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Thursday, December 16, 2021

6:00 PM · 1h 41m
Topics tracked across meetings:
Mobility Master Plan (MMP) Update ID 1507 19/22
Amending Internal References to Title 18, Land Use Code AB 8613 6/18
Chair & Vice-Chair Nominations 2/3
Section
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
Commission Membership
packet pp.3
Staff report:
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD Staff Liaison Isabel Diaz, Senior Engineer About Email Isabel Diaz Created in 2017, the board provides additional expertise and advice on the City's Regular Members transportation system and goals. The board is 2022 – Vacant also the lead advisory group on the 2022 – Micah Zeitz-Chua implementation and management of the City’s 2023 – Kristi Tripple Master Mobility Plan (MMP). 2023 – Dave Waggoner 2023 – Joseph Zhang* 2024 – Cynthia Krass Membership 2024 – Janie Walzer The Transportation Advisory Board is 2025 – Erika Boyd comprised of nine regular members, and up to 2025 – Tom McDonald three alternates. All members are appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by Alternate Members the City Council. Terms expire April 30 of the 2022 – Jeri Bernstein year listed. For more information, 2022 – Vacant see IMC 2.92 and Rules & Regulations. 2023 – Julian…
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2a
Minutes of November 18, 2021
packet pp.5–7
Staff report:
• To include as the meeting outcome that the boards did not have a consensus on one specific concept and staff would work on how best address discussed concerns with the design • To include language to prioritize safety for pedestrians and bicyclists at roundabout crossings
4. REGULAR BUSINESS
4a
Vice-Chair Nominations
Action · 15 min · Isabel Diaz, Traffic Signal Operations Engineer · packet pp.9–11
Staff report:
Public Works 1775 – 12th Ave NW | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3400 issaquahwa.gov
4b
Membership Recruitment
Discussion · 15 min · Isabel Diaz, Traffic Signal Operations Engineer · packet pp.13–55
Staff report:
Staff will provide background on updating Issaquah’s land use regulations, with a focus on the Goals and Outcomes Document that provides high level guidance for the updates.
4c
Tile 18 Land Use Code Update
Discussion · 30 min · Stephen Padua, Long Range Planning Manager · packet pp.57–66
Topics: Land Use
Staff report:
Mobility Master Plan Review DECEMBER 16, 2021 | TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
4d
Mobility Master Plan Review
Discussion · 30 min · Stephen Padua, Long Range Planning Manager
Topics: Transportation
5. REPORTS
5a
Board Work Plan
packet pp.67
Staff report:
FEBRUARY AUGUST 2/17/22 • Annual Recruiting 8/19/22 • Transit Study • TIP Annual Update • Transit Study • Performance Metrics
5b
Staff Report
5c
Chair Report
5d
Youth Report
0:00 well i'm going to call this meeting to
0:01 order my name is cynthia kraus i'm the
0:03 chair of the transportation advisory
0:05 board this is the regular monthly
0:08 meeting december 16th
0:10 and
0:11 uh let's see
0:13 i've already lost track did i already
0:14 say my name is cynthia grass
0:17 uh okay so uh the first item on the
0:20 agenda is approval of the minutes
0:23 and
0:24 i will
0:26 i'm seeking approval of the minutes by
0:28 unanimous consent as presented
0:33 not hearing any objections so the myths
0:36 are approved as presented
0:40 make a funny face at me if i went too
0:42 fast i'm not seeing anyone with
0:45 any problem with that okay
0:46 great um toggle back over here
0:50 the next item on the agenda is public
0:52 comment do we have any public comment
1:02 and i have not received any notification
1:05 someone wanting to
1:08 provide public comments
1:12 okay well hearing none will move on to
1:14 regular business
1:16 and the first item
1:18 is the vice chair nominations and
1:21 isabelle is going to lead us through
1:22 this discussion and i just wanted to add
1:25 one thing to the memo that went out and
1:27 that's um
1:29 it's not necessarily a formal
1:31 responsibility but the practice that
1:33 we've been doing
1:34 from the very beginning on this board is
1:37 that the vice chair not only just
1:39 substitutes in case the chair isn't
1:40 available but also
1:43 meets
1:44 participates fully in the staff
1:48 chair meeting that always happens before
1:50 every meeting and in those meetings we
1:53 help set the agenda and we
1:55 frame the discussion and provide
1:58 feedback on materials and
2:00 so we kind of act as a sounding board as
2:02 staff is preparing for meetings and and
2:04 every meeting i've been in we've been
2:06 doing that together and it's pretty
2:09 valuable to have two people to um to
2:11 think that through together so
2:13 um again sujata is missed because she
2:15 was really good at that and um we
2:18 so i just wanted to make that point
2:20 clear um before i hand it over to isabel
2:23 to lead us through this discussion
2:27 okay
2:28 thank you cynthia um as cynthia
2:31 mentioned with sujata's resignation
2:34 due to medical reasons the vacant vice
2:37 chair position uh this position will
2:40 serve for the remaining term
2:43 that will end in april 30th 2022
2:48 2022 um
2:52 we have solicited self nominations and
2:55 receive joseph's letter of interest
2:58 joseph thank you
3:00 we are now opening nominations during
3:02 the meeting um
3:05 are there any nominations for the vicero
3:08 serving the remaining term through april
3:12 2022
3:15 hi this is christy yes i would like to
3:18 make a nomination of micah for
3:20 consideration as well for the role
3:24 thank you christy
3:28 are there
3:29 any other nominations
3:42 hearing none
3:44 denominations are closed
3:47 micah you don't necessarily have to um
3:51 accept the nomination
3:53 during the meeting but we will ask that
3:56 if you are accepting your nomination you
3:58 submit a letter of acceptance of
4:01 nomination
4:02 so we can provide
4:04 the tab for the next
4:07 meeting in
4:09 january 2022 that we can provide the tab
4:12 with the information of
4:15 joseph and micah's nominations so we can
4:19 do the voting then on the
4:21 next meeting on january 2022
4:25 are there any questions or this yes uh
4:28 christy i see your hand up
4:31 sorry about that uh one question i had
4:35 was if it was possible for us as a board
4:39 to send
4:41 a card to sujata to not only recognize
4:45 her contributions and volunteer time but
4:48 to wish her well and as she's going
4:50 through this medical journey
4:52 she's been a great contributing member
4:54 of our team
4:57 yes that is a great idea and
5:00 that is something we can
5:02 arrange
5:04 as well um
5:05 [Music]
5:06 would
5:08 if the board agrees we can
5:12 coordinate that would
5:14 it be our
5:16 uh and stephen i'll ask here for your uh
5:19 input would that be a
5:22 would be better like a handwritten card
5:24 for these kind of things right instead
5:26 of having a
5:28 digital card
5:30 yeah so we'll work with the chair to
5:33 select a card and then we'll distribute
5:34 the card out to everybody um so we can
5:36 get to her in a timely fashion
5:40 okay
5:42 good
5:43 thank you christy i really appreciate it
5:44 i think i've been kind of still like
5:47 stunned for a little while and i didn't
5:48 think to be
5:49 to do that um and so i really appreciate
5:51 you bringing that up i also just wanted
5:53 to say one thing and that's um i do
5:55 appreciate um
5:58 joseph um your self nomination and um i
6:01 appreciate christy you bringing that up
6:03 and um
6:04 hoping that michael will accept the
6:06 nomination and um look forward for that
6:08 discussion but um everybody is valued
6:11 and everybody's contribution is valued
6:13 and um so obviously since we have two
6:16 that are on the table then
6:18 presumably that would go to one and um i
6:20 just want to make sure that whoever's
6:21 not selected is
6:24 make sure you understand that we
6:25 valuable we value everyone's
6:27 contribution but i'm really excited to
6:29 see people stepping up so thank you hi
6:30 erica
6:37 i now have a question since erica just
6:39 joined
6:42 do we need to like uh let allow her the
6:46 opportunity to nominate if she
6:49 would like seoul
6:52 have you ever seen steven or me um
6:54 i was just gonna say that
6:56 technically
6:57 i think you did just close the
6:59 nomination but i think that we
7:02 would certainly like to hear if erica
7:04 has um
7:06 something to say about that because i
7:07 don't know if we can open it again but
7:10 technically but it'd be nice to know if
7:12 there's a burning uh concern there just
7:15 to kind of be
7:16 as creative as possible i'm not
7:18 contesting that it's on me that i'm late
7:20 um so i'm totally fine with not like
7:23 reopening anything i just wanted to
7:25 confirm um i caught the tail end of it
7:27 it sounds like i've seen in addition to
7:29 joseph's self nomination um micah has
7:31 also been nominated
7:34 yes
7:38 i do think that um from my recollection
7:42 robert's rules you can reopen the
7:44 nomination so i think erica if you do
7:47 if there's someone you want to nominate
7:49 then i think that
7:51 just let us know and then
7:53 we use the board can just agree to
7:55 reopen it and then reclose it
7:59 and also christy thank you for the
8:01 nomination i do accept i will send a
8:03 letter in
8:04 formally
8:07 thank you
8:12 do you have any comments do you don't so
8:14 fairness aside or late aside whatever i
8:16 mean we're all you know want to do the
8:18 right thing here do you have any um
8:21 interest in opening the nomination again
8:24 i do not but thank you so much
8:27 okay
8:28 um i think it's a sign of a healthy
8:30 board that we have a couple people that
8:32 are um willing to do that so that's
8:33 awesome i think we've got a good group
8:36 here so thanks okay
8:38 thank you
8:39 so then uh moving on to the next uh item
8:43 on the agenda we currently have two
8:45 positions vacant
8:47 one for the regular member and another
8:50 for the alternate member
8:53 i am
8:54 opening tonight a discussion on how we
8:56 can reach out to community members and
8:59 businesses uh to
9:01 recruit
9:02 members to the board uh since a city
9:05 clerk every year does a regular
9:08 recruitment goes through the regular
9:10 recruitment process at the beginning of
9:12 the year
9:13 i we want to encourage the tab if you
9:17 know of anyone that you
9:20 would like to reach out to apply to any
9:23 of these two positions feel free to do
9:25 so if you have ideas as well on how we
9:28 can reach out to community members to
9:31 apply for these two positions
9:33 we are open for suggestions
9:38 and we don't necessarily have to like
9:41 mention any name tonight
9:44 you can reach out to them separately and
9:47 we can it's only to discuss how we can
9:50 um reach out to our ideas on how we can
9:52 reach out to
9:54 to communities
9:57 yes cynthia
9:58 yeah i
10:01 just wanted to know um
10:03 do we have any areas of either
10:06 expertise
10:08 lived experience
10:10 geo geography i'm told i've asked a
10:12 question about geography i'm told we're
10:14 pretty well balanced is there anything
10:16 that you feel like and i guess this
10:18 question is for
10:20 everyone really
10:22 um but particularly maybe staff who's
10:24 probably tracking it closer is there
10:26 anything that we're missing in terms of
10:31 point of view or anything that might
10:33 shape
10:34 a robust
10:36 group
10:48 i'm wondering if um there's any thought
10:50 to you and i know they're not it's class
10:51 specific um so they would have to narrow
10:53 it down but like just at the front of my
10:55 mind um like disability rights
10:57 washington is like a big stakeholder
10:59 group they have obviously a very
11:01 invested interest in transportation um
11:04 i have a contact i like have at least a
11:06 name um that's again more broad like
11:09 they do more like government relations
11:10 with them but um that i can pass on
11:13 um and i think from their membership
11:15 they could probably you know whittle
11:17 down and see like if there's
11:19 folks like of their kind of constituency
11:22 that live in essaquah or um
11:24 yeah
11:26 yes you can email me that contact erica
11:29 i'll be happy to reach out to them
11:31 thank you
11:40 cynthia
11:41 i'm gonna say state the obvious i don't
11:43 know how everyone in this board
11:44 identifies most of you i've never met in
