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TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 20, AND THIS IS A SEPTEMBER MEETING OF TRANSPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS HERE, VIRTUALLY.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE'S IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS, UM, AND INTERSECTIONS WITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY, AND PLANNING.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TODAY.
OUR COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY IS PROOF OF THAT.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
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GONNA BE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 29TH, 2022 TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO I SECOND, UM, WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR, FOR THE MEETING, SAY AYE.
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WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? YES MA'AM.THE FIRST SPEAKER IS APOSTLE HESTER.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
MARY, I'M WITH THE, UM, ELEGANT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY HERE IN TOWN.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO TOWN AND IT WAS MOVED FROM ONE 30 TO NINE 30.
SO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUES THEN, 'CAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
ALRIGHT, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TWO ISSUES.
ONE, UH, AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA AFTER I THINK IN A LITTLE BIT, HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, ARTICLE ORDINANCE, ALLOWING THE POSITION A STAKEHOLDER TO BE A CHAIRMAN OR NOT CHAIRMAN OF THE TAB BOARD.
SO, BESIDE THAT, I WANT TO, IF I WROTE SOMETHING DOWN SO I CAN GET TO IT.
IN THE PAST, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAB, UH, WAS NOT ALLOWED TO OWN A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE.
THE RULE, THE RULE IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD.
THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT THE TAB WILL HAVE A CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN.
I'M PRESENTLY THE VICE CHAIR ON A COMMITTEE THAT ALLOWS A STAKEHOLDER TO BE THAT, BUT NOT A CHAIRMAN.
PRESENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A CHAIRMAN.
MY GOAL IS TO RAISE THE BAR OF TAB CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO MODERNIZE SOME RESTRICTIONS.
SOME 30 YEAR OLD RULES MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL.
I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL RESPECT MY OPINION DUE TO A LOT OF THINGS.
ONE, MY KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, THE FACT THAT I OWN THE LARGEST DELIVERY SERVICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I OWN AND OPERATE OVER 200 VEHICLES IN SEVERAL TEXAS CITIES.
NOBODY HAS A BIGGER STAKE IN THIS ISSUE THAN I DO HERE.
HOWEVER, MY INTENTIONS ARE STRICTLY TO LEAVE THE TAB BOARD.
SOMEDAY A MUCH BETTER SOURCE OF VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HELP ASSIST COMMITTEES LIKE THIS.
HELP US REMOVE ANY ANTIQUATED RULES THAT HINDER THE POTENTIAL ASSET THAT TAB CAN OFFER.
NUMBER ONE, REMOVE THE RULE THAT STATES THAT A STAKEHOLDER CANNOT BE THE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD TO PROVE MY COMMITMENT TO THAT I WOULD HAPPILY REFUSE THAT POSITION IN A HEARTBEAT.
IF WE CAN REMOVE THE ANTIQUATED RULE.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BEING THE CHAIRMAN.
IN FACT, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, UH, IT, THERE'S, YOU SPEND MORE TIME KEEPING A MEETING IN ORDER BEING THE CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE THAN ACTUALLY GETTING THINGS DONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A RULE OF THUMB.
ALRIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THERE'S A SECOND ISSUE THAT'S OF OF IMPORTANCE TO ME AS WELL.
THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES THAT THE CITY WASTE TIME AND MONEY TO INSPECT FEDERAL REGULATED BUSES THAT ARE ALREADY SUBJECT TO THE STRICTEST RULES IN THE US.
THIS IS THE ONLY CITY THAT INSPECTS BUSES ANNUALLY THAT DON'T HOLD A CANDLE TO WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO.
AUSTIN, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, HOUSTON, CORPUS CHRISTI, THEY ALL, THEY ALL QUIT DOING THIS YEARS AGO.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ANTIQUATED, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.
IT, IT, OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PRIMITIVE THINKING.
AND I, EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY'S REMOVED, I WANT TO STATE IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PAY THE FEES.
WE JUST WANNA SAVE THE CITY SOME TIME AND MONEY.
I GUESS THAT'S MY THREE MINUTES.
UH, TRANSPORTATION MOBILE LEAGUE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO SPEAK UP.
MY NAME IS JAVIER, AND I REPRESENT THE
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INDUSTRY IN TRANSPORTATION AS WELL.MY COMPANY'S ALL ELECTRIC MICRO TRANSPORTATION.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TO, UM, KINDLY RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE CHAPTER 33 AND ADD A NEW CATEGORY FOR THIS TYPE OF INDUSTRY, WHICH IS, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE.
OUR COMPANY REPRESENTS THE NEW VISION IN SUSTAINABILITY AND, UM, INNOVATION FOR OUR CITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO OPERATE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SOME OTHER AREAS AS NEEDED.
