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Transportation Planning
MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 26, 2002
TO: Randy Hensley, Transportation Planning & Parking Manager
FROM: John Daggett, Senior Transportation Planner
RE: Downtown Strategic Plan - Negotiation Points
After the series of meetings that have been held with Civitas and its sub -consultants, there appear to
be three outstanding issues still to be resolved before the City should feel comfortable in awarding a
contract for the Downtown Strategic Plan. As Transportation staff has expressed throughout our
discussions with Advance Planning, the land use and market elements of this proposal are
outstanding. The transportation elements, however, have areas where concern over the quantity or
quality of the effort still remains. They are:
1. Strategic Planning -
Although this is sometimes referred to as 'visioning" and Civitas is proposing that the
transportation elements, especially the Parking Plan, be incorporated into the "Public
Participation process for the overall study", Civitas has not adequately addressed the
concerns of the City. The primary aspect of this concern centers on identifying who w>ll `)
lead this effort and in what manner that leadership will take place. I
Although URS (Civitas sub -contractor) appears to have the necessary skills to complete
the technical aspects of this work effort, there remains concern about their ability to
provide leadership in the development of the strategic element of the Parking Plan and
the other transportation elements. That concern is centered on the perceived inability of
URS to convey and stimulate strategic discussions on a wide variety of transportation
ideas and issues that will affect all aspects of the Downtown Strategic Plan.
Certainly, the parking element (strategies) of this work effort needs to be responsive to
the market and land use strategies that are developed. However, Transportation
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