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development over the next two years. The IGA, if approved by all three entities, would result in an agreement to grant an option to purchase a right-of-way for the Northwest Parkway through the exiting County open space, as well as on the Archdiocese ground and another parcel. Mayer asked why Louisville, without something in written form, should trust Broomfield when they had already proven themselves untrustworthy. He wondered how important this IGA is to Broomfield when they did not extend the IGA when it expired. He stated that given the contention over the Northwest Parkway over the years, having the city be a sponsor, he felt it was ill-advised. He had been told by one Broomfield Council member, in no uncertain terms, that they were going to "ram the road through Louisville whether Louisville liked it or not." He did not know why Louisville would want to participate. He pointed out that in the 1991 study on airport access done by Transplant, making a projection in 2010, the parts of the parkway, in traffic along the 128 portion of the Northwest Parkway, if built, was approximately 8,000 cars/day which only requires a two lane road. The idea that you need a beltway from E470 to Golden, the study stated that this road will not function as a beltway. On the airport access the study showed that the benefits for getting to the airport would be fairly modest. Lathrop wanted a summary of Boulder County's position as Oglesby understands it. Oglesby stated that Boulder County is willing to cooperate with the city to purchase open space on the Archdiocese property and work with the city to have Broomfield purchase the right-of-way for the parkway. There are two other parcels west of the Archdiocese and in the agreement the County stated that they will within six months pursue purchase of the ground by the County, then allow Broomfield and Lafayette to purchase the right-of-way out of that open space for the Northwest Parkway. Concerning the existing County open space along 120th Street proceeding west to the railroad tracks, the commissioners had approved an option to purchase whereby the City of Lafayette or the City of Broomfield would purchase right-of-way for the Northwest Parkway. Lathrop was in favor of a feasibility study. Sisk wanted the benefits of the Northwest Parkway. He saw this as a W -470 reincarnated, which he did not want. He encouraged the parties to find a way to work together, but he did not want to commit to spending $500,000 with the limitations he saw before them. Davidson asked if Broomfield, as the primary sponsor of the study, had given any thought to how they would pay for the $250 - $300 million dollar expansion. Oglesby stated that it probably would be phased. Mayer pointed out that the 1986 DRCOG and the 1987 W-470 studies made the point that the eventual amount of commercial and retail activity in the northwest quadrant, as a whole, would not be altered by building W-470 and subsequently the Northwest Parkway. He did not see the parkway as serving or essential to Louisville's economic benefit. 3