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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION Special Meeting Minutes February 11, 2016 The meeting was called to order at 5:04 p.m. in Room 1600 of the City Hall Ross Annex. ATTENDANCE The following Committee Members were present: Vicente Sarmiento David Benavides Staff present were: David Cavazos, City Manager; Fred Mousavipour, Executive Director /Public Works Agency; William Galvez, City Engineer; Nabil Saba, Water Resources Manager; Taig Higgins, Principal Civil Engineer; Christy Kindig, Projects Manager; Jorge Garcia, Senior Management Assistant; Julie Castro - Cardenas, Senior Management Assistant; Suzi Furjanic, Associate Park Planner; Lorrie Ortiz, PWA Executive Secretary. PUBLIC COMMENTS — None AGENDA ITEMS APPROVAL OF MINUTES — Special Meeting of December 9, 2015 Motion by Committee Member Benavides and seconded by Chairman Sarmiento to approve the Minutes, and approved unanimously by a vote of 2:0. 2, STREETCAR PROJECT UPDATE {Strategic Plan Nos. 6, 1G; 3, 2C} City Manager David Cavazos provided an update of the streetcar project, stating that the project is on schedule, and that President Obama has approved funding of $125 million that will be matched with local Measure M funding; a designer has been selected; staff is working closely with OCTA, particularly on the Memorandum of Understanding to assure the high quality, and the streetcar is expected to be operational in 2020. Other milestones include design and construction which will each take approximately 18 months, and vehicle procurement. A legislative timetable will be provided in the future. PROJECT W: SAFE TRANSIT STOPS {Strategic Plan No. 6, 1G} Associate Park Planner Suzi Furjanic provided a handout and overview of the bus shelter project. Directives provided at the last Council Committee meeting were to research other cities and countries; attempt to make the transit stops 13A -3