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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-25-18 Minutes - Transportation Coordinating CommitteeBozeman Area Transportation Coordinating Committee Minutes 10:30 am, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 City Commission Room, City Hall, 121 North Rouse Avenue A. CALL TO ORDER – Introductions & Attendance Committee Member - Jeff Krauss, City Commission: Absent Committee Member - Steve White, County Commission: Absent Committee Member - George Thompson: Present Committee Member - Doug East, County Planning Board: Absent Committee Member - Jeff Ebert, District Administrator, Butte District - MDT: Present Committee Member - Bill Brownell, County Road Superintendent: Absent Committee Member – Rick Hixson, proxy for Shawn Kohtz, Interim City Public Works Director: Present Committee Member – Andrea Surratt, City Manager: Absent Committee Member - Marty Matsen, City Community Development Director: Absent Committee Chair - Christopher Scott, County Planning Department Representative: Present Committee Member - Ralph Zimmer, Pedestrian & Traffic Safety: Present Committee Member - Katie Potts, Proxy for Carol Strizich, Chief, Planning & Policy Analysis Bureau, MDT: Absent Committee Member – Duane Liebel, Engineering Services Supervisor, Butte District – MDT: Present Committee Member - Dan Martin, City Citizen Representative.: Present Committee Member - Sam Gianfrancisco, County Citizen Representative: Absent Committee Member – EJ Hook, Proxy for Candace Mastel, MSU Representative: Present Committee Member - Jason Delmue, Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board: Present Committee Member - Jeff Patten, Federal Highway Administration: Absent Committee Member - Kyle DeMars, MDT, Bozeman Maintenance: Absent Committee Member – Lee Hazelbaker, Transit Advisory Committee: Absent Also in attendance: Marilee Brown, Safer Bozeman & Galla10 Alliance for Pathways; Scott Randall, RPA; Lisa Fischer and Josh Springer, HDR; Danielle Scharf and Mike Russell, Sanderson Stewart; David Kack, WTI/MSU; Joe Walsh, MDT; Levi Ewan, Gallatin County; John Van Delinder, Matt Workman, and Katherine Maines (recording secretary), 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. 10:39:39 AM (00:13:33) Marilee Brown thanked Gallatin County, the Montana Department of Transportation, and the City of Bozeman for working together in recent months on various projects, including the safety concern addressed to the TCC and the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee meetings by Leslie Jackson during various projects to – Thank you for joint effort between Gallatin County, City of Bozeman, and the Montana Department of Transportation. Gallatin Alliance for Pathways – Build Planning Application for pathway between Bozeman and Belgrade on Frontage Road. County supported application. MDT supported the project. Now we can move forward on determining the costs, etc. C. MINUTES – April 25, 2018 Jeff Ebert moves to approve the minutes with Ralph’s recommended change to update his title from “District Engineer” to “District Administrator.” Minutes were approved. E. SPECIAL PRESENTATION None F. TCC COMMITTEE/MEMBER REPORTS & PROJECT UPDATES (Members of the TCC who sit on other related committees, are invited to report on such activities that are of interest to the full TCC) 1. Transit Committee 10:44:10 AM (00:18:03) Dan Martin mentioned that Streamline ridership is up 4%. More demand, less money. They are seeing more demand in Park and Ride situations that will need to be addressed. 2. Gallatin County (Commission, Planning Board, Road Department) Levi Ewan – chip seals start this week on S. 19th (done yesterday), Davis Lane, Cobb Hill, Haggerty. Permitting for Bozeman Trail bridge replacement to include pedestrian facilities. Work on replacing a bridge on Baxter Lane east. Weight limited. Change in truck traffic. Planning/Coordinating Committee with County, City of Bozeman and City of Belgrade. 3. City of Bozeman (Commission, Planning Board, Engineering Department) 10:47:10 AM (00:21:03) Rick Hixson gave an update on City project. S. 11th is almost complete with only the light installation remaining. On Oak Street, only a chip seal and final striping remain. Baxter – 7th to 19th is ongoing. Baxter – Davis to 19th. Working on contracts. Tamarack is about to start. Baxter – Ferguson to Cottonwood, chip seal and final striping. Chip sealing and maintenance to start next week. S. Tracy is ongoing. Will be reopened from Story to College in August. Story to Babcock will be constructed in the spring. 4. Bicycle Advisory Board Jason mentioned that Headwaters Economics presented their report on the shared use path on Frontage Road between Belgrade and Bozeman at BABAB’s June meeting. The board is also working with the City on a Transportation Alternatives application. Ralph – BUILD Grant – deadline has passed. 5. Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee 10:52:10 AM (00:26:04) Ralph’s gave an update on Leslie Jackson’s request that improvements be made to her driveway access from S. Church due to the occurrence of frequent accidents that occur at this location and threaten her family and property. The PTS met with her and Levi Ewan and Sheriff Gookin, John V. and Andy Kerr, Chief Crawford. Group is working together to solve the safety issues at this location. 6. Montana Department of Transportation 10:57:03 AM (00:30:57) Jeff Ebert shared MDT’s project. Finishing up Rouse Avenue project. Still working on moving utilities on the next phase of the Rouse project between Oak and Main. Right-of-way has been obtained. ADA upgrades for Bozeman and Livingston and the Belgrade South (Jackrabbit) projects are ongoing and should be completed this construction season. The Huffine and Love Lane signal and the Baxter and Love Lane roundabout will be constructed in 2019. The Cottonwood and Stucky roundabout is under construction currently. Detours are in place. The slope flattening Belgrade project to install turn lanes at the Mountain View subdivision has been awarded to Riverside Construction. The 19th signal and Valley Center spur signal will be constructed in 2019. Ralph asked about the easements along Frontage for the slope flattening project. Jeff confirmed that MDT had obtained the necessary easements. Ralph asked if the easements have been obtained along the entire length of Frontage and Jeff believed they had. 7. Montana State University 11:05:48 AM (00:39:42) EJ gave updates for Candace. Working on annual Road striping. Upgrading bike lanes to new 6” standard. Widened sidewalk on the east side of 11th, 6” wide and added curb. Adding new equipment to help with snow removal on ADA ramps. 8. Other TCC Member/Committee Reports None G. OLD BUSINESS None H. NEW BUSINESS George asked Dan about park and rides. He’d like to see one on 19th. Have we considered a minimal charge to use bus transportation to start putting funding together for this. Dan – If we take funding in, we love funding from the Feds. David Kack – Federal funding is contingent on operating deficits. MSU pays in advance to eliminate fares to students. Discussions to use parking lot at Fairgrounds to accommodate park and ride. Ongoing discussion to create Urban Transportation District. Looking at levying a property tax for transportation services. H. UPCOMING MEETING DATES AND ADJOURNMENT October 24, 2018 – REGULAR MEETING January 23, 2019 – REGULAR MEETING April 24, 2019 – REGULAR MEETING July 24, 2019 – REGULAR MEETING For more information please contact Katherine Maines at 406-582-2273 Committee meetings are open to all members of the public. 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