JACKSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL

RESEARCH DIVISION

 

TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

 

August 15, 2016

 

Lynwood Roberts Room

Ground Floor, City Hall

117 W. Duval Street

 

Attendance:   Council Members: Al Ferraro (Chair), Doyle Carter (Vice Chair), Greg Anderson, Anna Lopez Brosche, Reggie Brown, John Crescimbeni, Reggie Gaffney, Assistant General Counsel Paige Johnston; Kim Taylor, Council Auditor’s Office; Jordan Elsbury, Administration, Yvonne Mitchell, John J. Jackson,  Council Research Division; Legislative Assistant Philip Zamarron.

 

The Chairman called the special committee meeting to order at 3:15 p.m.

 

The focus of the Special Committee Meeting was the 2030 Mobility Plan.

 

Bill Killingsworth, Director of the Planning and Development Department, gave a PowerPoint presentation on the mobility plan.

 

Mr. Killingsworth explained that the mobility plan started in 2009 when the City was engaged in transportation planning.  There were problems with the fair share program that the Planning Department utilized; it was not working. The City’s Planning & Development Department worked with the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (TPO).  The TPO was in the process of updating its Long Range Transportation Plan.

 

There are four mobility strategies in the 2030 Mobility Plan: connecting land use and transportation,

providing a multi-modal plan, funding mobility and incentivizing quality growth and development.

 

As depicted in the PowerPoint maps, average vehicle miles traveled differed from the inner city to the outer reaches of the County.

 

Mr. Killingsworth explained how development areas linked land use and transportation.  The development areas are the central business district, urban priority area, urban area, suburban area and rural area.

 

Modes of transportation in a multi-modal system include bicycle, pedestrian, transit and single occupancy vehicles.  

 

Mr. Killingsworth explained how a mobility score is arrived at by a quantitative measure.

 

The 2030 Mobility Plan will be evaluated every 5 years along with the TPO’s Long Range Transportation Plan.  Mobility fees may be re-assessed at that time.

 

The policy implications of the 2030 Mobility Plan include: incentivizing infill and development, incentivizing quality growth, guiding the market, focusing on the future; it is predictable, fair and efficient.

 

In the question & answer portion of the presentation, Council Member John Crescimbeni asked Mr. Killingsworth who put the mobility plan together.  Mr. Killingsworth explained that a consultant and the Planning & Development Department put the plan together with a mix of public input such as fromCPACs.  Mr. Killingsworth indicated that the Planning & Development Department is currently assessing some changes in the program that can be made.

 

Council Member Greg Anderson wanted to know where we are now in the 5 year update stage.  Mr. Killingsworth explained that the City is working in conjunction with the TPO and its Long Range Transportation Plan.

 

There being no further business, the Special Committee meeting was adjourned at 3:54 p.m.

 

 

John J. Jackson, Council Research Division (904) 630-1729

 

08.19.16

Posted: 4:00 p.m.