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MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RULE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, CHAIR GABE VARDA.
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ITEM, UH, OF OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL NOW VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ACTUALLY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? WE HAVE NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
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A BRIEFING FROM ON THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND ELIGIBLE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.UH, IS THIS, WHO'S HERE? I THINK WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON COLLIBRA.
IT'S THE COLLIBRA STUDY AND THE SELECTION OF THE THREE, UH, PROJECTS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A BRIEFING AND ACTION ON THE COLLIBRA ROAD.
I'M CORRIDOR STUDY AND THE SELECTION OF FUTURE CORRIDOR STUDIES.
OKAY, WELL LET, LET'S DO THAT THEN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
TAMIKA MONVILLE, DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
TODAY, WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR STUDIES.
AS YOU ALL RE WILL RECALL, THE CULEBRA CORRIDOR WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR MULTIMODAL STUDIES THAT WE WERE AWARDED FROM THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IN 2018.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON COLLIBRA.
WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THE COLLIBRA STUDY, AND THE TEAM IS FINALIZING A NUMBER OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE A PART OF THAT ORIGINAL SCOPE.
WE WILL BE COMING TO THE PUBLIC LATER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY AROUND SEPTEMBER, TO PROVIDE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND CONCEPTS OF WHAT THE CONSULTANTS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WHAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH AS A RESULT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL BE GOING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THESE CONCEPTS AND THE FINAL ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ONCE THIS COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY HAS SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT'S PROPOSED.
AND THE FINAL STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER BY DECEMBER, 2022 IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR, UM, OUR FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TECH.
SO THE OTHER PART OF THAT AWARD IN 2018 WAS FOR THREE ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR STUDIES.
AND AS A PART OF OUR WORK HERE WITH THIS COMMITTEE, WE'VE DISCUSSED OTHER CORRIDORS THAT WOULD BE IDEAL TO DO THE $1 MILLION STUDIES ON THEM.
SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT MEET THE GOALS OF THAT MULTIMODAL TRANSIT PEDESTRIAN AUTOMOBILE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT HARRY ACH, MARBACH AND WEST WOULD BE IDEAL CORRIDORS TO STUDY FURTHER AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THIS CIRCULATION.
SO THE THREE ADDITIONAL STUDIES, WE HAVE SOME DATA HERE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHY WE RECOMMEND THESE CORRIDORS.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY ARE TRANSIT CORRIDORS WHERE WE CAN SEE HIGH TRANSIT RIDERSHIP.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND IMPROVE, IMPROVE MOBILITY FOR NOT JUST AUTOMOBILES, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE WHO USE TRANSIT AND WALK ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HARRY WACH FROM LOOP FOUR 10 TO FORT SAM HOUSTON.
IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, UNFORTUNATELY THE COUNCILMAN IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT TO REALLY MAKE THIS A GATEWAY TO FORT SAM HOUSTON FOR ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO'VE SERVED, BUT ALSO TO MAKE IT A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THESE MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS ARE ABOUT, INTEGRATING SAFETY, INTEGRATING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.
AND WITH MARBA FROM LOOP 14 TO THE CITY LIMITS, WE CAN LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE THE SAFETY AS PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY AND INTO THE CORE OF THE CITY.
SO WHEN WE SEE WEST AVENUE, AND YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH HERE AT THE TABLE, YOU SEE THERE'S A LOT OF AVERAGE WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP ON VIA TRANSIT ROUTES HERE.
SO THIS IS, THESE ARE THE IDEAL CORRIDORS WE WANNA LOOK AT, SIMILAR TO GBRA.
AND THESE ARE THE THREE CORRIDORS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THIS BODY THAT WE CONSIDER FURTHER
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FOR THESE STUDIES.SO THE NEXT STEPS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THOSE THREE STUDIES.
IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO AWARD IT TO ONE CONSULTING FIRM.
IT WOULD BE A HIGH PROFILE SOLICITATION.
BUT THE GOALS WITH THE ONE CONSULTING FIRM IS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A THEME FOR THESE TYPES OF CORRIDOR STUDIES AND THAT THEME WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
IT WON'T BE A DIFFERENT THEME IN ONE PART OF THE CITY IN ANOTHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT FIRMS DOING THAT WORK.
AND THEN A COMPONENT OF THIS IS THAT THE DATA THAT IS COLLECTED AS A PART OF THESE STUDIES, IT BECOMES A PART OF THE CITY'S DATABASE AND OUR INVENTORY.
AND WE CAN ALSO BUILD UPON THIS WHEN WE SEEK OTHER MULTIMODAL STUDIES AND INTEGRATE THESE CONCEPTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THERE ISN'T DISPARITY IN HOW ONE PARTICULAR CORRIDOR LOOKS DIFFERENT.
AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY, YOU LOOK AT THE QUADRO FOIL, THAT'S SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CITY, AND WE LIKE THESE CORRIDOR STUDIES TO REFLECT THE SAME.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE CORRIDOR STUDIES, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THE, ARE THESE PROJECTS SET TO RECEIVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FROM THE 2023 BUDGET OR THROUGH THE BOND OR? SO THE FUNDS FOR THESE ARE STUDIES.
SO THESE ARE FUNDS THROUGH AMPO THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, AND WE ALLOCATED THE MATCH.
EACH OF THESE HAD A 20% MATCH, JUST LIKE THE COLLIBRA CORRIDOR, AND WE ALLOCATED THOSE FUNDS THROUGH PREVIOUS BUDGET CYCLES.
AND NOW IS THE TIME WHERE WE ARE COMING TO YOU ALL TO DETERMINE IF, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE'VE PROVIDED TODAY AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND FAMILIARITY WITH THESE CORRIDORS, IF THESE ARE THOSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND FOR THOSE STUDIES.
AND AS WE LOOKED AT ACROSS THE CITY, WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING ANYTHING, BUT THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING INTO OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT TRULY BEING MULTIMODAL AND MAKING SURE IT'S A TRANSIT CORRIDOR WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH VIA AND IMPROVE SOME OF THE ACCESSIBILITY ALONG THE CORRIDORS AS A RESULT OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WILL COME FROM THEM.
