December 3, 2025 — Boulder Junction Access District Regular Meeting

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Captions from City of Boulder YouTube recording.

[0:00] Cloud. Alright, we are recording. Welcome to the Boulder Junction Access District Parking and Travel Demand Management Joint Commission's meeting. It is December 3rd, 2025, and I will call roll. Kevin Knapp? Here. Robin Ronan? Present? Rebecca DuMichel? Presence. Daniel Eisenman, I see you online, let me get you promoted here. Alright. Daniel, are you able to, say aye, or that you're here? Thank you. Alright, I will now turn the meeting over to Chairs Ronan and Du Michelle for procedural items. Would you like to lead today, Rebecca, or am I? I'm fine with either way. I was going to do it, but I would actually love it if you did it. I am happy to do so. Bear with me, I'm on a smaller screen than I'm used to.

[1:04] So, welcome, everyone. We've already completed roll call, so the first thing we're gonna start with is the approval of September 2025 meeting minutes. Does anyone have any corrections on the September meeting minutes? I'm not seeing any corrections. Can we get, can we get an approval roll call on that? I approve? Do we all approve? Yes. Okay. Same… same thing, approval of October, all CV commissions summit meeting minutes. Do we have any corrections from the commissioners on those meeting minutes? Okay, in that case, can I get a roll call of all who approve? I approve.

[2:02] Daniel, since we can't see you, I will need you just to say it. Approve. Okay, thank you. Okay. And… because it's everybody's favorite thing. Can we get a… we are… next is approval of 2026 draft meeting schedule. How, do we have any notes on the draft meeting schedule? Just give me one minute to get there. For those of you looking, it's on page 43. I… do not see conflicts at this time. Kevin? Okay. Good. In that case, can I get an approval from the commissioners? Aye? Right. Hi. Bye. Okay, as I do want to, we had discussed this via email, but formally recognized the resignation of Kevin, whose name I realized just now I never learned how to say correctly. Krause?

[3:13] Yes, Great. In that case, with those matters taken care of, I know we have members of the public. I'd like to open it up for public discussion and public comments. I know we have at least one member of the public. Yes, I do have Shay Al online, and Shayal, you are… should be able to talk now. Yes, hello, I… thank you for the opportunity to, to speak with everybody. I… spoke at the, most recent City Council meeting. And was told maybe come here. I would like to briefly share my experience. In Boulder Junction neighborhood, I would like to talk about the sparse ADA parking in this neighborhood.

[4:08] There are… No, ADA parking spots anywhere reasonably near the entrances to my apartment building. I used to use the street parking, but over the past 4 years, more and more of what was once free parking became paid parking. Which unfortunately left me with no reasonable access to my home. I have a permanent and total physical disability, which leaves me, pretty limited in terms of both energy and financial means. Disability transportation services are frequently unreliable, extremely time-consuming, with large pickup time windows. Friends and family members often work, and public transportation usually leaves me great distances from where I need to go.

[5:00] Having a personal car, for me, is an absolute necessity as a mobility aide. I'm telling you all of this a snippet of my personal story in hopes it will detail the greater and larger reaching need to pair all affordable disabled housing with ample ADA parking, hopefully at no cost to the resident in need. The building I live in houses many people who have disabilities that require ADA parking. I've seen many placards around, yet there isn't a single spot for any one of us Let alone enough to meet the needs that are actually present. The two paid ADA spots across the street from my building are inaccessible to my building, both in terms of distance and cost. I would like to request this issue be visited and hopefully remedied in a manner that doesn't leave me tangled in an unsettling game of musical chairs or musical cars.

[6:06] in a neighborhood that's brought me in, I would really love to feel just a little bit more welcome here. And that's all that I have for you today. Thank you for your time. First of all, thank you very much for sharing that concern. May I ask you a couple of questions, just as follow-ups, so make sure we have all the details? For… for… how… what… S… Understanding the cost issue and also the accessibility issues, are there specific features, of the parking itself that would make it more accessible that are not currently, not currently in place? Well, just having reserved spots around my particular building, to where I don't have to walk a long distance, and yeah, ones that are set on, like, a residential basis, where I don't have to pay to be

[7:04] parked here. I think for most people that, like, have a job, when the charges like, what is it, 6 p.m. or something to 9am is free, or 7, something like that. A lot of people are showing up after that, they're probably not paying, like, a significant amount, but for someone like myself or anybody else that has a… full-time disability, if you need to park your vehicle somewhere, that's gonna really add up really quick. So yeah, just having spots around my building that are reserved that maybe aren't Helping people get to, Their business stuff, in… with the mixed area, mixed residential and businesses, that's become kind of frustrating. Do you feel comfortable letting us know which building you're speaking of? Yeah, it's the, the 30 Pearl building on the corner of Pearl Parkway and Junction Place.

