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          COMMITTEE, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          CHAIR KA HDA. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          WE HAVE IMPORTANT WORK TO DO THIS AFTERNOON. 
          TODAY WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THE BICYCLE NETWORK PLAN AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE RA ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY. 
          WE'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT OUR DOCKLESS VEHICLE CONTRACTS. 
          SO LET'S GET TO WORK. 
          [1. Approval of minutes for the November 16, 2021 Transportation and Mobility Council Committee Meeting.]
THE FIRST ITEM IN OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANYBODY? OKAY. 
          UH, UH, MOTION FROM COUNTER. 
          OH, TWO SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          UH, A QUICK REMINDER THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE SEVEN MINUTES TO SPEAK THE FIRST ROUND AND THREE THE SECOND WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON THE BICYCLE NETWORK PLAN UPDATE. 
          THE SECOND GONNA BE, UM, BROAD TODAY. 
          WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON TO THE DOCKLESS VEHICLES, UH, THE WAIT ON THE WEEKEND? OH, 
          [4. A briefing and possible action on the agreements for dockless vehicle operators Razor USA, LLC, and Bird Rides, Inc., and a recommendation to extend the existing agreements for one year. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development and Operations]]
YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL START WITH, UM, ITEM FOUR, THEN A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AGREEMENTS FOR DOCKLESS VEHICLE OPERATORS. 
          RAZOR, U S A L L C AND BIRD RIDES, INC. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR. 
          JOHN JACKS WITH CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          I HAVE A VERY BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION TO GIVE YOU. 
          UM, IT'LL BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, AND THEN WE CAN GET TO ANY QUESTIONS. 
          JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY REMINDER. 
          BACK IN, UH, JUNE OF 2018, UH, DOCKLESS VEHICLES WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE STREETS OF, OF SAN ANTONIO, PRIMARILY IN THE DOWNTOWN AND IN SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          UM, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE DEVELOPED A PILOT, UH, PROGRAM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM, TO GET US THROUGH A A PERIOD WHERE WE COULD STUDY THEM AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMETHING, UH, MORE PERMANENT. 
          SO WE ESTABLISHED THAT PILOT PROGRAM IN OCTOBER OF 2018. 
          UH, AT THE TIME DURING THE PILOT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN OPERATORS, UM, OPERATING IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WITH A TOTAL OF 14,000 VEHICLES PERMITTED, UM, UNDER THAT PILOT PROGRAM. 
          UM, BASED ON OUR, OUR DATA, WE DIDN'T SEE THAT MANY VEHICLES DEPLOYED, BUT THAT'S HOW MANY WE ISSUED PERMITS FOR. 
          UH, IN THE FALL OF 2019, WE RELEASED AN R F P. 
          UM, BASICALLY THE INTENT OF THAT WAS TO RIGHT SIZE, UH, THE, THE, AND, AND LOWER THE NUMBER OF VENDORS TO GET DOWN TO MORE, UM, KIND OF REASONABLE MANAGEABLE SYSTEM FOR OUR STREETS. 
          UH, AND THEN LATER IN THAT, UH, UH, FALL, LATE FALL OF 2019, WE AWARDED A CONTRACT, UH, TO RAZOR AND BIRD, WHO ARE CURRENTLY THE TWO OPERATORS OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, AND EACH OPERATOR HAS THE RIGHT TO DEPLOY, UH, UP TO A THOUSAND VEHICLES UNDER THAT CONTRACT. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, STATUS ON THAT CONTRACT, THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES, UH, THIS MONTH. 
          IT WAS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. 
          UH, IT INCLUDED IN A, UH, AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, A ONE YEAR EXTENSION. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE APPROVE THAT EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING TWO VENDORS, UM, BIRD AND RAISER, AND THEN WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT YEAR, UH, WORKING ON A, A NEW R F P TO BE RELEASED IN THE SUMMER OF, OF 2022. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF, OF KIND OF WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. 
          SO IN JANUARY OF 2019, UM, WHEN THE, THE, THE PILOT FIRST STARTED, THERE WERE ABOUT 6,000 VEHICLES DEPLOYED ON A DAILY, UH, AVERAGE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY. 
          UM, OVER TIME THAT NUMBER STARTED TO DECLINE UNTIL WE GET TO JANUARY 20, IS WHEN THE NEW, UH, CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED AND WENT INTO EFFECT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER CAME DOWN DRAMATICALLY, UM, PROBABLY FOR TWO REASONS. 
          ONE IS THERE WAS, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS INTEREST. 
          UM, WE HAD QUITE A FEW, UH, VENDORS OUT THERE, AND THEN THERE WAS A TRANSITION FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM TO THE, UH, CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED. 
          AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED AND THEY STARTED, THE TWO COMPANIES STARTED, UH, THE PANDEMIC HIT. 
          AND THAT HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT, UH, ON THE, THE NUMBER OF RIDES AND THE NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENT, UM, TO A POINT WHERE BASICALLY THEY WERE NOT OPERATIONAL. 
          WE HAD ONE OF THE VENDORS COMPLETELY PULLED ALL THEIR VEHICLES FROM THE STREET, UM, IN THAT KIND OF EARLY TO LATE SPRING. 
          UH, WHEN COVID FIRST HIT, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A REBOUND, UM, THAT SUMMER 
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IN 2020. 
          AND THEN IT STAYED PRETTY, UH, STEADY, UM, SINCE THEN. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S DRAMATICALLY REDUCED FROM, UM, WHAT IT WAS WHEN THE VEHICLES WERE FIRST DEPLOYED. 
          RIDERSHIP, UM, IS, IS FOLLOWING KIND OF OUR TREND AS IT RELATES TO VISITORS COMING TO DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST DEPLOYED, THERE WAS, THIS IS RIDERSHIP BASED ON A, A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          UM, SO IN JANUARY OF 2019, THERE WAS UPWARDS OF, OF 250,000 RIDES, UM, PER MONTH. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THAT NUMBER KIND OF STEADILY DECLINED. 
          UM, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE THE DEPLOYMENT WAS, WAS REACTING TO THE NUMBER OF RIDES AS IT WAS COMING DOWN. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, UH, WHEN COVID STARTED, UM, IN MARCH, APRIL OF, OF 2020, THERE WAS A DRAMATIC DECREASE, UH, IN RIDERSHIP. 
          UM, IT HAS COME BACK, UM, AND IT'S COMING BACK AND IT'S TRENDING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT, HOW IT DID THE PREVIOUS SUMMER ON TRACK WITH, UM, VISITORS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACTORS. 
          THAT WOULD BE BIRD AND RAZOR. 
          AND THEN WE SPEND THE NEXT, UH, UH, YEAR, UM, WORKING ON DEVELOPING AN R F P KIND OF LEARNING WHAT WE LEARNED. 
          UM, PREVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE BASICALLY HAD A YEAR OF, OF, UM, OF NO RIDERSHIP OR VERY, UM, DIFFERENT RIDERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO WE THINK WE CAN USE THIS ADDITIONAL YEAR AS THINGS START TO COME BACK TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF, OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THIS WOULD BE A HIGH PROFILE SOLICITATION BECAUSE OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, UM, INTEREST IN THIS. 
          IT WAS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT PREVIOUSLY, SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THOSE NEW CONTRACTS WITH, UM, NEW VENDORS, THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT OF JANUARY, 2023. 
          SO A YEAR FROM NOW. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, HAVE IN YOUR, HAS YOUR DATA SHOWED THAT THE, UM, THESE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF, UM, REALLY THE COMMUNITY ENSURING THAT THE SCOOTERS ARE BEING PARKED, UM, OR ARE MORE SPECIFICALLY NOT BEING PARKED WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE? SURE. 
          UH, YES, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY, THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD PARTNERS. 
          UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY REACTIVE. 
          WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES, THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE TO CORRECTING THOSE. 
          UM, AND WE'VE BEEN IN, UH, CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, UM, THROUGHOUT THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS. 
          UM, IN FACT, A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE WHEN WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, RIOTING IN DOWNTOWN, UM, LAST YEAR. 
          UM, WE ASKED THE, THE COMPANIES TO REMOVE ALL THEIR VEHICLES FROM THE STREETS, UM, FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE COULD PICK ONE UP AND PERHAPS THROW IT THROUGH A BUSINESS WINDOW. 
          AND THEY IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED BY, UM, REMOVING ALL THE VEHICLES, UM, IN A MATTER OF HOURS. 
          THEY WERE, THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD PARTNERS. 
          GOOD. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          IS THERE, UM, WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND EXTENDING THIS CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO OPENING IT UP AGAIN? WELL, PART OF IT IS OBVIOUSLY TIMING, BECAUSE THE CONTRACTS DO EXPIRE THIS MONTH. 
          UM, I THINK THE BIGGER REASON IS BECAUSE LIKE A LOT OF OUR, UM, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH, THEY BASICALLY LOST A YEAR OF THEIR CONTRACT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO IN, IN KIND OF BEING CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CONTRACTS WE HAVE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THESE TWO, UM, TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REGAIN THAT YEAR. 
          IT ALSO, IT ALSO WOULD PREVENT ANY DISRUPTION OF SERVICE, UH, AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ANOTHER YEAR OF, OF, UM, DATA AND, AND PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS. 
          SO WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED, UM, WITH A NEW R F P AND WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD THAT GO. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          JACK. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE. 
          WEREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO GET SOME KIND OF REVENUE FROM THESE, THIS CONTRACT? UH, WE DID. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAD THE, THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT WAS SET UP WAS A, UM, THERE'S A FEE PER VEHICLE, AND THEN THERE WAS A ADDITIONAL REVENUE GAIN PER RIDE. 
          SO IN, IN 2020 WE RECEIVED $20,000 IN THE PER VEHICLE PERMIT FEES, AND THEN, UM, 145,000 IN RIDERSHIP REVENUE. 
          SO THAT'S FOR F Y 2020, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $165,000. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN 2021, UM, REVENUE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE 20 20,000 IN VEHICLE PERMIT FEES IS THE SAME BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF VEHICLES. 
          AND THEN WE HAD, UH, 250,000 IN RIDERSHIP REVENUE. 
          SO FOR A TOTAL OF WHAT, UH, TOTAL OF 269,000, WHICH GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT KEEPING THAT THE SAME? UH, IT WOULD BE FOR THIS, 
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THIS, IF THIS CONTRACT IS EXTENDED? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE WOULD KEEP THE SAME FEES IN PLACE. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE BECAUSE AGAIN, CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING FOR THIS AND IT'S KIND OF GOES WITH MY, UH, PROBLEMS WITH OUR PARKING FEE STRUCTURE DOWNTOWN. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY, TO ME, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WAY UP IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN TO COME DOWNTOWN AND PAY THAT PARKING FEE, UH, WHICH REALLY, UH, TAKES AWAY FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF COMING DOWNTOWN WITH PAYING THAT MUCH FOR A PARKING FEE. 
          AND SO, I, I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS. 
          WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PUTTING THE NEXT R F P TOGETHER SURE. 
          IS, ARE WE OUT TO MAKE A BUCK ON THIS DEAL OR ARE WE HERE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE? AND, AND HOW MUCH ARE WE ASKING IN RETURN FROM THOSE, FROM THOSE COMPANIES TO, UM, KEEP OPERATING HERE ON OUR STREETS? RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M ONE TO TRY TO KEEP THE PRICING LOW AS PO AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN, UH, FOR THAT. 
          UM, THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLAN PUT TOGETHER FOR PARKING THESE VEHICLES AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC AREAS TO PARK. 
          UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE THIS LAID OUT IN SOME KIND OF PLAN THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED AND THAT KIND OF THING? YEAH, WE DID AS, AS PART OF THAT, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, WE, UM, THERE WAS A PARKING PLAN, UH, PARKING FRAMEWORK, I THINK IS WHAT WE CALLED IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED. 
          AND WE, WE DID THAT TOGETHER WITH THE OPERATORS. 
          UM, WE NEEDED THEIR INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT AREAS REALLY WORK OR DON'T WORK. 
          UM, SO WE DID DEVELOP THAT PLAN AND THAT, AND THAT PLAN INCLUDES, UM, KIND OF SOME BEST PRACTICES, UM, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT PARKING, SPECIFIC PARKING AREAS FOR THEM. 
          UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, THERE'S SOME NEW, UM, SCOOTER RACKS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, DEPLOYED DOWNTOWN. 
          THEY'RE KIND OF A, A PERMANENT RACK FOR, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR SCOOTERS THAT WAS PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE PUT SOME OF THOSE IN PLACE AND, AND SOME OF THE INITIAL, UM, REVENUE THAT WAS GENERATED DURING THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS USED TO TO PURCHASE THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I, I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN THAT PLAN WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THESE PLACES ARE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PARK SURE. 
          AROUND DOWNTOWN. 
          CAN YOU GET THE, A COPY OF THAT PLAN OUT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE CAN SEND IT TO EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, THERE'S, THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT SCOOTERS BEING LEFT OUT IN THE, IN NO MAN'S LAND, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND HOW ARE THOSE, HOW ARE THOSE TREATED? WELL, THERE, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO PARK IN A DESIGNATED, UM, SPACE. 
          WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OPER UH, THE OPERATORS, NOT THE OPERATORS, SORRY, THE THE VENDORS, BUT THE ACTUAL USERS, UH, THE CUSTOMER TO MAKE A, A MORE INFORMED DECISION ABOUT HOW TO PROPERLY PARK THE VEHICLE. 
