August 8, 2022 — Transportation Advisory Board Regular Meeting

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[3:03] liberation until. Now i'll just have to abstain, I wasn't here. Before that we're all those in favor. For to approve until abstaining. Thank you. Our next. Item is public comments and any members of the public wishing. To speak to the board about a matter of transportation will have. Three minutes, so if you're interested in speaking, please use the reaction tool and zoom to raise your digital hand. And if there aren't any members of the public here for public comments we can move on to agenda item, for I think we're joined by sergeant Robert Robin band, at least from the boulder police department and Devon jocelyn from transportation ability to talk about recent traffic crashes.

[4:12] Different attacks, let me share my screen. Alright, well, good evening tab my name is Devon jocelyn i'm the principal traffic engineer for the city and the transportation and mobility department. And i'm joined tonight by sergeant Robin band released, who is in the traffic division of the boulder police department and we're here tonight to provide a 2022 mid years of your crash update. or four main things we'd like to cover tonight, the first just to go over some definitions provide high level severe crash summary.

[5:04] compare how crashes are trending this year, two trends that we've seen in the safe streets report specifically related to the areas of concern that report and then Robin will provide an update on a serious bodily injury crash that occurred back in January at broadway. And we'll leave some time following this presentation discussion. With respect to definitions wanted to just get everyone on the same page in terms of what we consider to be a severe crash within the city of boulder. So if you're a crashes, a term that transportation and mobility created back in 2019 when we were working on the safe streets report. And it refers to any crash that results in a fatality or evident incapacitating injury, which are referred to as level four or Level three injuries on the state of Colorado traffic crash report form.

[6:03] Severe crashes are commonly referred to in the industry as cassie crashes or killed or seriously injured crashes, for the purposes of a crash report a fatal injury is any injury that results in death within 30 days of the crash. Examples of incapacitating evident incapacitating injuries include such things as severe lacerations broken limbs and internal injuries. also includes an injured party transported to a hospital. Because of the severity of the injuries. Examples of evidence non incapacitating injuries include such things as momentary on consciousness bruises lumps and minor lacerations This also includes injuries that are treated that scene and do not require further medical attention away from the scene. Robin will begin her presentation later with further clarification on what is considered a serious bodily injury crash, but the definition of serious bodily injuries is included here on this slide.

[7:11] As stated in the Colorado revised statutes and i'll highlight here that this year in boulder there have been three crashes that have involved serious bodily injuries and searching vendor list is going to speak to one of those later in the presentation. slide highlights the key findings and trends from the analyses conducted for the most recent safe streets for based on the 2018 through 2020 data. The key things remain the same as presented to you and prior briefings so I won't spend too much time. Pointing these out again. What I do want to point out here is that severe crashes fairly steady and averaging between 55 to 60 theater the city did experience a slight decrease to 50 of your crashes in 2021 and going back to 2009 is severe crush year was.

[8:11] And the lowest severe crash. years were 2015 and 2020. Both with 38 severe crashes. The total number of crashes helps provide broader context to the number of severe crashes, the city so far in 2020 through June 2030 or excuse me June 30 2020 so half the year. has experienced 165 total crashes and is on an almost identical pace to 2021 in terms of the projected total number of crashes. The a 65 that have occurred so far this year are shown with the blue bar and the projected total basically doubling the 865 is shown with the orange bar. Oh yeah. Looking at severe crashes, to date, or through June 30 2020 there have been a total of 25 severe crashes and i'll point out that so far there have been no fatal crashes within the city limits through June 30.

[9:15] Historically, from the severe or the safe streets folder report, we know that severe crashes have represented between about two and a half. To 3% of total crashes and severe crashes through June 30 2022 have equated to about 2.9% of total crashes, so it indicates that severe crashes are on a fairly steady pace with prior years. Looking at the location of 2022 severe crashes the top corridors, where they're occurring so far correspond closely with the core arterial network. The segments along broadway 30th street arapahoe avenue and baseline road I do want to point out that. There was a fatal crash a double fatal crash that occurred on foothills parkway north of diagonal highway on April 9.

[10:08] This crash is not included in the data presented tonight, since the investigation was handled by Colorado state patrol and occurred outside of the city limits. But I do want to take just a moment and recognize the victims who lost their lives in that crash 33 year old or a sione and 49 year old Gregorio Morales ramirez. These next slides will detail the WHO what where, when and why related to the severe crashes that have occurred through the first half of 2022 and it'll compare the trends so far this year, the trends noted in the most recent safe streets report. With respect to who has been involved in the crashes what we've seen so far as that i'm 2022 eight of the 28 severe crashes nearly a third of them.

[11:06] have been crashes, involving a single vehicle motorcycle or scooter so, in other words it's just a single rider or driver who has crashed and had severe injuries. This six severe crashes that we've had so far in involving motorcycles exceeds our annual model motorcycle severe crash turtles from 2018 through 2020. In those years we averaged a total of four to five motorcycle crashes throughout the entire year and again we've seen six motorcycle crashes so far in the first half of 2022. as well so far in 2022 severe crashes involving bicycles and pedestrians appear to be down compared to historical trends. This slide details the severe crashes by crash type and relative to trends within the most recent safe streets report again the data indicates that severe crashes involving bicycles and investments are down so far this year.

[12:12] Well, other crash types are generally trending closely to prior trends. This slide shows where the severe crashes are occurring by St classification. arterial continue to again be where most of your crashes are occurring 72% of severe crashes that have occurred through the first half of 2022 occurred on our materials and that's tracking slightly higher than the three year trend of 67% noted in the most recent safe streets report. This slide provides additional details about where severe crashes are occurring in the city with respect to the intersection type. The data so far in 2022 indicates that civilized intersections continue to be a location where severe crashes frequently occur 40% of severe crashes through the first half of 2022 have occurred at civilized intersections, which is in line with most recent historical trends.

[13:20] This slide details severe severe crash was by lighting condition. We looked at this, although the safe streets report didn't explicitly track the trends related to the time of day when severe crashes were occurring. But it is interesting to note here that nearly two thirds of the severe crashes that have occurred in the first half of 2022 occurred during the daylight hours. This slide details of the factors contributing to severe crashes, such as distraction red light running speeding impairment and making a left turn. The 2020 data through June 30 indicates that crashes resulting from distraction are trending up well those involved in making making a left turn speeding an impairment appear to be trending down.

[14:15] The city is experienced six severe crashes attributed to distraction so far in 2022 this exceeds the. totals in which the city averaged about three distracted driving severe crashes per year. i'd like to transition now to speak about one way in which division zero Action Plan update is taking a proactive approach to reducing severe crashes. A key component to the updated version zero action plan is to analyze crash data in a few different ways, one of which is referred to as systemic safety analysis. This method seeks to evaluate risks across the entire transportation system rather than only managing risk at specific locations.

[15:04] The method compares historical crush data against transportation system risk factors such as vehicle speeds traffic volumes land uses demographics and other factors. The main goal of systemic safety analysis is to proactively identify areas that may have a higher potential for crashes to occur in the future. because their locations were many factors overlap strategies to address the risk factors will then be recommended in these areas, based on a system wide basis. To hopefully prevent crashes from occurring in those areas prior to there being a number of people seriously killed or injured at those locations. And I want to highlight here as well, to give tab just a brief update that for the systemic analysis, the project team will be reviewing and incorporating the results of our Community engagement efforts which were ongoing for the past two months.

[16:03] This includes close to 700 pins that were dropped on our interactive web map to identify locations where people did not feel safe when driving walking or biking. As well as locations where they may have experienced a close call or just in general felt safety improvements were necessary. We also received 700 completed questionnaires that will help the project team further understand travel trends and talk traffic safety concerns within the Community. And the preliminary results from the questionnaire indicate that distracted driving drivers not yielding to pedestrians and bicyclists and speeding, are the top traffic safety concerns of the boulder community. So i'll wrap up my portion of the presentation, with some key takeaways again they're they're listed here. But I wanted to highlight again that approximately half of the single vehicle user crashes were flag isn't being caused by distracted driving or riding others were a result of falling asleep at the wheel flat tire or another cause not specifically listed on the crash report.

[17:15] Again with respect to those single vehicle crashes motorcycles were involved in four of the eight single vehicle crashes, one of them involved in a bike user on a multi use path. And the 33% single vehicle crashes is fairly close to what we saw in 2021 where we had 27% of severe crashes involve a single vehicle user. will now hand it over to surgeon band released to discuss the serious bodily injury crash that occurred on January 3 near broadway and ash. Devon, thank you for that. board members, thank you for inviting me back to give a presentation, I really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you devin if you wouldn't mind going back to the definitions page just so I can kind of touch on that.

[18:10] Apologies for the fast movement there. So when we talk about injury injury severity in the police department, we follow the state standards. The word severe crash really doesn't play into our reporting, I just want to be sure that that you understand the difference between. The serious crashes that Devon is talking about and the severe crashes that all present upon most serious crashes and you'll notice the definition for spi or serious bodily injury is a quite a large range. majority of those crashes are at the low end of the range where there's a broken bone or a laceration. When they become severe when somebody is seriously injured, to the point where they could lose their life that's when we call it a severe crash and that's when our investigative team comes out and reconstructs the crash for da consideration and charging.

[19:14] As Devon mentioned Thank you devin if you wouldn't, mind you can go back to my first slide is Devon mentioned this year we've only had three what we would consider severe crashes and we've had no fatal crashes you so far this year so we're having a very good year. The crash that I want to talk about is the crash that occurred on January 3 in the afternoon about 1322 or 122 in the afternoon officers Alex coursera and officer, DJ Smith were the primary officers on that crash next slide please. It occurred at broadway and ash in the southbound lanes. pull up my notes real quick. And you can show the next slide please.

[20:01] So at approximately 122 in the afternoon we began receiving multiple 911 calls references injury accident and. Witnesses first reported to us that it was a vehicle and a pedestrian that had been involved when we got on scene, we learned that. 2004 acura had suffered a flat tire and the driver had pulled to the far right lane and the southbound lanes to change it, he had. turned on his hazard lights he had opened the hood hoping that would be another indicator and then his trunk was open and he was at the back of the car obtaining tools. For his his task at hand. That was, unfortunately, the time of the collision. Vehicle traveling in that same lane struck the back of that vehicle and he suffered a double leg amputation and a broken left arm on scene.

[21:02] Next slide please. This is a. Basically, a Google picture of those three lanes you'll see that there was no available shoulder for him to pull off on and the next side street, which was Dartmouth was approximately 1500 feet further south he didn't feel like he could drive that far on his broken his flat tire. Next slide please. So the driver of the tesla the APP fault driver was a 25 year old male he was driving home from shake shack there at the 29th street mall he felt like he was traveling about 40 to 45 miles an hour he had not turned on the internal cameras, so they were not working. Neither had the activated and the the automated driving features that tesla is known for so the vehicle did not assist him in any way.

[22:03] Our investigation revealed that the vehicle is traveling about 37 miles an hour about five seconds prior to that collision and was steady, so there was no breaking prior to impact. further investigation also revealed that marijuana was a factor in this crash, and we charged the driver with vehicular assault. Next slide please. So pretty much that concludes my presentation on that crash but i'm definitely available for any questions that you might have regarding it. And the questions I had for tab to help facilitate the discussion are listed there, but certainly welcome to any others that you may have relative to this presentation. Thank you devin and surgeon evangelist it's always interesting to hear a little more details about some of these things that come across the news throughout the year do any Members of tab have any questions for our speakers to.

[23:10] Thank you, I want to just first express my appreciation that you are here it's something i've been asking for, for several months to have sort of more regular touch points sergeant Angeles it's always nice to see you, even though it's always a terrible circumstance, when we do see you. I was just struck at the at the end and I recognize this is probably not a decision by the police department, but the decision to charge the driver with vehicular assault, as opposed to something like reckless driving, which has, I know i'm not sure which has more of a. Of a penalty attached, or you know potential penalty also, I think it does matter that the person who was struck was outside the vehicle. Because I think, then, then it does. trigger our statewide vulnerable road user law So could you give us any insight that you might have on why was vehicular assault versus reckless driving or redness endangerment or some other charge and then whether we should be expecting.

