[0:13] We are live. >> Okay.

[0:16] Hello everyone and welcome to the Citizens Participation Committee meeting

[0:19] for September 9th, 2026. Uh we're going to go ahead and start off

[0:25] by uh doing a quick roll call so that I make sure that I have a record of

[0:29] everyone who's here. Um so I'll go ahead and call your name

[0:33] and you can just let me know that uh you are indeed here. So Steve Klevenger.

[0:37] » Present. >> Stewart Frescas.

[0:41] » Present. >> Gene Croshan.

[0:45] » Here. >> And Lynn Nelson.

[0:48] » Here. >> All right. Is there anybody else that I

[0:51] missed that I'm not seeing online?

[0:59] Okay, it doesn't appear that there's anyone else that's joined us yet. So

[1:02] we'll go ahead and get started with the program. So the first item is to approve

[1:06] minutes from our previous meeting. Uh so I'd

[1:11] start by entertaining a motion to approve those minutes unless there

[1:14] are any questions or corrections. Yeah, okay, thank you Lynn.

[1:18] So we have a motion for approval from Lynn and a second from Steve. Uh so

[1:22] we'll go ahead and do a roll call vote. Uh Steve Klevenger.

[1:25] » Yes. >> Stewart Frescas.

[1:29] » Yes. >> Gene Croshan.

[1:32] » Yes. >> And Lynn Nelson.

[1:35] » Yes. >> All right. Uh the motion carries. The

[1:38] minutes are approved. So now we're going to go ahead and get

[1:43] into some of the items that we have to bring to you tonight.

[1:48] So the first one is um regarding the Northern Corridor

[1:53] Connection Study or the US 231 study. Um so this is

[1:57] something that we try to give you guys a quarterly update on.

[2:01] So I always like to start with just setting the background information for

[2:05] this and reminding everyone that as of right now, INDOT has not yet

[2:10] committed to any kind of a project. So it is still uncertain if one will happen

[2:14] or not. It is also possible that if a project does happen, it will not be

[2:20] officially US 231. It could be a connector road under local control. So

[2:25] that's why we do refer to that project as the northern corridor connection.

[2:30] So sometimes that can be confusing for people because I think most people do

[2:34] think of it as US 231, but just to kind of keep everything straight, we do call

[2:39] it officially the northern corridor connection.

[2:42] I will also mention that no official routes have been determined. Anything

[2:48] that you see on a map is just a conceptual placeholder. Before any final

[2:54] determination of alignment would be made,

[2:58] you need to do extensive engineering work and public outreach. So for

[3:04] example, what I have shown here is from our Wabash Township plan. And

[3:11] what that shows again is just conceptual. And before anything would be

[3:15] finalized, there has to be a lot of work that has

[3:19] yet to be done. So just want to keep that in mind as we

[3:23] continue on with our discussion. So the process for this

[3:28] is phase one, which is a white paper, which will determine all the work that

[3:33] must be completed before a project can begin, before anything can start. And

[3:38] then after that, there needs to be a full engineering study. The exact type

[3:43] and scope of that study is not yet known. It will be determined by the

[3:48] white paper. The reason for that is that there are

[3:52] several different potential types of studies you can use for a

[3:56] transportation project and we want to get the best match for our specific

[4:01] situation. And in order to do that, we need to do

[4:04] some kind of background work, which will happen in phase one.

[4:07] Uh so phase three, uh which I have marked as a question mark, uh is project

[4:12] development construction. So there are several challenges that would have to be

[4:15] overcome before this happens. Um coordination with different

[4:19] jurisdictions, um finding funding for that project, which would probably be

[4:22] the biggest hurdle, um as well as a lot of other work that would have to be

[4:26] done. Um so if all those challenges can be overcome, the project would likely be

[4:31] constructed in multiple phases and it would take many, many years to complete.

[4:35] So this isn't something that's going to be happening tomorrow

[4:38] uh or next month or next year. It'll still be a few years down the road, at

[4:42] least. So this is kind of where the update

[4:47] portion really comes in. So where are we in the process?