          SO WE ADDED, UH, THE, THE, UM, KIND OF HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD BE THE MARKINGS ON THE SIDEWALK SAYING, THIS IS A, YOU DON'T, THERE'S NO QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HOW TO PARK OR WHERE TO PARK. 
          YOU CAN PARK IT HERE AND MAKE SURE THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT. 
          SAME THING WITH THE SCOOTER RACKS. 
          WE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS WHERE, UM, WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, HIGHER THAN NORMAL WINDS DUE TO THE BUILDINGS, AND WE IDENTIFIED THOSE AS AREAS WHERE WE NEEDED THE SCOOTER RACKS. 
          'CAUSE THOSE RACKS HELP PREVENT THE SCOOTERS FROM FALLING. 
          UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT STILL GONNA HAVE ISSUES WHERE AN IN AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PARK THE SCOOTER IN AN AREA THAT'S NOT, UM, ACCEPTABLE. 
          IT MAY BE BLOCKING A A D A RAMP, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, IN THOSE CASES, UM, WE'RE RELYING ON OUR OWN TEAM TO EITHER PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S A FALLEN VEHICLE OR IT'S, OR IT'S IN THE WAY, AND THEN MOVE IT, UM, PEOPLE CALLING AND REPORTING, UM, TO 3 1 1 THAT THERE'S A VEHICLE IN VIOLATION. 
          AND THEN NOTIFYING THE, UM, THE OPERATORS THAT THEY HAVE SOME VEHICLES IN VIOLATION THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED. 
          SO HOW DO THE OPERATORS OR HOW DO WE, UH, GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE RIDERSHIP AS TO WHERE THEY CAN OR CAN'T PARK HERE IN TOWN? SURE. 
          AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE, PART OF THE, UM, INITIAL FUNDING. 
          WE, UM, IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS OF, OF, UM, WHERE WE NEEDED TO, TO, TO SPEND THAT REVENUE. 
          AND ONE OF IT WAS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ANOTHER OF IT WAS IN MARKETING MATERIALS AND, AND EDUCATION. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT IS, IS TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OF, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO PARK? WHERE SHOULD YOU RIDE OR NOT RIDE? SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT AND PUSH THAT THE VENDORS DO IT THROUGH THEIR APP WHEN SOMEONE IS, IS EITHER SIGNING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME OR THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE OPENING A VEHICLE TO RIDE IT. 
          AND THEN WE CONTINUED TO PUSH THAT MESSAGING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER, UM, OUTLETS. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, 
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YEAH, I, I'VE NEVER RIDDEN ONE OF THE THINGS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION IS COMING, BUT CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH AND MAYBE THE REST OF US THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, A DEMONSTRATION ON WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT RIDER IS ACTUALLY GONNA SEE WHEN THEY GET ON ONE TO USE IT? IS IT IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS THAT THEY CAN GO THEN PARK AFTER THEY'RE THROUGH USING IT, THAT KIND OF THING? YEAH, SO MOST OF IT IS, UM, AN INITIAL EDU WHEN YOU, UH, DOWNLOAD THE APP. 
          UM, YOU CAN'T, YOU CANNOT UNLOCK A VEHICLE WITHOUT USING THE APP AND IN, IN, IN MOST CASES. 
          AND, UM, SO THAT THERE'S AN ED KIND OF AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE TO THAT APP, UM, KIND OF A TUTORIAL OKAY. 
          THAT IT TAKES YOU THROUGH BEFORE YOU CAN OPEN THE VEHICLE ALRIGHT. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND THEN EACH TIME THEY WOULD, WOULD OPEN A VEHICLE, THEN THEY'D GET A REMINDER ABOUT, HEY, DON'T RIDE ON THE SIDEWALKS, UM, PROP PARK IT PROPERLY, . 
          UM, AND WE ALSO HAD THEM PUT SOME ACTUAL, UH, PHYSICAL, UH, IDENTIFICATION ON THE VEHICLES THAT SAY THINGS LIKE, DON'T RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, ACTUALLY PUT UP IN, IN VARIOUS PLACES LIKE ENTRANCES TO THE RIVERWALK WHERE THERE MAY BE AN 80, 88 RAMP THAT THEY COULD RIDE DOWN. 
          WE HAVE SOME SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT REMINDS THEM THAT SCOOTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE, UH, RIVERWALK. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THEY DO HAVE, UM, BUILT INTO THE, THE DEVICE, THE DEVICES, THE G P S CAPABILITY. 
          IT WILL BASICALLY SLOW DOWN THE, THE VEHICLE IF YOU'RE IN AN AREA YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN, LIKE THE RIVER WALK. 
          GREAT. 
          MA'AM, I JUST HAVE ONE SHORT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU HIT ON A TOPIC THAT STILL IS, UH, A HOT TOPIC WITH THESE SCOOTERS, SIDEWALKS VERSUS STREETS. 
          SURE. 
          AND ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH OUR POLICE OR ANYBODY TO KEEP 'EM OFF THE SIDEWALKS? ARE THERE ANY TICKETS BEING ISSUED, THAT KIND OF THING? THERE, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW. 
          THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE WE WERE HIRING OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS OR PAYING THEM OVERTIME TO DO JUST SCOOTER PATROL. 
          THEY PRIMARILY ISSUED WARNINGS, UM, AND NOT VERY MANY CITATIONS. 
          I THINK WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IS REALLY REPEAT VIOLATORS, OR IF SOMEBODY WAS DOING SOMETHING EXTREMELY, UM, DANGEROUS, UM, THEN THEY WOULD ISSUE A CITATION. 
          BUT THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THEY ISSUED WERE WARNINGS THEY DID. 
          AND THEY DID ISSUE QUITE A FEW WARNINGS, UM, TO INDIVIDUALS ON SIDEWALKS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          WHEN THINGS SLOWED DOWN. 
          THEY DID STOP THAT ENFORCEMENT FOR A TIME PERIOD. 
          BUT IT HAS SINCE STARTED AGAIN. 
          AND SO PRIMARILY IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL, UM, TOOL AND, AND LIKE ANY, UH, UH, CITATION THAT THE POLICE WOULD CHOOSE, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THAT OFFICE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF HE FEELS THAT OR HE OR SHE FEELS THAT IT'S, IT WARRANTS A TICKET, THEN THEY WOULD ISSUE A CITATION. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, JACK. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU JACK FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          SURE. 
          UM, BEFORE, UM, APPROVING OR EXTENDING THIS CONTRACT, UM, CAN THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE BRAVED ON 3 1 1 CALLS, WHETHER IT BE CONCERNS ABOUT FOLKS RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK, MAYBE ISSUES WITH PAYMENT OR POTENTIAL INJURY? UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE CALLS PRIMARILY ARE ABOUT FOR 2, 3, 1, 1? YEAH, SURE. 
          I CAN ASK PAULA STALCUP TO, UM, WE, WE DID THAT PREVIOUSLY, UM, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO, TO LOOK AT A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT, WHAT WERE MORE COMMON TYPES OF COMPLAINTS WE WERE GETTING. 
          UH, MOST OF THOSE WERE EITHER BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK, UM, OR RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          BUT I CAN ASK PAULA TO, UM, TO PROVIDE US A KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPES OF CALLS, IF YOU LIKE. 
          I CAN JUST SEND THEM TO YOU ALL AS A COMMITTEE BEFORE THE NEXT, BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO FULL COUNSEL, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A BRIEFING, UM, BEFORE WE WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT CAN ALSO PROVIDE IN, UH, INSIGHT INTO, UH, THE, THOSE WITH BEST PRACTICES. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD CONCERN ABOUT, UM, THE METER. 
          IT CONTINUES TO RUN AND THEN SOMEONE HAS LIKE A LARGE BILL. 
          UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE GLITCHES OR LET, UM, THE CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT THIS IS ON OUR RADAR. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HAVE WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH VIA ABOUT POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS? I KNOW THERE ARE, UM, INDIVIDUALS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO WORK IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, UM, IF THEY MISS THE VIA LINEUP, UM, THEY USE A RAZOR SCOOTER TO GET HOME. 
          UM, SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE A DOCK NEAR THESE VIA BUS STATIONS. 
          UM, BUT DO WE ALSO KNOW IF METRICS ARE COLLECTED, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S HEAT MAPS ON WHERE THESE RAZOR SCOOTERS OR NOT RAZOR, THE SCOOTERS IN GENERAL ARE BEING LEFT AND PICKED UP AT? YEAH, WE DO. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, WE DID THAT PREVIOUSLY AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT TOO. 
          WE, WE HAVE, UM, SOME DATA FROM THE COMPANY THAT SHOWS US WHERE PEOPLE ARE RIDING BASICALLY. 
          UM, IT, UH, IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED, UM, SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
          MOST PEOPLE WE, WE KNOW IT'S CONCENTRATED, UM, OBVIOUSLY IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA AND WITHIN DOWNTOWN IT'S PRIMARILY, UH, THE KIND OF EASTERN END OF DOWNTOWN ALONG, UM, ALAMO STREET CONVENTION 
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CENTER, THE ALAMO, AND A LITTLE BIT EAST AND WEST ON COMMERCE AND MARKET. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRIMARILY FOLLOWING WHERE, UM, VISITORS MAY GO, UM, IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          BUT YES. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THE VIA WAS PART OF THE, UM, CONVERSATION ORIGINALLY. 
          IN FACT, THEY WERE ON THE, UM, ON THE PANEL FOR THE R F P THE FIRST TIME, TRYING TO LOOK FOR AND IDENTIFY, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO CONNECT, UM, THOSE TWO TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS. 
          AND, UM, AND I, I, IT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I DIDN'T MENTION IT. 
          BUT WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH TAMIKA AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS IT TO TRY TO LEVERAGE, UM, KIND OF THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCE AND THEIR EXPERTISE, UM, AS WELL AS VIA TOO. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS, JACK. 
          SURE. 
          THANKS CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO? COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR. 
          PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME OR IF I, I CUT OUT AT SOME POINT. 
          UM, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS WAS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UH, PRIOR TO MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. 
          SO, UM, SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMING FOR THIS RENEWAL? SURE. 
          THE, THE, THE CONTRACT EX, UH, EXPIRES THIS MONTH. 
          UM, WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO YOU ALL IN DECEMBER, BUT DECEMBER'S MEETING WAS, UM, CANCELED. 
          UM, PART OF IT TOO WAS NOT REALLY SURE WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE, UM, GONNA PROCEED WITH A EXTENDING THESE CONTRACTS OR SHOULD WE DO AN R F P. 
          UM, I THINK LOOKING BACK, UH, THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THE, BASICALLY THE INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE THAT WAS, UM, UM, THAT THEY, UH, HAD TO GO THROUGH, UM, REALLY LED TO OUR RECOMMENDATION OF WE THINK WE SHOULD JUST EXTEND THESE CONTRACTS WITH THE CURRENT OPERATORS. 
          SO WE DON'T EXPERIENCE A DISRUPTION IN SERVICE. 
          UM, IT GIVES US SOME TIME, UM, ANOTHER YEAR TO, TO GET ANOTHER YEAR OF DATA. 
          WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR, AND THAT ONE YEAR HAS NOT BEEN GREAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS AS YOU KNOW, UM, WITH THIS PANDEMIC AS WELL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT YEAR'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL GET BETTER AND WE'LL SEE. 
          WE'LL REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE, UM, TO HAVE THESE ON THE STREETS AND HAVE A NORMAL, UM, KIND OF SPRING AND SUMMER, WHICH IS A BUSIER TIME OF THE YEAR. 
          IT DOES LOOK LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE USING THEM. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE SEE THE RIDERSHIP IS UP. 
          UM, BUT, BUT BASICALLY, UM, THIS CONTRACT WOULD EXPIRE THIS MONTH. 
          UM, IT'S OKAY. 
          I THINK IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DELAY, WE'LL JUST GO MONTH TO MONTH, BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, UH, RENEW THIS OR EXTEND THIS CONTRACT PER THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE, UH, WITH BURDEN RAISE. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WHEN WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT AND WENT IN THIS DIRECTION, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT I RECALL BEING MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT HOW THESE COULD BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, A FEW THINGS THAT I RECALL ARE, UH, DISCUSSIONS AROUND GEO-FENCING SO THAT THE VEHICLES WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OPERATE IF THEY GOT INTO A CERTAIN LOCATION. 
          ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER CONCERN THAT CAME UP WAS WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE IN BROADER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE DOCKLESS VEHICLES. 
          AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, STAFF HAD MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD WORK ON WITH THE CONTRACTORS. 
          AND ANOTHER ISSUE, UH, WAS MENTIONED BY COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH, UH, VEHICLES BLOCKING, UH, SIDEWALKS OR BEING IN THE WAY. 
          UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION YOU HAVEN'T COME BACK TO US WITH ANY PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UH, BEFORE ASKING US TO RENEW THIS. 
          UM, SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE RENEWAL IF WE HAD, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE PART OF THE VENDORS AND HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO? YEAH, SURE. 
          I CAN JUST KIND OF JUST BRIEFLY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SHOWING YOU THE DATA, UM, WE DID HAVE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME, A PERIOD WHERE WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE VEHICLES OUT ON THE STREET, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATA FOR THAT. 
          WHAT WE'VE, WE EXPERIENCED SOME STRUGGLES WITH THEIR OPERATING SYSTEM AND 3 1 1 TRYING TO GET GOOD DATA ON KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IS THE RESPONSE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS SOMEONE WOULD CALL 3 1 1 REPORT A, UH, A VIOLATION OR A POTENTIAL VIOLATION, UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE FORWARDED, UM, TO EACH COMPANY, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UNDER THE CONTRACT, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS. 
