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01.18.23 BJAD PacketBoulder Junction Access District (BJAD) Joint Commission Meeting Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) – Parking Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) – TDM January 18, 2023 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Via Video Conference for Public Penfield Tate II Municipal Building, Room W -101 AGENDA All agenda items are approximate I.Roll Call Secretary II.Procedural Items (5 minutes)Chair A.Approval of the November 16, 2022 Meeting Minutes III.Public Participation (0-10 minutes)Chair IV.Consent Agenda – Topics will not be discussed unless there are questions posed by the Commission. Please reference the consent agenda memo. V.Matters from Staff A.Commission recruitment B.2023 BJAD Approved Budget C.2023 Community Vitality Work Plan D.Downtown Streets as Public Space Update E.General Project Updates (Wayfinding, AMPS, TDM) VI.Matters from Commissioners Chair VII.Next Commission Meeting: 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, 2023 VIII.Adjourn Chair 1 Attachments: -Draft November 16, 2022 BJAD Meeting Minutes -Special District Boards and Commissions Consent Agenda – January 2023 -DRAFT Fund Financials BJAD Parking Commission Members Ryan Cook, Vice-Chair Term ends 2024 Kevin Knapp, Chair Term ends 2023 Rebekah Dumouchelle Term ends 2027 Robyn Ronen Term ends 2027 Vacant Term ends 2027 2023 Commission Priorities 1.Support TVAP Phase 2 Planning 2.Transit Enhancements 3.Enhance District Identity, Branding and Wayfinding 4.10 Year Plan 5.Capital Improvement Plan 6.TDM Offering Development 7.Neighboring Community Collaboration BJAD TDM Commission Members Susan Prant, Chair Term ends 2024 Jennifer Shriver, Vice-Chair Term ends 2025 Rebekah Dumouchelle Term ends 2027 Vacant Term ends 2027 Vacant Term ends 2027 2 CITY OF BOULDER BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES Name of Board/Commission: Boulder Junction Access District – TDM & Parking Date of Meeting: November 16, 2022 Contact Information Preparing Summary: Lisa Wuycheck 303-441-3254 Board Members Present: Sue Prant, Ryan Cook, Rebekah Dumouchelle, Kevin Knapp, Robyn Ronen, Jennifer Shriver Board Members Absent: Staff Present: Cris Jones, Reegan Brown, Lane Landrith, Lisa Wuycheck, David Kemp Guests Present: Emily Reddick and Elaine C. Erb (Boulder Transportation Connections) Type of Meeting: Regular The meeting was called to order at 4:06 p.m. A quorum was present for the conduct of business. Agenda Item 1: Roll Call Agenda Item 2: Procedural Items A.Approval of the September 21, 2022 Meeting Minutes •First motion by Ronen. Second by Cook. The motion passed 5-0. B.Approval of 2023 BJAD Commissions Meeting Dates •First motion by Prant. Second by Shriver. The motion passed 5-0. Agenda Item 3: Public Participation No community members were present at the meeting. Agenda Item 4: Consent Agenda •Cook asked if any Boulder Junction businesses have applied for the Outdoor Dining Program. Brown reported there were no applicants from Boulder Junction. Cook asked if the Boulder Junction businesses are eligible for the program. Brown confirmed they are eligible and said the next round of applications are being accepted beginning February 1, 2023. 3 Agenda Item 5: Matters from Staff A. E-Scooter Evaluation Update – David (DK) Kemp Kemp spoke about the E-Scooter pilot program which focuses on the area east of 28th Street. Over the past year, he has been monitoring the program, collecting utilization data, and talking with committee members. Kemp’s presentation was titled ‘Shared Micromobility Program E-scooter Evaluation Update’. He said the purpose of this program is ‘to provide community members safe, equitable and sustainable forms of transportation to improve quality of life, provide connections to transit and key destinations, and replace motor vehicle trips to reduce traffic congestion and transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.’ Kemp said Lime was selected as the e-scooter provider. Kemp said the evaluation criteria in the pilot area (east of 28th Street/south of Jay Road/north of Table Mesa Road) included: • Overall utilization • Safety • Equity impact • Characteristic of riders • Mode Shift • Usage patterns • Parking • Community Feedback • Sustainability Kemp explained the evaluation process and listed the stakeholders. He said the next step is to talk with Council and then integrate the next steps into the program to formalize operations. He said this will happen in the first quarter of 2023. Kemp said a benefit of the e-scooters includes convenient transportation to destinations. He added that, at the end of a ride, the scooters are sometimes not parked well, so they can block access to sidewalks. Kemp’s community survey results reflect the e-scooter parking issue. Results also show an appreciation for a new way to travel around Boulder. Results show a frustration with the inability to travel west of 28th Street. Kemp said data collection between August 2021 through August 2022 shows there was total of 115,000 trips and 117,700 miles traveled. He said the average trip per device was 1.5 miles, and the approximate greenhouse gas savings was 26,000 pounds. Kemp reported that there were 4 severe crashes, and the utilization of the e-scooters dipped during the winter. Kemp said many riders are college students and are below the medium income level in the city. Kemp reported that the quality of the e-scooters has greatly improved, and user familiarity has increased. He said, when using the app, all first-time users must go through a training ride. He also said Boulder has a very good infrastructure from a bicycle perspective. Kemp added that, in Boulder, there is a higher cognizance of driver awareness regarding vulnerable users on the roadways. An ‘all trips’ map indicated that 30th Street is the most used corridor for e-scooter usage. Kemp said e- scooters are being used to run errands and also for recreation. Kemp discussed the mode shift. He said 4 surveys show that nearly half of the people who used an e-scooter would’ve taken a motor vehicle if the e-scooter was not available. He added that almost 30% of people polled would have walked instead. Kemp expressed that e-scooter riders are using sidewalks, which is prohibited. Those surveyed said they are using the sidewalks because they feel exposed and vulnerable to a distracted driver. Kemp also attributed the usage of sidewalks to the convenience of traveling bi-directionally. In addition, he said sidewalks were used when no bike facility was present on the street. Kemp asked the commissioners: 1. Do you have any observations from the pilot program you would like to share? 2. Do you have any suggestions to refine the shared e-scooter program? Kemp said, due to implementing regulations, the crash rate is much lower in Boulder than when the pilot program first began. BJAD Reponses: • Ronen said e-scooters have been helpful for the CU students. She spoke about the issue of e- scooters being parked in areas that impede accessibility. She suggested requiring riders to return e-scooters to specific parking locations. Kemp said Lime is contracted to remove e-scooters that are idle for more than 72 hours. He said, moving forward, the e-scooters can be programmed to be parked in designated parking areas before a user is able to end the ride. He said this is done through geo-fencing and the Lime app. Kemp reminded BJAD-TDM and BJAD-Parking commissioners that they requested Boulder Junction remain dock-less, and he asked if they wish for the district to remain dock-less. • Prant said she does not have a preference regarding designated e-scooter parking docks in Boulder Junction. • Dumouchelle said the community can report e-scooter issues to Lime through Twitter. She said she supports on-street corrals for parking. She added that approved parking for e-scooters should be no more than two blocks away from each other. Dumouchelle said she wants the parking areas to be on the streets and not on the sidewalks. • Cook said the safety statistics in Kemp’s presentation are positive. He said he supports protected infrastructure for multimodal use. • Cook asked if the city or if Lime is responsible for recycling e-scooters. Kemp said Lime is responsible for their equipment and for recycling the equipment. Kemp said the city receives revenue from the e-scooter program which is applied back into the Shared Micromobility Program. • Cook suggested expanding the area of use to Folsom and 26th Streets. He said this would benefit a lot of residences and businesses. Kemp said the intent is to make this a city-wide program. • Cook asked if the city or if Lime controls the pricing. Kemp said Lime determines the price point. He said it costs $1 to unlock the scooter and $.37 a minute to ride one. Kemp said the city’s affordability program cuts that cost in half. Cook suggested the city contract a competing company in the future to avoid a monopolization of the market. 