UM, SINCE WE ARE ALL ELECTRIC, IT'S VERY INNOVATIVE AND FUN FOR THE PEOPLE AND WELL RE UH, RECEIVED BY TOURIST AND LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
SO I'M HERE TO KINDLY ASK YOU AGAIN IF THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THAT CHANGE TO CHAPTER 33, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE OR NEW CATEGORY FOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE AS ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES FOR HIRE.
SO THAT WAY OUR COMPANIES AND OTHER COMPANIES CAN OPERATE LEGALLY, WHICH ARE OUR INTENTIONS TO BE REGULATED AND MONITORED BY THE CITY LIKE IT SHOULD BE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME FOR THE REST OF THE PEOPLE, BUT HERE'S MY COMMENT THAT, UH, PLEASE REVIEW AND TAKE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND BRING UP THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO WITH A NEW SU SUSTAINABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS EGO ELECTRIC GREEN OPERATIONS, WHICH IS A MICRO TRANSPORTATION IN AUBURN MOBILITY.
UM, I'M AN ADVOCATE IN TAX CAB INDUSTRY AND MARIA, UH, ALSO IN THE INDUSTRY.
SHE SAID I COULD HAVE HER TIME IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
AND MY NAME IS ROBERT GONZALEZ.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE TAXI CAB INDUSTRY SINCE 1980 WHEN I WAS STARTED AT 28.
I OPERATE NATIONAL CAP SERVICE AS AN OPERATOR AND AS A DRIVER.
AND I'M ALSO HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS INDUSTRY FOR THAT LONG.
BEEN HERE FOR MANY ISSUES WITH IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, BY THE WAY.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TAXI CAB ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE LOST OVER 700 CABS.
WE USED TO HAVE A THOUSAND CABS, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO LESS THAN 300, I BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE THE LAST NUMBER I HEARD WAS TWO 80.
THE LARGEST OPERATOR YELLOW CAB THAT HAD 500 CABS WENT BANKRUPT.
AND ANOTHER COMPANY, BOTTOM A ZTRIP, I THINK THEY'RE OPERATING 140 CABS TODAY.
WE'RE THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION.
NUMBER ONE DESTINATION STOP IN TEXAS.
DO WE WANNA BE A CITY WITHOUT A TAXI CAB SERVICE? THAT'S, I THINK SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT IN OUR DECISION THERE.
IN YOUR DECISION TODAY, THE DRIVER SUBMITTED A PETITION, NOT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY NEED HELP.
WE HAVE, UH, LOST, THE INDUSTRY HAS LOST SEVEN 85% OF THE MARKET AT THE AIRPORT TO UBER AND LYFT.
THE AIRPORT SHUTTLE WAS PUT OUTTA BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.
BUSINESS IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT AT THE HOTELS, THE BOTTOM LINE.
AND THEN TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, UBER AND LYFT WILL GOUGE THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE GOUGE, THEY'RE CHARGING 59 80 BUCKS DURING TO THESE CONVENTION AREAS.
WHEN THE CONVENTIONS ARE COMING IN, THEY GO UP ON THEIR PRICES.
THERE'S NOTHING THE CITY CAN DO.
SOMETIMES THEY CHARGE A HUNDRED BUCKS FROM THE AT AND T TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
IF THEY'RE DOING THAT TODAY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO THE DAY THEY PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS COMPLETELY.
THE INDUSTRY HAS NOT HAD A RATE INCREASE FOR A FEW FOR, I BELIEVE THE DRIVER CALLED ME TODAY, SAID, WE HAVEN'T HAD A RATE INCREASE SINCE TWO, 2008.
UH, WE NEED A COST OF LIVING INCREASE.
THE INFLATION HAS REALLY HIT ITS HEART.
SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE HELP US, PLEASE HELP THE DRIVERS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A MAJOR CITY TO HAVE AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, IT'S 280 CAPS.
I HOPE BUSINESS GETS BETTER AND WE CAN ADD MORE CAPS, BUT IT, IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE, NOT ONLY WITH, UH, UBER AND LYFT AND, AND THEIR
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SOPHISTICATED MARKETING AND THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, AND ALSO BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC REALLY HIT US HARD.SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO TOUCH BASES ON, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HELP THE, THE DRIVERS THAT THEY HAVE PETITIONED THE CITY.
THEY THEMSELVES SUBMITTED A PETITION TO GARY WITH THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION ASKING FOR THIS HELP.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, EVEN IF WE GIVE THEM WHATEVER THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, IT'S GONNA HURT THE CITY OR IT'S GONNA HURT THE PUBLIC.
