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Resident urges urgent Littleton Boulevard design standards; staff outlines survey, ULA and contract timeline
Summary
A public commenter urged immediate design standards and a historic preservation plan for Littleton Boulevard; city staff said a consultant contract for the Boulevard work has not been awarded and staff hope to bring a contract award in early June while other preservation-related planning steps advance.
A resident urged the Littleton Historic Preservation Commission to adopt design standards for Littleton Boulevard immediately and to complete a historic preservation plan within a year, citing an impending development the speaker said would change the street's character.
"We need design standards for Littleton Boulevard now," Pam Chadbourne told the commission during public comment. Chadbourne said she was concerned about a proposed four-story development that she described as out of character with an existing one-story agricultural house and other midcentury properties.
City staff provided updates after public comment. A staff member identified as Sarah said the commission's survey plan is moving forward and that staff are reviewing comments this week. Sarah said a Unified Land Use (ULA) process related to the Northern Gateway area is in planning stages and likely to occur in May, organized as a set of stakeholder discussion groups of about 30 to 45 minutes each and including a public component to share results.
On Littleton Boulevard work, a staff member confirmed that no consultant contract has been awarded. Staff said they are finalizing the scope with a chosen consultant and hope to present a contract award in early June and then begin the project kickoff and subsequent timelines. Historic Littleton Inc. also plans a mid-June event to celebrate the Romano's Building, staff noted.
Commission members suggested topics for a June study session. Among ideas raised were reviewing downtown standards, the code provision discussed in February related to blank wall or blank space limits, and administrative pain points experienced when reviewing applications. Staff said downtown standards and administrative items would be good topics for an ongoing study-session discussion.
Statements made during public comment were the speaker's views; the commission did not take policy action at the meeting on the Littleton Boulevard design standards or on the historic preservation plan. Staff indicated next steps for contracting and outreach but did not announce a final contract award at the meeting.
