City Commission Workshop

WORKSHOP CITY COMMISSION MEETING CITY HALL 1565 First Street Sarasota, Florida October 26, 2026 City Commission Chambers 9:00 AM I. AGENDA ITEMS: I.1 Presentation and Discussion Re: City Manager 100-Day Report I.1 Agenda Request Form.pdf CITY OF SARASOTA 100 DAY REPORT - FRILING - OCTOBER 2026 (1)_tagged-tagged.pdf I.2 Presentation and Discussion Re: State Review Comments relating to Comprehensive Plan Amendment 26-PA-02 which proposes updates to the Transportation, Future Land Use, and Capital Improvements Chapters of the Sarasota City Plan I.2 Agenda Request Form.pdf 1 - Transportation Chapter for Adoption Public Hearing, 11.02.2026.pdf II. ADJOURN Meeting Notice 10-26-26 City Commission Workshop Notice.pdf City Commission Rules of Procedure CC.RulesofProcedure.AdoptedMay42026.pdf AGENDA CALL MEETING TO ORDER MEETING NOTICE CITY COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE 1

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file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2026, 9:00 A.M. DISCLAIMER: THIS FILE REPRESENTS AN UNEDITED VERSION OF REALTIME CAPTIONING WHICH SHOULD NEITHER BE RELIED UPON FOR COMPLETE ACCURACY NOR USED AS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT. ANY PERSON WHO NEEDS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS MAY NEED TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER. 9:01:25AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] 9:01:26AM >>Mayor Trice: GOOD MORNING. 9:01:27AM I AM CALLING THIS OCTOBER 26 WORKSHOP -- CITY COMMISSION 9:01:34AM WORKSHOP TO ORDER. 9:01:35AM PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONE, WHICH I HAVE TO DO MINE. 9:01:40AM OKAY. 9:01:40AM WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 9:01:46AM ONE OF THEM IS THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE CITY 9:01:49AM MANAGER'S 100-DAY REPORT. 9:01:52AM AND THE OTHER ONE IS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE 9:01:56AM STATE REVIEW COMMENTS RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 9:02:00AM AMENDMENT, ET CETERA, TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER. 9:02:04AM I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE CITY MANAGER TO SWAP THE ORDER OF 9:02:11AM THOSE TWO AGENDA ITEMS. 9:02:12AM IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO DOING THAT? 9:02:16AM >>Vice-Mayor Ohlrich: WELL, I DON'T OBJECT, BUT I WILL NEED 9:02:18AM A FEW MINUTES TO GET MYSELF ORGANIZED THEN, BECAUSE I'M 9:02:22AM ORGANIZED FOR THAT FIRST. 9:02:25AM IF YOU DON'T MIND. 9:02:27AM >>Mayor Trice: COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH? 9:02:29AM >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: NO ISSUES. 9:02:30AM NO ISSUES. 9:02:31AM I DID WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THE TIME. 9:02:35AM I THINK WE HAVE ALLOTTED THREE HOURS. 9:02:36AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE NEED FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 9:02:39AM >>Mayor Trice: THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. 9:02:40AM IS THERE ANY GUIDANCE AS TO HOW LONG WE SHOULD ALLOT TO EACH 9:02:46AM OF THE AGENDA ITEMS? 9:02:51AM >>Karie Friling: MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD RECOMMEND 9:02:53AM TO ALLOT AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE HOURS -- MINE IS RELATIVELY 9:02:57AM SHORT. 9:02:58AM YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED MY REPORT. 9:02:59AM IT'S REALLY JUST A SUMMARY WITH SOME COMMENTS. 9:03:02AM BUT I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKSHOP TODAY SHOULD BE 9:03:05AM ALLOCATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER. 9:03:08AM >>Mayor Trice: IF WE START WITH THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER, 9:03:11AM ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL TAKE TWO HOURS IF WE HAVE 9:03:18AM DISCUSSION LASTING TWO HOURS. 9:03:19AM DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE TO EVERYBODY? 9:03:22AM >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: JUST CURIOUS OF WHY THE SWITCH. 9:03:25AM >>Karie Friling: BECAUSE MY RECOMMENDATION WAS WE HAD STAFF

