Transportation Advisory Board · Monday, June 26, 2023 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of May 24, 2023

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 05-24-23 Transportation Advisory Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Transportation Advisory Board 6:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave. May 24, 2023 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Metro Flex

Discussion · John Larson-Friend, Transportation Program Coordinator Meredith Sampson, King County Metro · packet pp.7–32

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• Highlight past public engagement & review previous TAB recommendations • Re-introduce the Metro Flex program • Seek feedback on the program and form a

TAB Training/Refresher

Information · John Larson-Friend, Transportation Program Coordinator · packet pp.33–62

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REGULAR BUSINESS b) T R A NSPO RTATIO N A DV I S O RY B OA R D J O H N L A RSO N- FR IEND, T R A NSPO RTATIO N P RO G R AM CO O R DI N ATO R

5. REPORTS

Board Work Plan

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Traffic Calming Intro & Program

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0:02 ↗ foreign

0:08 ↗ there we are perfect uh my name is Julie

0:12 ↗ midlo Vice chair of Transportation

0:15 ↗ Advisory Board chairing this currents

0:17 ↗ meeting uh as Cynthia crass is

0:21 ↗ um not able to join I'm calling means

0:25 ↗ order at 601

0:28 ↗ um and I guess we'll first start with

0:30 ↗ approval of the minutes and if there's

0:31 ↗ no objection

0:34 ↗ they will be approved no objection okay

0:38 ↗ approved uh

0:40 ↗ public comments

0:42 ↗ um we don't have anyone here but is

0:43 ↗ everyone virtually

0:47 ↗ we do not have any members of the public

0:48 ↗ who are virtual

0:52 ↗ space uh we will start with

0:56 ↗ um our first item after their business

0:58 ↗ which is the Metroflex discussion uh

1:01 ↗ presented by John Larson friend and

1:04 ↗ Meredith sampton from King County Metro

1:09 ↗ thank you

1:10 ↗ all right

1:16 ↗ okay well good evening uh I'm sorry that

1:20 ↗ I couldn't be with you this evening this

1:22 ↗ evening I covid is still around so

1:26 ↗ um yes I'm John Larson friend of the

1:28 ↗ transportation advisory transformation

1:30 ↗ program coordinator and I am joined this

1:32 ↗ evening by Meredith Sampson from King

1:35 ↗ County

1:36 ↗ we are here to talk to you this evening

1:39 ↗ and have a really good discussion about

1:42 ↗ the Metroflex on-demand service proposal

1:48 ↗ so the purpose of this evening uh are

1:51 ↗ kind of threefold we want to highlight

1:53 ↗ past public engagement and review review

1:56 ↗ previous recommendations

1:59 ↗ and reintroduce

2:02 ↗ the program and then seek feedback on

2:05 ↗ the program from you inform your

2:07 ↗ recommendation for city council as well

2:12 ↗ the direction needed this evening the

2:15 ↗ administration is requesting tab

2:16 ↗ feedback from the following question

2:18 ↗ now that you have seen the proposal does

2:21 ↗ tab recommend city council move forward

2:23 ↗ with the Metroflex program partnership

2:25 ↗ with King County Metro

2:29 ↗ so before we dive into the program

2:31 ↗ itself we wanted to walk through what

2:35 ↗ public Outreach has been done in the

2:37 ↗ past and and then we'll move over to

2:40 ↗ some of the decisions that tab has made

2:42 ↗ in the past and recommendations just to

2:44 ↗ kind of give you all a refresher

2:47 ↗ so most of you have seen this before I

2:50 ↗ think Haney is the only one who hasn't

2:52 ↗ uh this effort to bring some sort of

2:55 ↗ neighborhood shuttle service to the

2:57 ↗ squawk and Talus neighborhoods has been

3:00 ↗ going on for a decade and if if not

3:04 ↗ longer longer uh specific uh work around

3:07 ↗ this particular effort to work with

3:10 ↗ Metro on a shuttle program that kind of

3:14 ↗ started in 2017.