[24:13] The villanova road user law to be also enhancing these penalties. i'll speak to the first question first so. The driver was not considered vulnerable road user because he was not acting as a pedestrian and he was not marked pedestrian crosswalk he was not utilizing facilities. As such, and so, unfortunately, it does not pertain to him. And the second part of the question is the vehicular assault actually is the higher charge to reckless driving it has a piece of culpability piece that he should have. been more under control, as opposed to the reckless driving, which is a little bit more without wanton and willfulness or with one.

[25:00] What yeah without want to write this yeah so so it actually is the higher charge and the marijuana is what bump that up to the higher criminal charge. understood yeah and I really appreciate the insight, because I was wondering, you know when I heard about this crash and. tesla and there goes, you know our faith and all these automated you know collision avoidance technologies and things I wasn't aware, you could even turn all that stuff off in a tesla. yeah, I think, more importantly, you need to turn them on. So I think, but what we're finding with most people that are involved in crashes with their with their fancy new technology that's familiar with how to utilize it and so it's not activated. And so we are finding a lot of people with the new automated vehicles just haven't activated it. gotcha interesting i'm devin I had a question for you. Because we talked about this when we were finalizing the safe streets report at the end of last year and I had noted that in previous day streets reports we had also been tracking age of driver.

[26:09] And I know that that is you know that's clearly noted in every crash report that we get or Is this something we're no longer tracking because you know anecdotally and just like my gut memory of our most several last years of. have serious injury crashes and fatal crashes have involved with what feels like an outsize number of of young or inexperienced drivers and so i'm wondering, are we continuing to track that have we made a decision as a city to no longer pay attention to that. What can you tell me about that. yeah thanks for that question to. That is something that we are still tracking and I apologize for not including that in the presentation I left it out in the interest of time, but happy to answer that question here, I do have some details ready. With respect to what we've seen so far on the ages that have been reported on the crash forms, we have seen three of the severe crashes that have involved drivers that have been 65 or older and then relative to our younger driver population.

[27:17] None of the none of this fear crashes appear to have impacted or involves children under 15. into the crashes, it does appear as though 116 year old driver was was at fault and then 117 year old was a victim. Thank you, I appreciate that, so it is something we're going to continue to kind of keep an eye on and. If we if we are noticing trends, we will have, or if we are we're curious if there are trends, we will continue to update on that. Yes, terrific Thank you. you're welcome.

[28:00] I have a question. um what's the speed limit in that particular intersection is it around 55. I think you're muted. sorry about that it is it's 40 miles an hour there. And, are there any plans to reduce speed and intersections when something horrible like this happens. I mean. I think it's a great question for Devon, the police department doesn't set speed limits. yeah training, I think that is something that. can be considered as as something relative the context of the road, but I would say, historically, that. A severe crash occurring on a segment of roadway in and of itself doesn't necessarily merit a change to the speed limit and that it's more so often a comprehensive review of the traffic volumes and prevailing speeds.

[29:07] But we are seeing with some new research out there that the city is planning to look at more closely in a upcoming. ways to better incorporate context sensitive aspects of the roadway, one of which may be the crash history along the roadway seven. Thank you. I have my follow up i'm sorry i'm a lousy so loud and noisy place. I didn't know at. The airport so. lovely and if you can't hear me. and My one question I have is when there's that reconstruction of what happens and. I realized that's mostly sounds like largely for legal purposes moving forward and understanding what happened, but does it also include in looking at what all the.

[30:10] Design street design expertise included there, whether it's from education department or the police department if somebody they're looking at us for design factors. That helped contribute, or is it largely looking at the factors having to do it the people as they were what they were doing. So our reconstruction is, for the first part for prosecution purposes, but the The great thing about our relationship with the transportation department is that we share all of our data with them, so, then they can take a look on the back end and see if any. any sort of design flaw or any design improvements can be made in an area, so I would say it's twofold but for our purposes it truly is for prosecution.

[31:02] Thanks and I guess that leads me to another question early for Devon, then, and as part of a systemic safety analysis, please speed and volume is. road design and explicit criteria or like I guess i'm wondering how that I mean I understand land use and me things aren't all distinct, but is it sort of explicitly factored in, like this is road with this many lanes and the lanes are this wide and. like that. that's a great question becky and I think the answer to that is. It certainly does include a lot of the factors I mentioned, I think, more specifically, to your question. It does look at speed limit as as a risk factor in and of itself and I I don't recall off the top of my head what the threshold is that we're using in our analysis but. What i've seen historically is like 35 or 40 or the roadway segments that you might flag as that as speed, being a risk factor along that roadway.

[32:11] But then it's it probably is dependent upon the crash type that you're most interested in analyzing as far as how those different risk factors get overlaid and paired. To make a determination about the crashes that would most likely be occurring at a location and then what could be done proactively to address them. I have a question. So I live very close to where this crash happened or relatively close and. I travel on broadway quite often is there. Like. A record of how many people are being cited for speeding, because it seems to me that people on broadway are driving a lot faster than 40 miles an hour on a regular basis, and I just would like to know if there had been like.

[33:07] No like a representative number of infractions that have occurred in that particular segment specially like from table message to baseline that stretch seems to be like. A free for all. yeah yeah 20 I agree with you, first of all it's downhill. And and it's a wide road so it's actually one of the favorite my favorite places to sit when I have some free time. I don't know what the numbers are as far as how many tickets have been issued in that area, and what I can I can look that up for you, if you're more interested. I can tell you that our ability to do enforcement is has been hard this year just for staffing purposes, our traffic unit is at 50% right now.

[34:00] which makes it very difficult for us to have free time to go out and write tickets and we try and do. Enforcement we try and balance between complaint areas and and areas that are higher and crashes, and so I would tell you that those numbers are going to be lower than I would like, for them to be and they're they're lower than they have been in the past. And would we benefit, perhaps in researching like a speed camera and maybe dark mouth, or maybe on actually on baseline some are flashing lights something to kind of deter driver behavior. So the cameras program is very specific the laws were written specifically so that it can be placed in areas that are 30 miles an hour or less, and it has to be a specific. dynamic of land use, unfortunately I don't have that memorized either, but as far as design goes, I think, maybe Devon can talk a little bit more about. Some possibilities and you know, obviously the the the tab will have to decide about finances and recommendations about where that money goes.

[35:09] yeah attorney I think that's one of the things that will be looking at more closely with the action plan is where we where we would get the most return on our investment for those types of dynamic speed feedback signs and where they would have the most impact on drivers. One thing will be looking at as a countermeasure. To hopefully reduce arterial speeding, since as rob Robin said, we are limited by the State legislature on where photo enforcement can be performed. That being said, we are continuing to work behind the scenes, with her El Castillo and our you know legislature folks within the city. To craft a vision for those policies that we want to fight hardest for at the state legislature and that photo enforcement does seem to be one that is rising to the top.

[36:03] priorities. Thank you. So much amanda ELISE Thank you also for making the time for this I just I had a couple of comments in reaction to things I heard and also a question. Similar following up on something I heard first the Thank you sergeant for for clarifying on on becky's question about is there a fault finding for for design or consideration of design and I heard you say that that that's transportation departments consideration and. I guess just to just comment would be that in in future just in general and in future kind of assessments, in which we we consider. Future crashers would love to yeah just see a little more sort of like as part of the presentation from transportation side.

[37:03] some kind of a maybe more systematic like i'm just just analysis of here here are the design factors at play and here's what we think. supported this being more of a driver, you know kind of error sort of thing versus here are some you know design features that may have contributed to it or things we've learned from a design perspective I don't mean to pick it anything specifically here, but just that I think that's. One of the things we're gonna it's going to really help us to reduce crashes in the future so anyway, just to comment on that and then. Also, a social engineers I don't want to read too much into your your comment that um that there's you know, there are certain locations, you know where to sit with the radar gun but goodness gracious that sounds interesting to me that, is there a map of these places. To sounds to me like in a like a like a market I don't you call the market. inefficiency, but if we know that there are places where people speak goodness that sounds like a design matter to me anyway, I don't want it, I don't mean to be like you know.

[38:03] Making it into big out of that with that statement, but that sounds like an interesting thing to. Maybe just for us collectively to think about going ahead are there sort of like known hospital areas that are not not for crashes per se, but for for risk because of speeding. So anyway, no need to respond, unless you want to, but I thought i'd for those and I didn't know just ask my question. and on something Tila had said about the similar questions on what was going on with the tesla computer and I would be curious to hear sergeant How does it. How does it work that you like just sort of what's the process, you get you ready for the crash, you want to check out and see was the autopilot activated. How can you just do that, and then you feel like that's you have a confident answer on the spot or How does that work like what do you just sort of like what buttons to push or what do you how do you, what do you do to know that that's that sort of Okay, well, we can check that box. yeah that's a that's a great question i'll talk a little bit about the speed enforcement, so there are areas that we know that speed contributes to crashes, and as Devon had mentioned, they are on our arterial roadways.

[39:10] So foothills baseline broadway 28th once it gets inside the city. Those are definitely places that that we focus on, and I, you know my personal opinion, is the people that are speeding on the arterial roadways are the same people that are speeding in the residential areas. And while sitting in a residential areas, not necessarily time productive for us, we know that we're making a difference if we're sitting on the arterial roadways. So, and then each officer has its own you know personal investment and broadway for some reason just strikes a nerve with me it is 40 miles an hour, and I think people have high speeds there it's just a place that I feel invested so that's kind of how that works. OK, so the question about. Well we'll talk we'll talk about vehicles in general.

[40:01] When we arrive on scene, we assess pretty quickly isn't a vehicle that's going to have a system that we can tap into, and if it does have a system. Then we start a couple of different processes tesla is great about sharing data and there's a lot of data that they can share with us, without any sort of. warrants that are needed, otherwise if it's not a tesla vehicle our general avenue is either to ask the driver for consent to access those data points or to apply for a search for. Great Thank you. hmm. I have a. question about accessing the data. I, my understanding is earliest i've looked for where crash data, like most recent rashida can be found, and the most recent I could find was from 2019 with the vision to dashboard and i'm wondering if there would it be possible to have crash data available.

[41:15] A lot more recent than that, for instance, I know in some cities are able to have with a database of updated so that you can see crashes that happened within the last up to the last three weeks. That are publishing open data platform and I just think that'd be really valuable to have the public so i'm wondering if it's possible and if not, what are the barriers to that happening. yeah. As you say, that's more of a DEMO I can start out there becky and then. Veronica I don't want to put you on the spot, but if you have anything to add veronica's also intimately involved with her crush data and the crush data records management. What I will say as a positive becky is that we have a direct link staff does to the PD crush database, so we do get on the spot information.

[42:11] That is up to date and that's part of the reason we could provide the update that we did tonight with the information that we had through the end of June, certainly lagging about a month behind. But with respect to your broader question I don't know Veronica if you are able to add anything to that. yeah I can add to it um we're currently working with the it department TD, to create a dashboard to have more of an open data source for these crashes on. I can't say when that will come active but we're working on a public facing dashboard as well as an internal dashboard so that. Everyone within the city and then outside the city could have access to more recent data, rather than waiting for the transportation department to manually updated every few years, but that has to come.

[43:10] Great Thank you i'm. yeah i'm really. happy to hear that and I think just add that, even if it, you know, even if it's the table. You know, so that people could just download the table that's more recent like that alone would be just a huge. I think a big yeah just big indication of you know, further indication of our commitment. To addressing these crashes by making it public, and also help answer people's questions. So they can you know download the data and look at the Cross tabs and do kind of that kind of analysis I think it's just a great. way to enable the Community to engage that more deeply with with helping address crashes and reducing them in the future so thanks RON i'm glad to hear that. And becky i'd like to add, and it would also serve as an assertion of positive things that the city is doing correct, I mean it's it's a reflection of good things you know, because we could.

