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>> CHAIR: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS WHO WON'T BE ATTENDING TODAY. WE HAVE THREE OF US SO WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. LET'S START OFF -- MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL.
>> (CAWE HAD SOMEONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AT THIS TIME? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WE ASK YOUR COMMENTS TO BE
RELATED TO ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SHA KENNETH. I'M A STUDENT AT UTSA AND A MEMBER OF THE COMPLETE STREET COALITION, A DIVERSE LOOK OF LOCAL LEADERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS UNITED IN THE SUPPORT OF THE COMPLETE STREET POLICY TO PROVIDE ACTIVE LIVING FOR ALL SAN ANTONIO. IT INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, MOTORISTS.
THIS INCLUDES -- THOSE WHOSE NEEDS HAVE NOT BEEN MET THROUGH TRADITIONAL TRANSPORTATION APPROACH, OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH NO ACCESS TO -- THEY ARE -- PROMOTING HEALTHIER LIFE STYLES. IT IS CRUCIAL OUR STREETS CATER TO EVERY RESIDENTS' NEEDS REGARDLESS OF AGE, ABOUT, OR TRANSPORTATION MODE. A REPORT RANKS SAN ANTONIO AS DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS. THIS YEAR I WITNESSED THIS FIRSTHAND WHEN CAR PROBLEMS SEVERAL AREAS LACK OF TRANSPORTATION PUT ME IN DANGER. THAT [INDISCERNIBLE].
THE CURRENT SAN ANTONIO COMPLETE STREET POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN 2011 AND WAS A GOOD START FOR EMBRACING THE COMPLETE STREETS APPROACH. TWELVE YEARS LATER WE ARE IN NEED OF AN UPDATED POLICY OF WHAT A COMPLETE STREET POLICY SHOULD INCLUDE -- BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN.
WE ARE EXCITED TO [INDISCERNIBLE]. I WOULD LIKE TO END BY EXPRESS ING GRATITUDE FOR THE LEADERS. [INDISCERNIBLE]. TO FURTHER THIS VITAL CONVERSATION I CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO JOIN A TOWN HALL MEETING ON DECEMBER 6TH AT THE ROOSEVELT CLUBHOUSE AT 6:00 P.M. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
>> CHAIR: THANKS, KENNETH, AND THANKS FOR THE INVITATION AS WELL.
WE HAVE A BRIEFING FROM PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT PUBLIC SA
SAFETY. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. I'M DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
BEFORE I START MY PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TWO OF MY STAFF.
WE HAVE OVER 1400 TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WE HAVE OVER 100,000 SIGNAGE.
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WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF -- MANY MILES OF PAVEMENT MARKING AND OTHER TRAFFIC-RELATED ITEM.TODAY'S BRIEFING IS TO RECEIVE INPUT ON THE CRITERIA. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE A LONG TIME. FUNDING FOR THE TRAFFIC DEVICE ARE FROM THE VARIETY OF SOURCES AS PART OF THE BUDGET. WE HAVE 1 MILLION FOR TRAFFIC PROGRAM, 700,000 BRAND-NEW FUNDING FOR RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS. $300,000 FOR ANOTHER NEW MONEY FOR THIS YEAR FOR UP TO 100 FLASHING STOP SIGN AND OF COURSE $550,000 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY PRO PROGRAM.
NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ADDRESS VOLUME AND DRIVER BEHAVIOR THAT MAY INCLUDE ONE OR COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING -- CURB EXTENSION, ROUND ROUND-ABOUT, [INDISCERNIBLE]. EVALUATION REVIEW ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMMENT PROJECT ARE PRIORITIZED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASED ON ESTABLISHED CRITERIA WHICH INCLUDES SPEEDS, TRAFFIC VOLUME, CRASH HISTORY, PROXIMITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN, DESTINATION, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PARKS, COMMUNITY CENTER, AND BUS STOPS. SPEED SOUNDS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE TO NAVIGATE AT HIGH SPEED. EXISTING CRITERIA IS UNINTERRUPTED STREET SEGMENT, 1320 FOOT. WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT ALMOST BY HALF FOR 700 FOOT.
MINIMUM SPEED ON THE EXISTING CONDITION IS 335 MILE PER HOUR. WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT TO 32 MILE PER HOUR. MINIMUM TRAFFIC VOLUME TODAY ON EXISTING CONDITION IS 500 PER DAY. WE ARE BASICALLY ELIMINATING THAT COMPLETELY.
REQUIRE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER OF RESIDENT SIGNATURE TODAY IS TWO-THIRD MUST BE SIGNED OR 67 PER CENT. WE ARE REDUCING THAT NUMBER TO 51 PER CENT, WHICH IS THE MAJ MAJORITY. TRASHING ALL WAY STOP SIGN.
PROVIDES VISUAL REMINDER TO STOP. EXISTING THE CAR -- EXISTING ALL WAY STOP SIGN COULD BE CONVERT ED TO [INDISCERNIBLE]. WE WILL CHANGE THOSE FOR FLASHING STOP SIGN. FLAS FLASHING NOT ALL WAY STOP SIGN -- WHAT THIS MEANS, WE HAVE TWO ROADS COMING TOGETHER, TWO HAS STOP SIGN, TWO OTHER DOES NOT. BASICALLY TWO RATHER THAN FOUR. EXISTING REQUIREMENT IS NOT ALL-WAY STOP SIGN OR NOT CONVERTED OR FLASHING. TODAY WE NOT CONVERT THOSE FOR FLASHING. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC FOR AT LEAST ONE ROADWAY EXCEED 1500 VEHICLE PER DAY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HIGH NUMBER BUT WHEN YOU BREAK THAT ONE, IT WILL BE TWO AND HALF VEHICLE PER MINUTE.
NOT MUCH VOLUME ON THOSE ROADWAY. ALSO, IF THE LOCATION HAS THREE OR MORE CRASHES WITHIN PAST -- IF THERE IS THREE ACCIDENT IN LAST FIVE YEARS, WE WILL CONVERT THOSE. THE QUESTION COMES UP, WHY NOT JUST CONVERT ALL OF THEM? WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THEM. IT COST A LOT OF MONEY TO T DO . IT COST A LOT MONEY TO MAINTAIN IT. IF THESE FLASHING LIGHTS NOT WORKING, WE HAVE TO REPLACE
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THEM. WE WANT TO PUT FLASHING LIGHT WHERE MORE EFFECTIVE.NEW ALL-WAY STOP SIGN, EXISTING IS VOLUME CRITERIA IS -- TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE HAVE TO BE MET OR IF THERE IS A CRASH HISTORY OR CIRCUMSTANCE ISSUES. THE EXISTING REQUIREMENT IS 300 ON THE MAIN STREET PER HOUR. 200 ON CROSSING STREET PER HOUR. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING -- NO MINIMUM VOLUME CRITERIA FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT WITHIN TOP 100 MOSTLY HIGHLY TRAVELEDED CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO AFFECT THOSE HIGHLY TRAVELED CORRIDOR BY STOP SIGN. OUR JOB IS MAKE SURE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING BUT SAFELY. TRAFFIC SIGNALS -- TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE ORDERLY FLOW OF TRAFFIC, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TO CROSS INTERSECTION SAFELY AND HELPS REDUCE CONFLICT IN THE VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTION. EXISTING REQUIREMENT IS CRITERIA AS DEFINED IN TEXAS MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND -- IF THERE IS A 600 ON MAIN STREET PER HOUR AND 200 ON CROSSING STREET PER HOUR, PROPOSED REQUIREMENT -- WE ARE PROPOSING REDUCE THIS REQUIREMENT BY 30 PER CENT. WILL BE REQUIRED VEHICLE PER HOUR 422 -- 420 VEHICLE ON MAIN AND 140 ON CROSSING STREET AND ALSO EXTENDING THE VALUATION PERIOD FOR CRASHES. CRASHES FROM ONE TO THREE YEARS. IN OTHER WORDS, IF LAST THREE YEARS THERE IS ACCIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT. RADAR FEEDBACK SIGN PROGRAM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. WE HAVE $700,000 TO IMPLEMENT.