3:16 ↗ and uh and kind of moved on from there

3:21 ↗ um as we've previously noted uh just

3:24 ↗ through the years they you know the work

3:27 ↗ had been put in uh in 2017 2018 2019 and

3:31 ↗ then the efforts as far as the city

3:34 ↗ who's concerned was interrupted by

3:36 ↗ covid-19 and some realignments around

3:39 ↗ budgeting and priorities

3:41 ↗ and that was around the point that I was

3:43 ↗ brought on to uh to figure out if we

3:46 ↗ could bring in some sort of alternative

3:48 ↗ mode

3:51 ↗ so the first public Outreach uh was done

3:54 ↗ in 2018 as a part of that effort uh at

3:58 ↗ the beginning there this was a joint

4:00 ↗ survey between Metro and the city I

4:03 ↗ believe that was called the Metro

4:05 ↗ Community connections survey uh done in

4:08 ↗ February 2018

4:10 ↗ and at 538 responses

4:13 ↗ it's pretty good

4:16 ↗ uh the the surveys found that the most

4:19 ↗ significant barrier to Transit was the

4:22 ↗ first smile Last Mile issue very common

4:27 ↗ and the top three things that people

4:29 ↗ said would help them use Transit more

4:32 ↗ often

4:33 ↗ was transportation service when I need

4:36 ↗ it that connects to transit or local

4:37 ↗ destinations

4:39 ↗ access to destinations that can't

4:41 ↗ currently reach by bus

4:43 ↗ and tied for third

4:45 ↗ guaranteed right home uh a manageable

4:50 ↗ cost and knowledge slash confidence in

4:53 ↗ transit kind of overall

4:57 ↗ from that survey there was a second

5:00 ↗ survey conducted in July 2018 a couple

5:03 ↗ of months later had less responses but

5:06 ↗ still meaningful for 330 330 responses

5:10 ↗ and this basically found through uh I

5:14 ↗ believe a committee was convened kind of

5:16 ↗ after these results came in and they

5:19 ↗ determined that the community uh did not

5:21 ↗ need a community transportation

5:23 ↗ coordinator which I suppose is sort of

5:25 ↗ what I'm doing right now

5:27 ↗ um uh they didn't like the idea of a

5:29 ↗ community van but they did like the idea

5:32 ↗ of Metro increasing kind of Peak ride

5:34 ↗ times and then an on-demand ride idea

5:39 ↗ was also a very popular

5:44 ↗ yeah Micah I can only see you which is

5:47 ↗ weird but there you go

5:54 ↗ uh what is the definition of a community

5:56 ↗ band

5:57 ↗ oh yeah oh yeah

6:00 ↗ um I believe the definition is the

6:03 ↗ volunteer uh kind of LED program uh

6:07 ↗ basically a there would be a van

6:09 ↗ dedicated I believe from Metro or maybe

6:12 ↗ a city

6:13 ↗ um that basically would be run by a

6:15 ↗ group of volunteers to kind of uh drive

6:18 ↗ people around

6:19 ↗ is it like a Rideshare for work or is it

6:23 ↗ more meant to fill in any sort of The

6:25 ↗ Last Mile personal Gap like what's the

6:27 ↗ purpose of it

6:29 ↗ what was the first mile Last Mile yeah

6:32 ↗ oh sorry I cut you off I couldn't hear

6:34 ↗ you I'm just saying it's crossed out so

6:36 ↗ I'm trying to understand what the

6:37 ↗ purpose of it was and if we have any

6:40 ↗ insight into why it was not liked

6:44 ↗ or not oh sure

6:46 ↗ uh yes I would have to come back and I

6:51 ↗ would have to go back and do analysis

6:53 ↗ um this way I basically what we have we

6:56 ↗ don't have the original data but we have

6:58 ↗ presentations about the original data

7:01 ↗ um so this is from those slides

7:04 ↗ basically basically showing what they're

7:07 ↗ doing what they're priorities priorities

7:08 ↗ were

7:11 ↗ any other questions any other questions

7:16 ↗ anybody

7:22 ↗ it's

7:23 ↗ uh great to be here not to be seen

7:27 ↗ um

7:28 ↗ just a little history on that uh

7:32 ↗ Community Vans were tried in several

7:34 ↗ different communities

7:36 ↗ I was no longer driving for Metro at the

7:39 ↗ time but the big one that I knew was out

7:42 ↗ of the East Eastgate park and ride they

7:46 ↗ had Community vans that would pick up

7:49 ↗ there and they would deliver that uh

7:52 ↗ first one first mile last mile service

7:55 ↗ and what happened was it wasn't used it

7:59 ↗ very few people used it even though they

8:03 ↗ could get

8:05 ↗ transportation to and from Eastgate park

8:08 ↗ and ride to get whatever bus they needed

8:11 ↗ and it was so underused that

8:15 ↗ uh within the first six months trial

8:18 ↗ they stopped it because it wasn't being

8:21 ↗ used and what they used for that is a

8:25 ↗ simple van

8:27 ↗ like a ride share van only not called

8:30 ↗ the Rideshare van it was simply

8:33 ↗ a community event and painted in Metro's

8:37 ↗ colors had everything pretty easy to get

8:40 ↗ around but it was not

8:43 ↗ there was a 14 passenger van it was not

8:46 ↗ a bus type of situation it was not used

8:50 ↗ and they went away did away with the

8:53 ↗ idea I was on the King County Mobility

8:56 ↗ Coalition at the time and they um

9:01 ↗ sanctioned that they thought that was a

9:03 ↗ great idea but it just didn't get used

9:05 ↗ hence uh

9:08 ↗ volunteers were the other reason

9:11 ↗ they couldn't find paid drivers to let

9:14 ↗ alone anybody who would volunteer to

9:16 ↗ drive so that that was the reason

9:19 ↗ that it stopped

9:21 ↗ and hence never picked up out here

9:23 ↗ because the idea was

9:25 ↗ started to start that out of Eastgate

9:28 ↗ park and ride and then come out and do

9:31 ↗ Talus and uh

9:35 ↗ almost the same kind of route that the

9:37 ↗ old Route 200 did if you're familiar

9:40 ↗ with that route so

9:43 ↗ little history more information than you

9:45 ↗ wanted but it just wasn't used it it

9:48 ↗ just didn't get usage

9:50 ↗ that is really good

9:53 ↗ uh Micah since I can't see anyone anyone

9:56 ↗ else have any comments

9:59 ↗ thank you

10:02 ↗ we're not like a Julian sorry

10:05 ↗ um

10:06 ↗ all right

10:07 ↗ so this is the most recent public

10:10 ↗ Outreach that we did I mentioned this

10:11 ↗ last month uh in April of this year we

10:15 ↗ conducted a kind of a follow-up survey

10:18 ↗ of some time

10:19 ↗ uh and um

10:22 ↗ 408 actual good responses eight

10:24 ↗ responses of those were not in the right

10:27 ↗ Community because we didn't count them

10:30 ↗ uh we found that Transit use is down 20

10:33 ↗ since 2020 not a surprise uh 65 of

10:38 ↗ respondents were interested in transit

10:40 ↗ if it were closer uh if a closer option

10:43 ↗ to them and where they live

10:45 ↗ top issues that people had first mile

10:48 ↗ Last Mile issue which of course uh the

10:50 ↗ same is uh previous years

10:53 ↗ uh lack of safety familiarity or Comfort

10:56 ↗ when writing also very common these days

11:00 ↗ and difficulty understanding slash

11:02 ↗ planning around the transit schedule

11:03 ↗ which makes sense since uh we only have

11:06 ↗ certain lines that go through certain

11:08 ↗ areas of the squat

11:12 ↗ and then just to kind of review uh your

11:15 ↗ actions in the past is the tab

11:18 ↗ so uh last year specifically uh I

11:22 ↗ brought this issue to you uh in July and

11:26 ↗ August of last year I presented three

11:29 ↗ different options the first one was uh

11:32 ↗ the shuttle waiting for Metro we weren't

11:33 ↗ really sure

11:35 ↗ on with Metro uh but we wanted to put

11:38 ↗ that on the table as an option since we

11:40 ↗ found it to be a really good and viable

11:43 ↗ option if it were available

11:46 ↗ second a shuttle investing in our own

11:50 ↗ city-run third party run system

11:54 ↗ and third an alternative uh partnership

11:57 ↗ with Uber and Lyft maybe some sort of

11:59 ↗ subsidized system

12:03 ↗ uh the tab made two motions last year

12:05 ↗ one was uh an absolutely recommendation

12:08 ↗ against the third party system this was

12:11 ↗ due to cost to the city and the user

12:13 ↗ Equity concerns lack of transferability

12:15 ↗ and creating just the whole new service

12:18 ↗ would have been a lot for lack of a

12:20 ↗ better term

12:23 ↗ and second tab recommended we pursue the

12:27 ↗ Metro partnership and you all classified

12:29 ↗ it as the preferred option and suggested

12:33 ↗ uh to look at ways to achieve that

12:34 ↗ including uh possibly more funding

12:40 ↗ some concerns that arose from the

12:43 ↗ discussions last year were the

12:46 ↗ implications of limiting a shuttle to

12:48 ↗ only squawken Talus neighborhoods the

12:50 ↗ likelihood of other neighborhoods

12:51 ↗ requesting their own service

12:53 ↗ the city's expectations uh of return on

12:57 ↗ investment there were some questions

12:58 ↗ around that during the first meeting and

13:00 ↗ it was answered by Stephen I believe I

13:02 ↗ got a quote from him who's here tonight

13:04 ↗ virtually and he said that a pilot

13:06 ↗ project that provides first lap mile

13:08 ↗ last mile service to this house and

13:10 ↗ squawk neighborhoods which may turn into

13:12 ↗ a permanent service in the future that's

13:14 ↗ kind of the return on investment a

13:17 ↗ standard

13:19 ↗ and there were also just concerns about

13:21 ↗ Equity specifically around the Orca card

13:23 ↗ system integration and writership

13:25 ↗ differences between bride and share

13:27 ↗ users and Transit users or a third-party

13:30 ↗ Transit System

13:34 ↗ you all said that some partnership Metro

13:37 ↗ partnership Pros were providing low low

13:40 ↗ cost Transit option for Riders

13:42 ↗ uh the cost of the city was the lowest

13:45 ↗ amount of all three options that we

13:46 ↗ presented

13:48 ↗ and uh as we've said before the

13:51 ↗ integration to the working card system

13:52 ↗ are very important

13:55 ↗ so with that uh I will hand it off to

13:57 ↗ Meredith I have yet to meet Meredith in

14:00 ↗ person because we're both supposed to be

14:01 ↗ there tonight but uh we're switching

14:04 ↗ virtual bird person so I will let

14:06 ↗ Meredith take over from here and I'll

14:08 ↗ run the slides

14:11 ↗ uh hi everyone my name is Meredith

14:13 ↗ Sampson I'm a transportation planner

14:15 ↗ King County Metro and their service

14:17 ↗ planning

14:18 ↗ um group the focus on East Kane County I

14:21 ↗ know Brian Henry from Metro came to this

14:23 ↗ group last month to talk through

14:24 ↗ Metroplex and he's also on the caller

14:26 ↗ right now but I'm here to kind of give

14:28 ↗ you a quick refresher um before your

14:30 ↗ discussion and maybe

14:31 ↗ answer some questions throughout the

14:33 ↗ presentation that were brought up the

14:34 ↗ first meeting but the presentation will

14:36 ↗ look very similar so I'm just going to

14:37 ↗ kind of go through it pretty quickly

14:40 ↗ um you can go to the next Slide John

14:45 ↗ actually one thing I'll mention before

14:47 ↗ the agenda is just that I do not for the

14:49 ↗ people who are virtual I do not have

14:50 ↗ access to the internet so if there's any

14:52 ↗ questions shout them out or like

14:54 ↗ virtually raise your hands or MC on

14:56 ↗ there

14:58 ↗ um so for the agenda I'm going to start

15:00 ↗ the role of on-demand Services move into

15:03 ↗ an overview of Metroplex how it operates

15:05 ↗ where it operates how to request a ride

15:07 ↗ and then the potential Issaquah

15:09 ↗ partnership and service area

15:14 ↗ starting off with the role of on-demand

15:17 ↗ services

15:18 ↗ so Metro's flexible services are part of

15:20 ↗ Metro's broad range of Mobility Services

15:23 ↗ um

15:24 ↗ and then kind of uh

15:27 ↗ it's a program that started I think

15:29 ↗ nearly a decade ago it's evolved over

15:31 ↗ time we've worked with communities

15:32 ↗ trading ideas and adjusted based on what

15:34 ↗ we've learned on-demand services are a

15:36 ↗ type of service that Metro is offering

15:38 ↗ right now that kind of fit under that

15:39 ↗ flexible Services umbrella of Mobility

15:42 ↗ options the role of on-demand is to

15:45 ↗ provide Mobility options to areas that

15:47 ↗ don't have the infrastructure population

15:49 ↗ density or land use to support high

15:52 ↗ capacity fixed drop bus service but

15:54 ↗ where there is still an identified

15:55 ↗ Mobility gap for folks the main

15:59 ↗ priorities are to connect writers to

16:01 ↗ that fixed route Transit either through

16:03 ↗ parking rides or Transit centers or

16:04 ↗ major stops and also to increase access

16:07 ↗ to jobs and Community assets locally

16:09 ↗ within each service area

16:12 ↗ foreign

16:17 ↗ on-demand Services through a couple

16:19 ↗ different vendors and in March we

16:20 ↗ Consolidated all of the on-demand

16:22 ↗ Services into one vendor and service

16:24 ↗ which is now called Metro Flex

16:26 ↗ so I wanted to spend a few minutes

16:28 ↗ refreshing you on how the service works

16:30 ↗ the main premise is that people can use

16:33 ↗ this to travel from a point within a

16:36 ↗ service area to any other point within

16:38 ↗ the same service area Riders can request

16:41 ↗ a Ride On Demand using either the app or

16:43 ↗ call center or a website

16:46 ↗ writers can designate the start

16:47 ↗ destination and end destination and then

16:49 ↗ they'll be provided with an ETA and when

16:53 ↗ writers book a ride if they're doing so

16:55 ↗ through the Metroplex app they can

16:57 ↗ designate in their profile whether or

16:58 ↗ not they need a wheelchair accessible

16:59 ↗ vehicle and it will remember for future

17:01 ↗ trips and I believe the same goes for

17:03 ↗ booking on the website or if you call

17:04 ↗ and let them know profiles created in

17:06 ↗ that preference is just engravaging your

17:08 ↗ profile at that point

17:10 ↗ interpreter services are also available

17:12 ↗ to request a ride uh one thing I wanted

17:15 ↗ to emphasize about the service is that

17:17 ↗ it is the same and there is a bus and

17:20 ↗ you can pay on board the work of card or

17:22 ↗ Transit Go ticket you can pay through

17:24 ↗ the app with a credit card as well

17:26 ↗ um but no cash or paper transfers so not

17:30 ↗ accepting cash payments I know kind of

17:32 ↗ bridges the red flag for some people for

17:33 ↗ an equity concern but um you know a lot

17:36 ↗ of thought went into that decision it

17:38 ↗ takes a cuts down the time it takes to

17:41 ↗ pay for efficiency it reduces risk like

17:44 ↗ safety risks providers and drivers for

17:45 ↗ not requiring them to handle cash it

17:48 ↗ reduces operational costs and

17:49 ↗ complexities associated with accounting

17:51 ↗ for cash payments and buyers still can

17:54 ↗ use cash to pay our loan for the cards

17:56 ↗ at Transit centers

17:57 ↗ and also can you load cash onto the

18:00 ↗ transit go ticket app read like

18:02 ↗ different areas I think different

18:03 ↗ different places across the region but I

18:05 ↗ looked in a spot and there's one at the

18:07 ↗ Walgreens here with cash so it is an

18:10 ↗ option for people

18:11 ↗ still and just kind of a roundabout way

18:14 ↗ um I also know there was a question

18:15 ↗ about the last meeting about cost per

18:18 ↗ ride

18:20 ↗ um so as of June 2023 the cost per ride

18:23 ↗ for Metroplex is 17.95 and that's an

18:27 ↗ average across service areas but that's

18:29 ↗ not just to covers that's not the cost

18:31 ↗ of the writer is the back end cost

18:33 ↗ um for fixed route it varies

18:38 ↗ like how is that yeah

18:44 ↗ okay what's the average ride in Miles

18:46 ↗ good question I know the average is

18:49 ↗ three rides per hour but I don't have

18:51 ↗ the number of miles per ride

18:54 ↗ um what's the average um

18:57 ↗ documents besides driver passengers I

19:00 ↗ guess

19:02 ↗ um it's not it's I

19:04 ↗ it's not part of one right now

19:08 ↗ I'm trying to

19:10 ↗ can I ask about the

19:12 ↗ like you mentioned there's a place to

19:14 ↗ like when you build your profile to know

19:16 ↗ whether or not like you need wheelchair

19:18 ↗ access

19:19 ↗ is it

19:21 ↗ like the vehicles available is that not

19:24 ↗ a standard across the board that's

19:26 ↗ offered whether or not like they do have

19:28 ↗ like a prices or a one-third of the

19:31 ↗ Metroplex Fleet is wheelchair accessible

19:34 ↗ okay so it was it is it dependent on

19:38 ↗ like the

19:40 ↗ population that is being served whether

19:42 ↗ and I guess it's like no here I'm saying

19:44 ↗ like no one needs one then we'll get one

19:46 ↗ that can't accommodate that

19:49 ↗ um

19:50 ↗ no one needs one and it's like yeah I'll

19:53 ↗ wheelchair accessory yeah I think so I

19:55 ↗ think they do their best yeah the vendor

19:57 ↗ does their best to spread out the

19:58 ↗ wheelchair accessible Vehicles across

20:00 ↗ the county so we're across our service

20:01 ↗ area so that one is called it's not

20:03 ↗ living

20:04 ↗ in Texas or something far away

20:07 ↗ um but I don't think it's guaranteed

20:08 ↗ that there'll always be one in this is

20:11 ↗ exactly but I think they try to spread

20:13 ↗ them out so that it takes a short amount

20:15 ↗ of time for them to get there

20:18 ↗ um

20:18 ↗ so the 1795 was the Metroplex cost and

20:22 ↗ for fixed route it varies as you can

20:24 ↗ imagine quite a bit across different

20:26 ↗ routes in our system

20:27 ↗ um and unfortunately because of the way

20:30 ↗ that data is updated with the FDA you

20:31 ↗ only have 2021 data to share with you

20:33 ↗ but the cost reporting for fixed route

20:35 ↗ as an average across every route was

20:38 ↗ 13.34 cents a ride in 2021. now

20:41 ↗ pre-pandemic it was 5.61 cents a ride so

20:45 ↗ you can imagine that 2023 data

20:48 ↗ um is going to be somewhere between

20:49 ↗ those two as partnership has been

20:50 ↗ recovering

20:53 ↗ do you mean is that predominantly buses

20:57 ↗ or is that also include like

20:59 ↗ I don't know some sort of other Service

21:01 ↗ uh no I should have specified picture

21:02 ↗ yeah

21:06 ↗ so while the cost reporting for

21:08 ↗ Metroflex is on average higher than

21:09 ↗ fixed route it is important to kind of

21:11 ↗ look at right side Mobility options for

21:13 ↗ the area we're trying to serve in the

21:15 ↗ case of Issaquah there are such areas

21:17 ↗ like Squat and Talus that can't be

21:19 ↗ certified fixed route bus service um

21:21 ↗ yeah sorry did you have an equivalent to

21:24 ↗ Metroflex in like three brain dynamic

21:28 ↗ um that you could give us the cost

21:30 ↗ figures for because like you said 15 now

21:33 ↗ that's based on much lower ridership so

21:35 ↗ I'm wondering was it

21:37 ↗ should we really think of it as as much

21:39 ↗ lower than that

21:41 ↗ um well

21:43 ↗ I definitely don't have it right now I

21:44 ↗ can look for you

21:46 ↗ um Brian do you have any idea how far

21:48 ↗ back our data goes for that

21:52 ↗ yeah

21:52 ↗ we could look to get that kind of

21:54 ↗ information for you

21:56 ↗ um but I can say that we it has been

21:58 ↗ improving and becoming more efficient

21:59 ↗ over time

22:00 ↗ and so if it you know things with a very

22:03 ↗ high cost per ride

22:05 ↗ um that's just that's one of the

22:06 ↗ evaluation metrics we have and so you

22:09 ↗ know if it's if it's too high that's one

22:10 ↗ of the things that we look at

22:12 ↗ um so while I can't quote the earlier

22:14 ↗ Services pre-pandemic we did have

22:16 ↗ on-demand services and the cost was

22:18 ↗ higher

22:19 ↗ but I can I can get more specific

22:20 ↗ information as a follow-up

22:30 ↗ for the for the service

22:33 ↗ yeah

22:35 ↗ okay yeah I'll get to funding uh

22:42 ↗ slide so here is a map of the current

22:45 ↗ Metroplex service areas there are

22:47 ↗ currently seven areas Juanita Sammamish

22:49 ↗ Kent Othello Rainier Beach skywood

22:52 ↗ Renton Highlands and Tukwila so

22:54 ↗ impounding this very large area wise

22:56 ↗ many different densities and Landing

22:58 ↗ uses as I'm sure you all know

23:01 ↗ um and so these surface area is really

23:02 ↗ very Urban Land Use just to lower

23:04 ↗ density Suburban land uses putting

23:07 ↗ service areas in different settings so

23:09 ↗ this is really helpful to like learning

23:11 ↗ a lot about service area design and

23:13 ↗ where this type of service really works

23:14 ↗ and makes sense

23:16 ↗ um and part of learning opportunity for

23:18 ↗ a service area and this technology

23:19 ↗ monitoring how this service impacts or

23:21 ↗ or doesn't impact the local Fitzgerald

23:23 ↗ Network after easterling is implemented

23:25 ↗ having these two kind of Mobility

23:26 ↗ options available here

23:30 ↗ go to the next slide

23:36 ↗ so this is both the Metroplex app looks

23:39 ↗ like so you create an account you book a

23:41 ↗ ride it provides you with an ETA very

23:43 ↗ similar to other to interface other

23:45 ↗ Rideshare apps you may have used or seen

23:47 ↗ before you enter your pickup and drop

23:50 ↗ off locations and you can track your

23:51 ↗ driver's progress along the way average

23:54 ↗ etas right now are about 15 minutes

23:56 ↗ um and depending on demand and who else

23:58 ↗ is requesting a ride or where they're

24:00 ↗ going the algorithm will consolidate

24:01 ↗ rides where it makes sense so your

24:02 ↗ vehicle May pick up others and or drop

24:05 ↗ off on the way to your destination

24:07 ↗ foreign

24:15 ↗ bus Network so we want the service to

24:18 ↗ come when Pips route Transit as best as

24:20 ↗ it can So within the app you can also

24:23 ↗ see Transit options and we've begun

24:25 ↗ using this fit strap filtering so what

24:26 ↗ that means is that if someone requests a

24:28 ↗ ride and a quote of both a good Transit

24:31 ↗ option is available instead the user

24:33 ↗ will be given directions to catch that

24:34 ↗ so how we Define good is one quarter

24:38 ↗ mile or less of walking distance within

24:41 ↗ a 15-minute ETA when the user would get

24:43 ↗ there using metro flex and no transfers

24:46 ↗ so only a one line trip

24:48 ↗ another point on this slide that I

24:51 ↗ wanted to kind of talk through is this

24:52 ↗ corner to corner service so this is a

24:54 ↗ feature of Metroplex that helps to

24:56 ↗ increase driver efficiency

24:58 ↗ um when someone requests provide the

25:00 ↗ interviews will direct them to a pickup

25:01 ↗ location that is usually going to be a

25:03 ↗ nearby corner or cross street and we

25:06 ↗ call these virtual bus stops but no one

25:08 ↗ would ever be directed more than walk

25:09 ↗ more than 300 feet and that's a lot

25:11 ↗ further than normal the average is about

25:13 ↗ 70 feet

25:18 ↗ virtual bus stop situation and will get

25:21 ↗ picked up at your door

25:22 ↗ foreign

25:32 ↗ 2019 because John covered that and I've

25:35 ↗ heard it before but Flash Forward to

25:37 ↗ 2023 and in talking to Issaquah City

25:40 ↗ staff you heard there's still a desire

25:41 ↗ for a Mobility option here specifically

25:43 ↗ for this walk and tells neighborhoods is

25:45 ↗ how it started

25:46 ↗ um we looked into that assessed where we

25:48 ↗ heard people wanted to travel

25:50 ↗ um along with the transit hubs and came

25:52 ↗ up with this combined Issaquah Sammamish

25:55 ↗ service area as I mentioned before the

25:57 ↗ Sammamish area already exists so this

25:59 ↗ would be expanding it to cover fortunate

26:01 ↗ visible

26:03 ↗ um the proposal to expand the existing

26:05 ↗ Sammamish Metroflex undercover is Supply

26:07 ↗ includes the funding by the city of

26:10 ↗ Isabel for approximately 3 700 hours

26:12 ↗ which is one vehicle for service Monday

26:15 ↗ through Saturday in the service hours

26:17 ↗ that it's open for the year

26:20 ↗ having a combined area allows for people

26:22 ↗ traveling in these areas to have more

26:24 ↗ destination options there's also an

26:25 ↗ added efficiency that comes vehicle

26:28 ↗ sharing having a those um

26:30 ↗ be combined like that

26:32 ↗ um

26:34 ↗ and we're hoping to be able to launch

26:36 ↗ this service this fall the timeline goal

26:39 ↗ um prior to launch Metro's Community

26:41 ↗ engagement team will coordinate with

26:43 ↗ Issaquah and priority community-based

26:45 ↗ organizations to raise awareness about

26:46 ↗ the new Metroplex area and the work

26:49 ↗ we'll focus on groups working directly

26:50 ↗ with or for priority populations and

26:52 ↗ building relationships with local

26:53 ↗ organizations along with whatever

26:55 ↗ outreached the city of Issa decides to

26:58 ↗ do on your own

27:00 ↗ um so that concludes my my quick refresh

27:03 ↗ presentation this evening but I'm happy

27:05 ↗ to answer their questions they're moving

27:06 ↗ to discussion we talk about funding

27:13 ↗ so you said it's called basically paying

27:16 ↗ for 3 700 hours that's one van that's

27:24 ↗ a number of vehicles just because we can

27:26 ↗ add in service hours time incrementally

27:28 ↗ and what's the cost I don't know

27:32 ↗ it is about one

27:35 ↗ 260 000. and how many additional like is

27:40 ↗ as you're adding this is a well service

27:43 ↗ area is that adding

27:44 ↗ is Metro also putting in 3 700 hours or

27:48 ↗ is it just issaquah's putting in 3 700

27:50 ↗ 3700 hours and dollars

27:53 ↗ and that's the Edition that's the

27:55 ↗ addition okay so it's essentially 100 a

27:58 ↗ spot funded that extra Vehicle hours

28:00 ↗ however not it's adding into the system

28:03 ↗ so at any given time there could be it's

28:06 ↗ all based on demand there could be

28:08 ↗ three vehicles in the combined service

28:10 ↗ area there could be five vehicles in the

28:11 ↗ fine surface area so it's um paying for

28:14 ↗ one year of the driver hours to to be in

28:18 ↗ the in the system but it could be more

28:21 ↗ service that you're doing

28:25 ↗ yeah

28:28 ↗ okay

28:31 ↗ if I can ask questions

28:33 ↗ um is what is the demand like in the

28:36 ↗ current like some Amber service area I

28:38 ↗ don't know what we talked about that

28:39 ↗ before

28:40 ↗ um no

28:41 ↗ um I guess if it's is it super busy and

28:43 ↗ so someone in like all the way in Dallas

28:45 ↗ is or at squawk is trying to get pillar

28:47 ↗ right and it's going to take a long time

28:48 ↗ because there's it's really hopping up

28:50 ↗ there so it actually is pretty busy in

28:52 ↗ two minutes right now but we're hoping

28:54 ↗ with the addition you know the

28:55 ↗ additional funding from the city best

28:57 ↗ aquatic fund and extra potential extra

28:59 ↗ driver here more hours and now we'll

29:01 ↗ based on our demand model and we think

29:03 ↗ that'll be

29:04 ↗ better yeah

29:07 ↗ another one

29:09 ↗ um is it this is probably too many of

29:12 ↗ the leads and maybe not our Taz

29:13 ↗ responsibility but so we if we want to

29:17 ↗ move forward with this fall is the ideal

29:20 ↗ launch is there any like just based off

29:23 ↗ of like because we want it as soon as

29:25 ↗ possible or that's the ideal conditions

29:29 ↗ expected school it's like is it worth uh

29:33 ↗ like having like a longer marketing

29:37 ↗ campaign and launching a little later I

29:39 ↗ don't know more towards winter

29:41 ↗ um or is that that's probably overnight

29:44 ↗ I'm just curious about the timing timing

29:46 ↗ of it was really led by

29:48 ↗ um the city so um John can speak to that

29:51 ↗ if you want to

29:55 ↗ yeah I'm trying to remember trying to

29:58 ↗ remember the uh exact discussions that

30:00 ↗ we had

30:01 ↗ um I believe the ball was uh the time

30:05 ↗ that we pitched to Metro just based on

30:08 ↗ the processes that we would need to go

30:11 ↗ through so taking it to tab taking it to

30:13 ↗ Mobility infrastructure taking up to

30:16 ↗ council

30:17 ↗ um so I believe

30:19 ↗ the we really wanted to get it up and

30:22 ↗ running as soon as possible because you

30:24 ↗ know every month without this service is

30:27 ↗ another month of people not having

30:28 ↗ access

30:30 ↗ um

30:31 ↗ and we were we were even had an even

30:33 ↗ happy uh because Metro mentioned

30:37 ↗ initially like how about August but you

30:39 ↗ know things have it's been pushed back

30:41 ↗ on on Metro's end which has been totally

30:43 ↗ fine uh

30:46 ↗ um but we feel that we would have enough

30:48 ↗ time to get it out into the community we

30:52 ↗ feel that let's see it's June now so the

30:55 ↗ next few months uh we would have the

30:58 ↗ opportunity to to really get the word

31:00 ↗ out and we've already started to sort of

31:02 ↗ build uh local networks of folks that

31:05 ↗ are at least clued in to this happening

31:08 ↗ so that we can kind of hit the ground

31:09 ↗ running on the city end as far as

31:12 ↗ getting information out there then of

31:14 ↗ course Metro will have their own

31:15 ↗ marketing campaign as well

31:18 ↗ thank you

31:22 ↗ any other questions what are your

31:25 ↗ success criteria for this department

31:29 ↗ um our evaluation criteria uh let's see

31:33 ↗ like that

31:41 ↗ and the other question I was getting in

31:42 ↗ this case is this gonna be restricted so

31:46 ↗ if only it is first in the last mile or

31:49 ↗ will people be able to use it to

31:51 ↗ just get a different ride somewhere

31:53 ↗ off-root and potentially use up a lot of

31:57 ↗ those 3 700 hours

32:00 ↗ doing shortbread Replacements that

32:01 ↗ really or not because at first not last

32:03 ↗ night was what was the number one reason

32:06 ↗ people aren't using uh public transit

32:09 ↗ mass transit is this are we going to

32:12 ↗ restrict so that it is actually helping

32:14 ↗ that

32:15 ↗ um we're not going to restrict that at

32:17 ↗ this time we're gonna I think we're just

32:18 ↗ busy with the patterns of the paddle

32:21 ↗ happen and go from there but no we're

32:23 ↗ not going to restore people's uh rides

32:25 ↗ they can go from any point within the

32:27 ↗ service area to it at this point what

32:29 ↗ we've seen in other service areas so

32:31 ↗ before we did the before we Consolidated

32:33 ↗ into one vendor Metroflex some service

32:36 ↗ areas like Sammamish

32:38 ↗ um we had or not Sam Anderson sorry that

32:40 ↗ wasn't one of them some service areas

32:42 ↗ like Othello or tequila it was a point

32:44 ↗ to cloud system so you have to go to the

32:47 ↗ transit center we were then we've opened

32:49 ↗ that too

32:50 ↗ right now what you did point out did it

32:53 ↗ improve uh Returns the organization

32:57 ↗ that's a good question

32:59 ↗ um I mean

33:01 ↗ I would imagine so because they that's

33:04 ↗ the only place I buy your skin bro but I

33:06 ↗ don't know well it might have replaced

33:09 ↗ the people walking or paying for rides

33:11 ↗ or it might not have necessary

33:15 ↗ um but for our evaluation criteria we

33:17 ↗ have rides per vehicle hour cost per

33:20 ↗ boarding um and then percent of writers

33:22 ↗ that are either picked up or dropped off

33:24 ↗ and designated at each priority area

33:27 ↗ and do you have numbers for those or is

33:29 ↗ it yes those are the things you're

33:31 ↗ looking at those are the things we're

33:32 ↗ looking at but we do um we have we can

33:35 ↗ compare some health service area

33:40 ↗ how is Savannah sharing don't ridiculous

33:44 ↗ um I believe Sammamish I know that their

33:46 ↗ ridership is

33:48 ↗ really going up right now so I would

33:51 ↗ imagine productivity is pretty high but

33:52 ↗ I don't have the their costs for

33:54 ↗ boarding or Equity numbers there

34:00 ↗ any other questions

34:05 ↗ okay at this point I think we can move

34:07 ↗ to

34:08 ↗ Direction and

34:11 ↗ address this question about whether tap

34:14 ↗ can recommend that city council moves

34:16 ↗ forward with the Metroflex program

34:19 ↗ partnership

34:21 ↗ so anyone want to start with that

34:23 ↗ discussion

34:25 ↗ oh can I ask one more question sure

34:28 ↗ um another uh it can be made wheelchair

34:31 ↗ accessible what if um we've got folks

34:34 ↗ that have like a stroller or something

34:36 ↗ like that is that like what are the

34:39 ↗ vehicles tailored to that

34:41 ↗ um

34:43 ↗ hold up Sterling

34:44 ↗ on the Trump their minivans okay

34:47 ↗ um but

34:49 ↗ it's not going to be something where you

34:51 ↗ can

34:52 ↗ I guess a wheelchair accessible vehicle

34:54 ↗ might be better for that as well or any

34:56 ↗ other Mobility okay nice yeah okay

34:59 ↗ thanks

35:01 ↗ what do they use them up in

35:04 ↗ um

35:07 ↗ what bands are they using

35:10 ↗ are they using those 14 passengers with

35:13 ↗ the Ada or are they just using

35:21 ↗ so they wouldn't be A.D but we do have

35:25 ↗ it's available yeah it's not like um

35:28 ↗ there's certain Fleet that are assigned

35:30 ↗ to one surface area at all times they're

35:32 ↗ kind of moving around based on demand so

35:34 ↗ um there are wheelchair accessible

35:37 ↗ vehicles that will take Parts in Spanish

35:39 ↗ as well

35:43 ↗ now now let's move to the question who

35:46 ↗ wants to get started on this issue

35:51 ↗ okay

35:53 ↗ I guess we just need more information

35:56 ↗ from the cities like Sammamish on the

35:59 ↗ performance before we make like as or no

36:05 ↗ like

36:06 ↗ whether it's the cost whether it's the

36:09 ↗ Wonder of Rise efficiency any sort of

36:12 ↗ kpis that

36:14 ↗ you have for synonyms for other it's not

36:17 ↗ actually the closest to us

36:19 ↗ tomorrow

36:23 ↗ yeah

36:25 ↗ I think this

36:28 ↗ this demonstration is going to be a part

36:31 ↗ of finding those performance measures

36:34 ↗ and I think just expanding this

36:38 ↗ service area in general because

36:40 ↗ Sammamish and Issaquah are

36:43 ↗ pretty much is it what people got

36:45 ↗ smamaged to manage people go to Issaquah

36:47 ↗ go how many people go to both of those

36:50 ↗ areas of service and so I don't think

36:54 ↗ because when I was first looking at this

36:56 ↗ map like a year ago or so when I was I

36:59 ↗ don't know how many months ago it was

37:00 ↗ but when I saw it was Justin samamish I

37:03 ↗ was like this is not

37:05 ↗ this is not going to be super as

37:07 ↗ effective as it could be if it were if

37:09 ↗ it would be extend down to Issaquah

37:12 ↗ and this is where the trend Center is

37:15 ↗ and other

37:17 ↗ kinds of networks so I think expanding

37:21 ↗ the service area to Issaquah will really

37:24 ↗ help to identify those

37:26 ↗ yeah those performance indicators and

37:29 ↗ generally I think just expanding this

37:31 ↗ last mile

37:32 ↗ situation

37:33 ↗ um is is best so

37:37 ↗ yeah

37:39 ↗ go ahead

37:40 ↗ so it's pretty good but what you said I

37:44 ↗ mean we have a city where you can go and

37:46 ↗ look at a neighbor City we can go and

37:49 ↗ look at

37:50 ↗ we're talking about over a quarter

37:52 ↗ million dollars we shouldn't City

37:54 ↗ shouldn't spend money when they have the

37:56 ↗ opportunity to go look at hopefully

37:58 ↗ these success criteria were set you know

38:03 ↗ six months ago 12 months ago something

38:05 ↗ so they can go and look at have they

38:07 ↗ been achieving to those if not we should

38:10 ↗ talk about why and whether that then

38:12 ↗ makes sense

38:14 ↗ um I'm that never and I will never be a

38:16 ↗ fan of uh spending money to find out

38:20 ↗ what there's things to be successful

38:21 ↗ when we have the opportunity to go look

38:23 ↗ at

38:25 ↗ and see whether it was successful if it

38:28 ↗ was I mean great right I mean if it

38:30 ↗ achieved the goals that's awesome I'm

38:32 ↗ also pretty concerned that you know the

38:35 ↗ the presentation was saying the number

38:37 ↗ one

38:38 ↗ uh thing only to go back from using mass

38:41 ↗ transit is first now Last Mile

38:44 ↗ and this is not specifically targeting

38:46 ↗ that that's not necessarily A Bad Thing

38:49 ↗ it could be that this is a different

38:50 ↗ need and a very important need

38:52 ↗ but I'm curious as why that's the number

38:55 ↗ one Gap why are we not trying to address

38:57 ↗ that Gap and focus on addressing that

38:59 ↗ Gap because

39:06 ↗ important

39:14 ↗ but I need to show you a couple things

39:18 ↗ history in this political value we had

39:21 ↗ the fixed route 200. it was free didn't

39:26 ↗ cost anybody anything no pass no workout

39:30 ↗ no one reason you're just free

39:33 ↗ it did not serve that area that you

39:36 ↗ showed on that map it really served the

39:39 ↗ downtown core and a little bit

39:42 ↗ plus it's hurt when we got

39:45 ↗ Swedish to get people from the core up

39:49 ↗ to Swedish which was a really good thing

39:51 ↗ that's a huge area and if we're going to

39:54 ↗ do point to point

39:57 ↗ that may not be point to

40:01 ↗ service point for a fixed route

40:07 ↗ I'm an old time

40:09 ↗ is it quad guy

40:10 ↗ with

40:13 ↗ Transit that I have seen come here in my

40:16 ↗ lifetime it's incredible that we have

40:19 ↗ the roads that we have what my concern

40:22 ↗ is

40:24 ↗ point to point is good

40:27 ↗ getting a scene here

40:29 ↗ on Ada

40:31 ↗ from

40:32 ↗ a neighborhood a corner

40:34 ↗ to

40:36 ↗ hospital or down for a doctor's

40:38 ↗ appointment

40:40 ↗ my thinking from past is pick them up

40:44 ↗ and give the transit center where they

40:46 ↗ take a fixed route and go to work okay

40:49 ↗ that's that's the kind of thing that I

40:52 ↗ see I don't see this as a replacement

40:55 ↗ for the 200 and the 200 used to cost

40:58 ↗ Issaquah

41:00 ↗ 225 000 that's my memory of what it was

41:05 ↗ but it was it was free

41:08 ↗ uh so Metro I know for a fact ate a huge

41:13 ↗ cost of running the 200.

41:16 ↗ they ran two buses a day all day from

41:20 ↗ early morning to

41:22 ↗ great evening

41:24 ↗ a lot of it to serve

41:27 ↗ the high school okay which which it did

41:30 ↗ this I see is totally different I have a

41:33 ↗ tendency to go with my friend here going

41:36 ↗ wow that's a lot of money to throw in

41:39 ↗ the arena to see if it's going to work

41:43 ↗ because my history on the King County

41:46 ↗ um

41:48 ↗ mobilization to promote King County

41:52 ↗ Mobility Coalition was that that Robert

41:56 ↗ here in Bellevue did not work it didn't

41:59 ↗ have enough and it was point-to-point

42:02 ↗ it was not just Transit Center to some

42:05 ↗ place in Bellevue it was someplace in

42:09 ↗ value to another place in building and

42:12 ↗ they just didn't get the bang for the

42:14 ↗ buck

42:16 ↗ for forgive me but I believe that's how

42:20 ↗ I feel that this is going to turn out to

42:23 ↗ be uh

42:25 ↗ if we could ever get back to normal all

42:28 ↗ the way from this thing called the

42:30 ↗ pandemic

42:31 ↗ we had the

42:33 ↗ folks picking up folks and getting the

42:36 ↗ transit center or a corner where they

42:39 ↗ could get the bus and go into Seattle or

42:42 ↗ work or whatever

42:44 ↗ I

42:47 ↗ I gotta tell you

42:49 ↗ my feeling is I probably would not vote

42:52 ↗ to go to spend this money to see if it's

42:55 ↗ going to work

42:56 ↗ I think we've got a ways to go

43:00 ↗ only one voice but my experience tells

43:04 ↗ me

43:05 ↗ it's going to be difficult and

43:09 ↗ um

43:12 ↗ you did the math you did the hours times

43:15 ↗ uh 3700 hours right

43:19 ↗ what

43:20 ↗ in using that are we the individual who

43:24 ↗ gets on uses their ORCA card okay and

43:28 ↗ that's how they pay for it it's not

43:31 ↗ going to cost the user

43:33 ↗ the 15 bucks

43:35 ↗ the the user is going to be

43:39 ↗ three and a quarter or for us seniors a

43:42 ↗ buck I think it's a great service for

43:44 ↗ seniors I'd be all in favor for seniors

43:48 ↗ but

43:49 ↗ I just I just see

43:52 ↗ I just see it as costing the city

43:56 ↗ it's rolling you guys is really what it

43:59 ↗ is it's rolling the dice and if that

44:02 ↗ angers some people I'm sorry about my

44:05 ↗ experience tells me it's wrong when it

44:07 ↗ does and uh

44:12 ↗ I'd really like to know more of how

44:15 ↗ successful Sammamish is with theirs I

44:19 ↗ know it's picking up but I know in the

44:21 ↗ very beginning they didn't have the

44:23 ↗ rightership that

44:26 ↗ uh it was a struggle so

44:30 ↗ now that we're coming out of the

44:31 ↗ pandemic is it too soon should we be

44:34 ↗ talking about this in a year or two

44:36 ↗ years or do we want to throw in

44:40 ↗ that huge chunk of money

44:43 ↗ buy advice to the city council Dave

44:46 ↗ Wagner

44:47 ↗ had we

44:49 ↗ I don't think it's time to do this and

44:52 ↗ I'm surely not trying to rain on your

44:54 ↗ free because anybody

44:57 ↗ who works for Metro is my friend because

44:59 ↗ I work for Metro for 15 years and I and

45:04 ↗ I know and

45:06 ↗ one of our city council members Barb D

45:09 ↗ Michelle worked for Metro for a long

45:11 ↗ time so

45:13 ↗ she's going to have her own thoughts on

45:15 ↗ this so

45:17 ↗ with that

45:19 ↗ for copies of this sermon

45:22 ↗ sorry Jared everyone

45:25 ↗ um I

45:27 ↗ share the concerns that have been shared

45:30 ↗ but I'm also concerned about how if the

45:34 ↗ focus is on like why isn't this purely

45:37 ↗ for smile Last Mile

45:39 ↗ um we

45:41 ↗ looked at that you know that's something

45:43 ↗ that was raised when

45:45 ↗ um sorry I'm not being super cohesive

45:47 ↗ right now the

45:49 ↗ I guess the last pilot that we

45:51 ↗ considered for e-scooters that also

45:54 ↗ didn't pass and I'm just nervous about

45:56 ↗ you know if please if we don't if this

45:59 ↗ isn't I know it's not about us it's up

46:00 ↗ to council but if this also doesn't move

46:03 ↗ forward then kind of like okay where do

46:04 ↗ we land like what's the next option then

46:07 ↗ and I know these Hooters was different

46:09 ↗ different service area but

46:11 ↗ um

46:13 ↗ I just don't I don't love it if it seems

46:16 ↗ like we're you know like no that that

46:19 ↗ option's not right well this option's

46:20 ↗ not right either and then eventually you

46:22 ↗ just exhaust out

46:24 ↗ our options but

46:26 ↗ um

46:28 ↗ yeah I mean I think

46:30 ↗ with

46:32 ↗ the public I mean public transit

46:37 ↗ so go ahead just saying guys yeah

46:41 ↗ um obviously public transit is such that

46:44 ↗ that's the nature of it right here I

46:46 ↗ think when you were first looking at

46:48 ↗ this in August the proposal to

46:51 ↗ you know have the city do it do their

46:53 ↗ own system or to contract it out

46:56 ↗ um those were just not good options but

46:58 ↗ this is a tremendous option because you

47:02 ↗ can get from your house to the transit

47:06 ↗ center and easily Go With It That Way

47:09 ↗ versus you know take an Uber or

47:11 ↗ something like that and paying that on

47:13 ↗ top of the 270 or 325 fee for the uh

47:18 ↗ for 554 for example

47:21 ↗ um and I think with the pandemic traffic

47:24 ↗ um

47:24 ↗ you know we're talking about the impacts

47:27 ↗ of the pandemic on Transit travel and

47:29 ↗ all this right and

47:32 ↗ I don't think

47:34 ↗ travel is limited to this point uh Hub

47:38 ↗ anymore it's really point to point right

47:40 ↗ it's people going from their

47:43 ↗ neighborhood to another neighborhood or

47:45 ↗ something you know

47:47 ↗ it's not so focused on the fixed routes

47:50 ↗ and I think we need to acknowledge that

47:53 ↗ um and you know to be honest 250 000

47:55 ↗ dollars that won't increase service

47:58 ↗ hours on 554 or anything substantial

48:02 ↗ like that I think 250 000 is a decent

48:06 ↗ amount of money for putting in a needed

48:09 ↗ service that's local that's local

48:12 ↗ um and two hundred thousand dollars in

48:14 ↗ the realm of a 50 million dollar general

48:17 ↗ fund

48:19 ↗ I don't think it's significance to be

48:21 ↗ honest so

48:25 ↗ forward yeah improvements outbreak

48:29 ↗ sure oh I'm just gonna

48:33 ↗ um underscore a couple of things first

48:35 ↗ is

48:36 ↗ um I I think you're right traffic

48:37 ↗ patterns have changed the service that

48:40 ↗ is being proposed just

48:43 ↗ um not the same as getting to work in

48:45 ↗ Seattle and Bellevue this is remember

48:48 ↗ about and Trust City mobility and how do

48:50 ↗ we enhance that

48:53 ↗ um so therefore uh the you know the

48:57 ↗ first and last mile is while still

48:59 ↗ priorities priority for some and not all

49:02 ↗ and it's not uh it's not relevant to

49:06 ↗ agricult that we had in looking at this

49:08 ↗ service so I just wanted to remind

49:11 ↗ everybody about that my goal is to

49:15 ↗ enhance service and so in that case

49:17 ↗ um this proposal does uh do first and

49:22 ↗ last

49:23 ↗ one plus more

49:26 ↗ um and that's that's really what this

49:29 ↗ was designed to be

49:32 ↗ um also some of you have mentioned you

49:34 ↗ know the absolute cost is something you

49:37 ↗ you can

49:39 ↗ um communicate concerns about you can

49:42 ↗ ask Council to take your thoughts into

49:46 ↗ consideration but if you have mentioned

49:49 ↗ ultimately that's council's program

49:52 ↗ um so I think your feedback about the

49:55 ↗ services alignment goals

49:57 ↗ is really really important

50:00 ↗ um your conversation about which you

50:02 ↗ have more data and whether it's

50:04 ↗ important to have that before

50:07 ↗ um you take a step forward or whether

50:09 ↗ it's okay to collect as we go some of

50:13 ↗ you have brought up in case that

50:15 ↗ some malicious experience isn't

50:17 ↗ necessarily going to be a supplies

50:19 ↗ experience and so be difficult to

50:22 ↗ connect those two and say that they were

50:26 ↗ um synonymous so just wanted to add that

50:29 ↗ okay okay

50:30 ↗ uh start with another question how many

50:34 ↗ total hours I mean 3 700 hours for the

50:37 ↗ current area how many total hours are

50:39 ↗ there

50:41 ↗ uh for the whole the current servant

50:44 ↗ area there's like the map that includes

50:45 ↗ Issaquah but a current service center

50:48 ↗ yeah it was part of some ambushers in

50:51 ↗ that map yeah yeah

50:54 ↗ is it 3700 is it uh it's I'm not sure

50:58 ↗ maybe Brian has the exact information on

51:00 ↗ that but it's not

51:02 ↗ it's a member it's open

51:04 ↗ it's all these Drive driver hours are

51:05 ↗ there at any given time so the 3700

51:08 ↗ hours like represents

51:10 ↗ essentially Issaquah paying for

51:15 ↗ One driver to be driving

51:17 ↗ Monday through Saturday the entire

51:19 ↗ service hours

51:20 ↗ how much is the support paying for them

51:23 ↗ then

51:26 ↗ so since there can be a combined zone is

51:28 ↗ only paying for one driver but the

51:31 ↗ current Zone which doesn't include

51:34 ↗ what's the name that you're paying for

51:36 ↗ that

51:38 ↗ very interesting interesting

51:41 ↗ and how many

51:43 ↗ how many um individ like unique writers

51:47 ↗ are there in Spanish

51:49 ↗ that's another good question that I

51:51 ↗ don't have the information for right now

51:53 ↗ so or where I'm at

51:57 ↗ I understand you know yes the funding

51:59 ↗ now a little bit more you know council's

52:02 ↗ purview to decide but I'm I'm always a

52:05 ↗ little yeah

52:07 ↗ the brain is a response to

52:09 ↗ yeah no I like it's normally I'm in the

52:12 ↗ room with Meredith or we have the

52:13 ↗ ability to chat this is kind of a new

52:15 ↗ world for me so next time I'll I'll be

52:17 ↗ sure to be there in support but um I was

52:19 ↗ able to just kind of look at some stats

52:21 ↗ here real quick and I can tell you that

52:23 ↗ like the budget for sammamishes is about

52:25 ↗ 9 000 hours per year

52:28 ↗ um and so again what I kind of want to

52:30 ↗ highlight here is that by Issaquah

52:33 ↗ contributing to like build up this

52:35 ↗ system and make it bigger it's

52:37 ↗ leveraging the resources that Metro has

52:39 ↗ already committed

52:41 ↗ and the reason that Sammamish doesn't

52:42 ↗ pay is that this was an old pilot it was

52:45 ↗ kind of an original pilot that started a

52:47 ↗ long time ago

52:49 ↗ um and so this is really kind of like

52:52 ↗ Issaquah came to us and we felt like it

52:55 ↗ was a conversation worth having for them

52:57 ↗ to be able to leverage the hours that

52:59 ↗ already existed we we couldn't run a

53:01 ↗ service with like 3 700 hours that

53:04 ↗ wouldn't be enough you'd like to set up

53:07 ↗ an independent service area so it's

53:10 ↗ really the ability to expand from

53:11 ↗ Sammamish that's an opportunity here

53:13 ↗ among other things that make Issaquah a

53:16 ↗ great place to test out a Pilot service

53:19 ↗ um so yeah in any case uh I just wanted

53:21 ↗ to share that bit of info regarding the

53:23 ↗ service hours

53:44 ↗ and so you know do you have a thousand

53:46 ↗ Riders you need writers contain like

53:48 ↗ eight grand a person to actually be able

53:51 ↗ to use this

53:52 ↗ so pretty interested in that because I

53:54 ↗ suspect that there's a number of high

53:57 ↗ users

53:58 ↗ and then you know very few people that

54:00 ↗ are you upload they're low users

54:03 ↗ um

54:04 ↗ so just just coming back to the funding

54:06 ↗ piece of it um

54:08 ↗ I think that they're

54:10 ↗ there's some

54:12 ↗ Washington State didn't balloon their

54:14 ↗ budget by tens of billions of dollars

54:16 ↗ over the last few years by spending 40

54:18 ↗ billion dollars at a time they spend 500

54:21 ↗ 000 million here a million year million

54:23 ↗ year and it adds up so yes

54:25 ↗ 260 000 compared to 50 million is not

54:28 ↗ much but it's another 260. it's another

54:30 ↗ 260. and I think it's okay to go back to

54:33 ↗ council and say they're like I don't

54:35 ↗ think this is worth it right because you

54:37 ↗ can use that money for something else

54:38 ↗ you can save it till next year and put

54:40 ↗ it towards a bus

54:42 ↗ um or you know some some other solution

54:44 ↗ so I I think I'm still interested in

54:47 ↗ this but I'd want to see like what are

54:48 ↗ the goals and maybe we need to have a

54:50 ↗ discussion about what our goals would be

54:53 ↗ for this but what are our objectives our

54:54 ↗ success criteria and then how is it

54:57 ↗ performing yeah it's not the same in

54:58 ↗ Spanish but how's it performing this

55:00 ↗ advantage and is it actually a line then

55:03 ↗ because we have this opportunity to go

55:05 ↗ look at

55:07 ↗ someplace there and honestly if it's

55:09 ↗ doing well according to what the

55:11 ↗ criteria they set out and that's a very

55:13 ↗ different story and

55:15 ↗ died of a different opinion but but

55:17 ↗ right now I I can't support

55:20 ↗ can't recommend supporting that

55:22 ↗ I think

55:24 ↗ um

55:25 ↗ we're thinking about this as two

55:28 ↗ different systems but as it's proposed

55:32 ↗ it's going to be one expanded system

55:36 ↗ um

55:37 ↗ just like the way that we're talking

55:38 ↗ about Sammamish metrics and Amish

55:40 ↗ metrics let's talk about that before we

55:42 ↗ go to Issaquah or make it in Issaquah

55:45 ↗ um

55:46 ↗ I think this is just expanding the

55:48 ↗ system and once we expand the system

55:50 ↗ we'll learn the metrics from there

55:52 ↗ Sammamish is not going to be a separate

55:56 ↗ Zone the service it'll be the same as

55:59 ↗ this supports and this is just part of

56:01 ↗ making that more of a cohesive service

56:04 ↗ area I think and that's where we will be

56:06 ↗ able to get clear data about

56:09 ↗ the success of that because I don't

56:12 ↗ think keeping it in Sammamish would be

56:15 ↗ yeah John

56:17 ↗ yeah I just wanted to note that I I

56:19 ↗ agree with that

56:21 ↗ um uh maybe this was an issue of

56:24 ↗ semantics maybe we should have tacked on

56:26 ↗ pilot to the title of this because this

56:28 ↗ is what uh these systems are inherently

56:31 ↗ these are pilot projects and yes uh this

56:35 ↗ is a chunk of money to throw at it but I

56:39 ↗ for me as an advocate for this program

56:41 ↗ program it's it's a it's a it's worth

56:44 ↗ throwing at

56:46 ↗ for this short amount of time and then

56:48 ↗ evaluating going forward that's that's

56:50 ↗ what I'll say about that

56:55 ↗ might also

56:58 ↗ the committee is feeling like more data

57:02 ↗ is needed there's an option of Master

57:05 ↗ Metro to

57:07 ↗ bring back a few of those numbers and we

57:10 ↗ can have another another discussion

57:12 ↗ about it um knowing that you know

57:15 ↗ subsequent steps for approval included

57:18 ↗ going to the council mobility and

57:20 ↗ infrastructure committee allowing them

57:22 ↗ to have an opportunity to discuss and

57:25 ↗ then provide a recommendation to the

57:28 ↗ full Council so you know taking the

57:30 ↗ month of August stop for example

57:32 ↗ means you know any potential like

57:36 ↗ um startup of the pilot probably

57:38 ↗ wouldn't be delayed but I just want to

57:41 ↗ um

57:42 ↗ I suggest to you that's one possibility

57:45 ↗ if you feel like more data is going to

57:48 ↗ help you and either making a

57:50 ↗ recommendation or providing your

57:53 ↗ thoughts to the council committee have

57:57 ↗ your reason uh two quick questions

57:59 ↗ one quick comment

58:02 ↗ how many bands are now operating in a

58:05 ↗ scenation

58:07 ↗ um at any given time there's about uh

58:10 ↗ about two to three two is three and

58:13 ↗ they're operating

58:14 ↗ five days a week Monday through Friday

58:16 ↗ and they're operating Saturday I saw

58:19 ↗ that on you okay

58:22 ↗ um so how many hours somebody said 9 000

58:26 ↗ hours up there

58:29 ↗ they're paid for 9 000 hours

58:32 ↗ no they're only paid for what they

58:34 ↗ operate that's what makes it an

58:35 ↗ efficient system we we budget to assume

58:38 ↗ for some growth and some uncertainty but

58:40 ↗ at the end of the day demand is what

58:42 ↗ will drive the cost of

58:44 ↗ um of the service and and you know I

58:47 ↗ mean there is a scenario where if if

58:49 ↗ demand became very high

58:51 ↗ it's it's like it's still a static

58:54 ↗ amount paid by Issaquah so the risk is

58:56 ↗ really on Metro in that respect if

58:57 ↗ demand got high enough we we would

59:00 ↗ eventually we would have to like kind of

59:01 ↗ use more hours so if like there's less

59:03 ↗ demand we won't necessarily use all

59:05 ↗ those hours again we're learning and

59:08 ↗ it's a fluid system but that's the

59:09 ↗ answer to your question

59:11 ↗ I I hear that just real quick are they

59:14 ↗ pink hours or are they known Peak

59:18 ↗ so as as Meredith mentioned there are

59:21 ↗ times like in the like in a in a peak

59:23 ↗ demand hour whatever that might be like

59:25 ↗ you'd have more demand so there would be

59:27 ↗ more Vehicles whereas in a time when

59:29 ↗ there's less demand there'd be fewer

59:31 ↗ Vehicles it's it's based on demand

59:47 ↗ um

59:48 ↗ I'm trying to figure out how

59:51 ↗ um

59:54 ↗ I apologize I'm not picking up the audio

59:57 ↗ I apologize

1:00:04 ↗ Meredith

1:00:07 ↗ so

1:00:10 ↗ it's a p so they're operating

1:00:13 ↗ two to three bands and they're operating

1:00:17 ↗ 12 hours a day for the operating in the

1:00:20 ↗ peak so all three bands are running in

1:00:22 ↗ the morning maybe one band running from

1:00:25 ↗ ten to two and all three bands are

1:00:28 ↗ running

1:00:29 ↗ peak in the afternoon so that's that's

1:00:32 ↗ all different cuttlefish which I

1:00:36 ↗ really see would be what we would do

1:00:39 ↗ here in Issaquah One Bank handling that

1:00:43 ↗ map by the song

1:00:46 ↗ is going to be very beneficial

1:00:54 ↗ so there is really high demand of a

1:00:57 ↗ certain times

1:01:01 ↗ is

1:01:04 ↗ [Music]

1:01:10 ↗ I don't think there's a maximum

1:01:19 ↗ problems

1:01:28 ↗ oh I mean I don't know what that number

1:01:33 ↗ what's what's the notion

1:01:36 ↗ serves

1:01:39 ↗ I

1:01:46 ↗ one more thing

1:01:48 ↗ could we you're

1:01:50 ↗ Emily you said

1:01:52 ↗ more information so if we were to go up

1:01:55 ↗ and look at that dancers and see what's

1:01:58 ↗ provided uh

1:02:01 ↗ even one day with me an idea of exactly

1:02:06 ↗ what that form was

1:02:09 ↗ I just saw a disproportionate number of

1:02:12 ↗ hours we're talking about 37 members

1:02:17 ↗ I heard that I hear it wrong I heard

1:02:21 ↗ nine thousand dollars out there

1:02:25 ↗ that's how many is currently

1:02:27 ↗ ours is 3 700 hours

1:02:38 ↗ or three to five minutes

1:02:45 ↗ to include some damage so all that

1:02:48 ↗ happened was we made that samanthus map

1:02:51 ↗ figure would be visible

1:02:53 ↗ 100.

