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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />May 28, 2019 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />mutli-use paths, the bike network, sidewalks, transit, and the downtown corridor He <br />added the City has great infrastructure in place, and while some projects are needed to <br />address future congestion, many are just incremental improvements <br />Director Zuccaro reviewed the list by category noting some projects are already into the <br />planning process including the Hwy 42 Widening Project. He stated the underpasses are <br />meant to complete regional connections and to separate bicycles and pedestrians from <br />cars. At grade crossing improvements give the City great improvements at a fraction of <br />the cost of underpasses. The majority of these are focused on regional routes and school <br />routes. We have a great network of multi -use paths now and this can improve it. The bike <br />network is for sharing the road safely with bicycles The sidewalk projects include <br />connections and widening The transit projects incudes access and bus stop <br />improvements. Finally, the Downtown connector would be a grade separated connection <br />from the Rec Center to Downtown that could accommodate all users and abilities. <br />Director Zuccaro stated staff completed a rating exercise on the projects as a starting <br />point for consideration He stated staff also looked at various funding scenarios and he <br />reviewed the current funding in the budget for an overview He reviewed next steps <br />including completing the draft and taking it to boards and the public. The Plan will come <br />back for adoption later this summer <br />Councilmember Loo suggested Council conduct a site visit to see each project. <br />Councilmember Maloney stated perhaps Council should rank the projects first as many <br />will fall out due to priority or cost. Director Zuccaro stated if there are specific projects <br />Council wants to visit it can be arranged <br />Councilmember Loo stated she is concerned there was input from advocacy groups to get <br />certain projects done She would rather use empirical data to see what is needed not just <br />want is wanted Director Zuccaro stated the Plan does use empirical data (traffic counts <br />and accident data) where available, however a community -wide TMP is also meant to <br />address community desires and quality of life issues Both of those types of <br />improvements are on this list. Deputy City Manager Davis stated the Plan also includes <br />information about demographic trends, expected growth, and travel demands. Director <br />Zuccaro noted any project that doesn't have Council support can be removed <br />Director Zuccaro stated the number one priority of both residents and Council is Hwy 42 <br />which is the most expensive project. <br />Mayor Muckle stated Council needs to go through the list first to determine how much <br />more information we need on the projects. Many projects are clearly valuable to the <br />community for quality of life issues but are not going to score well on a traffic study level <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated Council needs to identify the policies we want in place and <br />make sure there is a public process. We shouldn't be designing projects or getting into <br />the granular details of the projects The information in the report is not very surprising <br />