Sep 21, 2021 Transportation and Mobility Committee on 2021-09-21 2:00 PM

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IT'S GREEN.

OKAY.

OVER THERE IT WAS RED.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

I WANNA STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THIS AND EVERY FUTURE MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE IN PLANNING, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK AND FOLLOWING THROUGH FOR ON OUR TRANSPORTATION VISION.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA START TODAY WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES FOR CREATING A SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE, AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

TODAY WE'LL BE HEARING THREE BRIEFINGS ON THE NEWLY FORMED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, REBUILD AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY, OR RAISE GRANT AND THE AA M P O, UH, 2023.

2026 CALL FOR PROJECTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM TODAY, SO IF YOU'LL JUST RAISE YOUR HAND, LET ME KNOW THAT YOU WANNA SPEAK.

WE'LL ALL HAVE, UH, SEVEN MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS.

UH, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? YES, MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.

HERE.

COUNCIL SANDOVAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

HERE.

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THANK YOU, MA'AM.

AND, UM, YOU'LL BE, UH, IN CHARGE OF THE TIMING, RIGHT, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM.

SO, OKAY.

OKAY, SO GO AHEAD.

SO, OH, OKAY.

FIRST TIME

[1. Approval of minutes for the May 28, 2021 Transportation and Mobility Council Committee Meeting]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND? NO, , I WILL, I'LL MAKE SOME MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

NO, A SECOND.

THANK YOU.

UH, WITH A MOTION TO SECOND, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? UM, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.

WERE THERE ANY, UM, SIGNERS? OKAY.

A QUICK REMINDER, WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO BE REMINDED, NEVERMIND WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[2. Briefing on the Transportation Department’s programs and priorities for creating a safe, sustainable, and equitable multi­modal transportation system for San Antonio. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Tomika Monterville, Director, Transportation Department]]

UM, TAMIKA, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? IT'S TUESDAY.

IT'S TACO TUESDAY.

Y'ALL SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD.

I HAD MY TACO.

UM, TODAY WE WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON CONVERSATIONS WE HAD, AND PRIMARILY THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE POSITIONS, WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED.

THANK YOU FOR THE MONEY.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE GROWTH OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE THOUGHT IT PRUDENT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE MORE OF THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS COMING TO LIFE.

SO, WHO ARE WE TODAY? WE ARE A STAFF OF SEVEN, BUT WE'RE GROWING.

WE HAVE SEVERAL POSITIONS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE WERE PREVIOUSLY THE TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDED PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO YOUR DRAINAGE, YOUR STREETS.

BUT HISTORICALLY, I THINK CONTEXTUALLY WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY WITH ITS GROWTH AND THE COMING GROWTH.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSED ON MOBILITY AND HOW PEOPLE MOVE.

SO WHAT LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME DETERMINED WAS WE NEEDED A DIVISION WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION WORLD.

AND SO THE DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING WAS A PART OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WELL, PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING WERE TAKING PLACE WITHIN T C I.

NOW, FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, WE ARE A NEW INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS WITH MY, MY BROTHER.

I CALL US A MULLET.

HE'S THE BUSINESS IN THE FRONT.

I'M THE ACTION IN THE BACK.

RAZZIE AND I ARE DOING TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE RECOGNIZE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY TO YOU ALL, AND, AND OUR JOB IS TO ARM YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.

WE'VE NEVER HAD THE TYPE OF GROWTH.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DEMAND FOR THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE MOVE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, 2012 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES, TNCS WERE ESTABLISHED.

SO THAT'S LIKE AN INFANT REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT MODALITIES ARE NEW, THEY'RE UNIQUE, AND WE ARE ADAPTING TO THE CHANGES IN THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS DEPARTMENT IS SO IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL.

SO THE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED OUR, OUR MISSION TO CREATE A SAFE, EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ALL PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO.

THERE WILL BE NO MODE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS ORG CHART.

CURRENTLY WE ARE BUDGETED FOR 15 POSITIONS.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEVEN.

WE WERE

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AND THOSE ARE THE THREE.

THERE ARE THREE MANAGER POSITIONS, WHICH ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL TO US BEING SUCCESSFUL IN GUIDING THE DEPARTMENT.

HOW I, WE ENVISION THIS DEPARTMENT WORKING IS HAVING THREE ARMS, THE TRANSIT PLANNING TEAM, THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND ALSO THE STRATEGIC TEAM.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT VISION.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT LONG RANGE VISION AND THAT DEPARTMENT.

BUT ANOTHER DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONAL INTERFACE IS WITH THE TRANSIT PLANNING TEAM.

WE HAVE TO BUILD THE CONNECTION AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH VIA.

AND HOW WE DO THAT IS HAVING STAFF WHO CAN SUPPORT VIA WITH THEIR BUS STOP FACILITIES AND THEIR LONG RANGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THERE'S SEVERAL FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT PROJECTS THAT VIA HAS BEGUN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR AND OR IS IN PLANNING.

WE NEED TO HAVE WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, A STAFF MEMBER WHO CAN LIAISE WITH ROSIE'S TEAM MEMBERS ON PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T IMPACT NEGATIVELY THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE CITY.

SO THIS TRANSPORTATION MANAGER WILL LEAD OUR TEAM AND OUR CITY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ALSO COORDINATING WITH OUR BOND TEAM, COORDINATING AND LIAISING WITH YOU ALL AND YOUR COUNCIL STAFF ON ISSUES RELATED TO VIA TRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BUS STOP FACILITIES AND SHELTERS.