5 • Schriver asked if there are plans to expand the e-scooter area east of 55th Street. She also said she supports designated parking areas. Kemp said e-scooters can currently be used east of 55th to 63rd Street, but he said there may not be deployment areas there due to a lack of demand. • Dumouchelle asked if the serious injuries were single-vehicle accidents. Kemp said three of accidents involved single-vehicles, and one involved multi-vehicles. B. Boulder Transportation Connections Activations Proposal Jones said staff identified $50,000 in EcoPass savings to reprogram toward Boulder Junction activations. Jones said Community Vitality staff including Brown, Landrith, and Special Events Manager Justin Greenstein have been working with Boulder Transportation Connections (BTC) on a proposal. Brown said Emily Reddick and Elaine C. Erb of the BTC were present to give a presentation on a series of activations to be held at Boulder Junction in 2023. The presentation was titled ‘Boulder Junction Transportation District 2023 Events Series Proposal. Reddick said the BTC administers both the neighborhood and the business EcoPass programs in Boulder Junction, and she said staff is very familiar with the district. Reddick and Erb shared a proposal for the following five 2023 events. 1.February 10: Winter Bike To Work Day (Est. budget: $2,000-$2,500) 2.April: Clean Air Month May Promotion (Est. budget: $5,000)- Focus on the RTD EcoPass Program 3.June: Walk and Bike Month (Est. budget: $7,500-$8,000)-Summer Bike to Work Day 4.August: Boulder Junction Celebration Event (Est. budget: $30,000)-Live music, food trucks, games, give-aways, and demos/promos of BCycle, Colorado CarShare, EcoPass, Lime, and VIA (Hop Electric Bus) 5.October: Electric Vehicle Week Celebration (Est. budget: $5,000)-Electric car show, promos of EcoPass Program and Colorado CarShare Reddick said the BTC is part of the Boulder Chamber which provides the support needed to hold these events. BJAD responses: • Knapp asked if $50,000 is enough to hold the events. Reddick said the BTC will scale the events to stay within the budget. Reddick said the Boulder Junction businesses will benefit from the events, be involved with the giveaways, and she said they also have the option to sponsor events. • Prant asked the BTC to remind the BJAD commissioners of the events well in advance. Erb said there will be planning meetings for the events. • Ronen asked how the BTC determined the budgets for each event. She said she shares Knapp’s concern that the budgeted funds won’t be sufficient. Reddick said the BTC consulted with Community Vitality staff to plan the events and to determine the budgets. She also said the BTC has organized similar events in the past with similar budgets. 6 Jones said $50,000 is the typical contract spending limit when reprogramming funds. He added that staff supports the BTC securing additional funds through sponsorships. Erb said the BTC has a history of holding successful events with small budgets. C. 2023 Work Plan Development Jones said staff is currently working on the 2023 Work Plan which will be presented more formally at the BJAD January 2023 meeting. He explained there are three ongoing work divisions in Community Vitality which include cultural vibrancy, district vitality, and access for all. He said all work divisions will be involved with plans for Boulder Junction activations. Jones said Brown and Landrith are focusing on district branding and wayfinding. Jones reported that Community Vitality is partnering with Planning and Development Services on the Boulder Junction Phase 2. He said hopefully this work will lead to a focus on the 10-year plan and an overall capital plan. Jones added staff will work on the long-term spending plan for the existing district, and they will also examine how the district might evolve east of the railroad tracks. Jones explained that staff will continue to work on AMPS implementation in the district in 2023. He said this includes performance-based pricing and residential access management. Jones said the Community Vitality staff with work with the Transportation and Mobility staff to encourage RTD to restore services in Boulder Junction. He said the city has contracted Fox Tuttle to analyze trip generation and reduction data in Boulder Junction. BJAD responses: • There were no responses from the BJAD commissioners. D. BJAD Commissioner Recruitment Questions Jones asked the commissioners if any revisions were needed to (4) commissioner recruitment questions. These revisions are due on Monday, December 5. After some discussion, the following revisions were made to the BJAD-TDM Commission and BJAD-Parking Commission recruitment questions. BJAD-TDM: How can the Boulder Junction Parking Commission and the Boulder Junction TDM Commission reduce the use of motor vehicles better meet the multi-modal access needs of area residents and employees? How can the Boulder Junction Parking Commission and the Boulder Junction TDM Commission reduce the use of motor vehicles and meet sustainable transportation goals for the area residents and employees? Add: What is your affiliation or connection to the Boulder Junction area and how often do you visit? 