[8:06] Okay, thank you very much for that information, I appreciate it. So, first of all, we will definitely bring this matter up, as we do have members of staff. On… on the call right now? See Matt hopping on. And Samantha, hopping on. Yeah, I was just… to Sam's, so… Yeah, I was gonna say, can we have a member of staff perhaps address this issue, or let us know what the next steps would be for this resident? 30 Pearl should have access to the shared garage, right, for that corner? Is that correct? That is… that is their… their… Oh, yeah, I have access to that shared garage. That's inaccessible for my particular disability. Sometimes I need a wheelchair, most times I use a cane, but parking down there, and then trying to navigate through the parking garage, and then walking the distance from whichever exit I make it through.

[9:09] it's roughly two blocks, and if I'm carrying any belongings, or any groceries, anything like that, or I could potentially park in the loading zone, bring all my stuff up into the building, then walk all the way back down into… get back into my vehicle, drive it into the parking garage, park it, and then walk all the way back, with what I have. I am very limited on my energy, and I… there's been multiple times that it has been absolutely excruciating, trying to make that trek, or I'll stay in my vehicle and wait until I no longer feel sick, which can take a few hours. So it's, it's been, inaccessible for me. The parking garage is really far away. I know it seems pretty close, but maybe when you're not in this body.

[10:01] Thank you, Shay. No, I just wanted to make sure that we were all talking about the same building, and what was designed to be the parking for that building, and then maybe staff could actually answer whether or not… how many… how many ADA spots are were… were required in the garage, and I don't know if… if there was… I assume there's an elevator, so it… There… are there any spots near… near an elevator, or are they all that far? There is one spot near an elevator It is uncomfortable, but, but doable. There are often, unhoused people. There's no, like, access point, so anybody can kind of get into it. There's been times when I've avoided it, Because someone having a… Mental health episode or something is occupying it.

[11:01] But yeah, so there is one ADA spot somewhat close to the elevator. Thank you for that. Sam, did I see you go off mute? Yeah, I wasn't sure if it was the right time to jump in or not. I was giving Rebecca some time to make sure no more follow-up questions. Shay, thank you for, speaking up and saying something. It's actually very appropriate timing, because later in the evening, I'm gonna present some parking updates for 2026, which do include a petition that we've received for a neighborhood apartment parking zone in the Boulder Junction area, which does include the 30 Pearl development kind of area of 31st and Spruce, so in terms of

[12:02] having access to daytime parking, and permit parking so that you don't have to move your vehicle every, you know, 2 hours. That's something that has been raised as a concern and that we'll be looking into, hopefully next year. kind of dependent on this upcoming transition of our departments and all the responsibilities and where they're landing, but it is definitely on our radar. So that's… the kind of residential permit side of things, which speaks to, you know, it's going to be less expensive than paying for parking hourly, and it also gives you a place to park all day. There will not be permits available for every single person. But it does solve the need for those folks who don't have access to the garage for whatever reason. In terms of an ADA space, we can… we can include more ADA spaces in neighborhood apartment parking zones. There is a process for requesting an ADA space. It goes through our transportation and Mobility Department. They're,

[13:08] principal traffic engineer reviews it and can approve it, and then it can be installed. So, that's… sort of, like, two ways to get about it. An ADA space doesn't reserve… it's not reserved for a particular person, but anyone with a valid ADA placard can use it. And so, it's not uncommon in NPP zones for folks who have a placard and need a space for us to install one, and if there's no one else who needs it in the area, they can use it. We can certainly, respond to that. That request, like I said, is through Transpiration and mobility. Right now, one other thing to note is, you know, even with an NPP, the permit's not free, it's still a cost, add a cost, but it's definitely less expensive than… than paid parking. So hopefully that answers some of your questions,

[14:00] there wouldn't be, like, reserved spaces, but there could be specific ADA spaces, the permit for parking all day, and Yeah. Does that… Are there any follow-up questions that commissioners or… have that I could answer. Do you have a link or an email that you could possibly share in the chat, so that the constituent has access to that? to… for the request. it might make sense to hold off on the request until after we put the NPP in place. We can certainly put additional ADA spaces in place beforehand. But it would still be paid parking. Unless… unless that person has a purple placard, the purple placard is remuneration exempt, so… Yeah, but I… I can… I can put that in the chat. I'm not entirely sure what, what the right

[15:00] email is, so I just need to check with that department, and then see if I can… Pop it in. Thank you. Shay, did you have any additional questions or comments that you'd like to say at this time? No, I don't believe so. I would need to hear more, learn more about the, the… residential permit, what's accessible and affordable for one person, it's maybe not so much for another. When I hear that it's cheaper that often, I'm like, well, for someone in my position, a lot of people aren't in my position, so I would just need to know more about that. But yeah, that, that… Pretty much, I feel heard, and that's probably best that can happen in this particular moment, so… Do you have our contact information so that you can reach out and we can get you relevant data? I'm… Unclear who would I need to be contacting? Hi, Ellie here. I can jump in real quick. I do have your email shit from when we, talked earlier, and I can get that over to Samantha so she can get you follow-up information.

