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>> COURAGE: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 16.
APPEWE'LL BE HEARING A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS TODAY ON THE BIKE NETWORK AND PROGRESS ON STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND BOND PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL BE STARTING OFF WITH JUST APPROVAL -- THERE WE ARE, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
WELL, I GUESS FIRST WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
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>> SIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> COURAGE: OKAY. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A CALL FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MARCH 19.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR MAKE A SUGGESTION?
WE APPROVE THE MINUTES? >> NO CHANGES, BUT I HAVE
>> OKAY. AND A SECOND? >> I SECOND THAT.
>> COURAGE: SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. WE HAVE A MOTION TO
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>> COURAGE: AS I SAID. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, BRIEFINGS, THE FIRST IS FOR BIKE NETWORK PLANNING, AND SO CAT HERNANDEZ WILL BE DOING
A PRESENTATION. ALL YOURS. >> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CAT HERNANDEZ. DIRECTOR FOR CITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS. ASK TODAY'S BRIEFING IS ON TODAY'S BIKE NETWORK PLAN, AND WE'LL COVER WHAT WE SAW IN THE FIRST PHASES OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INPUT AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS WITH OUR PLAN SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE. WE KICKED OFF THE PROJECT IN JANUARY OF 2023, AND WE'RE JUST PAST THE HALFWAY POINT. WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE SECOND PHASE, GOING INTO THE THIRD PHASE OF THE PROJECT WITH A GOAL OF A FINAL PLAN IN 2025. IS IT DOING SOMETHING WEIRD? IT IS. IT'S TIMING WEIRD. BUT THERE'S NO TIMING ON IT.
THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SEE, IT'S, LIKE, DISAPPEARING.
>> WE CAN ALL SEE IT. >> CAN YOU SEE IT FROM YOURS? >> YEAH, WE'VE GOT IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAS A COPY. >> YEAH, IT'S ON HERE.
SO OUR PHASE 1 OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
THE GOAL OF THIS ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT WAS TO SEE HOW OUR RESIDENTS FELT ABOUT THE BIKE SYSTEM, SAFETY, AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE FROM THE PLAN. 68% SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND OUR CITY WITHOUT A CAR. 75% FELT -- SAID THEY FELT UNSAFE NEAR FAST-MOVING VEHICLES, AND MUCH OF THE RESPONSE IS CENTERED AROUND SAFETY AND ACCESS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> OKAY. THERE WE GO.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THAT SURVEY THAT RESPONDED? >> OVER 1300 FOR THE FIRST TWO
PHASES. >> THE FIRST TWO -- THE FIRST PHASE WAS OVER 1300, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE, WE ARE ALMOST COMPLETED WITH.
SO I THINK -- YEAH. STILL GOING. I THINK IT'S FINALLY STARTING TO WORK. OKAY. SO OUR RESPONDENTS PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON WHY THEY WALK OR BIKE, MOST SAID THEY WALK OR BIKE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES LIKE EXERCISE, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE WITHIN THE 410 TO BE TAKEN BY BIKE OR OTHER NEEDS LIKE SHOPPING AND EATING, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE IT SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES OF RIDERS IN ORDER TO CONVERT THESE TRIPS. OKAY.
SO PHASE 2 OF THE ENGAGEMENT WAS HELD BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THIS PHASE ASKED RESIDENTS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN OUR NETWORK.
THIS INCLUDED AN EDUCATION EFFORT OF WHAT TYPES OF BIKE FACILITIES EXISTED AND HOW THEY WOULD RIDE. MOST RESPONDENTS WERE SPLIT ON TAKING A DIRECT ROUTE ON A BUSY STREET VERSUS A DETOUR ON A QUIET STREET, BUT BOTH SAID THEY WANT MORE GREENWAY TRAILS AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES. PERFECT. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW OUR RESPONDENTS FELT SAFER ON FACILITIES THAT OFFERED MORE PROTECTION.
THE MORE PROTECTION, THE GREATER THE SCORE. ATTRACTIVENESS OF THAT PROTECTION WAS ALSO RESPONDED TO WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES WITH PLANTERS RECEIVING THE HIGHEST
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SCORE. SO IN REVIEWING OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS, OUR TEAM PULLED DATA FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH OVER 500 CRASHES BEING REPORTED TO 351 OF THOSE CRASHES BEING FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURIES.AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RATE OF SERIOUS INJURIES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BETWEEN 2020 AND 2022.
SO AS WE DIVE INTO THIS DATA, WITH E SEE WHY THESE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING.
SPEED OF THE ROADWAY IS A HUGE FACTOR, THE FASTER THE SPEED, ESPECIALLY AT 50 MILES PER HOUR ARE GREATER, THE MORE LIKELY THE CRASH IS TO OCCUR. THE MOST COMMON CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS DRIVER INATTENTION WHICH IMPLIES THAT AREAS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN BIKES AND CARS EXIST. THIS DATA IS EXTREMELY HELPFULLED A OUR DEPARTMENT IS UPDATING OUR VISION ZERO ACTION POLICY SO WE CAN USE THIS DATA TO HELP DEVELOP METHODS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES SO EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT ALSO REVEALED THE CURRENT ISSUES EXPERIENCED BY OUR BIKE RIDERS. SEVERAL EXAMPLES ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, INCLUDING AREAS OF STREETS THAT USE A HIGH USER INCLUDING IN SCHOOL ZONES OR AREAS THAT HAVE CONFLICT SUCH AS A BIKE ON A ROAD WHERE A VEHICLE WANTS TO TURN RIGHT AND THEY DON'T SEE THAT RIDER, AND OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE WHERE FACILITIES ARE IN POOR CONDITION OR PERM NATE WITHOUT WARNING BEFORE AN INTERSECTION AS I MENTIONED PHASE 2 INCLUDED EDUCATING USERS ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES THAT COULD BE USED ON OUR SYSTEM WITH SOME ALREADY EXISTING IN OUR CITY. SOME INCLUDED BUFFERED BIKE LANES WITH TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BIKE LANES LIKE YOU COULD SEE ON FLOYD CURL DRIVE.
OFF STREET FACILITIES WITH IMPROVED CROSSING, LIKE MISSION PARKWAY, OR DEDICATED PATHWAYS FOR WALKING AND BIKING LIKE GREENWAY PATHWAYS WHAT'S NEXT? OUR TEAM IS DEVELOPING BIKE DESIGNS OR TYPOLOGIES THAT IS INFORMED BASED ON THE STREET DESIGN SUCH AS SPEED OR CLASSIFICATION. IT CREATES A MENU OF IF THIS, THEN THAT, OF OPTIONS FOR FACILITIES WHEN DEVELOPING OR REBUILDING ROADWAYS.
WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING ON GIS MAP ILLUSTRATING A NETWORK ON WHERE THE FACILITIES GO ON WHAT WE HEAR BASED ON FEEDBACK. A FUNDING PLAN THAT INCLUDES SHORT AND LONG RANGE PROJECTS THAT SET US UP FOR STREET AND BIKE IRB AS WELL AS BONDING PROGRAMS. SO OUR WEBSITE, WWW.SA BIKE NETWORK.COM FEATURES ENGAGEMENT EVENTS ALONG WITH SURVEY AND CONDITIONS REPORT. WE HAVE A GIS BIKE FACILITIES VIEWER THAT SHOWS ALL CURRENT FACILITY TYPES ON THE ROAD AND TRAILS NOW, AND THIS IS UPDATED MONTHLY AS STREETS ARE MAINTAINED. ENGAGEMENT WILL EXTEND FROM APRIL THROUGH AUGUST AND WILL INCLUDE 18 POP-UP EVENTS IN EVERY COUNSEL DISTRICT, TWO OPEN HOUSES AND FIVE STAKEHOLDER ROUND TABLES. THIS IS THE FINAL ENGAGEMENT PUSH WHERE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ON SPECIFIC PREFERENCES AND PRIOR TOES IMPLEMENTING THOSE FACILITIES
AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> COURAGE: OKAY.
THANK YOU. NOW, I THINK ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE -- THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE SEE ON BIKES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT YOU DON'T SEE THEM TOO OFTEN ON MOST OF OUR ARTERIES, AND EVEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS, I KNOW WHERE WE DO HAVE BIKE LANES, YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS WITH TRASH BEING -- OR TRASH RECEPTACLES BEING OUT ON TRASH DAY OR CARS PARKED IN BIKE LANES, AND YOU'VE NOTED, A LOT OF TIMES THE LINES ARE SO FADED PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE THERE ANYMORE, AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BARRIERS TO OVERCOME, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE HEAR FROM THREE OR FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE OVERALL ON THIS ISSUE.
1300 PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE ANSWERED THAT FIRST SESSION, A LOT OF THEM PROBABLY ARE VERY INTERESTED BECAUSE THEY RIDE BIKES, BUT WE NEED TO TRY TO MAKE THIS THE KIND OF PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO RIDE BIKES WHO DON'T SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE BETTER TRANSPORTATION TO GET AROUND THE CITY. SO I THINK WE NEED MORE INPUT, AND I HOPE THAT FROM THESE 18 SESSIONS YOU'VE GOT PLANNED,
WE'LL GET A LOT MORE INPUT ON THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> COURAGE: BUT I THINK THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I'VE SEEN AND I THINK MANY OF US HAVE, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER?