7 BJAD-PARKING: How can the Boulder Junction Parking Commission and the Boulder Junction TDM Commission better meet the multi-modal access needs of area residents and employees? How can the Boulder Junction Parking Commission and the Boulder Junction TDM Commission reduce the use of motor vehicles and meet sustainable transportation goals for the area residents and employees? Add: What is your affiliation or connection to the Boulder Junction area and how often do you visit? E. Follow-up on “No Idling” Policy Jones said he followed up with the Climate Initiatives team and the Environmental Advisory Board regarding installing ‘no idling’ signs in the district. Jones reported that Boulder does not have a ‘no idling’ policy. He said, even with a policy, enforcing the signage would require greenhouse emissions that could exceed the benefits of the signage. BJAD responses: • Dumouchelle asked what the impact would be if the city established a ‘no idling’ policy. Jones said one consideration is the cost of the fabrication and installation of signage throughout the city. Dumouchelle asked if a ‘no idling’ policy could be established for a district and not the entire city. Jones suggested to instead implement ‘electric vehicle only’ parking areas to manage the curb. He said the enforcement of ‘no idling’ zones would be challenging. • Prant asked if Dumouchelle identified an idling issue on a particular street. Dumouchelle said she has experienced this, but she also supports a city-wide policy. • Schriver suggested the commissioners and staff consider approaching the Climate Initiatives team with the proposal of a ‘no idling’ policy. She said she is surprised to hear Boulder does not have a policy. Jones said he would never discourage a Boulder resident to pursue these ideals. Jones said a district policy could be explored for the health and welfare of the district, but he encouraged the commissioners to first work with Climate Initiatives on ‘electric vehicle only’ parking to address a problem area until the broader topic is addressed city-wide. He said an effective approach would also be to focus on how to reduce car use in the district. • Dumouchelle asked about the details of pursuing the ‘electric vehicle only’ parking option. Jones said Climate Initiatives has an electric vehicle charging station program, and he will inquire about installing additional stations at Boulder Junction. Dumouchelle said the stations already located in the district are well-utilized. • Erb agreed that there is an issue of car idling in Boulder Junction, and she supports the district having a policy. Agenda Item 6: Matters from Commissioners A. 2023 Priority Letters to City Council Cook asked if City Council is requiring the (2) BJAD Commissions to submit letters listing their 2023 priorities. Jones said Council is not asking for letters at this time. Cook asked the commissioners if they had suggestions for changes to the 2022 priorities. Knapp said the 10-year plan and the Capital Improvement Plan are listed as 2022 priorities but have not been addressed. Knapp suggested focusing on making progress on both of these priorities in 2023. 8 Agenda Item 7: Next Commission Meeting Next BJAD Commission meeting: 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2023 (The public will remain remote.) Agenda Item 8: Adjourn Motion to adjourn Cook. Second by Ronen. The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 p.m. Attested: Approved by: ___________________ _____________________ Lisa Wuycheck Susan Prant Board Secretary BJAD - TDM Chair Date: ______________ Date: _________________ ________________________ Kevin Knapp BJAD – Parking Chair Date: _________________ 9 City of Boulder Special District Board Consent Agenda University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission (UHCAMC) – Jan. 3, 2023 Downtown Management Commission (DMC) – Jan. 10, 2023 Boulder Junction Access District (BJAD) Commissions – Jan. 18, 2023 Updates on Community Vitality work plan programs and projects for city special district boards and commissions. These updates are for informational purposes only and require no