[16:09] Thank you so much. Phenomenal. Thank you so much for speaking today, Shay, and bringing to light that. That helps us a lot when we have residents come in and talk about their personal, because obviously we're all dealing with different situations, so it's really good to hear your perspective, and I appreciate you taking the time to share it with us. I do see that we have another… is Darcy? Is there a Darcy online who has a comment to make for community comments? No. Okay. Hi, yeah, no, sorry, I'm just… It was… I'm the Director of Boulder Chamber of Transportation Connections. Oh, I'm so sorry. No, that's okay. I'm just here to, to support Will and to just listen to the meeting, so thanks for letting me unmute. Fantastic. In that case, I don't think we have any other members of the community, but I do always appreciate when members of the community show up, so if those are the only comments we have today, then let's go ahead and talk about, do we have any comments on our consent agenda?

[17:14] Are there any questions or topics that people, the commissioners, want to bring up at this time? I use my college 10-second rule. You have to give us a little bit longer than that, sorry, there's… It's a slow 10 seconds. I guess, if staff has any more information about the restriping and the delineation of the street surface? To share, that would be great. Staff, can you speak to that at this time?

[18:03] Which striping… Are you talking? It is the second bullet point under BJAD, under the consent agenda. City staff have restriped the bike line along Junction Place between Pearl and Spruce. The street surface delineation is now much clearer for on-street parking at the new WYE Flats building and in front of the loading zone at Hyatt Place Hotel. I believe that came from Will, so I think that he could speak to that. Hi, Rebecca. Just a observation that I noticed. So, we were going into this meeting initially as… early November, I believe. And I was on the way to the chamber one day, and I noticed that it was fresh white and yellow paint. sort of between Spruce and Junction, so I sent that over to Ellie as something to just call out, because the bike lane had almost, the white… the white line, which designated the bike lane along Junction Place, had almost fully degraded.

[19:12] So I can speak to that in the TDM update, or if you have a specific question on that. I'll try to answer, but I think that was more of an observation that I was gonna share with the group. Yeah, I just wasn't sure specifically what the street surface delineation meant, that phrasing, so… Straight line. Alright, thank you, and I'm obviously excited that the hop goes across 30th now, and into the neighborhood, so… That's all I have, Robin. Okay. Any comments from any of the other commissioners, or questions at this time? Do we have any fund financial questions?

[20:16] Do we have any questions on the Placer AI report? As I'm hearing, no… oh wait, let me just see the chat. Okay, that's not that. In that case, I will hand things over to Will to discuss the Boulder Transportation Connection update. Why, thank you. I had to dig a little bit for my notes, but I have found my talking points. So, I'll begin with the big celebration. I guess if we backtrack November, so… I believe I had updated the entire group that the Depot Square RTD station is now open. We held a large celebration early September. I'm seeing those buses regularly go through the district. It's approximately 18.

[21:07] per day, and that's a weekday, not weekends, of the Flatiron Flyer coaches. So these are the large, regional, very comfortable, newer, reliable coaches. So we really like seeing those vehicles coming in and out. Specifically, it's the FF4 route, so that's Flatiron Flyer route number 4, which will take express lanes along Highway 36 with a few intermediary steps. arriving not in Union Station, but passing through the lower downtown district and getting to Civic Center Station. So RTD has that broken out as sort of the FF4 schedule, and then the Airport Boulder AB bus has an AB2 route. Which, again, is weekday service, and it looks like that's going to remain throughout the winter. As a side note, RTD does service changes in January, and often two other times during the year, and we can see those on the website, you can choose the upcoming schedule, and it looks like both this FF4 and AB2 route

[22:07] Will remain only weekday service. I still think that's great. Folks can make more local connections at 28th and Arapahoe, or any of the intermediary stops along Highway 36. But if anyone is going to the airport, we really like that there is now sort of a full regional connection to a residential, commercial, and hospitality district here in Bijad with the AB4, which is also serving approximately 18 buses With 4 outbound and inbound in the morning, 5 outbound and inbound in the afternoon. So that's sort of our regional update, as to what Rebecca mentioned for the HOP. We are very excited that there has been the extension for the route that leaves the 29th Street Mall, coming into Boulder Junction, and comes from downtown through Boulder Junction towards 29th Street. That's now crossing 30th Street, and has pickups on Pearl Parkway, just west of Junction Place.

[23:12] So, approximately in the form of REV residences going towards 29th Street and in front of 30 Pearl, which we heard about a little bit earlier, going into the downtown area. The hop runs both those directions 7 days a week on a pretty good frequency, between 10 and 20… I would say 12 and 20 minutes. So we really like seeing those upgrades. There have also been more recent facility updates, where a, state-designated yield to pedestrian sign has been installed on Junction Place, along with a striped crosswalk, right where the hop stops are. So this is just a little bit south of Junction Place, sorry, a little bit south of Pearl Parkway on Junction Place, right at a multi-use connector path.

