Agenda Date: 03/12/18
Subject:
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PC Resolution 06-2018 regarding the Mineral Station Area Framework
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Presented By:
Jocelyn Mills, Community Development Director
REQUESTED COMMISSION ACTION:
Planning Commission will make a motion regarding the Mineral Station Area Framework. The planning commission recommendation will be forwarded to city council for its consideration, regarding adoption of the Mineral Station Area Framework document.
BACKGROUND:
On December 12, 2017, city council suggested it was premature at this time to establish a master plan in the traditional sense for the Mineral Light Rail Station. This was in large part due to the issues of traffic and parking raised by the public during the 2016 community engagement process, plus other future planning processes that will influence the decisions around this specific intersection.
One of those future planning processes is the CDOT Preliminary, Environmental and Linkage Study (PEL). Since those initial public input meetings, the cities of Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan and Denver, plus Arapahoe County, CDOT and others have agreed to initiate this formal CDOT planning process. The PEL is a study that analyzes the long term traffic demands along Santa Fe (Hwy 85) from C-470 north to I-25 with the outcome setting the parameters for constructing safety and capacity improvements along the corridor. The intersection of Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe is one of the top priorities of this study.
This PEL process would also coordinate and evaluate the impacts of the proposed extension of light rail to Lucent Boulevard. It is anticipated the extension and its timing to Lucent Avenue could notably influence the long term traffic demands along the corridor and specifically at Mineral Avenue. This could influence the ultimate footprint of a proposed interchange at this location along with the property at the Mineral Avenue Station. Recognizing these two significant planning issues, the direction was to us...
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