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be a combination of roadway, open space, and land use changes; therefore, it was not called W470. The first agreement was a four-year agreement that was signed in 1991, and lapsed in 1995. There have been subsequent negotiations off-and-on, however, no agreement could be reached. In November 1997, Broomfield City Councilman Clark Griep contacted Mayer in an effort to move things forward. They met informally, along with Commissioner Ron Stewart, to consider what a new agreement might be. In return for allowing the road to be built, the agreement was made to preserve land as much as possible in its current character. Griep, Stewart, and Mayer knew from their participation on the Regional Transportation Task Force that US 36 would not be able to handle all the potential development in the area. There is also tremendous imbalance between commercial development and residential development in Boulder County. It was determined that preserving commercial development in its current state or turning it into open space would result in a more equitable situation, especially for transportation demands. In early 1998, the preliminary information was presented to Mayor Davidson, who in turn contacted Mayor Bill Berens of Broomfield to begin formal negotiations. Each party to the agreement has various interests they would like to see preserved. Louisville's main interest was not having 96th Street going into Front Street overwhelmed by traffic from development in south Broomfield. Broomfield was in favor of the road because it was part of their transportation master plan. Boulder County felt it was very important to preserve the rural areas. Lafayette had a very strong interest in finding an interchange at Hwy 287 and Dillon Road to provide commercial development opportunities for them. A previous northwest parkway agreement between Broomfield, Lafayette and Boulder County routed the road to Dillon and Hwy 287. He stated that StorageTek is contributing land in this agreement, as they have provided 40 acres as city preservation for Broomfield. He expressed sympathy for residents of Paradise Lane who want their land buffered from any possible future development of StorageTek. The agreement calls for StorageTek to provide almost 20 acres of open space to the City of Louisville. He suggested that the land between StorageTek and Paradise Lane be dedicated as open space to provide a buffer to those residents. He asked to respond to Tom Ragonetti' s comments regarding land rezoning. He stated that the City of Louisville is committed to providing fair compensation to the difference in change of zoning, even though he did not believe they are required to do so under Colorado law. Mayer disagreed with Ragonetti's assessment on the land's value. He stated that there have been no formal th engineering studies completed on 96 Street. Preliminary studies have shown that the th likely connection for 96 Street to HWy 42 would come just below the InKeeper Storage. This connection is important for Louisville as traffic studies completed by Broomfield , th were showing traffic volumes in the low 30,000 s coming north on 96 Street. He explained that while he personally would be open to reviewing alternative alignments versus having the road cut through Rock Creek Farm, during negotiations when the road was routed through another entity's preserve, the parties deferred to that entity. He asked if the individual who spoke earlier as a representative of the Wood property would be available to answer questions. Susan Wood Hudson agreed to answer any questions Council might have. 11