MetroEIS BE Districts 6 C I and K Directors Martinez Chacon Kemp and Busck 

The project team is performing detailed analysis of the build alternatives for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and evaluating the southern section alignments 

We are 

continuing to coordinate with local 

jurisdictions and agencies during the detailed analysis 

More information can be obtained on our websitewww rtd fastracks com 

225 Corridor Districts B E F and G Directors Martinez McMullen and Yamrick 

The first Public Meeting was held on Wednesday November 7 2007 at the Summit 

Conference and Event Center in Aurora A total of 127 people attended the meeting and 

we received a total of 58 comments during the two sessions Based on feedback 

received the project team will be finalizing the Purpose and Need for the Environmental 

Evaluation EE document Ongoing outreach to the community and meetings with our 

stakeholders and partners is continuing 

The IGA between RTD and the Colorado Department of Transportation CDOT for this 

phase of the project was fully executed on November 14 2007 

C 

Ruchman 

West Corridor Districts A C L and M DirectorsEfenbein Chacon Pul iam and 

RTD is moving forward with finalizing Intergovernmental Agreements IGAs for the West 

Corridor 

Written concurrence has been received from City and County of Denver CCD 

Lakewood and Golden that their respective IGAs are acceptable 

was issued to CCD on November 9 for final review and acceptance 

A final IGA with CCD 

Minor comments 

from Lakewood and Golden are being addressed Initial discussions have been held with 

the DRCOG Board to discuss funding to cover the additional parking level at theend of line 

station and additional passing tracks Any firm commitment of additional funds for a third

General Manager sReport 


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level at theend of linestation will not be made until the April 2008 timeframe concurrent 

with the S6208 process 

Any commitment of SB 01 funding for the additional passing 

tracks is not anticipated until sometime in 2008 A meeting is yet to be scheduled with 

Jefferson County to discuss the updated 

IGA draft 

A Finding of No Significant Impact FONSI was released by FTA in regard 

to the 

Environmental Assessment The revised final EA is available on the West Corridor website 

A revised Section 404 permit application wasre issued to the US Army Corps of Engineers 

with issuance of the permit expected by March 2008 

RTDre submitted its West Corridor New Starts package 

to FTA that addresses comments 

on the initial submittal and will be used for rating The Full Funding Grant Agreement 

application is in preparation 

for submittal to FTA in December 

The design team including DEA and FRSC submitted an interim final design submittal as 

per schedule to RTD on November 21 2007 

Upcoming Meetings 

December 14730 am Elected Officials Briefing Lakewood Heritage Center 801 

South Yarrow Street Lakewood 

D Denver Union Station District C Director Chaconl andaDirectors 

The Union Station Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for November 15 was 

cancelled we are waiting for resolution of the financing discussions before a work plan 

can be prepared for the next phases of the project A USAC meeting is scheduled for 

December 5 at RTD The FEIS element has started up again but the design and 

engineering portions of the project are on hold pending the proposed financing plan RTD 

and the City continue discussions on this matter The EOC is scheduled to take action on 

this item on December 3 

E US 36 Corridor ES Effort with CDOT Districts C J K L and O Directors 

Chacon Kemp Christopher Busck Pu iam and Tayer no change to previous report 

A meeting has been set for November 30 with staff level representatives of the local 

governments to discuss upcoming FEIS steps and level of effort needed to respond to 

local 

agency comments on the DEIS 

be processed for this work to begin probably by early next year 

After these discussions a consultant task order will 

F 

LRT Maintenance Faci ity 

Final design for the enhancements to the light rail maintenance facilities is in progress 

following the Board approval of vehicle configuration and procurement 

A design kick off 

meeting for building modifications and additional parts storage took place Tuesday 

November 27 2007 

Design for additional LRT storage at Elati has resumed with the 

submission of a 65 progress set anticipated early December 2007 

G Northwest Rail Corridor Districts C J L and O Directors Chacon Kemp 

Christopher Pu ium and Tayerl



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The project team continues to work on refining station designs for a subsequent round of 

meetings with local jurisdictions These meetings are expected to occur later in December 

or early in January of 2008 depending on when modeling and ridership 

available 

numbers become 

The team will be providing a project overview to the Boulder City Council which includes 

several new members at500 on Tuesday December 1 1 in the City of Boulder Council 

Chambers 

H 

East CorridorES District B Director Martinezl 

Kick off meetings were held with FTA Denver and other 

cooperating agencies on 

November 26 and 27 to provide a study overview and to distribute copies 

document for circulation within agencies during their internal review periods 

of the DEIS 

Comments 

will be returned from these over atwo to four 

agencies week period followed by project 

team responses and then production of a final review version prior to public distribution in 

concerns in 

February 2008 RTD staff continues to work with Denver addressing drainage 

the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility vicinity and Aurora in refining Smith Peoria station 

concepts both of which will be covered in more detail in the Final EIS 

The East Corridor 

project team is also closely coordinating with theI225 corridor team since considerable 

interest in the interface between the two corridors at the Smith Peoria station is expected 

and has been expressed by both the public and affected local governments 

TREX Districts A D E F and G DirectorsEfenbein Brohl McMul en Yamrick and 

Quin anl 

The communications system including parking management public address PAI variable 

message signs VMS and train tracking is being tested The major components of the 

communications system including signal monitoring and control power monitoring and 

control CCTV radio intrusion and failure alarms etc have been in service 

for several 

months RTD is working extensively with the contractor to complete the PAlVMS system 

J County Line Station to Park Meadows Pedestrian Bridge District G Director Quin anl 

The Final Design plans for the bridge and site work were sent to Contracts to advertise an 

Invitation for Bid 

IFB on November 5 The bid process is expected to take two months 

Procurement for the Access Control Equipment will be done separately from the bridge and 

site work Approval 

was received on November 20 2007 from the Board of Directors on 

the Access Control System 

Plans for Access Control were sent to Contracts the week of 

November 26 2007 Completion of the project is expected to be in summer of 2008 

K Centrepoint Sab eBus Transfer Center District F Director Yamrickl 

The land exchange agreement has been signed by the developer and RTD It is anticipated 

that the property closing will occur on or before December 7 2007 The site plan and 

final plat for the bus 

transfer center was submitted to the City to be recorded on 

November 16 A determination of appropriate development fees is in progress 

is now working to issue the invitation for bid 

RTD staff 

L Smoky Hill Picadilly Bus Transit Faci itypark nRide District F Director Yamrickl



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The City of Centennial continues to internally route the Final Development Plan and Plat 

Mylar documents for required signatures and recording 

RTD and the Covenant 

Community Church continue to finalize the development and site improvement 

agreements including Covenants Conditions and Restrictions With final recording of all 

documents not yet completed and the onset of winter construction maybe delayed a few 

months 

M 

Reconstruction of 25 and Broadway Station Transfer Faci ity and Parking 

Districts Aand D Directors Elfenbein Broh 

Pavement marking for the main parking area was finished as scheduled The main parking 

area is now open to the public see photo 

N 16th Street Ma Transit Lanes Granite Paver Maintenance Sustainability Districts 

A and B DirectorsEfenbein and Martinez 

A technical assessment committee meeting will be held on December 18 Participants will 

include the Downtown Denver Partnership Business Improvement District the City and 

County of Denver and RTD staff This wi11 be a continuation of discussions pertaining to 

short and long term strategic planning for the Mall 

O 

Quinlan 

nstallation of Sanifary 

Sewer Outfa lLine at Lincoln Station District G Director 

The contractor has completed the work connecting the driver relief kiosk to the municipal 

sanitary sewer see photol RTD s Facilities Maintenance is 

plumbing connections with an anticipated completion 

next week 

performing the internal



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P Retaining Wa at Westminsterpark nRide Districts C and J Directors Chacon and 

Christopher 

Work has begun on the lower retaining wall and should be complete in the next three 

weeks Isee photo 

Q US36 Broomfie dEvent Center Bus TransitFaci ity DistrictJ Director Christopher 

A final 

signed Cat Ex was submitted to CDOT FHWA on November 14 Final design is 

underway with anticipated completion by late March 2008 A draft 1601 IGA and the 

Use and Occupancy Agreement between CDOT and RTD is anticipated to be reviewed 

by early December 2007 RTD staff is coordinating a Site Development 

Plan and plat 

process with the City and County of Broomfield for a submittal during the first quarter of 

2008 The start of construction is planned for the latter part of 2008 completion 

project is anticipated in late 2009 

of this 

R Centra Corridor 4CarPatform Modification Project Districts A B and C Directors 

Elfenbein Martinez and Chacon 

Krische Construction contract 37DR008 is currently performing platform extension work 

at theI25 

Broadway and Alameda light rail stations

I 



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11 LODO DISTRICT MEETING DUS PRESENTATION 

On Wednesday evening I gave an update presentation on Denver Union Station to the 

Lobo District 

regular meeting They were very interested in learning the latest on the 

new design plans for DUS on which we briefed the RTD Board over the past couple of 

weeks 

III 

SOUTHEAST BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP BREAKFAST 

attended the Southeast Business Partnership 2007 Mid Year Breakfast held on 

Tuesday 

November 27 This event was also billed as Southeast Light Rail s 1 S 

Birthday The 

keynote speaker for the event was US Senator Ken Salazar who spoke very positively 

about RTD s accomplishments and plans Also in attendance at this event were RTD Board 

members McMullen Quinlan and Yamrick 

IV 

ARVADA CALL NRIDE MARKETING EVENT 

Marketing is planning an event to promote the Arvada call nRide service on Monday 

December 17 2007 between900am and130 pm at the King Soopers located on 

58th 

Independence The Arvada call nRide vehicle 

Telephone Information Specialist will be on site to 

Refreshments will be served 

a call nRide driver and an RTD 

book trips and plan itineraries 

V 

HOLIDAY LIGHTING OF DUS 

On Friday November 23 Chairman Chris Martinez and I kicked off the Downtown 

Denver s Grand Illumination event by flipping the switch to light up Denver Union Station 

with the traditional holiday lights We shared some comments with the crowd and thanked 

our partners the Downtown Denver Partnership The Lodo District and 9News for their 

hard work and dedication to the holiday lighting of downtown Denver We also expressed 

our pride in being partners with the Denver Regional Council of Governments the Colorado 

Department of Transportation the City and County of Denver and the master developer 

Union Station Neighborhood Company to redevelop Denver Union Station and the 

surrounding area 

region 

into amulti modal transportation hub that will serve the entire Denver 

VI 

EMPLOYEE FORUM IN BOULDER 

The first in the latest series of Employee Forums was held last Monday in Boulder This 

Forum provided for another good exchange of information and ideas The series of Forums 

offers a great opportunity for all employees to learn the latest information about all things 

RTD to ask questions and give suggestions Please check the Q for the upcoming 

Employee Forums at your operating Division



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VII 

LODO DISTRICT MEETING DUS PRESENTATION 

On Wednesday evening I gave an update presentation on Denver Union Station to the 

Lobo District sregular meeting They were very interested in learning the latest on the 

new design plans for DUS which we had briefed the RTD Board about over the past 

couple 

of weeks 

VIII 

ALL HANDS MEETING 

On Thursday November 29th I 

conducted another RTD Employee All Staff meeting at 

the downtown Marriott City Center on 18th California I updated our employees on the 

many projects that are underway throughout the District and took many questions from 

our employees I also honored several employees for their outstanding performance of 

duty and contributions to the District The meeting was well attended with more than 400 

employees present 

IX 

NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SUBMITTED TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES 

