HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 02/28/2012 - SUMMARY AGENDA (WORK SESSION)February 28, 2012
Karen Weitkunat, Mayor Council Information Center
Kelly Ohlson, District 5, Mayor Pro Tem City Hall West
Ben Manvel, District 1 300 LaPorte Avenue
Lisa Poppaw, District 2 Fort Collins, Colorado
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Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Steve Roy, City Attorney
Wanda Krajicek, City Clerk
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WORK SESSION
February 28, 2012
6 p.m.
1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Semi-Annual Transportation Update. (staff: Karen Cumbo, Helen Migchelbrink, Larry
Schneider, Kathleen Bracke; 45 minute discussion)
Planning, Development and Transportation staff will present several transportation items
for consideration and discussion. Part One of the presentation will focus on scheduled
2012 transportation capital projects. Part Two will focus on the preliminary 2012
schedule of Street Maintenance Program projects. Part Three will focus upon key
Transportation Planning projects and programs, including a Bike Library update.
3. Update on the Parking Plan Process. (staff: Timothy Wilder, Randy Hensley; 1 hour
discussion)
The City’s Advance Planning Department is preparing a Parking Plan in close
collaboration with the Parking Services Department. City Council approved $80,000 in
one-time funding from the Keep Fort Collins Great funding allocation for this project.
The Parking Plan team and consultant presented a list of preliminary “key” ideas for
Council consideration on November 29, 2011. The feedback was for staff to continue to
discuss the key ideas. Staff has revised the key ideas and processed them further with
February 28, 2012
significant additional stakeholder input. The main purpose of the February 28 Work
Session is to update Council on the status of the Parking Plan.
4. Jefferson Street Alternatives Analysis Study - Project Update. (staff: Kathleen Bracke,
Aaron Iverson; 1 hour discussion)
The Jefferson Street/SH14 Alternatives Analysis Study is a joint effort of the City of Fort
Collins, Downtown Development Authority (DDA), and the Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT). The project team is supported by Atkins consultants. This
Alternatives Analysis Study includes the development and evaluation of a thorough set of
design options for the Jefferson Street/SH14 corridor. The corridor begins at College
Avenue and extends along Jefferson Street and includes the Mountain Avenue/Riverside
Avenue/Lincoln Street, and Linden Street intersections.
The purpose of the Jefferson Street project is to improve the air quality, livability, and
urban character of the Jefferson Street Corridor while enhancing the experience for
pedestrians, bikes, and transit and maintaining mobility of autos and trucks.
This process includes the development and evaluation of many options such as traditional
roadway and intersection designs, roundabouts and other innovative, context-sensitive
design solutions based upon local, state, and national best-practices. Implementation of
the Jefferson Street improvements can move forward beginning in mid 2012, based upon
approval of the preferred alternative by City Council, the Downtown Development
Authority, and CDOT. The schedule for construction of the Jefferson Street corridor
improvements will be based upon the approved preferred alternative and
implementation/phasing plan as well as the available funding.
The purpose of this work session is to present a project status update, share the draft
alternatives and findings from the alternatives analysis process, share feedback received
to-date from project partners and the community and to focus on the intersection
alternatives.
5. Keep Fort Collins Great Tax 2011 First Annual Report. (staff: Mike Beckstead,
Lawrence Pollack; 1 hour discussion)
On November 2, 2010, the voters approved a 0.85% increase in the City’s sales and use
tax rate which has been identified as the Keep Fort Collins Great tax. The tax increase
includes provisions stating: (1) how the dollars will be allocated to specific programs; (2)
the tax will sunset after 10 years; and (3) a requirement that the City Manager report
annually to City Council on how the revenues are used and the cost saving measures that
were undertaken by the City each year. This work session is to fulfill the third
requirement by giving a report to City Council providing information on the 2011 Keep
Fort Collins Great tax revenue.
6. Other Business.
7. Adjournment.