 Taylor Wicklund be sure to turn your mic on please here Liz Osborne here Patrick Hinterberger here David McInerney Diane Chris Councilmember Yarbrough here. This is the Transportation Advisory Board meeting of July 11th 2022 starting at 6. Oh 3 p.m Thank you interim chair Appreciate that Yeah, a little different tonight. We're gonna We wanted to with two new members go through and just kind of do general introductions for everyone just Short and sweet but a little bit more information about everybody we we typically do that with the new you're now a new transportation advisory board, right so just Maybe a few minutes two minutes on from each of you Just kind of introducing yourself to the new members and let them introduce themselves as well and maybe give a little background on what your interests are and where we kind of Backgrounds you have in transportation or just what kind of background you have in general so if you don't mind interim chair be wonderful to start with you and and Maybe get the ball rolling. Thanks. Thank you. Mr. Greenwald. I'm Elizabeth Osborne and I've lived in Longmont for 30 years And so I've seen a lot of changes I am an entrepreneur and have a tech startup. I Become I'm interested in the advisory board for transportation because of my background my law background is in disability law and I am very concerned making sure that people with disabilities and people with Lower incomes have the ability to get around in our town and that's what's important to me. Thank you Next we'll go to David Hello, I'm David McInerney, and I'm starting my second year on the board tonight I'm retired from a career in Environmental and land use planning Still a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. I got interested in the board because I wanted to help Implement Longmont's envision Longmont plan and in particular the multimodal transportation plan. That's part of it Thank you very much Diane I'm Diane Christ, and I've been on the board since the beginning of the year I'm a business growth professional so I work with a lot of businesses in the area back in Maybe ten years ago. I spent a lot of time in Boulder and rode the bus and and bicycle there. So I have a lot of experience with the transportation system here in Longmont and also last year was a City of Council City Council candidate also concerned about transportation Glad to have you both here Councilman we are bro. Thank you I'm Chiquita Yarbrough and I'm on City Council. Can you you can hear me, right? Well, of course the main reason For me is making sure that we provide equitable Transportation throughout our community for the city of Longmont and it was important to me Because I really didn't know that much about transportation Within the city. So in order for me to learn The other liaison on the board so and I'm learning a lot Thank you for being here Taylor I'm Taylor Wicklund self-employed landscaper Born and raised here in Longmont, Colorado But then my interest towards transportation is purely Equity safety and affordability to actually live in this community my Main experience is actually, you know going to school in Chicago experience in transportation there Traveling the world living in Sweden living in New Zealand And experiencing different different ways of how people do things other than here. So that's for my my experience wise Finally Patrick Hi, I'm Pat Drew. I'm Patrick Hinterberger Been in Longmont going on six years My career thus far has Been a lot of time with a general contractor building transportation projects Roads bridges highways those sort of things Until recently when well not recently about five years ago. I started a job with the city of Thornton. So I also have Experience with municipal Work working for local government. I Really wanted to give back to my community to Longmont when When I started looking at the boards and commissions and thought that the transportation advisory board was the best fit for me to bring my experience To the city. So that's why I'm here Great. Thank you so much for doing that Much appreciated sometimes. Well, we won't sometimes the staff does too But I think you know basically these guys have heard a lot you've already heard a lot So we'll just skip right on to the rest of the meeting um We do have an election of officers and so we're Kind of hoping that our vice chair would be here, but with that Being not the case and we we did lose our chair with with the recent board switch over so Would you as there is quorum would you care to go through and nominate someone for chair and vice chair From this group. Do we have a motion? Regarding nominating people everyone sitting here looking at each other. So we'll start with a motion. Do we have a motion to nominate people? Alternatively, do we have a motion to wait until I think we could also push it to the next meeting? Yes. Thanks I mean that that's definitely an option. We have two missing members obviously and so if that's if if If you're all yeah, I'm sure as well. Yeah, there's nothing on the action agenda tonight either. So It's mostly informational. Okay. So if you're okay with that, that's that's fine as well Do I have a motion to postpone the election till next time? I move that we postpone a nomination for chair and vice chair until our next meeting in august I second The motion has been placed and seconded Do I have to have any discussion on that? can I have We said a raise of hands was okay. Can we have a raise of hands those in favor of postponing till next month? Please raise your hand The motion carries unanimously. Thank you Thank you very much We do want to just go over really quickly the designation of places for posting of meetings per state statute and so you'll see that there's a Quick little action item listed in your In your agenda or in your agenda packet It just says we Typically post those right out here along the kim kimbark side of the civic center and so Unfortunately what we need to do is have you Still approve that as well. So I'm trying to find I think it might be out of order here a little bit in my packet, but Oh, no, it's the first thing on there. It's the action item on page three And so approve the posting and locations for the agenda packets again We we talk about This is really to say that we want to post it on the website as the key number one place and it used to be It had to be a physical posting in the building and so state statutes state statutes have expanded to allow us to do more of a You know put it in an electronic version. So that's really what's being asked of you tonight is Would the transportation advisory board be would they be able to approve or would they approve the posting site on the website And then also we have those locations the bulletin board located at the west entrance of the civic center complex Which is right outside the city manager's office here as you come in the west doors Um, obviously the front reception desk anytime somebody comes into the development services center across the street where we're all Officed We can certainly get people the information there the agenda packet or whatever or the notice the notice of the meeting And then the facebook and twitter accounts So we recommend as staff that the tab approve the posting locations as listing above and we're asking for action from you tonight on approving that or not Do we have any motions regarding this request? Yeah, I move that we Approve the posting locations as listed in the communication I second The motion having been Moved and seconded. Do we have any desire for discussion any discussion of the point? I have a point of discussion. I just Can you turn your mic back on I think something happened where it fell out? Oh perfect. Thank you Do you also post at the transportation hub or are you planning to add that in the future the one at first in may Well, typically we do the postings That would be a public location, but there's there may be some issue of what's Regional transportation district there and what's not we certainly can look at that when they open we could talk about how that would work So we can we can think about that as we as it opens Hopefully in five years Okay, any other discussion All right having had discussion Let's have a vote to approve this designation of places for posting of meetings as presented to us in the packet all those in favor say I I Anyone opposed say no The motion passes. Thank you Thank you very much. I