THANK YOU, TAMIKA? YES, MA'AM.
UH, COULD YOU TELL US WHEN DO WE GET, UH, AS, UH, EITHER A COMMITTEE OR AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALONG THE CULEBRA CORRIDOR? WHEN CAN WE, UH, SORT OF GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THAT? WE WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON COLLIBRA IN THE NEXT MONTH.
WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THE TASK AND THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, BECAUSE WHEN WE INITIATED THE COLLIBRA STUDY, WE DID IT DURING COVID.
SO A NUMBER OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE CONSULTANT PROVIDED WERE VIA ZOOM.
AND ONE OF OUR CONCERNS RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WANT TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE CONCEPTS THAT WERE SHARED PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
WE'RE STILL COLLECTING SOME ITEMS FROM THEM.
AND WHAT WE'VE RECENTLY ASKED FOR IS THE OUTREACH PLAN BASED ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION THEY'VE COLLECTED THUS FAR.
SO WE'RE GETTING THE DOWNLOAD, BUT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO SYNTHESIZE SO THAT IT WILL BE PRESENTABLE FOR THIS BODY.
MY, UH, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, I, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL CONSULTANT WITH THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK THAT T C I LET OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
MY MA'AM, MY UNDER UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU, UM, ACTUALLY WANTED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON THAT.
SO WERE WE, IS THIS WORK PRODUCT GOING TO MEET WHAT YOU FEEL WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE 2022 BOND PROJECT? THAT IS THE PIECE WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, ESSENTIALLY THE WORK THAT WAS AWARDED WAS NOT TO THE DEGREE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT ROBUST CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
A PORTION OF IT WILL INFORM THE WORK IN THE 23 BOND.
HOWEVER, THAT'S THE, THE PIECE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW IS HOW MUCH WAS COMPLETED TO WHERE IT WILL SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THAT BOND PROJECT.
IF THAT'S NOT SATISFIED, IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS FUNDING SO THAT THAT PROJECT FULFILL IN THE NEXT MONTH FULFILLS COMMISSION? YES, MA'AM.
IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA IF WE WILL NEED TO REQUEST FUNDS, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING WITH THE N P O ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE MORE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
I WOULD, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND TO YOU THAT WE FIND OUR OWN MONEY TO DO THAT.
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P O GIVING US SOME AWARDS, I, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOING TO DELAY THE PROJECT.AND IN MY EXPERIENCE ON THE M P O, THEY, THEY WANTED THIS MONEY TO BE USED FOR ENGINEERING STUDIES.
THEY DID NOT WANT THE CALIBER OF INPUT THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED FOR THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE WANT.
UM, SO I SEE THAT BEING AN UPHILL BATTLE.
UM, IT CAN BE A TWO TRACK APPROACH, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO HOLD UP THIS, THIS PROJECT.
AND I'M, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION IN, IN THE BUDGET ASK FOR NEXT YEAR.
MY, UM, MY NEXT QUESTION, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING WHAT IS ALSO CALLED A CORRIDOR STUDY, UH, ALONG DIFFERENT CORRIDORS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING FOR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, RA OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE THREE ADDITIONAL CORRIDORS? YES, MA'AM.
SO, AND THAT'S A AWESOME QUESTION AS WELL, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE GET CONFUSED.
LIKE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORK THAT THE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES IS THEY'RE NOT GOING IN DEPTH AND LOOKING AT MOBILITY.
SO THEY'RE NOT DOING DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE PEDESTRIAN TRIPS ALONG A CORRIDOR.
THEY'RE PROVIDING THE CURSORY TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FOR THAT CORRIDOR.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT WE DO IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN SPACE ON A CORRIDOR FOR TRANSIT.
IF THERE'S EXTENSIVE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, WHEN THEY DO CORRIDOR STUDIES, THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AN AREA PLAN, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE AREA.
WHEN WE DO TRANSPORTATION MULTIMODAL STUDIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT MODES.
THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PLANNING STUDY IS FOCUSED ON LAND USE.
OR A MULTIMODAL STUDY IS LOOKING AT ALL THE MODES AND HOW THEY CIRCULATE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LAND USE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ON THE CORRIDOR.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UPS.
UM, WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, HOW I, I SEE THE METRICS THAT WERE USED, RIGHT, THE LIMITS OF LENGTH, UH, SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY.
UM, BUT, UH, WERE THESE CORRIDORS SELECTED BY A, A COMMITTEE? UM, OR DID YOUR TEAM IDENTIFY THEM? NO, MA'AM.
WHAT WE DID IS INTERNALLY WE LOOKED AT PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
WE LOOKED AT THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SA TOMORROW, AND THE KEY FACTOR HERE IS MULTIMODAL.
SO WE WANNA GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY FOR THOSE CORRIDORS THAT HAVE THAT HIGH TRANSIT RIDERSHIP.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS NOT A LOT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE GBRA CORRIDOR.
IT'S A 13 MILE CORRIDOR AND IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THESE CORRIDORS, WE WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT THE LIMITS WERE REFLECTIVE OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, AND FOCUSING ON THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WERE CRITICAL TO REALLY TRANSFORMING THE CORRIDOR AS MUCH AS YOU COULD IN COMING UP WITH CONCEPTS.
AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THESE PLANS, IS TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BUY INTO, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD TO PUBLIC WORKS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AS A PART OF THE BOND OR OTHER PROGRAMMING.
UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LIMITED FUNDS, BUT IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF CONSTITUENT CALLS, UM, ABOUT GENERAL MCMULLIN.
UH, THERE'S LOTS OF PARKS, SCHOOLS, UH, AND CONNECTIVITY TO HIGHWAY 90.
UM, AND IT ALSO LEADS YOU TO PORT SA, RIGHT? UH, THERE'S, IT'S NEAR THE LINEAR GREENWAY TRAILS, UM, AND, UM, SEVERAL VIA BUS LINES RUN THROUGH THAT.