There was a solicitation for outside legal services to assist in negotiating and drafting what 

will be a very detailed and comprehensive concession agreement with a public private 

partner for the East and Gold Line Corridors and any additional work included in the 

concession agreement Solicitation was made internationally Thirteen applicants 

submitted and three have been selected for interviews Interviews with the selected firms 

are 

planned to be set up before the week of December 24th subject to availability of the 

participants 

January 

We plan to bring the recommendation of a firm or team to the Board in 

X 

CONTRACT AWARDS CURRENT SOLICITATIONS IN PROCESS 

Information on contracts and solicitations is provided below 

Contracts Awarded Pending Award 

Request for Proposal No 17DK002 Mall Bus Collision Warning System was issued 

on Tuesday January 23 2007 One 111 Proposal was received by the Contracts 

Division at RTD on Wednesday March 14 2007 from Distance Alert Inc and is 

being evaluated 

Request for Proposal No 17D0033 Investment Management Services was issued 

on Tuesday September 4 2007 Nine 19 Proposals were received by the 

Contracts Division at RTD on 

Tuesday October 9 2007 and are being evaluated 

The Proposals 

are as follows PFM 

Group MBIA Asset Management LM Capital 

Group BlackRock Chandler Assets Management Columbia Management Davidson 

Fixed Income FAF Advisors and RBC Capital Award recommended to Davidson 

Fixed Income pending General Manager s approval 

Request for Quotation No 07KN005 Mid Size 4WD TruckwPlow was issued on 

Monday October 15 2007 Two 12 Quotations were received by the Contracts 

Division at RTD on Tuesday October 30 2007 from Weld County Garage



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525 194 00 and NJT Marketing 31 275 00 To be awarded to Weld County 

Garage in the amount of 525 194 00 

Request for Proposal No 17F0034 Legal Services Specializing in Eminent Domain 

for the West Corridor was issued on Tuesday October 2 2007 Eight 8 

Proposals were received by the Contracts Division at RTD on Tuesday November 

6 2007 and are being evaluated Proposals received are as follows Duncan 

Ostrander Dingess Murray Dahl Hamilton Faatz Icenogle Norton Kamlet 

Shepherd Rothberger Johnson Lyons May 

Associates Trout Raley 

Request for Proposal No 17FH004 Development Proposal for RTD Property at the 

Denver Federal Center was issued on Tuesday October 2 2007 APre Proposal 

conference was held at RTD on Tuesday October 9 2007 Four 14 Proposals 

were received by the Contracts Division at RTD on Thursday November 8 2007 

from AARDEX Lincoln Property Co Sunshine Development Inc Cherokee Denver 

LLC and are being evaluated 

Request for Proposal No 17F0037 Legal Services Specializing in 

Partnerships and Concession Agreements was issued on Monday 

Public Private 

October 15 

2007 Thirteen 113 Proposals were received by the Contracts Division at RTD on 

Thursday November 15 2007 and are being evaluated Proposerss were as 

follows Mayer BrownOMelveny Meyers Sherman Howard Debevoise 

Plimpton Kaplan Kirsch Baker Botts Simpson Thatcher Fulbright 

Jaworski Patton Boggs Sherman Howard Ballard Spahr Hawkins Deerfield 

Wood Nossaman Paul Hastings Kutak Rock Icenogle Kamlet Shepherd Nixon 

Peabody Freshfields Kaplan Kirsch Hogan Hartson 

Invitation for Bid No 27FR011 Closed Circuit TV Cameras was issued on Friday 

November 2 2007 Thirteen 13 Sealed Bids were received by the Contracts 

Division at RTD on November 20 2007 and are follows North American Video 

Inc 5125 240 00 Kenny Electric 136 605 00 Inter Pacific 5126 668 60 

Systems Integration Corp 143 900 

Visao Inc 131 680 00 Edelman Corp 

155 485 00 Alarm Tec 190 226 40 Dataled Tech 129 720 00 Metroplex 

Constrol Systems 5140 384 23 Simplex Grinnell 138 691 00 Ingersoll Rand 

5169 909 95 Sonitrol of Denver 256 000 

Hudson High Tech 145 795 10 

Bids are being evaluated 

Invitation for Bid No 27FR012 TSA Compliant Trash Receptacles was issued on 

Friday November 2 2007 Six 6 Sealed Bids were received by the Purchasing 

Department at RTD on Friday November 16 2007 at which time they were 

publicly opened and announced Sealed Bids were received from Northern 

Colorado Paper Inc 597 500 

High Country Chemical Supplies 

Inc 

597 750 00 Preeminence 598 375 00 Park n Pool Corp 5102 330 00 Highland 

Products Group LLC 5114 000 

Sam Tell and Son Inc 5162 545 00 Award 

has been recommended to Northern Colorado Paper Inc



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So icitations Current y Out For Bid Proposal Quote 

Request for Proposal No 17DM007 Elevator and Escalator Inspection Maintenance 

and Repair Services was issued on 

Thursday November 1 2007 APre Proposal 

briefing was held at RTD on 

Monday November 12 2007 A site visit was added 

as part of the Pre proposal briefing The site visit was held on Tuesday November 

13 2007 A final site visit was added as part of the Pre proposal briefing 

The 

site visit was held on 

Wednesday November 14 2007 at RTD Proposals will be 

received by the Contracts Division at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO 80202 

until300 pm on 

Wednesday November 28 2007 

Invitation for Bid No 27FH024 West Corridor Running Rail Early Procurement was 

issued on Monday November 5 2007 There will be no pre bid conference A 

request has been made to visit the RTD Rail Storage facility therefore RTD has 

scheduled a site visitation on Wednesday December 5 2007 @ 200 PM We shall 

meet at RTD 1600 Blake St Denver CO at200 From there we will proceed 

stated locationlsl 

to the 

Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department at 

RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO until200 pmThursday December 6 2007 

at which time they will be publicly opened and announced 

Invitation for Bid No 27FH025 West Corridor Concrete Ties Early Procurement was 

issued on Monday November 5 2007 There will be no pre bid conference RTD 

has specified a DBE Goal of ten percent 10 for this solicitation Sealed Bids will 

be received by the Purchasing Department at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO 

until 200 pm Tuesday December 11 2007 which has been extended from 

Friday November 30 2007 at which time they will be publicly opened and 

announced 

Invitation for Bid 

No 27DK006 Cutaway Buses 14 was issued on Wednesday 

November 7 2007 Sealed Bids will be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 

1600 Blake Street Denver CO until200 pm Tuesday December 1 1 2007 at 

which time they will be publicly opened and announced 

Request for Proposal No 17DH029 Environmental Evaluation and Basic Engineering 

for the Southwest and or Southeast Corridor Extensions was issued on Monday 

November 12 2007 RTD has specified a SBE goal of twenty three percent 23 

for the work to be performed A Pre Proposal briefing was held at RTD on 

Tuesday November 27 2007 Proposals will be received by the Contracts Division 

at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO until100 pm on 

Friday December 21 


Request for Quotation No 07EG009 IBM X3650 Servers was issued on Monday 

November 12 2007 Quotations will be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 

1600 Blake Street Denver CO until200 pm on Tuesday December 4 2007 

Request for Quotation No 07EG010 Data Domain 565 Hardware Software



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11 of 12 

Services and Maintenance and Support was issued on Monday November 12 

2007 Quotations will be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 

Street Denver CO until200 pm on Tuesday December 4 2007 

1600 Blake 

Request for Proposal No 17DM005 Snow Removal at Select RTD Light Rail 

Stations was issued on Monday November 12 2007 RTD has specified a SBE 

goal of fifteen percent 15 for the work to be performed APre Proposal briefing 

and walk thru will be held at RTD Denver Union Station 1701 Wynkoop Street 

Denver CO on Wednesday November 28 2007 at 900am Meet at the LRT 

Platform west side of station Proposals will be received by the Contracts Division 

at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO until200 pm on Thursday 


December 13 

Request for Proposal No 17DM006 Custodial Services at Select RTD Light Rail 

Stations was issued on Monday November 12 2007 RTD has specified a SBE 

goal of fifteen percent 15 for the work to be performed APre Proposal briefing 

and walk thru was held at RTD Denver Union Station on Tuesday November 27 

2007 Proposals will be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 1600 Blake 

Street Denver CO until200 pm on Thursday December 13 2007 

Request for Proposal No 17DM008 Custodial Services at Select RTD Bus Shelters 

Park nRides Parking Structures and Transfer and Light Rail Stations was issued 

on Monday November 12 2007 RTD has specified a SBE goal of fifteen percent 

15 for the work to be performed APre Proposal briefing and walk thru will be 

held at RTD Arapahoe park nRide 8800 E Caley Ave Greenwood Village CO at 

900 am on Thursday November 29 2007 Meet at the elevators on the east 

side Platform Proposals will be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 1600 

Blake Street Denver CO until200 pm on Thursday 


Invitation of Bid No 37DP009 2007 Park nRide Lighting Upgrades 

was issued 

Wednesday November 13 2007 RTD has specified a SBE goal of ten percent 

10 for the work to be performed 

A pre bid conference was held at the 

Regional Transportation District on Wednesday November 28 2007 Proposals 

will be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO 

until200 pm 

on Thursday December 13 2007 

Request for Quotation No 07LW012 Data Supplies for delivery to RTD facilities 

located at 1900 31St Street 2d Floor Denver CO 1600 Blake Street Stock 

Room Denver CO was issued on Thursday November 15 2007 Quotations will 

be received by the Contracts Division at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO until 

300 pm on Thursday December 6 2007 

Request for Proposal 

No 17D0003 Ticket Sellers for Various RTD Events 

Selected Park nRides Light Rail 

Wednesday 

November 21 2007 Proposals 

Stations and Shuttle Locations was issued on 

will be received by 

the Contracts



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Division at RTD 1600 Blake Street Denver CO until 100 pm on Monday 

January 1 2008 

Upcoming Solicitations 

Printing of RTD Passes and Ticket Books 

Fire System Inspection Testing Repair and Monitoring 

HP IT Service Tools 

Park Meadows Pedestrian Bridge Construction 

Park Meadows Pedestrian Bridge Access Control Equipment 

Bulk Automatic Transmission Fluid 

Direct Marketing Services 

Printing of Timetables

OPEN BOARD GMRS 

1130 2007 

GMR Subiect St rraKed Assinned j Received Date Due Commerrts 

Henri Potts has a complaint about the Route 11 

Mr Potts claims that it is consistently late or 

9728 early and last weekit passed him up completely McMullen Abel 1172007 11 14 2007 

David A Maisel has numerous complaints 

everything fromon time performance to the 

Dodsworth 

Mack 

upkeep of vehicles to drivers and not getting a Abel Dodsworth Reed portions 

9730 response whenfiling a complaint Board Mack Reed 1192007 11 16 2007 complete 

Douglas County Commissioners want todi cuss 

theProute being redirected downE470 and 

9753 taken off LincolnAvenue Quinlan Abel 11 14 2021 11 21 2007 

Paula Perdue snotes from the FasTracks 

Monitoring Committee Study Session on Rao Lien Lien Washington 

975511 13 07 Board Washington 11li4 200T 11 28 2007 portions complete 

reassigned to 

Risk 

Elaine Murszewski wants thephotos that were 

Management 

taken of her hands by an RTD employee at Nine Martinez 11 21 extension 

9756 Mile on 10 22 07at approximately945 am Yamrick Lien 11 14 

2007 128 

2007 granted 

Dodsworth 

Board Office sfollow upitemsfrom the Washington requested a two 

9761 Operations Committee meeting on11 Dodsworth Abel 11 15l200T 11 29 2007 week extension 

Director Elfenbein received a report from a 

passenger that the Route 10 on 11114 arrived 

early at 9th 8 Claremont and picked up a drunk 

9765 person who did not pay at 12th Grant Elfenbein Abel 11 16 26 2007 

Director Quinlan wants an update regarding the 

Maximus System and thesituation surrounding 

the interface issues involving parts orders and 

9766 other problems Quinlan Washington 11 19 2007 11 26 2007 

extension 

RTD Employee Michael Sheriff wants help He 

97681feels he was wrongly fired from RTD Martinez Dodsworth 


2007 1232007 requested 

William Gross is visibly impaired and has 

questions about the schedule of the Route 36 

9770 and a situation that happened on the 15th Kinton Abel Dodsworth 1112112007 1213 2007 

Lon Goldsteinwould like to see bus service in 

9771 the Holiday Neighborhood of North Boulder Tayer Abel 11 21 200T 1113012007 

Teri Westerman is having several scheduling 

and customer service problems with access 

9773 Ride Ruchman Abel 11 26 2007 1232007 

Roger Clinkenbeard and Cynthia Carr claimthey 

97741 are having problems with the14 East Ruchman Abel 11 26 2007 1232007 

Jenny Vance wants light rail alongC470 and a 

9775 parking structure at the Mineral light rail station Daly Rao Genova 11 27 2007 1242007 