SIGN WILL BE PROGRAMMED TO ALERT DRIVER WHEN THEY ARE TRAVELING FASTER THAN POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
POTENTIAL LOCATION NEED TO MEET ONE OF THE PROPOSED CRITERIA FIRST ONE IS AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT IS EXCEED FIVE MILES OVER THE POST RATE.
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC EXCEED 500 VEHICLE PER DAY. TWO OR MORE SPEED RELATED CRASHES WITHIN LAST THREE YEARS -- ANOTHER CRITERIA. EXISTING CURB WARNING SIGN WITH ADVISORY SPEED OF FIVE MILES OR MORE LESS THAN POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
POSTED SPEED LIMIT IN TRANSITION FROM HIGH SPEED TO LOW SPEED. ANYTIME SPEED LIMIT IS CHANGING FROM 40 MILES TO 50 MILES PER HOUR, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALERT THE DRIVER THE SPEED LIMIT IS GOING TO CHANGE. QUARTER MILE OR MORE DISTANCE WITHIN EXISTING TRAFFIC DEVICES.
HIGH NUMBER OF SPEEDING OFFENSES IDENTIFIED BY SAPD. IF THE POLICE SHOWS HAS THEY HAVE GIVING NUMBER OF TICKET THAT MEANS THERE IS AN ISSUE ON THAT CORRIDOR.
THIS IS END OF MY PRESENTATION. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION OR GET ANY INPUT FROM
THE COMMITTEE. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PLEASED WITH A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN HERE BECAUSE THEY REALLY RELATE TO THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT SPEEDING.
NOW, I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD BE DRIVING, BUT ANOTHER REMINDER I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON IS GETTING SAPD OUT THERE TO ENFORCE A LOT OF THESE THINGS. THAT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL NEEDS TO ALSO ADDRESS AS WE CONTINUE WITH THESE. I'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS. COUNCILWOMAN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SORRY. I SOUND LIKE A FROG.
IT'S ALLERGIES. I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, ABOUT SPEEDING AND WORKING WITH SAPD. I THINK WE NEED TO INCORPORATE MUNICIPAL COURTS IN THAT CONVERSATION. WE NEED TO MAKE SPEEDING TICKETS
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HURT BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR INTENT, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SPEED IN CASA HILLS AND ALMA HEIGHTS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE TICKET AND HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THE PRACTICE CARRIED TO THE REST OF SAN ANTONIO AS WELL. I THOUGHT THESE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEM. I HAVE A QUESTION -- HOW LONG DOES A TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION TAKE TO COMPLETE -- SPECIFICALLY FOR SIGNAL LIGHTS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS?
>> HOSSEINI: DEPEND ON HOW DETAIL WE HAVE TO DO. SOMETIMES WE DO IN-HOUSE.
SOMETIMES WE HIRE CONSULTING TO DO IT. LET ME ASK MARK.
MARK, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO INVESTIGATION? UP TO THREE MONTHS.
>> WE WANT TO GET WITH YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH DISTRICT EIGHT.
THERE'S A ROAD SHARED BETWEEN DISTRICT SEVEN AND EIGHT, AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DEATHS ON THERE -- I THINK IT'S CALLED DEATHS CURVE -- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT.
BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TOLD IT'S BEING STUDIED AND WE'RE LIKE -- YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WANT
ANOTHER -- >> HOSSEINI: YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S ISSUE.
I MET WITH COUNCILMAN AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I DON'T REMEMBER THE INTERSECTION NAME.
THE SECOND THING WE DID SHORTLY AFTER I MET WITH THEM, WE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT FROM EXISTING 40 TO 35 AND WE HAVE DONE -- THE CHALLENGE ON THAT ROAD IS YOU'RE RIGHT -- VERY OPEN ROAD. FOUR LANE. THERE'S NOT MUCH INTERSECTION BETWEEN ONE TO ANOTHER. PEOPLE JUST GET SPEEDING AND SPEEDING.
WE REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT AND WE ARE PUTTING SIGNAL. ALSO WE HAD SAPD MEET WITH US.
THEY NEED TO ENFORCE IT. >> SURE. AND FOR US IT'S JUST ABOUT SPEEDING THAT UP SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT QUICKER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS A CONCERN FOR SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN DISTRICTS 7 AND 8 AND I BELIEVE WE SHARED THE COST ON THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
THE FUNDING WASN'T A PROBLEM. WE JUST WANT TO GET IT IN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL REQUEST AT -- I THINK IT'S UPWARDS OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS. HOWEVER WE CAN BEST WORK IT. THREE MONTHS SOUNDS AWESOME.
>> HOSSEINI: ONE OTHER THING, WE ARE WORK ING TO -- WHEN WE SY TWO YEARS IT IS HARD TO JUSTIFY.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING -- BECAUSE MOST THE TIME WE USE A COMMON TRAFFIC SIGNAL BECAUSE OF THE LANE -- MAJORITY OF THEM SAME SIZE. WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY THOSE IN ADVANCE AND HAVING STOCK. WHEN THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS DONE WE PROVIDE THE MATERIAL FOR THE CONTRACTOR. TAKING ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO DELIVER.
>> SURE. WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO SPEED IT UP.
OBVIOUSLY TO INSTALL A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS A BIG DEAL FOR -- THE NEED IS THERE AND IT'S PROVEN, SO TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT, HEY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE CLOSE TO A YEAR IS ROUGH FOR US TO DO THAT. I THOUGHT THAT THE -- ALL THE CHANGES ABOUT THE STOP SIGNS WERE GREAT AND THE SPEED BUMPS TOO. WHEN Y'ALL DO A TRAFFIC STUDY, DO YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HIGHER PRIORITY AREAS, IF IT'S CLOSER TO A SCHOOL, BUS STOP,
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? >> HOSSEINI: WE LIKE TO DO TRAFFIC STUDY WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. WE GET MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING WITH THE TRAFFIC. THE OTHER THING WE ARE DOING -- PART OF THE BUDGET [INDISCERNIBLE] -- WE GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO UPGRADE SOME OF CAMERA.
WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING, YOU STAY ON INTERSECTION, LIGHT IS RED, NOTHING HAPPEN ON EITHER SIDE AND YOU QUESTION WHY I'M STAYING HERE? CAMERA IS TOO OLD.
WE NEED TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING EVERY YEAR TO REPLACE THOSE.
THEN WE REALLY HAVE TRAFFIC MOVING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP THERE FOR
THAT SOUNDS GREAT TOO. AND, YEAH, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE CHANGES WITH THE SPEED
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BUMP REQUEST BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK WHERE THEY DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA AND IT FRUS STRAITS THEM SO THESE ARE -- FRUSTRATES THEM SO THESE ARE WELCOME CHANGES.THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM THE RESIDENTS. YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM THEM, HEARD IT FROM US.
WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS, AND SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THE CRITERIA IS A LITTLE STEEP FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO MEET. I'M MOSTLY EXCITED. THE ALL-WAY STOP SIGNS -- THERE'S NO MINIMUM VOLUME CRITERIA FOR RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
THAT'S BEEN A -- NO PUN INTENDED -- A SPEED HUMP WE HAVEN'T -- THAT PUN WAS TOTALLY INTENDED. SORRY. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OVER SOMETIMES SO U'M GRATEFUL FOR IT. THE SPEED HUMPS I THINK ARE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE -- I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVE.