UM, WOULD THERE BE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD, UM, AN ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR TO THIS? UM, WE'VE TRIED THAT.
WE ACTUALLY TRIED A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS BECAUSE INITIALLY THE CHALLENGE FOR US IS THAT IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
AND ONE OF OUR REQUESTS, BECAUSE THIS IS THROUGH THE N P O, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT.
AND WE DID REQUEST BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH GBRA, IF WE ASKED IF WE COULD SPLIT THE 3 MILLION THAT REMAINED TO 1.5 TO REALLY DO THE TYPE OF WORK THAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SPOKE ABOUT, IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THESE TYPES OF STUDIES BECAUSE YOU, WE WANT TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T WANNA JUST DO ZOOMS, WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 50 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN TWO MILES OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS.
SO THAT IS WHAT COSTS A LOT TO REALLY GET IN DEPTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS A F A LIMITS US IN OUR FLEXIBILITY, SO THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T SPLIT IT UP OR CHANGE IT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST DO ONE CORRIDOR FOR 3 MILLION.
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AND I HEAR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WOMAN SANDOVAL'S CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, WAITING FOR THE FUNDING AND THE NEED TO PRIORITIZE WITH OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY, UM, I I I, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE,UM, SO I, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, UM, THAT WE LOOK TO USE OUR BUDGET TO SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS.
WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS NECESSARY IN THOSE CORRIDORS THAT ARE IDEAL TO DO THAT WAY.
CHAIR SANDOVAL, UH, TAMIKA, IN, IN TERMS OF THE THREE CORRIDORS, UM, THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE RECOMMENDED, I, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THEM QUITE YET.
I THINK I, UM, CHAIR, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO CONTRIBUTE INTO THE CRITERIA ABOUT HOW DO WE SELECT THOSE CORRIDORS.
I LOOK AT THEM AT, AT FIRST GLANCE, AND REALLY, I THINK ONLY ONE OF THEM MAY BE A HIGH EQUITY INDEX CORRIDOR, THE MARBACH, UH, ONE, WHEREAS THE OTHERS, UM, IS HARRY WACH IN A HIGH EQUITY AREA? ACTUALLY, NO, IT'S NOT.
UM, SAME FOR, FOR WEST AVENUE.
IT MAY HAVE SOME PRECINCTS THAT BUMP AGAINST IT.
SO FOR ME, THAT YES, MA'AM, THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY CHAIR IS, UM, SO I WOULDN'T REALLY BE PREPARED TO RECOMMEND THESE AT THIS TIME.
UM, I DO SEE WE HAVE A HUGE SWATH OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE PURPLE EQUITY MAP.
UM, AND THIS ISN'T ADDRESSING ANY OF THOSE WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF BUS USAGE, LIKE IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE, OR EVEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT AS YOU GET TO LOOP FOUR 10.
TO ME, UM, A PRIORITY WOULD BE A MULTIMODAL APPROACH THERE TO ENSURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEDESTRIANS THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S MY, UM, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS AT AT THIS POINT.
UH, COUNCILMAN CASTIO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, DID YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP? UM, OKAY, I, I, UM, I WAS GONNA, I, I ALWAYS GO FIRST, SO I WAS GONNA GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT LIKE, HOW THE CORRIDORS WERE SELECTED.
UH, AND THEN ONE OF MY LAST QUESTIONS IS GONNA BE, IS THERE A LIST OF CORRIDORS THAT SHOULD HAVE TRAFFIC STUDIES NEXT? SO KIND OF NEXT STEPS, BUT I, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING INPUT ON, ON THE SELECTION PROCESSES, UM, LAST TIME AROUND.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THOSE CORRIDORS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE 23 BOND AND IN ANY OTHER PROGRAMS. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE CURRENTLY FACE IS THAT A LOT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND THE CONVERSATION TO SAY, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE? AND WHEN WE IDENTIFY MARBACH AND, UM, THESE CORRIDORS WERE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED BECAUSE OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THE FACT THAT IF WE DON'T DO THE PLANNING TO SAY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, IT WILL JUST BE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE SAME, UM, RIGHT OF WAY IN THE SAME TREATMENTS, IN THE SAME CROSS SECTION.
AND SO THE GOAL IN PARTICULAR WITH MARBACH WAS TO PREPARE IT FOR THE BOND PROJECT.
AND ALSO SIMILAR TO COLLIBRA TRYING TO GET THAT CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THEN WE MIGHT JUST GET THE SAME CROSS SECTION WITH A WIDE AND SIDEWALK AND MAYBE NOT CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRANSIT THAT WILL HELP DO BULB OUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT SAFER TO CUT DOWN THE WALKING DISTANCE ON THOSE CORRIDORS.
SO MARBACH AND COLLIBRA ARE TWO CORRIDORS THAT ARE IN THE BOND.
SO I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT FURTHER.
BUT THIS, THIS IS THE DIFFICULT TASK OF LEVERAGING AND TRYING TO PREPARE THEM AND GET THE INFORMATION BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, MARBACH, THERE'LL BE CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE GIVEN THE COMMUNITY A OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE ON THE CORRIDOR.
SO COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL HAS A QUESTION, BUT, UH, SO HARRY WARS, AND, UH, WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT, UM, WEST, WEST AVE ARE NOT IN THE BOND? NO.
MARBACH THE BOND, THERE'S A BOND PROJECT FOR MARBACH MARBA.
BUT, BUT HOW ABOUT WBO? HARRY WARBUCK AND WEST HARRY WBO COMES FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD HERE MAKING IT A GATEWAY FOR THE CORRIDOR AND THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS TO GET TO THE CEMETERY AND ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LARGE SWATH.
NOW, ALL OF THESE CORRIDORS WON'T CHECK ALL THE EQUITY BOXES, BUT OUR GOAL
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IS TO IDENTIFY AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PREPARE THEM.BECAUSE MANY OF THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE JUST THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH NO THEMATIC PLANS OR CONCEPTS OF WHAT THEY CAN LOOK LIKE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY WITH THE WIDER SIDEWALK AND JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT THE, THE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU MAY WANT.
