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Monday, December 17, 2007
City Accepts Land for Buffer Zone
City accepts land for buffer zone in Rooney Valley
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Contributed by: City of Lakewood on 12/13/2007 Just over 2.6 acres of land for municipal and park purposes were transferred to the city of Lakewood in action by the City Council at its regular meeting Dec. 10. City Council approved Resolution 2007-60, accepting the deed to the property from Carma Lakewood, LLC, the company building the Solterra development in the Rooney Valley in southwest Lakewood. The land is along Coyote Gulch south of Iron Spring Park, in the vicinity of South Indiana Street and West Iliff Avenue. It is intended as part of a buffer between the Solterra development and the neighborhood to the east. The neighborhood had requested some kind of buffer as part of the development. The 2.6 acres will add a buffer strip between the neighborhood and the new development.
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Contributed by: City of Lakewood on 12/13/2007 Just over 2.6 acres of land for municipal and park purposes were transferred to the city of Lakewood in action by the City Council at its regular meeting Dec. 10. City Council approved Resolution 2007-60, accepting the deed to the property from Carma Lakewood, LLC, the company building the Solterra development in the Rooney Valley in southwest Lakewood. The land is along Coyote Gulch south of Iron Spring Park, in the vicinity of South Indiana Street and West Iliff Avenue. It is intended as part of a buffer between the Solterra development and the neighborhood to the east. The neighborhood had requested some kind of buffer as part of the development. The 2.6 acres will add a buffer strip between the neighborhood and the new development.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Carma gives 1,000 Thanksgiving meals to needy
Carma gives 1,000 Thanksgiving meals to needy
Jeffco Action Center has received $27,000 for 1,000 Thanksgiving meals from Solterra, the new community by Carma.
Contributed by: Ken Parks on 11/8/2006 Carma, the respected North American residential community development company, has announced that it will provide a $27,000 gift to Jeffco Action Center, so that it may provide Thanksgiving meals for 1,000 needy area families. On Nov. 20 Carma will break ground on its Solterra master-planned community near C-470 along Alameda Parkway and previously had announced that it would eventually give $200,000 to Jeffco Action Center based on future home sales at the community, which will have about 1,100 residences. "Our shelves were bare until Carma decided to step in and provide an early advance on its long-term gift," says Mag Strittmatter, executive director, Jeffco Action Center, which provides a variety of services to about 130 needy families a day, up from about 85 families just two years ago. "Food donations are down locally. As a result, we had to spend thousands of dollars just last month to keep our food bank stocked," she says. "The prospect of providing enough Thanksgiving food was dim until Carma stepped in with their generous support," she says. "Carma prides itself on its long-term commitment to the communities that it serves and is pleased to assist Jeffco Action Center in this time of need," says Tom Morton, senior vice president in charge of Colorado operations for the company. Carma will present Jeffco Action Center with a ceremonial oversized check at its official groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 20, which will be attended by a wide range of Lakewood, Jefferson County, Morrison, Alameda Gateway Community Association and civic and business leaders, and ask that others contribute to Jeffco Action Center. "Our hope is that others in the community will step up and jump in to help during this time of need," says Morton. "We were about to tap into our reserves when we got the news," says Strittmatter. "Carma's gift has allowed us to place our Thanksgiving food orders without tapping into those reserves." Each of the 1,000 Jefferson County needy families will receive a King Soopers gift certificate that can be redeemed for a frozen turkey, along with the other items needed for a holiday meal, which they will pick up from the Jeffco Action Center headquarters at 8755 W. 14th St., Lakewood. For the past several months Carma has been finalizing plans for the first phase of the Solterra community after winning unanimous planning commission and city council approval for its community master plan. "Now that we are ready to break ground, we feel confident in providing this advance to Jeffco Action Center." Carma is a 48-year-old company with offices in Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO and Austin, TX. It has developed 80 master-planned communities across North America; its first Colorado community, Tallyn's Reach was home to the 2000 Metro Denver Parade of Homes and was named Community of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver. Carma is part of Brookfield Properties, Inc. Solterra will be the home of the 2008 Metro Denver Parade of Homes.
Jeffco Action Center has received $27,000 for 1,000 Thanksgiving meals from Solterra, the new community by Carma.
