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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransportation Board - Minutes - 08/21/2002r-, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES of the TRANSPORTATION BOARD August 21, 2002 5:45 p.m. City of Fort Collins - Community Room 215 N. Mason Street CHAIR: VICE CHAIR: STAFF LIAISON: ADMIN SUPPORT BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Dan Gould Neil Grigg Bruce Henderson Edward Jakubauskas Tim Johnson Tom Kramer Ray Moe Christophe Ricord Brent Thordarson Heather Trantham CITY STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Don Bachman Ken Waido Cynthia Cass Peter Wray Gary Diede Randy Hensley Mark Jackson Ron Phillips Kathleen Reavis Thomas Reiff FOR REFERENCE: Christophe Ricord 472.8769 Bruce Henderson 898-4625 Don Bachman 224.6049 Cynthia Cass 224.6058 ABSENT: Brad Miller M-% Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Ricord called the meeting to order at 5:50 p.m. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT None. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Page 2 There was a motion and a second to approve the July 2002 Transportation Board minutes as presented Bachman read three proposed amendments to the minutes: 1. Page], list Edward Jakubauskas as present. 2. Page 1, the last name of George, who was a guest, is Walton. 3. Page 3, "Herzig" changed to "Baker". With the above stated amendments, the minutes were approved unanimously. 4. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT None. 5. MASON STREET TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR UPDATE — K. Reavis Reavis stated that in the last month, the biggest accomplishment was to complete the update for the Federal Transit Administration's New Starts. The deadline was August 15. We had to include such information as the status of certain things, what has changed, etc. Staff completed it in time and Reavis showed the board what the final version looked like. Copies can be made for anyone interested. Reavis said that staff is working on finalizing the contract with the consultant team for the project. A few issues are being ironed out and hopefully will be final in the next week or two. Reavis distributed the latest newsletter entitled, "Bus Rapid Transit newsLane." 6. ACTION ITEMS a) CITY PLAN UPDATE — K. Waido Waido stated that in the last couple of days, stakeholder interviews were held. Staff invited key people in the community to tell us what they liked and didn't like about City Plan to assist us in the update process. It is not staff's intent to do a complete restructuring of the City's comprehensive plan as was done when City Plan was developed. Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 Page 3 Feedback heard was that it is a good document that needs a little tweaking and reevaluation in some areas, but basically it is a good, sound foundation for the community. Last night, City Council appointed 23 people to serve as a Citizen's Advisory Committee to work with us and the other boards and commissions and general public on the update. They will hold their first meeting next Wednesday. There is a very good cross section of people and diversity in terms of perspectives and opinions. Jackson stated that Waido's group has been really great to work with and things are going along nicely on a parallel track right now. b) E. MULBERRY CORRIDOR PLAN — T. Reiff Mr. Wray stated that: 1. Staff is requesting a Board recommendation to City Council for adoption of the East Mulberry Corridor Plan (EMCP) as an element of City Plan. 2. Based on the recommendations of the EMCP, staff is recommending amending the City Structure Plan. 3. Based on the recommendations of the EMCP, staff is recommending amending the City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan. Mr. Wray explained that the Board has received many updates over the last 18 months and now it's finally time to take action. For a final time he went over the primary components of the Plan including analysis, vision and goals, framework plan, principles and policies, and implementation for this specific area. He further stated that since the EMCP is an element of City Plan, this is a great opportunity to update City Plan as a result of the recent study area planning process. The two items included for proposed amendments are land use and transit routes. Staff is recommending amending the City Structure Plan Map to reflect the Framework Plan. Thirdly, the existing street network will be updated based on the recommendations of the EMCP. The proposed street network map included in chapter 6 of the document is the basis for amending the City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan. The primary streets included in the proposed amendments are collector, 2-lane arterial, 4-lane arterial and 6-lane arterial classifications. Upon conclusion of the update, the floor was open to Board comments/questions. There was a very brief discussion about what the public's concerns were, but more importantly if they had all been addressed satisfactorily. As the Transportation --, Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 Page 4 Board's representative on the EMCP, Chair Ricord stated that items of contention were addressed and that he was very impressed with how staff responded to issues of concern. He stated he is on board with staff's requests for making a recommendation to Council. There was a motion to recommend that Council adopt the East Mulberry Corridor Plan as presented, which means all three items listed above. There was a second on the motion. Before the vote was taken, Kramer declared a conflict of interest. All other members voted and the motion carried 9 — 0. Johnson suggested that the Board send a letter to the staff who worked on this project as they deserve a commendation for a job well done. The Board agreed. 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS a) ALTERNATIVE MODE FRIENDLY OPTIONS — R. Moe Moe did a Power Point presentation on alternative mode friendly innovations in other parts of the world. b) TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN (TMP) — M. Jackson Jackson stated that tonight's discussion would focus on revisiting the goals and objectives from the various policies developed as part of citywide and regional planning efforts. Staff is looking for feedback on what modes and approaches have been and continue to be effective and those areas that have been less than successful. Some of the questions that staff would like feedback on are: 1. How valid are the current Transportation Master Plan goals? 