July 19, 2023 — Boulder Junction Access District Regular Meeting

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Captions from City of Boulder YouTube recording.

[0:00] Okay in progress. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Okay, we are recording. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: it is for a 4 Pm. Welcome to the Boulder Junction as access district travel, demand management and parking meeting. It is Wednesday, July nineteenth, and I call roles Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Susan. Correct here. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Jennifer Schreiber will not be attending Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Rebecca. you, Michelle, and that might be her. Yeah, she's in the lobby, so bring her in, Rebecca, is he? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: She is Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Hi, Rebecca. We were just calling roll. So I'm working with here.

[1:03] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Brian. Cook here. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Kevin. Now here. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Okay. And Robin Roman here. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Okay. And so I'll reflect in the minutes that we do not have a quorum for bj, and Tdm, we do for parking and then I'll turn the meeting over to our chair for procedural. Okay? So and that I think the first thing is the approval of the minutes. So anyone like to make a motion. I move to approve the minutes from last meeting. Thank you. Anybody like to second that. All right, I can. Second. okay, all in favor. Raise your hand a post. Okay? Passes. next on the agenda. Keep going back.

[2:09] procedural items, public participation. Do we have any members of the public? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: We do not. Okay consent, agenda So people need to look at the consent agenda. and then somebody can make a motion. I think we'll just want to discuss if anybody has anything to discuss. And I don't think we're Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: right. Okay. okay, so you may have any questions or discussion items.

[3:00] nothing for me about consent or the fun financial. So everything looked clear. nothing else. I have to keep going on at one screen. I have to keep going back and forth. okay, Seeing no discussion. We'll move on. We get to it again. Sorry on it. Okay. Next item. it' be a lot easier with 2 screens. going back to fund financials. The fine will not be discussed unless their questions proposed. See if they have any questions on the fund financials. It' be fun, too. They could be fun. Okay. Now I can see everybody. Anybody have any questions on the fund to financials.

[4:05] No? Okay. All right, then, moving on to matters from Staff Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Yup, we have. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I'm presenting on the line scooter expansion. Okay, I'm Chris. I guess you're up. Yes, Chris Hagglin, principal planner. Thank you for having me, and I will share my screen. I just have a very brief presentation setting up. What is it? F. 5. Is it?

[5:04] There we go. Great thank you for having me. I just want to give you an update on the lime scooter expansion plan, which is happening very soon. just to kind of give you an update on the numbers. we had a really good year in our during our pilot season. So we were just operating lime scooters east of 20 Eighth Street. So be Jed was included in the pilot area. We had a 288 scooters deployed During that time we started with 200, and they were able, through achieving certain triggers of trips per vehicle per day, increase their fleet twice You can usually do that by according to our contract by 20%. And so they were able to go up to 288 over a hundred 15,000 trips were taken during the pilot trips average just over a mile most of us throughout the year. They averaged 1.5 trips per device per day and

[6:12] you know, on a really good side, out of all those 115,000 trips we only had 4 injury related crashes. based on these numbers City Council did support in January expanding Lyme operations citywide Since that time in January we've been working with Lyme on developing a a proposal and a plan for deploying citywide. We know this is going to be an iterative and phased approach. we're not gonna get it right the first time on how we have all the different zones and where this parking is needed. But we know that over time we'll we'll hone in gather data, monitor the situation and and eventually have a really well tuned system.

[7:08] Right now we're looking at expanding the Fleet City wide in mid to late August kind of corresponding when Cu students go back to school. but at that same time we are waiting on. See you to make a final formal decision on allowing scooters on to their main campus Their staff is working with Lyme and the city towards that goal. And we've. you know we're operating as if it is happening. But we still have yet to have a formal decision from Cu we did alert city council and a heads up last Friday of the timing of this expansion. there's a lot of different technology that that is at our disposal with the Lyme scooters to control both their operations and their use throughout the city. with the expansion, too. We've we're also expanding the number of equity zones. So these are our lower income or underserved areas of the city where we pay special attention to marketing and and working with

[8:25] our community connectors to raise awareness of the scooters, their use and limes. Low income program which provides discounted rides to those that qualify. And so there's a number of new equity zones as we've gone from our pilot area into the city wide. But when we look at the technology that we have. mostly it's this Geo fencing technology. And there, there's 4 primary zones that that can be created. So there are no go zone. So if a scooter crosses the boundary into a no go zone it slowly ceases to operate and comes to a stop

[9:10] outside of city limits. If you see this map here? the kind of the the grade out area around the city limits. Those are all no go zones And then there are no go zones within the city limits as well. some of those include things like Santa cemeteries ball fields, pearl Street, Mall, places where scooters are just not allowed to operate. but open space mountain parks has made it very clear. They do not want to see any scooters on the trail. So that's why the limit is set like this around the city limits to prohibit scooters from going outside of the city limits onto open space amount part trails. A, a second type of Geo fencing are slow zones. So these are areas in which the scooter user crosses the boundary into a geoense slow zone. The scooter will go from its max of 15 miles an hour, and those can be set at 1210 or 8 miles an hour 8 miles an hour is pretty slow, and it gets, you know, kind of a little difficult to operate the scooter. So we're looking at, probably

[10:22] using 10 miles an hour as our as our slow zone speed And we have a number of these in downtown University Hill likely to have a slow zone for Chautauqua area. but they're generally. It's where we have a higher concentrations of pedestrians. So we want to sort of the scooters down. There are also no parking zones. So these are areas where you're not allowed to end a trip and leave your scooter. And so a lot of these are not on like the multi-use path system themselves. because we don't want a lot of scooters just kind of left on different areas of the multi-use path system.