WITH HIGHER AND BIGGER CARS AND TRUCKS THEY ROLL RIGHT OVER THEM AT WHATEVER SPEED.
SO I THINK ALL THE OTHER THINGS I'M EXCITED ABOUT. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, WE ARE -- IT'S -- SO MANY WAYS IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE TRANSFORMING SO MUCH. I SEE THE SHIFTS FROM TRANSPORTATION TO BE MORE WALKABLE AS A CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES OF SPEEDERS. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT COUNCILWOMAN BROUGHT UP WE KNOW NOT TO SPEED IN CERTAIN AREAS. WE KNOW NOT TO SPEED BUT WE DO IT.
ME INCLUDED. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD AND A LITTLE OFF TOPIC IS MOVING MORE AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS BEING A MORE WALKABLE CITY.
THEY'RE DOING THEIR PART WITH THE GREEN AND SILVER LINES AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE GETTING TO THE PAIN POINT WITH ALL OF OUR GROWTH -- WE'RE GETTING TO THE PAIN POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH HASSLE TO DRIVE.
AT SOME POINT WE'LL NEED TO USE MASS TRANSIT OR WHATEVER ELSE -- PEDESTRIAN, BIKES, WHATEVER IT IS TO GET WHERE WE'RE GOING. FOR NOW, I THINK THIS IS REALLY -- I THINK THIS IS AGGRESSIVE -- CHANGING THIS CRITERIA AND ALLOWING US -- GIVING US MORE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE CHANGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. EVEN WITH THIS, YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOST HIGHLY TRAVELED CORRIDORS, OF COURSE THOSE ARE PRIORITY.
IT SEEMS THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRIORITY AND NOT SO MUCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING -- VERY NEIGHBORHOOD SCENTERED. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
>> HOSSEINI: WE ARE NOT JUST REDUCING THE CRITERIA. WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH REQUESTER. MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE KNOW THE SPEED HUMP.
AND THEY ASK US. MAYBE IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION. WE REALLY NEED TO LEARN WHAT'S THE ISSUE AND PROVIDE THEM PROPER RECOMMENDATION. IF YOUR DISTRICT THERE WAS -- PUT A STOP SIGN. WE CHECKED BECAUSE THERE WAS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL BLOCK OR TWO.
WE CHECKED THAT. WE PUT STOP SIGN THERE, IS IT GOING TO AFFECT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL FUNCTIONALITY? AFTER WE STUDY, WE REALIZE IT DOES NOT.
AND -- ANOTHER ONE ON REED ROAD AND MILITARY, NOT JUST WE PUT THE STOP SIGN.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, PART OF THE FUTURE BOND. >> THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE TWO VERY GOOD EXAMPLES OF YOU REALLY LISTENING AND NOT JUST DOING REALLY YOU DO LISTEN BUT SPECIFICALLY YOUR TEAM IS GREAT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S FUNNY -- I HAD TO LOOK UP WHAT A -- I DIDN'T KNOW WE DID THAT -- THE CURVE IN THE ROAD.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE REQUESTING DEVELOPERS TO DO? IT SEEMS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT
TO GO IN AFTER THE FACT AND DO A BEND IN THE ROAD. >> HOSSEINI: LET ME ASK -- TALK
ABOUT HOW MANY? >> GOOD MORNING. YES, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SEVERAL TRAFFIC TRAFFIC-CALMING PROJECTS. RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUND-ABOUTS ON SOUL TRACE. WE JUST FINISHED UP MID CROWN AND FAIR LAWN AVENUE IS ALSO ONE WE WORKED ON. THE IDEA THERE IS TO CREATE
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FRICTION SO THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, THE DRIVERS ARE COMPELLED TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY DRIVE. WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE FORCING THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROADWAY, FORCING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN SO THEY CAN NAVIGATE THESE ROADS. GENERALLY THE PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON ARE ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. NOW, IN MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING AND FORGIVE ME IF I'M -- MISSPEAK HERE, BUT THERE IS A LOW SPEED CRITERIA DESIGN THAT I BELIEVE DEVELOPERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO USE IN THEIR NEW DESIGN. LIKE I SAID, WE DEAL WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE DO HAVE THOSE PROJECTS. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP AND LOOK AT ANY OF THE FEATURES WE'VE INSTALLED, I WELCOME SHOWING OFF THE GREATWORK OUR TEAM HAS DONE. >> I'M ALWAYS DOWN FOR A ROAD TRIP.
FU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I HAD JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. SO REGARDING THE SPEED BUMPS, WILL THE PROCESS REMAIN THE SAME WHERE RESIDENTS NEED 51 PER CENT --
>> HOSSEINI: THEY HAVE TO GET 51 PER CENT SIGNATURES. WHY DO WE REQUIRE SIGNATURE? WE HAVE BUILT IN THE PAST WITHOUT SIGNATURE. YOU KNOW, MANY THING WE DO -- SOME PEOPLE LOVE IT. SOME PEOPLE SAY -- WE WANT MAJORITY -- 51 IS BARELY ABOVE
THE 50 TO PROVIDE SIGNATURE AND WE INSTALL. >> 51 PER CENT OF THE STREET?
>> HOSSEINI: WITHIN THE BLOCK. >> I'M ALWAYS RESERVED ABOUT PUTTING SPEED BUMPS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE REQUEST THEM BUT THEN HALF THE NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET WITH YOU ABOUT IT TOO.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT REQUIREMENT. ALSO, TOO, ON -- KIND OF TO
THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENT, ARE WE ACCOMMODATING OUR CYCLISTS? >> HOSSEINI: IF THERE'S A BICYCLE LANE, YES. AGAIN, EVERYTHING WE DO -- BIG PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE LOVE IT AND SOME DOESN'T. WE DID ONE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO -- THE INTENTION WAS CREATE FRICTION, PEOPLE CANNOT DRIVE FAST AND THEY WERE RUNNING OVER IT AND
>> PROBABLY IN GENERAL WE'RE AT THE POINT OF HAVING TO USE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION MODES, WHICH IS GOOD. AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP
OUR CYCLISTS -- >> HOSSEINI: SAFE. >> -- IN TOP OF MINDS ON ALL OUR DECISIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR: I'M GOING TO JUST ASK YOU TO REITERATE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR CITIZENS OR COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS REQUIRING -- OR REQUESTING A SPEED HUMP, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE PUT IN. WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO GO?
>> HOSSEINI: MOST THE TIME THEY GET THE 3-1-1. WHATEVER IS ASKING ON THE PARTICULAR BLOCK, SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE THE LEAD AND GET SIGNATURE OF 51 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE TO
SIGN. >> CHAIR: OKAY. >> HOSSEINI: WE USUALLY LOCATE THOSE IF IT'S ON THE PROPERTY LINE. MOST THE TIME PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT IN FRONT -- IF IT'S ON PROPERTY LINE, TWO PROPERTY SHARE IT.
THEN WE INSTALL. WHO PAYS -- [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> CHAIR: DON'T YOU HAVE TO DO
A TRAFFIC STUDY. >> HOSSEINI: NOT WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENT.
