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Minutes
December 12, 2018
10:00 - 11:30 AM
2nd Floor Conference Room
Committee Members
Staff
Public
Neil McClure, Chair
Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer
Phil Mattoon, Vice Chair
Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager
Elissa Southward (2 y)
Trevor Martin, Associate Planner
Shirley Strader, Secretary
Sean Davido, Community Relations
Paul Cook (3 y)
Nikki Sandino, YPD
Chairman Neil McClure called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM
1. Approval of Minutes from November 14, 2018.
2. Pedestrian Master Plan:
Neil M. lead a discussion on progress of plans for holding a "stake -holders" meeting on
January 16, 2019. It was decided to hold the meeting at 5:30 PM in the city council
chambers if they are available. Member Ken Jones (not present) provided a possible
letter to invite stake -holders to the meeting. After discussion the letter was amended
with a couple of further sentences to inform the invitees as to the "goals" other
communities had included in plans and to ask invitees to attend with any ideas they
might wish included in a plan. Neil M. volunteered to refine the letter with
amendments along with an updated list of invited stake -holders contact information by
December 14 in order for Joseph C. to begin invitation process.
Brett S. will check on the date that council will be reviewing Transportation Benefit
District for possible inclusion of funding for a Pedestrian Master Plan. A sign in sheet
will be created for the meeting to gather contact information of attendees.
3. Public Service Announcement (PSA) project:
Sean D. played audio of several PSA's developed by the YV-Tech Media Production class.
He (Sean D.) will make all of the samples available to members. He will pick out 4-5
examples representing varying scenarios that relate to common contributors to vehicle
collisions. Sean D. also noted that several of the audio scenes could be converted into
video presentations. A suggestion was made to have the city council invite the class
from YV-Tech attend a council meeting and be acknowledged.
4. Cowiche Canyon Trail update:
Neil M. updated the committee on the progress of the lower Cowiche Canyon Trail
project. The project is well underway with planning and funding becoming available in
early summer 2019 to connect the existing eastern trail head with an extension to
Power House Road near the Painted Rocks. Neil M. also relayed news that the trail may
also be connected to the Yakima Greenway via a right -away owned by the city along
Washington State Hi -way 12 ending at 40th Ave and Fruitvale Bld.
5. Meeting Adjourned at 11:30 Am.