Benjamin E Colkitt wants RTD to follow upwith 

9778 an attempted robbery on light rail Ruchman Genova 

11129 2007 1262007 

Tammy pecht has concerns about 

overcrowded 122X and parking at Wagon Road 

9779 pnR Busck Abel Genova 11 29 2007 1262007

iuov 19 2007 23PM 

Amalgamated Transit 1001 No 1238 P 16 

Amalgamated Transit Union 

LOCAL 1001 

3315 West 72d Avenue Westminster CO 80030 

303 412 1001 fax303 412 1597 

Qr nted September 1 9933 


Bill McMullen 

RTD Director District E 

9105 E Lehigh Ave 53 

Denver CO 80237 

Also by BPaoe Fax to the RTD Board Ofiice at303 299 2372 

Dear Bill 

You have expressed an interest in truly ridiculous examples of discipline given out by RTD 

and here is a 

doazy Wayne Damon has been a driver for over adecade with an excellent 

record Prior to being in an accident on an RTD bus you could probably 

on one hand for ati of those years 

taunt his absences 

He new faces charges for being absent from 10 31 through z 415 We ve only sent the three 

pertinent doctor notes We will spare you the32 page fax sent in response to Wayne s 

charges Wayne s explanation outlines ail ofthe papennrork including notes on 775 and 11 

7 saying he was unfit for duty Weenclose 

Wayne s2pageimplayee s Explanation backed up by doctor notes RTD has 

Dr Roth srelease to full duly written 

an 10 30 far10 3 

Dr Updike sreportfailing Wayne far a return to work exam on10 31 which Hates hs 

would likely be ready farwork in 12 weeks that makes the earliest return date 717 

there are two more notes 915 and 17 that say tall work far indefinite per od 

far Roth srelease written an 178 okaying Wayne to try theReturn to WorkHPE 

exam on11 12 07 

RTD sSenior tabor Relations Representative Sherie Skinner would Hat allow Wayne to 

take the HPE test because she cansiderad him as AWOL and wanted to deaf with his 

chac ges first We know that thepiled on charges atl just given to Wayne this morning mean 

that RTD is almost certainty planning to fire him All ofthe doctors releasing Wayne from 

work are RTp doctors and hey have had these notes all along This is ridiculous treatment 

for a loyal and good employee who was hurl an the job Wayne has not missed a single 

doctor or therapist appointment as he worked hard to get back to his driving job At a 

meeting this morning Ms Skinner refused to accept these notes as 

excusing him from work 

demanding a note from Wayne s 

own doctor 

Wayne signs below because there is nothing embarrassing in iris medical reports end it is 

okay to share them including the others faxed to RTD by him today in response to his 

charges with you or anyone Thank you for caring 

Sincerely 

William B ta F Wayne Daman Employee 74084

Nov 19 2007 23PM Amalgamated Transit 1001 No 1238 P 26 

Employee sExplanation 

Wayne Damon 14U84 

far Attendance Infractions and Farm 5 given to me on 11 79 Q7 

I have been charged with being absent from work without cause Pram10 31 07 through 

11 12 d7 absence occurrences and with Rule 8 Unauthorized Absence from sooty for 

1Q 31 07 through 11 15 07 I am not guilty forth se absences and was medically 

unable to work as RTD has known all along Then RTD refused to let me come back 

I did make one mistake by not turrtiing in a Workers Comp slip for11 12 07 which I am 

turning in now I am sorry for overlooking that among my big file of papers 

As you know I was 

injured late on 

September 24 2007 in a vehicle acxident where the 

other driver was at fault Rachel Anne Cam ody has charges pending in Case No O7 

T13962 in Division C in Jefferson County Court The charges against me came from 

being ini ially released on Qctober 30 by Dr Rath far full duty efFectivve October 37 

Although all of my injuries fot which I am still being treated are the din ctresult of the 

accident I was inexplicably told by Sherie Skinner to see my awn doctor After seeing 

paperwork farthe ongoing Workers Compensation injuries he would not participate 

RTD knows about every doctor visit because they have beencoardinated through the 

Workers Camp department and all bills are being paid by the other driver sinsurance 

Mere is a timeline for each bullet point there is an attachment 

On 10 18 I wasrsfemed to pr Roth and an 

appointment was set fr1Q 30 

The Workers Comp Pass for 10 30 is attached 

On 10 30 Dr Roth examined me for23 minutes and wrote that I was able to 

return to foil duty the next day 10 31 and an HPE exam was scheduled 

The 1Q 30 Dr Rath appointment resulted in a7page report which shows he 

told me it was 

okay to take some codin at bedtime 7 on page 8 i do not 

recall each and every thing he told me but I did retail that I did not see this 

7page report until it was mailed to me an 115 

The Workers Camp Pass for 10 31 is attached 

MY Retumto WorkHPE Evgluation was done on 10 31 and Or Updike 

wrote I was not frfor duty due to my ongoing Workers Comp injuries That 

note excused me far12 weeks which was areturn to workdate ranging 

from 11 7 toii14 

rhe Workers Comp Pass for 715 is attached Off work for indefinite period 

The Workers Comp Pass for 117 is attached Off work for indefinite period 

The Workers Comp Pass for 118 is attached Return to regular duty an 

71l721p7 

Qr Roth examined me 

again on118 and wrote I was able to return to full 

duty on 11 12 

The Workers Comp Pass far 118 is attached Return to regular duty an 

11112107

Nov 14 2007 24PM Amalgamated Transit 1001 No 123 P 3b 

The Workers Comp Pass far 1112 which I forgot to turn in is attached 

On 11 13 l saw my doctor Robert Beeson who declined to evaluate my 

Workers Compensation injuri s 

On 1114 iemailed Bonnie Hanford about a billId received and she 

farvvarded ko Sherie Skinner n it I asked why 1 was not allowed to take the 

HPE test since Dr Roth had released me 

a second time for full duty as of 

thatday 

11 12 Sherie Skinner responded and said there were no records to 

support my absence when RTD has had all of these except 1112 which 

offers no further informatllon 

The Workers Comp Pass for11 15 is attached 

The incomplete Workers Comp Pass for my upcoming 124 appointment is 

attached 

It is obvious that i did not pass the HPE test and thedoctor note from that failed 

exam excuses me at leas through November 7 2007 

Before that date came I saw an RTD Workers Comp doctor on 115 who checked 

hat I was Off work for indefinite period A second nofie fumed into RTD on 117 

says the same thing Than on 11807 Dr Roth saw me again acrd released me for 

a second try at the HPE exam on11 

12 07 I was ready willing and able to take 

that exam on 1112 07 but was not allowed to by Sherie Skinner sdirective t also 

saw dodors on 1112 RTD s11 13 mine and 11 15 RTD s 

At all times from Qctober 81 2487 through November 12 RTD has had doctor 

notes Pram their own Cancentra and Workers Comp physicians covering every day 

of my absence There are no gape during which wag declared fit far duty 

Since 11 12 my absence was caused by tTb s refusal to let me take the HPE 

exam yet I was still given charges far dates through November 15 

t have absolutely na Idea why RTR wfllnot take theword of its own doctors 

who excused me from work continuously since Halloween I should be covered 

by Workers Comp until 11 12 whichrr y attamey is pursuing and i should not lose 

any pay sine then because RTD has refused to let me take the HPE test 

fn all of this confusing process l have worked with RTD stherapist and doctors to 

restore my health and get back to work 1 have been a good employee for over 10 

years and i enjoy myjob Please remove all ofthese unjust charges and 

occurrences from my racord and let me take the HPEtit so 1 can 

get back to 

dHving Thank you 

Sincerely 

F Wayne Damon 140

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Our mission 

To meet ourconstituents present and future public transit needs by offering safe clean 

reliable courteous accessible andcost effective service throughout the District 

D 

CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION 

PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD BEYOND PARTIES NOTED BELOW 

WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH AUTHOR 

Memorandum 

To Board of 

Through General 

From Roger Kane 

G 

Date November 29 2007 

Subject 

350 S Santa Fe Sale RFP 

Housing 

Affordable Housing and withdrawal of Mercy 

Executive Summa 

RTD s Contract with Alameda Station LLC states in Section 1 1 1 a that the following is 

a condition precedent which among others must be satisfied by January 31 2009 

Approval by the RTD Board of Directors at its sole discretion of the final proposed 

Denver City and County official site development plan for the property Such 

approval shall at a minimum be contingent upon 

that the plan is substantially 

like the original concept plan submitted with the Proposal 

The original concept plan provided for a combination of affordable and market rate housing 

on both the west Sus Barn and east Station sides of the tracks and indicated at least 

50 affordable housing 

Also Contract Sections 1 15 a and 2 and the Contract Proposal Form make the original 

concept plan which included the affordable housing component a part of the Contract 

RTD can legitimately assert that affordable housing is a contract requirement RTD can 

also reject a final site development plan that does not contain housing at least 50 of 

which is affordable Since such a rejection if it were to occur would come at the end of 

the process and involve forfeiture of earnest money RTD should inform Alameda Station 

LLC of its position if any regarding affordable housing as soon as Alameda Station 

formally indicates an intent not to include affordable housing

The Contract does not prohibit a change in the membership composition of Alameda 

Station LLC 

Abbreviated History 

In September of 2003 the Board approved a proposed disposition plan and authorized the 

General Manager to request receive and evaluate proposals for sale of the84 acre Bus 

Barn property at 350 South Santa Fe Drive 

RTD received two inadequate proposals and encouraged the two proposers to submit a 

joint proposal In November of 2005 Cadence Capital Investments Kingston Equity 

Partners LLC Saybrook Investments and Mercy Housing Inc together as Alameda 

Station submitted a Proposal for the RTD Bus Barn Site at Alameda and Santa Fe The 

Proposal was for purchase of the Bus Barn Site west of the tracks and the parking and 

busturn around east of the Alameda Station platform The written Concept Plan portion 

of the proposal stated in part 

Housing on both the east and west sides of the platform will be a 

combination of affordable and market rate units 

The Residential Population paragraph stated 

If the real estate and capital markets will support 

construction of 200 

Market rate residential units in addition to the 200 affordable units 

residential population 

is estimated to be600 800 people 

the total 

The Proposal did not specify how many affordable units would be on each side of the 

tracks but it did show an intent that at least z of the total development 

affordable Associated drawings 

east 

units would be 

showed 46 50 units on the west side and 140 on the 

In May of 2006 the Board issued a further directive concerning the proposed transaction 

It placed a number of conditions on the proposed sale including the requirement that it 

first approve the final version of the Official Development Plan to be submitted to the City 

and County of Denver for ultimate approval by the City council 

In January of 2007 RTD and Alameda Station LLC signed a unified contract which 

combined all required amendments and addenda to the original draft form and which also 

constituted the actual legal Proposal by Alameda Station LLC It contains the conditions 

required by the Board as of May 2006 The condition referenced in the above paragraph 

now Contract Section 1 1 a is expanded to state 

Approval by the RTD Board of Directors at its sole discretion of the final proposed 

Denver City and County official site development plan for the property that has 

been reviewed by and is prepared for final consideration by the City Council of the 

City and County of Denver Such approval shall at a minimum be contingent upon

evidence that a comprehensive neighborhood outreach program 

has been 

conducted that all known City and County of Denver requirements have been met 

and that the plan is substantially like the original concept plan submitted with the 

Proposal 

Emphasis added 

Additionally Section 15 b of the Contract requires 

submission of 

A TOD Concept Plan that sets forth the pedestrian bridge connecting the site to 

the Alameda LRT Station as well as the proposed uses layout typical weekday 

employment and residential populations and transit modes incorporated within the 

proposed development 

As per Contract Section2and the Proposal form all items submitted by the proposer 

pursuant to Section 15 are part of the Contract 

As per Board requirement of May 2006 the Unified Contract also states 

Within the Investigation Period RTD and the Successful Proposer shall negotiate 

with the objective of completing terms for Successful Proposer sacquisition of 

the development rights to the separate Alameda Station park n Ride land 

including replacement parking 

This location is deemed critical to the success of 

the Successful Proposer 

vision to development of the site as a Transit 

Oriented Development 

Alameda Station LLC submitted a development proposal for the Alameda Station Park n 