          UM, WHAT WE FOUND WAS, IS THAT THAT, UM, COMMUNICATING ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS WAS VERY CHALLENGING. 
          UM, SO, AND, AND THEN WE, AT ONE POINT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, REALLY ANY OPERATION GOING ON AT ALL DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO, UM, GOING BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR, 
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I ASKED MY ENFORCEMENT, MY PARKING ENFORCEMENT TEAM JUST TO JUST CREATE OUR OWN MONITORING, UM, SYSTEM WHERE WE COULD, WE COULD PHYSICALLY GO OUT THERE AND MONITOR THE VEHICLES. 
          SO WE WOULD, WE HAD, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD IDENTIFY A, A, A VIOLATION, AND THEN WE WOULD CALL THE COMPANY AND THEN SEE HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO COME, UM, FIX THAT, UH, THAT ERROR. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THERE WAS ABOUT A 78%, UM, WE'RE RESPONDING WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME, UM, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. 
          BUT I CAN GIVE YOU BETTER, MORE DETAIL ON THAT FOR OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          QUESTIONS? YEAH. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND ABOUT THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE FROM COUNCIL, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, I KNOW IT'S A ONE YEAR RENEWAL, BUT NONETHELESS, IT IS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT AND, UH, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO PAIR IT WITH THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL US, UM, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU GOT FROM THE, THE SCOOTER COMPANIES THEMSELVES BASE ABOUT RIDERSHIP? JUST LOOKING AT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE AT FIRST I WAS TOLD THAT RIDERSHIP DROPPED DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT WHEN I LOOK CLOSER, IT LOOKS, LOOKING AT THIS GRAPH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT REALLY DROPPED A LOT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THIS A BIG FAD AT FIRST AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE NEW COOL FACTOR AS MUCH ANYMORE. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN, WHEN THE PANDEMIC SUBSIDES, LIKE IF, IF THESE NUMBERS WILL JUMP UP SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT, IT'S BEEN, UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE CHALLENGE WITH, WITH NOT HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF, UM, TIME TO, TO REALLY KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TRENDS ARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY PERSONAL OPINION AND I THINK, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE SHARE IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF RIDERS ARE PROBABLY VISITORS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THERE, THERE'S PROBABLY A CORE, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCALS WHO ARE USING THEM PURELY FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES TO GET MAYBE TO WORK OR, UM, OR TO THEIR CAR TO WORK OR THAT LAST MILE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THE RIDERSHIP TRENDS REALLY SHOWS, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN OF VISITORS THAT WE HAVE COMING TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THAT DROP RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          'CAUSE HISTORICALLY, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE VERY SLOW TIMES, UM, IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT, THE, THE GRAPH LOOKS SIMILAR TO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE GO RIO, UH, BARGE TICKET SALES, UM, VERY LITTLE, UM, VISITOR TRAFFIC IN THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          UH, AND THERE IS A POINT WHERE THERE WERE VERY FEW VEHICLES DEPLOYED AS WELL, SO THEY JUST WEREN'T THERE, BUT THERE WAS REALLY NOBODY DOWNTOWN AT THAT TIME VISITING EITHER. 
          UM, AND SO IT, AND PART OF THAT TOO, UM, WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE RIDING THAT HEAT MAP, UM, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. 
          IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE PRIMARILY RIDING THEM IN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH VISITOR OR HIGH VISITATION TRAFFIC. 
          UM, SOME OF IT'S ANECDOTAL, IT'S JUST WHAT I SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I SEE PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET THE SAME PERSON. 
          SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT TAKING IT ANYWHERE, THEY'RE JUST RIDING IT AROUND. 
          BUT I THINK WITH MORE TIME, UH, AND MORE DATA, PROBABLY PRIMARILY THROUGH SURVEYING OF RIDERS, CAN WE GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW ARE THEY REALLY USING THEM? UM, AND WHEN ARE THEY USING THEM? WE, WE KNOW WHERE THE SCOOTERS ARE GOING. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THEM WITHOUT DOING A, A SURVEY TRYING TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHY DID YOU RENT THIS SCOOTER AND WHY DID YOU, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT ROUTE? WHAT WAS YOUR PURPOSE OF YOUR TRIP? UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS YEAR WITH THE CURRENT OPERATORS TO HELP US HELP INFORM US ABOUT WHAT A NEW R F P WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, IN NEW OPERATORS. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TODAY AND SEND IT TO FULL COUNSEL, WHEN WOULD IT GO TO COUNCIL? UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY GO EARLY NEXT MONTH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO MONTH TO MONTH IN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE APPROVE THIS TODAY OR NOT TO GO TO FULL COUNSEL. 
          YOU SAID THAT, DID YOU NOT SAY THAT THIS CONTRACT ENDS THIS MONTH? THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT ENDS IN JAN IN THIS MONTH. 
          UM, AND SO IF THE CONTRACT EXPIRED, WE WOULD JUST HOLD OVER THE TWO, UM, CONTRACTS UNTIL YOU ALL VOTED ON WHETHER OR NOT TO RENEW THESE, THESE EXTENSIONS. 
          GOT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, SCOOTERS AFFECT DISTRICT ONE MORE THAN MOST COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT, BUT IT PARTIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS A HOT TOPIC. 
          AND SO I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE TIME TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, SOME KIND OF PUB TOWN HALL OR PUBLIC INPUT SESSION WITH MY CONSTITUENTS, BUT LET TO LET THEM LEARN ABOUT THIS, UM, BEFORE WE MAKE ANY FINAL DECISION ON THE CONTRACT EXTENSION. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT CERTAINLY, 
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NOW IT IS PRIMARILY DISTRICT ONE. 
          WHEN THEY WERE FIRST DEPLOYED, UM, THERE WERE SOME IN THAT I THINK THE COMPANIES WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WAS A DEMAND IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN. 
          SO RIGHT NOW IT'S PRIMARILY LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN AND THEN A LITTLE BIT UP AROUND U T S A. 
          THERE'S SOME DEPLOYMENT THERE TOO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I'M, I'M FINE WITH IT MOVING FORWARD. 
          LIKE IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE VOTING FULL COUNCIL WON'T BE VOTING ON IT UNTIL FEBRUARY, AND THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME PUBLIC INPUT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. 
          SURE. 
          WE CAN DECIDE IF WE WANT TO GO MONTH TO MONTH OR, OR IF WE WANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          WHEN, WHEN DID, WHEN WOULD IT BE ESTIMATED TO GO TO COUNCIL IF WE APPROVE TODAY? UH, IT WOULD BE THE, PROBABLY THE THIRD MEETING IN FEBRUARY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO OVER A MONTH THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, DID YOU HAVE YES, THANK YOU. 
          I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO EXTEND THE CONTRACTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION? ANY SECONDS? SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? OPPOSED? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, SORRY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          [2. Briefing on the Bicycle Network Plan Update. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Tomika Monterville, Director, Transportation]]
UM, WE'LL MOVE BACK TO ITEM ONE. 
          UM, I'M SORRY. 
          ITEM TWO, UM, BRIEFING ON THE BICYCLE NETWORK PLAN. 
          HI, TAMIKA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          MY APOLOGIES FOR MY TARDINESS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          I'M TAMIKA MONVILLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          TODAY WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN UPDATE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          SO IN 2011, THE CITY COMPLETED THE BIKE MASTER PLAN, AND THIS BIKE MASTER PLAN OUTLINED A RECOMMENDED NETWORK FOR US TO INSTITUTE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          BUT A LOT OF THIS PLAN BEING THE FIRST THAT THE CITY EVER HAD WAS REALLY MORE LIKE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          IT OUTLINED WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A PLAN, WHAT THE POTENTIAL STAFFING NEEDED TO BE TO SUPPORT THAT PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION, AND ALSO WHERE WE WERE AT THAT TIME. 
          SO GIVEN THAT WE'RE OVER A DECADE LATER, IT'S AMAZING TO SAY A DECADE IN 22, 2022, WE WANT TO UPDATE THAT PLAN. 
          AND SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS NEW PLAN AND THE UPDATE WILL INCLUDE EQUITY PRIMARILY UTILIZING OUR CITY'S EQUITY ATLAS. 
          AND ALSO WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS WHERE DEMAND IS GROWING AND THE KEY CONNECTIONS WE NEED TO MAKE WITH OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT BE TRANSIT OR AUTOMOBILES. 
          AND WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT WHAT, WHERE THE GAPS ARE. 
          AND WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US AS A CITY IS SAFETY. 
          SO TAKING OUR VISION, ZERO DATA ABOUT CRASHES, SEVERE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST INJURIES, AND ALSO OVERLAYING THAT IN THE PLAN THAT WE DO DEVELOP. 
          THE CONTRACT THAT WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING OUT ON THE STREET IN MARCH WILL INCLUDE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THIS PARTICULAR NEW NETWORK OF BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND ALSO IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A FINANCIAL AND FUNDING STRATEGY AND AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CRITICAL AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR ORIGINAL PLAN AT THE TIME THAT THE 2011 PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2010, THE C THE CITY ALLOCATED $150,000 FOR BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT OVER THESE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, T C I NOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN ALLOCATING AS A PART OF THE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, A MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. 
          SO OVER 10 YEARS AGO, WE WERE ONLY PUTTING 150,000 INTO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND NOW WE'RE AT THAT POINT AS A DEPARTMENT, WE GET A HUNDRED, EXCUSE ME, WE GET A MILLION DOLLARS TO ALLOCATE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ALLOCATION OF BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I'VE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID AS A CITY, BUT ALSO AS A REGION. 
          THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ALSO CARRIED OUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT SPOKE TO THE NEED FOR BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THERE WAS THE 1997 PLAN AND THE 2005 BICYCLE MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND THEN THAT 
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GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHICH IS REALLY, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FORWARD AS A PART OF SA TOMORROW, WHICH IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR MULTIMODAL PLAN, AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PARTICULAR SCOPE OF WORK IS WE'RE TAKING IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL, AND WE'RE INTEGRATING THOSE CRITICAL ELEMENTS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR US AND FOR THIS BODY AND THE COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPLEMENT. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 264 MILES OF BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT INCLUDES CYCLE TRACKS, WHICH ARE SHARED TRACKS THAT GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR BICYCLES, MULTI-USE PATHS, ALSO BIKE LANES AND DESIGNATED BIKE ROUTES WHERE YOU CAN SHARE THE ROAD WITH AUTOMOBILES. 
          SO WHAT WE HOPE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE IS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, YOU SEE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS TO CYCLISTS IS THEY DON'T CONNECT. 
          SO WE WANNA CONNECT A SYSTEM AND HAVE A NETWORK WHERE PEOPLE KNOW MUCH LIKE YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR, THERE'S A NETWORK OF HIGHWAYS, YOU CAN SEE 14, YOU CAN SEE 1604, YOU KNOW, THAT NETWORK. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC TRANSIT NETWORK. 
          AND OUR GOAL IS WITH THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN UPDATE. 
          WE HAVE A NETWORK WHERE IF YOU ARE A BEGINNING CYCLIST OR AN ADVANCED CYCLIST, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND THE CITY WITH THE BIKE NETWORK. 
          SO THE GOALS OF THE UPDATE, SOME OF THE KEY GOALS ARE TO HAVE A HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          WE HEAR ABOUT HOW HEALTHY BIKES ARE, BUT HOW DO YOU REALLY KNOW HOW HEALTHY BIKES ARE? WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF OUR CITY? WHAT IS THE HEALTH CONDITION? WHERE WOULD IT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO INFORM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARTS OF OUR CITY WHERE THE HEALTH ISN'T AS GREAT? OR WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR THIS BIKE NETWORK? WHERE SHOULD WE HAVE CYCLE TRACKS? ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS UPDATE IS THE INTEGRATION OF THE HOWARD PEAK GREENWAY NETWORK AND CONNECTING. 
          A KEY CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS WE HAVE BIKE LANES TO NOWHERE YOU MIGHT BE IN, IN MEDICAL CENTER, AND THE LANE ENDS, AND WE WANNA CHANGE THAT WITH THIS PLAN. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCILMAN PERRY SPEAKS TO OFTEN IS, WHO'S RIDING THESE BIKE LANES? WE HAVE NOT DONE THE COMPREHENSIVE DATA COLLECTION TO KNOW WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING. 
          WE HAVEN'T SURVEYED THE PUBLIC AS A PART OF THE 2022 CITYWIDE SURVEY, WE'RE ADDING QUESTIONS ABOUT DO YOU RIDE BIKES? WHERE WOULD YOU RIDE A BIKE SO THAT WE CAN GATHER DATA TO INFORM WHERE THIS SYSTEM GOES. 
          SO OUR NEXT STEP, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PREPARED BEFORE OUR, OUR DATE FOR AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          WERE MOVED BACK TO FEBRUARY. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY AWAITING OUR D B E GOAL AS A PART OF THIS CONTRACT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION FROM TXDOT. 
          OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WILL GO TO AUDIT IN NEXT MONTH, FEBRUARY, AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS R F Q ON THE STREET IN MARCH AND FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION LATER THIS SUMMER. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU, TAMIKA. 
          UM, I'M VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHO'S THE, THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS RIDING BIKES IN SAN ANTONIO? I, I BRING IT UP OFTEN, BUT I THINK THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CYCLISTS OR THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT, UM, ARE ENGAGING IN A LEISURE ACTIVITY, AND I REMIND EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF MY DISTRICT ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 90, UM, THEY'RE USING THEIR BICYCLES AS UTILITY TO GET TO WORK. 
