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Council presses developer on traffic, park noise and city service impacts for Broadmoor plan
Summary
Councilmembers asked Block Real Estate representatives detailed questions about traffic generation, policing and park noise from the proposed Broadmoor conversion; developer agreed to a traffic study and said the conversion may reduce peak vehicle trips compared with office use.
During the developer presentation on the Broadmoor parcel, councilmembers repeatedly raised neighborhood impacts including traffic, police and maintenance costs and the clubhouse proximity to a park. A councilmember asked whether the developer would complete a traffic study; the developer replied plainly, "We would have to," and said the garage layout must be viable and that staff would require technical analyses.
Council members also pressed whether the city should expect increased demands for police or public works. One councilmember warned that adding hundreds of apartment units could increase service needs and said, "We're gonna have to add police," asking staff to quantify likely costs. The developer responded with trip‑generation context: converting 160,000 square feet of office to multifamily typically shifts peak trips and can reduce peak morning/evening congestion, but acknowledged the city should require a traffic study and service impact estimates before incentives or approvals proceed.