[11:08] And then probably the most important geo-fencing technology is the mandatory parking zones. So this is when a scooter, a a user enters into a Geo fenced area of a mandatory parking zone. They are not allowed or permitted to end their trip unless they Park, their scooter in a designated location. We're calling these line groves. So these, essentially are painted lime, green rectangles on, you know. ends of sidewalks also with delineators, reflective delineators on the corners of those with the lime logo and and parking as part of it. this is very important. Because when we have these highly commercial areas with lots of pedestrian activities, we don't want to see the clutter of scooters. So we have mandatory parking zones kind of all around the downtown basically from spruce down to Arapaho, and essentially ninth to fourteenth on the lower end. And all the way, I think, till eighteenth on the

[12:20] more northern part of the of of Cajun. We also have mandatory Parkinson on University Hill, And Cu's main campus is essentially one large mandatory parking zone. So we're currently in the process of identifying lime growth locations within those areas. we're looking at. Probably gonna have about 22 in the downtown area, about 12 in University Hill, probably a couple at Chautauqua. And there's some other places where you know, we may have to create some mandatory parking zones 20 Ninth Street Mall is one of those areas where we're looking at, perhaps having the need to create some mandatory parking zones and some wine groves.

[13:09] I did provide a link in the presentation to our map that we're using. So I've sent that on to Lisa. She can send that on to all of you. You can click on the the map and see all those Geo fenced areas and where they are. currently right now, there are not any Geo fence locations within the Boulder junction area. So that's something I we'd love to get your feedback on At the end of this presentation. also just wanted to share with you that we do have We've created a a lot of materials around scooter use, and how to safely use scooters and information about where different vehicles are allowed to operate. Like the scooters. You know scooters, you know, for example, they're not supposed to be on sidewalks unless there's not an adjacent bike lane, for example, a facility that they can use. They are allowed on the streets and in the bike lanes and on our multi-use path system.

[14:14] So just a a few questions for you to consider are, you know. Is there a need to employ any Geo fencing tools in the Boulder Junction area? So this would include, any. No go zones, slow zones or parking zones? And then, should we consider any mandatory parking zones, and then the need to install lime groves? you know one place I was just thinking of is perhaps near the Rtd station, and in that plaza having a you know, a designated area, maybe by the B cycles where you could have a designated line parking area. So that's just an example. But we'd love to get your feedback on that. as we continue to build out this map of all these Geo fence zones.

[15:06] And thank you. Thanks, Chris. You are going in and out. So I turned off my video. you may have any questions for Chris. Robin. it's not really a question. But if you're asking for feedback, first of all, I want to thank you because the last presentation. I feel like what you all have done has taken in every single thing that I had concerns about from our last presentation. So it's just an amazing amount of work. So thank you for that. I'm a huge fan of mandatory parking zones. So if you are taking feedback, I do love the idea of having it by the be cycles on campus. We have the fee cycles, and I think, having a centralized location where everybody knows this is where I leave my alternative. Forms of transportation is is hugely important. I would also like to see slow zones across the plaza, so that people that are actually walking around cannot be concerned about somebody going, you know, substantially faster by them.

[16:07] But yeah, thank you. Alright. So it just wanna so in terms of the mandatory parking zone that you would like to see. It would be concentrated in that plaza area. So if you're ending your trip near like the roadhouse and the high it and there. Then you would, we would have some designated line growth. Okay? And then, yeah, I mean, we can look at slow zones. Also, you know, basically, we could make the mandatory parking zone also a slow zone. So they would have the same Geo fenced area. what's really nice. When the scooters do enter the slow zones, the scooters make a sound, and then on the little device shows a little on their little screen shows a turtle the and you know, then they start slowly flowing down. So it gives them a good queue that they're in a different place, and they should behave differently.

[17:12] Rebecca. Rebecca. Yeah, thank you. I was also going to add my support for mandatory parking zone, but I would actually like to call out that. You know the district is getting larger. it would probably be nice to have, you know, an additional parking zone up by spark right? Yeah, so that people can pop on a scooter from there to get down to the roadhouse to get down to Rtd, or even over to you know our shopping centers are, you know, our the whole foods and everything else, without having to first walk the full length of the neighborhood? And then, if we go across the street to Pearl, there's, you know, the be cycle station there at Griffiths. that may be another really great parking zone as well. So I know it can be coversome to like park A B cycle there, then have to cross the light very slow, light for for pedestrians.

[18:07] anything that we can do to kind of reduce that kind of conflict there between pedestrians and cars with great. Okay? Okay? Any other questions. Sorry. Sorry about that. okay, next it back to my agenda. Thank you for the feedback. Oh, thank you, Chris. Thanks for presenting. Oh, I'll I'll jump in one more thing I don't. I haven't really been on the the ditch trail inside. Rob. that may be another area for slow zone. Okay. okay, 24 budget, and I don't see who's presenting this.

[19:02] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: That would be me that this is true. You can call. I have to share my screen Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: all right. first and foremost, I wanted to introduce to the Commission our new budget analyst. Christopher Scott. He joined us just on Monday, and so you'll see a little bit more from him, as we report, but just wanted to give him an introduction to the Commission, and he's joining us this evening. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: As we run through the agenda. we'll kind of discover some high, level overview of the general commitment and facilities, priorities and accomplishments for the last year. Look at the overall budget process, give a little bit of context for the entire community vitality budget and then dive into the details of the parking and Tbm beach add budgets.

