Agenda Date: 05/07/2024
Subject:
Title
Resolution 63-2024: Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of Littleton and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, Regarding a financial contribution for resurfacing of Ken Caryl Avenue
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Brent Soderlin, Deputy Director of Public Works and Utilities
Brent Thompson, City Engineer
Presentations:
N/A
PURPOSE:
Does city council support an IGA between the City of Littleton and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, regarding a financial contribution for resurfacing of Ken Caryl Avenue?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; High Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
City staff and consultants have completed the design of the South Platte Canyon Road/South Lowell Boulevard (SH 75) and Bowles Avenue, and South Platte Canyon Road (SH 75) and West Mineral Avenue Intersection Improvements. The project will provide operational and safety improvements for autos, pedestrians, and cyclists at both intersections.
Arapahoe County owns and operates Ken Caryl Avenue (Mineral Avenue) from the Platte Canyon Road intersection to the western county line. Arapahoe County planned to undertake a mill & overlay of this segment of Ken Caryl Avenue. The resurfacing is outside of the project limits needed for the intersection project. However, given the proximity of that roadway to the proposed intersection improvement project, for purposes of mutual cost savings and construction efficiencies, the City of Littleton agreed to incorporate the resurfacing into the intersection improvement project. This IGA is for Arapahoe County's financial contributions for these additional resurfacing improvements.
Construction of the intersection improvement project is anticipated to start in the Summer of 2024, and be completed in the Fall of 2024.
BACKGROUND:
In 2019 the city received a...
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