Resident urges broader board input and protection for Geneva Village parcels

During the public-comment period a longtime meeting attendee identified as Pam urged the Littleton Licensing Commission to enable broader participation from boards and commissions across the city and to consider preservation of two city-owned parcels in Geneva Village.

“I wanted to talk about the role and the scope of the licensing commission compared to other boards and commissions,” Pam said. She told commissioners she has attended multiple boards, commissions and city council meetings and said the licensing commission is “perhaps the most restricted to a very narrow set of criteria to review and then judgments to make.”

Pam said she was concerned that the City Council was “considering getting rid of these two parcels” in Geneva Village and suggested the council’s motive was administrative—“simply because public works doesn't want to take care of them.” She told the commissioners that the parcels, the lake and the park are “huge assets to the city” and connected the parcel issue to broader planning choices, saying downtown is being densified while the city should prioritize more green space rather than additional entertainment uses.

“I wanted to see the licensing commission be able to talk about are there limits to the number of bars we have on Main Street or downtown,” Pam said, connecting licensing decisions to land-use and preservation priorities. The commission did not act on the concerns; commission staff reminded the public that under Colorado Open Meetings law the commission cannot discuss or take action on public-comment items not on the agenda and that the chair may refer matters to staff for follow-up.

No formal action or referral was recorded at the meeting on the Geneva Village parcels during the commission’s session.