TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
GOAL SETTING
Siskiyou Room,
8:00 am to 11:30 am
Summary Minutes
Attendees: Tom Burnham, Eric Heesacker, Steve Hauck, Julia Sommer, Colin Swales (Chair), Brent Thompson, Matt Warshawsky, David Young
Absent: John Gaffey (outgoing Commissioner)
Ex Officio Members: David Chapman
Staff Present: Michael Faught, Jim Olson, Nancy Slocum
1. Call to Order: 8:30 AM by Colin Swales.
2. Commission Roles and Responsibilities:
Commissioners represent the City as well as the Community. Sometimes a commission meeting is a member of the public’s first contact with city government. Sometimes being on a commission is a commissioner’s first contact with government.
Transportation Issues are closely tied with land use issues. Question as to when the Commission should be involved in
A handout on meeting norms was discussed. Commission agreed upon them and will adopt them at their next meeting. They requested that copies of the norms be available to the public at all meetings.
The role of the Chair was discussed. Heesacker asked all Commissioners to help him in his role this year.
Commissioners would like advanced notice on agenda items that require site visits.
Commissioners asked staff to read absent Commissioner’s comments into the record. To get comments into the packet, they must be to staff a week before the meeting on that Monday. Commissioners can ask to postpone an agenda item if it is agreed by staff and the Chair that the item is not time sensitive.
Irregularly scheduled study sessions for the purpose of education was acceptable to the Commission. Video links and/or resource links sent by staff were encouraged. One of staff’s primary goals was to educate the commissioners so they make the most informed decisions.
Brainstormed Goal |
Category |
Complete Safe Routes to School inventory |
Current Staff Goal |
Continue to work w/ODOT on Exit 14 and 19 |
Current Staff Goal |
Transportation-related public call/action taken record |
Staff assignment |
Respond to public’s traffic and transportation-related concerns |
Staff assignment |
Work with |
TC Role |
Define Commission role in relationship to the City Council and Planning Commission |
TC Role |
Accomplish more at meetings |
TC Role |
Update brochure on how City responds to neighborhood traffic issues |
5 E’s |
Develop an educational website with resource links |
5 E’s |
ID realistic traffic safety objectives/projects for the next 2 years |
Goal |
Support RVTD (improve transit service in |
Goal |
Lobby for law change re: whose at fault at bicycle accidents & 3’ Rule |
Goal |
Lobby Police Dept to hire a full time traffic officer |
Goal |
Neighborhood speed control program; education on shared roads |
Goal |
Participate and improved local/regional/state partnerships |
Goal |
More Engineering/Education/Encouragement/Enforcement/Evaluation integrated solutions |
Goal |
Cosponsoring of events (eg: Bike to Work, Bike Swap); how much involvement; form a “Sponsorship Subcommittee”? |
Goal |
Determine use of TC budget; do we want to raise separate funds?; provide TC regular budget reports |
Goal |
Make Commission actions available on city website |
Goal |
“Bike Friendly Community” Program - move from Bronze to Platinum |
Goal |
Improve |
TSP |
Improve cyclists ability to get through the downtown core |
TSP |
Add additional bicycle parking in central business district |
TSP |
Add additional bicycle links (eg: Clay/Tolman, E Main/66, 66/Siskiyou) |
TSP |
Improve alleys for bicycle use |
TSP |
Improve |
TSP |
Decrease speed limit on the bike path |
TSP |
Improve alleys for bicycle use |
TSP |
Improve |
TSP |
Add shoulder on upper Tolman Creek above |
TSP |
Construct sidewalk on south side of Siskiyou from |
TSP |
Lower speed limit on |
TSP |
Define/require shared roads into street design standards |
TSP |
Consider plans for trail easements along existing railroad tracks |
TSP |
Improve |
TSP |
Update paving standards |
TSP |
Make |
TSP & 2 Yr |
Complete Central Bike Path to |
TSP & 2 yr |
Experiment with “Box Stop” |
2 year |
Forced Choice Scoring
Settled on Goal No. of Points
Transportation Commission Goals for 2010-2011
(24 months from April, 2010)
1. TSP Update agreed upon as highest priority
2. Identify two year traffic safety projects 59
3. 5 E’s 49
4. Bike Friendly Community Status 46
5. Local/Regional Partnerships 44
6. Regional Transit 43
4. Adjourn at 11:45 am.