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'CAUSE THEN THAT'S A VIOLATION OF OPEN MEETINGS.
BUT WHEN MR. MCGEE GETS HERE AND WE GOT OUR QUORUM, THEN WE CAN ALL DEBATE AND, YOU KNOW, FIGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS, WHICH WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYWAY.
WHAT THE IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE RULES.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE RULES, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CAM HERE, RIGHT? UM, IF HE GETS YOUR JURY, JURY PRESENTATION, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN ASK.
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SO, UM, LET'S START, UH, WITH WHAT I HATE, WHICH IS THIS INTERIM COMMITTEE, UH, STUFF.I MEAN, I JUST, IT, IT, IT ALWAYS JUST MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL BE TOO PAINFUL.
SO, GOOD, GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
COMMISSIONER, LET'S GET STARTED.
SO, UM, AS YOU RECALL, DURING OUR LAST, UM, DURING OUR LAST MEETING, I PROVIDED AN INITIAL OVERVIEW OF THE INTERIM COMMITTEE HEARINGS THAT HAVE KICKSTARTED, UM, AT THE HOUSE AND SENATE DURING THE INTERIM SESSION, UH, FOR TODAY'S BRIEFING, WE ARE GONNA TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT A FEW OTHER COMMITTEE HEARINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, UM, HAS BEEN TRACKING A QUICK OVERVIEW HERE IN THE HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS.
THEY LOOKED AT THE BROADBAND ACTIVITIES, UM, AS RELATED TO HB FIVE.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT HB FIVE ESTABLISHED THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
SO THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY AND WILL PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED THERE.
ON THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THINGS, THEY LOOKED AT CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UM, IN RELATION TO THE STATE'S POPULATION GROWTH.
UH, IN THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION, THEY LOOKED AT SAFETY, UM, ON TEXAS ROADS.
AND THEN IN THE SENATE FINANCE, THEY LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
I WANTED TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHARGE PIQUED OUR INTEREST.
HOWEVER, WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, I E CHRISTINE, UM, REVIEWED AND, AND WAS LISTENING IN INTENTLY, REALIZED THAT, OF COURSE, THERE WAS A SECOND CHARGE.
AND THE SECOND CHARGE ENTAILED THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE, UH, STATE'S OPERATION.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE CONVERSATION CIRCLED AROUND THAT, AND NOT NECESSARILY THE IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO, MORE TO COME, UM, IN ANOTHER SLIDE, DIVING INTO THE HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS ON APRIL 26TH, AS I SAID, THEY MONITORED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HB FIVE.
THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE PRESENTED A BRIEFING DURING THIS HEARING, AND THEY SPOKE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE SHARED THAT BACK IN MARCH.
THEY KICKSTARTED A LISTENING TOUR ACROSS THE STATE.
THERE WERE TE 12 LISTENING SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE.
OUR INNOVATION TEAM PARTICIPATED, UM, IN ONE IN EARLY MARCH, AND THEY PROVIDED, UH, THEY ATTENDED, PROVIDED REMARKS AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY'S BROADBAND, UM, KEY INITIATIVES.
UM, THE OUTCOME HERE WAS ESSENTIALLY THAT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE STATE BROADBAND OFFICE, B D O, UM, WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PRELIMINARY REPORT TO BE RELEASED AROUND JUNE 12TH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, UM, TO SEEING THAT AS WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT HOW THEY CAN FILL THE BROADBAND SERVICES, EXPANSION GAPS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF MONEY, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF, OF DOLLARS UNDER THE I I J A.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE DOING AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE HOW, UM, THAT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF, OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN TEXAS.
MOVING ON TO APRIL 26TH IN THE HOUSE, TRANSPORTATION, UM, THEY STUDIED THE CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UM, IN THE CAPACITY OF THE STATE TO KEEP UP, UM, WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH.
UH, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE DID RECEIVE A REPORT FROM TXDOT THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY INDICATED ONE KEY POINT THAT OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY REFLECT THE GROWTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, TO PLAN FOR, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS OF POPULATION GROWTH ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, ANOTHER NUGGET THERE IS, AT 67% OF THIS, THE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE LIVE IN THE FIVE LARGE, UM, METRO AREAS.
SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, UM, DATA POINT TO BE AWARE OF THE OUTCOME, ESSENTIALLY, UM, INCREASE, AS THEY SAID, INCREASES, UH, FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY OUTPACING THE CAPACITY OF THAT POPULATION GROWTH ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT REVENUES ON, YOU KNOW, HOW TO INCREASE, UM, THAT REVENUE SOURCE, UM, FOR THE STATE IN A NUTSHELL, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION HAS A LOT OF NEEDS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, AT THAT, UH, DURING THE INTERIM SESSION.
UM, SOME PI A PILOT PROGRAM THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME OUT OF THE, UH, NEXT SESSION IS LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVE
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FUEL VEHICLES AND, UH, POTENTIALLY MAYBE CREATING SOME, SOME FEES FOR THAT.SO WE'LL BE KEEPING, KEEPING A, A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL ON MAY 3RD, UM, AS WELL, AGAIN, SENATE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, THEY LOOKED AT THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO FATAL CRASHES ON TEXAS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, AND HOW TO PREVENT, UM, THOSE FATALITIES.
UM, TXDOT, UM, HAS A VISION THAT THEY WILL WORK ON WAYS TO MEDIATE, UM, AND MITIGATE, UH, SOME OF, SOME OF THESE OCCURRENCES.
UM, THE RESULTS THAT THEY LOOKED AT WERE, A LOT OF THESE CRASHES AND FATALITIES ON THE ROADS ARE DUE TO DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND NOT NECESSARILY THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO IMPROVE, UH, THAT BEHAVIOR THAT'S RELATED TO SPEEDY, NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS, UM, AND ALCOHOL AND, AND DRUG RELATED.
SO, TECH THOUGHT IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT SOME SAFETY MEASURES, UM, TO ADD, UM, IMPROVED LIGHTING SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS, UH, AROUND, UM, UH, CROSSWALKS.