[24:03] It's actually a canal. So the amenities have already improved in less than 45 days for residents… for residents of the whole district, but immediately adjacent is 3100 Pearl and Rev. So I've been working with those folks I've had almost 100 EcoPass requests in the last 3 months, and I love seeing how convenient and proximate these new stops are for those residents. I'll transition a little bit. I don't have usage metrics in terms of how many of those new requests and people over the years are actually using the bus, but we've got 1,500 or more residents in the district who have at least the option to activate an issue pass And a comparable number of employees, I think it's closer to 1,200. But in terms of utilization, each time I look in the window of a HOP, there's almost always somebody on there. So we'd like to see that folder circulator

[25:02] expanding, and I could say an anecdote from the Mobility's director, the quote has been over… Half a million rods. In a single year on the hump. So we really like to see that. I believe the number is approximately 700,000. Darcy, if you'd like to chime in and clarify, welcome to. But utilization of our local route, fantastic. There was a request for a retail and restaurant vacancy report. I don't have substantive details on this, so I would welcome the city staff to chime in. The one thing I can certainly say is the Roadhouse Restaurant, which was very close to the RTD Depot Square Station, permanently closed rather suddenly in late August. I was working with them, and I didn't actually have much notice about that, just seeing their operational costs were increasing, and they have opened a recent restaurant concept in Denver.

[26:02] So that is a bit of a loss for the district, although crepe therapy, like French crepes and what's that called? Self-Care Therapy? They're a fun brand. They've now opened along 30th Street, which is part of the Boulder Commons residential network of buildings, although this is ground-level commercial, and fun staff. They're good people, they have an excellent menu, either recommend going by. Parking is tricky, so I'd even more highly recommend not driving. But Crepe Therapy, excellent place. Their staff already have EcoPass. B-cycle and car share underway just within weeks of opening, and they've opted in to participate in the city's pilot program, the Clean Commute. rewards for, Reducing single occupancy vehicle travel for employers, employees.

[27:01] Within certain districts, such as BJET and Cajun. So we're really happy to see all those things. There's also a new commercial venture that's a light sauna. So the business is called Beam Light Sauna, and this is essentially red light therapy, where you can remove antioxidants and toxins in your body. By just laying down in relaxing. They might have a more sophisticated approach to their business, but that is around the corner from Cleep Therapy on Pearl Park Way, just a bit east of 30th Street, and a small, new boutique business to serve both the neighborhood and all of the Boulder community. I'm very excited for what is to eventually come at 34th and Belmont. This has been a vacant commercial space for, I think, 10 years, and we're expecting something that has a tentative business name of the works. W-O-R-K-X, and this would be, burgers, bicycles, and bowling, and maybe a little bit more. If anyone has been in the district.

[28:09] in the last 10 years, there's a… there's a very successful company called Splunk, and they've had their name on the building for a long time. They're now part of Cisco, so they're an established prominent technology company in the district. So this will essentially be on their ground-level commercial, with some garage doors that can open for warm weather, and they'll have entrances, on 34th Street, where the pedestrian experience won't have as much traffic and commotion, as would be seen on Belmont. I believe those are all of my initial updates, as well as the striping. And then one more positive was there is a, pedestrian-controlled crosswalk, where there's blinking lights, and the yield to Pedestrian crosswalk sign that goes between 30th Street near Spruce, to where Full Cycle Bike Shop used to be, and is now Mike's Bikes.

[29:06] That had been covered during the month of October from some sort of repair that now seems fully operational, with an audio broadcast for, wait for traffic to stop, then cross safely. So, quite a few things happening in Boulder Junction. I'm happy to take any questions if they arise. How much warning was given for that? Crosswalk to be closed. In my experience as a resident and mobility administrator here, Zero? I had heard from a few folks, and I made an Inquirer Boulder report myself, probably early October. And just going off memory, I would say, within a week or two of, sort of, the…

[30:03] community awareness of the technological issue. It's basically when you pressed the button, the lights didn't come on. So vehicles traveling north and south on 30th were not alerted to your presence, unless they actually saw you. I don't actually know how the city would communicate to individuals that changes were coming, but I think the repair turnaround, just in my own, experience was… Within about 2 weeks of the beacons and the blinking lights being covered. To being uncovered with new material. New, more effective technology. Okay, thank you. I… I cannot pull it up right now. I think several years ago, a pedestrian was hit in that crosswalk at night. So, obviously, I'm happy to have working lights there.

[31:03] With as little delay as possible, whenever they do stop working. In my experience yesterday, it was essentially immediate from depressing the button to hearing the auditory cue and seeing the, I would say, 4 sets Of blinking lights on each sign, activate. Alright. I have a question that's related to your update, but it's probably for staff. The Krupp, therapy place… does advertise free parking over at the Mapleton Ball Fields parking lot. Is that… on their website, is that actually… Open parking, and do we have any concerns about that, city-wise? Because I think that's also attached to where there may eventually be a regional park. that we talked about with Parks and Rec a couple meetings back.

[32:05] for future… development. Sam, I see you coming on, unless you have an answer to that. Question. I mean, do I have concerns? Yes, I have concerns about that. Should they be utilizing Mapleton Ball Fields? Parking for their private business. No? I don't know what the future plans are for the development of that site. We've had conversations with Parks and Rec about whether we might be able to help manage or utilize some of that parking, and that… those conversations haven't gone anywhere, because I think of the uncertainty of the site and its future development. do we have an enforcement mechanism for telling a business not to put something on their website? I don't know the answer to that, so…

[33:06] I don't know if that's helpful or not. They also very helpfully, like, provide walking and transit directions, too. It's just, I saw this, and they are advertising that crosswalk as a direct connection. I do think it's great when we can utilize underutilized parking. I just was surprised to see that. There is public parking available in Boulder Junction at several different garages, so, you know, would definitely, if anyone has contacts in that business, encourage them to be… advertising the available public parking that, that already exists in Boulder Junction, it's not free. But, but that's what is… what is available. I can't say that they won't… that someone parking at Mapleton Ball Fields and then walking across the street wouldn't potentially be, liable for some kind of parking citation from Parks and Recreation, it's possible. So, that would be the concern.

