City Council Minutes 2015 09 21 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes September 21, 2015 Page 2 of 17 Mary Clough, 508 Lincoln Avenue, Louisville, CO noted she had been in touch with Council member Stolzmann and understood the money could be pushed off to 2018. She also found the noise from the trains very loud. She asked for the budget dollars to be allocated in 2016. Jeff Meier, 470 County Road, Louisville, CO supported quiet zones. He asked what had happened to the 2014 report and what the City has done with it. He recommended the City decide what action should be taken and put out requests for proposals to see what could be done soon. He suggested at least doing the Pine Street crossing. Mayor Muckle noted the trains are louder by federal requirement. Quiet zones are physically designed so a car cannot cross the track if a train is present. This allows the trains to be able to pass without using their horn. He noted the north area study looked at the intersections and costs from Westminster to Longmont. There is not an RFP that can be issued; it is a matter of getting on BNSF's schedule. There are parts the City can control and he as Mayor supports getting those done. All the north area municipalities have to reach consensus to get it done. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton thanked Deputy City Manager Balser for the clear email concerning how the timing laid out and noted residents could see that email. Council member Stolzmann noted the cost wouldn't be known until there is an agreement with the railroad. The study was done in 2014 and it reports the cost as $1.1 to $1.6 million and seeing what some communities have paid, costs are going up. She was concemed if this kept getting pushed out because of the flood and other infrastructure issues, it might never get done. She supported doing it as soon as possible and having the funding in place. Deputy City Manager Balser shared Stolzmann's concern over the flood causing distraction from the quiet zone project. She noted the communities along the corridor are now looking at when the DRCOG money is available and are continuing to work to finalize how dollars get distributed. Tom Pathe, 901 Rex St., Louisville, CO asked if this would take five years. Mayor Muckle noted the Council is discussing moving this to 2016. Mary Clough, 508 Lincoln Ave., Louisville, CO asked if the budget could move to 2016 and if the DRCOG money didn't come in, modifications could be made at that time. Jeff Meier, 470 County Road, Louisville, CO asked how Westminster got money if the other communities had to approve it. Deputy City Manager Balser explained the funds are for the Northwest Rail and Westminster was the first stop on the rail line and Adams County used a portion as well. There is $6.8 million left to be allocated to the rest of the communities along the corridor.