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William Ronald, principal transportation planner for Aurora's planning department, introduced the milestone-three engagement summary and said the project team will present a draft plan to the committee in late summer and seek full City Council adoption in the fall. The consultant team (HDR) summarized the April engagement activities and network development, reporting broad support for the multimodal networks presented.

The consultant said the team conducted four main public events in April (including a virtual town hall on April 9), attended about 14 city events to meet residents where they are, hosted a library roundtable that drew roughly 50 participants, and ran an online open house that extended into May. Staff described two measurement types: a larger count of \"touch points\" across outreach channels and specific survey/exercise responses. The presentation noted about 750 participants in a \"jelly-bean\" exercise used to gauge investment priorities across 10 categories; staff emphasized the 750 figure represented that single exercise and that total engagement reached \"thousands of touch points.\"

On the visionary network, staff described layered networks for pedestrians, bikes, transit and autos/freight. The pedestrian network aims to fill sidewalk gaps and improve crossings near schools and transit stops; the bike network includes protected bike lanes and shared-use paths; the transit network focuses on higher-frequency service, infrastructure investments such as dedicated bus lanes and mobility hubs; and the auto/freight network acknowledges continued need for automobile capacity and freight access. The consultant reported general support for the proposed networks, with the portion opposing any network element peaking at about 11 percent in the engagement sample.

Council members pressed staff on outreach effectiveness and participation by ward. Several council members urged broader outreach via city channels (TV, water bill inserts, social media boosts, newsletters) and requested ward-level participation figures for survey respondents. Staff said they will provide ward-level breakdowns for residents who completed the survey (those data include ZIP code/ward fields) but that some outreach \"touch points\" do not capture ward-level identifiers.

Staff described next steps: converting the visionary network into a prioritized project list (short-, medium-, long-term), identifying potential funding sources for different project types, developing programs and policies (for example, a traffic-calming program), and producing a draft plan this summer with committee input prior to council consideration in the fall.

Quotes from the meeting included HDR's summary that \"we heard support for those networks\" and that the highest opposition in any one category was about 11 percent. William Ronald said the plan's goal is to \"safely connect all the residents and workers in Aurora to the places they need to go\" and that adoption is anticipated later this year. Council members asked for clearer publicity and reporting of outreach metrics to demonstrate the reach of the engagement.

The committee asked staff to return with the milestone engagement summary and additional outreach metrics; staff agreed to provide the summary and ward-level survey participation for committee review.

No formal committee votes were recorded on the draft plan at this meeting; staff will return with the draft plan and the engagement summary as part of the project's next milestones.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Transportation, Airports and Public Works Policy Committee - May 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Aurora City planning staff and consultants presented milestone-three engagement results and a proposed, long-range multimodal \"visionary network\" for the Connecting Aurora transportation master plan; staff said a draft plan will be available this summer and adoption is anticipated later this year.","taxTitle","Aurora City, Douglas County, Colorado","taxId",5767,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544962,"Aurora committee approves application for SS4A implementation funds, seeks $2 million DOLA local match",664,70000,734000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3382386-c7a03aff72d03f72f850d400f9ebf32b&start=70&end=734","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3382386-c7a03aff72d03f72f850d400f9ebf32b/thumbnail_70000.jpg","/articles/6544962/Aurora-City/Douglas-County/Colorado/Aurora-committee-approves-application-for-SS4A-implementation-funds-seeks-2-million-DOLA-local-match","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544962-2790d2a33d0786c8b71bee4ba3ec6989/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186264&Signature=BYcbMmGAf26geRW2ZUW63a8SKXYg-7v2YSIFpnrVlBH5LZn17oUaLi6AqWB4Mpith5mu6SGWQ-v4a7bE3K7mKl2mwYTP9bUwwUUcG05oxm8jNzlaJ2bgvUDD96OAG2~19RW-4~lPncdm4~k9gKQqo7sbmO6-eGMrxBxQNmva0bOVM-sd~7uTfKEFM65WMkp5dw9YIPy0HrstM8MLxU-6G4S8xlK6E8OIL6SWRkz--2OK3BBBFg1B0o4VZk-QT8Dc2Q1K9eb5NGqabSKHS61rn~3XCXuoUtN2vgo~FuLhaYtbuxknD0iIaq5vAQ9NYzdrEChrgltbdrzO~7bdWbG4dw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Aurora City Transportation, Airports and Public Works Committee voted unanimously to allow staff to submit an application for the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) implementation grant and to request a $2 million local-match award from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA).

Carly Campus Anna, deputy director of Transportation and Mobility in the city's Public Works Department, told the committee the SS4A program is a discretionary federal safety program that totals $5,000,000,000 over five years and can fund safety action plans or implementation projects. \"We plan to apply for implementation funds, which will be construction dollars,\" Campus Anna said, adding the city is aiming for a roughly $10 million grant request that would require a $2 million local match (20 percent).

The committee was presented a project-development approach that uses the city's safety action-plan data to screen and prioritize intersections for spot-safety improvements. Staff said they are building a citywide project list and expect to include about 10 crossings or intersections. Proposed treatments being considered include roundabouts, midblock crossings, new or modified signals, and changes to access points.

The proposed grant package will focus on city-owned streets and exclude state highways to avoid permitting delays and coordination constraints with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). \"We excluded state highways because CDOT processes can add a lot of time to our projects,\" Campus Anna said, noting CDOT has separate statewide safety funding and permitting requirements. Council member Angela Lawson objected to excluding busy state routes that run through Aurora, saying, \"To me, that should have been included ... particularly that highway, we get the most complaints.\" Campus Anna and other staff noted state-highway corridors remain part of the safety action plan and will be pursued through other funding opportunities and partnerships with CDOT.

Tom (transportation planner) said securing funding requires project-ready plans. \"If we want funding, we need a plan for it,\" he said, describing ongoing, partner-led studies for multimodal improvements on corridors such as Parker Road that will allow Aurora to point to specific projects when external funding becomes available.

The application timeline is tight: staff said the SS4A application is due in about a month and the DOLA local-match request will be added to the city council agenda on Monday to satisfy timeline requirements. The committee's unanimous support was recorded at the meeting, and staff said they will proceed with the DOLA application, finalize the SS4A project list and, if awarded, move into design and construction phases under the grant's five-year implementation window.

Next steps listed by staff include finalizing the prioritized project list using safety-plan data, completing the DOLA match application and the SS4A application, and preparing a post-award schedule that will separate design and construction phases.

Votes at a glance

- Motion: Authorize staff to submit an application to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs local-match program to support the Aurora SS4A safety project (to provide the $2,000,000 local match) — Outcome: approved (committee gave unanimous approval to move forward).","The Aurora City Transportation, Airports and Public Works Committee unanimously authorized staff to apply for federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) implementation funds and to seek a $2 million local-match grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) to meet the program's 20% match requirement.","actionData","errors"]

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