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TRANSPORTATION BOARD
2004 ANNUAL REPORT
The following represents a summary of board discussions and actions for the year 2004.
The Board received information/updates and discussed the following:
➢ Mason Transportation Corridor
➢ Air Quality Policies
➢ New Parking Changes for Downtown
➢ Downtown Strategic Plan
➢ Capital Projects Planning -Building Community Choices Extension
➢ 2004 Cone Zone Report from Engineering Department
➢ Transportation Capital Priorities
➢ Carpenter Road
➢ East Prospect Road Project
➢ RTA Update
➢ Final Draft Air Quality Plan Update
➢ CDOT Carpenter Road Swap
➢ Overview of Draft 2030 Regional Transportation Plan
➢ Pavement Management Program Annual Update
➢ East Prospect Neighborhood Plan
➢ Transportation -Related Air Quality Strategies
➢ Community Capital Program Presentation
➢ N. Colorado Truck Mobility Project
➢ Spring Canyon Park
➢ CSU Transit Center Update
➢ Street Oversizing Fee
➢ Alternative Lemay Alignments/Northside Neighborhood Plan
➢ Timberline Widening Project
➢ 2005 Board Work Plan
➢ US 287 Bike Lane Project
➢ Development Review Process and Boards & Commissions
The Board sent the following recommendations to Council:
➢ To accept the recommendations of the Downtown Strategic Plan.
➢ To have Chair Henderson draft a cover memo to be sent along with the board
approved list of prioritized Transportation Capital Projects.
➢ To approve the East Prospect Road project with an emphasis that you plan for
right-of-ways, but you don't necessarily build them. Plan for the ultimate, but
with as minimal a footprint as possible.
➢ To adopt the transportation -related air quality policies as presented in the Air
Quality Plan and further request that staff review with us strategies pursuant to
those policies as they are being formulated.
➢ To support the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to transfer control to
CDOT of Carpenter Road provided that it faithfully represents Fort Collins
Transportation Planning as expressed through corridor studies (concepts like
roundabouts, looking at potentially realignment, Prospect Streetscape),
incorporates the design standards at least as good as Fort Collins, exercises
responsible environmental stewardship in roadway construction and operation,
and protects Fort Collins from exposure to excessive capital and operating costs.
➢ To send a letter to Council stating the board's support for the marketing endeavor
that's been presented and that Council request data from staff regarding local
route usage of pass -through truck traffic.
➢ To adopt the Street Oversizing Fee recommended by staff as required by the
Master Street Plan and E. Mulberry Plan in support of the required infrastructure.
➢ To support the realignment of Lemay as represented in the Master Street Plan and
searching for general alternative funding options such as SIDS that would support
accelerating the project.
➢ To adopt of the Northside Neighborhoods Plan as an element of City Plan subject
to changing the wording as specified by the board.
➢ To adopt Option 1 of the Development Review Process involvement presented by
Vosburg.
In addition, the following took place in 2004:
➢ Bruce Henderson was elected Chair in February and Heather Trantham was
elected Vice Chair.
➢ Adoption of 2005 board Work Plan.
➢ The board held their February meeting at the Traffic Operations facility in order
to see the new building and technology for the traffic signal system.
➢ Board Member Dumais resigned effective June 2004. Not filled yet.
➢ Board Member Eberspacher resigned effective October 2004. Not filled yet.
➢ As of December 31, 2004, three board members' terms expired, leaving a total of
five vacancies on the board.