[44:10] demonstrate how things are. In comparison to a couple of years back, where at a national level, I believe it is the three year cycle that you're speaking about becky so it's kind of frustrating. yeah. So devin and Veronica when becky said, you know she went and looked for this, and the most recent stuff that she could find was 2019 we should looking in the right place, you know, because your response started out Devon was like well we get updated right away, but. She was sort of asking like as a member of the public, or you know someone is interested, is there a way to find more recent information or does it have to wait for that manual update the Veronica talked about. yeah my understanding is that it does require a will update on steps and at this time and that's what we're working to solve.

[45:00] Okay, and then just before we go in case we're wrapping up on this, I did also want to acknowledge Devon, thank you for. For naming the people who died, even though they were not within our city limits, it was you know inches away it feels and that's something that I have been. Really focused on for a couple of years, is to acknowledge that there are people dying on our roadways and not mere numbers so. I just wanted to you know give you a hat tip for for hearing that and responding to it and acknowledging these people's lives that were lost in our roadways and it's it's all part and parcel of valuing human life and avoiding more loss in the future, so thank you for that. You. will have our. work cut out for us in our materials and perhaps with the South broadway bus lanes if we were to install the bus only lanes and our outer lanes that would limit the opportunities for speeding, especially on the busier hours.

[46:04] So next. next agenda item five will welcome Chris and samantha for Amsterdam access management and parking strategies residential access management program performance based pricing. And alphabet soup. Thank you, Mr chair, good evening tab i'm Chris Jones the interim director of Community vitality and I am joined this evening by Sam bromberg she is our senior project manager leading our amps strategies. Are veteran tab Members will recall that I and Chris hagelin joined you all last fall to present a number of changes that we had proposed for January of this year, as well as a. work plan related to performance based pricing in our own street managed systems in our commercial areas, as well as. Priority based neighborhood access management, now known as our residential access management program and Sam has been working very hard on.

[47:09] Implementing these strategies she's prepared and information item that we've been sharing with a number of boards and commissions and it's going to counsel I believe in this week or next week's package, she can correct me. But wanted to to take this opportunity to just give you all, an update on where we're at in the work plan in advance of developing recommendations for implementation in 2023 so with that i'm glad to hand it over to Sam. Thanks Chris and thanks to tab for having me here tonight, let me just share my screen. And let me know if you can see that all right.

[48:01] And guess you know. So, as Chris said, my name is samantha bromberg i'm a project manager with Community vitality i'm here to update tab on. Several of the amps initiatives provide some background and otherwise prepare the board for the fall one will plan to return with specific implementation recommendations for which will be soliciting feedback at that time. So just a high level overview of access management and parking strategy initiatives, as you can see, on the right, all of the current and ongoing Apps initiatives i'll be talking about two and three parking pricing strategy and residential access management. But just to give you an idea of what's going on and what we have coming in the future as well. A couple of recent changes that have happened in 2022 to support. The start of these program implementations and we set the stage for performance based pricing, which is variable on street pricing based on demand.

[49:09] All on street parking rates for increased by 25 cents per hour off street parking was maintained at $1 25 per hour with the tiered pricing eliminated and a maximum daily rate of $15 implemented for stays longer than six hours. To increase safety and compliance for users of the right of way we implemented graduated and safety mobility funds. Increasing based fines for many parking violations and introduce graduated funds for pete violations and mobility safety fines which are higher fines for violations that create unsafe conditions for other travelers. The last change was that neighborhood parking permits were increased by $10 for residents and $20 for commuters with the goal of achieving cost recovery for the program in a few years. Lastly, to implement the residential access management program or ramp we mounted a robust data collection program to study parking occupancy and boulders residential neighborhoods.

[50:12] So here's our proposed roadmap for 2023. We will be increasing the permit pricing for neighborhood parking permits once again along that will be implementing a new discount program for income qualified individuals, which is detailed in the revised city manager rule that was attachment be in the memo that was provided to you. For performance based pricing will be fully implementing the program so that introduces variable pricing pricing by block face based on demand. We are recommending the implementation of a trailhead access management group under which osm P, which is open space and not in parks. Transportation and mobility and Community vitality staff will study residential areas nero's and petrolheads and access points with observed parking spillover to determine an approach to mitigate that spillover and utilize.

[51:07] tedium strategies to encourage travel beyond the personal personal vehicle to those destinations and lastly we'll continue to study residential parking patterns, to determine where parking mitigation might be useful. And then, our next steps here we're continuing our data collection we're nearly at the end of our effort for this year. To be able to analyze the results of that data presented in the fourth quarter in the fall to all boards commissions in Council with our final recommendations, based on that analysis. And then we'll also be putting together a new communications plan to communicate those those changes for performance based pricing and ramp to the public. So. that's the end of my very high level presentation and i'd like to open it up for questions if there are any happy to revisit any of the slides as well.

[52:08] Thanks amanda anytime members have questions. Thanks very much Sam and Chris I think my my biggest question Sam I wasn't I didn't have my like record on mentally yet when you first started speaking, but i'm us, you said you would be soliciting feedback in the fall. Yes. Tell me more about that, because my bait my first question before talking to you this evening was why is this merely an information item, what do you asked me a tab and when do we give substantive feedback. yeah that's a great question um really our aim for tonight, was to update all boards and commissions and Council to remind them of what we've been doing so far, we do have a city minute and revise city manager role in a new city manager rule that we're hoping to.

[53:06] put forward open for public comment, so there are changes happening, but our final recommendations are based on like a whole year of data collection that we're still very much in the midst of. And that will be presenting to you with recommend with specific implementation rough recommendation so which blocks will be increasing and pricing for performance based pricing, which ones might be decreasing. Under that the new performance based pricing program and then for ramp what were the results of the occupancy analysis that we've been doing so what is. parking occupancy look like in all across the city both and existing NPP zones in a newly identified areas and what changes were recommending that we make in 2023. So it's been a pretty serious effort, a whole lot of data collection. And we just wanted to make sure that boards and commissions and Councils, where we're ready to.

[54:05] provide that input input once we come back to them in the fall. Okay, ready to provide input about how you were doing on what you've decided you're pursuing. Because I guess i'm wondering Christina yes you're going to take this one, this is great um. Because there's definitely some like a bigger picture items a tab has been asking for sort of quicker action on or more. and More fine grain, I suppose, changes to the program that i'm that are still not showing up and I have asked repeatedly for tab to be consulted earlier and more frequently on this kind of thing, perhaps, to the detriment.

[55:00] happy to. talk to me well. We certainly want to come to tab for ice in this work and that's what. you're but you're here you're here tonight, just to tell us what's going on and i'm like Wendy analysis. For advice, because it feels like we are we're missing an opportunity to have that advice count. So, Sam will be back with you in the fall to share her recommendations, there are a number of new members that have not been involved in this work. So we want to make sure that they had plenty of time to dive into the materials that we provided for you this evening in advance of all the great work that sam's been doing working very hard to make sure that we are making meaningful progress in our parking management strategies. Okay. what's the best way for me to give you feedback on things that you're not asking my feedback on wait until it's open for public comment.

[56:00] yeah as a Community, you are more than welcome to always send us an email, if you have some. Suggestions doing differently, the we solicit that input from Community all the time. In. The memo um. There were proposed revised regulations you know city managers regulations for implementing because is because the the ordinance basically gives the city manager lots of lots of leeway to. Implement and change regulations, which I think is a smart way to do it, it wasn't clear to me whether the NPP stuff was modified i've read it multiple times over the last several years but not very recently, and so, if there are. Changes in attachment be to the memo having a red line version to show what's new and what's different versus know this is just what the state, you know current affairs is would be helpful for me is is what was in the memo where it is stands now, on the books.

[57:08] No. Apologies what was in the memo is the new revised version. there's a lot of it's a little bit confusing to read, but i'm happy to provide the red line version. I would love a red line version. yeah you'd like to dig into it more. I would. And, to the extent you're open to hearing feedback on it tonight I think it's the same critique that i've offered over the over the years about it that it tends to be. Overly focused on how to expand and P P zones or whatever we're going to call them now how to how to make these these zones bigger. and very little detail thought and attention paid to what what we do with underperforming blocks and blocks that are severely under parked. I recognize it's it's unusual that that that's something that's in an NPP zone would be under Park, but you know I live near the maple hill.

[58:06] And PP and it had it is rife with examples of blocks that are severely under utilized and I think that were included in earlier attempts to avoid spillover parking concerns, but to the extent that that our current system continues to be enshrined and. Continued in these these regulations when I think if a sensible. system for including blocks in the past had been adhered to. As opposed to just sort of a fee to avoid spillover parking concerns, we would probably have a more sensible way to manage some of these. unintended consequences and unintended unnecessarily over regulated things I would also say that the.

[59:01] The. prioritization of blocks for. evaluation is a good idea and I general question I have probably for natalie and Chris. is, I know that already City Council, and I think Community vitality is tasked with updating City Council annually on how this parking permits stuff is going. But it's a lot of staff time, and so a lot of. effort and data collection and it doesn't actually happen every year we fall behind. for very good reasons the program is not paying for itself, which is something you're attempting to correct I like that, but what is laid out. In in this this new you know annual evaluation and prioritization and priorities ABC and D. It just it feels like a whole lot more work for staff and so as a realistic matter natalie Chris do we have staff time do we have bandwidth for staff to be doing this because it seems even more intensive than what we're supposed to be doing now and not delivering that.

[60:14] Sure, so Sam is here, as our access coordinator is a fixed term position, we want to make sure. thing is not a burden on the general fund so any proposal that Sam is working to recommend that will include the possibility of of reducing the size of some NPP based on the data collection that she is in the middle of right now. There certainly will and needs to be a cost component. As part of this, but overall, nothing that we want to be proposing this work and. In the work of Community vitality as a whole is intended to be on operate more as an enterprise fund, not a drain on the general fund, but we certainly want to be either.

[61:00] Revenue neutral or contributing so that we can be working towards resolving the many challenges that our communities faces. And I might just add to that as well as one of the one of the avenues that we're pursuing and looking at to kind of decrease the amount of staff time. spent on sort of the data analysis is, how can we automate as much of this as possible turn it into an online dashboard so it's interactive and. Then you know it's immediately available to anyone anytime to be able to investigate and see. What really is happening on the ground in terms of parking occupancy so it's a massive undertaking, but it it aligns with some of the other projects that are happening. In the city with the it department and so it's something that we're actively exploring and work and taking steps towards being able to provide as a service because. Obviously there's a need and I and it's worthwhile to have that information readily available and for performance based pricing, as well as for ramp just to understand the occupancy what's actually happening and why we're making these decisions about what we're implementing so.

[62:12] I can't promise that it will happen by next year, but it is something that we're definitely working towards and i'm i'm hoping that will will help address some of your concerns as well. Okay, thank you. I didn't go. Thank you, Sam and I just want to acknowledge, you know we've inherited in many ways and Sam has inherited a program that was developed 30 years ago. And world has changed and we certainly want to make sure that we are being we are evolving and responding to those changes and. And yeah we by ordinance, there is the senior requirement of a written report that did become a very much check the box practice. And we're so lucky to have Sam i'd say that maybe she and Mike Sweeney are the probably the most knowledgeable people in the organization when it comes to the intricacies of.

