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SUNSET, ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
THE TIME IS 2:08 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH, 2021.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR SESSION TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
[1. 21-2809 Pre-Solicitation Briefing for Commerce Street (Frio Street to Santa Rosa), San Saba (Nueva Street to Martin Street), Santa Rosa (Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard to Martin Street) 2017 Bond Projects. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works] ]
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.WE HAVE ONE SESSION, ONE ITEM ON OUR SESSION AGENDA TODAY.
UH, AND THEN WE DO HAVE A, A, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOWING THIS.
SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TODAY THE PUBLIC WORKS WILL PRESENT, UH, ON THE UPCOMING ZONE OF CULTURAL, UH, STREET SOLICITATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO COMMERCE STREET, SAN SABA, SANTA ROSA, ALL WITHIN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
UH, WE ARE ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION AT 26 POINT, UH, $26 MILLION AND CERTAINLY A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THE SOLICITATION.
SO IT'S BEEN DEEMED A HIGH PROFILE, UH, UH, SOLICITATION.
UH, THE PROJECT AS RAZZI WILL WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, INCLUDES STREET IMPROVEMENTS, RECONSTRUCTION, WIDER SIDEWALKS, UH, TRAFFIC, SIGNAL UPGRADES, UTILITY UPGRADES, STREET SCAPING, AMENITIES.
UM, AND UH, WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RAZZI TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M ZI SINI, DIRECTOR CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, TODAY I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU BRIEFING ON THREE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO ADVERTISE AS A COMPETITIVE SEED PROPOSAL.
ZONA CULTURAL IS A HISTORIC AND CULTURAL DISTRICT AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN.
ZONA CULTURAL IS ONE OF THE 28 CERTIFIED CULTURAL DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE OF THE TEXAS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, BONDED ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH HOUSTON AND TRAVIS STREET.
AT THE SOUTH SIDE IS NEWBA AND SAN JOSE STREET.
AT THE EAST SIDE IS SAINT MARY AND WEST SIDE ALDO STREETS ZNO.
CULTURAL EVENTS LEADING TODAY 2013, ZONA CULTURAL DISTRICT DEVELOPED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND STAKEHOLDER CITY COUNCILS APPROVED CREATION OF HISTORIC DISTRICT IN 2014 2017, TEXAS COMMISSIONER ON THE ARTS TO DESIGNATED A STATE HISTORIC DISTRICT 2016 REVITALIZATION PLAN PRESENTED AT B SESSION AND 2017 DEVELOPMENT OF THE STREETSCAPE DESIGN STANDARD TO USE FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 2017 BOND PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN AREA Z OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
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MERIT, SANTA ROSA.THIS IS THE ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMERCE STREET, SANTA ROSA TO FRIO, WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADVERTISE AS A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL.
SANTA ROSA CAESAR CHAVA TO MARTIN IS ANOTHER ONE AND SABA IS THE THIRD ONE.
URBAN AND STREET ESCAPEE KEY DESIGN ELEMENT IMPROVE MULTIMODAL STREET, ESCAPEE, SIDEWALK, CROSSWALK, BIKE FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY, ESTABLISH DISTRICT BRANDING AND IDENTITY DESIGNED TO ENHANCE AND PRESERVE Z OF CULTURAL MULTICULTURAL HISTORY.
THIS IS THE MAP SHOWS THE PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE AS A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, WHICH CONSISTS OF COMMERCE, SANTA ROSA AND SABA.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS COMMERCE STREET, SANTA ROSA TO FRIGO STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MARKET STREET.
MARKET SQUARE IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
MILE PARK IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
CROSS-SECTION BELOW SHOWS WIDER THREE LINE SIDEWALK, 1721 FOOT WIDE PARKING LANE, TWO TRAVEL LANE SHARE BUS LANE, AND ANOTHER THREE LINE SIDEWALK.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS COMMERCE BEFORE ON THE LEFT AND RENDERING IS AFTER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LOT OUTDOOR SITTING.
THIS SLIDE HAS A LARGER PICTURE OF THE RENDERING AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, WIDER SIDEWALK, OUTDOOR SITTING AND RAISED CROSSWALK BETWEEN MARKET SQUARE AND MILAM PARK.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS SANTA ROSA THREE CESAR CHAVA MARTIN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT LANDSCAPING WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO ON THIS ROADWAY.
WIDER SIDEWALK PROTECTED BIKE LANE EIGHT FOOT PARKING TWO TRAVEL LANE THREE LINE MEDIAN AND AGAIN WE ARE REPEATING THE SAME THING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
TWO TRAVEL LANE, PARKING, PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND THREE LINE SIDEWALK.
THIS IS SLIDE SHOWS SANTA ROSA B FOUR ON THE LIFT.
AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION DONE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON STREET PARKING.
THREE LINE THREE MEDIAN PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND SIDEWALK.
THIS IS LARGER OF THE RENDERING.
AGAIN IT SHOWS AS YOU CAN SEE, POLICY HEADQUARTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
THREE LINE MEDIAN ON STREET PARKING IS PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND SIDEWALK.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLAN VIEW, THERE IS A TREE CROSSING TO CROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO OTHER SECTION BELOW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ON STREET PARKING TO TRAVEL LANE, ANOTHER PARKING, AND ANOTHER WIDER SIDEWALK.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS BEFORE AND AFTER.
THIS IS THE RENDERING OF SABA AFTER.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS, THIS RENDERING IS ROADWAY CLOSED FOR UH, SPECIAL EVENT.
THEY CLOSE THIS ROADWAY FOR A SPECIAL EVENT AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN CAN USE THIS ROADWAY DURING A SPECIAL EVENT.
OTHER DESIGN ELEMENT FOR THIS, THIS PROJECT, PAVING, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, SITTING, BIKE RACK, BUSES, STOP WAVE, WINDING AND SIGNAGE.
MAY, 2018 DESIGN START APRIL, 2021.
WE ARE ADVERTISING THIS PROJECT FOR BID DECEMBER.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO CONSTRUCTION TO START WHY COMPETI SEAL PROPOSAL.
THE CRITERIA FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL ARE LOCATED ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDOR, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION USER WITHIN TOURIST HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND BUSINESS DISTRICT.
HIGH IMPACT TO STAKEHOLDER COMPLEX SCOPE CONSTRAINT, WORKSPACE, PREVIOUS CONS.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE USE OF C S P FOR ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE
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PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER, 2018.PROJECT BUDGETS INCLUDE FOR COMMERCE 10.9 MILLION.
THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.
SANTA ROSA, 3.9 SABA, 8.8 COMMERCE CORRIDOR 1.5.
CITY FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION IS 25.1 AND UTILITY 1.8.
ALTOGETHER 26.9 IS CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.
FOR THESE THREE PROJECT, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADVERTISE AS A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING TO REQUEST FOR A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCE, SABA AND SANTA ROSA 2012 AND 2017 BOND PROGRAM PROJECT WHICH ARE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
ATION TYPE IS R S P C S P, I'M SORRY.
PROPOSED TERM COMPLETION ESTIMATED MAY, 2024 AND IS A NEW CONTRACT.
SOLICITATION OVERVIEW IN A GP.
CODES STREET CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION, UTILITY UNDERGROUND LANDSCAPING, STORM WATER DRAINAGE, CENTRAL VENDOR REGISTER.
641 ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE DONE.
AND CSCA, T B S H CHANNEL 21 COSTA BIDDING OPPORTUNITY WEBSITE.
THE HEARTBEAT TAKES US HISTORIC STATE BUSINESS DAILY EVALUATION.
VOTING MEMBER ROTH SANCHEZ FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
MYSELF FROM PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
PETE CORTEZ STAKEHOLDER AND GAIL EMRICH PIG FROM SAN ANTONIO.
WATER SYSTEM SOLICITATION REQUIREMENT EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND QUALIFICATION, PRIME FIRM, KEY PERSONAL AND KEY SUBCONTRACTOR 25 POINTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN.
25 POINTS EXPERIENCE IN SAN ANTONIO REGION AND PAST PERFORMANCE.
15 POINT PRICE PROPOSAL, 15 POINT AVIDA PROGRAM, 20 PO, WHICH INCLUDES 10 POINT FOR S P E AND ANOTHER 10 POINT FOR M W B E CRITICAL.
ALSO CRITERIA ALSO WILL INCLUDE LOW IMPACT SUSTAINABLE GREEN INITIATIVE RELATED QUESTION.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT, SBI, A SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENT 29.4 M W B E SUBCONTRACTING AND 5.4 A A B E SUBCONTRACTING LOCAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM IS NOT APPLICABLE.
VETERAN OWN A SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE PROGRAM IS NOT APPLICABLE.
ALSO ADDED FINANCIAL STATEMENT NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY WILL PROVIDE THE BONDING AND INSURANCE GOAL SETTING.
COMMITTEE MEMBER SUSHI NAGAPA FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
NORBERT JU FROM FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
LINDA LOPEZ, GEORGE UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO TIMELINE PRESALE CITATION WAS DONE MAY MARCH 11TH, 2021.
B SESSION IS TODAY AND WE ARE LOOKING TO RELEASE THIS IN JUNE OF JUNE 2ND, 2021.
PRES, PRES SOLICITATION CONFERENCE WILL BE JUNE 25TH.
DEADLINE FOR QUESTION JULY 29 AND DUE DATE IS AUGUST 3RD.
WE ARE ALLOWING 60 DAYS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT THEIR PACKAGES.
POST SOLICITATION EVALUATION COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
CONTRACT NEGOTIATION OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
CITY COUNCIL B SESSION, POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND COUNCIL APPROVAL ALSO NOVEMBER.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCTION START DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, RAZZI, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
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THE DISTRICT AND THE STREETS IN PARTICULAR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.MY MY QUESTION, UH, TO START IS NOW THAT WE HAVE UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH UH, UH, AN EYE TO THE FUTURE HAVE HAS, UH, OUR NEW DIRECTOR BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW THE, THE STREET PLANS? LUCKILY TOMIKA IS NEW DIRECTOR.
WE OFFICE IN THE SAME FLOOR, ACTUALLY HER OFFICE NEXT TO MY OFFICE.
WE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATE, BUT ESPECIALLY INCLUDING BIKE LANE ON ANY PROJECT IS POSSIBLE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON SANTA ROSA PROJECT.