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:03:28AM HERE AND GO AHEAD AND LET THEM GO AHEAD AND GET THEIR 9:03:31AM PRESENTATION DONE. 9:03:32AM WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT HERE. 9:03:34AM THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE 100-DAY REPORT. 9:03:37AM >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: GOT IT. 9:03:38AM IT MAKES SENSE. 9:03:39AM >>Mayor Trice: SO WITH THAT, I WOULD CALL UPON STAFF TO DO 9:03:46AM THE PRESENTATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 9:04:06AM >> GOOD MORNING. 9:04:07AM ALVIMARIE CORALES, CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER. 9:04:11AM >>David Smith: DAVID SMITH, MANAGER OF LONG-RANGE PLANNING 9:04:14AM FOR THE CITY. 9:04:15AM >>Corinne Arriaga: CORINNE ARRIAGA, CHIEF TRANSPORTATION 9:04:18AM PLANNER. 9:04:18AM >>Jason Collins: DR. JASON COLLINS WITH ADEASQ. 9:04:20AM GOOD MORNING. 9:04:23AM >> TAMMY VRANA, VRANA CONSULTING, SUBCONSULTANT. 9:04:28AM >>Mayor Trice: THANK YOU, PLEASE CONTINUE. 9:04:30AM >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. 9:04:31AM TODAY, WE ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED 9:04:34AM TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER OF THE SARASOTA CITY PLAN. 9:04:35AM SPECIFICALLY, THE REVISIONS MADE SINCE THE AUGUST 9:04:39AM TRANSMITTAL HEARING. 9:04:39AM OUR GOAL IS TO WALK THROUGH THE CHANGES, EXPLAIN HOW WE HAVE 9:04:42AM RESPONDED TO FLORIDA COMMERCE'S COMMENTS AND RECEIVE ANY 9:04:45AM ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 2 ADOPTION HEARING. 9:04:49AM THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER HAS NOT UNDERGONE A COMPREHENSIVE 9:04:53AM UPDATE IN NEARLY A DECADE. 9:04:55AM DURING THAT TIME, THE CITY HAS ADOPTED -- ACCEPTED SARASOTA 9:04:59AM IN MOTION AND UPDATED ITS ENGINEERING DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL 9:05:03AM OR THE EDCM. 9:05:05AM THIS UPDATE BRINGS THOSE EFFORTS TOGETHER, INCORPORATES MORE 9:05:08AM CURRENT TRANSPORTATION DATA AND ESTABLISHES A POLICY 9:05:11AM FRAMEWORK THAT REFLECTS SARASOTA'S EXISTING CONDITIONS AND 9:05:14AM FUTURE NEEDS. 9:05:14AM IT ALSO ENSURES CONSISTENCY WITH STATE PLANNING 9:05:17AM REQUIREMENTS. 9:05:17AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE FACE IS THAT SARASOTA IS 9:05:22AM LARGELY BUILT OUT. 9:05:23AM WE CANNOT SIMPLY WIDEN EVERY ROADWAY TO ADDRESS CONGESTION. 9:05:27AM IN MANY LOCATIONS, THERE IS LIMITED RIGHT-OF-WAY AND 9:05:30AM WIDENING MAY CONFLICT WITH THE CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING 9:05:33AM NEIGHBORHOODS. 9:05:34AM AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT WAYS 9:05:36AM PEOPLE TRAVEL, INCLUDING WALKING, BICYCLING, TRANSIT, AND 9:05:40AM DRIVING. 9:05:41AM THE PROPOSED CHAPTER RECOGNIZES THESE CONDITIONS AND FOCUSES 9:05:45AM ON MAKING BETTER USE OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WE 9:05:47AM ALREADY HAVE. 9:05:48AM TODAY'S WORKSHOP PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW REVISIONS 9:05:53AM MADE SINCE TRANSMITTAL, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND RECEIVE 9:05:56AM COMMISSION COMMENTS BEFORE ADOPTION.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:05:58AM THIS UPDATE HAS BEEN NEARLY TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING, 9:06:01AM INCLUDING 14 MONTHS TO DEVELOP THE CITY'S TRAVEL DEMAND 9:06:06AM MODEL. 