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>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, HAVE YOU COLLECTED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA? >> NO.
>> MOST SPECIFICALLY, I'M INTERESTED IN SOCIOECONOMIC. >> YES.
WE HAVE COLLECTED A LITTLE BIT OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AS WELL. AND WE HAVE OVER 2,790 RESPONSES BETWEEN BOTH PHASES OF THE SURVEY, BUT THAT'S FULL SURVEY COMPLETION, WE ALSO HAD ACTIVITIES WHERE PEOPLE COULD LEAVE NOTES AND DOTS ON MAPS TO LEAVE QUICK COMMENTS, I NEED A FIX HERE, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THIRD OUTREACH WHERE WE HAVE OVER 400 RESPONSES ALREADY, SO WE'RE GETTING MORE OUTREACH IN THE SURVEY, AND IT DOES INCLUDE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, YOU CAN SKIP
OVER IT IF YOU WANT FOR THIS ROUND. >> RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU AND I WAS AT SECLOVIA THE OTHER DAY AND I GOT TO SEE BIKE NETWORK FOLK COLLECTING DATA AND HANDING OUT METALS AND PLAYING GAMES. THAT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE.
I THINK -- WELL, I'LL MAKE ONE MORE POINT ABOUT I THINK DEMOGRAPHICS. I THINK ONE IS I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY -- I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND SEE WHAT ARE ALL THE FUTURE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AND WHATNOT.
I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING AND YOU MIGHT YIELD VARYING RESULTS, BUT IF YOU GO TO PLACES LIKE HEB OR MEDICAL FACILITIES OR TO LIBRARIES, EVEN IN COMMUNITY CENTERS, I WONDER -- AND YOU MADE VERY CLEAR HERE, THIS IS THE KIND OF FEEDBACK WE'RE LOOKING FOR, DO YOU RIDE A BIKE? I WONDER IF YOU MIGHT COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM MORE PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE A BICYCLE FOR NECESSITIES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OF INTEREST TO ME, AND ON THAT TOPIC, I THINK THAT AS WE'RE FINISHING THE PLAN AND CREATING OUR ACTION PLAN AND CREATING OUR ACTION PLAN AND COMING UP WITH THOSE TANGIBLES, ESPECIALLY DETERMINING HOW WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE PRIORITY FOR THOSE WHO DO RELY ON A BIKE FOR THEIR NECESSITIES BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VEHICLES FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY TO PLAN FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO UTILIZE BIKES FOR EXERCISE AND FOR FUN, AND THOSE ARE NECESSARY TO BEING A FULL HUMAN, BUT FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT AS A NECESSITY, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THAT'S MORE OF OUR TARGET RIGHT NOW.
YEAH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE FINAL PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? IS IT GOING TO HAVE BUDGET NUMBERS TIED TO IT? SPECIFIC STREETS? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET
AS AN OUTPUT? >> SO I THINK IF WE GO TO SLIDE -- THE SECOND TO LAST SLIDE. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SLIDE 11.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST YOU'LL HAVE A GIS MAP THAT'LL ILLUSTRATE WHERE WE WANT THOSE BIKES TO GO. SO THINK OF THE MAYOR PLAN. SO THEY'RE COMING IN, GOING THROUGH THE PLAN PROCESS AND FACILITATING THAT RIGHT AWAY. SAME WITH THE FACILITIES. WE WANT TO SHOW WHERE THE BIKE FACILITIES SHOULD BE SO AS THEY'RE PLANNING THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR AS WELL AS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE WHEN DOING STREET MAINTENANCE, WE WANT TO INCORPORATE BIKE FACILITIES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'LL BE CERTAIN TYPES OF TYPOLOGIES.
WHAT WILL THOSE FACILITIES LOOK LIKE? IS IT JUST GOING TO BE ROADS? ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT A SHARED ROUTE ROAD? IT DEPENDS ON THE CLASSIFICATION, THE SPEED OF THE ROAD, SO THOSE ARE THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE TYPOLOGIES.
AND THEN ALSO, WE'LL HAVE THAT FUNDING AND PRIORITIZATION PLAN. SO SHORT AND LONG RANGE RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE WANT TO PUT MORE FACILITIES ON THE ROAD TO MAKE CONNECTIONS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BIKE LANES, BUT THERE'S NO CONNECTIONS IN BETWEEN, AND SO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE, MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WHERE, AGAIN, THEY'RE SAFER BASED ON THAT TYPOLOGY, BASED ON THAT GIS NETWORK, AND THEN ALSO SET US UP FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, SO WHETHER INCORPORATING IT INTO OUR INP PROJECTS OR BOND PROGRAM OR EVEN APPLYING FOR GRANT PROGRAMS THAT COME UP.
LIKE MPE, L HAS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS
OF THE PLAN. >> KAUR: GREAT. WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS IF YOU'VE GOTTEN A LIST OF THE STREETS THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED FOR PROTECTED BIKE LANES NOT ON THE TRAIL. WE GET SO MANY CALLS, SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID, SO IF WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY BECAUSE THEY'LL STILL GET A CHANCE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO PROVIDE INPUT; CORRECT.
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE EVEN HAVE A RECOMMENDED PLAN. THERE'LL BE AN INPUT SESSION AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT, AND RIGHT NOW, THE ENGAGEMENT IS TO BUILD WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN
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WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT PLAN IN ORDER TO GET MORE INPUT ON HOWTHAT DRAFT LOOKS. >> KAUR: IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEND US THE STREETS OF THE THINGS
PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED RIGHT NOW FOR DISTRICT 1. >> YES AND THE FINAL PLAN -- THE ACTUAL BIKE PLAN WOULD BE SHORT, BUT THE STACK OF APPENDIXES WOULD BE AS TALL AS I AM, ONE INCLUDING OUTREACH FOR EVERY CALL WE'VE GOTTEN REDACTED. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.
>> KAUR: ARE YOU GUYS MAPPING TO SAY HOW MANY -- I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE FULL REPORT, I'M JUST
WONDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING STREETS. >> YEAH.
YOU CAN ZOOM INTO YOUR DISTRICT AND SEE IT COLOR CODED.
>> SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE WHOLE THING. >> WE CAN DO THAT.
CAR KAUR AND IT'LL COME AT THE END? >> THE PHASE 1 IS LIVE NOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT NOW. PHASE 2 WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING LIVE, BUT AT THE END WILL BE AN APPENDIX, TO THE TOE COPIES OF ALL OF THE MAPS PEOPLE MARKED UP.
OUR MOBILITY WORKING GROUP, EVEN EMAILS I'M GETTING IN THE MEANTIME WILL BE INCLUDED SO
THAT EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK IS CAPTURED. >> THANK YOU.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS IMPORTANT FOR US IN DISTRICT 1, THE QUICK BUILD BIKE LANES. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON OUR CURRENT BIKE LANE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S POSITIVES AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT SO GREAT ABOUT THEM, AND I THINK QUICK BUILD BIKE LANES THAT ARE JUST EASIER TO PUT UP THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT AS DANGEROUS FOR CARS, BUSES, ARE A STRONGER WAY FOR US AT LEAST TO GET STUFF STARTED THAT DOESN'T COST AS MUCH MONEY. SO I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
>> AND WE'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR THE NEXT SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT.
THERE'S A PLANNING BUCKET IN ORDER TO -- FOR US TO BUILD A QUICK BUILD PROGRAM, SO WE'RE
APPLYING FOR THOSE FUNDS AS WELL. >> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO KEEP US POSTED WITH THAT WORK.
OKAY. AWESOME. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK -- OH, NO, THAT WAS IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU COUNSELWOMAN GAVITO.
>> GAVITO: THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU, CAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YA'LL'S PARTNERSHIP WITH -- ON THIS BIKE NETWORK PLAN.
I KNOW A FEW WEEKS BACK OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR OFFICE WALKED THE ENTIRETY OF WOOD LAWN LAKE BECAUSE IT DRIVES ME NUTS THERE'S NOT A COMPLETE CIRCLE OAF A BIKE PATH. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE. IT DRIVES ME NUTS. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'LL COME OUT OF IT, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE THIS IS IMPACTING PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JOEY POLL LOCK FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND ALSO FOR THE FIESTA BIKE PARADE. OVER 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND TOOK A FIVE MILE BIKE RIDE THROUGHOUT WOOD LAWN. MONTH CELLO, A GREAT EVENT AND GREAT WAY TO KICK IT OFF. SO THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS THERE. SO I KNOW THAT BIKING IS A CHALLENGE IN SAN ANTONIO, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE, LIKE, ON SLIDE 2 WITH THIS TIMELINE, TWO YEARS TO MAKE A PLAN. THIS IS JUST A PLAN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. CAN YOU HELP ME FIGURE THAT OUT. >> SURE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IT IS AN UPDATE FROM THE PREVIOUS 2011 PLAN. THE 2011 PLAN HAD KIND OF A TERMED LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ONLY 10 YEARS, SO IT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED.
