Southwest Area Plan Full Public Review Draft

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 2:22PM on page 104

More crossings to connect the neighborhoods would be fantastic.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 12:02PM on page 169

Suggestion

Yes, street lighting should be improved!

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:59AM on page 134

I really love these ideas for encouraging transit usage while ensuring these businesses can stay present in our community. These are really important to the area's diversity and I personally love a lot of the restaurants and shops here. Thank you for the thought that went into this segment.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:56AM on page 131

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Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:51AM on page 106

Really important, especially near transit. Important to be able to support local grocery stores as well, with sufficient foot traffic and residents nearby to ensure these areas continue to be serviced by grocery stores long-term.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:46AM on page 58

Suggestion

Strong agreement with this part

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:43AM on page 56

Suggestion

This particular wording may discourage mixed developments (e.g. a local shop on the first floor, housing on floors above it), which would also make these areas less walkable.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:42AM on page 56

Suggestion

Other parts of this document seem to contradict this desire by suggesting that further density *not* be allowed until after the BRT is in-place. I would appreciate alignment on this across the document so that more people have the option to live near transit and reduce car dependency.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:40AM on page 43

Suggestion

ADUs are often built by the home owner to allow a family member or friend to live in their lot, or to rent out to another individual. It is far better to have an extra unit in the lot than not to: both for affordability and ensuring slightly-higher density is encouraged and our city can grow reasonably. Forcing affordability requirements here would be counter-productive as it would 1) make it more complex to build onto single-unit structures in the first place, and 2) prevent many buildings from being converted/expanded at all.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:35AM on page 54

Strongly agree, traffic calming and ensuring that conflict points are minimized are necessary to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries.

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:26AM on page 52

This map is very low-resolution

Connor Shea Apr 18 2025 at 11:23AM on page 43

Suggestion

Duplex, triplex, and quadplex buildings on Federal and Alameda should be prioritized and allowed *now*, ahead of the BRT development! These allow smaller developments to get put in and support the BRT service once it's actually implemented. We have a housing crisis right now, we shouldn't be sitting on our hands if middle housing could be built in good places like this ahead of time!

Catharine McCord Apr 17 2025 at 1:38PM on page 17

Suggestion

Vietnam is Southeast Asian

Hamilton Reed Apr 17 2025 at 11:42AM on page 10

Suggestion

Is this Nathan guy a real estate developer? It doesn't sound like he actually likes this part of town and just wants to turn it into soulless, luxury, condominium living.

Bill Coleman Apr 17 2025 at 9:16AM on page 11

Suggestion

I hope to see a LOT more green growing plants, bushes, trees along Federal Blvd. Lots of trees please!

Molly Apr 16 2025 at 7:28PM on page 7

Suggestion

Southwest includes Pinehurst Estates and the Greens and Fort Logan doesn’t it?

You never list our neighborhood,

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 3:00PM on page 75

Suggestion

More aggressive traffic calming / enforcement measures are needed throughout the SW area, full stop. This is a constituent safety item that should be at the top of mind for all proposed changes.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:54PM on page 46

Suggestion

Tools to help reduce displacement are good, but imposing regulations to prop up dying businesses does not send the right market signal.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:53PM on page 46

Technical assistance programs that allow businesses to meet growing/different needs should be a priority. Allow the businesses to grow and evolve with the community.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:52PM on page 43

Suggestion

I would argue for more aggressive upzoning in Residential Low Places. The ability to grow these single-family areas to become duplex/triplexes & small apartments is more likely to see aggressively-positive growth than incremental adjustments.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:49PM on page 42

Suggestion

Do not dictate design - restrictive policy will cause more harm than good.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:47PM on page 41

Suggestion

Focus on friendly policy to allow market-rate development of small apartments and townhomes is likely to draw more development, more supply of housing, and keep housing prices low. Over-indexation or mandates for affordable units will reduce the speed at which this needed supply growth occurs.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:43PM on page 33

Suggestion

Please consider making Federal, Alameda, and Mississippi (maybe Morrison as well), closer to Urban Center. This overhaul is a great opportunity to bring the people from the community to these spaces more consistently and safely, and allow communal connections to be made. If the changes don't actively bring connection through dining/shopping/recreation, then this area of the city is likely to continue to languish and lag behind the development of the remainder of the city.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:37PM on page 22

Suggestion

Dramatically improving streetscapes along Federal, Alameda, and Mississippi should be the utmost priority. Allow these areas to become safe to walk, shop & dine, which will help to bring the communities together.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:34PM on page 11

Suggestion

Control high speeds throughout neighborhoods. Traffic calming NEEDS to be a high priority.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:33PM on page 10

Suggestion

There is not a particular reason to focus on the industrial sector in this area - we are close to downtown and should all this to become more urban (meaning retail/food service/etc.). Please don't over-index to industrial and constrain the area from building naturally.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:32PM on page 10

Suggestion

I disagree with this - in general in this area, the "unique historic and cultural character" of the area are poorly-built 1950s homes and ugly, uninviting strip malls. Allow for turnover and growth in the area, which means the ability to build differently than what has historically constrained this area from becoming better, safer, and more inviting.

Nathan Apr 15 2025 at 2:29PM on page 8

Suggestion

The diversity of housing is really critical here - allow people to build what the market will buy, don't be overly prescriptive, or we'll end up with exploding housing costs in this area because developers won't invest in areas that are restrictively zoned.

Ally meyer Apr 12 2025 at 10:41AM on page 178

Suggestion

Emphasis on pedestrian-friendly. Would love Alameda Square to have a plaza similar to old town Arvada. This attracts many people from the surrounding neighborhoods (biking/walking there) which helps create a sense of community. It will also help the businesses thrive by improving the atmosphere of this area. Having a plaza with trees and landscaping helps cool the area too. It’s no fun hanging out in a burning hot parking lot.

Ally meyer Apr 12 2025 at 10:33AM on page 95

Suggestion

Highly in favor of public plazas, similar to what old town Arvada has. The commercial area along Alameda (Costco, etc) would be an excellent place for a pedestrian plaza with cafes, retail, and mixed use buildings to create a more vibrant and WALKABLE neighborhood :)

Ally meyer Apr 12 2025 at 10:30AM on page 92

Yes, there is often a pollution smell (like burning plastic) coming from the industrial area along Lipan street between Alameda and Mississippi. Toxic chemicals released into our air and water is a hazard. Please ensure these businesses are not harming residents.

Ally meyer Apr 12 2025 at 10:28AM on page 92

Excellent! Yes we want more green spaces and nature as a buffer between residential areas and industrial areas.

Hannah Apr 11 2025 at 3:28PM on page 65

Suggestion

Mississippi doesn’t go through here, it turns into a one way for a block at Sheridan. It makes more sense to treat Florida as a local traffic thoroughfare than Mississippi. There are also way more stop signs on Mississippi vs Florida.

heidi Apr 11 2025 at 3:09PM on page 16

Suggestion

seems kind of a weird way to highlight first peoples by mentioning them and then immediately pointing out how the area made it good for dominant culture to scout them? Also, shouldn't this section be pre-settler?

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