9:06:07AM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY 9:06:09AM ENGAGEMENT HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE PROPOSED CHAPTER. 9:06:11AM THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THOSE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. 9:06:14AM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS UPDATE. 9:06:17AM THE PROCESS INCLUDED 10 IN-PERSON EVENTS, ONLINE SURVEY AND 9:06:21AM DEDICATED PROJECT WEB PAGE. 9:06:24AM WE ALSO WORKED WITH ADVISORY BOARDS AND PROVIDED 9:06:26AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AS THE DRAFT DEVELOPED. 9:06:29AM SINCE THEN, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO REFINE THE DOCUMENT BASED 9:06:31AM ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED. 9:06:32AM FOLLOWING THE AUGUST TRANSMITTAL HEARING, STAFF HOSTED AN 9:06:37AM ADDITIONAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON SEPTEMBER 1st. 9:06:40AM APPROXIMATELY 20 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED AND WE DISCUSSED 9:06:43AM TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS, CONCURRENCY, SAFETY, MOBILITY 9:06:46AM OPTIONS, FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION. 9:06:48AM THIS PROVIDED ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ASK 9:06:52AM QUESTIONS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROPOSED POLICIES 9:06:55AM COULD AFFECT FUTURE TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS. 9:06:57AM ON OCTOBER 8, WE ALSO MET WITH A SMALLER GROUP OF COMMUNITY 9:07:02AM REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL 9:07:04AM CONCERNS RAISED DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS. 9:07:06AM THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS, 9:07:09AM DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, FLORIDA COMMERCE'S COMMENTS AND 9:07:12AM SENATE BILL 180. 9:07:14AM THESE DISCUSSIONS HELPED STAFF IDENTIFY WHERE ADDITIONAL 9:07:17AM EXPLANATIONS OR POLICY CLARIFICATIONS WOULD BE USEFUL. 9:07:19AM THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, SEVERAL CONSISTENT 9:07:24AM THEMES EMERGED. 9:07:25AM SAFETY WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY, PARTICULARLY FOR PEDESTRIANS 9:07:28AM AND BICYCLISTS ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS AND AT INTERSECTIONS. 9:07:32AM RESIDENTS ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT CONGESTION, BUT 9:07:36AM RECOGNIZED THAT WIDENING ROADWAYS IS NOT ALWAYS PRACTICAL IN 9:07:38AM SARASOTA. 9:07:39AM WE HEARD SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY, EXPANDING 9:07:44AM TRANSPORTATION CHOICES AND ESTABLISHING CLEAR STANDARDS FOR 9:07:46AM EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE. 9:07:48AM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK DIRECTLY INFLUENCED THE PROPOSED CHAPTER. 9:07:54AM WE CONSOLIDATED OBJECTIVES TO REDUCE OVERLAP AND STRENGTHEN 9:07:58AM STRATEGIES ADDRESSING SAFETY, SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS, BICYCLE 9:08:01AM FACILITIES AND TRANSIT ACCESS. 9:08:02AM WE ALSO PLACED GREATER EMPHASIS ON MULTIMODAL AND 9:08:06AM OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS RATHER THAN RELYING PRIMARILY ON 9:08:08AM ROADWAY WIDENING. 9:08:10AM ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE WAS INCORPORATING TRANSPORTATION 9:08:12AM PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE ACTION STRATEGIES SO THE CITY 9:08:15AM HAS A CLEAR WAY TO EVALUATE PROGRESS. 9:08:17AM WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO JASON TO TALK ABOUT 9:08:23AM TRANSITIONING FROM THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO A VOLUME TO