BUT IT ALSO NEEDED TO BE EXTREMELY INCLUSIVE. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROUNDS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE SO WE COULD HEAR FROM EVERYBODY.
THOSE THAT WERE WRITING TODAY SO WE COULD HWEEAR FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND THOSE THAT DON'T RIDE TODAY BECAUSE OF THOSE SCARED EXPERIENCES THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO MEET WHEN THEY'RE ON THE ROAD. SO, AGAIN, WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS WITH FOUR ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT. THAT LAST ROUND, EVEN THOUGH NOT SHOWN ON THIS, IS PART OF THAT FINAL PLAN. THERE WAS ALSO AN EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT, WHICH PREVIOUS PLANS DID NOT HAVE. WE WANTED TO BUILD THAT GIS NETWORK TO SHOW THAT FACILITY.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF FIELD WORK DOWN THROUGHOUT THE 500 MILES OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIELD.
WE'RE ALSO DOING AN ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BEEN DONE AS WELL.
SO WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. THE BIGGEST PHASE -- THE BIGGEST TWO PHASES ARE HOW PEOPLE WANT TO SEE BIKING IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE THESE FACILITIES, THESE BIKE FACILITIES CATEGORIES, THAT HASN'T BEEN
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DONE BEFORE EITHER. SO, AGAIN, IT'S IF THE STREET MEETS THIS CLASSIFICATION, THIS TYPE OF SPEED, THIS IS THE FACILITY THAT IT NEEDS, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE 500 SQUARE MILES TO DO THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE THAT ACTION PLAN WITH THAT LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING PRIORITIES. SO THE BIGGEST BULK WAS CREATING THAT GIS NETWORK IN THAT FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.SO WE ARE PUSHING OUR TEAM TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE ALSO FINDING THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO PUT THINGS ON THE ROADS, MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN WITH THAT LOW-HANGING FRUIT TO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE PLAN IS EXECUTED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
ON SOME PROJECTS. >> GAVITO: YEAH. AND THIS IS PROBABLY WHY WE HEAR SO MUCH FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENT ON THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE IT'S ALL TALK AND VERY LITTLE ACTION.
SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO SEE ACTION, WHETHER ON LOW-HANGING FRUIT OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CYCLIST FATALITY SINCE 2022. I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR LIVES AT RISK LIKE COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WAS SAYING. IT'S A NECESSITY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR US, OUR RESIDENTS, US ANSWERING TO THE RESIDENCE. WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF THE FIRST TIME.
I'M HARLEY HARVARD. THE MANAGER FOR THE BIKE PLAN PROGRAM.
THERE IS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE GOING THROUGH THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND RAZI'S TEAM. THEY'RE DOING GREAT PROJECTS THAT DO INTEGRATE THE TYPOLOGIES WE'RE PUSHING FOR 2024.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PROGRESS IS NOT STOPPING FOR THIS PLAN, IT IS STILL GOING, ROLLING UP, AND WE'RE INCLUDING THOSE LESSON LEARNED IN THE FINAL PLAN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IT DONE FASTER, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION
WE'VE STOPPED FOR THE PLANNING PROGRESS. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I JUST THINK IF YOU'RE IN ANY BUSINESS AND IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO MAKE A PLAN. THAT'S A PROBLEM. THAT'S A PROBLEM.
AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS TAKING THEIR LIVES AT RISK DAILY, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE A FIRE UNDER BUTT PROBLEM FOR US TOO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
CHAIR. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, CAT. TO PICK UP THERE, WHERE I THINK YOU KIND OF LEFT OFF, BUT MORE WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSIVENESS. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING THAT YOU PICKED UP THAT MAY BE NEWER IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT MAYBE HISTORICALLY WE HAVEN'T HEARD IN THE BIKING COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BIKING COMMUNITY.
>> YEAH. SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BIKE COMMUNITY, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING THINGS WE'VE HEARD IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE TREATMENTS ARE NOT WHAT MAKE THE CYCLISTS FEEL SAFE.
SO IN THE SECOND ROUND, WE POSTED PICTURES OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE JERSEY BARRIERS, DELINEATORS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE ASSUMED OKAY THE BIGGEST SOLUTION WILL BE WHAT MAKE YOU FEEL SAFIST, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THEY FEEL SAFE IN THE BARRIER, BUT IT WASN'T THE MOST EXPENSIVE CONSTRUCTION THAT DID THAT.
WE'RE ALSO LEARNING WHY PEOPLE ARE RIDING THEIR BIKES, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST EXACTLY WHAT TREATMENT CYCLISTS ARE LOOKING FOR IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE OR WOULD MAKE THEM CHOOSE TO RIDE A
BIKE. >> WHAT ARE THE TREATMENTS THAT WOULD
MAKE CYCLISTS FEEL SAFE. >> ONE THAT WAS HIGHLY VOTED WAS THE JERSEY BARRIERS. YOU CAN PUT KIND OF A SMALL CONCRETE, ALMOST PYRAMID LOOKING THING IN A BUFFER, AND EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T AS TALL, IT WASN'T THE TALLEST SOLUTION, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE CYCLISTS FEEL REALLY SAFE, AND THAT COULD BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU COULD PUT A MURAL ON. DECORATE.
AND IT COULD BE GREAT FOR DRAINAGE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PAINTED BUFFERS, WHICH STILL RANK WELL. AND THEN THE DELINEATORS, THE PLASTIC POLES YOU SEE. THOSE DID WELL.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE TOTALLY SEPARATED BEHIND THE CURB BIKE FACILITIES PEOPLE WANTED, BUT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT THERE WAS FEEDBACK WITH CONFLICTS FOR PEDESTRIANS. SO CYCLISTS VOTED FOR ON STREET JUST WITH A VERY SHORT EITHER MEDIAN OR BARRIER, WHICH WAS
SURPRISING TO US. >> HAVRDA: OKAY. I ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE A BIG PART OF THE
PROPOSAL. >> YES. THAT'LL BE HEAVY IN THE PIPOLOGIES, AND THE TYPOLOGIES WILL INCLUDE QUICK BUILD ASPECTS FOR ALL OF THE TREATMENTS. SO END GOAL. POURING CONCRETE.
MAKING IT PERMANENT. BUT ALSO GET SOMETHING OUT NOW.
WHAT DO YOU USE TO DO THAT. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS.
WE WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PEOPLE USING BICYCLES GETTING AROUND EVERY DAY. AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED. NOT JUST RECREATION,
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THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT PEOPLE WHO USE IT FOR UTILITY.I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CYCLISTS WHO WILL RIDE THE BUS AND PUT THEIR BIKES ON THE BUS AND THEN TAKE THE BUS THEY NEED TO GO, SO THEY GO ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND SO IT CAN'T JUST BE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE THINK CYCLISTS ARE GOING TO BE, IT HAS TO BE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND MAKE THE POINT, TOO, THAT AS WE'RE GROWING, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE CYCLING TO GET TO WORK, TO SCHOOL, TO THE BUS STOP, WORK, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'LL BE EVEN MORE CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT. WE TALKED -- I THINK IT'S SLIDE 10 YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE -- NO. THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITIES. YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS IN SLIDE 9. I'VE RUN INTO THIS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR MINE.
THERE'S BIKE LANES THAT ARE JUST PAINTED. >> YES.
>> HAVRDA: AND THERE'S SEVERAL CARS THAT ARE PARKING IN THESE BIKE LANES.
SOME OF THEM -- SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS -- THE INSTANCES THAT I'VE SEEN ARE IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS, AND CHILDREN ARE NOT IN THE BIKE LANES, THEY'RE IN THE SIDEWALKS OR ON THE STREET RIDING THE BIKES TO AND FROM SCHOOL. SO I LEARNED BECAUSE OF THIS IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO
PARK IN A BIKE LANE. >> UNLESS A SIGN IS POSTED.
CORRECT. >> HAVRDA: UNLESS A SIGN IS POSTED.
SO TO ME IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A BIKE LINE BECAUSE THEY'LL LINE UP ON THE STREETS. SO THAT'S AN INITIATIVE I'LL PUSH FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENFORCE OR CREATE THE RULE AND THEN ENFORCE IT. BUT IT'S CAUSED SO MANY, EVEN FOR TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW? BUT MORE SO OBVIOUSLY FOR CYCLISTS RELYING ON A BIKE LANE, EVEN IF IT IS A PAINTED STRIPE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. SO THAT CONSISTENCY DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK WELL IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD -- PART OF THIS PLAN -- YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, BUT PART OF IT IS EDUCATING COMMUNITY ON CYCLISTS. I THINK MOST CYCLISTS DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BE AS VISIBLE AS THEY CAN, BUT IT'S STILL DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DRIVERS THAT ARE -- ALL THE REASONS YOU GAVE, RIGHT, IN ATTENTION, ALL OF THAT.
