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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransportation Board - Minutes - 08/20/2003REGULAR MEETING MINUTES of the TRANSPORTATION BOARD August 20, 2003 5:45 p.m. City of Fort Collins 215 N. Mason Street Community Room 11137 CHAIR: Bruce Henderson 898-4625 VICE CHAIR: Heather Trantham 206-4255 STAFF LIAISON: Don Bachman 224-6049 ADMIN SUPPORT: Cynthia Cass 224-6058 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Joe Dumais Dan Gould Neil Grigg Bruce Henderson Edward Jakubauskas Tim Johnson Brad Miller Christophe Ricord CITY STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Don Bachman Cynthia Cass Randy Hensley Mark Jackson Cam McNair Ron Phillips ABSENT: Ray Moe Brent Thordarson Heather Trantham GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE: Kurt Kastein Gary Thomas Nancy York R.A. Plummer Sean McAtee 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Henderson called the meeting to order at 5:55 p.m. APPROVED Regular Meeting Min —es Transportation Board August 20, 2003 Page 2 of 6 2. AGENDA REVIEW No changes to the agenda were requested, with the exception of adding a brief update of the Mason Transportation Corridor by Kathleen Reavis. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT None 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There was a motion and a second to approve the minutes of July 16, 2003 as presented No discussion. The question was called and the motion carried by a unanimous vote, 8-0. 15. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT Kastein said he was here to check in with the board and said he would like to encourage the board to continue the hard work. He stated that the board should be mindful that the Council is in the middle of approving their Policy Agenda. Johnson asked that Bachman email the final Council Policy Agenda to all members. 6. DISCUSSION a. MASON TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR UPDATE - Reavis Reavis stated that an open house was recently held at the Harmony Public Library. The focus of that Open House was the trail segment south of Harmony so a lot of the property owners along that section attended. A lot of progress on the design of the trailhead parking area has been made which is on the land that the City purchased for the South Transit Center, just south of Spradly Barr. Reavis stated that she would like to come back next month and spend more time with the board going over the design. b. TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE — Jackson Jackson presented an update via Power Point. Highlights of the presentation were: • Updated Schedule Jackson outlined the updated schedule for Council and stated that a special meeting would be needed due to the new Council meeting time lines. After much discussion, Johnson made a motion to hold a special meeting of the Transportation Board, devoted solely to the topic of the Transportation Master Plan, on September 24 at 6 p.m. There was a second by Miller. The motion carried by a unanimous vote, 8-0. Staff will locate a meeting room, preferably the Community Room if it is available. Air Quality Analysis — McAtee presented this information - Modeling Scenarios - Mobile 6 - Carbon Monoxide Emissions - Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions - Nitrogen Oxide Emissions - Particulate Emissions APPROVED Regular Meeting Min .,es Transportation Board August 20, 2003 Page 3 of 6 • Enhanced Travel Corridors (ETC) - Criteria for selecting ETCs - Developing the ETC Master Plan - ETC Design and Implementation • Capital Improvement Plan Project Lists - Prioritization criteria used for each mode • Recommended Master Street Plan (MSP) Amendments - Overview map - Listing of each amendment • Next Steps Fiscally Constrained System Funding Analysis Documentation Board Comments/Ouestions: In terms of the CIP project lists, it was agreed that it would help to make Harmony stand out more and call it #5. Gary Thomas suggested that maybe the process is too "range" limited resulting in the three-way tie of projects. Perhaps it should be broadened. Johnson said that one element that he doesn't see reflected through the TMP, and perhaps has to be integrated with the Police Department, is the enforcement of traffic safety laws. We know we need more money for it, but if we think about the current situation with West Nile virus where now we are beginning to spray the whole community, we have several people who have died from it. But Statewide, far more people are killed in traffic accidents. We know we have a problem with enforcement at STOP signs, red lights, speeding and that sort of thing. This is one element of our transportation system that we need to greatly improve; that is our safety, our traffic enforcement. We need to ask, do we address this in tandem with the Police Department? Johnson asked Kastein what his thoughts are on the subject. Kastein stated that he does not see that as part of the Transportation Master Plan, but rather part of the Police Department's responsibilities. Johnson mentioned that the hospital zone should be considered as a pedestrian "opportunity zone". There are a lot of people parking across the street on Lemay and they do a lot of crazy crossings. The second thing there is Lemay to the shopping center at Riverside and Lemay. A lot of people are at the hospital for various lengths of time and they like to get out and walk around. To find an inviting way to make that kind of a