AND ALSO, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THE STATE HAS A PROGRAM CALLED ROAD TO ZERO, AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS PUT, UM, ON, ON THE INITIATIVE BEHIND ROAD TO ZERO, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALIGNS WITH A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR VISION ZERO.
HERE LOCALLY, THERE IS A $600,000 ALLOCATION UNDER THAT PROGRAM.
NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT CLOSELY, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION TEAM UNDER TAMIKA'S LEADERSHIP TO ENHANCE OUR VISION ZERO PRIORITIES, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UM, AGAIN, 2021 WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST YEAR OF FATALITIES.
SO EVEN THOUGH DURING THE PANDEMIC THERE WERE LESS MILES TRAVELED, UM, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN FATALITIES ON TEXAS ROADS FOR THE AGE RANGE OF WITHIN 2020 TO 24.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT CLOSELY AND HOW TO HELP MITIGATE THAT ON MAY 4TH.
THE SENATE FINANCE, THEY REVIEWED, UM, AND REPORTED ON, AGAIN, INFLATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, IN THE COMMITTEE.
UH, IT WAS, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, UM, THAT THE INFLATION INCREASE REFLECTED FROM 5% TO 8% IN THE PAST, UH, CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE OF THE APPRAISALS AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACT TO THE, THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES THERE.
UM, SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, POTENTIALLY NOT PROPERTY OWNERS NOT SEEING LA A LARGE INCREASE, OR NOT A LOT INCREASE, MOSTLY RELATED TO A SB TWO.
YOU'LL RECALL IN 2019, UM, THE PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION THAT CAPPED, UM, THE REVENUE TO 3.5%.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THERE BEING A BALANCE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE INCREASES IN THE PROPERTY, UH, APPRAISALS, AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S A CAP.
SO THE REFLECTION ON THE INCREASE WON'T BE TOO LARGE.
UM, IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN, IN LAST WEEK'S, UM, VOTE THAT PASSED, THAT INCREASED THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY TAX FROM 25,000 TO 40,000.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT AND, UH, LOOK, UH, AT THAT CLOSELY INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THIS WILL BE SEEN IN AUGUST.
A QUICK LOOK HERE AT THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS THAT ARE COMING, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING AS WELL, SENATE FINANCE ON MAY 17TH, THE CONVERSATION UNDER PROPERTY TAX CONTINUES, UM, AND TAX EXEMPTIONS AS WELL.
UM, ON MAY 18TH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SENATE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE FOR CYBERSECURITY LAWS IN REGARDS, UM, TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THESE WILL BE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT, UM, STATE LEGISLATORS WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, IN THE NEW SESSION.
SO WE WILL REPORT BACK ON THESE AS WELL IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THIS CONCLUDES THE STATE PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE A SECONDARY ITEM ON, ON THE FEDERAL PRESENTATION.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE CAM QUESTIONS ARE OKAY, QUESTIONS ARE OKAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOWHERE NEAR, UM, A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OR EVEN PROFICIENT ON THE TOPIC OF, OF STATE LEGISLATURES, BUT I GOT A GUY ON MY LEFT WHO, UH, KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT SERVING IN THE LEGISLATURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HIS COMMENTS WILL BE MUCH SMARTER THAN MINE.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, I CAN CONFIRM THAT A LOT OF THESE INTERIM HEARINGS LEAD TO NOTHING, UM, EVENTUALLY, BUT IT'S A GOOD KIND OF, UM, I THINK DISCUSSION FOR THE LEAD UP TO THE SESSION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, SOME OF IT DOES LEAD TO, TO SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE BROADBAND ISSUE MM-HMM.
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HAD ANY MORE CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE FUNDING PIECE MIGHT WORK AS A SUPPLEMENT TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME OUTTA THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OR A SUPPLEMENT TO ARPA DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED? HAS ANY OF THAT TRANSPIRED? SO I'LL ASK CHRISTINE TO ADD, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW TO SPECIFICALLY FILL THE GAPS ON THE, UH, AFFORDABILITY SIDE OF THE BROADBAND EXPANSION SERVICES.SO, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS, UH, COMMITTEE WANTS US TO LEAN, LEAN IN ON, UH, WE HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND WE CAN ALWAYS, UM, LEAN IN AND, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND, AND TRY TO INFLUENCE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AND CONSIDERING I I J A FUNDS, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE STATE IS A LITTLE SQUEAMISH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE PARAMETERS AND THE GUARDRAILS THAT COME WITH FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO WE ARE JUST REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY ARE EXPLORING ALL THEIR OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE STATE FUNDING THAT TEXAS IS ELIGIBLE FOR UNDER BILL.
TO APPLY FOR ALL THE, THE BILL FUNDING.
'CAUSE CURRENTLY THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISALIGNMENT.
AND, AND I WOULD ASSUME A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION, SINCE TEXAS IS SUCH A BIG STATE, IS PROBABLY FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE RURAL AREAS AS A PRIORITY, IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION AT THIS PARTICULAR HEARING TO LOOK AT THE URBAN AREAS IN PARTICULAR IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A BALANCE.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN OUR INNOVATION TEAM AND OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS WITH THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UM, THEY'VE LEANED IN AND WEIGHED IN ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF IT WHERE, UM, CITIES, UH, ARE, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY INVESTING IN THESE BROADBAND SERVICES FOOTPRINTS.
AND ONE SPECIAL NOTE THAT I SHOULD HAVE, UM, MEANT TO MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, SNAPPER CARR, UH, WAS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PROVIDED TESTIMONY, AND HE PRETTY MUCH USED SAN ANTONIO AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE CITIES, UM, THAT HAD A REALLY STRONG FOOTPRINT IN THE BROADBAND SERVICES TO TACKLE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO WE WERE REALLY HAPPY THAT SNAPPER USED SAN ANTONIO AS AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY THAT'S DOING THINGS RIGHT.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION, UH, I YOU, YOU KIND OF WENT THROUGH THAT, AND I DON'T REMEMBER, WAS THERE ANY, OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTERIM APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS THAT, THAT YOU'RE AWARE? AND, AND I'M, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS, I THINK EARLY ON THERE'S SOME PROJECTIONS THAT STATE REVENUES ARE GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT.