will move on to communications from the staff. We have a couple things We're starting to list them now so we can remember what we're gonna say to you Yeah, we all appreciate that but Real quickly and these are just really brief kind of things and we can certainly if you have questions Please let us know but the first thing is the transportation improvement program. That's the where we go for some of the grants from the federal government that run through c dot and Denver regional council of governments and those those kind of areas and so We do have two Projects that are out there and we have gone over these a few times with you So we're hoping you'll remember that one of them is within boulder county and we have folks from boulder county here too Which is great But one was within the boulder county sub region, which is 21st and main street and it's basically just to do a study To figure out how to get bikes and peds through and or across that intersection in Much safer way than today. We have a greenway that terminates on the east side We have what's called a it's more of a complete street or Enhanced multi-use corridor that comes off of 21st that we're planning to restripe that roadway To allow buffered bicycle lanes instead of four lanes total It would be one lane in each direction plus a buffered bikeway on 21st west of main street So how do we connect these facilities safely in the future? So We uh Don't have the expertise the full expertise to figure that all out because there's a lot of moving parts to that So we need to go out To a consulting firm and so we're asking for federal dollars to help us with that study because it's Right now these studies are running about a million dollars A piece which sounds just crazy to me um thinking of it being that much money, but Things being what they are and the and the state of cost right now. That's what the going rate is so We're looking for the for the feds or for the uh for the for these grant programs to help us with 90 of the costs So we'll be going for 90 of the costs From that program and we'll provide 10 so it's a pretty good deal for us So that's the first one and it is just a study the second one Is going through uh weld counties sub regional forums So southwest weld is portion of southwest weld is in the denver regional council of government So within the region the denver region and so We are going for a grant for county light road north of 17th from 17th the state highway 66 Expanding that roadway width to add bicycle lanes in each one bicycle lane in each direction. So If you look at the road today, you'll see that it's basically a Just a white stripe right on the edge of the roadway and then it drops into a swale. So Um, we're trying to Expand some of that area. I think it's going to help all roadway users. I mean even people could We've had people we have we have pictures of people walking that corridor So in the dirt basically on the side of the road We have a lot of people who want to bicycle that corridor and it's very frustrating because you have great facilities to the south of it So anyway, these are the things these are the two projects that we're going for in this call number two and the reason why it's Just just two projects is because it's a very short time frame for spending that money So we needed projects that we had the capacity to manage As well as we're ready to go. And so we feel like these are the two projects So just to give you a heads up on that. Are there any questions? Regarding those two projects and we'll come back As we move through call three and four which are coming up in the later part of this year We'll expound on some of this and as we get if we get if we're lucky enough to get the grant dollars Or skillful enough to get those grant dollars We'll be back and and give you the update on whether if we were successful or not I just wanted to mention. Thank you for that. Oh, there's jumping. We did skip a point of order on the on the agenda We will come back to that in a moment. Sorry We did want to tell you to before we complete We do have that that is for actual construction So those are dollars for construction and that's running about 3.4 million dollars Just for bike lanes for that stretch of roadway So we can go back if you'd like Sorry, you answered my question about how much you're The 3.4 million dollars asking and again, we'll be asking for 90 percent Actually, we're going to ask for 89 percent so we can get an extra point For being over 10 percent So we're going to ask for both of these projects. We're asking for 89 percent and the city's providing 11 percent The the county line road and that's coming from dr. Coggers that coming from the feds as well It's it's federal dollars that that flow through Denver regional council of governments They score all the projects and luckily we'll just have to score that project within southwest weld For a county line road and then just within bolder county for our study And so we don't have to be evaluated region wide. We just go through those sub regions those county, which is much It's a much quicker and easier process because you're just working with your peers in those counties Any other questions Shall we catch up to the one that we missed at this point? All right Our next thing is to approve the minutes of our last meeting Do I have a motion regarding approving the minutes of the last meeting? I moved to approve the minutes from June meeting I second that motion Any discussion? Do I abstain since I wasn't here? Is that what it is? Yeah That's a really good question that I don't know the answer to I think they have to abstain because they yeah had no input and Okay, but then we're gonna be yeah, then we'll be short We will pose I propose that we propose phone to the next time like everything else Anyone want to disagree with that? We're postponing Thank you so the second item on our communications from staff is just to give you a general update of Oh, we've been working within the regional context of the city of boulder boulder county and The Colorado Department of Transportation to go after a raise grant and boulder county was really the The lead agency for this application We've got it. We've gone for this the last two years kind of on our own But with the county and the city's and c dot support but this time and that was just for hoover and And 119 or or can prep boulevard? So we were just going for the intersection improvements and you may some of you may have heard that from past meetings. So But this time we've broadened the scope to be the entire corridor because that's really what U.s. Department of Transportation is looking for is more projects that were really much more Regional in nature and had a lot more buy-in from all the regional partners So boulder county was kind enough to step up And take on that lead role and really talk about it as a corridor But the great thing was we could still keep the project at hoover and 119 Or can prep boulevard at as part of that as part of that project. So We're hoping to go or hear back on this raise grant opportunity sometime in august middle of august so middle of next month And it's pretty significant 25 million dollars would go to the to that project and we would I think you know the project is to or some of you know the project is to Take the boulderbound lanes and put them underneath the roadway along with a box cold or We call it a box, but a Side-running bike path that would also go underneath hoover So we'd have the roadway and the bike path parallel to each other as they went under the roadway and that really frees up a lot of Capacity and takes away a lot of safety concerns that we've had at that intersection And takes away a lot of crashes that we've had at that intersection as well So a couple things going on there that we're pretty excited about So any questions with that? with that i'll move on to First and main transportation hub kofman street busway update We just wanted to keep you in the loop and give you information on those two items I'll let jim chat a little bit about first and main first So a quick status update for our jim ang stat director of engineering services First in main We are still working with RTD on the intergovernmental agreement That spells out them giving us the the dollars for it and What how we're going to spend them and what we're working on so that's in process Part of that agreement of the match for that 17 the 