1:02:59 ↗ two other questions I have John you can

1:03:02 ↗ probably answer this is uh or number

1:03:06 ↗ three and four at the

1:03:08 ↗ Transit Center still closed

1:03:11 ↗ and is

1:03:13 ↗ we've been known the city been notified

1:03:15 ↗ that the 214 is being suspended

1:03:21 ↗ yes

1:03:23 ↗ so we are we are losing

1:03:25 ↗ Service uh around the time that this

1:03:28 ↗ service would begin too it's wrong that

1:03:30 ↗ was a Non-Stop route from downtown well

1:03:33 ↗ from Issaquah

1:03:34 ↗ Park and Ride straight to downtown

1:03:37 ↗ Seattle and that suspension anyway I'm

1:03:40 ↗ not gonna I'm gonna shut up because they

1:03:43 ↗ were asking uh

1:03:45 ↗ so we'll have to come to consensus about

1:03:48 ↗ this

1:03:49 ↗ um again I I feel like

1:03:52 ↗ we can't accept the like the dichotomy

1:03:56 ↗ of like having some Mammoth being

1:03:59 ↗ supposedly being a separate service area

1:04:01 ↗ or expanding the service area Issaquah

1:04:03 ↗ and Sammamish are totally integrated

1:04:05 ↗ like yeah they really are like

1:04:09 ↗ for everything about Sammamish

1:04:13 ↗ um and true yeah so and Kalani is is

1:04:22 ↗ at this point I don't know if they quote

1:04:24 ↗ but okay it's a recommendation so

1:04:26 ↗ correct yeah we make uh take a vote on

1:04:30 ↗ the recommendation okay

1:04:36 ↗ someone should make a motion on the

1:04:39 ↗ recommendation so yeah I will go ahead

1:04:41 ↗ and I'll make a motion

1:04:43 ↗ um and certainly if anyone's welcome to

1:04:46 ↗ vote against this right that's how it

1:04:47 ↗ works

1:04:48 ↗ um that we do not

1:04:51 ↗ support the plan at this point in time

1:04:56 ↗ we are most interested in learning how

1:05:00 ↗ the Sammamish

1:05:02 ↗ uh route

1:05:06 ↗ uh service has been performing relative

1:05:10 ↗ to the objectives and that we need to

1:05:13 ↗ have some more conversation about

1:05:15 ↗ our objectives

1:05:17 ↗ um

1:05:18 ↗ they know how those May align with some

1:05:21 ↗ damage Circle

1:05:24 ↗ okay uh yeah just any any discussion uh

1:05:27 ↗ I sure do

1:05:30 ↗ um

1:05:31 ↗ do we have I know this is more furry do

1:05:34 ↗ we have to have a consensus in order to

1:05:37 ↗ like make a recommendation to council we

1:05:39 ↗ can't have a like

1:05:41 ↗ somewhat fractured

1:05:43 ↗ uh

1:05:45 ↗ View and then present that to council

1:05:47 ↗ yeah I mean we can say that the majority

1:05:50 ↗ for example may have

1:05:52 ↗ oh John

1:05:54 ↗ at this point I would say this is my

1:05:57 ↗ recommendation about your recommendation

1:06:00 ↗ um because there are multiple viewpoints

1:06:03 ↗ I would say it would be appropriate if

1:06:06 ↗ if we don't if you don't want to have

1:06:07 ↗ any more discussion about it because we

1:06:09 ↗ could

1:06:11 ↗ uh hunt this I guess if I get them next

1:06:14 ↗ another taboo and the rest of the

1:06:15 ↗ process would be pushed back so that is

1:06:17 ↗ an option however if you want to move to

1:06:22 ↗ make a recommendation

1:06:24 ↗ you could

1:06:27 ↗ uh make a

1:06:31 ↗ I don't know some sort of like Supreme

1:06:33 ↗ Court you could have you have this these

1:06:36 ↗ people believe this these people believe

1:06:38 ↗ this and present that as your

1:06:40 ↗ recommendation not as a full tab but as

1:06:44 ↗ a

1:06:45 ↗ you know these are our concerns on this

1:06:48 ↗ side these are our Pros on this side

1:06:49 ↗ that is also an option that you have

1:06:58 ↗ a motion sorry we can't wash it or you

1:07:01 ↗ can go

1:07:04 ↗ we are voting right so because we've

1:07:07 ↗ already moved and seconded so it will be

1:07:09 ↗ a vote okay

1:07:11 ↗ um

1:07:12 ↗ all those in favor say aye

1:07:16 ↗ bye

1:07:18 ↗ four

1:07:19 ↗ all those in favor of the motion of

1:07:22 ↗ Michael's motion all right okay uh those

1:07:26 ↗ not they they

1:07:28 ↗ okay great so click that recommendation

1:07:31 ↗ best and I think what we can do is get

1:07:34 ↗ together and do the report on what we

1:07:37 ↗ what we were concerned about you guys

1:07:40 ↗ just couldn't get together and we just

1:07:41 ↗ air the consistency yeah

1:07:48 ↗ okay I get there like John you you got

1:07:51 ↗ that there's not just one View

1:08:01 ↗ yes I'm also interested in more data

1:08:05 ↗ but I don't know if that means that I

1:08:07 ↗ don't want to like move forward at the

1:08:09 ↗ current proposed speed

1:08:11 ↗ um

1:08:13 ↗ yeah

1:08:14 ↗ great well in that case

1:08:17 ↗ um thanks John and Meredith were

1:08:21 ↗ presenting uh we'll move on to

1:08:24 ↗ the uh that training and refresher

1:08:27 ↗ informational item presented by John or

1:08:30 ↗ some friends is that still recorded or

1:08:32 ↗ since it's not important I still

1:08:35 ↗ recording I think

1:08:39 ↗ we'll still record

1:08:41 ↗ thank you thank you thank you thank you

1:08:43 ↗ thank you very much have a great evening

1:08:53 ↗ um like our attendance is like on a

1:08:56 ↗ document that's given to

1:08:58 ↗ count or the mobility committee right

1:09:01 ↗ like it'll say like that we had a

1:09:02 ↗ smaller group than normal

1:09:05 ↗ yes yeah yeah we can we can do that

1:09:21 ↗ now I get to talk to you a lot

1:09:24 ↗ things

1:09:36 ↗ all right well thank you uh all for the

1:09:39 ↗ discussion that you had uh we appreciate

1:09:42 ↗ the

1:09:43 ↗ uh the pros and cons and the thoughts

1:09:45 ↗ and discussion uh we're definitely gonna

1:09:48 ↗ uh carry all that information forward

1:09:52 ↗ um so uh so this evening I am going to

1:09:57 ↗ present a little bit of a tab training

1:09:59 ↗ slash refresher for those uh both new

1:10:02 ↗ and not so new

1:10:05 ↗ um I won't introduce myself again

1:10:08 ↗ so let me

1:10:12 ↗ so uh with the remaining I want to say

1:10:16 ↗ 40 minutes we won't have time at the end

1:10:19 ↗ for our for our uh regular businesses

1:10:23 ↗ so the agenda this evening I'm gonna

1:10:25 ↗ kind of uh go through the list of plans

1:10:28 ↗ that we have at the city kind of kind of

1:10:30 ↗ an overview overview uh the how to find

1:10:33 ↗ ordinance and Municipal codes

1:10:36 ↗ uh Regional Partnerships and then dive

1:10:39 ↗ into the mobility pasture plan I

1:10:41 ↗ apologize if I'm like skipping over my

1:10:43 ↗ words a little bit I could attribute it

1:10:46 ↗ to covet brain a little bit but I'm also

1:10:48 ↗ giving like weird feedback of myself at

1:10:51 ↗ the end of my sentences so if I'm

1:10:53 ↗ talking strangely at the end of my

1:10:55 ↗ sentences that is probably why

1:11:01 ↗ notes

1:11:05 ↗ okay

1:11:08 ↗ so uh first I wanted to move through the

1:11:11 ↗ list of plans here at the city uh just

1:11:14 ↗ to kind of refresh everybody about all

1:11:16 ↗ of them that we have we have a lot quite

1:11:19 ↗ frankly

1:11:20 ↗ so first we have our comprehensive plan

1:11:24 ↗ uh specifically the transportation

1:11:26 ↗ element uh it was last updated in 2020

1:11:30 ↗ and then we will do a full uh

1:11:34 ↗ update uh per the state mandate in 2024

1:11:38 ↗ the background on the comprehensive plan

1:11:40 ↗ it was part of the 1990 growth

1:11:42 ↗ management act uh basically these two

1:11:46 ↗ come up comprehensive plan

1:11:50 ↗ areas areas

1:11:53 ↗ that weird feedback

1:11:55 ↗ uh 1995 Issaquah had their first

1:11:59 ↗ uh comprehensive plan created

1:12:03 ↗ and then in 2020 as I mentioned there's

1:12:05 ↗ an update and that was related to the

1:12:07 ↗ adoption of the mobility master plan and

1:12:09 ↗ they wanted to match the language uh so

1:12:12 ↗ there wasn't any weird uh disparities

1:12:15 ↗ between the two plans guiding the city

1:12:17 ↗ and then as I mentioned 2024 is the next

1:12:20 ↗ state mandated update

1:12:22 ↗ next we have the capital Improvement

1:12:24 ↗ plan

1:12:25 ↗ this is a list of all City projects this

1:12:28 ↗ is updated every two years we're very

1:12:30 ↗ familiar with that

1:12:32 ↗ there is the transportation Improvement

1:12:34 ↗ program this is updated every year as

1:12:36 ↗ opposed to every two years and this is

1:12:38 ↗ nestled within the con the capital

1:12:40 ↗ Improvement plan but specifically

1:12:43 ↗ related to Transportation projects

1:12:47 ↗ in 2012 the central Issaquah plane was

1:12:50 ↗ adopted uh so the the quote in the plane

1:12:55 ↗ is this plan uh guides will Guide

1:12:57 ↗ central Issaquah from a collection of

1:12:59 ↗ strip malls and Office Buildings to a

1:13:01 ↗ more lovable sustainable and balanced

1:13:03 ↗ use of urban area serving everyday

1:13:05 ↗ essentials to Residents employees and

1:13:07 ↗ visitors

1:13:09 ↗ um this was created through a task force

1:13:11 ↗ uh it was a task force Property Owners

1:13:13 ↗ business owners environmentalists of

1:13:15 ↗ interests citizens uh this is a really

1:13:18 ↗ interesting plan especially to me uh

1:13:20 ↗ because this is a good view of where the

1:13:24 ↗ city wants to take

1:13:25 ↗ uh kind of that Central business

1:13:27 ↗ district uh around I-90

1:13:30 ↗ where uh we have a lot of strip malls we

1:13:33 ↗ have the Costco campus but we really uh

1:13:37 ↗ the goal is to kind of make it a new

1:13:40 ↗ Urban core which is very cool

1:13:43 ↗ next we have the Walk and Roll plan this

1:13:45 ↗ was from 2014 uh essentially preparing

1:13:49 ↗ the City of Issaquah to be the greatest

1:13:51 ↗ one of the greatest block of bikeable

1:13:53 ↗ little cities on the planet this is a

1:13:54 ↗ very aspirational

1:13:56 ↗ document and I uh it involved many many

1:13:58 ↗ stakeholders

1:14:00 ↗ um and it really kind of uh

1:14:03 ↗ for me it was sort of a first iteration

1:14:06 ↗ of the mobility master plan kind of

1:14:09 ↗ bringing these ideas of how to uh give

1:14:13 ↗ people more options on how to

1:14:15 ↗ uh you know options to ride their bike

1:14:18 ↗ and walk around the city

1:14:20 ↗ and this brings a lot of policy

1:14:22 ↗ enhancements enhancements and plan

1:14:25 ↗ integration kind of all into what into

1:14:27 ↗ one spot just like the mobility master

1:14:29 ↗ plan

1:14:30 ↗ uh would a couple years later

1:14:35 ↗ uh touch on the park strategic plan uh

1:14:38 ↗ its vision is to connect residents and

1:14:40 ↗ visitors to Nature and each other

1:14:42 ↗ through vibrant parks and trail system

1:14:44 ↗ within the city neighborhoods and

1:14:46 ↗ Regional lands that provide uh and

1:14:48 ↗ recreate outdoor activities for balanced

1:14:51 ↗ healthy and inclusive Mountain Lake and

1:14:53 ↗ Valley Community

1:14:58 ↗ we have our uh it's called a climate

1:15:00 ↗ action plan this was adopted in 2021 and

1:15:03 ↗ this is simply a plan simply it's not

1:15:06 ↗ simple but it's simply a plan to reduce

1:15:07 ↗ submissions and include Community

1:15:09 ↗ resilience uh to climate impacts

1:15:15 ↗ we also have the our Issaquah strategic

1:15:18 ↗ plan adopted in 2021

1:15:20 ↗ this is basically a overarching

1:15:23 ↗ strategic approach to meeting Community

1:15:25 ↗ goals and it looks at six strategic

1:15:28 ↗ priority areas Mobility growth and

1:15:30 ↗ development environmental stewardship

1:15:32 ↗ social and economic Vitality City

1:15:35 ↗ leadership and services

1:15:39 ↗ ability master plan 2021 we'll talk

1:15:42 ↗ about that in a bit we'll really dive

1:15:44 ↗ into that

1:15:45 ↗ and then I also wanted to note that we

1:15:47 ↗ have a new ish Equity framework it was

1:15:50 ↗ adopted last year and we've been

1:15:52 ↗ starting to put it uh to use to work in

1:15:55 ↗ our projects

1:15:57 ↗ uh and it's it's 13 self-reflection

1:15:59 ↗ questions for Community design making

1:16:02 ↗ um really uh at the city we want to uh

1:16:07 ↗ be really intentional with uh when we're

1:16:10 ↗ creating projects and policies uh to

1:16:13 ↗ kind of put put it up against uh that

1:16:16 ↗ framework

1:16:17 ↗ okay

1:16:19 ↗ plans are done

1:16:21 ↗ uh I also wanted to touch on our

1:16:24 ↗ ordinances and Municipal Code system uh

1:16:27 ↗ this is our actually a newer website uh

1:16:30 ↗ at least in this uh

1:16:32 ↗ format so if you're ever interested in

1:16:36 ↗ either falling asleep very quickly at

1:16:38 ↗ night

1:16:39 ↗ or uh just looking up specific codes

1:16:42 ↗ this is where you would go I think a

1:16:45 ↗ simple Google search will take you here

1:16:46 ↗ but uh if you want to note it it's it's

1:16:50 ↗ https uh forward slash is full dot codes

1:16:59 ↗ uh we have several Regional Partnerships

1:17:02 ↗ here at the City of Issaquah Washington

1:17:04 ↗ County Metro and Sound Transit

1:17:09 ↗ watchdot of course is the uh the state

1:17:13 ↗ agency that takes care of our major

1:17:15 ↗ roads within uh within the state

1:17:19 ↗ and specifically here in Issaquah we're

1:17:22 ↗ looking at Interstate 90 and State Route

1:17:24 ↗ 900. so any projects that or requests

1:17:27 ↗ from the community that could pop up

1:17:29 ↗ related to ramps uh sr900 or I-90

1:17:35 ↗ these all are within the purview of

1:17:37 ↗ washdot they're for all those requests

1:17:39 ↗ would need to go there

1:17:47 ↗ a lot

1:17:49 ↗ we also work with watchdot on the

1:17:52 ↗ commuter production program that's

1:17:53 ↗ another program that I manage uh that's

1:17:56 ↗ that's a state mandate through uh the

1:17:59 ↗ growth management act era the 1990 that

1:18:03 ↗ basically requires all businesses over

1:18:05 ↗ 100 employees to

1:18:08 ↗ provide alternative modes or options to

1:18:12 ↗ work whether that includes providing

1:18:15 ↗ worker passes or you know bike parking

1:18:18 ↗ or anything like that

1:18:22 ↗ of course we're all familiar with King

1:18:24 ↗ County Metro and Sound Transit they have

1:18:26 ↗ a pretty I would say a very robust

1:18:29 ↗ Network within the region region

1:18:31 ↗ specifically here in Issaquah this is

1:18:33 ↗ our current system some of these routes

1:18:36 ↗ will be going away in the fall due to

1:18:39 ↗ budget cuts and Driver shortage

1:18:42 ↗ unfortunately we talked about that a

1:18:44 ↗ little bit a little bit earlier earlier

1:18:48 ↗ um

1:18:50 ↗ and I also wanted to note that this is

1:18:54 ↗ going to be the future of the system

1:18:57 ↗ within Issaquah so as you'll notice and

1:19:00 ↗ you know Metroplex uh so with Metroflex

1:19:03 ↗ uh that this would continue Metroplex

1:19:06 ↗ will continue to expand the uh the

1:19:10 ↗ coverage of this area

1:19:13 ↗ um and uh because obviously the coverage

1:19:17 ↗ is shrinking a little bit

1:19:21 ↗ it seems like Metro and sand Transit are

1:19:24 ↗ employing a a frequency model over

1:19:27 ↗ coverage within Transit planning you

1:19:30 ↗ have to kind of look at your resources

1:19:31 ↗ and it seems like they want to provide

1:19:34 ↗ quick uh efficient uh

1:19:39 ↗ a service to to this area

1:19:42 ↗ um and that does sacrifice coverage of

1:19:45 ↗ the whole area so we as a city are

1:19:47 ↗ always trying to figure out different

1:19:48 ↗ ways to get people into that system

1:19:52 ↗ this system will take effect uh once

1:19:55 ↗ EastLink goes online whenever that

1:19:58 ↗ happens right now it's 2025 I think uh

1:20:02 ↗ but we'll we'll see

1:20:04 ↗ and then of course the the thing that is

1:20:07 ↗ coming uh hopefully uh within the next

1:20:11 ↗ 20 years or so

1:20:12 ↗ hopefully uh is the the

1:20:17 ↗ Link light rail stop

1:20:19 ↗ ending here in Issaquah

1:20:22 ↗ um which is very exciting and of course

1:20:24 ↗ we're doing a ton of work at the city to

1:20:27 ↗ really try to orient uh city worker band

1:20:32 ↗ moving to this goal

1:20:35 ↗ okay

1:20:37 ↗ uh I would love to dive into the

1:20:40 ↗ mobility master plan specifically this

1:20:43 ↗ is such a massive guiding document this

1:20:46 ↗ is really what we uh at least we as city

1:20:50 ↗ employees

1:20:51 ↗ in the transportation sphere really

1:20:53 ↗ reference and uh and look at

1:20:57 ↗ um Stephen Padua is so kindly here this

1:21:01 ↗ evening to provide me a little bit of

1:21:04 ↗ backup but also kindly

1:21:07 ↗ accepted my my request that can give a

1:21:11 ↗ little bit of history since he was

1:21:12 ↗ highly involved in the process of

1:21:15 ↗ creating it so I'll give Steven the

1:21:17 ↗ floor now

1:21:18 ↗ everyone can can everyone hear me okay

1:21:23 ↗ okay so the mobility master plan the the

1:21:26 ↗ project itself started back in 2019 when

1:21:29 ↗ I was around when I first hired with the

1:21:32 ↗ city

1:21:32 ↗ put the discussions on

1:21:35 ↗ getting the project funded and and

1:21:38 ↗ initiating a master plan like this for

1:21:41 ↗ the transportation system in this club

1:21:42 ↗ actually goes back to about 2016 2017.

