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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransportation Board - Minutes - 09/16/1998Draft minutes to be approved by the Transportation Board at their November 18,1998 meeting. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES of the TRANSPORTATION BOARD September 16,1998 5:30 PM. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: ABSENT: Mark Egeland Alan Beatty Sara Frazier Ray Moe Dan Gould Steve Hanna Donn Hopkins Tim Johnson, Chair (416-0821) Chris Ricord Brent Thordarson Heather Trantham IN ATTENDANCE: Don Finn Tom Frazier Jerry Gavaldon Wendy Meyer Ron Phillips Mary Warring Staff Liaison: Randy Hensley, 416-2058 Chair Johnson called the meeting to order at 5:50 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENT None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There was a motion and a second to approve the August 19,1998 Transportation Board meeting minutes as presented The motion carried by a unanimous vote. Chair Johnson and Board member Ricord made clarifications regarding their comments about the Northeast Truck Route Study. Tr99s99r19tion uur Roomier 91991199 moms E81ter hor19.1999 Fov@2 ACTION ITEMS: None. SAFETY ISSUES - Ricord Board member Ricord began the discussion regarding two safety issues that have surfaced since his attendance at the recent Pedestrian Road Show. Those are the support of pedestrian right-of-way language in the state statutes and traffic enforcement in the City. There was discussion regarding the ratio of police officers per capita for vehicle enforcement - which is very low in Fort Collins. Board member Egeland expressed the need to enforce bicycle laws as well. Concerns about budget constraints and police priorities and personnel shortages were emphasized. Mr. Phillips also informed the Board that the City Attorney reports the Model Traffic Code presently gives pedestrians right-of-way in any uncontrolled crosswalk. The City Attorney will prepare an opinion regarding this and will forward it to the Board next month. Board members Ricord, Egeland, Hopkins and Gould agreed to form a committee in order to look at these issues further and formulate a recommendation for the Board to consider in November. The committee will also invite Chief Harrison, along with the Neighborhood Safety Team, to meet with them to report on enforcement issues. The Board's goal is to have its position and recommendation formalized in time for City Council's consideration in the budget process beginning next March/April. TRANSPORTATION FUNDING/SALES TAX - Johnson Chair Johnson asked the Board members for their thoughts on what a marketing package for voters should contain. There was much discussion regarding building a vision which should include the Mason Street Corridor, Transit Centers, CSU, downtown and Harmony improvements. Mr. Frazier reported that the Mass Transit Plan presently provides that in the next eight years, the basic service level will be brought up to a minimum where riders are not required to make many transfers. Once that is accomplished, a collector system for outlying areas may be more viable. Other ideas mentioned for inclusion in a voter package were an illustration of improvements with transit showing travel and wait times. There was some discussion regarding bike racks and park-n-rides as well. Chair Johnson stated that the Board now has an idea of what the voter package will contain. If members should have additional ideas, Board members should forward those to Randy Hensley or Mr. Frazier. ftmertedso load Sgdar Naatln! INnns SaanmiarX1221 has S USE TAX COLLECTIONS - Johnson Chair Johnson asked the Board to consider submitting a request to City Council for suggested uses for excess use tax collections. His thought was to secure this funding for purposes of implementing the Mason Street and Harmony Transfer Centers sooner rather than later. Mr. Phillips also stated the TFAC groups is suggbsting any excess revenue be put toward the $2.25 million street maintenance fund. Board members Gould and Egeland mentioned the Truck Route Study, which contains unfunded projects. Chair Johnson stated that this will be readdressed in the future. FALL RETREAT - Frazier The date for the fall retreat will be Saturday, October 17. Most Board members can attend on that date. It was also decided that the Board would prefer to stay in Fort Collins, with a first choice of locations being the Edwards House. The agenda will be as follows: ♦ Review 1998 work plan ♦ Set goals ♦ Financing - sales tax package ♦ 1999 work plan V. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS ♦ Thordarson reported he had recently read a good article on battery technology for electric vehicles, which is showing a full recharge in 15 - 20 minutes. The article was in the L.A. Times. ♦ Egeland reported that Hewlett-Packard has installed pedestrian gates for better pedestrian ingress/egress during off hours. Also stated the anniversary of Ed Kreiser's death is approaching. He will contact Mr. Kreiser's widow and confirm any plans of a tribute. ♦ Gould reported he had driven down the new Timberline extension early one Saturday morning and observed that most of the traffic at that time was heavy truck traffic. He also has been working with the committee to evaluate the design firms for the Mason Street Corridor Plan. ♦ Hopkins reported he had attended the Timberline opening and thought it was very well done. New work on Shields Street looks great. Night service for Transfort is doing well - 2500 in first three weeks. One comment from riders was regarding a possible program to match bus riders to wait at bus stops together, something similar to vanpool or carpooling programs. Kathy Collier of Transportation will be following up with this idea. CSU also recently completed a bikeway by the new Plant Environmental Building. ♦ Trantham reported she has a healthy new baby boy, 7 lbs. 15 ozs. ♦ Ricord reported the Northeast Truck Route Citizen Advisory Committee has met twice - once with the Mountain Vista Subarea Plan Committee. Committee is at Tier III level of process and are still evaluating the Mulberry and Vine themes and all the possible connections between those two themes. TnaNarnuoo Board Nodular MoodoN Memo SanorhorIs. logo Page ♦ Sara Frazier reported that she is happy with her assignment to the "Citizens for Climate Protection Committee." She reported the group is very organized, has funding and expects to be very productive. ♦ Hanna reported that he has been looking into the NAVTalk telephones regarding collector systems. ♦ Johnson reported that Kyle Hennley's recent article in the Colorado an incorrectly interpreted a graph. Hensley will make the correction in future articles. He also asked that the Streets Department look at the road conditions on Gilgalad, which is a street in a new subdivision that has failed. STAFF REPORTS ♦ Phillips reported: • Timberline was the last project in Choices 95 and the Shields Street project was the first in Building Community Choices, and they both occurred simultaneously. • Air Pollution Control Division is implementing a Clean Screen Program in northern front range area where citizens can drive their vehicles through the screen to test for emissions. Coming this fall. • Prospect is closed from Summitview to river for overlaying and widening. • Construction has begun on Remington and Welch Street flood -damaged bridges. ♦ Tom Frazier reported transit system has experienced some difficulties with on -time performance on College Avenue in the past two weeks. Staff is adding a third bus and expects to see positive changes in the next few weeks. NEXT AGENDA: There is a possibility of skipping the October meeting, since it is so close to the retreat. Johnson will discuss with Hensley. OTHER BUSINESS: None. There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m. Wendy Me Jer Administrative Assistant