[4:51] Um so we're kind of still just before phase one. We have posted an RFP

[4:57] um and we are expecting to receive some proposals for that from some engineering

[5:01] firms. Proposals are due on September 21st, so coming up here in just a couple

[5:06] weeks. Um we have kind of in preparation for

[5:11] that assembled a scoring committee. Um so this committee scoring committee will

[5:16] have representatives from APC, the county, West Lafayette, and Lafayette.

[5:20] Um each member will receive a copy of each proposal that we receive and they

[5:27] will give them a score from zero to 100 points based on some metrics that were

[5:32] published in our RFP. Um and then we will aggregate those scores um and the

[5:38] consulting firm with the best total score will be awarded the project.

[5:43] Um so we're kind of getting ready for that. We have a pre-meeting scheduled

[5:47] next week to go over that with all our members of the selection committee to

[5:52] make sure that everyone understands

[5:56] what the scoring criteria are and all those kinds of things.

[5:59] Um so that's where we are right now and I wanted to kind of give a little

[6:03] preview for our next meeting. So by the next meeting

[6:08] that we have in 3 months, we will know which firm has been selected to perform

[6:13] this work and it's possible that there will be a little bit of work completed

[6:18] or starting. So we might have something to share. I'm

[6:21] not 100% sure where we'll be in the process at that point. It kind of

[6:25] depends on how fast of a start the

[6:29] selected firm is is able to get on the project. Um but within the next couple

[6:35] meetings we should have some more significant updates and and be reaching

[6:39] out to people with uh opportunities for feedback.

[6:44] Um so kind of as usual, I also want to make sure that everyone knows where they

[6:49] can get updates on this. Certainly by coming to this committee meeting, that's

[6:53] one place to get updates. We are also posting updates on the APC

[6:58] website, which I have listed on this slide. Um additionally, the local media

[7:03] often picks up on some of this type of stuff. Um

[7:07] so you should be able to see some of that in your favorite local media

[7:11] source. Um are there any questions about this?

[7:21] » Sounds like a good start.

[7:25] » Yes, thank you. We We think so too so far, so

[7:29] hopefully we'll be able to get off the ground and running and we'll be able to

[7:33] get some really good public feedback on this and

[7:36] see what we need to do or or maybe not do.

[7:44] » Okay. Uh so it sounds like there's no other questions or comments. Um unless

[7:48] Arya, was there anything that we got from our streams on Facebook or YouTube?

[7:56] » Let me see. No public comment on Facebook or YouTube at this time.

[8:01] » Okay, thank you. Um so we'll go ahead then and move on to

[8:04] our next item, which is the uh pedestrian bicycle

[8:09] crash or the pedestrian crash analysis, rather.

[8:12] Um so this is a report uh that we recently completed and posted um

[8:17] on our website. We do have a link in the packet to this. Uh if you're interested

[8:21] in going through the full report, um it is long enough that I'm not going to

[8:25] necessarily be going through everything. I'm just going to kind of hit some of

[8:28] the highlights, and then we'll take questions at the end.

[8:31] So I'm going to go ahead and start right here

[8:34] uh with some of the the key findings from this report. Um and what I really

[8:39] want to highlight is that first of all, less than 1% of all crashes in

[8:44] Tippecanoe County involve a pedestrian. So this isn't necessarily a frequent

[8:49] occurrence among our crashes, but unfortunately, it is a potentially

[8:55] very harmful one. Because when a pedestrian crash does occur, um

[8:59] pedestrians do sustain an injury 85.9% of the time when involved in a crash,

[9:06] which obviously is not great. That's a very high percentage um of injury, so

[9:11] um and sometimes it's actually even worse, of course. Um fortunately, there

[9:15] have been eight fatalities um in the period that this report considers, which

[9:18] was 2018 to 2022. Um so over that period, you know, eight

[9:23] fatalities is eight more than we would like to see.