BUT THEY ALSO JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THESE CYCLISTS ARE IN THEIR WAY. WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE IN THEIR WAY; RIGHT? NOT SEEING IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW. THAT THIS IS THIS PERSON'S ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND, AND IT'S INCONVENIENCING YOU AS A DRIVER, BUT IT'S -- IT'S THE WAY THEY GET AROUND. SO I THINK EDUCATION INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT -- YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE AREN'T CYCLISTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS ABOUT IT. I ALWAYS SEE THE BUMPER STICKERS, SHARE THE ROAD WITH A CYCLIST OR MOTORCYCLIST.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, LIKE, IN COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE'RE HAVING REAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, NOT JUST A BILLBOARD OR BUMPER STICKER.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. >> RIGHT. >> HAVRDA: SO WHAT I WILL ASK YOU, AND MAYBE THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN ASKED. BUT WHEN WE'RE -- WHEN YOU HAVE EVENTS AT, LIKE, CYCLE VIA; RIGHT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CYCLISTS OR AT LEAST APPRECIATE THAT, BUT ARE YOU IN SPACES WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CYCLISTS? AND THEN ALSO -- I THINK YOU DID TALK ABOUT THIS ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF, LIKE, WHO IS A REGULAR BIKE RIDER AND WHO IS NOT.
>> YES TO BOTH QUESTIONS. SO THE GOAL OF THE BIKE PLAN IS 1 TO MAKE IT GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO CYCLING IS THE ONLY OPTION. TWO TO MAKE IT GREAT FOR RECREATION.
AND 3. TWITCH PEOPLE WHO WOULD RIDE A BIKE BUT AREN'T TO RIDE A BIKE FOR COMMUNITY RECREATION. SO I CAN SEND THAT LIST YOUR WAY. BUT THE GOAL WAS TO TARGET NOT ONLY PEOPLE ACTIVELY RIDING A BIKE, BUT PEOPLE INTERESTED OR NO INTEREST AT ALL.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE DO TRACK PEOPLE -- THE FIRST TWO SURVEYS WE ASKED THEM HOW FREQUENTLY DO YOU RIDE A BIKE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT COULD IMPACT THEIR ANSWERS.
WE ALSO DO LOOK ON DEMOGRAPHICS BASED ON AREA, AND IF WE SEE WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF RESPONSES FROM A CERTAIN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD PART OF TOWN, WE DO TARGET THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE THEIR
VOICE IS HEARD. >> HAVRDA: I ALSO THINK -- JUST MY LAST COMMENT IS SOMEHOW WORKING WITH VIA TO EVEN TO -- YOU KNOW, THEIR IN-BUS ADVERTISEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO FURTHER ENGAGE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO MAKE PEOPLE WHO RIDE VIA AWARE THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR BIKE ON THE BUS AND RIDE YOUR BIKE AND GET TO THE BUS STOP FOR THE LAST MILE.
>> ANY BIKES. >> HAVRDA: YES. ABSOLUTELY.
SO THEY CAN -- YOU KNOW, HELPING OUT WITH THAT LAST MILE SITUATION.
>> YEAH. THEY'RE PART OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
>> HAVRDA: OKAY. THANKS, CAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> COURAGE: THANK YOU. COUNSELWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS OF WHAT COUNCILMAN GAVITO SAID AND HAVRDA SAID TOO IN THE QUICK BUILD AND THE TIMING.
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SO THE CHALLENGE IS WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO GET ANY OF THIS MOVING AND THEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT. SO I WANT TO PROPOSE COULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER A WAY TO GIVE EACH DISTRICT 5 QUICK BUILD SOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD PLACE AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND PROVIDE SOME 1 MARKETING, LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, 2, GIVE US FEEDBACK BASED ON THESE FIVE INTERSECTIONS, AND 3, WE HAVE MCCULLLY ST. MARY'S THAT HAD THE CRASH IN MARCH THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT A QUICK BUILD SOLUTION AT. SO KIND OF LIKE THOSE FLASHING STOP SIGNS IN THE BUDGET CYCLE LAST TIME IF WE COULD USE IT AS A PILOT TO SAY HERE IS FIVE QUICK BUILDS. I DON'T THINK THEY COSTTHAT MUCH MONEY, BUT I COULD BE WRONG. >> DEPENDS ON THE MEASURE, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THAT. WE'RE DOING THAT WITH VISION 0 UPDATE PLAN AS WELL. COMING UP WITH PROJECTS PER DISTRICT IN ORDER TO TACKLE WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THE CRASHES. SO WE'LL TIE THOSE TO THE BIKE NETWORK AND VISION 0 UPDATE TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE PUSHBACKS.
>> KAUR: BEFORE THE PLAN IS FULLY COMPLETE. >> YES.
DEFINITELY. >> KAUR: OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> COURAGE: THANK YOU. CAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS. WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE 18 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO SHARE, ARE WE -- OR HAVE WE ALREADY GONE OUT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF THE ACC CAMPUSES TO TALK WITH THEM AND THEIR STUDENTS? HAVE WE GONE TO UTSA, INCARNATE WORD, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE COLLEGES, AND INVITED THEM TO PARTICIPATE? HAVE WE GONE TO USAA? HEB, ASK THEM TO SEND INFORMATION OUT. GET FEEDBACK, GONE OUT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER, TALKED TO THE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS OUT THERE AND ASK THEM TO SHARE A QUESTIONNAIRE AND ENCOURAGE THAT FEEDBACK.
>> YES. IF WE HAVEN'T YET, WE WILL SOON, ALSO SPECIFIC TO EDUCATION, WE'LL BE HAVING ROUND TABLES OVER THE SUMMER FOR THE GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARDER TO HIT. THERE IS A K-12 GROUP WITH ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEN ALSO A HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH GROUP THAT'LL BE BY THEMSELVES, HAVING CONVERSATIONS, ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
>> COURAGE: YEAH, WELL IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A ROUND TABLE SIT-DOWN, ANOTHER THING TO SEND A LETTER TO THE VP OF STUDENT SERVICES AND SAY COULD YOU SEND THIS QUESTIONNAIRE OUT TO ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS, AND WHEN YOU GET IT BACK, SEND IT TO US OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR EVERY COLLEGE CAMPUS BECAUSE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SAY I'LL RIDE A BIKE IF I FEEL SAFE THAN SOMEONE AT THE SENIOR SISTER, SO TO SPEAK. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US -- AND WE KNOW HOW THE MEDICAL CENTER, AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING OUT THERE. AND HEB IS EVERYWHERE. I FEEL LIKE IF A LOT OF PEOPLE IF THEY FELT SAFE WOULD CONSIDER RIDING BIKES.
SO I WANT AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN GET IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE MAY HAVE TO SPEND IN ORDER TO PUT THIS IN PLACE. SO I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
AND ONE OTHER QUESTION. THE CITY ORDNANCE ON RIDING A BICYCLE RIGHT NOW, DOES IT LIMIT RIDING TO STREETS OR ROADS?
OR IS SIDEWALK ALSO PERMITTED? >> SO WHEN -- SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE ORDNANCE WAS UPDATED TO ONLY ALLOW BICYCLES ON STREETS, SO SIDEWALKS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE YOUR BICYCLE, BUT WE ARE -- THRS OUTREACH PROCESS, WE'RE RECEIVING INPUT ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A POLICY SHIFT WE NEED TO MAKE, AND MAYBE IT'S TARGETED, MAYBE IT'S NOT IN DOWNTOWN AREAS. MAYBE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN PROPER BECAUSE I THINK THE TIMING OF THAT ORDNANCE HAPPENED WITH UBER/LYFT AND DOING THE ORDNANCE CHANGES TO ALLOW THE RIDE SHARE OPPORTUNITIES -- NOT UBER, THE SCOOTERS. WHEN THE SCOOTERS CAME ON BOARD, THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THE ORDNANCES CHANGED. BUT WE'RE GATHERING THAT INPUT TO CONSIDER WHAT KIND OF POLICY CHANGE WE WANT TO MAKE.
>> COURAGE: IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WIDENING SIDEWALKS SO THEY COULD BE
MULTIPLE USE. >> YES. THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE TYPOLOGIES. >> COURAGE: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER LAST QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING ON A BRIEFING ON THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, BOND PROGRAMS, AND
RAZI, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HANDLING THAT FOR US. >> YES, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M RAZI, DIRECTOR WORKER DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE BRIEFING ON UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, SUCH AS YOU MENTIONED, SIDEWALK, BOND, AND SOME OTHER KEPT-UP PROJECTS.
ON OUR STREET MENTOR PROGRAM, OR COMMONLY KNOWN SMP, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE 4,442 MILES OF
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ROADWAY. 78% OF THOSE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION, CREATE A TO C, AND WE HAVE 22% OF NETWORK IN POOR TO FAIR CONDITION, GRADE D OR F.WE HAVE 140 MILLION SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAN YEARS AGO. 102 MILLION OF THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON 100% CONDITION. WHAT THAT MEANS IS ANY CONDITION HAS ROADWAY.
IMPROVED CONDITION GETS MONEY. IT WON'T BE DIVIDED BY 10. DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE CONDITION. THE REMAINING 40 MILLION WILL BE BASED 50% ON THE CONDITION AND 50% ON THE SIZE. 43% OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED FROM 1,409 TOTAL PROJECTS WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS YEAR. 216 IS DONE. 20 OF THEM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND 777 IS -- WILL BE DONE, SOME LATER THIS YEAR, AND SOME WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE DO THEM, THEY'RE TWO YEARS PROJECTS. THEREFORE, WE -- SOME OF OUR PROJECTS GOES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS. ON OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, WE HAVE 5,470-MILE OF THE SIDEWALK. AND WE HAVE 14447 MILES GAP, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK.
