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• Draft Minutes to be approved by the Board at the January 20, 1993 meeting.
TRANSPORTATION BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 16, 1992 5:35 - 7:00 P.M.
BOARD LIAISON:
Council Liaison -- Cathy Fromme
Staff Liaison -- Rick Ensdorff
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mark Egeland, Sara Frazier, Colin Gerety, Sharone Mekelburg, and Paul Valentine.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Elizabeth Hudetz, Dave Lemesany, Michael Poppenwimer, and James Reidhead.
STAFF PRESENT:
• Rick Ensdorff and Cindy Scott.
GUESTS PRESENT:
Rita Davis - Transportation staff; Claudia Haak-Benedict - CPES staff
AGENDA:
1) Call to Order
2) Approval of Minutes
3) Remington/Mountain Bike Lane
4) Finalize Board Work Plan
5) Review First Draft of Transportation Plan Document
6) Other Business
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Gerety called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved that the minutes from the
December 16, 1992 Transportation Board meeting be accepted as presented.
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REMINGTON/MOUNTAIN BIKE LANE
Rita Davis from the City of Fort Collins Transportation Department gave a
presentation on the proposed Mountain/Remington Bike Lane. Background
information: Mountain Avenue is a collector street that carries about
7,500 vehicles per day. It has four lanes of traffic, on -street parking,
and a landscaped median in the middle. It connects with the downtown area
through residential areas. Remington is also a collector, it carries
about 5,500 - 6,000 vehicles per day, has four lanes of traffic, and
parallel parking on the side. It connects the downtown, the Fort Collins
High School, and the Spring Creek Park trail as well as going through
residential areas. Using a large map and hand-outs, she explained how
traffic and bike lanes would be designed on this route.
The proposal is to reduce four lanes of traffic to two lanes on Mountain
Avenue and prioritize bicycle traffic. The on -street parking will be
retained. In summary, there would be one traffic lane, one bicycle lane
and on -street parking for each direction.
The changes on Remington would be basically the same. Four lanes would be
reduced to two lanes of traffic (one for traffic, one for bicycles, and
on -street parking would remain), continuous center left -turn lanes, and
right -turn bays at high volume intersections.
An important factor to keep in mind is that even after the proposed
changes, there would still be an operating Level of Service "C", meaning
that auto traffic flow will not be compromised to be able to accommodate
bicycle traffic flow.
The cost of the project was discussed as well as available funding
sources. Ms. Davis also passed out several alternatives for pavement
markings. After discussion, the Board unanimously recommended Alternative
4, not only for this route, but as a citywide standard.
Ms. Davis also informed the Board that there will be new bike signage put
up throughout the city. It will have the Fort Collins bicycle logo with
the regulatory sign as well. The new Tour De Fort bike maps will show the
new signs and explain their meaning.
An Open House is tentatively scheduled for the latter part of January,
staff will keep the Board informed.
FINALIZE BOARD WORK PLAN
Staff Member Ensdorff stated that this is simply a "housekeeping" item.
Referring back to the minutes of November 4, 1992, the Board did not vote
on the approval of the Transportation Board Work Plan, but rather it was
approved by a consensus discussion.
The Board took an official vote on the approval of the Work Plan at
tonight's meeting and it passed unanimously.
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5. REVIEW FIRST DRAFT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN DOCUMENT
Staff Member Ensdorff introduced Claudia Haack -Benedict from Community
Planning and Environmental Services. She is taking part in the
organization of the City's Comprehensive Plan and was involved in the
Natural Area Plan. Her experience will be very helpful in the process of
developing the Transportation Plan.
Ensdorff explained the work that Chairman Gerety and Greg Byrne have done
in the outline of the Transportation Plan using the Natural Areas Plan as
a guide. Staff Member Ensdorff has been working on the combining process
of previous materials and the basic draft of the plan. There is only one
working copy right now, but staff will provide all Board Members with
their own working copy at the January 20, 1993 meeting.
6. OTHER BUSINESS
Chairman Gerety stated that he intends to set up regular Long -Term
Committee meetings after the holidays.
Board Member Frazier would like to give a presentation on light rail at
the next Board meeting.
There was discussion about changing the date/time of the regular Board
meetings, but it was decided that it will remain the same for 1993. All
regular meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m., City Hall West - CIC, the
third Wednesday of each month.
Chairman Gerety brought up the NEATS decision at the December 15 City
Council meeting. He feels that the Board should get involved in making
sure that this project gets a line item for the northern route included in
the regional Transportation Improvement Program. He would like to discuss
this further at the next meeting.
Staff Member Ensdorff explained where the Centre for Advanced Technology
(CAT) project is currently at. The latest word is that CSURF has agreed
to do the north part of the original project only.
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The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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Cindy L. V
tt, Board Secretary