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01.16.19 BJAD Packet Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) Joint Commission – Parking and TDM Meeting & Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) – TDM Meeting & Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) – Parking Meeting January 16, 2019 4 – 6 p.m. Broadway Conference Room, 1777 Broadway ________________________________________________________________________________ AGENDA BJAD Joint Commission Meeting • Roll Call BJAD-TDM • Roll Call BJAD-Parking • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest • Approve December 3, 2018 Minutes • Matters from Staff o Introduce Cris Jones as CV’s deputy director and BJAD commission liaison o Staff follow up items from December meeting o 2019 Goals o Commission Recruitment BJAD TDM Commission Meeting • Convene as BJAD TDM Commission • Matters from TDM Commissioners • Matters from Staff • Adjourn as TDM Commission BJAD Parking Commission Meeting • Convene as BJAD Parking Commission • Matters from Parking Commissioners • Matters from Staff • Adjourn as BJAD Parking Commission Attachments • December 3, 2018 BJAD Draft Meeting Minutes • December 3, 2018 Meeting Staff Follow up Notes TDM Commission Parking Commission Susan Prant-Vice Chair Citizen at Large 2019 Susan Prant Citizen at Large 2019 Alex Hyde-Wright-Chair Citizen at Large 2020 Thomas Wells-Chair Citizen at Large 2020 Andy Bush Property Owner/Rep 2021 Andy Bush-Vice Chair Property Owner/Rep 2021 Kevin Knapp Property Owner/Rep 2022 Susi Keating Property Owner/Rep 2022 (vacant) Property Owner/Rep 2023 Kevin Knapp Property Owner/Rep 2023 BJAD 2018 Priorities: • Modify or replace Depot Square garage software • Develop a 10-year Boulder Junction TDM and Parking Plan • Advocate for additional capital improvements in Boulder Junction for example Junction Place bridge to 32nd Street and the bike shelter • Focus on Boulder Junction district branding, communication, collaboration for example sponsor several community events • Commission continued involvement with program and transit service delivery in Boulder Junction for example the Hop Refresh and additional RTD service. CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES SUMMARY BOULDER JUNCTION ACCESS DISTRICTS – PARKING AND TDM MEETING DATE: December 3, 2018 MEMBERS, STAFF, AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: Board Members: TDM: Hyde-Wright (arrived 4:17), Prant, Bush, Knapp, vacant Parking: Wells, Prant, Keating, Bush, Knapp Staff: Bowden, Yates, Dammann, Roberts Guest: Judy Nogg, Housing Authority Board PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Rachel Dammann, 303-441-4191 Meeting opened at 4:07 p.m. BJAD Joint Commission Meeting Roll Call – completed Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest – filed Approval of October 17, 2018 Minutes Wells had one change. Commission approved as amended. Public Comment Judy Nogg from the Housing Advisory Board addressed the commission regarding parking for affordable renters at Depot Square. The HAB was created this year. Their main goal is to advise council on housing, affordability, and accessibility. This summer, three affordable housing BJAD residents came to HAB, then a month later, fifteen affordable housing residents from across the city attended. Swetnick and Nogg, focused on affordable housing resident comments. She asked the BJAD commission to review the fact that several people were concerned about the increases in parking. They heard all affordable housing residents get one parking space for free, but others have told them that all spaces cost. The people who spoke, $90 a month is a huge burden on them. Nogg is looking for information. How are people charged? Would the commission be willing to investigate the situation and report back? Bush said parking was unbundled but wasn’t sure what the calculation was. Nogg said people in affordable housing could be those who need their cars the most – might work late hours, might be driving as Uber or Lyft. The HAB is not concerned about the cost of the second parking space. Bowden and the commission agreed to put a memo together answering that question. Wells would like to have the affordable housing renters come to BJAD so they can create a relationship. Nogg said she can provide that contact information. Wells said since BJAD unbundled the cost of parking, perhaps those negatively affected might want to look at affordable housing in a different location. He also touched on the free EcoPass and car sharing. Yates said affordable housing partners help pay for parking at the district. Nogg affirmed that one solution for these people is to move to a different housing location. Matters from Staff 2019 Commissioner Application Review Wells recommended the application should be easy to fill out in order to encourage applicants. Bowden said the city manager welcomes input from the commission regarding a change in governance since it has been hard to fill BJAD commission vacancies. They are not dictating this requirement, but would welcome input. The commission asked for staff to provide information on who would have to vote to increase the mills. Hyde-Wright said that if we are changing governance, perhaps instead of two