ESPECIALLY WHEN UBER AND LYFT ARE, ARE, ARE CHARGING THIS RIDICULOUS RATES.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE IN FRONT OF THE GRAND HYATT AND THERE WAS AN ELDERLY MAN THERE LOOKING AT HIS PHONE.
AND, UH, AND THEN FINALLY HE STARTS WALKING TOWARDS ME.
AND I SAID, SIR, DO YOU NEED A CAB? HE SAYS, YES, I CALL UBER, LYFT.
THEY WANT ME TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO THE OTHER HOTEL.
SO WE GOT TO TALKING AS I DO WITH ALL MY CUSTOMERS, AND I SAID, WELL, HOW MUCH YOU PAYING? HOW MUCH YOU, DID YOU TAKE UBER, LYFT IN FROM THE AIRPORT? HE SAYS, YEAH, UH, THEY CHARGED ME $59.
WE CHARGE, UH, ABOUT $27 FROM THE HYATT GRAND HYATT.
SO IT IS A FACT THAT THERE ARE GOUGING THE PUBLIC, AND WE DO NEED THE CAB INDUSTRY BECAUSE THERE'S STILL PEOPLE THAT USE, DON'T WANNA USE UBER AND LYFT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
LINDA THOMAS, NAME OF MY TAXI COMPANY IS ALERT, A L R T.
HOPING TO SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO THE MOTORIST THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU MUST BE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.
ANYWAY, UM, MY CONCERN IS PROFITING OF THE TAXI INDUSTRY.
OUR PROFIT HAS DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY AND, UH, IT'S DUE TO US NOT BEING GETTING CALLS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WALMART GROCERY STORES ANYMORE.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN NEW TAXIS PROPPING UP DUE TO THE FACT THE PERMITS ARE COMING AVAILABLE FOR, FOR THE, UH, TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
SOME OF THE COMPANIES, YOU MAY NOT PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF THEIR COMPANY, BUT THEY HAVE PHONE NUMBERS.
THE ADVERTISEMENT I KNOW IS, IS, UH, UH, PRICEY.
AND WE, UH, SIT IN THE TAXI LOT AT THE AIRPORT ANYWHERE UP TO, FROM, UH, TWO TO FOUR HOURS BEFORE WE CAN GET A TRIP.
IMAGINE THAT I PICK UP SOMEBODY AFTER FOUR HOURS, COME BY, LEAVE, COME BACK, SIT ANOTHER FOUR HOURS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW MANY FOUR HOURS IN A DAY.
IF WE MAKE THREE TRIPS A DAY, THAT'S CONSIDERED A GOOD DAY OF GETTING A PASSENGER IN OUR TAXI.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST, UH, REALLY REQUESTING SOME CONSIDERATION AND SOME, UH, HELP TOWARD THE, UH, ALLOW US TO HAVE AREAS THAT WE CAN WORK IN.
I, I KNOW THAT OTHER TAXIS PROBABLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT ALSO.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLES AND, UH, PUT GAS IN OUR VEHICLES AND, UH, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
UH, WE LIKE TO PROFIT 'CAUSE OUR PROFIT HAS TAKEN A NOSE DIVE.
THAT IS ALL THAT, UH, COMPLETES OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY.
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TWO.UH, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION.
ITEM TWO IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 33 OF THE CITY CODE.
AND TO THE ORDINANCE, RESTRICTING AN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE AS A TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRPERSON.
UM, AS A REMINDER TO THE COUNT OR THE COMMITTEE, YOU CAN USE THE COMPUTER TO BUZZ IN IF YOU'D LIKE.
I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 33.
THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE ORDINANCE.
UH, THE AMENDMENTS IMPACT ALL THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRIES, HOWEVER, PRIMARILY THESE DEAL WITH THE TAXI CAB INDUSTRIES, UH, TO INCLUDE SOME CHANGES TO LANGUAGE, UH, RATE INCREASES.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM THAT I'LL TOUCH ON ARE OTHER VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRIES.
SO, UH, AS I SAID, THIS FIRST GROUPING IS AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER
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33 THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY BOTH THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AND STAFF AT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.UH, THE FIRST OF THOSE, AS YOU'LL SEE, IS THE TIMEFRAME TO ADD AND REPLACE VEHICLES.
THE CURRENT TIMEFRAME AS LISTED IN THE CITY CODE CHAPTER 33 IS 90 DAYS.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO TO 180 DAYS.
THIS WILL ALLOW, UH, TIME FOR TAXI CAB OWNERS AND OPERATORS TO HAVE VEHICLES REPAIRED OR TO PURCHASE NEW VEHICLES IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE, UH, SHORTCOMINGS AND LENGTHY DELAYS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, AS BROUGHT ON BY THE COVID PANDEMIC AND JUST SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THE SECOND, UH, RECOMMENDED CHANGE IS TO THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
CURRENTLY, ALL VEHICLES ON A TAXI CAB PERMIT AGREEMENT MUST BE INSURED.