Ride Parcel dated July 24 2007 It was rejected by the Board in September 2007 and 

the Investigation Period subsequently expired 

On November 27 2007 RTD received the attached letter from Mercy Housing indicating 

that it will withdraw from Alameda Station LLC There have apparently been some verbal 

representations from Alameda Station LLC that it is working on obtaining a new housing 

partner and that affordable housing will no longer be viable 

Analysis 

a Affordable Housing The Proposal of November 

2005 states that a combination of 

affordable housing will be built on both the east and west sides of the station platform 

and contains a commitment to 200 affordable units The Contract makes RTD Board 

approval of a proposed official site development plan to next be submitted to the City and 

County of Denver for ultimate approval within two years of January 31 2007 a 

necessary precondition without which the contract will fail Approval is contingent upon 

the ODP being substantially like the original concept plan the November 2005 proposal 

RTD would be justified in determining that a plan including 

substantially like the original Proposal 

zero affordable units is not

Additionally Contract Sections 15 b2 and the Proposal Form together make the 

TOD Concept Plan that was the original Proposal apart of the Contract The Concept 

Plan Proposal states that there will be affordable housing on both sides of the tracks 

but Alameda Station could argue that affordable housing wasntone of RTD s listed 

required concept plan elements Even so the better interpretation of the Contract 

language is that it is the plan itself that is a part of the contract notwithstanding that it 

contains more than RTD asked for 

Complicating these issues is the fact that currently Alameda Station LLC has no 

right to 

build anything on the property east of the tracks Therefore anything it could build now 

would not be substantially like the original concept plan However the parties created a 

Contract that provides for the possibility of a west plus east 

development or the 

possibility of a west only development 

I think that compliance with the original concept 

plan should be interpreted within the context of what the contractual state of the parties 

allows The original Proposal specifically said that there would be a combination of 

affordable and market rate 

housing on the Bus Barn site as well as the east side and the 

overall ratio would be at least 50 affordable For the current Bus Barn site to be 

consistent with and substantially like the original Proposal bus barn site 

reasonably have at least 44 units with at least of them affordable 

it would 

A further potential complication is the fact that although it didnt say so affordable 

housing builder Mercy Housing may have pulled out at least in part because the east side 

is not currently available to Alameda Station LLC However I am not aware of any 

unreasonableness or wrongdoing in RTD s rejection of the July 2007 Alameda Station 

proposal concerning 

the east side 

b Withdrawal of Mercy Housing Mercy Housing one of the original four participating 

parties in the original Proposal is withdrawing from Alameda Station LLC Apparently 

Alameda Station intends to replace Mercy Housing as its housing partner 

development The Contract is with Alameda Station LLC and not with any 

for the 

of its 

constituent members The Contract does make development experience of the principal in 

charge an evaluation criterion but there is no indication that Mercy Housing is the 

principal in charge There is nothing else in the Contract other than member debarment or 

suspension that would restrict a 

change in Alameda Station LLC membership 

Conclusion 

Alameda Station LLC has not given RTD formal notice that it may wish to remove 

affordable housing from its proposal If it does so and the Board does not wish to 

approve a development that does not include affordable housing the Board may assert 

that the Proposal of November 2005 included affordable housing and is part of the 

Contract The Board may also legitimately refuse approval of an official site development 

plan that does not include approximately 50 affordable housing 

If it does so the 

contract would fail and no sale would be required 

Since refusal to approve a final development plan could well occur a year from now after 

further developer expense and would involve forfeiture of the50 000 

earnest money

I recommend that if the Board wishes to continue to require affordable housing RTD 

formally inform Alameda Station LLC that a development without approximately 50 

affordable housing or a lesser figure if acceptable to the Board would not be consistent 

with the Contract would not be substantially like the original concept plan and could be 

rejected 

Finally change in membership of Alameda Station LLC is not prohibited by the Contract 

cc Marla Lien

Mercy Housing 

Mercy Housing Southwest 


Ms Susan Altes 

Regional Tranportation Distict 

1560 Broadway Suite 700 

Denver Colorado 80202 

Re RTD Bus Barn Site 

Dear Ms Altes 

This letter is to confirm that Mercy Housing Colorado has decided to 

withdraw as a member of Alameda Station LLC This is not a reflection of 

our beliefofthe project sviability Rather 

recognition of changing priorities within Mercy Housing Colorado 

this decision was made in 

Mercy Housing Colorado remains supportive of Alameda Station LLC s 

vision for development on the Bus Barn Site and continues to work with its 

effectively delivered in 

partners to find other projects that can be cost 

today s 

cost climate 

Thank you for your continued support of the redevelopment of the Bus Barn 

Site into a premier transit oriented development This project will become a 

key link between Alameda Station and the neighborhoods 

25 and will result in stronger connectivity and increased community 

building 

across these historic communities 

to the west ofI 

Very truly ygurs 

i 

Jennifer Erixon President 

www mercyhousingorg 

1999 Broadway Suite 1000 Denver Colorado 80202 303 830 3300 Fax303 830 3301 

Mercy Housing is sponsured bycom nt nitiesoCathnlicSi vters

Snowstorm slams Colorado 

rockymountainnews com 

Page 1 of 1 

Snowstorm slams Colorado 

By Chris Walsh 

Originally published 07 58 am November 28 2007 

Updated 07 58 am November 28 2007 

A snowstorm swept over the state this morning leaving half an inch of snow downtown and causing traffic delays for 

commuters 

Some parts of the metro area reportedly received up to 2 inches while even more fell in the mountains Snow has 

accumulated in Denver on sidewalks andless traveled roads while conditions on major arteries downtown are wet and slushy 

The storm should pass over the metro area by 9 amaccording to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in 

Boulder although snowfall has already largely tapered off 

The Denver Police Department said it has responded to numerous accidents this morning causing traffic delays in some 

areas 

There are going to be accidents throughout the day where single cars are slipping and sliding and that sort of thing said 

Fernando Rebora an operations supervisor with the Denver Police Department 

Several recent accidents occurred at West 29th Avenue and Federal Boulevard East First Avenue and Downing Street and at 

the intersection of South Havana Street and East Girard Avenue 

The Colorado Department of Transportation expects wet and icy conditions on overpasses and highway ramps although snow 

shouldn taccumulate 

at all this morning according to its recorded road conditions report 

Temperatures are expected to hit a high of 34 degrees today and the sun should peek through for part of the day Much of the 

accumulated snow should be gone by Thursday when temperatures are expected to reach the high 40s 

Ski resorts received some much needed snow 

Copper Mountain reported 3 inches of snow in the last 24 hours and it expects another inch or more to accumulate the 

remainder of the day 

Rocky Mountain News 

http www 

rockymountainnews com news 2007 nov 28 snowstorm slams Colorado prin 1128 2007

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residents I Scott Reed RTD talks about additional lines Lines have opened on time and on budget 

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NEWS RELEASE 

FORMMED ATERELEASE 

Wednesday November 28 2007 

CONTACT SCOTT REED 

303 299 2137 Office 

303 461 2015 Pager 

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RTD Light Rail 

interrupted downtown during 

Bus service will be temporarily 

9News Parade of 

Lights November 30 and December 1 evenings 

Light Rai affected on y between ConventionCenter Performing Arts 

and18hCalifornia Stations 

Denver 

A portion of the Regional Transportation District RTD normal weekend light rail 

and bus service be interrupted due to the 9News Parade of Lights The D 

F and H Line 

light rail service will not run between the Convention Center Performing 

Arts and 

18hCalifornia Stations during the following times 

Friday November 30730 pm and 10 30 pm 

Saturday December 1530 pm 830 pm 

The D Line will operate from the18hCalifornia to the 

30hDowning Light 

Rail Station C 

and E Line Service will not be affected 

Signs will be posted at all affected stations in all Light Rail vehicles to alert passengers of 

the upcoming delays and RTD personnel will be on hand during the delay periods to 

provide information 

The following bus routes will experience detours on Friday November 30 starting at 7 

pm for approximately 2 h hours 

Routes 0 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 15 Ltd 16 16 Ltd 20 28 30 31 32 38 44 

48 50 52 

more

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The following bus routes will experience detours on Saturday December 1 starting at 5 

pm for approximately 2 s hours 

Routes 0 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 15 Ltd 16 20 28 30 31 32 38 44 48 52 

The FREE MaIlRide shuttle will offer service only 

from Union Station to Market Street 

Station during parade times The MaIlRide shuttle will resume regular 

service after the 

parade 

For route and schedule information please 

call RTD s Telephone 

Information Center at 

303 299 6000 Call303 299 6089 for the speech and hearing impaired 

Visit RTD s 

web site atwww RTD Denver com

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Regional authority still there 

Tribune Opinion 


Just when the candle seemed to be snuffed out on northern Colorado sRegional 

Transportation Authority a spark of hope seems to remain The authority failed to bring a 

transportation proposal to the ballot this year 

after Fort Collins and Greeley with their 

funding pulled out We thought and still think that those decisions were short sighted and 

territorial 

But RTA officials haventgiven up 

John Daggett operations director for the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning 

Organization said the group is examining the viability of giving the authority another shot 

possibly in 2008 or 2009 

Some say to take time off and come back to it Daggett said Others say Let snot stop 

now you re really close 

We hope that northern Colorado cities and towns will finally get their acts together to create 

this transportation authority sooner rather than later The simple truth is that northern 

Colorado residents are 

constantly moving across the region and depend on 

quality well 

planned roads and highways to get them to their destinations 

It is in everyone s best interest to work together The more time spent squabbling the worse 

our roads are going to get 

On charging towns to upkeep their portion of state highways 

Some Republican state leaders are backing a proposal that would require the towns along 

state highways to pay for the upkeep of the roads within their town limits 

The point the lawmakers say is to soften the demand on the already stressed state highway 

system An estimated1200 of the state s9200 miles of highways would be affected 

From a slogan standpoint this looks good No new taxes for road upkeep By backing this 

Republican lawmakers create the impression that they are anti tax But the proposal that 

might save face for them would end up costing the rest of us 

Just imagine if the individual towns on state highways had to keep up their own sections 

Some might do a good job others might not People driving across the state would encounter 

different conditions as they traveled To pay for the upkeep those individual towns would 

probably have to raise taxes which eliminates the entire point of the proposal in the first 

place 

The Colorado Department of Transportation has years of experience in road upkeep and 

keeping prices down by buying in bulk and maximizing the use of its work force With this 

proposal towns would be making improvements on a smaller scale thus costing 

for services than CDOT would have paid in the first place 

them more 

This proposal is short sighted and has a real potential to charge taxpayers more for roads than 

they are currently paying

den erpost com 

editorial 

Leave light rail lines in place 

Since burying tracks at Union Station has been rejected why not revisit a plan that 

would save money and ease transfers 

By The Denver Post 

Article Last Updated11 26 200709 23 26PM MST 

The much revised Union Station redevelopment plan is due for still another make over 

because the Federal Railroad Administration wontallow proposed commuter rail tracks to go 

underground 

That being the case transit planners should take one last look at the possibility of leaving the 

existing light rail lines in place which would save taxpayers millions and ease transfers from 

one rail mode to another 

Union Station is being rebuilt to serve as the hub of the upcoming FasTracks rapid transit 

system Riders from one proposed and four existing light rail lines and four planned heavier 

commuter rail lines would be able to change cars at this historic rail hub which also would 

provide connections to buses 

Originally planners expected to put light rail commuter rail and bus service all underground 

at the site Rising costs and other problems convinced them to leave light rail topside but to 

move it two blocks closer to the consolidated mainline railroad tracks north of Union Station 

Earlier this month federal regulators told FasTracks planners that they wouldntallow the 

commuter tracks to dead end below grade in trenches at Union Station as planners had 

hoped While not opposed to such trenches in principle the feds concluded that the proposed 

grade was too steep and would allow human or mechanical error to lead to accidents 

