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Thursday, April 21, 2022

6:00 PM · 1h 48m
Topics tracked across meetings:
ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan AB 8350 1/6
Chair & Vice-Chair Nominations 3/3
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 March 17, 2022
packet pp.5–7
Staff report:
with the TAB on how equity can be applied in the implementation of Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The Board shared the following feedback: • To assign project scores in a per mile basis instead of per individual impacts • To distribute resources equally between population incomes, modes of transportation, and geographic areas • To evaluate incomes or other demographic areas related to sidewalk gaps or bike infrastructures • To be cautions when looking at demographic data; needs might be different between communities • To define first what City values are with regard to equity and transportation and then assess how we are doing against those values. • Agreed with separating benefits from impacts in the criteria • To make sure non-drive alone modes are integrated as much as possible • Agreed equity is indirectly incorporated within other criteria but should be assigned its own,…
4. REGULAR BUSINESS
4a
Chair & Vice-Chair Nominations
Discussion · Isabel Díaz, Traffic Signal Operations Engineer · packet pp.9
Staff report:
Public Works 670 – 1st Ave NE | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 425-837-3400 issaquahwa.gov
4b
ADA Self-Evaluation & Transition Plan
Jennifer Salemann, Transportation Solutions, Inc. John Mortenson, Transportation Engineering Manager · packet pp.11–21
Staff report:
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. Title II prohibits disability discrimination by public entities at the local level, e.g. school district, municipal, city, or county, and at state level. Public entities must comply with Title II regulations by the U.S. Department of Justice. As part of complying, the City is required to do a ADA Title II Self-Evaluation & Transition Plan to partially fulfill the requirements set forth in Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. In 2014 and 2015, the City of Issaquah prepared a Title II ADA Self-Evaluation & Transition Plan. In 2022, City staff are updating the plan.
4c
ITS Plan
Discussion · Isabel Díaz, Traffic Signal Operations Engineer · packet pp.23–36
Staff report:
The Mobility Master Plan (MMP) established actions to support adopted policies for automobile goals (MMP, pages 35-39). Goals included reviewing and applying Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that adapt to changes in travel behavior and prioritizes the safety of people using the system.
4d
Neighborhood Safety Improvement Program (D)
John Larson-Friend, Transportation Program Coordinator · packet pp.37–60
Topics: Public Safety
Staff report:
The purpose of this informational memo is to update the TAB on the Neighborhood Safety Improvement Program and provide an overview of the project.
5. REPORTS
5a
Board Work Plan
packet pp.61
Staff report:
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Update Equity Update Transit Study Intro Update Performance Metrics Intro Update ADA Transition Plan Intro Concurrency Update ITS Study Intro Parks Projects Update Metro Update Parks Wayfinding Update 2023 Comprehensive Plan Update Mobility Master Plan (MMP) Review 2023 Board Work Plan Review
5b
Staff Report
5c
Chair Report
5d
Youth Report
0:01 all right
0:02 good evening so my name is micah
0:04 zeitzchua and i welcome everyone to our
0:07 april
0:08 meeting of the issaquah transportation
0:10 advisory board so
0:12 as everyone can see
0:15 our vice chair and our chair are absent
0:17 today and so that's why i'm facilitating
0:19 the meeting uh but we're gonna try and
0:21 catch up we're a few minutes behind on
0:23 our agenda
0:25 uh so we'll um
0:27 go straight to
0:30 approval of the minutes from march
0:32 through
0:34 unanimous consent
0:37 during
0:38 no objections we will approve the march
0:41 minutes
0:43 and then we can go to public comment and
0:46 i think there's still no one waiting so
0:48 it's just the email
0:49 i think we have to second the media
0:51 minutes as far as moving forward to
0:53 prove so i guess second second time
0:54 thank you thank you
0:58 okay
0:59 yeah so we for public comments uh we
1:02 haven't received anyone um
1:07 planning on making public comments
1:09 during the meeting but we did receive an
1:11 email from edward one and i will read
1:15 out uh his email so it's on the record
1:18 for the meeting
1:21 please pass on these comments regarding
1:24 the
1:25 neighborhood safety improvement program
1:27 i am concerned about the emphasis on my
1:30 own asia waste and neighborhood
1:32 associations in plant outreach
1:34 particularly from an equity perspective
1:38 representation in these associations
1:41 overwhelmingly
1:42 used towards older retired and wealthier
1:46 homeowners
1:48 as one example during the development of
1:50 bellevue's 2009 head and bike plan
1:53 approximately 30 members of the bridal
1:56 trails community club successfully
1:58 fought against any expansion of bicycle
2:00 infrastructure in the bridal trails area
2:04 as a result there is a huge hole in
2:07 bellevue's bike network that will exist
2:09 indefinitely
2:11 bridal trails is in fact a very diverse
2:14 neighbor neighborhood
2:16 and at least half of the 13 000
2:19 residents live in the multi-family areas
2:22 to the east that have no representation
2:24 in the
2:26 by bridal trails community club
2:29 i believe outreach could be done more
2:31 equitable through mailings to all
2:33 residents in an area or in some other
2:35 systematic manner
2:42 so as i hear that it sounds like they
2:44 didn't reach out
2:45 he was saying they didn't reach out to
2:46 all the neighbors and it seemed like a
2:48 small group was really vocal against the
2:50 bike trail
2:51 so that's a suggestion for us to make
2:53 sure we reach out to other
2:55 people yes
3:06 oh my god you're mute
3:09 so we do have a place and the last bit
3:12 of regular business to discuss that
3:14 because it's applicable to one of the
3:15 it's two points of the neighborhood
3:18 safety improvement program so we'll be
3:20 able to
3:22 discuss that there
3:24 uh so we can move into our regular
3:27 business now and our first item is chair
3:30 and voice chair nominations
3:33 and that's uh for isabel that's me
3:38 so uh as you have seen on our
3:42 uh memo
3:44 we now uh the term for the share and
3:47 vice share are expiring by the end of
3:50 the month so we will need to
3:53 start um
3:54 nominating for both positions share and
3:57 by share and
3:58 i would read through the
4:02 responsibilities of the chair position
4:04 before we start on the nomination
4:06 process
4:07 the chair is a voting member of the
4:10 board and shall preside over the
4:12 meetings of the board and exercise all
4:15 the powers granted to the position as
4:17 follows
4:19 set the agenda in coordination with the
4:21 designated staff liaison
4:24 open the meeting on time and call the
4:26 meeting to order announce in proper
4:29 sequence the business on the agenda
4:31 recognize members who are entitled to
4:34 the floor
4:35 facilitate public comment
4:38 state and put to avoid all legitimate
4:41 questions that arise during the meeting
4:44 protect the world from frivolous or
4:46 delay motions
4:48 enforce the rules regarding debate and
4:51 keep order
4:53 expedite expedite business in a way
4:56 compatible with the rights of the
4:58 members
4:59 decide all questions of order if a
5:02 motion is out of order the
5:04 share should rule it out of order
5:07 respond to inquiries of members
5:10 declare the meeting adjourned
5:13 and any other duties as prescribed by
5:16 parliamentary authority
5:19 with that said i will open for
5:22 nominations for the share position
5:26 are there any nominations for the chairs
5:30 or to be serving from
5:32 may this year to
5:34 through april
5:36 of the next year
5:40 and just to clarify you could
5:42 self-nominate or nominate another member
5:45 of the tab
5:57 isabelle has anybody expressed interest
5:59 in continuing their role or
6:02 in throwing their hat in the ring
6:07 yes since you um
6:10 post that question cynthia has expressed
6:13 that that if nominated
6:15 she would
6:16 accept the nomination and continue
6:19 serving as the chair
6:24 then i'll nominate cynthia
6:28 too fast
6:29 i second that nomination
6:32 thank you
6:33 are there any other nominations
6:39 hearing none the nominations are closed
6:42 now we will move on to the vice share
6:45 position
6:46 we already
6:49 read what the
6:52 responsibilities of the share are
6:55 so now for the vice chair in the absence
6:57 of the chair from any meeting shall
7:00 perform all the duties incumbent upon
7:02 the chair
7:04 now we will open up for for nominations
7:07 for device share are there any
7:10 nominations for advice share positions
7:13 to serve from may this year through
7:15 april next year
7:19 if i can nominate myself
7:23 thank you julian has nominated himself
7:25 are there any other nominations
7:35 hearing none
7:36 denominations are now closed
7:41 the as for the next steps it would be 2x
7:44 to well
7:46 since you have nominated yourself uh
7:49 jillian would be uh
7:51 drafting a letter of self-domination and
7:54 acceptance as
7:56 the vice
7:58 chair position
8:01 so and
8:03 this letter would be due
8:05 on the next meeting
8:07 correct
8:08 do we need a second
8:10 part
8:11 we don't need to
8:13 just accept acceptance or
8:15 self-dominating it's just
8:17 the
8:19 written
8:20 manner
8:22 either the self-domination or acceptance
8:24 is someone else nominated you
8:29 so when we did the uh vice chair
8:32 nominations um a couple months ago
8:36 i believe we opened them one meeting and
8:38 then we had it open through
8:40 the following meeting the meeting that
8:41 we had the vote
8:43 is that
8:44 is that right or did we
8:47 yes and that was the
8:50 i believe the reason was because we we
8:52 have we have you have we had one
8:55 self-domination and then
8:57 a domination occurred during the meeting
9:00 and we had to
9:02 get the letters before making the the
9:04 vote
9:06 okay
9:08 okay
9:16 now
9:18 okay so i will leave that over to you
9:21 micah again
9:22 all right
9:24 thank you
9:24 so we can
9:26 uh we'll we'll have um
9:28 i believe we'll have the voting at the
9:30 next meeting for that and i think based
9:33 on we did last time should anyone who is
9:36 absent today i think we can send that
9:38 out in the note should there be any
9:40 other nominations we can presumably
9:42 reopen
9:44 and then reclose them
9:45 as we've done before
9:49 and with that we'll move to our next
9:52 item of regular business
9:55 and so it looks like we have uh
9:58 jennifer sillman and
10:01 john martinson for the ada cell
10:04 evaluation and transition plan
10:08 thanks micah
10:10 i'm john martinson transportation
10:11 engineering manager for the city of
10:13 vistapod
10:16 the city this year is updating the
10:19 americans with disabilities
10:22 act
10:23 self-evaluation and transition plan
10:25 this is a document that the city
10:27 prepared a number of years ago
10:29 and we're getting it updated and this is
10:31 a project that i'm really excited for
10:33 we've hired transportation
10:35 solutions and jennifer salmons with
10:38 transportation solutions or tsi she's
10:40 going to tell you a little bit more to
10:42 introduce the project to you uh and
10:44 before i
10:45 turn it over to her when the americans
10:48 with disabilities act was signed in july
10:51 of 1990
10:52 the president bush the first president
10:54 bush said let the shameful ball of
10:56 exclusion
10:58 finally
10:59 come tumbling down
11:01 and i feel like the barriers to people
11:02 with disabilities are
11:04 a shameful wall of explosion but we
11:06 don't have just one wall we have
11:08 multiple walls and this transition plan
11:10 is going to be
11:12 a plan to tear down these walls and make
11:14 our transportation system more inclusive
11:16 for everyone
11:17 and so for those reasons i'm really
11:19 excited for this project and with that
11:21 i'll turn it over to jennifer to do the
11:23 presentation