UH, SO IF YOU HAD FIVE VEHICLES ON YOUR TAXI CAB, UH, PERMIT, YOU'D HAVE TO INSURE ALL FIVE OF THOSE, EVEN IF ONLY THREE OF THOSE WERE OPERATING IN THE CITY.
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TABS SUPPORTED BY STAFF IS TO, UH, ONLY REQUIRE PERMITTED TAXIS, THOSE THAT ARE OPERATING ON THE ROAD TO HAVE INSURANCE.
AND AS A, LET'S SAY A, A DRIVER COMES AVAILABLE TO DRIVE THAT FOURTH OR FIFTH TAXIS, THAT VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE PERMITTED, UH, BEFORE IT COULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE.
NUMBER THREE IS THE DISILLUSION OF THE TAXI CAB PERMIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE.
CURRENTLY, THAT COMMITTEE MUST BE CONVENED AND APPROVE THE AWARDING OF NEW PERMITS.
UH, THAT'S CUMBERSOME AND TIME CONSUMING.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ISSUE THOSE PERMITS AS REQUESTED.
AND IF IT EVER BECAME AN ISSUE THAT WE HAD, UH, TOO MANY VEHICLES WITH PERMITS, WE JUST START A, A BASIC LIST, UH, FIRST IN, FIRST OUT, THAT COMING FROM THAT, THE NEXT, UH, REQUEST IS TO EXTEND THE TAXI CAB VEHICLE AGE.
UH, CURRENTLY, THAT, THAT IS AT 12 YEARS.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO TO 15 YEARS.
UH, FOR SOME CONTEXT, OUR FRIENDS IN DALLAS HAVE NO LIMIT ON THE AGE OF VEHICLES THAT ARE, UH, TAXI VEHICLES THAT ARE ABLE TO OPERATE THERE.
HOUSTON IS 15 YEARS, AND AUSTIN IS 25 YEARS.
SO SAN ANTONIO'S REQUESTING TO GO TO 15 YEARS, SUPPORTED BY BOTH THE TAB AS WELL AS STAFF AT SS A P D.
THE NEXT CHANGE IS TO THE TAXI CAB PERMIT REQUEST.
UH, CURRENTLY A PERMIT HOLDER MUST BE A PERMIT HOLDER IN GOOD STANDING FOR ONE YEAR TO REQUEST A NEW PERMIT.
UH, WE FEEL THAT, THAT THAT IS, UH, STOPPING SOME PEOPLE FROM GETTING INTO OR GROWING THEIR BUSINESS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO IN THE TAXI INDUSTRY.
SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT AS A TAXI CAB COMPANY OR AN OWNER OPERATOR WANTS TO GROW INTO A TAXI CAB COMPANY, WHICH IS TWO OR MORE TAXIS, THAT WE ALLOW THAT INDIVIDUAL TO REQUEST THAT PERMIT.
AND IF THAT PERMIT'S AVAILABLE, WE WILL ISSUE IT.
THE NEXT RECOMMENDED CHANGE IS TO THE FUEL SURCHARGE.
UH, CURRENTLY FUEL CHARGE SURCHARGES ARE MAXIMUM OF TWO PER YEAR.
UH, THAT IS DETERMINED WHEN FINANCE LOOKS AT THE, UH, PRICE OF GAS.
THE, THE PRICE CONSUMER INDEX OF GAS EVERY 60 DAYS.
SO IF GAS RAISES OR LOWERS IN COST, UH, MORE THAN 25 CENTS, UH, THAT WOULD NECESSITATE A REQUEST FOR A FUEL SURCHARGE.
A FUEL SURCHARGE IS A NICKEL ON THE METER.
SO FOR EVERY 20 CENT, 25 CENTS, THAT GAS RAISES, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'D BE A NICKEL ADDED TO THE METER PER MILE CHARGE.
SO, UM, FOR SOME BASIC UNDERSTANDING, IF GAS WAS AT $2 AND 20 CENTS, IT WOULD BE 5 CENTS ON THE METER.
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT RAISED 25 CENTS TO SAY $2 AND 45 CENTS, IT WOULD BE 10 CENTS ON THE METER.
SO THAT GIVES YOU AN UNDERSTANDING AND BOTH THE TAB AND THE DEPARTMENT ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT AMENDMENT.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE REMOVAL OF ANY REFERENCE TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.
THOSE ARE YOUR RIDE SHARE APPS, UBER AND LYFT.
UH, AT ONE TIME, THE CITY DID REGULATE THOSE.
THE CITY NO LONGER REGULATES THOSE.
THOSE ARE REGULATED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION.