[34:11] Well, I'm not trying to get your favorite business in trouble, I just… I had questions. I was a community non-profit, I don't have a favorite, I just think it's delicious. It's a great place to go without a car. And this is on… thank you for mentioning that, Rebecca. It's the first I've actually heard. That they are encouraging folks to cross. to park across the street and utilize that brand new RRFB. But I do see that there's an RTV bound, a biking, and a walking, Category in there, how to get here. Well, I'll just offer that I'll ask Brian Mohan, our, business liaison, to… see if we can hunt down an answer for this and help that business, if there's any risk that they're taking on by advertising that, and let you know.

[35:03] Sounds great. I'm happy to make a connection. They have had very sudden staff turnovers, so their HR manager had experience with Google in Boulder Junction. It was a really great fit. I think a sudden life change happened, and now their, sort of, store manager operations on-the-ground person is covering a lot. I'm happy to say his name is Steve, great guy, and if a connection is helpful, I will certainly facilitate that. Appreciate that. Sure thing. Are those all of your… your updates, Will? Yeah, I feel like I talked a lot, so I'm pretty good for now. That's the right amount. Does anybody else have any questions? 20 minutes. I never go that far. We are having our final Quarterly Sustainable Transportation Luncheon next week on Thursday, that's December 11th at the Boulder Chamber. Would welcome any and all of you to come if you can. Please do RSVP, because we're ordering Curtis Park, a great Boulder Junction business, and we'll be placing that order fairly soon.

[36:09] So if it pleases the group, I would, encourage anyone to look at boulderchamber.com slash events. And if it's okay, I'm happy to put a direct link to the RSVP in the chat. I don't think anybody has a problem with that. Thank you so much, Will. Very good. Thanks, y'all. So, moving on to matters from staff, Starting with parking pricing update. And that would be me again. I just want to confirm, did we cover… Q3 Fund Financial Report and Q2 Sales Tax Report, because I don't… I don't want anyone to feel skipped over before. Yes, I apologize, I caught… that's… I, I asked if there were questions on. Oh, okay. pulse reports. Great, sorry, just… Wanted to make sure that no one was getting skipped.

[37:02] Drop the cues. I actually did have one question. Oh, let's go back then, let's circle back before. Yeah, I'm sorry, I missed that before. It's basically just one… I think it's just one correction that I just wanted to highlight. I think in one of these fund financials, I assume one is… so one's the TDM. And then one is just labeled as the GID, which I assume is the parking the parking district. And then, on the revenue side for that. We have the first revenue line item is the property tax. And… We have the 2026 recommended property tax projection. Which is a decrease out of 2025, which I think is the reduction in the mill levy. And then it hops back up in 2027. And so…

[38:03] I don't know if it's a correction or if it's a clarification on if that, you know, in the spreadsheet there, if that just wasn't Drake through, or if that was intentional, as in, like, that was just a one-year reduction in the mill levy. The latter. So yeah, it is a temporary reduction in the middle levy, is what was put forward. So that's kind of where it is now. Of course, we're revisiting that next year, and trying to understand, kind of, Boulder Junction holistically, in addition to mill levy settings, so looking at the governance of TDM and also parking, so… Before we make an ultimate decision on any long-term impacts to the fund financials, we want to be able to take the time to understand how the governance may change and what that would do to the fund financials. Of course, if there was an elimination of a district or combination, so to speak, of a district that would ultimately change things. So we went forward with a temporary mill levy reduction.

[39:05] Okay. Did that temporary mill levy reduction actually have a sunset date? I thought it was temporary until voted. Until re-raised… re-raised. My understanding was one year, but I can certainly clarify and make sure that it… there isn't a sunset date, or there is a sunset date. So certainly happy to justify that. Of course, the fund financials are not a policy document, so they do not dictate what the actual mill levy reduction is. It's simply a representation of what it would be in the event that it was, gone back up to the regular mill levy rate in 2027. So, I'm happy to clarify that, though. clear, 10 is the current or preceding mill levy, it's not the regular mill levy. Google Chris. It started at 5, yeah, okay.