17 million as part of that is for the city to fund the property acquisitions The we have started working on that Praisals are for almost all the properties are completed. We've made a few offers. We're working with those property owners We will be looking to start design Probably in the early part of the fall For the roadway improvements and then probably we'll be replanting the property So we'll be working on those items later this year. I'll talk a little bit about kofman So kofman street north of this site so he was jim was really saying more about Kind of those roadway improvements right in front of the site, which it's a brand new roadway from boston to first From first north we're all we also have a project and you've probably heard a lot about that so far But we are in the phase where we're looking for what's called 90 design So we're really at the final stages of design. We had some great input from our bicycle community, which um Board member wickland has been part of so we really appreciate his his input on that and uh Uh, we have some very interesting designs for bike bicycling through that corridor. So I know some people bicycled here tonight. So I think they did So That's been interesting, but we're looking to get to that 90 percent design And you'll see this this will come out into the public one more one last time before we really finalize the design And move to that construction phase Me again Finally from from my point of Point of view with the more of the transportation planning and I do more of the long-range planning with the city Is the northwest peak rail service study? And we're we're one of the One of the entities that's working on that with regional transportation district rtd So we're trying to work out the exact like how much it's going to cost What do you need to do with? Burlington northern well bnsf. They're not called Burlington northern Santa Fe anymore. Just the they're just the acronym of the letters, I guess um But we're we really need to get dive down into those costs and exactly what engineering needs to be done To make it so we can have three trains in the morning Come from longmont all the way to denver through boulder And three trains in the evening coming back. So it really is a commuter peak our or peak time Rail and that's the idea there is almost like Just get the ball rolling and get things going so that people understand what the rail entails And get people interested in it and as ridership grows and then we've seen this in other parts of the country as the ridership grows on that very skeletal system Uh, we can expand it then but it really is about getting sightings So that the freight can move over and the passenger rail can get past the freight But with only three trains they probably leave like every half hour And so you'd have three trains just kind of and they'd be very short like two car three car four car sets at the most and as they went in That very last train the freight could follow then and the freight could still use the corridor So there's a big issue with how does this work operationally? And we just need to prove it out to the vnsf railroad company That we can make it work. They're going to work with rtd on this as well So there's a lot of moving parts, but we're finally getting that place where we're all partnering together Instead of in 2004 where rtd basically just kind of said well It's existing track and we know that others have worked with the railroad in the past So we're expecting that the railroad will work with us. Well when that actually came to fruition The railroad said well, we think it's worth a lot more than we did back in 2004 And so that kind of started some negotiation that didn't go well for us in longmont. So That's what's happening there. We hope to be done in About 16 more months of study, unfortunately, but when we're at the end of the study We should have costs and all the things associated with building that out correctly Thanks Did you say three trains from denver to longmont and then from longmont to boulder or is it from denver to boulder? Oh, i'm sorry. Yeah, that wasn't clear. Every morning three trains Leaving in half hour intervals would leave longmont and pick up folks at first in main And then head down the corridor to boulder for the boulder station and then go through lewisville Broomfield and then to wisminster and then into denver union station So that would be three trains basically every half hour In the morning and then in the afternoon it would just be the reverse. So people coming back to these communities would Use one of those three trains leaving probably a half hour an hour apart And come back And so the trains would always be stored at the end of the day in longmont So we'd always be starting our trains off and then they'd hang out in denver for the afternoon until they came back Is is what rtds told us so far? Do you have any idea how long that would take or is that part of the study? Right now it's uh estimated to take 65 to 70 70 minutes total time running. So People say well, that's a lot longer than it takes me to drive to denver And we say today that's probably true, but in Five 10 15 20 years as the congestion increases The train may become More more competitive with that travel time Okay, thanks You know, how many station stops would there be in total? I believe there's six total stations and they're RTD is asking us not to increase that at all all right Phil asked me to provide you a quick update on some of our ongoing projects 2022 street trail construction progress and some upcoming road and bridge and trail work So as you're driving around town, you're going to see it's summer. So there's a lot of construction Not all of it is roadway related, but some of it does impact roadways So I'm going to try to cover quite a few Transportation projects and then a couple of water there's some water projects out there that you should be aware of That impact some of our roadways So starting off just some asset management items We're undertaking our asphalt rehab And when I usually talk about asphalt rehab, that's going to be like a mill and resurface And put down new asphalt. So currently they're if you're up off a Longs Peak by Roosevelt Park, they're working on that roadway Between Kauffman and Bowen So I think they've got it milled now and they'll be putting down asphalt I think this week and then finishing that up then they're going to move over to the the next month over to the west side of town and rehab clover basin from airport to grand view meadows The chip seal is another Asset management item that is currently ongoing on third avenue. So if you've been out there There's a lot of little stones on the road so they were Applying the the sealant and the chips are late last week They're going to go through and they'll they'll what's called fog seal it Which will hold all the the chips in place That should be going on this week and then they'll restripe it and that if we recall that was Also adding some more bike lanes that area changing reducing some of the lane configurations But providing a better bike facility Also on third, excuse me and that chip seal was from martin to stay highway 119 on the east side of town Over kind of on the west side of town or the west side of main street on third avenue. We've been we're finishing up a water rehab So I believe by the end of this month they should be done on third And so you'll see We've had some day-to-day detours While they're working block to block they'll wrapping that up shortly and so That project we're going to let that trench settle over winter Then we'll be coming back next year and rehabbing that road as well as part of our asphalt management. So It'll be a little dicey for a while. We'll do some temp repairs But we don't want to go in this year and and repave it Only to have a trench settle. So we usually like to give it a year And then rehab is also going to be going on or water rehab Replacements also going to be going on on longspeak Just east of bow and before we repave it a little bit this year. They got a line going in they want to get that done So some of our other roadway projects We are finishing and we finished the design on the boston avenue bridge replacement That's down by left hand brewery of the st. Varian creek That's part of our one of the components of our resilient st. Varian project where we will widen out the bridge Lengthen it to carry a hundred-year