Meeting Notes
Meeting:	Stakeholder Committee Meeting #3
Date:	March 15, 2001
Location:	Streets Building 625 9th Street Fort Collins Training Room
Attendees:	Mark Jackson R.A. Plummer Barry Schulz Carrie Cloud Nate Allen Rex Kroemer Len Roark Mike Buderus Peggy Arevalos	Tom Fitch Daryl Boggs Mike McNeil Jay Hardy Hank Hersh Scott Ellis Joe Dumais Maury Albertson Gladys Russell	Jerry Boortz Ernie Marx Scott Koskie Charles Rogers Carl Maxey Kathy Kregel Randy Hensley Jill Bennett
Agenda:	General Business Meeting Purpose Truck Origin and Destination Study Wrap Up Problem Statement Development Evaluation Criteria Discussion Non-Route Based Strategy List Other Business

I.   General Business

Barry welcomed the committee and let them know of the request for closed captioning. She will be at all future Stakeholder meetings. The revised Stakeholder list was handed out, with the active members on the front and others invited that have not been in attendance on the back. If anyone knows these members, remind them of these meetings. It has been brought up that different groups and interests would like to have some time to make presentations during the meetings. The committee decided that the last 5-10 minutes of each meeting would be set aside for open discussion and presentations. If a formal presentation is to be scheduled, please let the project team know in advance, so your needs can be met. If anyone has not been receiving the packets sent e-mail or regular mail, please let us know and we will get those sent to you. Since there have been many questions on the ballot language, a copy of the Ballot Initiative 200 was distributed to the committee members. R.A. and Mark provided an update of the study including the recent Trucking Industry Issues Workshop. This workshop was attended by many interested agencies within the trucking industry including Colorado Motor Carriers Association, Colorado State Patrol, Federal Highways Association, Colorado and Wyoming Departments of Transportation, Wyoming Ports of Entry and State Patrol, Colorado Department of Revenue, and different trucking companies. Existing conditions were discussed along with proposed improvements. A thorough discussion of the Triangle Project and non-route based strategies were also discussed, and lists of these strategies were revised for presentation at the different committees. The notes from this meeting are located on the website, www.sh14truckingstudy.com.

II.   Meeting Purpose

The purpose of the meeting was to wrap up the truck origin and destination study, go over the different issues addressed by the study, and revise and develop the problem statement, evaluation criteria, and non-route based strategy list.

III.   Truck Origin and Destination Study Wrap Up

R.A. gave a wrap up of the truck origin and destination study. The purpose and use of the origin and destination study was to define the through truck trips through the study area and to give a basis for the benefit/cost analysis. The survey was conducted by a combination of data collection efforts that included a truck location survey and classification counts. The capture rate of the survey was 80-98 percent, and seasonal factors were incorporated into the weekday classification counts to grow the numbers from winter to average traffic numbers. The results of the O&D found that northwest bound there were 20-25 percent through trips, southeast bound there were 25-30 percent through trips, and the total through trips were 550-625 trips per day between the data collection points of SH 14 and I-25 to north of US 287 and Owl Canyon Rd (the forks at Livermore).

IV.   Problem Statement Development

The problem statement developed from input from all interested committees in prior meetings was presented for comment. The additional changes that the project management team felt was needed included adding both an introductory statement and outcome statement. There was also a recommendation to address the usage of the word community, it was felt that the regional community should also be included. The revised statement developed at the project management team meeting was presented with the changes shown in italics:

The overall mission of the Northern Colorado Truck Mobility/SH 14 Relocation Study is to address truck mobility issues within the parameters of Ballot Initiative 200. Truck mobility and traffic impacts have been an ongoing concern in the City of Fort Collins and northern Larimer County. To address these concerns, a fair and open process will be used that evaluates non-route based strategies and alternate routes. Non-route based strategies will include incentives to encourage through truck traffic, (i.e. trucks without a Fort Collins destination) to use the existing interstate system (I-25 and I-80). Alternate routes will be evaluated a minimum of two miles north of the City of Fort Collins Growth Management Area (GMA), which makes County Road 58 the southernmost available route.

Both non-route based strategies and alternate routes will be developed to balance trucking industry needs with regional community (Fort Collins and Northern Larimer County) and environmental resource impacts. Educational opportunities will be provided to clearly define trucking industry issues and potential solutions. The analysis of solutions will be based on factual information and will include comprehensive stakeholder involvement. A thorough evaluation process will be used to develop safe solutions with the highest relative benefits that minimize impacts to environmental and additional resources and is a responsible use of taxpayer money.