[9:27] Um but unfortunately, they do happen. So kind of going on to some of the

[9:33] high-level summary data, I'm skipping over a little bit here, but

[9:37] Uh so we have on page five of the report kind of just some general overview of

[9:44] what we're seeing in crashes. So table one and figure one kind of are

[9:49] displaying the same data in different ways. We often like to do this in our

[9:53] reports where some people are able to process the data a

[9:57] little bit better in tabular form, whereas other people are a little more

[10:01] visual and might prefer a graphic. So really what we're seeing is that

[10:06] things are fairly consistent across the five years of this report in terms of

[10:11] number of crashes with the exception of 2020 and 2021

[10:15] where they take a significant dip and we believe that the reason for that was

[10:20] likely just because of COVID. People weren't traveling in the same way. It

[10:24] really impacted a lot of different data. So with more people staying at home and

[10:29] fewer people driving and perhaps not as many people

[10:33] walking in some of the same areas as especially the Purdue campus as it would

[10:37] have been in other years. We believe that explains kind of the

[10:41] decrease in those years. But other than that, the number of pedestrian crashes

[10:45] has mostly been in the the 30s from 2018 to 2022 there.

[10:52] So skipping ahead a little bit farther to page 12 in our report. So this is

[10:58] where we kind of look at different times of the day when pedestrian crashes might

[11:02] occur. And I think this is probably about what

[11:06] you would kind of expect to see from this sort of data. Early in the morning,

[11:10] you know, 12:00 a.m. you will get a few crashes that do happen. Those are you

[11:14] know, perhaps people walking out around after a late night of

[11:19] activities, but not too many. And then there is a significant peak in the

[11:24] morning between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. as well as kind of an afternoon/evening

[11:29] peak period there sort of between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. with a little bit of

[11:34] fluctuation there. Um when you get people going out around dinner time,

[11:38] after work, uh taking a walk, that kind of thing.

[11:43] Um but even other than that, uh throughout the daytime hours, there are

[11:47] still several crashes. Um and some of those, of course, are on

[11:52] the Purdue University campus, um which we will get into a little more

[11:56] later. Uh but moving ahead to page 18 of the

[12:01] report. So, this shows um the location of

[12:05] injury, incapacitating injury, and fatality crashes.

[12:08] So, I mentioned earlier that there's a very high chance that if someone is

[12:12] involved in a pedestrian crash, that it will at least be an injury, if

[12:17] not worse. So, the way to read this map, uh figure

[12:21] 11 here that I'm showing, is the larger the size of the dot on the map, uh the

[12:27] more severe the crash is. So, if we look down at the legend here,

[12:30] the large orange dots are the fatalities. Incapacitating injuries are

[12:35] kind of I think that's olive green, I'll call that color.

[12:39] Uh and then injuries are blue. Um and then the the smallest one are pedestrian

[12:44] crashes with no injury, which there aren't very many of.

[12:49] Uh moving ahead to pages 29 to 35. Uh so, we have here a series of

[12:57] different maps once I get down to them, uh which kind of show some differences

[13:02] uh in where the crashes are actually located.

[13:06] Um so, I think again, this is pretty intuitive as to what you would expect.

[13:09] This first figure kind of shows that most of them are within the city limits

[13:15] um of Lafayette or West Lafayette. Uh there are certainly a few outside of the

[13:19] city limits, out in the county. Um and some of those that are out in the county

[13:23] uh are often along state roads or uh busier area busier uh county roads with

[13:29] higher traffic. Um and unfortunately some of those that

[13:33] are out in the more rural areas are some of our more severe ones,

[13:37] uh which is unfortunate. Um so if we go to figure 17, which is on

[13:41] the next page, so this kind of shows where they're occurring in Lafayette. Um

[13:46] so there are of course several that occur in the downtown and near downtown

[13:50] area. And then other than that, you can kind of look along some of the major

[13:54] corridors and you see uh perhaps like 9th Street, 18th Street for instance,

[13:59] that there are kind of some along those north-south routes for example, um as

[14:03] well as several others. Uh similarly, we also have

[14:08] a map for West Lafayette. And again, as you would expect, most of

[14:12] these are uh concentrated in the campus or near

[14:16] campus area. Um there are a few up by Salisbury

[14:20] Street, uh kind of a little farther north in

[14:23] West Lafayette as well. Uh some near US 52/Sagamore Parkway, special 52,

[14:29] whatever you want to call that road, as well.