[20:03] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I know we don't have for the commission on the parking side. to provide support for the proposal. if that is appropriate. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So as we look at the General Improvement district, just wanted to, and call to attention the the rules and responsibilities for the Commission, and that's providing parking related improvements, approving access to the districts, through various transportation options, maintaining and preparing other public assets in the district. improve the overall health and welfare of the area, and be responsible steward of the public resources for benefit of the entire city. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I apologize. These are a little tiny, but based on a lot all the feedback from you all. we're really focused in on enhancing district identity branding and way, finding in the boulderjection area looking at a support of the Molar Junction base. 2 initiatives.

[21:03] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I'm looking at enhancing transit options. neighboring community cap collaborations looking at expanding those Tdm offerings, and then looking at long term capital planning to keep those in mind. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I'm as we go through this couple of key accomplishments that we can highlight this last year include a lot of great work going on with our silent placement project. We'll hear a little bit more about that later. we're moving forward with the branding and weight finding implementation. And you can see the graphic on this slide is represented as some of those drawings, and we appreciate all of your input as that moves forward. We've had a great opportunity this year to partner with Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: this year. And then the great work that continues to move forward with that of the junction phase 2.

[22:03] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: And now I just wanted to again provide a little bit of contact and know. I think we went through some of this briefly. But it's just the overall strategy that we employ as we look at budgeting. and we're right now in the citywide budget development. section. It'll move over to council for review and adoption. And then it's kind of starts us through this site call as we've identified. It's key priorities and integrating them into our work clients as we move forward into 2,024, looking at financial projections, strategic planning, and then ultimate Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: for the next year. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So currently, we're here in July with the budget being with budget team for review, and we'll look forward to recommendations and approval from the Council here, both in September and as far as review, and then actual approval and adoption of the budget in October. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: just some context that community vitality has changed a little bit. And Most of the change

[23:01] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: started last year. And now we're kind of full full blown with our new work groups of special events and ours and culture. So it's one of the provide contacts for the overall department budget, and we have the 4 general improvement districts, including via Tdm. Maybe Jet parking as well as the University Hill General Equipment District Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: As I mentioned those 2 new work groups, the Art of culture and special events. Groups are general funded within our department, and then we also have some that we're deploying from Arpa, and then the Ccs and Crs and the community culture, resilience and safety tax. And then that's primarily being that through our Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: just again overview of the revenues and expenses, The majority of our revenues are coming from parking revenue and property tax. we do have in some of the districts. rentals, leases that specific ownership tax other revenues, and then on the expense side, our general categories of personal operating internal services which are going to be elements where we're

[24:07] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: paying into our computer replacement fund, for example. right now, we're actually in the process of paying off our only existing debt that we'll be paid off in a August, and that's associated with the payment paging or central area general Improvement district Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and then we have some transfers. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So this is the high level overview of the entire department budget. I'll just kind of bring to your attention that we do have a slight decrease in our overall operating budget and the primary driver of that is We have some savings that will come kind of on the operating side. as we transition to a gateless platform in our downtown garages. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: obviously, that that is falling off. so that will be going back into the cage and fund balance or all. We do have an increase in our capital overall. Capital improvement planning. There's some detail in the packet that was sent out, and we'll touch on that here in a moment.

[25:07] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and so that's really what's driving our overall bottom line, including capital. With that 7 and a half percent increase. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and then again, these proposals are across the entire community by talent budget which wanted to bring them to your attention. And we all have submitted a request for our board specialists. So obviously, we have you all of our one of we that commissions as well as picking up the Arts Commission. And so we want to make sure that we've got adequate support for all of those functions. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: we're looking to build out our special events program and looking to re purpose some one time. Funds that comes from a general fund transfer to employ a program coordinator and the Arts and Culture Work group is looking to update their cultural plan. had ongoing support to the downtown ambassador. That was a pilot program that has

[26:04] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: received one type funding in 2,023, and we're looking to extend that and make it a permanent addition. And then our access management parking strategy program continues to move forward. There's ongoing evaluation that needs to be in place. And so that's an additional request. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So we hop into the Djs specific budgets. We've got parking here. just a couple of things to know on property tax the decrease that you're seeing there is primarily a realignment with where current assessments are so Some of the projections, historically, have been a little bit high. So we brought those down just in line with where the current assessment stands. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: parking road is. We've actually seen an increase because we're getting the people square garage. kind of normalize the gateless technology over there. as additional development comes. Then we are seeing increases in that parking revenue.

[27:02] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and on the operating side, not a whole lot changing. the biggest drivers, truly are those transfers. And so the Bjad parking commission, or the fund has been paying off alone to the general plan associated with a lawsuit. and so the anticipated final payoff is in 2024, and it is a little bit lower than it's been in previous years. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: And then you'll see. In 2,023 there was a payment back to the Junction. Tdm, for which the one time loan related to, I'm some concerns with fund balance historically, and so that was paid off this year. So those success that are coming down and then we have, approximately the same Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: allocation for capital. And we'll talk about that in a moment. So an overall decrease in the overall expenditures due to those transfers. So I'll pause here for a minute any questions or concerns on the parking budget.