HAVE THEY GIVE US, GIVEN ANY, UH, ESTIMATES ON THAT YET? OR THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS DURING THESE INTERIM HEARINGS WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDS, UH, WILL BE UTILIZED TO FILL THE GAPS AND ADDRESS THE BROADBAND DIGITAL DIVIDE.
UH, CHRISTINE, AND WAS THERE ANY, ANY MORE ON THAT? UM, NO.
WELL JUST, HI, CHRISTINE WRIGHT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
UM, THEY'VE MENTIONED JUST WHAT THE REVENUE, UH, WHAT THE INCREASE IS GONNA BE.
THEY'RE GONNA REVISIT IT IN THE SUMMER.
UM, OF COURSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT INFLATION COSTS AS WELL THAT WILL BE COVERED BY THOSE EX BY THAT EXTRA REVENUE.
UM, BUT APPROPRIATIONS HAS NOT MET YET.
UM, BECAUSE RELATED TO THAT TOO, AND YOU KNOW, I, I'M SURE IT'LL COME UP DURING THAT APPROPRIATIONS MEETING, IS THERE WAS A TRANSFER RECENTLY SIGNIFICANT TRANSFER, I THINK THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER SIGNED OFF ON THAT, WENT TO BOARD OF SECURITY.
UH, SO THEY'VE NOT HAD ANY, UH, FORMAL DISCUSSIONS AS A, AS A COMMITTEE OR AS A BODY YET RELATED TO THAT? NO, NOT YET.
UM, I DID SEE, UH, AN ARTICLE IN REGARDS, UH, TO THAT REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDING.
SO WE'LL KEEP A REALLY CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? MY ONLY THOUGHTS ARE WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE, BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING THE SAME THING AT THE COUNTY WITH TAXES INCREASING AND, AND ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WE'RE, WAIT, UM, YOU KNOW, MELISSA, YOU, YOU ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS FOR, FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, DID, DID YOU WANT TO HANG ANY ADDITIONAL ORNAMENTS ON THIS TREE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMPLETE? NO, I CONCUR.
IS THERE, IS THERE AN APPROPRIATION MEETING SCHEDULED YET? OR, SENATE FINANCE IS MET, BUT HAS NOTHING? SO, SO THESE, THIS LIST OF, OF INTERIM CHARGES THAT YOU SPELLED
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OUT FOR US, THAT'S JUST THE ONES THAT YOU'RE MONITORING, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER, THERE ARE VERY INTERESTING ONES.THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE MONITORING THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRACKING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON CITY OPERATIONS.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, ISSUES THAT WERE PART OF THE, UH, PAST, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
A ANY, ANY THAT PERTAIN TO JUST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN GENERAL, SINCE THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM FOR, HAVE WE SEEN ANY? THERE IS ONE.
UM, THERE IS ONE, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE IN THE HOUSE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING YET, THOUGH.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU GET ME SOME INFO ON THAT? SURE, SURE.
AND THEN LATER, UM, YEAH, AND, AND I WONDER IF Y'ALL ARE CURIOUS TOO, CAN WE JUST GET A LIST OF ALL THE INTERIM CHARGES? SURE.
'CAUSE WE MAY GET QUESTIONS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.
LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? RIGHT.
INTERIM CHARGE OR THAT ONE, SO WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, A SPREADSHEET THAT REFLECTS ALL THE PRIORITY INTERIM HEARINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING BY DATE.
UM, WE, THAT WE CAN EASILY, UM, SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALSO, THAT Y'ALL CAN FLAG, UH, ANY OF THOSE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FOR US AS WELL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN A REQUEST ALSO IS, I, I, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES AGREE, ONE OF OUR JOBS IS TO DRIVE UP TO AUSTIN AND SPEAK, SPEAK OUR, SPEAK OUR TRUTH, AND TELL FOLKS UP THERE THE SAN ANTONIO OR BEAR COUNTY STORY.
UM, AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T FORGET ABOUT US.
AND SO IF YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT WOULD ADD VALUE, UM, TO SEND THE COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER, MYSELF, AND PARTICULARLY CLAYTON PERRY, 'CAUSE HE LOVES GOING UP THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW, RIGHT? DON'T HESITATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL MOVE MY SCHEDULE AROUND TO MAKE YOUR PRIORITY.
AND SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MOST OF THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR HAS BEEN INVITED.
SO THEY KEEP THE COMMITTEES VERY CONTROLLED AND VERY TIGHT, UM, AS THE COMMISSIONER KNOWS.
UM, BUT IF AT ANY POINT IN TIME, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, I KNOW CHRISTINE'S CONSTANTLY TALKING TO, UH, T M L AND OUR OTHER LARGE CITY PARTNERS.
AND WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION HAPPENING BEFORE AND AFTER.
BUT WE'LL IDENTIFY THOSE AND LET THE GROUP KNOW.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, YOU, YOU HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING FOR US? YES, WE DO.
WE'RE GONNA PIVOT TO FEDERAL NOW.
SO THIS ONE, UH, IS THE UPDATE ON BILL.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING BILL AS A STANDING UPDATE FOR YOU.
UM, ALMOST EVERY MONTH THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ONGOING DISCUSSION AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE STATE.
SO, UM, A QUICK OVERVIEW HERE.
ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANTS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TODAY IS THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SHORTEST S SS FOUR A.
UM, THERE'S BEEN, UM, SOME INFORMATION THAT D O T HAS RELEASED THAT WE WANNA, UM, SHARE IN TODAY'S BRIEFING.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM IS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING, AS YOU KNOW, ONGOING, UH, DIALOGUE, UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, TXDOT, UM, OUR FEDERAL AFFAIRS, UH, TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT TDOT OFFICE.
AND, UH, WE HAVE LEARNED SOME INFORMATION THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IN REGARDS TO THEIR PROGRAM SELECTION PROCESS.
UM, UNDER THE BILL GRANTS, A QUICK LOOK HERE AT THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.