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:08:26AM CAPACITY RATIO. 9:08:27AM >>Jason Collins: SO, ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT IS PROPOSED IS 9:08:30AM HOW WE DO EVALUATE TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE. 9:08:33AM PREVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS RELIED ON LEVEL OF 9:08:36AM SERVICE WITH THE LETTER GRADE OF A THROUGH F. 9:08:39AM THIS PROPOSED APPROACH APPLIES A VOLUME CAPACITY RATIO WITH 9:08:43AM THE STANDARDS THAT RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD 9:08:46AM CONTEXT THROUGHOUT SARASOTA. 9:08:47AM THIS APPROACH ALLOWS US TO EVALUATE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE USING 9:08:53AM MEASURABLE THRESHOLDS WHILE CONSIDERING THE LIMITATIONS OF 9:08:55AM THE EXISTING NETWORK. 9:08:57AM BUT THE CITY WILL NOT BE ELIMINATING LEVEL OF SERVICE NOR 9:09:03AM CONCURRENCY. 9:09:04AM THE STANDARDS WOULD STILL BE ACCEPTED AND THE PROPOSED 9:09:07AM CHANGE IS THE METRIC TO BETTER REFLECT THE NETWORK 9:09:11AM CONNECTIONS. 9:09:12AM SO BOTH THE LETTER GRADES AND THE VOLUME-TO-CAPACITY RATIOS 9:09:15AM ARE PROFESSIONALLY ACCEPTED MEASURES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS 9:09:18AM TABLE. 9:09:18AM THE CHANGES THAT THE VOLUME-TO-CAPACITY RATIO PROVIDES A 9:09:22AM NUMERICAL MEASURE OF HOW MUCH CAPACITY IS BEING USED. 9:09:26AM THE PROPOSED THRESHOLDS ARE BASED UPON AN ADOPTED TRAVEL 9:09:30AM DEMAND MODEL THAT'S ACTUALLY FURNISHED BY THE FLORIDA 9:09:33AM DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE ROADWAY CONTEXT WAS 9:09:36AM ADOPTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SARASOTA. 9:09:38AM ALLOWING TO ESTABLISH ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT 9:09:41AM REFLECT SARASOTA PRIORITIES. 9:09:43AM THESE THRESHOLDS CAN VARY DIFFERENTLY BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 9:09:48AM WHAT MAY BE UNACCEPTABLE IN SARASOTA MAY BE ACCEPTABLE IN A 9:09:51AM DIFFERENT CITY. 9:09:53AM FOR ONE EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF FORT MYERS IS GOING THROUGH 9:09:57AM THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AS WELL, AND THEY ARE 9:10:00AM PROPOSING A VOLUME-TO-CAPACITY RATIO OF UP TO 1.85 ON 9:10:05AM CONSTRAINED ROADWAYS THAT CANNOT BE WIDENED AND ALSO DUE TO 9:10:11AM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LIMITATIONS OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL 9:10:13AM CONDITIONS. 9:10:13AM SO 1.85 IS THE STANDARD THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING. 9:10:17AM ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE IS ANOTHER CHANGE THAT IS EXPANDING 9:10:21AM THE TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION FROM DEVELOPMENT 9:10:23AM IMPACTS. 9:10:25AM FOR THIS PROPOSED CHAPTER, ROADWAY WIDENING STILL REMAINS AN 9:10:29AM OPTION, BUT NOT THE ONLY OPTION. 9:10:32AM AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER OPTIONS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE 9:10:34AM CHECK MARK SUCH AS OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY 9:10:37AM IMPROVEMENTS. 9:10:38AM SO IT'S REALLY BASED UPON A WHOLE LARGER MENU OF MITIGATION 9:10:42AM OPTIONS THAT CAN BE PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO ROADWAY 9:10:44AM WIDENING. 9:10:45AM THE LIMITATION OF ROADWAY WIDENING IS NOT THE ONLY 9:10:49AM REQUIREMENT FOR A LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS. 9:10:51AM DEPENDING UPON THE LOCATION OR THE CONTEXT, THESE OPTIONS 9:10:55AM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEVELOPER TOWARDS THEIR IMPACT.