City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2012 03 13

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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: MALCOLM FLEMING, CITY MANAGER DATE: MARCH 13, 2012 SUBJECT: UPDATE /DISCUSSION - THE 42 GATEWAY PROJECT — PURPOSE AND NEED AND PROJECT GOALS ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND BUILDING SAFETY PROJECT OVERVIEW: Staff will lead a discussion regarding the purpose and need statement and project goals for The 42 Gateway Project. The 42 Gateway Project is a partnership between the City of Louisville, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Boulder County, and the . Regional Transportation District (RTD) to complete an Integrated Infrastructure Implementation Plan for the Louisville FasTracks Station Area and Highway 42 Corridor. This planning effort has two components: 1. Design of a South Street connection between Downtown Louisville and the Revitalization District across the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) right -of -way 2. A context sensitive and multimodal corridor design and implementation plan for Highway 42 between Lock Street and the northern City limits (Paschal Drive). The City contracted with Atkins North America to complete the project and commenced work in November of 2011. A coordination team consisting of representatives from all of the funding partners in the study has been meeting monthly to receive updates and develop a purpose and need statement for the project along with project goals. The following is an overview of the project progress to date: • A Public Kick off Meeting was held in November to introduce the project to the community and gather initial input. • Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) workshops were completed with all project stakeholders in the project. This process was completed to: (1) define parameters for problem- solving strategies that fit within an organization's concerns and (2) identify areas of convergent and divergent opinions between the participating stakeholders. A complete summary of the SWOT workshops is included as Attachment 1. • Ongoing documentation of existing conditions including: o Traffic counts and projections o Highway 42 Safety Assessment o Detailed survey work on the roadway, railroad tracks, and utility locations o Transit route assessment SUBJECT UPDATE /DISCUSSION - THE 42 AGENDA ITEM GATEWAY PROJECT — PURPOSE AND NEED AND PROJECT GOALS IV