storm That bidding process is underway. We anticipate we'll probably see construction probably in late fall On that one Key thing to note is that that the plan is for Traffic on boston to be maintained So the contractor will be staging the bridge construction The car as phil indicated coffin street design that is Continuing one thing you will see this year is we're going to go in and do the water line replacements on coffin This year. So we will see construction on coffin one of the Before we go in and start kind of ripping up the road. We want to we've got a lot of utilities Both public and private to get worked on The water line is one of those components. There'll be some other Other utilities the gas that need to be relocated early next year before we Kind of get into construction on coffin in the later end of next year This phil indicated the county line road project. We are looking to get tip money for Construction we have started design on that which was also I think tip funded as well We've got I think 250 000 Which is about I think 50 of the of the design costs. So that is underway now It's a very fast. We're fast tracking it. We need to have the design by next year So we can go to construction. So that is underway 17th avenue sidewalks multimodal project replacing the an old asphalt walk on the north side of 17th avenue from Let's say I think it's bow and street to cook court Design is completed now. We are in the property acquisition phase. We're we're purchasing Right away and some easements from those property owners Um, we are about I'm going to say 75 to 80 percent complete with those Uh anticipating going to bid a tail into this summer and then construction over the winter Uh, there is um an irrigation ditch through there. So we need to go to construction Before and get some of those items relocated before next spring Um another trail project we're working on is the third phase of the spring gulch number two Uh, which runs from The south end of reunion reservoir and we'll run south and then connect to the underpass just north of or just north of 119 by sandstone ranch So that project is about 90 design Trying to get to bid by the end of the year to go to construction next year The key component for that Kind of quick schedule is we need to get a crossing under the railroad So we will need to take an application to PUC for that Although the railroad is has been willing to work with us. So we're not seeing Thinking there's going to be any delays Different railroad than bns A couple other items real quick some signal work we're working on. Um, we have uh a we received a grant last year for the highway safety improvement program Um, it was I think a $900,000 project We got about $800,000 from the state. It is mostly miscellaneous signal work throughout the city for safety improvements Um, that project I believe is out to bid now and and we'll be starting up before the end of summer Um We're basically replacing a couple signal poles a lot of signal heads Um throughout the city on on non-state roads Um, we are currently working on design for a traffic signal Hopefully for construction next year at root 66 and alpine We we feel that will be meeting warrants very soon. So we want to have be ready and have the design done And then c dot is also still working on traffic signals on main street Believe it mountain view in sixth They have the new poles in and they've pulled off the job until the cross arms come in So we're seeing a little more delays than we would like but That project is underway Just to keep you informed, we have a neighborhood mitigation project going on right now That is on north gay street From mountain view to 17th We have been working with the neighbors It meets our criteria We've proposed a few things we're taking it back to them to see if that's going to meet with what they want If it does we'll go in and construct Those improvements later this year more than likely it's going to be some speed tables So Not necessarily transportation or cip work that the city takes on but Most of our road expansion is done by developers So what you're going to be seeing Just some information, uh cosco If on the east side of town off of 119 Uh, they are going like gangbusters out there. They're finishing up the Um utilities now they're going to start cutting roads very shortly And we are going to be installing the traffic signal there later in the beginning of fall So, uh, just an item once those, uh, project are completed. They will become public streets Um, we also have a project called mountain brook, which is uh, they're building a road It's kind of behind the the target and the Home depot on the west side of town, uh, they're building about a quarter mile to half mile a road for that development That also involves the veterans community project as well. So They have to get those roads up and running Get them open before they start can start building homes out there And then there's another project you see behind the hospital in the east side of town called the highlands They've done most of their road work There but yeah, you're starting to see in homes come out of the ground there as well So those are just some of the development projects kind of you see Usually On larger parcels, they will involve roadways One of the criteria the city has is as I indicated They cannot get building permits to go vertical start building homes until We provide what's called construction acceptance for the public improvements, which is water wastewater Storm and the roadway system. So we're guaranteed that those roads are built and can provide Services for the public before we they actually are granted certificates of occupancy With that I'll open it up to any questions First let me say You guys are very busy So I appreciate you being here. This is your busy time of year. I imagine and you have a lot of projects going um Just um the discussion about the trails and the bike paths made me think about The email that uh board member laner sent out regarding a program that assesses a city for How bike friendly it is I think I think mr. Greenwald You sent that out to all of us and I just wondered if you could also forward that to the two new board members Yeah, something that Struck me about that program is they talked about Uh networking networking the trails how important that was and I just wanted to ask you mr. Anstead how Where do you think we are in terms of networking our bike? Accessibility. Do you think we're at 90 percent? Do you think we're 50 percent? What would you you know given the whole project that that you have in mind? I'll answer a question with a question when you talk about networking. What are you with the the surrounding communities? um with the state Well, first of all, how do you think we're doing just in the city within the city? I don't know. We do all right I think there's there's there's there are challenges. Um, you know, we've been working with our on rsvp to kind of on the greenway trail It's been under a detour for years because of of of work Um, I think there's always room for improvement In terms of of how we prioritize some of our projects Uh, I think we can we can city can do a better job of of kind of prioritizing and chasing dollars um, we have been working with some of the surrounding communities um, actually we were meeting today to talk about Uh, connecting a trail in the east side from union reservoir Into mead through some of the city's open space You know, I don't know that we've achieved a lot in networking, but I think we're Where our hearts are in the right place and we're we're trying You know, part of the raise grand includes a bicycle connection down into boulder Along the 119 corridor or so you know, I think as We try to get out of cars We need to build a better bike system Whether it's on our roads or through our trails and uh, I think there is a lot of plans out there For that we just have to execute Do you have a a map of the The bike trails in town that the public can access Our bike our bike map guy is sitting behind me. His name's Ben Ortiz. So stare at him really Intently But no he we have the bike we have a bike map online that we try to keep Up to date as possible. It's it's it's getting a little stale quite frankly So we're right now working on the new version of the map And as as jim pointed out we have some closures that have impacted our system and so The map will reflect those in the future