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City of Peoria JCRJE - Transportation and Mobility Sub-Committee met June 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the subcommittee:

1. Call to Order:  

2. Approval of Minutes  

• Vote to approve February minutes, and April minutes, May minutes, no March minutes 

3. Informational Items and Reports  

• New member introductions  

4. Discussion  

• Who has yet to complete their OMA Training?  

Public Forum Questions?  

• Review Committee Partners and Upcoming Events:  

We are working on gathering suggestions from area agencies: 

Agency/Organization	Transportation and Mobility Rep	Contact at Agency	Notes
Tri County Regional Planning Commission	Ursula Towne	Ray Lees	Have been communicating with Ray regularly
Peoria Economic Development Council	Catherine Lawless	Chris Setti
Peoria Chamber of Commerce	Lorene King	CEO- Joshua Gunn	Help bring people into the city; good transportation is key to this
ICC	Catherine Lawless	Do they have programs for students to get there?  Email listed on the website for RJE	Can we talk about students getting into transportation, civil engineering focus?
University of Bradley: McCord Lecture	Lorene King	Nuria Hernandez Admin of Federal Transit Administration	Bradley Grad- civil engineering
Amazon Fulfilment Center			Going to Pekin, any contacts here? Can we find someone who knows who to contact?
Support-A-Friend	Antwaun Banks		Ursula will send contact info
Dream Center	Ursula Towne	Robbie Criss
Central Illinois Agency on Aging	Tina Foley
Salvation Army	Ursula Towne/Ron Rasberry		Transportation provided to summer camp: Citylink summer ride passes
City Council	Andre Allen	Andre Allen
County Board	Andre Allen	Andre Allen	Andre is hosting SDoH meetings. Get the committee involved Walk-audits
Jehan Gordon-Booth/ Camilla Kellerstrass	Lorene King		Lorene was reaching out
Senator David Koehler	Lorene King
Morton Economic Dev Council	Catherine Lawless	LeAnn Brown	Email sent but no response yet
Bike riding Assoc.			Can these groups be contacted to provide training for cyclists? For kids?

 5. Recommendations to the Steering Committee: 

 • Investigation in-ground system for getting people around similar to larger cities – cuts down on automobiles, safer, especially since Jefferson is being made into a 2-way 

 • Lack of vehicle ownership- Changing Gears program- what can we do here? Should we reach out? 

• If we had a survey or forum, what questions would we ask of citizens: 

 i. What are the biggest challenges you face with transportation and mobility- a gut-check  here of what we have been assuming are the issues  

ii. Is it the bus stop, vehicle ownership, what stands in the way of getting there?  

iii. Where are the gaps?  

iv. Not just for the underserved? Can we focus on overall improvements? Creating good methods for links to jobs in various areas like downtown. Park & Ride? eliminate pollution v. Any types of changes- as things get better- the community can grow through progress of improvements  

vi. Training for bike riders? Offer this where they live. Neighborhood House! Identify a bike riding organization- see if we can get someone to volunteer.  

6. New Business  

7. Adjournment

 https://www.peoriacounty.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06202023-1445