[28:01] I will take one What are the plans? And if if there are not plans, why not to actually reassign the on street parking revenue back to the district to help pay off the capital. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: And so which capital specifically are you referring to? Oh. like for for the parking garage and stuff like that, right? So you know, people who drive into the district are making a choice. They're either parking in the garage of the parking on the street. But it's one parking district. and in my mind all the revenue, even the on street parking spaces, should go back to the district, not back to the general fund. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So, and I believe that's more closely tied to just the overall philosophy of the both transit area plan as well as just the parking program holistically across the city, where that on street revenue does go back into the general fund. And so there is certainly a room for conversation in terms of how those general fund funds are used and utilize within the district, ensuring that there is

[29:07] adequate and appropriate investment in the very districts that are generating those revenues is certainly something that we keep in mind and keep part of the conversation as we're looking at. The needs of the district. Are those other districts out. Are they loving a property top mill on residences? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: It's whatever properties are within those general improvement districts. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Yeah. seems like, when we look at the the capital, or like the the fund balance planning. Both districts show a surplus significantly over the next few years. I'd be curious. Rebecca, like what what would we do with the additional money? If the General Fund was paying the district for parking revenues from on street. we would decrease, decrease the low mill levy on residences. They already have their own parking.

[30:05] I see. So okay, got it understood. So we could, even with looking at the surplus without transfers in from the general fund, we could achieve potentially the decrease without requiring that from that other change right from the city like they couldn't have to pay us for on street, because we already have the surplus that we could over time reduce by reducing the mill. Levy. am I making sense? Are you asking me or you asking crossed? No, I was asking. You did like, I think, since we already that does make sense. I I will. I will say that there's also an inconvenience portion of living in the district and having drivers Park on the street and turn over and stuff like that. so again, I think, as we look at it, the longevity of a fund.

[31:00] While we have a surplus. Now, we may not have a surplus in the future. And it just seems to fit like from a topic perspective of here's a parking district for managing, parking, and part of managing. Parking is managing the on street parking. So why isn't it on street parking revenue coming back into the district? from a you know, property owner. And you know, resident neighbor stuff like that if we can achieve the mill of a decrease for residences on the parking side. regardless that that is also an outcome so Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: great. And I appreciate the comments. Chris Jones is not with us tonight. He is on vacation, but I will response back to him. I know it's something that we have internally begun to exploring and looking at. I know it's been brought up in previous commission meetings. So it certainly is still something that is something we're exploring and hope to have additional information here, and the next few meetings that we meet with you. All.

[32:00] Okay, thank you. If I can just tack out of that really quick. I mean, I I had the same comments, and it sounds like with with Chris not being here. Maybe tonight's not the the night to to dig into it. But the seems like we're at a a place here where the meal levies can be reduced, if not eliminated. We have the the fund balance at at a good place we're running surpluses through the budgets. you know, we'll get through these big expenditures from the lawsuit and from the loan And really, for the parking district there's not. There's not a lot of left there to to operate this district. and I think that the not only are the the meal levy a a burden on the the residences. I think it's, you know, definitely a a burden on the the commercial properties that you know we're not achieving the vitality in the district based on, you know, the retail coming in and having to pay. You know this additional middle of the expense without folks really understanding what that What that expense is going for.

[33:04] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Thank you for those comments. I'll certainly take them back to Chris and to the add some contact in our next meetings. Thanks. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So as we come through again, just wanted to give a visual rest representation majority other coming through that property tax. with parking revenues next, and then again with those general but transfers that will significantly decrease the expenses that we have. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: We kind of talked through this so so quickly. the explanations of kind of some of those changes. I think we've covered everything. So I will go ahead and jump over to the Tdm. a few things I'll note here on the property tax side. We do have a number of properties that are receiving. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and so we'll see some additional pilot payments, which is why you see the increase on the property text line, and then that transfer is no longer applicable. It's the one time with the payment on the expense side. we're fairly flat. in that

[34:15] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: change and Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: bus passes the eco passes and our Colorado car share Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: subsidies. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: so cover that I'll pop back any questions on the Tdm budget.

[35:01] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I just wanted to give a quick overview on the capital program again. There's some some additional detail in the packet. I've highlighted the 2 that are relevant to the Holder Junction Commission here. we do have money being set aside for capital improvements going back to the priorities that were identified. the intent is to work with all of you to look at where we can build out a cip specific to the Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: the compared to the district. and so that's where that top line is coming from. The cross. Consulting is a new initiative from all of the for general improvement districts, looking at connectivity and making sure that we have a good connection, a good past good way, finding just congruency across those districts. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So that's what you see there. And so the each of the open Junction permissions funds are contributing with this 15,000 a piece for those ones. And so the 75,000 is just total across all of the districts.

[36:05] So is that I'm sorry. Is that the capital my an item here in each of the yes, exactly what I see in the the parking bud is capital is 115,000, and then the Tdm. We have another 15,000, and Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: it's the combination of that first line that's on my screen. The voltage up to public improvements is the 100,000, and then the 15,000 from the processor consulting. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and then the Tdm. Is just the 15,000 from the process for consulting. Got it? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: and I know I did put a quite a bit of information. Were there any questions or concerns with any of the other capital premise programs that I can just share inside on.

[37:02] I'm gonna ask a really basic question. So where does the the deco square garage payments get accounted for? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: And that said that the the fund is not carrying. So I believe it's the. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: It's through the Depot association, but on our association. So we have dues that are going over for that functioning. But the districts themselves don't have a debt service payment contributing to that garage. Currently. Okay, thank you. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Great like, I said, we have. I know we don't have a full quorum on the Tm. but just have some so just in motion language. If the parking commission is comfortable with providing a recommendation for approving the budget.

