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Department of Community Development
Reference: Brighton-Commerce City IGA
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Philip A. Rodriguez, City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP - Assistant City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP - Community Development Director
Prepared By: Lauren Simmons, AICP - Senior Planner
Date Prepared: October 25, 2018
PURPOSE
To review and approve a new Intergovernmental Agreement with Commerce City to primarily set forth municipal boundaries and land use planning.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS
* Recognizable and Well Planned Community
* Strong Regional Relationships and Partnerships
BACKGROUND
The City of Brighton and the City of Commerce City entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement in February 1989 ("1989 IGA") that set forth future annexation areas, revenue sharing and other items associated with land use planning. As a 30-year agreement, the 1989 IGA is set to expire in February 2019. Staff has been meeting with Commerce City staff since April 2018 in order to review the 1989 IGA. The goal is to terminate and replace the IGA with a new IGA that would, among other things, allow Commerce City to annex the 20 acres east of I-76, to specify the boundary to right-of-way lines or centerlines, and to eliminate the revenue sharing provision of the 1989 IGA ("New IGA").
It is the recommendation of both Brighton staff and Commerce City staff to eliminate the revenue sharing component for the New IGA. The vision of the 1989 IGA was to develop the 120th corridor in partnership with Commerce City. Since that time, Commerce City has de-annexed a portion of 120th Avenue and developed mostly residential land uses along this corridor with a few exceptions for neighborhood commercial-type land uses. Brighton has planned development for similar land uses, and has had large amounts of its land on the corridor developed for civic and public land uses that serve both communiti...
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