[63:00] The neighborhood parking management programs and their history and Sam is working really hard to make sure that that we are moving effectively into the future, so we really look do look forward to sharing the recommendations this work with you all this fall. Okay, my last question, if I can indulge our chair. We end up in the changes ramp still doesn't really have a consideration of the density of a neighborhood as far as I can tell, I am aware that there have been particular carve outs for certain. apartment buildings or blocks with apartment buildings that have occurred in the past, but it seems to have been. A recognition that second section was a little bit more dense than others. But, again, there are there are places where people have the time and energy to petition for. Their block to be in NPP when the density really the amount of frontage for a house pool is.

[64:07] incompatible. With the idea that there should be a carve out for residents and so to the extent we can think about now maybe it's too late now, but for future adjustments. It really does matter whether a you know, an average House on a block has. 75 feet of frontage versus it's the 75 foot wide you know front entrance for an apartment building that houses 150 residents, it really does matter and how we manage parking in those kinds of areas and we're not taking that into account right now. Sam i'm not sure if you want to share anything more than the tpi work. Well, I don't know if this directly, I mean so that i'm not sure that there was a question in there, but I can certainly add that.

[65:02] One of the we're definitely looking at how to identify areas that aren't being self identified by residents and so, while it doesn't directly relate to. residential density, I think you know, looking at trip trip generation and then citation data as well as helpful for identifying new areas where people might not be might not know how to engage the city on matters of parking management or. Might not know that it's an option so that's one way that we're we're trying to be a little bit more proactive and going out and looking at new areas that. Maybe have a little bit of different residential density, then, then you know areas like maple 10. Right um. that's a really good point and it sort of relates to the my question America is does staff really have the capacity to do all of the things that are you know pie in the sky here about monitoring and data collection, because. sergeant vandal he said we don't know how many speeding citations are issued on this discreet section of roadway and so when you're talking about looking at parking violations but particular stripe.

[66:11] You know, in a in a section that's that's managed parking do we have the capacity to order that look at that, like what what what's boulder PD not get that you have, or is this. Just sort of what we're hoping in the future, going to be possible. I know I would say that we have pretty detailed citation data or record of it are. i'm not I. can't speak for boulder PD so I don't know. What they use, but our enforcement staff one day are issuing a citation it logs the latitude and longitude and so we've been working like I said pretty closely with our it department to try and. create different reports to help us determine you know where are the hot spots for citations and then Where do they intersect with. With either NP PS or also these new areas that were identifying based on trip generation and so we're kind of looking at all these looking at it in a lot of different ways, but.

[67:11] it's we've like I said we've been leveraging our relationship with the it department pretty heavily to be able to do that, but we're hoping that the tools we're developing will make it easier and easier in the future to be able to pull this information really quickly. As staff needs to review it so. Great that's exciting Thank you i'm not going to take up any more time at the meeting tonight, but I do look forward to that red line version, if you could send it to me and carrying on this conversation via email. Right. I just wanted to. just go back there was an earlier part of the conversation Tila with you and Chris and I was following i'm trying to follow it on on.

[68:01] The subject of where where tabs feedback is is formally invited versus tab Members as Community Members are welcome to weigh in and just endorse I think what he was saying, which is. tab. It would be great to invite strategic level feedback to tab and especially a consideration of as, as you said, Chris that that is a 30 year old program and we have you know a lot of new that will from a 30 year perspective they're definitely new. goals and pressures, including decarbonisation including climate resilience, including the need to move to structurally change our system to one of multimodal systems. And you have here the the the appointed board of the city that's you know here to advise on high level matters of transportation, and so I don't have anything specific to say, but just that.

[69:05] I would you know what greatly welcome continued opportunities as far as the board to officially weigh in on the the kind of higher level strategic direction of where we're going no need to respond now, I just wanted to make sure that you have that for me. Thanks. Great thanks Ryan anything else from tab. Thanks samantha. Thanks Chris look forward to hearing what the final recommendations are in Q4. Thank you. Thank you goodnight. Next up agenda items six assists got sucked here for a snow and ice removal update. Alec Thank you and. I apologize I just muted myself.

[70:00] If you'll bear with me for a moment i'll go ahead and share my screen. Okay. Are we able to see the presentation. Yes, wonderful. Alright, well, thank you i'm here to. give an update on our snow and ice control program walk through. Some of our definitions and items and how we look at snow and ice control and transportation maintenance. give some updates on what we encountered last year for the. snow season and go through some of our expectations for the upcoming 2223 season and and preview an update to a larger scale that we are just embarking on.

[71:00] Our overall snow removal program goals support safe travels for all modes during so events operate the program efficiently, effectively and safely in alignment with the transportation boulder police and boulder fire master plans. and provide informative and timely communications about snowstorms. Our inventory of areas, these are city owned assets that receive service during snow and ice weather events. We plow about 52% of all streets, which is about 330 lane miles out of our 627 lane miles are on street bike lanes we plow 83% or 164 out of our 196 miles. or multi use pass we plow 100% 72 to 72 miles of multi use path and 38 of those miles are completed by transportation maintenance, some of those other areas of that 72 miles is maintained by CU boulder.

[72:18] And some other private partners. We do about 204 locations of crosswalks turn islands Center medians and curb ramps and we shovel 38 bus stops. There are others that are serviced by our TD, and then we do have a shovel a stop volunteer Program. here's the definitions for our routes, we have five primary routes those prioritize major streets. Four of those routes receive tandem truck service so that's two trucks working together to clear a wider path with each pass our secondary routes provide access to hospitals, schools and bus routes.

[73:13] That consists of additional eight routes throughout the city. Then we have conditional routes that are plowed under specific conditions, and those are part of the secondary routes when conditions warrant. And then, our on street bike facilities are plowed with the streets, that those are associated with as part of those primary or secondary routes. Are off street route definitions multi use paths that consists of two routes completed by transportation, there are other sections addressed by parks and REC and other contractors, as well as see you. Are right of way walks that's one route completed by transportation, there are other locations completed by contractors as well.

[74:04] And then crosswalks and curb ramps we do the 204 locations across the city. And then the 38 bus stops by a transportation contractor and then there's an additional 54 service by the shovel stop volunteers and then our TV maintains the ones that they're responsible for. Our resource allocation. Is one dispatcher one supervisor 17 on street operators and one and a half to two and a half off street operators and an average of two mechanics and that's per shift and we have to 24 hour shifts or 212 hour shifts to make up the 24 hours so it's the double stopping with those numbers. Now, under the highlights of the 2021 22 season, we did not receive any measurable snow until December 31 and, as we all remember that snow storm was on the heels of the devastating Marshall fire.

[75:11] We received slightly above average snowfall in a shortened season and my next slide shows the numbers that we did receive. We held a popular snowplough naming contest and that will continue into the future, we solicited ideas from the local elementary schools. And had had a great turnout and it was a very fun contest to do and the children that did win and had their name selected came out for pictures with snow plows and their snowplow names as well. We did a pre storm media and social media communications for every storm. And we're getting ready to include our. Winter update in the water bills going out very soon.

[76:05] And then we did have a significant increase in customer requests, despite the shortened season. Basically, from January to May. So here's the summary of the amounts that we received for the 2021 2022 season that's the first column, we received at 7.3 inches our average in boulder is about 82 inches so we were just slightly above but well below or 2020 2021 season. We had the same number of snow events and what was counted in that snow events is anything a half an inch or more. We called 74 shifts and those are called based on the forecast we run two types of shifts we run a skeleton shift, which is just transportation and mobility employees.

[77:05] Which is a much smaller group than our full shifts we prioritize main major streets on our primary routes and then move to the secondary routes as needed with those smaller storms and then we spent. just short of $1.2 million, which is a 250 $6,000 reduction over the 20 2021 season. A lot of that can be contributed to we had salt on hand for our salt brine material, so we did not need to purchase any of that. And then we were unable to get ice slicer from our vendor from about February through April, they were having supply chain issues and we're unable to deliver material. Coming up for the 2022 23 season we've identified that we need a comprehensive training program in past years, we would.

[78:08] Train folks in the yard during Sep tember without snow and they would get some in the seat driving the plow truck around in a controlled environment. What we've identified as we have enough new drivers that we need to have them go with an experienced driver out on the roads during an actual snowstorm. Our hope with this is that drivers will be less likely to be involved in collisions with private and city vehicles. drivers will learn how and when to apply the ice materials. And, and where to plow the snow on their routes, some of our streets we do. plow to the middle as in when rowing and then some of the streets, we are majority of the streets actually we plow to the edge of the street.

[79:01] And then drivers will be less likely to plow streets that are not on their route we had have seen in the past year, some some getting lost. Prior to my arrival here we ended up having a driver that made it all the way into longmont at one point so. It can happen we're hoping that we'll be able to get these folks on the on those routes and and show them where the turnarounds are and how to do it safely and efficiently as possible. expected challenges for the 2223 season staffing shortages. We currently have nine vacancies in transportation maintenance fully staffed we're a team of 27 so it's it's pretty significant. And 22 of those folks are dedicated to roadways and then we dedicate for to the Multi use pads and sidewalks.

[80:00] Support departments are also experiencing similar shortages. These positions are hard to fill due to the nature of the work and the experience needed to be able to drive these vehicles. Typically, we also see some departures is winter begins as folks start to understand that we do get a fair amount of snow in boulder and it is time consuming. We do expect some equipment equipment issues and we're still feeling some of that from last season as well. Recent but budget reductions have prevented timely vehicle replacement and then supply chain issues increased vehicle downtime. And we have been using a lot of temporary or band aid repairs to get vehicles back on the road quickly during snowstorms, but we do currently have some vehicles they're still being repaired and still awaiting parts from the.

[81:05] season, so those repairs are taking significantly longer than they have previously. So coming up, we just began a project to do a large snow and ice control update this will be a multi year program analysis and update project. Our plan is to assess the current program explore service level impacts, to the city sustainability resilience and equity framework identify some ongoing metrics that we can use into the future. explore community needs and expectations and perform Community engagement, including advocacy groups internal partners advisory boards and city council. So in the memo I did state that we will be revisiting with tab in late this year or early next year for that engagement and and feedback and comments on our update and what the expectations and needs are.

[82:13] So now i'll open it up to questions or comments from tab and please let me know i'm going to stop sharing my screen, but let me know if you'd like me to go back to any of those slides, and I can pull it back up. And Scott, to have any questions. Right. Scott, thank you very much and natalie the whole team thanks for thanks for doing this, I know we were I know mark and I in particular pretty squeaky about wanting to talk about this back in the winter, and I know it feels kind of maybe. Not seasonal to do right now, and the hottest month of the year, but seems like you know, this is a really good time to talk about it, in part because it, you know things don't seem so and.

[83:02] here's this thing I just slipped on, I want to talk about little little bigger picture, so I guess a couple a couple things i'm remembering from some of the earlier discussions is or yeah just what we had sort of started a prompt on was on. Thinking about the bike way particular our grid of our of bike of our bike ways. We have, if you look at the numbers of cyclist mode share it just it's wonderful right now, and he collapses, and then it collapses to almost zero in in really the cold months of the year, and I think some of that you know expected fine but. You know one thing I sort of have observed, is that you, you while we do have according presentation and, according to my done the knowledge, I already brought with me is. What we do have a really solid management in general of the Multi use paths and we do also cover the bike ways that are part of streets that are being.

[84:12] dealt with anyway, if you look at it from a perspective of what is the grid the bike way grid, how is the bike way grid being being managed. And what we just tend to find, by the way, I understand, like this resource constraints and everything so i'm just sort of talking first principles here. What we what I we tend to have, at least if I just think about this this last winter is the grid just gets totally chopped up from from the bike way grid perspective. And I see it, you know you see, in particular, on some of the green the green streets that are considered neighborhood streets which we just don't don't plow in general for probably for good reason for at least from our perspective but. What happens is you know the effect is it becomes the grid becomes unusable, in a sense, right, because as assist the system become becomes unusable, unless you have some kind of a cord or or a.