11:46 person but when i look at the screen i
11:48 see a
11:49 predominance of white faces and so i'm
11:52 just gonna throw that out there and just
11:54 say it would be nice to see more people
11:56 of color on our board
12:01 i don't know how to
12:02 go about that specifically i just wanted
12:05 say that put it on the table
12:18 thank you about that anyone else
12:28 i didn't see micah's raising his hand
12:31 oh yes micah
12:33 hi sorry my hand was kind of over my uh
12:35 myself um
12:37 so i know you said
12:39 that we are
12:40 fairly representative of geography but
12:44 um as we you know know geography
12:46 captures a lot uh
12:50 beyond just the actual location but i
12:52 think the location
12:54 is not to be uh you know undervalued
12:58 due to the nature of transportation a
13:00 blind spot of maybe all of us literally
13:03 just we don't there's a certain part of
13:05 the squall where we're not biking
13:06 through or walking through a driving
13:08 through and
13:09 we're completely missing that and so
13:12 i i would be curious um
13:15 without
13:16 i don't know whether our address is when
13:19 joined the board became public or not
13:20 but um
13:22 within respect to people's privacy
13:24 whether we could look at and just make
13:25 sure that we really do cover
13:28 the
13:30 the whole geography of issaquah but also
13:33 looking at
13:34 you know are we
13:35 all for the most part in kind of the
13:38 very neighborhood or condo areas or
13:42 the you know a little bit more rural
13:43 parts or
13:46 do we all border are we all kind of
13:49 closer to the border closer to major
13:51 thoroughfares
13:52 it's something like that to try and
13:54 capture some of these other things that
13:56 are a little harder to look at and
13:57 harder to reach out for but if there is
13:59 anything geography wise and by geography
14:01 i don't mean literally just location i
14:03 mean just kind of where we are situated
14:05 to to different uh roads and uh
14:08 you know types of housing
14:10 that
14:11 would kind of point us in a direction we
14:13 need to look at
14:17 yes christy
14:21 i was also thinking if um
14:24 i don't know of any but you you all may
14:27 if there's any transportation
14:28 consultants here in issaquah that would
14:31 be helpful to have join our team and
14:34 then also
14:35 you know if there's a larger business or
14:38 medium-sized business that could
14:41 that might be interested as well just in
14:44 terms of you know having a lot of people
14:46 who
14:46 enter and lead the city in terms of the
14:48 workforce on a daily basis it would be
14:51 great to have their perspective
14:53 um maybe from a different angle
14:56 okay thank you
14:59 and
15:01 just uh to add a little bit more uh to
15:04 micah's point uh we have talked about
15:07 this with the chair during chair
15:09 meetings about the geographical
15:10 representation of issaquah and that's
15:12 something we plan on
15:15 looking
15:16 further to make sure that we have
15:18 representations from all the geographic
15:20 areas
15:26 any other thoughts
15:29 does anyone here have a contact with the
15:32 like the is called food and clothing
15:34 bank or any other
15:36 non-profit that serves
15:38 some of the more underserved or
15:40 underrepresented
15:41 members of our community does anybody on
15:43 this board have a contact that
15:46 joseph t yeah see a couple i see a
15:49 couple hack nods and half joseph tell us
15:51 about it
15:52 um yeah the it's quite youth advisory
15:54 board actually works
15:56 with the um i guess food and clothing
15:58 bank but
15:59 uh we actually um held a fundraiser
16:01 there last year or i think a food and
16:04 clothing drive but
16:05 um there's also some other places like
16:09 i think eastside baby corner and
16:11 me personally i work with the um
16:14 acres of
16:15 diamonds which has like a homeless
16:17 shelter at
16:20 like in isquad near the city hall so
16:32 did some i felt like some other people
16:34 said some kind of raise their hand
16:39 did you also raise your hand christy
16:42 about a contact
16:44 i did i know uh corey walters the
16:46 director of the food bank
16:49 and we're actually meeting for a capital
16:51 update with her next month so i'm happy
16:54 to ask the question if that's something
16:58 of the interest of the group
17:04 yes
17:05 you can feel free to reach out
17:07 yourselves and also uh
17:10 to send
17:11 me by email the contacts so we can reach
17:14 out to them
17:21 does anyone have any other thoughts
17:26 i think it might be useful to have
17:28 uh reach out to
17:29 cascade
17:32 or any other bike advocacy groups
17:35 have a clear membership list and
17:38 and uh you know send the general
17:41 membership message
17:42 through issaquah
17:44 just to see if anyone's interested
18:02 anyone else before i try to summarize
18:04 what i have here
18:06 have heard
18:13 okay
18:15 so um based of what i have heard so far
18:18 if i am leaving anything out please let
18:20 me know uh uh
18:24 members with disabilities
18:27 uh quote
18:28 bringing more
18:30 members of color on the board
18:35 geographical representation from every
18:37 location
18:38 [Music]
18:40 issaquah food and bank
18:42 and cascade bicycle team i know i am
18:45 missing something
18:49 joseph mentioned eastside baby corner
18:52 is that a baby corner
19:01 all right
19:03 thank you am i missing anything
19:08 is there anything else
19:14 okay
19:16 then we can move on
19:18 to the agenda cynthia
19:21 thank you
19:23 yeah thank you isabel that's great um
19:25 it's always great to have some new folks
19:27 it's really great that this group has
19:29 been together now for some time because
19:31 we all it was like a catastrophic
19:33 change um at the beginning of this year
19:35 so it's nice that we've got some time
19:37 and then there's some new people coming
19:39 in so
19:40 uh okay so moving on to item 4c then use
19:43 code update we have a presentation from
19:45 stephen
19:47 take it away steven
19:51 hi thank you so
19:53 today i'm going to talk about title 18
19:55 and um
19:57 uh what that project kind of entails
19:59 because it's it's a fairly large project
20:02 and a little complicated if you don't
20:04 really regularly work with land use code
20:07 and those type of
20:10 projects
20:12 tonight i will talk
20:14 um i'll provide an overview of the
20:16 project and and go into kind of the
20:18 status update of where we're going and
20:21 what we're going to be working on next
20:22 and then cover expectations
20:24 for how the subcommittee will be kind of
20:26 supporting
20:27 our portion of the project
20:32 or tonight it's it's more of a general
20:34 discussion with the board of what this
20:37 what the project is but i'm hoping to
20:38 get a little bit of feedback on how we
20:41 might be able to
20:43 maximize kind of the contribution of the
20:45 board into this project
20:47 so that we went over my initial
20:49 questions last month
20:51 when i briefly went over this
20:53 to describe what the project is and
20:56 everybody agreed that a subcommittee is
20:57 going to be the best direction to go
21:00 but i'm going to go a little more detail
21:01 tonight in terms of what's in the
21:03 project and how we're gonna be
21:05 uh working with the subcommittee and and
21:08 setting kind of expectations of how
21:09 their contribution will be adding into
21:11 the project itself
21:15 so diving in um
21:17 land use code this isn't a topic we
21:20 typically touch very often and i think
21:22 it's helpful to start at the foundation
21:24 of what title 18 and land use code is
21:27 um and in its basic form it's a range of
21:29 development requirements that regulate
21:32 how land is subdivided and used or
21:34 developed
21:35 and to explain it further it helps to
21:38 define
21:39 the rules for zoning landscaping or
21:41 development and more important for our
21:43 discussion
21:44 uh we'll be focusing a little bit more
21:46 on parking and
21:47 circulation as it relates to development
21:49 and construction and permit review
21:55 so the framework for land use for those
21:57 that aren't familiar
21:59 or haven't used land use regulations
22:03 they are the way they are because we're
22:05 required to have them by the state
22:08 through a state regulate regulation
22:10 called the growth management act and
22:12 because we're
22:13 in a metropolitan area or metropolitan
22:16 region that includes nohomish king
22:19 pearson and kitsap county there's
22:21 certain regional requirements that our
22:23 land use code has to follow and because
22:25 we're in king county there's also
22:27 another level of requirements that our
22:28 land use code must adhere to as well and
22:31 um or the vast majority of language code
22:34 is filled with more local and finer
22:36 details that are more
22:39 uh relevant to instaquas community and
22:43 identified in the comprehensive plan
22:44 beyond just the regional or state
22:47 requirements
22:50 and this is important to note because
22:52 growth management requires us to address
22:54 a lot of the topics that are on your
22:56 screen
22:57 in our comprehensive plan and subsequent
22:59 planning documents
23:01 while we're not covering all these
23:02 topics in all of our meetings this helps
23:04 us explain how
23:06 how complex our land use
23:08 code can be and why this project is so
23:10 big because it has all these different
23:12 sections that we're having to cover
23:14 um and we're trying to update a lot of
23:18 what's in there so that they're
23:19 consistent with a lot of our planning
23:20 documents
23:23 now i mentioned state regulations before
23:26 that are required by the growth manager
23:28 act there's different elements to that
23:31 we have something called cipa which is
23:33 the
23:34 state environmental protection act which
23:36 is required tool to help us identify
23:38 things that
23:39 often fall through the cracks when it's
23:41 not addressed by what's in our city code
23:44 there's also shoreline regulations
23:46 which deals with
23:48 any adjacency to lakes uh creeks
23:52 um anything with bodies of water that
23:54 have to flow through the jurisdiction
23:56 there's certain subdivisions which must
23:58 be administered in a certain way so
24:00 there's a consistent method of how land
24:02 is divided up in a fair manner
24:04 we also have critical areas so wetlands
24:07 regulations which help us
24:09 minimize and reduce impacts on local
24:11 streams and our local environment
24:14 these are all major sets of regulations
24:18 which impact how
24:19 we manage city systems or plan out the
24:22 city's
24:23 implementation of
24:24 its future vision
24:28 so locally we cover um escort has its
24:32 own plans and regulations
24:34 and we cover different topics um in our
24:37 plans and at this time
24:39 our code updates must be consistent with
24:41 how these plans get updated and
24:44 we have our six-year strategic plan uh
24:46 which was just adopted a few years ago
24:49 which helps us identify
24:52 a lot of what we are trying to
24:54 prioritize for the next six years
24:56 we have our 20-year comprehensive plan
24:58 which is more of that long-term vision
25:00 but it provides guidance on how we're
25:03 implementing our land use code or even
25:06 our projects that we're trying to invest
25:08 we have the central isoqual plan which
25:10 is a more specific to the central esqua
25:13 area on
25:14 providing guidance on new development
25:16 and
25:17 how we implement our vision and
25:20 where we focus a lot of our growth
25:22 we have our park strategic plan mobility
25:24 master plan which are more specific to
25:27 parks and our transportation system and
25:29 and we recently adopted our climate
25:31 action plan and so there's a lot of
25:33 different complexities and a lot of
25:35 different pull in how our land use code
25:37 is is
25:38 enforced and what it regulates
25:42 so to the project itself
25:44 title 18 the land use code is a tool um
25:49 or a set of tools that the city uses and
25:51 follows when it comes to
25:53 zoning when it comes to design review or
25:57 any type of land use process or land use
25:59 review process or when we're trying to
26:01 change something that includes uh
26:03 elements of sustainability when we want
26:06 to make sure that we're going through
26:07 these processes sustainability is being