11:26 thank you hello everyone i apologize
11:29 i've got a cough drop with a
11:31 getting over a cough
11:33 i'll share my screen
11:41 can everyone see the first slide
11:43 oh not yet
11:45 not yet
11:50 it's coming up
11:52 okay
11:53 yes
11:56 okay
11:58 yes so as john introduced this is a
12:02 um 2022 version of the ada
12:05 self-evaluation and chris issue plan the
12:07 city did a significant amount of work in
12:09 2014
12:11 and so the last few days we've last
12:14 months rather we've been really looking
12:16 through how to utilize that previous
12:18 work in the work that my firm is doing
12:21 for the city
12:24 so tonight we'll be going through a
12:26 variety of updates and kind of general
12:30 understanding of what the aim of the
12:33 ada transition plan
12:35 is for why it's needed
12:37 our scope and schedule and then some
12:40 intentional efforts to involve members
12:43 of the ada community in our planning
12:45 process not just a result at the end for
12:48 comment but inclusion in the development
12:51 and time for some next steps and
12:54 questions
12:57 so an ada self evaluation and transition
13:00 plan sounds like a mouthful but
13:02 the requirements according to the
13:05 department of justice
13:08 department of justice rather are four
13:10 key components
13:12 first is identification of barriers and
13:15 that's both the physical
13:17 realm and communicative realm especially
13:20 in a world that is much more digital
13:23 and so we look at
13:24 barriers in the city's programs services
13:28 and activities so the scope is large
13:31 we describe the methods to make those
13:34 areas
13:35 accessible
13:37 and we also provide a schedule for
13:39 making modifications to achieve
13:42 compliance and remove those barriers
13:44 and then we also identify public
13:47 officials responsible to implement the
13:49 plan and bring it to reality
13:55 this type of plan is federally mandated
13:58 and
13:59 self-evaluation is part of the process
14:03 but the plan itself is also mandated a
14:06 lot of
14:07 cities can get stuck in the
14:09 self-evaluation data collection phase
14:12 and there are numerous ways to collect
14:14 that data but we want to make sure that
14:16 we're getting to the plan component as
14:18 well
14:19 also this plan
14:21 gives the city of issaquah continued
14:23 grant eligibility
14:25 washed out has become more
14:27 invested in making sure it's compliant
14:30 and that its agencies are compliant and
14:32 so the city of visakwa is a certified
14:34 agency
14:35 and it crosses a threshold that it has
14:37 to have an ada transition plan
14:41 and that's to be eligible for federal
14:43 highway funding
14:47 so this project scope is large
14:49 we look in the public right-of-way at
14:51 curb ramps
14:53 sidewalks
14:54 accessible pedestrian signals and
14:57 accessible on-street parking
14:59 i am seeking to utilize a lot of helpful
15:02 2014 asset data
15:05 but another key thing is moving forward
15:07 is establishing procedures for
15:09 integrating new asset data as the city
15:11 of issaquah's capabilities are growing
15:14 in that area especially with gis
15:17 for building facilities and parks and
15:21 shared use trails
15:22 we are updating a handful of the 2014
15:26 evaluations that were very thorough and
15:28 adding a few more to 2022
15:31 for
15:32 some facilities that we think are
15:34 important due to their level of use
15:37 as well as
15:39 their
15:41 well primarily the the level of public
15:43 use but also the degree of barriers
15:46 observed
15:48 we also look on the programmatic side at
15:51 administrative roles policies and
15:53 procedures so in addition to having some
15:56 of these core basic features of a person
15:59 that's the ada fibro coordinator a
16:02 grievance procedure a public notice that
16:04 the city already has we have some other
16:08 items we need to look at
16:10 it's very helpful that the city have an
16:11 accessible pedestrian signal policy
16:14 and those can vary by
16:17 jurisdiction but that's just another
16:19 helpful public engagement tool to have
16:23 some of these policies at the ready
16:26 as well as designating an official
16:28 responsible
16:30 who has the weight to
16:33 be an advocate for the plan at the
16:37 budgetary and administrative levels at
16:40 the city
16:44 we have made a lot of progress
16:46 during our phase one scoping period the
16:49 last few months really looking at how to
16:51 use the 2014 data wisely but also
16:54 identify where some new work needs to be
16:57 done and that's wrapping up this week
17:01 for our phase 2 which is the actual
17:03 planned development where we do a lot
17:05 more of the intense activity that will
17:07 be throughout late spring into
17:10 the early fall
17:12 and we will do a variety of tasks
17:14 assessing
17:16 prioritizing um barriers and developing
17:20 a barrier removal and financial plan for
17:23 all of these different facility types
17:27 uh so you know the public right-of-way
17:28 has a lot of its own components then add
17:32 on to that buildings parks and trails
17:34 and programmatic pieces and this can
17:36 come to
17:37 quite a quite a large scope
17:40 and my goal in the plan is to make it as
17:42 accessible for
17:44 city
17:45 staff and the public to understand the
17:48 barriers and how the city is working to
17:50 remove them
17:53 in late or in november
17:55 a draft plan will be provided and that
17:58 will be reviewed by city staff but also
18:00 by a group that we're calling the ada
18:02 advisory group that will be forming on
18:05 city committees such as this committee
18:07 if desired and council as well as the
18:10 general public will have an opportunity
18:12 to review the draft plan before it is
18:16 sent off in a final version for adoption
18:19 by the city council in february of next
18:22 year
18:27 so stakeholder engagement is really
18:29 critical since the public especially
18:31 members of the ada community who
18:33 experience barriers every day
18:36 um we we want to make sure that we're
18:39 getting important feedback from the
18:41 community our methods to do that are
18:43 going to be a project web page including
18:46 online surveys
18:48 including one that has a mapping feature
18:50 so people can actually pinpoint exactly
18:52 where they experience a barrier
18:56 and
18:57 we also are going to be doing an ada
19:00 advisory group
19:02 and so
19:03 one item there is looking for this body
19:08 see if any persons from this group are
19:11 interested in being part of that
19:13 advisory group for this specific project
19:16 um but also some of the city's other um
19:19 working boards
19:21 uh such as the equity board um but also
19:25 uh given your role uh representing you
19:28 know as an advisory board yourselves um
19:31 seeking out you know do you have any
19:33 people in your um contact groups or
19:36 networks that you think could be a
19:38 resource or interested party to
19:40 participate in this
19:43 planning process
19:45 the ada advisory group also
19:48 along with the general public will have
19:50 the opportunity to comment on the full
19:52 draft plan
19:56 late this year
20:00 for the ada advisory group specifically
20:02 our goal is to have a
20:04 limited number of meetings three to five
20:07 presentation materials will be provided
20:09 in advance
20:10 and our goal is that this group can
20:14 advise our project team on our barrier
20:17 findings see if we're missing any
20:19 barriers that we um
20:22 have somehow
20:23 skipped over or not not identified
20:27 refining
20:28 prioritization criteria for barrier
20:30 removal we look not only at the degree
20:33 of the you know in case of physical
20:36 barriers we look not only at you know
20:39 for example a curb ramp is it there or
20:42 is it not there you know missing curb
20:44 ramp can be really important
20:46 but also where it is in
20:50 relationship to
20:52 highly trafficked corridors or such as
20:55 transit routes or destinations such as
20:57 schools civic buildings shopping centers
21:01 etc
21:03 we will ask this group to make
21:05 recommendations on improvements
21:09 city programs services and facilities
21:11 related to accessibility
21:14 and also to promote this project through
21:17 the relationships that
21:18 members of this group have with other
21:20 local organizations serving members of
21:23 the ada community
21:29 so given that i will move back to page
21:31 here to keep it on that advisory group
21:33 in terms of you know we're we're working
21:37 we'll have a project website that
21:39 includes these
21:41 the anticipated advisory group
21:43 activities to make it easier to direct
21:46 people to
21:47 what's involved
21:48 and so
21:50 that is my presentation
21:53 and
21:56 i don't have a clear sense or
21:59 uh let's see
22:01 and isabel can you do questions i think
22:04 i saw a question come up my other screen
22:06 but not very easy to
22:07 yeah so uh typically what we do is we
22:10 just use the chat so we keep in order of
22:12 who has a question so okay um
22:15 julian is
22:16 as it looks like he has a question
22:19 yeah can you
22:21 talk more about the 2014
22:25 2014 findings and and what you've been
22:27 scoping out already and for the past
22:29 couple of months at this point
22:32 sure for the 2014 findings
22:35 um i can start quickly with the
22:38 buildings and um parks and trails so
22:42 17 buildings 17 parks and six trails
22:46 were evaluated in 2014
22:49 and the architect sub consultant that we
22:51 work with
22:52 reviewed those and said they were done
22:54 very well
22:55 in terms of identifying barriers
22:57 however since then some buildings such
23:00 as the pool
23:02 and
23:03 have gone undergone some
23:06 significant renovation since 2014
23:09 and so she's going to be re-evaluating
23:11 those spaces to and to ensure there's
23:14 compliance usually things built after
23:18 2013
23:20 2014 there they should be in compliance
23:23 so usually new is mostly compliant
23:26 but she's going to be checking on those
23:28 facilities as well as some other
23:30 facilities such as
23:32 human services that are now functioning
23:34 in some
23:35 spaces that have been renovated for
23:37 public access
23:40 for parks um
23:42 the
23:43 city has quite a number of parks and so
23:46 we have added a few
23:48 because of their
23:50 level of use and
23:53 [Music]
23:55 then for
23:58 let's see for trails we are going to
24:00 take a good look at the lake tradition
24:05 or sorry the the tiger mountain
24:08 trailhead because it's a
24:12 trail that
24:13 has um
24:15 it's it's very
24:18 amenable to be an ada outdoor accessible
24:22 trail
24:23 so not just a paved trail but in this
24:25 case wanting to look at
24:28 a facility that given is one of the
24:29 highest use
24:31 trail facilities in the state
24:34 our architects wanted to look at that
24:38 for
24:40 some work on the programmatic side
24:42 dealing with
24:44 getting feedback from city staff about
24:46 their awareness of and compliance with
24:49 the ada um we are proposing that
24:53 current staff take a new question or
24:55 complete a new questionnaire given that
24:58 there is staff turnover over eight years
25:00 um so that's one of the primary methods
25:02 we look at programmatic compliance is
25:05 what do your staff know
25:08 and
25:09 providing them with some trainings to
25:12 comply with ada requirements
25:16 with their interactions with the public
25:18 and then also on the public right-of-way
25:20 side the city had a lot of manually
25:24 collected
25:26 barrier data not all of it is in gis
25:30 form but a good amount of it is
25:33 and so i'll be working with the city's
25:35 gis staff to do some limited
25:38 improvements to the existing data but a
25:42 lot of
25:42 work in setting up how the city moves
25:45 forward with adding new data
25:48 to the
25:50 gis
25:51 inventories the reason the gis
25:53 inventories are so helpful is that i can
25:55 then do some processes to
25:57 um prioritize barriers that are you know
26:00 within 100 feet of highly
26:03 trafficked corridors for transit or
26:07 a likely ada destination such as grocery
26:10 stores schools etc
26:14 and i had a follow-up question probably
26:16 for isabel or john
