Town Administrator September 30, 2019

What is a Design Charette?
In August, the Board approved a contract with DPZ CoDesign to develop a Master Plan for Erie's Four Corners/Town Center, the area around the intersection of Erie Parkway and County Line Road.

DPZ's staff came to Erie last week and met with land owners, developers, Town engineers, and planners. They were reviewing participants’ current plans and stakeholders perspectives on the area, market demand and existing regulations. DPZ used these meetings to help prepare for their design charrette planned for Wednesday, November 6th through Tuesday, November 12. The charrette is intended to engage all interested parties in collaboratively creating the Master Plan for a thriving Town Center with a unique sense of place, including the right mix of retail, office, residential, civic, park and open space uses that will thrive in Erie. DPZ will give an Opening Presentation at 6:30PM on Wednesday, November 6th (location TBD). Please attend that session and learn about DPZ’s approach. Also, please download the charrette schedule to see which sessions might be of most interest to you and then come to those sessions to listen and share your perspective. Everyone is welcome!

For more information, and to subscribe to Town Center updates, visit www.erieco.gov/1428/Town-Center.

Public Works

Public Works reports that several phases of the street maintenance project have been completed:

County Road 4 and County Road 5 Mill & Overlay and street striping
Mountain View Boulevard mill and overlay
Sheridan, County Line Road and Ridgeview patching
Vista Parkway patching

The week of September 30, fog seal will be applied to Sheridan Parkway, County Line Road and Ridgeview Drive. The following week these roadways will be striped. In future weeks, a mill and overlay will be installed on Vista Parkway from Mountain View Boulevard south to State Highway 7.

Police

Members of the Erie Police Department challenged the 'Blue Lightning Fish', a very talented 5-6 year old co-ed soccer team, on Monday. Despite a valiant effort by the EPD, the 'Blue Lightning Fish' took home the victory on a last-second goal.

A panel comprised of human resources, a civilian and EPD staff conducted oral boards for two open police officer vacancies.

Economic Development

The Town Economic Development staff attended the annual Denver Metro Economic Development’s Site Selection Recap breakfast. The event provides valuable insight to regional and national trends of the site selection community.

Some key insights the panelists shared:

• Colorado’s labor shed is well educated with many educational institutions contributing to the labor pipeline

• Colorado’s innovative hybrid labor union policies remain competitive

•Development incentives require review and revision to properly address the changing market and employer needs

• Investment in transportation infrastructure is imperative to improve the ease of doing business in the state

Visit the Metro Denver Economic Development website for more information.

Parks and Recreation

Parks staff completed monthly maintenance at the Boneyard Dog Park to keep your pup’s favorite playground in top-dog shape! In addition, our new Town Forester hosted a Tree Planting Demonstration at Lehigh Park free to community members. Thanks to all who joined us!

Staff from the Active Adults Program partnered with local health and wellness organizations for Falls Prevention Week! Dozens of active adults participated in fall prevention activities including Body N Balance Screenings and exercise demonstrations.