because we just need to We'll be close enough. I think that having it done that we will we won't show it But we have a lot of interactive maps that Keep up to date on the closures that are happening today And so that you can look at that so we try to keep that up to date As best we can but the the new map is coming and then we also have um what I we we often share the Envision longmont trail system map Which is our comprehensive plan for the city so that shows Kind of what we're planning to build in the future and and kind of gets that connectivity issue that you were raising earlier and so that shows those needed connections and so It's a matter of prioritizing those which envision longmont tries to do but we can always Take any input that you might have or that the city council may have or other boards and commissions quite frankly on Uh, you know, what needs to be moved up in priority and we will be refreshing That those documents in the coming years hopefully within the next year or two We've been kind of pushing back Some of the updates to our roadway plan to our envision longmont Our transportation plan folder county has a transportation master plan So that's what we're going to try to mirror is something more like a transportation master plan And and talk about how we prioritize all different modes rather than just Typically it's just been streets and the last couple iterations. We have Put bicycle infrastructure in there as well. So and pedestrian infrastructure So where where do we find this map? I will send out a link when I send out the other information to our new board members I'll send out the link to everyone that the links Plural because we'll send out the existing bike map As well as the Envision Longmont map so you can see what's being planned And some of that's already been done. So that's kind of where we're at Once you finish a map that next day, it's pretty much obsolete, you know, it gets out of date. So We'll do the best we can here with and like most bicyclists Usually we we try to follow the maps and then we go, huh? Well, that's close. So how do we work around that? But I know board member Osborn mentioned in our last meeting in june about google You know, when do we update with google? It's really hard to find bike directions on google maps Right now through long month. That's a great point. We'll we'll we'll work with we have some Pretty intelligent gis folks who work with the google and We try to get road closures on there if it's a long-term road closure And we try to get path closures on there as well. So we'll work with them. They're very keyed into those connections. So thank you Thank you gentlemen There's nothing else we'll move right on and I kind of promised Angel she'd get to go on about half hour ago, but that's me being a big mouth and I think we need to have the public invited to be heard Oh, sorry. Thank you Is there anyone in the public that wishes to speak? Do we have anyone on a phone or anything? Seeing none, we will move on to the next point on the agenda Sorry, I'm all over the place today. Um So today we have uh angel bond from boulder county and she can introduce her and give you her title and all those good things But uh, she's working or has worked on the boulder county mobility and access for all ages and abilities plan So with no further ado, I'll turn it over to angel to explain what that means. Thank you Can you hear me? Yeah, okay. Thank you. Well, um, and let's see if I can get this going here Okay, we're good. Okay. Um, so as phil said, my name is angel bond. I'm the mobility for all program manager with boulder county Unfortunately, one of my my fellow project manager. She wasn't able to attend. So cammy, um, edson she is the co project manager on this project And um, this is the first time that I think we've been that we've shown this to you all So if you have any questions, please Just ask. Um, let me know if you want clarification on anything And I think I'm going to take it down my mask, but okay So here's just a little bit about this project. So the coordinated human services transportation plan is kind of a wonky term Um, and really what it is is it's a federally required plan that helps improve transportation access for older adults people with disabilities low-income populations And in this particular case, we've actually included our youth transportation program in this as well So that is not necessarily typical, but we felt like it was close enough to some of the other funding streams In that there's a special set aside for safe routes to school um, this is The intent of this plan is not for boulder county to go out and implement all of the Strategies that we have in here It's so that we have a coordinated vision with all of our stakeholders and all of our partners And we are pretty broad with our term Stakeholder and partners because there's lots of people who are involved in the transportation space There's private non-profits that provide transportation like via mobility services or cultivate. There's also um Just for profit like z-trip, which is a taxi company Uber lift So we're pretty much we're pretty broad with the definition of like who our stakeholders are This is a locally developed coordinated plan There is a version of this at the regional level and this is the first time that we've done this plan at our level at boulder county So the goals and the objectives of this plan really are to First and foremost improve accessibility So if you are in a wheelchair, if you have a walker, if you use a cane This would address some of your transportation needs equity As you all were introducing yourselves. I heard a lot of you talking about equity Equity is definitely cornerstone central to this plan reliability of the transportation services So a lot of the demographic groups within our communities They deal with pretty unreliable transportation services like intel aride. I'm not sure if you all are familiar with that we also focus on efficiency sustainability and safety and really the biggest Unifying factor of this plan is that we're human centered and we focus on the unique needs of the demographic groups that we've planned for We've had a pretty extensive engagement process We had a technical advisory committee which we had municipalities The school districts the local transportation providers involved in that and we met throughout the process I think we met six different times to be able to form the strategies We also had other community partners that we did one-on-one interviews with To make sure that their perspectives were incorporated And then we had affinity groups. Um, so this was all we launched it during covid We did a pretty robust infinity group and that's basically a focus group where we got together different demographic groups that had similar transportation needs The plan is posted online and this is kind of it has an executive summary The body that really went goes over like what the process was What the existing conditions are they have some wonderful maps there that I will forward on to you all That have a transit propensity index and basically they look at the geographic dispersion of populations that are more likely to depend on transit So that would be older adults people with disabilities youth low-income folks and zero car households and we did a heat map of where those populations Lived and looked at the transit service to make sure that it actually matched where the need was And so it allows us to identify priority areas where we can improve transit for those demographic groups And then there's also some appendices that Do an inventory of different transportation providers and people who provide bus pass support for folks or other transportation supports And then what is new in this is that we have the transportation youth concepts, um, which cami edson She's our youth transfer transportation program manager That really was instrumental to make sure that we incorporate youth in all of our strategies Um, we held a feedback process We're going the next step is that we're going to go to the commissioners on july 28th for adoption So, um, one of the reasons why i'm coming here to you is to Share what those strategies were because we did a pretty extensive engagement process So that hopefully you all can also incorporate some of these strategies into Your planning processes as you move forward and also so that you understand kind of the Grants that we're