BUT SHE'S REVIEWED, UH, ALL OF THE STREET PROPOSALS THUS FAR IN THE, IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE SAW HERE TODAY.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAD TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THE PROJECT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD 180 PROJECT THROUGH THE BOND PROJECT.
BUT WHENEVER THERE IS ANY ISSUE OR QUESTION, WE COORDINATE WITH YOU WITH HER VERY CLOSELY, MAYOR.
CERTAINLY THE, THE, THESE ARE BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'RE IDENTIFIED IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
SO WHERE, AND I SEE ROD'S GONNA GO TO THE PODIUM AND TALK ABOUT GLOBALLY BIKE MASTER PLANS, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW FROM SOME OF THE RENDERINGS, UH, THERE ARE, UH, CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE DESIGN AND UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY TRYING TO INCORPORATE THOSE ASPECTS.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO, UM, UH, PROBABLY REESTABLISH THOSE BIKE MASTER PLAN GUIDELINES SO THAT WE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE APPLIED.
AND ROD, IF YOU WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, AND I SEE TAMIKA JUST WALKED IN THERE IN THE BACK, ADD ADVOCATE REPORT TO HAVE BOTH FE PERFORMING, UH, ON THE TEAM AND, AND ABSOLUTELY FE WILL BE INVOLVED, UH, IN REVIEWING ALL THESE PLANS.
AND, AND LIKE ERIC SAID, UH, ONE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO UPDATE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE IS A BIKE MASTER PLAN.
UH, IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST ADDING BIKE LANES ON EVERY STREET.
'CAUSE UH, AS I'VE COME TO LEARN FROM VISITING WITH TAMIKA, THEY'RE NOT APPROPRIATE EVERY STREET.
THEY'RE NOT SAFE ON EVERY STREET.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANNA PUT 'EM WHERE THEY'RE SAFE AND WHERE THEY CONNECT TO OTHER BIKE LANES.
SO WE HAVE A NETWORK OF, OF CYCLE TRACKS, IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN FROM THAT BIKE MASTER PLAN, WE WILL LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, S AND P PROJECTS, FUTURE BOND PROJECTS AND, AND WHERE THOSE BIKE LANES MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
AND I, I DON'T MEAN TO PRESS YOU ON BEING ABLE TO REVIEW EVERY PROJECT AT EVERY POINT IN TIMELINE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.
BUT UNDER THE AIR OF, UH, GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRIVE NOT TO EVER MAKE PERMANENT MISTAKES IF THERE'S NOT CONCRETE POUR AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST AS WE, UH, AS WE ARE EMBARKING, UM, SO MUCH THE BETTER.
SO, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT TAMIKA CAN JUST GIVE A A LOOK AT IT, UH, AND, AND GENERALLY LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT A LOT OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS WERE SCOPED MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE, THE BUDGET, UH, WILL BE MET, UH, IN THE TIMELINE AS WELL.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDER FOR A NUMBER OF THE YEARS DURING THE DEVELOP BEFORE WHEN BOUND PASSES.
AND OF COURSE AFTER BOUND PASSES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SCOPE AND SCHEDULE.
WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADVERTISE SLIGHTLY UNDER $27 MILLION.
WE ARE HOPING TO GET A, A GOOD CONTRACTOR TO FINISH THIS PROJECT ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET.
WELL COUNT ME AMONG THOSE, UH, RAZZI WHO ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.
AND AGAIN, WANNA REITERATE OUR THANKS TO, UH, MULTIPLE, UM, ELECTORAL, UH, VOTES, UH, VOTERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THESE PROJECTS IN CONCEPT.
I THINK WE'LL ALSO BE EQUALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEM IMPLEMENTED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LET ME GO OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAHAM.
UH, YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ALONG ARE ALONG THE SAME LINE THAT MINE ARE.
UH, WONDERING THAT AFTER THE PRE-SUBMIT OR THE PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFINGS THAT YOU'LL BE HAVING, WHAT NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER WITH OTHER MEMBERS, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS, THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT AND, AND LOOK AT OUR NUMBER OF 26.9 MILLION, SAY? OH, THERE'S NO WAY WITH THE WAY OF COSTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I THINK FOR THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR PORTION CITY FUNDING IS 25.1 MILLION, UH, TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT IF WE HAVE SOME MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TASK ORDER CHANGES THAT NEED TO COME UP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN, IN LINE WHERE WE NEED TO BE BUDGET-WISE.
AND YES, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND THE RENDERINGS LOOK GREAT TOO, UM, WITH A BULL, A TREE LINE, MEDIAN AND BOULEVARD LOOKING.
I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC LOOKING AND, UM, ABSOLUTELY AGREE
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THAT TAMIKA, YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS IN REVIEW.AND UH, ALSO I'M SAD TAMIKA, THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE TO SEE THE MAGIC THAT IS MARKET SQUARE DURING A NON C TIME.
UH, MAYBE YOU'RE FULLY MASKED, MAYBE DOUBLE MASKED.
DEFINITELY GO OUT TO MARKET SQUARE DURING FIESTA AND JUST SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT FOR MYSELF HAS BEEN, UM, THE ESSENCE AND THE, UH, CULTURE ASPECT OF MARKET SQUARE MERCADO.
