HomeMy WebLinkAboutAir Quality Advisory Board - Minutes - 08/21/1995MINUTES
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
281 CONFERENCE ROOM - 281 N COLLEGE AVE.
AUGUST 21,1995
For Reference: AQAB Chair, John Fooks-229-5225
Council Liaison, Will Smith-223-0425
Staff Liaison, Brian Woodruff-221-6604
Board Members Present
Harry Edwards, John Scanlon, Bill Eckert, John Fooks, Pete Perkins,
Susan Bilo, Lynne Baker
Board Members Absent
Eric Levine
Staff Present
Brian Woodruff, Linda Devocelle
Guests
Tom Frazier, Transportation Services
Review and Approval of Minutes
There were two corrections to the minutes. Page two, "Point -of -Sale Ordinance", line one
should read... Bill reported that he had contacted the cities of Reno and Sparks, Nevada, which
comprise Washoe County, and learned.... Page four, paragraph four, line seven, remove an SIP
and replace with a contingency measure.
The remainder of the minutes were approved as recorded.
Action Loe
Item 1 - Pending
Item 2 - Completed
Item 3 - Completed
Item 4 - Completed
Item 5 - Pending
Item 6 - Pending
Item 7 - Pending
Item 8 - Completed
Item 9 - Pending
Committee Reports
a. Air Quality Plan: No meeting was held.
b. Advisory: No committee meeting was held.
SIP study plan timeline - postponed
Clean Cities Stakeholder Discussion:
Susan Bilo reported she has been attending the Clean Cities Steering Committee meetings as the
AQAB representative. She said the Steering Committee was in the process of drafting a
Memorandum of Understanding for submittal to U. S. DOE, a portion of which will include
commitments from various stakeholders. The committee is seeking a Clean Cities designation
for Weld and Larimer Counties and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Susan suggested that as a Stakeholder, the AQAB make three commitments:
1. Provide a representative to the Clean Cities Steering Committee
2. Support the missions and goals of the Clean Cities Program, which are consistent with the Air
Quality Action Plan (AQAP) Action Item VT-4, item 2: "Conduct a voluntary fuel conversion
program that builds partnerships and works with private fleets, helps publicize state and federal
financial incentives...." Page 6 of the AQAP further states, "Fleet operators throughout the city
will be asked to enter into a voluntary program to increase the use of alternative fuels...."
3. Advise Council, when appropriate, regarding alternative fuels and the Clean Cities Program.
Board members agreed to send a memo to City Council advising them that AQAB had become a
Stakeholder in the Clean Cities Program, noting that this action relates directly to the AQAP
strategy referenced above. Susan Bilo agreed to draft the memo and send it to John Fooks for
final review before forwarding to Council.
Susan added that the Steering Committee was currently making phone calls in an effort to
increase its number of Stakeholders. Linda Devocelle had contacted Pete Perkins regarding
Hewlitt-Packard's participation. Pete said HP corporate headquarters buys several thousand
vehicles each year from Ford, and that the order may already have gone in. However, Pete will
pursue the possibility of converting a small number of vehicles at HP's northern Colorado
facilities within the next few years. He will get back with Linda, who is coordinating the Clean
Cities effort for the region.
John reported that Platte River Power Authority has opted into the Fort collins Clean cities
Program.
(The Board interrupted its Agenda at this point to allow Tom Frazier from Transportation
Services to update them on the Transit Development Plan.)
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d. Transit Development Plan
Tom told the Board that the current transit plan had become effective in 1991 with its mission to
serve Colorado State University and transit dependent riders. In 1991 also, Transfort increased
frequency of service while reducing its service area and excluding most far north, south and east
routes. At the time, proposals were also made to provide evening and Sunday service, and
demand response service to areas no longer served by Transfort. However, this did not occur.
Nonetheless, ridership increased from a few hundred thousand a year to 1.2 million in 1994.
Since that time however, greater emphasis has been placed on increasing use of alternative
transportation throughout the community. Transfort is a major player in this effort. For several
months now a special Transit Development Committee has been meeting. Susan Bilo is the
AQAB representative. The Committee has drafted a transit plan that will be reviewed by the
public in October or November.
The Committee used three criteria for developing its plan:
1. What will service look like in 2015?
2. What's the preferred service for the next five to ten years?
3. What can we afford? (Currently Transfort gets 25% from fees and fares, 25% from the feds,
and 50% from the City.)
The Draft plan proposes: more frequent service, expansion of Transfort service areas, more direct
routes instead of loops, a wider target audience --commuters, seniors, the general public, CSU
and the transit dependent, and an expanded time frame --general public service from 5:30 a.m. to
11 p.m., CSU from 5:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.. Route service may also extend to Colorado 14 east and
to Anheuser Busch to the north. To reduce in -town traffic, Transfort may serve one or more park
'n rides in outlying areas. There has also been discussions with Loveland regarding a connecting
route with Fort Collins.
Current Transfort operating cost are $2 million, with an anticipated $120-150,000 to come from
bus advertising. The proposed new system would cost approximately $3.5 million to operate
plus up front costs for new buses, pullouts and shelters.
Tom emphasized that Transfort is just one part of the whole alternative transportation effort. In
fact, bike racks will soon be added to buses soon as a further statement of that fact and the long -
anticipated Downtown and Mid -town Parking Plan is going out for proposals and will address
downtown, CSU, and neighborhoods bordering CSU.
Committee Reports Continued
c. Ad -Hoc Committee. The committee met and discussed a draft 1996 work plan for the Board.
John passed out copies of this draft.
Emissions trading report - postponed
UNFINISHED BUSINESS