WE NEED TO COORDINATE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OUR FUNDING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

AND ALSO JUST HAVING THE ENGAGEMENT VIA HAS SEVERAL COMMITTEES ON THEIR BOARD.

WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE STAFF TO STAFF THOSE MEETINGS.

AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DECISIONS ARE MADE RELATED TO THEIR FUNDING.

AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU PROPOSED DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE REDUCTION IN THE 5.7 MILLION, AND I WANTED TO OFFER YOU THIS DURING THIS FORUM.

WHAT WE'VE LOST SIGHT OF IS THE FACT THAT IF WE HAVE A BUS, A TRANSIT BUS ON ITS OWN EXCLUSIVE LANE, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES TO VIA BUS AND BUS FACILITIES FUNDS TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE CAPITAL COMPONENTS OF THAT.

BUT THE OPERATING COMPONENT OF THAT, MAINTAINING THAT ROAD LANE TYPICALLY FALLS ON US WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXCLUSIVE ROADWAY.

SO PARTNERING WITH THEM AND IDENTIFYING THESE PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

WHEN WE DEDICATE A LANE FOR TRANSIT, THAT'S FEWER CARS THAT ARE GOING IN AND OUT, HAVING REAR END COLLISIONS WITH BUSES AND BEING DELAYED BY HAVING TO GO IN AND OUT.

SO THOSE PROJECTS, THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED USEFUL, THEIR USEFUL LIFE, BUT ALSO THEY HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR MAINTAINING THAT EXCLUSIVE GUIDEWAY.

THAT'S ONE LESS MILE OF LANE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AS THE CITY AND AS A REGION BECAUSE F T A PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO LEVERAGE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE FUNCTION OF THIS TRANSIT PLANNING MANAGER.

NEXT I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LONG RANGE PLANNING TEAM.

THIS TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE N P O.

WE HAD A REALLY GREAT MEETING LAST FRIDAY.

THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD.

HAVING DEDICATED STAFF TO DISCUSS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN OUR SISTER COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LEVERAGE THE LIMITED FUNDS THAT ALL OF US HAVE COORDINATING WITH T DOT COORDINATING ON OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS, WHICH WE ALREADY DO, BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE DEDICATED STAFF TO CARRY PROJECTS FORWARD, SUCH AS OUR CULEBRA STUDY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I SPOKE TO THIS BODY ABOUT IN JANUARY WITH MY INTRODUCTION, IS WE HAVE TO HAVE SUSTAINED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

IT CANNOT COME JUST WHEN WE'RE DOING PUBLIC INITIATIVES AT ONE TIME.

WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFF DEDICATED TO JUST POPPING IN AT A COMMUNITY MEETING.

YOU ALL DO A LOT OF THINGS ON THE WEEKEND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF OUR PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN COME SET UP A TABLE AND GET INFORMATION AND INSIGHT.

SO THE LONG RANGE PLANNING TEAM IS GONNA BE WORKING ON PROJECTS LIKE THE RAISE GRANT, WHICH I'LL MENTION SHORTLY.

THIS IS THE VISION, THE STRATEGIC VISION, THE TRANSIT PLANNING IS THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND THE INTERFACE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON THEIR ISSUES WITH BUS STOPS AND FACILITIES FOR TRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY.

NEXT, WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER.

AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IS REALLY MORE OF OUR ENGINEER TRANSPORTATION EXPERT WHO'S GOING TO BE LEADING OUR VISION ZERO PROJECTS.

THIS IS WHERE OUR DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND TRANSPORTATION.

AND ENSURING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE DO FOR THOSE 28 VISION ZERO

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AND WE HAVE A HUGE POPULATION OF TRANSIT RELIANT RESIDENTS.

SO THIS INDIVIDUAL SELECTED FOR THIS POSITION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING EXTENSIVELY ON THE DESIGN REVIEW WITH MEMBERS OF OZZIE'S TEAM ON THE STREETS TEAM, ON THE DRAINAGE TEAM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIVISIONS THAT HAVE TO COORDINATE AND HAVE IMPACT ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

AND WE EXPERIENCED THAT TODAY LOOKING AT ALAMO.

THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC IS WHAT CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE CONSTANTLY SUED UPON BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T COORDINATED AND MADE SURE THAT THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND OUR PLANS AND STUDIES ARE ACTUALLY OPERATIONALIZED WITH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.

SO THIS TRANSPORTATION MANAGER WILL BE KINGLY KNOWLEDGEABLE WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION AND REALLY MOBILITY TODAY IN THE FUTURE.

UH, TECHNOLOGY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I FORGOT TO MENTION.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF MEMBERS FOCUSED ON AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY COORDINATING WITH THE N P O TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE OPTIMAL LOCATIONS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SA TOMORROW AND SUSTAINABILITY, WHERE WE CAN TEST THESE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT OUR INNOVATION DEPARTMENT HAS PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH U T S A SWRI, THAT'S THE LONG RANGE PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON AND, AND WE PLAN TO DO WITH THIS DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'VE MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT THESE ARE KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR WORK PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, THE SAFETY EDUCATION PIECE, AND COMING OUT TO EVENTS AND ALSO DOING PARTNERSHIPS THAT INFORM THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE DEVELOP FOR VISION ZERO.

