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City of Boulder, Boulder Colorado
Board s and Commissions Meeting
Minutes
Name of Board/Commission: Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)
Date of Meeting: October 14, 2024
Board Members Present: Tila Duhaime, Chair; Triny Willerton, Vice Chair; Darcy Kitching; Michael
Mills
Staff Present: Valerie Watson, Interim Director for Transportation and Mobility
Gerrit Slatter, Principal Transportation Projects Engineer, Capital Projects
Chris Hagelin, Transportation Principal Planner
Devin Joslin, Transportation Engineering Senior Manager
Sydney Schieffer, Transportation Senior Engineer
Veronica Son, Senior Transportation Engineer
Scott Schlecht, Transportation Maintenance Senior Manager
Stephen Rijo, Transportation Planning Manager
Melanie Sloan, Transportation Principal Project Manager
Daniel Sheeter, Transportation Senior Planner
John McFarlane, Transportation Senior Planner
Lucy O’Sullivan, Transportation Planner
Anna Kramer, Transportation Planning Intern
Elly Evans, City Senior Planner for Public Works Business Services
Charles Ferro, Development Review Planning Senior Manager, Planning & Development Services
Mark Garcia, Civil Engineering Senior Manager, Planning & Development Services
Lisa Houde, Principal City Planner, Planning & Development Services
Dan Nelson, Innovation and Technology Senior Project Manager
Mike Giansanti, IT Deputy Director
Meredith Schleske, Board Secretary
Also Present: Nicole Speer, Mayor Pro Tem
Robby Long, Altago
Ulla Hester, Altago
Type of Meeting: Advisory/Regular
1. Call to Order 6:00 PM
a. Chair Comments
i. Fatalities – two people were killed by traffic violence affecting the Boulder
community since TAB’s last meeting: Julieanne Hurley outside city limits
southbound on Broadway, struck on head by pickup side mirror; Jennifer Newman
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also southbound on Broadway near Rayleigh. Staff and TAB work toward Vision
Zero; meanwhile, this is systemic level failure, threat of being killed by some
aspect of our transportation system. Tr y hard to emphasize human aspect,
impact on others, part of TAB member Willerton’s life work. The new police
dashboard shows fatalities plus serious injuries, 24 year-to-date.
ii. Jennifer Ochs resigned position. Quorum critically important. Appointments will
be made in March 2025, effective April 2025.
Interim Director response: We strive to bring TAB information from our partners in Police and
Fire Departments. We are committed to Vision Zero, even one death is too many. Both
referenced crashes are currently under investigation. New dashboard built along with Police
Department offers more timely information, grateful for their contribution.
Appointment to replace Jennifer Ochs’ remaining TAB term will be made by City Council in
the annual cycle, likely March 2025.
2. Technical Rules 6:00 PM (not an agenda item) – Sydney Schieffer, technical host reviewed rules and
technical operations on the virtual platform.
3. Approval of Minutes 6:05 PM – deferred to November.
4. Public Comment 6:10 PM
a. Lynn Segal – intimidated by reading of seven rules, wish you could have people check that
they have read them, would shorten the meeting considerably. The woman hit on Rayleigh to
my understanding may have been a suicide. That’s why it is critical to get information timely.
People at San Souci, privacy, common good. Commuting around town, things are worse than
ever.
5. Snow and Ice Response Annual Update (Schlecht) 6:13 p.m.
Valerie Watson introduced as interdivisional team effort over two years culminating in a better
aligned, data-driven framework organized around storm size.
a. Executive Summary - final update to TAB on the Transportation and Mobility Snow and Ice
Response Review project, including 2024-2025 winter season operations. Project purpose:
review the City of Boulder’s Snow and Ice Response program’s service, understand community
preferences and needs, assess industry service levels, and consider program changes to better
meet goals and expectations.
i. Draft program recommendations were presented at the 11.13.24 TAB meeting and
additional community engagement conducted early in 2024.
ii. Final program recommendations and budgetary considerations were presented in
the 6.20.24 information item to City Council, including a budget-neutral condition
and an enhanced budget condition.
The core of the project’s recommendations is to establish a storm size response framework that
clearly defines which transportation facilities will be cleared and the level of service the
community can expect based on the severity of the storm. Focus is on community-identified
priorities: major streets, key pedestrian crossings, multi-use paths, critical bike routes.
b. TAB Questions and Feedback
i. Comment that it looks like service increases about 10%; question regarding how it
could be budget neutral.
Staff response: Salary savings, likely fewer full shifts due to storm size.
Chair comment: One large snowstorm could cost $400-500 thousand; this is a
better tool to plan response. Note that prior city councils have warned that global
warming will impact/likely to see more snow events.
ii. Appreciation expressed for collaboration with Center for People with Disabilities
to identify and prioritize clearing top bus stops for people who have mobility
differences and use mobility devices so they are not trapped in the winter.
