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Land near the confluence of Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers sits empty and idle. Confluence developers were back in City Hall after numerous citizens were upset they were left out of the process..<\/strong>
Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

How to develop the 12.2 acres of land at the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers remains a point of contention.<\/p>\n

Last summer the Glenwood Springs City Council interviewed three development teams, which floated ideas ranging from a river park to over 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space as well as a hotel and conference center.<\/p>\n

The confluence conversation continued Wednesday afternoon with a city council workshop in city hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just wanted to give council an update or kind of a recap really of what has happened in the past,\u201d Jennifer Ooton, assistant city manager, said.<\/p>\n

In February, city council approved the Glenwood Springs: Moving Forward Together U.S. EPA Area-Wide Plan. Funded primarily by a $200,000 grant, the plan strategized how to tie together the confluence redevelopment, the Sixth Street Corridor Master Plan, the now completed Seventh Street beautification project and the recently approved Two Rivers Park project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some new councilors who might not have internalized all of the information about the area-wide [plan],\u201d Ooton said.<\/p>\n

Despite conducting interviews with three developers, council has not selected a master developer team. And, ahead of making any such decision, council may form an ad hoc committee comprised of community members to help guide the project forward.<\/p>\n

One of those new councilors, councilor Charlie Willman, favored forming a seven- to nine-member ad hoc committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be a good group to help us lead the public vetting of the project,\u201d Willman said. \u201cThe actual development can\u2019t be done until we have fully vetted that with the community to make sure that the vision that we think as council is the vision the community shares.\u201d<\/p>\n

With city staff already working on several ongoing and future projects such as the Two Rivers Park project, the airport property scenario planning project, the reconstruction of South Midland Avenue and the long sought after South Bridge project, staff time was a concern at Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the beginning I have heard that the staff has been stretched pretty thin,\u201d Councilor Paula Stepp said. \u201cIt\u2019s not that I don\u2019t want projects to happen, what I do want is to give them time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are putting on the brakes a little bit, slowing down and getting a chance to fully look at this, which I am glad of,\u201d Stepp added.<\/p>\n

At this point, council does not have a timeframe for selecting a master developer for the confluence.<\/p>\n

Councilor Tony Hershey, who was unable to attend Wednesday\u2019s meeting, said he was not interested in spending any taxpayer money on the confluence at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only people who seem to be for it are planners and developers,\u201d Hershey said. \u201cI am certainly not interested in building in one of the most congested areas in the town to create more traffic and parking issues for a project that nobody wants or needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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