RFTA Regional Bike, Pedestrian and Transit Access Plan

Stakeholder Workshop Schedule / Agenda

Date/Time:

Thursday and Friday, Feb. 19 and 20th and Monday, Feb. 22

Schedule:
*Amended original single day of meetings to be two and a half days allowing for more
in-depth and place specific conversations.
Day 1: Thursday, Feb. 19
7:30 8:30 - Semi-public focus group - Parachute/Battlement Mesa (Coffee shop/Parachute Town
Hall or Parks Building??)
9 10:30 Town Staff Meeting Parachute/Battlement Mesa (Parachute Town Hall or Parks
Building??)
10:30 - 11:30 Buffer/Travel Time
11:30 12:30 Rifle (include CMC) Semi-Public focus group (lunch session maybe we can
provide pizza) (Rifle Town Hall?)
1:00 2:30 Town Staff Meeting - Rifle (Rifle Town Hall?)
2:30 - 3:30 Buffer/Travel Time
3:30 5:00 Town Staff Meeting - New Castle/Silt (New Castle Town Hall?)
5:30 6:30 Semi-public focus group - New Castle/Silt (Coffee shop/New Castle Town Hall?)

Day 2: Friday, Feb. 20

7:30 8:30 - Semi-public focus group - Glenwood Springs (Coffee Shop next to Summit Canyon or
Town Hall?)
9 10:30 Town Staff Meeting - Glenwood Springs (Town Hall??)
10:30 - 11:30 Buffer/Travel Time
11:30 12:30 - Semi-public focus group Carbondale (RFTA Offices or Village Smithy??)
1:00 2:30 Town Staff Meeting Carbondale (Town Hall or RFTA Offices)
2:30 - 3:30 Buffer/Travel Time
3:30 5:00 Town Staff Meeting - Basalt / El Jebel (Town Hall??)
5:30 6:30 Semi-public focus group - Basalt / El Jebel (??)
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Day 3 (1/2 Day): Monday, Feb. 23

7:30 8:30 - Semi-public focus group Snowmass/Woody Creek (Recreation Center or Coffee
Shop or Town Hall??)
9 11:00 Town Staff Meeting Snowmass/Woody Creek (Town Hall??)
12:00 1:00 - Semi-public focus group Aspen (Design Workshop?)
1:00 2:30 Town Staff Meeting Aspen (City of Aspen Sister Cities Room??)

Individual Interviews:
Cathy Tuttle Western Slope Bike/Ped Coalition
Dana Woods - LiveWell GarCo
Larry Dragon (complete)
Bob Sterns (LoVa)
Nathan Lindquist
OTHERS?

Individual Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions
2. Project Introduction (Mike or Jessie)
- Regional Scope - Bike-Ped Plan will establish a region-wide multimodal vision with
goals,
objectives and a 25-year prioritized list of projects that integrate and maximize access
and mobility for bicycle, walking and transit access.
- While recreational trails or use may be improved or supplemented, they are not the
primary focus of this project.
- Focus on bike and pedestrian routes multi-modal mobility, connectivity and travel
choices across all modes transportation-oriented walkways and bikeways
- criteria for the types of projects we are interested in including in the plan
- Goals:
o a. Enhancing safety;
o b. Providing transportation equity
o c. Improving multimodal mobility and accessibility
o d. Maximizing transportation, transit investments, and assets
o e. Improving statewide and regional economies
o f. Increasing bicycling and walking activity
o g. Expanding recreational opportunities to enhance quality of life
o h. Improving public health
o i. Improving the environment and air quality by reducing fossil fuel dependence
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review of survey results /conclusions for individual communities

3. Facilitated Discussion/Map Exercise

4. Grant Activity (with public staff only)
a. Distributed in advance of the meetings along with questions and project background
b. Walk city officials through the mock grant application activity

Focus Group Goals

a. Assess general awareness of alternative transportation mode options to walk, bike and
ride transit
b. Gauge opinions on existing conditions for bicycle and pedestrian system connectivity and
access to regional transit facilities
c. Understand biking and walking infrastructure gaps or hazards
d. Identify either existing plans or desires for future enhancements to the regional bicyclepedestrian system (infrastructure, education, incentives, etc.)
e. Identify public and political support for future funding of enhancements to the regional
multimodal system.
f. Provide necessary materials including PowerPoint presentations, information boards,
handouts, and content for the project website.

Materials
1. Project Introduction Handout / Questions (XX copies)
2. Base Maps (Alta)
3. Grant Worksheets (XX copies)
4. Projector / Laptop (DW)

Responsibilities
RFTA outreach/invitations/help with scheduling
Alta provide base maps of each community and the linkages between them (revised map
package from field visits) and inventory matrix.
DW provide stakeholder meeting questions and grant activity (reviewed by Alta and RFTA),
attend, facilitate and document meetings. Scan and send maps to Alta for compilation, send
meeting notes and other meeting materials to team.

Remaining Needs
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Reserve Meeting Space (Jason??)

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Send Email Invitations (Jason) DW can draft content for invitations. (this week if possible)
Follow up phone calls for those who we havent heard back from (week of Feb 9 th) (Jason)