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:10:59AM AND WHERE WIDENING IS NOT FEASIBLE, WHERE THE ROADWAY MAY BE 9:11:04AM CONSTRAINED, THE INTENT IS TO IDENTIFY MORE PROGRESSIVE 9:11:07AM SOLUTIONS LIKE THESE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD 9:11:09AM CONTEXT. 9:11:17AM >> SINCE THE AUGUST TRANSMITTAL HEARING, SEVERAL IMPORTANT 9:11:21AM STEPS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. 9:11:22AM YOU CAN SEE THEM UP ON THE SCREEN. 9:11:24AM IN ADDITION TO THE SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP AND OCTOBER SMALL 9:11:26AM GROUP MEETING, THE CITY RECEIVED FLORIDA COMMERCE REVIEW 9:11:30AM LETTER ON SEPTEMBER 9. 9:11:33AM STAFF REVIEWED THE COMMENTS, COORDINATED WITH FLORIDA 9:11:35AM COMMERCE, AND PREPARED TARGETED REVISIONS TO ADDRESS THE 9:11:38AM CONCERNS THAT THEY RAISED. 9:11:39AM FLORIDA COMMERCE REVIEW IDENTIFIED THREE PRIMARY AREAS OF 9:11:44AM CONCERN. 9:11:45AM THE FIRST ONE RELATES TO SB 180 AND WHETHER CERTAIN PROPOSED 9:11:50AM POLICIES COULD BE CONSIDERED MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME 9:11:53AM THAN THE CURRENTLY ADOPTED CHAPTER. 9:11:55AM THE SECOND INVOLVED ENSURING THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION 9:11:59AM STANDARDS ARE MEANINGFUL, PREDICTABLE, AND CLEARLY 9:12:02AM EXPLAINED. 9:12:02AM AND THEN THE THIRD INVOLVED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, 9:12:05AM INCLUDING HOW THE PROPOSED POLICIES RELATE TO EXISTING CITY 9:12:09AM REGULATIONS AND TECHNICAL PROCEDURES. 9:12:11AM THOSE ARE ALL IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL. 9:12:14AM WE DID DO A BACKUP CALLED EVIDENCE COMPILATION. 9:12:20AM SO WE PROVIDED ALL THESE POLICIES, THE SUPPORTING 9:12:23AM DOCUMENTATION, METHODOLOGIES, AND THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO 9:12:29AM PROVIDE A BACKUP FOR WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING. 9:12:35AM SB 180 PRESENTS AN ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE UPDATE 9:12:40AM BECAUSE IT RESTRICTS THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN MORE 9:12:42AM RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVISIONS 9:12:45AM DURING THE APPLICABLE PERIOD. 9:12:47AM SO AUGUST 1st, 2024, ONWARDS. 9:12:50AM OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN TO CAREFULLY REVIEW THE PROPOSED 9:12:53AM LANGUAGE AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EXISTING REQUIREMENTS, NEW 9:12:56AM OBLIGATIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. 9:12:59AM WHERE LANGUAGE COULD CREATE AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT, WE 9:13:02AM EVALUATED WHETHER IT SHOULD BE REVISED, AND THEN THE GOAL 9:13:05AM WAS TO ADDRESS THE STATUTORY CONCERNS WHILE STILL PRESERVING 9:13:08AM THE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIRECTION ESTABLISHED 9:13:11AM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 9:13:12AM FLORIDA COMMERCE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FIVE ACTION 9:13:17AM STRATEGIES AS MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME. 9:13:20AM YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN. 9:13:22AM FIRST SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, AND TRANSIT-RELATED STRATEGIES. 9:13:25AM STAFF REVISED CERTAIN MANDATORY PROVISIONS TO ADVISORY 9:13:28AM LANGUAGE. 9:13:28AM FOR ACTION STRATEGY 7.4 REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND 9:13:33AM MANAGEMENT, STAFF PROVIDED SUPPORTING JUSTIFICATION IN 9:13:34AM EXPLAINING ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING DOCUMENTS. 9:13:41AM FOR ACTION STRATEGY 7.8 INVOLVING EASEMENT DEDICATION ALONG

