SPECIAL CONCURRENT MEETING MINUTES OF THE TRACY CITY COUNCIL AND
THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION
February 21, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Tracy City Hall, 333 Civic Center Plaza, Tracy, CA.
1. Mayor Young called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.
2. Roll call found Council Members Arriola, Bedolla, Evans, Mayor Pro Tem Davis and Mayor Young present.
Roll call found Transportation Advisory Commissioners Rajpal Dhillon, Sharanjit Dhillon, Francis, Vice Chair Silva and Chair Cooper present.
3. ITEMS FROM THE AUDIENCE – None
4. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
4.A The Tracy City Council and the Tracy Transportation Advisory Commission, concurrently, conduct a workshop to review the City’s Transportation Master Plan Update and provide feedback
Jaylen French, Development Services Director provided the staff report and introduced Frederik Venter, Kimley-Horn who provided the presentation on the Transportation Master Plan and responded to questions.
Council and Commission questions followed.
A member of the public asked what plans the City has for improvements at the Patterson Pass/I-580 Interchange.
Robert Tanner asked if the VMT banking fees are over and above what developers are paying or is the fee set by state. Mr. Tanner asked if Valley Link was going to be downtown or down the middle of I-205.
Mike Souza spoke about Iron Horse Parkway Interchange Project and stated the Master Plan says no connections are known so that interchange is not evaluated in the Master Plan. It has already got PSR approved by Caltrans, being pushed by Prologis. Mr. Souza stated staff has to go back and analyze Iron Horse Interchange being in place and being impacted to the grid and impacts on other streets. Need to take into consideration what the cost increase means to fees and doing business in the City. Mr. Souza expressed the importance that the City gets funding.
Council accepted the report and provided feedback regarding the Transportation Master Plan and requested looking at the Iron Horse Interchange, Valley Link location and more information on the VMT bank not double dipping.
5. COUNCIL ITEMS AND COMMENTS – None
6. ADJOURNMENT – Time: 7:30 p.m.
Special Meeting Minutes 2 February 21, 2023
ACTION: Motion was made by Council Member Arriola and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Davis to adjourn. Roll call found Council Members Arriola, Bedolla, Evans, Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Young, Transportation Advisory Commissioners Rajpal Dhillon, Sharanjit Dhillon, Francis, Vice Chair Silva and Chair Cooper in favor; passed and so ordered.
The above agenda was posted at the Tracy City Hall on February 16, 2023. The above are action minutes. A recording is available at the office of the City Clerk.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk