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TransportationCommission | 2015-05-27 | 2 | the next six months to get the study off the ground. He anticipates that the study will last for a couple of years and the results will be reported back to the City Council. He said Gail Payne will attend almost every single Commission meeting to present the tasks that she is working on, which is developing the scope of work and the RFP for the consultant which he anticipates will be able to be presented at the September 23rd meeting. Moreover, the Commission will be able to weigh in on the information presented. He said he will support Staff Patel who came back to staff the Commission. However, he mentioned that given the lack of staffing for the next six months and depending on where Gail Payne will be placed permanently staff will be fairly restricted on what they can do and what they can staff. Yet, staff will support the Commission and the Interagency Liaison Committee (ILC) with AC Transit. Commissioner Miley said he looked forward to having Gail Payne present to the Commission as the process moves forward. Commissioner Schatmeier asked Bob Haun how he saw this fitting into or supplementing the Transportation Element (TE) of the General Plan. Bob Haun replied that was yet to be determined and he was not sure if the study would drive changes to the TE. However, the City Council will be very involved in the study. He also said they will generally try to change Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) travel, review the ingress and egress of the island and try to improve those routes. Commissioner Bertken asked about the role the Commission would play in the study and what would be the ultimate relationship with the Planning Board. Bob Haun replied the Planning Board would have a lot less input than the Commission and although Gail Payne was assigned to the Planning Department, this is not a planning function necessarily. He said they have not discussed who Gail Payne will report to although she will probably report to the Planning Board. He explained that the general feeling within the City is that the Planning Department started this because there was a large report on transportation that began with Jennifer Ott and Andrew Thomas. Therefore, since they initiated and have ownership of the study then the natural direction would be for the Planning Department to complete the study. Commissioner Miley stated that it would be useful to have the chair of the Transportation Commission speak with the chair of the Planning Board to schedule a joint meeting at some point about this issue. Bob Haun said he suspected that at some point there will be a joint meeting because there will be a development portion of the study including how to handle the additional traffic from the developments. Commissioner Bertken stated that if the development was a given as a supposed to constrained by transportation, then part of the study will be dealt with where the TDM approach would be worked out along with the development. Page 2 of 12 | TransportationCommission/2015-05-27.pdf |