22% OF OUR SIDEWALK IN POOR AND FAIR CONDITION. BY 2024 WE HAVE 21.5 MILLION THAT'S SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS FOR US TO BUILD SIDEWALK. 14.5 MILLION WILL BE FOR GAP.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY IS NOT DIVIDED ALSO BASED ON THE COUNSEL DISTRICT, 50% DONE BASED ON THE EQUITY ATLAS AND THE OTHER 50% BASED ON THE GAP. DISTRICT HAS MORE GAPS.
THEY GET MORE MONEY. 7 MILLION WE HAVE FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR.
COUNCILMAN, YOU REMEMBER WELL IN 2023, WE HAD ONLY 3.5 MILLION FOR ONE CREW, AND YOU REQUESTED ADDITIONAL CREW FOR 2024. AND WE HAVE. TWO CREWS BUDGETED FOR $7 MILLION TO DO SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS THAN JUST SIDEWALK REPLACED.
50% IS BASED ON EQUITY ATLAS, AND THE OTHER 50% BASED ON DISTRESSED MILES.
FOR GAP. WE'RE TO A LITTLE OVER -- ALREADY OVER A LITTLE 12 MILES DONE. FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR, 5 MILES DONE, ALTOGETHER, 17.75 MILES DONE, AND WE'RE PUSHING TO FINISH THE REMAINING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SIDEWALK CONDITION. SHOULD WE HAVE SAME CONDITION WE HAVE OUR ROADWAY.
YOU KNOW, FOR ROADWAY, WE HAVE ALMOST 10 YEARS WE HAVE CONDITION DECKS.
AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, WE HAVE -- THROUGH THE 2024 BUDGET, WE HAD 1.5 MILLION TO DO SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT. .5 MILLION OF THAT FOR THIS YEAR, 24, WE SELECTED CONSULTING TO HELP US, THAT'LL BE ON CODE OF THE CITY, WHICH SHOWS OF THE ORANGE COLOR.
NEXT YEAR, WE'LL DO ANYTHING WITHIN THE BLOCK 14, AND THE THIRD YEAR, THE LAST YEAR OF THE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING OUTSIDE TO FINISH OUR SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT.
WHAT THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US WHEN WE PLAN FOR FUTURE PROJECT, WE'LL USE THOSE ANY PLACE, SIDEWALK DOESN'T -- THIS IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH, IT'S NOT SAFE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO WALK, OR IT DOESN'T MEET THE ADA REQUIREMENT. WE'LL CONCENTRATE ON THE AREA TO PROGRAM THOSE FOR REPLACEMENT OR CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS A FLU PROGRAM WE HAVE FOR 2024, HOPEFULLY WE CAN REPEAT FOR FOLLOWING YEAR. $700,000 FOR UP TO 100 RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS. LATE LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU THE ACCOMMODATION FOR 10, THE MAJORITY OF THEM YOU'VE ALREADY SELECTED. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THOSE, AND ALSO THE OTHER NEW PROGRAM, 300,000 UP TO 100 FLASHING STOP SIGNS, THE
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IDEA IS SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE IGNORING THE EXISTING STOP SIGN, HOW COULD WE GET THEIR ATTENTION TO STOP FOR WHEN THERE'S A STOP SIGN, AND WE HAVE STARTED INSTALLING THOSE ALSO.AND A NUMBER OF THEM IS ALREADY DONE, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO FINISH ALL OF THEM BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
97% EITHER IS DONE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 83% IS COMPLETELY DONE.
WE HAVE 14% UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE 5 OR 6 PROJECTS WHEN WE HAD THE COMMUNITY INPUT THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. THE FUNDING FROM 17 WASN'T ENOUGH. WE INCLUDE THOSE PART OF 2022 BOND, AND NOW WE'RE DESIGNING THOSE TO GO WITH CONSTRUCTION, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT ON THE ROAD SHOWED PURSUE ROAD. BROADWAY, AND OTHER, ALL OF THEM WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR ON 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAVE 89% PROJECT UNDERWAY. 73% UNDER DESIGN.
NINE% PREDESIGNED, AND PROJECTS ALREADY COMPLETED ON CITY STREETS, BRIDGES, SIDEWALK, AND STORM WEATHER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD. ON THE STREETS, WE MET FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE GOT SOME COMMENTS BACK FROM THEM, AND WE'RE ALSO MEETING TODAY THIS EVENING AT 6:00 FOR THE SECOND TIME. WE'VE SCHEDULEED A MEETING WITH THEM QUARTERLY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEM TODAY, WHERE WE ARE ON MOST OF THESE PROJECTS, AND ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO THEM WHAT'S OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN.
AND, YOU KNOW THE LAST FEW PROJECTS WE HAVE HEARD WE REALLY NEED TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION, AND WE'VE DONE SO. WE HAVE CATEGORY OF COMMUNICATION. PROJECT IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS. PROJECT TAKES BETWEEN 6 MONTHS AND 1 YEAR, DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PLAN, AND PROJECT TAKES LONGER THAN 1 YEAR IF WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE. THIS IS OUR DASH BOARD. WE EAT LUNCH LATER THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY. WE HAVE DONE ONLY PHASE 1. PHASE 1 INCLUDE BOND PROJECT 17 AND '22. 17 ONLY THOSE PROJECT IS NOT DONE YET.
STREETS AND 3, DONE END OF THIS YEAR, GOING TO BASICALLY SHOW EVERY PROJECT WE HAVE DONE EVERY PLACE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK WE HAVE DONE ON EACH NEIGHBORHOOD. PEOPLE CAN SEARCH ABOUT THEIR PROJECT BASED ON THE TYPE OF THE PROJECT, STREET PROJECT, DRAIN, PARK, FACILITY, AND ALSO, THEY CAN SEARCH THE RADIUS OF THEIR INTEREST. IF THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HALF MILE OF THEIR HOUSE OR THEIR BUSINESSES, THEY CAN SEARCH THAT ONE, HALF MILE, ONE MILE.
DEPEND ON THEIR CHOICE. THEY CAN PRINT A MAP. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH US. WE HAVE A CONTACT PHONE NUMBER IF THEY -- IF THE DASH BOARD DOESN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, THEY CAN EITHER EMAIL TO US OR CALL TO US TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE AREA OF FOCUS ON THE DASH BOARD IS TRANSPARENCY. EASY ACCESS FOR THEM TO GET, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL 311.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL THE OFFICE OR CALL US UNLESS THEY WANT TO TALK WITH US.
WE HAVE A CONTACT INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD ASK QUESTIONS AND OF COURSE ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE THEY CAN HOLD US RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECT SCHEDULE. ON THE POTHOLE PORTAL WE'VE HAD EVERY YEAR IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, THE GOAL OF COMMUNITY -- OUR WISH IS TO BE ABLE TO FIX 10,000 POTHOLES. I AM HAPPY, UP TO APRIL 13. WE'VE DONE 5,392 POTHOLES OR 54% IS DONE. BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE END UP EXCEEDING 10,000.
WHICH IS MY GOAL. THIS IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
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COUNCILMAN, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU.
RAZI. ON THE LAST ITEM. POTHOLE PATROL.
I'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO IF YOU COULD HAVE YOUR DEPARTMENT CALL MY OFFICE AND HAVE ME COME
OUT. >> WE HAVE SOME BIG POTHOLES FOR COUNCILMAN
TO FIX. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO CHECK ON WAS ON THE DASH BOARD, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE DOING IT IN PHASES, WHEN DO YOU THINK THE LAST PHASE WILL BE DONE TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO BACK FIVE YEARS TO SEE WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
>> THAT'LL BE DONE DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. >> COURAGE: OKAY.
>> THE LAST PHASE. BUT THE MIDDLE PHASE OR PHASE 2 WILL BE DONE THE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ALL PROJECTS ON DASH BOARD, BUT GOING THE LAST FIVE YEARS WILL BE DONE BY DECEMBER OF
2024. >> COURAGE: RIGHT. YEAH I THINK THAT'S VALUABLE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO BE DONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR
ASK US, WE CAN LOOK IT UP AND TELL THEM. >> AND NOT JUST COUNCILMAN BUT OTHER DEPARTMENT OR US. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO FIND SOME OF THE OLD-TIMER LIKE ME AND SAY WHAT DID YOU DO HERE
FIVE YEARS AGO? >> COURAGE: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS? COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
>> RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU CHAIR AND RAZI FOR THE PRESENTATION. REAL QUICKLY BEFORE I FORGET. I RECENTLY MADE THE REQUEST AND IT WAS FULL FILLED. I LOVE TO SEE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF MAYOR PROJECTS. I LOVE TO GET WHERE MY TEAM AND I CAN GO TAKE MY OWN PICTURES BUT SOMETIMES PROJECTS START BEFORE WE REALIZE IT'LL HAPPEN AND SO WE DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO FOR MAYOR PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE BOND AND TRAFFIC CALMING AND WHATNOT. I'D LOVE TO RECEIVE THOSE, AND I'M SURE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LOVE TO AS WELL.