(Willerton joined at 6:40 PM)
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iii. Comment regarding 158 shoveled areas and concern that it is not just about
clearing snow and ice at a bus stop but also, getting there. For example, Iris is very
difficult to traverse. Question of what it would take to designate city as
responsible for clearing certain corridor sidewalks, opinion expressed that it
should be included in next Transportation Master Plan (TMP) update, should be
part of next real big thinking of how people get around. Question whether
information could be gathered from Inquire Boulder service ticket history,
suggestion to do a TAB working session regarding financing strategies in other
places, new resources,
Director and staff response: could require city code change, funding increase,
type of level of service desired by community that could be provided by fees or
revenues. Good partnership with code enforcement working with property owners
to achieve compliance with sidewalk clearance; also resource-constrained.
Identifying by reporting is valuable.
6. Staff Presentation and TAB Feedback regarding Access Management and Parking Strategy (AMPS):
Code and Policy Enhancements (Garcia/P&DS, Hagelin) 6:51 PM
Introduced by Watson, excited to bring cross-departmental, multi-faceted program including off-
street and on-street parking as well as Transportation Demand Management (TDM). How we think
about parking and land use to meet climate goals. Presented by Lisa Houde, Chris Hagelin, Ulla
Hester and Samantha Bromberg.
a. Executive Summary – purpose is to update TAB on the status of the final initiative to
implement the Access Management and Parking Strategy (AMPS) project and discuss major
focus areas to refine the scope of work. Adopted by City Council in late 2017, AMPS was
developed as a guide through which city staff, leadership, boards, commissions, and the
community at large could work toward improving Boulder’s approach to multimodal access
and parking management across the city. One of the recommendations was a
comprehensive update of parking requirements and transportation demand management
(TDM) requirements (paused due to staffing impacts during the pandemic, reinitiated in
2024.) Three focus areas: Off-street parking standards (Planning & Development Services),
Transportation demand management requirements (Transportation & Mobility), On-street
parking management strategies (Community Vitality). Earlier this year, the Colorado State
Legislature passed HB24-1304. The City actively supports HB24-1304 passed in 2024 and
staff recommends implementation with this project. Prohibits minimum parking
requirements if property is at least partially within Transit Service Area.
b. Board Action Requested - staff is seeking input and direction from TAB to guide next steps for
the AMPS Code and Policy Enhancements project.
i. Does TAB have feedback on the scope recommendations for the three focus
areas: Off-street Parking Standards (private property, presented by Lisa Houde);
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Requirements, presented by Chris
Hagelin, Ulla Hester; On-street Parking Management Strategies (public right-of-
way [ROW ]), presented by Samantha Bromberg?
ii. Does TAB have any other comments or direction to provide on engagement
strategy, project timeline, or other topics?
1. Comment that presentation was lengthy, easier procedurally for TAB
members to track questions asked of them if split into sections.
2. Question regarding City Council’s request that off-street parking standards
and TDM be combined and how on-street parking management strategy
was informed by the work on the other areas or how it changed in particular,
respective to feedback from Planning Board.
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Staff response: Nexus is changes in parking supply, TDM ordinance ensures
it works, how new development impacts surrounding areas, tools to trigger
public right-of-way (ROW) management, how it impacts other systems.
3. Inquiry about parking occupancy calculation.
Staff response: Multiple counts of all locations for each land use at peak
occupancy time.
4. Suggestion to include snow removal requirement.
5. Comment that bike parking is required for new developments, should be
citywide. Inquiry if City Council action is needed, including for city-provided
bike racks.
Staff response: Will be proposed to City Council in Design & Construction
Standards (DCS), bike rack specifications are included in curbside
management guidebook.
6. Noted that TDM ordinance for new development has to apply to other areas
of city, question of how it can be broadened.
Staff response: Scope is for new or re-development but incremental change
and awareness over time. Example: EcoPass – 90+% still in the program.
7. Comments that draft TDM requirements incorporate solid research, best
practice scope, good start. Conjecture whether it should be about limiting
impact of new development or be a driver toward changing transportation
patterns and habits of the existing populace. Keep TDM requirements fresh,
not just requirements, important to extend to existing developments, target
to larger businesses with sunrise period to come into compliance,
anticipate political pushback. Encouragement to include, “in perpetuity” in
TDM ordinance.
8. Inquiry why staff is exploring eliminating off-street parking standards; TAB
explicitly recommended elimination in December 2023 letter to City
Council.
Staff response: Intent was not to eliminate entirely.
9. Question about necessity of public engagement; not outside of TAB
purview. Urgency, climate crisis; traffic violence is top of mind.
Staff response: Consider transportation system holistically, be sure if we
eliminate all offstreet parking standards, it doesn’t hinder the rest of the
system, consider how we could also include RAMP as tool in
neighborhoods, accommodate all users, not just residents.