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:13:44AM TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FROM 9:13:46AM THE ADOPTED CHAPTER. 9:13:47AM AND THAT WAS ALLOWED BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY ADOPTED. 9:13:51AM IT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2017, SO THIS IS BEFORE AUGUST 1st, 9:13:56AM 2024 TIME FRAME THAT THEY MENTIONED. 9:13:57AM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SEVERAL OF 9:14:04AM THOSE REVISIONS. 9:14:06AM THIS INCLUDES ANYTHING RECEIVED FROM FLORIDA COMMERCE AND 9:14:10AM COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE TRANSMITTAL. 9:14:13AM SO THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE CHANGES. 9:14:15AM FOR CERTAIN TRAIL AND TRANSIT PROVISIONS CHANGED LANGUAGE 9:14:20AM FROM SHALL TO SHOULD TO DISTINGUISH A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT 9:14:23AM FROM ENCOURAGED PRACTICES. 9:14:24AM WE ALSO CLARIFIED THE MEANING AND APPLICATION OF TERMS SUCH 9:14:27AM AS SHALL, SHOULD, AND MAY TO MAKE THE DOCUMENT EASIER TO 9:14:31AM INTERPRET. 9:14:31AM AND THIS FOLLOWS WHAT THE ENGINEERING DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL 9:14:37AM DEFINES SHALL, SHOULD, AND MAY. 9:14:38AM FOR SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSIT SHELTERS, THE PROPOSED 9:14:41AM LANGUAGE WAS REVISED TO AVOID ESTABLISHING NEW MANDATORY 9:14:45AM CONSTRUCTION OBLIGATIONS THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 9:14:47AM ADDITIONAL REVISIONS ADDRESSED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION, 9:14:52AM TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION 9:14:55AM EDUCATION. 9:14:56AM SO FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION, WE RESTORED LANGUAGE FROM 9:14:59AM THE ADOPTED CHAPTER AND ADDED CLARIFICATION THAT DEDICATION 9:15:03AM REQUEST MUST HAVE A RATIONAL NEXUS TO THE PROPOSED 9:15:07AM DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACTS. 9:15:08AM WE ALSO EXPLICITLY INCLUDED STRATEGIC CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS 9:15:13AM IN THE MITIGATION TABLE. 9:15:15AM THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PROPOSED CHAPTER DOES NOT 9:15:17AM ELIMINATE ROADWAY CAPACITY AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. 9:15:20AM INSTEAD, IT RECOGNIZES THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE 9:15:23AM CONSIDERED ALONGSIDE OTHER SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE CORRIDOR'S 9:15:26AM NEEDS. 9:15:26AM FINALLY, WE REFINED THE STRATEGY SUPPORTING EDUCATION, 9:15:30AM ENCOURAGEMENT FOR WALKING AND BICYCLING IN TERMS OF ACTIVE 9:15:32AM TRANSPORTATION. 9:15:33AM THESE LAST TWO CAME UP -- WELL, THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE, 9:15:40AM CAME UP LAST WEEK BASED ON FLORIDA COMMERCE. 9:15:42AM SO THESE THREE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS RELATE TO MICROMOBILITY 9:15:46AM AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION POLICIES. 9:15:48AM ONCE WE PROVIDED ALL OF OUR REVISIONS TO FLORIDA COMMERCE, 9:15:54AM THEN F.D.O.T. THROUGH FLORIDA COMMERCE PROVIDED THAT THERE 9:15:59AM WERE THREE THAT THEY STILL FELT LIKE THEY WERE MORE 9:16:01AM BURDENSOME OR POTENTIALLY MORE BURDENSOME SO THEY RETURNED 9:16:04AM IT BACK TO US AND WE RESPONDED AND MADE CHANGES. 9:16:08AM FOR ACTION STRATEGY 7.1, OBJECTIVE 6, STAFF RETAINED 9:16:12AM LANGUAGE ALREADY CONTAINED IN THE ADOPTED TRANSPORTATION 9:16:15AM CHAPTER. 9:16:16AM AND FOR MICROMOBILITY, SINCE THIS ONE WAS NEW, WE REMOVED 9:16:19AM THE WORD REGULATE FROM ACTION STRATEGY 7.11 TO AVOID

