City Council Study Session Summary 2011 05 10

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City Council Study Session Summary May 10, 2011 Page 2of 6 Commuting Solutions andthe cities along the corridor in planning the improvements. The improvements are to construct new managed lanes along the corridor as well as to reconstruct a number of bridges along US36, provide a bikeway,and to implement bus rapid transit operations. Mayor Sisk and Deputy City Manager Balser will be traveling to Los Angeles in June to tour their bus rapid transit facility. The RFP for this project will be going out sometime in Septemberof this year. The total for these projects is $310.9M and will be funded through the following sources: Colorado Bridge Enterprise Funding (FASTER) at $46.0M, CDOT Federal and State Grant Funds at $38.0M, RTD FasTracks Sales Tax Revenue at $120.0M, DRCOG at $44.0M, TIGER Grant at $10.0M, and TIFIA Loan at $52.9M. Council Member Muckle asked if the projects would impact the golf course. Deputy City Manager Balserresponded that the improvements planned will be in the CDOT right-of-way and will not impact Coal Creek Golf Course. th Also, the US36 Overlay Projectwill begin in May of this year from 88Street to the Wadsworth interchange.Only the travel lanes will be receiving the overlay. Construction will occur at night, one travel lane at a time, and all travel lanes will reopen in the morning. The construction of the new queue jump at US36 and McCaslin will be starting upthis summer. Deputy City Manager Balserthanked the Public Works and Planning Departments for their involvement during the project planningfor US 36 improvements. Update/Discussion –Board of Adjustment (BOA) The Board of Adjustment is a six-member quasi-judicial board that hears and decides requests for variances from the City’s zoning ordinance and also reviews flood plaindevelopment permits. Michael “Erik” Jasiak, Chair of the BOA, presented on behalf of the Board. Also in attendance from the Board was James Stuart. The other Board members are Larry Brassem, Wayne Chancellor, Chris Fuller, Horst Loeblich and Gunnar Malmquist. The BOA heard 3 variance th requests in 2010. The first case in 2011 was heard on April 20.Tonight’s discussion centered around the six criteria for approval that must be met for a variance to be approved. Some members on the Board who are alsoattorneys are concerned that through their approvals of variances that precedence is being set. Council Member Dalton inquired that he didn’t understand why the six criteria set a precedence.The Mayor suggested that the City Attorney review the six criteria