26:09 accounted for
26:14 on the very basic level this is what our
26:16 land use process looks like
26:19 it starts with informal meetings with
26:21 the planning department which start with
26:23 an introduction someone looking to
26:25 develop some land and and
26:27 ask questions of what they can and
26:28 cannot do
26:30 then the applicant submits the necessary
26:32 documents to move forward in
26:34 a more structured staff review process
26:38 it then gets reviewed by the development
26:39 commission who discusses merits of land
26:42 use action and a decision is made and
26:45 this
26:45 our code also identifies if the
26:47 applicant doesn't like the decision
26:48 there's an appeal process they can go
26:50 through
26:51 so this is the basic process
26:55 that
26:56 we all have to follow for projects
26:57 construction all the way down to once
26:59 the site is occupied and we're having to
27:02 uh enforcement and review of how
27:05 construction went
27:08 an update on the project is that
27:11 or at least i'll back up a little bit
27:13 the work for this project actually
27:15 started back in 2019 when the city
27:18 recognized several updates that needed
27:21 take on
27:22 and
27:23 but in 2020
27:25 there was a pause on the project due to
27:27 the pandemic
27:28 we wanted to
27:31 have a pause on the work that's being
27:33 done and take a little more time and
27:35 deeper thought into the type of changes
27:37 we're wanting to make so the city
27:38 council formed an ad hoc committee uh to
27:40 help
27:41 um advise staff and the project managers
27:44 on how to really approach and and
27:47 how to how best to
27:50 address a lot of the issues that they
27:51 were really trying to
27:53 accommodate through the project update
27:56 we'll be using
27:58 um the goals and outcomes
28:00 document which was attachment a for this
28:03 agenda item
28:04 as our main guide for this project so
28:07 we'll be working with the subcommittee
28:09 to identify the or at least align the
28:11 changes that we're proposing with
28:14 the goals um out of that document but
28:16 also aligning them with a lot of the
28:18 principles that we're calling for in the
28:20 mobility master plan or even the
28:21 city-wide strategic plan
28:23 so that first step that we'll be looking
28:25 at is looking at a gaps analysis which
28:28 is a memo that we'll be developing in
28:29 early 2022 to identify
28:32 where our code improvements need to be
28:34 made and why and and then we'll be
28:36 working with the subcommittee to look at
28:38 potential solutions after
28:41 we identify the gaps
28:43 and identify how best to address those
28:46 issues and or even approach the
28:48 solutions
28:50 so that way we can have a little more
28:51 feedback before we bring anything to the
28:54 planning policy commission or even to
28:55 the city council
28:58 the the
28:59 goal is to
29:01 have the
29:03 the amendments or the the
29:05 code changes adopted by the end of 2022
29:12 now the topics we'll be covering at
29:13 least in this project in its entirety is
29:16 split up in these different types of
29:19 categories but between different staff
29:21 um in the
29:22 finding department and we'll be working
29:24 with the tab with a joint subcommittee
29:27 with the economic vitality commission to
29:30 look at parking and circulation
29:34 which is the bolded
29:36 categories on the screen
29:40 so the goals for parking
29:44 is primarily
29:45 working on looking through potential
29:47 changes of how do we prioritize reducing
29:50 conflict in the code and then review
29:52 other potential changes that may may
29:54 help achieve those goals and then the
29:56 goals of themselves in bold
29:58 are those identified specifically for
30:00 this project and the goals not involved
30:02 are those that are identified in our
30:04 plans that will feed into this process
30:06 as well
30:10 and the same for circulation bold are
30:12 those identified for this project and
30:14 the ones not in bold are those
30:15 identified
30:17 through our our plans and
30:19 we'll be working with the subcommittee
30:20 to identify how best to achieve a lot of
30:23 these goals
30:24 as we're going through circulation and
30:26 for parking
30:34 so for next year what the board and the
30:37 supplement committee can expect is we'll
30:39 be actually having our first meeting in
30:41 early january to discuss the gaps
30:43 analysis
30:44 and then another meeting in march to
30:46 discuss proposed changes
30:48 this doesn't mean that we won't have
30:49 additional meetings but at the very
30:51 um the the basic plans is to have these
30:54 two main discussions so to feed into the
30:57 project
30:58 uh right now we're not planning to have
31:00 a third meeting um because that's gonna
31:02 be really around when we have a full
31:04 draft review
31:06 which we think everybody is able to do
31:08 on their own but once that's available
31:10 we can always check in with the
31:12 subcommittee to see if a third or fourth
31:14 meeting is going to be necessary to kind
31:16 of continue on with the project
31:18 so for the meetings in the first and
31:20 second phase we'll
31:21 we'll be meeting with the economic
31:23 vitality commission subcommittee so that
31:25 we can capture both groups feedbacks as
31:28 both groups are
31:30 the
31:31 advisors for you know those
31:33 transportation and economic policies for
31:36 the city
31:40 and this is kind of the breakdown of
31:42 what you can expect at each of the
31:44 meetings for the gaps analysis we'll be
31:46 looking at contradictions
31:48 we'll be looking at any level of
31:50 confusion that there might be in
31:52 the language that's used in code um as
31:55 we align it with kind of the goals that
31:57 are identified by the council ad-hoc
31:59 committee
32:00 for the solutions in march we will
32:04 look specifically at
32:06 following kind of a gaps analysis
32:07 looking at solutions that align with
32:10 most of our goals
32:12 and discuss best approach with the
32:14 planning policy commission as well as
32:15 with city council
32:17 and then uh the draft review in in may
32:20 potentially is is
32:22 hopeful to be independent but we'll have
32:24 that discussion with the subcommittee
32:25 again to see if a third or our next
32:28 meeting is necessary and then
32:30 following that may discussion or may
32:32 review process will go into the
32:34 legislative process with adoption
32:37 by december of next year
32:43 so the questions i have for the board
32:45 tonight
32:47 as it relates to
32:49 how we work with the subcommittee is
32:50 what information
32:52 is helpful to know as we start the
32:54 process in early 2022
32:56 and the other question is how should we
32:58 keep the how should we involve
33:01 the full board as part of this project
33:04 you know some of the reason we wanted to
33:06 go with the subcommittee was because of
33:08 the time commit that was going to be
33:09 going to this project but we don't want
33:12 keep exclude the board of any
33:15 opportunities to be able to give
33:16 feedback on the project as well
33:22 and just for discussion cynthia um
33:26 here's just some ideas of board
33:29 involvement that we could discuss
33:32 in 2022 as part of the project
33:38 can ultimately just provide an update to
33:40 the board in the summer 2022 after we've
33:42 had the solutions discussions
33:44 we could come back to the board and do a
33:47 quick review of the draft proposal um
33:50 around the end of spring and um or
33:53 if if time allows in the monthly
33:56 meetings provide regular updates to the
33:57 board
33:59 as the project progresses with the
34:01 subcommittee
34:05 hey steve and i'll go ahead and manage
34:06 the chat and let's go back to there's uh
34:09 let's go back to our traditional way of
34:11 um putting comments or questions in the
34:13 chat so julian go ahead
34:16 yeah um considering i
34:19 signed up for interest in this in this
34:22 uh subcommittee i think
34:24 regular updates for the rest of the
34:25 board would be the most useful uh
34:28 particularly after each stage
34:30 um just basic context
34:33 don't go
34:34 too deep into the subject in case anyone
34:36 else in the board has been following
34:37 along
34:38 they can provide comments
34:41 so just some basic context and basic
34:45 you know
34:46 checking in
34:48 for each stage of the update
34:52 thanks julian micah
34:55 yeah so i
34:56 basically like to echo it julian said i
34:59 also signed up for this uh i think it's
35:02 important that we for string 202 we get
35:05 something on the agenda so we make sure
35:07 that we have time for you know like a
35:08 longer
35:10 more time than just regular updates
35:13 and then as far as
35:15 regular updates i think as we meet in
35:18 the subgroup there's going to be some
35:20 things that it's clear is is something
35:22 that
35:24 the board is is uh going to be
35:27 interested in hearing and there's going
35:28 to be some things that are probably not
35:30 not as
35:31 uh critical to share and so that way we
35:34 can maybe at the end of each subgroup go
35:36 okay here's the things you want to make
35:37 sure we share with the board but keep
35:39 that short so we can you know cover our
35:41 main business and then
35:43 for spring and then of course summer
35:46 we have dedicated time
35:52 thanks mike and christy
35:57 i i would agree with that approach um
36:00 one thing i might suggest um when we
36:04 review the draft proposal in spring
36:06 however is that we get kind of a um
36:09 demonstration of how a code might be
36:11 applied to a project just to give a
36:14 visual representation because sometimes
36:17 it's easy to read that code and think
36:19 yeah that's exactly what i'm thinking
36:21 but when it gets implied
36:23 it doesn't necessarily work or maybe
36:26 have some unintended consequences so i
36:28 think that would be a real practical way
36:30 for us to kind of review the code as
36:32 well
36:39 erica go ahead
36:41 thanks for saying something um if we do
36:44 i am interested in regular updates but i
36:46 know that like it will push in um to
36:48 time for our meetings but is it
36:51 something that could be incorporated
36:52 into like a staff report at the end
36:54 maybe if we were wanting some more
36:56 regular
36:57 updates
37:03 yes so i think it will depend on the
37:05 update
37:06 i think what we'll do is
37:09 we will
37:10 assess after every kind of stage of the
37:12 project to see what kind of updates
37:14 based on the subcommittee feedback
37:17 are are we is it just an informal update
37:19 then yeah i think it makes sense to
37:21 probably incorporate as part of the
37:22 staff updates or if there's something
37:24 where we're wanting full board feedback
37:26 on something we'll probably add it to
37:27 the agenda as a small item
37:34 i think i'm next on the list i was just
37:36 going to say that and thank you erica i
37:38 was just going to say i think the um
37:40 people that we really want to hear from
37:42 are people are not on the subcommittee
37:44 and i actually don't know
37:46 who is and who isn't on the sub
37:48 committee so i want to make sure that
37:50 people who are not on the subcommittee
37:52 are weighing in
37:54 on that
37:56 right thank you so the the three main
37:59 people that volunteered to participate
38:02 in the subcommittee was
38:04 you cynthia um
38:07 julian and micah
38:13 uh jerry i think you were next but yeah
38:14 i just want to poke the rest of you
38:16 on it to make sure you
38:19 if you haven't already let us know what
38:21 you think thanks
38:27 sure um
38:30 as long as um
38:34 i i would just
38:35 think that um
38:37 you know if
38:39 a gaps analysis was going to be
38:42 developed
38:43 you know it would be nice at every
38:46 meeting to just have a
38:48 a summary
38:49 of what this subcommittee did and maybe
38:52 it was it'd be like five minutes it's
38:54 kind of like the youth report or
38:56 something somebody could just give a
38:59 summary of what's been happening
39:02 and what the um
39:04 and what the solutions are for the gaps
39:07 analysis
39:09 was the way i saw it
39:12 and then the other issue is is i was
39:15 really
39:16 curious
39:18 if um the consultant was going to come
39:20 up with the gaps or was that going to be
39:23 the subcommittee would come up with the
39:25 gaps to that title 18.
