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11.20.19 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 November 18, 2019 4 – 6 p.m. Broadway Conference Room, 1777 Broadway ________________________________________________________________________________ AGENDA BJAD Joint Commission Meeting • Roll Call BJAD-TDM and BJAD-Parking • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest • Approve September 10, 2019 Minutes • Public Comment • Matters from Staff o Boulder Transportation Connections @ Boulder Junction – Joan Lyons o Evening Parking Pricing at Downtown Garages o Community Vitality B-Cycle Contribution o 2020 BJAD Goals and Annual Letter to Council o Confirm 2020 BJAD Meeting Schedule  January 15, 2020 – Alignment with Council Priorities  March 18, 2020 – Priority Project/Work Plan Progress  May 20, 2020 – Fund Financial Health and 2021 Budget Priorities  July 15, 2020 – Budget & CIP Approval  September 16, 2020 – Priority Project/ Work Plan Progress  November 18, 2020 – 2021 Planning BJAD TDM Commission Meeting • Convene as BJAD TDM Commission • Matters from TDM Commissioners • Boulder Housing Partners/30 Pearl • Public Improvements Maintenance • Adjourn as TDM Commission BJAD Parking Commission Meeting • Convene as BJAD Parking Commission • Matters from Parking Commissioners • Adjourn as BJAD Parking Commission Attachments • Draft September 10 Joint Meeting Minutes • Priorities Matrix • Council Questions to Board and Commissions • Draft Language for Letter to Council TDM Commission Parking Commission 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 Vacant Property Owner/Rep 2022 Vacant Property Owner/Rep 2023 Kevin Knapp Property Owner/Rep 2023 Susan Prant-Vice Chair Citizen at Large 2024 Ryan Cook Citizen at Large 2024 BJAD 2019 Priorities 1. BHP/Pollard Development 2. Transit Advocacy (EcoPass, HOP Refresh, 119 BRT) 3. District Branding (Events/Signage/BTC) 4. 10 Year Plan 5. Capital Improvement Plan (Bike shelter/Bluff Bridge) 6. TDM Offering Development 7. Neighboring Community Collaboration CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT COMMISSION NAMES OF MEMBERS, STAFF, AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS: BJAD: Wells, Cook, Hyde-Wright, Knapp (left at 6:14), Prant, Bush (left at 6:09) DMC: Feldman, Shapins, Niemeyer, Nuzum (arrived at 4:28) (Knoff absent) STAFF: Bowden (4:35), Jones, Woulf, Landrith, Dammann, Yates, Ebner, Kemp GUESTS: Chip PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Rachel Dammann, 303-441-4191 TYPE OF MEETING: DMC/BJAD Joint Meeting September 10, 2019 Roll Call: Called to order at 4:03 p.m. Approval of the July 9, 2019 DMC Minutes Approved. Approval of the July 17, 2019 BJAD Minutes Approved. Public Participation None. Discussion about public participation at the different commission meetings. Both boards expressed interest in increasing public participation. HHS Update Vicki Ebner, Homeless Initiatives Manager, for the city introduced herself. Homeless Solutions for Boulder County – coordinated services for the homeless. They are working on building better data repository and how they handle the way they guide people to the shelters. The Broadway shelter is focusing on housing, and more intensive services. People who have been in the county for six months and have disabilities are the focus for housing. Bridge House gets everyone else. In January there was a change and they implemented a six month rule at Bridge House. They are exploring more divergent services like paying for a bus ticket for someone to go back to family, helping with car repair, etc. Severe weather services focuses on life saving services. The philosophy is Housing First – get someone stabilized in housing before you try to get someone clean. Bridge House short term services is the facility by Boulder Junction. As is the severe weather facility. Knapp - How short on housing are we? Ebner – they have a massive budget request. The county goal is to have 200 more opportunities next year. It will be a combination of units willing to take vouchers and building new units. There are an estimated 623 homeless people in Boulder County. There is no specific city count. The Boulder shelter house 160 people and there are fifty at Bridge House. There are seventy two beds for severe weather. Business owners in Boulder Junction have become frustrated with the homeless in the area. A subset of business owners started meeting to find solutions. It has morphed into a working group talking about options such as public toilets. Ebner said to call the non-emergency police line if you encounter negative behavior. They are working on engaging more people for services. Wells recommended a BJAD rep at this working group. Bush said he heard people who attended the meeting were disappointed in the answers and lack of funding, etc. Bush said he would like to volunteer. Wells also recommended the working group reach out to HOAs. PD Homeless Outreach Team is two officers and is citywide. City and County works on facilitation – finds the services available to people. DBP Update Chip started at DBP about a month ago. Mobility, Access, and Parking are top items from his constituents. Niemeyer brought up the idea of DMC, DBP, and BID coordinating and presenting a unified voice to Council. Shapins recommended a project with a joint action. Bowden Update Bowden gave a City update. Council is reviewing the budget for the first time tonight. Community Vitality is focusing on new parking kiosks and the citywide retail strategy. Council is not looking into the Civic Area right now because they are focusing on Alpine Balsam. Matters from Commissioners Feldman talked about a report titled Growing Greener Boulder from Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, the Copirg Foundation, and Frontier Group. He recommended everyone read it. It has good data and specific recommendations. He proposed the report authors come to the commissions. https://copirg.org/reports/cop/growing-greener Matters from Staff Community Vitality and the Role of Parking & Access – Cris Jones Jones gave a presentation on the history, purpose, and workplan of Community Vitality. He shared information on parking utilization. https://survey.commutifi.com/?organization=2f6371d4- e491-4deb-9bff-bd7336f26e26 Niemeyer asked about charging for parking on Sunday. Bowden said that will be reviewed as part of future policy development. Shared Mobility Program Update – Dave “DK” Kemp