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Planning, Development & Transportation
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council Members
THROUGH: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Diane Jones, Deputy City Manager Community Services
Jeff Scheick, Planning, Development and Transportation Director
FROM: Joe Olson, City Traffic Engineer
DATE: February 12, 2010
RE: February 9, 2010 Work Session Summary – Transportation System Safety
Councilmembers present: Mayor Hutchinson, Ben Manvel, Lisa Poppaw, Wade Troxell, Kelly Ohlson, and
David Roy.
City staff present: Jeff Scheick, Planning, Development and Transportation Director; Joe Olson, City Traffic
Engineer; Matt Wempe, Transportation Planner; Sergeant Mike Trombley, Police Services; and Jim
Szakmeister, Police Services. Also present: Pete Hall, Facilities Director, Poudre School District; and Fred
Haberecht, Assistant Director, Facilities Management, CSU.
Summary
Staff presented a brief explanation on the City’s approach to transportation safety that focuses on: Evaluation,
Engineering, Enforcement, Education and Encouragement. Evaluation focuses on the analysis of accident
data to identify both city-wide and site specific accident problems. Engineering focuses on fixes to problems
through capital projects, low cost safety improvements and through street maintenance programs.
Enforcement targets traffic law violators to deter unsafe driving behavior. Education aims to improve
understanding of behaviors that can be unsafe. Education is often combined with encouragement activities as
fun activities that allow people to enjoy themselves foster a good environment for learning.
This approach to improving transportation safety is data driven. The Traffic Department has established
performance measures that looks at the safety of our road system. There is also considerable coordination
between City departments. We are collaborative with our community partners such as the Poudre School
District and Colorado State University. The ultimate goal is to make the transportation system in Fort Collins
as safe as possible for all users regardless of mode of travel.
Discussion focused on budget challenges that make implementation of the program challenging. Specifically,
the need for additional police officers and non-commissioned police services staff was noted. Also, the
importance to safety of maintenance services such as snow removal and street sweeping was acknowledged.
The other main area of discussion was regarding education programs aimed at bicyclists. The need for
focused safety education was identified as a need.
Several members of Council provided positive feedback on the pre-recorded presentation and the overall
efforts of staff related to transportation safety.
February 9, 2010 City Council Work Session – Summary
DATE: February 11, 2010
TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
THROUGH: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
FROM: Ryan Keiffer, Executive Director, Beet Street
RE: Work Session Summary – February 9, 2010 – Re: Beet Street Strategic Plan for 2010 and Beyond
Councilmembers present:
‐ Mayor Doug Hutchinson
‐ Mayor Pro Tem Kelly Ohlsen
‐ David Roy
‐ Lisa Poppaw
‐ Ben Manvel
‐ Wade Troxell
City staff members present:
‐ Darin Atteberry, City Manager
‐ (Additional comments provided by Mike
Freeman, Economic Health; and Marty
Heffernan and Jill Stillwell, Cultural Services)
Discussion items:
‐ Review of Beet Street strategy – programming, economic development, facilities
‐ Beet Street’s suggested small‐to‐large approach to the City’s Cultural Facilities Plan
‐ Economic development:
o Our approach to “how”: incubator‐style work – leadership and advocacy, centralized calendar,
professional development, dedicated funding
o Why arts are worth supporting and funding in a tough economic time – importance of arts and culture
as an industry and to our quality of life, the industry’s fragile nature, etc.
o Quality of life: direct economic impact of arts is important, but ability to retain the creative class
workforce by creating a quality community is a key driver in Beet Street’s role in economic health
‐ Streetmosphere: locations and make‐up of 1600 performances, use of local artists and performers and providing
them with an outlet to reach new audiences, etc.
‐ Beet Street’s relationship with City staff: Marty Heffernan, Jill Stillwell, and Mike Freeman talked to the positive
working relationship developed between our two organizations
‐ Beet Street brand – while the research process indicated distaste for the Beet Street name and logo, Beet Street
staff does not believe it would be a good use of time and resources to re‐brand at this time; lack of awareness
about Beet Street in the community will change with the current local‐first, bottom‐up strategy
‐ Concern about Beet Street being focused on cultural and economic elite – our new programming strategy is
intended to reach a broader audience and provide more free programming to the community and access to our
community’s arts and culture professionals
‐ Measure of success or failure: Beet Street expects to be held accountable to its goals for 2010; many
accomplishments are multi‐year goals and it may take another 3‐5 years to show success
Next steps:
‐ Beet Street will continue to work with City staff, primarily in Economic Health and Cultural Services, to
implement the plan in a way that looks for opportunities to collaborate
o It is possible that a revision of the Cultural Facilities Plan to reflect a small‐to‐large approach may be
discussed with City Council in the future
‐ Beet Street will actively pursue opportunities to partner with other entities including CSU, PSD, youth, and
economically diverse populations
‐ Beet Street will continue to keep City Council up‐to‐date on progress as appropriate