City staff outlines $1.5 million Transportation Master Plan update and seeks board input on TMP alignment and funding priorities
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City staff said the Transportation Master Plan update will likely be an 18'1 month, citywide effort with a $1.5 million budget; board members discussed alignment with corridor studies, pavement management, public engagement and potential funding mechanisms including sidewalk fees, bonding and other options.
City staff told the Transportation Mobility Board that the city intends to update its Transportation Master Plan (TMP) with an expanded, citywide effort and substantial public engagement.
"So, $1,500,000 is what we have," a staff member said, describing a larger budget than the 2019 TMP because the new update is citywide and includes enhanced engagement and potential corridor analyses.
Staff said council will see a scope-of-work study session on March 10; contracting and solicitation could follow and a mid-2026 kickoff is possible, with an 18'20 month timeline leading to a 2027'early 2028 wrap-up in the best-case scenario.
Board members and staff discussed several cross-cutting topics: using parts of the TMP budget to produce higher-level corridor analyses (rather than separate corridor grants), aligning TMP recommendations to pavement-management schedules to capture construction efficiencies, and coordinating TMP outreach to engage residents who do not typically participate. Staff emphasized hiring a consultant with strong public- and stakeholder-engagement capacity.
Members also raised potential funding mechanisms for sidewalks and multimodal improvements (sidewalk fees, bonding, certificates of participation, sales-tax measures) and asked whether the TMP could recommend a citywide speed-limit study or inform a 20-is-plenty policy. The board discussed enforcement tools including photo-radar but voiced concerns about equity, perception and privacy.
Next steps: staff will present the TMP scope to council, refine the solicitation language to prioritize engagement, and continue to seek board input on corridors, funding tools and priority projects for the 2026 agenda.