AND WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON AROUND HERE THAT IT'S NOT SOCIALLY RE-ENGINEERED, THAT THEN IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE, THE, UH, AUTHENTIC SPIRIT THAT HAS MADE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY.
UH, SO I, I INVITE YOU TO GO OUT THERE, I'LL EVEN INVITE YOU TO COME TO FIESTA DE LOS REYES WITH ME.
UM, SO WE CAN EXPERIENCE THAT TOGETHER IN JUNE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP ON, UH, THE FOREFRONT.
AND I ALSO WAS WONDERING, UM, SO THE BIKE LANES THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, ARE THEY GOING TO, HOW FAR DOWN ARE WE LOOKING AT? UM, GOING DOWN SANTA ROSA AND COMMERCE STREET, IT GOES ON SANTA ROSA ENTIRE LIMIT OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO FOR COMMERCE, HOW FAR ARE WE GOING EAST WITH BIKE LANES ON COMMERCE? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BIKE LANE.
WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING TO PART OF 2022 INCLUDE BIKE LANE ON MARKET STREET, BASICALLY TYING U T S A DOWNTOWN TO CITY HALL COURTHOUSE CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAD DO SO AS ROD SAID, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BIKE MASTER PLAN, UH, WHERE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO US RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT A PLAN AND WHAT REALLY MAKES SENSE.
NO, I, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND.
I, I THINK I, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG, UH, THEN SLIDE THE RENDERING, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A PARKING LANE AND SIDEWALKS, BUT MUCH LARGER SIDEWALKS NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND, UM, AND BECAUSE COMMERCE STREET IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL BE JUST PUSHING IT FURTHER DOWN AND FURTHER DOWN INTO FREO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 2024? NO, THIS COMMERCE COUNCIL WOMAN, THE ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NO, I MEAN, THE ONE, UH, AT THE END AFTER, AFTER THIS ONE, THIS ONE IS 2024.
THE THREE PROJECTS WE ARE ADVERTISING, THEY WILL BE DONE IN MAY OF 2024, BUT THE COMMERCE IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WILL BE DONE EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN, UH, FOR EVERYONE.
UH, ALRIGHT, WELL THOSE ARE MY, MY QUESTIONS.
I'M GLAD THIS IS A COMPETITIVE SEAL, UH, PROPOSAL AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TEAMS THAT ARE GONNA BE PUTTING, THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, COMING TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FANTASTIC, UM, IDEA.
CONGRATULATE, UH, THE VOTERS TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UM, I'VE, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AROUND DOWNTOWN NOW FOR THE LAST YEAR AND TRY AND JUST DRIVE DOWN COMMERCE STREET.
IS IS, UM, LIKE GOING THROUGH A WAR ZONE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING SOME VERY IMPORTANT STREETS JUST TO THE WEST OF US, BUT AREN'T THOSE AREAS SUBJECT TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING TO, THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT? IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK THERE'S APARTMENTS AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AND U T S A EXPANSION AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THIS WORK.
I'M CONCERNED THAT WE MAY BE PUTTING IN SOME NEW STREETS, ET CETERA, THAT GONNA END UP GETTING TORN UP BY FUTURE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA.
UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT, ARE YOU SEEING, ARE WE SEEING REQUESTS FOR DEVELOPMENT NEARBY THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS WORK WE'RE DOING OR MAY END UP UNDOING PART OF IT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE? SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO IT? COUNCIL BAN IS A GOOD CONCERN.
WE DO COORDINATE WITH MOST OF THESE DEVELOPER, LIKE A CANOPY HOTEL JUST BY SAM MARY.
WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE SEWER CONNECTION, WATER CONNECTION, GAS CONNECTION EXTENDED AND THE SIDEWALK.
WE WANNA BUILD A BRAND NEW ROADWAY AND THEY COME OVER THERE TO SHORTLY AFTER.
EITHER WE DO FOR THEM AT THEIR COST OR THEY DO FOR US, DEPENDING ON WHO'S GOING TO DO.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY, ANYBODY KNOWS AND HAS ANY
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DEVELOPMENT IN OUR PROJECT FOOTPRINT.YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE ANTICIPATING AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY MEAN.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ANYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING ON THE DRAWING BOARD TODAY CAN COME TO YOU AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPECULATING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING OR WE'D LIKE TO DEVELOP THAT LOT, OR WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, UH, TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW WHILE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OR RIGHT AFTER WE FINISH THIS PROJECT.
SO IT'S JUST A CONCERN I HAVE AND I HOPE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE AHEAD OF THE GAME WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE THINGS AS WE ADVERTISE THIS AND PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THEY KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL KIND OF STEP IN AND SAY, WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HERE.
OR THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY'RE GONNA ENTER INTO A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO MESS UP SOME OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT IT BACK THE WAY WE'VE DESIGNED IT AND, AND PUT IT IN PLACE.
THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS, I KNOW WE HAVE $26 MILLION.
SOME OF THAT IS FROM SAS, RIGHT.
UM, HAVE WE LOOKED ATTS FUNDING TO USE IN CASE THERE'S ANY, UH, OVERCHARGES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TURS CAN TAKE CARE OF SIDEWALKS AND OTHER AMENITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GO TO RATHER THAN MAYBE COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, WE NEED ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, COUNCILMAN, AFTER WE RECEIVE A BID, WHICH IS NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SO, WE WILL KNOW HOW IS BID IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE REASON WE WANNA COMBINE THIS PROJECT TOGETHER? THREE OF THEM ACTUALLY.