[14:32] Um and then we do also have a specific map just for the Purdue University area

[14:38] as well. Um so I kind of highlight those to say that, you know, if you want to go

[14:42] back and look at those later, um if there is an area um you're particularly

[14:46] interested in, I would suggest doing that. There's a lot of good information

[14:49] in this report. Uh and I think that those particular maps uh that I just

[14:54] went through are probably a pretty good starting point um to look

[14:58] at. So moving on to kind of some of the next

[15:01] stuff, so on page 37, so what this is is this is pedestrian crashes by specific

[15:08] location. So with vehicle crashes, they're almost

[15:13] always on a road or in a parking lot, um but unfortunately, pedestrians can be

[15:19] hit in other places such as driveways, uh along the shoulder of the road, um

[15:24] sometimes even when they're along a sidewalk, or in an alley,

[15:28] etc. So, by far the most common one you'll

[15:33] see there is the the blue dots, which are

[15:36] when there are pedestrians crossing in an intersection. That's by far the most

[15:41] dangerous spot for a pedestrian and where you'll see the largest number.

[15:46] But, there are several other places where pedestrian crashes can

[15:50] occur. And some of that is shown in this map. There's also, of course, some

[15:54] explanation and analysis in the text about that as well that I think is good

[15:59] reading for those that are interested. So, then I'd like to go ahead and

[16:03] » Quick question. >> Yep, go ahead.

[16:05] » What What is I mean, I understand you've got sidewalk and you've got um

[16:11] the shoulder. What does road mean? >> Yes. So, road I'm going to go back here.

[16:18] it was this one. Yeah. I think Yes. So, road is when someone was maybe like

[16:26] walking by the side of the road or they weren't in like a marked crosswalk

[16:31] or um >> Jaywalking?

[16:33] » in an intersection. Yeah, so it could be like a mid-block jaywalking, yes. Um I

[16:37] think I'm actually on the wrong map. It was this one I was looking at. Um

[16:41] yeah, so something along those lines. Um

[16:45] yeah.

[16:47] So, the the green ones there. And then sometimes there are

[16:52] just kind of some unusual circumstances where maybe someone had

[16:57] just gotten out of a a parked car and or something like that and someone

[17:02] didn't see him. It could be So, road is a little bit of a the broadest category.

[17:07] When So, this information is taken from officers' crash reports.

[17:11] Um and they do only have certain categories they can select from. So,

[17:16] sometimes road is used as kind of a catch-all category.

[17:21] » Got you. Thank you. >> Yeah, good question, Steve.

[17:25] Okay. So, then the last thing I wanted to highlight

[17:28] was this, which is the last page of the report, the initial recommendations

[17:31] page. Um so, we're recommending to continue to discuss these findings with

[17:36] local government engineers and law enforcement. Uh

[17:41] which will hopefully ultimately lead to identifying potential safety projects.

[17:46] Um and then similarly discuss some of this information with the Indiana

[17:50] Department of Transportation. Same idea working with them to develop

[17:54] potential improvement projects. Uh we'd also like to take this to the

[17:59] West Lafayette and Lafayette Bicycle and Pedestrian Citizen Committees that they

[18:03] have. Um and as a staff, we often do a lot of

[18:09] additional analysis. So, we're going to continue to to do

[18:13] some crash analysis work on this as well. This isn't the only work we're

[18:17] doing on bicycle and pedestrian type of crashes. Um

[18:21] So, we do have some more work in the the pipeline to do to continue to analyze

[18:26] this and try to find ways to make our roads safer for everyone who's trying to

[18:31] use them, not just for those that are traveling in vehicles, but making it

[18:35] safer for everyone. Are there any other questions about this

[18:40] report? >> Any information

[18:43] » Go ahead. >> Um yeah, Stewart Freestone here.

[18:46] My gut feeling is that the situ you know, just as you stated, that the

[18:52] situation is not getting worse, you know, uh and this is as a cyclist, you

[18:58] know, frequent cyclist, that

[19:01] you know, things are pretty even and maybe ever so slightly better than they

[19:06] once were. So, that that's just my comment.

[19:11] » Okay, yep. Thank you, Stewart. I would say that

[19:14] the numbers kind of being fairly consistent other than the

[19:19] anomaly that we had because of COVID does kind of verify that, but we'd

[19:23] certainly like to get that down, especially the

[19:26] injury and fatality numbers are what we'd really like to get down.

[19:32] » Is there a reason you stopped in 2022 with the data?

