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Supplemental Assistance
City of Westminster, CO
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the City of Westminister supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot and additional funding for assessments atbrownfields
properties to be used for greenspace purposes. The target
area for this Pilot is the City of Westminster's South
Westminster Revitalization Area, a one-square-mile area
with apopulation of 4,244. South Westminsteris ablighted
commercial andindustrial district mingled with residential
neighborhoods. The area has severely deficient
infrastructure, including drainage, water and sewer, and
energy lines. Most of the city' s minority population lives in
this area, where the poverty rate is 20 percent.
The original Pilot completed Phase I environmental
assessments on about 260 small parcels, which comprise
nearly the entire South Westminster area, and Phase II
assessments on five priority sites in that area. Extensive
community outreach was conducted through the initial
Pilot. Supplemental funds will be used to maintain the
momentum begun under the original Pilot by completing
additional Phase II assessments in South Westminster and
preparing a comprehensive and marketable redevelopment
plan for the entire target area. This conceptual land-use
plan will serve as a guide to establishing priorities for site
investigation and redevelopment.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The city's objectives are to identify priority brownfields
properties for environmental assessment in South
Westminster and work in partnership with developers and
citizens to redevelop the land. Supplemental funds will be
used to strengthen the support developers and residents
have provided, conduct additional Phase II environmental
assessments on sites in the target area, provide information
for a comprehensive land-use redevelopment plan, and
evaluate public infrastructure needs.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
City of
Westminster,
Colorado
Date of Announcement:
May 2002
Amount: $150,000
Greenspace: $50,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
properties in the City of
Westminster's South
Westminster Revitalization Area,
an economically distressed
section of the city, for additional
site assessments and
comprehensive land-use
planning.
Contacts:
Westminster Community
Development Department
(303)430-2400,ext2129
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 8
(303)312-6626
Visit the E PA Region 8 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region08/land waste/bfhome/
bfhome.html
Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts, additional
Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and publications
and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
Greenspace funding will be used to conduct Phase II
environmental assessments onland in the Little Dry Creek
corridor, which is near junkyards, dilapidated structures,
and areas of marginal industrial use in South Westminister.
Over 500 low-income, minority households live adjacent to
the creek. The city's objective is make the creek an
integral part of its 37-mile trail system. Greenspace funds
also will be used for community outreach and planning.
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Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting Phase II investigations on priority properties
in South Westminister;
• Completing a concept redevelopment plan for the entire
targeted area;
• Evaluating the extent of the need for improvements in
the supporting public infrastructure and determining
where construction should occur; and
• Conducting outreach to transmit and receive information
on the Brownfields Pilot.
The cooperative agreement forthis Pilothasnotyetbeennegotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste EPA 500-F-02-110
and Emergency May 2002
Response (5105) www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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