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TRANSPORTATION BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 17, 1993 5:45 - 7:05 P.M.
BOARD LIAISONS:
Council Liaison - Chris Kneeland
Staff Liaison Rick Ensdorff
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mark Egeland, Colin Gerety, Jim Reidhead, and Paul Valentine.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Sara Frazier, Elizabeth Hudetz, Dave Lemesany, Sharone Mekelburg, and Michael
Poppenwimer.
* Although a quorum was not present at this meeting, the following notes and
information were recorded.
STAFF PRESENT:
Cindy Scott, Eric Bracke, Greg Byrne
GUESTS PRESENT:
Brian Woodruff - Natural Resources Department/Air Quality Task Force; John
Daggett - Transfort.
AGENDA:
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of Minutes
3) Regional Transportation Plan Overview - Eric Bracke
4) Report - Air Quality Task Force
5) Working Together - Board and Staff
6) Other Business
* Due to the lack of a quorum, only the following item was discussed:
1) Regional Transportation Plan Overview - Eric Bracke
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN OVERVIEW
Eric Bracke explained that when ISTEA was passed and the State Rules and
Regulations for transportation planning were formed, both acts required
the MPO to conduct a multi -modal regional transportation plan that is
fiscally constrained and environmentally sensitive. Therefore, the MPO
sent out a Request for Proposals (RFP), 13 consultants came to a
preproposal meeting, and 4 submitted proposals. He explained that there
is a subcommittee of the Joint Technical Advisory Committee (made up of
some members of the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality
Planning Council) that reviewed the proposals, will interview the
consultants and make the final selection. The schedule for this process
is as follows: March 18 - Subcommittee will narrow the list down. March
29 - Interviews will be conducted and a selection will be made that day..
April 1 - Make a recommendation to the North Front Range Council to
contract with the selected consultant.
Bracke distributed a copy of the RFP that went out and referred to the
"Expected Products" section. He went over this section in detail
explaining the importance of each listing. Bracke then went over hand-
outs of each consultants "Public Process" section taken from their
proposals as this is a crucial element of the plan.
Board Member Valentine asked what the Transportation Board's role will be
in this process. Bracke stated that the Board should meet more frequently
as the involvement increases. In his opinion, the Board will need to
become very involved in the process. There will have to be a cooperative
effort between the Air Quality Task Force, Planning and Zoning Board, and
the Transportation Board to work together. Chairman Gerety already spoke
with Bob Vinton, Chairman of the AQTF and there is a desire on their part
to form a joint subcommittee. It is recommended that all members from the
involved boards and commissions meet with the selected consultant as soon
as possible.
It is envisioned that the plan will have a 20 year horizon, broken up into
6, 6 and 8 year increments. The first 6 years will be extremely detailed
on what projects are going to get funded using state and federal funds.
There was a lengthy discussion about the Congestion Management Plan for
Fort Collins (an element of the RTP), which included funding, the various
entities that will be involved, and criteria that must be met. The point
of the Congestion Mitigation Plan is to develop a system of improvements
and monitoring that is aimed at improving the level of service, reduce
congestion and pollution, and utilize alternative modes of transportation.
The meeting concluded at 7:05 p.m.
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Cindy L Scott, Board Secretary