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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes September 12t", 2019 Page 5 of 12 Shaida Libhart presented the Transportation Master Plan, or TMP, which she explained was meant to function as a blueprint for transportation project development and to identify funding needs and priorities. There were further details to figure out and studies to conduct after the completion of the TMP. Libhart explained that the TMP had received over 1,500 comments and hundreds of map ideas and that, overall, substantial community involvement helped shape the plan. The TMP contained 4 key policies: 1. Great Streets: Street design coordinated with community needs and land uses. 2. Walkable/Bikeable Places: Network connectivity and accommodations. 3. TOD Guidelines: Opportunities to leverage investments, increase economic development, and support sustainability. 4. Applications for Technology: Utilize technology to increase equitable mobility options and improve efficiency of the network. The TMP contains many projects that fall into the following categories, all of which are meant to work together and focus on safety: 1. Corridor improvements 2. All ages and abilities bicycle network Libhart explained that this category emphasizes safety and connectivity using low - volume, low -speed streets where possible. The plan divides streets into larger streets and neighborhood streets, which allows staff to make sure that neighborhood streets maintain their low -speed, low -volume character. 3. Connectivity and safety improvements 4. Downtown connector trail 5. Transit vision and service needs Brauneis asked if there was an overlay that would help determine the routes students take between home and school. Libhart replied that they did not have specific information on where students live, but they tried to look at where the schools are and look at the primary trails and corridors nearby to create safe routes to schools. She added that there was a program to create safe routes to school in the plan. Libhart noted that intersections were the places with the most crashes and the TMP identified the safety hotspots to focus on, particularly school intersections, key destinations in the city, and trail crossings. The TMP also identified potential underpass locations. Brauneis asked if the TMP gave staff enough to make any aspect of this plan a reality. Ritchie replied that planning staff had spent hours and hours with other department staff, talking about feasibility in these specific places and the plan represented a good collaboration with an outside consultant. 7