PROTECTED BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IS THERE A TIMEFRAME? WE HAVE TO GET THIS TO M P O? WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO EACH YEAR WE PLAN TO DO A STUDY, SO 23, 24, 25.
AND THIS IS IN THE REVISED TIP WHERE WE PUSH THE YEARS OUT UNTIL WE SELECTED THE CORRIDORS.
SO THE GOAL AND WHAT WE'VE SAID TO THE N P O IS WE WILL COMPLETE A CORRIDOR STUDY ANNUALLY.
SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE BASED ON THIS BODY'S RECOMMENDATION, WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THE, THE PRIORITIZATION.
THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I, I'M SENSING DISCOMFORT, UM, TODAY, BUT ALSO WE ARE MISSING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M A LITTLE ANXIOUS TO DO, TO, TO VOTE ON THE, WITH Y'ALL'S PERMISSION.
I MAYBE DEFER THE VOTE UNTIL, UM, JUNE.
UM, I WILL SAY I WANNA EXPRESS SUPPORT, UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK MARBACH IS ON THE EQUITY, UH, WOULD, WOULD CHECK A LOT OF, UM, YEAH.
EQUITY BOXES AND ALSO COLLIBRA, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT I, I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT MAYBE THE OTHER TWO.
BUT, UH, HAVING, I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE HERE IS WE, WE DO, THIS COMMITTEE DOES WANNA HAVE MORE INPUT ON PROJECTS BEING SUBMITTED, REALLY FOR ANY, YOU GUYS CHIME IN IF, IF YOU DISAGREE.
BUT, UM, ANY, UM, GRANTS, PROJECTS AND LISTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF, I MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE SOME INPUT, MORE INPUT ON, UM, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SELECTED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I WANNA JUST MAYBE INVITE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK IT ONE MORE TIME IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I, I WOULD MAYBE PREFER AT THIS TIME TO DEFER A VOTE ON THIS TODAY.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS ON THAT? LOOKS LIKE YOU AGREE.
DO I NEED TO MOVE TO TABLE THE VOTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO POSSIBLE ACTION.
UM, CAN CHAIR PLEASE, MAY I REQUEST THAT WHEN WE DO COME BACK, OR ACTUALLY IDEALLY BEFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF CRITERIA THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US.
SO I'VE, I'VE NAMED A FEW THINGS.
IF YOU WANT, I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU IN, IN WRITING.
AND, UH, I, I JUST THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GO OVER THAT AS A GROUP WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CORRIDORS.
AND, UH, I THINK WHAT YOU MENTIONED WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA ABOUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER CORRIDORS THAT THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
IF Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND, MAYBE WE HAVE AN LITTLE EXEC, UM, THE NEXT MEETING TO, OR AT SOME POINT TO GO OVER WHAT WE THINK OUR CRITERIA WOULD BE.
BUT MEANWHILE, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE JUST, JUST, LET'S JUST EMAIL EACH OTHER AND, AND MAYBE START, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK AT IN THE CONSIDERATIONS WE MAKE, LIKE EQUITY CONNECTIVITY.
AND THE BIG THING HERE IS THE MULTIMODAL, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MULTIMODAL STUDY IF YOU JUST HAVE IT ON A CORRIDOR THAT HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE INFORMATION.
AND ESSENTIALLY WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE EQUITY TOOL WE USE FOR THE, THE BOND PROCESS, THE EQUITY ACCESS, ACCESS AND MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALL THOSE CRITERIA ARE SOME OF THE ONES WE USE FOR THIS.
I JUST, I, UM, I'M TRYING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AND A RECOMMENDATION, UM, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE CRITERIA.
UH, BUT AT SOME POINT, UH, IF THIS GROUP, THIS COMMITTEE'S NOT CONTENT WITH THAT CRITERIA, I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS.
SO, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M GONNA HEAR ONE THING FROM COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, I'M GONNA HEAR ANOTHER THING FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY.
SO I, I, AT ONE POINT I'M GONNA NEED A VOTE, SO I KNOW WHERE THIS COMMITTEE'S AT ON THAT CRITERIA.
UH, AND, AND THE SAME THING WITH, WITH THE ULTIMATE CORRIDORS, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN COUNCILMAN'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND THEN THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER IDEAS.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S GONNA BE A DISAGREEMENT ON THE CRITERIA, I'D, I'D PREFER THIS COMMITTEE VOTE ON IT.
SO WE HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA SCORE CRITERIA GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I, I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISAGREEMENT ON THAT, SO SURE.
I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT SO IT'S CLEAR TO US WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN THAT'LL HELP US SELECT THE CORRIDORS AND OF, OF COURSE, THIS COMMITTEE'S GONNA VOTE ON THOSE AS WELL.
SO THE QUESTION REALLY IS, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING AND FORGIVE
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ME, BUT, UH, DO WE DO NEXT TIME AROUND A VOTE ON THE CRITERIA OR DO OR END THIS 'CAUSE WE CAN'T DELAY IT MUCH MORE? OR DO WE VOTE CRITERIA AND AND THEN APPLY THIS? AND THEN, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'M SORRY.AT THIS POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUGUST.
I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF CRITERIA AND, AND GET THAT TO YOU EARLY.
AND AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE WE VOTE ON THAT.
WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE YOU A LIST OF POTENTIAL CORRIDORS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M AWARE OF ANOTHER ONE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT FELL OFF.
UM, PROVIDE BOTH THAT TO THIS GROUP AND, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN VOTE ON THE CRITERIA AND UH, WE CAN MAYBE VOTE ON THE CORRIDORS.
UH, IF WE'RE NOT READY FOR THE CORRIDORS AFTER THE CRITERIA VOTE, WE CAN DELAY IT AGAIN.
UH, BUT THAT WAY IF I DON'T REALLY WANNA DELAY IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE YEAH, WE'RE, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE TO, WE NEED AGREEMENT ANSWER, LIE, THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT LET'S, I THINK THAT'S A PLAN IF, IF, UNLESS ANYBODY DISAGREES HERE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE THE CRITERIA, VOTE ON IT.