WE LOVE SHOWING THEM TO SOME RESIDENTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE IN A HUGE DISTRICT LIKE DISTRICT 2, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT ROAD CONDITIONS LOOK LIKE IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT OR CITY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE STREETS LIKE F STREETS. SURELY NO ONE IN MY
DISTRICT HAS ANY PROBLEM BELIEVING THEY EXIST. >> WE TOOK THOSE PICTURES FOR TWO REASONS -- EXC- ONE IS TO DOCUMENT WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, IF THERE WAS A SIGN, A FENCE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FIX THOSE IN A BETTER CONDITION THAN WHAT IT WAS. SECONDLY, JUST CUTTING OUT ] ONES WE TOOK BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTED AND AFTER IT'S
DONE. >> RODRIGUEZ: ABSOLUTELY. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WORKING ON PROJECTS GETS TO REVIEW THOSE AND SEE THEM WITH PRIDE.
ESPECIALLY IN A DEPARTMENT LIKE PUBLIC WORKS IT'S WORK, WORK, WORK NONSTOP AND ALL THE PROBLEMS AHEAD. IT WAS NICE -- I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A NEWLY PAVEED STREET. WE HAVE SUCH SHORT MEMORIES SOMETIMES, YOU FORGET HOW HORRIBLE IT WAS BEFOREHAND, SO I HOPE YOU GUYS GET TO USE THAT AS, YOU KNOW, A MORALE BOOSTER.
I DO HAVE FEEDBACK FOR THE DASH BOARD FOR THE BOND. PROJECTS ARE IN ORDER BY DISTRICT, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REALLY -- IF I TYPE IN DISTRICT 2, ONLY TITLES WITH DISTRICT 2 COME UP. SO DISTRICT 2F STREETS, MOBILITY.
SO ONLY THREE OF THE PROJECTS COME UP IF I TYPE IN DISTRICT 2, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE FIXED. THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GENTLE TOUCH TO USE THE SCROLLING FEATURE. SO IF I WAS TO TRY TO SCROLL DOWN, IT MOVES SO FAST, AND I KNOW -- TECHNOLOGY IS STILL NEW FOR SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING, SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT FEEDBACK. LASTLY, I'M SUPER EXCITED.
GREATER MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER IS ONE OF THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2022 BOND, IT'S COMPLETED. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THE RESIDENTS ARE SO EXCITED TO -- THEY WERE EXCITED TO DO THE TOUR AND SEE THE ARTWORK, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO THANK YOU YA'LL FOR THE ONGOING WORK THAT YA'LL DO. SOMETIMES IT'S THINGS THAT ARE GAME CHANGERS, LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND WHATNOT. SOMETIMES IT'S NECESSITIES AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE FOR GRANTED LIKE STREETS OR SIDEWALKS.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THAT. >> COUNCILMAN, YOUR COMMENT IS WELCOMED BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S IMPROVEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE DASH BOARD.
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND I HOPE WE GET MORE COMMENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS
FOR EVERYBODY. >> RODRIGUEZ: SURE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I THINK LASTLY, AS RELATED TO THE SIDEWALK CONDITION ASSESSMENT, HOW IS -- CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? I FORGET WHAT SLIDE IT WAS. IT WAS AN EARLY ONE.
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SLIDE 5. DID YOU SAY ALREADY PHASE 1, HOW IS THATGOING SO FAR IN TERMS OF COMPLETED. >> WE HAVE A CHALLENGING START, OF COURSE, AFTER THE BUDGET. WE SELECTED A LOCAL FIRM TO DO FOR US. UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN A MONTH, WE COULDN'T NEGOTIATE THE FEE. WE HAD TO GO FOR THE SECOND FIRM. WE ARE JUST STARTING ON THAT PROJECT, BUT AFTER
WE START, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE VERY FAST. >> RODRIGUEZ: I WORRY ABOUT
THAT COMING BACK TO COUNSEL. THAT'S ALREADY GOOD. >> MAY 2 ON THE COUNCIL.
>> RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. HOPEFULLY THINGS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN AND WE CAN START BECAUSE I KNOW SIDEWALKS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ALL CONSTITUENTS. I WILL ADD -- THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT, THERE IS THIS FEEL -- THERE WAS A NEW STORY ABOUT CONDITIONS OF SIDEWALKS IN ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE CHALLENGE IS THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE DO ENOUGH TO EDUCATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SIDEWALKS ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, AND THERE'S A MASSIVE PERCEPTION -- IT'S A SHOCK TO EVERYONE. THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY OF SIDEWALKS, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOCATING NEARLY ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR SIDEWALKS AND WE'RE SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR DISAPPOINTMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ABSOLVING RESIDENTS OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SIDEWALKS WHICH WOULD BE A MASSIVE INVESTMENT AND COST, OR WE GO -- WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SOME SORT OF CAMPAIGN ON, 1, THE FACT THAT SIDEWALKS ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, AND 2, WHAT RESOURCES DO EXIST AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES DO WE MAKE THE INVESTMENT AND SIDEWALKS ON THEIR BEHALF.
BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM. >> ONE SUGGESTION -- ONE COMMENT, WE HAVE THIS YEAR, $21.5 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK ONLY. YOU KNOW, WE HAD VERY BIG BOND PROGRAM, EVERY PROGRAM IN SIDEWALK. IN REALITY.
WE SPEND ANNUALLY. SIGNIFICANT OTHER $30 MILLION ON THE SIDEWALK.
THE $20 MILLION ONLY FOR SIDEWALK. >> RODRIGUEZ: SO DO YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A SLIDE SOME TIME AGO, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN 2022 THAT YOU SHARED THIS, BUT WHAT DID -- HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE TO ADDRESS EVERY SIDEWALK GAP AND REPAIR ALL THE
SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY. >> WE HAVE THE -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IT
WITH US, BUT PRETTY HIGH DOLLAR FIGURE. >> $700 MILLION.
>> SO $21 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THAT, BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR THE $700 MILLION THAT WE WOULD NEED.
SO WE WOULD EITHER -- WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT. BUT THANK YOU.
>> COURAGE: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. COUNSELWOMAN CABELLO
HAVRDA. >> HAVRDA: SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS WAS MY INITIATIVE LAST BUDGET BECAUSE WE GRADE OUR STREETS BUT NOT OUR SIDEWALKS, AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL FOR ME WAS TO TAKE REPAIR OFF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER OR RESIDENT, AND SO MUCH OF US HAVE DEALT WITH THIS; RIGHT? YOU GO OUT OR SEE A SIDEWALK BUSTED UP BECAUSE OF A TREE OR WHATEVER REASON, AND THERE'S THIS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE RETIRED COUPLED OR A SINGLE MOM OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THEIR SIDEWALK BUT IT'S NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE, ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM. SO I THINK THIS IS A FIRST STEP, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS A SPACE WHERE THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR. I GUESS MAYBE WE'RE NOT -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GETTING REFUSED WITH BRAND NEW SIDEWALKS AND REPAIR. BECAUSE REPAIR IS WE HAVE OUR BUDGETS AND WE WORK ON THE SIDEWALKS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, BUT REPAIR IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY TO THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WHEN YA'LL FIRST PROPOSED THIS THAT YOU WOULD START IN THE CITY CENTER, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK A SINGLE -- ANY PART OF IT TOUCHES MY DISTRICT, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED IT, IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST, AND THEN MOVE OUTWARDS, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE CITY, I THINK THAT THEY THINK PUBLIC SAFETY THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, THEY THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY.
SO I THINK MOVING THAT DIRECTION AND TAKING IT AWAY FROM THEM WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS -- WELL, I DO HAVE ONE. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY YOUR LIFE, I MEAN -- RIGHT. YOU'RE SO ENGAGED IN THIS RAZI, AND I
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APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR US AND BEING RESPONSIBLE IN ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT INFLATION AND HOW THAT'S AFFECTED WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE MONEYS THAT WE'VEALLOCATED TOWARDS SIDEWALKS AND POTHOLES. >> IT HAS, IN FACT, OVERALL -- LET ME TELL YOU HOW INFLATION HAS AFFECTED OUR PROJECT DELIVERY AS A WHOLE. IT'S MUCH, MUCH HIGHER ON THE BUILDING THAN ROADWAY AND SIDEWALK BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THE SIDEWALK IS LOCALLY PRODUCED, NOT COMING FROM OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF COUNTRY, BUT IT DOES AFFECT ON OUR PROJECT. THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MAY NOT BE A GOOD QUALITY. LOWED BY MEANS BETTER PRICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE LOW, BUT GOING ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE MAKES THE PROJECT EXPENSIVE. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SCHEDULEED TO DELIVER AS MUCH PROJECT AS WE WANT. IN THE PAST, WE HAD SOME SAVING ON CERTAIN PROJECT. WE ENDED UP EITHER HAVING NO SAVING OR VERY LITTLE COMPARED
TO WHAT WE USED TO HAVE. >> HAVRDA: OKAY. AND THEN SPEAKING OF LOWED BY. THE RESPONSIBLED BY ORDNANCE IS HOPEFULLY
HELPING TO WEED OUT THOSE. >> IT DOES.