applying for and just in general the general direction. Um, it's really important that we get your feedback on this So we have a whole host of Strategies, um, but we've broken them up into different tiers. I'm going to just go over a couple of them These strategies are supposed to be reasonably implementable within the next five years So we know that there's more needs than what we've been able to identify in this plan But we want to work together with our partners like the school districts To really accomplish something within the next five years. So we've tried to get things that are pretty attainable We also have outlined some longer term projects or not projects but priorities Um, so that we can make sure that we're on a common page whenever we're looking at longer term policies So the first kind of bucket of strategies is data strategies here The first tier so things that we're going after funding for or we've already implemented are a boulder county transit plan We've already set aside a hundred thousand dollars to really start that Um, as phil had mentioned, we do have a transportation master plan But it doesn't get into things like scheduling connections. Um, kind of those nuts and bolts of a transit plan So we really know that we have to moving forward have our own locally derived transit plan There's also vision zero safe routes to school action plan that cammy's program is I'm going to be applying for tip funding for and really what that is is it's how do we create a process to identify the priorities for Vision zero projects that impact youth. Um, and how do we prioritize those collectively and help with Local match and really support each other's projects as we move forward through grant applications Um, and then tier two is kind of that three to five years And that's really formalizing data analysis so that we have a common understanding of what the transportation system is and the needs are And then also looking at the cost effectiveness of subsidizing taxi vouchers or uber and lift um credits The next is pretty instrumental But unfortunately boulder county doesn't have a lot of influence over this. So it's one of the reasons why we're talking to you all Um access strategy ensuring that there's paved routes accessing bus stops Um, boulder county does have bus stops in unincorporated unincorporated boulder county, but you all have a lot more So really this is prioritizing those connections through sidewalks so that people can access bus stops year round We know that when it snows a lot of people in wheelchairs or even older adults that have difficulty walking Have a hard time getting to the bus stop and so they can be isolated for long periods of time The next is really looking at cost strategies. I think the first tier is um, you have a great example here with ride free longmont But really we understand that transportation is expensive and especially if you look at it in combination with housing and transportation Our area is really not that affordable for working class families and low income households and seniors on fixed incomes So when we look at how much somebody should be spending on Transportation and housing combined it should be around 45 of their income So when older adults age into social security, um, that's really not very much Especially with the housing market that we have here So we want to expand affordable transportation options understanding that that can help get people below that 45 percent We also want to work with community liaisons of nonprofits And help subsidize bus passes in areas where they need them here You have the local buses free, but there's still a significant need to go regionally to travel to boulder So how do we cover those bus passes through grant applications and program budgets? Next is really focusing on resource strategies. Um, so the big Elephant in the room is the driver shortage It doesn't just affect rtd. It affects the school districts. It affects nonprofits that have volunteer driver programs It affects hop skip drive, which is like a uber for children It affects uber it affects lift there's a driver shortage all around So really a lot of these strategies that we've laid out really are contingent upon us being able to address that driver shortage and training program so um working collectively Hopefully we can advance the or at least promote raise awareness about the need of drivers in our community because they really are instrumental in people being able to age in place If you don't have a driver that can take you to a doctor's appointment You're not necessarily going to be able to stay in your home as you age Or if you have after school programs as kids, um, and you can't get to those then you're not going to be able to Be as involved in your community There's also a provision for the safe routes regional hub and what that is is the youth transportation program at boulder county would hopefully Be in a role of capacity building for local municipalities and local partners and what that means is There's a lot of planning and data collection that goes into applying for the safe routes grants So really kind of being that central hub to collect that data to be competitive for the grants that are upcoming There are a couple other there other Tier two there as far as like a volunteered travel Ambassador program what a travel ambassador program is is somebody who goes out with people on their first trip on the bus so really investing in those types of programs that make writing transit less intimidating Because that is one of the things that we hear is that I would love to drive the bus But I just don't know how it know I not only have to know where the bus picks me up I have to know when it's coming. I have to know what to pay. I have to know like what how to stop the bus So there's a lot of things that we kind of take for granted if you don't grow up writing the bus Or if you don't do it on a regular basis So how do we really demystify that anxiety that people have especially youth If their parents and also working with their parents if they don't necessarily want them to travel on the bus by themselves How do we kind of take that family approach? Um, so that's one of the longer term strategies that we're addressing Also, there's the survey scap strategies. So there's a couple of things. I'll just touch on a few of these Um, so for example, if you have a disability and you can't use the fixed route bus You could be eligible for the rtd accessoride program Currently you have to travel to denver to get certified for that program That can be really intimidating for a lot of the people with disabilities that I work with If we could bring that certification to people here in boulder county That would be great because then it would reduce the travel time and reduce the intimidation about going to denver to be able to get certified There's also strategies for supporting volunteer driver programs, especially in areas where there's not A lot of density. So in the mountain region Really that first line should probably be a volunteer driver because people are just so dispersed that it's hard to have like fixed route transit That's pretty effective in the mountains Um, another thing that I would like to point out is that we've included veterans in here as being special needs transportation And that's not necessarily because of a disability or anything like that But usually veterans they have to use the va medical system. And so they have to travel to Cheyenne or Aurora which can provide they can be really a significant barrier for people to access the va hospitals The next is just to raise awareness of transportation options So really that travel training that I spoke about with the volunteer ambassadors teaching people how to ride the bus Demystifying it for families I'm also working with human services who are that first point of contact and that's kind of central to my program mobility for all But really making sure that we're talking to the people who see people in need every single day So that they know how to refer people to transportation options And then also just in general coordinate different funding streams So there's over 165 different federal funding streams that can fund transportation but As i'm sure you all are aware if you have a funding pot and there's nothing that requires them to talk to somebody else Who has a similar funding pot from a different source? So really getting