Transportation Commission

Name: Transportation Commission Meeting
Start: 2024-01-09T14:30+00:00
End: 2024-01-09T16:00+00:00
Location: Don Cassano Community Room

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The Transportation Commission advises and makes recommendations to the City Council and assists City departments and the City Manager to plan and implement a balanced transportation system within Tempe which incorporates all forms of transportation in a unified, interconnected manner and complements land use, making a positive environmental impact through reduction of energy consumption, air pollution, and congestion, while promoting economic development and providing mobility for all persons, including elderly and disabled.

Scope and Duties

The Transportation Commission:

advises and makes recommendations to the City Council and assists City departments and the City Manager on appropriate performance standards and benchmarks for use in evaluating the City's transportation system and program, based on nationally recognized guidelines and local priorities;

advises and makes recommendations to the City Council and assists City departments and the City Manager on transportation plans, projects, and ordinances, including but not limited to:

recommends and reviews short and long-range plans and studies for the City's transportation system, including streets, transit, bicycling, pedestrians, and demand management;

periodically reviews and updates the transportation elements of the City's General Plan;

provides input and reviews regional, state and federal transportation plans, projects, and issues especially as provided by federal law; and,

promotes and maintains bicycling as a safe and effective mode of travel for recreation, health, and transportation.

advises and recommends to the City Council and assists City departments and the City Manager annually on the elements of prioritized, unified operating and capital improvement program budgets for transportation;

provides a forum for public hearings and other public involvement mechanisms to assure community-based transportation plans, projects, and issues, and to meet all federal and other guidelines for public involvement in transportation projects where applicable; and,

takes any such further actions as may be deemed necessary and appropriate to further the goals of the Commission.

Composition

Meetings

Public Comment

Membership Roster

Member	Position	Term	Expiration
Claire Lauer	Tempe Resident - 1	First full term	12/31/2026
David Sokolowski	Tempe Resident - 5	Final term	12/31/2026
J. Anthony Strait	Tempe Resident - 3	Partial term	12/31/2026
Jacob Cox	Tempe Resident - 2	First full term	12/31/2026
Kelsey Files	Tempe Resident - 4	First full term	12/31/2026
Amanda Nelson	Tempe Resident - 7	Final term	12/31/2027
Andrea Chalmers	Member who is Employed in Tempe and is not a Resident of Tempe	First full term	12/31/2027
Kendra Flory	Tempe Resident - 8	First full term	12/31/2027
Mark Richwine	Tempe Resident - 6	First full term	12/31/2027
Roy Peterson	Member who is Affiliated with Arizona State University and is not a Resident of Tempe	First full term	12/31/2027
Christopher Watts	Tempe Resident - 12	First full term	12/31/2028
Dawn Hocking	Tempe Resident - 10	Final term	12/31/2028
Samuel Thiele	Tempe Resident - 9	First full term	12/31/2028
Sasha Pachito	Tempe Resident - 11	First full term	12/31/2028
Stevie Milne	Tempe Resident - 13	Final term	12/31/2028

Staff Liaisons

Archived Agendas and Minutes

Transportation Commission Meeting

Date: 01/09/2024 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM 01/09/2024 7:30 AM 01/09/2024 9:00 AM
Location: Don Cassano Community Room
200 E. Fifth Street, 2nd Floor
Tempe, Arizona 85281