To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Gini Pingenot, Director, Open Spaces
Prepared By:
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Michele Frishman, Grants and Acquisitions Manager, Open Spaces
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Subject:
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Joint Project Request for Dove Valley Multi-Purpose Trail Connections
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The City of Centennial requests $826,000 to support the construction of new trails in the Dove Valley area. Open Spaces staff support the project and request that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) award $826,000 in Dove Valley Working Group funds to Centennial. The City presented the proposed project to the BOCC in study session on November 10, 2025.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Good Governance - Understand and respond to community needs, interests, and values.
Background and Discussion: In 2023, the Open Space and Trails Advisory Board (OSTAB) recommended and the BOCC approved setting aside $1.5 million of Open Space Acquisition and Development funds to support projects originating from the Dove Valley Working Group through 2028. This pledge was envisioned to support park, trail, and open space projects planned by the various agencies participating in the newly formed working group, which focuses on the region between I-25 and Parker Road and Cherry Creek State Park to the southern boundary of the County. A total of $1,365,000 of the original working group pledge remains available for new projects.
The City of Centennial proposes constructing eight-foot-wide, concrete trails along Potomac and Blackhawk streets between Fremont Avenue and Broncos Parkway in the Dove Valley area. The Dove Valley Metropolitan District identified these needed trail routes in previous plans for the region, which houses more than 5,000 residents and many more daily commuters.
The trails would provide safe, useful connections for pedestrians and bicyclists between the recently completed and County-funded Fremont Avenue Trail, the busy thoroughfare of Bro...
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