WHERE ARE WE TARGETING OUR SAFETY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS? ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY VICTIMIZED BY FATALITIES OR ARE WE DIRECTING OUR MESSAGES IN THE RIGHT PLACES? THAT'S THE TYPE OF DATA ANALYSIS WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF STUDIES AND LOOKING AT OUR VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN AND DEVELOPING WHAT OUR GOALS ARE BASED ON WHERE WE KNOW THE TRENDS ARE WITH THE DATA PROVIDED FROM OUR TRAFFIC TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS.

YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. I WON'T BELABOR THOSE, BUT DEFINITELY PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS.

WE SHARED A LOT OF THIS, BUT THE TRANSIT ORIENTED AND SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF WHAT THE TRANSIT PLANNING MANAGER AND THE STAFF SUPPORTING THAT MANAGER WILL BE WORKING ON.

IDENTIFYING WITH BRIDGET WHITE'S TEAM AND PLANNING THE WEST SIDE AREA PLANS ALL OF THE REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTERS.

HOW WE ENVISION THIS DEPARTMENT WORKING IS IF THERE IS AN ADOPTED PLAN OR IT'S A PART OF SA TOMORROW, WE WILL THEN COME BEHIND IT AND PERFORM THAT TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY STUDY, HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE AND THEN DEVELOP WHAT THAT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IS FOR THAT CORRIDOR.

IS THAT CORRIDOR DEDICATED TO TRANSIT? IS THAT CORRIDOR DEDICATED TO MOVING CARS QUICKLY THROUGH OR IS IT A CORRIDOR THAT'S GOING TO BE A BOULEVARD? IS IT A CORRIDOR THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A LANE SET ASIDE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES? THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE WITH COMMUNITIES ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE.

AND WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. YOU ALL HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE MAPS THAT SHOW YOU WHERE WE HAVE THE PREDOMINANT FATALITIES AND INJURIES.

BUT IT SURPRISED ME THAT A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, IT WAS NOT IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

IT WAS IN COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY ON THE PERIMETER WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OF FATALITIES AND INJURIES.

SO WE ARE TARGETING OUR ENGAGEMENT AND BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT THAT ENGAGEMENT AS WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR BUDGET, UM, BRIEFING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND HERE JUST SOME GREAT IMAGES.

WE WANNA WORK WITH, UH, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.

WE WANNA WORK WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE BIKE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS A ANNUAL CITYWIDE BICYCLE SURVEY THAT'S GONNA HELP US ESTABLISH THE TRENDS AND THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WHICH I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS A WARM AND FUZZY SPOT IN HIS HEART FOR PERFORMANCE METRICS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND DATA IS SO IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OFFICE THAT FOCUSED ON MOBILITY.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR TRENDS ARE.

WE HAVEN'T ASKED PEOPLE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT RICH DATA.

SO WE HOPE TO BECOME A DEPARTMENT THAT IS FOUNDATIONALLY ABOUT DATA TO DRIVE OUR DECISION MAKING AND DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE METRICS.

ALL OF OUR STUDIES NEED TO HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND WE NEED TO IDENTIFY TARGETS SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THOSE.

AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SCOOTERS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOBILITY OPTIONS.

WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY WHICH ONES NEED FACILITIES,

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AND HERE JUST SOME MULTIMODAL IMAGES HERE.

THESE ARE THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND WE DO HAVE THIS BY DISTRICT.

SO THE CURRENT PROJECTS, THE MAJOR PROJECTS, WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE MIDTOWN, DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

AND THAT WAS THE CULMINATION OF INFORMATION WE GLEANED FROM THE SA TOMORROW PROJECT.

BUT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DO SUCH A ROBUST EFFORT WITH THE BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, EVERYTHING WE DO NOW IS GONNA BE FOCUSED ON VISION ZERO AND REALLY DEVELOPING A PLAN AND IMPLEMENTING MANY OF THE HIGHER COST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT MANY PEOPLE WANT FOR A BIKE FACILITIES HERE IN THE CITY.

AND I BELIEVE THIS PRESENTATION IS DONE.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.

COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, TAMIKA.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, WILL YOU MIND REPEATING THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE OR STATING, OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST THE COMMITTEE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE'S CHARGE? THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ALL THINGS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE, I FORGET THE YEAR, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS TO ADDRESS ITEMS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH MOBILITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LEVEL SET UNDER SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE CHARGE, UM, FROM THE MAYOR IS FOR THIS COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO ASK FOR, UH, QUARTERLY WORK SESSIONS.

I'D LIKE TO, TO, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR IN, UM, IN PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE WE'RE GETTING THESE QUARTERLY WORK SESSIONS, UH, THAT WILL INVOLVE, UH, SUBJECTS LIKE VISION ZERO, BIKE STRATEGY, BOND GOALS, AND MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS, UH, QUARTERLY UPDATE ON, ON DATA AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL REALLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN THE PLANNING AND, AND PROCESS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AND ALSO MAYBE EVEN FACILITATE IT, MOVE IT ALONG A LITTLE QUICKER THAN I THINK WE'D LIKE, UH, TO HAVE THAT MASTER PLAN A LITTLE SOONER THAN, THAN WHAT I THINK IS CURRENTLY IT'S PROJECTED TO, TO BE COMPLETE.

UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MY ONLY COMMENT.

UM, DID WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCILMAN PERRY? THANK YOU MA'AM.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE ON KIND OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT ONE.