26:19 how does this work fit in with the
26:23 information or like the capital projects
26:25 you're doing with regard to sidewalk
26:27 gaps and things like that
26:30 i'll go ahead and answer this one and
26:33 it'll impact capital projects in a
26:35 number of ways the first and most direct
26:38 and
26:39 i'll answer first for streets
26:42 and
26:43 just because that's my area but it could
26:45 also impact capital projects for our
26:48 facilities that
26:49 that would be considered as part of the
26:51 plan to get those updated i'll first
26:53 just speak to the public right away
26:55 we have one project that is
26:58 tr011
27:00 the ada improvements project which is a
27:03 project
27:05 solely for updating facilities within
27:08 the public right-of-way to meet ada
27:10 standards and
27:12 that this plan will help prioritize
27:14 where we use those funds
27:16 in the past usually we've
27:19 tried to look at where we're going to be
27:21 doing overlays and get those ramps
27:23 updated but
27:24 this will be a change of direction and
27:28 we'll actually be focusing more on where
27:30 is the need for people with
27:32 disabilities
27:34 another way is
27:37 and i'm going to stick to curb ramps but
27:39 there's also the pedestrian push buttons
27:40 the countdown heads
27:43 driveways where you cross
27:45 but
27:46 we'll look at where we have capital
27:48 projects that will be
27:51 upgrading the facilities to meet ada
27:54 standards and take those into account as
27:57 we look at the city's transition to
27:59 become compliant with the americans with
28:02 disabilities act
28:03 and
28:06 then
28:07 as for sidewalk gaps
28:10 i think
28:12 that
28:13 as we look at going in sidewalk gaps of
28:16 course those will be designed built to
28:17 meet ada standards
28:19 i don't know if that'll necessarily
28:22 it's a good question how that would take
28:25 into account because to me a sidewalk
28:27 gap
28:28 is a barrier for everyone and this plan
28:32 is specifically looking at
28:34 people with disabilities but
28:37 i guess also if there's a sidewalk gap
28:39 and people are walking on the shoulder
28:40 then
28:42 that's another area where this plan
28:44 could help guide
28:45 getting those connections made too but
28:49 so i guess to answer your question it'll
28:51 prioritize the work with our ada
28:53 improvement project and we'll also look
28:56 into other projects that we're doing
28:57 that will also upgrade to get a sense
29:00 for when the city can be fully compliant
29:02 with americans with disabilities act did
29:04 that answer your question
29:07 yeah i think that was good
29:09 thank you
29:11 christy
29:15 thank you
29:17 i um
29:18 it's really great to see this work
29:20 happening it is um not easy and it's
29:23 nice to hear as well that the gis
29:26 information is being folded in
29:29 i um i know the city's been working on
29:32 this a long time and it's really great
29:33 to see it being integrated
29:36 and updated from 2014
29:38 a question i have um that's kind of been
29:42 on my mind a little bit as the city's
29:45 working with its title 16 their storm
29:47 water management plan
29:49 and looking at how to address stormwater
29:52 for the future they're looking at
29:54 potential of
29:56 100 year flood plain plus two feet
30:00 and when you're looking at a built
30:03 environment where buildings right up to
30:06 the street frontage and sidewalks that
30:10 begins to kind of play within the ada
30:12 environment so my hope is
30:15 is that there's some integration with
30:17 this work that's happening with also
30:20 that so that we're looking at a
30:22 coordinated approach
30:24 because roads and streets and sidewalks
30:27 and critical infrastructure
30:29 really
30:30 need to be ada accessible and we need to
30:33 kind of think about big picture
30:38 so just make two cents
30:42 i think that's
30:43 really good advice we'll reach out to
30:45 the people working on updating that part
30:47 of title 16.
31:02 jennifer are you looking for people to
31:05 express interest at this meeting or is
31:07 it something we can
31:08 share and have between now and
31:12 two weeks from now to let you know that
31:14 someone's interested
31:16 um don't have to have an answer tonight
31:19 number one um yes on in the coming weeks
31:23 um and i'd say even you know month to
31:26 two months um gathering some gathering
31:29 names um
31:31 we are worth um
31:33 [Music]
31:35 our
31:36 we're still in the scoping and so um
31:39 once phase two
31:41 is actually contract signed we will move
31:44 forward i'll move forward more
31:45 intensively on
31:47 um providing
31:48 um website content and so i i do think
31:52 that um yes gathering names um and
31:58 sending them to john or myself um we can
32:01 make sure you have my email address um
32:04 that would be wonderful and i can also
32:06 follow up with this body through john or
32:09 isabel um
32:11 so this this is more just to let you as
32:13 a group know what's on the near horizon
32:17 uh to plant the seed for
32:19 future
32:20 um promotion and ideas from you
32:26 thank you isabel could we possibly have
32:30 i mean i know um
32:33 we have to get the actual chair to okay
32:35 this but on
32:37 uh next month's agenda just a reminder
32:40 in the regular business about signing up
32:41 for this since we have such a small
32:44 group here today
32:48 yes to like bring bring it back to the
32:50 tab
32:51 yeah i think we can just
32:54 pull up these slides and just basically
32:56 quickly tie in with the other members of
32:59 the board and
33:00 remind everyone in case people here are
33:03 thinking about whether they are are
33:04 interested in and
33:07 volunteering um
33:10 give them a chance to
33:12 make that a connection
33:14 yeah
33:15 we can bring it up
33:18 and if i may add um if you're not able
33:21 to be part of this group you know you're
33:23 already on an advisory board um but
33:26 definitely if you're aware of or have
33:28 worked in the past with local
33:30 organizations i've done some research on
33:32 those that are in city in issaquah
33:34 i'm a native of issaquah
33:38 myself so i know of some but um it
33:40 doesn't have to be you it can be but if
33:42 you know of others it's really just
33:44 activating the networks you already have
33:53 all right any other questions for anyone
33:56 i think thomas is raising his hand
33:58 oh you
34:00 didn't see it in the chat
34:05 tom you're on mute
34:08 thank you micah
34:10 yeah i think so i have uh two questions
34:13 and it's really in regards to timing as
34:15 far as the ten three to five meetings
34:18 and is that over like three months or
34:20 five months or six months
34:22 and then
34:23 the advise refine and make
34:24 recommendations that would be part of
34:26 those meetings
34:29 and that's my first question then the
34:31 second question is this fed back through
34:34 the tab to the board or is this more of
34:36 kind of independent um assessment that
34:40 then gets
34:42 provided to the council for discussion
34:44 as opposed to feeding back first to the
34:46 council
34:48 i would say that first on the schedule
34:51 question
34:52 the
34:52 ada advisory groups they are slated for
34:57 um let's see i would say
35:00 between june to
35:03 um december
35:05 is when they would actively be sought
35:07 out and the where
35:09 most of those meetings would take place
35:13 and on the role of the tab john
35:17 you're welcome to clarify my
35:19 understanding
35:21 but um
35:22 this is an
35:24 this is an independent project
35:26 that
35:27 welcomes tab interest but it's not
35:30 required
35:31 for the tab to
35:36 sign off on it if you will
35:38 yeah the intent for most of the tabs
35:40 involvement is
35:42 for informational that we really want
35:44 this ada advisory
35:46 group to be helping drive the input just
35:49 because
35:51 we're hoping that people with
35:52 disabilities will join the ada advisory
35:55 board although it doesn't have to be
35:57 that but just to really get
36:00 the perspective
36:02 that
36:06 from the ada advisory board and that
36:09 we'll be keeping the tab up to date and
36:11 informing the tab but it's not
36:14 anticipated to be
36:15 an item that we come back to the tab
36:18 asking for input
36:24 okay okay i guess i'll just throw in my
36:27 own question now um
36:29 so if there are three meetings being set
36:32 up you know maybe like in june
36:35 august and october
36:38 could you like talk about you know the
36:40 general format of each meeting what each
36:43 meeting would go over versus the
36:45 phase of the project and what each
36:47 meeting would be talking about
36:49 sure so the first meeting is to
36:52 introduce the project purpose since it
36:56 is so much
36:57 content that's being shown
37:00 um and it will be a time to
37:03 let the
37:04 city know what we know already so i will
37:08 have either or i will have some maps
37:11 letting people know kind of the scope of
37:13 barriers and you know what information
37:16 we have and what um
37:19 how we know what we know
37:20 um and then just to kind of uh
37:24 prepare them for the next meeting which
37:26 is more intense which is um getting
37:29 feedback on how we are prioritizing the
37:33 barriers
37:34 um so um we have a gis model um but
37:40 you know individual persons with
37:42 disabilities who you know they live at
37:44 their residence and their routes that
37:46 they use are a 100 barrier to them so
37:50 you know there's there's something to be
37:51 said for this
37:53 this is to benefit persons with
37:55 disabilities as well as the greater
37:57 public but if we have you know feedback
38:00 from the advisory group that's kind of
38:01 identifying some
38:03 barriers that are
38:05 you know specific to persons with
38:07 disabilities
38:08 um they may not benefit everyone but
38:10 they're very important to those people
38:12 who do experience them that's that's one
38:15 way in which we can see the city
38:17 this advisory group refining this
38:21 prioritization
38:22 method
38:24 and then
38:25 also
38:28 another meeting will be about
38:30 implementation
38:32 about you know
38:33 how much does the city know
38:35 regarding
38:38 its ability to fund improvements and
38:41 realistically what does that look like
38:43 and how early can the city know so some
38:45 cities know
38:47 six years out what their funds are some
38:50 it's you know only a
38:52 one year two year budget cycle that
38:54 really has firm
38:58 firm financial commitments so we're
39:01 trying to create it you know
39:05 we want to
39:06 do the work that we know how to do as
39:08 the project team but be checking in as
39:11 we accomplish each step of the process
39:16 kind of check our see if we have any
39:17 blind spots to what we're doing in
39:21 inventorying barriers prioritizing them
39:24 and then
39:25 financing how we remove them
39:31 is the change to a biannual budget for
39:34 the city of isoqua changing your
39:36 thinking in this regard
39:39 i will leave that to john yeah no that
39:42 wouldn't change our thinking on that
39:44 because
39:45 for our capital projects we have the
39:47 six-year capital improvement
39:49 plan where
39:51 finance goes through and updates
39:54 projections for the next six years
39:56 and we would be using that for
39:58 what looking at what we would be able to
40:00 do and not do
40:04 one thing i can add is that another gis
40:07 tool that i'll be doing is
40:09 creating a buffer zone of
40:14 at least the six year tip projects that
40:17 the city can let me know of
40:20 because what that can do is it can
40:21 create a picture of barriers likely to
40:24 be removed
40:25 through the city's already existing
40:28 planned projects so really that is
40:31 that's the kind of most efficient
40:33 approach is
40:34 correct barriers in places you're
40:36 already doing projects but this group is
40:38 also going to help us make sure we're
40:40 not ignoring
40:41 barriers that are very present and real
40:44 that are outside those capital
40:46 improvement projects
41:04 all right we'll do a second last call
41:06 for our questions
41:12 dave david
41:20 sorry i got here late um
41:23 quickest round trip i ever made
41:27 to tacoma and olympia and back here by 6
41:29 20.