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:16:24AM CREATING LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A NEW 9:16:26AM REGULATORY OBLIGATION. 9:16:28AM THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'VE EVALUATED THE LANGUAGE 9:16:32AM INDIVIDUALLY RATHER THAN MAKING A BROAD CHANGE THAT COULD 9:16:36AM UNNECESSARILY WEAKEN THE EXISTING CITY POLICIES. 9:16:39AM WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED. 9:16:42AM ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MADE REVISIONS SINCE TRANSMITTAL, THE 9:16:45AM OVERALL DIRECTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER REMAINS THE 9:16:48AM SAME. 9:16:49AM WE ARE RETAINING THE CONTACT SPACE, VOLUME-TO-CAPACITY 9:16:53AM PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK, THE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY AND MULTIMODAL 9:16:55AM TRANSPORTATION, AND THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING BETTER USE OF 9:16:58AM OUR EXISTING ROADWAY NETWORK. 9:17:00AM WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO BUILD ON SARASOTA IN MOTION AND THE 9:17:03AM ENGINEERING DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL AND OTHER EXISTING CITY 9:17:06AM INITIATIVES. 9:17:06AM OUR APPROACH TO ADDRESSING SB 180 HAS INVOLVED FOUR STEPS. 9:17:13AM FIRST, WE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED POLICIES TO IDENTIFY 9:17:16AM PROVISIONS THAT COULD ESTABLISH NEW OBLIGATIONS. 9:17:18AM SECOND, WE DISTINGUISHED EXISTING CITY REQUIREMENTS FROM NEW 9:17:22AM POLICY INITIATIVES. 9:17:24AM THIRD, WE REFINED THE LANGUAGE WHERE NECESSARY TO CLARIFY 9:17:27AM RESPONSIBILITIES AND AVOID UNINTENDED REQUIREMENTS. 9:17:30AM THAT MEANT DEFINING WHETHER IT WAS A CITY ACTION OR AN 9:17:36AM ACTION ON DEVELOPMENT OR WHOEVER WAS DEVELOPING ON OUR 9:17:39AM ROADWAYS. 9:17:39AM AND THEN FINALLY, WE PREPARED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION 9:17:43AM EXPLAINING THE REVISIONS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE 9:17:45AM ADOPTED CHAPTER. 9:17:46AM OUR NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING TODAY'S WORKSHOP, THE NEXT 9:17:51AM SCHEDULED STEP IS THE NOVEMBER 2 CITY COMMISSION PUBLIC 9:17:53AM HEARING FOR FIRST READING. 9:17:56AM IF THIS PROCEEDS, THEN WE WILL RETURN FOR A SECOND READING 9:18:02AM BEFORE THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION AMENDMENT. 9:18:05AM AND THEN SUBMIT IT TO FLORIDA COMMERCE. 9:18:07AM FLORIDA COMMERCE WILL THEN COMPLETE ITS REVIEW AND THE 9:18:10AM AMENDMENT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 9:18:13AM APPLICABLE STATUTORY PROCESSES. 9:18:14AM TODAY'S DISCUSSION GIVES STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANY 9:18:18AM REMAINING QUESTIONS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. 9:18:21AM AND LOOKING TO PROCEED WITH THE NOVEMBER 2nd CITY 9:18:27AM COMMISSION. 9:18:29AM THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 9:18:30AM WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME. 9:18:32AM IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. 9:18:35AM IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING. 9:18:36AM SO WE DO APPRECIATE COMMISSION'S TIME AND OUR RESIDENTS AS 9:18:40AM WELL THAT HAVE DEDICATED A PORTION OF THEIR TIME TO MEETING 9:18:43AM WITH US AS WELL. 9:18:44AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 9:18:46AM >>Mayor Trice: OKAY. 9:18:47AM VICE MAYOR.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:18:49AM >>Vice-Mayor Ohlrich: THANK YOU. 9:18:49AM WELL, YOU KNOW I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, AND YOU ALSO KNOW THAT 9:18:58AM WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THEM LAST WEEK. 9:19:01AM I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON THAT. 9:19:02AM I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE WEREN'T 9:19:08AM ABLE TO ADDRESS, SOME OF MY NEW QUESTIONS, AND SEE WHERE WE 9:19:13AM GO. 9:19:13AM WE'VE READ THAT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THIS CHAPTER BE 9:19:19AM UPDATED PRIOR TO DECEMBER OF 2029. 