REQUIREMENTS. >> HOSSEINI: MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
>> CHAIR: OKAY. I'LL TELL A STORY. I REMEMBER WE WERE DOING THIS ON ONE OF THE STREETS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT IT ON THAT STREET UNTIL YOU STARTED TO PUT IT BY THEIR HOME. THE FIRST PLACE THEY SUGGESTED THE TWO OWNERS SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT IT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
THE ENGINEERS PICKED ANOTHER PLACE AND THOSE TWO PEOPLE SAID WE DON'T WANT IT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. WE LOOKED AT A THIRD LOCATION RIGHT BY THE HOUSE OF THE PERSON WHO ORIGINATED THE REQUEST AND SAID WE NEED THAT ON OUR STREET. HE SAID I DON'T WANT IT BY MY
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HOUSE EITHER, SO WE NEVER PUT A SPEED HUMP ON THAT STREET. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TALES WE DEAL WITH SOMETIMES IN TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS. AS I SAID, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PROGRAM. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CAMERAS NOT WORKING RIGHT, ARE WE SAYING IN MANY OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AT LEAST WE'RE TIMING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO MATCH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING OR NIGHT, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE STOPPED THERE AND NO TRAFFIC IS COMING BOTH WAYS? WILL THAT CAMERA ACTIVATE THE LIGHT SO IT WILL LET YOU GOGREEN? >> HOSSEINI: YES, WE HAVE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE 100 HIGHLY TRAVELED CORRIDOR. WE DO 20 OF THEM EVERY YEAR.
WE HIRE CONSULTING TO TIME IT. WE SYNCHRONIZE THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS SUCH IF ONE IS DRIVING THE -- POSTED SPEED LIMIT YOU HIT ALL THOSE GREEN AT THE SAME TIME.
>> CHAIR: OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER GOOD SUGGESTION WE NEED TO LOOK AT, ROD, AND THAT'S BRINGING IN SAPD AND THE COURTS TO ADDRESS ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW TRAFFIC-CALMING DEVICES WE'RE PUTTING IN HERE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL PICK THAT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING. I THINK THAT'S IT FROM US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S A GOOD REPORT. >> HOSSEINI: THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR: NEXT ITEM WE HAVE -- OH, I'M SORRY. I FORGOT TO GO AHEAD AND
LAST MEETING. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
>> CHAIR: MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPAPPROVED. WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM, BRIEFING OF VISION ZERO, WHICH KIND OF TIES IN TO WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
PARTICULARLY I KNOW -- I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE. WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE MAIN ARTERIALS THAT -- THEY'RE MORE ON REZ -- RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT.
>> GOOD MORNING. CATHERINE HERNANDEZ, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THIS IS GOING TO COVER THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, HOW IT'S DEFINED, WHERE IT STARTED AND OUR NEW DIRECTION. PRIOR TO 1997 THE TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVE TO FATALITIES ON THE ROAD WAS THAT DEATHS ARE UNAVADABLE.
PEOPLE WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND INDIVIDUALS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.
VISION ZERO IS A STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE INJURIES WHILE ENSURING SAFE, HEALTHY, EQUITABLE MOBILITY FOR ALL. TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE, HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES, AND WE SHOULD DESIGN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ACCORDINGLY. WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND SHOULDN'T CALL THEM VEHICLE COLLISIONS. EVERY WEEK SOMEONE LOSES SOMEONE THEY LOVE AND WE SHOULD CALL THEM CRASHES. EACH OF THE KEY ACTIONS ARE CATEGORIZED UNDER THE FIVE E'S -- EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT, ENGINEERING, EVALUATION.
WE HAVE INCORPORATED A SIXTH E -- EQUITY. EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL ELEMENTS. THROUGH EDUCATION, VISION ZERO COMMUNICATES WITH ADULTS FOR SAFETY ON THE ROADWAYS. ENCOURAGEMENT IS TO ENCOURAGE SAFE BEHAVIOR BY PERSUADING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC LAWS. YOU GET INSURANCE DISCOUNTS WHEN YOU DO SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIOR. THROUGH ENGINEERING WE MAKE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES.
WE MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. WE CAN REDUCE SPEEDS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. IT'S ESSENTIAL TO DEFER THE ACTIVITY.
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WE WANT TO DO A PULSE CHECK. WE WANT TO SELF-CHECK OURSELVES TO SEE HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS DOING IN REGARDS TO ELIMINATING TRAFFIC FATALITIES. THE SIXTH E IS CRUCIAL TO VISION ZERO. SINCE MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED THE CITY SHOULD BE PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES YOU'LL SEE HOW THE CITY HAS FOCUSED UNDER THE SIX E'S. IN 2515 THE CITY BEGAN WORK ON ADOPTION OF VISION ZERO ADOPTION MAKING SAN ANTONIO THE FIRST TEXAS CITY TO ADOPT VISION ZERO. AFTER APPROVAL WAS GIVEN A TRAFFIC SAFETY TEAM WAS CREATED. THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 AND VISION ZERO BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIVE E'S. ONE MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED FOR SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE FLASHING BEACONS AND TRAFFIC SIGNS. MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WAS DONE REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF A SLOW ZONE. THERE WAS A START OF MULTIPLE CAMPAIGNS -- DON'T WALK THE BOX, SAFE DRIVER COMPETITION, AND WALK TO SCHOOL DAY. SINCE 2017 WE HAVE ALLOCATED 1 MILLION A YEAR. THIS HAS BEEN USED FOR CRASH DATA RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROJECTS. BY 2020 PUBLIC WORKS HAD PARTICIPATED IN OVER 450 EVENTS. ONE OF THE MARQUEE EVENTS WAS AT FIRE STATION 26.IT WAS UNVEILED AS DEDICATION OF WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. THE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS CROSSINGS, INCREASED SIDEWALK MILES PER YEAR, PARTNERED WITH UTSA, AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE SHARE THE STREETS INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED TO ENCOURAGE MORE BIKE AND FOOT TRAFFIC ON CINCINNATI AVENUE. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING THIS. FY-21 WAS HIGHLIGHTED RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION DOLLARS. 2.5 BASED ON EQUITY SCORES. IN FY-22 VISION ZERO APPLIED FOR SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANTS. IT WAS THE FIRST HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION GRANT FUNDED TO THE CITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN FOR SEVERAL MID BLOCK CROSSINGS AND THANKS TO EXTRA FUNDING, IT JUMPED TO 42 COMPARED TO 23 THE PAST YEAR. WE WERE AWARD ED A GRANT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHT MID BLOCK CROSS BLOCKS. WE HAVE COMPLETED ONE MID BLOCK CROSSING AT MLK AND CONSTRUCTION IS ALMOST COMPLETE FOR ANOTHER MID-BLOCK CROSSING.
WE HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEWLY SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AT SOUTHEAST MILITARY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DESIGN OF A MEETING PROJECT ON PLEASANTTON ROAD. SO WHAT'S THE NEXT PHASE FOR VISION ZERO? SAN ANTONIO HAS GROWN BY OVER 4 HUNDRED THOUSAND -- 400,000 PEOPLE.
AS THE CITY GROWS AND TRAVEL PATTERNS CHANGE WE NEED UPDATED ACTION PLAN THAT REFLECTS A GROWING AND DYNAMIC CITY. SO WITH OUR CITY'S GROWTH AND POP LIGS INCREASE OUR TRAFFIC FATALITIES HAVE ALSO INCREASED. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS SAN ANTONIO HAS AVERAGED MANY FATALITIES. SINCE 2017 ALL FATALITIES ON THE ROAD HAVE INCREASED AND IN 2022 IT MARKED THE FIRST TIME IT REACHED 200. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS UPDATING THE VISION ZERO PLAN TO PRIORITIZE OUR ACTIONS, EXPLORE NEW IDEAS AND IDENTIFY NO
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PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS. THE PLAN UPDATE WILL BE DATA DRIVEN.THE PROCESS WILL BEGIN WITH HIGH INJURY NETWORK REPORT THAT EVALUATES DATA SETS SUCH AS COLLISION FACTORS, TRAFFIC SPEED, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUITY DATA.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A HEAT MAP. USING THE DATA AND FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS WE'LL RE-EVALUATE THE PLAN'S CURRENT ACTIONS AND DEVELOP A LIST OF 20 HIGH I IMPACT. ONE EXAMPLE IS A SHIFT FROM -- AS SEEN ON THE RIGHT ON THE SLIDE. A SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH IS HOLISTIC, ABOUT MAKING THE SYSTEMS WE MOVE AROUND IN FUNDAMENTALLY SAFER. T SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE SPOKES EACH CATEGORY HAS A CLEAR OBJECTIVE.