The result of the Northern Colorado Truck Mobility/SH 14 Relocation Study will be the recommendation of an alternate route within the study area (two miles north of the Fort Collins GMA), a list of non-route based strategies, funding sources for the recommendations, and a discussion of next steps.

There were concerns with some of the wording in the problem statement. It was a concern of some members that the truck mobility and traffic impacts have not been a problem in northern Larimer County like they have been in Fort Collins. It was suggested that the phrase "northern Larimer County" be taken out of the first paragraph, second sentence. There was also a concern with some of the committee members that the words regional community do not belong together, that they are separate, and have different issues with the truck problem. It was suggested that the phrase "regional community (Fort Collins and Northern Larimer County) and environmental resources" in the first sentence of the second paragraph be changed to Fort Collins, Northern Larimer County, and environmental resources. Another concern of the committee was that in the last paragraph there is mention of a recommendation of an alternate route. There were many questions on whether or not when an alternative is chosen it has to also be recommended. The use of the word "recommendation" was not clear and the suggestion was to change it to identification.

There also was a problem statement developed by another member of the committee that was also handed out for comment. The concerns regarding the problem statement were addressed and are included in the revised problem/mission statement that is attached to these notes.

V.   Evaluation Criteria Discussion

The evaluation criteria that were brainstormed at the previous meetings were reviewed. It was decided by the project management team that the general list of criteria should be split into two separate categories, one for non-route based strategies, and another for alternate routes. The main concerns were that capital costs needed to be addressed, construction costs need to be defined, other water resources should be included along with historic landmarks, and the inclusion of directly affected properties in the right-of-way criteria. The revised criteria were as follows:

Non-Route Based Strategies

• Cost
      - Implementation
      - Ongoing
      - Cost/Benefit
• Strategy utilization
• Legality
      - Interstate commerce

Alternate Route

• Safety
      - Design standards
• Cost
      - Capital (right-of-way, design, environmental studies, construction services)
      - Cost/Benefit
• Traffic operations/Route utilization
• Environmental resources
      - Prime farmland
      - Wildlife
      - Wetlands
      - Noise
      - Historic sites
      - Water resources
• Right-of-Way/Relocations
• Directly affected properties
• Community planning/Land use

The stakeholder committee added additional criteria to each category. It was mentioned that the social cost that would come from the location of an alternate route such as health, inconvenience, crop damage, and property reduction should be addressed. It was also suggested that the phrase "cost/benefit" should be switched to "benefit/cost." Other issues that were suggested to be added were legal, safety within the non-route based strategies, sprawl promotion, aesthetics, economic impacts, and decreases in property value. These changes are reflected in the revised handout that is attached to these notes.

VI.   Non-Route Based Strategy List

The non-route based strategies that were developed in the trucking workshop were discussed. The project management team's concerns with the list were to combine company incentives with the city tax increase, to add in information about CDOT's website, recognize that it might take more outreach to private trucking companies to receive information, to add in weight limit enforcement and other enforcement issues, to change the "Jake" brake" to compression brake, and to add in the use of the highway advisory radio (HAR). The revised list is as follows with changes in italics:

• Financial strategies
      - Tax credit for drivers
      - Shippers to pay for additional costs
      - City tax increase to provide company incentives
• Marketing/Informational strategies
      - Kiosks at truck stops
      - Radio ads
      - Safety meeting reminders
      - Paycheck mailers
      - Articles in publications
      - Variable message signs
      - Additional outreach to private trucking companies
      - CDOT website-cotrip.org
      - Increased highway advisory radio (HAR)
• Regulatory enforcement strategies
      - Inspections on US 287
      - Stricter speed limit enforcement
      - Enforce 5-mile radius from Port of Entry
      - City enforced compression brake law
      - Profiling
      - Mobile weigh stations
      - Differential speed limits
      - Time of day restrictions, route restrictions
      - Redesignate SH 14 (no longer truck route)
      - Increase weight limits on Interstate
• Physical strategies
      - Additional traffic control devices (signals and stop signs)
      - Wind socks
      - Variable message sign installation

There were no significant changes to make from the stakeholder committee, and a revised list with additional descriptions is attached to these notes.

VII.   Other Business

There was a statement handed out from the Owl Canyon Road Coalition that was read by one of the committee members.

The next Stakeholder meeting is scheduled for April 19, 2001 at 6:00 pm with dinner at 5:45 at the City of Fort Collins Streets Building on 625 9th Street. A meeting reminder will be sent out via e-mail prior to the meeting. If there any questions or comments on the revised materials from the Stakeholder meeting, please let us know and we will address your concerns.