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HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.078.2020RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ("BOCC") OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO ADOPTING THE 2020 ELECTED OFFICIALS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ("EOTC") STRATEGIC PLAN RESOLUTION NO. L? �, 2020 RECITALS WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 2.8.3 (Actions) of the Pitkin County Home Rule Charter ("HRC") official action by formal resolution shall be required for all actions of the Board not requiring ordinance power on matters of significant importance affecting citizens, and; WHEREAS, On September 14, 1993 the Elected Officials Transportation Committee ("EOTC") was established, and; WHEREAS, The EOTC consists of the following members ("the Parties"): the City of Aspen City Council, Town of Snowmass Village Town Council, and the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners, and; WHEREAS, by intergovernmental agreement dated September 14, 1993, the Parties agreed: a. To conduct regular public meetings as the Elected Officials Transportation Committee and to continue to refine and agree upon proposed projects and transportation elements consistent with or complimentary to the Plan; and; b. That all expenditures and projects to be funded from the County -wide one- half cent transit sales and use tax shall be agreed upon by the Parties and evidenced by a resolution adopted by the governing body of each party; and; Set forth procedural steps to be taken by the parties to implement the Plan; and; d. Set forth the parties' mutual understanding for a specific process for funding the Plan and other mass transportation elements, and; WHEREAS, at the Pitkin County meeting held on July 7, 2020, the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners considered and approved the attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and; WHEREAS, the BOCC finds that it is in the best interests of the citizens of Pitkin County to approve this Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado that it hereby adopts a Resolution of the Board Of County Commissioners ("BOCC") of Pitkin County, Folorado adopting the 2020 EOTC Strategic Plan and authorizes the Chair to sign the Resolution and upon the satisfaction of the County Attorney as to form, execute any other associated documents necessary to complete this matter. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ ON THE DAY OF , 2020 AND SFT FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE -j' QDAY OF _ At)tqo� 2020. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY OF T RES%TION PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE DAY OF— ()( —2020. NOTICE OF UBLIC HEARING AND THE FULL TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION POSTED ON, HE OFFICIAIITKIN COUNTY WEBSITE (w)nw.pitkincounty.com } ON THE. 6WA,1 DAY OF C C 2020. ADOPTED AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 22 — DAY OF _ �J� 2020. PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE' DAY OF (- 2020. POSTED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY ON THE OFFICIAL PITKIN COUNTY WEBSITE(www. itkincount .corn ) ON THE' -' tAY OF �' of 2020. ATTEST: B �� ,�bb s By Jeanette Jones Deputy County Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: .6� John Ely, County Attorney Effective 01-01-2020 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS S4," F_ CU1.el. Steven F. Child, Chair Date: 7ul-30-2020 MANAGER APPROVAL 2 Pius kAu- Phylis Mattice for Jon Peacock County Manager 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN ELECTED OFFICIALS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (EOTC) BRUSH CREEK W RJ�1 VG -,IOC% Adopted Adopted July 2020 ' res Wer Ac W RJ�1 VG -,IOC% Adopted Adopted July 2020 2020 Strat Contents A-. Introduction IFWhere we are today EOTC Strengths, Opportunities and Challenges How this plan will be used Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles, and Key Strategies Implementation 2020 Strategic Plan Introduction In 1990 the Colorado state legislature passed Colorado Revised Statute 29-2-103.5 that provides counties the authority to levy sales and use taxes for the "for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, or maintaining a mass transportation system within the county." In November 1993, per the Colorado State Statute, Pitkin County voters approved a 0.5% County Transit Sales and Use Tax for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating and managing a mass transportation system within the Roaring Fork Valley. In conjunction with the countywide ballot measure, Pitkin County, the Town of Snowmass Village and the City of Aspen adopted a 1993 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) establishing the Elected Officials Transportation Committee (EOTC), its structure, and further defining how the collected funds may be allocated. The EOTC is therefore responsible for allocating the countywide 0.5% sales tax and a 0.5% use tax funds in a manner that is consistent with State Statute, the 1993 ballot language and the IGA. In addition, the IGA expanded upon the enabling legislation from State Statute and the ballot language by adopting a Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan (CVTP) as a means to guide future allocations. The IGA includes: • Establishment of a Committee (i.e. Elected Officials Transportation Committee or EOTC) comprised of all jurisdictions within the Transit Sales and Use Tax administration area, including Pitkin County, Town of Snowmass Village, and the City of Aspen. • The EOTC is a recommending body only for expenditure of 0.5% Transit Sales and Use Tax. • That, for any EOTC action, all jurisdictions must have a majority vote to progress a recommendation. • That the only actions that must be approved (rather than recommended) are annual and project budgets. Approval of annual and project budgets must be formally approved within each of the member jurisdictions. 