CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 – 1:30p.m.Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments Upstairs Conference Room

Agenda Item 1: Call to Order

Chair Jim Godfrey established a quorum and called the meeting to order at 1:38 p.m.

Agenda Item 2: Approval of the Agenda

Ms. Kathy Hisey moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Mr. Dave Zelenok. The motion carried unanimously.

Agenda Item 3: Public Comment

There was none.

Agenda Item 4: Approval of the Minutes

Approval of the Minutes from the June 5, 2024 Meeting

Ms. Kathy Hisey moved to approve the Minutes, seconded by Mr. Dave Zelenok. The motion carried unanimously.

Agenda Item 5: Financial Reports

Monthly Financial Reports

Mr. Rick Sonnenburg shared the financial report. April 2024 Sales and Use tax revenue was above the monthly budget by $1,356,492 or 11.5%. April 2024 revenues were above April 2023 by $1,019,501 or 8.4%.

Agenda Item 6: 2024 Capital, Maintenance, and Public Transportation Contracts

City of Colorado Springs

Ms. Gayle Sturdivant, City of Colorado Springs, requests a positive recommendation for the following contracts:

1. Lumen, UPRR Mainline over Fontanero Bridge Replacement, Utility Coordination, Capital: $110,000.
2. DiExSys LLC, Vision Zero Suite License Renewal and Geocoding of Safety Data, Traffic Software, Capital: $39,996.
3. Streetlight Data, Inc, Active Transportation Mode Share, Traffic Software, Capital: $60,231
4. TBD, North Gate Blvd and Struthers Intersection Improvements: CM/GC: Pre-construction Services, Maintenance: NTE $100,000 (City General Fund).

Ms. Gayle Sturdivant, City of Colorado Springs, presented an information item for the following contract:

5. STV Infrastructure, On-Call Project Manager, Project management for transit projects, Transit: $312,500.00 PPRTA, $312,500.00 FTA Grant, $625,000.00 Total.

Ms. Barb Winter moved to recommend approval of the four contracts as presented, seconded by Mr. Dave Zelenok. The motion carried unanimously.

City of Manitou Springs

Andrew Morren, City of Manitou Springs, requests a positive recommendation for the following contract:

1. Pyramid Construction Inc, Manitou Street Improvements 2024, Construction Maintenance: $354,158 for PPRTA; $423,298.20 Other; Total $777,456.20.

Mr. Fadil Lee moved to recommend approval of the contract, seconded by Mr. Richard Zamora. The motion was carried unanimously.

Agenda Item 7: Member Governments and Other Reports

City of Colorado Springs Transit Services Monthly Update

This was an information item provided by Ms. Lan Rao

Town of Green Mountain Falls – IGA between Town of Green Mountain Falls and PPRTA for PPRTA funding for a PPRTA-3 Capital project and request for reimbursement in 2025.

This request was made by Mr. Bo Ayad.

Ms. Barb Winter moved to recommend approval of the contract, seconded by Mr. Carlos Perez. The motion passed with 10 Yay and 1 Nay.

City of Manitou Springs – Proposal for Revenue Allocation Adjustment

This item was presented by Mr. Rick Sonnenburg.

Ms. Kathy Hisey moved to approve a positive recommendation, seconded by Dave Zelenok, for the following two options:  1) the preferred option is to inform the City of Manitou Springs that when it has spent or has a specific plan to spend the balance of its existing PPRTA-2 Capital funds on its remaining PPRTA-2 Capital projects and can demonstrate a financial need for additional PPRTA-2 Capital funds, the PPRTA Board will give consideration to such a request from the City of Manitou Springs, and 2) use the template described in the agenda packet for calendar 2023 and each year beyond.

The motion passed with 10 Yay and 1 Nay.

City of Colorado Springs Monthly Change Order & Property Acquisition Report

This was an information item provided by Ms. Gayle Sturdivant.

El Paso County Monthly Change Order & Property Acquisition Report

This was an information item provided by Mr. Jeff Manchester

Agenda Item 8: Administrative Actions and Reports

Report of Recent Board Actions

This was an information item presented by Mr. Rick Sonnenburg.

CAC Member Attendance at Conferences

After discussion, only two CAC members supported the concept, while several spoke against the concept. The general consensus was not to proceed with this concept.

Staff Field Review Report

This was an information item presented by Mr. Rick Sonnenburg.

Agenda Item 9: Agenda Topics for Next Meeting

None.

Agenda Item 10: Communications  

 None.

Agenda Item 11: Adjournment

 The meeting was adjourned at 2:47 PM.

Attendees

Present	Name	Agency/Affiliation
X	Mr. Steve Murray	Colorado Springs CTAB
X	Mr. Carlos Perez	Colorado Springs CTAB
X	Ms. Karen Aspelin	Colorado Springs CTAB
	Mr. Craig Gooding	Town of Green Mountain Falls
	Ms. Cindy Tompkins	Town of Ramah
	Mr. Bruce Coulson	Town of Calhan
	Mr. Alan Delwiche	City of Manitou Springs
X	Ms. Barb Winter	City of Manitou Springs
X	Mr. Fadil Lee	Citizen-At-Large Alternate
	Ms. Brandy Williams	Citizen-At-Large
X	Mr. Richard Zamora	Citizen-At-Large Alternate
	Mr. Russell McPadden	Citizen-At-Large Alternate
X	Mr. Jim Godfrey, Chair	Citizen-At-Large
X	Mr. Rick Hoover	Citizen-At-Large Alternate
	VACANT	Citizen-At-Large
	Mr. Tony Gioia	Citizen-At-Large
	Mr. Ed Dills, 2nd Vice-Chair	Citizen-At-Large
	VACANT	Citizen-At-Large
X	Mr. Lawrence Tobias, 1st Vice-Chair	El Paso County
X	Mr. Dave Zelenok	El Paso County
X	Ms. Kathy Hisey	El Paso County
X	Mr. Rick Sonnenburg	PPRTA Program/Contracts Manager
	Ms. Lisa Corey	PPRTA Financial Manager
X	Staff of Member Governments and Citizens