Voter-Approved Five-Year Program

Five Projects. Five Years. One Penny. 

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In 2013, Commerce City voters approved a 1-percent sales and use tax increase for the construction, operations, and maintenance of new parks, recreation and road projects. The ballot measure was a result of a two-year, community-driven process to identify how to implement programs and services that address growing population needs, achieve vision, and build a better Commerce City.

The ballot measure identified five specific projects that would be delivered to residents by Jan. 1, 2019:

Three new neighborhood parks

New outdoor leisure pool

  • Paradice Island at Pioneer Park: Completed July 10, 2015

New recreation center (Bison Ridge Recreation Center)

Additions to the existing recreation center (Eagle Pointe Recreation Center)

Widening of Tower Road

The city delivered these voter-approved projects on schedule and within budget, with the following goals in mind:

  • Build high quality facilities to lower their long-term maintenance costs
  • Spend taxpayer dollars wisely and transparently
  • Complete projects on time

Program Resources

 

Gantt chart showing Commerce City’s 2K Program Schedule (2014–2018) with project timelines, forecast and actual completion dates, quarterly council updates, and bond issuances for multiple city infrastructure projects.

 

The image is a Gantt chart titled "City of Commerce City 2K Program Schedule" displaying timelines for various public infrastructure projects from 2014 through 2018. Projects listed on the left include Tower Road Expansion, New Bison Ridge Recreation Center & Associated Infrastructure, Paradise Island Pool, Neighborhood Parks (with sub-projects Fronterra, Turnberry, Villages East), Eagle Pointe Recreation Center Renovations, Communications & Outreach, and Financial Analysis & Bonding.

Color-coded bars and icons indicate the following:

  • Blue bars represent the original project plans.

  • Green diamonds mark the actual substantial completion dates for projects.

  • Yellow diamonds indicate current forecasted completion dates.

  • Red stars appear regularly across the timeline row for Communications & Outreach, denoting quarterly council updates.

  • Green stars in the Financial Analysis & Bonding row represent anticipated bond issuances.

Some projects span multiple years, while others are completed within a single year. For example, Paradise Island Pool was completed in 2015, and Tower Road Expansion’s actual substantial completion extended into 2018.

2018 Monthly Reports