demonstration walkway from the hospital down to that shopping area, and with Elizabeth as one of the major crossings, it might be an opportunity for us to reexamine that area. APPROVED Regular Meeting Minwes Transportation Board August 20, 2003 Page 4 of 6 Johnson said that with regard to the bike priorities, when the trail gets developed along the Power trail across Drake, right now with Epic being a major draw to the neighborhoods to the south and the north, there are a lot of bad youth movements on skateboards and bicycles at Drake and the RR track right now and I suspect as the Power trail gets developed south of Drake there will be an awful lot more of that. That's a safety hazard waiting for us that will magnify in time. At 8: 02 p. m. - only five board members remained — no quorum present. Chair Henderson asked for clarification on sending feedback in on the TMP. Jackson indicated that it can go to Jackson, Plummer or Bordewin. Johnson asked what kind of response people have given to the overlay of maps graphic. Jackson said it's been well received. It's been a real eye-opener. Ricord said that at the beginning of the presentation, some of the air quality analysis that was done. One of the things that drives hopefully, the reduction of... is federally mandated rules regarding tail pipe emissions. That is a political process. I think it's a bold assumption especially with current administration to assume that that's really going to happen. We're talking about a time of deregulation, a time of more relaxed standards and so this kind of flies in the face of what I see happening now — what's going to happen politically in the next 20 years is a whole other question. I hope that your judgments come true, but I think that they're a bit off in this case. Ricord said that for contextual purposes, you should also show what would happen if there is no regulatory mandated change affecting tailpipe emissions. It is important that people see how critical these greater enforcement restrictions are. McAtee said he would try to nm a graphic that shows that. Ricord said the second comment has to do with the ETC and politics. He wants to state emphatically how much he supports this kind of work and these kinds of special... We need to remember that that is also subject to political whims. There are some pretty big plans here and we need to temper that with political reality. Dumais asked if a corridor becomes part of the Master Street Plan, does the development adjacent to it have to pick up a larger cost, a larger ROW or what? Jackson said that he doesn't know that we're there yet. That's the type of thing that as we start doing more of the master planning efforts, we start looking at the funding issues and such. Johnson stated that he is interested in finding out more about the ammonia portion of particulates that McAtee mentioned during his part of the presentation — where does it come from? No rush. APPROVED Regular Meeting Min...es Transportation Board August 20, 2003 Page 5 of 6 7. REPORTS a. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Henderson: HOV Lanes. While in Atlanta, I noticed their HOV lanes. They actually have left-hand HOV ONLY exits. It really helps traffic movement a lot. Johnson: Thank You. I'd like to thank Cam McNair for putting this in on the Word on the Street Newsletter. There is a comment about Pavement Management and how it's funded. I'd like to encourage you to do it in every issue and to have a theme like how we derive our Pavement Management budget and then the list of projects for the year going right on down. I think this is a case where these guys haven't been taking or getting credit for the things they deserve. We need to make sure they get credit for the next round of tax renewals. Grigg: Rotary Club Presentation. Just a little community feedback I got today at the Rotary Club. I'm on the program committee. They did get Diane Jones on the program recently, and she did a great job, but the comments I heard today were negative. It wasn't just the dissidence in the audience who had various axes to grind, there were people who felt that the presentation wasn't very forthcoming about the total issue of transportation. It doesn't take anything away from what Diane presented because it was narrow thing that she was supposed to present. But they were talking about having a summit meeting of all the Rotary Clubs to focus on transportation. I don't know if they'll get it done or not, but that is being discussed. I should also mention that they didn't like the playful Power Point. b. STAFF REPORTS McNair: Construction Proiect Information. McNair gave an update on various construction projects. All this information can also be found on the web. Jackson: Daggett Leaving. Transportation Planning is losing John Daggett in September. He is leaving the City to pursue a career with the MPO. Phillips: Street Oversizing. A proposal will be coming to the board next month. Bachman: Next Agenda: o Transportation Master Plan o Mason Transportation Corridor Update o Street Oversizing Fees o Downtown Strategic Plan — Parking o Council Legislative Agenda o Natural Areas Policy Plan Review October Meeting: • City Plan • Downtown Strategic Plan 18. OTHER BUSINESS APPROVED Regular Meeting Mwutes Transportation Board August 20, 2003 Page 6 of 6 9. ADJOURN Chair Henderson adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, (rf,IGf�t.� Cynthia Cass Executive Administrative Assistant City of Fort Collins — Transportation Services