Informational Meeting

MINUTES Informational Meeting Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 4:00 PM Carnegie Town Hall, 235 West 10th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 1. Call To Order Council Members Present: Janet Brekke, Christine M. Erickson, Rick Kiley (arr. 4:01 p.m.), Greg Neitzert, Marshall Selberg, Pat Starr Council Members Absent: Curt Soehl, Theresa Stehly Council Chair Marshall Selberg called the meeting to order at 4 p.m. 2. Staff Report A. Jim David, Operations Manager David provided an update on the legislative development process. Last week, the Joint Legislative Working Group met for the second and final time and added one new item to last year's Joint Legislative Priority List. The item supports legislation that eliminates any regulatory barriers within state law that prevents triage centers in South Dakota. Councilors Janet Brekke, Christine M. Erickson and Rick Kiley took part in the meetings, which included representatives from Minnehaha County, Baltic, Dell Rapids,Harrisburg, and Tea. David said the legislative priorities and last year's resolution will be reviewed at next week's Informational Meeting. He then discussed the timeline leading up to the final resolution in December, which will be sent to the South Dakota Municipal League. Discussion followed regarding the removal of items from the list. 3. Committee/Commission Reports A. Urbanized Development Commission (UDC): Thursday, July 11, 2019 (Council Members: Brekke, Neitzert, Kiley, Starr) Councilor Pat Starr provided the meeting update. Also in attendance were Brekke, Kiley and Budget Analyst David Bixler. The following items were discussed: the Final Draft 2020 Unified Planning Work Program; the 2019 Unified Planning Work Program Amendment #2019-04; the 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Program Revision #19-008; the Sioux Falls MPO Self-Certification; the Long-Range Transportation Plan Market Research Study; and the Final Draft of the 2020-2023 Transportation Improvement Program. Starr said that there was also a public hearing at the Transportation Advisory Commission meeting. 4. City Council Open Discussion  Starr spoke about a new flag system, created by Todd Heitkamp with the National Weather Service, for special outdoor events. There will be three weather related flags at local events: a green flag to indicate that there is no adverse weather expected; a yellow flag to indicate that lightening is occuring in the area, or a tornado or severe thunderstorm watch is in effect; or a red flag that indicates a tornado or sever weather warning has been issued and the event will be delayed or suspended. Starr said the Levitt Shell is using this new program, which has been implemented nationally. Kiley spoke about attending Hot Harley Nights and the10 crew members from the USS South Dakota, who were present for the event. He spoke about a special bike that Harley-Davidson and J&L Harley-Davidson had produced, painted and dedicated to the USS South Dakota. One one side of the motorcycle there is a picture of the submarine and on the otherside is a picture of the battleship South Dakota, one of the most decorated Navy battleship in World War II. The crew continued across the State and participated in a lighting ceremony at Mount Rushmore. 5. Presentations A. Public Safety Training Project - Land by Brad Goodroad, Fire Chief Presentation: Approximately 15 minutes followed by discussion Goodroad, along with Police Chief Matt Burns, provided the update on where they are and where they recommend going with the project. He spoke about the finalized Sioux Falls Training Center Master Plan Study from 2018; land options within the City; available land with a City-owned land swap option to reduce costs; working with City Real Estate to draft a purchase agreement contingent on bond financing; working on the the architecture schematic design requirements; and partnership discussions. Pictures were shown of the current site, which was built in 1977, and Goodroad spoke about why a new site is needed. He also spoke about the proposed Public Safety Land Purchase exchange between the City-owned land and Crusher Investment Company. Burns spoke about the proposed project land, approximately 100 acres, at East 60th Street North and Sycamore Avenue; what could be built on the site; and provided a concept overlay of the project on the land. He said that they are near the end of the purchase agreement. It was explained how the facility's structures could benefit both departments. Burns spoke about a potential partnership and benefits of working with the South Dakota Army National Guard. The next steps will involve finalizing the Architecture Schematic Design Requirements for the full project and bringing forward a bond request proposal by the end of 2019. Burns said the project cost is between $20-$30 million and will provide for the Police and Fire departments needs for now and into the future. Discussion followed regarding: additional potential partnerships, mutual training and funding opportunites; identifying the various project components on the concept overlay; the bond and including a new fire station within it; the need for it to be a regional facility and for others to help fund it; putting public safety first; goals for groundbreaking and completion; and the use of the old facility.  