SO WE FEEL THERE'S NO NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE REFERENCE OF THOSE IN CHAPTER 33 AND RECOMMENDING THE REMOVAL OF THOSE.
UH, THE SECOND AREA THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS REGARDING TAXI CAB RATES, UH, AS YOU HEARD, UH, FROM ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, RATES HAVEN'T BEEN RAISED IN A LONG TIME.
UH, THE FIRST CHANGE IS TO THE DROP RATE.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THERE THE CURRENT RATE IS $2 AND 50 CENTS.
THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TAB SUPPORTED BY CITY STAFF IS TO GO TO $3 AND 50 CENTS.
FOR COMPARISON, DALLAS JUST, UH, SENT TO ITS CITY COUNCIL A PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE DROP RATE TO $10.
HOUSTON'S AT $2 AND 91 CENTS, AND AUSTIN'S AT $3.
THE NEXT CHANGE IS THE PER MILE RATE.
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PER MILE IS $2 AND 35 CENTS.RECOMMENDED CHANGE IS TO GO TO $2 AND 70 CENTS.
YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT DALLAS'S PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF ITS CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW IS TO GO TO $2 AND 50 CENTS.
HOUSTON AT $2 AND 31 CENTS, AND AUSTIN AT $2 AND 75 CENTS.
FROM THE LAST TIME I WAS ABLE TO TO BRIEF YOU, UH, WE SURVEYED THE TAXI CAB DRIVERS AND LEARNED THAT A FIVE MILE TRIP IS KIND OF AN AVERAGE TRIP THAT THEY'LL TAKE.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EITHER DRIVING FROM THE AIRPORT TO SOMEWHERE OR THOSE PEOPLE WHO USE TAXI CABS TO GO TO APPOINTMENTS, UH, CURRENTLY A FIVE MILE TRIP WOULD COST A RIDER $15 AND 25 CENTS.
WITH THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES, THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO $17 FOR THAT FIVE MILE TRIP.
YOU'LL SEE DALLAS'S PROPOSAL FOR THAT SAME FIVE MILE TRIP IS $22 AND 50 CENTS.
HOUSTON'S AT 1446 AND AUSTIN'S AT $16 AND 75 CENTS.
THE NEXT RATE INCREASE IS THE WAIT TIME PER HOUR.
SO THAT'S THE TIME THAT, UH, YOU, ANYTHING MORE THAN 10 MINUTES IS CONSIDERED.
THE METER WOULD START RUNNING AND FOR A FULL HOUR IT WOULD BE, UH, $24.
AT THE CURRENT RATE INCREASING TO 27, YOU SEE DALLAS'S PROPOSAL IS TO GO TO 27.
HOUSTON RIGHT NOW IS AT 24 AND AUSTIN'S AT 35.
UH, THE THE LAST TAXI CAB INCREASE BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT, UH, MINIMUMS IS FOR EXTRA PASSENGERS.
OUR VANS CAN SIT SIX PASSENGERS WITH THE DRIVER SEVEN.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A SEATBELT FOR EVERY PASSENGER.
UH, CURRENTLY FOUR PASSENGERS RIDE AT THE BASIC RATE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO TO $2 PER PASSENGER FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN FOUR.
UH, DALLAS HAS THE SAME SIMILAR PROPOSAL, BUT A MAXIMUM OF $10.
UH, THEY HAVE SOME BIGGER VEHICLES AND CURRENTLY NEITHER AUSTIN NOR HOUSTON HAVE AN EXTRA PASSENGER RATE.
UH, AS I DISCUSSED, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TAXI CAB RATES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MINIMUM.
SO CURRENTLY THE AIRPORT MINIMUM IS $10 AND 50 CENTS.
THE LAST TIME THAT WAS RAISED, IT WENT FROM $8 TO 10 50, AND THAT WAS IN JUNE OF 2008.
UM, AUSTIN IS THE BEST COMPARISON RIGHT NOW.
THE AMOUNT YOU SEE THERE FOR DALLAS, THE $8, AS I DISCUSSED LAST TIME, IS THE COST OF A TAXI TO TAKE YOU FROM TERMINAL FOUR TO ONE OF THE HOTELS ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.
UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE BLACK CIRCLE.
IT'S ABOUT A THREE MILE TRIP RIGHT NOW WOULD BE WHERE THAT MINIMUM WOULD GET YOU TO UNDER THE CURRENT RATE OF $10 AND 50 CENTS.
WITH THE PROPOSED RATE, UH, IT WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT SIX MILES OUT, AND THAT'S THE RED CIRCLE YOU SEE, UH, EMANATING FROM THE AIRPORT.
UH, FOR SOME CONTEXT FROM DALLAS-FORT WORTH TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT A $60 TRIP, AND THAT'S 19 MILES.
