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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Citizens Bicycle Advisory Committee - Meeting Date: 10/5/2009 CITY OF GLENDALE CITIZEN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Monday, October 5,2009 Transportation Planning Conference Room Bank of America Building,Suite 315 5800 West Glenn Drive,Glendale,Arizona 6:30 PM MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Brad Meek called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. Also in attendance: Fred Coury, Gail Hildebrant,John Horvath,Bill Wilkinson, Betsy Turner,and City staff—Purab Adabala and Steve Hancock Members absent:Norman Crowell and Richard Qualls Guests:None II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the September 14,2009 meeting were approved. III. CALL TO THE PUBLIC There were no members of the public wishing to address the Committee. IV. INTRODUCTIONS Members introduced themselves. V. CONTINUANCE OR WITHDRAWAL OF AGENDA ITEMS No agenda items were continued or withdrawn. VI. REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS Gail Hildebrant reported that the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists(CAzB)had their annual meeting at the"Boulders" in Tempe on September 20. She said the CAzB will start planning activities for 2010. John Horvath said that a new bicycle shop has opened in the strip mall at the northeast corner of 59th Ave. and Peoria Ave. Betsy Turner reported that the Citizen Transportation Oversight Commission(CTOC)met on October 1,2009. Betsy said there was an update on the Northern Parkway project and that there will be a public meeting for citizens to review the plans and schedules for the project. She said that the public meeting will be on Wednesday, October 13,2009 at Raymond S. Kellis High School, 8990 W. Orangewood Ave. Purab Adabala said he would scan an announcement about the meeting and have Steve Hancock send it to Committee members via email. Betsy went on to say that the City has been purchasing land on the west end of the Northern Parkway project and that construction would start on the west end because of lower land costs. Betsy also spoke about the transit life-cycle program and how there may be a$568M shortfall,affecting local governments like Glendale because Valley Metro may be unable to take over routes as originally planned. VII. GLENDALE ONBOARD(GO)PROGRAM—FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Purab Adabala provided a PowerPoint presentation on the current and future financial situation for the GO Program. He briefly gave a history of the half-cent transportation tax that funds the Go Program followed by an overview of the 11 bicycle/pedestrian projects that have been completed since the inception of the GO Program in 2002 and a description of the seven active bike/ped projects that are in design or under construction. Purab said that GO Program Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee Minutes October 5,2009 —Page 2— funding projections have been recently updated for a span of 25 years,from 2010 through 2034. He displayed a chart that showed funding sources of$880.4M over that time span with 78%of the funding coming from sales tax revenues. Purab also displayed a chart showing planned expenditures by transportation type. He said that there would be total expenditures of$845.2M with transit accounting for 60%of expenditures,streets and roads 27%,bicycle and pedestrian 2%,and other programs and projects and indirect administrative and staff costs accounting for the remaining 11%of expenditures. Purab displayed a number of graphs that showed the difference in revenue projections and projects costs between the 2009-2033 projections and the 2010-2034 projections.The next area Purab covered was projected bonding needs for the next 25 years that totaled$168M. He pointed out that years with high bonding needs reflected projects like light-rail and reconstruction of 59th Ave. Using a table and graph,the last area covered by Purab was debt coverage for bonding needs. Purab asked if there were any comments or questions on his presentation. Gail Hildebrant said she appreciated the graphs and charts saying it made the financial aspects of the GO Program much easier to understand. John Horvath wondered if it would be possible to eliminate fares for local circulators like GUS. John said that when he rides the light-rail to Tempe he can get on a circulator bus that does not charge any fares. Purab pointed out that no public transportation system, including streets for cars,pays for itself through fares or gas taxes—all are subsidized to some degree. Betsy Turner added that a good fare-box recovery would be 25%of capital and operations costs. John Horvath said another problem he encounters on GUS is that it stops running at 5:00 p.m.meaning he can't get to this meeting on inexpensive public transit. VIII. NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS PROJECTS Steve Hancock provided a PowerPoint presentation on the Neighborhood Access Projects that Glendale is having designed under a grant from the Maricopa Association of Governments(MAG). Steve said that the grant would pay ADYE Design consultants to design to the 90%level. Steve noted that this was just short of having 100%designs that could be used to seek construction bids,saying the level of detail for a contractor to estimate meaningful bids includes amounts of materials and specific measurements of all structural features. Steve said that the City will pay to bring the design up to 100%so construction funding can be obtained through Federal Highway sources for bicycle and pedestrian projects. Steve displayed a map show the four locations of the projects and explained that they would improve points where neighborhood streets have direct access to the Thunderbird Paseo and Skunk Creek multi-use pathways. He then showed aerial photos and photographs that illustrated the current situation at the four locations (Sweetwater Ave.,Hearn Rd., 71st Ave. on the Thunderbird Paseo and 64th Dr.on Skunk Creek Pathway). Steve noted that people with physical handicaps,especially those in wheelchairs,would have difficulty accessing the pathways as they are currently configured. He said ramps and hard,paved surfaces would greatly enhance accessibility. Steve displayed some preliminary rendering by the consultants to show what might be possible in making the access points more attractive to potential pathway users. Steve told the Committee that the consultants had originally proposed plant landscaping but,at a stakeholder meeting the previous week,the Parks and Recreation representative had request that no plant landscaping be added at this time because of maintenance costs restrictions. IX. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS No items were suggested. X. OTHER BUSINESS No other business was raised by the Committee. XI. NEXT MEETING Brad Meek said the next meeting of the Glendale Citizen Bicycle Advisory Committee would be held on Monday, November 2, 2009, 6:30 p.m., Transportation Planning Conference Room, Bank of America Building, 5800 W. Glenn Dr., Suite 315. XII. ADJOURNMENT Brad Meek adjourned the meeting at 8:01 p.m. c:\documents and settings\blimbach\desktop\minutes\2009\1 009m.docx 04/29/11