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City Council Meeting Minutes May 21, 2019 <br />Sara Lee Underwood -Myers, stated we need to appreciate and uplift staff and <br />those that serve in office. She thanked Sergeant Mobley for his 37 years of <br />service. She stated that when she hears other people slam departments but she <br />wants to say thank you. She transitioned her comments towards the Belvin <br />Street Project and said we do not need to get this wrong. She spoke about <br />River Road and how it was reshifted and this is what contributed to flooding. <br />She stated this is mental health awareness month, so we need to be respectful <br />of our neighbors and encroaching on other people's property. <br />Dr. Thomas Larsen, stated that he is representing MoveSM and made the <br />following comments: <br />"After reviewing the 2019 Ten -Year Capital Improvements Program, MoveSM <br />wishes to make the following recommendations to better align the CIP with the <br />multimodal goals of the recently adopted Transportation Master Plan: <br />1. Create an Alternative Transportation Advisory Board to review and help <br />broaden CIP project perspectives; support innovations in multimodal <br />transportation; and ensure safe, equitable, and legible project implementation <br />moving forward. <br />2. Re-evaluate the scope of all roadway -related CIP projects with a central <br />design focus on improving safety; slowing vehicular traffic; and eliminating <br />fatal and life-threatening crashes. Adopt a Vision Zero Safety Policy to guide <br />this re -scoping process. <br />3. Prioritize CIP projects that enable mode shift and increase alternative <br />transportation use on primary corridors. Rescope or eliminate projects that <br />add lanes, widen roadways, induce demand and, thereby, increase long-term <br />congestion. <br />4. Identify and prioritize both potential and existing CIP projects that support <br />east -to -west alternative transportation connectivity; increase ease of use and <br />legibility for pedestrians, cyclists and public transit users; and better link <br />disconnected communities to downtown, the parks system and other city <br />resources. <br />5. Create a downtown "safe zone" by prioritizing CIP projects that slow <br />vehicular speeds and foster an inviting, walkable / bikeable environment in our <br />historic city center. Supported projects include returning Guadalupe Street and <br />LBJ Drive to two-way streets and moving away from signalized to simplified <br />signed intersections where traffic counts allow. <br />City of San Marcos page 3 <br />