          IT'S YES', THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMMUTING, THEY'RE NOT JUST, IT'S NOT A, A LEISURELY SUNDAY RIDE. 
          SO I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED, INTERESTED TO GATHER THAT DATA, UM, AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT. 
          THE, UM, MY FIRST QUESTION REALLY, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE FOUR, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TYPES, UM, I THINK IT WAS THE TYPES OF BIKE LANES. 
          UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, CAN YOU, CAN YOU OR MAYBE EXPAND A LITTLE MORE ON THAT, BUT ALSO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 
          UM, THE LINES ON THE, ON THE ROAD ARE FINE, BUT I'M SURE IN ALL WE SEE IT IN MY DISTRICT A LOT THAT IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, UM, VEHICLES WILL PARK RIGHT AGAINST THE CURB OVER THAT PAINTED LINE. 
          AND THERE'S NO PLACE FOR A CYCLIST TO GO OTHER THAN THE STREET OR THE SIDEWALK. 
          SOMEONE SOMETIMES ENDANGERING, UH, PEDESTRIANS HAPPENS A LOT AROUND SCHOOLS, BY THE WAY. 
          SO, UH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE KINDS OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CITY AND THEN WHAT WE CAN EXPAND TO POTENTIALLY YES, MA'AM. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS CHART, YOU HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, WHICH MEANS THERE'S SOME FORM OF PROTECTION. 
          AND PROTECTION IS RELATIVE, RIGHT? DEPENDING UPON YOUR SAVVINESS AS A CYCLIST, HOW ADVANCED YOU ARE, WHAT PROTECTIONS YOU NEED. 
          SO A ZEBRA, IT'S A LITTLE MOUND THAT'S ABOUT A FOOT LONG, AND IT HAS WHITE STRIPES ON IT, AND IT'S BLACK, THAT'S CALLED A ZEBRA. 
          YOU OFTEN SEE THAT ON SOME BIKE LANES TO SEPARATE THE TRAVEL LANE FROM THE 
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BICYCLE LANE. 
          THAT'S A FORM OF PROTECTION. 
          ALSO, YOU MIGHT SEE DELINEATORS, WHICH ARE ABOUT THREE FEET HIGH. 
          THEY MIGHT BE FLUORESCENT IN COLOR, THEY HAVE SOME REFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON THEM, AND THEY MAY DOT THE ACTUAL BIKE LANE. 
          SO THAT'S A FORM OF PROTECTION. 
          THERE ARE ALSO EXAMPLES OF PROTECTION WHERE IN SOME CITIES THEY HAVE PLANTER BOXES, CONCRETE PLANTER BOXES THAT SEPARATE A TRAVEL LANE, OR THEY ALSO SEPARATE THE CYCLISTS FROM THE SIDEWALK AND OR A PARKING AREA. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY JUST IN HOUSTON THIS WEEKEND. 
          AND THEY USE A COMBINATION OF TOOLS. 
          THEY USE DELINEATORS, THEY USE ZEBRAS AT INTERSECTIONS, WHICH IS COMMONLY WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF FATALITIES AND INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THE BIKE LANE TO NOWHERE. 
          IT'S REALLY THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING AND WHERE YOU HAVE MOST OF THE INTERACTION WITH THE VEHICLE AND THE CYCLISTS. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF WHY THIS PLAN IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          BUT IN PRACTICE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS PAST YEAR IS WE SAID, AS A PART OF THE BIKE, I M P, WE ARE NOT INSTALLING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SPEEDS ARE OVER 35 MILES PER HOUR. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW FROM STUDIES WORLDWIDE AND IN OUR COUNTRY IS THAT STATISTICALLY YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SUCCUMB TO YOUR INJURIES AS A RESULT OF BEING ON A ROADWAY WHERE THE, A BIKE, BEING ON A BICYCLE, ON A ROADWAY WHERE THE SPEEDS ARE 35 MILES PER HOUR OR HIGHER, AND YOU'RE NOT PROTECTED. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BIKE I M P THIS YEAR IS WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ANALYSIS. 
          WE SPOKE TO YOU SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE SAFE STREETS. 
          WE WERE INITIALLY CALLING IT SLOW STREETS, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE COLLECTED DATA ON THE ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY BIKE LANES, WHERE YOU CAN SHARE A SHARED BIKE ROUTE WHERE THE SPEEDS ARE BELOW 35 MILES PER HOUR, TYPICALLY 30, WHERE WE CAN PILOT THE CONCEPT, WHERE WE CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE ASPHALT TO CONNOTE THAT, YES, YOU CAN BE HERE AS A CYCLIST AND SHARE THE WHOLE ROAD. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON NOW. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE FINE TUNING IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY, OKAY, THE, THESE ARE THE CORRIDORS WHERE WE WANNA DEMONSTRATE THIS, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE BASED ON THIS BODY'S RECOMMENDATION WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          BECAUSE THE KEY FOR MOST CYCLISTS IS THAT THEY RIDE AND THEN THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE OR IT'S NOT SAFE. 
          SO TO ELIMINATE THAT, WHAT WE WANT IS A PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES A SECONDARY, A TERTIARY NETWORK FOR YOU TO TRAVEL. 
          SO THERE'S A PRIMARY NETWORK THAT WE WANT TO COME OUT OF THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN THAT SAYS, HEY, THESE ARE THE ROUTES, THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU CAN'T TRAVEL IN THOSE LOCATIONS, THIS IS A SECONDARY ROUTE OR SYSTEM FOR YOU TO TRAVEL ON BASED ON YOUR LEVEL OF BIKE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING TO WORK, WHETHER YOU ARE AN ABBOT CYCLIST, WHETHER YOU'RE A BEGINNER. 
          BUT THE KEY IS THAT ON THE ROADWAYS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE HIGH SPEEDS, WE HAVE TO STOP INSTALLING A BIKE LANE AND SAYING THAT IT'S SAFE BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY SANCTIONING YOU INTO A SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW IS NOT INHERENTLY SAFE. 
          UM, WORDS BY PARKWAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, A T INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE SPEEDS ARE HIGH, BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO THERE BY PUTTING THOSE BIKE LANES THERE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA GET AWAY FROM HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND HAVING A NETWORK WHERE PEOPLE KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I CAN GO, THIS IS WHERE I'M PROTECTED. 
          THIS IS THE NETWORK THAT IS NOT PROTECTED, BUT I HAVE DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND THE SPEED IS BELOW 35 MILES PER HOUR. 
          SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
          SO MANY OF THE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SCOPE INCLUDE LEVELS OF STRESS. 
          ANOTHER KEY THING THAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK IS WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH ALL OF OUR INTERNAL CITY PARTNERS. 
          WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THIS IMPACTS THEM TREMENDOUSLY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENTS THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          WE'VE ALSO SHARED THIS WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO CAN, UM, IN ACCESSIBILITY. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY KIND OF MEET AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET US KNOW WHAT THEY WANNA KNOW ABOUT THIS PLAN AND HOW WE CAN MAKE A GREAT PRODUCT SO THAT WE GET A GREAT PRODUCT IN THE END. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER. 
          I, I REALLY DID. 
          UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT REALLY DOES ANSWER A LOT OF, OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, BIKE SAFETY AND WHAT I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PAINTED LINE ON THE ROAD THAT CARS JUST, YOU KNOW, PARK THERE ANYWAY, UM, OR, OR VEER OFF INTO THAT LANE BECAUSE THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE SPACE. 
          UM, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, UM, CREATE THE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY NETWORKS? I MEAN, I WOULD IMAGINE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS CLOSE TO THE PRIMARY NETWORK OR PRIMARY ROAD AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, BUT SINCE YOU BRING UP BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING AND THEY HAVE 
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TO WORRY, THEY WANT FOOT TRAFFIC AS WELL, RIGHT? YES MA'AM. 
          SO HOW ARE YOU, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR COMING UP WITH THOSE ALTERNATE NETWORKS? SO HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP WHAT THAT PLAN IS. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE FIRM THAT'S SELECTED TO DO THIS WORK IS GONNA WORK WITH OUR CITY AND WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO AS A PART OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT OF THIS SCOPE OF WORK, WHAT WE ARE REQUIRING IN OUR SCOPE IS THAT THE FIRMS WHO PROPOSE ON THIS WORK, THEY MUST UTILIZE THE CITY'S EQUITY ATLAS AND DEVELOP AND SHARE WITH US HOW THEY PROPOSE TO COMMUNICATE AND CONVEY THIS INFORMATION IN THE PROJECT TO RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. 
          SO WE HAVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SO THE MEANS BY WHICH WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM HAS TO CHANGE. 
          SOME PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE RADIO, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE ON TWITTER, SOME PEOPLE ARE AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, GOING TO MASS, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY MEET IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE UTILIZE THE CITY'S EQUITY ATLAS AND ALSO OUR VISION ZERO REPORT, WHICH OUTLINES WHERE THERE ARE ISSUES IN TERMS OF SAFETY. 
          SO TAKING THIS DATA, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE FIRM THAT GETS AWARDED THIS WORK IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND PROPOSING ENGAGEMENT PLAN. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE A SUSTAINED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OVER YEARS WHERE WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE AND ACTUALLY MEMORIALIZE THE FIRST CITYWIDE BIKE SURVEY BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CITY, THEY'RE NOT USING BIKES, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT USING BIKES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE BIKE LANES OR BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T USE A BIKE ANYWAY, THAT'S THE TYPE OF DATA WE NEED TO GET. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO SURVEY AND FIND THAT OUT. 
          AND WITH THE SURVEY WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE AND IMPLEMENTING WHATEVER THAT NETWORK IS, AND IF IT'S BEING RESPONSIVE, IF THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN IMPROVING THE PROTECTED VERSUS THE UNPROTECTED BIKE LANES AND THE NUMBER OF VISION ZERO DEATHS AND, UH, SERIOUS INJURIES. 
          SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE DATA INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT COUNCILMAN PERRY, BECAUSE THE DATA SHOULD INFORM HOW WE ARE INSTALLING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM IS THAT WE WERE GOING OUT TO COMMUNITIES WHERE WE WERE NOT EXPERIENCING SEVERE FATALITIES OR SEVERE, OR FATALITIES IN SEVERE INJURIES. 
          AND SO WE'VE REFRAMED OUR FOCUS ON VISION ZERO TO GO TO THOSE AREAS AND COMMUNICATE WITH THIS DATA. 
          AND SO THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO GET A LOT OF DATA FROM THIS BIKE NETWORK PLAN UPDATE. 
          WELL, THAT, THAT WAS A, UM, MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT, UH, AN EDUCATION PLAN TO GO ALONG WITH THE, THE NETWORK PLAN. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY KEY. 
          UM, AND ALSO REGARDING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UH, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST CYCLING COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO OF COURSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UH, BEING, UM, THAT THEY HAVE REGULAR INPUT INTO THE PROCESS. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, THAT RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THE BUS TO GET DOWNTOWN TO WORK, RIGHT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE NECESS AREN'T NECESSARILY, UM, LEISURE, LEISURE CYCLISTS. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THOSE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING IT SAFER FOR THEM. 
          YES. 
          AS THEY USE THE ROADS TO GET TO, TO, UH, TO WORK. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE, SO THEN WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT IT'S NOT ALL DIGITAL, IT'S NOT, WE'RE KNOCKING ON DOORS. 
          ALL THE, THE STUFF THAT WE KNOW RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE THAN, UH, YES, MA'AM. 
          JUST KIND OF PUTTING IT OUT OUT THE ALL CALL. 
          UM, SO I THINK, UH, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FOR NOW I'LL GO TO, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, IT LOOKS LIKE, THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          TAMIKA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          YOU'RE SINGING MUSIC TO MY EARS ON SOME OF THIS STUFF. 
          UH, UH, AND I'LL JUST RE REPEAT THAT. 
          WE'VE SPENT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THAT MAP IS DISJOINTED AND, AND, UH, NOT QUITE AS COMPREHENSIVE THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON, ON BIKE LANES, WHETHER IT'S A, A LINE LANE BY ITSELF OR SECTIONED OFF ON A PIECE OF PAVEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT EXTRA PAVEMENT IS OUT THERE FOR BIKE LANES AND THAT'S NOT FREE. 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, MY BIG THING HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING THESE BIKE LANES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO REACH OUT AND REACH DOWN TO GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING THAT PART OF THIS SURVEY. 
          BUT ALONG WITH THAT, UM, UH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE R F P BEFORE IT GOES OUT AND, UH, HAVE MY STAFF GO THROUGH AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS ON, ON THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS AND, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT AND ON SURVEYING, UH, WHO'S ACTUALLY USING THE BIKE LANES AND WHERE ARE THEY USE 'EM AND WHAT ARE THEY USING 
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'EM FOR? WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR METHODOLOGY FOR GETTING, ARE YOU GONNA LIFT THAT UP TO THE, THE PROPOSER TO COME UP WITH THAT METHODOLOGY OR ARE YOU GONNA HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT? YES, SIR. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE HAVE, AS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WE PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T INCLUDE QUESTIONS LIKE THIS ON THE SURVEY. 
          SO CURSORY WE'RE GONNA START THE PROCESS OR THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BIKES WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS ON THIS UPCOMING SURVEY RELATED TO BIKES. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THE, THE CONSULTANT COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS NETWORK. 
          I COULD DO IT WITH MY EYES CLOSED, PROBABLY WITH ALL OF OUR INTERNAL PEERS IN THE WORK OF THE BIKE COMMUNITY HERE, AND WITH THIS BODY AND THE COUNCIL. 