ONE IS DEAL ONE CONTRACTOR, RATHER THAN HAVING THREE CONTRACTOR WORKING DOWNTOWN, MOST OF THE CONTRACTOR TEAM NOWADAYS, THEY ARE HALF A DOZEN MORE SUBCONTRACTOR WORKING.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR, EACH OF THEM HAD THREE SUB, IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST MESS TO MANAGE.
SECONDLY, WHEN YOU COMBINE THE PROJECT LIKE THIS, MORE LIKELY WE GET MUCH, MUCH BETTER PRICE THAN ADVERTISING EACH PROJECT INDIVIDUALLY.
MOBILIZATION COST A LOT OF MONEY FOR CONTRACTOR.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AFTER BID COMES IN, IF IT IS OVER BUDGET, WE WILL LOOK FOR ANY OTHER OPTION TO COME UP, COME UP WITH THAT SHORTFALL.
IS IS TURS AN OPTION IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT, UH, IN OUR MINDS AS WE LOOK AT THIS, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY HALL, UH, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH, UH, THE TOWER AND, YOU KNOW, COST OVERRUNS ARE SOMETHING I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HAVE TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO, TO MAKE UP SOME OF THAT.
SO COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, THE OTHER PART OF THAT I THINK IS WITH THE ALTERNATIVES IS THAT, IS THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, ON THE PRICING, WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO CHANGE SCOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT IS WITHIN BUDGET.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
UM, SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, AND IN FACT, UH, PART OF IT IS BECAUSE, UM, THE REST OF THE SAUNA THEN LEADS INTO DISTRICT FIVE, IN WHICH I HAD A 2017 BOND PROJECT FOR OVER THE BRIDGE AND, UH, LOTS OF AREA ACTIVITY AND UNDER THE BRIDGE.
AND SO, UM, MY PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE IS MOVING.
THERE'S, UM, IT WAS, UH, ENDED UP BEING A LOT OF DRAINAGE IN THE AREA THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO ARE WE, ARE THEY COORDINATED AT ALL, UH, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I MEAN WE'RE QUITE FAR UNDERWAY IN THE DISTRICT FIVE PHASE, UH, AT LEAST OF THE PART OF THAT'S, UH, COLORADO A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST.
SO HOW ABOUT ANY COORDINATION AT ALL IN, IN ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, 'CAUSE AS A COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, WE HAVE THIS PART OF COMMERCE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE DOWN THIS PART OF COMMERCE.
BUT MY PART OF COMMERCE SHOULD BE DONE BY THEN IF WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT IN 2024.
YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE GOT FIRST $1 MILLION TO DO A OVERALL KIND OF MASTER PLANNING.
AND WE GOT 10 MILLION PART OF 2017 BOND.
AND YOU WERE INVOLVED VERY HEAVILY.
AND WE HAD NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
YOUR PROJECT IS START CONSTRUCTION EARLY THIS YEAR, AND IT'LL BE DONE EARLY 2023 REGARDING THE QUESTION.
ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS IS HANDLED BY THE SAME TEAM.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH PROJECT HAS FROM
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THE SCHEDULE, BUDGET, UTILITY, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES ON, UH, YOUR PROJECT.
MOST OF THESE DOWNTOWN PROJECTS, SINCE THE UTILITY IS SO OLD SOMETIME WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
EVEN UTILITY COMPANY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S UNDERGROUND.
WE HAD SOME ISSUE WITH THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE WERE SOME THE STREETCAR LINES CORRECT.
SO THAT WAS A, I DON'T THINK IT WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE, BUT THERE THEY WERE.
I DON'T, UM, SO WE KNOW THAT COMMERCE WAS USED TO HAVE A STREETCAR, UH, ON BOTH DIRECTIONS.
I THINK ALSO ON FREO AND ON COMMERCE.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, DRAINAGE WAS A BIG ISSUE IN THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO ARE WE, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT HERE AS WELL? NO, WE HAVE INCLUDED ALL OF THE DRAINAGE OF THESE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED PART OF THE PROJECT ON YOURS.
WHEN WE START, WE KNEW THERE WAS A DRAINAGE ISSUE.
WE WERE GOING TO INCLUDE THE DRAINAGE PART OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I DO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, 20, THERE WAS SOME 20 $12 IN THERE.
SO, UM, WHY SO LONG? THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMAN.
WE HAD 1.5 MILLION FROM PART OF 2012 FOR THE COMMERCE CORRIDOR.
WHEN 2017 BOND PICKED UP THIS PROJECT, WE DIDN'T WANNA GO OVER THERE TO DO THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT.
THAT WAS ONLY FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT.
WE HAD TO BUILD SOMETHING THEN COME OVER THERE, TEAR APART.
WE DECIDED RATHER THAN DOING TWO PROJECT, WHY NOT COMBINE THEM AND DO IT RIGHT.
SO, UM, I KNOW I I KNOW THIS IS A LONG OVERDUE PROJECT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD LOTS OF COMMUNITY INPUT, LOTS OF ACTIVITY AROUND THE AREA, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED.
