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Peoria County Racial Justice and Equity - Transportation and Mobility Subcommittee met July 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the subcommittee:: 

1. Call to Order: 

2. Approval of Minutes 

• Vote to approve June minutes

3. Informational Items and Reports 

• New member 

4. Discussion 

• Who has yet to complete their OMA Training? Send Ursula your completed certificate 

Review Committee Partners and Upcoming Events:  

Next Social Determinants of Health - The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) - Accelerator Plan leadership team invites residents to join them for another meeting on Thursday, July 27th at 5:30 pm at the George Washington Carver Center. During the previous gathering, we had important conversations and received valuable suggestions. To continue the dialogue and gather further information, we would like to invite you to participate.

The upcoming meeting will focus on transportation and accessibility in the neighborhood, covering topics such as sidewalks, green spaces, and bus stops. The team is particularly interested in hearing from the community about their experiences and preferences in getting around their neighborhood. The Health Department is developing the plan with a Social Determinants of Health lens, specifically focusing on the built environment and social connectedness of the community.

• Ursula to meet with Tom Pelger – Economic Development & Jobs – how can we collaborate? 

• 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 during the SDoH meetings
Peoria Economic Development Council	Lenora Fisher	Lenora Fisher	We hear that there are job opportunities, we have workers without cars, connecting the dots for safe and reliable transportation. Identify employers that need help.
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	Lenora will reach out to the Pekin Chamber of Contract warehouse and independent delivery contractors?		Going to Pekin, any contacts here? Can we find someone who knows who to contact?
Support-A-Friend	Antwaun Banks		Have we reached out to them for needs?
Dream Center	Ursula Towne	Robbie Criss
Central Illinois Agency on Aging	Tina Foley, might be something to reach out to these guys on the Nerevu surveys	Can Reuben reach out to them for the Nerevu survey?
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, didn’t know of anything specifically
Senator David Koehler	Lorene King	Will see him next month	?
Morton Economic Dev Council	Catherine Lawless/ can she send the email to Lenora?	LeAnn Brown	Email sent but no response yet, Catherine to work with Lenora
Bike riding Assoc.-RideIllinois.Org			Can these groups be contacted to provide training for cyclists? For kids?

5. Recommendations to the Steering Committee: 

6. New Business 

7. Adjournment

https://www.peoriacounty.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07172023-1456