Everett Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)

CITY OF EVERETT Transportation Advisory Committee TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday November 16, 2023 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Microsoft Teams Virtual Meeting In attendance: Members Staff Guests Tyler Rourke Corey Hert, Public Works Kern McGee Hal Gausman Tom Hood, Public Works Colton Davis Daniel Evans Kathleen Baxter, Public Works Carl Leighty Karissa Miller, Public Works Thomas McCleave Christina Curtis, Public Works Christina Strand Gerardo Magallanes, Public Works Danielle Wilkins Michael Brick, Public Works Stephen Fickenscher Liz Vogeli, City Council Meeting called to order at 8:06 a.m. by Tyler Rourke. ➢ M/S/P: October meeting minutes. ANNOUNCEMENTS & REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ➢ Request for someone from the Emergency Management team to come and give a presentation on plans in place for various types of emergencies. ➢ Suggestion to bring back the annual Tour de EFD stations bicycle tour. ➢ Inquiry about the plan for maintenance of the new trees in the city – coordination between Parks and Public Works has been in place for several years. ➢ Announcement of the I5/US2 interchange Open House on Thursday, November 30th. PUBLIC COMMENTS ➢ Request for a presentation on the logic behind how our traffic enforcement budgets are created and relation to Everett’s Safe Streets for All grant. ➢ Note of the importance of complete street design to restrict the ability to break the rules. ENGINEERING REPORT ➢ Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element chapter: under way with consultant in early phases of data collection, more in depth briefing to come early in 2024. ➢ Freight Mobility Phase 2 Project is in concept development, city will be launching a public outreach campaign in the next month. ➢ I5/US 2 Interchange Study: Open invite for all TAC members to the open house. ➢ New pavement management system: a request for proposals has been issued for a more robust and scientific means of evaluating and tracking pavement conditions. ➢ Community Transit Gold Line: in discussion with Community Transit. A lot of work to be done with CT on traffic operations analysis and public outreach. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING REPORT: ➢ Announcement of the Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Celebration on December 12th. 1 |Page  CITY OF EVERETT Transportation Advisory Committee ➢ Call for TAC applicants, with two open positions. ➢ WSDOT 529 bridge repair project: closure of northbound highway 529 expected around June 2024 for 14-18 weeks. ➢ Highway 526 eastbound widening: WSDOT expects advertisement in March 2024, so work should begin late summer. ➢ Winter conditions season: put chains/shovel in cars, check roadway conditions in Everett and mountain passes before travelling AGENDA ITEMS ➢ Active Connections: California Street Project o Tier 1 Priority Project o Bikeway connections between Mill Town Trail and US 2 Trail o Funded in two phases. o Goal: Improve safety, to provide a comfortable corridor for people biking, rolling and walking on California Street o Five alternatives were presented by extensive public outreach; 70% agreed with the project goal and there was a positive sentiment of how travel behavior would change if the project was completed. o Funded through design, seeking construction funding, “shovel ready” projects get funding priority typically ➢ Citywide Bicycle Wayfinding Project o 28 lane miles of wayfinding on existing bikeways o Green pavement markings at 4 intersections on the Interurban Trail o 1 lane-mile of new sharrows connecting Grave Ave. to EvCC/WSU o New shared use path markings and driveway symbols ➢ Wall Street Connector o Pedestrian path with cobblestone pattern o ADA improvements o Bike wayfinding and detection o Back-in angle on-street parking o Traffic calming with flagstone pattern curb extensions o Video bicycle detection at Wall Street and Broadway intersection ➢ Safety Action Plan Update: RFQ Scope of Work o Vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle counts o Speed studies and evaluation o Crash history and crash data analysis o Diversity and equity data o Large scale traffic data (origin and destination) o Public outreach data and analysis o Policy development o Scoping and development of prioritized safety projects ➢ Automated traffic noise enforcement and right turn on red restriction o Noise enforcement technology just not quite there yet, but hopeful it will come along. o No right turn on red has shown positive safety benefits and will be considered in the future, will be part of the Safety Action Plan. 2 |Page  CITY OF EVERETT Transportation Advisory Committee ➢ Recognition of outgoing members: o Tyler Rourke o Andrea De Paolo Adjournment: 10.05 a.m. Next Scheduled Meeting: January 18, 2024 3 |Page