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TransportationCommission | 2007-10-24 | 19 | Future meeting agenda items Staff Khan would like to discuss the thresholds of significance for the environmental review of the Transportation Element at an upcoming meeting. They were also looking at pedestrian, transit and bicycle level of service threshold of significance. Staff has been working with the consultants, Dowling Associates, to refine those items, and will bring the information back in November or December. Staff Khan noted that the Park and Webster Street parking studies may be brought back later. It is currently delayed, He believed it may be brought back in January. Staff Khan noted that a public meeting would be held November 1, 2007, regarding the Fernside Boulevard bike path improvements, for which the City received grant funding. The meeting would be held at Lincoln Middle School at 7:30 p.m. in the Multi-purpose room. Staff Khan wished to address few questions that Chair Knox White posed to him regarding a HUD grant received by the City, as part of the Community Block Grant Program. He noted that as part of the 2005 audit, two concerns were raised: 1. With the money received, the City made improvements to bus stop locations, and the selection criteria had been questioned. The auditors recommended that a process be developed with respect to bus stop improvement selections, particular with respect to different demographics of population regarding income and disabilities; and 2. Some ADA features at the improved bus stops were slightly off They recommended that the City be very careful in the future when making such improvements. It may be necessary to remove some of the sidewalk to comply with the requirements to maintain an appropriate cross-slope. Staff Khan noted that he had received an email from the City Attorney's office, stating that they were negotiating with HUD. They were looking into the voluntary compliance agreement in order to address the concerns raised by HUD; the agreement has not yet been signed. Once it has been signed, the City may have 60 days to bring forth procedures to address the two issues. 9. Adjournment: 10:35 p.m. Transportation Commission Page 19 of 19 | TransportationCommission/2007-10-24.pdf |