THANK YOU BECAUSE OF JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE USED THAT ONE ON THREE OR FOUR CONTRACTORS NOT RECOMMENDING WE WE DO A
LOWED BY PROJECT. >> HAVRDA: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
RAZI. THANK YOU,IR. >> COURAGE: COUNSELWOMAN GAVITO.
>> GAVITO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS GREAT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS YOUR INITIATIVE. AND I THINK IT IS GREAT. AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU AND COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ ARE SAYING ABOUT TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE IT IS CITY RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE'VE HEARD THAT A LOT. I ALSO, RAZI, WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS IN PARTNERING WITH DISTRICT 7 ON SOME MUCH-NEEDED HELP, WHETHER IT IS STOP SIGNS, SIDEWALKS, WHETHER IT IS STREET REPAIR, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YA'LL'S PARTNERSHIP, AND I KNOW IT GOES A LONG WAY. WE GET COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, FREQUENTLY FROM RESIDENTS WHO SAY I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR 20 YEARS, WE'RE FINALLY GETTING IT DONE. AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PUT SO MANY STOP SIGNS. WE'RE GOING TO SAY STOP.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY STOP. >> GAVITO: WE'LL TAKE THEM OVER SPEED BUMPS ANY DAYS. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE REGARDING THE PROJECT DASH BOARD, I THINK COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ ASKED IF IT COULD BE BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICT, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT TOO IF IT CAN BE BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICT, AND ALSO CAN SOMEONE LOOK UP BOTH STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ON A SINGLE DASH
BOARD? >> YES. >> GAVITO: OH, THEY CAN?
OKAY. >> WE HAVE A BOND, WE HAVE SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE A STREET, ALL OF THEM ARE ON THE SAME DASH BOARD.
>> GAVITO: OKAY. I THINK -- YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS ON THINKING ABOUT THE USER EXPERIENCE AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE'VE RUN INTO NEIGHBORS WHO ARE LIKE IT'S GLITCHY, CAN'T FIND THIS. I KNOW YA'LL SAID YOU'RE DOING THIS, IT'S NOT ON HERE. I APPRECIATE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. I DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO TELL THEM THAT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE DASH BOARD. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. BUT JUST, AGAIN, WANTED TO TELL YA'LL THAT WE APPRECIATE YA'LL'S PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
CHAIR. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU COUNSELWOMAN.
COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU CHAIR AND RAZI FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW I'M EXCITED TO DIG INTO SOME OF THIS STUFF.
I WAS JUST DIGGING AROUND TO THE DASH BOARD.
THE BOND DASH BOARD IS MUSH STRONGER THAN THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
IT'S JUST A LIST. AND IT DOESN'T HELP AS A USER TO UNDERSTAND AT ALL. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE A MAP ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS LIST TOO. ALSO, JUST THE HEADING AT THE TOP SAYS IT'S A BOND. LIKE, THE WHOLE WEBSITE IS EMPTY OF THE 2022 BOND BUT THEN IT HAS THE OTHER STREETS AND WALKS UNDERNEATH THAT, SO JUST CLARIFICATION ON LANGUAGE THERE. I LOVE IS THAT WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE BOND, IT TAKES YOU TO A SURVEY, IF THE SURVEY IS OPEN.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF ON THE LIST YOU COULD SAY SURVEY OPEN NOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO SOMEONE COULD MAYBE -- OR EVEN ADD A FILTER FOR ON THE SIDE WHERE IT SAYS DISTRICT, MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS SURVEYS OPEN FOR FEEDBACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO INCREASE INPUT. BUT GREAT PROGRESS ON THIS. I LIKE SEEING THIS KIND OF STUFF. SO GREAT PUSHES. COUNCILWOMAN.
SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WERE FOR THE STREET NETWORK SCORING, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GUYS UPDATE, LIKE, WHAT THE STREET WILL BE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET A CONCURRENCE MEMO AND TRY TO MOVE SOMETHING UP THAT'S AN OVERLAY, WE RECENTLY GOT TOLD THAT'S A RECONSTRUCTION, SO YOU CAN'T MOVE IT UP.
HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? IS IT JUST WHEN WE DO
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BIG STUDIES? >> WE DO IT ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT AFTER IT'S DONE, EVERY FOLLOWING YEAR, WE RUN THE PROGRAM -- WE KNOW HOW MUCH AVERAGE ROADWAY AGED EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S THE AGE AND FACTOR, BUT WE DO IT ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO DO IT AND TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO DO IT ALSO. AND REALLY THE ROADWAY DOESN'T REALLY AGE TOO MUCH FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER UNLESS WE JUST
HAD A STORM, WE HAD FLOODING AND OTHER. >> SURE.
WE'VE SEEN A FEW OF OURS GO FROM OVERLAYS TO RECONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S NOT UPDATED FOR US TO KNOW, ON THE BIG IMP MAP.
IT'S BEEN TOLD TO US AS RECONSTRUCTION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT EVERY TIME YOU DO UPDATES IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SOLUTION NECESSARY FOR THE STREET THAT IT COULD BE UPDATED ON THE MAP
TOO SO THAT WE HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE DATA. >> OKAY.
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE CASE THAT THE SCAN THAT HAPPENED IS FLOWING INTO THOSE PROJECTS NOW, RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHY THE TRANSITION.
ANTHONY CAN SPEAK TO IT. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S OCCURRING.
>> OR IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW THE CADENCE. BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TO MOVE UP AND DOWN, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT THE CORRECT -- WHAT THE MOST UP TO DATE SOLUTION IS FOR THAT SPECIFIC
STREET. SO THAT'S THE REQUEST. >> AND COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS IF
YOU HAVE TIME TO SHARE OTHER CHANGES. >> KAUR: YEAH, FOR SURE, YOU'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO US, WE KNOW THAT. EVEN WHEN YOU -- JUST KIDDING. OKAY. SO SIDE FOUR ON THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME FOLKS ON IS DOING TESTING OF MAPS WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND SCHOOLS TO ASSESS THE PERCENTAGE OF FAILED SIDEWALKS WAN PERCENTAGE AROUND SCHOOLS. AND SO I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DEFINED AS A FAILED
SIDEWALK. >> FAILED SIDEWALK EITHER SIGNIFICANT CRACK, IS UNSAFE, OR PROBABLY THOSE THAT ARE TWISTY OR TOO NARROW OR SOME OBSTACLES THERE, AND THERE'S SOME OTHER
FACTORS ALSO, BUT THOSE THREE MAYOR FACTORS. >> KAUR: GOT IT.
YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT.
I KNOW THAT DATA IS PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE AND WE'VE BEEN MANEUVERING WITH IT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE FAILED SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALKS NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE AROUND SPECIFIC PUBLIC AREAS, BUT SPECIFICALLY AROUND SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU SOME OF THE MAPS THAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH, BUT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR
US. >> THE WAY WE CATEGORIZE A PROJECT IS AROUND A SCHOOL, AROUND A HOSPITAL, AROUND A MAJOR PARKS, AND OTHER PLACES COMMUNITY GOES. BIG SHOPPING CENTERS. WE PUT THEM ON THE TOP
OF THE LIST. >> KAUR: YEAH, THIS IS JUST AN IDEA I'M THROWING OUT, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO REDO COMPLETELY AN AREA LIKE QUARTER MILE BLOCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND A SCHOOL SO THAT YOU SEE A BIGGER IMPACT VERSUS, LIKE, A BLOCK OR TWO AT A TIME; RIGHT. SO WHEN WE DO A BLOCK OR TWO AT A TIME. IT'S HARD FOR THE NAVIGATION TO BE EVIDENT. SO THAT'S AN IDEA WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE IF WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ALL THE STREETS RIGHT AROUND COTTON WITHIN A QUARTER RADIUS AND GET DATA SAYING YOU KNOW 20% OF THE STUDENTS WALK HERE.
>> I'M GLAD YOU WALKED THAT. UNTIL REALLY TWO YEARS OR SO AGO, WE USED TO DO JUST A PIECE OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHEN WE GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE USED TO GO TO THE WALKWAY, IF THE SIDEWALK NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE DO THAT ALSO, AND WE MAKE SURE TO DO IT ENTIRELY, FIRST OF ALL, THE PUBLIC WANTS TO GET THE IMPROVEMENT TO BE DONE. SECONDLY, IT'S PROBABLY MORE ECONOMICAL AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO GO DO IT ONE TIME.
>> KAUR: YEAH. AND THAT'S THE STREET. I LOVE THAT.
BUT I'M THINKING MORE OF A CIRCULAR RADIUS. INSTEAD OF 3-BLOCK STREET. BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS DO WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES -- ANDK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HAVRDA FOR MENTIONING A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 1 IS OLD AND THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR EVERY TIME WE ASK, THERE'S SOME OBSTRUCTION OR REASON WE CAN'T GET A SIDEWALK FOR THEM, AND IT FEELS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR MORE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES JUST IN GENERAL.