UM, THIS ESSENTIALLY IS FUNDING FOR THEIR, FOR THE VISION ZERO, UM, INITIATIVES I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA TO SAN ANTONIO, UH, BECAUSE IT TACKLES, UM, SERIOUS INJURIES FOR, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ON OUR ROADS AND STREETS.
UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO UNDER A TRANSPORTATION TEAM HAS A VERY ROBUST, UH, VISION ZERO INITIATIVE.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, LAST WEEK, U SS D O T HELD A WEBINAR AND THEY RELEASED, UM, SOME INFORMATION.
UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $5 BILLION POT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BETWEEN 22 AND 26, SPECIFICALLY AROUND $1 BILLION ANNUALLY FOR EACH, UM, YEAR OF THAT DURATION OF THOSE FIVE YEARS.
UM, GOOD NEWS FOR US IS AT 40% WILL BE AWARDED TO THE ACTION PLANS OR THE PLANNING GRANTS.
UM, AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AND, AND WAITING FOR, UM, THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DISSECT THE NOFO AND, AND REALLY LEARN ON WHAT D O T IS LOOKING AT FOR THESE, UM, ACTION PLAN, UH, DOCUMENTS WE EXPECT WE'RE WAITING EVERY DAY TRYING TO CHECK, UH, TO SEE IF THE NOFO HAS BEEN RELEASED.
WE'RE EXPECTING IT THIS MONTH.
WE'RE HOPING D O T WON'T SLIP.
UM, AND THAT WE'LL SEE IT VERY, VERY SOON.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING OUR TEXT.OFFICE.
UM, WE'VE CONVEYED TO THEM THE INTEREST THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE, UH, AN APPLICATION,
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UH, DIRECTLY TO, UH, U SS D O T FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.UM, SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THAT ACTION PLAN I MENTIONED.
THERE'S PLANNING, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE PART OF THAT PLAN.
AND, UM, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISSECT THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE IT GETS RELEASED.
UM, I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION THE NATIONAL ROADWAY SAFETY STRATEGY.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR U SS D O T AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
THIS ESSENTIALLY IS THEM LEANING IN ON A SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.
UM, IT SETS A VISION FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, UH, FOR SAFETY, UM, ON OUR NATION'S ROADWAYS.
SO IT'LL BE EXPECTED THAT, THAT THE FOCUS, UM, THAT IS, UM, THAT IS PLACED ON KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, ROADS SAFE, UH, VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, SAFE AT SAFE SPEEDS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A POST CRASH, UH, CARE, UH, STRATEGY IN PLACE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOLD IN, UM, THESE PARTICULAR PARAMETERS IN OUR, UH, FUTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.
AND NOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TAMIKA VILLE, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.
UM, SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT SHE'S LOOKING AT AND HER VISION FOR VISION ZERO.
THANK YOU, CHAIR COMMISSIONER.
TAMIKA MONVILLE, DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
SO, AS SALLY MENTIONED, WE IDENTIFIED LAST FISCAL YEAR, EIGHT CORRIDORS, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORKS.
AND ON THESE EIGHT CORRIDORS, THE COUNCIL APPROVED 28 MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS FOR US TO IMPLEMENT.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR IS THE APPROXIMATE $7 MILLION THAT IT WILL TAKE TO CONSTRUCT THOSE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE UNLIKE MOST OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW GRANTS, THESE COME DIRECTLY TO US.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH TDOT.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE ROADWAYS WHERE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INJURIES.
SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, SINCE 2017, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES WE HAVE TO DATE, 27 FATALITIES THAT MAY NOT INCLUDE ONE OR TWO.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED FROM S A P D.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 71 FATALITIES, 2017 CONTEXT, WE HAVE 48 FATALITIES.
AND SO WHAT WE KNOW NATIONALLY, OVER 45% OF THESE CRASHES OCCUR ON OUR COLLECTOR STREETS, OUR NON-HIGH ARTERIALS, AND OUR LOCAL ROADS.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN DO IS DEMONSTRATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOT OF THOSE PROVEN FEDERAL HIGHWAY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHARED DURING OUR APRIL 13TH PRESENTATION DURING GOAL SETTING.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ON OVER THE COMING YEAR TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE IN OUR ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED OVER FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND SO THIS WILL SHOW THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THOSE PLANS.
WE DEVELOPED A PLAN, AND ONE THING THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE EMPHASIS ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT RURAL COMMUNITIES.
YOU SEE 40% OF THESE GRANTS GOING TO ACTION PLANS BECAUSE WHAT WE NOTICE AS CITIES GROW AND DEVELOP, MANY OF OUR RURAL AREAS ARE NOW BECOMING DENSER.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND DRIVING.
AND SO THE GOAL AND FOCUS IS TO HELP THOSE PARTS OF OUR STATE AND OUR CITY AND OUR REGION THAT DO NOT HAVE ACTION PLANS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEE THESE TYPES OF TRENDS.
SO WITH THIS APPLICATION, WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
NEXT WEEK, WE WILL MEET WITH VIA AND ALSO WITH TDOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, TO GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA.
BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CRASHES AND OUR FATALITIES, MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO WORK AT A BUS STOP OR WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRANT BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THE WORK, THE TEAM PRIOR TO MYA ARRIVING HERE IN THE CITY.
AND THE CITY HAS WORKED HARD TO ADOPT VISION ZERO TO GET TOWARDS ZERO.
AND THIS PLAN WILL HELP US FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE PEDESTRIAN MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO NOW THAT WE GOT, WE GOT A QUORUM, UH, WE, WE NEED TO DO, UH, A ROLL CALL, RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA.
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COMMISSIONER BARNARD.AND THEN THE SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE NEED TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM, UH, THE LAST MEETING.
SO, SO YOU ASKED FOR, FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE COMMISSIONER.
UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? NO.
UH, WHAT CAME TO MIND WAS THIS, YES, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE, OBVIOUSLY, IN PEDESTRIAN DEATHS, AND THAT'S BEEN INCREASING FOR A LONG TIME, IT SEEMS. BUT WE ALSO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO WALK, UH, YOU KNOW, AND EXERCISE.