discussion or votes. Special District Updates •University Hill General Improvement District (UHGID) - University Hill 14th Street Parking Lot Redevelopment Exploration – The city’s contractor, EPS, provided Community Vitality (CV) with a final report, outlining final recommendations for actions the University Hill General Improvement District (UHGID) should undertake to better utilize the 14th Street parking lot. Staff presented UHCAMC with a memo on this topic during the Sept. 6 meeting. Thereafter, CV applied for the Urban Land Institute Technical Advisory Panel (ULI TAP) program. If awarded, the city would be provided with a group of volunteers with ULI expertise to navigate challenging district-wide issues on Uni. Hill, with a micro-level focus on how to reutilize the 14th Street lot in a way that addresses some of the broader challenges. Staff is anticipating the status of this application in the coming weeks. •University Hill (UHGID) Landscaping Project - University Hill landscaping took place on 13th Street just south of Pennsylvania Avenue, providing an extension of the Event Street aesthetic, with several trees and modular cast concrete seating surrounds. Construction began on Oct. 31 and wrapped up in mid-December. Tree plantings will take place in May 2023. •Central Area General Improvement District (CAGID) - Gateless Implementation- The city has selected a vendor to implement gateless infrastructure in all our downtown garages. The project will kick off in early 2023. •Central Area General Improvement District (CAGID) Garage Repairs – Beginning in early 2023 there will be repairs made to the following city parking garages: St. Julien, 11th & Spruce St., 11th & Walnut St. (Randolph), and 14th & Walnut St. (RTD). •Central Area General Improvement District (CAGID)/UHGID – Downtown and University Hill Ambassador Pilot – The ambassador program operates in the downtown, Civic Area, and on University Hill, with Brandon Lowe as operations 10 manager for any outreach on issues. Brandon may be reached via phone or text at 720- 467-9236. Pedestrian counter statistics for the Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District are found at: https://sites.google.com/downtownboulder.org/pedestrianimpressions/home • Boulder Junction Access Districts (BJAD) – Public Wayfinding and Branding Design – This project is to improve wayfinding and recognition of Boulder Junction as a distinct neighborhood and general improvement district (GID) within the Boulder community. In November, a citywide staff site walk-through was conducted to identify private/public sign locations and wayfinding redundancy along with Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) railroad easement requirements, which resulted in cost estimates and construction documents to allow for Phase II – manufacturing and installation in 2023. City staff will work with our project management consultants, Orion, and the city’s procurement department to begin drafting a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a vendor to design and build the signage, set to be released at the beginning of 2023. City of Boulder Updates AMPS Implementation: Revitalizing Access in Boulder – City staff are working on implementing the Residential Access Management Program (RAMP), which will serve as an update to the current Neighborhood Parking Permit (NPP) program, and transition to performance-based pricing. Both programs use data driven analysis to implement parking management strategies which will be monitored in future years and adjusted as needed. Based on council feedback, approved pricing changes for performance-based pricing will go into effect Monday, April 3, 2023. Staff are now working on an educational communications campaign to inform the public of the changes to come. The campaign will include naming the city’s five public downtown parking garages to increase awareness of their locations and drive utilization of off-street parking resources. As part of the AMPS (Access Management and Parking Strategy) initiatives, CV Parking & Access Services staff will continue collaborating with Transportation & Mobility staff on the development of the Curbside Management Program. Questions or comments: Cris Jones, jonesc@bouldercolorado.gov . Outdoor Dining Pilot Program - Boulder City Council voted to implement an Outdoor Dining Pilot Program designed based on feedback from the temporary outdoor dining expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The five-year pilot program provides year-round outdoor dining rules for restaurants, brewpubs, taverns, breweries, distilleries, and