SO WHERE IT'S A SET, UM, SET OF PARAMETERS, SET OF CRITERIA, AND THEN, UM, GOING FROM THERE.
WOULD WE BE, UH, WE REVIEW THE CRITERIA AND THE POTENTIAL CORRIDORS, WOULD WE BE LIMITED TO THOSE POTENTIAL CORRIDORS? WELL, IF, IF, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEND THIS TO YOU IN ADVANCE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING, A CORRIDOR YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER, SEND IT TO US AND WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
WE'RE GONNA GET A LIST OF THE FULL, UM, THE LIST OF POTENTIALS.
SO THAT WE WILL, UM, MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.
AND THAT'S, UH, IS THAT ALL TO YOU, TAMIKA? I THINK I'M UP HERE FOR, SORRY.
NO, I'M THREE IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO WE WANNA ALSO PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE OF ONE OF OUR ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION GRANTS.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN IS THE PROGRAM THAT IN 2016 SA TOMORROW MULTIMODAL PLAN IDENTIFIED ACTIONS THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS COMMUTING CHALLENGES HERE IN THE CITY.
AND ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO DEVELOP A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH NO ONE KNOWS WHAT T D M IS, IT'S REALLY JUST DOING THINGS THAT CAN HELP IMPROVE OUR AIR QUALITY, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT PEOPLE TAKE.
AND ESSENTIALLY IN DOING T D M, YOU'RE ACTUALLY HELPING TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT MOBILITY, MAKING A TRIP BY A BIKE INSTEAD OF DRIVING YOUR CAR OR WALKING INSTEAD OF TAKING YOUR BIKE.
AND SOME OF THOSE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED DEVELOPING A VAN POOL PROGRAM, ALTERNATIVE MODES PROMOTING THE USE OF TRANSIT AND BICYCLES.
AND ALSO THE T D M PLAN TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING POLICIES AND DOING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO TARGETING SPECIFICALLY THE CITY.
AND THAT IS WHAT THE CITY DID.
AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WAS VERY, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS EFFORT.
AND FORMER COUNCIL, COUNCIL PERSON, UM, SIA IN D FOUR WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS.
AND SO, AS A RESULT IN SEPTEMBER, 2017, THAT COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A ACTUAL T D M PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WITH C O V I D, WE HAD INITIATED THE VANPOOL PROGRAM AND THAT VAN POOL PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL.
HOWEVER, WITH C I IT ENDED ALONG WITH OUTREACH ENDEAVORS.
THIS WAS ALSO AN, A FFA AND ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TDOT AND THE AMPO.
AND SO IN 2021, WHEN THAT ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, EVERYTHING WENT CRAZY WITH COVID.
SO FORTUNATELY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AM O TO REVISE THE SCOPE OF WORK, BECAUSE SINCE C O D, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
T D M WHAT IT WAS IN 2018 IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT IS IN 2022.
SO WE WORKED WITH TDO AND AMPO TO REVISE OUR SCOPE OF WORK, BECAUSE SINCE C O V I D, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN HERE.
WE HAVE A HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE, SO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DRIVING TO WORK, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING AS MANY DAYS A WEEK.
WE ALSO HAVE THE RECENT MOVE TO CITY TOWER, WHICH IS STILL UNDERWAY.
WE'VE HAD RELOCATIONS OF, OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THIS REALLY IS IDEAL FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AND RESCOPE THAT WHOLE PLAN AND DO A T D M NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WHAT WE ARE SHARING WITH YOU TODAY IS KEY ELEMENTS OF THE T D M PLAN THAT WE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN A YEAR AFTER, WELL, THE PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR, BUT THIS PLAN IS GONNA GIVE US INDUSTRY
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BEST PRACTICES.WE'LL GET IDEAS FROM OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND, AND ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MOBILITY.
SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES MAY INCLUDE A VAN PULL AGAIN, OR AN EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE, WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH VIA TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THE MOST EMPLOYEES COMING FROM IN THE REGION, AND DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO DO DEDICATED SHUTTLES OR SOME TYPE OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION TO REDUCE THOSE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRIPS, S O V TRIPS ACROSS THE CITY.
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS SCOPE IS LOOKING AT PARKING.
PARKING IS A GENERATOR, BUT AS WE'VE SEEN WITH COVID, WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE CITY THROUGH PARKING, UH, REVENUE.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE EVALUATED AND LOOKED AT, WILL HAVE A WORKING GROUP THAT WILL BASICALLY RECONVENE ALL OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WHO HELP CREATE THE PLAN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES T D M MEAN FOR THE CITY.
SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS TO CONTINUE WITH WORKING WITH THE ON-CALL CONSULTANTS.
THIS WILL NOT BE SOMETHING THAT SOLICITATION WHERE WE HAVE TO GO OUT, WE'LL UTILIZE OUR ON-CALL CONSULTANTS, AND WITHIN A YEAR WE HOPE TO HAVE A PLAN.
WE'LL RECONVENE THE WORKING GROUP THAT HELPED TO BRING ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.
AND WE HOPE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY AS A PLAN THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN IT COULD BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES TO, YOU KNOW, DO T D M AFTER COVID.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY CITY, BUT THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO BRING BACK THE VAN POOL OR ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE STUDY'S GOING TO DO.
SO THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF SURVEYS OF CURRENT EMPLOYEES, SURVEYS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THEIR NEEDS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE SHIFT IN HOW WE WORK NECESSITATES HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF WE HAVE THIS PLAN? WE ALREADY SUBSIDIZE A LOT OF TRANSIT BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES.
SO WHAT DOES THAT PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? THIS STUDY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF COVID HAVE BEEN ON VIA THE VOLUME OF TRANSIT SERVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
SO IT, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO FIND OUT, LIKE WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY.
SHOULD WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE SHUTTLES DURING THE PEAK PERIOD FOR EMPLOYEES? OR DO WE DO A SERIES OF 50 CARPOOLS OR VAN POOLS ACROSS THE CITY? I'M CURIOUS.