SO, UM, CROSSWALKS AND, AND FIXING THIS FOR WA UH, FOR PEDESTRIANS IS CRITICAL AS WE GROW.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST A COMMENT THAT I HAD.
NO PARTICULAR QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THE GRANT WOULD BE FABULOUS.
TAMIKA, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
DOES THE, THE $7 MILLION APPLICATION COVER MOST OF THESE PROJECTS, OR JUST A FRACTION OF THE PROJECTS? IT MAY JUST BE A FRACTION, BUT WHAT WE'RE BASING THIS ON IS THE HISTORICAL COST ESTIMATE FOR A MIDBLOCK CROSSING.
ONE THING WE RECOGNIZE IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE NOT RUN THE GAMUT OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THOSE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO DO PEDESTRIAN, WHAT THEY CALL REFUGE AREAS MM-HMM.
SO NOT JUST THE CONCRETE MIDBLOCK CROSSING, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING SOME LANDSCAPES, SOME SOFT SPACE.
AND SO IT'S NOT CONCRETE JUNGLES OUT HERE, BUT ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PARKS AND REC, WE HAVE AN AMAZING TREE MITIGATION PROGRAM.
SO IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE USE THIS AS THE TEMPLATE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE DOING THIS ON EIGHT CORRIDORS.
AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN SEVERAL YEARS, WE'LL SEE THE TRANSITION OF OUR LESSONS LEARNED AND IMPLEMENTING THESE.
BUT THE KEY IS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT VIA, BECAUSE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, SUCH AS BULB OUTS AT TRANSIT STOPS, THAT REALLY HELPS TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE THAT A PEDESTRIAN HAS TO CROSS IN ORDER TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO I THINK AS WE SEE OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN OVER THE COMING YEARS, WE WILL BE UTILIZING A NUMBER OF TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.
AND, AND, UM, IN IDENTIFYING THESE CORRIDORS, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY'RE DATA DRIVEN, UM, ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC COUNT, UM, WAS ANYTHING RELATED TO SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN, UM, TYPE OF TRAFFIC CONSIDERED? AND, AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, I KNOW COMMISSIONER BERNARD AND I WERE BOTH AT SEPARATE SCHOOLS IN OUR PRECINCTS YESTERDAY.
UM, MINE HAPPENED TO BE UNINCORPORATED.
UM, BUT A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT, PARTICULARLY WHERE NEW SCHOOLS ARE GOING UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KIDS CROSSING AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
WAS THAT KIND OF, UH, CONSIDERED AS WELL IN, IN LOOKING AT THESE? YES.
SO ALL OF THESE CORRIDORS ARE BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND MANY OF THESE LOCATIONS MAY BE TIED TO JUST THE VOLUME OF ACTIVITY AND ALSO JUST THE, THE WIDTH OF A LOT OF THESE STREETS.
THESE ARE ALSO SOME OF OUR ROADWAYS WHERE WE EXPERIENCE HIGH VOLUMES OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ARE ON THOSE PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO THE CORE, IT GETS SMALLER, BUT IT MIGHT BE WIDER.
AND YOUR POINT IS, IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THESE GRANTS ARE FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THOSE, UH, FATALITIES AND INJURIES, WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK.
WE MAY NOT HAVE SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE GROWTH.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR IS WORKING WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO TAKE THE DATA, THE PEDESTRIAN HOTSPOTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, BUT THEN TAKE THE DATA THAT THEY KNOW FROM THEIR DISTRICTS AND FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THOSE AREAS OF CONCERN SO THAT WE CAN PILOT IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.
SO NOT JUST THE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, BUT REALLY THAT'S WHAT VISION ZERO IS ABOUT, DEVELOPING A PLAN AND A STRATEGY AND A NUMBER OF THESE ACTIVITIES THAT TOGETHER THEY CAN REALLY HELP REDUCE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE FOR, IMPROVE THE SAFETY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE ROAD USERS.
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OKAY.SO I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS WHY THIS GRANT IS HERE.
THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF URBAN, RURAL, THOSE CONNECTIONS, THERE WERE NEVER ANY INTENTIONS TO HAVE SCHOOLS TO HAVE THE GROWTH.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ACTION PLANS AND MANY RURAL AREAS NEED TO DEVELOP THE ACTION PLANS.
AND, AND I GUESS LAST COMMENT IS KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, MAYBE MORE FOR MELISSA TO TAKE, UH, A NOTE OF IS, IS, UH, IF YOU'RE FOCUSED ON, AND, AND I'LL USE COLLIBRA AS AN EXAMPLE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BISEX GOES THROUGH PRECINCT TWO, UH, I THINK IS A BORDER OF DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT SEVEN, ALSO PART STATE HIGHWAY.
UM, A LOT OF THE, THE GROWTH IN MY PRECINCT, AT LEAST IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA IS THAT COLLIBRA CORRIDOR NORTH OF 1604, WHERE YOU'VE GOT TAFT AND HARLAN, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS, OF COURSE THE, THE FEEDER SCHOOLS, AND THEN THE NEW, UH, SO MO HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS OFF GOM.
UM, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE COORDINATING, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME FOR, FOR, FOR COSA YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
BUT IF WE CAN COORDINATE, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE CHAIRMAN OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE CONTIGUOUS AREAS THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
MAYBE IT'S IN, UH, PARTIALLY THROUGH NEAR HE LOTUS OR LEON VALLEY.
BUT, BUT THOSE ARE HIGH PRIORITIES AS WELL.
AND, AND AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO NORTHSIDE I S D, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IS HAPPENING WITH NEW SCHOOLS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
AND, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FORUM TO DO THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE BOTH COUNTY AND CITY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE ARE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION OR SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THAT'S RIGHT ON TARGET WITH OUR APPROACH.
WE, AS A PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE, AND AS A PART IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMPO AND TXDOT, THE COLLABRO CORRIDOR STUDY IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP IN THE NEXT, BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
BUT THE MEETING NEXT WEEK IS REALLY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH TEXDOT.
CULEBRA IS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST CORRIDOR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING A DRIVER SAFETY CAMPAIGN, WHICH WILL KICK OFF IN JUNE, JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.