That logical albeit belated warning has forced Union Station planners to go back to the 

drawing board for at least the third time In the process they should consider a suggestion 

from on Esty president of the Colorado Rail Passenger Association 

Esty wants to leave the existing light rail lines where they are making it easy for passengers 

to shift from one railroad mode to another and saving millions in relocation costs 

The initial reaction of FasTracks planners was that they donthave enough room to expand the 

current five heavy rail tracks to their desired eight tracks without moving the light rail Esty 

begs to differ arguing that existing land between the two types of tracks now used to turn 

buses serving the mall shuttle around would be adequate to handle the extra tracks 

It seems to us this dispute could be resolved in a few hours with a tape 

civil discussion at the nearby Wynkoop Brewing Co 

measure and some 

The Union Station Advisory Committee should consider Esty 

proposal when it meets Dec 5 

FasTracks planners are hoping for a finalgo ahead from the overall executive oversight 

committee representing the city of Denver the Denver Regional Council of Governments the 

Colorado Department of Transportation and the Regional Transportation District sometime in 

December FasTracks wants to wrap up an Environmental Impact Statement in 2008 so they 

can start digging dirt in 2009 

But since Esty 

proposal if practical will save construction time as well as taxpayer dollars it 

deserves a close look before the finalre 

revised Union Station plan is literally set in 

concrete

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tTA1NNEWS CLIM 

Letters November 26 

By Rocky Mountain News 

Originally published 10 37 amNovember 26 2007 

Updated 10 37 amNovember 26 2007 

State should steer clear of failed tollways 

It is mind boggling for Republican legislators to propose that the state of Colorado bid on failed private 

toll roads Highway upkeep a hot potato Nov 13 Have they not been paying 

attention to 

Broomfield sellout to a foreign corporation Brisa because the Northwest 

Parkway was going belly 

up It now appears that the city of Broomfield is being encouraged I think they get a 40 million 

payoff to help sell extending the tollway through Arvada and Golden Broomfield has also agreed to 

a no compete which basically means that they will not maintain or build roads that might give drivers 

a free road to drive on 

It is more than ironic that our GOP legislators announce this bad idea in the same month that Standard 

and Poor sdowngraded the credit rating of Brisa the Portuguese company that was awarded the right 

to run the Northwest Parkway and raise tolls for profit for the next 99 years 

The GOP legislators say that Colorado should be able to profit from these deals But those profits may 

be elusive especially for a toll road that has consistently fallen way short of traffic and revenue 

projections as the Northwest Parkway has 

We do not want see our state tax dollars going into these kinds of deals with private corporations 

Tom Hoffman Golden 

Hildegard Hix Arvada

den erpost com 

denver and the west 

Taj Mahal inspires West light railstation parking garage 

By Ann Schrader 

The Denver Post 

Article Last Updated11 24 200711 31 46PM MST 

GOLDEN The West Corridor send of the linelight rail station and parking facility will take 

their architectural cue from the Jefferson County government building commonly known as 

the Taj Mahal Regional Transportation District officials and consultants discussed other 

details to be included in a rezoning request to allow for the transit center and parking 

structure Because the site is in Golden the rezoning application must be approved by the 

city splanning commission and the City Council Plans will be submitted to Golden early next 

year though construction wont begin until mid to late 2009 said Dennis Cole manager of 

the121mile long light rail project slated for completion in 2012 

The parking structure which would be built into a hill next to US 6 will be two stories with 

414 spaces for transit users and 135 for county office visitors RTD and county officials are 

trying to find money to build a third level Still to be determined is the design for fences and 

about 770 feet of retaining walls

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Delayed reaction 

If Union Station plan was so bad why didn tfeds weigh 

By Staff Reports 

Friday November 23 2007 

in sooner 

If the choice is between safety and aesthetics or safety and convenience there really isnt any choice at all That s how we 

view the news that the FasTracks commutertrains at Denver Union Station will arrive and depart at ground level rather than 

be funneled through an underground facility behind the historic railway station as everyone had long assumed 

Still thelast minute change in plans is stunning and baffling too for reasons we ll explain 

For yearsabelow grade commuter station was part of the Union Station redevelopment concept The city wanted an 

underground platform and the Regional Transportation District agreed to the goal too 

The two finalists in last year s competition to redevelop the site both offered plans with abelow grade station for commuter rail 

In fact the winning plan was somewhat controversial only because it didnt bury the light rail station too locating it instead at 

street level farther into the Platte Valley 

In other words the goal of underground commuter rail was not exactly a state secret And yet RTD apparently never realized 

that the federal agency needing to sign off on the facility s safety the Federal Railroad Administration had absolutely no 

intention of doing so 

What gives Have these two agencies been communicating with semaphore flags By smoke signals Are their offices still not 

equipped with phones faxes andamail 

More seriously had federal officials been dropping hints of disapproval that RTD never picked up or more disturbingly 

chose to ignore Or had the feds simply neglected to clearly convey their dismay with the plan 

Whatever the explanation it doesnt speak well about the Union Station planning process 

It wasntuntil last month incredibly that the railroad agency s administrator warned RTD in no uncertain terms that it had 

better drop plans to bury commuter rail or expect an order prohibiting trains from using the station 

The tone of the letter from Joseph Boardman to Cal Marsella RTD s general manager is astonishing It suggests federal 

officials were actually shocked that RTD would seriously intend to build a stub end station one in which the tracks dead end 

that would require approaching trains to slow down while proceeding downhill To the best of our knowledge Boardman 

wrote no one has ever suggested converting athrough station like this in the United States to a stub end station located at 

the bottom of a steep downgrade 

Why not Because of the the realization by railroad engineers that a train or an individual rail car could cause significant 

damage to people and property if either overran the end of the track due to mechanical or human failure Indeed Boardman 

noted there have been many instances where passenger trains have overrun through stations by hundreds of feet And 

while instances of running into structures at the end of stub tracks are far fewer the consequences are far greater 

Indeed Boardman added in prose that seemed to reflect growing exasperation we have seen references that indicate the 

United Kingdom experiences approximately 20 collisions a year withend of track devices at stub end stations on 

predominantly level track 

Although we ve supported the underground concept we ve got to admit that Boardman makes a strong case For that matter 

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11 26 2007

Delayed reaction rockymountainnews com Page 2 of 2 

its refreshing to see a federal official write a letter whose meaning is so unmistakable and whose commitment to protecting the 

public is so apparent 

The only question is why on earth wasn this letter delivered months or even years ago 


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Transit road plan backed 

By Kevin Flynn 

Thursday November 22 2007 

The Southeast Business Partnership a key backer ofTREX and other transportation initiatives has voiced its support for a 

recommendation by a panel advising Gov Bill Ritter to spend a minimum15billion more each year on transportation 

projects 

The group also called on the new spending to be allocated significantly to local governments for roads and to apportion a large 

share to the Denver region which will generate the ion s share of proposed new taxes and fees 

Ritter s Transportation Finance and Implementation Panel last week recommended a series of four new spending levels from 

500 million a yearto 2 billion a year 

But it said its preferred choice was the15billion package which would enable the state to catch up on fixing and maintaining 

Colorado s roads as well as invest in new roads and transit 

In its resolution of support the group said that preference should be given to highway projects over transit 

The advisory panel s recommendation to Ritter carries a 

hefty price tag 

Funding it would require a100 average increase in auto registration fees a13 cent a gallon hike in the gas tax a state 

sales tax increase of035 percentage points a new visitor fee of 6a day on hotel rooms and carrentals and an increase in 

the severance tax paid by the oil and gas industry 

The proposed tax increases couldn tbecome effective without voters approval 


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denv rpro st cam 

Retain rail right of way in Union Station update 

by DP Opinion on November 24 2007 

Re Transit team revises plans Nov 19 news 

story 

Many thanks for the report that Union Station planners will locate the commuter 

rail tracks at grade instead of in a trench next to the historic station For several 

months now the Colorado Rail Passenger Association has advocated that the 

tracks be located level with the station for the same 

operational and safety 

reasons mentioned in the article 

One major problem remains with the station design placement of the light rail 

station at the Consolidated Mainline some two and a half blocks from Union 

Station For the station complex to be a convenient and efficient facility as 

envisioned in the original Union Station Master Plan all major modes of 

transportation must connect in one location 

We recommend that RTD retain the current light rail right of way into Union 

Station This wil not only facilitate passenger transfers but wi11 also utilize the 

existing light rail tracks saving RTD millions of dollars in new construction costs 

Jon Esty President Colorado Rail Passenger Association Denver

Thanksgiving holiday closings edited for brevity 

Camera staff 

Thursday November 22 2007 

Government offices parking libraries 

State offices including the courts are closed today but will be open Friday 

City offices in Boulder Lafayette and Longmont are closed today but will be open 

Friday although Boulder s Parks and Recreation office will remain closed Friday 

Parking at city of Boulder meters and in city lots is free today but not 

Friday 

Boulder County offices and city offices in Broomfield Erie Louisville 

Superior are closed today and Friday reopening Monday 

Nederland and 

Bus service 

RTD buses are running on a Sunday holiday schedule today resuming 

Friday 

normal schedules 

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High Timber 

Times 

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Jeffco RTD still 0 7 

discussing light rail 

A will besent to the Denver 

Regional Council ofGovernments 

to try to persuade the body to fund 

additional parking as part of the 


light rail expansion to the Jeffco 

government headquarters accord 

ing to county leaders 

The county and RTD have been 

trying to find a way around some 

S5o million in cuts to the west cor 

ridor project which is the western 

expansion ofthe light rail system 

RTD s answer to budget woes was 

to cut back service onthe segment 

ofthe line that would connect 

the Denver Federal Center in 

Lakewood to the Taj Mahal down 

to one track from two and down 

to trains every i5 minutes instead 

of every five as was 

promised 

when Jeffco voters 

approved 

FasTracks in ioo4 RTD and the 

county agreed to work together to 

seek state 

funding to replace some 

ofthe cuts but that funding is far 

from asure thing 

andwont cover 

the parking 

that would be needed 

at the Taj when the light rail opens 

for service 

It remains unclear what will 

happen and where the funding to 

restore the cuts will come from 

but ifthere is no funding RTD has 

said that it will go 

ahead with the 

proposed cuts 

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High Timber 

Times 

Conifer CO 

Circ 2556 

From Page 


144343 

Townal 

meeting 

Atown hall meeting on 

Nov i4 will address a host 

oftopics from RTD service 

to the myths realities 

and needs involving Main 

Street to apreview of 

the upcoming legislative 

session by state Rep Rob 

Witwer The Bear Creek 

Watershed Association will 

be on hand to discuss a 

new wastewater strategy for 

Conifer Jefferson County 

Commissioner Kathy 

Hartman will address the 

county budget and wildfire 

issues There also will be 

other presentations about 

abuild out sketch plan of 

Coniferbasedon a Smart 

Growth study The meeting 

is from 7 to83o pm Nov 

i4 at West Jefferson Middle 

School 

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The Villager 

Greenwood 

Village CO 

Circ 6200 

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auuivc wi 

rR 

desmartThursdays 

successful 

Approximately 8000 com 

Lmuters pledged to leave their cars 

at home and take public trans 

portation lightrail carpool or van 

pool bike or even work from home 

as part of the RideSmartThursdays 

campaign this year Registrations 

for 2007 rose 22 percent over 2006 

The Denver Regional Council of 

Governments and RTD organizers 

of the region s annual RideSmart 

Thursdays campaign offer incen 

tives and to 

prizes 

those who 

pledge to commute differently at 

least one day a week from August 

through October DRCOG also 

sponsored a Business Challenge 

offering companies incentives to 

register the most employees com 

peting against companies of a sim 

ilar size More than 90 businesses 

across the region participated up 

12 percent from 2006 Barrett Stu 

dio Architects Colorado AIDS 

Project PBS J and Boulder 

County are the Business Challenge 

winners in their respective size cat 

gories 

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Golden 

Transcript 

Golden CO 

Circ 4279 

From Page 

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Sloan takes District 1 withhalfthe votes 