wineries. The program enables these businesses to offer more space to customers by expanding outside with more consistent, pre-approved infrastructure for the expansion areas, and began Sept. 1, 2022, immediately following the expiration of emergency orders on Aug. 31, 2022, that allowed the temporary expansions. Those businesses participating in the city bulk purchase and receiving the MODSTREET parklet infrastructure received their parklet structures in early December. The next application period for the program opens Feb.1, 2023 and runs through March 1, and this will be the annual application period going forward. Details and applications are found at : https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/outdoor-dining-pilot-program. 11 Community Vitality Customer Service Updates - The CV customer service team has nearly completed renovations at the front desk. The entire services desk was turned 90 degrees and an additional third desk, which is ADA compliant, was added. Recommendations have been made for an office security door into the hallway from the front desk area and this should be installed by the end of January 2023, along with clear protective facial barriers. Customers and staff are extremely pleased with the new renovations. There are currently two open career positions posted for applications. Parking & Access Signage Refresh Project – City staff are working on a project to holistically replace outdated metered-parking signposts and pay-to-park signs across the community. Modernizing the signposts will allow city staff to ensure proper placement of regulatory signs and reduce future sign installation costs. Redesigning and replacing the pay -to-park signs will allow for more transparent communication of parking codes, increasing compliance and providing a more seamless customer experience. The design of these improved signs is anticipated to be finalized by mid-February with installation beginning as early as March 2023. 12 BOULDER JUNCTION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT-TDM (BJAD-TDM) - BJAD-TDM COMMISSION REPORT 2019 Actual 2020 Actual 2021 Actual 2022 Estimate 2023 Budget 2023 YTD Beginning Fund Balance 426,342$ 462,799 442,398 587,601 1,143,772 1,462,729 Sources of Funds Property Tax 156,969$ 332,787$ 249,789$ 681,054$ 473,631$ -$ Specific Ownership & TobaccoTx 8,517 14,348 17,937 14,196 15,090 - Parking Revenue - - - - - - Interest & Investment Earnings 3,094 1,998 2,829 4,254 2,070 - Real Estate Sales - - - - - - Transfers In - - - - 175,000 - Total Sources of Funds 168,580$ 349,134$ 270,556$ 699,504$ 665,791$ -$ Uses of Funds Personnel 23,243$ 32,896$ 36,401$ 31,842$ 48,025$ -$ Operating 103,517 156,194 83,506 71,884 283,192 - Cost Allocation and Transfer 5,364 180,445 5,445 5,265 12,388 - Capital Improvement Program - - - 34,341 3,230 - Total Uses of Funds 132,123$ 369,535$ 125,352$ 143,333$ 346,835$ -$ Ending Fund Balance Before Reserves 462,799$ 442,398$ 587,601$ 1,143,772$ 1,462,729$ 1,462,729$ $- $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 2019 Actual 2020 Actual 2021 Actual 2022 Estimate 2023 Budget 2023 YTD 2830 BJAD-TDM Ending Fund Balance Before Reserves Total Uses of Funds Total Sources of FundsDRAFT 13 BOULDER JUNCTION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT-PARKING (BJAD-PARKING) - BJAD-P COMMISSION 2019 Actual 2020 Actual 2021 Actual 2022 Estimate 2023 Budget 2023 YTD Beginning Fund Balance 681,444$ 889,404 1,439,325 1,739,606 1,911,980 1,746,231 Sources of Funds Property Tax 273,306$ 337,704$ 489,650$ 422,661$ 487,345$ -$ Specific Ownership & TobaccoTx 14,836$ 15,028$ 20,008$ 15,454$ 15,362$ -$ Interest & Investment Earnings 5,377$ 1,213$ 1,966$ 3,894$ 196$ -$ Parking Revenue 41,648$ 190,001$ 68,550$ 65,312$ 106,925$ -$ Other Revenues 25$ -$ -$ 20,316$ 25$ -$ Transfers In -$ 175,000$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Total Sources of Funds 335,192$ 718,945$ 580,174$ 527,636$ 609,854$ -$ Uses of Funds Personnel 4,330$ 46,555$ 47,625$ 44,078$ 69,235$ -$ Operating 92,080 91,218 101,018 82,035 114,072 - Cost Allocation and Transfer 30,822 31,250 131,250 228,009 485,835 - Capital Improvement Program - - - 1,140 106,460 - Total Uses of Funds 127,232$ 169,024$ 279,894$ 355,262$ 775,602$ -$ Ending Fund Balance Before Reserves 889,404$ 1,439,325$ 1,739,606$ 1,911,980$ 1,746,231$ 1,746,231$ $- $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 2019 Actual 2020 Actual 2021 Actual 2022 Estimate 2023 Budget 2023 YTD 6800 BJAD-Parking Ending Fund Balance Before Reserves Total Uses of Funds Total Sources of FundsDRAFT 14