[85:08] You know, a short john on the right place it at least in the cases when you have you know, following a storm and and some of those cases. You can think of, I think I think juniper in North boulder near almost two miles on, there is a green street, but I could be mistaken, but any case this is one that I, you know personally familiar with. connects the Multi use path to almost two mile and, but it will go, I mean you can go 10 days or two weeks in the shade there and it's just a device it's not every week right but it's some weeks and. I guess my anyway so that's my promise that's the premise I don't really have, I do have a couple comments but I first wanted to just ask about feedback if I if I look at inquire if you look at inquire boulder or. Other just sort of Community comments that come in and ask and I don't want to put you on the spot, if you don't have the data but i'm just curious if we have any data that that.

[86:02] That suggests, I guess, agree with me, or you know supports or doesn't support that this is something that people are. You know, or I guess they're asking for more support with so i'll ask you that as a question and I don't want to put you on the spot, if you don't have the data but i'll stop now. yeah I can speak to that a little bit, we do have that data available through our request system. And we can dig into that that way i'd say anecdotally we do receive some feedback. in that manner I don't know off the top of my head what what that feedback is and what percentage that is of the feedback we can receive. Okay. With yeah it's not too much of would love to well, I guess, maybe wouldn't want to be goal oriented here, I guess, maybe i'll for my comments and then maybe becomes useful to look at that or not so i'll go ahead natalie please. Well Ryan, I was just going to suggest, and can you hear me okay.

[87:02] yeah. So, and I wanted to clarify just so that everyone understood. You know the work that Scott reference that will be starting and there will be an opportunity for us to come to tab and. kind of exactly the feedback that I think you want to provide and that we want to hear about how we kind of shape our snow program going forward, which would be implemented not this coming season, but next season. And the so that work is beginning now and will be coming back to tab later in the year early next year, as we get to that kind of phase of the work. But I think the reason I wanted to say something now was this your question about looking at the data, I think that will be kind of part of this process. That we will kind of dig into what are we hearing from the Community, not just from require boulder because that would be just a.

[88:03] subset of Community Members like we'll do a broader Community engagement process, but I do think we'll look at that to just see from that subset of Community who's engaging through inquire boulder what is the kind of. Request need I guess. yeah so that will be part of I think the work that we're doing. And just forgot that So is there did use indicators another meeting, we should look forward to to give to hear about Okay, and when will. likely be so the purpose and I should have sorry I should have said something at the beginning of the item I was as Scott got started I said always I should have said something so the. The purpose of tonight was really where we're at the point we start our snow season technically in September. Because we just have to at this point, we need to start everything that Scott talked about like we've got to start getting shifts build and everybody ready and trained and ready to go and so.

[89:05] that's why we're here tonight is to kind of just say this is what what we're starting from the transportation maintenance side and and the program that we typically run looks like this. And then also we are starting this more kind of an analytical work to shape a future Program. And and really you know we recognize the timing is kind of funky because we're basically going to continue with our traditional snow and ice program through this season, with no changes to the Program. And the reason for that was just work program resources we couldn't actually do the analytical work this year. earlier in the year, and so we're starting it now, which just means next year we'll continue this work and then hopefully we'll be ready to start implementing you know some of the recommendations for next season.

[90:04] So we will be back I don't know that we have an exact timeline yet Scott on when we'll come back for tabs feedback on that, but it will likely be later this year early next year. yeah natalie that's correct we don't have an exact timeline for that yet. Okay. Okay got it then, if I could i'll just i'll just offer a couple of comments, because I know this goes, we must we talked about this again so just just some feedback, as we think about this. Scott love love the work love the team love you guys and gals and everybody so things, I think. The I would, I would like to see this grid the bike way the whole system, the bike way grid, have you want to think about it, the key corridors and networks. covered comprehensively covered and that that ends. Too often mean maybe you don't need to worry about a lot of the segments that are going to get burned off in the sun pretty quickly, but then there's shady spots that are going to just last a while and they're known there probabilistic Lee certain.

[91:05] When we have you know whether, and it is you know we have we have an incomplete system for. Six months of the year, and one of the cheapest ways to meet mode shifting goals climate goals, probably Vision Zero goals and a lot of ways, is this, I know it takes more money and resources. But you know we basically take this grid offline for a good part of the year. And he both specifically when we have weather, but then in people's minds, you know they hang up their bikes because they don't think about it as a realistic system for them for half of the year so. I mean, I think this is, you know takes resources, it takes some kind of rejiggering but. This is one of the it's just such an underlying underutilized system and infrastructure we have in the winter, and I think I mean this is my. My feeling or hypothesis, or whatever, but this is a way to really get a lot of bang for the buck for not a not a ton of extra money, and even if we have to ask for it. So that's one second one is it's sort of just related to that is um you know the the on what we can expect what probabilistic Lee is is the underpasses on roads like paths like at least.

[92:07] goose creek almost two mile this just this insane morphology of throughout the day for like this thought milk, then, then you have ice skating rink and then it's done melt again and. it's known I mean we know and that's happening, and I think it's just a matter of we ought to have automatically you know, on on the weather conditions in which that's happening. just have a lot more kind of automatic cleanup throughout the day and we shouldn't have people have to tweet about it and complain, I mean it's just it should be just done it shouldn't shouldn't be something we have to worry about. Again, I know, resources and all that so that's what I hope the discussion is, and if we come up, this is a gosh goodness gracious this is going to take you know $2 million more. let's go to let's talk about a discussion with counsel or let's let's talk about what it would take how important this is for our emotional climate visions here and related goals. Because I think we'd be fine, this is actually pretty valuable investment to do it so that's my second one more one more point, after that, and then i'll finish.

[93:02] I guess maybe it's also a question, going back to inquire boulder and recognizing that's not the only way that people weigh in. I know that is a way that people, especially the kind of super users who are going to know on bikes least for the providers to know the system pretty well. we'll we'll get feedback and you know the user gets guided to certain question prompts and I don't think there's one there that is asking these specific questions on, let us know that that we have a bike way that that needs attention. off the Multi use path and also let us know if there is a morphology ice build up crazy thing happening under one of the bridges. I would suspect if you were to have channels for those and inquire boulder or something like that you would start to get a lot more feedback on this exact points and it, you know my help to make the case I don't know. Anyone I don't know how complicated it is, if this is like an IT conversation that's super complicated, but on, I would just. Love both for those those both to be more automated but then, if the the automated process is not you know, taking care of on its own.

[94:04] That it's really straightforward for somebody to say oh yeah This is my issue and then just sort of click through without a bunch of them, you know figuring Oh, is this intersection or. Whatever the categories so anyway that's my feedback just sort of at a high level as we, as we go forward you're welcome to you know respond, but you don't need to now and i'll be very eager to. You know if some of this seems like needs it's worthy a debate let's let's talk about it i'm not I don't feel when when it to any of it particular but it just feels like this, this you like some gaps we can address is not making. Any response from stuff on it. yeah thanks Ryan, I just wanted to say that I will look into the enquirer boulder prompt i'm not fully familiar with the user side of it but i'll look and see if there's anything that we can do to improve that. sounds good Scott. Thanks, I am one of the super users in the in the winter and.

[95:00] it's not too bad because you can always like key in a location, if you stop right where you are and say here's where I am here's my issue but I hear you Ryan. and, more to the point, I appreciate this like general discussion about resources resource availabilities you know what what staff we have available, you know Scott mentioned we've got what nine vacancies that have a roster of. said their enforcement people are at 50% capacity. I asked. Interim director natalie stapler and interim director Chris Jones have two different you know pretty critical departments in the city like does staff have time to do this stuff a parking enforcement so clearly, we have some real shortages on. The city's ability to deploy staff to address a number of kinds of. priorities that we have and so i'm remembering from. My participation on the pedestrian Action Committee pedestrian advisory committee, and when we were doing the tmp update last time, but we did spend a fair bit of time talking about snow removal and making things better for pedestrians and, particularly, people with disabilities.

[96:13] on the streets and spend a good deal of time brainstorming about how to sort of activate the citizen core. So that we don't have to be relying on city staff to do everything and noting that we have a city council Member Nicole spear on here I don't want to put her on the spot and she's just here to observe this evening, but I was curious natalie. If there is appetite or would be support for trying to move some of this responsibility, especially on the enforcement side for us and for sidewalk failing to shovel the slide sidewalk. To more of a citizen related as opposed to just referring a complaint to enforcement referring complaint to transportation staff or police department staff some cities have enabled a way for citizens to sort of.

[97:08] file and enforce sort of quality of life violations New York City move to. An enforcement citizen enforcement of an anti idling law, which involves citizens taking a three minute video to prove that this car was idling for more than three minutes and then submitting it and then the citizen would get half of. What the fine was so there was a financial incentive for the people to do it, there were actually people who started making a pretty good salary. Enforcing on behalf of the city things that were not confrontational you don't have to talk to someone you don't have to make an arrest. But for things like someone has failed to shovel your sidewalk I can take a picture of it timestamp it. You know, maybe I need to pictures 10 hours apart, or something to show that this person has still fail to clear their sidewalks but to refer some of this enforcement to.

[98:03] sort of concerned citizens and take some of the pressure off of of transportation or police staff for enforcement of things like that might enable them to give resources. Where they're more needed on you know bigger arterial what are your thoughts on that natalie and possibly Nicole. yeah I can. Speak to that, I mean I think that's something that we could certainly I haven't heard of that from like an in citizen enforcement sort of. angle, so I think that's something that we potentially could look at as part of the snow program kind of update and analysis as some you know kind of an expansion of our current program you know, we have an adoptee. I believe a like a bus stop and adopt. him a chance. yeah we have some adopt programs that potentially we could look to expand.

[99:01] which, as I recall, we talked about this last winter we're under adopted. yeah we always are looking for. More folks to yeah to engage with that. And you know I my sense is that some like informal. Some of that is happening informally right but we don't necessarily have everyone enrolling through our programs are formal programs but that's something I think we could look at. I don't Scott, do you have anything to add on that. No. And for the record in the chat I see Nicole has responded. likes the idea of neighbors helping neighbors.

[100:01] yeah. yeah thanks Nicole i'm here, of course, welcome to unmute and chime in here we are welcome here anytime but. may not have the. This may not be as no it's just. Something I guess. yeah but yeah there, there were also definitely talk with the with the pack about a volunteer corps and also about people who could, if they don't impose a violation of a ticket. On someone who doesn't clear their own sidewalk documenting that the sidewalk wasn't clear X hours after the end of a snowstorm clearing it themselves and then sending the city of bill for the cost of clearing it and then the homeowner being in charge of sending that bill back. There, there are some creative ways to do this, that don't rely on an already overtaxed city employee workforce for what are really you know, quality of life violations with that we can try to help people.

[101:04] You know, think more creatively about and resolve on their own. So I just want to add to so I my one of my kids just overheard you and he thought it was the coolest thing ever, and I mean we could involve kids you know we could do like a high school. call out or even middle school and just I don't know their kids are so i'm willing to do stuff and it's so fun to involve them, and you know get help. Absolutely Nicole, are you able to unmute yourself. There you go. Yes, I can now hi everyone it's nice to see you all yeah I was just gonna say maybe interesting detection, with the city manager as well i'm not sure what point it may make sense, but I know she is doing a lot of thinking around. kind of code enforcement and how you know how we can make sure that folks are taking care of things like trash and I, you know I think snow removal and those kinds of things would fit into that as well, so.

[102:06] It seems like that may be part of that broader conversation and work that she's doing and natalie i'm not sure if you know more about that so it's not totally transportation related, but I know that this is something she's working on and we're going to be talking about the. The new noise ordinance and some of those things that I think are also related, but my understanding is that thinking about this trash sidewalk clearance those kinds of things are kind of the next thing that she's got. In the pipeline for ways to wait to hold folks accountable and make sure that these things are going to be taken care of. yeah that's a great point we can. Definitely talk about that things. And it's nice to see you hi. Anything else tonight. stone nice removal. Alright, thanks Scott. Alex, if I may. Just before you move on, I did forget to mention.