[19:38] » Well, when we started working on this project, that was what was available to

[19:44] us. We will continue to do these

[19:47] periodically. So, there will be a specific deep dive on this.

[19:53] Part of the reason why it's taken a few years for this to

[19:56] come out is that our staff has had some other

[20:01] different kinds of crash analysis they've been working on

[20:04] that are kind of more high-level and for other projects. So, this one got pushed

[20:10] a little bit to the back burner just because of some other priorities.

[20:18] » Any information on distracted walking? People just staring at their cell phones

[20:22] and not paying attention. >> Well, I'm sure that absolutely is

[20:26] happening. Unfortunately, it's a Yeah, it's a little hard to get that

[20:30] information. The only way we would have that is if

[20:34] the officer would note that in the narrative section of the crash report.

[20:40] And I would imagine that most people are pretty unwilling to admit if they were,

[20:46] you know, texting and walking or changing their music and walking or you

[20:50] know, whatever. So, I would imagine that any information

[20:54] we get would be kind of under accounting that issue, so

[21:00] to speak.

[21:06] Other questions?

[21:15] All right. Well, hearing none, we're going to go ahead and move on to our

[21:17] next item. Uh so, that is the Wea and Sheffield

[21:21] Township plan. Um so, this is something that our

[21:25] current planning staff has been working on. They are um studying the future for

[21:30] the unincorporated areas of Wea and Sheffield Townships

[21:34] uh in the hopes to create a land use plan that will guide development as it

[21:38] occurs in those areas. Um the draft plan, which is what uh

[21:43] I have on the screen there, has been presented to the public for

[21:46] comments at two open house events in July and was also posted on our website

[21:51] uh through the end of August for comment. Um so, the public comment

[21:54] period has wrapped up. Um there is a steering committee that

[21:58] was formed as part of this plan. Um they're reviewing the draft for any

[22:02] additional edits. Uh the plan is for APC staff to present

[22:07] this uh whatever the the final version of the plan is with those edits

[22:11] um to the Area Plan Commission at their meeting on October 21st.

[22:15] Uh and then, assuming that that goes through, then the County

[22:19] Commissioners will be voting to adopt it at their November meeting.

[22:23] Um so, briefly, just kind of want to go through some of what's in this plan at a

[22:27] very high level um by looking at the table of contents.

[22:30] So, there is kind of an introduction. Um there is so, profiles. What that

[22:36] means is that's kind of the current situation.

[22:40] Um so, and then it gives some information. So, I'm kind of scrolling

[22:42] through this pretty quickly, but it gives some information

[22:46] um just about what the current situation is

[22:49] uh in terms of zoning uh as well as condition of existing structures,

[22:55] building occupancy, um information about historic structures, uh uh, those types

[23:00] of things. Um we have a a list there of historic

[23:03] properties that you see. Uh, we have uh, information about trails

[23:07] and parks, those kinds of things. Um, so there is a lot of good stuff in

[23:11] here. I know I'm going through this very quickly. This isn't intended to be a

[23:14] full explanation of this. Uh, then goals,

[23:18] objectives, and strategies kind of talks about, uh,

[23:21] what we'd like to do. So, we gathered a lot of these

[23:24] uh, five goals here, uh, based on some of

[23:27] the public input sessions we had uh, with input as well from our steering

[23:31] committee. And then based on that, we have some

[23:35] recommendation for, uh, transportation improvements in chapter four

[23:39] as well as, uh, suggested land uses.

[23:46] Which I'm trying to scroll down to. Yeah, chapter five, uh, future land

[23:49] uses, I guess is what we called it. Um, so this kind of will help

[23:53] guide us, uh, when there are properties that come up for potential re-zones or

[23:57] projects. One of the thing our staff things our staff always looks at when

[24:02] we're representing, uh, things to the the plan commission,

[24:06] um, and giving a recommendation, is we look at the comprehensive plan.

[24:10] And because it'd been a while since we, uh, in Sheffield Townships have been

[24:13] looked at, uh, we felt that that needed to get updated. So, that's, uh, a lot of

[24:18] the impetus for this plan. So, there's a lot of good information in here as well

[24:22] as some documentation of the public comments we received in the appendices,

[24:27] uh, here in chapter six. Which again, I'm not going to go through

[24:30] all this, um, but I just wanted to let everyone know

[24:33] that it is available. So, if you want to go over this, uh, and look through it

[24:37] for specific questions on your own time, uh, that's great. And like I said,

[24:42] October 21st, uh, is the date where it's supposed to go to the plan commission.