Contributed by: Ken Parks on 11/8/2006 Carma, the respected North American residential community development company, has announced that it will provide a $27,000 gift to Jeffco Action Center, so that it may provide Thanksgiving meals for 1,000 needy area families. On Nov. 20 Carma will break ground on its Solterra master-planned community near C-470 along Alameda Parkway and previously had announced that it would eventually give $200,000 to Jeffco Action Center based on future home sales at the community, which will have about 1,100 residences. "Our shelves were bare until Carma decided to step in and provide an early advance on its long-term gift," says Mag Strittmatter, executive director, Jeffco Action Center, which provides a variety of services to about 130 needy families a day, up from about 85 families just two years ago. "Food donations are down locally. As a result, we had to spend thousands of dollars just last month to keep our food bank stocked," she says. "The prospect of providing enough Thanksgiving food was dim until Carma stepped in with their generous support," she says. "Carma prides itself on its long-term commitment to the communities that it serves and is pleased to assist Jeffco Action Center in this time of need," says Tom Morton, senior vice president in charge of Colorado operations for the company. Carma will present Jeffco Action Center with a ceremonial oversized check at its official groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 20, which will be attended by a wide range of Lakewood, Jefferson County, Morrison, Alameda Gateway Community Association and civic and business leaders, and ask that others contribute to Jeffco Action Center. "Our hope is that others in the community will step up and jump in to help during this time of need," says Morton. "We were about to tap into our reserves when we got the news," says Strittmatter. "Carma's gift has allowed us to place our Thanksgiving food orders without tapping into those reserves." Each of the 1,000 Jefferson County needy families will receive a King Soopers gift certificate that can be redeemed for a frozen turkey, along with the other items needed for a holiday meal, which they will pick up from the Jeffco Action Center headquarters at 8755 W. 14th St., Lakewood. For the past several months Carma has been finalizing plans for the first phase of the Solterra community after winning unanimous planning commission and city council approval for its community master plan. "Now that we are ready to break ground, we feel confident in providing this advance to Jeffco Action Center." Carma is a 48-year-old company with offices in Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO and Austin, TX. It has developed 80 master-planned communities across North America; its first Colorado community, Tallyn's Reach was home to the 2000 Metro Denver Parade of Homes and was named Community of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver. Carma is part of Brookfield Properties, Inc. Solterra will be the home of the 2008 Metro Denver Parade of Homes.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Solterra gets guarantee on zoning
Solterra gets guarantee on zoning
By Jennifer Gilbert
Lakewood News
August 29, 2007No rezoning will take place for 15 years in the Solterra Subdivision in Rooney Valley.The Lakewood City Council on Aug. 27 approved a 15-year vesting for developers Carma, Richmond Homes and Wewin.The decision came on the heels of developers' request for a 25-year vesting. They wanted to protect their zoning rights so their property cannot be rezoned during construction.The Solterra Subdivision is zoned for residential and commercial use and encompasses 370 acres, about 300 of which will be used for a maximum of 1,489 buildings. In exchange for the financial and zoning security, the developers agreed to leave a six-acre strip of land separating Solterra from Green Mountain untouched for park purposes.The Lakewood City Council wrestled with the decision Monday night with numerous concerned residents in attendance. The city allowed St. Anthony's hospital 25-year vesting at the federal center earlier this year, and the possibility of the same protection for the multiphase commercial and residential development in Rooney Valley worried and angered residents near the area.The furor led council members to amend the proposal to a 15-year vesting, because, unlike the property at the federal center, the residential multiphase project did not warrant the quarter-century protection, councilors agreed. The council passed that vote unanimously.Mayor Pro Tem and mayoral candidate Bob Murphy recommended amending the proposed time frame to 15 years, and Carma, the largest developer, accepted the shorter time frame."I think we all agree up here that vesting is appropriate given the size of this project," Murphy said.Council members Vicki Stack and Doug Anderson were more hesitant about the matter, but voted for it."Vesting is putting rubber gloves on over mittens," Anderson said. "We popped the balloon with passing two vestings. I have a feeling we are going to see a lot more of it come along."City council candidates and mayoral candidate Rita Bertolli joined citizens in voicing their concern."The city is signing a contract tonight that places the city in liability," Bertolli said.Upon questions regarding that point by council members, Rock assured them that vesting does not create liability to Lakewood and only limits the city's ability to rezone the area that is deemed for development.Others were concerned the developers wouldn't have to follow city regulations, but City Manager Mike Rock assured them that's not the case."Vesting does not freeze the evolution of regulations," he said. "It ensures you have the ability to build the number and density of units approved, but you are still subject to any codes."Because the project is multiphase, when building permits are granted, each new step in the development must meet with building codes and other regulations in place at the time the permit is granted, Rock said.
By Jennifer Gilbert
Lakewood News
August 29, 2007No rezoning will take place for 15 years in the Solterra Subdivision in Rooney Valley.The Lakewood City Council on Aug. 27 approved a 15-year vesting for developers Carma, Richmond Homes and Wewin.The decision came on the heels of developers' request for a 25-year vesting. They wanted to protect their zoning rights so their property cannot be rezoned during construction.The Solterra Subdivision is zoned for residential and commercial use and encompasses 370 acres, about 300 of which will be used for a maximum of 1,489 buildings. In exchange for the financial and zoning security, the developers agreed to leave a six-acre strip of land separating Solterra from Green Mountain untouched for park purposes.The Lakewood City Council wrestled with the decision Monday night with numerous concerned residents in attendance. The city allowed St. Anthony's hospital 25-year vesting at the federal center earlier this year, and the possibility of the same protection for the multiphase commercial and residential development in Rooney Valley worried and angered residents near the area.The furor led council members to amend the proposal to a 15-year vesting, because, unlike the property at the federal center, the residential multiphase project did not warrant the quarter-century protection, councilors agreed. The council passed that vote unanimously.Mayor Pro Tem and mayoral candidate Bob Murphy recommended amending the proposed time frame to 15 years, and Carma, the largest developer, accepted the shorter time frame."I think we all agree up here that vesting is appropriate given the size of this project," Murphy said.Council members Vicki Stack and Doug Anderson were more hesitant about the matter, but voted for it."Vesting is putting rubber gloves on over mittens," Anderson said. "We popped the balloon with passing two vestings. I have a feeling we are going to see a lot more of it come along."City council candidates and mayoral candidate Rita Bertolli joined citizens in voicing their concern."The city is signing a contract tonight that places the city in liability," Bertolli said.Upon questions regarding that point by council members, Rock assured them that vesting does not create liability to Lakewood and only limits the city's ability to rezone the area that is deemed for development.Others were concerned the developers wouldn't have to follow city regulations, but City Manager Mike Rock assured them that's not the case."Vesting does not freeze the evolution of regulations," he said. "It ensures you have the ability to build the number and density of units approved, but you are still subject to any codes."Because the project is multiphase, when building permits are granted, each new step in the development must meet with building codes and other regulations in place at the time the permit is granted, Rock said.
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