Item 6A - Chautauqua Access Management Plan Memo
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C I T Y O F B O U L D E R
LANDMARKS BOARD
MEETING DATE: March 1, 2017
AGENDA TITLE: Chautauqua Access Management Plan (CAMP) Summer 2017
Pilot Projects – Staff Recommendations
PRESENTERS:
Bill Cowern, Principal Traffic Engineer, Public Works-Transportation Division
Susan Connelly, Deputy Director, Community Vitality Department
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This memorandum details the background on the Chautauqua Access Management Plan
(CAMP) Summer 2017 Pilot Project origins, goals and process to date and presents
staff’s recommendations for pilot implementation in summer 2017, including
considerations related to selection of strategies to pilot and how success will be
measured. The staff recommendations include multiple components across four “zones”
within greater Chautauqua that address parking management and multi-modal
improvements including:
1. Paid parking in all zones,
2. Two-hour time-restricted (and paid) public parking AND permit systems in the
two Neighborhood Zones,
3. Free transit service from satellite parking lots and
4. An employee Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for
employees within Chautauqua (Colorado Chautauqua Association, Colorado
Music Festival, Chautauqua Dining Hall and OSMP/Ranger Cottage)
The desired timing of the summer 2017 pilot is approximately June 1 through August 31
to respond to the highest usage time of the year.
BACKGROUND:
In 2015, the city and the Colorado Chautauqua Association (CCA) entered into a new
lease, effective Jan. 1, 2016. The lease contains the commitment of the city and CCA to
develop a Chautauqua Access Management Plan (“CAMP”) according to the following
specific governing principles:
Chautauqua is a unique shared resource requiring unique solutions.
Chautauqua is a National Historic Landmark.
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The needs of all stakeholders, including the Association, cottage owners, park users,
open space users and neighbors should be considered.
A mix of uses must be accommodated.
Pedestrians must be given priority on narrow streets without sidewalks.
Traffic circulation should be minimized in the interests of pedestrian safety and user
experience.
Parking demand is seasonal and solutions need not address time periods during which
access is readily available.
During peak periods, the parking needs of users in the historic core should be
prioritized, but not exclusive.
A seasonal transportation demand management (TDM) plan for employees should be
implemented.
The right of public access should not be restricted except for good cause, with such
restrictions minimized as appropriate.
The interests of the surrounding neighbors should be addressed.
Any plan should be flexible to address changing circumstances.
Access management should be consistent with the Guiding Principles for Place
Management and Fiscal Sustainability.
Consistent with the city’s climate commitment and sustainability and resilience goals,
any plan should support public transit, alternative modes of transportation, a
reduction in vehicle miles traveled and a reduction in visits in single-occupant
vehicles.
In addition to the CAMP governing principles contained in the city-CCA lease, relevant
guidance for this plan also includes the city’s Access Management and Parking Strategy
(AMPS) guiding principles:
Provide for all transportation modes
Support a diversity of people
Customize tools by area
Seek solutions with co-benefits
Plan for the present and the future
Cultivate partnerships
At a study session on Feb. 9, 2016, staff sought council feedback on the process for
development of the CAMP. Council members supported staff’s recommendation to
collect new (updated) data in summer 2016, followed by development of a CAMP pilot
program for implementation in 2017. As discussed at that study session, options for the
CAMP summer 2017 pilot would include consideration of:
Some degree of managed parking within the Chautauqua leasehold area and possibly
in the surrounding neighborhood as well. This could include parking restrictions
similar to those provided by the Neighborhood Parking Permit Program.
Some degree of paid parking, possibly in the Ranger Cottage lot, on the loop
surrounding the park and/or on Baseline Road.
Enhancements to other modes of transportation including but not limited to
restoration of transit service to the Chautauqua area.
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Initial Mitigation Strategies in Summer 2016
Staff implemented several preliminary mitigation strategies in summer 2016 based on
discussions with and feedback from residents within the neighborhood north of Baseline.
Parking block striping (“Ls”) were installed in an attempt to address illegal parking
blocking sight lines and driveways. Additional enforcement staff was also deployed on
peak weekend visitation days.