YES, SIR.

UM, ON YOUR SUPPORTING SLIDES BEHIND THAT, I ADDED UP THE POSITIONS AND IT ONLY COMES UP TO 10 POSITIONS.

BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT, I'M COUNTING 15 ON THIS ORG CHART.

YES.

WERE WERE THOSE FIVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT AREN'T LISTED ON YOUR BACKUP SLIDES.

WHAT DO THEY DO? THIS IS THE 15 THAT WE HAVE.

WHICH FIVE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? WELL, I'M, I'M GOING ON YOUR BACKUP SLIDES AFTER THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED, OH, YES.

SO THIS IS NOT ALL OF 'EM.

SO THIS IS 10 POSITIONS.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE ME, MARGARITA, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER.

WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER.

AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A, ANOTHER SS P M OR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.

I THINK WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.

SO THE REASON WHY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, BECAUSE IN LOOKING AT THE CURRENT CAPACITY IN THE SKILLSET OF OUR TEAM, A LARGE PART OF DEVELOPING THE BACKUP WAS LOOKING AT WHAT OUR CURRENT NEEDS ARE.

SO WE HAVE A NEED TO HAVE STRONG PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS BECAUSE WHEN THIS DIVISION WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED, THE WORK OF THE TEAM WAS PRIMARILY TO DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE TEAM DIDN'T HAVE STRONG PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE KIND OF FINESSING THIS ADDITIONAL POSITION.

IT'S NOT A NEW POSITION, IT'S AN EXISTING POSITION THAT IS, I BELIEVE IT IS A SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER NOW.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DO WE NEED THAT S P M OR DO WE NEED IT TO BE A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER? BECAUSE THAT S P M IS GONNA BE DOING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, MANAGING OUR FINANCIALS AND PRIME LINK AND SS A P AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND ONCE WE GET THESE POSITIONS AND GET THE STAFF IN PLACE, WHERE DO WE HAVE THAT GAP IN OUR EFFICIENCY? SO THE FIVE THAT ARE NOT A PART OF THE BACKGROUND ARE THE PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED.

WE HAVE THE S P M SLASH TRANSIT PLANNER.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER WHO'S PERFORMING AS MY ASSISTANT, MY ADMIN.

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OKAY.

SO THAT MAKES UP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 15 YES, SIR.

TO REFLECT THIS ORG CHART VERSUS THE BACKUP SLIDE THAT, YES.

SO FULL DISCLOSURE, I KEEP IT 100, COUNCILMAN.

THAT WAS THE ORG CHART THAT WE HAD DURING OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS SINCE OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION ALMOST A MONTH AGO.

AND SO THE ORG CHART IS, YOU KNOW, IS THE SAME, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T SHOW THE ONES THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE JUST KEPT THE FIVE OF US OUT OF IT FOR NOW.

OKAY.

SO IT, IT COULD CHANGE.

AND THE RESPONSIBILITY, I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT CHANGING THIS YEAR.

I CAN'T HANDLE THAT.

MY HEART CAN'T HANDLE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.

BUT I, I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE FUNCTION BECAUSE IDEALLY MY VISION FOR THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO HAVE STAFF DEDICATED, THESE PLANNERS DEDICATED TO EACH OF YOU.

SO ONE PLANNER MIGHT HAVE TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO.

SO ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL GO TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

SO IF IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT BUS STOPS, IT MIGHT BE THAT SENIOR TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE TRANSIT MANAGER WHO WILL BE YOUR LIAISON.

THAT'S THE VISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER COMES IN.

THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE THE ONE WHO IS HELPING US DEVELOP WHAT OUR PUBLIC FACES, WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR OUR CORRIDOR STUDIES.

THEY'RE GONNA BE THE LEAD ON HOW WE PRESENT AND SHOW UP.

IF IT'S IN MEDIA, IF IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, IF IT'S ON OUR BLOG, IF IT'S IN PUBLIC MEETINGS, THAT PERSON IS GONNA BE THE LEAD OF THAT VISION.

AND THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL WORK AND MANAGE CONSULTANTS WHO DO ANY TYPE OF MARKETING, ANY TYPE OF PROMOTION, ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

THEY'LL DEVELOP OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WILL INFORM WHAT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IN OUR STUDIES LOOKS LIKE.

SO THERE WON'T BE, WE WON'T BE PAYING CONSULTANTS EVERY TIME WE DO A STUDY TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY.

'CAUSE THAT'S GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD, IF WE HAVE OUR VISION OF HOW WE WANT TO SHOW UP, THAT IS INTEGRATED INTO OUR SCOPES OF WORK FOR ALL OF OUR STUDIES.

AND SO IT'S NOT THIS HEAVY LIFT THIS, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT COST.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING IN TERMS OF THAT SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT.

AND HAVING THAT AND THEN HAVING THE STAFF WHO KNOW WHAT THAT VISION IS, THEY'LL KNOW WHAT THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE.

OKAY.

UM, ALONG WITH THAT, DIDN'T WE HIRE A BIKE GURU AND A SIDEWALK GURU HERE ON, ON CITY STAFF HERE A YEAR OR TWO AGO? SO THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAD, THEY WERE SPMS, UM, SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGERS.

AND THE LAY TERM WE HAD FOR THEM WAS PEDESTRIAN AND MOBILITY OFFICER, AND WE HAD TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGER.