[24:47] So, I would encourage you, um, if that's something you're interested in,

[24:51] to be present at that, uh, meeting on on 21st and to, come prepared with any

[24:57] comments you have. I think that would would be great for

[25:01] our staff. So, any questions about this?

[25:15] Okay, I'm not hearing any, so I'm going to go ahead and move on to our next

[25:19] agenda item, which is the public participation plan. And I'm actually

[25:23] going to turn it over to Arya, who's going to let us know where we're at with

[25:26] that. So,

[25:30] » Yeah. Let me get my screen sharing figured

[25:34] out. It's

[25:38] might have to disable yours first.

[25:45] Oh.

[25:52] Okay, so hopefully you can see my screen here.

[25:55] So, the public participation plan uh

[25:59] was something we brought up at our previous

[26:02] CBC meeting. And at that time we kind of gave you an

[26:05] overview of what it was, what we were doing with it.

[26:08] And now we have a first draft. And the public comment period for it is

[26:13] open. So, on our website you can find the draft.

[26:17] We're taking public comment on it through various means, including this

[26:20] committee. Um but you know, email, call,

[26:24] uh I guess post on our social media.

[26:27] Oh, it feels weird to say that. Anyway, so I'll just kind of reintroduce this

[26:32] really briefly. So, the public participation plan kind of guides

[26:37] how we interact with the public, and how we

[26:40] uh gather pub- public information, uh

[26:43] particularly how we do our outreach. So, this document is a document we've

[26:49] had since I think it's 2017. We made significant updates to it in

[26:53] 2021. And now here we are again, you know,

[26:57] about 5 years later, 2026, updates again. So,

[27:01] uh we need to constantly uh refine our processes and, you know,

[27:06] pay attention to what we're hearing from the public as well as

[27:08] implementing things we've learned. So, we'll keep updating this plan as we

[27:12] continue to improve our processes. So, significant changes from the last

[27:19] one, I would say not too many.

[27:23] Our 2021 plan

[27:26] uh came out just after COVID. So, it did include some

[27:31] changes for, you know, social distancing and all the

[27:36] uh challenges we faced during that era. Um

[27:41] but generally the methods of public outreach that we designed in that plan

[27:47] uh are still applicable today. And, you know, we haven't

[27:52] altered those too much. Uh we have added a few things and I

[27:57] think crucially for this plan on the wake of very recent events, we've

[28:03] um removed I won't say removed. We've made

[28:07] it clear what we won't do also. So, in any case, this document is a little

[28:14] bit shorter and briefer than previous document. So, we know the public doesn't

[28:19] want to read long complicated plans. We've simplified the language a bit. We

[28:23] shortened it up. And we've also included a little bit

[28:26] more explanatory information about who uh we are and what we do at APC. And,

[28:35] you know, you would on the committee here know, but you know, the public

[28:38] maybe doesn't know that we are the metropolitan transportation

[28:41] organization for our area. And what we do is kind of

[28:46] guide transportation funding and how it's spent on projects. That's our role

[28:50] here. So, the public feedback that we can best use are those based on

[28:56] transportation projects. So, this plan kind of covers that and hopefully will

[29:01] make it clear to everybody, you know, what we can really implement

[29:06] um for our office in particular.

[29:10] So, we introduced ourselves. We talked about our goals. These specific goals we

[29:15] worked on before, those haven't really changed

[29:19] uh since last plan. You know, these were based on public comments before. We're

[29:23] taking public comments again if anybody, you know, suggests new goals or

[29:28] improvements to these, but um

[29:32] those are the same as before. And I've listed a number of ways public

[29:37] can contact us. Quite a few.

[29:41] And I think the biggest change here is I mentioned before. So,

[29:46] the methods we're using to reach the public are very similar to before. You

[29:49] know, we have a variety of methods in person, digital, print media, and I

[29:54] pulled out audio this time as well. Uh it was We did use these methods

[29:59] before, but I made them more prominent to note that we have both visual, audio,

[30:04] and, you know, in-person methods. Uh but personally,

[30:10] uh some things direct text message direct text messages

[30:14] um we're stating that we won't be using that outreach method.