Summer 2016 Data Collection and Analysis – Key Findings
Three types of data collection occurred in 2016 to aid development of a 2017 pilot
program and subsequent evaluation of the implemented pilot. First, the Fox Tuttle
Hernandez Transportation Group (FTH) collaborated with multiple city departments and
the Colorado Chautauqua Association (CCA) to monitor and collect parking utilization
and duration data as well as speed and volume data in and around the Colorado
Chautauqua National Historic Landmark, including the adjacent residential
neighborhoods. Data collection took place on multiple days in July and August. Second,
RRC Associates developed a user intercept survey. This survey was conducted at
multiple locations throughout the Chautauqua campus by a team of trained interviewers
between June 30 and Sept. 4 throughout the day, from morning through early evening, on
various days of the week. A total of 1,491 interviews were completed. Third, OSMP staff
analyzed updated visitation counts in 2015 and administered visitor surveys at the
Chautauqua trailheads in 2016 that were specifically designed to support the CAMP
process. This data is available for review on the CAMP webpage
www.ChautauquaAccessManagementPlan.com, including a high-level summary of more
than 650,000 data points collected during summer 2016.
The data collection efforts included new parking observation areas that had not been
studied in previous field studies, new observations of bicycle demand, new travel pattern
data beyond the Chautauqua area, and a shared street safety analysis within Chautauqua.
The specific data collected included:
Travel pattern and arrival routes - Acyclica readers detect a portion of the Wifi or
Bluetooth signal that emits from a mobile device or vehicle. The city’s Acyclica
readers at four locations external to Chautauqua and two readers deployed within
Chautauqua yielded data on two days that indicated arrival direction patterns of
Chautauqua area visitors.
Vehicle traffic and speeds - Using traffic count and speed data equipment at various
locations on roadways in and around Chautauqua
Parking supply, duration, and utilization - Through FTH field observation and photo
documentation walking routes each hour for eight hours over 11 collection days with
different usage patterns – concert and non-concert, weekday and weekend – as well as
license plate recognition technology
Bicycle parking and usage - Through FTH field observation over two days
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Rideshare usage and drop off locations - Using FTH field observations over 11 days
while conducting the hourly parking supply, duration and utilization observations and
photo documentation and on two concert nights
Shared Street interactions - Through video camera footage of Kinikinnick Road
analyzed by FTH
Key findings from the transportation data collection, OSMP surveys and RRC user
intercept surveys included:
Approximately one-third of visitors to the Chautauqua area are city of Boulder
residents, approximately another third are non-city Boulder County residents and the
remainder come from other Colorado communities like Denver and Broomfield or
from out of state (California and Texas, for example).
Approximately 70 percent of visitors who live between two and four miles from the
Chautauqua area arrive by automobile and do so several days per week.
Data collected from August to November suggests that Open Space and Mountain
Parks (OSMP) visitation at Chautauqua more than doubled between 2004 and 2015.
The largest component of this increase can be attributed to visitors living outside the
City of Boulder.
Visitation to Chautauqua trailheads is twice as much on a weekend day compared to a
weekday and typically peaks around 11 a.m.
Visitation to Chautauqua trailheads is typically around 2,500 people per day and can
be as high as 5,000 people per day.
Almost half of the people surveyed when visiting Chautauqua trailheads stated that
they found it “easy” or “very easy” to find parking. Less than one third found it
“difficult” or “very difficult” to find parking.
The majority of people traveling to the Chautauqua area arrive from the south, using
either US-36 or Broadway to access Baseline Road. Between a quarter and a third
(varies by day) come from the north (downtown) and arrive by 9th Street. Most of the
remainder come in from the east or northeast (east Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette,
etc.). When entering the historic district, more than 80 percent enter from the Baseline
Road/Grant Place/Kinikinnick entrance.
The duration that people parked in the Chautauqua area averaged close to three hours
per visit. Parking duration in the Ranger Cottage lot, around the Chautauqua Green
(city park) and in the neighborhood north of Baseline were typically between two and
three hours. Parking duration on Baseline was shorter and parking duration within the
leasehold was longer.
Five blocks in the neighborhood north of Baseline and most of the Chautauqua
Leasehold streets meet the city’s 75% parking utilization four or more hours/day
threshold to warrant a residential permit parking approach.
It also was observed that:
Access for visitors with mobility impairments can be challenging, due to limited
handicapped parking spaces, the historic character of the site and the elevation gain
from north to south.
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There are public parking spaces in the downtown, the CU campus and along South
Boulder Road/Table Mesa and Broadway that many Chautauqua area visitors pass on
their way to the site. The number passing these spaces and the availability of parking
in these spaces is highest on the weekend when visitation to the Chautauqua area is
highest.