1:21:46 ↗ following some Investments the city made

1:21:48 ↗ around Transit it's a 200 being one of

1:21:51 ↗ them

1:21:52 ↗ and the city wanted to look a little bit

1:21:55 ↗ broadly on how it was going to be

1:21:58 ↗ connecting the The Walk and Roll system

1:22:01 ↗ the transit system the the auto system

1:22:03 ↗ and everything in between so the council

1:22:08 ↗ funded the transportation planner

1:22:10 ↗ position and the the mobility master

1:22:12 ↗ plan projects

1:22:14 ↗ which then started in 2019 and kicked

1:22:17 ↗ off the conversations on how are we now

1:22:19 ↗ connecting all these different dots in

1:22:22 ↗ the system how were essentially in

1:22:25 ↗ separate plans before that point and so

1:22:28 ↗ the whole effort on the Millennium match

1:22:30 ↗ plan was really the consolidation of a

1:22:32 ↗ lot of those planning efforts the goals

1:22:34 ↗ and policy established in the Walk and

1:22:36 ↗ Roll plan the goals established the

1:22:38 ↗ policies established in the chestation

1:22:40 ↗ element and some of the transit

1:22:42 ↗ discussions and Investments that the

1:22:43 ↗ city had really committed to prior to

1:22:46 ↗ that prior to that point

1:22:53 ↗ thank you thank you

1:22:58 ↗ all right all right

1:23:01 ↗ so diving into the like the format

1:23:04 ↗ format of

1:23:07 ↗ reverbs

1:23:10 ↗ um

1:23:13 ↗ is divided into four separate words so

1:23:15 ↗ it really gets into what Issaquah is

1:23:18 ↗ today or at least 2021 and whatever

1:23:21 ↗ future growth

1:23:23 ↗ is hopefully planned or coming or it

1:23:24 ↗ looks like it's forecasted

1:23:26 ↗ uh it dives into the play and

1:23:28 ↗ development so if you're interested in

1:23:29 ↗ like how did this thing come to be

1:23:31 ↗ um you can go there to look at that tab

1:23:34 ↗ was very highly involved in this project

1:23:36 ↗ process

1:23:37 ↗ um I wish Tom or Cynthia were here

1:23:40 ↗ because they were they were here uh

1:23:43 ↗ during the the process of uh

1:23:46 ↗ going through the mobility master plan

1:23:48 ↗ as as it was created

1:23:50 ↗ um

1:23:51 ↗ but sadly they are not

1:23:54 ↗ so I'll do my best to fill in those gaps

1:23:56 ↗ a little bit

1:23:57 ↗ uh and then we'll really dive into the

1:23:59 ↗ goals and policies of the mobility

1:24:01 ↗ master plan

1:24:03 ↗ um and we wanted to provide this

1:24:05 ↗ information to you tonight specifically

1:24:07 ↗ because

1:24:09 ↗ um

1:24:10 ↗ I think a lot of your decisions are

1:24:12 ↗ probably or should be probably informed

1:24:15 ↗ on

1:24:17 ↗ the type

1:24:19 ↗ goals and policies sorry and then I'll

1:24:22 ↗ look at the plan information

1:24:23 ↗ implementation as well

1:24:25 ↗ so

1:24:28 ↗ looking at the guiding principles here

1:24:32 ↗ um so the there are six guiding

1:24:35 ↗ principles that Issaquah has established

1:24:37 ↗ uh for Mobility

1:24:39 ↗ uh one

1:24:40 ↗ improve uh mobility within a squats day

1:24:45 ↗ prepare for growth

1:24:46 ↗ better connect Issaquah with the region

1:24:49 ↗ promote environmentally sustainable

1:24:52 ↗ Mobility invest wisely

1:24:55 ↗ and anticipate transformation

1:25:09 ↗ sorry I'm gonna go back to this because

1:25:11 ↗ I forgot a couple of points so with this

1:25:13 ↗ squad today and future growth

1:25:15 ↗ um basically current current Mobility

1:25:17 ↗ conditions within Issa and planned

1:25:19 ↗ growth and Regional Transportation

1:25:20 ↗ infrastructure these are the definitions

1:25:22 ↗ within it that I want to include

1:25:24 ↗ uh plan development

1:25:27 ↗ um how input from Community leaders

1:25:30 ↗ boards and commissions in the city

1:25:31 ↗ council was sought and incorporated into

1:25:33 ↗ the mobility master plan

1:25:35 ↗ goals and policies these are the guiding

1:25:37 ↗ principles for the the mobility master

1:25:39 ↗ plan and policies adopted within the

1:25:41 ↗ comprehensive Transportation element

1:25:43 ↗ uh and actions to enact them and plan

1:25:47 ↗ implementation looking at funding

1:25:49 ↗ sources prioritized projects and next

1:25:52 ↗ steps from MMP

1:25:54 ↗ kind of repeated myself that I wanted to

1:25:56 ↗ make sure I got those points in

1:25:58 ↗ okay looking at the guiding principles

1:26:01 ↗ so first improving mobility within is

1:26:03 ↗ squat today the goal this principle

1:26:06 ↗ really wants to provide safe accessible

1:26:08 ↗ connections within Issaquah to provide

1:26:10 ↗ near-term benefit to people of all ages

1:26:13 ↗ abilities incomes and backgrounds using

1:26:15 ↗ all travel options

1:26:18 ↗ uh preparing for growth this is looking

1:26:22 ↗ to coordinate Transportation with land

1:26:23 ↗ use for anticipated growth by building a

1:26:26 ↗ compute complete multimodal Network that

1:26:28 ↗ fix fits the context of this squad's

1:26:31 ↗ neighborhoods

1:26:32 ↗ better connected Supply with the region

1:26:35 ↗ this is looking to leverage Regional

1:26:37 ↗ Investments and prepare for light rail

1:26:39 ↗ to better connect is Supply with the

1:26:40 ↗ region

1:26:43 ↗ promote environmentally sustainable

1:26:45 ↗ Mobility

1:26:47 ↗ this is all about embracing and

1:26:49 ↗ environmentally responsible

1:26:50 ↗ transportation system to protect this

1:26:52 ↗ squad's natural environment

1:26:55 ↗ investing wisely

1:26:57 ↗ apply sustainable funding practices

1:26:59 ↗ including prioritizing system

1:27:01 ↗ maintenance and maintenance alongside

1:27:03 ↗ Capital Investments to best leverage

1:27:06 ↗ prior Investments

1:27:08 ↗ and lastly anticipating transformation

1:27:13 ↗ uh develop a transportation system that

1:27:16 ↗ enables new technologies emerging

1:27:18 ↗ Transportation options and economic

1:27:20 ↗ trends

1:27:22 ↗ okay

1:27:25 ↗ now we can get into the goals and

1:27:27 ↗ policies

1:27:28 ↗ so

1:27:29 ↗ um

1:27:30 ↗ goals and policies are divided up into

1:27:32 ↗ these seven buckets proactive safety

1:27:35 ↗ quality of life mobile multi multimodal

1:27:39 ↗ balanced Network walking bicycling

1:27:41 ↗ Transit and automobile

1:27:47 ↗ so this first area of proactive safety

1:27:51 ↗ the goal is to provide safe and

1:27:54 ↗ uncomfortable streets that encourage

1:27:55 ↗ people to travel by walking by bicycling

1:27:57 ↗ in transit uh each section also looks at

1:28:01 ↗ The Guiding principles address and

1:28:04 ↗ basically evaluates if this area ticks

1:28:07 ↗ ticks the box for for all of them uh not

1:28:11 ↗ all these uh goals and policies uh tick

1:28:15 ↗ every box but

1:28:17 ↗ um and they in in creating when creating

1:28:20 ↗ the mobility master plan I think wanted

1:28:22 ↗ to uh be transparent about that

1:28:27 ↗ so the first policy uh policy 1.1 is

1:28:31 ↗ Implement safety improvements at

1:28:34 ↗ locations with the history of severe and

1:28:36 ↗ or fatal collisions

1:28:38 ↗ policy 1.2

1:28:40 ↗ develop and adopt a vision zero

1:28:42 ↗ ordinance an action plan to end traffic

1:28:45 ↗ deaths and serious injuries on his quest

1:28:47 ↗ streets and coordinate with the State of

1:28:49 ↗ Washington's Target zero plan

1:28:52 ↗ we've begun a little bit of the target

1:28:54 ↗ zero plan we do we have not adopted a

1:28:57 ↗ vision zero ordinance but we are I

1:29:00 ↗ believe in kind of the beginning stages

1:29:02 ↗ of at least taking a look at that

1:29:05 ↗ 1.3 established safer vehicle speeds and

1:29:09 ↗ calm traffic where appropriate

1:29:10 ↗ especially using proven traffic calming

1:29:13 ↗ measures uh this is another program that

1:29:15 ↗ I am in charge of and working on a a

1:29:19 ↗ rewrite of the policy because it is not

1:29:21 ↗ meeting our needs at the moment

1:29:26 ↗ okay moving on to this uh second area

1:29:30 ↗ uh climate and quality of life so goal

1:29:32 ↗ design Mobility to improve outcomes for

1:29:35 ↗ the environment for public health and

1:29:37 ↗ for Equitable access to resources and

1:29:39 ↗ opportunities

1:29:42 ↗ uh policy 2.1

1:29:45 ↗ looks to achieve a 15 increase of

1:29:49 ↗ non-drive alone mode share from 2017

1:29:51 ↗ bubbles to 2030.