[40:04] Yeah, that'd be helpful. Thanks, Elliot. You bet. Alright, and that… that was it. Thanks, Luke. Okay, great. Thank you. No problem. Any other questions on that matter before moving on to matters from staff on parking price update? Okay, Sam, back to you. Alright. I got a couple slides for you all today, But I'll try to be brief, just a couple of changes going into effect for 2026, and so wanted to give everybody an update on what is going on. First, we'll get into the Boulder Junction garage. No changes to hourly rates, with the exception of the 99 cent fee that Metropolis Does charge, so that will be an additional fee on every parking transaction that customers will experience. It's a great product, and the fee we already have in our downtown garages, I don't need to…

[41:07] give you too much information about that, because I'm sure you've heard about it, but that is a change in the rates. Other than that, monthly permits going up to $150. I believe that's already taken place. It should not be news to any of the commissioners, but just wanted to highlight the difference between all of the garage rates between this year and next year. Or that Boulder Junction garage. On-street pricing is where we are seeing an update. Oh, sorry, was there a question, Adele? Sorry, would you rather I wait till the end? Either way is fine. Okay, I just have a quick question about that. For instance, on ParkMobile, if you have their… their membership plan, you don't pay the per-time fee? Is there something… similar with Metropolis? That's the first I've heard about a membership with ParkMobile, so I'm gonna reach out to my representative and learn more about that.

[42:08] Just curious. There is not for the hourly parking, for the monthly permits, you know, obviously you're paying the cost monthly, but no, the way that they make their revenue as a business is by charging this. per transaction fee, and that's why it's not at a cost to the operator to have Metropolis installed. Totally fair. Just curious about that, that one thing. Okay. Yep. Sorry, go. No problem. So, on-street pricing, we are going to be seeing an increase. This is actually happening across all on-street paid parking blocks in the entire city. This was, city council budget process that happens. So, normally each year, we raise and lower pricing depending on, the… usage that we see throughout the year. It's a program called Performance-Based Pricing. You might have heard me speak about it. I usually send an annual report.

[43:08] This year, slightly different process. This was just part of the city's annual budgeting process, and it was already approved by City Council, so we're foregoing the performance-based pricing. It's just gonna be a uniform. 50 cent per hour increase on all blocks, so that means that all of the blocks in Boulder Junction will now be $2 an hour instead of $1.50 per hour. They're all consistent, just because we've seen fairly low utilization of them over the years. I will still be putting out an annual report that you will get at some point. In the future, so look out for that, but just wanted to give you an update about that price change that's going into effect next year. And then, the last thing I have is to talk about this NPP petition. As I alluded to earlier, in response to open… an open comment, we have received a valid petition.

[44:03] to, put together a proposal for some kind of neighborhood permit parking zone in the Boulder Junction area. And the process is that every year, we collect petitions. By the end of the year, we include them in our annual report to Council, which Boulder… with which commissioners you guys will also receive. And then the following year, we add it to our work plan, Assuming everything goes as usual with the dissolution of community vitality and parking services being kind of spread out into different departments now. Hopefully, we'll be able to work on this item in 2026, but that's still… that transition is still in the works, and so things are a little bit fluid right now, but typically the way that it goes is, we have an outreach and engagement with the public. Staff put together a proposal for what that NPP will look like, and then we go through a public process with the Transportation Advisory Board and with City Council.

[45:06] So… When we get to that point. Typically we send out letters to all of the residents and the businesses inside the area that we're considering, for an NPP, so, folks will hear about it from us and have an opportunity to provide, some feedback for us on what that looks like. it will likely still mean paid parking in all of the areas that have paid parking. We might even be able to expand paid parking into other parts of, like, the steel yards, and then we would layer on some permits on top of that. So, that's likely what that proposal will look like, but… That work is still to come. So that's it for me, and I'll open it up for any additional questions, from commissioners about any of the topics that I talked about today, or, even the comment we received earlier.

[46:04] I want to bring up that there is a comment, or rather a question, in the… in the chat. From Will, which is, Samantha, are parking citation costs expected to increase in 2026, non-payment at kiosk, improper parking, etc. Thank you, I can't see the chat right now, so I appreciate the question. There are some parking citations that are increasing For next year, the only ones that are increasing are just safety violations, so overtime at a meter is not going to change, but safety violations, like someone who's parking in a loading… in a no-park zone, or in a fire lane, or someone who's parking in an ADA space who does not have an ADA placard, those citations are increasing. So, for example, someone who's parked in an ADA-designated space who does not have An ADA placard. I believe that's going up to $200 from $112. It's more in line with some of the surrounding communities. I believe in Denver it's $250. I could be wrong about that, but we wanted to.

[47:13] Make it a little bit more in line with, kind of, what is consistent, and also make sure that folks are, motivated to follow our parking rules. And then in terms of the safety violations, I believe they're going up. They're still going… they're going to be, graduated fines. And I think they're going 60… third… yep. 609-120, but I can confirm that was part of the budget process for Council, so if you wanted to look up the fee ordinance that was part of the city's budget process, that's where all of those are outlined, and I can follow up with you, Will, if there's… if you have additional questions or want to get into the weeds and nerd out with me later. Will, do you still have your hand up for a question? Not directly related to the citation costs. I was just wondering, Samantha, the public comment earlier was quite inspiring, because I live in Boulder Junction, and I also spent a lot of work time here. I can't think…

[48:13] And granted, I travel by bicycle, foot, and bus, but I can't think of a single on-street ADA spot. Do you happen to know if that is demarcated within the district? I… I am fairly confident that there is one ADA on-street space that's fairly close to 30 Pearl, but… because I remember when it was being debated by Transportation Mobility, ultimately, I'm not responsible for ADA on-street spaces, so I'm not an expert, but I do recall getting at least one request, and I believe there is one. I think it's on 31st, so between 30th and Junction Place, and kind of on the south end. It's either that, or it's, like, on one of those little access roads, but, let me… maybe I can get back to you if I can just, like, tour around on Google Maps and find it, then I'll let you know.