Issue Statements – Foundation for Development of the CAMP Summer 2017 Pilot
Potential summer 2017 pilot projects will be targeted to mitigate the following main
issues identified from the technical and survey data collected in summer 2016 and based
on input from the Community Working Group (CWG):
The vast majority of visitors to the Chautauqua area arrive by automobile which,
combined with the popularity of the area, creates traffic congestion, neighborhood
livability/parking congestion and greenhouse gas emission levels that do not meet the
city’s transportation mode choice or environmental goals.
Parking demand within the Chautauqua complex (including for access to the
trailheads) exceeds supply, resulting in the surrounding neighborhood streets (within
the CCA leasehold and north of Baseline) becoming overflow parking for the site and
creating a variety of concerns for the residents of those streets, including lack of
access to on-street parking for their own homes, illegal parking that limits sight
distance to conflict areas, and issues with trash, noise and verbal conflicts.
On streets within the National Historic Landmark itself (i.e., the CCA leasehold area,
the city park commonly referred to as “The Green” and the Ranger Cottage parking
lot), pedestrians walking in the street (no sidewalks) are in conflict with motor
vehicles, including those looking for parking spaces.
Chautauqua Auditorium event night shuttle buses become problematic for the
neighborhood east of Chautauqua because of requests from some shuttle riders for
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) drop-off at the Auditorium via Columbine vs.
regular drop-off on Baseline, creating noise and odor for east-side neighborhood
residents and concerns about conflicts with pedestrians and other vehicles along
Columbine.
The CWG recommended adding as an issue for consideration speeding on residential
streets within and outside of the historic district.
Chautauqua-area Transit Study
The city contracted with Jarrett Walker & Associates to complete a Chautauqua area
transit study in support of the CAMP process and also the HOP Refresh initiative
currently underway. The study explored the possible role public transit could play in
addressing CAMP issues. https://www-
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Identification and Refinement of Possible Summer 2017 Pilot Projects
In response to the key data findings and the articulation of the target issues, staff initially
identified a wide range of potential strategies for summer 2017 pilots in the form of a
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matrix that also connected strategies to key issues and identified associated
considerations, implementation needs and potential impacts, concluding with an initial
evaluation of the high-medium-low feasibility of summer 2017 implementation as part of
a pilot. https://www-
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CAMP Working Group (CWG) gave feedback, and additional input from the community
was sought and considered. (Please see more information on the CAMP Community
Engagement Process, below.) Staff subsequently performed more detailed analysis of
potential pilot projects leading to recommendations made initially to the CWG and now
to four city boards and commissions and the CCA board of directors. (Please see Next
Steps below.)
The CAMP Community Engagement Process
To gain input on the many perspectives on Chautauqua from a variety of users and
stakeholders, the project team has used various communication tools to foster outreach and
engagement, including:
Community Open Houses - April 28, 2016 (approx. 50 community participants),
January 26, 2017 (approx. 20 community members)
CAMP Working Group (CWG) - The stated charge of the CWG was to help city staff
recommend to respective city boards and city council which short-term measures could
be implemented and evaluated in 2017, with the acknowledgement that beyond the
summer 2017 pilot, additional community process will help craft the final plan.
Twenty-seven applications were received and 10 community members were appointed
by the city manager. A meeting summary for each of the four CWG meetings to date is
available on the CAMP webpage. The final CWG meeting is scheduled for Feb. 23,
2017. A meeting summary will be posted as soon as possible thereafter.
Stakeholder-specific meetings – with management of CCA, CMF, CDH; a meeting
with neighbors on the proposed pilot residential permit program is scheduled for Mar. 9
Data “deeper dive” meetings with neighbors and CCA board members and staff
Project webpage - www.ChautauquaAccessManagementPlan.com provided project
news, background, materials from the open houses and CWG meetings, and other
resources, including a public comment e-mail address of CAMP@bouldercolorado.gov.