39:28 uh so that
39:30 so that's more of a question about your
39:32 plan stephen so yes thank you so
39:36 it'll be primarily staff actually
39:38 working with the subcommittee and
39:39 there's uh three different stakeholder
39:42 groups
39:43 including this subcommittee our joint
39:45 subcommittee that we're going to be
39:46 speaking to
39:48 so we'll be incorporating everybody's
39:50 feedback into the gaps analysis memo as
39:52 well as into the solutions
39:55 and i think i think
39:56 putting together a summary of a lot of
39:58 the discussions and um
40:00 align or how it all aligns with
40:03 the uh the final approach makes sense so
40:05 and so i think that's something that we
40:06 can incorporate um into the board's work
40:09 plan
40:11 yeah or maybe something written
40:13 would be just as helpful as part of the
40:16 reading notice correct so is that what
40:19 you were saying stephen
40:21 yes
40:22 okay thank you
40:25 justin
40:29 yeah um sort of just like what um erica
40:32 and jerry said i think that
40:34 uh summary or just like updates on or
40:37 regular updates every meeting on like
40:40 uh sort of what's been happening um
40:43 would be a good idea in my personal
40:45 opinion
41:04 you want to call myself again um
41:07 i want
41:08 did you want to go back to what we need
41:10 uh because you had two questions on that
41:12 slide
41:13 um but i want to make sure that
41:15 everybody had a chance to comment on
41:18 how to keep the board involved it seems
41:20 like everybody did didn't do we missed
41:21 anybody there
41:25 and then
41:26 stephen can we go back does that make
41:27 sense to go back to this what kind of
41:29 information do we need
41:32 yes please i've had some some of you
41:34 touched on it but if anybody has
41:36 additional comments on the type of
41:38 information or how best to kind of
41:40 approach some of the discussions we'll
41:42 be having with the subcommittee and the
41:44 board for kind of the regular updates
41:46 it's helpful for us to kind of
41:48 start preparing for that now
41:52 so i had a couple things that i jotted
41:54 down when i was
41:55 preparing for this um
41:58 and i don't know if it's appropriate not
42:00 if it's more of a subcommittee thing but
42:01 i just thought i would uh
42:03 take these off real quick um i
42:05 personally would like a little more
42:06 in-depth background and maybe some plain
42:08 language around this document um that's
42:11 goals policy changes that i understand
42:13 the subcommittee came up with it's nice
42:16 to have it all summarized but a lot of
42:17 times things have to get bigger before
42:19 they can get smaller and i'm interested
42:20 in the bigger part um it's i want to
42:23 hear a little bit more about like
42:26 expand on what's in that document on the
42:28 specific things that that we're going to
42:30 focus on
42:31 that would be really helpful um and even
42:34 if you need to just
42:35 tell us to go watch
42:37 i don't know if those meetings are all
42:39 on video they probably are that's a i
42:41 don't know this up to me but
42:43 i just i'd love to hear more i'd love to
42:44 have bring that to life a little bit
42:46 because it's
42:47 pretty you know compact um that was one
42:50 thing i had two other things one is um
42:53 well they're really the next two are
42:54 really the same just two ways of asking
42:56 the question um
42:58 and i think that parking in circulation
43:01 probably like a lot of things in
43:02 transportation is like the thoughts have
43:04 changed over the last
43:06 couple of decades generation or two
43:08 generation and a half
43:10 um you know what are some lessons
43:11 learned because i think parking is one
43:13 of those things that like
43:16 you know expanding roadways this can be
43:18 counterintuitive um and you can think
43:20 you need more parking at that the answer
43:22 is that you should put more parking in
43:23 but
43:24 um i feel like we've gotten smarter over
43:27 the last generation and it'd be really
43:28 good to just maybe have a
43:30 brief overview about what we've learned
43:33 in the profession
43:35 about
43:36 this topic and mistakes that have been
43:38 made in the past and you know kind of
43:40 fit some vision because
43:42 some of those things everybody wants to
43:43 find a parking space just like nobody
43:45 wants
43:46 the traffic in front of them but that
43:48 what seems like are the easy answers
43:51 sometimes have unintended consequences
43:53 and it'd be good to sort of share some
43:54 of what the profession has
43:58 learned over the last
43:59 you know couple decades
44:03 and that's all i had to say on that and
44:05 it looks like julian had a comment yeah
44:08 i agree with that um
44:11 especially with providing some reading
44:12 literature
44:13 uh when it comes to
44:16 markets and
44:18 parking
44:19 provisions and putting parking near
44:21 transit and things like that
44:23 i think that'll be useful to include
44:25 some readings for that and just some
44:26 basic readings um
44:29 like donald trump uh and so i think
44:32 that's really useful um just to provide
44:35 some of that additional reading context
44:37 before this work begins
44:39 for everyone that's not in the
44:40 subcommittee as well
44:50 great thank you yeah
44:52 just to respond in terms of preparations
44:54 of information
44:56 our hope is to break
44:58 a lot of what we'll be covering into
45:00 very much more digestible sections um so
45:04 that there you won't have to prepare as
45:06 much but we'll be
45:07 we will our plan is to provide homework
45:09 for the subcommittee to look at prior to
45:12 the meeting so that you have a better
45:14 understanding before we can be much more
45:16 effective in our discussions um at the
45:19 meeting
45:25 erica
45:28 like this is super basic but i guess
45:30 like for like what i would want to know
45:33 before the process has started is
45:35 how is like the board at large like not
45:38 the subcommittee like how if we have
45:41 feedback for stuff that some community
45:42 members or staff bring back to us in the
45:44 updates then like how is that feedback
45:48 going to be incorporated is it just like
45:50 relayed through the subcommittee members
45:52 is it related to like the venn diagram
45:54 of staff from like the subcommittee to
45:56 our
45:57 board i don't know if that's like just
45:59 used even or and like if it's like if
46:01 i've got fats um obviously like i'll
46:04 speak them in the
46:05 our board meeting but then is it also
46:06 better to have that in writing and send
46:08 that off um
46:11 yeah i think
46:13 it's like the how like i feel like
46:15 that's yeah super
46:17 basic but
46:21 i think that's a good question um
46:24 and it's also very important because
46:25 it's we want to make sure that we're
46:29 being affected with everybody's time but
46:31 also reeling the messages that are we're
46:34 having in those discussions um
46:37 to make sure that we're we're getting
46:39 the correct messages to the next level
46:41 and that being
46:42 the planning policy commission as well
46:44 as the city council
46:46 who are going to be reviewing a lot of
46:47 these and
46:50 just as much detail as the subcommittee
46:52 and so we want to make sure that we're
46:54 capturing everybody's comments and so i
46:56 think as we progress through the project
46:58 and before we even move to through each
47:01 phase we'll always have kind of a final
47:03 touch point with the subcommittee or or
47:06 the board to make sure that we're
47:07 capturing everybody's feedback correctly
47:21 sorry
47:21 i couldn't get my cursor to hover over
47:23 the unmute thing um i have a question
47:26 for the board and that's
47:29 do you
47:30 want
47:32 when they send out materials for the
47:33 subcommittee meeting is it appropriate
47:36 to copy the full board so that you at
47:38 least know like even if you don't have
47:40 time to dig into it you just have some
47:41 passing knowledge of what it is that
47:43 we're planning to discuss and if you
47:44 have extra time or interest you can dive
47:46 into it is that it's not a pro i guess
47:48 the question receiving is is there any
47:50 reason we couldn't do that and for the
47:51 board do you want that are you like
47:53 don't give me more email um
47:57 if if we're going to be
47:59 bringing a lot of the topics we'll
48:01 probably give the board all those
48:03 materials before we bring it to them i
48:05 don't really want to give the board a
48:07 lot of these materials you know a month
48:09 or two before we actually talk about it
48:11 with them
48:12 but we can also give a lot of the
48:14 materials a little bit further ahead of
48:15 time before that meeting where we
48:17 actually have the discussion with the
48:18 board and provide the summary together
48:20 so it's it's a little more um connected
48:23 than spread out in terms of
48:25 as the pr
48:26 project progresses we kind of keep
48:27 things together is that fair to
48:31 kind of provide for the board
48:33 instead of like right when we provide it
48:35 to the subcommittee we provide to the
48:36 board when we have the discussion
48:42 i feel like maybe people on the board
48:43 want to just know what they're missing
48:46 that's kind of where i'm coming from um
48:48 i'm i'll only send you on my screen
48:50 because it's the presentation is up but
48:52 i saw a nod from erica and i saw
48:55 christy's question so i i don't want to
48:56 confuse things and i don't i personally
48:59 get overwhelmed sometimes when i get too
49:01 much information i'm not sure if i'm
49:02 supposed to look at it but i just i feel
49:05 like if i weren't serving on the
49:06 subcommittee
49:08 i want to at least know what i'm missing
49:11 even if it's preliminary and i know i
49:13 don't have to be responsible for
49:14 absorbing it quite yet
49:16 but
49:17 that's kind of where i'm coming from
49:18 stephen i don't know what are you
49:20 they're not
49:21 else wearing this
49:23 trying to scroll through my
49:26 postage stamp pictures of all you people
49:28 and see if there's any responses uh
49:31 i mean i'll be on subject so it's not
49:33 that much to me but um
49:36 and i'm kind of looking to the rest of
49:37 you to say whether you agree with
49:38 stephen and you rather kind of have it
49:39 when it's a little more baked or do you
49:41 want to have this passing
49:45 update
49:52 there we go now i can see your penny
49:55 just
49:56 maybe if you feel like if you're not on
49:59 the subcommittee and you feel like you'd
50:00 like to see
50:02 a little more information even if it's
50:03 not baked yet because you kind of want
50:05 to have a passing knowledge raise maybe
50:07 raise your hand
50:09 okay other people don't okay christy
50:11 yeah and erica yeah okay so
50:13 um stephen do you think you could find
50:15 something some in a room that you're
50:17 comfortable with or we don't have to
50:19 send half-baked stuff out to them but we
50:21 could figure something out
50:23 yeah we'll um i'll talk to john and
50:25 isabella how best to do that um
50:29 my fear is giving the board too much
50:31 where everybody wants to provide
50:32 feedback and it completely
50:35 negates the the need to have a
50:36 subcommittee and so there's there's kind
50:39 of a balance there where um
50:41 if the board the everybody you know the
50:43 quorum of the board wants to have the
50:44 discussion and provide feedback we have
50:46 to do it in this place of our regular
50:49 meetings um but if
50:52 if it's the more the subcommittee then
50:55 it's a different process so it's i it
50:58 kind of depends on
50:59 uh how much feedback we we
51:02 we everyone wants to provide what if
51:04 people just agree to bring their
51:05 feedback to the regular board meeting