B. Transit Core Team Update by Allie Hartzler, Innovation Coordinator Presentation: Approximately 30 minutes followed by discussion Hartzler gave an update on the Transit Innovation project, which began in November of 2018. She spoke on the following topics: Building an Innovation Toolkit, Research Findings, Ideating & Testing, and What's Next. The components to building an Innovation Toolkit included: building a Cross-Functional Team of 14 people from more than nine different departments; creating a shared workspace, and learning the principles of Human-Centered Designs. Hartzler said the design principle allowed them to keep the end user along with them through every stage of the project and to get feedback from them. The team gathered research in a variety of ways, from riding the bus and talking to riders to stakeholder meetings. They learned that riders want: expanded service hours and areas; more real-time information regarding buses and routes; more flexibility in how to purchase transit fare; and to save time. Employers want more ways to provide access for employees. Hartzler said, they thought the initial problem was to fix public transit in the City. After conducting their research, they learned the core problem was to improve the economic benefit of public transit for residents and the City. She said the Core Team believes that increasing service area and hours is the best way to improve economic benefit. By doing this it would lead to: access to jobs; save riders time enabling them to work and earn more money; empower visitors and residents to spend more; and incentivize future conferences to be held in Sioux Falls. The next step in the process was for the group to figure out how to solve the problem. A meeting was held with stakeholders to brainstorm ideas. Numerous ideas were generated and Hartzler said the team came up with the idea to "pilot an on-demand transit system, which will improve the user experience by expanding service (coverage and hours) for the community." The team reviewed prototypes and held stakeholder meetings to see what plan would be best for the City. In order to see if an on-demand system would be feasible and sustainable for the City, three programs were reviewed. The programs were on-demand third-party, on-demand tech on current system, and exampand SAM (Sioux Area Metro) service. After analysis, the program selected was on-demand tech on the current system. The next step will be to launch a pilot program in 2020. Discussion followed regarding: bus expansion covering the entire City and Paratransit; empowering Paratransit and workforce riders; impact on Paratransit buses; what is the goal of the pilot; differences between micro transit and on- demand transit; other cities that have on-demand service or similar programs; on- demand benefits; kudos to the Core team for their work; how federal funding will impact the pilot program; sustaining the pilot and transit; agency rides; the SAM contract; predictive software and analytics; is there a possible partnership with employers; subsidizing transit; expanding Paratransit; ridership; the need for transit data; transit costs; flexibility with the pilot program and collecting analytics; and fare accounts. 6. Public Comment  Scott Ehrisman spoke about getting assistance from the Federal government and partnerships to help pay for the new joint Police/Fire Department facility; the need for a 24/7 bike trail; Paratransit; on-demand and mirco transit; and unions. James Roach-Willman, a transit enthuisiast, spoke about deciding to use the bus system when he moved to Sioux Falls several months ago. He has noticed flaws with the local transit system and encourages the City to look at other transit systems, especially the free system in Missoula, Montana. Jordan Deffenbaugh spoke about an upcoming Future Forum on Saturday, at 9 a.m., regarding the future of local transportation. He also mentioned his travels around the world and his use of public transportation system. Cathy Brechtelsbauer spoke about repairing the fixed route system and capitilizing on its potential; the need for more riders; not understanding the transportain project; kudos to Kiley for being concerned about the environment; goals for increasing rdiership through the pilot program; and transportation and green house gasses. Sarah Spencer, who grew up using public transportation in Chicago, spoke about supporting the joint police and fire project; Sioux Area Metro should off door-to-door shuttle service to the airport, for a fee; and security concerns regarding Uber and Lyft. 7. Executive Session A. Consulting with legal counsel or reviewing communications from legal counsel about proposed or pending litigation or contractual matters pursuant to SDCL 1-25- 2(3) There was not an executive session. 8. Adjournment Council Chair Marshall Selberg adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m. Denise D. Tucker, MMC, Assistant City Clerk