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W-470 STUDY A slide presentation was made by Tom McCarty from <br />Jefferson County describing the scope of the W-470 <br />project. Morris expressed her concerns with the <br />presentation in that it indicates support from all <br />Boulder County Commissioners and that is an <br />inaccurate assumption. Morris also asked for a <br />cost breakdown for each Boulder County entity <br />choosing to participate in the study. Phase I of <br />the study would cost the City of Louisville <br />$1,229. <br />Council related :problems with the current study <br />design in that it is currently a planning effort <br />for a highway, not a study for a highway. The <br />slide presentation is perceived by Council as <br />promotion for a ]zighway, not a promotion for a <br />study. Assumptions are suggested in the <br />presentation than are in fact to be part of the <br />fact-finding study. <br />A list of possible additions/modifications to the <br />W-470 Corridor S1~udy was summarized in a letter <br />from Josie Heath, County Commissioner. Council <br />was asked to priortize the items and the outcome <br />was the following:: <br />1. Analyze benefits and impacts to each County <br />and each community and include environmental, <br />social and economic factors including the effect <br />on land already projected and zoned for <br />development in the communities. <br />2. Identify alternative highway systems to <br />determine whether these improvements solve traffic <br />problems associat=ed with projected land uses in <br />2000 and 2010. <br />3. Conduct addit=ional investigation of the role <br />of transit in determining the need for a beltway. <br />4. Identify beltway alignment(s) in Phase I. <br />Test at least two alignments - one inside Boulder <br />County and one out=side Boulder County and consider <br />environmental fact=ors. <br />5. Investigate whether projected Year 2000 land <br />uses result in significant traffic problems <br />without a beltway„ <br />6. Investigate how each land use/transportation <br />scenario will imp~rct air quality. <br />7. Investigate t:he economic and other impacts of <br />beltway on other communities in the metropolitan <br />area. <br />2 <br />