142484 BY MEGAN QUINN 

meganq 

milehighnews com 

Marjorie Sloan an attorney 

h in the federal court system and 

a member ofGolden splanning 

commission will become the next 

T 

District 1 city councilor after earn 

ing1005 votes or50 28 percent of 

the vote 

Iwillthank thevoters bywork 

she saidwhile celebrat 

inghard 

ingwith City Councilor Karen Ox 

man and outgoing Mayor Chuck 

Baroch at the Golden Hotel on 

Tuesdaynight She spent the night 

laughing and chatting with close 

friends including former Golden 

Mayor Marv Kay 

Opponent Frank Oldham a 

retired Jefferson County District 

Attorney garnered 672 votes or 

33 62 percent Incumbent Lynne 

Timpeiro brought in 236 votes or 

11 81 percent 

Even though 

Oldham did not 

win the City Council seat he will 

stay abreast ofGolden s big issues 

and get involved in the city in oth 

erways hesaidTuesday night s 

Imdisappointed I didnt have 

a few more votes about 300 

morebutoverall it wasa good 

experience very positive 

he said 

Timpeiro who was getting 

ready to go to theNational League 

of Cities conference in New Or 

leans when the results came in 

wishedSloan thebest 

Iwould ask one thing of her 

and that is to 

keep 

the residents 

best interests first and foremost 

as they are what makes Golden 

good 

she said 

Sloan advocates preserving 

Golden ssmall towncharm while 

balancing ways in which to keep 

the economy thriving She also 

supports maintaining the historic 

look and feel of the town She be 

lieves public transportation im 

provements foster community 

while maximizing the advantages 

of the upcoming light rail station 

she said 

Although 

FasTracks West Cor 

ridor station in Golden wontbe 

complete until 2012 she envisions 

starting the process soon to make 

Golden a more transit oriented 

town Adding more buses and 

shuttles destined for specific areas 

ofGolden can make this happen 

she said 

As a memberoftheCity ofGold 

ensplanning commission she has 

worked with Golden residents to 

create 

neighborhood plans outlin 

ingchanges 

residents wantto make 

and features they want to preserve 

She will continue her obligations 

on planning commission in ad 

dition to serving on City Council 

excusing herself when planning 

commission decisions are referred 

to City Council she said 

Sloan has lived in Golden since 

1976 with her husband Dendy a 

Colorado School ofMines profes 

sorSloancelebrated herwinTues 

dayevening by going to bed she 

laughed 

Golden Community Editor Megan 

Quinn can be reached at 303 279 

5541 ext 233

Northglenn 

Thornton 

Sentinel 

Northglenn CO 

Circ 5850 

From Page 

3 

111 2007 

143857 

City plans Washington 

120th road repairs 

By Tammy Kranz 

scam wmer 

Northglenn City Council has ap 

proved aplan to repair Washington 

Street and 120th Avenue in 2008 

The project will cost19million 

and will take up the majority 

of the 

city s 2 million capital improve 

ment projects fund which was origi 

nally earmarked for residential 

streets 

improvement 

Logistics Manager Kurt Kowar 

told council during its Oct 25 meet 

ing that the city has a resolution 

that 

requires streets an overall PCI 

pavement condition index rating 

of 74 

Our arterials make up 14 per 

cent of all our streets and the aver 

age PCI is 65 our collectors make 

up 18 percent of all our streets with 

an average PCI of 68 and our resi 

dential makes up 

67 percent 

of all 

our streets with an average 

PCI of 

81 Kowar said In the budget 

the CIP line item is listed 

as a resi 

dential street overlay program how 

ever looking at the scores we 

thought it may be necessary to pro 

vide an 

option where the scores are 

low 

As part 

of the new 

plan the city 

will do a chip 

seal 

project similar to 

104th Avenue on 

Washington from 

104th to 

120th and on 120th from 

Grant Street to the eastern city lim 

its 

Ilike the idea of getting Wash 

ington repaired 

said Councilman 

Jim Miller WardI 

Councilwoman Rosie Garner 

Ward IV agreed saying that the re 

cent work on 104th looked nice and 

if that work can be done on Wash 

ington and 120th That would be a 

lot of improvement for the city 

Councilwomen Susan Clyne 

Ward III and Sheri Paiz Ward I 

expressed concerns about seeing 

work done on 112th Avenue 

Ireceive complaints daily on 

that street and we have to do some 

Paiz said 

thing 

City Manager AJ Krieger said 

that 112th Avenue would be a sepa 

rate reconstruction project Project 

details will depend upon RTD s de 

cision on a FasTracks station on 

1 12th and how much traffic that 

could generate 

Kowar said 

The city will an 

spend additional 

100 000 on concrete proactive 

maintenance north of 112th Avenue 

on Huron and Melody and 8000 

to evaluate signal poles 

and rusty 

that are old 

That rust is actually taking away 

the structural integrity of the poles 

and we want to make sure none of 

those poles fall done at some point 

in time Kowar said 

Officials plan to start roadwork in 

2008 as soon as weather permits 

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Northglenn 

Thornton 

Sentinel 

Northglenn CO 

Circ 5850 

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IVORTHGLENN 

Losing it all 

Let s see we have lost ourli 

brary We probably wont get Fas 

Tracks Ihear ourwater 

system is 

in trouble and now it sounds like 

the recreation center is in jeopardy 

What do you think Northglenn 

residents should we merge with 

Thornton They have the services 

a beautiful center and will have a 

new 

library and FasTracks Where 

does that leave us 

L 

Dick and Pat Tobia 

Northglenn

Three time medalist 

Westminster 

Window 

Westminster CO 

Circ 5336 

From Page 

4 

11 1 2007 

147302 

ow many three time gold 

Hists medal 

do you know We aren talk 

ing about the Olympics or the na 

tional bee winner We have 

spelling 

the distinction of knowing one right 

here in Westminster It is none other 

than our own Westminster Depart 

ment of Parks Recreation and Li 

braries As recently announced the 

the coveted 

department garnered 

Gold Medal Award from the National 

Parks and Recreation Association for 

the third time in the last 17 years The 

Westminster 

won na 

department 

tional awards as well in 1991 and 

1999 The award reflects excellence in 

the field of parks recreation facilities programs 

open space 

and trails 

a 

Citizen support 

It is amazing to look back in time and see how 

Westminster sparks and recreation program 

has 

expanded and has been enhanced since its mea 

ger beginning in 1972 At the same time it is grat 

ifying to observe how the public has enjoyed and 

used the parks facilities and programs Westmin 

ster 

No 1 

attribute is the many assets that come 

under the stewardship and guidance provided by 

the department director Bill Walenczak and his 

talented group of employees 

The first key event in developing an infant sys 

tem of parks and was 

programs 

the successful 

voter 

approved 1 percent city sales and use tax in 

1973 which was divided between public safety and 

parks and recreation Then in 1985 Westminster 

voters approved the first of various ballot issues 

over the years 

for a 

City Open Space 

and Trails 

program Later voters approved dividing 

the one 

fourth of 1 percent tax revenue for open space 

trails and park enhancements Then add grants 

fi om Adams County Jefferson Gounty and the 

state of Colorado too numerous to list for capital 

improvements and open space acquisitions 

Magnitude 

of services 

Today the department has the responsibility to 

care for 3414 acres of developed and an addi 

tional2765 acres of undeveloped land for a total 

of6179 acres or just 

under 10 

square miles Add to that2673 acres 

of openspace preservation 

of land 

and 90 plus miles of trails and you 

start to get the picture And dont 

forget the recreation centers fitness 

centers indoor soccer complex two 

golf courses and two libraries No 

wonder Westminster is a national 

award winner 

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Big business 

It has become a big 

business with 

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with a combined operating budget of 