          WE COULD COME UP WITH WHAT WE NEED, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. 
          AND I THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT WE ALLOW THE CONSULTANT COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THE BEST PROPOSAL FOR US BECAUSE SOME OF THE, THE RESPONSES TO MANY OF THE TASKS IN THIS SCOPE SPEAK TO THAT SURVEY, SPEAK TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO ASK THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I DON'T WANT TO INTEGRATE ANY TYPE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH THE PROPOSALS BY INFORMATION I MAY SHARE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          WE WILL DEFINITELY GET YOUR TEAM THE SCOPE OF WORK. 
          WE'RE PUTTING SOME LITTLE, YOU KNOW, CROSSING SOME T'S AND DOTTING SOME I'S BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE TERM BICYCLE IS NOT INCLUSIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO USE CYCLING APPARATUSES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE A BIKE WITH JUST TWO WHEELS. 
          THEY MAY BE USING THREE WHEELS. 
          SO IT'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT IN HAVING OUR PEERS REVIEW THE SCOPE THAT ARE GONNA MAKE IT A GREAT SCOPE. 
          BUT THE METHODOLOGY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CONSULTANTS TO PROPOSE THE BEST METHODOLOGY TO MEET OUR NEEDS. 
          OUR NEEDS ARE TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS AND TO IMPROVE BY VIRTUE OF DOING THAT FOR CYCLISTS SAFETY, FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SAFETY FOR AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS. 
          BECAUSE A HUGE THING THAT WE HEAR IS THAT THE BIKE JUST CAME OUTTA NOWHERE. 
          SO WHAT CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR SIGNALS, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE SAFER FOR ALL OF THE ROADWAY USERS? UM, I BELIEVE THE METHODOLOGY THAT CONSULTANTS COME UP WITH, SEEING EXAMPLES IN OTHER CITIES, WE CAN DO THINGS MUCH BETTER AND WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I THINK THIS APPROACH IS GONNA HELP US BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A FUNDING AND A FINANCING STRATEGY. 
          AND THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MONEY. 
          SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING STRATEGY, WE CAN PLAN ALL THE AMAZING NETWORKS IN THE WORLD, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND IT? IS IT GOING TO BE GENERAL FUND? ARE WE GOING TO SEEK SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES? THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH WERE NOT IN THE PREVIOUS ONES, WHICH I THINK ARE MOST VALUABLE TO US, THAT IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING AND FINANCING STRATEGY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT, UH, SOME OF THE SURVEYS THAT THE CITY SENDS OUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, DOING MORE THAN ONE SURVEY FROM ONE, ONE EMAIL ADDRESS. 
          UH, IT, IT CATERS TO WHAT I WOULD SAY, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS WHERE THEY ALL PILE ON FOR A PARTICULAR YES. 
          UH, ITEM ON THAT. 
          SO, UH, I, I LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE, OUR, UM, SURVEYS THAT WAS ON THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TARGETED, IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL, UM, UH, SURVEY. 
          IT, IT WASN'T JUST PUT OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY TO USE, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO I, I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT APPROACH IS GONNA BE, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME INPUTS ON THAT AS WELL. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MARGARITA'S PROBABLY ALREADY SENDING THE R F P TO YOUR TEAM, SO . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT MY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN IS YES, SIR. 
          ARE WE GETTING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ALL OF THOSE, UH, BIKE LANES THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUT THERE? ARE PEOPLE USING 'EM REALLY TO TAKE, GET, UH, CALL IT A TRANSPORTATION, UH, OPTION OUT THERE? OR IS IT MORE JUST FOR LEISURE AND EXERCISE, THAT KIND OF THING? BECAUSE LEMME TELL YOU, I DON'T SEE VERY MANY PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT 10 RIDING THEIR BIKES DOWNTOWN DURING THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, UH, TO GO TO WORK. 
          AND I, I, I, I DON'T SEE THAT VERY MUCH AT ALL, UH, ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THIS IS, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND HOW WE, UH, FORMULATE AND FASHION THIS, THIS TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. 
          AND ARE WE REALLY GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD NETWORK AND PUTTING 'EM ON BICYCLE 
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PATHS? YES, SIR. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL, I WON'T MAKE MY COMMENTS ON THAT, THAT GRANT THAT WE PUT IN THE RAISE GRANT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT THAT AT THE VERY GET GO. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER ON THIS AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING IN. 
          UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW, MAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL NEXT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK POINT THAT, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S A VALID POINT FOR ALL OF US TO SEE. 
          THE R F P, THIS COMMITTEE IS A GOOD, GOOD, UH, SLICE OF THE CITY 1, 5, 6, 7, 10. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WHERE WE SEE THEM EVERY DAY. 
          WE SEE PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BIKES TO, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, THEY RIDE TO THE BUS, PUT THEIR BIKES ON THE BUS, AND THEN GO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. 
          YES, MAAM. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE OUR INPUT THIS COMMITTEE'S INPUT ON THE RFPS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND THEN ALSO ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT GOES OUT, WELL, THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS REALLY JUST THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT THE CITYWIDE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WE CAN ONLY DO ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          AND SO THE SCOPE IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE WORK THAT COMES OUT OF THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN IS REALLY GONNA BE THE CONSULTANTS COMING UP WITH WHAT'S THE BEST SURVEY FOR US AND THE BEST METHODOLOGY AND HOW DO WE APPROACH DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY WITH THAT SURVEY. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HOPE IS, WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A PART OF THE B N P, BUT WE CAN SEND YOU THE, WE ACTUALLY HAD 12 QUESTIONS, BUT WE WERE TOLD WE CAN ONLY USE FIVE. 
          WE CAN SEND YOU OUR 12 QUESTIONS, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, HELPFUL AL ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF LANGUAGE FOR DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE CULTURES IN OUR, WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          UM, YES, MA'AM. 
          YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, IN ITS WAY ITS OWN CULTURE, YOU KNOW, AND WE KNOW I I, WE ALL KNOW OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, THANK YOU TAMIKA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          FIRSTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE TO DESCRIBED ON SLIDE FIVE FOR THE UPDATE TO THE PLAN. 
          UH, THIS IS, UH, LONG OVERDUE, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT ON. 
          UM, MY NEXT COMMENT IS THAT A HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS A GREAT TOOL. 
          IT'S ALSO A VERY BIG COMMITMENT. 
          SO I HOPE WHOEVER TAKES THIS ON, UH, CAN HELP US GET THROUGH THAT. 
          UH, BUT ALSO ADVISE US ON HOW WE DO THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT. 
          AND THAT'LL BE INCUMBENT ON STAFF, RIGHT? IF THERE ARE HEALTH RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE, UH, IT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED AND MONITOR HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE ONCE THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED TO MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, MY NEXT COMMENT IS, UH, IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING THAT OUR CHAIR SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIND A WAY TO REACH THOSE HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY INVOLVED IN OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RIDING THEIR BIKES TO WORK AT MAYBE ODD HOURS, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO SAID, UH, SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED THE, UH, THE LINEUP, THE LAST LINEUP OF THE EVENING, WHO'S TAKING A RAZOR OR WHO HAS, UH, A BIKE OF THEIR OWN THAT THEY'RE USING. 
          SO I HOPE WHOEVER IS SELECTED, UH, CAN, UH, CAN DO THAT. 
          AND, UH, PERHAPS THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU LOOK AT IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UM, HAS TO DO WITH THE ENGAGEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMBER OF PLANS, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS CARRIED OUT, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A STEERING COMMITTEE OR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THOSE PLANS. 
          AND THAT CREATES, IT'S MADE UP OF STAKEHOLDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, BUT BEYOND THAT, IT CREATES, UH, A FORUM WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN COME AND KEEP UP TO DATE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PLAN AS, AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW, SURPRISED WHEN THERE'S AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL OR WHEN COUNCIL IS READY TO ADOPT IT. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO CONSIDER THAT. 
          UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, FOR THE CLIMATE PLAN, WE HAD THAT AS WELL AS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE PLAN, WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, UH, YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS, I HOPE THIS IS SUPERFLUOUS, BUT IN ABOUT 2018 OR 2019, THE CITY ADOPTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE ON HOW TO CONDUCT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS IN THE, THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MAKE WHEN WE REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE, YOU'RE AWARE OF THOSE AND THAT THOSE GET INTEGRATED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          ON THAT HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THAT REALLY, FOR US AS A CITY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO THE CONCERNS THAT 
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COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS, AND ALSO YOU ALL HAVE, IS UNDERSTANDING WHERE WERE WE AT THE TIME THAT WE EMBARKED UPON THIS NETWORK PLAN? AND ONCE WE IMPLEMENT SOMETHING FROM THAT PLAN, ARE WE MOVING THE NEEDLE? ARE WE MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCE? ARE WE MEASURING THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK? AND TO THAT END, COUNCILWOMAN, ONE OF THE TASKS THAT WE ADDED TO THIS SCOPE WAS AN AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          WE DO A LOT OF STUDIES, WE TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT DO WE ACTUALLY ASSESS THE WAY IN WHICH WE CONDUCTED THAT STUDY? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO ME AS I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL. 
          I DID PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR 20 OF MY, ALMOST 30 YEARS IN TRANSPORTATION, IN TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COMMUNICATE, WHERE WE COMMUNICATE, AND HOW OFTEN AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE SO THAT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, IF THEY ARE COMING FROM THE CLUB AND THEY HAPPEN TO SEE A SCOOTER AND THEY WANT TO SEND A TEXT ABOUT THAT, I, IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE FIRMS THAT GET THIS WORK WILL BE SAVVY ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE COMMUNICATE IN VARYING WAYS AND, AND THAT THEY PROPOSE SOMETHING FOR US WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, WHAT TIME IT IS AS WE WORK ON THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO THIS IS OUR FIRST MAJOR STUDY FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THOSE FIRMS WHO, WHO WANT TO PARTAKE, AND WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST. 
          AND SO THE EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY HIGH ON, ON OUR SIDE TOO. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SANDOVAL. 
          SANDOVAL, UM, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU TAMIKA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SO I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE SEVEN MONTHS AGO WHEN I JUST TURNED 30. 
          UM, SO FOR UP UNTIL THOSE SEVEN MONTHS, I RELIED ON MY CHICAGO SCHWINN AND VIA TO GET AROUND TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND WORK. 
          UM, AND THIS DEFINITELY ISN'T SOMETHING UNIQUE TO ME. 
          UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE WHO, YOU KNOW, RELY ON THEIR BICYCLE AND VIA TO GET TO AND FROM WORK AND SCHOOL. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR FIELD OFFICE RECEIVES, UH, MANY CALLS REGARDING, UM, OUR NARROW SIDEWALKS AND NARROW STREETS. 
          AND WE HAVE C P S POLLS AGAIN, RIGHT? IT'S AN OLDER PART OF THE CITY, UM, ZONING CODES. 
          AND THIS IS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE NOW. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE RAISED IS THAT, UM, ENSURING THAT THESE BIKE LANES ARE SAFE, RIGHT? UM, BUT WHAT THAT ALSO LOOKS LIKE TO MY CONSTITUENTS IS ENSURING THAT THERE'S ALSO A SIDEWALK WITH ENOUGH ALLOWANCE, UM, FOR FOLKS WITH STROLLERS OR WHO MAY BE IN WHEELCHAIRS TO GET TO AND FROM THEIR BUS STOP. 
          UM, SO, SO AGAIN, RIGHT. 
          A, A PRIORITY FOR DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS IS ENSURING THAT THERE'S SAFE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, UH, WITH A SIDEWALK TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET TO AND FROM WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GET, WHETHER IT'S THE BUS STOP, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND HOW EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IT IS SOMETIMES WHEN THERE ISN'T A BIKE LANE OR IF THERE IS A BIKE LANE, THERE'S HIGH TRAFFIC. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S FAIRLY DANGEROUS. 
          I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE PLANTER BOXES AS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE. 
          I DEFINITELY THINK, UM, AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN DEVELOPING THE BIKE LANES, I'M A STRONG PROPONENT ENSURING THAT IT'S A GREEN SPACE AND NOT MORE CONCRETE. 
          UM, I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVING TOWARDS A, A, A GREENER CITY, RIGHT? WE DO HAVE TO LOOK TO BIKE LANES AND INVESTING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO GET THERE. 
          UM, AND THE SAN ANTONIO ENVISION HAS FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UM, FREQUENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES, RIGHT? UM, BUT FOR THE FOLKS IN MY COMMUNITY, WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT SIDEWALK, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE INITIATIVE OF GOING TO WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE. 
          UM, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I'M SURE THIS IS ALREADY ON YOUR RADAR, IS GOING TO BE BUS STOPS, UH, TO SURVEY THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS, WE DO HAVE BICYCLES, BUT WE KNOW WHEREVER WE NEED TO GET MAY NOT BE SAFE TO GET THERE ON THE BIKE, SO WE AVOID IT. 
          UM, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, YOU CREATE YOUR ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, BUT THERE MAY BE DOGS  WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO YOU CREATE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE, RIGHT? TO ENSURE THAT YOU CAN GET THERE, BUY BIKE SAFELY. 
          UM, BUT, UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET A, UM, A BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPE OF BIKE LANES WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE? UM, WHETHER IT'S PROTECTED, UM, IF THERE'S A SIDEWALK WHERE THE BIKE LANE IS, UM, CAN WE GET THAT? YES, MA'AM. 
          WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARTNERS AND GET YOU INFORMATION ON THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY A HUGE HEAVY LIFT. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE A, A HUGE DATA COLLECTION EFFORT FOR THE SELECTED FIRM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BECAUSE WE HAVE CORRIDORS AS YOU DESCRIBED, WHERE THERE 
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IS A SIDEWALK AND THEN THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, AND THEN THERE'S A BIKE LANE, AND THEN THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. 
          SO A PART OF DEVELOPING WHAT THAT NETWORK IS, WHAT THE SECONDARY NETWORK IS, AND A TERTIARY NETWORK. 
          THIS IS JUST TAMIKA IN MY BRAIN SAYING WE NEED A NETWORK THAT HAS OPTIONS, MUCH LIKE IF YOU HAVE A DETOUR, YOU CAN GO DOWN A LOCAL ROAD OR A COLLECTOR. 
          SO SIMILARLY, WE NEED THAT FOR CYCLISTS. 
          WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S POINT ABOUT HAVING THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAVING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE ENVISION THESE COMMUNITIES BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC SPACE. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIKE NETWORKS, BUT IF WE GET A GREAT PLAN AND WE GO TO IMPLEMENT IT, AND WE HAVEN'T COORDINATED WITH SAWS OR C P S, AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO TEAR UP UTILITIES WHERE WE'VE PLANNED TO PUT THIS GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE TO COORDINATE. 
          AND SO HAVING THEM AS A PART OF OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAVING VIA, AS A PART OF THAT TO INFORM HAVING MEMBERS OF THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY AS A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT ONLY A FEW CAN BUY INTO. 
          WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND IN DIFFERENT POCKETS OF EACH DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING TO, I DON'T WANNA PUT TOO MANY IDEAS OUT HERE IN THIS FORUM, BUT I WANT THE CONSULTANTS WHO PROPOSE ON THIS WORK TO COME WITH THAT DYNAMIC MM-HMM. 
           PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, BECAUSE THE STRATEGY IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING UPON THE POPULATION. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. 
          AND, AND I HOPE A LOT ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW TO HEAR YOU ALL'S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA MAKE FOR A GREAT PLAN FOR US. 
          THANK YOU, TAMIKA. 
          I, I APPRECIATE YOUR APPROACH OF GOING TO WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, TAMIKA. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I'M WONDERING ABOUT ALL THESE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT, UM, THAT IF YOU PUT BIKE LANES, LONG ROADS THAT ARE ABOVE 35 MILES PER HOUR UNSAFE, I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF THEM DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND JUST A PAINTED BIKE LANE. 
          AND TO WHAT EXTENT, CAN YOU TELL ME TO WHAT EXTENT A BIKE LANE CAN BE SAFE IF IT'S A SIMILAR, IF IT USES PRODUCTS LIKE THAT ZEBRA THAT YOU DESCRIBED, UM MM-HMM. 
           TO PHYSICALLY SIT, OR, OR, OR IF THE BIKE LANE'S PUT ON ANOTHER LEVEL SO THEY'RE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED, TO WHAT EXTENT COULD THOSE BIKE LANES BE SAFER? SO IN THE AGGREGATE, STATISTICALLY, THE HIGHER THE SPEEDS, THE MORE LIKELY FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE ROADWAY, THE LOCATION, THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY, IF THERE ARE ANY OBSTRUCTIONS, IF THERE ARE CURBS, THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, WHICH IS WHY, WHY THIS IS JUST NOT A, LET'S GO PUT SOME LINES ON A MAP ON THE ROAD. 
          SO WE KNOW IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND INJURIES THAT'S CLOSER IN THE CORE. 
          SO STATISTICALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INJURIES, IT'S IN OUR DOWNTOWN, IT'S WITHIN THE LOOP WHERE WE SEE A PREPONDERANCE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ROADWAYS WHERE THE SPEEDS ARE LOW, AND WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A PRECISE ANSWER, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT INFORM WHETHER OR NOT A ROADWAY IS SAFE OR THE SAFEST IT COULD BE. 
          AND THE PROTECTION IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP YOU BE SAFER. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE ON A 55 MILE AN HOUR ROADWAY AND YOU HAVE PROTECTION AND YOU HAVE PROTECTION ON A 35 MILE AN HOUR ROADWAY, STATISTICALLY BOTH OF THEM, YOU'RE LIKELY TO BE INJURED MORE ON A 55 MILE AN HOUR BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF SEVERITY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS, WHICH IS WHY WE MADE THE DECISION AS A DEPARTMENT AND, AND WITH THIS, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST STRIPE A LANE ON A ROADWAY WHERE WE KNOW STATISTICALLY AND WHERE WE HAVE THIS VISION ZERO DATA, IT'S NOT SAFE BECAUSE WE'RE SANCTIONING AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS THE FIRST PRODUCT FROM THIS DEPARTMENT IS THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES AND A LOT OF INTEREST IN HAVING A SAFER EXPERIENCE. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO, UH, FOR, FOR THE SLOW STREET NETWORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, PHYSICAL DELINEATORS OR ZEBRAS OR ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT? SO WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO THIS BODY, WE CALLED IT SLOW STREETS, BUT NOW WE'RE CALLING IT SAFE STREETS. 
          AND THE REASON BEING IS SLOW STREETS. 
          AND THAT CONCEPT ENTAILS ACTUALLY TAKING THE STREET AND CLOSING IT TO VEHICLES. 
          THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          WE WANT TO CREATE A STREET WHEREBY CYCLISTS 
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KNOW THEY CAN HAVE THE ROAD AND NOT BE OBSTRUCTED. 
          SO WE WANNA CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE ASPHALT AND THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO THE STREETS WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS NO BOND PROJECT, OR IF THERE IS A PROJECT, WE CAN HAVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND LEVERAGE THE INVESTMENT THAT IS ALREADY PLANNED. 
          AND THAT IF WE PUT THIS OUT HERE AS A PILOT TO SHOW WHERE A CYCLIST COULD HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW, NEW BRAUNFELS, IF THAT WAS A ROAD, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE CHANGE THE COLOR OF THAT ASPHALT AND WE ELIMINATE ALL THE EXTRA SIGNAGE THAT SAYS BIKE ROUTE AND BIKE LANE AND ALL OF THAT, WOULD WE INCLINE MORE CYCLISTS TO USE THAT ROAD AND WOULD THEY BE SAFER? WOULD WE HAVE THAT DENSITY OF CYCLISTS TO MAKE THAT ROAD SAFE FOR THEM? SO WE'RE STILL DOING OUR DATA ANALYSIS AND TO COME UP WITH A, A PILOT OF WHERE WE COULD DEMONSTRATE THIS AND SEE WHERE IT WOULD WORK. 
          BUT THE SLOW STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT HAS BEEN, UM, INITIATIVES THAT ARE TARGETED TO ELIMINATE THE CAR FROM THE ROAD. 
          AND THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO ELEVATE THE USE OF THE ROAD FOR CYCLISTS AND TO ALLOW CARS TO BE ON THAT ROAD AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, I MEAN, I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE CYCLING COMMUNITY, BUT IF, IF I WAS GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN UH, A BIKE LANE THAT'S PAINTED GREEN, BRIGHT GREEN, OR A BIKE LANE THAT HAS SOMETHING THAT PHYSICALLY SEPARATES IT FROM THE CARS OR SOMETHING THAT JUST, IF THEY'RE JUST SOME KIND OF ROAD HUMPS SO THAT TO ALERT THE DRIVER THAT THEY'RE COMING INTO A LANE THAT'S NOT THEIRS, I WOULD CHOOSE THE PHYSICAL BARRIERS. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT THAT'S BEING EXPLORED. 
          SO THIS PILOT, AS WE'VE OUTLINED IT, IT'S REALLY TO TAKE THOSE EXISTING BIKE ROUTES WHERE CYCLISTS CAN ALREADY SHARE THE ROAD, BUT OFTEN ON SOME OF THOSE ROUTES, THERE'S THIS LITTLE BITTY, NOT EVEN A FOOT, IF YOU MATTER OF FACT GO DOWN NEW BRAUNFELS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT THIS BIG, WHERE IT'S A BIKE ROUTE WHERE YOU CAN TECHNICALLY, LEGALLY BY CITY ORDINANCE, YOU CAN RIDE THAT WHOLE LANE, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIKE LANE THERE AND THAT'S NOT SAFE BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THAT ROADWAY, THE TOPOGRAPHY AND ALL OF THOSE FACTORS. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IT IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE ROADWAY, WHICH TO A CYCLIST, IF WE HAD A CITY FULL OF CERTAIN ROADWAYS, A TERTIARY NETWORK OF DIFFERENT COLOR ROADWAYS, THEY WOULD KNOW CYCLISTS CAN RIDE THOSE ROADS AND TAKE UP THE WHOLE LANE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, THE COST OF MAINTENANCE OF MAINTAINING THAT GREEN OR THAT SEPARATION, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE SPEED IS LOW ENOUGH, THE ASPHALT IS A DIFFERENT COLOR. 
          AND PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THAT ROAD. 
          IF I'M DRIVING MY CAR, I KNOW, OH, THAT'S THAT ROAD THAT HAS THAT COLOR, WHATEVER COLOR IT IS, I CAN TAKE ANOTHER ROAD BECAUSE I KNOW I MIGHT GET STUCK BEHIND A GROUP OF CYCLISTS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING IT SAFE STREETS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE SLOW STREETS MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO PEOPLE. 
          AND MOST SLOW STREETS PRACTICES AND PILOTS HAVE BEEN PROCESSES WHEREBY THEY DON'T WANT THE CAR ON THE ROAD DURING CERTAIN PERIODS. 
          AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          SO FOR A SAFE STREET, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SHARED LANE IN SOME CASES? YEAH. 
          SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE BIKE ROUTES THAT EXIST TODAY IN THE CITY. 
          YOU SEE THE SHERO ON THE ROAD. 
          SO WE ARE WHITTLING IT DOWN TO THOSE ROADWAYS WHERE WE CAN DEMONSTRATE AND PILOT THIS WITH OUR $1 MILLION IN BIKE I M P TO DEMONSTRATE THIS AND ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS FOR CYCLISTS, WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS FOR DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS ON THAT ROAD. 
          WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE A QUARTER OF A MILE, MAYBE, OR HALF A MILE, BUT WE REALLY WANNA DEMONSTRATE THIS TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS, BECAUSE THEN THAT CAN INFORM WHAT THAT FUTURE NETWORK LOOKS LIKE. 
          DO WE TAKE A NETWORK AND CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE ASPHALT TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR CYCLISTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          YES SIR. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          UM, WE'LL 
          [3. A briefing on the Transportation Department’s Culebra Corridor Study & other Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) corridor studies. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Tomika Monterville, Director, Transportation]]
MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE BRIEFING ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S SCDA CORRIDOR STUDY AND OTHER ALAMO AREA AND P O CORRIDOR STUDIES. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS SECOND ITEM THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS AN UPDATE ON THE CULEBRA ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY. 
          AND THIS STUDY WAS FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT AND THE ALAMO AREA N P O. 
          THIS STUDY WAS AWARDED TO W S P, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          AND WE INITIATED WORK ON THIS STUDY, WHICH WAS THE ENTIRETY, A 13 MILE CORRIDOR FOR A MULTIMODAL STUDY. 
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YOU ALL MAY RECALL WHEN IT INITIALLY CAME TO YOU, IT WAS TO BE A MULTIMODAL STUDY. 
          THIS STUDY WAS FUNDED THROUGH SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK RAMP FUNDS. 
          WE RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS STUDY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE WAS, WE RECEIVED $3 MILLION FOR THREE ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR STUDIES. 
          BUT AT THE TIME OF THE AWARD, THESE ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR STUDIES HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. 
          SO WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE WERE TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROAD. 
          UM, MULTIMODAL EMPHASIS ON THE MULTIMODAL, IT WAS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIA TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD IMPROVE CIRCULATION ALONG THE GBRA CORRIDOR. 
          SINCE AUGUST, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS PROPOSED CORRIDOR STUDY, THE FUNDING SOURCES, OUR STAFFING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS AND TO COMPLETE THIS STUDY. 
          THE KEY THINGS THAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE FUNDS WE RECEIVED WERE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. 
          AND TYPICALLY A STUDY IS USUALLY FUNDED THROUGH AMPO, BLESS YOU, BY THE U P W P, THE PLANNING PROGRAM. 
          AND SO AT THE TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THESE FUNDS, IT WAS FOR STUDIES, IDEALLY IT WAS FOR CONSTRUCTION, THESE WERE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS. 
          AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO GOING FORWARD IS RECOGNIZING THAT WITH A MILLION DOLLARS, WE'RE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY PERFORM A MULTIMODAL STUDY OF A 13 MILE CORRIDOR. 
          WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN LIGHT OF THE 2022 GBRA BOND PROJECT, WHICH IS JUST UNDER FOUR MILES, WE WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE ON THE AMPO FUNDED STUDY, WHICH WE'VE SPENT EXPENDED ABOUT 400,000 OF THAT MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE THAT IN ORDER THAT WE ACTUALLY PERFORM A CORRIDOR STUDY, A MULTIMODAL STUDY OF THAT PORTION OF THE BOND PROGRAM THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTED. 
          BECAUSE AS IT STANDS NOW, THE PROJECT THAT PUBLIC WORKS WOULD ENGAGE IN WOULD REQUIRE DESIGN WORK. 
          THERE'S NO DESIGN, THERE'S BEEN NO STUDY. 
          AND WE FEEL THAT IN ORDER TO BE EFFICIENT, WE SHOULD UTILIZING ON-CALL TASK ORDERS, WE SHOULD RE-SCOPE AND DO THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPTS REALLY ENGAGE AND HAVE A MULTIMODAL STUDY. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS THERE HAS NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT, UM, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR PARTNERS HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS STUDY AND WE WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT. 
