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Planning, Development & Transportation
WORK SESSION MEMORANDUM
Date: January 21, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Caryn Champine, Planning, Development, and Transportation Director
From: Brad Buckman, City Engineer
Subject: January 14, 2025 Work Session Summary – Transportation Capital Improvement
BOTTOM LINE
The purpose of this memo is to document the summary of discussions during the January 14
Work Session. All Councilmembers, except Kelly Ohlson, were present. Councilmembers
provided feedback and considerations on the methodology, criteria, and prioritization of the
Transportation Capital Improvement (TCI) dashboard and program in general.
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
City Council was in general very receptive to the overall TCI effort and approach. The effort
combines previous studies and transportation project planning, notably from the Active Modes
Plan (AMP), the Transportation Capital Projects Prioritization Study (TCPPS), and the current
effort underway with the Strategic Trails Plan (STP).
Councilmembers agreed that the TCI captured the priority projects in the City, in the context of
the high injury network and where the priority corridors and intersections exist, and were excited
for how the tool will better inform our transportation capital investment decision-making moving
forward.
There was discussion regarding the number of projects identified that included separated bike
lanes along arterial corridors. City staff mentioned that the Active Modes Plan made
recommendations for separated bike lanes along arterial corridors where they currently do not
exist, to increase bicycle safety and more of a shift to active modes for transportation options in
these areas.
There was discussion about project scoring and how to find the overall project prioritization
within the tool. City staff acknowledged that additional improvements to the tool are needed to
make it more clear how a project is prioritized, and what is the year of execution for that project.
City staff will work with CPIO to improve this presentation of information on the website.
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NEXT STEPS
City staff will present the TCI tool to the Transportation Board in the early Spring, and will come
back after that date to Council for a resolution to adopt the TCI as our methodology for
transportation capital project planning.
FOLLOW-UP ITEMS
No follow-items identified.
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