178 million On the capital im 

has earmarked 

provements side the 2007 budget 

39 million plus another 8 million coming from 

the 2006 Sales and Use Tax extension 

From a small beginning 

Westminster has come a 

long way baby over 

the past 

35 years 

in a number of ways Having its 

Westminster 

Window 

Westminster CO 

Circ 5336 

From Page 

4 

11 1 2007 

147302 

own independent water and sanitary sewer sys 

tems and parks recreation libraries trails and 

open space have played a huge role in Westmin 

ster 

evolution to a 

top notch community I still 

remember when the city started out with England 

Park Kennedy Ball fields a couple 

of tennis 

courts Sunset Park and Terrace Park along with 

the facilities provided by Hyland Hills Park and 

Recreation District The first recreation fitness 

center Swim and Fitness Center at 76th Avenue 

and Irving Street was built in 1975 and was the 

springboard to several other quality recreation 

and fitness facilities under the city s management 

and operations 

Congrats to Westminster 

Department of 

Parks Recreation and Libraries for the special 

recognition of being athree time Gold Medal 

Award Winner And thank you Westminster voters 

for the trust and support you have provided over 

the years to allow this marvelous asset to be here 

for everyone senjoyment 

Bill Chrlslo iher is former city manager of Westminster 

and refiresents District J nn the RTD board of directors

Littleton 

Independent 

Littleton CO 

Circ 3583 

From Page 


146261 

Electron property 

to be residential 

High density apartments 

planned aftercouncil 

approves rezoning 

By Paige Ingram 

Staff Writer 

The area bounded by Santa Fe Drive 

Belleview Avenue and Rio Grande Street in 

Littleton soonwill be filled with apart 

ments after city council approved the 

rezoning ofthe area from industrial to resi 

dential 

The 129 acres have been unoccupied 

since the Electron foundry filed bankruptcy 

in 2001 

The decision came after years 

ofdiscus 

sion numerous meetings with the Littleton 

planning commission and two and ahalf 

hours ofdiscussion at the Oct 16 city coun 

cil meeting 

The developer of the land Trammel 

Crow has proposed 350 units of one two 

andthree bedroomapartments The resi 

dences are aboutthree quarters of a mile 

from the RTD Light Rail station in down 

town Littleton with a pedestrian path pro 

posedbetween the two 

Much ofthe wait surrounding the rezon 

ingdealswithalong standingpolicy ofthe 

City against the conversion of commercially 

zoned land to residential use With a mini 

mal amount of industrial areas left in the 

city change is even more poignant 

However many council members feel 

that change is inevitable for the area 

Ithink this rezone is justified onthe 

basis ofchanged and changing conditions 

said council memberJohn OstermillerIt s 

no longer viable as an industrial site and I 

dontknow that we want an industrial use 

as the gateway to our city 

Council member Rebecca Kast 

agreed 

saying she had concerns that if the pro 

posed rezoning were not approved mobile 

homes industrial buildings or other unaes 

thetic developments would come in She 

added that the southern entrance to the 

city on South Santa Fe Drive already had 

such attributes 

Council member Doug Clark said con 

sultants hiredby the city had put down this 

concern saying that the site was viable for 

retail particularlybig box retail 

More than that Clark pointed 

out the 

proposal sdiscrepancies with the city s 

comprehensive plan 

One ofthose discrepancies is the dis 

tance from the light rail station The com 

prehensive plan mandates a maximumof 

one halfmile butKast said the distance is 

walkable in 15 minutes IfCrow negotiates 

deals to 

purchase small pieces ofland 

between the two spots a pedestrian path 

would be even more efficient 

Still Clark stuck to hie convictions 

Idontthink you could have a project 

See REZONING page 5 

Cnnnty

Littleton 

Independent 

Littleton CO 

Circ 3583 

From Page 

5 


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146261 

F 

Rezoning Train traffic noise isabig 

Conlin gd from page 1 

thatwas more not in compli 

ancewith the Complan than 

you have in this one Clark 

saidIdon think you 

could 

have a site that wasworse for 

residential either You ve got a 

development that sbetween 40 

trains a day coming down on 

one side and the traffic and 

noise from Santa Fe and 

Belleview on the other side 

As for noise concerns both 

council members who favor 

the rezoning and the develop 

ers admit theproblem 

However construction materi 

alsare being considered for 

both a barrier between the 

apartments and the rail and in 

the buildings themselves that 

would reduce amlaient naise 

Aside from noise reduction 

a spokesperson fo Crow ssid 

the apartments will promote 

sustainability including water 

andenergy efficiency efforts 

and the recycling ofmaterials 

and waste products during the 

building project 

These features come with a 

price tag The apartments rent 

will range from 850 to 900 

fora675 square foot one bed 

room apartment to1700 for a 

1325 square foot three bed 

room residence 

These numbers arewhat 

concerned councilmember 

Bruce Stahlman who voted 

against the project 

The combination of high 

end apartments wedged into 

that locationsIm just having a 

problem getting comfortable 

thatwe re going to get 

sold out at 850 to1700 a 

350 units 

month going 

in there with no 

equity Stahlman said 

He referenced several devel 

opments proposed or already 

usein Littleton serving a 

sirttilar demographic With an 

aging population in general 

Stahlman said a different style 

might be more appropriate 

Another issue discussed at 

the meeting was traffic impact 

Littleton traffic engineer Craig 

Faessler said that more than 

2000 trips a day were estimat 

ed to and from the residences 

based on full occupancy 

concern forthe area 

That sounds like a 

large 

number but Faessler said he 

wasntconcerned Halfofthe 

traffic will be north on Rio 

Grande Street which he said 

could easily handle the addi 

tional traffic while the rest will 

be split 

between east on 

Belleview Avenue and south on 

SantaFe Drive 

In the endit came down to 

legalities with city attorney 

Larry Berkowitz saying the 

council has the final word 

Changing conditions and 

conformance with comprehen 

sive plans bothjuatlfica 

are 

tions for rezoning he saidIt s 

not a blackand white docu 

ment Youhave to interpret it 

Council was elected to inter 

pretthe comprehensive plan 

Four hours into the meeting 

council interpreted the rezon 

ing as acceptable with a vote 

of42 Clark and Stahlman 

voted against council member 

Tom Mulvey was not present 

Contact Paige Ingram at303 566 4110 

or pingram@ccnewspapers com

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FasTracks Program Team and Corridor Teams 

FASTRACKS PROGRAM SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM 

RTD STAFF 

Liz Rao Assistant General Manager Planning Development 

John Shonsey 

Senior Manager of Engineering 

Bill Van Meter 

Senior Manager of Systems Planning 

Rick Clarke 

Acting Senior Manager of Program Implementation Manager 

Susan Cohen 

Program Control Manager 

Kevin Diviness 

Director of Quality Assurance 

Pauletta Tonilas 

Public Information Manager 

Susan Altes 

Manager of Real Property 

FASTRACKS PROGRAM TEAM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT PMC 

Carter Burgess Prime Contractor 

Jennifer Heisler 

Corridor Planning Manager 

Sean VonFeldt 

Project Controls Manager 

Gary Atchison 

Project Controls 

Derek Crider 

East Corridor Deputy Project Manager 

Paul Forster Right of Way 

Doug Fritz 

DUS Engineering Deputy Project Manager 

Kevin Hartmann 

Sr Cost Engineer 

Gina McAfee 

US 36 Project Manager NEPA Oversight 

Contractor 

Operations Planner 

Parsons BrinckerhoffSub 

John Valsecchi 

Acting Engineering Manager 

Larry Warner I225 Project Manager 

Rob Ball 

West Corridor Deputy Engineering Project Manager 

Bob Boot 

North MetrolGold Line Deputy Planning Project Manager 

Judy Aranda 

Senior Environmental Planner 

Mike Peek 

Scheduler 

Bob Storck 

Construction Manager 

Erin Trahan 

Engineer 

Contractor 

Armand Resource GroupSub 

Greg Jenifer 

DBE Program Diversity Manager 

Ty Perry 

DBE Program Diversity Program Officer 

OtherSub Contractors 

Goodbee Associates 

LKG CMC Inc 

BW Architects 

Fehr 

Peers Associates 

FMI Corporation 

Fraser Design 

HC Peck 

Engineering 

Document Control 

DBE Program 

Quality of Life TOD 

Partnering 

Engineering 

ROW 

1c1b1

Harris Miller Miller Hanson 

Kal Krishnan Consulting Services 

Monks 

Associates 

Plasticomm Industries 

Richard Chong Associates 

Romero Wilson 

Strategic Economics 

Townsend Management Group 

Noise 

Vibration 

Cost Estimating 

Primavera Administration 

DBE Program 

UrbanDesign Architecture 

DBE Program 

TOD 

DBE Program 

Support 

FASTRACKS PROGRAM TEAM QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT QMC 

Delcan Prime Contractor 

Tim Stokes 

David Brown 

David Mitchell 

Mike Bukata 

Mike Schep 

Brian Stearman 

Program Manager 

Program Advisor 

Database Developer 

Database Manager 

Requirements Coordinator 

Project Principal 

Sub Contractors 

DQP Enterprises 

Kittelson Associates 

Internal Auditor 

Quality of Life 

FASTRACKS PROGRAM TEAM PUBLIC INFORMATION CONSULTANT PIC 

Strategic Community Partners Prime Contractor 

Maria Garcia Berry Executive Liaison CRL Associates 

Karen Morales Project Manager Communication Infrastructure Group 

Roger Sherman 

Govt Relations Outreach Specialist CRL Associates 

Kristi Estes Outreach Specialist Communication Infrastructure Group 


Carnes Creative 

360 Media 

Aspen Graphics 

David Kenney Group 

Doc 1 Solutions 

Elegant Catering 

Launch Advertising 

Neighborhood Solutions 

Intermountain Corporate Affairs 

PromoLinks 

Studio 5G 

Xcelentel Marketing 

Graphic Design 

Videography 

Printing 

Surveys Research 

Printing 

Public Events Catering 

Advertising 

Public Involvement 

Media Training 

Promotional Items 

Still Photography 

Spanish Translation Services 

FASTRACKS PROGRAM TEAM SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONSULTANT 

Front Range Systems Prime Contractor 

LTK Engineering 

Parsons Transportation Group 

2

WEST CORRIDOR 

Dennis Cole 

Rob Ball 

Brenda Tierney 

Andy Leong 

Kim Podobnik 

John West 

Cory Abourezk 

Bahre Karam 

Toti Cadavid 

RTD Project Manager 

Deputy Project Manager 

RTD Public Information Liaison 


PMC 


Project Manager David Evans Associates 

Public Involvement Lead 

PRACO 

Co Project Manager Denver Transit Construction Group CMGC 

Superintendent 

Denver Transit Construction Group CMGC 

Project Engineer 

Denver Transit Construction Group CMGC 

Construction Public Involvement Lead Xcelente Marketing 


Geocal Inc 

Harris Kocher Smith 

Hartwig Associates Inc 

HDR Engineering 

IBI Group 

Interactive Elements Inc 

KM Chng Environmental 

Lyman Henn Inc 

Ordonez Vogelsang 

PKM Design Group 

Seaborn Engineering 

Solutions Engineering 

Stone River 

The Lund Partnership 

Triunity Engineering 

Vigil Land Consultants Inc 

Walker Parking Consultants 

BW Architects 

Geotechnical Investigation 

Topographic Surveying Mapping 

Structural Design Roadway Permitting 

Bridge and Tunnels 

Architecture Urban Design Landscape Team Lead 

System Safety and Security 

Noise and Vibration 

Geotech Team Lead 

Interagency Coordination Bicycle Pedestrian Facilities 

Landscape Architecture Wetlands 

Quality Management 

Value Engineering 

Bridge Erection Constructibility and Cost Estimating 

Land Surveying Legal Description ROW Support 

Electrical Mechanical Plumbing Engineering 

Topographic Surveying Mapping 

Parking Structures 

DBE Program 

EAST CORRIDOR 

COMMUTER RAIL MAINTENANCE FACILITY 

Mike Turner RTD Planning Project Manager RTD 

Carol Duecker RTD Engineering Project Manager RTD 

RA Plummer Project Manager PBS J 

Jumetta Posey Public Involvement Lead Neighborhood Solutions 


Goodbee 

IEI 

Associates 


LTK Engineering 

Poitra Visual 

SAIC 

Triunity 

Yeh Associates 

Utilities 

Safety Security 

Media Relations 

Systems Engineering 

Web site Design Maintenance 

Environmental 

Electrical Mechanical Engineering 

Geotech 

GOLD LINE 

Liz Telford 

Ashland Vaughn 

Angela Brand 

RTD Planning Project Manager 

RTD Engineering Project Manager 





3

Bob Boot Deputy Project Manager PMC 

Don Ulrich Project Manager CH2M Hill 

Chris Proud Deputy Project Manager CH2M Hill 

Andy Mountain Public Involvement Lead GBSM 


CDR Associates 

David Evans Associates 

Denver City Reprographics 

Fehr Peers Associates 

Goodbee 

Associates 

Harris Miller Miller 

HC Peck 

Associates 

Hanson 


LS Gallegos Associates 

Ordonez Vogelsang 

Perspective 3 

Pinyon Environmental 

RockSol Consulting Group 

SL King Associates 

Transperfect Translations 

Triunity Engineering 

URS 


Environmental 

Printing 

Traffic 

Utilities 

Transportation 


Right of Way 

Media Relations 

Project Controls 

Aesthetics 

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TOD Station Area Planning 

Environmental 

Geotech Studies 

MechanicallElectrical 

Language Translations 

MechanicallElectrical 

Planning 

NORTH METRO 

Dave Shelley 

Jim Starling 

Bob Boot 

Kristi Estes 

Joe Racosky 

Nate Larson 

Manolo Gonzalez Estay 




Public Information Liaison 

Project Manager 





PMC 

PIC 

URS 

URS 

Welchert and Britz 


Bolima 

CDR Associates 

David Evans 

Asso 

Design Core 

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EPS 

Goodbee 

HMMH 

Associates 

LS Gallegos 

Merrick Associates 

Nelson Nygaard 


Poitra Visual Communications 

Project Vision 21 

Regnier Associates 


SEH 

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EnvironmentallPlanning 

Landscape Architecture Urban Design 

Project Support 

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Project Support PM Support 

Survey 

Transit Service Planning 

Environmental Support 

Graphics Web site 

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PI Support 

Geotech Studies 

EIS Educational Video Production PISupport 

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The Roybal Corporation 

Two Hundred 

Upward Solutions 

Visonland Engineers 

park nRide Design 

Web site maintenance 

Air Quality 

Site Engineers 

NORTHWEST RAIL 

Chris Quinn 

Nadine Lee 

Karen Morales 

Tim Baldwin 

Chris Proud 

Julie McKay 





Environmental Lead 




PIC 

URS 

CH2M Hill 

CDR 

I225 

Larry Warner 

David Krutsinger 

Chuck Culig 

Tina Jaquez 

Julie Skeen 


RTD Planning Deputy Project Manager 

RTD Engineering Deputy Project Manager 


NEPA Coordinator 

PMC 



PIC 

PMC 

US 36 

Gina McAfee 

Nadine Lee 

Karen Morales 

Rick Pilgrim 

Jonathan Bartsch 






PMC 


PIC 

URS 

CDR 


CH2M Hill 

Parsons Brinckerhoff 



Yeh Associates 

Environmental Engineering 

Engineering 

Environmental 

Geotech 

DENVER UNION STATION 

Dave Shelley 

Jerry Nery 

Roger Sherman 

Eric Anderson 

Laura Aldrete 

Maria Garcia Berry 









CRL Associates 



CRL Associates 


Frank Cannon 

Mike Reininger 

DeveloperCo Project Manager 

DeveloperCo Project Manager 

Union Station Neighborhood Co 

Union Station Neighborhood Co

LIGHT RAIL MAINTENANCE FACILITY 

Dave Hollis 


Roger Sherman 


Rob Hertz 


Ed Romero 



PIC 

DMJM Harris 

Romero Wilson 


Gaadbee 

David Evans 

Associates 

Associates 

Maintenance Design Group 

TCB 

LTK 

TEC 

RNL 

Utilities Hazmat 

Traffic Engineering Surveying 

Facilities 

Geotech Drainage 

Systems 

Historic ArchitecturelPaleo 

Architecture 

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Magee Caitlin 

From 

Lien Marla 

Sent Monday November 26 2007 10 46 AM 

To 

Cc 

Perdue Paula Magee Caitlin Marsella Cal 

Pulliam Wally Busck Noel Ellebracht Sherry 

Subject 

Follow up from legislative liaison meeting 

Attachments memo re home rule status doc FHWA Denver Union Station Grant pdf 

Attached please find a memo from me and a spreadsheet received from CDOT in response to questions 

presented at the last legislative liaison meeting I am sending this directly to Director Busck and he raised the 

issue that is the subject of my memo If any of you need anything in addition please let me know 