[30:19] And I think direct phone calls also, yes.

[30:23] Um you know, there's been some scams going around recently

[30:28] involving uh you know, our office and other

[30:31] offices, I guess. So, we just want to make it clear how we

[30:35] won't reach out to you. You know, if you're being told things from those

[30:38] methods, that's not our office. Uh which isn't just as just as important

[30:43] as saying how we will reach out, so. We've changed that.

[30:47] And I think word of mouth is also a new

[30:51] topic. We didn't explicitly mention word of

[30:53] mouth outreach before, but you know, this can be a very good way of

[30:57] reaching people um

[31:01] in the social circles and methods that already exist that, you know, maybe

[31:06] social media or our traditional outreach outreach

[31:09] methods wouldn't uh connect with.

[31:15] And also that's I mean that's the whole the plan

[31:19] really is the techniques and methods. The rest of this is just uh

[31:23] background information, which I think is helpful to people who are maybe, you

[31:27] know, don't know what we do or don't know exactly what we're asking for or

[31:30] why. So, I cover the plans that we create, so like the MTP,

[31:35] metropolitan met- metropolitan transportation plan,

[31:38] transportation improvement plan, and thoroughfare plan,

[31:41] this plan, public participation plan. And we do have other plans as well, but

[31:46] those are kind of the the primary ones that you probably have all heard about

[31:49] before and that we discuss the most in public.

[31:52] And I talk about the committees we have, you know, this is just one of three.

[31:57] Public is welcome to attend and comment at all of them. You know, this is just

[32:00] our kind of public-centric one. And also some timelines just to give the

[32:05] public kind of a general expectation. These are not set in stone. Please don't

[32:10] Don't quote these. Um, but you know, generally our office

[32:14] we know you know, to an extent what the future

[32:18] holds and when we need to update plans. So, let you know when we expect those

[32:23] uh dates to be ahead of time, I think is also useful.

[32:28] So, that's basically this whole draft. Oh, no, no,

[32:31] sorry. This is very important. Also, evaluation. This is, you know, part of

[32:34] why we're doing this update. We have to evaluate what we're doing and

[32:38] uh update it as we learn and and grow. So, very crucial part of the process.

[32:44] The rest of this document is just appendices about, you know, who we

[32:47] outreach to. Um,

[32:50] you know, people that are hard to reach, very important, some background

[32:54] demographic data on our community. And some forms for people that, you

[32:59] know, would like to kind of give us feedback in a more formalized

[33:03] way. Some people appreciate that. Um,

[33:08] and legal requirements,

[33:13] and just data about our boards and who's on them currently. So, that's the whole

[33:17] plan. It

[33:20] does look like it's 28 pages, but the meat of it is just like under 10 pages.

[33:24] So, you know, please, if you'd like to comment, it's not hard to read. I made

[33:28] it hopefully very easy to read. So, please, you know,

[33:32] we want to hear from you how you want to hear from us.

[33:36] That's all I have. Any questions, comments?

[33:52] » Looks good. >> Wonderful, thank you. Even just that is

[33:57] helpful to hear, too. You know, if you don't have any changes to me, just

[34:00] hearing that this is good, we appreciate that. You know, it shows that we're

[34:04] we're doing things right and we want to keep doing them the correct way. So,

[34:07] thank you.

[34:13] And if the community doesn't have any other comments,

[34:17] I'm not seeing any on Facebook or YouTube this time, either.

[34:23] Okay. >> Okay.

[34:26] Uh, well, I guess I'll go ahead and take it over and uh, kind of wrap this up

[34:30] here. Um, so, we have reached the point in our

[34:33] agenda where we are ready for any additional questions or comments that we

[34:38] missed before. So we'll certainly give the stream a

[34:44] minute or so to catch up. But during that time is there anything

[34:48] else from the committee that you guys would like to to ask about that we might

[34:52] have missed earlier?

[34:56] » Well, nothing about what you've missed but I've been driving my

[35:00] grandson over because he's working over at Purdue and

[35:03] the distracted distracted pedestrian is really a thing where

[35:08] they're you know looking at their phones and not paying much attention

[35:12] when they're crossing the streets and stuff. It's kind of terrifying at times.