          AND IT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS THE ENGAGEMENT ON THIS AREA. 
          BECAUSE WITH A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU CANNOT PERFORM A MULTIMODAL STUDY OF 13 MILES. 
          NOT A, IT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE. 
          AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS TAKE THE REMAINING MATCH, THE $200,000 FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL CORRIDORS, WHICH IS $600,000. 
          AND WE WANT TO SCOPE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE MULTIMODAL STUDY TO LOOK AT REFRAMING GBRA BECAUSE AS IT EXISTS TODAY, WHAT WAS SCOPED WAS ESSENTIALLY A ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION. 
          IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT'S NECESSARY, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ENVISION GBRA. 
          SO THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM CURRENTLY ALLOCATES $18 MILLION. 
          AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE THE DATA. 
          THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT VISION ZERO FATALITIES AND INJURIES THAT TAKE PLACE ON THIS CORRIDOR. 
          SO WE WANT TO ALIGN THIS MULTIMODAL STUDY WITH THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT COME TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK AS A PART OF THIS TASK ORDER TO WORK. 
          AND IT WILL INFORM WHAT GETS BUILT FOR THAT 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THESE FUNDS, WHICH WE WERE GIVEN A WHILE AGO, I KNOW IT GIVES MANY GREAT PAUSE TO RETURN FUNDS, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLOCATING OUR LOCAL MATCH. 
          2018 IS WHEN WE RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, IT'S FOUR YEARS LATER AND WE HAVE NOT EXPENDED THEM AS WE APPLY FOR GRANTS. 
          IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEND THE MONEY DOWN THAT WE GET HAVING HAD THESE FUNDS FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LOCAL MATCH. 
          THIS REQUIRES NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IT'S BEEN BUDGETED, BUT WE CAN DEVELOP THE PRELIMINARY 
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NEPA WORK THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THAT CORRIDOR STUDY OR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CULEBRA BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OPPORTUNITIES TO DO FURTHER STUDY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND ALSO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CORRIDOR. 
          AND THAT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE FROM THIS BODY, BUT WE WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE FUTURE THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SEEKING U P W FUND MONIES BECAUSE WE RECEIVE CONSTRUCTION MONEY FOR STUDIES, WHICH IS NOT A TYPICAL PRACTICE OF THE N P O. 
          AND IN THE FUTURE WE CAN REQUEST FUNDS FOR FURTHER STUDY OF GLAB THROUGH THE N P O. 
          BUT I THINK GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CORRIDOR, WE NEED TO DO IT AS A PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND, AS A PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BUDGET. 
          AND SO THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, AS A PART OF THE SCOPE, WE WANT TO DO A HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          WE WOULD SCOPE THAT AND WE WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SOME PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR CULEBRA AS A PART OF THAT 2022 BOND PROJECT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, TAMIKA. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I THINK IT'S A, FOR ME ANYWAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY I HAD GREAT PAUSE ABOUT RETURNING THE 3 MILLION. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE PURPOSE OF IT. 
          DO YOU THINK THAT IT WILL IMPROVE OUR CHANCES TO COME BACK AND GET FURTHER UM, OUR FUTURE FUNDING CHANCES? YES, MA'AM. 
          BECAUSE FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH AMPO, THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGST IN AWARDING THOSE FUNDS TO THE CITY WITHOUT PREDETERMINED ROADWAYS. 
          AND ESSENTIALLY THOSE FUNDS WERE, FOR S T B G IS TYPICALLY USED FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STUDIED. 
          IT'S TO DO CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND BASED ON WHERE WE ARE, I THINK GIVEN GBRA AND THE PRIORITY THAT IT HAS BEEN FOR THE CITY, WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH THE CALL FOR PROJECTS. 
          I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT YEAR WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE CALL FOR PROJECTS AND REQUEST MORE STUDY MONEY AS A PART OF THE U P W P BECAUSE, AND THE, UM, THE CALL FROM TDOT. 
          BUT AS A PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE NEED TO SEEK FUNDS THROUGH AMPO TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. 
          AND THEN IT MOVES THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FARTHER ALONG. 
          BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IF WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITY, IF WE GET FEDERAL MONIES AND WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR PLANNING PROPERLY, WE END UP JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, LATE IN THE GATE AND HAVING TO EXPEND MORE CONSTRUCTION MONEY ON PLANNING. 
          DO YOU, UM, WHEN DO YOU SEE US COMING BACK TO, UH, M P O OR ANY, ANY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR STRETCH OF GL ROAD? I THINK THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT WE NEED TO PHASE, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. 
          WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING SIMULTANEOUSLY OUR VISION ZERO IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO YOU'RE THE PORTION OF YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE MEDIAN, WHEREAS THE PORTION WHERE WE'RE STARTING THE STUDY FROM NOW AND FOCUSING ON IT DOES NOT HAVE THE PROTECTION OF THE MEDIANS. 
          AND SO AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE STUDY, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, AS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUING THAT STUDY, BECAUSE THEN THAT SOLIDIFIES IT AS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND WHEN WE GO TO AMPO AND WE GO TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNTIES, WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE ARE FURTHERING THE STUDY, WE'RE ADVANCING. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW. 
          WE ARE INVESTING LOCALLY AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AS ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS AS A PART OF VISION ZERO DURING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETING PROCESS. 
          TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT I 10 TO CALLAHAN, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, GLIDE ROAD IN SAN ANTONIO IS FROM I 10 TO CALLAHAN, AND THEN IT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY REALLY UP TO GOVERNMENT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          CANYON, RIGHT? YES MA'AM. 
          UM, I THINK IT TURNS INTO 4 71 AT SOME POINT, BUT IT'S STILL THAT SAME STRETCH. 
          AND I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS DISTRICT SIX IS 60% OF COLLIBRA ROAD, UM, BUT A LOT OF IT IS 1604 TO GOVERNMENT CANYON. 
          SO, UM, I BEGRUDGINGLY WILL, YOU KNOW,  SUPPORT, UH, THAT BEING THE FIRST PHASE, UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT, IT IS THE FIRST PHASE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN COLLIBRA ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO GOVERNMENT CANYON AT SOME POINT. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS THE BEST APPROACH. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU BUY THE ELEPHANT, EAT AN ELEPHANT, ONE BITE AT A TIME? MM-HMM. 
          , IT'S SUCH A HUGE CORRIDOR THAT IT, IT REALLY IS INSUFFICIENT TO THINK THAT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A CORRIDOR OF THIS IMPORTANCE FOR THE REGION SHOULD ONLY 
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BE STUDIED FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE HAVE TO REALLY REFRAME HOW WE LOOK AT THIS CORRIDOR WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE PHASED, GIVEN THE LENGTH OF IT. 
          IT IS INDEED AN ELEPHANT. 
          I THINK IT'S, IS IT FOUR DISTRICTS? CBRA TOUCHES? IT'S FOUR. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          IT'S 1 5, 1 5, 7, 6, 6 7. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAMIKA. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, THANK YOU CHAIR AND TAMIKA. 
          UM, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THE UPCOMING BOND IS INCLUDING CULEBRA AND I ALSO HAVE SOME PAUSE WITH, UH, RETURNING SOME OF THE FUNDING. 
          BUT DO WE KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER ELIGIBLE, ELIGIBLE USES FOR THE S T B G FUNDS LIKE CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATIONS? YES. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE DECISION, WE DID NOT MAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY. 
          SO WHAT I HAVE FOUND IN LOOKING BACK ON A LOT OF THE STUDIES AND THE PROJECTS, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING AWARDED FUNDING. 
          BUT OFTEN WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS BECAUSE OF OTHER PRIORITIES THAT CHANGE WITH C O V I D, WE DIDN'T HAVE STAFF, UM, WE DON'T AWARD THE CONTRACT OR WE DON'T COMPLETE THE STUDY. 
          AND SO WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH FUNDS FROM THE N P O, WHICH ARE PASSED THROUGH FUNDS, I'M VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS QUICKLY AND NOT LETTING THEM SIT. 
          BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS IT, IT JUST DOES NOT ENGENDER GOODWILL WHEN WE AS THE CITY RECEIVE THESE FUNDS AND IT'S NOT REALLY STUDY MONEY AND WE HAVE NOT EXPENDED THEM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST BAD BLOOD. 
          THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THE REGION TO LOOK AT THE CITY AS THIS BIG CITY TAKING THIS MONEY MM-HMM. 
           AND JUST DOING WHAT WE WANNA DO. 
          WE WANNA DO THINGS IN ORDER, WE WANNA SUPPORT OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND WHAT IT DOES WHEN WE RETURN THIS MONEY BACK THEN THE N P O CAN WORK WITH OTHER SMALLER PARTNERS AND MUNICIPALITIES AND THEY MAY HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS READY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THESE FUNDS CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THAT. 
          SO I WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO NOT RETURNING MONEY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THIS BODY IS FAMILIAR WITH ME ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MONEY. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE FUNDS AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO DISPENSE THE FUNDS WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND WE'VE HELD THESE FUNDS AND WE, WE JUST KICKED OFF THE STUDY LAST YEAR, BUT AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW WE WERE DOING AND WHERE THIS MONEY WAS COMING FROM AND IT'S, IT WAS JUST, IT'S NOT NORMAL TO GET US CONSTRUCTION MONEY FOR STUDIES MM-HMM. 
           AND I THINK THE REGION WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF US AND THAT WILL ENDEAR SOME GOODWILL FROM OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION WHEN WE DO ASK FOR FUNDING WHEN WE ARE READY FOR THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE THE FUNDING FOR BELOW THE ITEM, UM, BOND PROJECTS? WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO AMPO BECAUSE THE FUNDS DID COME FOR A SPECIFIC USE AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND FIND OUT IF WE DON'T RETURN THOSE FUNDS, WHAT THEY WOULD BE USED FOR AND WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE. 
          IT'S A DECISION THAT AMPO AND TEXT OUT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE. 
          OKAY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT GU, DEBRA ROAD, UH, AND CONDUCT STUDIES FOR THE ENTIRE ROAD? UH, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE THAT WITH THIS FUNDING? 'CAUSE I, I KNOW WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE WE'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF CALLS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, THIS ROAD. 
          UM, AND THERE'S, WE DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING TOWARDS GUERA IS WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          OH, I DIDN'T SAY THAT, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          NO MA'AM. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          , WHAT IT IS IS THAT THE CORRIDOR IS SO LARGE AND IT FUNCTIONS SO DIFFERENTLY AND THERE IS SUCH A DIVERSE POPULATION. 
          IT IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT CORRIDOR DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU ARE. 
          AND SO THE NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, BUT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO STUDY IT TO THE DEPTH. 
          AND A LARGE PART OF IT IS THE ENGAGEMENT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT. 
          SO WHAT WAS AWARDED FOR CULEBRA WAS REALLY A TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU DO PERFORM A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR A FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PERFORM THAT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FIVE YEARS LATER MM-HMM. 
           WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY AND START CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO WE EXPEND A LOT OF FUNDS ON A CORRIDOR LIKE THIS, WHICH IS CHANGING SO MUCH. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ADVISE, WHICH IS WHY I TYPICALLY AM OF THE MINDSET THAT YOU WAIT TILL LATER WHEN YOU ARE GETTING CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION TO PERFORM THAT EXTENSIVE, UH, MODELING AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND OPERATION MAY CHANGE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU TAMIKA? YES. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL. 
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THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY, TAMIKA, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BREAK THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE FOR ME. 
          SO, SO BEAR WITH ME. 
          UM, THE TOPIC WE'RE DISCUSSING IS AN UPDATE ON THE  CORRIDOR STUDY. 
          UH, BUT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT RETURNING $3 MILLION TO THE M P O. 
          UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AT M P O, I BELIEVE WE TOOK A VOTE TO MODIFY THE TIMELINE AT WHICH THAT, UH, MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT, OR I THINK IT WAS COMBINED INTO, UH, ONE PROJECT. 
          CAN CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THAT VOTE WAS? SO EARLIER IN THE SUMMER WE DISCUSSED GETTING MORE TIME FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE NEEDED MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCE WAS, WHAT WAS IN THE TIP, AND WHAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO. 
          SO I BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE OR JULY THE STUDY, WE, WE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION BECAUSE WE HAD NOT MET THE TIME TO EXPEND THE FUNDS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, 2018 WE GOT THE MONEY, WE SHOULD HAVE INITIATED THE STUDY THEN, AND WE DID NOT. 
          AND SO THAT WAS THE REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RETURN THEM BACK. 
          BUT WE HAD ALREADY KICKED OFF THE STUDY FOR CULEBRA, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WERE AWARDED THE COLLIBRA FUNDS FOR THE MULTIMODAL STUDY, WE WERE ALSO AWARDED THE $3 MILLION FOR OTHER STUDIES, WHICH WE HAD NOT DETERMINED. 
          AND SO YOU GET IN THIS CYCLE OF PUSH IT BACK, PUSH IT BACK, PUSH IT BACK, AND THEN YOU'RE FIVE YEARS LATER AND YOU HAVEN'T EXPENDED THE FUNDS, IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD FOR THIS STATE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR OUR N P O. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, TO BE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VOTE WAS. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CORRIDOR STUDY, OH WOW, THAT'S INFINITE SANDOVAL, DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT ON YOUR SCREEN? ? UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE  CORRIDOR STUDY THAT IS NOT BEING RETURNED, THAT IS STILL GOING TO BE UTILIZED. 