I I IMAGINE TRANSPORTATION HABITS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, ESPECIALLY, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING'S GOING BACK TO THE WAY IT USED TO BE IN ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS.
BUT I IMAGINE TRANSPORTATION IS, IS ONE OF THOSE YES MA'AM.
SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE IT.
UM, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
SORRY, I FEEL LIKE MY TIME IS RUNNING SHORT AND I'VE GOTTA GET ALL MY COMMENTS,
I DO APPRECIATE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AT, AT THIS COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE FILED THIS.
WHEN I FILED THE C C R, UM, IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY AND THERE WERE LONG LINES AT THE GAS STATIONS.
WE CREATED OUR OWN RUN ON, ON GAS HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND EVERYONE WAS SO VULNERABLE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, ANY OTHER WAY RIGHT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER WAY.
SO MY GOAL, AND, AND WHAT I ASKED COUNCILMAN ANGIA TO JOIN ME IN WAS CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SO VULNERABLE TO SUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, EVENTS.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD MAKE US RESILIENT AS AN ORGANIZATION, UH, NOT JUST IN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING A HURRICANE, BUT ALSO TODAY.
I MEAN, GAS IS, UH, A LOT MORE THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE, THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND ALL MY, MY OTHER GOAL IN, IN DOING THIS WAS NOT JUST FOR US TO DO IT, BUT I WANTED EVERYONE IN SAN ANTONIO, EVERY EMPLOYER TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM.
AND I THOUGHT IF, IF WE CAN SHOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE, UH, THAT GIVES US THE LEADERSHIP, UH, BONAFIDES TO, UM, TO ENCOURAGE OTHER BUSINESSES TO DO THAT.
UH, IN FACT, UH, BEFORE I CAME ON COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND, AND THE MAYOR WERE CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE ALONG THOSE LINES.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE REPORTED TO YOU AT THE TIME.
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ANYWAY, I JUST, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, I AM GLAD TO SEE IT COME BACK.I AM OF COURSE CONCERNED THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE A YEAR FOR US TO FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT TO DO BEFORE WE BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT TIMELINE AGAIN? CERTAINLY, YES MA'AM.
SO THE INITIAL TASK WILL BE JUST CONVENING EVERYONE TO SAY AND TALKING TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
I BELIEVE BASED ON HAVING BEEN HERE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE CRITICAL TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEIR STAFFING CONTINGENT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE CITY.
AND ALSO EVALUATING THE PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WHAT ARE ALL THE PARKING OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN WORKING WITH VIA TO FIND OUT WHAT DOES TRANSIT SERVICE LOOK LIKE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TRENDS? BECAUSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER WITH ALTERNATIVE MODES IS REALLY JUST HAVING THE OPERATORS.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPERATORS.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION, SORRY, COULD YOU MATCH THAT UP WITH THE TIMELINE PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THAT DATA COLLECTION WILL BE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK THINGS ARE STILL FLUID, BUT THE FIRST THREE MONTHS WILL BE A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION AND THEN THE BEST PRACTICES, INFORMATION FROM OTHER CITIES THAT WE CAN GLEAN.
AND THEN AFTER WE GET THE BEST PRACTICES, IT WILL BE ACTUALLY EVALUATING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, WHAT PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVES ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEN THE VETTING PROCESS.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AT LEAST TWO TIMES TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES, THE TRAVEL SURVEYS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED BASED ON EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IN THE FIELD AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE.
SO ALL OF THAT TAKES ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AND THEN WRAPPING IT UP TWO MONTHS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SAYING THIS IS WHAT IS RECOMMENDED.
GOING TO ALL OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES AND COORDINATING WITH THE COMMITTEES INTERNALLY, INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
SO IT'S A LOT OF ITERATIVE, THE SCHEDULING FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO GATHER DATA.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE HEAVY LIFT FOR THIS PROCESS.
MAY I REQUEST THAT, UH, YOU INVITE SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENTS COUNCIL AIDS AS WELL? YES, MA'AM.
AND CONSIDER THEM A DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL WELCOME COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UM, A LITTLE BIT, NOT TOO BAD.
UM, WELL THERE ARE NO, THAT WAS BRIEFING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A BRIEFING ON THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW BILL GRANT PROGRAM, SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SSS FOUR A.
SO WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL EARLIER THIS WEEK AT THE I G R COMMITTEE, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS BODY ABOUT THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WITH THE 2021 BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING AND HOPING THIS BODY WILL AUTHORIZE US IN ANOTHER MEETING TO APPLY FOR IS THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL USERS.
GRANT, THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE FIVE TO $6 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO SUPPORT ESSENTIALLY CITIES, JURISDICTIONS, MUNICIPALITIES DEVELOPING VISION ZERO ACTION PLANS TOWARDS ZERO PLANS, OR ALSO IMPLEMENTING ELEMENTS OF THOSE PLANS.
SO THIS IS A 80 20 COST SHARE.
SO 80% OF THE $1 BILLION THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED ANNUALLY.
WELL, 80% OF AN AWARD IS FEDERAL AND THE 20% WILL REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH FROM US.
THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY HAS NOT COME OUT YET.
WE ARE AWAITING THAT, BUT WE'RE ACTIVELY PREPARING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THAT ANYONE CAN APPLY.
THE UNIQUENESS OF THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL USERS IS THAT WE CAN APPLY DIRECTLY TO U SS D O T, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH T DOT.
WE CAN APPLY, SUBMIT OUR GRANT, OUR OUR APPLICATION, AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE TDOT OR AMPO TO APPROVE OR AUTHORIZE IT.
THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS GRANT ARE NUMEROUS.
AND ONE THING ABOUT THIS GRANT IS THAT IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON GIVING THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SUBURBAN AND RURAL OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY AND CREATE VISION ZERO PROGRAMS. SO MULTIMODAL NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS,
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RECONFIGURING ROADS TO MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL USERS.WE HAVE SOME IMAGES HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE OF PEDESTRIAN REFUGE MEDIANS, ALSO ELIGIBLE CONDUCTING SPEED MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, TRAFFIC CALMING ROAD DESIGN CHANGES AND SPEED LIMITS FOR ALL ROAD USERS ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
AND ALSO ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING CAMPAIGNS ALONG CORRIDORS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
MANY OF THESE THINGS THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO AS A PART OF OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US WOULD BE A, UPON APPROVAL OF THIS BODY, WE WOULD APPLY FOR A GRANT.
