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Stakeholder Committee Meeting #1August 12, 2020

Agenda

▪ Introductions

▪ Study Background

▪ Role of Stakeholder Committee

▪ Understanding Issues & Priorities

▪ Meeting Recap & Next Steps

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Study Background

▪ Downtown Sioux City continues to undergo significant changes through redevelopment and reuse, creation and connectivity of open spaces, and in multimodal connectivity.

▪ New residential opportunities with more retail and office creates more demand for people to walk to and from work or the store.

▪ Redevelopment of the riverfront allows for enhanced pedestrian and bicycle connections between the downtown center and current/future opportunities along the river.

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Goals & Objectives

Guiding Goal:

Conduct a comprehensive study for the safe and efficient movement of people, transit, bicycles, vehicles, and other means of transport across Downtown.

Key Objectives:

1. Identify traffic flow and parking impacts of a converting 5th and 6th Street to two-way streets in Downtown. Develop recommendations to address impacts.

2. Evaluate the skywalk system and make recommendations for improvements with the goal to increase pedestrian use of the skywalks and enhance the downtown environment to attract and support new capital investment.

3. Analyze the pedestrian network of Downtown and make recommendations for improvements and connections.

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Study Process

1. Establish users & functions▪ Who does the downtown serve?

▪ What functions do the roadways serve?

2. Prioritize users & functions▪ Of these users and functions,

how should they be prioritized?

3. Define conflicts between users & functions▪ What are the conflicts between

the users/functions?

▪ What options/changes do we consider to address these conflicts?

4. Develop plan

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Roadway Corridors/Parking

Sidewalks & Skywalks

Bicycle Facilities

Redevelopment/New Development

Transit

Understanding the History

▪ Two-way street conversion

▪ Parking study

▪ Wayfinding plan

▪ Downtown design guidelines

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Stakeholder Committee Input

Based on your history, what has changed in the Downtown area? What

does the future look like from your perspective?

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Engaging the Community

▪ Downtown Businesses

▪ Downtown Residents

▪ Downtown Employees

▪ Downtown Visitors:─ Shoppers/Medical Visits

─ Vendors

─ Event participants

─ Passing through cyclists

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Engaging the Community

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Businesses

MESSAGE

METHODS

What are Your Needs/Priorities?

What Do You Think?

Alternatives – Funding – Timing

Residents Employees Visitors

Stakeholder Committee Input

Opportunities for In-person Engagement?

(Gathering Places – Events)

(Handout Content)

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Engaging the Community

▪ Origin-Destination

▪ Trip Purpose

▪ Why Using this Facility:─ Sidewalk

─ Skywalk

▪ Perceptions

▪ Steps:1. Locations

2. Questions

3. Method

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Schedule & Deliverables

12MARCH 31, 2020

DOWNTOWN TRANSPORTATION STUDY

Stakeholder Committee

Committee Role:

▪ Study Management & Decision-making

Participants:

▪ Downtown Partners

▪ City of Sioux City Staff and Parking & Skywalk System Board of Trustees

▪ Active Transportation Advisory Committee

▪ SIMPCO MPO Policy Board, Transportation Technical Committee & Staff

▪ SCPD

▪ Siouxland District Health

▪ City of Sioux City Senior Advisory Committee

▪ School District

▪ Businesses & Residents

▪ Sioux City Transit

▪ Iowa DOT

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5Meetings

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Roadway Corridors/Parking

Sidewalks & Skywalks

Bicycle Facilities

Redevelopment/New Development

Transit

Understanding Issues & Priorities

Stakeholder Committee Input

How do you and your "stakeholders" use/access downtown?

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Stakeholder Committee Input

What do you see as challenges with how the downtown

transportation system functions?

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Stakeholder Committee Input

What is your definition of success for this study?

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Thank You!