51:08 because you're absolutely right you
51:10 can't start an unofficial
51:12 uh virtual meeting by email
51:15 but if people just understand that i
51:17 mean i'm assuming everybody understands
51:18 what he's talking about and that we
51:20 can't just like yeah so if you guys all
51:23 just yeah anyway stephen and we could
51:26 if for some reason we think about it
51:27 more we think this is not going to work
51:28 we can report back to the group but how
51:30 about if we just um get everybody to
51:32 agree not to start a sub discussion and
51:34 bring your any comments either
51:36 one-on-one to a member um julian mike or
51:39 myself or um
51:41 or in the meeting but nothing in between
51:46 uh and understand that it's just
51:48 materials for a meeting that
51:51 you're not necessarily responsible for
51:52 digesting and if you and it's
51:54 preliminary you might it might change
51:56 and you might be wasting your time but i
51:58 just i i don't know i just feel like we
51:59 haven't done a subcommittee yet and
52:01 you just i've sense that maybe people
52:03 want to know what's going on so it
52:04 sounds like maybe we've reached kind of
52:06 a compromise
52:08 yep yep so we'll get back to the board
52:10 on how best to approach it so that we
52:12 can get all the information out to
52:13 everybody
52:15 correctly and then also allow everybody
52:17 to have
52:19 the formal discussions as part of the
52:20 board meetings as well
52:24 cool
52:26 so stephen did you get what you needed
52:27 on this topic
52:29 i did thank you
52:31 um do we have anything else to discuss
52:32 on this topic
52:35 no that concludes my presentation for
52:40 julian you look like you're about to
52:41 speak do you have something you want to
52:43 say julian
52:44 no okay okay all right well that sounds
52:46 like we are moving right along and we're
52:48 on item 4d the master mobility plan
52:51 review
52:53 so that's steven also
52:58 thank you for having me here um tonight
53:00 i'm going to talk about
53:04 so this item is
53:07 review that the board asked for earlier
53:09 this year when we went through the
53:10 process with a discussion with the city
53:12 council to review the mobility master
53:14 plan after we've had some time to
53:17 um go through some implementation of the
53:19 moldova because it was only adopted
53:21 earlier this year
53:23 and so
53:25 it's in in the grand scheme of master
53:28 planning and and implementation that's
53:30 not a ton of time but uh we surprisingly
53:32 have been able to be very effective and
53:34 efficient this year and so we've gone
53:35 through several tasks which i'll go over
53:37 tonight
53:38 um so i'll provide a very quick overview
53:41 what's in the mobility master plan uh a
53:43 lot of what many of you already know
53:45 i'll discuss a lot of the 2021 work
53:47 items
53:49 that
53:50 we have gone through with the board but
53:52 also have gone through it the staff
53:53 level as has a response to the work
53:55 that's been uh done with the board and
53:58 then i'll provide a process on the type
54:00 of updates that we go through and
54:02 what allows us to be able to make
54:05 updates to the mobility mastermind and
54:06 next steps
54:09 so the questions i i'll have for you
54:11 tonight and hopefully you think about
54:12 this as i kind of go through everything
54:14 is thinking back on a lot of the work
54:16 that we've done together
54:18 are there small
54:20 items that need clarification the
54:22 mobility measurement that you've noticed
54:23 as you've read through it is that we've
54:24 kind of had some of our discussion in
54:26 our work where it felt like they're more
54:30 information would have been nice to have
54:32 or would be necessary to really get what
54:35 the intent is for a policy or even
54:38 something in the guiding principles or
54:39 are there really major items that we
54:41 need to be considered in in the next
54:43 update for the mobility master plan um
54:46 which will be part of the comp plan
54:47 which i'll talk about in a little bit
54:53 so like i said the master plan was just
54:55 adopted this last march and so it's it's
54:57 fairly new um
54:59 the
55:01 the issues that have been uh brought up
55:04 are on the next slide and which i'll
55:06 talk about uh in the development of
55:11 uh the mobility master plan but what's
55:13 in the mobility master plan is is really
55:15 made up of the guiding principles and
55:17 goals and policies
55:19 these are the main items that we've used
55:21 to identify
55:22 where our priorities are in projects and
55:25 investments but also where we're
55:26 dedicating our styme as staff but also
55:29 our time on our regular meetings with
55:31 the board
55:33 so what's on the screen is is the major
55:36 projects that we've gone through with
55:38 the board this year but but the issues
55:40 that have been raised
55:43 the
55:44 when we've gone through the first phase
55:46 of the the transportation improvement
55:47 program
55:48 earlier this year
55:50 you know one of the biggest concerns
55:51 that was or one of the biggest issues
55:53 that was raised was
55:55 with the guiding principles and the
55:57 amount of clarity there was as they were
56:00 adapted into a criteria that is used to
56:04 prioritize projects
56:08 when we went through the second phase of
56:09 that project there was a little more
56:11 concern around project diversity not
56:13 necessarily in what was prioritized but
56:15 in the overall list
56:17 it seemed like they're lacked
56:19 there wasn't as much non-motorizer and
56:21 there definitely wasn't as much transit
56:22 projects that
56:24 members would have liked um which is
56:26 fair uh we do we we've lacked a lot a
56:29 lot of those type of projects and so
56:31 uh more discussion i think it's gonna be
56:33 needed to address a lot of that
56:35 more specifically when we talked about
56:37 major projects that staff is working on
56:40 and brought into the board
56:41 it you know relating to the guiding
56:43 principles issue there
56:45 there were some uh complaints that maybe
56:49 more guidance was necessary to really
56:51 look at what the intent of on
56:54 on certain topics and how that can be
56:56 better applied to the projects that
56:58 we're implementing on the ground
57:00 on the staffing level there's there's a
57:03 concern on the grant side where with
57:05 project diversity or lack thereof
57:08 or even the staffing just to have the
57:10 capacity to address a lot of the grants
57:13 there's concern that we aren't as
57:16 competitive in some of the grant
57:18 processes because we we don't have
57:21 as strong of projects to be able to
57:24 go after for funding and then back to
57:26 the the transit point which we'll be
57:28 addressing with the development of the
57:29 transit study next year is identifying
57:32 uh transit specific projects
57:34 which will make improvements to court
57:36 ordering at intersections that allow for
57:39 improvements for speed and reliability
57:41 or even any type of news service that we
57:43 might bring to the city
57:47 looking at
57:49 the different quarters of the year and
57:51 the major projects that we worked on we
57:54 were able to accomplish a lot
57:56 comparative to
57:58 um you know a lot of the work that the
58:00 board's worked on before which was
58:01 primarily just the development of the
58:02 mobility national plan and so we've been
58:04 able to work through
58:06 a update to the complete streets policy
58:09 as well as the transportation
58:10 improvement program and
58:12 um just for
58:15 just for everybody's perspective the
58:18 city hasn't updated the tip
58:20 in over a decade
58:22 and for most cities they don't typically
58:24 update their entire process for the tap
58:27 for multiple decades it's usually a
58:29 process that's pretty
58:31 held in firm and doesn't change very
58:33 often you might change the projects and
58:35 you might change smaller elements of how
58:38 you prioritize projects but we did
58:40 almost a complete overhaul of how we
58:42 prioritize projects as well as how we
58:44 look at the projects on the list
58:46 and so that's that's a huge
58:48 accomplishment i think the sport should
58:49 be proud of because we are able to work
58:51 through a lot in
58:53 a relatively short amount of time in
58:55 addition to
58:56 a lot of the other projects that are
58:57 listed on the screen and i think being
59:00 able to have major discussions like
59:01 newport as a major project and going
59:04 through policy discussions on those type
59:06 of things is
59:08 one of the the main intentions or at
59:10 least the original intentions of this
59:12 board to provide support for staff as
59:14 well as the city council
59:20 so getting back to
59:22 the type of updates we would need to go
59:23 through if if we were to approach any
59:26 type of uh changes to the below
59:28 ambassador plan
59:29 because it's tied to the comprehensive
59:31 plan
59:32 there are specific rules on how we're
59:35 able to make updates and or at least
59:37 when in the pro and the type of process
59:40 we have to go through
59:42 usually we go through annual updates
59:44 which are typically used to clarify
59:46 issues or or go over limited uh types of
59:50 clarifications or topics in a limited
59:52 fashion
59:53 it's usually not as robust
59:56 doesn't involve doesn't typically
59:58 involve a huge engagement process unless
1:00:00 it's a major project as part of a
1:00:03 a larger
1:00:06 but for the most part these updates
1:00:07 don't usually impact the city's vision
1:00:10 which is more part of the other type of
1:00:12 update which is the full comprehensive
1:00:14 plan update and
1:00:16 the plan is actually to be taking on
1:00:18 something like that in 2023 um
1:00:21 which it's
1:00:24 it's been several years since we've gone
1:00:26 through a comprehensive full
1:00:27 comprehensive plan update which is
1:00:29 typically done every seven years and and
1:00:32 this is when we bring up the city vision
1:00:34 and as well as all the goals and
1:00:36 policies that are inside the
1:00:37 comprehensive plan
1:00:39 and have that a bigger discussion with
1:00:41 the community and and so
1:00:43 this involves a much more significant
1:00:45 community involvement process and and
1:00:47 often can take
1:00:49 up to two years to complete for for most
1:00:51 cities so
1:00:52 um that effort is going to be a huge
1:00:54 endeavor i think that'll involve major
1:00:57 discussions on transit as well as other
1:00:59 elements of the
1:01:01 mobility master plan
1:01:08 in terms of updates we're expecting to
1:01:11 make in the next several years um the
1:01:13 slide has a list of all the major items
1:01:15 that we're expecting to have to make
1:01:17 changes to to the mobility master plan
1:01:19 as well as the comp plan
1:01:20 next year starting the transit study and
1:01:23 and also taking on a study of our its or
1:01:27 a signal system we'll be taking a look
1:01:29 at these type of improvements
1:01:32 where we should be making changes in
1:01:34 these areas
1:01:35 the other another two items is don't
1:01:38 really have specific timelines
1:01:40 but they're really on deck for
1:01:42 improvement is the walking and biking
1:01:43 elements of the mobility master plan as
1:01:46 well as having a big discussion about
1:01:49 concurrency again
1:01:50 just like in any other plan we need to
1:01:52 make sure our data is updated as well as
1:01:55 our perspective of how we want to
1:01:56 approach these topics
1:01:58 um and so the goals need to be adapted
1:02:00 to to any of the changes in the
1:02:02 community in terms if we want to
1:02:03 approach something different so we'll
1:02:05 need to have those discussions
1:02:08 the other the last two items are items
