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Citizen Involvement <br />in Street Design <br />The adopted classification of a given street segment <br />will be used as a starting point for determining the <br />design standards to use on any major improvement <br />project for that street. Existing and/or planned <br />conditions (such as current or planned develop- <br />ment, existence of on-street parking, local factors <br />such as slopes, vegetation, etc.) will be considered <br />in a preliminary staff assessment of the range of <br />possible street widths and other variables that might <br />be feasible for a specific location. <br />Any project defined earlier as a Major Project, and <br />some Minor Projects, will include a citizen involve- <br />ment program. There will usually be an initial <br />public meeting or scoping session to identify major <br />issues and determine the best method for incorpo- <br />rating public input into the design of the project. In <br />some cases a preliminary design will be developed <br />by staff and taken back out to the neighborhood for <br />feedback and revisions. For some projects, a citizen <br />design team will be formed to develop the design, <br />following the design standards and guidelines in <br />this document and applying them to the particular <br />circumstances of each particular street project to <br />reach agreement on the best design for that street. <br />This process of using a citizen design team could <br />apply, for example, to a number of the street <br />reconstruction projects proposed in TransPlan, as <br />well as projects like addition of bicycle lanes or <br />other special lanes (such as turn lanes), where the <br />proposal would be likely to result in loss of on- <br />street parking. Design of traffic calming features <br />could also follow this process. <br />46 <br />