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SO DO WE HAVE, LIKE, A PERCENTAGE OF SIDEWALKS THAT ARE -- PEOPLE HAVE BUILT AS A RIGHT OF WAY OR UTILITY POLES THAT PREVENT US FROM ADDING SIDEWALKS. HAVE WE DONE AN ANALYSIS ON WHERE THEY'REACTUALLY POSSIBLE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE, BUT WE KNOW THE AREA. YOU'RE RIGHT.
SITUATION LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE.
WE HAVE ONE NOT FAR FROM HERE. THE ROADWAY IS SO TIGHT.
THERE'S NO PHYSICAL ROOM TO BUILD A SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING ON THE SIDEWALK. A PLACE LIKE THAT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY, MAKE THE ROADWAY ONE WAY, AND
THEN WE HAVE ROOM TO BUILD A SIDEWALK. >> KAUR: YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT CONVERSATION ON, LIKE, WHERE DO WE KNOW THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES EXIST AND HOW DO WE CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE AREAS SO THEY'RE ALSO WALKABLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> COURAGE: RAZI, YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO TEAMS GOING OUT AND WORKING ON SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE EXCEPTIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT KIND OF WORK THEMSELVES.
WHAT ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE EITHER PARTNER WITH A PROPERTY OWNER TO REDO A SIDEWALK OR WE MAY REDO THAT FOR THEM SOMEHOW? AND I KNOW THERE'S -- THERE ARE THOSE KINDS OF EXCEPTIONS.
WHAT'S THE WAY WE CAN KNOW THOSE EXCEPTIONS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE?
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE ANTHONY TALK. WE HAD $150,000 FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS TO SHARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK REPAIR AT 50% AND THE PROPERTY OWNER PAYS 50%. LET ME ASK ANTONIO, CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT THIS? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMAN, I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS. SO WE HAVE A SIDEWALK REBAIT PROGRAM, $150,000 ANNUALLY. AND SO IN AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE BROKEN SIDEWALKS AND A RESIDENT IS REALLY EAGER TO TRY TO REPAIR A SIDEWALK THEMSELVES AND FUND IT, AND THEY REACH OUT TO US, WE HAVE A MECHANISM WHERE WE CAN SHARE THE COST 50/50.
SO FIRST, WE DON'T HAVE THE PLANNED PROJECT WITHIN THE AREA, BUT IF WE DO HAVE A PLANNED PROJECT WITHIN THE AREA, WE BRIEF THEM ABOUT THAT AND ADVISE THEM TO WAIT FOR THE PROJECT, BUT WE STILL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE PROJECT, IN THIS CASE THEY GO AHEAD AND DO THE PROJECT.
>> COURAGE: AND YOU HAD $150,000 AVAILABLE FOR THAT LAST FISCAL YEAR.
>> WE SET ASIDE ABOUT 150 NOW DOLLARS. >> COURAGE: AND DID YOU SPEND
THAT MUCH? >> WE DIDN'T ACCESS ALL OF IT, NO.
>> COURAGE: OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE UNKNOWN BENEFITS, SO TO SPEAK, THAT THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF SENIORS, A LOT OF DISABLED PEOPLE WHO FACE DIFFICULTY ON SIDEWALKS, AND IT COULD BE THEIR NEIGHBOR'S SIDEWALK THAT'S CREATING A PROBLEM. BUT IF THE CITY COULD PARTNER IN HELPING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE AND LET PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, AND PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY INTO THAT BECAUSE $150,000 DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAYBE DO, YOU KNOW, 500 PROJECTS AND THEN THE MONEY IS GONE AND THERE COULD BE ONE THOUSAND NEEDS AROUND THE CITY. SO I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
YES, COUNCILMAN. >> RODRIGUEZ: JUST BRIEF CLARIFICATION AFTER LOOKING AT THE BOND. THE ZOO IS ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT 2, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT. NOT DISTRICT 1. NOT THAT PART.
WE DON'T SHARE THAT PART. I WILL -- SERIOUS MATTERS NOW.
NOW.INTERESTED IN -- YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 2 IS HEAVILY INTERACTED BY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 18-WHEELERS AND THERE'S ONLY MORE AND MORE EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND. FOR EXAMPLE EISENHOWER GOT REPAIRED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT THERE'S MORE WAREHOUSES BEING BUILT DEEPER ON EISENHOWER AND MORE 18-WHEELERS ARE DRIVING THROUGH IN PLACES THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE.
AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN REPAIR LOOKS LIKE FOR ROADS THAT ARE GOING TO BE -- THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE FREQUENTED BY 18-WHEELERS AND HEAVIER TRUCKS VERSUS A STREET THAT MAYBE THOSE KINDS OF -- AND EVEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S 18-WHEELERS THAT PARK, WHICH I KNOW IS SOMETHING THE CITY IS WORKING ON OR ISN'T TECHNICALLY PERMITTED, BUT IT HAPPENS ANYWAYS, AND I'M WONDERING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE KNOW THERE SHOULDN'T BE 18-WHEELERS VERSUS ROADS THAT HAVEN'T HAD 18-WHEELERS BUT WE'RE SEEING MORE OF IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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>> IT DOES MAKE SENSE. IF USING THE BOND PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GO BY SECTION BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING FROM FOUNDATION UP.
BUT IF WE'RE DOING THE STREET PROJECT, WE JUST GO THICKER ASPHALT ON THE TOP FOR ANY ROADWAYS DOING HEAVIER TRAFFIC. 18-WHEELERS, CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS, OTHERS, BUT RESIDENTIAL, WE GO LESSER IN ASPHALT BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME, A PASSENGER VEHICLE IS NOT THAT
HEAVY. >> RODRIGUEZ: GOTCHA. AND WHAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT IS DONE TO -- HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH STREETS ARE GOING TO WARRANT THAT IF MAYBE A DEVELOPMENT IS COMING -- A WAREHOUSE IS COMING, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT HASN'T BEEN BUILT YET AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN 18-WHEELERS, WHAT KIND OF VETTING IS DONE TO SAY, HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE THESE AREAS ARE ZONED THIS WAY, AND WE MAY SEE MORE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND WHATNOT TRAVELING ON THEM. IS
>> MOST OF THE TIME WE KNOW THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, NOT THE FUTURE TRAFFIC, UNLESS WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING IF THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A BIG WAREHOUSE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SO MANY 18 WHEELERS.
>> DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. THAT INCLUDES CAR OR, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT TRAFFIC FOR 18 WHEELERS. IT'S FLOWED TO RAZI'S TEAM. IT'S FUTURE GROWTH, SO IT'S HARD TO GUESS THE NUMBER. IF A NEW FACTORY IS BEING BUILT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO
ANTICIPATE THEIR TRAFFIC. >> OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING THEN IS THAT THERE IS NOT A GAP IN --
>> THERE IS NOT A GAP IN US REQUIRING THEM REPORTING. THERE MAY BE A GAP IN WHAT'S REPORTED VERSUS WHAT BECOMES ACTUAL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. ONCE THE FACTORY IS THERE OR THE WAREHOUSE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, RAZI'S TEAM CAN DO A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND COUNT EXACTLY WHAT'S
HAPPENING. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YEAH. I GUESS -- YEAH. IT MAKES SENSE. I THINK IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW. I DO WONDER -- I DON'T KNOW. I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. YEAH. THANK YOU. >> IT WOULD SEEM THAT BEFORE THE NEXT REPAIR TO THE STREET, THEY BE ABLE TO EVALUATE HOW
HEAVY THAT TRAFFIC IS. >> YEAH. >> AND TO BE FAIR, BUSINESSES FLUCTUATE. THEIR ESTIMATE MAY BE AC ACURATE SOMETIMES AND
NOT ACCURATE OTHER TIMES. >> YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT -- I WAS LOOKING AT SOME PICTURES SENT TO ME AND LOOKING AT THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN DISTRICT 2 AND A FEW OF THEM THINKING ABOUT LIKE GREAT FAIR AND MACRO, THEY'RE IN AREAS WITH -- THAT ARE -- THEY'RE NEXT TO THESE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AND EVEN IN THE PICTURES, YOU SEE 18 WHEELERS MOVING OR PARKED SOMEWHERE. SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DAMAGE -- IS DAMAGE -- ARE DAMAGED ROADS MORE LIKELY TO BE CAUSED BY THESE BIGGER VEHICLES AND HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT? I'M THINKING ABOUT PREVENTION, AND I'M NOT
QUITE SURE THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU. >> I THINK WITH A SIMILAR EXAMPLE IS BUSES. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE BUS STOPS THAT YOU GET REAL DENSE AND EVERYTHING. SO NOW WE REDO A ROAD AND RE-ENFORCE THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY PARK FOR A WHILE. RIGHT?
>> CONCRETE BUS PAD. THE BIGGEST DAMAGE DONE WITH ANY VEHICLE, WHEN THEY STOP, THEY ARE COMING WITH HIGH SPEED. THEN THEY ARE TRYING TO MOVE. THAT'S THE TIMES THEY PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE GROUND
TO MAKE THEM TO MOVE. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU, THE EQUIPMENT TO FILL THAT POTHOLE IS PRETTY HEAVY DUTY. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WORK OUT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF TIME. I'M JUST SAYING YOU MIGHT WANT TO WORK OUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU DO IT.
MILES TODAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S IT. WE'LL SAY THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK
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