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A Resolution of Support for the Transit Downtown Relocation Study Recommendations
Presenter:
Craig Blewitt, Transit Services Manager
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Summary:
Last fall, the Transit Services Division completed a study to identify Downtown locations appropriate for a new multimodal transit center. On July 25, 2016, we briefed Council on the approach of the study, the status of work, and a summary of the remaining tasks. Today, Transit Services staff will briefly review the need, goals, and the study's findings which identified three (3) feasible transit center sites; as well as discuss the work of a Mayor-appointed steering committee charged with prioritizing those final three sites and making a recommendation to the Mayor for action.
Previous Council Action:
July 25, 2016 Council received a presentation update on the Downtown Transit Station Relocation Study. November 24, 2015 Council approved Ordinance 15-86 appropriating the 2016 Budget, including $100,000 to implement the Downtown Transit Station Relocation Study. May 27, 2014 Council approved Resolution 50-15 to authorize a funding transfer of $38,000 into the Downtown Transit Station Relocation Study Project.
Background:
The City's transit system, operated as Mountain Metropolitan Transit, provides bus and complementary ADA paratransit service to the community. The current Downtown Transit Terminal is located on the ground floor of the parking structure at the southwest corner of Kiowa Street and Nevada Avenue, and has functioned in that capacity since 1976. Six (6) studies have been conducted in the last 18 years to identify a new downtown transit station location, yet this year marks the 41st anniversary in its current location. The study conducted last year was the seventh. The needs for operating our system out of a new location have not changed and are more prevalent today.
Relocation Study Need/Goals
The existing transit terminal has various limitations that cannot be overcome. A new do...
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