41:31 i left at 2
41:33 15 back here by 6 20.
41:36 sorry to be late
41:39 quick question
41:41 who on the
41:43 city is going to represent
41:46 uh for this ada
41:49 transit issues and transit barriers
41:57 that's a good question
41:59 and i guess i would say
42:02 for the
42:03 because our transit partners would be
42:06 king county metro and sound transit
42:09 and
42:10 i'm not 100 sure but i'm
42:13 believe that they probably would have
42:15 their own ada plans and then
42:19 the city for our work at looking at the
42:21 public right away we would look at
42:23 access to transit stops as an important
42:26 part for the actual
42:28 bus itself that would be the
42:29 responsibility of metro or sound transit
42:36 so that
42:37 so somebody from the city has lined up
42:39 sound transit metro to participate in
42:42 this
42:44 no that we're looking at things that the
42:46 city has control over
42:48 whereas we have influence over
42:50 sound transit metro
42:54 and
42:55 that they would have their own ada
42:59 programs
43:00 is that consistent with what you've done
43:02 jennifer and other agencies
43:05 i would say the jurisdiction question
43:08 um i would need to do a little more
43:09 research to find out um if you know is
43:13 the transit stop
43:15 uh there's the transit stop and the
43:18 you know bench
43:20 sign polls figures those things that
43:22 those can be i believe under metro's
43:25 jurisdiction i would want to check with
43:28 john whether the curb ramp is considered
43:31 the city's right-of-way or
43:33 transit's jurisdiction
43:37 um i do look at
43:39 what are called pedestrian access routes
43:42 which
43:42 the
43:43 yes there's the actual curb ramp for the
43:46 bus but then there's how do you get to
43:49 that bus stop that is also a critical
43:52 piece so i would need to research more
43:54 on the specifications
43:57 i can tell you from experience
44:00 sound transit and metro will not
44:03 be interested in the route to the stops
44:06 they're only going to be their only
44:08 concern is
44:10 that their stops are ada
44:13 let me give you an example
44:15 if you
44:16 with a transit bus that has a ramp
44:20 you cannot
44:21 load and unload a wheelchair
44:24 with that ramp it's too dangerous on a
44:27 hill
44:28 on a hill it has to be flat
44:30 it can have a certain amount of degree
44:33 but
44:34 some of our hills are very uh that they
44:37 wouldn't be able to do that
44:42 metro sun transfer would not get
44:44 involved in that but metro sound transit
44:47 would take a look at if we said there
44:51 should be a
44:52 stop there because there's an 88 person
44:56 that lives nearby
44:58 or in the vicinity
45:01 that's really important for the city to
45:04 make
45:04 metro and sound transit aware so that
45:07 they can take proactive
45:09 measures toward that
45:14 that's kind of the question but it
45:16 sounds to me like
45:18 hopefully metro and or
45:21 really it doesn't need both because
45:25 both metro and sound transit have the
45:28 same ada policies it's
45:31 it's inherent
45:32 and
45:35 as a trained operator you really become
45:38 uh very aware
45:40 of that
45:41 situation and that issue
45:45 but the barriers
45:46 to and from that transit stop that's
45:49 going to be something the city would
45:50 have to deal with
45:54 one thing i have seen other cities and
45:56 agencies do such as the port of everett
45:58 they
45:59 they're flatter i will give them that
46:01 but they did work on having
46:04 an accessibility route map
46:07 for showing where on their site
46:11 the
46:12 best routes but most accessible routes
46:14 are um i do know that there is some
46:17 maximum extent feasible
46:19 um mef
46:23 documentation that should exist for
46:25 ramps that can't accommodate the
46:28 specific ada requirements
46:31 so that's another piece that the gis
46:33 staff have been interested in and the
46:35 gis tool is great for that that if you
46:37 go to a specific feature that
46:39 documentation would be there so that's
46:41 going to be one idea in the plan to
46:44 implement a procedure that if this
46:47 cannot be compliant
46:49 due to the geography and topography that
46:52 we have that necessary documentation but
46:55 i do agree with you that looking at um
46:58 how can we
47:00 make it as most accessible as possible
47:03 and to know
47:04 what are the alternatives
47:06 um for those places that are just
47:08 physically too steep
47:12 if i have just a couple minutes to throw
47:14 in an example
47:15 i worked with somebody that was
47:18 a wheelchair-bound on mercer island
47:21 and that was the 204 the route 204.
47:29 if that bus didn't run
47:32 she could get off the 554
47:35 at the mercer island
47:36 transit center you guys know where
47:38 that's it's where that is
47:41 she would have to
47:43 wheelchair home
47:46 4.2 or 5.4 i can't remember
47:50 miles because there would be no other
47:53 way
47:54 no other
47:57 public transportation way for her to get
47:59 home and
48:01 the sidewalks ran out
48:04 if you've ever been
48:06 to to the south end of the island
48:09 and you go down
48:11 island crest way
48:13 the the sidewalks run out
48:19 it's that kind of thinking that i think
48:22 we as
48:23 as a city would want to make sure
48:27 that we knew where where our ada people
48:30 lived so we could look at it to
48:34 eliminate any barriers like that that
48:36 come up
48:40 which i guess john
48:42 now we're in complete streets and
48:45 complete sidewalks
48:47 so it is part of the tab you know what i
48:49 mean it's not
48:51 something that's
48:52 devoid of that that there's something
48:54 there
48:57 i appreciate the perspective thinking
48:59 about
49:00 its
49:01 interaction with transit and thinking
49:03 about it in
49:05 ways that
49:06 i know i never had so i really
49:08 appreciate that i'll tell you on this
49:10 specific case i went to claudia balducci
49:13 on the king county council
49:15 and we were able
49:16 they
49:18 cut off the 204
49:20 and we were able to get the 204
49:24 put back on now that may sound excessive
49:27 for one wheelchair person but then if
49:30 you think about it that you're the one
49:33 taking that wheelchair home and you're
49:35 having to go on those
49:37 roads and uh
49:39 non-sidewalk areas how would you feel
49:42 and i think that's that's the way you
49:44 got to look at it and we were able
49:48 claudia went to
49:50 metro and said
49:52 this is really important and this really
49:54 has to be done and
49:56 they put the 204 back on the line
49:59 and it served other other 88 people as
50:02 well
50:03 but that's how important it is so
50:07 um i'm willing to uh be a part of that
50:10 if you guys want me to
50:13 just simply to have that voice in there
50:16 so that we look at
50:18 where the ada person is trying to go
50:21 and be able to have that access
50:24 to any type type of public
50:26 transportation
50:27 um it's it's extremely important
50:31 here first on my list david i'm glad to
50:33 match the name with the face now so we
50:35 look forward to you joining the
50:39 all group well uh thank you jennifer
50:42 we're gonna move on to our next item of
50:45 regular business uh as always we can
50:48 ask that in the next agenda um that
50:52 cynthia adds this we need to discuss
50:55 more but we do already have that one
50:56 reminder so we'll at least be bringing
50:58 this up at our next meeting
51:01 and so with that we'll move to the
51:03 intelligent transportation systems plan
51:06 uh presented by isabel
51:13 thank you micah and i will
51:19 start with
51:22 my presentation and sharing
51:26 the screen
51:29 a little bit to the back
51:32 okay sorry about that can you see my
51:35 screen
51:36 and the slide presentation slide correct
51:39 okay
51:42 thank you um
51:44 well just for the record i'm isabel diaz
51:46 the traffic signal operations engineer
51:48 and i will be speaking tonight about the
51:51 its program plan
51:56 so in the in the order that we will be
51:59 presenting uh the items for this
52:04 plan
52:05 we will first have an overview of its
52:08 and what it is
52:09 we will go over the proposed its plan
52:12 and we'll have a short open discussion
52:15 and after that we will go through the
52:17 next steps of our plan
52:22 tonight we're not asking for specific
52:24 direction or feedback since later in
52:27 fall we will be requesting the tab to
52:30 review the draft its plan which will
52:33 include recommendations of near-term
52:35 technology
52:36 and data projects and to help
52:39 prioritizing those projects
52:42 but we would like to give you a brief
52:44 introduction of yts of what its is so we
52:48 can start to think about what is the
52:51 number one transportation related
52:54 issue or or concern that technology
52:57 could address
53:02 so what is its its means intelligent
53:06 transportation systems its is the
53:09 deployment of technology and use of data
53:12 to improve mobility without adding
53:14 capacity we know that traffic congestion
53:16 cannot be addressed by simply adding
53:19 more lanes to our roadways
53:22 safety for all modes technology can also
53:25 be used to proactively identify
53:28 high-risk areas before collisions can
53:31 occur
53:33 equity for all people and traveler
53:36 choices
53:37 promoting ways in which travelers can
53:40 easily access all modes
53:42 addressing who
53:44 and not just the what
53:47 sustainability by reducing carbon
53:50 emissions this is
53:52 with a way of reducing intersection
53:54 delays that would result in reduction in
53:57 idle time and environmental impacts
54:06 there are some traditional its
54:09 technology that exists and and some of
54:12 them are
54:13 transportation communications network
54:16 fiber is the standard for communications
54:18 from equipment to the road to a
54:21 from from center communication from
54:23 equipment that exists on the road to a
54:26 traffic management center
54:29 vehicle detection technologies like
54:32 saving loops radar and video
54:36 traffic signal controllers
54:38 these advanced controllers would
54:40 leverage operating system to log signal
54:43 detector events events like vehicle
54:46 presence and detections face sequences
54:49 preemption
54:51 calls transit signal priority
54:54 and variable
54:57 lane
54:58 control
54:59 lane use control
55:03 cctv cameras these are used to observe
55:07 transportation network from a remote
55:09 location like a traffic management
55:11 center for example and for what and and
55:15 these cameras can also be used to
55:17 proactively
55:19 to pro to to be used for proactive
55:23 safety applications
55:26 dynamic message signs
55:29 traffic management centers and
55:31 traffic management centers can be an
55:33 operator computer station or could be a
55:36 video wall depending on the size of our
55:39 network to better observe the signal
55:42 operations or to connect with other
55:45 agencies
55:46 the city has already invested on these
55:49 traditional its solutions
55:52 but there exists many other new
55:55 technologies that we could start
55:57 exploring with and not only new
56:00 technologies but also applications that
56:03 would
56:04 make our ex 16 its solutions or these
56:08 traditional its solutions that would
56:11 give them as
56:13 or put them a step ahead a step further
56:16 which will be to use new applications