[103:00] We will be having our snow training program we're hopeful that we're going to have it at the fire training Center this year. And I do invite every tab Member to join us come up get in a cab see just how big those things are it's a good experience and good exposure with staff as well, so feel free to do that, I will send out an update when we have dates solidified and locations. awesome. Thank you. or final item of the night is a staff briefing on the transportation improvement program call for projects number four and I think now it's going to introduce this one. Yes. Thanks Alex. So I just wanted to quickly introduce this before I hand it off to gene. And mostly because I it's kind of a continuation of a discussion that started several months ago, so just as a reminder, we introduced the sub regional.

[104:03] tip process overall to tab late in I think it was all the way back in 2021 and so you know with new Members I think it's helpful to kind of just remember that history, and then we developed the criteria with tab through the early part of 2022 for both of the sub regional calls. And then we completed so it was two different calls and gene will kind of re explain this much better than I am going to do it, but there was two calls and we completed the call to process. In June, and we submitted three project applications with tab support and now we're beginning the project consideration process for call for, and that will open later this year, so we have lots of lots of time to kind of talk about this. But the purpose of the item tonight is to just remind tab of that overall process. Especially the newer members and then to introduce our staffs draft project list for consideration and it won't look all you know it's not all surprises it's a lot of what we've talked about, and then we'll open it up for feedback from tab regarding your ideas so.

[105:18] sorry about my phone it's very loud anyway so with that i'll turn it over to gene and she'll she'll explain all that and much better detail than I can. Great natalie Thank you so. Much for that introduction and. thanks for having me this evening tab gene sansone principal transportation planner with the city and i'm going to take a minute and share my screen. With me. Okay.

[106:04] Okay, are you seeing slides or are you saying presentation. No we're seeing like the kind of I think what you would be seen yeah. There we go. Yes, yeah great again thanks for having me this evening and. I am very much going to be looking for feedback this evening from from tab so. bear with me i'm going to spend a few minutes walking through a little bit more of the details that natalie started to to share with the introduction and. Before I get started just want to share with i'm going to spend these few minutes previewing with you so. First, just a general overview of what the tip is, and I know that we have some new tab members and this evening, who kind of came in midstream and this this last process, so I think it's a good refresher for us all of.

[107:00] What the two processes and how the city uses these funds, then i'm going to share an update related to the call to project funding awards, which I hope will be good news for all of us. And then i'm going to walk through what natalie alluded to, which was our tip project selection approach which we've been working with tab collaborative collaboratively on since then December of 21. And then i'll share the initial call for number four project recommendations and again, these are very much staff level recommendations and they're intended to open a conversation. With tab to develop a full list to evaluate for moving forward and then i'm going to talk next steps, I know natalie said, we had a lot of time, but. i'm going to say personally I don't feel like we have a ton of time because these things tend to speed up particularly. When whenever requires quite a bit of conversation and Community input and both quantitative and qualitative evaluation, so let me get started so um let me see did I just.

[108:09] Sorry Okay, are you seeing us hi this is Dr Dr Carter process. No, you are okay thanks Alex okay okay sorry. So this year, the city of boulder is submitting transportation project funding applications to the Denver Regional Council of governments or Dr cobb. As part of the 2022 through 2025 and 2024 through 2027 transportation improvement program and that's what tip is short for. And as a reminder, Dr Cox uses a project selection process that splits available funding into two shares right so there's a there's a share for regional projects and the share for sub regional projects. And this year, there are two calls for regional projects calls number one in three and two calls for read for sub regional projects calls number two and four.

[109:03] So i'm trying to keep this as simple as possible, but it is confusing and there's a lot happening this year in terms of these four calls. So the city of boulder submitted three project applications for call number two on June 24 of this year. And now we're proposing to submit another set of Sub regional project applications in early 2023 so as you can see, at the bottom of this slide. 2024 through 27 call number for applications are due January 27. This is the con number four set of projects, and this is the main topic of this meetings presentation so before we jump into the selection of call for project applications, though i'd like to share how we fared with our con number two tip applications. So I am pleased to share that we were successful in securing tip funds for the three projects we submitted for funding earlier this summer. So these include the 30th street preliminary design project between Colorado seven and Colorado 119.

[110:06] The baseline enhanced transit stops and protected bike lanes project between 30th and foothills parkway. And the transit priority intersections along broadway at table Mesa in region with the potential to include. intersection and lane repurposing between those intersections so on all we requested approximately $6.7 million in we anticipate being awarded $6.4 million. The two highest scoring projects will receive full funding and those are the 30th street preliminary design project and the transit priority intersection project along broadway. The lowest scoring of our projects was the baseline project which the doctor cogs sub region forum tax or sub region Forum has voted to fund. But just at a slightly lesser amount that was requested, so we requested $3.44 million and we anticipate receiving 3.1 to 2 million, or approximately 300,000 less than initially requested.

[111:04] But a substantial enough amount of funding that we're confident we will build the improvements that meet the goals of this multimodal project. So, now that the sub region Forum has voted to approve these funny amounts the full Dr concord will take action on this recommendation is to in September. And these project funds will officially be placed in the 2022 to 2025 tip so there's one more book to jump through but we expect that this will be more of a formality and we're fairly confident. that this will be approved in September, so I hope everyone is pleased with that news I know that we are at the staff level. So, looking ahead, the process for identifying the next set of candidate projects to submit for the call for 2024 through 2027 tip. Sub regional project selection process it's a mouthful will continue the work done in coordination with tab between December of 2021 and may of 2022 to select call number two and number four projects.

[112:04] So just as a refresher the process included a staff team scan of the over thousand projects, including the transportation master plan. For those that reflect the priorities and the principles of the city's transportation investment policies. As well as maximize the ability to score competitively and receive funding under the doctor cod criteria shown here. And this is important because this is how our projects are scored so, as you know, there's a sub regional impact of the project, which is scored at 25% of the total score. And then the metro vision regional transportation plan priorities accounts for 60% so that includes things like safety active transportation air quality multimodal mobility freight workable and regional transit. And then these last two criteria project leveraging 5% so that's essentially how much bass, you are providing and then project readiness accounts for 10% of the project scoring, so this is really an important guy for us as we move forward.

[113:07] So, as you recall, we narrowed down the extensive list of tmp projects to the 15th shown on this slide and we added the baseline enhanced transit stops and protected lanes project at the request of tab. We then use a more fine grained set a project selection criteria and apply them to this narrow set of projects. And this criteria closely matches the doctor cocktail application criteria and advances the priorities of the city's tmp as well as the newly established for arterial network. I won't read each one of these, but you can see, it includes sub regional benefit the empty and ght reduction and. tab was instrumental in helping us to better define what that meant to include both transit priority and bike infrastructure. Safety So are we located in a high injury network quarter hi crashed little patience.

[114:03] equity, so we look at the demographics, of the area search by the project. And then project readiness So where are we in the project development process, do we have completed concept or design drawings and a high level of confidence that we can complete the project. within the time frame that the tip dollars, need to be spent, and then cost effectiveness so we looked at the potential to leverage partners. Partner funding mainly see.or see you and the timing of that funding availability so you'll also note on this slide that there's the consumer report style table which we reviewed with staff this spring, and it was the product of this evaluation. And here's the consumer report table again with those projects that are being awarded funding in column number two great out i'm not sure how well, you can see it on this screen. And those projects that staff recommends to be considered for further evaluation for some middle income number four highlighted in yellow.

[115:02] And also note at the bottom of this slide that we'd very much like to hear project ideas tab Members may have this evening and would hope to use this list as a starting point for our conversation. So now, let me step through the projects we are recommending for consideration, some of which might look familiar and some of which have been updated. So the first project, the West Colorado avenue multimodal improvement project between region and folsom. would complete the Colorado avenue quarter project west of 30th street and would include protected bike lanes transit lanes and a consolidated transit stuff similar to the broadway in new. Transit stop if you can envision sort of that superstar concept. And we are high degree of confidence that see you will partner on this project and staff is continuing to coordinate on the refinement of the project design as needed. And we expect this to be an approximately $5 million project and what's really neat about this and i'll just say it again, is that it connects so many components of the work that is underway their design or construction.

[116:01] Along Colorado between 30th and see us main campus connecting the two campuses. So, moving on. This next project but construct multimodal improvements at an intersection of two of our core material network corridors 30th street and arapahoe avenue. And the safety improvements at this intersection are pretty high priority, given that it's the second highest number, it has the second highest number. of fatal and serious injury crashes of those projects evaluated. And we also listen to tabs prior concerns about the cost of this project, and we want to assure tab that we will be maintaining flexibility as we move into project sign specifically will be initiating preliminary design of this project in spring 2023. whereby will have the opportunity to revisit this concept and conduct a more detailed analysis to determine the feasibility of tab recommendations to modify this design and potentially reduce project costs.

[117:01] So this is a funding funded piece of this project that we will be getting we will be starting in the spring. Following a preliminary design process, next year we will begin right away acquisition in spring of 2024 as needed for the project, and then the tip call number $4 would then be used to fund final design and the construction of the project between 2024 and 2025. So i'm going to move forward next project, so this next project, the US 3628 street West side multi-use path project between four mile can increase in broadway. is an important project for the city in that it completes the 28 street multi use path from the south end of city to the north, in in the city, providing a safe and comfortable separated. bicycle path and pedestrian path and completing our gaps in the low stress walk and bike network. And you know, like the project, the prior project we were looking at staff is her tab feedback on this multi use path project and i'm pleased to share that and our engineering team.

[118:06] went back out and re examine this area for new alignment that we think both reduces costs. and better integrates into North boulder neighborhoods so the revised route which has shown in gold on this map would eliminate many of them are expensive drainage and grading improvements required in the original route. And more almost as important, why I would say, as importantly, create a better connection in the neighborhood, particularly the boulder matter meadows mobile home park is seeing here. So we're currently in the process of developing design and cost estimates for this new route, but we anticipate that it would substantially. reduce the cost of the original project, which was estimated to be just under $5 million and, last but certainly not least. This next project that 30 street multimodal improvement project between Colorado and baseline road.

[119:00] would fill in an important gap in the multimodal core arterial network and connect to the 30 street and Colorado under underpass currently under construction. As well as planned and now funded improvements along baseline road. So you know staff is of the opinion that this project has a lot of momentum now that may not have had earlier because it fills in the final missing link to the sub region via 30 street and baseline road. And may score better than prior funding applications for 30 stream and we also estimate that this project is in the range of six to $7 million, but, like the other projects, we will be updating and refining project cost. So what's next looking forward over the next several months after this evening's meeting we expect to come back to tab next month with evaluation results, which would. include an update of the projects that we've just reviewed this evening, as well as any additional project ideas that tab would like to share with us this evening.

[120:00] Then we would move into Community engagement process through October, help to come back to tab in November, for a recommendation and public hearing with city council's endorsement in November, just or in the November, December timeframe. And, as I noted earlier project applications would be do in late January. So the questions we have for you this evening is one do you have process questions which I assume you may. And then do you support consideration and evaluation of the following projects that we just reviewed and then does tab have additional candidate projects for consideration and evaluation so with that. Maybe I maybe i'll just leave this slide up for a minute and open it up to to tap for questions and input, thank you. yeah. Revelations to you and the team who submitted those link the application that sounds like we got 90 something percent of what we asked for and. It seems like enough money on baseline still to see something meaningful there so so congrats first and foremost I like the way these questions are structured so start with the first one is tap happening process questions.

[121:18] Yes. Okay, good. Well, I was just gonna ask, I mean, I guess, since i'm kind of new to this whole entire process on yes, I. would like to know if there was an additional product like I know that i'm skipping to kind of like the last question but. If there was a product that I would like to suggest, I mean, how would that I would just like tell you guys right now, and it would be okay so i'll do that later, but um. And yeah congratulations, and this is incredible news, and I am so excited especially about the one on baseline because I travel on that one a lot and I know how how important that is I mean it's the crossings are just.