SO WHAT WE RECOGNIZE IS WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR ALL OF THE ROAD USERS, WHETHER YOU'RE IN A CAR ON A BIKE OR WALKING.
AND SO PART OF THAT IS JUST EDUCATION AND A COMBINATION OF ENFORCEMENT.
ALL THE EASE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GETTING TOWARDS ZERO.
SO COLLIBRA WILL BE OUR FIRST CORRIDOR WHERE WE PILOT THAT DRIVER SAFETY CAMPAIGN AND WE WILL BE ADDING THAT INTO OUR APPLICATION AS SOMETHING WE, THAT'S THE LITTLE SMALL ASK THAT WE GONNA THROW IN THERE, THE LITTLE PILOT.
BUT IT SPEAKS TO THE EDUCATION COMPONENT THAT WE'VE DONE VERY WELL.
BUT THE PERFORMANCE DATA IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T TYPICALLY COLLECTED.
SO WE'VE INSTALLED MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS ACROSS THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE NOT ADDED THE PEDESTRIAN COUNTS.
LOOKED AT THE BOARDINGS AND THE LIGHTINGS AT BUS STOPS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH VIA COMES IN TO GET AN IDEA.
JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A FATALITY ON A CORRIDOR THAT MAY NOT BE THE HOTSPOT.
AND WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THE DATA DATA OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED.
WE MAY HAVE INSTALLED A MID-BLOCK CROSSING AT A LOCATION, BUT REALLY THE HIGH POPULATION OF PEDESTRIANS MIGHT BE AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR PAST EFFORTS, IS THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC DATA BEFORE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION AT THESE LOCATIONS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATED MAP OF THE EIGHT VISION ZERO CORRIDORS, UM, AS WELL AS THE 28 MINUTE BLOCK CROSS ENDS? NO, SIR.
BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
AND SO WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED ALL OF THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS ON THE CORRIDORS.
'CAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THE DATA COLLECTION.
THAT'S THE PIECE THAT TAKES THE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.
WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE INSTALLED INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE DATA, WE END UP REMOVING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DOING IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
WE HAVE COMPILED A LOT OF DATA SO FAR, BUT THE FINAL LOCATION, AND THAT'S WHY WE SAY CORRIDORS AND NOT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
WE'RE LETTING THE DATA GUIDE OUR INSTALLATION AND, AND DESIGN OF THOSE, UH, SPECIFIC MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS.
BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY EMAIL YOU THAT.
I'M SURE MY TEAM IS WATCHING THIS NOW.
I'M PROBABLY SENDING THAT TO YOU.
WHEN CAN WE EXPECT, UM, IS THERE A TIMELINE ON THAT OF WHEN YOU THINK IT WOULD BE FINAL OR? YES, SIR.
SO WE ARE IN THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS FOR ALL OF THE CORRIDORS.
AND A PART OF THE EFFORT TOO IS TO SYNCHRONIZE THE EFFORTS WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN PUBLIC WORK.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COLLIBRA, WE WERE COORDINATING WITH TDOT TO INSTALL
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MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS AT SEVERAL HIGH FATALITY LOCATIONS.HOWEVER, WE LEARNED FROM TDOT THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS, SOME MEDIANS ON GBRA, WHICH WILL START INSTALLATION, OR THEY WILL LET THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEXT YEAR.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TDOT ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO INSTALL THOSE PARTICULAR CROSSINGS.
SO THAT TOOK THAT OFF THE LIST FOR OUR INSTALLATION BECAUSE WE DO OUR PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS TO THE LOCAL STANDARD.
BUT WHEN WE SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE TEX DOT CONTACTED US AND SAID THEY HAD HIGHWAY SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE, HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS THAT WE COULD USE, WE MISSED THAT DEADLINE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A DELICATE, DELICATE BALANCE.
AND IT, IT'S REALLY A, AN ALIGNING OF MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT INSTALLING THESE CROSSINGS WHEN T DOT OR PUBLIC WORKS HAS A CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA COME AND TAKE THEM OUT.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU A STATUS UPDATE ON EACH OF THE CORRIDORS, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND A MAP, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO THIS BODY.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, RIGHT? UM, WE CAN'T FRY EVERY FISH IN THE SEA, RIGHT? AND SO I GET IT, THERE'S ONLY 28 AND YOU GOTTA PICK, YOU GOTTA PICK THE WORST 28, I GUESS, RIGHT? UM, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE WORST 28 ARE ONLY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND SO I I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AT EIGHT OBJECTIVELY.
I ALSO WORRY, UM, THAT IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT CORRIDORS AND NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THAT ARE NOT CORRIDORS, RIGHT? THAT MAYBE WE'D BE SKIPPING OVER PLACES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH HIGH FATALITY.
AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, DOWN THE STREET FROM THE, THE BEST TACO PLACE IN ALL OF THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO CALLED TAQUERIA DATA POINT.
UH, THERE'S A, AM I RIGHT, TOM? AM I RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, THE, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE SCHOOL CALLED BASIS.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT ON A CORRIDOR.
I MEAN, THAT'S A TINY ONE BLOCK STREET, UH, THAT HAS JUST THAT SCHOOL INTO WALMART ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
AND THESE KIDS POUR OUTTA THAT SCHOOL, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE IMPATIENT AND DON'T WANNA PICK 'EM UP IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO THE KIDS RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO WALMART WHERE THE PARENTS ARE ALL QUEUED UP.
IT'S DRIVING WALMART NUTS AND IT'S DRIVING THE ADMINISTRATOR'S NUTS.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THOSE KIDS TO USE THE EXISTING CROSSWALK, WHICH IS INCONVENIENTLY FAR FROM THE DOOR OF THE SCHOOL.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAD A KID HIT, UH, BY A CAR.
UM, AND THE SAME APPLIES TO BRANDEIS HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? WE HAD A BUNCH OF KIDS WHOSE PARENTS DIDN'T WANNA BE IN QUEUE UP IN THE PARKING LOT, SO THEY WERE QUEUING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE STREET.
AND WE DID HAVE TWO KIDS SEVERELY INJURED.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT, IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
SO THAT'S A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THOSE HOT SPOTS FOR YOUR DISTRICT THAT MAY NOT BE A PART OF THESE CORRIDORS.