SAFER PEOPLE IS ABOUT ENCOURAGING SAFE, RESPONSIBLE DRIVING AND BEHAVIOR BY PEOPLE WHO USE OUR ROADS. SAFER VEHICLES IS EXPANDING THE AVAILABILITY OF VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND FEATURES THAT HELP PREVENT CRASHES AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF CRASHES ON OCCUPANTS AND NON-OCCUPANTS. SAFER SPEEDS IS ABOUT PROMOTING SAFER SPEEDS IN THE ROADWAY ENVIRONMENTS. SAFER ROADS -- DESIGNING THOSE ENVIRONMENTS TO MITIGATE HUMAN MISTAKES AND TO FACILITATE SAFE TRAVEL. POST-CRASH CARE -- IT'S ENHANCING THE SURVIVORABILITY. THE OBJECTIVE WILL ALWAYS BE VISION ZERO, HOWEVER THE STRATEGY TO GET THERE WILL EVOLVE AS THE CITY GROWS. SO THE 2016 VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN INCLUDED FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT LIST WAS USED FOR THE BASIS OF THE PLAN UPDATE AND P INCLUDES VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION TO KEY DEPARTMENTS LIKE DISABILITY AND EQUITY, SAPD, PUBLIC WORKS, PLANNING, AND HEALTH.
YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ATTEND A FEW MEETINGS NEXT YEAR, PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON -- WE'RE FINALIZING THE SCOPE. THE DATA COLLECTION FOR UPDATING OUR HIGH-ENERGY NETWORKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL BEGIN ONCE WE DO KICK-OFF. FROM THERE WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP TO GET INPUT FROM THEM AS WE DEVELOP A NEW PLAN AND ACTIVELY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT AREAS RF GREATEST CONCERN TO THEM AND WHAT COUNTER MEASURES CAN BE INSTALLED TO MAKE THEM SAFER. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING IT READY BY 2024.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM MY TEAM -- MUR RAY MYERS.
HE'LL SEE THE WORK ON THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN UPDATE. AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. THAT'S A HOPEFUL PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PLANS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE DYING ON THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO ARE 200 TOO MANY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK OF THE INJURY TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. ONE OF THE EMPHASIS I WANT TO MAKE IS WHEN WE HAVE CROSSWALKS ALL OVER THE CITY, TOO MANY PEOPLE JUST IGNORE THEM AFTER A WHILE. I'M WONDERING IF THERE ISN'T A WAY THAT WE CAN, AS WE TRY TO ENFORCE OTHER ISSUES ABOUT DRIVING -- SPEEDING OR GOING THROUGH A STOP SIGN OR WHATEVER -- THAT WE CAN'T MAYBE REMIND PEOPLE AS WE DO IN FRONT OF CITY HALL THAT PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THESE CROSSWALKS, AND THAT'S A STATE LAW.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN'T PUT IN MORE PERMANENT SIGNAGE IN THESE CROSSWALKS, PARTICULARLY ON MAJOR STREETS. MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A CROSSWALK. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A CROSSWALK GOING OVER TO A SCHOOL OR GOING OVER TO A BUSINESS LOCATION OR WHATEVER. WE CAN EITHER PUT A SIGN SAYING CROSSWALK AHEAD, OBEY STATE LAW, OR ONE OF THE STANDARDS WE CAN PUT IN THE ROAD KIND OF
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PERMANENTLY -- NOTHING THAT WOULD OBSTRUCT A CAR IF IT HIT IT BUT SOMETHING SOMEONE CAN'T PICK UP OFF THE ROAD. BUT JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE TO RESPECT THE CROSSWALKS.THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE EMPHASIS ON IN THE PLAN THAT GOES FORWARD.
IT'S ANOTHER TRAFFIC-CALMING TOOL BUT IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND. I USED TO WORK AROUND THE CORNER FROM CLAYBOAR ROAD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WORST STREETS FOR PEOPLE BEING INJURED OR DYING.
I KNOW WE'VE ADDED SAFE ISLANDS AND CROSSWALKS ON PARTS OF THE WALKWAY.
WE NEED MORE SIGNAGE, REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE STATE LAW AND WE NEED TO ENFORCE THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD ADD TO OUR LIST WHEN WE TALK TO SAPD AND THE COURTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENFORCE THOSE THINGS. IF WE ENFORCE THEM ENOUGH TIMES, PEOPLE WILL START REMEMBERING.
THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN GOING FORWARD.
LOOK FORWARD TO MY OFFICE MAYBE MAKING SUGGESTIONS, HEARING MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE PUT THIS TOGETHER. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES?
GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU TOUCHED ON MY COMMENTS BECAUSE WE DO HEAR -- THERE'S NOT A WEEK THAT GOES BY THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT C CLAYBOR ROAD AND BAN DER RA ROAD.
IT'S STATE HIGHWAY. EVEN IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WE COULDN'T.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. CLABOR ROAD IS ONE OF THE WORST ROADS IN THE CITY -- OR THE WORST ROAD IN THE CITY. ANYTHING WE COULD DO THERE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I DID SEE THAT -- I WAS LOOKING AT THIS -- THE TIME LINE SLIDE. SO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK REPORT -- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT AT THE END OF MARCH OR HOW CAN WE SEE IT? WE -- OUR DISTRICT OFFICES GET ALL THAT INFORMATION.
HOW CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH YOU ON THIS. >> SURE.
THESE USED TO BE CALLED THE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN OR SEVERE BICYCLIST REPORTS, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATING THEM OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. THAT'S WHY -- WE'RE COMBINING WHAT USED TO BE TWO PRODUCED REPORTS INTO ONE. THE PREVIOUS ONES ARE ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE VISION ZERO WEBSITE, BUT, YES, THESE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE, POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'LL SEND YOU A DRAFT OF WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE, GET YOUR INPUT BEFORE THEY'RE OFFICIALLY RELEASED.
THOSE REPORTS WILL BE UTILIZE INNED THE ACTION PLAN UPDATE TO COME UP WITH THE PRIORITY
PROJECTS BASED ON WHAT WE FIND OUT WITH THE DATA. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING T THAT. I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS
SPECIFIC TO CLABOR ROAD. WE CAN GET THAT OFF LINE. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS FROM A SYSTEMS APPROACH.
I THINK IT IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING OTHER OFFICES IN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I THINK COMMUNITY AND THEN JUST KIND OF HISTORY OF A ROAD -- I THINK WE ALSO MENTIONED CLABOR ROAD. I SPANS THREE OR FOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND GOES INTO THE COUNTY -- 471. IT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR US. I THINK A LOT OF THESE THINGS -- WE CAN USE CLABOR AS AN EXAMPLE -- SPECIFICALLY AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WALKABILITY.
IT'S KIND OF THE BACKBONE OF MY DISTRICT. IT'S 61 PER CENT IN DISTRICT SIX. THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD LET MY KIDS OR I WALK ACROSS PARTS OF THAT ROADS. I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT BEING A SYSTEMIC ISSUE.
WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND IN OUR LAST BUDGET WE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE A SIDEWALK. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OLDER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. ENFORCEMENT -- WE TALK ABOUT THAT. I THINK WHEN I -- I THINK GENERALLY PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK OF TRANSPORTATION THEY THINK OF CARS, BIKES, FEET, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT'S PEOPLE.
WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE, SO SOME OF THE LANGUAGE -- EVEN CHANGING THE LANGUAGE AS YOU DID EARLY ON IS VERY TELLING ABOUT THE CITY AND LEADERSHIP LISTENING, BUT LANGUAGE IS SO IMPORTANT.
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EVERY WORD WE USE IN THE COMMUNITY IS MEANINGFUL. CHANGING THAT TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BETTER -- IT'S NOT JUST A COLLISION. OR EVEN IF THERE WASN'T A DEATH, THERE COULD BE SERIOUSLY DEBILITATING INJURIES. TRANSPORTATION BEGINS WHEN YOU WALK OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR. YOU WALK OUT AND ARE ENGAGING IN TRANSPORTATION IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME -- IT'S BEEN, WHAT, EIGHTYEARS? '15 WHEN IT STARTED. >> '16.
>> EVEN SHORTER. I DO THINK WE ARE KIND OF GETTING START ED IN WHAT I THIN IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW -- I HATE SAYING "NEW NORMAL" BUT I'M SAYING IT, THE NEW NORMAL FOR THE CITY BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
THE -- AT WHAT POINT -- MAYBE YOU COVERED THIS. AT WHAT POINT ARE THE CORE PRINCIPLES AND THEN THE ELEMENTS OF THE HOLISTIC APPROACH -- WHEN DO THEY COME TOGETHER.
>> WITH THIS TIME LINE, WHAT WE'RE DOING AGAIN -- WE START WITH THE DATA COLLECTION AND COME UP WITH THE REPORT BASED ON THE DATA COLLECTION. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE SHIFTING FROM THE FIVE E'S TO THE SYSTEM APPROACH. DURING THAT LAST PART -- THAT'S WHERE WE COME UP WITH THE KEY ACTIONS AND HOW WE MORPH INTO THE SAFER SYSTEMS APPROACH. IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PORTION IN ORDER TO EVOLVE THE REPORT INTO THIS NEW
APPROACH. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL TO BE PART OF IT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE QUESTIONS. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP, BUT I'M GOING TO HOLD BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE OUR -- OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER -- SHOULD HAVE A MAJORITY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON A MINUTE UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEMBER
COMES BACK. SO EVERYBODY TAKE A BREAK. >> I'M SO SORRY.
>> CHAIR: COUNCILWOMAN, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AT ALL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 3 -- THIRD ITEM TODAY, BUT IT'S ITEM 4. BRIEFING ON THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY THAT WAS ORIGINATED IN 2011 AND SOME PROPOSED UPDATES. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SAME PERSON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. AGAIN, CAT HERNANDEZ, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO UPDATE THE 2011 COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
COMPLETE STREET -- LET ME REMIND YOU WHAT A COMPLETE STREET DOES FIRST.
IT'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ELEMENTS SUCH AS STREET LIGHTING, LANDSCAPE, SIDEWALK COVERAGE, TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES, AND CONNECTIVITY. SO AGAIN YOU START WITH THE STREETS CLASSIFICATION AND THEN YOU APPLY MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT CONSIDERS ALL ROAD US USERS, VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS AND THAT LEADS TO SAFER TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE. COMPLETE STREET IS NOT ALL ELEMENTS ON EVERY STREET.
SO COMPLETE STREET IS ABOUT MAKING STREETS SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR USERS WHILE ACCOMMODATING THE NEEDS OF ALL MODES OF TRAVEL. THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC TRANSIT, VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS. THE SIGNIFICANCE IS THAT IT INCREASE SAFETY AND MAKE TRAVEL MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. SO COMPLETE STREET ENCOURAGES AN APPROACH TO STREET DESIGN THAT PROMOTES HEALTHY LIVING, FITNESS, ACTIVITY AND ENHANCING THE VITALITY OF CORRIDORS AND MAXIMIZES INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS. THE FIRST ONE YOU SEE -- COLORED BIKE LANE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CITY TOWER. NUMBER TWO IS A PROPOSED DESIGNATED RAPID TRANSIT LANE.
NUMBER THREE IS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON BROAD ROAD. NUMBER FOUR IS A MID BLOCK
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CROSSING. ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS THAT MAXIMIZES INVESTMENT BY ENSURING IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL ROAD USERS. NUMBER SIX IS CURB EXTENSIONS.LET'S REVIEW THE CURRENT POLICY. THE 2011 POLICY WAS INITIATED DUE TO GROWING CONCERN FOR HEALTH ISSUES IN SAN ANTONIO. SOME RR EXACERBATED BY LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SAFER, EASIER TRANSIT. AFTER WINNING THE PUTTING CITIES TO WORK GRANT A WORK GROUP WAS ASSEMBLED AND IT WAS LED BY METRO HEALTH AND PLANNING WITH ABOUT 20 STAKEHOLDERS INC.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE SHORT AND SWEET. SEVERAL COMPROMISES WERE MADE ON BOTH SIDES. IT PROVIDES A VISION AND WHAT SAN ANTONIO IS FOCUSED ON.
IT TALKS ABOUT IMPROVING TRAVEL CONDITIONS, -- AS I MENTIONED IT IS A SHORT DOCUMENT.
IT ESTABLISHES THE GOALS. AND THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT PROVIDES DEFINITIONS OF COMPLETE STREETS, ENCOURAGING LANGUAGE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO FOCUS RESOURCE ON THE FOUR GOALS.
IT WAS A GREAT STARTING DOCUMENT AND WAS SIMILAR IN SCOPE TO OTHER COMPLETE STREET POLICIES AT THE TIME. SO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE SHOWS COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE STREETS. SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE POLICY, WE HAVE MULTIPLE CITY DOCUMENTS REFERENCING IT AND REQUIRING ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE POLICY WAS PASSED, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED TRAINING SESSIONS FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT COVERED HOW TO EVALUATE PROJECTS FOR COMPLETE STREETS ELEMENTS AND A BASELINE FOR WHILE PS OF COMPLETE STREETS IN SAN ANTONIO WAS ALSO CREATED. FOLLOWING TRAINING AN ACTION PLAN WAS ASSEMBLED WHICH IDENTIFIED MEASURABLE MILESTONES AND THE ROLES FOR PUBLIC WORKS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PLANNING AND METRO HEALTH. EVENTUALLY THE DESIGN GUIDE MANUAL WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE A CHECKLIST. CREATED IN 2012 FOR BOND PROJECTS INCLUDES BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND TRANSIT FEATURES AND RANKS THE NEED ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10. HIGHER THE SCORE, GREATER THE NEED.
THE CHECKLIST HELPS PUBLIC WORKS DETERMINE IF THE STREET IS A CANDIDATE FOR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUSES, ET CETERA. THE UDC ALSO REFERENCES COMPLETE STREETS AND DESIGN GUIDE.
BECAUSE THE CITY ADOPTS STANDARDS WHICH ARE NATIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS MANY OF THE CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS MEET COMPLETE STREET GOALS EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T MENTION IT SPECIFICALLY. SOME CAN REFER TO SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS.
THE 2011 POLICY WAS A GREAT START AND IN 2021 CITY HEALTH, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION THAT REVIEWS POLICIES IN U.S. CITIES, IMPACT QUALITY OF LIFE, AWARDED A GOLD MEDTAL.
THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO WIN THE FWOELD, WHICH INCLUDE THE PRE-K AND HEALTHY PROCUREMENT FOR FOOD. CITY HEALTH HAS STRENGTHENED REQUIREMENTS AND DUE TO UPDATE 2011 COMPLETE STREETS POLICY IS NO LONGER RANKED AND SHOULD BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW CRITERIA. DESPITE INTEGRATING, THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO MATCH BEST PRACTICES. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE BEST PRACTICES ARE.