1:29:54 ↗ the next one achieve a 20 reduction in

1:29:57 ↗ vehicle miles traveled VMT from 2017

1:30:00 ↗ Levels by 2030 in alignment with the k4c

1:30:04 ↗ goal which I now I realize I don't know

1:30:07 ↗ what the k for Seagull is Stephen do you

1:30:10 ↗ possibly have that information

1:30:15 ↗ if he's there

1:30:17 ↗ it's the King County for climate actions

1:30:21 ↗ cool

1:30:25 ↗ that's great

1:30:26 ↗ oh we lost a video on the room

1:30:37 ↗ there we go awesome thank you

1:30:42 ↗ um

1:30:43 ↗ 2.3 increase the use of electric

1:30:46 ↗ vehicles and support increase fuel

1:30:48 ↗ efficiency to reduce Transportation

1:30:50 ↗ related emissions and provide cleaner

1:30:52 ↗ and healthy air healthier air for our

1:30:54 ↗ residents

1:30:55 ↗ 2.4 expand Transportation access to

1:30:58 ↗ Services job and activities for seniors

1:31:01 ↗ people with disabilities and low-income

1:31:02 ↗ residents

1:31:04 ↗ and 2.5 is support the implementation of

1:31:07 ↗ the park strategic plan including the

1:31:09 ↗ development of the green necklace and

1:31:11 ↗ full and connected Regional Trail system

1:31:12 ↗ and secondary Trail connections this is

1:31:15 ↗ the reason why we want to include the

1:31:17 ↗ parks plan on the on this training is

1:31:21 ↗ because it is called out in the mobility

1:31:23 ↗ master plan as a central part of of

1:31:27 ↗ Transportation within the city

1:31:35 ↗ multimodal balance system so the goal of

1:31:37 ↗ this area is to develop a multimodal

1:31:40 ↗ balanced transportation system that will

1:31:41 ↗ support increased Transportation options

1:31:43 ↗ for the Issaquah community

1:31:48 ↗ the first policy around this one is to

1:31:50 ↗ build a connected Street grid that

1:31:52 ↗ prioritizes the movement of people and

1:31:54 ↗ goods you've gotten a little bit of that

1:31:57 ↗ from Thomasville drizz with his uh

1:32:01 ↗ Street standards presentations that he's

1:32:03 ↗ presented to you

1:32:07 ↗ uh invests wisely in a new

1:32:09 ↗ Transportation projects and prioritize

1:32:11 ↗ funding to maintain existing

1:32:13 ↗ infrastructure

1:32:16 ↗ and 3.3 established a network of streets

1:32:19 ↗ that are constructed and operated to

1:32:20 ↗ meet the needs and of and enable

1:32:23 ↗ Equitable comfortable and safe access

1:32:24 ↗ for all users

1:32:32 ↗ uh we're going to walking uh build a

1:32:36 ↗ system that enhances a local community

1:32:39 ↗ connectivity and is tailored to

1:32:40 ↗ prioritize a comfortable walking Network

1:32:44 ↗ um first policy around this is a

1:32:47 ↗ connected complete pedestrian Network

1:32:49 ↗ shall be provided to meet potential

1:32:51 ↗ pedestrian demand based on context and

1:32:54 ↗ nearby amenities

1:32:57 ↗ and uh the second one is building a safe

1:33:00 ↗ and connected walking networks around

1:33:02 ↗ schools which some work a lot of work

1:33:04 ↗ has been done around both of these uh I

1:33:07 ↗ I think we all would agree there's more

1:33:09 ↗ work to be done on that though

1:33:14 ↗ bicycling

1:33:15 ↗ uh it

1:33:16 ↗ the goal here is develop a bicycle

1:33:18 ↗ Network that attracts people of all ages

1:33:20 ↗ ages and abilities and provides access

1:33:23 ↗ to destinations throughout the community

1:33:26 ↗ first policy here is to establish the

1:33:29 ↗ priority by certain Network

1:33:31 ↗ figure 12. somewhere in there to connect

1:33:34 ↗ a made to Major destinations Transit

1:33:37 ↗ hubs residential and employment centers

1:33:39 ↗ and the central Issaquah regional growth

1:33:42 ↗ Center

1:33:44 ↗ and uh 5.2 increase the use of electric

1:33:49 ↗ bicycles to support bicycle abuse in

1:33:52 ↗ neighborhoods with bills that are

1:33:53 ↗ challenging for standard bicycle use

1:33:55 ↗ we are doing uh some work around this uh

1:34:00 ↗ so for me I'm specifically heading up a

1:34:02 ↗ project in the squawk neighborhood

1:34:05 ↗ to hopefully bring a little bit more

1:34:09 ↗ bicycle accessibility to the squawk

1:34:13 ↗ neighborhood

1:34:14 ↗ um but yeah encouraging the use of

1:34:16 ↗ e-bikes is also uh it's it's been such a

1:34:20 ↗ major breakthrough in technology and if

1:34:22 ↗ we can

1:34:24 ↗ we as a city can uh increase the use of

1:34:27 ↗ those e-bikes I think

1:34:29 ↗ um people be a lot more comfortable

1:34:31 ↗ moving in and out of the hilly

1:34:33 ↗ neighborhoods that we have

1:34:38 ↗ with Transit uh Advance the transit

1:34:41 ↗ system to connect the region and improve

1:34:43 ↗ access to transit for all community

1:34:45 ↗ members

1:34:47 ↗ um

1:34:48 ↗ these are pretty straightforward policy

1:34:50 ↗ 6.1 prepare for high capacity Transit

1:34:53 ↗ to provide safe non-motorized

1:34:56 ↗ connections to Transit facilities which

1:35:00 ↗ we talked about today

1:35:02 ↗ um and then 6.3 expand Transit access to

1:35:05 ↗ neighborhoods that are not currently

1:35:06 ↗ served by transit again this is why the

1:35:10 ↗ city has been looking to provide access

1:35:13 ↗ to squawk and tell us neighborhood

1:35:15 ↗ specifically because they they have not

1:35:18 ↗ been served by transit and will be

1:35:20 ↗ highly it's highly unlikely that they

1:35:22 ↗ will ever be served by transit based on

1:35:25 ↗ the topography and the nature of the

1:35:27 ↗ roads

1:35:28 ↗ so trying to figure out alternatives to

1:35:33 ↗ um

1:35:35 ↗ two buses basically

1:35:42 ↗ and finally we have auto travel

1:35:46 ↗ um so this this one is uh about creating

1:35:51 ↗ a balanced roadway system that is

1:35:53 ↗ carefully coordinated with land use and

1:35:55 ↗ prioritizes the movement of people and

1:35:57 ↗ goods

1:35:59 ↗ so seven point what these are when the

1:36:02 ↗ policies get a little bit more tricky so

1:36:05 ↗ um 7.1 says uh is 84 concurrency

1:36:09 ↗ intersections should meet the level of

1:36:12 ↗ service standard defined for that

1:36:13 ↗ facility

1:36:15 ↗ 7.2 greater levels of Auto delay may be

1:36:19 ↗ permissible or mitigations to improve

1:36:21 ↗ intersection level service would degrade

1:36:23 ↗ conditions for people

1:36:26 ↗ sorry for people using other modes or

1:36:29 ↗ would result in projects that are

1:36:31 ↗ unaffordable to the city

1:36:34 ↗ um

1:36:34 ↗ so even though we do want to create a a

1:36:39 ↗ roadway system that you know is smooth

1:36:43 ↗ and provides Mobility automobility

1:36:47 ↗ for for

1:36:49 ↗ um

1:36:49 ↗ throughout the city sorry

1:36:52 ↗ um the

1:36:53 ↗ there is a caveat that says in this

1:36:57 ↗ specific plan that uh if if other modes

1:37:01 ↗ are degraded

1:37:02 ↗ uh by

1:37:04 ↗ said intersection improvements then uh

1:37:07 ↗ then then the city has the right to

1:37:10 ↗ basically allow that auto delay to

1:37:13 ↗ happen

1:37:15 ↗ and on 7.3 adopt a parking Management

1:37:18 ↗ program for Old Town at Issaquah

1:37:19 ↗ Highlands to encourage efficient use of

1:37:21 ↗ existing public parking Supply while

1:37:23 ↗ balancing the needs of businesses

1:37:25 ↗ Transit users and community members

1:37:28 ↗ which we have not done as of yet

1:37:32 ↗ and I don't know

1:37:34 ↗ when that would ever happen but we'll

1:37:36 ↗ find out

1:37:40 ↗ okay okay

1:37:41 ↗ thanks for sitting through all the

1:37:43 ↗ policies

1:37:45 ↗ um moving on to what have we been

1:37:47 ↗ actually doing

1:37:49 ↗ um since this was adopted

1:37:51 ↗ so uh this is the the Implement

1:37:54 ↗ implementation timeline that was

1:37:56 ↗ included in the mobility master plan at

1:37:59 ↗ this point

1:38:01 ↗ uh these two are done so so far we do

1:38:04 ↗ have a complete streets policy

1:38:06 ↗ and we've moved to incorporate Mobility

1:38:09 ↗ master plan projects into the 2021 and

1:38:12 ↗ Beyond Capital Improvement plan

1:38:17 ↗ quite a few ongoing things uh

1:38:20 ↗ uh have have quite a few ongoing topics

1:38:24 ↗ so uh

1:38:26 ↗ we've been obviously holding Community

1:38:28 ↗ conversations on the transit system

1:38:29 ↗ that's what uh that's what Thomas has

1:38:32 ↗ been working on as well as the

1:38:34 ↗ conversations on like light rail

1:38:38 ↗ um traffic calming policy uh was meant

1:38:41 ↗ to be done in 2022 but uh just due to

1:38:45 ↗ staffing issues I ended up taking that

1:38:47 ↗ on so that's ongoing right now

1:38:50 ↗ uh you've also obviously been dealing

1:38:53 ↗ with the street standards and and all

1:38:55 ↗ that goes with that

1:38:58 ↗ uh and then of course just like tab

1:39:00 ↗ reviewing Transportation projects which

1:39:02 ↗ we have been doing

1:39:04 ↗ um so that's going to be ongoing forever

1:39:08 ↗ hopefully

1:39:10 ↗ and then of course continuing with

1:39:11 ↗ projects you know that are in progress

1:39:13 ↗ and then pursuing new priority projects

1:39:16 ↗ sure you can tell that we're even doing

1:39:18 ↗ that

1:39:19 ↗ uh in the future uh there there may be a

1:39:23 ↗ pedestrian hopefully a pedestrian

1:39:24 ↗ crossing the policy and uh and then of

1:39:27 ↗ course just like updating the mobility

1:39:29 ↗ master plan with Transit Improvement

1:39:31 ↗ projects going into the future

1:39:34 ↗ and then there was this idea to propose

1:39:37 ↗ a neighborhood Improvement program uh

1:39:40 ↗ that project is on hold kind of

1:39:42 ↗ indefinitely we're not really sure

1:39:44 ↗ ultimately how it would integrate into

1:39:47 ↗ uh the the future of the transportation

1:39:51 ↗ uh programs that we have at the city

1:39:54 ↗ um so we made the determination I think

1:39:57 ↗ late last year to kind of put that whole

1:40:00 ↗ project on hold to see if

1:40:03 ↗ other uh types of programs kind of more

1:40:06 ↗ organically fill in the gaps that uh

1:40:08 ↗ that one would have

1:40:13 ↗ um so talking with Cynthia she she was

1:40:16 ↗ very uh excited and sad that she

1:40:18 ↗ couldn't be here but she was very

1:40:19 ↗ excited to talk about the project

1:40:21 ↗ evaluation criteria so this is the area

1:40:24 ↗ of the mobility master plan that tab I

1:40:27 ↗ think had maybe the most spent the most

1:40:29 ↗ time uh with

1:40:32 ↗ um so basically it's uh it was the city

1:40:37 ↗ wanted to put together a literal scoring

1:40:39 ↗ criteria of projects uh to to uh to

1:40:45 ↗ ensure that

1:40:46 ↗ um the one the projects with the that

1:40:49 ↗ most aligned with City goals occurred

1:40:52 ↗ maybe faster than uh other ones that

1:40:56 ↗ maybe scored lower it's not always true

1:40:58 ↗ but sort of General the general rule

1:41:03 ↗ um the project evaluation criteria

1:41:05 ↗ matches the uh the goals of of the

1:41:10 ↗ mobility master plan

1:41:12 ↗ um I'm not going to run through all this

1:41:15 ↗ um but I will say that uh John Mortensen

1:41:18 ↗ specifically when he said that uh when

1:41:21 ↗ he goes to put new projects into the to

1:41:25 ↗ the tip the translation Improvement

1:41:27 ↗ program

1:41:28 ↗ uh he has used this scoring criteria to

1:41:32 ↗ uh to to basically put a score onto to

1:41:36 ↗ new projects

1:41:37 ↗ so he's the type of scoring uh that uh

1:41:42 ↗ that these projects get and again tabs

1:41:45 ↗ spent so much time with this specific

1:41:47 ↗ area I'm sure I'm sure Steven can attest

1:41:50 ↗ to that

1:41:52 ↗ um

1:41:53 ↗ and each again each one sort of uh

1:41:57 ↗ uh Quantified

1:41:59 ↗ each area as far as its strengths and

1:42:02 ↗ non-strings

1:42:14 ↗ okay

1:42:16 ↗ well I got for you I know I threw a lot

1:42:18 ↗ of information at you

1:42:19 ↗ I tried to make it as exciting as

1:42:21 ↗ possible I don't think it really was but

1:42:24 ↗ um these uh the mobile Mobility master

1:42:27 ↗ plan is uh

1:42:29 ↗ it's just a really important document

1:42:31 ↗ and I am I encourage you all to to go

1:42:33 ↗ back and read it periodically or at

1:42:35 ↗ least peruse it periodically

1:42:37 ↗ um because it really does inform the

1:42:39 ↗ direction that this squad wants to take

1:42:41 ↗ its transportation system and what its

1:42:43 ↗ priorities are

1:42:45 ↗ um

1:42:46 ↗ so I think I'll probably uh

1:42:51 ↗ well actually let me I have one more

1:42:54 ↗ thing that I wanted to note

1:42:56 ↗ that I forgot to write down or at least

1:42:59 ↗ write down in my notes so let me go grab

1:43:01 ↗ that there were a couple of things that

1:43:03 ↗ Cynthia specifically wanted to note were

1:43:06 ↗ not in the the mobility master plan

1:43:11 ↗ um the first thing is uh specifically

1:43:14 ↗ Equity Equity is not a specific section

1:43:17 ↗ within the mobility master plan uh

1:43:20 ↗ however it was sort of it's it's

1:43:22 ↗ interspersed throughout the whole thing

1:43:25 ↗ um looking at those type you know those

1:43:27 ↗ questions of uh

1:43:29 ↗ Buddhist the transportation system serve

1:43:31 ↗ who shouldn't serve what gaps are we

1:43:34 ↗ looking at

1:43:35 ↗ and there's a good chance that when the

1:43:37 ↗ mobility master plan is Revisited in the

1:43:39 ↗ future

1:43:41 ↗ um

1:43:41 ↗ I would say there's probably a decent

1:43:43 ↗ chance that an equity section would be

1:43:44 ↗ added

1:43:45 ↗ um so she wanted to note that

1:43:47 ↗ and then the other uh thing that uh she

1:43:50 ↗ wanted to note was uh the how cars and

1:43:56 ↗ Automobiles are addressed within the

1:43:58 ↗ mobility master plan you'll probably

1:44:01 ↗ notice that it's not it's not a cover

1:44:03 ↗ it's not a car-centric document uh it

1:44:06 ↗ acknowledges the essential piece that

1:44:10 ↗ vehicles have within the city

1:44:15 ↗ um but really surprised to uh

1:44:18 ↗ really tries to balance the whole thing

1:44:21 ↗ um so she wanted to know that as well

1:44:25 ↗ um

1:44:26 ↗ does anyone have any questions

1:44:30 ↗ or have I bored you out of your minds

1:44:36 ↗ great okay I will stop sharing

1:44:40 ↗ and I will hand it over to Julian to

1:44:44 ↗ wrap us out

1:44:48 ↗ thanks for the presentation John does

1:44:50 ↗ anyone have any questions

1:44:56 ↗ I guess we don't what about a work plan

1:45:00 ↗ where we're going to cover the work plan

1:45:02 ↗ yeah that's uh after this item oh yeah

1:45:07 ↗ um

1:45:08 ↗ well I guess you did a comprehensive job

1:45:11 ↗ of covering

1:45:12 ↗ the building Master Plan again I would

1:45:14 ↗ encourage

1:45:15 ↗ especially you know the newer members to

1:45:18 ↗ look through the documents and and read

1:45:21 ↗ through what was basically this this was

1:45:25 ↗ one of the first things that to have

1:45:27 ↗ worked on on those creative so

1:45:31 ↗ um especially from that 2019 to 2021

1:45:34 ↗ period and then when I jumped on

1:45:37 ↗ the place we start concerning

1:45:39 ↗ implementation of it and then now it's

1:45:41 ↗ different one-off projects but

1:45:43 ↗ everything really started started with

1:45:45 ↗ that

1:45:46 ↗ um

1:45:47 ↗ you know I met Pete so I would really

1:45:49 ↗ encourage everyone to read through it

1:45:53 ↗ um and with that we can move to reports

1:45:55 ↗ and board work plan

1:46:08 ↗ all right so

1:46:13 ↗ um looking ahead in the next few months

1:46:16 ↗ uh next I know I teased maybe having

1:46:19 ↗ July off I'm sorry it's not going to

1:46:21 ↗ happen a lot of things popped up uh over

1:46:24 ↗ the next month or the last month or so

1:46:27 ↗ um so uh first of all Thomas valdris

1:46:30 ↗ will be back uh to introduce uh Light

1:46:34 ↗ Rail planning I think we're going to do

1:46:36 ↗ a similar thing to what we did with

1:46:38 ↗ Metroplex uh kind of do an introduction

1:46:40 ↗ like think about it think about it and

1:46:43 ↗ then we'll come back and go back and do

1:46:44 ↗ a kind of a more room

1:46:48 ↗ and then the the biggest thing that

1:46:50 ↗ we'll be looking at is uh

1:46:53 ↗ a presentation by uh Dale again

1:46:57 ↗ remember her last name uh

1:47:00 ↗ and she wanted to present on the Ada

1:47:03 ↗ transition plan

1:47:05 ↗ um so that's very exciting I'm very

1:47:06 ↗ excited to hear about the work I've been

1:47:09 ↗ doing around that

1:47:11 ↗ August uh Marky crimp yes yeah yes

1:47:16 ↗ um

1:47:17 ↗ the uh August will again be light rail

1:47:21 ↗ planning and then in September I'm

1:47:23 ↗ planning to bring traffic calming to you

1:47:26 ↗ all

1:47:28 ↗ um I know you've been presented on it in

1:47:31 ↗ the past uh Isabelle did a great job

1:47:33 ↗ sort of having a really good discussion

1:47:35 ↗ with you all uh I don't know a year and

1:47:38 ↗ a half ago a year ago

1:47:41 ↗ um and uh

1:47:43 ↗ so now it's my turn I I am working on

1:47:46 ↗ developing the policy itself so I will

1:47:48 ↗ be uh I'll continue to write that over

1:47:50 ↗ the next couple of months and then I

1:47:52 ↗ will be ultimately bringing it to you to

1:47:53 ↗ evaluate

1:47:55 ↗ um

1:47:56 ↗ because we really want to do this uh

1:47:58 ↗ right

1:47:59 ↗ so

1:48:01 ↗ um yeah that's the uh work plan and I'll

1:48:04 ↗ hand it off to Julian again

1:48:07 ↗ and I see I see a hand

1:48:25 ↗ 79 year old right trying to remember uh

1:48:29 ↗ something that's been here all of his

1:48:31 ↗ life about

1:48:32 ↗ the other location

1:48:34 ↗ for this work plan some next month in

1:48:38 ↗ July we're back in the regular building

1:48:40 ↗ yes yeah this month was oh sorry I I cut

1:48:45 ↗ you off I didn't hear you before we go

1:48:47 ↗ back

1:48:48 ↗ we're gonna be back so this is not the

1:48:50 ↗ regular meeting location that you're at

1:48:53 ↗ um

1:48:54 ↗ it was just it was due to the holiday

1:48:55 ↗ that we ran into last week that we had

1:48:58 ↗ to move

1:49:00 ↗ uh move today's meeting to here here so

1:49:04 ↗ where you are

1:49:06 ↗ um so yes we will be back at Tibbetts uh

1:49:09 ↗ Manor next month and hopefully for the

1:49:11 ↗ foreseeable future

1:49:16 ↗ don't come back here

1:49:19 ↗ question yes

1:49:21 ↗ in August since we haven't done it in a

1:49:24 ↗ couple August

1:49:25 ↗ could we make uh our August meeting also

1:49:29 ↗ a little

1:49:30 ↗ uh summer snack uh meeting as well so

1:49:35 ↗ that we get to do things like uh visit

1:49:39 ↗ with one another besides just jumping

1:49:41 ↗ directly into a meeting

1:49:43 ↗ talking about our summer I mean if we

1:49:46 ↗ have to start a literally fine but just

1:49:50 ↗ some camaraderie

1:49:52 ↗ that's something we could definitely

1:49:53 ↗ explore yeah let me write that

1:50:03 ↗ um

1:50:05 ↗ yeah yeah as long as there's poor

1:50:10 ↗ um

1:50:11 ↗ do we have a staff report

1:50:17 ↗ I don't believe I have anything specific

1:50:21 ↗ to report

1:50:22 ↗ um staff side

1:50:25 ↗ [Music]

1:50:25 ↗ um

1:50:26 ↗ Tom yeah Thomas is on his honeymoon so

1:50:29 ↗ he does he is not here uh so he didn't

1:50:32 ↗ have anything to report back on his

1:50:34 ↗ projects but he will of course be back

1:50:36 ↗ next month if you have any questions for

1:50:38 ↗ him

1:50:39 ↗ but no I don't believe I have anything

1:50:41 ↗ else

1:50:43 ↗ uh I will chair more uh no youth report

1:50:47 ↗ uh any other business or announcements

1:50:52 ↗ look

1:50:53 ↗ this room is hot and I'm glad we're not

1:50:55 ↗ meeting you next time

1:50:57 ↗ okay great well in that case uh it will

1:51:00 ↗ be

1:51:01 ↗ adjourned that oh that's why I do have a

1:51:04 ↗ question yeah when is our next meeting

1:51:07 ↗ do you know the dates

1:51:13 ↗ it is

1:51:15 ↗ uh July 26th

1:51:19 ↗ thank you

1:51:20 ↗ okay

1:51:22 ↗ well with that we're James I signed into

1:51:25 ↗ two thanks everybody

1:51:27 ↗ thanks John

1:51:29 ↗ absolutely thank you

1:51:31 ↗ I'm sorry I couldn't be there in person

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Council / Members (5)

Julian Mydlil

Dave Waggoner

Micah Zeitz-Chua

Erika Boyd

Hany Maklad

Staff (5)

John Larson-Friend, Transportation Program Coordinator

Emily Moon, Public Works Director

Andrea Snyder, Deputy City Administrator

Stephen Padua

Chris Grabowski, Deputy City Clerk

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Cynthia Krass

Jeri Bernstein

Tom McDonald

Brian Henry, Metro

Recommendations & actions (4)

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a) There being no proposed changes, the Minutes of May 24, 2023 were approved by unanimous consent.
The board discussed the concept of a community van, which was not one of the recommended solutions following community input in
Board members moved to take a vote on the proposal.
The opposed members cited concerns about service success due to past outcomes, concerns about spending this much money on a pilot project, and requested more data from King County Metro.