Agenda Date: 12/12/2017
Subject:
Title
Overview of Mineral Light Rail Station Area Planning Project
Body
Presented By:
Jocelyn Mills, Community Development Director
The intent of the study session is to provide an overview and background on the Mineral Light Rail Station Area planning project: to discuss status and options.
OVERVIEW OF PROJECT: The following provides an overview of the progress and steps that have occurred for this project.
* In 2013, the city received a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant through the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) for station area master planning at both the Mineral and the Downtown Littleton light rail stations. The grant required the focus of the study areas and resulting master plans to be a guide for future development and redevelopment of the station areas using transit oriented development (TOD) principles. The intent of the project was to establish master plans for these areas.
* The FTA grant awarded for the Mineral Light Rail Station planning was $75,000 with a $18,750 match by the city.
* In 2014, a contract between RTD and the city was established for the two station areas planning projects. During the same timeframe, an Urban Land Institute Technical Advisory Panel was convened to assess the Mineral Light Rail station. The recommendation of this panel was to add a parking structure to the station to "free up land for high quality urban development to include residential and retail."
* In 2015, the city bid the project and hired the firm of Progressive Urban Management Associates (PUMA) for the projects. The Mineral Station Area master planning was to start first.
* In 2016, PUMA began the Mineral Light Rail Station Master Plan project. Two main tasks that were to be part of the project - undertake a market assessment of the Mineral Station area, and ensure the project and content of the plan is vetted through a thorough community en...
Click here for full text