[122:04] Non existent. But, but I pedestrians it's just crucial but anyway yeah so. Anyway, if anybody else wants to chime in and. Say stuff like that, thank you. One process thing I would like to know is the in the memo it says that. The said he's not interested in looking at the East arapaho bridge, primarily because tab was concerned about the project scope favoring vehicular travel modes. And I think the way it's presented to us, the primary reason for doing that project was to save lives and talking to Erica during her final days, she indicated that staff had fallen victim to see that misinformation and so that is the case, I think it's. Like that should be reason enough to not do the project I don't think that really falls on us. and, conversely, if that's not true and staff would like to move forward with that project, I think we would welcome a case for doing that project and you should feel welcome to present that to Council as well, so I just wanted to note that.

[123:15] Thanks Alex I was going to make similar comments that I thought it was a little incomplete, the discussion of what was going on on that item. and So I will just share that we at the staff level we don't, we would not recommend moving forward with it right now, because we do need to have more conversations with with sea dog. about the timing of these funds that they would have for the bridge replacement and where it falls in the order of priority so we'd recommend that we hold on that for now. there's a. anymore process questions. Seeing then we've got feedback on the first four projects, the West Colorado extension 30th and Colorado or sorry 30 arapahoe.

[124:07] The 36 multis path alternative routing I like the new routing much more than the existing one, and then the south section of 30th street from Carter down the baseline. To. Thanks I would definitely and generally supportive of all, for I would really like to hear a little bit more board discussion about the 28 street multi use paths configuration. I know when we talked about it last time I think Alex was you and Ryan, who went wanted to see more connectivity to the neighborhood's. And my sort of objection to that I don't know if I stated it on the record at all was sort of the that's not who the cyclists, who are there are, you know that. There is a significant amount of cyclists traffic out on us 36 I am i'm a roadie myself and cannot fathom why people do that because.

[125:09] it's very unpleasant, it would be nicer to have you know as much more protective infrastructure there, as you can, but the alternate routing that gene showed, I thought well. It looks like just looking at the map and at least doubles the mileage in that section that that cyclists would travel and you know when you do something like that you. don't tend to help the interested but concerned component of the people that you want to see out on bikes. And then, it just doesn't matter for the experience of brave cyclists out there, so I guess a question I think I want staff and tab to talk about is you know who are we trying to serve here. Who would we be making life better for and is that worth the investment.

[126:03] Thanks to hopefully that's something we can address in more detail next time that's not fair. yeah I think it's unfair, I would just you know when when you say like I like that alignment better Alex i'm too low, wants to go there we're gonna be like i'm not sure I do like that alignment better. But if we can make a good case and in particularly a case that helps you know score points on the safety issues or. or illustrates that we are to enhancing not just recreational but regional transportation kind of options for people, then we could be making a better case for this alternate alignment and so I just want to keep that. in mind. thanks for the record I think it's probably the fourth out of the four. For you. yeah and I have some ideas and i'm I know there are others, so I doubt it correct yeah.

[127:00] Well, I remember in the last iteration it was it was like $9 million, and then it went down to just under $4 million, and so it does feel like there are some really significant. Maybe it's flood impacts i'm not sure, but there's clearly some really pricey considerations that go. Hand in hand with where we're at it and what we're trying to do there and so really looking forward to hearing from staff about you know some creative thinking about how to avoid some of the big. Money sinks on that because I do agree, like point A to Point B is a significant thing to be trying to achieve. And I am generally appreciative that of that effort, but I was not, I was not happy with the with the price tag on it. And then similarly on the West car section, so it looks like it's about a six mile per 5 million bucks that's 30 million mile which seems there has to be something we could do to. Maybe have a little flexibility with what was identified at the conceptual level in the corridor study and and what we could accomplish through this tip projects in partnership with see you.

[128:09] And Alex just so i'm clear, so this the 28th street one that we're talking about that would and around J road is that, like the ending that little stretch would be brown i'm just trying to visualize this on. June, you want to pull up the map. yeah stair step from zero it up to the existing will taste path for the North on. 36 and time to broadway. So the yellow one. yeah attorney if you can see that, so it would follow 36 up to J road had West on Jay road and then North on 26 and then there's actually a piece of property publicly on property right at 26 and 20 2016 and 28 or 36 where we could punch back through.

[129:03] Back on. 28th street follow 28th street and then had West again on violet and North on 19th to really connect the boulder meadows community to this facility and to your point to. You know connecting communities such as boulder meadows would would really. score well in terms of serving equity populations and and so you know, we would do more analysis there but that's and then it would tie into the Multi use path as it continues North along us 36. Thank you. For me, one of the real objectives with can was. The network component of it for arterial network and it's having facilities that connects to one another and or an exciting point where I think you've correctly identified some some potential big gaps for.

[130:02] Like interested in concerned writers people bicycling and so that makes me very likely to support the West Colorado piece. If we can get the cost down so they can connect full sun which we're planning to work on and the rest of Colorado as well as the south 30th piece that would connect all the ongoing work with everything Colorado and the exciting news of the baseline improvements coming in. Any other feedback for staff on these four projects. But I think. i'm I have a lot of my concerns or just maybe this is a process and i'm I have concerns about design the design elements of a few of them I think cost is one relative to distance but also. Like on the. West Colorado one it looks like some of the protected lanes are actually painted lanes, with the right turn where the cars can just cross over the lane it's like i'm mixing zone and to me $5 million, and then we get mixing zones it's not like a great outcome.

[131:17] and It like just people, the average person doesn't want to right there and so that's like that's a concern to me that if we're going to make spend that much money, making it protected like it really needs to be protected. Such that someone would feel comfortable having their nine year old right on. And Similarly, I think, with the. arapaho in 30th intersection I think you know, of course, a lot of out like some element shown would make it safer, but i'm still concerned about. Six lane road on 30th at the intersection know pedestrian island, we know it's a lot of lanes for somebody to cross and again it doesn't make me feel that like it's a safety a really.

[132:06] Fully a safety project when we're asking patreon to cross the road like that, especially on 30th which may be coming to this or fourth project I would love for it to be a smaller road and not an arterial road. You know it's just it's it's largely that section between baseline and. Rocco to have that right now, based on Colorado sorry i'm is largely residential uses right around it and, and so you know, I wonder, let me I don't I don't know I kind of lost track of different phases of 30 so forgive me going out of order, with it, but. You know I don't how set that design is, but like, is there not an opportunity to make this a smaller role make this a three lane road and be able to use that other lane. To reduce costs, we don't buy right away at other facilities and I, and I know I said this and pass me by live on one of these arterial roads not Nice.

[133:10] it'd be so much better if we could think like these are neighborhood streets. Even if they're why they are places people live, and you know, the more we can make them feel like neighborhood streets, especially I mean 30th 28 is right there go on a cruise through town, you know got a highway on either side of them even foothills. So, I guess, I just want to see like I i'm not opposed to these locations or the intent I just would love to see the design sort of locked in more on. high standard for comfort for quality of life for safety, and I think we can push it further, especially if we're going to get as much money. They make the most today and acknowledging that Council is going to have to stand behind those kind of decisions if they're going to you know, change the lives to provide that political support.

[134:04] Thanks becky agree. Hopefully we can. yeah advanced some of these these older concepts that are that are five plus years old and we've learned a lot of new things, since those were developed. And so we can get some more clarity on these in the coming months, at this point in time, though, does anyone have any more feedback on these four should return to additional ideas. not seeing any training, you want to go ahead. foundational idea. For additional ideas. All right, so yeah so there's one very troublesome street for me, which is more head and I know that i've tried to. mention that before and it's the stretch from 27th way, all the way to table mess up, and I believe it's. A road that's used by all sorts of people their students that are college age students that are coming back from Manhattan middle school.

[135:08] It it serves as a connection to the bike path so you as a cyclist are guided onto the street, however, the. bike lane is not protected it's just I mean at best it's a white line sometimes it's visible and sometimes it's not I mean I appreciate that we tried to maintain it but. But ultimately the speeding on that road is it's crazy and I just feel that if we could we assign the space of that road it's wide enough to where we could have a. Complete protected isolated bike lane or multi use path to serve all the people that are coming from the rtb station on people mess up. And you know, using the the conducting well as a connector to the little shopping strip area and, of course, feeding off to the path both to South boulder and to see you, so I don't know how you guys feel about them, but I mean I becky I mean, I know that you're an expert at reassigning.

[136:24] The like street space, but I mean I, and I don't know what the dimensions that would be required for what i'm suggesting are exactly but. Just from a person that uses that road on a regular basis, and you know that has been there in multiple weather scenarios, with or without snow, I mean. it's just very troublesome to me because I I do see it as a highly used kind of overlooked road, I know that the path is a couple of like streets over, however, depending on what your needs may be, it does add significant mileage and it's uphill mileage, mind you.

[137:10] to your journey so. that's my suggestion. Thanks training, hopefully staff can provide some feedback, either now or the next update, if you want. yeah I mean I think my i'd love it if we can. kind of just hear the board's discussion and their ideas and then we can definitely we're going to take that back and talk about it internally I don't know that will be prepared to address every idea, right here in the moment. So yeah feel free to have those discussions kind of amongst yourselves and then we're certainly taking notes and we'll take it back. Okay, your turn yes, I like that idea I think the. More head is. due for resurfacing through the pavement management program sometime soon and passport number mark mcintyre.

[138:06] Had thrown out the idea of more head being I guess super neighborhood green street, especially with see South developing it can help connect the campuses in the neighborhoods and the access to the regional transit Center so that's a great idea. Thank you and Alex but just as an additional thing the markings for So if I don't know how familiar you guys are with this particular intersection but the 28 27th way and the the more head crossing if you are on the bike path heading towards 27th wave from people mess up. The way it's mark there's really there's a crossing for pedestrians but there's really not a turn for this for cyclists so you're like kind of left with either going on the wrong direction. On the bike lane on the opposite side of the road or having to go onto the sidewalk there's really not a choice and i'm talking about a child i'm not talking about.

[139:07] Perhaps a more experienced cyclist but but a younger person that that may not have any experience that's what they have to do. I mean, and I know that it's legal for children to write on the sidewalks but still it's not optimal and it's such an easy fix it's just I think pain and just having the right signage. But anyway, so that would be like my immediate suggestion because it's quite dangerous. yeah Thank you. anyone else, want to go. Right. um. I am a fan of of a. strategic approach, and I think we have a really exciting strategy with can and. I sort of a Meta suggestion, but what's next on the list for can, and I think iris is on there at some point I don't have the time table memorize but um.

[140:04] i'd be the most excited about you know any projects that can that can support can and let's just stay really focused on that strategy it's not the only thing we have to do, but I just say let's let's be disciplined about can. I think baselines a great example of something from can that we've been able to advance to the tip process, so its second both. iris and folsom as things that this Council has championed and while they're still our Council trying to get some commitments out of them to take these big bold steps that Bob gates said, people matt and Rachel telling staff that you can. I think that would be. An opportunity to to strike right now sheila. Thanks Alex um yeah I had written down iris basically and I was going to ask, I know.

[141:08] You know, we stopped and looked at 15th and iris on this tip bike tour, and that was where I think several tab Members were surprised that, as part of the can ever iris was basically just slated for a study. But I don't recall whether there was funding available for a study but. I would definitely like to see some action on iris I you know. I think that. The largest unmet needs on the can. or iris and folsom right now, but in terms of what it feels like today to use them, the iris is a far inferior experience and so trying to yeah leverage. Our efforts and focused staffs efforts back to can as directed by Council I would, I would say I was rises to the top. I also wanted to.