THOSE WERE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE SPMS. SO TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS REALLY A SERIES OF TECHNIQUES THAT CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND REGIONS USE TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO CALL THAT PERSON A T D M MANAGER BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THAT PART AND PARCEL IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. OUR BIKE PROGRAM IS A T D M STRATEGY.

THE COMMUTE SMART OR COMMUTE SA IS A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND STRATEGY.

YOU'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE ALTERNATIVE MODES.

THAT'S A STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE.

AND THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER THAT WAS AN ENGINEER AND THAT ENGINEER PRIMARILY WORKED ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES AND INFORMED DECISIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW OF BICYCLE PROJECTS.

AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO CALL, I THINK WE GET CAUGHT UP IN TITLES.

IT'S ABOUT THE WORK.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR ME, YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTHING AS LONG AS I GET THIS TRANSPORTATION STUFF DONE.

THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK OUR JOB TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS ASKING, THE QUARTERLY UPDATES ARE GONNA HELP US IN THAT.

WE CAN ARTICULATE AND GIVE YOU GUYS INFORMATION ABOUT THESE NAMES AND WHAT WE CALL THINGS BECAUSE WE JUST, WE CALL THINGS SO MANY, IT'S A NEW NAME AND FAD, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME.

BUT REALLY, WHAT, HOW DOES IT OPERATIONALIZE AND HOW DOES IT BECOME WORK? SO A PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER IS A PLANNER OR ENGINEER WHO'S KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE FEDERAL LAWS ASSOCIATED WITH A D A, WHO'S KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE TRENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIFFERENT MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS.

AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT THE PEOPLE WE HIRE TO HAVE THOSE SKILLS.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS STUFF.

SO THAT'S THE APPROACH.

TAMIKA, I I THINK WHAT WE WERE SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A SMALL DEPARTMENT LIKE THIS, UM, YOU WANT THE POSITIONS TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO MORE THAN JUST THAT ROLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH TAMIKA, WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL FOCUSED ON, ON THOSE ACTIVITIES.

THOSE ARE STILL PART OF THEIR, THEIR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES.

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AND, AND WE HAVE A SMALL DEPARTMENT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

YOU KNOW, RAZZY IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DEPARTMENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPECIALIZE SOME FOLKS IN SOME AREAS, BUT WITH TAMIKA AND SMALL DEPARTMENT, WE NEEDED THE ADDED FLEXIBILITY, YOU KNOW, TO SIGN 'EM TO OTHER AREAS.

UH, IT, BUT ON THOSE TWO POSITIONS, AND I, I HEAR YOU ABOUT TITLE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO, AS LONG AS THE WORK GETS DONE.

BUT DIDN'T WE HIRE NO, THEY DIDN'T.

WE HIRE THE PEOPLE AGAINST THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

SO THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER RESIGNED.

SO THAT POSITION WAS VACANT.

THE T D M POSITION WAS NEVER FILLED.

OKAY.

SO, WOW.

THAT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR AGO THAT WE AUTHORIZED THOSE POSITIONS.

AND SO THEY'VE JUST BEEN VACANT THE WHOLE TIME.

NO ONE, THEY WEREN'T VACANT FOR THAT.

THEY WERE VACANT FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS.

SO WHEN THEY WERE VACANT, WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECLASS THOSE POSITIONS TO, LIKE I SAID, USE THEM IN IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL.

OKAY.

SO THOSE TWO POSITIONS ARE PART OF THIS ORG CHART? YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE ROLE.

NOBODY SIGNED YET.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE DO, WE ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO THE T D M POSITION IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE MANAGERS.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MANAGERS AND THE POSITION FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON WHEN YOU HIRE PEOPLE FOR SPECIFIC THINGS AND THAT'S ALL THEY DO.

WE ARE BUILDING HOLISTIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS HERE.

WE'RE BUILDING TEAM MEMBERS WHO HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS, WHO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, THAT'S WHY MARGARITA HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ WAS AN IMPORTANT HIRE BECAUSE SHE'S AN ENGINEER AND SHE CAN SPEAK TO WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ENGINEERS.

BUT THAT IS WHAT'S MISSING, IS THAT WE FOCUSED ON ONE SPECIFIC AREA, T D M AND NOT EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE T D M IS PART AND PARCEL OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE SHIFTING AWAY FROM THAT AND HIRING GENERALISTS IN TERMS OF THEM BEING ABLE TO BE VERSATILE AND BE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE THE WORK IS GONNA CHANGE AND THE DEMANDS CHANGE.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WASN'T A THING WHEN I CAME INTO THIS IN INDUSTRY, BUT FIVE YEARS AGO AGO I RODE AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MOBILITY INITIATIVE.

SO IT'S ABOUT ADAPTING THE TEAM TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND TALKING WITH YOU ALL.

YOU ARE A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR, UH, VIA TRANS, UM, NOT VIA TRANS, UM, VIA LINK.

AND SO YOUR NEEDS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT.

AND HAVING TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE DIVERSITY OF THE LAND USE AND WHAT IS THE BEST RECOMMENDED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF YOUR DISTRICT THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT VIA TRANS IS THE BEST OPTION.

AND SO HAVING TEAM MEMBERS WHO CAN BE VERSATILE AND IDENTIFY THE NEEDS THAT'S CRITICAL TO THIS DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THIS BODY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO.

