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REVISION September 24 2018

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Thoughts on Game Plan. University Park Neighborhood Diana Helper

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Denver without its history is a city without its soul. Thoughts by former Auditor Dennis Gallagher and State Historian Thomas Noel as well as other notable historians

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Statement Regarding the Treatment of the Park Hill Golf Course Land in the Draft Blueprint Denver Document
The draft Blueprint Denver document improperly identifies the 155-acre Park Hill Golf Course land variously as a “low-medium residential area” and “Urban Edge” land.

The “Places” map on pages 126-127 improperly identifies the land as a “low-medium residential area.” The “Neighborhood Contexts” map on pages 148-149 and the “Urban Edge” map on pages 190-191 improperly identify the land as “Urban Edge.” This document sent to Blue Print Denver Sept 23 2018

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 Recommendations to Mayor Hancock regarding Denveright by Dennis Gallagher

1. Merge the documents into one planning document that brings together the six elements of the Comprehensive Plan with the six parallel sections of Blueprint. Incorporate all goals, objectives, and strategies into a single document.
2. Alternatively, create two documents that are more distinct companion plans. Bring all goals and policies into the Comprehensive Plan, and have Blueprint be the companion action plan with the implementation strategies all in one volume. (I believe this approach would recapture the original intent of the Blueprint process.)

I hope you consider revising the comment period to allow for fuller citizen engagement and review. To that end I ask that the comment period for the two general documents – Denveright Comprehensive Plan 2040 and Denveright Blueprint Denver – be extended until February 1, 2019.

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Recommendations From Denver Streets Partnership (DSP)

Add critical items to the description of how street design and operation vary by street
type: Allocation of space, street width, and mixing of modes. A new, more context-sensitive
street typology is an essential tool for implementing Blueprint Denver, and we strongly support
the typologies identified in the draft plan. However, the diagram on pages 144 and 145 fails to
mention a few key elements of street design and operation that should vary across type:
● Allocation of space in the public right-of-way to cars (driving lanes, on-street parking)
versus other uses. The Blueprint should aim to minimize space allocated to cars,
particularly in high-volume pedestrian areas.
● Street width (between the curbs), which relates directly to pedestrian safety/exposure
and travel speeds. The Blueprint should aim to minimize street widths, particularly in
residential areas and on local streets.
● Mixing of modes. In areas with very high pedestrian volumes and/or low vehicular
volumes, street designs should facilitate mixing of modes through very low speeds (20
mph or less). On streets with higher vehicular volumes, the City should separate modes
by speeds, with designated spaces for people walking/using assistive mobility devices (5
mph), people biking or using other small vehicles (15 mph), and people driving personal
vehicles (20 – 30 mph).

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Letter regarding Game Plan by INC Park and Rec Co-Chairs Cindy Johnstone and Maggie Price

Feedback
• Define and include the riverbanks and riverbeds, gulches and waterways as Denver
park land and develop a timeline to designate them as such
Parks and Recreation Committee
• Identify parkways, boulevards and develop a timeline to designate them as such
• Develop a transparent and publicly available Parks and Rec. budget which breaks
down the budget to show annual costs of pocket parks, neighborhood parks etc. and
includes monies raised by pocket parks, neighborhood parks etc. through permitted
events including all permits ie. picnics, use by private businesses, concessions and
any other monies associated with the parks
• Create a consistent transparent and inclusionary engagement policy which involves
the public when exploring new projects, policies or changes to the current status quo.
• Create and regularly update a calendar that includes all park permits including picnic
sites. ( it is not sufficient to depend on special events to produce such a calendar.)
• Reach out and encourage neighborhoods to form neighborhood/park partnerships no
matter how small or large. Allow neighborhood partnerships equal opportunity to
participate
denveright-gameplan

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Letter Regarding Blueprint Denver Transportation Plans as compared to the INC Transportation Platform by Joel Noble Chair, INC Transportation Committee

INC Transportation Platform section: Communications/Transparency
Item 1.6: Denver and other transportation agencies should adopt comprehensive data-driven approaches to manage
and improve all travel modes, considering capacity, delay, collisions, injuries, fatalities, and infrastructure quality.
This data should be open and available to the public to enable exploration and insights as part of a continuing
dialogue on managing the public right-of-way.

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Highland United Neighbors Inc (HUNI) comments on Blueprint Denver

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Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Association

First off, the sheer volume of material released for public review is quite overwhelming. There are than 1,000 pages of information in the five Denveright documents released. Both ESNA and colleagues with the Inter Neighborhood Cooperation have found this release of massive amounts of narrative, charts, and images to be quite challenging and less than user-friendly for City residents. Moreover, in reviewing the draft Comprehensive plan and Blueprint plan, it is confusing to find the same elements and topics addressed with different names in the two plans, as well as a disconnect in the goals from document to document, as well as the policies, and strategies. The two documents are somewhat parallel, and it is not clear why we are producing two similar plans simultaneously.

Congress Park Neighbors Inc.

A common thread that ran through comments on the survey was safety. Over and over again our
respondents cited traffic and speeding concerns in our neighborhood. They request more traffic calming
techniques and clearly posted speed signs. Denver Moves Transit D-8

Letter regarding Blueprint Denver by INC Zoning and Planning Committee (ZAP) By Co-Chairs Charles Nadler and Ean Tafoya

This attached review is focused solely on comparison with the INC Zoning and
Planning Platform, and as such is citywide and high-level in nature and should be
additive to the specific and more-detailed comments submitted by RNOs, organizations,
and individuals.
We look forward to seeing changes in the next draft based on public input, and you
should expect a second round of comments from our group.