Council approves consent calendar items and adopts 9.5 after staff Q&A on TIA/TAZ

At the start of the meeting the council approved the consent calendar with the exception of item 9.5, which was pulled for clarification. Councilmember Hendershot and staff raised questions about acronyms in the traffic studies; a traffic reviewer explained that a TIA is a transportation impact analysis prepared for proposed development to determine whether improvements are triggered, while a TAZ is a traffic analysis zone used in travel‑demand modeling.

After staff and reviewers clarified that the city's model update would revise outdated TAZs and that TIAs are prepared for developments and peer‑reviewed for the city, the council voted to adopt item 9.5 by roll call. Council also received a recommendation to spell out acronyms in future staff reports.