SO WE REVIEWED THE CURRENT POLICY AND COMPARED KEY COMPONENTS SUCH AS VISION, GOALS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO NEIGHBORING CITIES AND CITIES WITH COMPLETE STREETS POLICIES.
WE SPOKE WITH DIFFERENT CITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE POLICY AND LESSONS THEY LEARNED ALONG THE WAY. SOME OF THE CITIES WE WORKED WITH INCLUDE EL PASO, DENVER.
WE COMPARED TO THE LATEST CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS MISSING FROM OUR POLICY AND WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE. WHAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT OUR CURRENT POLICY IS MISSING FIVE KEY ELEMENTS. TO STRENGTHEN THE POLICY AND TWOP IT INTO A BEST PRACTICE, WE WOULD NEED PERFORMANCE MEASURES LISTED IN THE POLICY, BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN CITY
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DEPARTMENTS, AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND CLEARLY PRIORITIZE EQUITY IN THE POLICY.THE CITY WOULD ALSO NEED TO UPDATE SOME OF ITS DESIGN GUIDELINES AND DEFINE THE PRODUCT SELECTION CRITERIA. THIS WILL INPROVE THE CITY HEALTH RANKING.
IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING GAPS WE ALSO FOUND 10 KEY ELEMENTS IN EVERY SUCCESSFUL COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. INCORPORATING THESE IMPROVES THE RANKINGS BUT LEADS TO SMOOTHER IMPLEMENTATION. MOST POLICIES REQUIRE ALL PROJECTS AND PHASES INCLUDE COMPLETE STREET ELEMENTS. CITIES ADOPT THE GUIDELINES, ARE CLEAR AND INCLUDE NEXT STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THEY MEASURE THE PROGRESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND SHARE THE RESULTS WITH THE PUBLIC. THESE PROVIDED THE OUTLINE FOR THE LATEST DRAFT OF THE COMPLETE STREETS UPDATE. THROUGH ON GOING CLOLLABORATION WE REVIEWED THE POLICY, DISCUSSED REVISIONS AND NEXT STEPS. UPDATING THE 2011 POLICY IS PHASE ONE. AND WE PLAN ON MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. A DRAFT LIST FOR THE FIRST PHASE INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS, CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WE WILL BRING THE DRAFT POLICY BACK TO THE COMMITTEE NEXT SUMMER.
PHASE TWO SHIFTS TO IMPLEMENTATION. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CONSIDER UPDATES TO DESIGN GUIDELINES.
THE WORKING GROUP MAY DEVELOP A GROUP OF POTENTIAL UPDATES AND THAT'S WHY WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A LONGER PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE ANOTHER YEAR. YOU'LL SEE A PROJECTED SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. WE'LL ASSEMBLE TAKE HOLDERS FOR A KICK-OFF MEETING.
NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE A TOWN HALL AND THE EVENT WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS. AS THE POLICY DRAFT DEVELOPS WE'LL BRING IT TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
FOLLOWED BY THE PRESENTATION IN THE SPRING AND BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNCIL NEXT SUMMER. WITH THAT, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> CHAIR: ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS -- THIS IS GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THE OTHERS WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU DIDN'T SAY WERE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEY KIND OF SEEM TO BE TIED TOGETHER. WHY IS THAT.
>> PART OF THIS UPDATE TO COMPLETE STREETS INCLUDES DESIGN STANDARDS, DESIGN GUIDELINES.
MANY ARE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. IF THERE IS ALTERATIONS OR VARIANCES IT GOES TO PLANNING COMMISSION -- SUCH AS WHEN YOU DO A PLAT -- MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH COMPLETE STREETS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'LL HAVE A TOUCH POINT OR VARIANCE PROCESS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT BUY-IN.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THEM INTO THIS LOOP. WE'RE AFFECTING STANDARDS.
WHILE VISION ZERO IS NOT AFFECTING SPECIFIC STANDARDS IN THE UDC.
>> CHAIR: I THOUGHT I SAW THINGS IN THERE THAT SEEMED TO CARRY OVER INTO AUDIO]. I'M CONCERNED THAT SOMETIMES THEIR INTEREST IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OR THE ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMUNITY WANTS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS MAY FEEL THEY NEED WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE THINGS, SO I'LL BE WATCHING CAREFULLY TO SEE HOW THAT PROCESS GOES. AND I HOPE THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES STAKEHOLDERS REPRESENT PART OF THE COMMUNITY MORE SO THAN ALL OF THE COMMUNITY. I'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE THAT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY HAS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
THAT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION FROM ME. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, HOW MANY ROADS OR STREETS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED UNDER THE 2011 POLICY? HOW MANY TIMES WAS IT, YOU KNOW, PUT ON -- IN THE ACTUAL WORK THAT WAS DONE?
I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE DISCUSSION ABOUT HEBNER -- NO. >> (INDISCERNIBLE).
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>> CHAIR: THANK YOU. IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT MAKING IT A COMPLETE STREET.
THAT'S THE ONLY ROAD I'VE HEARD ABOUT IN SIX AND A HALF YEARS UNDER COMPLETE STREETS.
HOW MANY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED USING THE EXISTING POLICY. >> WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER -- I DON'T HAVE WITH ME. WE LOOK TO SEE CAN WE INCLUDE COMPLETE STREET ON THIS.
AS MENTIONED BY CAT, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK EVERY ROADWAY HAS TO HAVE BIKE LANE.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE LOOK FOR WHO IS USING THE ROADWAY.
CERTAIN ROADWAY YOU DON'T WANT TO -- IT'S REALLY NOT SAFE. LIKE ONE OF THE EXAMPLE IS HIGHWAY. YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD SIDEWALK ON HIGHWAY OR [INDISCERNIBLE].
THAT'S A SEVEN-LANE ROADWAY AND PEOPLE IS DRIVING 50, 60 MILE PER HOUR.
CERTAIN AREA WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO INTRODUCE CERTAIN ELEMENT OF COMPLETE STREET
BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE. >> CHAIR: WELL, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE REPORT ON WHICH STREETS WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WERE
COMPLETED OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS. >> YES, SIR.
>> CHAIR: THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS? YES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. YEAH. I KNOW WE HAD HEARD COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW THAT SOUTH ZAMORA WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE COMPLETE STREETS BEING STUDIED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT. DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO TIE IT TO THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT. WHATEVER -- I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE A STUDY ON IT. WHATEVER DATA SHOWED THAT THERE WERE CRASHES, FATALITIES -- WE KNEW THAT SOME OF THOSE COUNTERMEASURES THAT NEED TO BE PUT ON THERE -- WE NOTICE IT'S PEOPLE NOT CROSSING AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.
THEY'RE CROSSING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK. UTILIZING THAT, THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR AND LEVERAGE FUNDING FROM OTHER RESOURCES.
WE HAVE UNLIMITED NEEDS AND WANTS BUT WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS. SO -- A CROSSING, SIDEWALK, THAT'S A COMPONENT OF A COMPLETE STREET. LIGHTING IS A COMPONENT.
THOSE WILL BE ADDED. >> DO WE KNOW WHEN. >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING TO FINALIZE THE GRANT AGREEMENT. AS SOON AS THAT IS EXECUTED WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SOLICITATION FOR THE DESIGN AND THEN THE SOLICITATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
>> YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT IT -- MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. EVERYBODY WAS SO EXCITED. WE ALL SEE PEOPLE TRAVELING ON SOUTH ZAMORA EVERY DAY. PEOPLE NOT -- CYCLING NOT RIDING FOR RECREATION, RIDING FOR NEED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CARS. SMALL BUSINESSES -- PEOPLE ARE CROSSING THE STREET LIKE CRAZY ALL THE TIME. THERE IS A STRONG NEED FOR IT. ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS GOT EXCITED AND NOTHING. AND THAT KIND OF ALSO TIES TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE'S POINT.