Our mission 

To meet ourconstituents present and future public transit needs by offering safecean 

reliable courteous accessible andcost effective service throughout the District 

D 

Memorandum 

To 

The Board of directors 

From 

Marla L Lien 

General Counsel 

Date November 26 2007 

Subject 

Legislative Committee Follow Up 

At the Legislative Liaison committee meeting of November 13 2007 the Board members 

requested information on two items Those were 

1 The amount of Federal funds available through a 550 million earmark secured by 

Congresswoman Diana DeGette and administered through the Colorado Department of 

Transportation CDOT 

Attached a spreadsheet received from CDOT showing a summary 

of funds made available 

The maximum amount 

under the federal budget for each year of the appropriation 

authorized under the 550 million earmark will be 542 

million There may be an 

additional 525 million for station renovations under separate highway funding 

2 A discussion of the ramifications of seeking a change in RTD legislation to allow 

more control by the RTD elected Board of Directors and less direct legislative oversight 

The discussion follows 

RTD was created by the general assembly of the State of Colorado to address a matter of 

state wide concernCRS3291021 It is a 

political subdivision of the State with the 

powers of a public body politic and corporateCRS3291191 There is an elected 

boardCRS3291 1 that has the power to among other things fix and increase or 

decrease revenues for services and facilities provided by the district and to levy sales tax 

1 19 All powers are limited by the overriding caveat that the district is authorized to 

develop maintain and operate a mass transportations system for the benefit of the 

inhabitants of the districtCRS 329107 It is not authorized for other public 

purposes

The state statutes cited above can be modified by the Colorado legislature theoretically 

any time it is in session As practical matter however the district has a 30 year history of 

operations levies a 1 

sales and use tax has recently issued over 5600 million in bonded 

indebtedness authorized by the voters and is responsible for the operation of bus and rail 

service in 8 counties 

In 2004 the district svoters authorized additional sales tax now a 

portion of the 1 for implementation of a plan adopted by the board of directors of the 

districtCRS329119 4 Any significant modification of the powers and relative 

autonomy the district sboard has enjoyed would require corollary assumption by some 

entity of the district sobligations including repayment of indebtedness provision of 

service and implementation of voter authorized programs It is difficult to envision how 

the legislature could unwind or repeal significant portions of the RTD enabling act given 

the legal obligations of the board and the political expectations of the voters who look to 

the RTD for transit service and entrusted the RTD Board of Directors to adopt and 

implement a significant transportation expansion plan 

Currently in addition to control by the legislature RTD can be directly controlled by the 

voters 

through initiative and referendum The ability of voters to modify state statute is a 

constitutional right in Colorado A statewide initiative however requires petitions signed 

by 5 of the voters state wide who voted in the last election for secretary of state A 

vote would then have to pass in a statewide election Modification of the RTD Act 

through statewide initiative is possible but faces significant hurdles in terms of logistics 

voter education in out of district areas and expense 

If the RTD board wanted its enabling legislation changed it could approach 

two ways Board members could actively seek sponsors to bring 

this in one of 

forward a statewide 

initiative RTD as a body could not help fund any campaign activities associated with such 

an effortCRS145 117 The RTD Board could also not control what appeared in any 

petition circulated for the purpose of changing the RTD act Ultimately that would be up 

to petition sponsors and the title setting board 

If RTD through its lobbyist sought a change to its enabling authority it faces several 

issues The first is that any legislative change sought as to its fundamental powers may 

involve a bill title broad enough to allow unforeseen and unsought changes Even a 

narrow title for a limited and specific change may result in a different change to the 

particular powers addressed than the one that was originally sought and may trigger other 

bills being introduced once the legislature focuses on the matter of RTD powers Also 

even if the legislature were willing to relinquish a degree of control it may not cede what 

is relinquished solely to the RTD Board Certain political subdivisions of the state have 

less direct oversight by the legislature than RTD does 

Generally 

however those bodies 

have more direct control by the voters within the boundaries of the political subdivision 

Municipalities counties and statutory special districts formed under Title 32 Article 1 

the Colorado Revised Statutes all are subject to direct oversight by voters CRS31 11 

101 governing statutory municipalities recognizes the legislature sobligation to provide for 

initiative and referendum Home rule cities are subject to adoption of a charter by voters 

and initiative and referendum Colorado Constitution Article XX section 5 and 6 Home 

rule counties are subject to initiative and referendumCRS30 11 505 and 506 Title 

of

32 Article 1 special districts are 

governed by statues that have election provisions for 

formation debt issuance expansion and board election for special statutory districts 

A legislative change 

to RTD s enabling act that would provide for less legislative oversight 

of the RTD board may come with an allocation of oversight directly to the district 

voters 

This would be in keeping with the governance models for other political subdivisions 

including special districts that are not directly controlled by the legislature

Forecast of funds available by year In thouscancis 

The below table is lists the amounts by fiscal year of the federal cannarks designated 

for the DC5 

project 

The actual amounts the federal governmenttilmake available in F OS and U9 arc 

unknown at this time The actual amount for fiscal years U 06 and0arS9 millionS2 

11 iltnut d S 11 7 million respecth eiy The fact that the Higlnvay Trust Fund is ripidl depleting 

its balances mak 

it problematic to predict what the obligation limit will be in thu hostt scars but 

the amounts that will actually be available will almost certainly be less than those presantcd in the 

tablerou may choose to use a funding technique calledd anecd construction once ou have 

received all your approvals to became a federally reimbursable approvedproject 4dvanccd 

construction is the use of your local funds in one year with reimbursement occuring in the federal 

fiscal year in which the federal funds are designated to become available The risk you take by using 

ads anced construction is that if the actual amounts available under the obligation limit diminish 

there is no additional state money forthcoming from CDOT to backfiil any gap so to that extent the 

use of advanced construction is a risk 

5 Year 

Desai lion Auth FY OS FY 06 FV 07 FY 08 FY 09 Total 

Federal Federal Federal Federal Federal 

10 of 20of 2S of 25 of 20 of 

Total Match Total Match Total Match TpWI Match Total Match Fed Match 

Denver Union Station 550 000 54 277 51 069 58 700 52 175 Si1312 52 828 570 00052 500 59 800 52 000 542 289S1C 572 

Federal Fedarat Federal Federal Federal 

tao or 20 of t2o or 20 of zo of 

Total Match Total Match Total Match Total Match Total Match Fed Match 

Denver Union Station 

Renovations 53 000 5513 5128 5517 5128 5553 5138 5480 5120 5480 5120 52 543 5838 

State Funds available for the DU5 project total1ti 8 million approved from the SB97 001 10 

allocation for transit 

Any Proceeds Spent 

Federal Funds None 

Until all the conditions noted earlier in this memorandum are met CDOT catmot disburse any 

federal funds for the DUS project Under current current federal guidelines access to these funds 

will not expire There is however always a possiblity that the federal government could look at 

funds unspent and rescind them 

State Funds None 

The state funds are budgeted to the project and are available for the reimbursement of DUS 

expenses once the conditions noted above are met 

Please let me know if you have any additional questions


Board Meeting Follow up 

The 

Board of Directors took the following 

actions last week at their monthly meeting 

Approved the West Corridor early 

purchase of light rail track rail for 

guard rails and concrete cross ties 

Approved the 2008 Budget 

Approved service contracts with four 

organizations to provide access aRide 

paratransit services 

Approved the proposed 

access control 

system for County Line Station to 

Park Meadows Shopping Center 

Approved a contract to purchase fifty 

five light rail 

corridors 

Employee Wellness 

vehicles for FasTracks 

Rehabilitation Program 

If you are not aware of the many services 

that RTD sWellness and Rehabilitation Staff 

provides 

it is easy 

to get that information 

There are educational materials an 

informational website health 

presentations 

and individuals programs that combine for a 

complete health and wellness approach in 

these areas Injury prevention stress 

management 

fitness rehabi itation disease 

management nutrition weight management 

health education and recreation activities 

Congratulations Corner 

Our mission To meet our constituents present 

and future pub ic transit needs by offering safe 

canre iabecourteous accessible and cost 

effective service throughout the District 

I want to recognize the following RTD 

Employees who recei ved commendations 

from their passengers 

and orco workers and 

helped us achieve some of our primary goals 

Mariann Brewer 

Route SKIP 

Scott Johnson Route 0 

Shannon Burton 

Marco Hernandez Grajeda 

Malcolm Green 

Matthew Haarman 

Route B 

Route 79 

Route GS 

Route GS 

Val McDaniel Route 121 

Juan Cruz Route 38 

Robert Chastain 

Lewis Housley 

Amadeo Acosta 

Joe Cardenas 

William Quintana 

Richard Barker 

Employee Forums 

Route AB 

Route SKIP 

Route 16L 

Route B 

Route 15L 

Route 83L 

These upcoming forums are an opportunity 

to discuss current issues See you 

there 

Monday November 26 

9 11 am 

Boulder Division 

Drivers Break Room 

To learn more about the RTD Wellness and 

Rehabilitation Department call Jim at 202 

299 3148 or Deanna at 303 299 3145 or 

visitwww rtd denver com wellness 

Monday December 10 

9 11am 

Blake Street 

Basement Rooms T D

Wednesday December 12 

13030p m 

Platte Division 


Thursday December 13 

10am Noon 

Planning and Development 

FasTracks Staff 

Blake Street 

Basement Room T D 

Monday 

24pm 

District Shops 

December 17 


Wednesday December 19 

24pm 

East Metro Division 


to network with your colleagues and share 

coffee or tea We will also hold a raffle so be 

sure to get your ticket at the door 

Job Openings 

External Position 

Full 

Part Time Bus Operators 

General Repair Mechanic 

Signal Traction 

Rail Vehicle Mechanic 

Power Maint Ongoing 

Document Control Manager 

Sr Contract Admin Budget 

Analyst Project 

Applications Developer II Project 

Business Analyst Architect 

Documentum 

Closin 

Ongoing 

Ongoing 

Ongoing 

Ongoing 

Ongoing 

Ongoing 

Ongoing 

Body Shop Mechanic 1 1 30 07 

Physical Therapist Supervisor 1 130 07 

These positions require 

a Motor Vehicle 

Record be submitted with application 

Thursday 

1 3 pm 

Light Rail 

December 20 

Elati Transportation 

RTD Employee 

The RTD Employee 

District Tour 

starting December 6 If you 

long term employee 

Break Room 

District Tours are back 

are a new or 

who has not had the 

opportunity to see how our District wide 

functions dovetail with the activities of your 

office come join us for an all day tour 

visiting various departments and buildings 

within RTD Space 

is limited You must have 

approval from your manager 

before you 

can 

sign up on the Learning Center swebsite or 

call Janice Hampton at303 299 3040 

All Hands Meeting 

Another reminder that we have anAll Hands 

meeting on November 29 at the Marriott City 

Centre located at 1701 California Street 

downtown 

You will need your supervisor 

approval to attend The formal start time is 9 

am but you can begin arriving at830am 

Internal Positions none currently open 

In addition to the postings listed please 

check our Internal Job Line at 303 299 

2012 and our External Job Line at 303 299 

2309 since some positions 

are added after 

publication of the Q The Job Lines will 

contain the most up to date and accurate 

information about all of RTD sjob openings 

Quotation of the Week 

In recognition of the Holiday Season 

What is theHo iday Seasontis 

tenderness for the past courage for the 

present hope 

for the futuretis a fervent 

wish that every cup may 

overf owwith 

bessings rich and eterna and that every 

path may ead to peace 

Agnes M Pharo 

Clarence SIN larsella

Weekly Board Packet 11-30-07 - RTD

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