HomeMy WebLinkAbout072415 Walker, Scott (NMTAB) - Pre-scoping - VI
From:Judy Surber
To:Scott Walker;CityCouncil
Cc:Amber Long
Subject:RE: Non-motorized to council re: Complete Streets
Date:Friday, July 24, 2015 9:54:25 AM
Thank you Scott. By way of this email, I have forwarded your comments to Amber Long in the City
Clerk’s office for inclusion in the record for the 2016 GMA Update.
If there are any additional comments, please be sure to send them to the designated email address
2016Update@cityofpt.us
From: Scott Walker \[mailto:walkers@olympus.net\]
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 9:47 AM
To: CityCouncil
Cc: Judy Surber
Subject: Non-motorized to council re: Complete Streets
Hi all,
Please consider the following recommendation for council action which was
unanimously supported by the Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Board.
Thank you,
Scott G. Walker, Chair of NMTAB; not the governor of WI
City Council,
An effective transportation plan is collaborative, and integrative among all
jurisdictions, organizations and user groups. A "Complete Streets” policy would
incorporate the needs of anyone, whether driving, walking, biking. As well, creating
an equitable, dependable and effective public transportation is a fundamental part of
a walkable, liveable, and healthy community.
The NMTAB recommends that Council adopt a Complete Streets policy and
implementation plan. We request that the adoption of the Complete Streets policy
satisfy the requirements of the Washington State Complete Streets legislation.
NMTAB further recommends that policy and implementation be included in the
process of updating the Comprehensive Plan.
The NMTAB further recommends that Council facilitate implementation of the Non-
Motorized Transportation Plan by prioritizing projects that implement Complete
Streets, given the role that active transportation plays in the fiscal, public, and
environmental health of a community.
PC - 13
Our broad recommendation is to accelerate active transportation investment as a
significant part in solving the following:
• access issues for all;
• safe routes to school;
• health, fitness and the obesity epidemic;
• climate and greenhouse emissions goals;
• commercial and residental sprawl;
• housing costs;
• storm water quality;
• wildlife corridor needs.
In summary, NTMAB asks that Council:
*adopt a Complete Streets policy and implementation plan;
*that Complete Streets policies and implementation be integrated into the
Comprehensive Plan update;
*that quality transit be elevated from its current status.
PC - 13