          IS THAT NO MA'AM. 
          NOAM, THAT IS NOT BEING RETURNED. 
          WE'RE KEEPING THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CULEBRA STUDY, BUT WE PAUSED IT BECAUSE WE REALIZED SEVERAL OF THE THINGS WE NEEDED IN THAT SCOPE WERE NOT PRESENT IN THE SCOPE BECAUSE THE SCOPE WAS WRITTEN AS A TYPICAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY, NOT A REFRAMING THE CORRIDOR DESIGN CONCEPTS. 
          IT. 
          AND SO THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO DATE WAS NOT MEETING THE GOAL AND THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU ALL WANTED IT TO BE SEVERAL YEARS AGO FROM THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE SHARED AT THE N P O AND TO THIS BODY. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, OKAY, UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I'M A BIT SURPRISED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR ABOUT THIS. 
          MY OFFICE DID A LOT OF WORK TO GET PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE CORRIDOR STUDY WAS UNDERWAY TO GET PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE MEETINGS THAT WERE BEING HELD. 
          UH, WE WORKED WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT STAFF TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND USE OUR, USED OUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO PUT IT OUT THERE. 
          I FEEL, UM, I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT DOING A GOOD JOB FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          IF YOU MADE THIS DECISION IN AUGUST AND IT'S JULY, AND I'M FINDING OUT NOW IN THIS, IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM WHEN, UM, I, IT REALLY PUTS MY WORD, UM, AT RISK WITH THEM, SORT OF LIKE MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CITY AND WHY SHOULD THEY TRUST WHAT I'M TELLING THEM TO GO DO. 
          SO I WOULD JUST, UH, GIVE THAT TO YOU AS FEEDBACK TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU MAKE, UM, FUTURE DECISIONS TO PAUSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          UM, I WOULD ASK ABOUT IS, UH, WE ALSO RE-SCOPE A PROJECT WITH, UM, I THINK IT WAS THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND IT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, ANTI-IDLING PROGRAM AND IT WAS RE-SCOPE TO BE A VERY DIFFERENT PROGRAM UNDER, I GUESS THIS WAS UNDER CMAC FUNDS. 
          IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE WITH S T B G FUNDS THAT WE, WE WOULD REPROGRAM 'EM BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE $3 MILLION, WHEREVER THEY ARE SPENT, UH, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE, AS WELL AS THE M P O BODY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 
          AND SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR VERY VALID CONCERNS ABOUT CEASING THE STUDY, AT THE TIME THAT WE STOPPED THE STUDY, MOST OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAD BEEN COMPLETED BASED ON THE TASK THAT THE CONSULTANT WAS ASKED TO DO. 
          THEY HAD BEEN COMPLETED. 
          AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT WHERE WE WERE CONCERNED THAT IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT GIVEN THE DEPTH AND THE BREADTH OF GBRA. 
          AND 
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SO IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT WE REVIEWED THE SCOPE IN DETAIL TO DETERMINE WHAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED, WHO HAD BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH, AND YOUR COMMUNITY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THAT, IN THE PROCESS. 
          HOWEVER, GIVEN WHAT THE GOAL WAS A MULTIMODAL STUDY, THE ENGAGEMENT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT IN MY EXPERT OPINION. 
          AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO STOP THE WORK AND NOT CONTINUE ANY FURTHER WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT JUST WASN'T SUFFICIENT TO WHAT I BELIEVE YOU ALL WERE LOOKING TO DO. 
          AND THAT WAS A CONTRACTUAL PIECE, ALL THE WORK THAT REMAINED YES, MA'AM. 
          NICK, I'M GONNA STOP YOU. 
          THE CONCERN IS REGARDING OUR COMMUNICATION. 
          I I CAN SEE WHY YOU DID THAT. 
          SO, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE CONCERN. 
          SO I FELT I WAS ENGAGED PREVIOUSLY TO, TO THAT. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF TAKING THE $3 MILLION TO A VOTE AT THE FULL BODY, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AND WHY ARE YOU TELLING US NOW THAT YOU, UM, YOU DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPROGRAM THAT MONEY FOR OTHER, UH, OTHER PROJECTS? I MEAN, WE WERE JUST, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO HAVING A HEATED DISCUSSION, WELL, MAYBE IT WASN'T AS HEATED A FEW DAYS AGO AS IT WAS IN THE FALL ABOUT STREETS FUNDING AND WHAT THE BOND WOULD ACTUALLY FUND. 
          SO I, I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF, UM, OF PROJECTS HERE THAT AREN'T SUFFICIENTLY SCOPE SUFFICIENTLY SCOPED FOR UH, S T V G FUNDING. 
          CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM? ARE YOU ASKING IF THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUNDING? OH, I'M ASKING AGAIN ABOUT THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE $3 MILLION IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE ONCE THE WAR, THE FUNDING IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS M P O, UH, ONCE THE FUNDING HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A MUNICIPAL ENTITY, UM, THAT ENTITY, UM, SEEMS TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN REPROGRAMMING THAT FUNDING WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S A HARD AND FAST RULE. 
          OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO STILL BE APPROVED BY THE BODY. 
          WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT AS OF THE TIME WE CAN ASK THE N P O, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THESE FUNDS AND HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING, WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK WITH THE N P O AND ASK THEM WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE EARLIER YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD MADE THIS DECISION ALREADY. 
          SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE M P O, WHERE ARE THEY? DO THEY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALREADY TURNING BACK THE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF TIME? IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. 
          AND SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPEND THE FUNDS, BUT I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE SPOKE WITH THEM IF THERE WERE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT THIS BODY HAD. 
          AND SO THAT WAS A LARGE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO RETURN THE FUNDS BECAUSE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE DETERMINATION IT'S GOING TO, IN MY OPINION, OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOURCE OF FUNDS AND THE USE OF FUNDS. 
          AND AT THE CURRENT TIME, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO EVALUATE HOW WE HAVE MET THE ORIGINAL GOALS OF THAT FIRST GRANT AND THEN WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE REMAINDER OF THOSE FUNDS, GIVEN THE STAFFING CONTINGENT THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE CAN TALK WITH THE N P O ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE FUNDS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF A PROJECT AND WE WILL RETURN BACK TO THIS BODY WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO MY COMMENT REGARDING, UM, THE BOND WAS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE STREETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING RECOMMENDED FOR WORK ON THE BOND, A NUMBER OF THEM MIGHT, MIGHT BE ON FUNCTIONALLY CLASSIFIED ROADS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR S T B G FUNDING. 
          UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE START LOOKING AT THOSE BECAUSE, SO WE KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BOND PROJECTS THAT FELL BELOW THE LINE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE FUNDED. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, $3 MILLION OR EVEN $1 MILLION, I THINK IT CAN, UM, STILL HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SEE IF, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO PURSUE THAT OPTION. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          OH, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          UH, YEAH, I PUSHED THIS BUTTON HERE, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, TAMIKA, I, UM, 
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HOW MANY TOTAL CORRIDORS, I MEAN MAJOR CORRIDORS DO WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT NEED TO BE, UH, REWORKED IF YOU WILL, JUST LIKE COLLIBRA? I DO NOT KNOW, SIR. 
          OKAY, WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT. 
          THERE'S AT LEAST HARRY WACH THAT NEEDS TO BE REWORKED. 
          AND, AND TO THAT POINT, I, I GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH EVEN OFFERING THIS MONEY BACK TO THE M P O. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET FUNDED PROJECTS OR STUDIES OR WHATEVER AND YOU DON'T EXECUTE THAT, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD, UH, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD SIGNAL WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THE TROUGH FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          SO I, I DON'T WANT TO TURN BACK ANY OF THIS MONEY. 
          I THINK WE GOT, IF IT, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG WITH COLLIBRA, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER CORRIDOR THAT WE CAN PUT THIS MONEY TO, TO AT LEAST GET IT STARTED AND, UH, MOVE THAT, MOVE THAT NEEDLE ON ANY OF THESE OTHER, OTHER CORRIDORS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT TO GO BACK SAYING, AH, WELL WE DIDN'T GET TO IT AND WE BEEN MESSING AROUND WITH IT, AND WE, WE WANT TO GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU. 
          I, I GOT A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK. 
          LET'S FIND, UH, LET'S FIND SOMETHING ELSE. 
          I I'M NOT JUST SAYING TO LET'S CREATE SOMETHING TO, WE'VE GOT NEEDS AS, YOU KNOW, OVER $6.6 BILLION HERE IN THIS CITY AND TO TURN MONEY BACK IS JUST, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE BRIDGES TOO FAR FOR ME TO AGREE TO. 
          SO WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO, UH, WITH THIS MONEY. 
          IF IT'S NOT GOING AGAINST THIS CORRIDOR, LET'S GET ANOTHER CORRIDOR IDENTIFIED AND, AND GET, PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS IT. 
          AND, UH, ROD, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY LOOKING TOWARDS Y'ALL TO FIGURE THIS OUT IN SOME WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD INSTEAD OF TAKING A STEP BACK AND GIVING THIS MONEY BACK TO THE, TO THE M P O. 
          YES, SIR. 
          NO, AND WE, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM YOU AND, AND, AND, UH, THIS COMMITTEE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF, OF THIS BRIEFING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WAS OUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          UH, WE GOT YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, AND WE WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL RAISED A POINT A A ABOUT THE 2022 BOND. 
          YOU KNOW, ARE THERE PROJECTS WE COULD POSSIBLY USE? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE M P O WANTED THIS MONEY TO BE USED FOR STUDIES. 
          SO I DO BELIEVE WAS TALKING TO, TO STAFF THERE, THERE, THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, UH, IN THE BOND THAT WERE, WERE STUDIES. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL GO BACK, WE'LL EVALUATE THOSE, UH, SEE IF, UH, THOSE ARE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN USE THIS FUNDING FOR AND, UH, GO BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE M P O. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY THIS WAS A BRIEFING. 
          UH, THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT WE HAD, UH, WHEN IT BOUNCED IT OFF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WE GOT YOUR FEEDBACK, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL MOVE ON, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU TAMIKA. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT KEEPING THIS MONEY AND APPLY IT TO ANOTHER STUDY, THEN WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST HOLD ONTO IT FOR THE COLLIBRA STUDY? I DON'T, SO THE 3 MILLION ARE FOR THREE OTHER STUDIES, OTHER CORRIDORS. 
          SO THAT'S HOW IT IS IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          THERE ARE THREE OTHER CORRIDORS. 
          SO WE HAD THE FUNDS FOR THE COLLIBRA STUDY. 
          WHAT WE DID WAS WE PAUSED THE WORK ON THIS STUDY SO THAT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY, THE OTHER 3 MILLION WERE SEPARATE CORRIDORS THAT HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. 
          AND SINCE THEY HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AND THE CLOCK WAS RUNNING OUT AND HOW LONG WE HAVE HELD THESE FUNDS AND HAVE NOT STARTED ANY WORK ON THEM, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO RETURN THE FUNDS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THEM FOR SO LONG AND IT STARTS TO LOOK BAD FOR THE STATE D O T FOR THE FUNDS EXPENDITURE AND FOR US. 
          AND SO THAT WAS OUR REASONING. 
          I'M I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED THEN. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE, TWO DIFFERENT POTS OF 3 MILLION. 
          YES. 
          EACH, THIS IS THE ISSUE. 
          IT WAS ONE ITEM IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THREE MULTIMODAL STUDIES AT A MILLION DOLLARS EACH. 
          AND THEY'RE ONE ITEM THAT WERE PUT INTO THE TIP IN 2018. 
          AND SO THERE'S A THREE YEAR EXPECTATION WE WOULD HAVE EXPENDED THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND SO BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING UP AGAINST THE CLOCK, WE GOT THE EXTENSION, BUT NOW WE'RE IN 22. 
          AND SO THAT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WHEN IT, WE HAD NOT IDENTIFIED THOSE FURTHER CORRIDORS FOR STUDY, WE, IT WOULD BE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEM TO COME TO COUNCIL AND DO THAT. 
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AND SO THE CLOCK WOULD CONTINUE TO TICK AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF US BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THREE ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR STUDIES WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE WAS IMPOSSIBLE. 
          WHEN DOES THE CLOCK RUN OUT? WE'RE IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO 2022 IS WHEN THE STUDIES SHOULD BE COMPLETED. 
          COUNCIL, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS YOU LET, LET US GO BACK, YOU KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR MARCHING ORDERS. 
          YEAH, LET, LET'S LOOK AT THE BOND. 
          LET'S SEE IF THERE'S PROJECTS BELOW THE BOND THAT POSSIBLY CAN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD APPLY THIS MONEY TO. 
          AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT COLLIBRA. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU POINTED OUT IT'S A VERY LARGE CORRIDOR ORDER AND, UH, IF WE CAN APPLY IT, YOU KNOW, TO FURTHER STUDY THAT CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE M B O ABOUT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS OKAY. 
          TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T KEEP, I FEEL LIKE WE KIND OF KEEP PUSHING COLLIBRA DOWN FURTHER AND FURTHER ON THE LIST AND I DON'T WANNA DO THAT IF, IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE MONEY BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, WELL WE WOULD BE DOING THE WORK FOR COLLIBRA. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE MA THE LOCAL MATCH THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE STUDIES, THE 200,000 FOR EACH STUDY WAS THE LOCAL MATCH. 
          OKAY? SO THAT'S 600,000. 
          WE WOULD BE PUTTING ALL OF THAT ON CULEBRA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. 
          UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF, OF THESE IMPORTANT ITEMS TODAY. 
          THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 22ND. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM.
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