56:19 that we currently don't have
56:21 with our technology
56:23 but some of the new these new
56:25 technologies that i was
56:27 mentioning before is the automated
56:29 signal performance measures that's one
56:32 of them that are
56:33 are used by combining detection
56:36 advanced signal controllers
56:38 data sharing
56:40 and and those can be used to identify
56:42 measured of for of the performance of
56:45 our
56:46 signal system
56:48 connected and autonomous vehicles so
56:51 agencies are already
56:53 looking at the initiatives and policies
56:56 of technologies like connected
56:59 electric and and
57:01 the autonomous vehicles
57:04 third
57:05 third-party data providers this can help
57:08 providing insight on how the overall
57:11 network is performing without the need
57:14 to invest in heavy equipment
57:17 and lastly video analytics
57:20 this uh this is a technology that
57:22 currently the cities of bellevue and
57:24 seattle are piloting by using the
57:27 cameras to identify conflicts
57:31 the city of bellevue for example
57:34 provides video feeds to third-party
57:36 vendors that would identify occurrence
57:39 of near misses and their frequency so
57:42 the staff can prioritize safety
57:44 improvements
57:45 on our signals
57:53 what are the city's
57:55 current its assets
57:56 in terms of technologies as we have
57:59 mentioned we have this traditional its
58:02 technology
58:03 traffic surveillance camera replacement
58:06 that we have done to convert from analog
58:09 digital video to improve their quality
58:12 dynamic message signs
58:15 we currently have four
58:17 dynamic message signs across the city
58:20 traffic signal controller
58:23 upgrades that are capable of reporting
58:25 signal performances
58:27 and fiber optic communications network
58:30 in terms of data we also recently
58:34 acquired inrex which is a
58:36 tool that is used to
58:39 provide travel times within
58:41 our roadway corridors
58:45 staff in terms of staff we have two
58:48 traffic signal technicians and now a
58:51 traffic signal operations engineer
58:53 or myself
58:55 and in addition to technology needs
58:58 the its plans will also be looking at
59:00 staffing needs
59:02 staff that would maintain and operate
59:04 this new technology that we may
59:06 implement with the ics plan
59:15 the iets program goal is to leverage
59:18 technology to improve mobility and
59:21 safety resulting in a positive traveler
59:23 experience
59:25 provide tools to adjust to changing
59:28 traffic signals conditions
59:31 dashboards to measure transportation
59:34 or signal performance
59:37 manage and automate
59:39 traffic counts program
59:43 target and prioritize key corridors for
59:45 traffic signal coordination
59:48 and measure anticipated return on
59:51 investments from its and signal
59:53 improvements so we can prioritize our
59:56 technology investments
1:00:03 the schedule that we are proposing for
1:00:05 the its plan can be broken down into
1:00:09 three areas
1:00:10 the first one is the existing conditions
1:00:13 for this we will be doing an inventory
1:00:16 of our of the conditions of our traffic
1:00:18 signals our communications network
1:00:22 the field equipment and data platforms
1:00:24 and sources
1:00:27 the second one is the stakeholder
1:00:29 engagement this would occur in fall of
1:00:32 this year when we will be aligning our
1:00:35 goals and objectives and
1:00:38 we will be using the tab the tab
1:00:41 feedback as well to confirm what is the
1:00:44 city's needs
1:00:47 then we will proceed to the
1:00:48 implementation plan
1:00:50 for the implementation plan we will
1:00:53 provide a list of projects which we
1:00:56 we will get feedback from the tabs to
1:00:59 prioritize us those projects we will be
1:01:02 identifying what our our quick wins are
1:01:06 what are those projects that could be
1:01:08 easily implemented without major
1:01:10 investments
1:01:12 what are those programs that could be
1:01:14 those projects that could be
1:01:16 converted into programmatic projects and
1:01:19 we will also be looking at the grant
1:01:21 opportunities
1:01:28 so we can have
1:01:31 an idea or we can get our minds
1:01:34 in the discussion that we will have
1:01:37 later
1:01:38 we are providing a few only a few
1:01:41 examples of different technology
1:01:44 different new technologies and how these
1:01:46 technologies can be used to address
1:01:49 specific transportation needs one
1:01:52 example is the near miss collision video
1:01:56 analytics that we mentioned that cities
1:01:58 of bellevue and seattle are doing
1:02:01 this type of technology would leverage
1:02:03 the existing cameras to proactively
1:02:06 identify near-miss collisions and this
1:02:09 would help prioritizing locations for
1:02:12 safety improvements
1:02:14 adaptive signal control control
1:02:17 technology the adaptive signal control
1:02:19 technology measure and would predict
1:02:22 volumes to i to allow for dynamic
1:02:26 changes in the timing uh the signal
1:02:28 would be
1:02:30 changing
1:02:31 itself and not depending on on an
1:02:33 operator to change those timings based
1:02:36 on historic
1:02:38 events of historic measurements of
1:02:41 traffic volumes and in turn
1:02:43 accommodating the actual demand
1:02:47 automatic signal performance measures
1:02:50 these
1:02:51 measures would monitor and record timing
1:02:54 changes in intersections and this
1:02:57 information can be shared with partner
1:02:59 agencies like watchdog to improve
1:03:01 coordination between the signal the
1:03:03 signals
1:03:04 and these are just
1:03:06 a few of the examples that exist
1:03:09 but the its plan would help us determine
1:03:13 the right solution for our needs based
1:03:16 on the needs assignment assessment that
1:03:18 would be part of the plan
1:03:25 with that
1:03:27 if anyone has any questions first
1:03:31 i would turn it over for micah to lead
1:03:33 the discussion of
1:03:36 having us
1:03:37 preliminary thinking
1:03:41 and hopefully
1:03:42 uh hearing from from most if not every
1:03:46 one of you on what is your number one
1:03:48 transportation related issue or concern
1:03:51 that technology could address in the
1:04:05 oh actually stop sharing
1:04:08 we can see each other
1:04:14 i guess i want to
1:04:18 say that i think a couple of the things
1:04:21 that might be important to
1:04:24 issaquah itself
1:04:26 because i see that you know for
1:04:28 car oriented its
1:04:31 that might be better done on a regional
1:04:33 system
1:04:34 basis
1:04:35 it seems to me uh just in terms of you
1:04:38 know our city is pretty small and
1:04:41 there's not much that changes within it
1:04:44 uh it's more of a regional issue for
1:04:46 car-oriented ideas but i think
1:04:49 something that could serve the residents
1:04:50 of physique really well
1:04:52 would be better emphasis on you know
1:04:54 real-time transit information served by
1:04:58 in that location
1:04:59 uh not not just on phones but i'm
1:05:01 talking about displays
1:05:04 at the more popular trans stops and also
1:05:08 for biking uh
1:05:10 and other
1:05:11 you know smaller mobility
1:05:14 options on at the traffic lights i
1:05:16 notice that there's a lot of
1:05:19 you it doesn't really notice you very
1:05:21 well at traffic lights um so i think
1:05:24 there's a big space to be covered by its
1:05:26 there as well
1:05:29 because sometimes it just incentivizes
1:05:31 you to just like
1:05:33 cross the intersection on the red light
1:05:36 because there's no one
1:05:38 coming from either side
1:05:41 the traffic light is not responding to
1:05:46 just a couple issues
1:05:48 there i'm not sure how directly
1:05:51 connected to its that is but
1:05:54 no actually it is very directly
1:05:56 connected to its so i appreciate uh your
1:06:00 comments and
1:06:03 we can make sure to include those while
1:06:06 we look in the lts plan
1:06:20 my comment is uh
1:06:23 we can use its a little bit more for
1:06:25 real-time
1:06:27 traffic measuring
1:06:30 having long for example on print street
1:06:32 instead of having long green times for
1:06:34 the traffic getting out of town is to
1:06:37 shorter degree times and then a quick
1:06:39 green time for the
1:06:40 boss traffic to get through if you might
1:06:42 have a few cars i've been waiting there
1:06:44 a minute plus two minutes
1:06:46 i get them through and then go back to
1:06:48 the other green since um
1:06:50 being able to
1:06:51 uh measure that all the way from
1:06:54 probably where 56 comes in
1:06:57 unlike some irish road all the way down
1:06:58 to the last signal which is at
1:07:01 sunset
1:07:02 where you go out to the next signal that
1:07:04 would be maple valley by the time you
1:07:05 get the maple valley you got the tunes
1:07:07 enough they're kind of spread out far
1:07:08 enough you don't have the mass of the
1:07:11 the steady
1:07:13 back bumper to bumper from
1:07:15 i-90 up to
1:07:19 sunset
1:07:20 and that sounds at this um
1:07:23 i forget the name of the
1:07:25 yeah it is sunset
1:07:27 no the name of the street that's right
1:07:29 at the bonus pool
1:07:32 newport yes thank you yeah
1:07:35 i've taken it from 56 all the way to
1:07:37 newport
1:07:38 to build a major traffic real time and
1:07:40 be able to adjust the signals uh rather
1:07:42 than kind of pre-time during the peak
1:07:44 hour traffic time is to have them a
1:07:45 little bit more
1:07:48 fully actuated as opposed to
1:07:50 partially actuate where they have a set
1:07:52 of time before they time out
1:07:57 thank you time
1:08:08 i have another issue to add i think when
1:08:11 it comes to video analytics uh when it
1:08:14 comes to safety um especially as
1:08:17 isaquah gets further along in its
1:08:20 adaptation to multimodal transportation
1:08:23 i think we'll be adapting more of
1:08:26 you know bike boxes and stuff like that
1:08:30 there will be
1:08:31 a big issue of
1:08:33 cars and other
1:08:36 and other vehicles
1:08:38 blocking those bike boxes or
1:08:41 or occupying a bus lane or something
1:08:43 like that
1:08:44 and so
1:08:46 it'll be very important to have some
1:08:47 sort of video analytics to figure out
1:08:49 where that's happening
1:08:51 and how to mitigate that
1:08:53 i think that's more of a long range
1:08:54 thing for now but that'll be very
1:08:57 important to combine with the
1:08:58 surveillance
1:09:00 brand cctv
1:09:02 it'll be very important to have that
1:09:21 anyone else can have an idea of uh
1:09:27 transportation
1:09:28 your your main transportation issue that
1:09:32 technology could address
1:09:35 i have one isabelle
1:09:38 look david
1:09:42 since
1:09:44 he brought up the bicycle boxes
1:09:47 we are now getting
1:09:49 boxes
1:09:50 uh take a look at the
1:09:52 one on juniper and
1:09:57 gilman boulevard
1:09:59 there's actually a painted box
1:10:02 on the
1:10:03 ground
1:10:04 don't block that box
1:10:06 what it says
1:10:08 but there is
1:10:10 it's daily
1:10:12 that people just go by that and block
1:10:14 that box and
1:10:16 some way shape or form
1:10:19 using technology
1:10:21 we've got to have something flashing
1:10:25 light up or whatever
1:10:27 that says
1:10:28 don't block the box
1:10:30 because it
1:10:33 it would work really good
1:10:35 if that box isn't
1:10:37 there's a lot of people who come down