boards, there should be one board. Wells says a problem could come up if a property owner is only in one district and not both. Regarding the commission recruitment application, the commission would like to change question 7 from “development” to “as the Boulder Junction matures” and delete 5 and 8. The commission would like to propose one application. Dammann will consolidate and email out for final approval. Pollard Update Bowden introduced Beth Roberts to give an update on the Pollard site project. Wells asked the commission what their questions are for Roberts. Bush said timeline, especially for parking. Prant said she wants to know about the entire project. Roberts said it went through an RFP in 2017. A few developers were chosen, taken to council in late 2017 with a recommendation for a JDA with Zocolo. After is was signed in 2018, it became apparent that the JDA could not continue. After that, they started conversations with Boulder Housing Partners. They n eed “shovels in the ground” by December 2019 to receive funds for being in the qualified census tract. Prant asked why the city didn’t go to the next developer. Roberts said they went with BHP for the sake of timing. Council approved IGA in November. Quadrants 2 and 4 will provide 145 affordable homes. Quadrant 1 and 3 are market-rate units, either rental or for-sale. Commercial space is in Q1 along 30th and Pearl Parkway. 19,000 ground floor commercial space. The commissioners questioned the location of the commercial space – think it would be better along Junction Place instead of Pearl. Bowden offered to get more information on the Form Based Code if the commission requested. Proposed parking is as much aligned with SUMP as can be. Quadrant 1: about 100 spaces, Quadrant 2 & 3 has about 170 spaces. Some below ground and some on the street for visitors. Wells pointed out that there are more parking spaces than residential units. Knapp asked if there is a proposal for how parking will be financed. Roberts said BHP will pay for the parking in Quadrant 2. Quadrants 1 and 3 are to be determined until a builder is determined for the market-rate properties. Knapp asked if the district will be asked to pay for parking. Bowden said that is still being evaluated. We are providing BHP information about what the district can do based on Resnick’s analysis. We have not had any feedback or reactions from Housing or BHP. Knapp said that the board should be made aware if the district is offering to pay for parking. Bowden emphasized that we have not made any offers to pay fo r the parking. Wells reviewed the Fox Tuttle Hernandez report from the last meeting and questioned if there is a need for more parking in the district. Bowden said the Fox Tuttle Hernandez and Resnick reports were provided to BHP and Housing Although we did not make an offer, we also did not make a recommendation, other than to say that we did not see a need for more spaces to support the district. Roberts shared the QCT driven timeline through November 2019 to meet the QCT deadline. Prant asked if the city has “reality tested” if a developer will want to develop in the market-rate properties given the restrictions. Wells asked when the deadline will be regarding the decision about the amount of parking. He would like the commission to have an opportunity to provide input. Knapp concurred. Bowden is unaware and asked Roberts to report back. Bush supported having more discussion. Knapp asked if the Form-Based Code review will go to a public hearing. Roberts said she thought it would. Hyde-Wright asked how much opportunity there is for planning board to delay this project past the tax credit deadline. Roberts said that it was made apparent in the council memo that this is time sensitive, but acknowledged, “we need to get it right.” Wells asked for the justification/rationale for the number of parking being recommended. Bowden offered to provide the IGA to the commissioners. Roberts offered to provide the council memo as well. 2019 BJAD Goals and Letter to Council Bowden offered an idea that the commission work in sub-groups to develop their letter to Council. Bush and Wells will make draft and send to the commission for their feedback. Bowden announced that Cris Jones will be the new deputy director facing inward towards parking. Bowden will continue to work on economic vitality. Mark Woulf is the new business services manager and started today. Knapp left at 5:35. The commissioners talked about options for change of governance in order to make it easier to fill the commission vacancy. Bush would like the commission to review what is offered in TDM and how to be effective in February or March. Prant left at 5:45. Staff Updates Yates reported that the Depot Square Parking Management Agreement is being amended to include a long term lease for stalls. The legal docs will be finalized at the owner’s association meeting on Wednesday. Then they can go forward with changing the parking access and control system in lieu of gate system. Staff hopes to have it started in March. Matters from Commissioners Bush would like TDM to be a priority for the commission in February or March. Proposed: January topic is parking. February topic Pollard. Bowden asked if BHP’s deadline is sooner than