City staff kicks off Littleton Boulevard sub area plan; seeks stakeholder reps and early input

City planning staff told the Transportation Mobility Board that the Littleton Boulevard sub area plan has formally kicked off and will focus on a high-level, conceptual vision for the corridor out to 2050.

"I'm the project manager of the Littleton Boulevard sub area plan, which has kicked off this fall," said Serena Tasneem, a senior planner in the Community Development Department. Tasneem said the plan will take a comprehensive approach across six focus areas: historic preservation, land use and zoning, economic development, housing, transportation and mobility, and streetscape and green infrastructure.

Tasneem said the process is in the early data-collection phase: staff are conducting traffic counts this week and expect the project to take about 18 to 24 months, with final recommendations anticipated around 2027. The tentative project boundary was described as extending from the railroad tracks to the west to the city's eastern boundary, with a few blocks north and south to start, though the exact boundary remains to be finalized.

As part of outreach, planners asked the TMB to nominate one representative and an alternate for a stakeholder working group that will meet periodically and participate in an urban design charrette. Tasneem described engagement options including surveys, pop-up events, focus groups, a project website and a possible community-champion role to disseminate information.

Board members probed meeting timing and composition; staff said the first stakeholder working-group meeting is likely in January or February and will most likely be scheduled in the evening to accommodate residents. Staff also noted the plan may recommend changes that lead to code updates or an overlay district but emphasized the current stage is conceptual.

Next steps: staff will continue traffic counts and outreach, will provide periodic updates to TMB and asked for nominations for a working-group representative and alternate.