• covering the 3 things that changed since their last meeting

Whats "sequa"

• there's already some conditioning of a project build, how does this fee extend things.
  • How are the funds going to be spent?
  • Does it help with streamling other aspects of the project
• The fee goes away when the projects finish
• The fee is attached to building those $54e6 of projects.
• they want some more detail about how it'll help, save some of the discussion.
• doesn't it set a bound on how far the the developers study has to extend.
• they want a industry specific FAQ
• is there a way of more specifically planning out what improvents are needed so the developers can have less uncertainty about a council or developer suddenly want something new.
• Arts busses need to be frequent reliable convient
• Would it be possible to opt in?
• May 5th tac meeting 7.30 am

• adjustments to to the agenda
  • note that they only did the automobile counts?
  • the comment about "report card" measurements
  • fuller EIR,
• Los Angeles Times
  • changes in suburban development, complimentary to pasadena
• Floraline Stevenes, PhD, Educator, new comissioner
• Roger suggests that the commussion form a working group, on bike parking. Gray, DelGado, Valesques
  • Zoning code is online
  • Urban land institute, shared parking analysis, residental parking for apartments & condos, 1.5, 1.7 dwelling units
  • Survey of 4000 urban california parking 1.59 parking spaces per unit.
• Trip reduction ordance
  • is there data available of how many properties meet these various thresholds
  • They need to determine the remaining fee structure
  • talk to city attorney
• Westgate Draft EIR
  • Apeals, 10 days after action item
  • Last day pubic coment feb 21st
  • Public comments
    • West pasadena resident association
    • has many issues with EIR
    • substitution of max for minimum for
    • changed intersection policy from D to E (long lines, waiting through several cycles)
  • there's a computer model of the traffic plan Wonder if one can get it?
  • Comissioner comments
    • Roger points out the lack of pedestrian data
    • comissioner delgado , why aren't there more counts
      • 2015, allows minimum requirement traffic E
  • next comissioner
    • why isn't there more commercial
    • 10' setback from street isn't walkable
    • several intersections drop to E or worse, is that to encourage mass transit by preventing anything else from working
• Planning commission
  • Feb 22

• Call meeting to order

• Public Comment
  • Previous secretary said thanks
• Agenda Updates
• Commissioner Comments
  • Sir Peter Hall, Address, nifty ideas about transit
  • There was an interruption on the gold line, MTA responded, There was questions about what the MTA did for the rose parade
    • MTA managers at stations to respond the accident, quickly set up bus bridge
  • They're going to be quite busy for the next 6 months, number of big projects.
• Westgate , Robert ?, vincent gonzeles, Draft EIR
  • Green/Delacy/Del Mar/Pasadena, 11.94 acres
  • 820 residental units
  • comment period ends feburary
  • Impacts (Minor)
    • there are underground storage tanks which need to be evaluated for being closed and for whats in them
  • Imapacts (Significant)
    • Air Quality, construction, operation,
    • Public Services, multiple projects are going to put a drain on police & fire
    • Traffic, construction of this project, and others in the same area increased vehicle trips
  • Traffic (Traditional)
    • evaluated to 2015 using models from the general plan
    • Yay metioned bike parking (according to bike plan)
    • trip reduction plan according to city trip reduction ordanence
  • Comissionars comments, review EIR, bring comments in writing
    • is the staff going to bring the report back to TAC
    • roger wants to see the Pedestrian and bike data because its in transit zone? They don't have it.
    • Carolyn Naber, Annual report card, evaluate how well mitigation measures work
      • record scoping standards
      • project travel times needs to be done, but doesn't necessarily need to be in the EIR
      • discussion
      • why the consultant didn't come up with clever things for net zero traffic increase
        • Arts system contributions?
        • Page 60 of traffic study
        • project is going to contribute to nexus project 50-60% to transit
        • Lake zone has plans to offer residents passes for 1st year
• Fuller EIR
  • 60 day review Feb 21st
  • corsen to union/ madison el molino
  • 857 Units add to campus walnut /corsen
  • more academic space
  • 500 space parking strucure walnet/madison
  • mitigation
    • traffic camera
    • extend traffic links
    • expand fullers road share program
    • some bike parking spaces, improved bicycle racks
    • installation of a 1 countdown traffic signal
  • comments,
    • perhaps flex car system for students
      • variance because of a city traffic ordances
    • commisionar impressed with
      • pedestrian corridor
      • 1.5 persons per car trip (aparantly very high)
• My general Questions?
  • anyone done trip surveys of various pasadena resients? personal trip logs?
  • what about trying to get in the pay as you go car insurance programs
  • Whats ITS program