UM, BUT I, I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN ALWAYS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED, UM, IN 2012.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO FINISH TILL 2024.
UH, WHEN WE, I MEAN, WITH THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS, UM, IT'S JUST TOO LONG.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, WE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE VOTERS APPROVED THAT, YOU KNOW, SO MANY YEARS AGO.
AND THEN BY THE TIME IT'S COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, LIKE 12 YEARS OR 15 YEARS OR HOWEVER, THIS IS JUST TOO LONG.
UM, AND THEN THE COST CHANGE TOO MUCH.
AND ALSO THE, THE SCOPE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED IN THAT WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONS, UH, TO THE FOOTPRINT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A, I KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM WE MANY OF US HAVE HAD HERE ON THE DIOCESE.
SOMETIMES OUR PROJECTS JUST TAKE TOO LONG.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO TO RAMP THAT UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UM, WE WOULD JUST HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE ACTIVITIES, THAT WE CAN MOVE THEM ALONG A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ALL COST, UM, TO, TO EVERYONE.
SO, UM, JUST A FINAL, I GUESS, FINAL COMMENT AND THANK YOU, UM, TO THE VOTERS WHO APPROVED THIS, THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING PART OF THE 2017 BOND WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE DOWNTOWN, UM, UH, FOOTPRINT AND LOTS OF WALKABILITY, LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK WILL BE, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE COME BACK FROM THIS, UH, PRE COVID OR POST COVID ENVIRONMENT.
LOTS OF, UH, OUTDOOR SEATING, WHICH WE KNOW WE NEEDED.
UH, AND LOTS OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WE KNOW IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT TOO.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MOVING ALONG.
I JUST REALLY, I WANT TO, UH, COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
UM, I KNOW THE CORTES FAMILY'S BEEN VERY, UM, VERY HAPPY AND INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN, UH, ALL THIS, SPECIFICALLY P CORTES.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, DAVID MACBETH.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO, TO THE SUCCESS OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I'M JUST, I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE IT, WHICH WAS, UH, THERE, THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROJECT HAD TO DO WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS THAT HAD TO GET CONNECTED.
UM, AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT BY, BY WORKING WITH MIG AND MAAN TO SORT OF GIVE US A BROAD OVERVIEW TO SAY, HERE'S A COHESIVE WAY TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER.
THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A SUCCESSFUL DESIGN PROJECT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS.
AND, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY ALSO A PART OF THE REASON WHY IT TOOK SOME TIME BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
UH, BUT I'M, I'M, UH, FULLY SUPPORTIVE.
I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SUCCESS.
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THANK YOU.UM, I AM ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
THE RENDERINGS YOU'VE SHOWN US ARE REALLY MOTIVATING.
AND I THINK WE DON'T ONLY WANNA SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOWNTOWN, UH, BUT THIS WILL SERVE AS A MODEL.
I THINK WE WANNA SEE THIS IN LOTS OF PARTS OF THE CITY, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THAT AND, AND SOME PEOPLE REALLY NEED THAT SAFETY, UH, THOSE SAFETY OPTIONS BECAUSE THEY DO MOVE ON THEIR BICYCLES OR, OR WALKING.
SO I, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE HOW THIS, UH, LAYS OUT AND, AND I HOPE THIS SERVES AS A MODEL FOR OUR NEXT, UH, BOND CYCLE AS WELL.
UM, I, I WANNA ECHO SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT COST.
THE POTENTIAL FOR COST OVERRUNS.
UH, I, I KNOW TS COULD BE AN OPTION, BUT WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY.
LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOARD.
SO, UH, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK.
BUT THAT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING A C S P, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'LL GET SOMEONE WHO CAN MANAGE THE PROJECT AND THE COST BETTER.
SO I, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T SEE ANY, ANY COST OVERRUNS.
UM, I I DO WANNA ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LOW IMPACT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CRITER AND REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU PUT IN, UH, AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE CONSULTANT AS EVALUATION? YES.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE ARE GOING TO ASK A CONTRACTOR WHAT KIND OF WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND SHOWING US WHAT KIND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT THEY HAVE DONE, HOW THEY HANDLED THE MATERIAL, THE EXISTING MATERIAL, RECYCLED MATERIAL.
AND WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE QUESTION TO ASK, BASICALLY HAVE THEM TO RESPONSE AND ALSO THEY, WE ASK THEM TO PROVIDE US FIVE PROJECT VERY SIMILAR TO OUR PROJECT OR AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE, ONE PAGE FOR A PROJECT.
THEY HAVE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DID ON THOSE PROJECT, WHAT WAS THE BUDGET, WHAT WAS THE SCHEDULE, HOW THEY MANAGE THOSE PROJECT.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE INCORPORATING L I D OR OR RECYCLED MATERIAL INTO THIS PROJECT ON E I D? FIRST OF ALL, ON THIS PROJECT, AS YOU REALIZE, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING.
WE ARE REALLY REDUCING A, A LOT ASAL AREA AND CREATING LANDSCAPING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF L E D LIGHTS ON THIS ONE ALSO.
SO IN TERMS OF THE LANDSCAPING, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HIGH WATER USAGE, LANDSCAPING? USUALLY NOT.
