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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-11-17 Special Meeting Minutes - Transportation Coordinating CommitteeBozeman Area Transportation Coordinating Committee SPECIAL MEETING 9:00 am, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Basement Conference Room, Al Stiff Professional Building, 20 East Olive Street A. CALL TO ORDER – Introductions & Attendance 9:02 am Committee Chair - Christopher Scott, County Planning Director’s Representative: Present Committee Vice Chair – Dan Stevenson, MSU Representative: Present Committee Member – Jeff Krauss, City Commission Representative: Present Committee Member – Steve White, County Commission: Present Committee Member - George Thompson, City Planning Board: Absent Committee Member – Doug East, County Planning Board: Absent Committee Member – Jenn Nelson, MDT Butte Engineering: Present Committee Member – Bill Brownell, County Road Superintendent: Present Committee Member - Craig Woolard, City Public Works Director: Present Committee Member - Chris Kukulski, City Manager: Present Committee Member – Marty Matsen, City Community Development Director: Absent Committee Member - Ralph Zimmer, Bozeman (Area) Pedestrian & Traffic Safety: Present Committee Member – Katie Potts for Carol Strizich, MDT Multimodel Planning: Present Committee Member –Jeff Ebert, MDT Butte District: Present Committee Member - Dan Martin, City citizen representative: Present Committee Member - Sam Gianfrancisco, County citizen representative: Absent Committee Member - Bill Cochran, Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board: Present Committee Member – Jeff Patten, FHWA Division: Absent Committee Member - Kyle DeMars, MDT, Bozeman Maintenance Chief: Absent Also in attendance: Danielle Scharf, Sanderson Stewart; Jeff Key, Robert Peccia & Associates; Joe Gilpin, Alta Planning; Kyle Scarr, TD & H; Dan Martin, Karst Stage; Chris Saunders, Rick Hixson and Katherine Maines, City of Bozeman. B. PUBLIC COMMENT Limited to any public matter within the jurisdiction of the Bozeman Area Transportation Coordinating Committee not on this agenda. Please limit your comments to three minutes. None D. SPECIAL PRESENTATION Bozeman Area Transportation Plan Update (Woolard, Key) Jeff Key, Robert Peccia and Associates, began by going over the tentative schedule: January 30th, Presentation to the City Commission & Release of the Internal Draft Release the Draft to the Public on February 6 Hold the 3rd Public Meeting at the end of February Special TCC meeting in early March March 27 Formal Public Hearing City Commission Final Adoption in April This plan is more succinct than the last plan. The appendices are technical memorandums that have been created over the process of the update. Two sections have not yet been completed. RPA is still working through the Traffic Operations Standards and Best Practices chapter which will look at level of service (LOS) and what other communities do with LOS. The Corridor Striping Plan has not yet been completed either. The study area is smaller than the past study area boundary used in the past. For the most part, the boundary used in this update matches the Bozeman Community Plan boundary. Jeff also spoke about Bozeman’s urban boundary. By the next consensus, there is reason to believe that Bozeman’s urban boundary will overlap with Belgrade’s urban boundary. This will result in an urban boundary with more than 50,000 people which will fit the requirements of a metropolitan planning organization (MPO). This categorization has staffing and planning requirements. This plan includes performance measures in the implementation chapter. There are seven goals and objectives that speak to maintaining existing infrastructure, connectivity and a balanced system, land use and planning, safety and security, economic vitality and environmental and financial sustainability. The public has been heavily involved in this update. RPA and Alta have met with 40 groups, held multiple public meetings, attended the Christmas Stroll and provided an online forum for comments. Another public meeting will be held in February. All written comments are included in the report. This plan also includes a large focus on alternative transportation including bicycling, walking and transit. Alta showed the health benefits as well as the financial benefits of an increase is biking and walking. In the recommendations chapter, there are separate sections for bike and pedestrian improvements. RPA calculated LOS of 63 intersections in this update, down from the last update. The results are included in this plan. Also included is level of traffic stress, metrics for bicyclists. Jeff went on to talk about the recommendations. Included in the plan is a list of committed projects that are listed in the City’s approved FY18-FY22 Capital Improvement Plan. Many recommendations from the previous plan were rolled into this plan as well. When discussing section 5.1, Triple Bottom Line Influence, Jeff explained the reasons for including the concept. He had brought it up in previous technical working group and public meetings with little interest and then was asked about it by the Climate Action Committee. Chris Kukulski suggested that examples of how the concept is used by other cities be included in the plan. Also included in the plan is a section detailing MPO requirements. The City of Bozeman will qualify as an MPO in the near future. One of the last things Jeff spoke about were the performance measures and targets. Jeff presented the TWG with a long list of performance measures and was asked to keep it as simple as possible. Each measure includes a target. There was some discussion on the Projected Funding table (Table 6.2) and how to make it less confusing. Suggestions were made and Jeff agreed to update it. Jeff anticipates that the draft will be out on February 6. H. UPCOMING MEETING DATES AND ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned. January 25, 2017 – REGULAR MEETING April 26, 2017 – REGULAR MEETING July 26, 2017 – REGULAR MEETING October 25, 2017 – REGULAR MEETING For more information please contact Katherine Maines at 406-582-2273 Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability and require assistance, please contact our ADA coordinator, Mike Gray at 582-3232 (TDD 582-2301).