9:19:22AM WHY DO IT NOW? 9:19:34AM >>Alvimarie Corales: THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL COMPREHENSIVE 9:19:37AM PLAN AMENDMENTS IS 2029, RIGHT. 9:19:39AM BUT THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER IS A VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENT. 9:19:46AM AS YOU HEARD, IT TOOK US 14 MONTHS TO DEVELOP JUST THE 9:19:50AM TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL. 9:19:52AM AND THEN PRODUCING THE ACTION STRATEGIES AND OBJECTIVES. 9:19:58AM WHAT IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME IS THAT THE TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL, 9:20:02AM WHEN WE ESTABLISHED IT BACK IN 2024, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE 9:20:07AM SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROJECT, WE HAD DETERMINED THAT 2026 9:20:11AM WAS GOING TO BE OUR BASE YEAR. 9:20:13AM THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US AT LEAST THAT TWO-YEAR TIME FRAME 9:20:18AM TO GET THINGS IN PLACE. 9:20:20AM SO WITH A 2026 BASE YEAR, THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A 9:20:24AM TEN-YEAR PLANNING HORIZON THAT IS MANDATED NOW. 9:20:27AM AND THAT PUTS IT AT 2036. 9:20:31AM WE DO HAVE A 20-PLUS YEAR HORIZON, BUT WE HAVE EXCEEDED 9:20:36AM THAT. 9:20:36AM WE HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN THOSE 20-PLUS YEARS. 9:20:39AM SO WE ARE GOOD ON THAT FRONT. 9:20:41AM BUT THE TIME TO UPDATE IS NOW BECAUSE THE TRAVEL DEMAND 9:20:48AM MODEL, IF WE PUSH THIS OUT, WE WOULD HAVE TO REDO ALL OF 9:20:53AM THAT WORK FROM 14 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THOSE -- 14 9:20:57AM MONTHS OF TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL, ADDITIONAL COSTS. 9:21:01AM SO THE 2036 WOULD GET THEN PUSHED OUT. 9:21:05AM >>Vice-Mayor Ohlrich: OKAY. 9:21:06AM SO DOES THIS CHAPTER HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER 9:21:12AM CHAPTERS THAT ARE BEING REWRITTEN AND ANY IMPACT ON THOSE 9:21:17AM CHAPTERS? 9:21:18AM SO I WAS THINKING THAT IF THIS CHAPTER WERE NOT REVISED 9:21:23AM FIRST, WE WOULDN'T QUITE HAVE THE DETAILS WE NEED TO GO 9:21:29AM AHEAD WITH THE OTHER CHAPTERS. 9:21:31AM AM I RIGHT THERE? 9:21:33AM >>David Smith: WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE ARE ALSO UPDATING THE 9:21:37AM LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONCURRENCY 9:21:41AM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE LAND USE. 9:21:43AM SO THOSE ARE BEING DONE IN COORDINATION WITH THESE CHAPTERS. 9:21:47AM AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 9:21:51AM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS HOPING TO UPDATE THAT BEFORE THE 9:21:56AM NEXT YEAR, 2029, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN ON BRINGING THE ENTIRE 9:22:04AM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UP TO DATE BEFORE THAT NEXT YEAR. 9:22:09AM IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED, WE CAN 9:22:13AM WORK TOWARD THOSE.

file:///C/Users/JJohnson/Desktop/26-10-26-CommissionWorkshops.txt[10/26/2026 6:44:01 PM] 9:22:15AM BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL 9:22:18AM CHANGES NEEDED FOR THIS TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER. 9:22:21AM IF WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD 9:22:25AM WITH THAT PROCESS, WE'LL CERTAINLY NEED TO UPDATE THE FUTURE 9:22:31AM LAND USE CHAPTER, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT 9:22:35AM PROCESS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION, WE CAN DO IT AT THAT 9:22:38AM TIME. 9:22:38AM >>Vice-Mayor Ohlrich: OKAY. 9:22:39AM THANK YOU. 9:22:40AM SO THIS IS A TOTAL REWRITE OF THE CHAPTER. 9:22:46AM WHY DO WE STI