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K�� �DE City Council Memorandum <br /> City of Arts&,innovation <br /> .I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I III II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I <br /> TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: DECEMBER 18, 2012 <br /> FROM: TRANSPORTATION BOARD ITEM NO: 7 <br /> WARDS: ALL <br /> SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION BOARD REPORT <br /> ISSUE: <br /> The issue for City Council is acceptance of the annual report on the activities of the <br /> Transportation Board. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> That the City Council receive the annual Transportation Board report. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> City Boards and Commissions are requested to submit annual reports to the City Council <br /> highlighting their activities. The Transportation Board (Board) is charged to consider and <br /> advise the City Council on such issues as: 1) on- and off-street parking; 2) traffic circulation on <br /> city streets; 3) the Capital Improvement Program for transportation related projects; 4) <br /> proposed amendments to the General Plan Circulation and Community Mobility Element; 5) <br /> the Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan, (6) traffic calming alternatives; and 7) speed <br /> limits, major road closures and grade crossings. <br /> The Board meets monthly as scheduled business requires. The Board merged last year with <br /> the Downtown Parking Committee and has 12 members, with one vacancy. Over the past year <br /> the Board accomplished the following: <br /> • Downtown Parking Study — 2 separate sub-committees have been meeting on how to <br /> implement the recommendations — some of the highlights include: <br /> • How to lower your cost of parking in Downtown on the RDP website; <br /> • Moving reserved parking from surface lots to garages to free up more customer <br /> parking closer to businesses; <br /> • With the opening of garage 7, further reviewing parking in lots nearby for possible <br /> reassignment/relocation to better balance customer parking availability; and <br /> • Reviewing ways to reduce parking demands in Downtown, instead of building <br /> more garages <br /> • Revisited and resurveyed many streets throughout the year, lowering some speed <br /> limits. <br /> 7-1 <br />