AND THESE CORRIDORS WERE SELECTED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES THEY HAVE, THE MOST FATALITIES AND INJURIES.
SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS IDENTIFY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS LIKE YOU IDENTIFIED AND SAY, OKAY, IN THE TOOLKIT OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, WHAT COULD WE DO? COULD WE DO A RAISED CROSSWALK AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE AUTOMOBILES AND GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN A SENSE OF SAFETY? COULD WE DO A THREE D CROSSWALK IN SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS? IS IT A LOCATION THAT BASED ON THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES OVER YEARS, MAYBE NECESSITATES A TRAFFIC WARRANT STUDY TO DETERMINE IF IT'S TIME TO SIGNALIZE THEM? THOSE ARE THE ISOLATED LOCATIONS WHERE I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF THE TYPICAL, LET'S JUST PUT A SIGNAL THERE.
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNALS THAT WE CAN INSTALL IF WE NEED TO INSTALL A LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL AT A LOCATION, IF WE NEED TO PROBABLY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF PUTTING BULB BOUTS AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE DISTANCE THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO CROSS, BUT ALSO COMBINING THAT WITH A RAYS CROSSWALK.
THOSE WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES.
BUT WE CAN DO THE CORRIDORS, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE 120 FOOT, YOU KNOW, CROSS SECTIONS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SAFER.
BUT WE CAN ALSO DO THESE PILOT PROJECTS IN THE INTERIM.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCOPING OUR UPDATE OF OUR VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS OLD.
SO AS A PART OF THAT, WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, WORKING WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND THEN IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WE'VE GOT FIVE YEARS, Y'ALL MM-HMM.
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SO WE CAN PUT THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITHIN THE PLAN.AND DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE HOPE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS, THOSE HOTSPOTS, PUT THAT IN OUR FUTURE ACTION PLAN.
SO WHEN WE APPLY IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WE CAN SAY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS, WE CAN START WITH OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AND SAY IN 23 OR 24, WE WANT TO DO DESIGN FOR THOSE PILOT, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES BY DISTRICT.
I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS COMES DIRECTLY TO US.
WE, WE WANT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXDOT.
AND IT'S REALLY A COORDINATION PROCESS BECAUSE THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ALSO REQUIRES T TO HAVE VULNERABLE ROAD USER ASSESSMENTS.
WHAT WE KNOW IS WE HAVE A LOT OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS ON A LOT OF OUR CORRIDORS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE CITY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA LEVERAGE THE INVESTMENT.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, WITH YOU AND I, ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY THOSE HOTSPOTS THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF BASED ON THE DATA, BUT BASED ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LIVE AND, AND WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE.
SO EVERY, EVERY TIME I HEAR YOU TALK, I, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A COLLEGE CLASS AND I LEARN SO MUCH
IT'S, IT'S THE PRIVATE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOU AND MY TEAM AND I THAT I REALLY GET A LOT OF BENEFIT OUT OF.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE HERE, UM, I, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE IF, IF YOU MEET WITH TAMIKA PRIVATELY, SHE'S JUST ENCYCLOPEDIC AS FAR AS HER KNOWLEDGE OF, OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC.
AND SO TAMIKA, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY, YOU MAY TAMIKA, I HOPE THEY'LL TAKE ME UP ON THAT INVITATION.
AND, AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL MAKE THE TIME.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT SETTING OURSELVES UP AND DEVELOPING THE PLANS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE TEAM HAD THE PLAN BEFORE I GOT HERE.
IT'S REALLY US JUST IMPLEMENTING THOSE PLANS, JUSTIFYING AND SHOWING WHERE WE'RE MAKING THE COMMITMENT FINANCIALLY AS A CITY TO MATCH THE INVESTMENT WE'RE ASKING FROM, FROM THE D O T.
UM, A COUPLE OF POINTS, UM, THAT I WANTED TO LEAN IN THAT TAMIKA MENTIONED.
UM, SHE HIGHLIGHTED HER ONGOING CONVERSATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE TXDOT DISTRICT OFFICE.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO BUILDING A REALLY STRONG APPLICATION.
AND ANOTHER POINT, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE FIVE YEARS WORTH OF FUNDING, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FIRST, UH, NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP.
SO, UM, AS SOON AS, UM, IT IS UNVEILED BY D O T, WE WILL POUNCE ON IT, DISSECT IT, AND CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SAN ANTONIO SUBMITS A STRONG APPLICATION.
AND SO, LET, LET ME INTERRUPT HERE.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE PREV, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES SAID IT'S 5 BILLION TOTAL FOR WHAT THEY'RE DEDICATING TO THIS ONE GRANT PROJECT, RIGHT? FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THIS GRANT FOR 22 TO 26.
AND THEN IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, SOMEBODY SAID THE STATE JUST SET ASIDE $600,000 FOR THIS.
THE, THE TECH TXDOT HAS THE, UM, ROAD TO ZERO PROGRAM AND THEIR $600,000 600 MILLION.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT'S A, A LOT LESS ZEROS.
SO, SO MOVING ON THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF SLIDES.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND RECOGNIZE, UM, THE ONGOING COLLABORATION AND DIALOGUE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE TXDOT DISTRICT OFFICE, UM, AND RECOGNIZE, UM, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, ROBIN AYERS, WHO IS WITH THE TXDOT FEDERAL AFFAIRS TEAM, HAS, UM, UH, MET WITH US IN A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS.
I HAD A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HER, UM, JUST THIS WEEK.
AND SHE PROVIDED, UM, SOME REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS THAT TXDOT, UM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING, UM, THE TDOT DISTRICT ENGINEER GINA GALLEGOS AS WELL, UM, HAS BEEN PART OF, OF SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING DIALOGUE.
UM, AS YOU SEE HERE, TDOT, UM, IS WORKING, UH, TO CREATE A DI A DATABASE, UM, WITH ALL THE BILL GRANT INFORMATION, UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION FOR VIABLE PROJECTS FROM ACROSS, UM, THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO LINE UP AND LINK THOSE, THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH THE BILL GRANTS OVER THE COURSE OF, OF THAT MANY YEARS, FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO THEY'RE PROJECTING OUT AS WELL.