4 2020 Strategic Plan Introduction Enabling Legislation Detail C.R.S. 29-2-103.5 (Colorado Revised Statute) provides that a county is authorized to levy a sales and use tax "for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, or maintaining a mass transportation system within the county." Local jurisdictions "may enter into intergovernmental agreements with any municipality or other county ... for the purpose of providing mass transportation services either within the county or in a county in which the county mass transportation system is permitted to operate." "Mass Transportation" is defined as "any system which transports the general public by bus, rail, or any other means of conveyance moving along prescribed routes, except any railroad subject to the federal "Railway Labor Act", 45 U.S.C. sec. 151 et seq". Significant Ballot Initiatives Impacting the EOTC 1993 - The sales and use tax ballot measure further defined the purpose of the tax. Most significantly it limits the purpose to "increasing and improving the public mass transportation system within the Roaring Fork Valley" and requires that such mass transportation system improvements "be approved by the City of Aspen, Pitkin County and the Town of Snowmass Village". 2000 — Aspen, Snowmass Village, and Pitkin County residents vote to join the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority and dedicate 48.131% of the 1986 Pitkin County -wide 1% mass transit tax and 48.04% of the 1993 Pitkin County -wide 0.5% mass transit tax to RFTA. The remainder of the 1% mass transit tax is allocated to Aspen and Snowmass Village based on their proportional share of annual sales tax revenues to help support their transit services. The remainder of the 0.5% mass transit tax was retained by the EOTC to fund transportation projects and programs within the Roaring Fork Valley. 2004 — In order to secure additional funding for RFTA to improve transit and trails, voters in all existing RFTA member jurisdictions including Pitkin County approved to increase their contribution to RFTA from countywide Transit Sales Tax revenues. Per the 2004 ballot measure, the countywide contribution to RFTA was increased from 48.04% to 81.04% of the 0.5% Transit Sales Tax. As a result, the remaining 18.96% of the Transit Sales Tax collections and 100% of the Use Tax collections are available to the EOTC to fulfill the purpose as outlined in the enabling legislation, ballot measure, as well as the IGA and Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan. 61 2020 Strategic Plan Introduction 1993 EOTC IGA Detail The County, City and Town entered into an IGA on September 14, 1993. This IGA identifies that all three entities must agree to expenditures and representatives from each jurisdiction are to meet regularly. This requirement was incorporated into the IGA as a result of the ballot language. In addition, this IGA adopts a Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan (CVTP) to establish a framework for a mass transportation strategy for "addressing mass transportation problems and issues in the Roaring Fork Valley", sets forth procedural steps to implement the Plan, and establishes a mutual understanding of a process for funding the Plan and other mass transportation elements. 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In 1983, the City of Aspen and Pitkin County merged their transit systems creating the Roaring Fork Transit Agency. In 2000 the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) was established in its current form when residents in Aspen, Snowmass Village, Pitkin County, Basalt, Eagle County, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs voted to create RFTA. By 2018, RFTA had become the second largest transit agency in Colorado and the largest rural transit agency in the nation with annual system ridership of 5.1 million passenger trips spanning a 70 -linear mile service area from Aspen to Rifle. Since it's inception in 1993, the EOTC has been a loyal supporter of RFTA. Supporting transit in the Roaring Fork Valley, and by extension RFTA, remains central to the EOTC's statutory, ballot, CVTP and IGA requirements. r _ P1 �• Y A AOP N 2020 Strategic Plan Where We Are Today In addition to its ardent support of RFTA, the EOTC has also made significant progress carrying out the Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan (CVTP) and supporting transit ridership in the 25+ years of the Transit Use and Sales tax. Examples of the progress made to date include: • Participation in Entrance to Aspen Record of Decision (ROD) • Acquisition of the Denver Rio Grande right-of-way • Support for the creation of the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) • Design and installation of the Highway 82 exclusive bus lanes • Design and construction support for the Maroon Creek Bridge and Roundabout • No -fare bus service between Aspen, Snowmass and Woody Creek • Ongoing support of RFTA • AABC pedestrian underpass • Basalt pedestrian underpass • Ongoing support for We -Cycle and X -Games bus service • Establishment of the 15 -minute RFTA bus connections • Renovation of the Rubey Park bus station • Support for the purchase of RFTA Battery Electric Buses • Operation and improvement of the Brush Creek Park and Ride as well as the Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) on Highway 82 The EOTC has demonstrated ongoing commitment to upper valley mobility with the establishment of the Regional Transportation Administrator position in 2018. The Regional Transportation Administrator position consolidates the administrative functions of the EOTC and provides additional staff resources that were not previously available. Credit: Rising Sun Photography 8 2020 Strategic Plan Where We Are Today e0 SMOkiSG 4N The EOTC currently has two significant projects underway that have been considered for many years and are supported by the CVTP. The two projects are: enhancements to the Brush Creek Park and Ride facility and the Town of Snowmass Village Transit Center. While these two projects are