Kemp presented on Shared Micro-mobility which is station-based bike share, dock-less bike share and scooter share. The goal is to support first and final mile travel options. They want to limit scooters to 1-2 companies for a one-year pilot and are looking at a spring 2020 launch. Bush – What are the biggest concerns about scooters? What kind of data are coming out of cities that have embraced scooters.? Kemp – It’s good we waited; we have learned a lot and problems are being sorted out. Is there data on scooter accidents vs bike accidents? For 100,000 miles traveled, there is a higher uptick in scooter related injuries vs bike injuries. Cook – Is the City is going to have a framework, what is the rationale for the number of companies that can operate? Kemp – They don’t want so much scooter inventory to have scooters sitting around and not being used. Nuzum – Is this just going to happen? Kemp – No. He is collecting input and will bring it to TAB and then Council for consideration. Prant – Are we really going to force people to use helmets? Kemp – It is hard to enforce, but the City can request it. Prant asked if this requirement would impact B-Cycle. Kemp – Yes, possibly. Hyde-Wright – Is the pilot citywide? Kemp – Yes. Chip – Should bike share and scooters be de-coupled? Kemp – The trend is that many cities have them coupled. Other things will come along that can be considered part of micro-mobility. Niemeyer – Enforcement is difficult. What are the conversations that have happened with PD? Kemp - PD has been straightforward that this is not their priority. We can help with the policy development. Nuzum – Is there any technology to prevent drunk riding? Kemp – He agrees about the concern, but hasn’t seen the tech yet. Feldman and Bush voiced support for a pilot. Bowden – Why is the pilot will be citywide and not specific to transportation corridors? Kemp – The average size person could get two hours of ridership and the scooters could end up far away. Hyde Wright – We need to be willing to balance low-usage areas for equity vs busy places like campus and downtown. Knapp – Perhaps we should subsidize companies so they are willing to serve low income areas. Kemp recommended checking the TMP Master Plan update that was recently approved by TAB for more information. Adjourned 6:17 pm NEXT MEETING: November 20, 2019 APPROVED BY: DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT COMMISSION Attest: Rachel Dammann, Secretary Thomas Wells, BJAD - P Chair ___________________________________ Alex Hyde-Wright, BJAD – TDM Chair 2020 District Focus (Subject to New Council Priorities to be Determined at January 17-18, 2020 Council Retreat) BJAD – P BJAD – TDM DMC UHCAMC Community Vitality Strategic Plan Update X X X X Budget X X X X CIP X X X Placemaking Pearl Street Inventory/Refresh X Hill Hotel & area infrastructure revitalization X Access-Related Wayfinding & Infrastructure X X AMPS Implementation X X X X Parking Pricing X X X Curbside Management X X X X Micromobility X X X NPP evolution X X TDM solutions & strategies (incl. EcoPass) X X X Economic Resilience X X Retail Strategy and Implementation X X Small Business initiatives X X From:Beck, Lynnette To:Beck, Lynnette Subject:Board and Commission Feedback for 2020 City Council Retreat Date:Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:44:04 AM Dear Boulder Board and Commission Members: At the end of each year, the Boulder City Council requests input on next year's goals and objectives from the city's boards and commissions. Your input is considered in setting the council and city staff's annual work plan at their January retreat. As appointed officials of our community, you are necessarily aware of a spectrum of topics and issues. Below, please find this year's questions. You need not limit your responses to the area of expertise of your board/commission. Each board/commission may provide a single set of responses or, if preferred, each member can provide an individual response (if the latter, please submit all of the member responses in a single packet). In order for council to benefit from your input, please provide your input via your board secretary, no later than the close of business on Thursday, December 12. Thank you for your service to our community. Sincerely, Mary Young Bob Yates Council Retreat Committee 1. What do you think the City’s top three priorities should be for the 2020-2021 work plan? 2. How do your suggestions connect back to the work of your specific board or commission? 3. Are there additional boards or commissions that should weigh in on those issues? Possible Draft Language for the 2020 Commission Letters to Council “The Advisory Commissions for Boulder’s General Improvement Districts (University Hill, Downtown, and Boulder Junction), are appreciative of the opportunity to offer input to Council for 2020 priorities. Community Vitality staff has worked closely with us to refine a department-wide vision in support of Council and community goals over the past year. A few shared accomplishments in 2019 include: •Fund Sustainability and Fund Strategy •Department-Wide Capital Improvement Plan Creation and Prioritization •Alignment with Transportation on Access Management and Parking Strategy (AMPS) Initiatives •Citywide Retail Study Completion •Development of Pilots and Programs in support of small businesses and affordable commercial We believe that the following should be Council priorities for 2020-2021 that have intersection with our Commissions: •Climate Emergency o Transition of Community Vitality’s Fleet, o Installation of solar panels on existing infrastructure o Partnership with Energy Future on electric vehicle charging stations and other related initiatives •AMPS implementation o Parking pricing o Neighborhood Parking Permit (NPP) Program evolution o Pay Station replacement and other technology upgrades •Equity o Building and maintaining healthy commercial districts for everyone with an emphasis on access to affordable goods and services complimentary of the city's affordable housing initiatives o Final approval of Citywide Retail Strategy o Pilot of affordable commercial •Capital Planning and Walkable Neighborhoods o Addressing existing needs through CIP o Participation in any planning and outreach related to Hill Hotel, Diagonal Plaza and Alpine Balsam to further walkable neighborhood goals, and sustainability of a vibrant local economy We look forward to the future discussion.”