[38:04] I'm not on the parking commission, but are you, Kevin? I'm on the oops, so maybe you should call them. Yes, we'll we'll but to approve the parking and hold off on the Tdm. Is that right? Yes. okay. Would you like to make a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the recommended budget for the on the parking portion for B. J. Thanks, Rebecca. Do we have a second? I. I have a question before my second While we approve this, even though we don't we? We still have answers on changing the the levy that does this block us in for the whole year on those revenues

[39:01] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: the the revenues would stand as as they're just the middle Iv. There's not a lot of flexibility to change the let me right now. So one of the things that's being explored is What other alternatives are that are disposal to address some of that have been brought by the Commission. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So it's something that's not that the the conversation doesn't necessarily close. right now, for the 2024 year. it's just the the needs of the tools are still being identified to address those concerns. Okay, thank you. I'm in. I I second the motion to approve the 2,024 parking project. Okay? all in favor. Okay, I think that's everyone. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Thank you. And then I will do some. Follow up. what the best means to reach out to the Tbm commission. to approve

[40:04] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: or receive your recommendation for approval on that. Here it just thank you so much for your time. I appreciate that. Thanks, Teresa. Thank you. Okay. Next up is Regan and Vulner Junction brand, finding, branding, and we finding, I think Christine is first. So for the Boulder Junction on street paid parking. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, on street paid parking update. I'm sorry, Christine. You almost took my spot like soon. Come on. Sorry about that. Just Katie, so I don't know if I've met all of you yet, Christine Edwards. I joined Cv about 2 months ago, as the senior manager of operations. So we'll see if we can make a computer work as it should hold. Please, here we go and share.

[41:01] Do you guys see the screen. So going on every now and test it. So just to give you all a quick overview of what's going on, there's nothing to be voted on. We're just carrying out the I think. Sam came and gave you all a presentation a couple of months ago, letting you know about the signage refresh that was going on across the city of Boulder. that did happen in older junction, so wanted to give you an update as to what happened and where where it's showing up. So we have continued to move forward with the parking implementation plan as was put together in 2,007. Here is the beautiful drawing that they expected would our little area would look like, and it turns out the reason why we put together that just a quick overview. back in 2,007. The vision is that there was. We were going to earn a very little bit of parking revenue from on street parking, as well as the really, the real intent about this design was to reduce the traffic impact of a higher density development area as well as offer a variety of ranges of housing options and accessibility options in older.

[42:15] So, as you all might recall right here. there, there's been a lot of development in this area as well as this area. And the reason I show you that is, I wanted to let you know in these areas. These streets did not exist a while ago. and so now that they have been now that the streets have been installed, we have gone through with this with the re signage project. we were being really efficient with tax dollars, making sure to do the signage all at one time because we did have old signage, but it wasn't great. So we have implemented the new signage all at one time. These new areas have the signs. This is what they look like. but one that you know that this point we are not currently enforcing those new areas. So the I'll go back for just a second in the on those orange streets

[43:08] the signs have gone up. We are not enforcing yet. What we're doing right now is we're we're doing an In education campaign. we're partnering with Atc older transit connections, I think connectors. And we're partnering with them to make sure that all the tenants in the area know that these news areas will no longer allow free parking. there. Well, I'll take to the next step page. So we're working with the property managers to look for tenants as to what's going on when the change is going to happen. We don't. It will be happening until later on this year, probably November is we're working to get for new pay stations or wanting to install those in the area. So it's easier to pay for parking. A DC. Is also going to be updating their websites with the benefits of of living in the in Bejed area as well as the responsibilities of when you have a car you have to be target, and that there are parking spots available in some of the parking garages. It seems like some of the property managers may not have conveyed that to all the tenants. So we're taking the time now to Give them an opportunity to change.

[44:22] The property managers will also be sending notices to all the residences, all of the developers, all of the building owners. So they are sorry the business owners. They know what's going on. And then, prior to the Enforcement date, once we finally set it, we'll send for 2 weeks. We'll be putting notices. The Enforcement officers will be putting notices on cars to let them know. Hey, things are changing. Then after that we will be issuing the morning for every car, so that they know that things are changing, and then, after the first warning, people will be getting citations, so it will be a a ramp before anybody receives citation. in these on those particular streets.

[45:04] So that is the plan at this point. Does anybody have any questions or comments or feedback at this point. Okay. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: about that. Yeah, I'll jump in. maybe at least the the streets up and spark. I've been there now for 3 years. So was there a conscious, like decision to wait until you know 3,000? Yeah, I would say that there was. Was it a conscious decision? Maybe not. I think that during Covid there was a beer under staffing. We knew that the signage project was going to be going on, so we didn't want to do it a year prior to the whole revamp. So I think that there was. Yeah. There was a delay that was not awesome, but it did end up saving the city dollars. in in the long run. So

[46:04] it was just an unfortunate thing. Okay, thank you. Yeah. Okay, moving on. Okay, thank you. Okay. Hi, now, Reagan and Boulder Junction branding away finding. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Thank you. So this will be a super brief update, as I know. I give an update last time, and not much has changed since then, and it is in the consent agenda Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: But for the boulder function, weight binding and signage project, sweet finding, branding project we are again contracting with a vendor called Eve resides. I mentioned this last during the last meeting, but they are based out of Whatland, Colorado, and have a kind of experience working with different municipalities. So we're excited to be working with them.

[47:02] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Currently. they are in the shop drawings and sampling phase soon to enter into applying for permits. and so we're looking at install likely late summer. So right after Labor Day is kind of the current timeline that we're working with, and that's given that all things go smoothly with the permitting process. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So, and the last thing I want to mention is there inevitably will be impacts from the construction digging up the concrete, but the foundation or the base of the signage and the ground. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So it is on our way to communicate and emphasize those impacts to local community by members as best we can well in advance. So more to come on that once we do have a better idea of what those construction impact will be. and I think I said this last time, but always happy to resend any of the design documents location plan.