THE CITY GETS -- WE GET ALL THESE PLANS AND PLANS FOR PLANS, YOU KNOW? AND I DON'T WANT US TO PLAN SOMETHING AND PUT IT ON A SHELF. SO -- AND I WANT US TO BE BULLISH ON THIS, ON COMPLETE STREETS, ON SAFE STREETS, ON VISION ZERO.
I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE TIED INTO PUBLIC WORKS' METRICS ON WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WORK ON NEXT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PRIORITIZE NEXT? WE ALL GET REQUESTS ABOUT DIFFERENT STREETS IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT WHEN WE CAN HAVE THIS OR VISION ZERO TO HELP US GUIDE WHERE THE FUNDING GOES -- LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.
I DON'T THINK AS A CITY WE SHOULD BE AFRAID TO DO SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE COUNCILMAN COURAGE SAID -- 200 DEATHS TOO MANY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO GET EXTREMELY BULLISH ON THIS. AND USE IT AS A DECISION-MAKING POINT.
WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO ANY LONGER. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO -- WE JUST MET YESTERDAY. THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK. I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, THAT WORK TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET BULLISH.
>> WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON THIS. >> THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A QUICK MAYBE COMMENT, BUT WE -- I SERVE ON NPO AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THE STATE'S SHIFT TO CHANGE CRI CRITERIA.
COMPLETE TIME LINE WAS GOING TO BE CUT TO TWO YEARS. ARE WE INCORPORATING THIS INTO THAT -- THE FACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN PRETTY SOON INTO ALL THESE PLANS?
AND IF NOT, COULD WE. >> THE COMPLETE STREETS -- POLICY UPDATE AGAIN GIVES US OVERARCHING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. GEP, INCORPORATING -- AGAIN, INCORPORATING THEM AS WE WORK ON PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE COMPLETE STREET ELEMENT, WHATEVER IT CALLS FOR. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLYING FOR FUNDING?
>> WELL, THE CURRENT FUNDING, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE CURRENT FUNDING IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PROJECTS DONE IN THESE TWO YEARS -- THEY'LL PULL THE FUNDING AFTER -- AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY STRICT ABOUT THAT.
>> I'LL JUST SAY THAT'S A R RELATIVELY NEW CHANGE TO THE CODE.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY. WE HAVE NOT FULLY GRASPED THE CHANGE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK WITH THE NEW CONSTRAINT ON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE PREPARED, IF THAT'S THE
CASE. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY. THE CHANGE HASN'T OFFICIALLY HAPPENED YET BUT IT WILL.
SO I THINK THAT IS -- I THINK WITH ALL THINGS, ALL PROJECTS, ALL THINGS TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. JUST KIND OF A REMINDER TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. OKAY.
THANK YOU. >> THANKS, CHAIR. >> COURAGE: OKAY.
THANK YOU. I THINK THIS PLAN CAME OUT IN 2011 AND WE'VE HAD OTHER PLANS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT AND AT LEAST EXPLAIN TO SOME OF US THAT THEY ENDED UP ON A SHELF AND THEY DIDN'T GET FOLLOWED THROUGH. I KNOW YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF ANYTHING THAT COMES FORWARD BE PUT ON A SHELF. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE I THINK IS RELEVANT. A LOT OF TIMES IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY COUNCIL SERVED TWO TWO-YEAR TERMS, WHICH WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET ANYTHING DONE. WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SENIOR CENTER THAT GOT BUILT IN DISTRICT 9 WAS CREATED IN THE MIND OF THE COMMUNITY IN 2016. IT WAS PASSED IN A BOND IN 2017. AND IT WASN'T COMPLETED UNTIL FIVE YEARS LATER.
AND SO WHEN COUNCIL TERMS ARE TWO YEARS AT A TIME, AND OFTENTIMES COUNCIL TURNS OVER, A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS OR A LOT OF EMPHASIS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT ON THESE THINGS AND NOT GETTING FOLLOWED THROUGH BECAUSE THE COUNCIL CHANGES SO MUCH.
SO I DON'T NECESSARILY HOLD STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR THINGS THAT MAYBE DON'T GET DONE BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE TO HAVE THE CONSISTENCY AND THE FOLLOW-THROUGH OF COUNCIL ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE PASS AND APPROVE. AND END UP THEY'RE GOING TO SOME OTHER COUNCIL TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS DOWN THE LINE TO GET IMPLEMENTED AND THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE NEW IDEAS AND DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OLD ONES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THE SOONER WE GET THESE THINGS COMPLETED, THE BETTER I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT FROM THEM. BUT IT'S UP TO US AS COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS MOVE
ALONG. ANYWAY -- >> COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO ADD. THAT'S THE PROCESS WE'VE KIND OF LAID OUT, I THINK TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. YOU'LL SEE WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO IF COUNCIL ADOPTS THAT IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, THAT'S LAW. SO THAT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND THAT ALL PROJECTS COMING THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE TO BE -- WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE NEW LAWS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A PLAN THAT SITS ON THE SHELF BUT SERVICES. SO I THINK BY FOLLOWING THIS APPROACH THAT CAT LAID OUT, WE
WILL COVER THAT. >> COURAGE: GOOD. ONE THING I ALSO WANT TO ASK ABOUT IS THE BIKE PLAN GOING TO BE INTEGRATED AND PART OF THIS PLAN?
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY . THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UPDATE OUR COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT POLICY
DRIVES EVERYTHING ELSE. >> COURAGE: WOULDN'T THE BIKE PLAN KIND OF DRIVE PART OF WHAT
THIS POLICY'S GOING TO BE? >> REMEMBER, THE BIKE NETWORK -- AGAIN, ALL OF THESE
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THINGS KIND OF FEED INTO EACH OTHER. THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN IS REALLY FOCUSED ON BIKES. THOSE BIKE TYPOLOGIES. STARTING WITH YOUR STREET CLASSIFICATION, WHAT KIND OF ROAD THAT IS, WHAT KIND OF FACILITY THAT YOU WANT TO SEE THAT IS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THAT SPEED, BASED ON THAT TRAFFIC.SO, AGAIN, THAT FOCUS IS THE BICYCLIST. BUT THE COMPLETE STREETS HAS THAT COMPONENT OF THE BIKE AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT POLICY IN ORDER TO DRIVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATELY THESE ARE ALL HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> COURAGE: RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE BIKE POLICY IDENTIFIES 54 STREETS THAT THEY THINK THERE SHOULD BE BIKE LANES ON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS AT LEAST CONSIDERED AS YOU'RE DOING THE COMPLETE STREETS AND MAYBE THEY WOULD TURN AROUND AND SAY IT'S NOT PRACTICAL TO ADD TO THESE SEVEN OR EIGHT OR TEN.
I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR WORK DONE AND PRESENTED SO THAT IT CAN BE INCORPORATED RATHER THAN AFTER YOU SAY WHAT STREETS ARE GOING TO GET WHAT AND THEY COME OUT WITH A PLAN THAT SAID, WELL, WE WANTED TO DO THAT. ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET INTEGRATED WELL ENOUGH THAT ALL OF THEM COME TOGETHER TO GIVE US THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> COURAGE: OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER? OKAY. THEN WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH OUR AGENDA. SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. AND WE'LL BE MEETING AGAIN IN
THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
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