AND ALSO COUNCIL BIN, OUR BOND 2017 PASSED, WE MET WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
WE SELECT NUMBER OF THE PROJECT WE COULD DO.
TWO OF THEM WAS ON THE ROADWAY BROADWAY, ONE OF THEM.
AND TWO OF THEM WAS ON FACILITY.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM WAS, AND ACTUALLY THEY PAY 50% OF THE EXTRA COST FOR THOSE L I D COSTS.
BUT THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WHY NOT? BECAUSE CERTAIN PROJECT REALLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LAND YOU REALLY WANNA DO, MAKE SURE YOU ARE MAKING A BIG IMPACT.
WE DON'T WANT TO USE JUST FOR USING, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GOOD.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY HAVE SOME GOOD IMPACT.
UM, WE DIDN'T CONSULT THE
WE HAD A BIG PLACE WE COULD DO VERY SIGNIFICANT ONE L I D.
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING.
WE HAVE LANDSCAPING, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT.
AND THEN, UH, SPEAKING OF BIKING TO WORK, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT WE ARE IN BIKE MONTH AND TOMORROW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN.
GO HDA, UH, GONZALEZ AND MYSELF, WHOEVER ELSE IS WHAT, WHY ARE YOU COVERING YOUR FACE? DON'T BE SHY.
UH, WE WILL BE HERE WITH OUR BIKES TOMORROW.
OH YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOO.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LIKE YOU, SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE SAID, HEY, THIS IS SOME REALLY PRETTY PICTURES.
UM, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT I GOT SOME, I GOT SOME PRACTICAL QUESTIONS HERE.
NUMBER ONE, UM, THIS, THIS IS THREE DIFFERENT, UH, FUNDING, UH, STREAMS THAT WE'RE COMBINING INTO ONE CONTRACT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING PUT IN THERE ABOUT PHASING.
IS THIS WHOLE PROJECT GONNA START ALL AT ONE TIME OR IS IT GONNA BE PHASED OR HOW ARE WE GONNA HOW ARE WE APPROACHING THAT? NO, COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE PHASING.
EVERY PROJECT IS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PHASES? OH, I DON'T HAVE WITH ME, BUT ALL OF THEM IS, WE HAVE PHASING.
I, I'D LIKE TO SEE A, A, A RENDERING OR A DRAWING OR SOMETHING SHOWING WHAT PHASES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ARE WE TALKING ONE, UH, TWO PHASES, THREE PHASES, FOUR PHASES OR WHAT? RIGHT BEFORE EVEN WE ADVERTISED THIS PROJECT, ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, WE HAD ONE OF OUR CONSULTING TO LOOK OVER ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA TO SEE HOW
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MANY PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, EITHER BY US OR PRIVATE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T REALLY CREATE MAJOR BLOCKAGE IN DOWNTOWN.BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A DETAILED FACING MAKE SURE EVEN ROAD IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT STILL PEOPLE CAN GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IF OKAY, IF IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
UM, THE NEXT UH, THING ON THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE THE BIKE LANES AND THE ON STREET PARKING AND ON STREET, UH, YOU KNOW, CHAIRS AND TABLES AND VENUES LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT CREATING THAT SPACE.
WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GAIN THAT SPACE ON COMMERCE STREET? WE HAVE THREE VERY WIDER LANE.
WE ARE REDUCING THOSE LANE FOR THE STANDARD SIZE.
WE ARE NOT REALLY MAKING SMALLER AND THAT'S GIVING US ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE THAT, UH, BY THAT SIDEWALK, WIDER COMMERCE IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDINGS.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S FOUR LANE.
WE ARE ELIMINATING ONE LANE CHANGING FROM FOUR LANE TO THREE LANE.
THAT'S GIVING US WIDER SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDE, NORTH SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE.
SO BASICALLY ON ALL, ALL THESE DRAWINGS THAT I SAW WERE, WE'RE ELIMINATING AT LEAST ONE LANE, UH, TO GAIN THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR SIDEWALKS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
UH, ALONG WITH THAT, UM, DID WE DO A TRAFFIC STUDY ON EACH ONE OF THESE TO UM, VALIDATE YEAH, THAT'S THE RIGHT THING WE NEED TO BE DOING OR SHOULD DO, UH, AND STILL PROVIDE THAT TRAFFIC OR FOR VEHICLES TO TRAVERSE ACROSS THE CITY? DOWNTOWN HERE? Y YES.
COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A GOOD CONCERN.
WE DON'T REALLY ELIMINATE LANE JUST FOR, BECAUSE, UH, JUST I WANTED, OR SOMEBODY WANTS, WE DO A VERY DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY.
WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE STAKEHOLDER.
MAYBE WE MAKE SURE WE ARE REALLY NOT GOING TO CREATE A TRAFFIC JAM BY REDUCING THE LANE.
WE COORDINATE, WE ALSO IT WHO HAS THAT TRAFFIC STUDY? I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE FINAL OUTCOME WAS ON THAT TRAFFIC STUDY AND, AND TO, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS SAYING.
DID THAT TRAFFIC STUDY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN HERE WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND, AND BUSINESSES U T S A AND UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GROWTH DOWNTOWN.