Community Questionnaire – Distributed mid-January and scheduled to close Feb. 26,
this informal tool (not statistically valid) to gauge community support for possible pilot
approaches provides staff and council an opportunity to hear from a wide range of
stakeholders, including neighbors, CU students, non-city residents, CCA employees
and others. (1,099 responses received as of noon on 2/16/17)
Earned media – Camera front-page coverage and 9News coverage
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The city’s Community Newsletter (Feb/March issue) – “New ways to get to
Chautauqua” article about the work on a pilot CAMP for summer 2017 in an attempt to
manage and mitigate impacts of parking
Outreach to Boards and Commissions – Staff shared the CAMP pilot project work
plan with Landmarks Board, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB), Open
Space Board of Trustees (OSBT), Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) and the
Colorado Chautauqua Association (CCA) board of directors in Spring 2016 and is
now in the process of presenting to each the staff recommendations for a summer
2017 pilot.
ANALYSIS:
The staff recommendations detailed in the next section address and reflect the different
conditions and opportunities associated with four “zones” within greater Chautauqua:
1. The Adjacent Neighborhood Zone – north of Baseline and east of Chautauqua
2. The Baseline Road Zone
3. The Green/Ranger Cottage Lot Zone
4. The Chautauqua Neighborhood (leasehold) Zone
Staff believes that it is essential to pursue a comprehensive strategy for all four zones of
greater Chautauqua even for the summer pilot, as strategies employed in one area are
highly likely to affect other areas – the “squeezing the balloon” syndrome.
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The staff recommendations include multiple components across the four zones that
address parking management and multi-modal improvements, including:
1. Paid parking in all zones,
2. Two-hour time-restricted (paid) public parking AND permit systems in the two
Neighborhood Zones,
3. Transit service from satellite parking lots and
4. An employee Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for
employees within Chautauqua (CCA, CMF, CDH and OSMP/Ranger Cottage)
Transit and Parking Integration – A transit-only pilot, with no parking management,
could result in increased use of the Chautauqua area, with increased trail crowding and
impacts to the meadow habitat. It is anticipated that transit ridership would be low with
available free and unrestricted parking in the Chautauqua area. Prior experience with the
daytime HOP2Chautauqua (not to be confused with the successful evening
HOP2Chautauqua Auditorium event shuttle) supports this expectation of low transit
usage if parking remains free and unrestricted. A parking management strategy (paid
and/or time-restricted) without transit could result in decreased use of the Chautauqua
area but could divert some open space use to other trailheads, with potential impacts on
those trailheads, and could diminish access to Chautauqua for some users. Staff
recommends that the pilot include both parking management and transit to offer more
choices and better access for more of the community.
Parking Management – The staff recommendation for parking management is a
combination of paid parking in all four zones, time-restricted parking in the two
neighborhood zones with permit parking in the two neighborhood zones. The proposed
parking payment rate of $2.50 per hour is deemed to be an acceptable payment rate for
many users ($5 for two hours could include a modest hike or a meal at the Dining Hall),
an incentive to take the free transit instead of driving to Chautauqua, an incentive for
turnover of spaces to make way for other users and a way to help fund the hefty transit
price tag. The staff recommendation is to provide as few parking kiosks as may be
required for legal enforceability of the paid parking for the minimum required number of
parking payment kiosks along Baseline (that will take credit cards and coins) and use of
the ParkMobile phone app (credit card only) for all parking within the historic district and
in the neighborhoods, in order to minimize visual impacts and to aid parking enforcement
through use of license plate recognition technology. Some signage will be required, of
course, and it will be minimized to what is required by the municipal court to make the
parking restrictions legally enforceable.
Time restrictions also encourage turnover of parking spaces to accommodate other users
and will encourage some who desire longer stays at Chautauqua to use the free transit
option. The initial proposal is to limit public parking in the Adjacent Neighborhood and
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Chautauqua Leasehold zones to two hours (paid) once per day and no time restriction
(but paid) in the Baseline and Green/Ranger Cottage zones. Neighborhood input will be
important to finalizing those recommendations. The proposal is for parking restrictions
and required payment to be in force 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days/week in the Adjacent
Neighborhood and Green/Ranger Cottage zones and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days/week in
the Baseline Road and Chautauqua Leasehold Neighborhood zones. (Note that CCA also
controls entry into the Chautauqua Leasehold Neighborhood on Auditorium event nights
pursuant to a special event permit with the City in conjunction with offering a free event
night shuttle from satellite parking. This arrangement has been in place for a decade or
more.)
