City of Sheridan

Project

Site / Project Name	South Santa Fe Business Park
Brownfield Site Address	N/A – SSFBP is bounded by Santa Fe Drive to the east, W. Oxford Ave. to the north, W. Union Ave. to the south and the South Platte River to the west.
Site Owner	Multiple private property owners
Clear Title	Not Sure
Owner Contaminator	Not Sure
Former Use	Unsure. We intend to complete a Phase 1 to better understand this historic uses of the properties. Current uses include auto salvage yards, recycle center, military salvage sales, lumber yard, automotive repair services, and a number of light manufacturing uses.
Land Use	Current uses include auto salvage yards, recycle center, military salvage sales, lumber yard, automotive repair services and multiple light manufacturing uses. The neighborhood is bounded by the South Platte River to the west offering an opportunity to develop a local and regional recreational destination. Major investment has occurred along the South Platte River which makes up the western boundary of this area. a 14 million dollar in river park was just constructed along the northwest boundary of the Business Park. A 4 million dollar paved bike/ped trail is under construction connecting the park to Union Avenue along the east bank of the South Platte River. In addition, the City of Sheridan/Oxford Light Rail Station is within a 1/2 mile radius of any property in the Business Park.
Infrastructure	There is a railroad spur that is currently used by businesses that front onto West Oxford Avenue. The entire eastern boundary of the Business Park is Hwy 85/Santa Fe Drive-a major north south regional highway. The business park is approximately 1 mile south of Hwy 285/Hampden Avenue, a major east west regional route. The project area has access from the north, east, and south along established city or state maintained streets. The infrastructure, however, is lacking. There are only water and sewer lines running along Oxford, Union, and Santa Fe. There are no internal water or sewer lines. The businesses in this area are served by well and septic. Therefore, access to wet utilities and paved streets becomes sporadic within the area and will need to be researched and mapped to fully understand the limitations. Furthermore, a number of internal streets are not paved nor designed to city standards.
Assessment Level	Phase 1 One property owner located at 4393 S. Santa Fe Drive, recently conducted a Phase I environmental assessment on his property. There is contamination on parts of his 7 acre property. The City anticipates conducting a Phase 1 and Phase 2 through the EPA’s Targeted Brownfield Assessment program this year to understand the historic uses, potential contamination, and remediation cost estimates by parcel in the Business Park.
Contaminants	We do not know any of the specific contaminants, however, since a number of current uses are auto salvage and auto repair, it is conceivable that the ground may be contaminated with auto fluids such as gasoline, engine oil, transmission fluid, and other lubricants. Furthermore, the operations of the lumber yard located within the project area are unknown at this time. Depending on the specific operations of the site, there may potentially be contaminants on that site as well.
Cleanup Program	No While the site is currently not enrolled in this or any other program, we are aware of them and fully anticipate participating in such programs because of the funding opportunities we hope to utilize to assist in site assessments and remediation efforts.
Remediation	No
Developer	No
Future Use	Don't know We will be facilitating a planning process to identify future land uses and appropriate zoning for the Business Park.
Financing Tools: Federal Programs	EPA Brownfields Grant Funding, Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup Grants, Area-Wide Planning Grants
Financing Tools: State Programs	Colorado Dept. Public Health and Environment – Water Quality Grants: Planning Design and Engineering Grants, Water Quality Improvement Fund Grants, Colorado Department of Local Affairs Energy/Mineral Impact Assistant Fund Grant
Financing Tools: Funds Committed	There are limited City funds that would need ot be leveraged with grant funds to commit to this project. However, property owners seem to be interested in redeveloping and partnering with the city as well as state and federal partners to redevelop the properties.
Challenges	Financing; Attracting Developer; Adopting a Redevelopment Plan for the site; Assessment and Cleanup of property There are multiple property owners that will need to be involved in any planning process for this area. Coordination of these property owners will be time consuming and challenging, but very important.
Technical Assistance	Not sure