UH, THE, THE SECOND CHANGE RECOMMENDED BY THE TAB, UH, DISCUSSING MINIMUMS IS THE DOWNTOWN MINIMUM.
UH, THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS DEFINED AS THAT AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED, AND THOSE ARE FOR TRIPS THAT ORIGINATE AND END IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
IN JUNE, 2008 WAS THE LAST TIME THIS RATE WAS INCREASED.
IT WENT FROM $3 TO $5, UH, WHICH IT'S CURRENTLY AT.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO TO $10, UH, TO TRAVEL INSIDE OF THAT AREA.
IF YOU LEAVE THAT AREA, THEN, UH, THE METER WILL RUN FOR WHATEVER IT IS.
CURRENTLY, DALLAS DOESN'T HAVE A DOWNTOWN RATE DEFINED, NOR DOES AUSTIN FOR HOUSTON.
THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, PART THREE OF MY BRIEFING TODAY.
UH, THE FIRST IS THE ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED THE ADDITION OF A NEW VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY.
UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE MOTORBIKE, SIDECAR.
UH, THAT NEW CATEGORY WOULD BE ARTICLE TWO.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS NOT AN ARTICLE TWO UNDER CHAPTER 33, UH, AND THAT WOULD, THE, THE BIG CHANGE WOULD BE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TAB, THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, WOULD ALLOW A VEHICLE TO OPERATE IN THAT SPACE AS AN ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE STAFF, HOWEVER, RECOMMENDS, UH, DOES NOT RECOMMEND REMOVING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
UNDER CHAPTER 33, UH, STAFF FEELS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE VEHICLE FOR HIGHER SPHERE WITH INSIDE THE CITY.
THE NEXT AMENDMENT DEALS WITH GROUP CYCLE SERVICES.
SO CURRENTLY THE TAB IS, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, GROUP CYCLE PERMITS BE ADVERTISED AND ALLOWS THEM TO BE ISSUED UPON REQUEST.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO GROUP CYCLE COMPANIES OPERATING IN
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SAN ANTONIO WITH ONE PERMIT EACH.THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE EVER BEEN AT IS THREE.
ONE OF THOSE HAD TWO PERMITS AT ONE TIME.
UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT CHANGE, BUT IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE CAP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GROUP CYCLE PERMITS AT AT FIVE.
LASTLY IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, THE TAB IS RECOMMENDING THAT A MEMBER, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE INDUSTRY THEY REPRESENT, COULD SERVE AS THE TAB CHAIRPERSON.
UH, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU HEARD, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT THAT PROHIBITS A, A TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD OR A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRY FROM SERVING AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE TAB.
UH, STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND THIS CHANGE BECAUSE STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE TAB SHOULD OVERSEE THE NEEDS OF THE WRITING PUBLIC, NOT NECESSARILY THE NEEDS OF THE VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MADAM CHAIRPERSON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE AMENDMENTS.
THIS IS OUR SECOND PRESENTATION, OF COURSE, WITH SOME ADDITIONS, UM, AND CLARIFICATION.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CODE ARE DESIGNED TO BRING THE TAXICAB INDUSTRY UP TO DATE ON NEEDED CHANGES WE'VE HEARD TODAY FROM BUSINESSES IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR Y'ALL BEING HERE AND, AND TAKING TIME TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE CHANGES WILL MAKE THE INDUSTRY MORE NIMBLE AND MORE COMPETITIVE.
AND, UH, IN SOME INSTANCES THERE ARE COMMON SENSE CHANGES.
UM, I THINK THAT ARE MAYBE LONG OVERDUE.
I'M THINKING, UH, IN MIND OF THE, UM, UH, JUST PERMITTING THE TAXI CABS THAT ARE IN USE.
NOT EVERY TAXI CAB OUT THERE, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT THESE ARE LONG OVERDUE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ADVISORY BOARD HAD BOARD HAD IN MIND WHEN THEY DISCUSSED AND RECOMMENDED THESE CHANGES.
I DO AGREE WITH STAFF ON THE MATTER OF CHANGING THE COMPOSITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD, OR AT LEAST THE, THE LEADERSHIP.
I AGREE THAT THE BOARD'S CHARGE IS TO OVERSEE THE NEEDS OF THE WRITING PUBLIC.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, MAY I ASK YOU THAT THE, THE CHARGE OF THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE WRITING PUBLIC ARE MET.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, MA'AM.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE INDUSTRY IS INVOLVED, BUT I THINK FOR THAT REASON, I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UM, THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD SHOULD REFLECT, UM, THE NEEDS OF THE WRITING PUBLIC.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME IF WE'RE, IF WE ARE, UH, VOTE THIS TO A SESSION, WELL, I GUESS, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN IT MIGHT GO TO A SESSION? SO MY GOAL CHAIR PERSON WOULD BE THE 20TH OF OCTOBER.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S NO MEETING ON THE FIFTH OR 12TH OF OCTOBER.
