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Minutes for 2023 Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee


Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee
Goodyear City Hall - Canyon Trails Conference Room
1900 N. Civic Square
Goodyear, AZ 85395
Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:00 p.m. Meeting Minutes
Minutes Amended 2/16/23 to fix formatting issues, add Vice Chairman to the minutes,
minor typographical errors, and minor editing changes
 
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman John Cox at 6:00 p.m.
 
ROLL CALL
Present:
Chairman John Cox; Vice Chairman Joseph Hester; Committee Member Jesse Aynes; Committee Member Tamara Floyd; Committee Member Danna Kiracofe; Committee Member Eric Lien; Committee Member Joseph Moreno; Committee Member Brian Murphy; Committee Member James Reynolds; Committee Member Susan Schmelzer; Alternate Ernie Nepomuceno; Alternate Gerald Wilson
Absent:
Committee Member Peter Diliberti
Staff Present:
Deputy City Manager Andy Granger; Finance Director Doug Sandstrom; Director of Engineering Sumeet Mohan; Deputy Finance Director Jared Askelson; Transportation Planning Manager Christopher Bridges; Finance Manager, Financial Services Celina Morris; Budget and Research Manager Ryan Bittle; Finance Management Assistant Amie Gressett
 
APPROVE MINUTES
 

MOTION BY Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, SECONDED BY Committee Member Joseph Moreno to APPROVE the draft minutes of the January 19, 2023 2023 Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee meeting. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:
Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Joseph Moreno, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer

Passed

 
PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments.
 
OLD BUSINESS

There were no items on Old Business.
 
NEW BUSINESS
 
1.
Transportation Capital Funding
Deputy Finance Director Jared Askelson presented an overview of the current 5-year Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funding amounts specifically allocated for transportation projects and their funding sources.
 
2.
Transportation Capital Plan
Transportation Planning Manager Christopher Bridges provided the Committee with information about the purpose of the City's Transportation Master Plan (TMP). Items discussed included growth and population changes since completion of the last TMP in 2014.  Mr. Bridges also presented project needs and key items that are currently included in the scope of the development of the new TMP scheduled for finalization in December 2023.

The Committee discussed current and future states of traffic volume, efficiency and mobility, capacity of roadways and planned and future developments.  They additionally reviewed examples of costs, based upon per type of improvement.
 
3.
Transportation Priorities
Deputy Finance Director Jared Askelson provided a list of priority Transportation Projects planned for years 2024 -2028 and discussed funding sources and estimated costs.
 
NEXT MEETING
 
Next Meeting to be held on February 9, 2023 at 6:00 -9:00 p.m.
 
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, Chairman Cox adjourned the meeting at 7:03 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by:



 
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Jared Askelson, Committee Secretary
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John Cox, Chairman

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