Agenda Date: 07/16/2024
Subject:
Title
Consideration of Project Downtown Process Modification to Explore Additional Design Options
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Presentations:
N/A
PURPOSE:
The City Manager has heard interest from several city council members to explore additional design concepts as part of the ongoing Project Downtown process. In this study session, staff will outline the costs, time, and process implications of exploring the options. Staff is requesting direction from the Council on whether to modify the existing project to explore the additional options.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Robust and Resilient Economy; Vibrant Community with Rich Culture
DISCUSSION:
At its April 23rd study session, the City Council unanimously expressed support for the "Village" concept, one of three design concepts that had emerged from the Project Downtown process. This was the latest step in the process, which has been in progress for nearly two years, has been the subject of four city council study sessions, close partnership with the Littleton Downtown Development Authority (LDDA), an extensive stakeholder engagement process involving downtown merchants, city boards and commissions and approximately 20 other community organizations, all supplemented by a series of citywide surveys and community meetings reaching 1,720 residents in total. Based on survey results and stakeholder meetings, the Village Concept has received majority support as the favored option.
The Village Concept would deliver an elevated pedestrian experience include a "curbless" street between Prince and Curtice streets to create a flexible "festival space" that can be closed temporarily for events and entertainment at the city's discretion, green infrastructure (including new street trees), a shared street at Nevada street, which would emphasize pedestrian travel over vehicle travel, enhanced Little's Creek as a p...
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