Agenda Date: 08/20/2024
Subject:
Title
Resolution 93-2024: Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of Littleton and Arapahoe County Open Spaces for the 2024 Grant Award regarding the Santa Fe Drive Regional Trail Connection Plan
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Brent Soderlin, Public Works Director
Heather Ferrari, Executive Assistant, Public Works
Presentations:
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PURPOSE:
To consider a resolution authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of Littleton and Arapahoe County Open Spaces for the 2024 Grant Award regarding the Santa Fe Drive Regional Trail Connection Plan.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Sustainable Community with Natural Beauty; Safe Community
DISCUSSION:
The Santa Fe Drive Regional Trail Connection project would design a regional trail connection along the west side of Santa Fe Drive between County Line Road and the proposed redevelopment of the existing Littleton Equine Medical Center. This would create a connection between the trail improvements south of County Line Road as part of the Douglas County Santa Fe Drive Widening Project and the South Platte River Parkway extension cycle track and sidewalks within the Santa Fe Park development that connect further north to the Mary Carter Greenway and South Platte Park.
When constructed, this trail segment would connect these new development projects (approximately 1,500 planned residential units), Wolhurst Mobile Home Community, residents who live east of Santa Fe Drive along County Line Road, and Douglas County residents to the south to the Mary Carter Greenway, Mineral Light Rail Transit (LRT) Station, and Aspen Grove Shopping Center.
BACKGROUND:
The Santa Fe Drive Action Plan identified the need for more multimodal connections along Santa Fe Drive. Phase 2 of the Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study identified the best routes within the area for multimodal connections to the developments and the Mary C...
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