[48:02] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: If you're curious to look look at that again. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Any questions. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Okay, thank you. All. Okay. Next up Btc Activation Series Lane. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Thank you. Sue. this is a reminder. This this activation series actually sprung out of some savings that we incurred from our budgeted eco-pass contracts. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: kind of similar to the situation we're in right now last August was free riots throughout all the Rtv districts this year. They moved to July and August, and they gave us some refugees, if you will from year to year in our contract. So, thanks to the support from both be jad boards. We went ahead and contracted with both the transportation connections

[49:06] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: to provide activations in the area and bring some recognition to Boulder Junction as a great Tdm district with retail and restaurant and amazing ways to get out of one vehicle. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So we've had 2 smaller events take place, although the the back home happier that was on the Wednesday of By to Work day saw just shy of 200 folks show up out at zeal and enjoy. I got to up, not with the mayor, and that was a a great opportunity Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: upcoming. we're going to be doing, and it might sorry. The series is actually name fun. All caps at the web function at vulgar Yunshan. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So each one of them has that marketing tag upcoming September fourteenth, which is a Wednesday. It's going to be our largest event. It will feature live music from. And the family. So we truly are getting some funk from this one. So the title of that event will actually be at you in K some function.

[50:20] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So but for that and more information. you can. I'm actually looking now. It's on the Chambers website. And then the final activation will be electrify. October, which is on Wednesday, October eleventh, again 4 to 7 in the Boulder Junction area. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: The the large events, September fourteenth will be inclusive. We're actually going to do a temporary street closure of non complaints. And then that entire blob that that's in front of the Rgd entrance and just snores of the Hyatt will be activated live music, beer garden. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: What's the food

[51:03] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: questions? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Suggestions? I'll jump in if that's okay. So I know that there's been some delays or concerns in the past about reaching out to the property managers and making sure that resonance are actually aware of these events going on. Do you have a comma plan for the September events that includes multiple touches. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Thank you. That's a great question, Rebecca. actually, Karen, that Btc has been working diligently with our own Gis department in order to identify the mailing addresses and to do a postcard series mailing, it'll go directly. Yeah. So that's underway. I actually just met with them a couple of days ago. Here Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I just met with them, and they are working hard to get that out and into the hands of those who need to. Is there some sort of issue with

[52:04] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: full buildings, like finding individual apartment numbers. But in any case they they're working core cycle. Anybody else have questions. Can I go again? Yeah. Well, there'd be fencing up around the the plaza for this event. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: So I I get to see the Site plan. In fact, Pcc. Hired a a consultant, an event consultant just recently. So she's still in the process of submitting requirements, particularly to the licensing department to pull a temporary alcohol. Permit they will be required to put up 6 foot fencing wherever alcohol is sold and dispensed with that looks like. Yet I have not seen a site plan. Okay, that that is. that's why I thought there might be something, because we alcohol. And that's something that's really weird about Colorado. By the way, to me.

[53:06] I ideally, I think you know, if if we had the permission to actually shut down Junction place there between the bridge and the and the the bus entrance, right so that it could take over the whole space. I think that would be a lot more activation. but what I would like to see on the expenses is that reminders that it is a public event, because I think sometimes when you're passing by as a pedestrian, or on your bike, or anything like that, you see something cool happening, but you think it might be private right, especially if you didn't know ahead of time. So some kind of visual you like, Hey, yeah, come on in that. This is for you. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Great suggestion. We actually have our city of Boulder special events banner up at the Bycom happy hour facing Pearl Parkway. And it just get a lot of attention. So and I guess it definitely has to be free and open to the public. Obviously, consumption of beverages would be on a cash basis. But

[54:02] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: the food will be provided, and access to the music as well. Our plan is actually to leave the loading zone for the Hyatt open, and so immediately north of Pearl Parkway. There, that would be available for them to pull in and then do it. You turn out. We put up our class 3 barricade just north of that. And then, as you said, up the Goose Creek Bridge. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: yeah, there was some discussion about whether that was necessary. And I was, I thought, you know, like music and a little bit of beer, and someone's gonna back into a a vehicle like. No, that's not a good idea. Karen. The 6 foot fence. By the way, is the city, not the State, Colorado, Karen? Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: Thanks for the discussion. While you're at the topic of the that, I'll call discussion. I guess I just would like to solicit some input on that as well, too, because Rebecca brings up a great point about the fencing and the perception of whether or not it's public or not. because we're we're at the stage where

[55:01] Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: weighing, I'd say, cost options, whether we provide alcohol and sell alcohol versus working with the vendors on site meaning or the restaurants on site, specifically like roadhouse depot and expanding their area. because one idea is if we're working with the roadhouse depot and if they have the, if it's all the all calls under their liquor license, then we wouldn't necessarily have to put up fencing, if Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: if they're the ones doing the alcohol rather than us. And I'm just wondering love to get some input, from the Commissioners on that. As to Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: yeah, how? How? How? I guess the question is sort of like, how key a role like the alcohol sales is in this, or if we were to gear more towards a more family friendly event, and not have to do the fencing. Is that a more inviting option Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: that makes sense. So it's something that does a lot of these kind of events. I I think that from your point of view, from Btc's point of view, if you can pawn off the alcohol and someone else. That's great because you're not going to make that much money on it. And it's gonna

[56:07] it. The process together permit is amazingly annoying. And then the 6 foot fencing is annoying and and then it's very hard to get donate alcohol. So you're going to end up having to buy it. And you're going to be lucky if you break even you can be tips trained. It's the whole thing. So if you can have the restaurant. Do it, I would say, do it. I I personally think it makes it more friendly. If it's not 6 foot fence, I think 6 is awful. It would just be the question of like, where would people be allowed to drink? Would they be allowed to drink on the patio at the roadhouse, but then the event would sort of spill out into the plaza that I guess that's the question. Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: Yep, presume. Presumably, if, like Roadhouse did it, there'd be a much I guess, more confined area where the alcohol would be allowed right? It's either either, and their property or we don't like. We're going to have conversation with them soon to to get a better understanding of that. But it could be quite limiting as to where the alcohol would be. But again, we wouldn't have to have the 6. What sense? And to me I think it would be a much more inviting sort of all age, inclusive sort of event to not have to have the fencing up.