2. How valid are the current transportation related City Plan goals? 3. What should be the link between the Transportation Master Plan and the City Plan Vision? 4. What trends have occurred since the City Plan and Transportation Master Plan were adopted in 1997? 5. What are the shortcomings of the current plans? How effective are the policies and standards that have been implemented? What has been the impact of subarea planning efforts? Are the goals of specific modal plans (Transfort, bicycle, pedestrian) still valid? 6. How effective have regional planning efforts been? Jackson and Plummer then presented the latest information via Power Point. -"N Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 Page 5 Discussion Highlights: (Notes taken by Mr. Plummer.) Links: - Congestion Management - increase mobility - Proactive vs. reactive - Mobility preservation/enhancement - How to approach public - Analysis of linkages — model to see (issue tree/performance measures) - 3 legged stool — trans/land use/ design - Access and mobility for all modes, do not focus on growth - More innovative design standards - Definition of transit focus (productivity vs. others) - Other trends — linking modes — transit center (bikes, peds, etc) - Auto dependency — focus to remain - People need to understand goals 1) Lessen auto dependency 2) Educate the public on goal - Keep focus on not eliminating - Not using City Plan to stop roadway improvements - Education to affect change (free transit rides) - How well are we connected to economic indicators? - See description of regional flow (work vs. home location) - Providing mode choices vs. eliminating auto dependency - Campus West fell short of vision (stopped) - Standards based on LDGS (timing) - Flexibility in standards - Good dialogue considered success — better measure of goals - Street standards — good bike/ped better/safer - Campus West/1-25 — poor dialogue - Balance of LOS for road/ped - Who's LOS wins? — priority - ID other primary walking zones (hospital, shopping areas, etc — Elizabeth Campus) - Ped zones - Activity centers — reason to go there - Design following planning Bike: - Long way to go in enforcement of traffic (bikes/peds — cars not yielding) - Better w/new standards - RR corridor — Edora Park — Bike commuting on Rec facilities - Separate wheeled from walking modes Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 Page 6 MPO/Smarttrips Effectiveness - Mobility Report Card — discontinued by MPO — now what? - Mobility Index development - Master Street Plan — show both transit vs. roads -outcome - MSP A vs. MSP B — Cost? Jackson requested a significant amount of time on the September agenda. It was agreed that due to the importance of this topic, 75 minutes would be allotted. c) TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL FUNDING - D. Bachman Bachman distributed the Agenda Item Summary from the August 20 Study Session. He reported that this item would be considered for approval at the September 3 council meeting. 8. REPORTS a) BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Johnson: Handouts. First handout has to do with parking in the new structure that came from Councilman Hamrick asking a question of the City Manager and has to do with operation policies. The second one has to do with a letter that was written by Christine Sykes from a west side neighborhood near Rocky Mountain High School. She is very concerned with speeding in her nieighborhood. She gathered numerous signatures in support of her concerns from her area. She contacted me and I encouraged her to send a letter to Council. Council are the ones that set the policy with regard to traffic law enforcement and if the notion in the city is like bailing the Atlantic with a teacup, we have the wrong policy and we need to change that. I wouldn't mind writing a letter to Council saying that it is time to step up and step forward. Thordarson: County Seal Coating. The county has recently completed seal coating on a lot of roads around Fort Collins. Two of them would be Timberline and Shields, which have the nicest bike facilities between here and Loveland and as a result there is now a lot of gravel on the shoulders. It's just an area of concern I thought might fall under the City's auspices, but might be of interest to the City as far as alternative modes go. Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 Page 7 Trantham: Taft Hill Construction. It seems like it's almost completed with the exception of the planting in the medians. When it was only open to one lane in each direction and the cones were placed — the lane you got to drive in looked wider than what you were going to get to drive in when it was all striped. It made you feel like there definitely wasn't going to be enough room for two cars. Then once the final lift was put on, and two lanes are open, it doesn't feel tight at all. It looks really good. Thordarson commented that kudos should go out since it was open a couple days before school started — excellent timing. Jakubauskas: Frankfurt Airport. The connection there is great. You get off the plane, get a train and go to any city you want to. It seems all interrelated. The Airports are tied into the train system which in turn are tied into city transit systems and it seems to work very well. I wonder why we haven't done more of that in our own country. Gould: Timberline. While out and about last night, I couldn't believe the left - turn storage lane problems along Timberline and Harmony. It was disappointing in light of all the great improvements that have gone on there. Henderson: Handouts. Both articles are from a London newspaper and are related. It's about a law that is being proposed to the European Union to make drivers completely liable for accidents with cyclists. I watched different modes of transportation in Paris and Madrid and was surprised how much roller blading and bicycle traffic I saw. These were people who were roller blading in the traffic lanes and actually given right-of-way by motorists. It's pretty amazing, even in left turn lanes! b) STAFF REPORTS Bachman: ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: Mason Street Transportation Corridor Update Transportation Master Plan Update 9. OTHER BUSINESS None Transportation Board Regular Meeting Minutes August 21, 2002 10.ADJOURN Chair Ricord adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Cynthia Cass Executive Administrative Assistant City of Fort Collins — Transportation Services Page 8