AND OUR PLAN IS TO TAKE THE $5.2 MILLION THAT WE WERE AWARDED FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS.
WE WANT TO TAKE THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO COST $7 MILLION TO COMPLETE AND PROPOSE THAT WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE $7 MILLION TO COMPLETE THOSE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE PROPOSE TO SUBMIT IN THE APPLICATION.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, YOU CAN CO SUBMIT A SCOPE OF WORK FOR A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.
THAT IS HOW MUCH THIS DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING SAFETY AND MOBILITY, BUT SAFE MOBILITY FOR EVERYONE.
WE MENTIONED AND DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT AT I G R WORKING WITH BEAR COUNTY, WE HAVE SHARED WITH RENEE GREEN AT BEAR COUNTY, OUR APPLICATION, OUR SCOPE OF WORK, WELL, OUR VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN AND ANYTHING THEY NEED.
BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CORRIDORS LIKE COLLIBRA CONNECTIVITY AND COORDINATION IS REALLY KEY.
SO WE KNOW COLLIBRA IN THE COUNTY IS, IS ALSO JUST AS VULNERABLE FOR CRASHES.
AND WE HAVE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, CITY LIMITS.
BUT THESE ARE ROADS THAT ARE CONNECTED.
AND THE KEY WITH THIS GRANT, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, YOU CANNOT APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION MONEY.
SO WE ARE APPLYING FOR IMPLEMENTATION MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ACTION PLAN.
WE ARE IMPLEMENTING MANY ELEMENTS OF OUR ACTION PLAN, AND THIS IS OUR GOAL TO SUBMIT THE GRANT, TO GET THE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR MID BLACK CROSSINGS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY, UM, COUNCIL CLEMENT, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UH, TAMIKA, ASSUMING WE GET THE GRANT, UH, WHAT, OR OR ROD MAYBE WHAT'S THE PLAN, UH, FOR THE $7 MILLION THAT WERE, ARE BEING SET ASIDE IN, IN THE BUDGET FOR IT AND WHAT WAS ALREADY PUT ASIDE? WILL THAT GO BACK INTO VISION ZERO OR WILL IT GET GO BACK INTO GENERAL FUND? I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR IT TO GO BACK TO VISION ZERO.
THAT'D BE A DISCUSSION WE'D HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL.
BUT YEAH, I, I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE TO ALLOCATE IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, COUNCILMAN BRAVO.
TAMIKA, IS THIS, IS THIS LIMIT YOU, I MEAN YOU MENTIONED, UH, SUBURBAN AREAS.
IS IT LIMITED TO SUBURBAN AREAS OR THAT'S SIR, JUST ONE OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS OR OPPORTUNITIES? NO, SIR.
WHAT, WHAT, THIS IS MY ASSESSMENT OF IT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CRASHES AND SEVERE FATALITIES ARE HAPPENING IN RURAL AREAS.
THEY'RE REALLY, THEY REALLY DESIGNED THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE THOSE AREAS TO HAVE VISION ZERO ACTION PLANS.
A LOT OF COUNTIES DON'T HAVE VISION ZERO ACTION PLANS, SO IT'S NOT LIMITED TO THOSE AREAS.
IT'S URBAN, IT'S SUBURBAN, IT'S ALL OF US, BUT YOU CAN ONLY GET FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL PLAN.
SO BECAUSE THOSE AREAS DON'T HAVE PLANS OVER THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT YEARS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDS TO BUILD ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
AND SO YOU CAN APPLY TO UPDATE YOUR EXISTING PLAN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY PROGRAMMED AND SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON UPDATING OUR VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN AS A PART OF OUR REGULAR BUDGET.
SO I MEAN, I SEE, UH, CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY AS ONE OF THE, UH, STRATEGIC GOALS LISTED THERE.
AND SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PLANTING TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF ROADWAYS IN THE MEDIANS AND BOUTS IN ORDER TO HELP ADDRESS, UM, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
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I KNOW I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING SOON TO TALK ABOUT SOME KIND OF A, DEVELOPING A POLICY SO THAT WE DO INCLUDE THOSE GOING FORWARD.BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THAT IN THIS.
YEAH, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR SCOPE AND OUR APPLICATION WILL ALSO BE PREPARED BY ONE OF OUR ON-CALL CONSULTANTS, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR SCOPE IS TIE THE TASK TO THOSE ELEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WANNA DO THESE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS WITH THE PEDESTRIAN REFUGE WITH THE GREEN SPACE AND DOING THE BULB OUT.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, SIR.
AND THAT'S CLEARLY WHAT THIS IS FOR.
AND SO THE DESIGN THAT WE COME UP WITH FOR OUR MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THOSE PEDESTRIAN REFUGE WITH LANDSCAPE MEDIANS WHERE WE CAN DO IT.
I'M GOING TO SOUND REDUNDANT BECAUSE I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE RIGHT, WITH SAFE MOBILITY, ENSURING THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE JUST RECENTLY, UM, HAD SOME BIKE LANES LAID OUT, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, MY PREDECESSOR, UH, MOVED THAT PROJECT FORWARD AND NOW IT'S, UH, REACHING COMPLETION AND THE BIKE LANES ARE THICK, WIDE SLABS OF CEMENT.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY CALLS ABOUT THOSE BIKE LANES, RIGHT? ONE BECAUSE OF HOW IT LOOKS AND TWO, THAT IT'S ALL CEMENT.
