[CPEO-BIF] Gates development decision postponed (Denver)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Council delays rezoning vote for Gates' site development

By Kris Hudson 
Denver Post 
December 14, 2004

The Denver City Council decided Monday to postpone for one week its vote
on Gates Corp.'s bid to rezone the eastern portion of its former
rubber-plant site for redevelopment. 

The postponement came after hours of deliberation by the council and
comments from 29 speakers, many of whom declared their allegiances with
stickers proclaiming either "Yes on Gates!" or "Support responsible
development" with the middle word underlined. Opponents cited concerns
about traffic and groundwater contamination at the site.

Councilwoman Kathleen MacKenzie proposed the delay to gather information
from city planners on when infrastructure such as roads and wastewater
pipes must be installed to support the site's redevelopment.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2596403,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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