[57:19] Where would your food be? Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: the food? The food can be in the plaza area and also potentially along the Boulder Junction place that segment that would get closed. We we're looking at close just the piece. Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: just, I guess I'd say, like north of the Axis, so we'd still have access to the Rtd. parking garage as well as the high place like parking garage as well. So access points to all that. But we would just close that piece of section of the road just west of the plaza, so we'll be able to put things on the plaza as well as older Junction place, and with tents and so forth. I think you just have to police it a little bit, so that the alcohol stays within the roadhouse and make something about the roadhouse and the alcohol funds that people actually go there, and the roadhouse is happy to do that piece of it, you know, because if they're just

[58:12] kind of an afterthought, they're not going to be happy either. So maybe some tables or something can be over there to maybe divide up the event a little bit. But But I also, I'm thinking more of like what? What is easier for Btc. And certainly not serving alcohol is Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: just want to clarify, though, with the little like a license that's held by the roadhouse at my state law has to have containment. So it's not like they can serve out how people can just wander around up to the band. They will. Yeah, an an extension of their patio, which would be probably maybe a 4 foot fence or a 3 foot fence, the 60'clock in when you're doing it on a city on property, and that particular clause is not city owned.

[59:04] Okay? So you could. Yeah, then you're not being clear. So if it's not city, and they still would have to stay on the roadhouse patio to drink. If the roadhouse chooses to go through the the bla, they would have to get a temporary modification of their own existing liquor license. Currently they can serve on that patio. But if we're you know, we're expecting over 500 guests, not like everyone's going to be able to cram into that little patio they would want to temporarily modify. So then, in that case they still have to create what's called containment Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: doesn't have to be 6 feet, but it has to be containment. So you usually see that in that fencing. But orange, you know, construction. Fencing is a quick pop up. So just just sort of make sure. Everyone was aware that there has to be some delineation.

[60:01] Gotcha. Yeah, I mean, I I worked in a event at a climbing gentleman. That must be why they have that. That explains what you just said. Okay, you. You answered one of my questions, whether or not the right house, could it send temporarily so I think that might be a good option? I think any agreement with them would have to allow food from the event into that area. Right? So even if the alcohol can't leave the extended area or that patio right, we want people to be able to have their food and have their alcohol that they're buying. when I think about the on the bricks, right? Like the session that's allowed for alcohol does feel like it's you're being segregated, which is kind of weird. oh. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I actually changed it this year. There's no more beer cage. It's actually the entire block. It's been so. So yeah, exactly. It was they. They they took a big challenge. But yeah, they typically only did that at all festival, and then it was so well received that they're actually doing it tonight for Chips going away party, by the way, so

[61:14] I am so sorry that that's fantastic. All right, it was. Yeah, it felt really segregated there. let's see. I I guess one other thing I'll ask about with the concept of allowing roadhouse to do it right is that we do have a lot of resonance that our lower income and the district and I don't know if you know the roadhouse has offerings, or would offer a discount on sales for this event to make some of some of the drinks more affordable. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I don't know. Karen W - Boulder Transportation Connections/Boulder Chamber: We we can. We can certainly bring that point. I ask. Ask them about that as well.

[62:06] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: since here that happy hours serve their daily between 3 and 6, so there'll be an automatic discount for some of the event. It would seem any other comments alright. But look forward to seeing you there. next step is commission recruitment. Update with the one to 8 next to it. So give a brief update well as presented in the meeting package. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: The city clerk's office received did not receive any applications for be dead parking. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: I did receive 2 for B. J. And Tdm. They were both

[63:03] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: unfortunately ineligible. However, I just received an exciting update about 2 min per to our meeting tonight John Morse from the city folks office, said, just under the wire. We do have an eligible applicant for Bjad. Tdm, this person I don't have any information, but this person will be interviewed soon and just assuming all goes well. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: The candidate will be appointed at the City Council meeting on August third, so I'll keep you all updated to confirm applications are closed. Right? Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Yes, applications are close. City council last week. Discuss the possibility of extending the window for mid year recruitment, but they decided not to. So the next recruitment cycle will be in 2,024.

[64:04] Great thanks I. Members from the Commissioner Beach had face to focus, group update. You know, I don't wonder about this, because I haven't got any right to any of these things, have you? Yeah. So the the last one was pretty last minute, I mean, I think I got the invite a day or 2 before. If I'm remembering I'd have to. I'd have to look, but I was able to attend it. But I I was a little late, so I can provide an update on the content there. The next one is tomorrow. So if you if you haven't. because I have no, I did not get any of these notices. Is there some way you can reach out to ever sending this and copy me, and then tell them because I I didn't get any of this. Yeah, I can. I can let them know to to send you an invite. I'll I'll do that after the meeting here.

