[CPEO-BIF] Gates rezoning approved after promise of cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gates rezoning approved
City concerns about contamination and traffic dogged the application.
The company has committed to remove TCE from the site.

By Kris Hudson 
Denver Post Staff Writer 
December 21, 2004

The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously approved Gates Corp.'s bid
to rezone the eastern portion of its former rubber-plant site for
redevelopment after hearing of methods to manage traffic and
contamination there. 

Gates applied to change the zoning on the 30-acre site from industrial
uses to residential and mixed-uses related to adjacent mass transit. Yet
concerns about traffic congestion and high levels of an industrial
solvent at the site dogged the application.

After hours of testimony from the public and haggling among members, the
council last week voted to postpone the vote for a week to gather more
information about traffic issues.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2610089,00.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>
http://www.cpeo.org
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