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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-03-21 Agenda and Packet Materials - Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB)A. Disclosures B. Changes to the Agenda C. Public Service Announcements Board Announcements Staff Updates D. Approval of Minutes D.1 MINUTES APPROVAL FOR 02/10/2021(Lonsdale) E. Consent F. Public Comment Please state your name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record. This is the time for individuals to comment on matters falling within the purview of the Committee. There will also be an opportunity in conjunction with each action item for comments pertaining to that item. Please limit your comments to three minutes. G. Special Presentation H. Action Items H.1 PEACH STREET REDESIGN(Lonsdale) H.2 MICROMOBILITY PARKING AND POLICY(Lonsdale) H.3 PRIORITIZE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN(Lonsdale) THE BOZEMAN AREA BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA BABAB AGENDA Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Call meeting to order at 6:00 PM Via Webex: https://cityofbozeman.webex.com/cityofbozeman/onstage/g.php? MTID=e973636df509d17935505abe67867a68f Click the Register link, enter the required information, and click submit. Click Join Now to enter the meeting Via Phone: This is for listening only. United States Toll 1-650-479-3208 Access code: 126 619 9144 Bozeman Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board Meeting Agenda, March 3, 2021 1 I. FYI/Discussion J. Adjournment For more information please contact Taylor Lonsdale, tlonsdale@bozeman.net This board generally meets the first Wednesday of the month from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 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). Bozeman Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board Meeting Agenda, March 3, 2021 2 Memorandum REPORT TO: Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board SUBJECT: MINUTES APPROVAL FOR 02/10/2021 MEETING DATE: March 3, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION: I move to approve the minutes for February 10, 2021 as submitted. STRATEGIC PLAN: 4.5 Housing and Transportation Choices: Vigorously encourage, through a wide variety of actions, the development of sustainable and lasting housing options for underserved individuals and families and improve mobility options that accommodate all travel modes. BACKGROUND: None UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None ALTERNATIVES: 1. Approve meeting minutes with corrections. 2. Do not approve meeting minutes. FISCAL EFFECTS: None Attachments: 2021.02.10_BABAB Minutes_DRAFT.docx Report compiled on: March 1, 2021 3 Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board Meeting Agenda, February 10, 2021 1 THE BOZEMAN AREA BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA MINUTES OF Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Board Members: Jason Delmue, Candace Mastel, Scott Lease, Barton Churchill, Clare Menzel, Jason Karp, Phil Sarnoff, Jocie Funderburk, Kristin Davis City Liaisons/Staff: Taylor Lonsdale, John Van Delinder, Terry Cunningham, James Lusby, Mitch Reister Community Members: Marilee Brown, Ralph Zimmer, Blake Bjornson, Jennifer Boyer A. Meeting called to order at 6:04 PM B. Disclosures No disclosures C. Changes to the Agenda Item J4 was added D. Public Service Announcements Board MemberAnnouncements Work group at MSU with WTI - Collaborative work to expand to Bozeman area rather than city only - Matt Madsen, Rebecca Gleason, and two students working on this Staff Liaison Report Peach and Rouse intersection - Contractor Missouri River contacted - We will need to talk about this more next month to discuss design that will be best including signal timing Transportation Demand Manager - Position not officially yet open - Will get out to appropriate listservs - HR understaffed at the moment - Other time-sensitive job openings have arisen (e.g., Streets Dept vacancy during snow-plow season) Streets are out plowing; let John know if there is anything else they can do E. Approval of Minutes Will approve November and January minutes next month F. Consent We could probably remove this from this advisory board. Purpose: Items for presentation for a vote, but there is no discussion needed. Could also be considered a second time visiting an item to close loose ends, etc. G. Public Comment Blake Bjornson: resident of Bozeman who lives near intersection of 15th & Koch. Looking to do bike advocacy and possibly doing so through BABAB. Ralph Zimmer: I would like to provide comments when you discuss the transportation alternatives road map. 4 Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board Meeting Agenda, February 10, 2021 2 Marilee Brown: representing GAP and PTS; GAP is working with city on segment 1 and possibly 2 of Frontage Pathway (separated path north of airport Frontage Road connecting from Valley Center Spur to Cherry River Fishing Access, including Moss Bridge, Campbell, and Reeves Roads). PTS officers will work on identifying TA projects with the county and city. If you have ideas, let them know. PTS and BABAB have talked a lot about budget shortfalls, safety, and education over the past 20 years per paperwork reviewed. We need to really focus on how to get money for safety to include mapping, rules of the road, etc. H. Special Presentation H.1 TRIANGLE TRAILS PLAN PRESENTATION Sanderson Stewart team represented by Jennifer Boyer at the meeting. - Triangle = (roughly) Bozeman, Four Corners, Belgrade – extends beyond somewhat - GVLT and planning board collaboration - Public Review will be out in March - Steering committee: local government and GVLT - Process involved multiple opportunities for community feedback Themes: accessibility and ease of use - Trails should be built with individuals with least mobility in mind making the best surface asphalt - Serve neighborhoods of varying socioeconomic status - Make sure to design for lower conflict between people traveling at different speeds Structures of trails - Neighborhood trails, connector trails, commuter pathways - Safety: separation from traffic and road crossing considerations Barriers to use and top issues - Wayfinding - Connectivity - Maintenance and snow - Unsafe Funding recommendations - Development: developers, government budgets, grants, local option tax, philanthropy - Maintenance: HOA, public-private partnership, gov’t budget Changes requested - Better wayfinding - Better access to natural areas but make sure to protect habitats and resources - Pay attention to destinations being connected to: schools, Hyalite, between towns, coffee shops, etc. Next Steps - Release proposed plan along with the map and collect community feedback Discussion: County subdivision language discusses developer requirements, so this would allow for better directions for developers. This will improve the developer-made paths’ ability to connect to other trails. There will also be improvements between the city master plan and the triangle trails plan. Commuter vs Pleasure ride -- hopefully the trails serve both purposes, but there is hope to have direct, efficient routes. There was a desire from community members to have trails that are pleasant to ride. 5 Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board Meeting Agenda, February 10, 2021 3 I. Action Items I.1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS Jason D nominates Kristin Davis as secretary; seconded by Jason K. All in favor. Jason K nominates Jason Delmue as chair; seconded by Scott. All in favor. Jason D abstained. Jason D nominates Candace Mastel as vice chair; nomination declined by Candace. Will wait to see if others are interested or have the ability to be chair on an as-needed basis. Scott will help out as able, but he will be on the road for the second half of the year. J. FYI/Discussion J.1 ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS UPDATE(Taylor Lonsdale) - Click title above to see details or scroll down - City of Bozeman engineering department is updating standards - Transportation will be looked into - One question that exists: what belongs in a transportation master plan versus engineering standards? - Complete streets aspect needs to be included - There will be future updates Does the department have a complete streets policy? Is it carrying through to implementation? Has city been able to successfully assert Complete Streets requirements to developers? - Looking into how this has affected design/engineering standards - Measuring progress is a component that is missing - The resolution is strong, and new standards have been incorporated. - This is an opportunity to look at how to better implement the resolution - Best practices change/evolve so that needs to be considered - The resolution does not require certain types of connection; it might be time to incorporate the types of facilities required in roadways Public Comment: Marilee hopes they will look at street widths. This is getting worse as the city gets denser. Near Chief Joseph there are not areas (such as driveways) for vehicles to pull over to allow other vehicles to pass when the road width is constricted due to plowed snow taking up space on the sides. This is particularly of concern when it comes to emergency vehicles. 6 4 J.2 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM (Taylor Lonsdale) - Click title to see details or scroll down - Safe routes to school are under this program now - Administered through Department of Transportation and is competitive - An application will be submitted - MDT does not like projects that have surprises (e.g., wetland or right-of-way issues) - Purchasing right-of-way can be an eligible expense, but permission for easement needs to be well documented - Requires a local match of funds (15%) - Rest is covered by federal dollars - Can leverage money in CIP by getting a TA project - Smaller project of $200,000-250,000 are more likely to be awarded - Distribute geographically across state and to a variety of town/city sizes - Timeline: applications open end of Feb/beginning of March through the next few months with announcements a few months later; design for another year until breaking ground on projects - Potential TA project: west from 19th on E Valley Center; Billings clinic will now be putting paths in near them; with other paths this will be possible o 19th to Jackrabbit would be complete o Would be a joint project with the county, as Davis is roughly the boundary between city and county o Rough estimate: $1.4 million total o Fairly even split between city and county with hope that the county would contribute – sounds like the county would contribute o Could be a good, competitive TA project o BABAB involvement: input on what project makes the most sense and help with application process; letters of support - With a TA project, we would just need to make sure we reserve, from allocated funding, for the local match until we know whether or not the project will be supported - Multiple board members show support for project Public Comment: Ralph Zimmer – MDT is making two changes to the program. The cap is changed to $1 million of federal funds, which is a decrease. There is a decrease to cap on overages. There are a lot of ducks to put in a row. PTS is interested in the path along the frontage road. The city has already approved $90,000. TA funds would be a great way of leveraging that. Marilee – we haven’t heard from GVLT to see what they would want to pursue with the city. We need to find some sort of funding for pathway along City’s own parcel. Belgrade plans to apply for TA funding from downtown to airport. There are exciting possibilities; we need to weigh what MDT will like/approve. J.3 PROJECT SCORING CRITERIA (Taylor Lonsdale) - See link above that has an attachment at end - Taylor is looking for input on what criteria the board would like him to consider - Things like safety have been added after previous feedback - Potential survey to be sent out to gather group ideas/thoughts to be followed by additional discussion at a later meeting - Group can also send an email to Taylor about this or anything else at any time - The goal of discussing this is to get to a level of objectivity on how projects are chosen J.4 HIT AND RUN CODE UPDATE(Jason Delmue & Barton Churchill) - Jason D reached out to municipal Court - This topic will have to be returned to in the future - Reminder: agenda has to be put together by Thursday before the meeting making it a deadline of sorts 7 5 J.5 PARKING ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS(Taylor Lonsdale) - FYI Dani Hess provided a summary for Taylor - Video of the meeting has not come up yet on the city website – should be available soon - City strategic plan and parking plan were discussed o Build a shared understanding o Breakout sessions occurred to discuss values, goals, what’s working, what’s not working o