1:02:11 which might likely take multiple small
1:02:14 updates over several years
1:02:16 light rail and and safety are big items
1:02:18 that you can't really
1:02:20 get done in just one swoop it takes
1:02:24 multiple discussions over several years
1:02:26 as you
1:02:27 approach certain aspects of light rail
1:02:29 or safety they're very complex topics
1:02:33 that you can't
1:02:34 address in just a simple plan
1:02:36 development it's something you take on
1:02:38 in multiple strides
1:02:44 so the direction we're hoping to get
1:02:46 from the board tonight is
1:02:49 you know are there small issues that we
1:02:52 need clarification on that we we should
1:02:53 be starting to plan for and are there
1:02:56 major items that we should be
1:02:57 considering in the next update uh one
1:02:59 thing that's important is we weren't we
1:03:01 weren't because we're taking on the
1:03:03 comprehensive plan in 2023
1:03:06 we weren't really expecting to
1:03:08 stop do an annual update next year um in
1:03:11 2022 because we'll be starting that
1:03:14 process for the comp plan and we're
1:03:16 wanting to make sure any
1:03:17 any other changes that we might be
1:03:19 considering will have to be as part of
1:03:21 that larger package
1:03:23 but i i want to be able to still have
1:03:25 this opportunity to have this discussion
1:03:27 with the board tonight of you know
1:03:29 reviewing some of the work that we've
1:03:32 tapping into some of your memory on a
1:03:34 lot of the discussions we've had this
1:03:36 year on the projects we've been able to
1:03:38 bring to the board beings
1:03:43 and i don't know if it's helpful for me
1:03:45 to take this off the screen for
1:03:46 discussion or if you want me to go back
1:03:49 the the list of items um of the major
1:03:51 items and the issues
1:03:54 is it helpful we've seen some nods so
1:03:57 i'll go back to that list
1:04:03 a different list
1:04:16 so again the question the questions i
1:04:18 have are
1:04:20 small items that need clarification or
1:04:22 major items that should be part of the
1:04:24 bigger update
1:04:45 so stephen since we have a little time i
1:04:48 was wondering if you could i don't know
1:04:50 if the rest of you are interested in
1:04:52 this but i was wondering if you could
1:04:54 be a little more specific about some of
1:04:57 the comments you made on this slide
1:05:00 specific project review
1:05:04 the first one tip phase one
1:05:07 i i was
1:05:09 not totally tracking and
1:05:11 trying to rack my brain remember attempt
1:05:13 to remember
1:05:15 what you were talking about so
1:05:17 since i'm not seeing the chat light up
1:05:20 i'll just maybe ask you to
1:05:22 maybe pick one or two of those and be a
1:05:24 little more in-depth because i wasn't
1:05:26 entirely tracking
1:05:28 sure so the
1:05:29 i mean a lot of the major issues that
1:05:31 have been brought up this year really
1:05:32 are have to deal with the first three
1:05:35 which are somewhat similar so the first
1:05:38 one with the tip
1:05:40 phase one update
1:05:41 we were diving into how best to
1:05:44 prioritize projects
1:05:46 and so we
1:05:47 we were able to develop a criteria as
1:05:49 part of the mobility master plan to
1:05:51 basically add weight to
1:05:53 projects and help us have a discussion
1:05:55 on how best to prioritize them or how
1:05:57 how best projects are meeting the
1:05:59 guiding principles
1:06:01 in the mobility master plan and so when
1:06:04 we were having those discussions
1:06:06 there were questions on if there was
1:06:08 enough guidance in the mobility master
1:06:10 plan to make that connection between the
1:06:13 guiding principles and the projects
1:06:15 themselves because it it would some it
1:06:18 felt like there were some topics were a
1:06:21 bit of a stretch in terms of you know
1:06:24 did this really meet the two points for
1:06:26 this criteria or not or do we need a
1:06:29 little more specific on how this project
1:06:31 is actually getting those points or
1:06:33 isn't getting those points and so i just
1:06:35 remember
1:06:36 it coming up several times they weren't
1:06:39 major issues
1:06:40 that we we were able to work through a
1:06:43 lot of them but i just wanted to bring
1:06:45 this back up because there were things
1:06:46 that the board brought up at the time
1:06:48 when we had the discussions
1:06:52 is that enough detail cynthia on
1:06:54 as before i jump into the next one
1:06:58 not quite yet
1:07:03 i can dive into more specifically what
1:07:05 oh go ahead yeah supposedly that'd be
1:07:07 great
1:07:08 so when we were talking about a lot of
1:07:10 projects in terms of like natural uh or
1:07:14 environmental preservation there was
1:07:16 questions on
1:07:18 you know impact to because the guidance
1:07:20 was more specific did it impact wetlands
1:07:22 or did it not and then that determined
1:07:24 whether
1:07:26 got any points or didn't and the board
1:07:29 at the time felt like that wasn't enough
1:07:32 guidance to determine
1:07:33 natural or environmental preservation
1:07:36 and so we were
1:07:38 the hope was to add another
1:07:41 criteria
1:07:43 um in theirs so to justify giving or not
1:07:46 giving points for projects on in
1:07:48 environmental preservation but
1:07:50 uh we ended up not primarily because the
1:07:54 criteria we had aligned with what we had
1:07:56 in our planning documents at the time
1:07:58 and we didn't want to add another
1:08:00 level to complicate it
1:08:02 even more
1:08:04 we were also waiting for the climate
1:08:05 action plan to be developed before we
1:08:07 added more
1:08:08 into that area and so
1:08:12 that's just one of the more specific
1:08:14 topics that kind of came up with that
1:08:19 okay is that more helpful yeah that's
1:08:20 more helpful yeah
1:08:22 and then for the second one you know
1:08:25 through phase two of the tip update
1:08:28 when we were having kind of the the more
1:08:31 larger scale discussion of all the tip
1:08:33 projects
1:08:35 it was brought up um a couple times that
1:08:38 there it really felt like there wasn't a
1:08:40 a huge amount of diversity of the
1:08:42 projects that they're
1:08:43 even for
1:08:45 uh walk and roll or walking or biking
1:08:48 improvements they were still attached to
1:08:50 auto capacity projects where it was
1:08:52 specifically the comment that was made
1:08:54 at the time of you know where this
1:08:56 intersection project it seems to be
1:08:58 benefiting cars more than bikes or
1:09:01 or pedestrians
1:09:03 there there aren't any transit projects
1:09:05 on there at all so it's that that's
1:09:07 something that's that is kind of
1:09:09 recognized as being lacking that we're
1:09:10 hoping to address with the transit study
1:09:13 and so uh that's just one of the other
1:09:15 major topics that came up that as we
1:09:17 keep updating the mobility master plan
1:09:19 or keep covering some of those topics
1:09:22 like updating our data on walk and
1:09:25 biking or
1:09:26 having another discussion on current
1:09:28 currency
1:09:28 that'll help expand some of the
1:09:30 diversity but i just want to make sure
1:09:33 i brought this back up too as as one of
1:09:35 the major issues that the board brought
1:09:36 up in previous discussions
1:09:39 so is this is that a little more helpful
1:09:41 on i think it is and i think one of the
1:09:43 problems i'm having with if i remember
1:09:44 correctly a lot of the
1:09:47 was legacy
1:09:49 and so
1:09:51 there
1:09:52 i i guess i'm having trouble
1:09:54 understanding how updating the mnp
1:09:56 could address the fact that the issue we
1:09:58 have with project diversity
1:10:01 came from
1:10:02 the the legacy of all those who are in
1:10:04 the pipeline and how changing that it
1:10:06 doesn't seem like i'm having a little
1:10:07 disconnect that it's not really that
1:10:09 changing the mmp isn't going to change
1:10:12 the projects that are already committed
1:10:14 to or you know we're already in the
1:10:16 pipeline that really can't go back on
1:10:20 it you're right it doesn't it can't
1:10:22 change anything that
1:10:23 any of the projects where we're already
1:10:25 made investments in them but in terms of
1:10:27 the larger list that we haven't started
1:10:31 that's where we're where i think some of
1:10:33 the discussion was made of
1:10:35 can we can we have a bigger impact on
1:10:38 the rest of the list as we continue to
1:10:40 work through the list and get through
1:10:42 the current investments and start
1:10:44 expanding to
1:10:45 newer investments
1:10:46 we want to make sure that we're much
1:10:48 closer to what the guiding principles
1:10:50 are looking for or what they're what
1:10:52 they're asking us to really prioritize
1:10:55 investments in mobility system
1:11:02 yes i keep coming back to like isn't
1:11:04 that more of how to use the mmp to shape
1:11:07 the tip
1:11:09 as opposed to a change in the mmp
1:11:14 it is
1:11:16 it's also the same question of well
1:11:17 maybe we could
1:11:19 provide more clarity or more more
1:11:21 guidance in the master plan as well
1:11:25 okay that's super helpful thank you
1:11:27 and and like i said because we've only
1:11:30 had you know
1:11:31 seven months to implement
1:11:33 the mobility mastery plan
1:11:35 maybe there's not a lot of issues that
1:11:37 we've seen it just because we haven't
1:11:39 had enough opportunity to implement it
1:11:41 as much as we want to yet
1:11:44 but i know these were some of the issues
1:11:46 that were brought up before and so i
1:11:48 just want to make sure
1:11:50 i'm not i'm not trying to exclude any
1:11:52 previous comments that were made
1:11:54 and and still allow the board to have
1:11:56 this review process at the end of the
1:12:06 go forward julian
1:12:08 um i think there could be a lot more
1:12:11 emphasis in the next cycle
1:12:14 about you know light rail visioning
1:12:17 how the station will look like
1:12:20 i think that's really important to fit
1:12:22 into the mobility master plan
1:12:24 uh in some in some sort
1:12:26 especially as we get closer to that
1:12:29 timeline and trying to integrate land
1:12:32 use around
1:12:33 the station as well
1:12:35 because
1:12:36 as it exists right now i'm not sure how
1:12:40 how well that station would work uh with
1:12:42 the surrounding land uses
1:12:45 just particularly by seeing that artist
1:12:47 rendering at the legislative breakfast
1:12:50 session
1:12:52 i'm just not
1:12:53 impressed with how it's going to be
1:12:55 looking like
1:12:58 put some more land use in there as well
1:13:15 what do the rest of you think
1:13:29 are you all thinking dinner's getting
1:13:31 cold no i'm just kidding
1:13:50 so stephen maybe just go back to i did
1:13:52 see a question from joseph maybe go back
1:13:59 i guess i'm wondering
1:14:01 i was just looking at the direction
1:14:02 needed tonight and that's what you've
1:14:03 been saying um
1:14:09 yeah i'm just trying to absorb like
1:14:13 uh i feel like this is a meaty topic
1:14:18 there may be things that occur to us
1:14:20 as we spend more time
1:14:24 i guess i'm trying to figure out are you
1:14:26 actually saying
1:14:28 that we have to decide since we're going
1:14:30 to have a comprehensive plan update in
1:14:35 are you looking to us it's about whether
1:14:37 we want a minor update is that a are you
1:14:41 looking for a recommendation on
1:14:43 whether we do a minor update or are you
1:14:45 saying we will do a minor update what
1:14:47 should we include
1:14:49 i it's more about what topic
1:14:53 as we start thinking about the comp plan
1:14:54 update which is when we'll we'll be able
1:14:56 to make an update to the mobility master
1:14:59 what are the big topics
1:15:02 and i'm sorry i i should have been more
