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Littleton council adopts consent calendar including $100,000 PFAS grant; residents raise air‑quality, biosolids and traffic concerns
Summary
On Dec. 2 Littleton’s council approved the consent agenda—adopting meeting calendar, farm lease ordinances on first reading and a $100,000 PFAS grant agreement—and heard public comment about alleged air‑quality hazards at a Costco fuel center, biosolids on farm sites and a hazardous neighborhood intersection.
The Littleton City Council approved its consent calendar on Dec. 2, adopting several administrative items including the 2026 council meeting calendar, first‑reading ordinances authorizing four farm lease agreements with South Platte Renew, and an intergovernmental PFAS grant agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for $100,000.
Council adopted the consent items by motion; the clerk announced the vote on the consent agenda as six in favor. City attorney later noted the farm leases will return for public hearing on Dec. 16 because long‑duration leases of city property require that hearing.
During public comment residents raised several separate concerns that were not the subject of formal action at this meeting. Gregory Sullivan, PhD (District 4) said work at the West Mineral Costco fuel site removed trees, damaged stormwater swales and sent diesel exhaust toward nearby Primrose Academy and Littleton Academy. Sullivan called diesel exhaust a human carcinogen and urged the council to pursue fines of $150,000 against the contractor he named, arguing the proposed 32‑pump configuration posed an outsized emissions and traffic risk to children traveling near the schools.
City staff responded during manager remarks that the closure at Getty Avenue was work by the electric utility and was unpermitted in that instance; staff said they followed up and will coordinate with the utility on future permanent work. No enforcement penalty was announced at the meeting.
Pam Chadbourne used public comment to raise longstanding concerns about constituents in biosolids from the wastewater plant that are applied on leased farm sites. She urged more technical review of the farm lease practice and said federal regulations governing biosolids need updating to account for contemporary contaminants. City staff and the city attorney said the farm lease items would remain on the consent calendar but be subject to public hearing and further scrutiny on Dec. 16.
Peter Fryer (District 2) and other residents urged expedited traffic calming at the Prentice and Huron intersection, describing a long crossing distance to nearby parks and obstructed views. Council asked staff to pass neighborhood emails and resident concerns to Public Works and to consider the request within the city’s Safer Streets program priorities.
The council closed public comment and moved on to general business; no other enforcement actions or policy changes were approved in response to the public comments at the Dec. 2 meeting.