[49:07] Yeah, and I'll take a look tomorrow when I'm over there, because I had actually messaged with Darcy, who's my colleague at the Chamber. I let her know I couldn't think of a single one of those. I really appreciated the resident bringing it up. And I think that is the prime candidate, if there's not already one there, 31st between Pearl and Spruce, which would, offer immediate access to 30 Pearl, the new WYE flats, which is market rate, as well as Boulder Commons on their more southern Pearl Building, so it's sort of a tri-community service for potentially a single spot. Yeah, actually, Christine just pointed out that we do have some of them on our public parking map, so there are… it looks like there might be two that are, I'm… south of Pearl Parkway on Junction Place, one at the… in the, Boulder Junction access road, like, access to the garage. It's not showing the… the one on 31st, but that just could be because we haven't completed all of the… the… the,

[50:07] Some of these blocks, like, recently got completed in terms of their development, so they haven't all been mapped by our GIS team. So… You know, again, if you ground truth it is gonna be the best way to find out. Ground truth. Fair enough. That'll be the phrase of the day. Yeah. Great. Yeah, what… are there… are there none just in that… again, that access road between Pearl Street and… Josh in place. Where the bricks are. The brick parking versus the… Yeah, that's what I was thinking, Rebecca. It was either there or along 31st Street, but I remember it… I remember when that request first… Was posed, so… I'm also, going on memory here, behind the roadhouse, just affronting the train tracks. I do believe that that might be what Christine's alluding to, and I'll… I'll shift focus and look at the, site. Thanks for the link.

[51:18] Sam, do you have any other updates for us? That's it for me. Also, am I… am I… am I misnaming you? Are you Sam or Samantha? I go by Sam. No, you're totally fine. So, I also just thank you so much for jumping in earlier and giving us… and giving us feedback on the… on… for the… the constituent. I really appreciate that, too. Not a problem. In that case, I believe that our next item on the agenda is the letter to City Council. Yep. Hey, so Chris can't join us tonight, so I'll be taking over for the letter. Let me just get it on the screen here. So…

[52:00] the goal tonight is to go ahead and finalize this, and then get your vote for approval to send it over to City Council. And so, if we have edits or any kind of changes we want to make live here, we can go ahead and do that. Sorry, am I sharing the right screen? I… I think it's, I think it's because it's separated across a couple of different things, it's a little hard… it's hard for me to read, and the top part is cut off on the second page. Okay, do we wanna… do you wanna just have it… Why don't we go page by page? I think that'd be easier.

[53:02] Yeah, I'm gonna make this bigger. Great. Okay. And I am sorry, I'm gonna have to peel off from this call. A family matter, and but thank you. Thank you, Daniel. I don't have any notes on the first page. Oh, Rebecca, yes. Am I… My one concern about this page is just the terminology of Commission a usage-based study of bike infrastructure. I… I am concerned that that will actually lead to expenses and delay. Versus moving with agility, and being adaptable. So… Can we be more adaptable staff, or does… is this something that actually requires a study?

[54:12] Do we have any comments from staff on that question? Rebecca, can you repeat that again? Sorry. I am concerned that the bullet that is highlighted on the screen right now, commission a usage-based study of bike infrastructure, will result in expenses for the district and delays. I would like to be more proactive and agile in investing and bike infrastructure here. So I'm wondering if we can just maybe Remove that aspect of the bullet, and start with… Alignment.

[55:02] I… I don't see why not, but I'm kind of speaking on behalf more of the finance side of things, and I'd hate to… speak for those who would be more on the project management side of things. So Christine or Sam, I know this isn't necessarily directly in your wheelhouse, but I don't know if you've heard anything from transportation in terms of you know, the bike infrastructure there, I get what Rebecca's saying here. It's rather than going through the time of trying to figure out you know, well, I mean, it doesn't hurt to understand what needs to actually be done before we do the thing, so we don't waste money doing things that don't necessarily need to be done, but I can also understand the sense of urgency to create better bike infrastructure, but I can't really speak on exactly what that means. Kristen? Yeah, I think… Go ahead, Christine, I don't know if… Yeah, I'm not aware of who would be resp… which department's going to be responsible for this moving forward, so,

[56:05] I can't really comment on… In that case, can we highlight this phrase? And I don't know, this is a… this is a, like, Robert's Rules of Order. Can we approve the letter Conditionally? Or can we just… can we prove it offline via email, if that is a… something we can take out? You can kind of compare, you guys couldn't actually collaborate offline, so to speak, without daylighting, meetings. I see Matt just popped on. Oh, maybe you got some information? Oh, no. Keep going, Elliot. Okay. Heh heh. So yeah, I'd hate for us to collaborate offline as commissioners, and the deadline for the submission of this letter is also something that we need to consider as well. I think we're a little bit behind the curve because we had to cancel our November meeting, is that right? November?