1:15:04 specific to this in terms of
1:15:08 question we're really trying to ask um
1:15:12 what major topic should we be starting
1:15:14 to think about as we look at them at an
1:15:17 update to the comp plan and ultimately
1:15:18 an update to the mobility master plan um
1:15:21 we'll be having those transit specific
1:15:25 questions and discussions as we go
1:15:27 through the transit study this next year
1:15:29 but we we want to make sure there's
1:15:30 other we want to open the floor for any
1:15:32 other topics that we should start
1:15:34 thinking about now and planning into our
1:15:36 work plan
1:15:37 as we prepare for that that bigger
1:15:39 update
1:15:42 so we are most likely not doing a minor
1:15:44 update in 2020 too
1:15:48 not that
1:15:50 staff are expecting to um if there's
1:15:53 major things where we we really think
1:15:55 there's some a conflict we we might take
1:15:57 a look at something but
1:15:59 we're because of the comp plan we're not
1:16:01 looking to do a smaller update but
1:16:03 really a larger package as part of the
1:16:05 the larger comp plan full update
1:16:09 yeah it seems like a crazy exercise to
1:16:12 cram an update if we don't if there's
1:16:13 not something that's glaringly like has
1:16:16 to be fixed um i would agree with that
1:16:18 and joseph i haven't forgotten that you
1:16:19 also said but i um
1:16:21 but uh
1:16:22 i guess
1:16:24 now that you've given us this
1:16:25 presentation can we put it on the agenda
1:16:27 in january so that people we can ask the
1:16:28 same question again and i presume unless
1:16:31 you'll ask this question you know over
1:16:33 the next coming months but um
1:16:36 i think um and i know you've sent these
1:16:38 materials out but just going through
1:16:41 just really um i want to make sure this
1:16:43 is our last chance to you know start
1:16:45 having that discussion which i'm sure
1:16:47 it's not but maybe we just
1:16:50 asked people to think about this a
1:16:51 little bit i mean i can think of some
1:16:52 things right now um
1:16:55 you know i mean i just i don't think
1:16:56 that we did a good enough job with
1:16:58 equity explicitly
1:17:01 the existing plan
1:17:05 and i don't think we've made it clear
1:17:09 the connection between
1:17:11 um an equitable
1:17:13 transportation system um like i think
1:17:17 it's not immediately obvious
1:17:19 i think to the outs to non-transit nerds
1:17:22 how equity really can be um you know a
1:17:25 transit system i mean a transportation
1:17:27 system can can be or not be particularly
1:17:29 equitable and any car dominant
1:17:32 transportation system is going to be
1:17:34 less equitable so i think we need to be
1:17:35 spelling that stuff out um so that's my
1:17:37 comment um
1:17:41 and i guess before i call on um joseph
1:17:44 who's been waiting for quite a while
1:17:46 it's can you just
1:17:47 confirm stephen that we'll be able to
1:17:49 revisit this
1:17:51 in the next couple meetings to be able
1:17:52 to bring big topics up
1:17:54 yes yeah so the the intention
1:17:57 with this meeting was really as part of
1:17:59 a review of the past you know nine
1:18:01 months
1:18:02 because there is there any big glaring
1:18:04 things that you remember in a lot of our
1:18:06 discussions or a lot of our meetings
1:18:08 we should kind of
1:18:10 keep in mind as we're starting to plan
1:18:11 for the the
1:18:13 full comp plan update but yes the
1:18:15 intention is to come back to the board
1:18:17 um with questions just like this uh just
1:18:20 looking more further ahead of as we are
1:18:23 looking at the next couple years
1:18:26 what's what's an important topic like
1:18:28 equity so to make sure that we are
1:18:30 really in in better consideration of how
1:18:32 we're prioritizing our time and
1:18:34 investments
1:18:36 okay joseph's been waiting a long time
1:18:38 go ahead thanks
1:18:42 um yeah so
1:18:44 i guess like my comments that um
1:18:47 i agree with julian that i think that
1:18:49 the mobility master plan should reflect
1:18:52 updates
1:18:53 um especially in terms of
1:18:55 like light rail um in the station that's
1:18:58 gonna be in the school
1:18:59 and also like um land planning around
1:19:02 that area i also agree that i think that
1:19:04 equity
1:19:06 is something that can be improved in
1:19:08 terms of like mobility master plan
1:19:10 i'm just specifically like
1:19:12 um i guess implementing initiatives um
1:19:15 into to make sure that
1:19:17 equity is
1:19:18 i guess
1:19:20 i guess something addressed in terms of
1:19:22 the mobility master plan
1:19:24 um but on top of that i think that one
1:19:26 thing that could be updated in the
1:19:28 mobility master plan
1:19:30 is um
1:19:32 i guess like
1:19:34 implementing electric vehicles um
1:19:38 because i know that
1:19:39 uh jay inslee passed legislation a while
1:19:42 ago saying that like he wanted to
1:19:45 um regulate like
1:19:47 um electric vehicles especially like
1:19:49 approaching 2030
1:19:51 and i think that it's important to like
1:19:53 i guess develop infrastructure around
1:19:57 um by 2030 since i think they're going
1:19:59 to be banned like the commercial
1:20:01 [Music]
1:20:03 or just like buying them i'm not
1:20:05 entirely sure about that but i think
1:20:06 that's what i read so i think that like
1:20:08 developing initiatives in the mobility
1:20:11 master plan
1:20:13 around improving infrastructure for that
1:20:15 might be a good idea and also this is
1:20:18 sorter related but around the first
1:20:21 question
1:20:22 um are there smaller items that need
1:20:24 clarification
1:20:26 i think that like it might be a good
1:20:29 idea i guess like to present updates
1:20:32 around like transportation projects that
1:20:34 are being
1:20:35 um worked on
1:20:37 like especially so that
1:20:39 i guess the advisory board can comment
1:20:41 on them but that's just my personal
1:20:43 opinion
1:20:52 did you um joseph before i move on i
1:20:55 don't those are comments you didn't have
1:20:57 a question right i just want to make
1:20:58 sure i didn't rush past if they were you
1:21:00 were looking for a response from staff
1:21:03 no it was a comment not a question okay
1:21:05 thank you
1:21:06 um erica and then micah after erica
1:21:12 and yeah i'm trying to thumb through my
1:21:13 notes from the last year like as we're
1:21:15 having this conversation and i um
1:21:18 broke down from like our february
1:21:19 meeting about um like i have a note here
1:21:22 that says that we're not currently
1:21:25 capturing
1:21:26 like demographics
1:21:28 on like transit users like within
1:21:31 issaquah
1:21:33 and i don't know i think that's what i
1:21:34 meant by this i'm not not the best note
1:21:36 taker but um
1:21:38 and i guess for me like for if we're
1:21:40 gonna review the mmp like
1:21:42 if we are getting that data
1:21:45 um i'm agreeing with what like um
1:21:48 cynthia and joseph s and julia or yeah i
1:21:51 think um joseph have said about the like
1:21:54 just making sure equity is like centered
1:21:56 in the mmp maybe a little bit further um
1:21:59 and for me i think that yeah we need to
1:22:01 be capturing some data if that's
1:22:03 possible on
1:22:05 who's using what in town um as far as
1:22:09 like mobility
1:22:28 erica i started looking at my notes when
1:22:30 you said that so i trailed off a little
1:22:33 and i don't know if you that that was a
1:22:35 comment and then
1:22:37 did you get what you needed i don't want
1:22:39 to rush to the next one before i
1:22:43 okay thanks
1:22:44 um and then micah
1:22:52 was that a
1:22:54 follow-up to
1:22:55 erica then micah or
1:22:57 just event and then micah i didn't
1:23:00 sorry i was i'm looking at the chat and
1:23:03 erica got to make her comment i didn't
1:23:06 listen closely enough because i started
1:23:08 looking at my own notes when she started
1:23:10 commenting and i'm confessing that i my
1:23:12 attention waned i was wanting to make
1:23:14 sure erica said everything she wanted to
1:23:16 say before we moved on to micah and did
1:23:18 you get any questions they need to be
1:23:20 answered okay and then mike is your turn
1:23:22 sorry it could be a clutch sometimes
1:23:24 sorry so yeah micah you put a no you
1:23:27 have a comment right i do
1:23:29 go for it
1:23:31 but i was also looking back at my
1:23:35 my notes and and what i had what had
1:23:37 originally caught my eye
1:23:40 for the um
1:23:43 was uh the sustainability report or
1:23:46 maintenance report of our roads and i
1:23:48 thought an element that's missing
1:23:52 when we make decisions about
1:23:56 new projects
1:23:58 that we
1:23:59 properly wait the cost of the long-term
1:24:03 cost of maintenance and sustainability
1:24:05 and so you know i look at maintenance i
1:24:07 look at it from the the direct
1:24:10 dollar amount but i also look at it as
1:24:13 are we creating the potential for
1:24:16 erosion issues
1:24:18 10 20 years from now
1:24:20 are we
1:24:22 having other sort of long-term impacts
1:24:26 cost is certainly an element in that i
1:24:28 think a great
1:24:31 transportation system is one that's
1:24:34 relatively uh as far as
1:24:37 spent the finance goes uh on the lower
1:24:40 end of it we're making smart choices now
1:24:42 for that so that
1:24:45 we in 30 years
1:24:47 our score for street maintenance is
1:24:50 really high because we've lowered the
1:24:52 cost to achieve that
1:25:04 thanks micah i'm just moving a little
1:25:05 slowly so that staff has plenty of time
1:25:08 to take notes um
1:25:10 yeah it's really great uh joseph
1:25:14 uh yeah i agree a lot with what micah
1:25:16 said but also
1:25:18 um what erica said reminded me that i
1:25:20 forgot to say something um
1:25:22 i think that
1:25:23 uh in terms of like mobility and equity
1:25:25 and transit
1:25:28 especially considering there are a lot
1:25:30 of corporations moving into school i
1:25:32 feel like that's gonna increase
1:25:34 traffic and so i feel like the mobility
1:25:37 master plan even though it already like
1:25:39 reflects transit
1:25:41 i feel like it should um
1:25:44 help to implement
1:25:45 transit usage and also like
1:25:47 public engagement with transit more
1:25:49 because currently
1:25:51 like i've done a little bit of polling
1:25:52 and i feel like not a lot of people that
1:25:54 i know
1:25:56 uh use transit mainly because it's not
1:25:58 as accessible
1:26:00 unlike the outskirts of visco
1:26:02 and i feel like that could be a target
1:26:04 area um in order to eliminate traffic
1:26:07 since i feel like there's going to be a
1:26:09 lot more of it especially with um
1:26:10 corporations um
1:26:12 moving into
1:26:15 also i think that um
1:26:19 or i think that like
1:26:21 it just might be more helpful in terms
1:26:23 of like improving equity in escort
1:26:26 um yeah
1:26:34 looks like christy and jerry i'm gonna
1:26:37 look at you a little bit do you have
1:26:38 anything to share
1:26:46 christy here
1:26:47 i think that understanding there's a
1:26:50 comp plan change coming in 2023 and also
1:26:53 what's on the workload with title 18
1:26:57 you know an overhaul or big effort on
1:27:00 the mmp doesn't make sense for 2022 but
1:27:04 i do think that there's some significant
1:27:07 topics that everyone's kind of touched
1:27:10 that are opportunities to maybe enhance
1:27:13 or consider
1:27:15 how it intersects with other aspects of
1:27:17 things that are happening in the city
1:27:19 and and i do agree light rail
1:27:22 you know that could be a sea change for
1:27:24 our community it could be done really
1:27:26 or it could be an afterthought and done
1:27:29 very poorly and impacts the whole
1:27:31 transportation system
1:27:34 so um i think between that and then also
1:27:37 the the parking and circulation