[65:04] Yeah, so I did miss part of it, so I didn't. I didn't see all of what they discussed. But the the presentation that I did see was regarding the process that they're going through to evaluate changes in the phase. 2 area related to land use code. So that was that was a majority of the discussion was around the land use designations in the phase 2 area. so they showed a few different potential options for what? The the map of that phase 2 area would look like. Almost all of them were based around showing the face T back phase 2 in 3 sections. So they have the area the wilderness place area. So I think that's north of

[66:02] the Goose Creek Path. They have the old pearl area between Goose Creek and Pro Parkway, and then they have the South Pro Parkway area. That's the kind of warehouse area. That's that's south of the parkway there. So The different options discussed different land use designations in those each of those 3, I think. the one that they, I think, adopted in the East Boulder area plan was the M. You, T. O. D, which I, I think is related to a multi-use transit, oriented and so this designation provides a lot of flexibility. they are doing community outreach and Cross Departmental research, so they haven't made any decisions, as far as I understand. but they haven't sent anything to council yet. Anything like that. So they're so a a little bit early there.

[67:04] I don't know what the intended content is for the meeting tomorrow, but I can report on that. And hopefully, Sue, we're able to get you there, too, if you're available, it's 6 to 8 pm. So not necessarily a super convenient time. But, anyways, they did ask for a decent amount of feedback. I provided a little bit just around it being exciting to think about the phase 2 area, as you know, multi-use vibrant, etc. continuing to make older junction kind of an important area within the city and in a destination within the city and so that was kind of very high level input I gave them. I really it would be exciting to hear from you all if you have other comments around. You know what you might envision there. You could say them now, or send an email after, etc. But love to be love to represent the entire board, if if there are requests for feedback in that in that meeting. So

[68:06] I think that was all that I wrote down. I sorry. One other note I have in my note here. It's just around the placement of a train, a a transit station, a train station. in addition to. Obviously, we already have the Rtd station, which isn't open, I think, but the train station is still part of what they're looking at. Assuming we do get a train. I that maybe that doesn't happen so they wouldn't obviously build anything for that if if we didn't get the train. But They are planning. it sounds like they're just we get. We got the report a few meetings ago, I think about the same, the same planning that they're doing around the the potential for a train station. So There was some discussion about that. Anyways, I I'll be, I'll be done there. yeah. Any any thoughts, comments, questions that I can take to the to the meeting? from you all.

[69:05] I'll just clarify for a second. My understanding is that the train platform is proposed for the western side of the track, I in our district up by spark. So whereas the tunnel would be would be joining both. So correct. Yeah. So they did talk about the the. the commute, the walking tunnel underneath the tracks as being planned. And I think that's potentially planned, regardless of whether a train ever comes or whether the station ever comes or not. But it would be in the same area where the the potential platform would be a matter that you could maybe take back as whether or not they're looking at any of the local businesses that they want to preserve in the district. specifically thinking about things like can't that? Well, right? So so dog boarding cut boarding that's within the district that serve all of the resonance

[70:05] the the backyard or the junkyard Obviously, things like Samitas on, you know, like you know are there? Are we giving thoughts to those those businesses, and how we retain them, so that it remains a complete one thing, the other one we would be shame is bakery right? So that's what in the wilderness place, right? So those are all really good local services. Yeah. absolutely. There was some discussion about that from other different city commission and board members that were can had similar questions and concerns. The the comments from the city when they brought those up was that the even changing the land use designation to M. You tid It doesn't force any change to the actual use today. It's I think it's only if redevelopment occurs. And so I think

[71:02] the thought was that nothing happens overnight. These businesses will have plenty of opportunity to stay where they where they are. yeah. yeah. But I I think most of them are renters. Maybe not, Campbell, but I think the other ones are renters. And so when we're looking at future redevelopment. you know. moving a business, or even moving resonance right when something's being redeveloped even with right to return, it can be very cost prohibitive to establish elsewhere and stuff like that. So how do we keep them in district even as redevelopment is happening, and and ease that so? you know. Good! Good! I took a note about that. Thanks. One thing I thought is it'd be interesting to try to get the the meeting material from those meetings any of the packets just delivered to the board to our board? so I'll I'll ask about that tomorrow.

[72:01] I can't remember. If I receive, I think I might have received some material after the first meeting. but either way, I'll ask about for both the previous one and the one tomorrow, if we can have the the material sent to the board. there's some public outreach happening soon to as well. Do you have that date? I don't. I'm gonna go look for it for a second. Same. How many other questions? Currently? okay, anything else. Before we adjourn it, says the next meeting, September twentieth. I won't be there, but usually they spend something to see. you know who can make it so.

[73:02] Ryan. Yeah, we we did have in the last meeting. There was the matter from commissioners about the mill levy, and the kind of the long term economics of the 2 districts we talked about today. So I think that once we're once, all of us can be including Chris, probably at the same meeting, that would be the right time, probably to go back through what everybody's hopes and dreams are for that, right? Like I. Just we. We keep kind of touching at it in different meetings, but not having the full conversation. So I don't know how to have the the full conversation. Yeah, I guess if the staff on this call. Can that back? Okay. okay, anything else? Alright. Thank you. Everybody

[74:00] Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: bye. Bye. Motion to adjourn. Sorry. No, no worries that can make a motion. Robin. I'll make emotions. My day for making motions. I have moved into second. Oh, second, okay. Sounds good. Thanks. Everyone. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Bye, bye. Boulder Junction Access District Joint Commission Meeting: Actually, Roberts rules to stipulates that the chair can adjourn the meeting, make any motion.