2015-02-26 Development & Transportation

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Julie Stroud, resident, noted she previously served on ETAC, requested some sort of educational opportunities for residents, noted previous projects such as the composting program and commented that ETAC needs to look at the treescape of streets and keep the same type of trees on the street and not plant other types of which some residents have done. Mr. Cavazos noted the report from ETAC Ad Hoc Committee will be forwarded to Council as soon as report is received either Friday or Monday. Staff will review and will place on a future Council meeting for direction. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS Vice Chair Martinez: • Noted the importance to move forward with Circulators and possibly begin at The Depot, proceed to the Downtown, Civic Center, Main Place Mall, Discovery Science Center, Bowers Museum and circle back; wanting to do more complete streets and also along First Street by the Elks Club & Zoo, noted people who to take the train need to find a way to their destination by riding their bike, take Uber or Lyft or ride on a Circulator to move forward on this before the street car and hoping to agendize this item to see how we can move forward and make this happen and possibly provide funding through MSRC with matching funds from the city • Noted the OCTA Bike Share program in Fullerton has been terminated and noted the possibility of the city buying the bikes from OCTA • Noted she has the opportunity to bring funding from the MSRC Committee and needs to know exactly what money the city has that is coming down the pipeline from the State to see how we can leverage and maximize our opportunity to provide a true multimodal system • Asked that staff provide more detailed information to the Mayor and Council on the Active Transportation efforts so they are aware of the projects staff is working on and what type of grants they will be applying for and an update on the Circulation Element • Noted the need to make Safe Mobility a top priority with the recent pedestrian fatality to make sure as we move forward to continue to do whatever we can to eliminate incidents, noted she is pleased with those who are completing survey and to get information out through the media and the importance to also have a relationship with the Latino and Vietnamese media Chairman Sarmiento: • Noted the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) bus has a stop at MainPlace Mall, noted the city had previously had a red trolly and maybe that is something to revisit and possibly bring before the Economic Development Committee, and noted to possibly include stops at South Coast Plaza and Main Place • Noted a future item for discussion is the First Street Overlay on the possibility of extending the Metro East Overlay Zone to incorporate First Street from the 1 -5 Freeway to Grand Avenue • Noted another item for discussion is to bring back the Willowick Golf Course noting the City of Garden Grove approached him indicating they would like to discuss • Noted for pedestrian safety he spoke with Julie Stroud who suggested a way to off -set costs is to do more enforcement and citations for jaywalkers Development & Transp. Council Committee Minutes 4 February 26, 2015