UM, THAT PARTICULAR DATABASE, UM, WILL INCLUDE ALL THE CRITERIA, UM, THAT IS KNOWN NOW THAT WILL BE, UH, KNOWN LATER, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO LINE UP THOSE PROJECTS FROM FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, ONE KEY POINT, UM, THAT, UH, THE TXDOT TEAM DID SHARE IS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING, UM, AT THE, UH, U T P, UH, IN
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ORDER TO IDENTIFY, UH, THOSE POSSIBLE PROJECTS.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, TO NOTE IS THAT D O T IS OPENING THESE, UH, GRANT APPLICATIONS AND DOING A REALLY FAST TURNAROUND.
IT COULD BE FOUR OR FIVE, MAYBE SIX WEEKS AT MOST.
SO YOU HAVE TO SELECT PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
NEW PROJECTS ARE, ARE REALLY HARD, UH, CHALLENGE, UM, TO TACKLE, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT IS ONGOING.
UM, IN THE CASE OF A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, UM, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT, TDOT UH, DUSTED OFF A COUPLE OF PROJECTS IN THE DALLAS AREA THAT THEY HAD.
THEY HAD BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL, UM, TO GET GRANTS, UH, FROM U S D O T, UM, IN THE PAST.
UM, SO AGAIN, OUR ONGOING, UH, DIALOGUE WITH THEM, UH, TO HOPEFULLY WORK WITH THEM, FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY THOSE KEY, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WILL BE PART OF, OF THEIR, UH, DATABASE.
AND THEY WILL BE SHARING, UM, MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TO COME.
THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR, AS WE ALREADY KNOW, THAT A COMBINATION OF NOT JUST INVESTMENT, BUT COLLABORATION FROM THE STATE, LOCAL, UM, AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS VERY KEY.
TAMIKA MENTIONED ABOUT THE LOCAL INVESTMENT, UM, IN OUR VISION ZERO.
AND SO THAT IS VERY PROMINENT IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION.
THIS ADMINISTRATION, UM, IS PUSHING OUT.
UM, A QUICK LOOK HERE, UM, ON THE COORDINATION.
IN PAST YEARS, TDOT HAS SHIED AWAY FROM PROVIDING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THEY SAW THIS AS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THESE FEDERAL MONIES.
UM, THEY HAVE PIVOTED FROM THAT.
THERE ARE FIVE YEARS OF BILL FUNDING, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY INCLUDED, UM, IN, IN, UH, THIS PARTICULAR APPROPRIATION UNDER BILL.
SO THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
THEY WANNA ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS, OPPORTUNITIES WITH CITIES, COUNTIES, AND NPOS, UM, AND LEAN ON EACH OTHER'S RESOURCES.
SO MANY OF THE APPLICATIONS WILL INCLUDE A ROLE FOR OUR TECH STOCK PARTNERS, UM, FOR OUR PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY OTHER TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS TO MAKE THE APPLICATIONS VERY ROBUST, UM, AND REALLY STAND OUT AND BE ABLE TO COMPETE NATIONALLY, UM, WITH OTHER, UH, LIKE COMMUNITIES A ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, SO AGAIN, LOCAL ENTITIES, UM, ESSENTIALLY LIKE US NEED TO WORK WITH TECH DOTS DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY GOING.
IT'LL BE AN ONGOING COMMUNICATION TO IDENTIFY THOSE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THE 2 20 22 MEGA INFRA RURAL TECH STOCK PROJECTS THAT THEY LANDED ON ARE THESE TWO THAT YOU SEE HERE.
THE DALLAS CANYON I 30 PROJECT WAS UNSUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED TWICE UNDER THE D O T INFRA GRANT.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DID IS THAT THEY MOLDED THIS PROJECT, UM, AND TOOK ALL THE, UH, DEBRIEF DETAILS THEY RECEIVED FROM D O T IN TWO PAST ROUNDS.
AND THEY SHAPED IT TO MEET, UM, THE CURRENT, UH, MEGA INFRA GRANT SUBMISSION, THE FAR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE TRADE CORRIDOR.
I WAS TOLD THERE'S AN ONGOING PROJECT, SO THERE'S ALREADY AN INVESTMENT FROM TXDOT THERE.
SO YOU SEE, UH, THE LINKAGES AS TO, UH, THE SELECTION FOR THESE PROJECTS AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO US.
SO, UH, AGAIN, ONGOING DIALOGUE AND COORDINATION.
UH, THANKS TO ROBIN AYERS AND GINA GALLEGOS FOR WORKING, UH, WITH US ON THIS.
AND THE DIALOGUE WILL BE ONGOING AND WE'LL MAINTAIN OUR REPORTS BACK TO YOU, UM, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS IN COORDINATION WITH THEM.
THAT CONCLUDES MY FEDERAL PRESENTATION FOR THE BILL UPDATE.
MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS, UM, WE DO NOT DOWN AND WORKING WITH SOME OF UST HAVE ANY PROJECTS IN THE FOR RAISE THIS MM-HMM.
UM, IT'S, I I SAID ALL THAT WITHOUT THE MIC, BUT YOU GET THE POINT.
AND JEFF REMINDED ME, WE, WE DID INVITE, UM, OUR DISTRICT ENGINEER, GINA GALLEGOS.
UH, WE INVITED, UH, SSID AS WELL FROM OUR, UM, AMPO.
UM, THEY ARE AT A I 35 EVENT SOMEWHERE.
UM, SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COME IN, BUT THEY DID OFFER TO JOIN US, UH, FOR A FUTURE I G R MEETING.
SO WE WILL EXTEND THAT INVITE TO THEM, UM, AS THIS CONVERSATION UNFOLDS.
I 35 EVENT IS WHAT I CALL BEING STUCK IN I 35
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SO, UM, WE, WE NEED TO EM ADMIT, APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.UM, ANY MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR? SO MOVED.
OUR MINUTES ARE APPROVED AND WE ADJOURNED.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP TODAY.