UH, SO MY HOPE IS THAT WHILE WE'RE, UM, RIGHT, I'M ALREADY SPENDING THE MONEY FROM THIS GRANT, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, UH, IMPLEMENT THESE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THAT THEY ARE SUSTAINABLE, THAT WE ARE MITIGATING THAT HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
AND I KNOW, UH, WITH MY, UM, DISTRICT, WE RECEIVE LOTS OF CALLS ABOUT SPEEDING, RIGHT? AND EVERYONE WANTS A SPEED HUMP, BUT I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT, TO BRAID IT WITH SUSTAINABILITY.
WE KNOW IF THERE'S A URBAN CANOPY AND THERE'S TREES PLANTED IT, IT SLOWS DOWN TRAFFIC, RIGHT? SO HOW ABOUT A PETITION TO, UM, CONNECT FOLKS TO PLANT TREES ALONG THEIR STREET, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF THE SPEED HUMP THAT FOLKS STILL SPEED AND JUST SLOW DOWN TO GET OVER IT, RIGHT? AND THEN SPEED AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, MY SUGGESTIONS, UH, WHEN WE RECEIVE THE GRANT IS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THERE ARE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS.
COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL, SORRY.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA GO BACK AND, AND DE BEAT THE HORSE THAT I JUST KILLED A MINUTE AGO IS, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE
THERE'S, THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THAT, THAT THAT MONEY IS GONNA STAY IN VISION ZERO.
SO, UM, I, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I WOULD, UH, EITHER WANT A GUARANTEE THAT WE KEEP THE FUNDING IN VISION ZERO, OR KNOWING THAT WE'RE ALREADY COMMITTED TO THAT, UH, SEEK A GRANT FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND ADDITIONAL THAT'S GONNA GROW OUR PROGRAM.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ITEM FOUR? UM, I WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO ITEM ONE, UM, FOR, MAINLY FOR COUNCIL, UH, PERRY, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S BENEFIT.
UH, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, WHEN YOU WERE, UM, YOUR OTHER OBLIGATION, BUT, BUT ROD'S GONNA EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
UM, SO WE PRESENTED THE, THE THREE CORRIDORS.
UH, WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE BACK TO THE M P O.
UM, WE HAD PROPOSED TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WEST AVENUE AND HARRY SACH.
UH, BUT THE DISCUSSION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS, UH, THEY WANTED TO SEE THE CRITERIA THAT WE WERE USING TO ESTABLISH, UH, THOSE CORRIDORS.
AND, AND THIS COMMITTEE WANTS TO, TO WEIGH IN ON, ON WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE.
UH, AND, AND THEY WANT TO, I GUESS, WEIGH IN AS WELL ON, ON THE CORRIDOR.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED AT THE NEXT MEETING, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT, UH, CRITERIA TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ASK, ASK FOR YOUR INPUT, AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BRING THAT CRITERIA TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON IT.
SO YOU CAN TELL US, YOU KNOW, STAFF, THIS IS YOUR DIRECTION, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA YOU'RE GONNA USE WHEN YOU'RE SELECTING THESE CORRIDORS.
ALSO, AT THAT MEETING, WE WILL BRING BACK, UM, THE CORRIDORS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT.
UH, THIS COMMITTEE'S ALSO ASKED US TO LIST OTHER POTENTIAL CORRIDORS,
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NOT JUST THE THREE THAT WE SELECTED.SO WE WILL BRING THAT AS WELL.
UH, COUNCIL MC CASTILLO, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S CONCERNED THAT THERE'S A, A CORRIDOR THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE ON OUR LIST THAT SHE MAY WANT TO ADD.
SO, UH, AT THE TIME, WE'RE GONNA ALSO PROVIDE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
SO IF THERE'S A CORRIDOR THAT'S NOT ON THERE THAT YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN SUBMIT IT TO US AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THE GOAL IS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THE CRITERIA AND THEN TO VOTE ON, ON THE THREE CORRIDORS.
AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND, AND ADD STUFF TO, TO BOTH LISTS.
AND SO, ARE WE LIMITED TO THREE ON OUR SUBMISSION TO THE M P O? YES.
WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO PICK THREE.
UH, WE CAN'T PICK TWO, WE CAN'T PICK ONE AND CONSOLIDATE THE MONEY.
WE HAVE TO PICK THREE CORRIDORS.
WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR EACH CORRIDOR.
SO WE'RE GONNA DEFER THE VOTE TILL JUNE.
ANY OTHER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? I WANNA MAKE SURE NO, I, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE TIMING ON THIS? WHEN DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN? I, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US LIKE A REAL HARD DEADLINE, UH, BUT THEY ARE PRESSURING US TO, TO GO BACK, UH, 'CAUSE THAT MONEY'S SITTING THERE.
IT'S, IT'S OUR MONEY AND WE NEED TO YEAH.
ASSIGN IT TO SOME CORRIDORS SO THE SOONER THE BETTER.
I'LL TELL YOU, I DON'T, AS LONG AS WE DON'T GO OVER ANY DEADLINE DEADLINE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA AND THEN, UH, SEEING ABOUT ADDING OR WHATEVER.
BUT, UM, I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE HAD HERE TODAY.
I THINK THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
MY, MY PLAN IS TO VOTE ON THIS VERY NEXT MEETING BECAUSE OTHER THAN THAT, OR IF WE DON'T VOTE IN JUNE, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL AUGUST AND I DON'T WANNA SURE.
SO, BUT THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO DO BEFORE THEN TO, TO GET OUR STUFF TOGETHER.
I SUGGESTED MAYBE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE CAN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GET YOU UP TO DATE.
OUR, UH, JUNE 21ST MEETING JUST FOR, UH, FUTURE PLANNING PURPOSES IS GONNA BE AT CHAMBERS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, MAYBE A NEW BABY ON OUR HAND.
BUT, UH, BUT, UH, TO, TO HELP, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND SHE'LL BE APPEARING VIRTUALLY.
SO WE'LL NEED TO DO IT IN CHAMBERS NEXT TIME.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL THESE IMPORTANT ITEMS. WE HAVE HEARD AND DISCUSSED, PEDESTRIAN AND MOTOR OPPOR, UH, OPERATOR SAFETY, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE'RE, UM, REALLY A SAFER SAN ANTONIO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK AT THE JUNE 21ST TRANSPORTATION MEETING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.