1:10:39 gilman they turn to the right and
1:10:41 immediately to the left on rainier
1:10:45 if they block that box
1:10:47 it causes an accident situation and
1:10:51 really
1:10:57 stalls traffic
1:10:59 there's an that's the same
1:11:03 um front street and
1:11:06 gilman boulevard
1:11:08 there's people who go through
1:11:11 and that light it'll turn yellow
1:11:14 i'll sneak through it while they're
1:11:16 blocking gilman boulevard they're
1:11:19 blocking the turn lane so we have now
1:11:22 several boxes
1:11:23 in the city and i think we've got to
1:11:26 figure out technology to be able to
1:11:30 highlight don't block the box
1:11:32 i'll tell you what they're doing in
1:11:34 seattle
1:11:35 even with buses you block that box
1:11:38 and they get your picture
1:11:40 it's a chunk of change that they take
1:11:43 take away from you
1:11:45 maybe we have to go to that i don't know
1:11:49 in my growing up and as a choir never
1:11:51 thought about that i thought about loose
1:11:53 cattle running down the road or horses
1:11:55 but i never thought about
1:11:57 automobiles blocking the box but
1:12:01 still
1:12:02 i think it's one of those things that
1:12:04 we're forcing ourselves into
1:12:06 with traffic
1:12:08 in order to keep it moving and be safe
1:12:12 can't block the box
1:12:14 and we've got to be able to
1:12:16 we as a tab have to be able to come up
1:12:19 with something
1:12:20 to acknowledge that and make it safer
1:12:24 isabella see of uh one more slide and
1:12:28 we're
1:12:29 over our time i'm not sure i want to
1:12:31 make sure we have enough time for this
1:12:33 yes and i'll just thank you for the
1:12:36 comments those are really interesting
1:12:38 approach on how its can be used for
1:12:41 enforcement but i will
1:12:44 i will do my research and learn a little
1:12:46 bit more about that um
1:12:48 i will just go over the let me share my
1:12:53 screen again
1:12:55 just go over the timeline for the its
1:13:00 you can use
1:13:02 my screen
1:13:05 yeah yep okay yeah so i'll so as for the
1:13:08 next steps um we will
1:13:12 we mentioned for part of the proposed
1:13:14 schedule we
1:13:16 will be doing an assessment of ours our
1:13:19 needs and and this is one one of the two
1:13:24 possible
1:13:26 times that we will be asking the tab for
1:13:29 feedback one is for to get those
1:13:32 assessment of the
1:13:34 our needs in terms of transportation
1:13:36 data and technology focus uh we will get
1:13:39 your your review and your comments on
1:13:42 what those needs are uh that would occur
1:13:45 somewhere sometime in summer between
1:13:47 summer and fall and the next one will be
1:13:49 the proposed project list the near-term
1:13:51 projects that would align with the city
1:13:53 needs and staffing requirements and
1:13:55 applying level estimates we will add the
1:13:58 tab to review that uh project list and
1:14:03 very potentially having a
1:14:06 very active
1:14:08 exercise that we where we could
1:14:11 prioritize those projects and make
1:14:13 recommendations on what our
1:14:16 its projects would be and that would
1:14:18 occur
1:14:20 during winter and that's what i have for
1:14:26 next steps and i will stop sharing my
1:14:30 screen so we can
1:14:32 move on
1:14:34 one last question
1:14:36 what are some of the like more uh
1:14:39 inexpensive
1:14:40 projects that cities either in the
1:14:43 states or anywhere else have done like
1:14:46 for its some more simple inexpensive
1:14:49 rollouts yes and and that's what we want
1:14:52 to look at and the way that when we go
1:14:56 through the projects to the development
1:14:58 of that project list uh the way that we
1:15:00 want one to do this is that we can
1:15:03 provide
1:15:04 those long-term projects mid-term
1:15:06 projects and the shorter
1:15:09 least
1:15:11 expensive projects that would
1:15:13 be in in fact using the technology that
1:15:16 we already have with the minimal
1:15:19 investment and just expanding their
1:15:22 capabilities
1:15:23 and not necessarily investing
1:15:26 in huge
1:15:29 equipment
1:15:36 but we will come back with uh with the
1:15:38 tap for
1:15:40 on those recommended um
1:15:42 technology
1:15:46 okay thank you
1:15:49 all right all right we'll move to the
1:15:51 neighborhood safety improvement program
1:15:53 with uh
1:15:55 john larson friend
1:15:59 all right i'm now a presenter awesome
1:16:02 hi everybody
1:16:04 if i was late i x
1:16:06 funny story i accidentally double booked
1:16:07 myself and i was uh
1:16:10 i was actually hosting a panel a
1:16:12 regional panel discussion on avs so if
1:16:14 anyone wants to know about autonomous
1:16:15 staples let me know
1:16:18 so let me share my screen here
1:16:27 hopefully you'll be able to see that let
1:16:29 me grab my notes here too
1:16:33 sorry if it's off to the side webex is
1:16:35 not perfect in that in that way
1:16:40 just so i can see my
1:16:43 well uh good evening thanks for
1:16:46 thanks for letting me uh present this
1:16:48 i'm pretty excited about uh about this
1:16:51 discussion
1:16:52 so uh as as was said i'm john larson's
1:16:55 friend he him pronouns and i am the
1:16:57 transportation program coordinator here
1:16:59 at the city of
1:17:01 tonight we're going to be talking about
1:17:04 the neighborhood safety improvement
1:17:06 program
1:17:07 this is not the first time that this has
1:17:10 been presented to the tab
1:17:12 john gave a presentation on it back in
1:17:15 february i believe so this is this is a
1:17:17 follow-up we've been doing a lot of work
1:17:19 on it over the last couple of months and
1:17:20 we're excited to share
1:17:22 what we've been working on
1:17:27 so just an overview of tonight's agenda
1:17:30 i'll give an overview of the project as
1:17:31 it stands now uh present the timeline
1:17:34 and then we'll really dig into the
1:17:36 committee itself
1:17:38 how we would like to form it the work
1:17:40 that they will be doing
1:17:43 and then we'll go into next steps and
1:17:44 then a q a which i think will be the
1:17:46 most important piece of this
1:17:50 so just to get it on your minds uh so
1:17:53 the direction that we need from you the
1:17:55 tab this evening
1:17:57 are to really answer
1:17:59 or at least start thinking about these
1:18:00 three particular questions we're looking
1:18:02 at we have a big focus on equity uh this
1:18:05 time around so one of the ways to ensure
1:18:07 an equitable committee appointment
1:18:09 process during this first year cycle
1:18:12 of the program how can we distribute
1:18:14 information to all 12 neighborhoods in
1:18:17 issaquah and then beyond hoas and
1:18:19 neighborhood associations who should we
1:18:21 be reaching out to and developing
1:18:23 relationships with
1:18:27 moving into the overview of the project
1:18:29 this is from the current version of the
1:18:33 draft of implementation
1:18:36 so the new neighborhood safety
1:18:38 improvement program is intended to
1:18:40 empower residents to collaboratively
1:18:42 identify prioritize and make
1:18:44 recommendations concerning the
1:18:45 construction of mid-range neighborhood
1:18:47 pedestrian bicycle and active
1:18:49 transportation safety projects
1:18:52 so the main focuses of this program uh
1:18:54 are really on uh resident engagement and
1:18:56 empowerment
1:18:58 especially with residents not typically
1:19:00 represented especially at the city level
1:19:03 uh and on constructing those mid-range
1:19:05 pedestrian bicycle active transportation
1:19:07 neighborhood projects
1:19:13 so this project so far has been really
1:19:15 highly informed by kirkland's
1:19:17 neighborhood safety program which has
1:19:18 very similar
1:19:20 goals and outcomes to the one that we
1:19:22 want to have
1:19:23 uh so first we want to establish a
1:19:25 committee reflective of the community
1:19:27 whether that's spatially racially by age
1:19:30 et cetera
1:19:31 we want to we want the committee to work
1:19:33 together to evaluate mid-range projects
1:19:36 which we're defining as
1:19:39 those that are costing ten thousand to
1:19:42 fifty thousand dollars
1:19:43 um and
1:19:45 really working with a proposed total
1:19:47 budget of roughly 150 000
1:19:52 the projects what we're focusing on are
1:19:53 pedestrian bike active transportation
1:19:56 but of course any changes to the streets
1:19:58 or how or trails or whatever well no
1:20:01 maybe not trails in this case but they
1:20:02 really do they will affect how motorized
1:20:04 vehicles will will be moving through our
1:20:07 streets as well so that's something to
1:20:09 think about
1:20:11 and then just really quickly uh we've
1:20:13 created kind of five buckets uh for the
1:20:16 project types these projects uh will be
1:20:20 well existing ones that have been
1:20:22 submitted through click fix and then
1:20:23 into the future as well and then we're
1:20:25 also in the midst of developing a
1:20:27 special form
1:20:28 uh that people can specifically uh
1:20:31 submit projects through
1:20:33 those are bicycle facilities those those
1:20:35 bike boxes we were talking about before
1:20:38 bike lanes bike parking crosswalks uh so
1:20:41 there's new crosswalks approved
1:20:42 crosswalk ramps islands rapid flashing
1:20:45 beacons
1:20:46 uh intersection improvements so signage
1:20:49 pedestrian bump outs
1:20:51 uh walkway and trails steps curb cuts
1:20:54 traffic delineators or stanchions
1:20:57 and then street lights so looking at you
1:21:01 lighting is a big safety thing uh so
1:21:04 looking at you know we need to add more
1:21:05 light using an existing pole or
1:21:07 installing a new one
1:21:11 so looking at the project timeline this
1:21:14 is a project timeline that i developed i
1:21:17 i made it into a circle because it is
1:21:18 meant to be a cyclical process
1:21:21 a bi-yearly process every two years
1:21:24 uh so the first stage is always that
1:21:26 planning process theoretically we're in
1:21:28 year one right now of the first year
1:21:31 if we do move forward with the project
1:21:34 that's the planning phase so we would
1:21:35 evaluate the program
1:21:38 how it operated in the past cycle
1:21:40 find an appoint committee members and
1:21:42 then work with public works engineering
1:21:44 to decide on a project list
1:21:47 the second stage is that committee
1:21:49 evaluation so this is the actual this is
1:21:51 that committee that we're talking about
1:21:53 the committee will meet during several
1:21:54 sessions during summer fall that first
1:21:57 year and then assess those potential
1:21:59 projects using the criteria tools which
1:22:01 we'll discuss in a few slides
1:22:04 then we'll move into a committee
1:22:06 proposal
1:22:07 so this is the shortest
1:22:09 portion of the cycle this is when the
1:22:10 committee would create and make formal
1:22:13 project proposals to either this either
1:22:15 city council pwe or
1:22:18 mayor's office we actually have a
1:22:19 meeting about that
1:22:21 coming up soon so we're not exactly sure
1:22:23 what that's going to look like so tbd
1:22:26 um and then finally we're look looking
1:22:28 at the project construction process once
1:22:31 that proposal is made
1:22:33 and that's the entire second year of the
1:22:35 cycle that's when pwe would implement
1:22:38 and construct recommended projects
1:22:40 during that whole second year