WE WANT, WE, WE TALK TO VIA ALL THE TIME.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED IS HAVING A REGULAR UPDATE TO YOU ALL ON THE TRANSIT PERFORMANCE OF VIA THROUGH THIS MONTHLY MEETING.

SO THAT WOULD BE A KEY FUNCTION OF THAT TRANSIT MANAGER IS REPORTING BACK TO YOU AND THEIR COORDINATION WITH VIA ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DID IN RESPONSE TO THE LOSS.

YOU HAD A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE $93 MILLION THAT THEY GOT IN CARES ACT MONEY? WELL, WHAT MOST TRANSIT AGENCIES ARE DOING IS THEY'RE OFFERING HIRING BONUSES BECAUSE THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY IS BLEEDING AND CANNOT HIRE OPERATORS.

SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT A CONVERSATION AND HAVING A TRANSIT MANAGER WHO'S AN EXPERT ON TRANSIT CAN COME AND ARTICULATE THAT TO YOU.

AND VIA DOESN'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO THAT.

SO WE THINK THIS IS A BETTER WAY FOR US TO HELP THEM, HELP US TELL THE STORY OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND HELP YOU ALL UNDERSTAND MORE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AND FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT AND BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

YEAH.

UM, AND I HEARD THE BELL, I'LL LET YOU WRAP UP.

YOU'RE CUTTING ME OFF HERE.

GO AHEAD.

I'LL LET YOU WRAP UP.

NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT VIA HAS COME IN AND TALKED TO THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I, I'LL POINT WELL TAKEN SIR.

COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CASTILLO, I THINK, UM, I WANNA SAY THAT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT SHIFTING FROM WHEN IT COMES TO THE MORTALITY AND HOW FOLKS WERE SERVING OUTSIDE OF THOSE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ARE, UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND REPLICATE THAT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LONG RANGE.

OH, IN REGARDS TO THE LONG RANGE PLANNING TEAM AND THE TRANSIT PLANNING TEAM, UM, ARE THERE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT? IF SO, CAN YOU GO OVER A COUPLE OF THEM? SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH

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SO OUR TEAM WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATES OF THE U D C TO REFLECT THE NATO GUIDELINES BECAUSE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WHAT WE FOUND IS MOST DEVELOPERS AND MANY DEVELOPERS WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT VERY INNOVATIVE AND THEY LOOK AT OUR U D C AND THEY JUST DO WHAT'S IN THERE.

SO WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS REALLY JUST TAKING THE IMAGES.

IT'S, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A PICTURE SOMETIMES TO SHOW DEVELOPERS OPTIONS.

AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MIKE AND HIS TEAM AND MEIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO UPDATE THE U D C TO REFLECT WHAT THE MOST RECENT BEST PRACTICES ARE AS IT RELATES TO PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY.

THANK YOU.

AND IN REGARDS TO LIKE THE CITY FEE WAIVERS FOR C P SS AND SAWS, HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THAT IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO DEVELOP NEAR A TRANSIT CORRIDOR THAT THEY CONSIDER HAVING LESS PARKING BECAUSE IT'S NEAR A TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE WAIVER THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE? YEAH, SO WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS.

I'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME DEVELOPERS ABOUT GOING TO PA PARKING MAXIMUMS, NOT PARKING MINIMUMS. AND SO IT'S A CULTURE SHIFT.

AND WITH THE SA TOMORROW PLAN AND LOOKING AT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THE NTO GUIDE GUIDELINES IS TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE AND YOU KNOW, WE SAY TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT.

MM-HMM.

THAT DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM INTEGRATING TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE U D C AMENDMENT AND ALSO PROVIDING IMAGES AND EXAMPLES.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.

OKAY.

UM, AND, UM, WHEN YOU MENTIONED DEDICATED LANES FOR TRANSIT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF WE ARE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE ALLOWANCE ON NARROW CORRIDORS OR ON STREETS, UM, THAT ARE VERY NARROW? IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? AND THIS GOES BACK TO COMPLETE STREETS COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED, WHAT IS A COMPLETE STREET? A COMPLETE STREET IS REALLY JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE AND NOT PRECLUDING PEOPLE FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE.

BUT IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT THE OPERATIONS OF THAT STREET, TO LOOK AT THE LAND USE, TO LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY CENTERS.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEDICATED LANES VIA HAS THEIR ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT, WHICH IS THEIR BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM, THAT AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMES A DEDICATED LANE FOR THE TRANSIT.

BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

SO GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY, ONCE THESE REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTERS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, THEN WE LOOK AT THE MOBILITY AND HOW PEOPLE WANNA MOVE BASED ON WHAT THE ADOPTED LAND USE IS GONNA BE.

SO AS THESE PLANS ARE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, WE THEN WILL SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MOBILITY, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY, AND THAT'S THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PIECE.

I DON'T WANNA DICTATE WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND HOW THEY WANNA MOVE.

AND THE DEDICATED LANES IS FOR THOSE CORRIDORS, THOSE 12 CORRIDORS THAT ARE ALREADY INTEGRATED INTO, SAY TOMORROW, THOSE ARE CORRIDORS FROM VIA IN THEIR LONG RANGE PLAN.

MM-HMM.

BASED ON THE RIDERSHIP, BASED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THESE ARE CORRIDORS WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS BEING IDEAL FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR SOME HIGHER FORM OF PREMIUM TRANSIT DEDICATED LANES AND THE OTHER ROADWAYS IN THIS CITY.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND LOOK AT THEM COMPREHENSIVELY MM-HMM.

