HomeMy Public PortalAbout2015-04-02 Draft Minutes REGULAR MEETING
AB 1600 Traffic Impact Fee Program
Working Group
MINUTES
April 2, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Town Hall - Administrative Center
10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA
1. Call to Order - Becky Bucar, Engineering Manager, called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL: Annie Rosenfeld, Tahoe Donner Association; Dale Creighton, SCO
Engineering and Planning; Gordon Shaw, LSC Transportation Consultants; Pat Davison,
Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe; Leslie Suen, LSC Transportation Consultants,
and Jennifer Jennings, Truckee Trails Foundation; Dan Wilkins, Public Works
Director/Town Engineer, Town of Truckee; Becky Bucar, Engineering Manager, Town of
Truckee; John McLaughlin, Community Development Director, Town of Truckee; Tony
Lashbrook, Town Manager, Town of Truckee; and Bonnie Thompson, Administrative
Technician, Town of Truckee.
Absent: Todd Rivera, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District; John Falk, Tahoe Sierra
Board of Realtors; Patrick Flora, Council Member, Town of Truckee; Alex Heyman,
Community Member; Ted Owens, Tahoe Forest Health System; and Alexis Ollar, Mountain
Area Preservation.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - deferred
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Pat Davidson pointed out that the minutes from the November 20th meeting have not been
approved. Staff will put them on the next agenda.
Items taken out of order
6. Presentation of Initial Traffic Analysis
Gordon Shaw, LSC Transportation Consultants, presented from the PowerPoint and
answered questions (presentation on file with the Town Clerk).
The group discussed the final transportation model:
• Assigns trips to all roadways.
• The model has lots of moving pieces and this is the best they can get.
• It achieves all Caltrans model standards.
5. Review of Land Uses
Gordon Shaw, LSC Transportation Consultants, continued presenting from the PowerPoint
and answered questions.
The group discussed:
• Final numbers in the PowerPoint have been revised since the last meeting.
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i s t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t d u r i n g t h e a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t t o t h e f e e p r o g r a m .
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c i r c u l a t i o n e l e m e n t o f t h e G e n e r a l P l a n t o t a k e t h e r o a d o u t .
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o D o e s n o t c h a n g e t h e e n d d a t e o f t h i s s t u d y .
o T h e w o r k i n g g r o u p w i l l t a k e a b r e a k u n t i l a f t e r t h e C o u n c i l d e c i s i o n .
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m a k e i t t o t h e m e e t i n g .
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n e w d e v e l o p m e n t .
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o t h e r C a l i f o r n i a c i t i e s .
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2 0 0 1 .
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c o u l d b e r e m o v e d f r o m t h e f e e p r o g r a m .
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b e c a u s e t h e r e i s n o t c u r r e n t l y a d e f i c i e n c y o n D o n n e r P a s s R o a d . N e w
development would create a deficiency.
• Online shopping is changing vehicle trips.
• There is still concern from some members that we are still overshooting land use.
• Town policy says we would not have different policies for infill or sprawl areas.
Process for Future Meetings:
• Group will discuss the 100% share of the Pioneer Trail/Bridge Street Extension at a
later meeting date.
• At a later meeting the group will go through the deficiencies list and the project list
and then evaluate the fair share of the cost for each project.
5. Set next meeting
Town staff is shooting to go to the Town Council the first meeting in May. Staff will notify
all working group members and send a copy of the staff report.
The next working group meeting will be at the end of June. Engineering Manager Bucar
will coordinate the date through email.
8. ADJOURNMENT - 4:46 p.m.
To the next meeting of the AB1600 Traffic Impact Fee Program Working Group, 10183
Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA 96161.
Respectfully submitted by:
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Bonnie Thompson, Administrative Technician