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Kathy Valencia, transportation project delivery manager for the City of Aurora, said the state-administered program distributes $10 million annually through an enterprise created for the program and that Aurora receives 20% of that revenue within the eligible area. \"Aurora will receive $2,000,000 per year over 5 years for a total of $10,000,000,\" Valencia said. She described eligible corridors around the Smith and Chambers location as including Smith Road, Tower Road, Airport Boulevard and Chambers Road and said CDOT must approve projects once the city proposes them.

The nut graf: Staff requested committee support to move a resolution authorizing an IGA with CDOT for the Fuel Impact Reduction Grant Program to the next available study session so the city can pursue construction or pre-construction work tied to the grant funding.

Valencia said potential uses of the funding would include transportation infrastructure improvements and that ongoing corridor studies (including a Smith Corridor study and an RTD-managed study of a possible grade separation at Chambers) may identify specific construction items. Examples provided were signal timing or left-turn phase changes, curb radius adjustments, minor interchange changes and other transportation mitigations identified through CDOT review. Valencia said the city does not yet have construction funding for the Smith Corridor study recommendations but that some funding from the grant could be used for those improvements.

Committee discussion was brief. Council member Lawson said she had no questions and \"I approve it moving forward to study session,\" after which the chair said, \"It's so moved. We will move forward to the next study session.\" The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript; the resolution was advanced to the study-session calendar.

Ending: Staff and the committee agreed to bring the IGA forward to the next study session for further consideration; Valencia noted funds must be prioritized or encumbered by January 2030 per the program rules discussed in the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Transportation, Airport and Public Works Policy Committee - June 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff outlined an agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation for a Fuel Impact Reduction Grant that would yield $2 million annually to Aurora over five years; the committee supported moving the intergovernmental agreement to the next study session for further review.","taxTitle","Aurora City, Douglas County, Colorado","taxId",5767,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6542924,"Aurora-area authority outlines $1 billion in road, interchange work to spur development",1593,63000,1656000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3800244-881d5b5351408a66dfc02f0da60d3b58&start=63&end=1656","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3800244-881d5b5351408a66dfc02f0da60d3b58/thumbnail_63000.jpg","/articles/6542924/Aurora-City/Douglas-County/Colorado/Aurora-area-authority-outlines-1-billion-in-road-interchange-work-to-spur-development","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542924-60e5b5d702af3f34dc8768c5f777319d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771178330&Signature=Z9EfM1ZQIgqNsI0ZQo6S0FQtwO~tEV~djRjN6-5uAevy40NJ3a1sHmCleB9rqvSAOkFChoL2Ml~BVoz2VeSEaLQyB2yEzXfQCV5zmrDEqbCBbOd8BrYa3Ya8T00D4F1Qw4dlz-NZOz4GS7~JjQTwtDXWAm55m6haN9kvrd1vHASRHFL5K6RmhlpsyATCzftb2iXg~P1fy9cNcaQe05S86nDWwQ3UlqxzyTgu1s8Ckx7M~uhXgcADg2l8T9BsP2leO8oe9~x4b1dTZRMxphCEaU5f5DCOmmGdYlJLCdvbhB1K2EIWepOGazt1phMcZWjiccSyzUYw3TMAMvAM~H4l9A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","An Aerotropolis Regional Transportation Authority representative told the City of Aurora Transportation Committee on July 17 that the authority has advanced roughly $1 billion worth of road and interchange projects intended to unlock development around the Aerotropolis area north of I-70 and south of Denver International Airport.

The ARDA representative said the authority was formed in 2018 \"to oversee, design, construction, and financing of critical infrastructure required for the economic development in that corridor.\" The presentation described a strategy of constructing regional-capacity components of roads before private development to avoid a \"patch quilt\" of piecemeal road building and to encourage investment.

The nut graf: Committee members were given a status update on interchanges and roadway projects ARDA is funding or helping fund, how those projects are financed, and how ARDA is planning for long-term repair and replacement costs so the City is not left with infrastructure it cannot afford to maintain.

ARDA's presentation listed eight developments that have opted into the authority model and several interchanges either funded, under construction or in design. The authority is contributing \"just over $20,000,000\" toward the Piccadilly interchange, is funding the Aerotropolis/I‑70 interchange that is currently under construction, and has completed the E‑470/30th Avenue interchange. Projects discussed included realignment of 26/Piccadilly, improvements to 30th Avenue and 40th Avenue, the Aurora Highlands Parkway, and segments of Aerotropolis Parkway up to 56th Street. The presenter said some right-of-way acquisitions have occurred and that a 6‑lane right-of-way has been secured in certain corridors.

On financing, the presenter said new-construction use tax and fees within ARDA boundaries go to ARDA, that ARDA receives 50% of the property tax from Adams County for the district, and that the district places five additional mills on property within its boundaries. The presenter also said member metropolitan districts backfill ARDA when ARDA lacks direct legal authority to levy certain charges. The authority bills participating districts quarterly to recoup proportionate shares for projects advanced on their behalf.

Council member Lawson asked three questions about funding challenges, an overall timeline, and long-term maintenance responsibility. The ARDA representative said the authority's funding challenges differ from the longstanding shortfall local governments face when they need to add capacity lanes after development; ARDA's model is to build those regional components in advance. The presenter said ARDA has established a repair-and-replacement fund to address extraordinary maintenance (for interchanges and other large structures) over a long horizon and that ordinary pothole-level maintenance will remain a city responsibility.

On schedule, the presenter said ARDA's plan-of-finance currently schedules completion of the latest projects around 2037 but added that many projects are advancing faster than planned and that ARDA expects, between about 2027 and 2029, to be able to cash-flow most projects without issuing new market debt. The presenter described contractual arrangements that let property owners advance construction earlier and be repaid by ARDA on ARDA's schedule at zero interest, a mechanism intended to protect ARDA's overall plan-of-finance.

Committee members praised the pace and scale of the work. The ARDA representative said, \"We are. But the total investment of the projects that you see on the screen there ... is just around a billion dollars worth of infrastructure.\" The presenter also said ARDA is planning funds \"well into the future for the next 50 to 75 years\" to address extraordinary repair and replacement needs.

Ending: The committee was given the update and time to ask questions; no formal committee vote was recorded on the ARDA presentation itself. The committee chair confirmed the next committee meeting date and adjourned the session.","Officials with the Aerotropolis regional transportation authority described completed and planned interchanges, a financing model that front-loads regional capacity lanes, and how maintenance funding and developer reimbursements will work to support roughly $1 billion in infrastructure in the Aerotropolis corridor.","actionData","errors"]

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Aurora committee advances CDOT fuel-impact grant intergovernmental agreement to study session

Aurora-area authority outlines $1 billion in road, interchange work to spur development