1:27:39 discussion that's going to be happening
1:27:41 that's um that's significant and has
1:27:47 could have some impact on the mmp as
1:27:50 well so
1:27:51 um those are just my two cents but good
1:27:54 conversation
1:28:00 erica i'm going to go to you after i
1:28:01 just uh poke at jerry and see if i can
1:28:03 get jerry to
1:28:05 give us some thoughts
1:28:11 all right hearing none go ahead erica
1:28:16 something that chrissy said made me kind
1:28:17 of think of because i think we're
1:28:19 looking at this of like you know like
1:28:21 just toggling small changes versus like
1:28:23 a what would we want like a big overhaul
1:28:25 and i don't know if i would
1:28:26 advocate for like looking into like a
1:28:28 really like big overhaul of the mmp
1:28:30 right away if this was like kind of just
1:28:32 cemented in um like i think if we take a
1:28:35 bit of time
1:28:36 for it to kind of bake
1:28:38 and then like as we're like going moving
1:28:41 about issaquah like we're probably gonna
1:28:43 notice more things so we're having
1:28:44 conversations and engaging with the
1:28:45 public and whatnot and then
1:28:48 like that might be the moment uh if
1:28:50 there's like a big change um
1:28:52 then i think
1:28:54 after having it kind of just seeped in a
1:28:56 little bit since it is so like recently
1:28:59 minted then i know it's been like worked
1:29:01 on longer than that but um
1:29:04 that i don't know like that's kind of
1:29:06 where my thoughts are
1:29:18 it looks like
1:29:20 seeing anything else in the comments
1:29:22 there's a good discussion there um
1:29:23 stephen do you feel like you
1:29:25 got some good feedback
1:29:29 i did thank you all um i think this will
1:29:31 actually be really helpful as we're kind
1:29:33 of looking at our work plan into next
1:29:35 year as we're preparing for the
1:29:36 complaint update but also given in
1:29:38 preparation for the transit study which
1:29:41 i i completely agree is is a huge
1:29:43 element of the
1:29:45 mobility of ash plan is is that's really
1:29:47 missing in terms of the projects but
1:29:49 also the discussion of
1:29:50 the full transit system as we address
1:29:53 traffic congestion
1:29:55 sustainability and a lot of other city
1:29:58 goals
1:29:59 is really going to be
1:30:00 weighing on our ability to expand our
1:30:02 transit system so
1:30:04 this is really helpful thank you
1:30:10 uh well are we ready to close on that
1:30:12 topic
1:30:14 yes thank you
1:30:15 that concludes my presentation
1:30:20 um so now we're on to reports um
1:30:24 isabel you want to take us through the
1:30:25 work plan
1:30:26 [Music]
1:30:28 yes um so we will be kicking off the
1:30:32 the new year uh with the
1:30:35 our work
1:30:37 uh with the election of the vice chair
1:30:39 that we will be uh taking place at the
1:30:42 beginning of the meeting
1:30:43 the following meeting the following
1:30:45 meeting
1:30:46 um is scheduled for january 20th
1:30:50 we the from the topic that we have for
1:30:53 that meeting and this is something that
1:30:55 we will need to uh confirm with staff if
1:30:58 we are
1:31:00 on board with the same topics is the
1:31:03 neighborhood safety program introduction
1:31:06 title 18
1:31:08 uh more
1:31:11 more focus in the parking and
1:31:13 circulation
1:31:16 and northwestern mamish wrote
1:31:18 non-motorized project discussion which
1:31:20 we have been
1:31:22 postponing for quite a few meetings
1:31:33 were you just going to focus on january
1:31:37 oh we can go through
1:31:39 i wasn't sure what you wanted to cover
1:31:42 yeah we we can go through uh the next
1:31:46 meeting after that
1:31:48 if you'd like but
1:31:51 so those are the topics that we have for
1:31:52 the next meeting
1:32:00 i think that for me i've just been
1:32:03 thinking about this every time that um
1:32:06 the work plan comes up i think what
1:32:08 happens
1:32:09 is my brain
1:32:10 it's it's
1:32:14 carved up into the months
1:32:16 and maybe aft maybe just the next three
1:32:18 months should be outlined and then the
1:32:21 rest should just be future i mean you
1:32:24 this may be useful for you to be
1:32:27 preparing
1:32:28 but i feel like when
1:32:30 it does change as appropriate
1:32:34 the way it gets presented each month
1:32:37 hard for me to wrap my head around where
1:32:39 we're headed like because it's all just
1:32:41 just the way it's presented so maybe
1:32:44 i don't know what the rest of you think
1:32:45 but um
1:32:46 okay i look at this and i just gotta
1:32:47 look a long time and really like dig in
1:32:50 because some things are repeating topics
1:32:52 and some things and i'm like oh what are
1:32:54 we going to do in 2022 and it's hard to
1:32:56 kind of glean the big picture
1:32:59 that's my guess my point it's hard to
1:33:00 glean the big picture about what kinds
1:33:02 of things we're going to tackle in 2022
1:33:04 when when it's
1:33:05 shown by month
1:33:07 of course it's helpful to know the next
1:33:09 month the month after that like what
1:33:10 we're going to do but maybe when you're
1:33:13 sharing it with us i mean i'm sure you
1:33:15 have to slot these things in to plan and
1:33:17 be prepared but maybe when you're
1:33:18 sharing it with us it can be um
1:33:21 you know future topics and maybe by
1:33:23 quarter or something so that we can get
1:33:26 the big picture i i miss the big picture
1:33:28 sometimes when i see it laid out in such
1:33:30 detail by month by month by month okay i
1:33:33 don't know if i'm alone in that
1:33:36 yeah that's something i'm not i'm not
1:33:38 concerned about what we go through
1:33:40 whether we go through month by month and
1:33:41 this meeting right now i just um
1:33:44 maybe you can maybe highlight
1:33:46 we've just talked about what some of the
1:33:47 big things will do in 2022 maybe you
1:33:50 could just comment on what else
1:33:52 we should be wrapping our head around at
1:33:53 this time for 2022
1:34:08 so um if we go through kind of like the
1:34:13 highlights of what we will be doing on
1:34:15 2022 and i can actually
1:34:19 maybe that it would be better to share
1:34:22 my screen
1:34:31 it's okay i wanted to share my screen
1:34:33 but some
1:34:35 i think
1:34:38 i think why
1:34:43 now i am able to share my screen so i'll
1:34:47 this would be helpful for the tab to
1:34:50 kind of see
1:34:53 are you seeing the board
1:34:57 the 2022 work plan okay so one of the
1:35:02 main things that we will be discussing
1:35:03 for the uh next year we will go through
1:35:07 the annual recruiting as we mentioned
1:35:09 earlier today
1:35:10 we will talk about the title 18 focusing
1:35:13 on the parking and
1:35:15 and circulation but the
1:35:18 main things that we
1:35:20 we will be bringing that are new to the
1:35:22 top are the ada transition plan
1:35:26 we will also talk about the concurrency
1:35:29 update that the the
1:35:31 that we staff are working on
1:35:34 also about neighborhood traffic uh
1:35:36 safety program update and the its study
1:35:40 that we will kick off of that as steven
1:35:43 mentioned as part of his presentation
1:35:45 earlier too
1:35:47 performance metrics update and
1:35:52 let's see the 2023 comprehensive plan
1:35:55 update which we we also kind of
1:35:57 mentioned earlier
1:36:03 we'll have parts of again
1:36:05 talk about the way find the wayfinding
1:36:07 program that they have
1:36:14 thanks as well does anybody have any
1:36:15 questions
1:36:19 stop sharing here
1:36:25 not hearing any um do we have a staff
1:36:27 report
1:36:29 yes um we have uh the great news that we
1:36:33 were awarded uh 3 million
1:36:36 grand for from the state transportation
1:36:38 improvement board to build um to help
1:36:41 with the construction of the third and
1:36:45 last project that is part of costco
1:36:48 development agreement which is the
1:36:50 project on 12th and
1:36:52 sr 900
1:36:54 that project will be constructing
1:36:57 an additional turning name from
1:36:59 from 12th avenue to sr 900 south
1:37:03 and also the section between along
1:37:06 along 12th avenue between sr 900 and
1:37:10 lake drive
1:37:11 that section will include protected bike
1:37:13 lanes and sidewalks on both sides of the
1:37:16 street
1:37:20 so that's what i have i don't know if
1:37:22 steven has any other
1:37:25 [Music]
1:37:27 news to
1:37:33 all share
1:37:34 all right oh
1:37:37 i guess i'll just make one one quick
1:37:39 announcement that i i hadn't shared with
1:37:40 everybody yet but i i've been
1:37:43 um i'll be moving on to a new role at
1:37:46 the city and i'll be the new
1:37:48 long-range planning manager in the
1:37:50 planning department so um he'll be
1:37:52 meeting a new transportation planner
1:37:55 hopefully soon
1:37:56 who will be coming to talk about some of
1:37:58 this work and so i'll be coming in a
1:38:00 larger capacity to talk about comp plan
1:38:02 and land use
1:38:05 more of a supportive role in the
1:38:06 transportation side
1:38:09 and thank you for the round of applause
1:38:11 that i can't hear
1:38:14 i think that's awesome i feel like
1:38:15 that's when like you know the
1:38:18 person from your state ends up in the
1:38:20 white house you know you feel like
1:38:21 you're like somebody from our team is
1:38:23 you know in that long range planning i
1:38:24 think that's awesome that's great
1:38:28 yeah one of one of my main goals as as
1:38:30 part of the the long-range planning
1:38:32 group is
1:38:33 trying to get um
1:38:35 more effort put into kind of that
1:38:37 integration being
1:38:38 translation and land use which is
1:38:40 something we've discussed a few times
1:38:41 but uh something we're hoping to discuss
1:38:44 even further
1:38:45 thank you
1:38:47 and congrats on getting that grant
1:38:49 that's awesome
1:38:51 that's great great news
1:38:54 all right should i move
1:38:56 on uh i don't have a staff report i mean
1:39:00 a check staff i'm not staff i don't have
1:39:02 a chair report um do we have a youth
1:39:05 report
1:39:08 um so i don't have a youth report but um
1:39:12 i will try my best because now that uh i
1:39:16 don't all right just finished my
1:39:18 midterms i'll try my best to bring a
1:39:19 youth report to the next meeting since
1:39:21 it's not going to break for me
1:39:23 um but also i had two things i really
1:39:25 quickly want to say
1:39:27 um one i hope that y'all all have like a
1:39:30 really great christmas
1:39:32 and two i had some kind of good news i
1:39:34 guess i wanted to share um i actually
1:39:37 just recently got admitted into
1:39:40 college
1:39:43 i'll be attending college next year to
1:39:45 study
1:39:46 urban studies which i thought was kind
1:39:48 of cool
1:39:58 well that's a great way to end um any
1:40:00 other business or announcements
1:40:05 i have
1:40:08 where are you going or do you not know
1:40:10 yet you have like multiple things you're
1:40:11 considering
1:40:12 um so i got accepted into my early
1:40:15 decision school so
1:40:17 i'll be attending washington university
1:40:19 in saint louis um next year
1:40:23 nice campus
1:40:27 awesome congratulations that's exciting
1:40:32 all right team well
1:40:33 great meeting tonight
1:40:36 thanks to the staff and to all you guys
1:40:39 um this is great i hope you all have a
1:40:42 wonderful holiday season
1:40:45 and we'll see you
1:40:47 in the new year
1:40:50 happy holidays everyone
1:40:53 happy holidays happy holidays thank you
1:40:56 i was gonna add um
1:40:58 the legislative session starts january
1:41:01 and you can stream all of the committees
1:41:03 and for etc on tvw.org if you want to
1:41:06 check out what the transportation
1:41:07 committee is doing um some of it will
1:41:10 inevitably trickle down
1:41:12 to town the local level so
1:41:15 yeah okay happy holidays thanks for
1:41:18 sharing erica