DID THAT TRAFFIC STUDY TAKE INTO THE ACCOUNT THO THOSE GROWTH ASPECTS AND STILL CLOSE THESE LANES AROUND DOWNTOWN? USUALLY TRAFFIC STUDY INCLUDES ANY KNOWING DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION, THEY USUALLY INCLUDE TWO OR 3% ANNUAL GROWTH ON THE TRAFFIC VOLUME.
I DON'T EXACTLY REMEMBER WHAT WAS OUR STUDY IN GROUP, BUT THAT'S USUALLY, TYPICALLY IS DONE TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE WE EXCEEDING THAT 2% GROWTH? I WOULD, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY WE PROBABLY ARE ON ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED DOWNTOWN AND ARE TO BE DEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HAVING THE CONCERNS ABOUT IS, UH, UH, DROPPING A LANE OFF OF MOST OF THESE STREETS HERE.
UH, SO I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT TRAFFIC STUDY TO BACK THAT UP.
UM, I SAW ON THE, THE VOTING MEMBERS, UH, THERE WAS A SAWS REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, IS ANY OF THIS WORK GONNA AFFECT C P S? AND I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE, ARE WE REPLACING THE UTILITIES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THESE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS? ARE WE REPLACING THOSE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION? YEAH.
WE, WHY SAWS NOT IN C P S USUALLY SAWS AND WATER AND CP AND SEWER C P S, SOMETIME THEY HAVE GAS LINE BECAUSE, UH, THEY ADJUST THOSE GAS LINE.
THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE SAWS, NOT C P SS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION ON THE PROJECT FINANCIALLY AND WORK-WISE THAN C P S.
SO ARE BUT TO THE ACTUAL PROJECT, ARE WE PLACING THOSE WATER AND SEWER LINES? ANY PLACE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED? WE DO.
WHEN YOU SAY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WE'VE DONE AN EVALUATION AS TO THE SIZING, THE, THE, THE AGE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT KIND OF THING.
BEFORE WE LAUNCH OFF AND, AND DO THIS BIG PAVING PROJECT.
SARS DOES TELEVISING THEIR SYSTEM AND OF COURSE THEY KNOW HOW OLD OR HOW NEW THEIR SYSTEM BASED ON THAT, THEY TELL US WHAT, WHAT LINE AND HOW MUCH OF THE LINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK AND REDO THE, DIG THE BRAND NEW STREET UNLESS IT'S EMERGENCY.
LIKE THOUSAND OAKS WE'LL GET, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
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SO ARE THESE NEW STREETS, ARE THEY GONNA BE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT?UM, AND, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT EVEN MORE TO MY QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPLACING THOSE LINES EVEN IF THEY'RE SOMEWHAT NEW THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING DOWNTOWN.
UH, AND WHEN I SAY UPGRADED, MADE BIGGER, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME REASSURANCES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THOSE AND WE HAVE EVALUATED THOSE IN CONCERT WITH SAWS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK IN THERE AND DIGGING THOSE PLACES UP FOR WATERLINE LEAKS OR SEWER LINE RUPTURES THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIX.
SO, UH, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ON THE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND AGAIN, TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE IS CONCERNS ABOUT COST OVERRUNS.
UM, LET'S SAY THIS CONTRACT GETS LET AT $26 MILLION OUTTA THAT $26 MILLION.
HOW MUCH OF THAT WERE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING FOR CONTINGENCIES? WE USUALLY HAVE A FIVE TO 7% CONTINGENCY.
A LARGE PROJECT LIKE THIS SMALL PROJECT IS 10% LARGE PROJECT BETWEEN FIVE TO 7%.
DEPENDING HOW BID REALLY COMES IN, YOU'RE GOING TO DECIDE.
OKAY, WELL I, I TOO AM CONCERNED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT WHO KNOWS WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THIS ROAD WHEN YOU GET IN THERE TO START REPLACING IT, DIGGING IT UP, DIGGING THE BASE AND FINDING THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW WAS THERE.
AND WE, WE EXPERIENCED THAT QUITE A BIT.
IN FACT, WE EXPERIENCED IT RIGHT HERE ON THE NEW NEW CITY HALL.
UM, SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT COST OVERRUNS, UH, HAVING ENOUGH CONTINGENCIES IN THIS PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RAZZY, ONCE THIS THING GETS LET, DON'T BE COMING BACK HERE TO THE COUNCIL ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.
UM, THAT, THAT, UH, WE NEED YOUR ASSURANCES ON THAT, UH, THAT WE DON'T GO OUT OF, YOU KNOW, OUTTA CONTROL WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
'CAUSE ONCE YOU START IT, YOU GOTTA FINISH IT.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
I, I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION BEFORE WE, UM, GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD WITH THIS.
AND BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE, WHEN DOES THIS COME TO COUNCIL? SOMETIME IN THIS LATE THIS YEAR.
UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN AND DISCUSSING THIS WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, RAZZIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S AN EAGERLY AWAITED PRO PRO SET OF PROJECTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ITS PROGRESS.
THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY.
[Executive Session ]
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE'LL GO TO NOW THE TIME IS, UM, 2:55 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH, 2021.THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO, EXCUSE ME, AND TO DELIBERATE DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.
TIME IS 3:53 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO FIFTH SHALL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.