.

UM, AND I WANNA DO THAT IN FOLLOWING, LIKE WITH THE BRAZOS CORRIDOR.

I THINK IT'S THE SOUTH BRAZOS CORRIDOR IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SUB AREA PLAN WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY SAID WHAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE.

AND THEN WE CAME IN, HAD A, A CONSULTING FIRM LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MOBILITY.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT, WE WANT TO APPLY THAT MODEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE THE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS GO DO A TRANSPORTATION STUDY, THEN THE LAND USE CHANGES, AND THEN IT TOTALLY NEGATES HOW WE DEVELOP THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FOR THE AREA.

OKAY.

AND HOW DOES THE LINEAR CREEKWAY PROJECTS PLAY INTO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT? UM, I, I KNOW, UM, THERE ARE LIKE SOME, SOME CORRIDOR PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR.

UM, BUT BUT HOW DOES THAT OVERLAP? SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS THE BIKE MASTER PLAN IS THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW BASED ON OUR STAFFING, BASED ON WHERE WE ARE, THAT'S THE PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE DEATHS OCCURRING OF CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

THE NEXT STEP, ONCE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, WE WILL THEN BE DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE UPDATE OF THE MULTIMODAL PLAN.

OKAY.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE UPDATE OF THE MULTIMODAL PLAN WILL BE, AND, AND THIS IS JUST REALLY PRELIMINARILY SCOPING THE IDENTIFICATION

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AND THEN THE HOWARD PEAK TRAIL WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE MULTIMODAL PLAN SO THAT AS WE LOOK AT CORE DOORS THAT ARE A PART OF SA TOMORROW, WE WILL THEN SAY, OKAY, IT'S A PART OF SA TOMORROW.

NOW WITH THE UPDATE OF THE BIKE MASTER PLAN AND THE UPDATE OF THE MULTIMODAL PLAN, HOW DOES THE TRAIL NETWORK INTEGRATE INTO OUR MULTIMODAL PLAN MM-HMM.

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AND THAT'S OUR VISION FOR THE NEXT MAJOR PLAN THAT WE DO OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET ME JUST CHIME IN REAL QUICK.

I, I WANTED TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE LEAVE THE SUBJECT OF THE U D C, A LOT OF THOSE CONCEPTS THAT TAMIKA DESCRIBED ARE ALREADY IN THE CODE.

WE DO HAVE MAXIMUM PARKINGS ALREADY IN THERE.

UH, WE DO HAVE FLEXIBILITY ON, ON PARKING AS WELL.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED IN THE CODE.

SO A LOT OF THESE CODES WERE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, IT WOULD JUST BE ADJUSTING AND, AND FINE TUNING, UH, FOR WHATEVER THE PLANS CALL FOR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

THE CODE DOES ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN THERE.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN OVERHAUL, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FINE TUNING SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT EXIST ALREADY.

YEAH.

AND REALLY IT'S JUST PICTURES BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE DEVELOPERS DON'T WANNA GO.

AND WE HAVE LIKE REFERENCED ALL NATO, IT'S BEEN IN THERE FOR OVER A DECADE, DECADE I THINK NATO GUIDELINES, BUT MOST DEVELOPERS AREN'T GONNA GO AND LOOK UP THE NATO GUIDELINES.

SO IN TALKING WITH MELISSA, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO PUT PICTURES IN AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, COUNCIL MC CASTILLO.

COUNCILMAN BRAVO.

THANK YOU TAMIKA.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SORRY.

UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HEARING, I GUESS I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT MAX PARKING, UM, AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN ARE, DO WE HAVE PLANS TO PUT TOGETHER A PARKING MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY? SO JUST PARKING MAXIMUMS IN GENERAL? I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM MY EXPERIENCE.

SO IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, A LOT OF THE TRENDS, LATE NINETIES, A LOT OF THE TRENDS WITH SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT WERE PARKING MINIMUMS. AND IT'S NOW MANY CITIES ARE BECOMING DENSER AND SPACES OF PREMIUM.

A LOT OF CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, UM, JURISDICTIONS ARE GOING TO PARKING MAXIMUMS WHERE IT, DEPENDING UPON THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE AND DEPENDING UPON THE AREA PLAN AND WHAT THE LAND USE PRIORITIES ARE, IF IT'S AN OVERLAY, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS, THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTION OF, OF PARKING MAXIMUMS COMES IN.

AND THAT'S WHERE LOOKING AT WHAT THE U D C CURRENTLY SAYS, BASED ON WHAT THE AREA IS.

AND SO FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, MOST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S BASED ON WHAT THE LAND USE PRIORITIES ARE.

SO IF IT'S AN ADOPTED OVERLAY OR WHATEVER EXISTS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FOR THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THAT PLAN ALLOWS OR THE AREA ALLOWS.

SO THAT'S A JUST A TYPICAL PARKING MAXIMUM CONVERSATION.

AND SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE GOING TO FORM-BASED CODE OVER THE PAST PROBABLY 15 YEARS, TALKING ABOUT FORM-BASED CODE AND GETTING TO THE PARKING MAXIMUM HAS BEEN THE BIG SHIFT BECAUSE SO MANY CITIES ARE SHIFTING AND GETTING DENSER IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE.

AND SO MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AS ORIENTED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOBILITY OPTIONS.

AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE OF MM-HMM.

