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Action Minutes Transportation 01/14/2002 CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING SUMMARY FORM NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Transportation Advisory Board DATE OF MEETING: January 14, 2002 NAME/TELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Robin Madel, 303-441-4073 NAMES OF MEMBERS, COUNCIL, STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS -TAB: John Tayer, chair, Brant Liebmann, Jim Rettew, Jerry Wyss, Alison Richards STAFF - Tracy Winfree, Karla Harding (CDOT), Randall Rutsch, Stephany Westhusin, Noreen Walsh and Robin Madel, secretary WHAT TYPE OF MEETING [REGULAR] [SPECIAL] [QUASI-JUDICIAL] Agenda Item 1- Pre-meeting dinner with CDOT Karla Harding, from the Colorado Department of Transportation attended the dinner. Harding and the TAB discussed the transportation funding situation for the Denver-Boulder region. They also discussed the speed limit along U.S. 36. Agenda Item 2 - Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:08 p.m. Agenda Item 3 - Approval of Minutes Minutes from the December 10, 2001 meeting were approved. Alison Richards motioned to approve the minutes as written. Jim Rettew seconded. The vote was 5-0, in favor of the motion. Agenda Item 4 - General Citizen Participation Kathleen Calongne, 243123 d St., Boulder, spoke about signage for the NTMP speed humps. She said that the signage doesn't conform with MUTCD guidelines, which she feels is a risk to users and to the tax fund. She also discussed the possibility of TAB members being sued for voting to "allow delay-inducing devices and ignoring the staff recommendation against those devices." • General Citizen Participation was closed. TAB Comments TAB comments included the policy on signage and liability of TAB members in making recommendations to the City Council. Agenda Item 5 - Public hearing and consideration of a recommendation on the TEA-21 DRCOG TIP submittal (Randall Rutsch). Rutsch gave a brief presentation about the submittal. The city of Boulder has not received the criteria or schedule from DRCOG yet so the list of projects is tentative. TAB Questions Questions included the process for submitting multi-year projects, the reasons that various projects are not listed and specifics around three of the projects on the list. Citizen Participation and TAB Comment There was none. Citizen Participation was closed TAB Discussion The TAB and staff discussed the process for generating projects. They also discussed how neighborhoods could initiate projects. Jim Rettew moved to support the staff recommendation for four of the projects but not the Skunk Creek underpass at 27`h Way, the Bear Creek underpass at Table Mesa or the pedestrian underpass at 28`h Street. Upon receipt of criteria from DRCOG, these three projects will be reevaluated and the staff will choose the project that ranks the highest of the three. Alison Richards seconded. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion. Transportation Advisory Board Summary Minutes January 14, 2002 Page 1 Agenda Item 6 - Matters From Staff- • Randall Rutsch provided a briefing on the TMP 2001 and Jobs to Population Balance Project. Rutsch • announced a study session with the City Council and the Planning Board on February 28, 2002 regarding the Jobs-to-Population Balance Project. The consultant likely will run models based on 3 scenarios for that project. The current transportation model will be converted to TransCad and will allow analysis to be combined with GIS technology. The new modeling effort will be an improvement over the current model, but will not be the most up-to-date program due to DRCOG's delayed schedule. However, the new modeling approach should be able to be completed in time to support both the TMP Update and the Jobs-to- Population project. Tracy Winfree discussed the Travel Demand Management work program that is being accelerated to support Jobs-to-Population and the TMP Update. The TAB will be involved with this accelerated project. Randall Rutsch discussed the TMP study committee meeting. The next meeting will be on February 4, 2001. • Tracy Winfree discussed moving the next TAB meeting to February 25, 2002 to accommodate scheduling of meetings around the presentation of the TMP update to the City Council. They decided to keep the meeting on February 11 as scheduled. • Stephany Westhusin gave a briefing on 28th St. construction. Westhusin discussed the 2 phases and how they will be scheduled and coordinated. She also discussed how the projects would tie in to Broadway construction. The work will be done during non-peak traffic hours and only one lane in each direction will have to be closed because the street will not be completely torn up and rebuilt. • Noreen Walsh gave a briefing on Broadway construction. She discussed the scheduling and coordination and how the project will tie into the scheduling of the 28`h St. construction. Phase I of the 28"' St. project will be performed while the Broadway project is being performed. Phase II of the 28`t' St. construction will be performed after the Broadway project is completed. The project will be done during all hours and traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction because the street will be torn up and rebuilt. They discussed re- routing of buses. Walsh said she is still working through the neighborhood suggestions with RTD. • Noreen Walsh gave a briefing on the Missing Sidewalk Links Program criteria, prioritization method and outreach plan. The TAB had no comments on the criteria that were listed. They discussed the prioritization method. In general, the board seemed to favor alternative 2, which is to gain feedback on prioritization from the neighborhoods then bringing the information back to the TAB. The TAB requested that the board have an opportunity to review the criteria after the community process and before a prioritized list is developed. • Tracy Winfree said that the U.S. 36 speed limit issue would be table until the following month based on the conversation with Karla Harding about the issue at the pre-meeting dinner. • Tracy Winfree asked a TAB member that could speak on the Broadway Reconstruction issue as it relates to bike paths to attend the City council meeting on January 15, 2002 (the following night). Alison Richards said that she would go to represent the TAB. • Tracy Winfree announced the dates and times for the City Council retreat. • Tracy Winfree discussed the legislative update that Amy Mueller sent to the TAB. She said that Mueller would send updates to the TAB on a regular basis. Matters From the Board: • Brant Liebmann asked about the citizen comment about board members being sued. Winfree said she would follow up with the City Attorney's Office and get back to the TAB. ■ Jerry Wyss discussed the bus stop that is across Broadway from NIST. He said the stop is in bad shape because some work that was started but not completed has caused a tripping hazard. Winfree said the work was to be completed by RTD and she will follow up with them to determine why the work hasn't been completed yet. ■ Jim Rettew said he saw a news report about the red light and speed-on-green cameras. The report indicated that staff had intended to install those throughout Boulder. Winfree said that she did not believe that was the plan and that she would put in a request to Mike Sweeney to provide additional information. ■ Alison Richards said that she read an article in the newspaper that said that global sales of electric bikes were down significantly in 2001, compared with those in 1999. The article did not say why. Transportation Advisory Board Summary Minutes January 14, 2002 Page 2 • ■ Jerry Wyss said that he met the alternative mode coordinator for the city of Denver and recommended inviting her to a regional outreach dinner. ■ John Taver asked the other TAB members if they thought the pre-dinner meetings are working out. They said yes but they want more time so they agreed to start the meetings at 5:15. Everyone agreed to make a • point of being on time to the meetings. Jerry Wyss requested a biography or some background information on the person attending the dinner. Agenda Item 7 - Discussion of Future Meeting Agenda • Phil Greenwald from the city of Longmont will attend the pre-meeting, regional outreach dinner in February. • TMP Update - discussion in February, recommendation in March.. • North 28`h St CEAP - briefing in February, recommendation in March • Pedestrian Crossing Demonstration data - will be presented in March. • U.S. 36 speed limit - will be presented in February. Agenda Item 8 - Adjournment Jim Rettew motioned to adjourn the meeting. Jerry Wyss seconded. The vote was 5-0 in favor of the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m. Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting: ■ February 11, 2001, 6:00 p.m., Transportation Advisory Board regular meeting, at the City Council Chambers. Transportation Advisory Board Summary Minutes January 14, 2002 Page 3 •