like the older american act dollars to talk to the local IDD mill levy folks. So IDD is intellectual and developmental disabilities So really trying to get those funding streams to talk to each other and work on Bicycle repairs. So this is one of the youth strategies that we have like i'm teaching youth How to maintain and repair bicycles can be really a great way to help raise awareness of what it takes to bicycle And then also provide them good vocational skills The ongoing policies, this is something that we don't have a ton of control over at the county level But we're definitely spreading the word about it thoughtful land use planning and Coordinate that with transportation This is something that everybody talks about like the best transportation plan is a good plan use plan right because Your transportation is what connects you to where you want to go and how you live your life So really thinking about how do we plan our land use so that it supports multimodal transportation and kind of get us thinking outside of just the car box also universal design which um, that's um something that is above and beyond ADA so the americans with disability act has a certain Has certain criteria for building slopes and cross slopes, but it's not always welcoming and inviting So how do we go a step above to where we're designing for everybody? Whether they're in a wheelchair or they have a stroller And they don't necessarily have to take like a back road to get into some place They don't have to take a ramp that's not been thought of in advance Also, how do we ensure that we're sharing data? This seems like something that is a That we should take for granted But really if we can't share data and we can't have the same data standards It's really hard to get the big picture of what's really going on with transportation And then how do we continue equitable investment in communities and programs and infrastructure that really impact? low-income households bIPOC households people BIPOC is um black indigenous people of color. Um, how do we make sure that everybody is really included in those transportation planning processes? so We've already kind of started implementing some of these even though um, we launched in 2020 So we've been doing a school travel study by we I mean cammy and her team They've been working with a researcher at cu to really find out what families travel needs are for school We've been continuing um to teach people how to maintain a bike. So we've been doing earn a bike workshops Um that we consult out So um, there's a picture up there of one that we recently did Where people spend like about a half day learning how to maintain a bike and then they get a travel plan that's personalized to them We've also launched things like ride-free Lafayette, which is a new on-demand service that we launched during the pandemic Um, so those are just a couple of highlights of things that we've already started implementing Um, and then also we're seeking funding funding for things like the volunteer driver program in the mountains For bike rodeos and safety training For the vision zero safe routes to school um safety plan And then just in general like how do we um empower? Um underserved youth to be able to be an active part in our planning processes And then also as I said, there's a lot of lists here that we um can't do alone So we're really working with our community partners. We're like cultivate Who serves veterans over 60 years old to get to Cheyenne or aurora? How do we get them to possibly serve veterans that are 58 years old who also had those same travel needs? So really some of these things are minor Policy tweaks, but others are a bigger lift that we really need to apply for funding for And then those longer term policies those are really going to be hard to make a big dent in the next five years But we will continue to do an update to this plan So this is a summary of all of the strategies that we've laid out And you can see them more in depth online and I sent stacey a link to the plan website Um really our next steps are to go to the board of county commissioners in july for our business meeting to get it adopted We're continuing to integrate the recommendations of this into um the uza program of projects Which is the urbanized area the fta funds that boulder county is receiving The dr. Cog tip process The program specific work plan so in boulder county. What are our programs incorporating? How are we incorporating them and then mac? That is the mobility and access coalition It's a coalition that I've oversee of nonprofits and government programs specifically focused on improved transportation access for underserved populations I know sandi stewart used to be on this. She's a really she used to be a really active part of the mac And then also we're doing a speaking tour. So this is you're the first stop on our speaking tour So we're basically trying to raise awareness of transportation As a basic human right and I point out the fact that there's a lot of people in our community that Can't drive a car and if we're not planning for how they get around Then we're not building an equitable transportation system. So an equitable transportation system really is a system Where you have the option of owning a car. It's not a necessity. So do you have any questions about the plan? No, that was a lot Thank you for the presentation So how much are you have you all asked for any of funding from the infrastructure? You know build that where the money is being distributed for transportation and structure road structures and things like that So we have not but there are I think that this The ss4a what is like the safe roads for all Like we we might be exploring applying for that not necessarily my program or the youth program But um alex hide right who's in our he's our lead on the vision zero stuff We might apply for that a lot of these federal funding streams and also even the state funding streams They require local match, right? So we really are looking at how do we provide consistent local match? That's another thing that I'm sure and Kathleen has spoken to you all about Kathleen Brackie Our supervisor. Um, the commissioners are considering extending our transportation sales tax In at like in november. So actually they're going to have a public meeting for that on august 4th So if you're interested in that that's where the commissioners will decide if they're going to put it on the ballot To be able to extend it. Um, but that's farther Go ahead Also, they're coming to our city council on july 26th to present to you about the sales tax extension or continuation Okay, so that will be happy So the the federal the bill and a lot of the federal funding They do require local match dollars that we are trying to figure out how we can cover that to really have bigger projects And the other question that I have can you explain to me a little bit more in it? I mean for me Um, the safe I don't remember the safe something For the kids. What does that look like? That's yeah, so the safe routes hub. Is that you're speaking of? Okay, so I'll do my best to channel my inner cammy edson, but From what I understand that is really a collaborative forum at the county level Where we can strategically apply for safe routes funds So it's not just safe routes to school It's also they have other funding streams like safe routes to parks safe routes to grocery stores So it's really looking at youth transportation needs Holistically, so looking at what what are those after school needs perhaps? access to employment for Youth as well and then really coordinating those resources So you have to do things like parent surveys to access the safe routes to school funding And if a municipality or a local school hasn't done baseline Surveying of the parents then they can't even apply for some of those grants So really it's having the county take a bigger A bigger part of like that data collection and really Prioritizing which projects as a region can we apply for and how do we prioritize? Which ones we go after which? Funding cycle and then like how do we make sure that all the data and all the schools are eligible to apply for some of those funding streams If that makes sense. So are both school districts on your list? So yes cammy edson works with both school districts So she used to be the trip tracker coordinator just for sate brain valley school district at boulder county Her role has