, WHAT, WHAT DOES THE CITY WANT? WHAT DO THE RESIDENTS WANT? YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

YEAH.

I MEAN I WAS, I WAS DISAPPOINTED.

LIKE RECENTLY WE, WE APPROVED THE SAHA PROJECT FOR VICTORIA COMMONS IN LA VACA, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ASKED FOR MORE PARKING.

SO THEY WENT FROM 1.3 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT TO 1.5.

I DID A BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATION AND I SAW, WELL, THEY ADDED ABOUT 80 PARKING SPACES.

AND THEN IF YOU GO FIVE STORIES HIGH, THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ANOTHER 50, UM, LIVING UNITS THAT THEY LOST BY DOING THAT.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE DENSITY DOWN THERE.

SO I GUESS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A PARKING MASTER PLAN OR SHOULD WORK DEVELOP ONE WHERE WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PARKING MAXIMUMS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, OR? I THINK PARKING IS A CONVERSATION THAT DEPENDS ON THE TRENDS.

MM-HMM.

, SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT PARKING, I LOOK AT PARKING FROM MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

HAVING BEEN AN AIRPORT PLANNER, PARKING IS A CASH COW, PARKING IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER LIVING IN AN URBAN CITY.

PARKING IS IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE LAND USE.

I LIKE TO LET THE LAND USE GUIDE WHATEVER DECISIONS WE MAKE IN TERMS OF MOBILITY AND WHAT THE PRIORITY IS.

AND I THINK DEPENDING UPON THE COMMUNITY, DEPENDING UPON MANY FACTORS, THE ACTIVITY

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IT DEPENDS ON WHAT, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THAT AREA.

SO I DON'T WANNA PRESCRIBE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I DO.

WHAT OUR ROLE IS AS A, AS A DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE THE DATA AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SOME OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE ARE PARKING STUDIES, BUT AT THE CURRENT TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE SEVEN MONTHS OLD, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S NOT A FOCUS FOR US.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR WHEELHOUSE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S NOT BEING MANAGED OR TAKEN CARE OF BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND SO, BEING A NEW DEPARTMENT, ROD AND I, AND HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHICH DEPARTMENTS MAKE SENSE TO BE IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE TO SLOW WALK BUILDING A NEW DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY FIRST AND FOREMOST TO DO THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN THE BUDGET.

BUT IN MY GRAND VISION YEAH.

PARKING, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, SCOOTERS AND ALL THESE THINGS MAKE SENSE TO BE IN A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS TODAY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FUNCTIONS.

THEY DO A LOT OF THOSE STUDIES, BUT WE ARE IN OUR INFANCY.

SO I WANNA MANAGE THE EXPECTATION AND RECOGNIZE THAT PARKING STUDIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO AS A CITY.

WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, BUT I THINK IT, IT HAS TO BE DONE HOLISTICALLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE TAMIKA, MYSELF, MAYBE MIKE, SHANNON, MELISSA, COME AND SIT WITH YOU.

LET, LET'S GO OVER THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THE CODE BECAUSE I, I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT'S THERE.

'CAUSE THERE ARE MINIMUMS, THERE ARE MAXIMUMS, RIGHT? DEPENDING ON OVERLAY DISTRICTS, THERE ARE FLEXIBILITIES WITH PARKING.

UH, LET, LET'S LOOK AT THAT FIRST AND LET'S SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOUR IDEAS ARE, WHERE YOU WANNA GO, WHERE YOU WANNA FINE TUNE.

I MEAN, THIS IS VERY NEW TO ME, SO I'M LOOKING TO LEARN MORE.

SO THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

OKAY.

UM, TAMIKA, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS SLOW STREETS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT SLOW STREET NETWORK FOR CYCLING.

I JUST, UM, WANTED TO FIND OUT WHEN, UH, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO COME.

SO THE NAME CHANGED.

OH, OKAY.

WE CHANGED IT.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS AS WE LEARN MORE.

SO SLOW STREETS IS A CONCEPT THAT WAS COINED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY TOOK STREETS AND CLOSED THEM IN ORDER TO FACILITATE, UM, JUST NO CARS DRIVING THROUGH AND DOING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

SO JUST IMAGINE A BLOCK PARTY WHERE YOU GET THE PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO CLOSE THE BLOCK.

IT'S BEEN CALLED SLOW STREETS, BUT I JUST CALL IT A BLOCK PARTY.

UM, SO I THINK WE CALLED IT SLOW STREETS 'CAUSE WE WERE SLOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

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YEAH.

SO SLOW STREETS, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING FOR THEM.

BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH OUR BIKE I M P THIS YEAR IS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING CORRIDORS ACROSS THE CITY THAT HAVE SPECIFIC CRITERIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOW SPEEDS.

NOT TOO MANY ACTIVITY CENTERS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THOSE STREETS AND DEMONSTRATE AND PILOT WHERE WE CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE ASPHALT.

AND THIS IS PRIMARILY THOSE ROADS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE DESIGNATED BIKE ROUTES ALREADY, AND THEY HAVE VERY LOW SPEEDS.

THEY DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES, AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS TO WHERE CYCLISTS CAN TAKE THE ROAD AND AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS CAN HAVE OTHER PARALLEL OPTIONS, BUT CYCLISTS CAN RIDE SAFELY AND NOT FEEL ENCUMBERED BY HAVING TO BE RELEGATED TO A SHORT, NARROW BIKE LANE.