{"id":1312551,"date":"2019-07-17T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/a-confluence-of-concerns\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T04:28:00","slug":"a-confluence-of-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/a-confluence-of-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"A confluence of concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6915254237288\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-984195-591\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, speaks about his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, speaks about his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, speaks about his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, shares his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, shares his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, shares his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Richard Todd goes through the pages and pages of research he has collected over the years about the proposed plans for the confluence along the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Richard Todd goes through the pages and pages of research he has collected over the years about the proposed plans for the confluence along the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/confluenceconcerns-gpi-071819-2.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Todd goes through the pages and pages of research he has collected over the years about the proposed plans for the confluence along the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/a-confluence-of-concerns\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/a-confluence-of-concerns\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Glenwood Springs residents Richard Todd and Gary Vick say they got wind of City Council\u2019s interviews with three potential confluence development teams through hearsay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis is the first time that I have been to any meeting to discuss what\u2019s going on over there,\u201d Todd said as he pointed to where the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers meet, just a short distance away from his home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere seem to have been some meetings, but certainly I was never invited to any of them,\u201d he said of development prospects that could have a major impact on his neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">According to the 2017 Confluence Redevelopment Plan, as part of the community engagement process a Project Advisory Team (PAT) was \u201cestablished to guide the planning process for the Confluence Redevelopment Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That Project Advisory Team was comprised of 12 stakeholders that included just one public representative \u2014 Dean Gordon, co-founder of the engineering firm SGM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Its other 11 members included two city councilors, including former Councilor Todd Leahy, two Roaring Fork Transportation Authority representatives, four members from the city\u2019s Planning and Zoning, Transportation and River commissions, two Downtown Development Authority (DDA) representatives, and one member of city staff \u2014 all of whom were serving within their official capacities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Feb. 21 of this year, City Council approved the Glenwood Springs: Moving Forward Together U.S. EPA Area-Wide Plan. The project consultant team for the plan included Stromberg\/Garrigan &amp; Associates, Inc. from Norfolk, Virginia; Gaito &amp; Associates, LLC out of Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Development Research Partners from Littleton and Community Builders, based out of Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">According to its executive summary, the Moving Forward Together Plan, \u201c\u2026 represents the proactive role government can take in working with property owners and developers \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The plan\u2019s strategy included how to better connect the confluence\u2019s redevelopment, the Sixth Street Corridor Master Plan, the Seventh Street beautification project and Two Rivers Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhy is this the first that we are hearing of a 2019 study? We thought the 2017 [Confluence Redevelopment Plan] was the latest and greatest,\u201d said Vick, who also lives near the confluence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It\u2019s a question he recently posed to City Council and staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhatever public outreach they did, for them to claim that it was a public process is disingenuous at best, because nobody in this neighborhood knew about it,\u201d Vick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The day after City Council approved the Moving Forward Together Plan, the city moved forward with a Master Developer for Confluence Area Request For Qualifications (RFQ). The process was intended \u201c\u2026 to find a qualified, visionary development partner to participate in the city of Glenwood Springs\u2019 efforts to develop approximately 12.2 acres of land \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The RFQ, which closed on May 22, turned up seven responses that were then vetted by members of the city\u2019s Community Development, Engineering, and Parks and Recreation departments, as well as the DDA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The search was then narrowed to three development teams \u2014 Development Partners, Trail Break Partners and the Confluence Development Group \u2014 all of which were interviewed at a special City Council meeting on July 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis has not been a public process, otherwise someone on this street would\u2019ve known it was coming,\u201d Vick said. \u201cThey are trying to ram it through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At this time, City Council has not selected a development team or laid out a time frame for doing so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In their RFQs, the three teams proposed, among other developments, multi-family residential housing, 614 parking spaces, 25,000 square feet of retail\/restaurant space and a potential Hyatt corporation hotel and conference center on the confluence area site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI am not an angry homeowner,\u201d Vick said. \u201cI am a concerned citizen who wants to see a proper, well disseminated public process involving the crown jewel of Glenwood Springs real estate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:mabennett@postindependent.com\">mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/a-confluence-of-concerns\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, speaks about his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Gary Vick, who lives directly across from the Glenwood Springs river confluence, shares his thoughts on the redevelopment plans for the area.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Richard Todd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 22:18:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}