kind of broadened a little bit to be more youth transportation Generally speaking she has very close relationships with both The sate brain valley school district and bv st And I believe they meet every other month. They have a kind of a collaborative meeting talking about the upcoming funding cycle the Safe routes to school funding cycle opens up this fall and that's the first time in two years that it's opened up So I think right now they're kind of trying to figure out which projects to apply for grants for I don't know if c dot's going to change that to where it's every year again It used to be every year, but they decided that they would do it every two years But with cobit and everything that might change Thank you any other questions comments? Yeah, I wanted to say thank you for a concise and really informative presentation and the booklet that was online of the Work plan was really great. I wanted to reinforce to you how important Um transportation is to employment. It's right now for especially for these populations Transportation can be a barrier to employment Especially in the areas of reliability and cost There is a person that lives in that as the plan noted There is a concentration of people with disabilities on the gay street corridor here in longmont And I know of a person That is older Definitely over 65 Uses a cane can't walk more than about 30 feet but wants to be employed And getting to work is really really hard a volunteer takes her every morning at 6 30 to her work But when she leaves after having earned right around 12 13 dollars an hour Her uber is 25. Yeah, and that that's just not considerable She tries to get anyone else to come they can't come on a regular basis And I think the most important two things we have to be looking for is reliability and the cost I just wanted to say thank you for seeing that and reinforce how important that is. Yeah. Thank you very much I actually just spoke with the hour center Two weeks ago about their transportation challenges And they said that one of the largest challenges that the people that they serve are experiencing Is after hours transportation needs after the bus has stopped And so they said that a lot of the people that they're serving are spending way too much on uber and lift Because there's no other transportation options at 11 o'clock when your job ends So I definitely hear you that transportation to employment is central and it's not just a matter of cost and reliability It's also when does it operate if you have to work on sundays and there's no service on sundays What do you do right? So thank you very much And I do think that uber and lift have had a great impact in that it's on-demand service for people who haven't Typically had the on-demand maybe they had to plan like three days in advance But it can add up really quickly Any other comments or questions? Oh, thank you Thank you for mentioning Situations where land has been managed in such a way That it expects travel by car And I'm just wondering in retrofitting some of these neighborhoods or Also just facilities that are they're kind of isolated What what kind of solutions are you thinking might work in that scenario? So I'm not sure because I'm not an infrastructure person I'm a programs and public engagement person But I would say like more density where it where you can have more density and thinking Intentionally about what is within that 20 minute walk of what you're building, right? So are there places natural places where people can walk? Or bike that are within that walk or bike shed of whatever you're building. So currently I think I mean mixed-use development is really kind of the olden way that hopefully is coming back because that's what Will access people can have access to commercial areas or health care if it's within a like smaller footprint But yeah, I too am interested in sort of a neighborhood focus for transportation So thank you for your presentation. That was very informative Thank you And if you're interested in transportation equity just a plug for the mobility and access coalition We meet on the second Monday of the month just like you all but it's two to four And we tackle some of these same issues monthly So and I do have my contact information and in cammy's contact information So if you're interested more in learning about the safe routes hub, I would definitely reach out to her And just thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. Oh sorry Thank you angel for the overview of your policies and programs and I particularly want to applaud your focus on involving youth because long-range planning is about the future And young people are about the future. So well done Thank you. And I can't take much credit for that. That's cammy that she's our like shining star with youth and getting involvement from youth Really, I think that that's where we're going to get culture shift as well Right, that's where we're going to learn how to use other modes And we will send out this presentation As a pdf to all of you. So look forward to that Thank you so much All right in the absence of any action items or are there any action items that have been added? All right In the absence of any action items Do we will have the comments for board from board members and we'll begin At this end with mr. Hinterberger. Yeah, I need to turn your thing on. Yeah, there you go Um, yeah, I don't have any prepared comments, but uh, just I wanted to say I thank you for the opportunity to serve on this board and I know just sitting here the Hour and 15 minutes that it's been it's going to be a great great place to learn As well as have some input. So thank you Thank you I guess it wasn't very fair to start with a new beast and not here Well, how will you usually respond? But I figured I'd go this way and end with our city council liaison. So next Mr. Wickland Well, I would have to Say the same same exact thing. Thank you for the opportunity to be here It will be a very interesting learning experience. That's for sure But it's I think it's very exciting. The presentation was exciting. There's there's a lot of co-activities Going to be coming on in the future. So Thank you We'll proceed over here and I never say your name, right? Mr. McInerney Mr. McInerney McInerney, sorry. Thank you. Would you turn on your mic? I just want to thank Jim and Phil for the updates Regarding ongoing and upcoming projects very informative and Miss Christ Well, I would like to thank board member Osborn for running the board today Thank you. You did an excellent job and thank you, mr. Greenwald and mr angst And also just want to appreciate Angel bond coming from boulder to explain all that to us. It's a something that we want to keep an eye on I think going forward So, um, well done all All right, and we have our city council liaison Miss Yarbrough, right? Correct. Correct. Um, well, I just want to say, um Man, I just took notes on everything that You all are doing and you are amazing Um So make me look like I know something at the next city council meeting someone asked me about transportation So, yeah, this is what we're doing. So no, I just want to say thank you so much For everything and I see we are just moving trails, you know, just blazing and I appreciate all the hard work that you all are doing Thank you. Um, our next is next meeting will be august 8th Pardon I skipped over me I think I made my comment largely earlier, but thank you to everyone um, so next meeting's august 8th And of course we will have on our agenda our election of the leader of this leaders of this board As well as carrying on the minutes We will have hear about the capital improvement program and the bus fare buy up Is there anything else that we need to be thinking about coming into the next meeting? We think that's it, but we may have more Oh, yeah, I think What's not on here is the The county would like to come back in august another county presentation. So that's three in a row with a us 287 Bus rapid transit update for you on their plan and it's supposed to be short So we'll see if we can keep that on the agenda But we may push that off till september, but they'd like to go in august if they can All right, we'll look forward to seeing that Having come to the end of the items Do I hear a motion to adjourn? Okay, I make a motion to adjourn Anyone that everyone that thinks we should adjourn say yes Yes, it's unanimous. Thank you very much. It was great tonight