Please, enough!
Please, no more "high density" (a euphemism for crowded together) apartments. At the new Downtown, except for the existing J C Penny, a new hotel, a future bookstore? and a movie theater, the rest is high density housing. The apartment houses were subsidized with tens of millions taxpayer money (nearly everything there has been given taxpayer money). While there are shops and boutiques on the ground floor, the only free parking is blocks away.
The first picture is high density at the Promenade. The builders were allowed to waive $4.1 millions in fees that less favored developers must pay. Westminster gives final OK to $4.1 million package for Promenade project – The Denver Post
The second picture is St. Marks. All speakers at the Council hearing, except for a couple, begged the Council not to allow this. St. Marks was given taxpayer money, too.
The third picture is Park 1200. The neighbors did not want this and they begged the City Council not to do this. Council ignored the people and approved the development. It has no public transit available, it places public burdens on police, fire and schools that was not there before. And where will the kids go to school? There are no grocery stor0es nearby. The residents will be completely private car dependent. and the area already had hundreds of high density apartment.
The second picture is St. Marks. All speakers at the Council hearing, except for a couple, begged the Council not to allow this. St. Marks was given taxpayer money, too.
The third picture is Park 1200. The neighbors did not want this and they begged the City Council not to do this. Council ignored the people and approved the development. It has no public transit available, it places public burdens on police, fire and schools that was not there before. And where will the kids go to school? There are no grocery stor0es nearby. The residents will be completely private car dependent. and the area already had hundreds of high density apartment.
The Comprehensive Plan
Westminster has had a Comprehensive Plan for years. I see the Comp Plan as a "promise to residents" about how vacant land will be developed. And we have the Open Space Program working with the Comp Plan to prevent Westminster from being an crowded, over built city. Remember, according to sustainability plan of the City, they want to add 33,000 more people to the 118,000 that already live here. That is about 1/3rd more people. This will choke the roads, crowd the parks and wear down emergency responders.
In March of 2023, City Council approved a new Comprehensive Plan. The new plan reduced some housing densities. The high-density advocates cried foul. They seemed to forget that with the new, reduced density, Westminster is required to honored the thousands of new apartments that were approved by the previous Council. The high-density advocates greed knows no limits. Consider this article: U.S. Suburbs With Most New Apartments: 3 Colorado Spots Make List (msn.com)
The Good News
On March 24, 2023 Our City Council passed Westminster's new Comprehensive Plan 2040. This plan reduced the density of future building in Westminster. I am very proud of my fellow Council member with their courage and resolve in passing this new plan, enduring personal attacks by Councillors Nurmela and Ezeadi.
Unfortunately, there are still thousands of more high density housing units that were approved by the previous councils. But with the new Comprehensive Plan things will be better going into to the Future.
In March of 2023, City Council approved a new Comprehensive Plan. The new plan reduced some housing densities. The high-density advocates cried foul. They seemed to forget that with the new, reduced density, Westminster is required to honored the thousands of new apartments that were approved by the previous Council. The high-density advocates greed knows no limits. Consider this article: U.S. Suburbs With Most New Apartments: 3 Colorado Spots Make List (msn.com)
The Good News
On March 24, 2023 Our City Council passed Westminster's new Comprehensive Plan 2040. This plan reduced the density of future building in Westminster. I am very proud of my fellow Council member with their courage and resolve in passing this new plan, enduring personal attacks by Councillors Nurmela and Ezeadi.
Unfortunately, there are still thousands of more high density housing units that were approved by the previous councils. But with the new Comprehensive Plan things will be better going into to the Future.