later, would the commission ask for a special meeting. Commissioners would like a special joint meeting if necessary. Meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m. Determined there was no need to meet as separate commissions. FUTURE MEETINGS January 16, 2019 100 Broadway Conference Room Regular Meeting APPROVED BY: BOULDER JUNCTION ACCESS DISTRICT JOINT COMMISSION Attest: Rachel Dammann, Secretary Thomas Wells – Chair, Parking Alex Hyde-Wright – Chair, TDM Boulder Junction Access District December 4 Meeting Staff Follow Up • Confirm that the district charges $90 a month per car space and provide information on how that amount was determined and perhaps what the cost per space is in Boulder Junction. The zoning in the transit area has a parking maximum of 1 parking stall per unit regardless of the number of bedrooms in a unit. Affordable housing encourages other modes of transportation within the district. The concept of cost follows the SUMP principles with “M” allowing the “market” decide the cost of parking and there was a conscious decision to not have the city determine the value of the permit for parking. The city was silent on the parking costs for the affordable units, but the same concept applies, the unbundled (not included in rent) cost is meant to discourage the use of single occupancy vehicles and left to the owner to decide. In the future affordable housing could have a say on the cost but they chose not to in this case and thought this would be their approach across the Boulder Junction area. • Future – invite affordable income renters to come to BJAD to talk about parking pricing. To come. • Staff to ask City Clerk if there could be one application for both BJAD commissions. (Rachel) Completed. • Staff to email draft application for commission’s review and approval (Rachel) Completed. • Staff to provide information on who can vote for a mill levy increase – can out of district property owners vote? Dammann emailed to BJAD Commission on December 6: Only district electors can vote on a mill levy increase. Out of district electors would be eligible to vote if the Board was petitioning for their inclusion into the District (at the same time as tax increase). Here is the definition of “District Elector” found in BRC 8-4-2 District elector means a person who is registered to vote in city general elections, as shown on the records of the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder, and who: (1) Resides within the district, proposed district, or area to be included, as shown on such election records; or (2) Owns taxable real or personal property within the district, proposed district, or area to be included, as shown on the records of the Boulder County Assessor. Also relevant is the definition of “owns” Owns means to have any undivided fee interest in the property which is shown on the records of the Boulder County Assessor. If there are multiple owners, including, without limitation, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entireties, and contract purchasers of real property obligated to pay ad valorem taxes thereon, of any property shown as a single property on the records of the Boulder County Assessor, there shall be deemed to be only one owner of that property for the purpose of calculating the total number of district electors. The signature, on a petition or consent, by any otherwise qualified person with such an ownership interest shall bind the property so long as any other owner does not object in writing to the city council within fourteen days after the filing of the petition. If there are multiple owners, only one otherwise qualified person may vote as a district elector-owner or a property owner of such property in district elections, and then only after signing an affidavit stating that all other owners have consented to the person casting the ballot for the property. Property owner defined: Property owner means a person who owns, or an entity which owns, taxable real, or personal property within the district, or an agent authorized in writing by such person or entity to sign consents for petitions. If you would like more specific information as to the requirements of an election, see BRC 8-4-20 here: https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT8PAOPSPSTPUWA_CH4GEIMDI_8- 4-20ELUNARXSE20COCO • Staff to send commission link to BHP 30th and Pearl Council Memo and Presentation Dammann emailed to BJAD Commission on December 6. • Staff to get more information on the applicability of the Form Based Code for the development and if commercial space might be possible along Junction Place. Also if the Form Based Code Review would be a public hearing. Bowden waiting from response from Housing. • Staff to get more information on BHP parking requirements and requests Bowden waiting from response from Housing. • Staff to get deadline for feedback regarding parking at BHP site. If this deadline is before the next BJAD meeting, staff will schedule a special BJAD meeting to discuss. Bowden waiting from response from Housing. • Staff to provide the BHP IGA to commissioners. Bowden waiting from response from Housing. • Future – commissioners would like to evaluation TDM in March to see what is offered and the costs. Staff to provide data.