[57:00] Yes, this is the… this is the makeup for November. I… I would do… I do not want to make improvements conditional on the study. I am okay if we have a placeholder, and we decide we need a study. I do not want there to be a, this has to happen. For stuff to… for stuff to… to move forward. If that makes sense. Thank you. It completely makes sense to me. I will say this is our request to City Council, and since our request to City Council doesn't necessarily obligate them to funds, please correct me, people, but if… it doesn't necessarily obligate them to funds, I think that we can… I don't know, I think it's more important for us to get it in and have the actual stated goal of the bike infrastructure than to hold off on it, but that is much.

[58:04] Ellie's changed it to consider, so I'm fine with that. Here's consideration. Moving forward. Perfect, I love the word consider. Are we all okay for page 2? Great. Let's go to page 2. Oh. Evaluate an appropriate topic. You know, it's that first… that first bullet for me, it's not too different from what Rebecca was going at with the first bullet on… on point one, which is. you know, I think that's one that we don't need to study. I think that's been our number one goal here for a number of years now, that we have determined that we can reduce the mill levies here in the district. And so I think it can be a little bit more opaque and a little bit more of a directive, since this is something that we've determined as a commission that that's a… has been our number one goal.

[59:05] And so… Yeah, I'd personally love to delete everything in front of the word temporary. Yeah, so… There you go. On that, so it is a one-year temporary reduction, so there's nothing that says it extends beyond 2026. That being said, there's obviously an opportunity to continue that. Again, it's really the administrative decision to evaluate Boulder Junction as the districts before we make any permanent, lasting impacts. But I did just want to confirm it is a one-year temporary reduction, hence the temporary. My proposed wording for this, Kevin and Elliot, if you are inclined to… To consider it would just be delete, evaluate, and, if appropriate, and temporarily, and replace that with renew the temporary reduction.

[60:08] Yeah. I… I would actually be in favor of Robin's suggestion. of… of KISS. You know, deleting everything that… In front of reduce. Well, she… she left temporarily in there, so I… I've made it slightly stronger than that of absolutely renew it, but… very happy with Rebecca's wording. Okay, and what was that? I must have missed something. I had left the word temporarily in. Oh. She… she softened… she made… she… that… she made that a harder… Okay, so what'd we end up with? Renew the temporary reduction. Okay. Mel Perry's. Okay.

[61:03] I don't have other comments on this page. Yeah, I don't… I do not either. Yep, and the additional considerations, this was actually a Daniel thing, and I… Think we are… At this point, it's a very long letter, and if we were to simplify it, this is the section I would cut, but he is not here to defend his edition, so I don't know what we want. I love it. up. for that reason, I think it's worth leaving as is. I think that's the least likely recommendation to be taken anyway, given the amount of capital that'll be going into it.

[62:00] And I think it's additional, it's not one of the main points, and I think that's… that says the emphasis in and of itself. Yup. Yeah, I'm disappointed, something came up and you had to leave, but yes. But I am fine with the wording, especially since it's in the additional portion and one of our, like, more urgent things. My main issue is the mill levies. Yeah. Cheer. I am fine with the wording here. Okay? Goodbye, me. Great, I think we are fine to route that for signatures, team. Okay, can I just get you to vote, please? Oh, yes. Could we get a… could we vote on all members who approve of the letter in its current format? Aye? Sorry, shouldn't it just be a motion to approve the letter?

[63:00] Can I get a motion to approve the letter? I, I move that we approve the letter. Thank you. And then I need a second. I'll second. Okay. Now, do we approve the letter? Bye. Okay. Thank you, everyone. See, that's why you should lead, Rebecca. You're better at the rules than me. Okay. Is that everything you need from us on the letter? Yes, thank you so much. Do we have matters from commissioners? I have one. This was already addressed via email, and I really appreciate the team finding out the rules around this. I just wanted to remind that Rebecca and I would like to go to, like, a coffee shop and get to know the district, collect thoughts, and also possibly drum up some participation in the commission, and I know that that was, basically approved as an acceptable activity. I would love to just remind that we'd love, like, little flyers or handouts that we could do for that.

[64:04] And she and I can work offline about putting that together. Yeah, and, I am aware that the CMO, the City Manager's office, is creating flyers, and so I'll get those over to you as soon as I have a hold of them. Fantastic. Thank you so much for your work on that. Any other comments from the Commissioners? Rebecca? building off of that, again, I… that will be a point in time that Robin and I can do that, and with those printouts. I do… Strongly recommend that we have some kind of mailing out to property owners in the district for recruitment for this commission for the coming application period. People do not know. most of the time that they even live in the district, or that these things are happening unless they are government geeks, so…

[65:03] I think that's fair. Any other matters, Rebecca, from you? Yeah, ma'am, thank you. Okay, in that case… Our upcoming next meeting will be 4 p.m, Wednesday, January 21st. And if that is everything, then we are free to adjourn. Thanks for everyone's participation this evening, I really appreciate it. Stay warm. Happy winter holidays! Thanks, everybody. Yep. Thanks, everyone. Bye.