Near Bozeman HS and MSU and Downtown were primary areas discussed o March 3 (MSU and HS districts) and March 8 (Downtown and adjacent) will be follow-up meetings – more information can be found on the parking hub on the city website K. Adjournment Motion to adjourn at 8:12 by Scott Lease; seconded by Jason D. No objections. For more information please contact Taylor Lonsdale, tlonsdale@bozeman.net This board generally meets the first Wednesday of the month from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 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) 8 Memorandum REPORT TO: Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board SUBJECT: PEACH STREET REDESIGN MEETING DATE: March 3, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION: No action needed. STRATEGIC PLAN: 4.5 Housing and Transportation Choices: Vigorously encourage, through a wide variety of actions, the development of sustainable and lasting housing options for underserved individuals and families and improve mobility options that accommodate all travel modes. BACKGROUND: City staff is working on redesign of Peach St at Rouse Ave. Some additional constraints have been discovered. Contract with DOWL is in place so draft plans will be developed. Staff would like input from the Board on the idea of transitioning to shared use path/separated bike lane at the intersection. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the Board. FISCAL EFFECTS: None Report compiled on: March 1, 2021 9 Memorandum REPORT TO: Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board FROM: Taylor Lonsdale SUBJECT: MICROMOBILITY PARKING AND POLICY MEETING DATE: March 3, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION: Official action is not required. Staff would appreciate input on the issue for consideration by staff in crafting code revisions. STRATEGIC PLAN: 4.5 Housing and Transportation Choices: Vigorously encourage, through a wide variety of actions, the development of sustainable and lasting housing options for underserved individuals and families and improve mobility options that accommodate all travel modes. BACKGROUND: The City is seeing an increasing number of citizens and visitors using micro- mobility modes of transportation. Commercial enterprises promoting and renting micro-mobility vehicles are operating in the City. The City wants to encourage these types of transportation for their energy efficiency, to increase people’s accessibility and enjoyment of downtown while relieving pressure on parking. Additionally the City wants to ensure micro-mobility vehicles are operated in a safe manner and parked so as not to impede traffic, sidewalks, or private property. Revisions to definitions in the BMC are contemplated to align with State law and adapt to advancements in the industry. A special business license is contemplated for commercial shared micro-mobility companies operating on public right of way. In the past two years parking of commercial scooters, particularly in the Downtown, has been a concern. It is the intent to pilot a micromobility parking project this summer with specific locations identified for micromobility parking. The locations proposed will be heavily influenced by commercial data. A draft rendering of how these pilot parking areas might look is attached. Prior to codifying any specific parking ordinances, staff intends to work with commercial companies, engineering and the director of public works to determine safe locations with high user traffic. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: Final code language is still being developed. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the Board. FISCAL EFFECTS: Unknown. 10 Attachments: Bozeman_NE.jpg Report compiled on: February 26, 2021 11 12 Memorandum REPORT TO: Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board SUBJECT: PRIORITIZE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN MEETING DATE: March 3, 2021 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Citizen Advisory Board/Commission RECOMMENDATION: No action suggested at this meeting. It is anticipated that the Board will take action on this at a future meeting. STRATEGIC PLAN: 4.5 Housing and Transportation Choices: Vigorously encourage, through a wide variety of actions, the development of sustainable and lasting housing options for underserved individuals and families and improve mobility options that accommodate all travel modes. BACKGROUND: At their December 22, 2020 meeting the Bozeman City Commission approved the Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2022 through 2026. The commission amended the proposed capital plan to add $500,000 for stand alone bicycle and pedestrian projects. City Staff will work with the Bicycle Advisory Board and the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee to prioritize projects for this funding. While city staff does not anticipate construction of projects with this funding in fiscal year 2022, the possibility of that exists depending on the projects that are prioritized. City staff has previously presented the Board with prioritization projects for Street Maintenance funding from fiscal years 2021 and 2022. The previously approved projects for 2021 will move forward. The projects prioritized for 2022 can now be reconsidered as the amount of funding assumed during the discussion of those priorities was significantly less than what is now available. Staff suggests that the Board discuss how they would like to approach this effort. Among other options, the Board could consider: keeping the previous recommended priorities and adding to them, adding to the previous list of priorities and re-ordering them, or the Board could choose to revisit the prioritization of fiscal year 2022 funds completely now that the available amount is $500,000? During the previous prioritization discussion several board members discussed a desire to revise the prioritization criteria to among other things, specifically include safety as a criteria. Staff has looked at ways other communities do this and has developed some potential revisions the to the criteria. They are included as part of the packet should the Board decide 13 they wish to revise the criteria prior to working on the prioritization effort. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None ALTERNATIVES: As proposed by the Board. FISCAL EFFECTS: Funding will be available July 1, 2021 pending approval of the budget. Report compiled on: February 26, 2021 14