still several years from completion, they both continue to move forward with EOTC funds allocated in 2020 and 2022, respectively. With progress made toward carrying out the Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan, the EOTC is uniquely situated to look to the future to address mobility in the Roaring Fork Valley. To that end, on August 7, 2019 the EOTC held a retreat with the following goals: 1. Establish a baseline understanding of the EOTC purpose, requirements, structure, funding and operations; 2. Identify the strengths, opportunities and challenges facing the EOTC today, and 3. Create a priority list of themes, major topics, and projects to help guide the EOTC's next steps and vision. The collaborative discussions and direction amongst the EOTC members at the retreat have provided a framework for the EOTC and staff to guide future decision-making as it looks ahead. Based on the retreat, the top two priorities for the EOTC to focus initially on include: 1) EOTC governance and decision-making; and 2) updating EOTC plans and governance documents. To achieve these priorities, the EOTC agreed to develop a strategic plan as a part of their 2020 Work Plan. The development of an EOTC strategic plan is among the first steps to move the needle in these two outcome areas by identifying and documenting an agreed upon Mission Statement, Vision, Guiding Principles, and Key Strategies for the EOTC. 141 2020 Strategic Plan Strengths, Opportunities, and Challenges (As identified at August 2019 EOTC Retreat) During the 2019 retreat, the 14 EOTC members (one member was absent) conducted a Strengths, Opportunities, and Challenges discussion about the EOTC and its future. Below is a summary of the results from these conversations. It was noted that each of the opportunities and strengths may also pose numerous challenges and opportunities for future action. Strengths: • History of recognizing and appreciating the regional nature of transportation • The multi -jurisdictional governance, leadership, and staffing of the EOTC • History and legacy of the EOTC with enduring governing documents, history of successful action, consensus and agreement • Existence of a stable funding source and structure for the EOTC Opportunities: • Utilize strengths of a regional approach, a strong staff and governance structure, and EOTC historic momentum to expand opportunities in regional thinking, projects, and strategic decision-making • Emerging technologies • Improved communication both within and outside of the EOTC • Use of multiple modalities to change behavior • Improve Airport connectivity • Take advantage of excellent Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) resources Challenges: • Should the EOTC desire to expand to include broader regional input and/or representation, such broadening will require difficult changes to governance and relationship -building • While expanding first/last mile transportation connectivity is critical to change people's behavior, it can be difficult to implement particularly outside the EOTC member jurisdictions • Behavior change is — in and of itself — difficult to accomplish • While the EOTC's governance has been a strength and is recognized as an opportunity to accomplish even more, clarifying how decisions are made is an ongoing challenge • Changes to the EOTC funding starting in 2019 • While the linear nature of the Roaring Fork Valley topography has enhanced the effectiveness of regional trunk -line transit service, overcoming topographic challenges in first and last mile connectivity can be difficult • Need for greater resiliency in emergency management • Need for greater and faster response to climate -change 10 2020 Strategic Plan How this Plan will be Used The EOTC Strategic Plan provides a framework to guide the EOTC's decision- making, work planning and budgeting. The Plan also includes the following: Statutory and ballot requirements for the Transit Sales and Use Tax as well as the Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles, and Key Strategies of the EOTC. The Guiding Principles in this Plan represent the high-level deliverables that the EOTC strives to achieve throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. The Plan also includes Key Strategies that define approaches the EOTC will utilize to help realize the Guiding Principles. The Guiding Principles and Key Strategies inform the annual EOTC Work Plan, which will act as the tactical actions of this Plan. Each of the tasks completed in the annual Work Plan and money allocated by the EOTC will be connected to the Strategic Plan. This Plan is intended to be reviewed at least every five years and updated as necessary. Strategic Plan Decision — Making Work Plan r Implementation / Budget t y r � f t4 =�yq o � r 01 We envisions Roaring Fork Valley as the embodiment of a sustainable Vision -.� I transportation system emphasizing mass transit and mobility that contributes to the happiness and wellbeing of residents and visitors. Guiding Principles Environmental Sustainability Economic Sustainability Social Sustainability Encourage a top -line transportation All projects will promote a Efforts will strive to increase balanced natural and built emergency and economic experience for all residents and environment while reducing resiliency while considering the visitors while striving to increase greenhouse gas emissions. financial, legal and physical equity', proximity, reliability, and practicality of each project. efficiency of the network to meet the transportation needs of all people. Key Strategies ' Note: Equity refers to the fairness with which impacts (benefits and costs) are distributed 2020 Strategic Plan Implementation Each year the EOTC shall adopt a work plan and budget for multiple upcoming years that will act as the tactical actions for the implementation of this Strategic Plan. Each action and expenditure made by the EOTC is to be connected to the promotion of the EOTC's Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles, and Key Strategies. 13