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Presentation by DRCOG regarding Commerce City's participation in the Sustainable Communities Initiative Grant Process.
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Summary and Background Information:
The Denver region was awarded $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support regional, corridor, and site-level planning and implementation activities. The SCI will support a consortium of municipalities, counties, state agencies, housing authorities, nonprofits, corporate interests, philanthropic and academic organizations working together to further enhance and implement Metro Vision, the region's long-range plan for growth and development, while addressing one of our region's most pressing and exciting challenges: leveraging the region's multi-billion dollar expansion of the FasTracks transit system.
The grant is focusing on three FasTracks transit corridors currently under construction as part of the innovative EAGLE P3 public-private partnership:
· East Corridor
· Gold Corridor
· Northwest rail/US 36 BRT
As a part of this grant, DRCOG is seeking municipalities to join the consortium by signing a consortium agreement. Thus far, no communities that are not along one of the three corridors has signed the agreement. The attached handouts contain additional information.
Staff Responsible (Department Head): Chris Cramer, Community Development Director
Outside Presenter: Teri Whitmore and Craig Carlson
Financial Impact: DRCOG indicates that no financial commitment is necessary, but clarification is needed.
Funding Source: No funding source is identified.
Staff Recommendation:
No action at this time. Discussion only.