1:22:46 so what are we thinking about when we're
1:22:47 looking thinking about this committee
1:22:50 so we're thinking about at this point
1:22:52 we've proposed five to eight community
1:22:54 members reflective of the community
1:22:57 um and we would love to have completely
1:23:00 new committee members each cycle so that
1:23:01 we can kind of get uh get even more
1:23:04 voices in the room than just the same
1:23:06 ones over and over which is always a
1:23:08 risk when it comes to city work and city
1:23:11 engagement
1:23:12 um and we also wanted to be as
1:23:14 reflective of the community as possible
1:23:16 which is not an easy task which is why
1:23:18 we're here
1:23:21 they would
1:23:22 meet during the summer through fall
1:23:24 month as they mentioned before and make
1:23:26 that recommendation
1:23:27 uh in the late fall
1:23:29 we have explored a stipend option
1:23:32 for potential low-income members
1:23:35 and that would follow the guidelines
1:23:37 city council recently passed
1:23:39 that's a really big really big tool that
1:23:42 we have at our disposal
1:23:46 so i have a couple maps here to give you
1:23:48 kind of a visual representation of what
1:23:50 i have been thinking about over these
1:23:51 last weeks
1:23:52 so issaquah has 12 neighborhoods we have
1:23:55 south coast south cove montreal
1:23:58 newport talis squawk mountain esqua
1:24:00 valley old town sycamore central
1:24:02 issaquah biscuit highlands northeast
1:24:04 clown province point
1:24:06 well there's a lot
1:24:07 and um and just to give you an idea of
1:24:11 what representation looks like right now
1:24:14 if you were to ask for representation
1:24:17 this is what it looks like i'm gonna
1:24:18 click the next map
1:24:20 this is the spatial area that hoas and
1:24:23 community organizations represent across
1:24:26 the city so there's
1:24:28 as you can see representation by
1:24:30 community groups and hoas is by no means
1:24:32 universal at this point
1:24:34 so the question is what about the other
1:24:36 areas kind of in between that aren't
1:24:40 and that's exactly kind of the question
1:24:42 uh before the tab tonight
1:24:45 how do we conduct outreach to these
1:24:46 unrepresented areas without the specific
1:24:48 community structures in place
1:24:51 inviting more voices from across the
1:24:53 city to provide input is one of the
1:24:55 major goals of the program
1:24:58 kirkland has made a lot of progress
1:25:01 through this of their own program but
1:25:03 they also had a pretty universal
1:25:05 community
1:25:06 representation
1:25:08 structure in place across all their
1:25:10 neighborhoods
1:25:14 so digging into the weeds for just a
1:25:16 couple of minutes i wanted to show
1:25:18 everyone this
1:25:19 so this is this is the technical
1:25:22 criteria that
1:25:24 that kirkland uses
1:25:26 to analyze the projects that come in so
1:25:28 it's those projects the projects that
1:25:30 are coming in the ten thousand to fifty
1:25:32 thousand dollar projects that come in
1:25:33 through click fix for the forum that we
1:25:36 would make uh but on for kirkland
1:25:39 this is an example of
1:25:41 what how their engineers evaluate those
1:25:44 projects
1:25:46 for whether they will pass the projects
1:25:48 on to the committee at all
1:25:52 so just to go over really fast
1:25:54 uh first we have you know improving
1:25:56 safety
1:25:58 does the project improve improve safety
1:26:00 does it make connections across the city
1:26:04 does how does it link to land use and
1:26:07 walkability etc
1:26:09 visited here to title six
1:26:12 and then thinking about the
1:26:13 transportation master plan does it align
1:26:15 with the community input uh through the
1:26:18 uh the transportation master plan
1:26:20 process
1:26:21 and then what is the what are the costs
1:26:23 and what are the likelihoods to receive
1:26:25 great funding and of course
1:26:27 we also have
1:26:28 kind of will it impact city maintenance
1:26:32 all right so that's the technical side
1:26:34 this is i think a little bit more
1:26:36 fun for this uh this discussion
1:26:40 um so this is the the kirkland committee
1:26:43 criteria this is the criteria that the
1:26:46 kirkland committees take when they are
1:26:48 handed these lists of uh um of projects
1:26:53 this is the this is the evaluation
1:26:55 process that they go through to
1:26:56 determine which ones
1:26:58 that they would want to propose the city
1:27:00 to move forward with
1:27:02 so um
1:27:04 they the uh the criteria uses uh
1:27:09 uses uh they evaluate using a point
1:27:11 system to decide which projects should
1:27:14 be ultimately submitted uh for
1:27:16 implementation
1:27:17 so first we have uh how does uh how does
1:27:21 the project uh benefit the neighborhood
1:27:23 or the street or the you know the it's
1:27:25 kind of the smaller picture how does
1:27:27 this how would this project affect the
1:27:29 neighborhood itself
1:27:30 pros cons and as you can see there are a
1:27:32 lot of questions so there's a lot of
1:27:34 this this has opportunity to for the
1:27:36 committee to
1:27:38 talk back and forth and evaluate the
1:27:40 different pros and cons of each of the
1:27:42 projects and then ultimately
1:27:44 collectively assign a point value to it
1:27:47 the same thing is true for the second
1:27:49 one the community community benefit so
1:27:51 this is looking at the holistic picture
1:27:53 of the whole city how would this project
1:27:56 add to the
1:27:58 safety the connectivity the
1:28:00 uh the equity of uh of a given city
1:28:05 and then finally uh we have they also
1:28:08 include um
1:28:10 you know how the neighborhood and
1:28:12 community project partnerships how would
1:28:14 organizations contributing to the
1:28:16 partner to the project
1:28:18 and what are those identified roles
1:28:20 within the project so
1:28:22 thanks for going through the weeds with
1:28:24 me i appreciate it
1:28:27 our next steps at this point
1:28:29 are to reach out to community groups to
1:28:31 find potential committee members uh work
1:28:34 with pwe to create that approved project
1:28:36 list and of course get the committee
1:28:38 started so that we can get it rolling uh
1:28:41 in the early summer months
1:28:44 that's all i have uh on that level so
1:28:47 thank you a lot thank you so much for
1:28:49 listening to me
1:28:50 and we could move into
1:28:52 the q and a session and then i also want
1:28:54 to put
1:28:55 these three questions back up there
1:28:58 just so you have to get those
1:29:00 those guidance questions in so it's a
1:29:02 lot about equity you know how do we
1:29:04 ensure
1:29:07 how do we ensure a process that will
1:29:09 give us a reflective committee
1:29:12 that or a committee that reflects the
1:29:14 community in in the most robust possible
1:29:17 way that we have access to at this point
1:29:21 yeah i'll stop i'll stop sharing my
1:29:23 screen
1:29:24 and uh we can we can chat about this i'm
1:29:27 excited
1:29:41 jenny go ahead
1:29:45 i really like this model i'm a big fan
1:29:49 participatory about today in general
1:29:53 so i think it's really good that
1:29:56 you guys came up with
1:29:58 something that has to do with
1:29:59 transportation in this case
1:30:02 i feel like
1:30:06 this could be
1:30:07 more decentralized at some point
1:30:10 maybe not this year but you know next
1:30:12 year in the years to come
1:30:13 in the sense that
1:30:15 single residents could
1:30:19 coming up with ideas and basically
1:30:21 petitioning
1:30:22 their neighbors and then they could be
1:30:24 submitted to this committee
1:30:25 and from there it gets evaluated on the
1:30:28 technicalities how how feasible would
1:30:30 that be in the in the future years
1:30:36 speaking as someone who's into the city
1:30:38 knew the structure due to the all the
1:30:40 things um my initial reaction is
1:30:43 absolutely i i would hope that that
1:30:45 would be the direction that the
1:30:46 committee would take that would become
1:30:48 its own
1:30:49 self-self-sufficient thing that of
1:30:50 course would you know have connections
1:30:52 to the city because of course we'd be
1:30:54 working with pwe
1:30:56 uh on it but yeah that that's kind of
1:30:58 the goal i don't know if uh john or
1:30:59 isabelle have their own opinions on that
1:31:03 that differ
1:31:03 [Music]
1:31:07 well i would just add that
1:31:09 a lot of the intent is to get the ideas
1:31:12 from residents and so it could be a
1:31:15 single resident i wouldn't think that
1:31:17 they would need to even
1:31:18 petition their neighbors that they can
1:31:20 just submit the project idea
1:31:22 we still as staff need to
1:31:25 vet and evaluate the
1:31:27 proposals to make sure it's consistent
1:31:29 with engineering practices but the
1:31:32 intent is to have it come
1:31:35 at an individual basis and engage the
1:31:37 community members
1:31:44 going on to
1:31:46 outreach
1:31:47 uh matters i think
1:31:50 how much outreach can you recently do to
1:31:52 with community events and um
1:31:55 community gatherings
1:31:58 like flyers and things like that
1:32:02 how many resources can you spend on that
1:32:04 and i think that can be very
1:32:05 instrumental
1:32:07 in guiding this outreach process
1:32:18 yeah i know that we have
1:32:20 we do have a budget
1:32:23 i don't know what that would look like
1:32:24 yeah uh but yeah no i think that that's
1:32:27 that's that's very valid
1:32:33 in that context you know having as many
1:32:36 people show up to various community
1:32:38 events is very important and trying to
1:32:41 go to
1:32:42 culturally
1:32:43 you know cultural events as well trying
1:32:46 to get folks that
1:32:47 might not be as strategically involved
1:32:50 city government matters
1:32:53 i think it's really important
1:32:57 i think it's really important also to
1:33:00 towards renters
1:33:01 and tenants
1:33:03 so trying to do outreach specifically
1:33:05 towards them
1:33:07 i think it's going to be very important
1:33:09 i'm not sure what kind of process
1:33:12 the city has or what other cities have
1:33:14 in terms of contacting folks in
1:33:16 apartment buildings and things like that
1:33:19 i think that's going to be pretty
1:33:20 important
1:33:23 i do know that we have
1:33:25 some uh targeted capabilities
1:33:30 it can be somewhat cosmic
1:33:32 especially if you're doing like mailers
1:33:34 because we only have so many email
1:33:35 addresses you know on file
1:33:39 going back to uh community events
1:33:41 gatherings cultural events um i kind of
1:33:44 want to pull on that string a little bit
1:33:46 so we of course are still in dealing
1:33:47 with covid
1:33:49 it's getting a little better
1:33:50 slowly
1:33:51 um i don't know how many events are
1:33:53 going on out there especially during the
1:33:56 spring because we want to appoint we
1:33:59 want to get the committee going you know
1:34:01 early summer if possible
1:34:05 what are people's thoughts on
1:34:08 you know are there community events
1:34:11 there are there enough that we could go
1:34:12 to and start engaging people on a you
1:34:15 know on it with this quicker turnaround
1:34:19 are there what are other things that we
1:34:21 could do to kind of
1:34:23 we're
1:34:24 trying to dodge covet but we're also
1:34:25 dealing with the effects of copenhagen
