Boulder Fire Training Center
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The City of Boulder experienced difficulties from the beginning with the proposed Valmont
Butte site of their new Fire Training Center. In response to that dilemma, in the fall of 2005,
the City conducted a study to see if any other candidate sites were feasible. The study came
up with only one other candidate site - on the west side of the Diagonal just east of the
south end of the Boulder Reservoir dam.
The City of Boulder Planning Department held an informational meeting in Gunbarrel on Wednesday,
January 18, 2006, to share information on these two sites with the public. Following that meeting,
the planning staff reviewed the City's options in preparation for a presentation to the
City Council on Tuesday, February 21, 2006. At that meeting, the planning staff recommended that
the City drop the Valmont Butte site from the list of candidates and pursue the development of the
Boulder Reservoir (Wells) site. The Boulder City Council voted 6-3 in favor of that recommendation.
Maps of the two candidate sites are available via the links below.
Valmont Site Map
Boulder Reservoir Site Map
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page updated 03/23/06
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