[35:19] » Yeah, definitely is. An issue especially with you know, we

[35:24] have so many students now at Purdue is as far as I know it's the second largest

[35:29] Big Ten school in terms of enrollment behind Ohio State. So definitely a lot

[35:33] of young people moving around on on campus.

[35:38] » I know at one time they had crossing guards for the Purdue students.

[35:42] For at least a short period of time. I don't think they still do that but

[35:51] » Well, during boiler rush they have their guides you know with their

[35:54] » Yeah. >> Yeah, but other than that and and boiler

[35:58] rush was another whole thing but he works over in Windsor. So it's been

[36:03] interesting and I'm very thankful for the bypass you know

[36:07] with going around on Harrison Street and that

[36:11] because it's rather than having to go through State Street.

[36:32] » One thing that'll be interesting when you get crash reports is the number

[36:37] of crashes at um uh State Michigan

[36:41] um Boulevard and um 231. There seem to be a lot of crashes there.

[36:50] » Yes, we do uh work on

[36:54] more uh full crash reports with with all the

[36:58] crashes, not just deep dives on pedestrians.

[37:02] Um so, I don't know Ari if you had anything you wanted to add about that

[37:05] specific intersection. I know you look at the data a lot more than I do um in

[37:09] more depth, so. >> Yeah, I mean

[37:14] uh I don't want to talk off the top of my

[37:18] head here without firm numbers, but I will say that yeah, our most recent

[37:22] crash report uh we pull out a lot of big corridors uh directly in intersections,

[37:27] so you can look exactly at, you know, State Street or Michigan Avenues or

[37:31] any of the big intersections there and see exactly how many

[37:34] crashes there were in the past 5 years. Um

[37:39] and our other reports that are not just the pedestrian one are more up-to-date,

[37:43] so. You can look at the whole history of all

[37:46] of our crash reports too on our website if you want to see even older stuff,

[37:49] too. >> Oh, and I'd be interested with the the

[37:53] scooters and that cuz and they're just flying down the road, you know, in in um

[37:59] basically as fast as cars. Um and it's that's kind of scary, too, but um and

[38:06] you know, all the e-bikes and you know, things have just changed over the past

[38:09] few years with the availability of all all of that

[38:12] stuff. >> Certainly. Yeah, we do have data on that

[38:16] in those crash reports. Um we break out the users by uh mode to the extent that

[38:22] we're able. Uh as to mention before, you know, the officers have certain

[38:27] categories they can report uh crashes as.

[38:30] So, some things get aggregated like, you know, mopeds and scooters are kind of,

[38:35] you know, similar, so they get aggregated in the

[38:37] data, but yeah, I think these days it's mostly

[38:42] those e-scooters, not as many mopeds. But, who knows? Maybe in the future

[38:47] everyone will be on scooters and we won't have crashes anymore. You know,

[38:49] really supposed to have lower speed crashes than other vehicles. So.

[39:10] » Hey, did we get any comments from either of our streams on Facebook or YouTube?

[39:20] » You're not seeing any. >> Okay. Well, I think we've given a a fair

[39:24] opportunity for everyone on the streams to come in as well.

[39:28] So, with that we can go ahead and move on to adjournment. Um just to be formal,

[39:34] go ahead and take a motion for adjournment.

[39:39] » So, moved. >> I'll second you.

[39:41] » This is Deanna. >> Okay, so

[39:44] I think between all >> three moves here.

[39:46] » Yeah, between Steve, Deanna, and Lynn, we I

[39:49] think we have at least a motion and a second there.

[39:51] » A second, yeah. >> Um so

[39:55] uh with unless there are any objections, I think we can go ahead and adjourn. So,

[39:59] any objections to adjournment? >> None.

[40:04] Have a good evening. Thank you guys for all your hard work.

[40:07] » objections, so we'll go ahead and adjourn, and we will see you uh at our

[40:12] next meeting in December on the 9th. Everybody have a great evening.

[40:17] » Thank you so much. >> Thank you.

Tippecanoe County, Indiana Citizens Participation Committee 2026-09-09

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