1:34:29 yeah i think
1:34:31 it would be kind of
1:34:32 difficult to go to cultural events and
1:34:35 try to recruit those five to eight
1:34:36 people
1:34:37 so i feel like doing you know something
1:34:39 that's more mass scale
1:34:41 is probably the best way for now
1:34:45 but again in 2023 and beyond
1:34:47 having more of a year-round approach
1:34:50 in terms of attending
1:34:52 these events
1:34:54 all sorts of events and you know just
1:34:57 um tabling there and introducing folks
1:35:01 to the program and especially as you get
1:35:04 results in july 22
1:35:06 it'll be very impressive you know in
1:35:08 future years just like say hey if you
1:35:10 come on this committee you'll be able to
1:35:12 decide what kinds of projects happen in
1:35:15 our city
1:35:18 that's a that's a great point yeah
1:35:24 yes i i was gonna suggest um trying some
1:35:29 social networks
1:35:31 such as you know next door neighbor
1:35:34 for some reason i'm on that uh the
1:35:36 issaquah valley one
1:35:38 so i i would think um the city of
1:35:41 issaquah could put out a notice through
1:35:44 that and there must be a next-door
1:35:47 neighbor social forum for the highlands
1:35:50 and some other areas within issaquah so
1:35:53 i think that would be a good way to
1:35:54 reach out and then also
1:35:58 every week i get some kind of notice
1:36:01 from the city of issaquah
1:36:04 newsletter i'm not sure who reads that
1:36:08 that would be helpful too
1:36:10 and we used to have you know that
1:36:12 newspaper the issaquah press but that no
1:36:15 longer exists but these social
1:36:17 forums do so i'm thinking
1:36:21 that would be a good way to reach out to
1:36:23 many different people
1:36:27 out of ignorance is the is the squad
1:36:30 newsletter digital or is it
1:36:32 is it paper form
1:36:35 the city of issaquah's newsletter is
1:36:38 digital right now it comes out every
1:36:40 week i think
1:36:42 maybe once a month it's the same one i
1:36:44 read it all the time right so which
1:36:46 one's not that comes out weekly or
1:36:48 monthly
1:36:50 something from the city of issaquah
1:36:52 about activities and events that are
1:36:54 going on
1:36:55 does anybody else get that
1:36:58 i do yeah i get the happening
1:37:01 i don't don't have any happenings of
1:37:02 issaquah or something like this yeah
1:37:07 but then there's those also those social
1:37:09 forums like next door neighbor there
1:37:11 might be some facebook
1:37:13 forums too just for the city of issaquah
1:37:16 that might be a good way for the city
1:37:18 for you to get the word out
1:37:27 looks like christy has a comment and
1:37:29 then back to julian
1:37:32 thanks micah so some things i'm thinking
1:37:35 about maybe ptas
1:37:37 um being able to include in their
1:37:39 newsletter or announcement
1:37:41 parents pretty engaged and
1:37:44 like to provide feedback about their
1:37:46 neighborhoods generally especially when
1:37:48 they're
1:37:48 walking kids to and from school so
1:37:51 that's a thought the issaquah
1:37:56 the summer
1:37:57 concert series i know that starts in
1:38:00 that's a beloved event of the community
1:38:02 it gets a lot of attendance
1:38:05 issaquah daily
1:38:09 online blog
1:38:10 that gets a lot of
1:38:13 feedback or sort of interaction and is
1:38:17 more of a um
1:38:19 you know outside of
1:38:21 sorry not articulating that well but
1:38:23 that would be iskwa daily would be a
1:38:25 good option
1:38:26 um but it is it's hard to reach the
1:38:28 neighborhoods and get engagement so
1:38:31 finding ways to connect with people and
1:38:34 get them excited or you know maybe maybe
1:38:37 there's a 30 second video that goes out
1:38:40 on the isqua happenings or that gets
1:38:43 played on repeat on isquad tv or you
1:38:46 know just something
1:38:48 to to hit out there in the community
1:38:50 repeatedly to catch people's awareness
1:38:55 those are just some thoughts i have
1:38:57 yeah great
1:39:04 so then
1:39:07 it seems like a lot of people are
1:39:08 talking about digital
1:39:10 ways to reach out to people but
1:39:12 when i'm thinking about
1:39:14 the people who we want to get involved
1:39:18 into this process
1:39:19 are the people who might not have
1:39:22 the technology
1:39:24 like actively with them so they're not
1:39:27 going to see all
1:39:28 the advertisements for this
1:39:30 new commission
1:39:32 so i think we have to
1:39:34 again this is a future year problem
1:39:38 you know if physique will someday
1:39:40 develop some sort of because i know
1:39:45 small city about the size of issaquah in
1:39:47 the czech republic where they do this
1:39:49 participatory budgeting program as well
1:39:52 they have a city newsletter
1:39:54 and every summer they advertise
1:39:57 like basically on the front page like
1:39:59 come submit your projects
1:40:01 and comes come serve on the
1:40:04 committee and everything like that
1:40:06 so again future years and
1:40:09 i don't know how distribution of that
1:40:11 newsletter would work in in the us
1:40:15 among businesses but
1:40:17 something that makes sure that people
1:40:20 don't have traditional access to
1:40:21 technology can can get access to
1:40:25 to that
1:40:26 it's very necessary
1:40:33 yes pamphlets in the library
1:40:39 i guess i want to mostly
1:40:42 echo what julian has said
1:40:45 uh especially about renters
1:40:48 and i guess kind of going back to well
1:40:50 the the note we got um
1:40:55 in an email about hoas
1:40:59 and you know looking at that map and i
1:41:00 was also wondering like that may even be
1:41:03 worse than it looks because it could be
1:41:05 typically hoa is lower density and so
1:41:09 it's an even smaller portion of issaquah
1:41:11 that's being represented
1:41:13 and um
1:41:15 you know i think that we this topic has
1:41:17 come up a lot and maybe it's something
1:41:19 we need some dedicated time to or we
1:41:21 need to bring to the city which is how
1:41:23 do we reach people that
1:41:26 we're not already reaching
1:41:28 and we might a lot of what we're
1:41:30 suggesting i think kind of is like just
1:41:32 slightly expanding who are reaching um
1:41:35 you know all of these things are sort of
1:41:37 dependent on someone that you know they
1:41:40 have a two-parent household and one
1:41:42 parent doesn't work or has a part-time
1:41:44 job and has that time to go browse next
1:41:47 door or whatever um
1:41:49 and i think that we need to be really
1:41:50 mindful that
1:41:52 there are people that
1:41:53 do not have the time to go look at these
1:41:56 things and yet
1:41:58 what we're talking about impacts them as
1:42:01 much or more
1:42:03 than it does me and my hoa
1:42:07 you know i think that that's something
1:42:09 we're gonna have to we don't have time
1:42:10 tonight but i really want to just echo
1:42:12 what julian said and i think we have
1:42:14 kind of a broader discussion we might
1:42:15 need to have
1:42:25 so we're at 754 we'll do it last uh
1:42:29 see if there's any other questions or
1:42:30 comments on this
1:42:32 uh and then we'll wrap up regular
1:42:34 business
1:42:37 john did you get but
1:42:39 did you get everything
1:42:42 enough
1:42:44 yeah i think i think it's a good a good
1:42:46 place to start um you all kind of had
1:42:49 great comments and really good
1:42:53 insights into different ways that we
1:42:55 could you know
1:42:58 it's hard when when you know you kind of
1:43:00 have your regular channels that you know
1:43:02 work for a certain segment and but
1:43:04 finding those other ways to to get
1:43:06 information out i think is really
1:43:07 important
1:43:08 so i really appreciate all the feedback
1:43:11 that's been provided tonight
1:43:14 i'm looking forward to exploring those
1:43:16 options a little bit more
1:43:27 now one one last comment is uh
1:43:30 you know because we get the emails the
1:43:31 downtown happenings if there's more way
1:43:33 to get people's emails
1:43:36 on that mailing list to get information
1:43:38 out to them so
1:43:40 so they could send something in their
1:43:42 send how to get their emails so they can
1:43:43 be included on email about information
1:43:46 then that would be a great avenue for
1:43:47 getting refreshing them
1:43:57 well thank you john
1:44:00 thank you
1:44:02 wraps up our regular business and brings
1:44:05 us to our reports uh
1:44:08 do we have a board work plan i guess
1:44:10 that's our when our next meeting is
1:44:14 yes and for the next couple of meetings
1:44:17 we have title 18 parking and circulation
1:44:22 we have the transportation improvement
1:44:24 programs uh update and discussion on
1:44:27 that continue the discussion on that the
1:44:29 transit study and we will check with
1:44:33 some other staff member to see if we can
1:44:37 bring this
1:44:38 some amish
1:44:39 non-motorized project to the tab
1:44:46 and any staff report
1:44:48 yeah for staff report we have a couple
1:44:51 of items and i'll try to
1:44:53 move to go through them as quickly as i
1:44:58 so we will be
1:45:00 a new
1:45:01 senior engineer as i move to the trans
1:45:03 traffic signal operations
1:45:07 position
1:45:08 we will
1:45:10 have a new
1:45:11 transportation engineer to fill my
1:45:17 former position starting next
1:45:20 may so you will be seeing a new phase
1:45:25 council awarded a construction
1:45:28 contract to modify the roundabout on
1:45:30 this lake samamish parkway to make some
1:45:32 pedestrian crossing improvements and
1:45:34 reducing speeds
1:45:37 today we also open uh the beats to make
1:45:40 pedestrian improvements in bosch and
1:45:43 sunset intersection
1:45:46 we also receive a transportation
1:45:48 improvement board
1:45:51 grant
1:45:52 for five
1:45:55 five hundred thousand dollars to
1:45:57 complete the missing segment of juniper
1:46:00 uh shared use trail near gilman village
1:46:04 and also for the shared use stroke
1:46:06 connection and on second avenue between
1:46:09 front street and rainier trail
1:46:13 lastly but not least important is that
1:46:16 we wanted to
1:46:18 give you the heads-up that we will soon
1:46:20 be starting to
1:46:22 meet in person
1:46:24 um it's not a place you're smiling faces
1:46:27 that's so it's
1:46:30 uh it's it's the word is not out
1:46:32 officially but uh it's looking like we
1:46:36 would start uh
1:46:38 meeting in person for the june meeting
1:46:41 so uh keep
1:46:44 keep your eyes and ears open during the
1:46:48 next meeting for more announcements on
1:46:53 and that's what we have
1:46:56 thank you as well that's that's
1:46:57 fantastic news
1:46:59 yeah congratulations on your new
1:47:01 position and sorry to see you leave
1:47:08 all right so we don't have a chair or a
1:47:10 vice chair so i don't know as well is
1:47:11 there anything that you're left uh for
1:47:14 to report
1:47:15 no i don't recall any
1:47:18 news for the chair report the the only
1:47:20 would be a cynthia's acceptance of
1:47:23 nomination if she would be
1:47:27 and then last report is youth report and
1:47:30 we don't have our
1:47:32 number here so no youth report and that
1:47:34 brings us to other business or
1:47:36 announcements
1:47:47 all right and so with that right on time
1:47:51 we will uh adjourn tonight's meeting at
1:47:54 8pm thank you all
1:47:56 thank you everyone
1:47:58 thanks for running the meeting micah
1:48:01 take care bye