10. Concern expressed regarding racial equity versus privilege of residing in
higher income neighborhood.
11. Suggestions to consider usage, such as school drop-off/pick-up zone, add
B-Cycle, Lime memberships as tools to the program.
12. Comment that TAB is a purely advisory board, always encourages doing
more, do it faster, be bold.
7. Staff Presentation and TAB Feedback: Telecom Narrow Trenching Standard Creation
(Garcia/P&DS, Slatter) 8:29 PM
Introduced by Watson, this is also an interdepartmental effort including Garcia/P&DS,
Nelson and Giansanti/IT. P resented by Gerrit Slatter supported by Mark Garcia.
a. Executive Summary - the memo summarizes revisions and additions to
transportation- and utilities-related portions of the City of Boulder Design and
Construction Standards (DCS). These updates will allow narrow trenching for the
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construction of telecommunications infrastructure. Narrow trenching, also known
as Micro-trenching or shallow trenching, is a newer but mature method of trenching
used throughout the state and country to increase speed of telecom construction
and reduce cost compared to traditional trenching or boring. By creating a narrow
trenching standard, the city will minimize impact to the community and create
incentive for increased telecommunications investment within city limits.
b. Board Action Requested: Staff asks that the TAB provide feedback regarding the addition of a
Narrow Trenching Standards Subsection to the Design & Construction Standards.
Specifically, whether this proposed update of the DCS is consistent with Transportation
Master Plan policies and objectives to preserve existing infrastructure.
c. TAB Feedback
i. Questions concerning feedback from Community Cycles and about
narrow trenching as aligned to direction of travel.
Staff response: Community Cycles’ feedback is in line with city’s proposal.
If narrow trenching has to go perpendicular to line of travel, must replace
entire panel of pavement.
ii. Inquiry regarding rationale to install in bike lane versus traffic lane.
Staff response: has been determined to be generally less impactful, ideally
lines up with separation of all other utilities. If less than three feet wide,
required to replace full width.
iii. Support expressed after attending meeting regarding this concept;
comments that there is no impact, integrity is not compromised, simple,
cost effective.
8. Matters 8:49 PM
a. Matters from Staff
i. Bike, Pedestrian and Transit Mapping (McFarlane, O’Sullivan, Schieffer)
Introduced by Watson, distributed to TAB in advance. Presented by John
McFarlane, Daniel Sheeter. Update adds interactive maps, accessible from
handheld devices, app will track route taken, added transit map, additional
information.
1. Questions about requesting permission to track routes to apply to snow
removal for example, reliability for locating, where to provide feedback to
staff.
Staff response: platform limitation but we get similar data from B-Cycle and
Lime.
2. Comments include amazing, useful, appreciation, massive, great job.
Suggestion to populate on all webpages prominently.
b. Matters from Board 9:06 PM
i. Draft TAB Letter regarding Capital Improvements Program (CIP)/Local Match
Funding (Duhaime, Mills) – does not exclude fund matching in other areas. TAB
members at the meeting agreed to have their names added to the letter as
drafted, to be submitted to City Council via their public portal.
ii. Update on October 1, 2024 Planning Board (PB) Meeting (Duhaime) regarding
transportation connections plan on the Boulder Valley Regional Center parcel
Spruce - Pearl and Folsom - 26th Street. TAB recommended modifying multi-use
path, permanent public easement. PB accepted and applicant also removed
fencing following presentation to TAB.
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iii. 2025 World Day of Remembrance (Willerton) – November 17 to avoid conflicting
with Denver. Full Cycle bike shop, support from Boulder County and City of
Longmont. Watson thanked Willerton for her leadership with WDOR.
iv. Open Board Comment
1. Mills – could have easily been killed, crossing Baseline by bike to Williams
Village dormitories by westbound car turning left on crosswalk. It is an
unprotected left turn, maybe we can design streets better to avoid
incidents.
Staff response: important for staff to hear. Chair encouraged reporting via
Inquire Boulder online or to Police Department.
2. Chair announcements – due to Veterans Day holiday, next TAB meeting will
be third Monday November 18. Also, October 29 Chair/Vice Chair training
webinar will be forwarded to TAB members.
9. Future Agenda Topics 9:29 PM
10. Adjournment 9:30 PM
a. Motion to adjourn: Mills
b. Second: Kitching
c. Motion Passes 4-0
Date, Time, and Location of Next Meeting: The next meeting will be a regular virtual meeting on Monday
November 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise decided by staff and the Board.
APPROVED BY: ATTESTED:
___________________________________ ____________________________________
Board Chair Board Secretary
___________________________________ ____________________________________
Date Date
11/18/2024
Tila Duhaime (Dec 2, 2024 13:50 MST)
Tila Duhaime
Dec 2, 2024
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