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Mr. Matson disclosed that 57 of the 61 Policies in this Element were <br />implemented, and they were recommending maintenance of most of these policies. <br />However, they are recommending that sixteen (16) policies be revised and ten (10) be <br />deleted. Mr. Matson further updated the Board on the following objectives: <br />Objective 1: "Adequate Transportation System", Mr. Matson <br />acknowledged that there are no existing roadway capacity deficiencies within the County. <br />He noted that this objective has been achieved; recommended retaining this objective; <br />and outlined the achievements pertaining to levels of service. Policy revision <br />recommendations were: (1) review of impact fees every 3 years (not 2); and (2) impose <br />all or part of the EMS Gas Tax by 2010. <br />Objective 2: "Safety", Mr. Matson stated that this has not been achieved, <br />but pointed out that the high relative crash -rate intersections would be less than the five <br />that we had in 2001. Policy additions to this Objective were bike/pedestrian safety <br />strategies, ITS, and engineering for an aging population. <br />Objective 9: "Adequate Transit Service", Mr. Matson said between 2001 <br />and 2006 the number of one-way passenger trips will increase annually by an average of <br />10%, from 167,000 to more than 270,000, and they have exceeded their highest <br />expectations on this Objective. He described the advantages of bus level of service <br />while comparing our current level of bus service, and recommended that the Objective <br />should be changed to measure transit level of service indicators, including headways, <br />hours of operation, and serving TD populations. New Policies under this Objective <br />would include bus stop provision, city contributions, ITS (arrival Notification: Signal <br />pre-emption, etc.). Two new Objectives would be system maintenance and preservation, <br />and airport access, which are required by Rule 9J-5. They are looking to tighten up their <br />policies on right-of-way acquisition/eminent domain, among others. <br />11 <br />October 20, 2008 <br />Public Workshop <br />