Agenda Date: 04/16/2024
Subject:
Title
Resolution 56-2024: 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 constructing the Mineral Station West Multimodal Project
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 constructing the Mineral Station West Multimodal Project?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; High Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The Mineral Station West Multimodal Project will provide critical missing multimodal connections between the regional trail and transit network adjacent to Santa Fe Drive, improving the access and mobility to and from the Mary Carter Greenway and South Platte River Trail, and other activity centers, such as the Carson Nature Center and Aspen Grove Mall.
This project is part of a larger multimodal program of projects around Mineral Station. All projects will make first and last mile connections to transit, provide high-comfort bike and pedestrian facilities between commercial and residential development (existing and planned), and create safer access to recreational assets.
On December 12, 2023, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners approved $575,000 in funding to support this project. In their staff report on this item, it was stated that:
"Littleton is leading the way in the County for implementing Bike and Pedestrian infrastructure. This is the 2nd in a series of bicycle Cycle Tracks that the City is implementing. Cycle Tracks are the "Gold Standard" of bicycle infrastructure for safety and providing a bikeway for ALL AGES AND ABILITI...
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