SO WE COULD TEE IT UP AND MOVE FORWARD ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER.
TO, TO GET THAT IN FRONT OF FULL COUNSEL.
SO WOULD IT ARE THE CHANGES TO GO INTO EFFECT, LIKE JANUARY ONE, IF, IF WE VOTED UP HERE AND THEN WE VOTED UP AT A SESSION SO THEY WOULD GO INTO EFFECT UPON THE SIGNING OF THE ORDINANCE AT A SESSION.
IF COUNCIL APPROVED THOSE CHANGES, WE WOULD, UH, EFFECT THOSE IMMEDIATELY.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO OUR COMMITTEE COMMENT AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME CLEARLY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR DEBRIEFING YESTERDAY.
AND HELLO TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME I CHIME IN, UH, I'M JUST GONNA FOCUS ON, ON ONE TOPIC.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN ON THE TAB FOR SO LONG.
WHEN THIS ITEM WAS POSTED FOR THE AUGUST 29TH COMMITTEE MEETING, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO CREATE A NEW CATEGORY CALLED ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NOT A SPECIFICATION THAT IT WAS ONLY FOR THE, UH, MOTORBIKE AND SIDECAR, UM, CATEGORY.
UH, THEREFORE I HAD BEEN PREPARED TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE ITEM, UH, IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE, UM, MY OFFICE HAD BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME NOW WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED EGO TRANSPORTATION.
AND JAVIER FROM THERE IS, IS HERE TODAY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO OPERATE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
EGO TRANSPORTATION OPERATES A, UM, AN ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT CAN, UH, TAKE UP TO SIX PASSENGERS.
AND WE DID WORK AT THE TIME, UH, WITH GARY FROM GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, EVEN HAD TO DEVELOP SOME LANGUAGE TO UPDATE THE CODE.
THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD VOTED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022, TO CREATE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR HIGHER CATEGORY IN CHAPTER 33.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE
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INTEGRATE THAT, UM, THAT VOTE OF THE TAB INTO TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION.SO AGAIN, THE ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE CATEGORY WAS LISTED IN THE, UH, AUGUST 29TH AGENDA MEMO.
IT IS NOW BEING IN THIS AGENDA MEMO.
IT WAS NARROWED AND, UH, ONLY, UH, THE MOTORBIKE WAS INCLUDED.
UM, AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT EGO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE UNLESS WE AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TODAY TO INCLUDE THEM.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE AS A NEW VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY UNDER CHAPTER 33.
SECOND, SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.
I HAVE, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENT? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
I ACTUALLY THINK ALL THE OTHER, UH, CHANGES ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
BUT, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EGO TRANSPORTATION, IT'S AN ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T MET WITH JAVI YET, HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIS, HIS BUSINESS.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY ABOUT THAT.
UM, WHEN THE ORIGINAL MEMO WAS, UH, I THINK IT WAS AUGUST 29TH THAT COUNCILWOMAN CITED, UH, INCLUDED ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE, WAS THERE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION ABOUT, UH, ECO? I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GROUP? EGO.
IF THAT ARTICLE AS A WHOLE WAS GOING TO BE ADOPTED WAS TO PUT EGO AS PART OF THAT ARTICLE UNDER THAT ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE FOR HIRE, WITH THE NARROWING OF THAT, UH, THAT'S WHY IT WAS REMOVED.
SO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD ON THE AUGUST 29 WAS VERY BROAD.
IT WAS JUST TO INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF INNOVATIVE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND GIVING THE AUTHORITY TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER.
AS WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THAT INTERNALLY, WE FELT IT IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW INDUSTRY.
SO WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION, UH, BEFORE APPROVING SOMETHING NEW ON, ON THE ROAD.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE MADE THE, THE ADJUSTMENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.
SO THERE HASN'T, HAS THERE BEEN ANY KIND OF DUE DILIGENCE ABOUT, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SAID, AND, AND, UH, THE GENTLEMAN DID.
I THINK IT WAS, UM, MR. STAN WAS IT CAME TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT IT.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT I, THIS IS THE FIRST I'M HEARING ABOUT IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
HAS THE CITY DONE ANY DUE DILIGENCE ON SAFETY ISSUES ON, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S DONE IN OTHER CITIES? NO, MA'AM.
WE HAVEN'T CONDUCTED ANY SAFETY STUDIES HERE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM ON THE ROAD TO EVALUATE 'EM.
UH, WE WOULD TREAT THEM SIMILAR TO, UH, THE TAXI CAB INDUSTRY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ELECTRIC, IT'S STILL MOTORIZED.
