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SAFETY ADVISORY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGENDA OCTOBER 30, 2013 - 5:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 15 LOOCKERMAN PLAZA DOVER, DELAWARE Public comments are welcomed on any item and will be permitted at appropriate times. When possible, please notify the City Clerk (736-7008 or e-mail at CityClerk@dover.de.us) should you wish to be recognized. AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS 1. Discussion - Transportation Improvement District (Staff Recommends That the City Manager and City Planner Be Authorized to Begin Negotiations with the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) to Create a Transportation Improvement District (TID). Any Agreement Related to the TID Would Be Brought Before City Council in Draft Form Prior to Execution) 2. Update - Dover High School Construction (Committee Action Not Required) 3. Briefing on Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Projects A. DelDOT Repaving Project (Committee Action Not Required) B. West Dover Connector (Committee Action Not Required) 4. Adjournment by 6:00 p.m. /tm S:\AGENDAS-MINUTES-PACKETS\Committee-Agendas\2013\10-30-2013 SA&T.wpd THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

ACTION FORM PROCEEDING: Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Planning & Inspections DATE SUBMITTED: October 23, 2013 PREPARED BY: Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, Director of Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Transportation Improvement District REFERENCE: N/A RELATED PROJECT: N/A REVIEWED BY: N/A EXHIBITS: EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: N/A AMOUNT BUDGETED: N/A FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget): N/A TIME TIMETABLE: N/A RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the City Manager and City Planner be authorized to begin negotiations with DelDOT to create a Transportation Improvement District (TID). Any agreement related to the TID would be brought before City Council in draft form prior to execution. BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS In spring 2013, DelDOT adopted new regulations that govern how DelDOT reviews access to State maintained roadways. Specifically, these regulations affect the requirements relating to traffic impact studies and the scope of these studies as it relates to individual developments. These new regulations have created the consequence of causing very large scopes for traffic impact studies for potential redevelopment projects along U.S. 13. The scopes of these traffic impact studies and the likely resulting improvements that could be required to the transportation network have a paralyzing effect on redevelopment projects along the U.S. 13 corridor. These same regulations that have resulted in large scopes for traffic impact studies also allow DelDOT to work with the metropolitan planning organizations and local governments to create Transportation Improvement Districts (TID). Once a district is defined, an agreement is put in place, and DelDOT funds a district-wide traffic study and implementation plan. Depending on the terms of the agreement, developers within the TID would either pay their fair share of the improvements (which would be determined by the agreement) or construct a portion of the improvement. Additionally, the improvements identified in the TID study would receive a higher priority in the ranking of projects in the State’s Capital Transportation Plan.