A pilot permit program within either or both Neighborhood zones would reflect the city’s
existing Neighborhood Parking Permit program (NPP) but perhaps could be customized
to the specific conditions and the temporary nature of the pilot. This would include
resident purchase of a permit (with license plate registration) and visitor permits and
potentially commuter permits. Input will be sought from the affected neighborhoods at a
meeting on March 9th before a recommendation to Council is finalized. Any mitigation
approach that includes parking management through a permit system within the CCA
leasehold or on Sundays and holidays anywhere in the pilot project study area may
require an ordinance amendment (two readings and a public hearing by Council, then 30-
days to effective date).
A Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for employees within
Chautauqua would include appointment of an Employee Transportation Coordinator by
CCA and could include employee carpool/vanpool/ride share and/or paying for parking
permits and or integration with the visitor transit strategy utilizing a satellite parking lot.
Alternatives to the staff recommendations for parking management could include parking
restrictions only Friday through Sunday instead of seven days/week, not charging for
parking but relying solely on time-restricted parking (still coupled with permits in the two
Neighborhood zones), charging higher parking rates, permit-only parking in the
Chautauqua Leasehold zone and extending paid parking east along Baseline to 12th
Street.
Transit – An understanding of the existing transit network in the area, existing ridership,
prior transit service, the original HOP2Chautauqua summer pilot experience, the current
HOP2Chautauqua event night shuttle as well as the four drivers of transit feasibility
(density, walkability, proximity and linearity) and cost factors (time/distance, and
drivers) led to consideration of a variety of potential route and schedule possibilities for
the summer 2017 pilot. Other factors considered include:
As stated above, staff believes that parking management is a prerequisite to achieving
better transit ridership. Higher frequency (shorter waits) and shorter routes (faster
speed, fewer stops) also aid ridership but cost more for vehicles and drivers. Free vs.
paid transit and free vs. paid parking at satellite lots also will incentivize or dis-
incentivize transit ridership.
Larger vehicles can accommodate more users but could operate empty in lower
demand periods.
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Multiple possible transit routes were considered to respond to the summer 2016 data
indicating direction of travel of Chautauqua users, which also indicated that many
Chautauqua users now drive by parking opportunities.
Various satellite parking opportunities were explored.
Micro-transit and rideshare offered by Transportation Network Companies (TNCs)
also were explored as opportunities to test additional mobility options and to augment
more traditional transit options.
The desired transit strategy for the summer 2017 pilot likely will be tempered by budget
constraints and is dependent upon responses to the city’s RFP for a transit operator and/or
TNC participation. While a seven days/week transit strategy is highly desirable, a three-
day (Friday through Sunday) approach would address the peak days of the summer weeks
at a reduced project cost.
Information/Education/Marketing of the Pilot – Effectively informing the myriad of
Chautauqua area users about the details of the summer 2017 pilot will be a critical part of
creating a successful pilot in summer 2017. This will require a multi-targeted, multi-
channel approach, and a significant cost.
Additional Considerations – There are three additional processes that may be necessary
to complete prior to implementation of the summer 2017 pilot. The reality of these
additional required processes could mean that either certain these strategies cannot
practicably be tested this summer or that they can be tested over a shorter pilot period in
summer 2017 than would otherwise be desirable.
Funding availability to implement the pilot – Estimated expenses of the summer 2017
pilot exceed estimated revenue generation from paid parking by a significant amount,
potentially $200,000-300,000 or more depending on the details of the parking
management and transit strategies that may be approved by council. Staff anticipates
that input from the CWG, the city boards and the CCA board will help staff shape
final recommendations to council that will include both fiscally-constrained and
recommended packages. If council wishes to implement a summer 2017 pilot, it
likely will have to approve an adjustment to the approved 2017 city budget, which
decision would occur in early May.
Timing of any necessary landmark alteration certificate (LAC) approvals - Any
mitigation approach that includes an external alteration within the historic landmark
district would be dependent upon issuance of an LAC by the Landmarks Board or its
Design Review Committee or staff, depending on the alteration. CCA’s Building and
Grounds Committee or staff would offer its recommendation to the Landmarks
Board, LDRC or staff.
Timing of any necessary temporary ordinance amendment approvals (for the duration
of the pilot, only) by council
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How will we measure pilot success? During the Summer 2017 pilot implementation,
we will collect the following kinds of data to compare with the data collected in summer
2016:
Arrival mode (through an online users questionnaire)
Transit and TNC ridership (through the service providers)
Traffic patterns (through radar, Miovision counts and Acyclica data)
Parking location and utilization (through city Parking Management staff)
The online users questionnaire also would gauge visitor demographics, whether users
thought that the key issues were addressed and customer experience/customer satisfaction
with the various pilot components.
The Post-Pilot Plan Development – The data collected during the summer 2017 pilot
and the subsequent user experience inputs will inform development of a
permanent/ongoing Chautauqua Access Management Plan. It is anticipated that the future
plan that builds on what we learn from the summer 2017 pilot also will address possible
infrastructure and programmatic changes that were beyond the scope/capacity of the
summer 2017 pilot planning effort.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
After evaluation of a wide-range of potential mitigation measures, taking into account a
variety of considerations as well as input from the CWG and the public and debating pros
and cons, staff recommends as summer 2017 pilots a “package” of actions that are
consistent with the CAMP governing principles and the AMPS guiding principles and
that address the key issues that arose from the summer 2016 data collection.
The recommended timing of the summer 2017 pilot is approximately June 1 through
August 31 to respond to the highest usage time of the year.
Staff recommends incorporating multiple components across the four zones that address
parking management and multi-modal improvements, including:
1. Paid parking in all zones,
2. Two-hour time-restricted (paid) public parking AND permit systems in the
two Neighborhood Zones,
3. Free transit service from satellite parking lots and
4. An employee Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for
employees within Chautauqua (CCA, CMF, CDH and OSMP/Ranger Cottage)
The details of the proposed paid and time-restricted parking management by zone and
transit service are shown below. The acronym LPR below refers to license plate
recognition technology that supports parking enforcement.
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As illustrated, the transit proposal includes two segments connecting (1) downtown and
Chautauqua and (2) Broadway/Baseline and Chautauqua, using existing parking lots
downtown and satellite lots at CU (Regent and Broadway) and/or New Vista High School
(20th and Baseline). The desired level of service is 30 minute headways on weekdays and
15 minute headways on weekends, seven days a week. The proposal includes integration
of or augmentation with ridesharing using transportation network companies (TNCs) like
Uber and Lyft and/or zTrip, particularly to support the employee TDM program that must
address both early-starting and late-staying Chautauqua Dining Hall employees.
Together, these recommendations are intended to address the key issues identified
through the summer 2016 data collection, resulting in:
Reduction of automobile mode share to meet CAMP governing principles and city
transportation and environmental goals
Reduction of parking demand on adjacent neighborhood and Chautauqua (leasehold)
neighborhood streets currently used as overflow parking for access to the site
Reduction of conflicts between automobiles and pedestrians in highly-trafficked
residential areas.
The recommendations do not at this time address the concerns raised by neighbors about
quality of life impacts from Chautauqua Auditorium event night shuttles on Columbine at
night. The recommendations also do not address concerns raised about speeding in the
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neighborhoods because data did not support the concern. Both these concerns could be
revisited in the post-pilot plan development phase.
Information/Education/Marketing of the Pilot – Staff recommends that a robust
information/education and marketing effort be undertaken to foster success of the
summer 2017 pilot. It is anticipated that such an effort could include print and digital
advertising throughout the summer, print collateral, website work, branded “wrapping” of
transit vehicles, a city-wide mailer, etc.
NEXT STEPS:
Staff is scheduled to present a recommended summer 2017 pilot to City Council on April
4, 2017. Associated ordinance amendments necessary to implement aspects of the
recommended approaches will have first reading (consent agenda) on April 4 and second
reading/public hearing on April 18. These dates are critical to allow for necessary
preparation for implementation in summer 2017. Thereafter, the staff work plan will
include:
Submittal for council consideration of the associated adjustment to the approved 2017
budget (ATB) to fund the approved summer 2017 pilot program
Issuance of a request for proposals (RFP) for the pilot transit service and/or TNC/ride
share component
Development of a communications plan and issuance of a RFP for marketing services
Preparation for implementation, including application for any required Landmark
Alteration Certificates (LACs) (if any), production and installation of signage, etc.
During and following implementation in summer 2017, evaluation of pilot results to
inform development of a permanent/ongoing plan
Return to boards and commissions and council to report on results of the summer
2017 pilot and recommended process to develop a final CAMP (Fall 2017)
Development of a CAMP, including community engagement (Fall 2017 to Winter
2018)
Return to boards and commissions and council for consideration of a recommended
CAMP for implementation in summer 2018 and beyond (Spring 2018)