[142:02] highlight that. Community cycles had or was it just Kurt. nerd back somebody from Community cycle. And I apologize because i'm privy to some other communications, but someone wanted to suggest from the Community also that we focus on. I think it was highway 119 between 20 and 47th. can pull up the email here, but I just wanted to raise that as as a something that we've gotten from the Community. i'd like to suggest since Kurt Nord back, but this did get some. Approval or. encouragement by other members of the Advisory Committee on. Community cycles adding a safety study of safety and perhaps transit improvements for diagonal from 28 to independence road.

[143:05] Because there were two fatal and zero severe crashes 34th street and 47th street you know, one of them double fatality 34th street and 47th street was a cyclist. Who was hit and badly injured by someone running the red light there, so I felt like I should raise that as as something that has been of interest. In a question with both that section that know from 20th to independence and iris is in terms of how we score things for tip on project readiness, are we are those sort of equally unready or equally ready or do you have any concerns from staff on on considering either iris. or this this section that's been highlighted by Kirk. I recognize staffs probably not going to respond right now it's just i'm just throwing that out there. yeah I think that's what will definitely go back and discuss.

[144:02] Great Thank you. Certainly. appreciate the Community and put it in with welcome or ideas from the Community, and there was the double fatality there's the bike crash, and then there was another fatality at independence, all in the span of a month, so. that's certainly an area. yeah the single fatality was looked like it was probably a heart attack at the wheel, or something so. it's always a factor, though. Speed is always a factor, thank you. For continuing on they can. Projects I think the downtown study is something to consider the downtown boulder serves as a regional multimodal Center people get there a bunch of different ways, and right now with downtown going through a visionary study now might be the perfect time to start to build out that. vision on the ground with some multimodal improvements to those streets. There was a thing, perhaps a segment missing from the can map but included in the Council can network is a small segment of belmont showing protected bike lanes, there were there only from folsom two 20th street.

[145:15] Where our tmp currently calls for just a neighborhood green street and the thinking, there is that to the West. There are many fewer travel lanes and then it really flares up at the full some intersection. And then to the east of that segment, is where the transit village area planning phase two is going to kick off. And i'd have to imagine that the unprotected bike lanes that are out there today are not going to suffice after that planning effort and so now might be a time to do a low cost. Protected bike lane treatments on the West side that will hopefully match up with what happens in the future on the east side. And then. One idea outside of the cans geography, what would be to take a closer look at table Mesa.

[146:02] Either some sort of cycle tracker protected bike lanes from broadhead to morehead I don't really consider that if they were relatively low cost. Similarly foothills to Manhattan where Ralph Cook was killed riding his bike last year if there's something low cost, we could do on that arterial that is a regional entry into a folder. that's something i'd consider and the final idea for table me so it'd be the take another look at the overpass area. and consider a study there with see you being a partner in that, with its proximity to see South sita being a partner with all of the regional highways, the past through there, and of course our TD, with both the the park and ride in the local transit the run through that area. I am yeah I definitely support there's opportunities to move. quickly on asked parts of can I received mentioned and others, you know it's worth looking at that again, especially if they're as Alex said lower costs are relatively.

[147:12] ways we can kind of reallocate space that are relatively low cost and. I also on I selfishly because I use a folder road and table me so a lot, you know i'm very supportive of proven Sarah also where. I think, with Israel spoken samples or road with. That that read the right name location. yeah and. That intersection that's I love that intersection and like within one span of one week recently, there are two crashes. Here i'm from my apartment building, you can you hear from you like wonder if somebody died. And even if it wasn't like along the whole road that there was a protected bike lane, even just fixing that interception uncontrolled.

[148:05] downhill, you could come cruising it's just it's really dangerous it's horrible to walk across you have to run and I just think you know it. Actually, to see any any opportunity like that, where we can identify these places that are uncontrolled are highly unsafe i'd love to see those just sort of highlighted within the projects we're doing here and really just looking for the most. Safety benefit possible. Just given how devastating is to sort of live in these areas in here over and over and over the crash happening. So i'm not saying that these other products don't have that I just if it's no it's not the one in front of me i'd love it to be another one that's. Where somebody else's where they're experiencing this kind of just like Peta devastation and just the cost but it's exacting upon everyone have these really dangerous controlled intersections arterial roads so anyway general.

[149:05] Support for for that within any of these is. expecting any other ideas or feedback from tab. guess i'll close by just thinking staff for giving us this opportunity, I think we collaborated last time and had a very positive outcome and. sounds like we're starting with an even larger pool of potential projects, this time, and I think if you have any questions for any of the people who raise these feel free to reach out if that would in any way help you better understand what the intent of the projects are. or picturing. Thank you tab Members, this is very helpful for us and we will be reaching out as needed between now and our next time meeting, but this is a really good list for us to evaluate alongside the four projects that we initially recommended, so thank you for the thoughtful conversation.

[150:04] Thanks to you. And next up is matters first from stuffed and you have a regional transportation update for us. I do. Let me see. i'm going to share my screen again. Oh that's what I was looking forward to you guys see a map of East arapahoe. Okay. and You know what I wanted to do this evening whoops sorry I just lost my screen sorry give me one second. i'm I am looking at a black screen right now.

[151:01] block for us to. Goodness okay let's see if I can fix that. How about now. Oh. i'm so sorry for those technical difficulties, and you know what I wanted to do this evening was just take a minute to. share with with all of you, what we foresee the project development process for East arapahoe being so you know when you think about our regional court or is like 36 and Colorado 119 between boulder in longmont. Colorado seven between boulder in our eastern communities out to I 25 and beyond, and you know we've really make quite a bit of progress on on this.

[152:05] quarter, in particular, so what I just want to share just a little bit of a timeline stepping back to when we develop the East arapaho transportation plan so that was a. That was a long range transportation plan that developed a vision concept, if you will, for improvements on arapahoe between. folsom and 75th street, which is actually out in the county and then connecting that transit service that bus rapid transit service. All the way to downtown boulder possibly boulder junction and all the way up to 25 and beyond, to Brighton so just keeping in mind that all of the improvements that will be making planning and designing funding and constructing on East arapahoe are part of this larger system plan. And then within arapaho East arapahoe itself, we have been successful in securing. Regional tip dollars to advanced 15% designed for a large extent of the quarter between 28 street and 64 street and.

[153:05] That project is going to begin later this year we're thinking fourth quarter of this year, so you know that's really The next step for us taking that East arapaho transportation plan vision concept. into 15% designed to understand the right of way needs the environmental considerations and the. More fine tuned costs so we're going to begin that in 2010 this year and it will extend in 2023 and then we've also been successful against free regional tip dollars in securing. $3 million to complete to advanced that 15% designed to final design for our priority segment of East arapahoe which would be between 28 and foothills parkway and so that final design would begin in 2024. And then I just you know it also note that, while we're looking at these more long range planning, design and construction projects. we're also out there, designing and constructing improvements in the coming years, so I know that tab has been very instrumental in helping us to.

[154:09] refine the design for the East arapaho multi use path in transit stop enhancement project and we're going to be in construction of that next year. And then, again, I would just point to the 30th and arapaho protected intersection project as an important element of East East arapahoe project development process and something that we've already covered this evening. But if we do end up submitting that project, we would hope to use those federal tip dollars. For construction in 2425, so I hope this helps to kind of provide some context and put all the pieces and parts of the East arapaho project together for you, and that was really just the incentive of this and update, for your and i'm happy to answer any questions you may ask. Thanks gene when these improvements are designed to pay for the implementation it's a State highway with.

[155:03] Our dd operating transit service or would they be major contributors to the cost of construction or would this be something that we'd have to chip away at almost exclusively to tip. And so I would defer to Garrett, because he has more experience working on these si dot arterial that run through the city as to how we would approach that the project fending. Good evening Gareth Slater principal transportation projects engineer and historically that has been the way that the city has implemented quarter visions over time is through cycles. The difference in the arapaho quarter, I would say is that we now have a lot of momentum from the State Department of Transportation si dot and identifying. highway seven as a quarter that's of importance regionally and statewide and so as an example of that.

[156:03] The preliminary design for 30th and arapahoe is being funded not by city or tip but by senate bill to 60 pounds, which came to us through the state, and so we are optimistic that. We will continue to see opportunities like that flow from the state to the city for us to be able to implement the East arapaho transportation plan and the State state highway seven quarter plan. Anything else without. awesome. natalie any other matters from staff that were on the agenda. nope that's all we had thanks Alex. Next matters from the board, we are meeting again tomorrow at 230 to finish up our retreat. I think an agenda will go out shortly in advance of that, but the facilitator put together.

[157:03] Any other open word coming. Alex, can I just pride you on that um is there any either like initial thinking about what that looks like tomorrow that we should be ready for or is it is it helpful to hear any brainstorming or input on preparing for that. I think, bring think of priorities for the board in the year to come and hopefully we can find something that is actionable and. Opportunities you see and priorities for. It sounds great i'll just offer my two cents and to the do you think about, because I know I was kind of one of the squeaky wheels on the need for something like this. I think it would be exciting well I just say what i'm excited to do is to just to hear individually from the board members on their own terms, where are they excited about like what do they. Look, important and then then following that some discussion about like trying to get to what can we do with that, but like really getting people to space to just a why they're here and what they're excited about that's just my sense and i'm happy to contribute in any way.

[158:13] yeah absolutely a lot of fresh faces here and for us who've been here a while we've finally gotten to our cereals, and so I have no idea what that means you're going to say so, looking forward to it. Any other word comment. Sorry i'm having real technical difficulties over here um I would just like to we saw several slide presentations tonight I know the slides aren't usually added to the tab materials, but the extent that. Our emails are public records and sometimes I want to see like what that we were presented with. I would request that we be sent the slides that Devon showed us on the crash updates.

[159:06] The ramp amps slideshow that we got and jeans stuff on the tip please. Just so I have it in my email around this date so when i'm trying to remember in the future, what the heck we talked about I have it, at least at my fingertips and. If there is a you know, a core request, and we have a way to get that to the public, because it's something that we were discussing and talking about and it's not readily available for people listening to the audio of this meeting after the fact. yeah we are thanks to we are trying to make it a practice that all the presentations that are shown in the meeting are sent to tab. cool and so and typically we're trying to do that before the meeting. Right, so if there was anything that did not get sent to you before the meeting that was presented, tonight we will get it to.

[160:03] that's why I checked during the meeting I believe the crash update from Devon jocelyn the rambam stuff and the tip stuff was new to us. Okay, great. Thank you. We didn't get the usual email with the presentations. Right. And then I also didn't receive the email that Kurt tried to send our way to the other board members receive that. I did not so that's why I thank you for sending it, I saw from curt he had sent something, but I didn't even get my copy on my other email, so I don't mind yeah. Thank you for I don't know how you got it Alex but, thanks, because I would not have seen it in time for this meeting. I heard that I didn't get it, and so it makes. The other thing. yeah there must be something going on, because I i'm receiving like the PowerPoint email that meredith sent, and I also receive chuck's email so. we've it might be it within the city of boulders email network versus us being outside email addresses that has definitely helped things up in the.

[161:01] Past yeah okay well we'll staff look into that. terrific Thank you. See the email from chuck either. Okay. Any other open for comments. If not urgent the shows for future agenda topics just one thing so far in September DCS design and construction standards update. Any other inputs from tab support, and I have the agenda setting meeting with natalie. feel free to reach out to us in the coming week or so, if anything, comes up there's a chance, I won't be at the September meeting but i'll let y'all know and give her a heads up, especially as vice chair as soon as I can. And with that i'll entertain a motion to adjourn. I moved to a German. Thanks Tila i'll second.

[162:02] All those in favor. it's a message in the chat from Nicole spear saying good night everyone, thank you, Nicole, for attending again. I don't know how you do it. I know right. Thanks everyone have a great you still emotional the table, I think. Thanks so much.