SO THE PERMITTING FEES WOULD BE THE SAME.
SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE THE SAME AS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL ISSUED.
WE DID DRAFT SOME RULES AND REGULATIONS TO COVER THOSE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WOULD BE TREATED MUCH LIKE GROUP CYCLES IN THE SENSE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESTRICT THEIR MOBILITY TO STREETS WITH THE SPEED LIMIT LESS THAN 35 MILES AN HOUR.
SO THEY DIDN'T CAUSE CONGESTIONS ON THE STREET.
BUT, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY SAFETY STUDY OR DUE DILIGENCE OF THAT TYPE GUN ON THOSE THAT CAUSED THAT.
UM, AND IT, IT WASN'T BROUGHT FORWARD TO ME ANYWAY, TO THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE TODAY.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THIS, IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT A BUSINESS COMES TO US AND ASKED TO BE REGULATED.
UM, AND I THINK TO BE COMMENDED, BUT IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE DUE DILIGENCE DONE, UM, OR DUE DILIGENCE DONE BEFORE.
IF WE CAN VOTE THIS UP TODAY BEFORE A SESSION, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 20? IF YOU BRING IT TO YES, MA'AM.
I BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
AND EVEN IF WE HAD TO PUSH COUNCIL CONSIDERATION A WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A FULL MONTH TO GET WITH MR. TRISTAN, I THINK THE GOAL IS TO GET MR. TRISTAN OPERATING REGULATED WITHIN THE CITY BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
SO WHEN WE START SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO SAN ANTONIO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE HIS BUSINESS.
AND THAT, THAT WE FEEL SAFE AS THE CITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT AFTER THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS.
UH, SO FOR, UM, YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD HIM BECAUSE HE'S, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT HE SAID ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT, UH, UH, ON THE FLOOR.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING, COUNCILWOMAN, IT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO
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ADD IT TO TODAY'S PR UM, ITEM TO BE PUT TOGETHER AS A PACKAGE TO TAKE TO A SESSION, CORRECT? CORRECT.UM, YOU WELL, I THINK YOU MIGHT MUTED.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN'T HEAR YOU.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
UM, I MAY HAVE, UH, GOTTEN AHEAD OF MYSELF.
DID SOMEBODY NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION FIRST BEFORE I CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT? NO, I THINK THE AMENDMENT IS APPROPRIATE AS YOU STATED IT.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU WANNA ADD IT TO THIS ITEM TO BE TAKEN TO A SESSION.
AND GIVEN THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD, DO YOU STILL WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION NOW? I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME, UH, DECIPHERING THAT.
COULD YOU REPEAT IT, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
UH, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD, UM, AND MR. STAN AGREES WOULD AGREE TO, UM, SUBMITTING TO, UH, SAFETY DUE DILIGENCE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR RE UH, YOUR, UM, MOTION? OH, UM, YES.
AND, UM, FIRST, I, UM, I DID HEAR YOU SAY, JUST LET ME ADDRESS THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FIRST YOU HEARD OF IT, AND I, MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT AGAIN.
UM, WE WERE STILL OPERATING UNDER THE PREVIOUS MEMO, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL WE HAD OUR BRIEFING YESTERDAY THAT WE REALIZED THAT HAD THAT THAT HAD BEEN MODIFIED.
SO, UM, APOLOGIES FOR DOING THIS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO, UM, SO I GUESS MY MOTION WOULD BE TO, UM, MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD TO FULL COUNSEL, AND AT THAT TIME ALSO CONSIDER THE, UM, ADDITION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR HIGHER.
UM, IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE MOTION THAT, OR WOULD SHE HAVE TO MAKE THAT MOTION AT THE, AT A SESSION, SIR
SO, UM, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR THEN, UH, UH, I'M, I WANTED TO BE CLEAR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WOULD YOU MIND RESTATING IT? I, I APOLOGIZE.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YES, MA'AM.
I, UH, WOULD YOU MIND RESTATING YOUR MOTION? RE OKAY.
IT SOUNDS REALLY SHRILL AND LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE WHENEVER YOU SPEAK FOR SOME, FOR SOME REASON.
WELL, MAYBE I'M A LITTLE SHRILL.
IT MIGHT BE
UM, I WILL RESTATE THE MOTION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UH, AND IT'LL BE THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT I GAVE.
SO I MOVED TO AMEND STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE AS A NEW VEHICLE FOR HIRE INDUSTRY UNDER CHAPTER 33.
I THINK THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
DIDN'T YOU WANNA ALTER IT? OH, YOU'RE ASKING ME TO ALTER IT? I'M SORRY.
I'M ASKING IF YOU WANNA ALTER IT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO ALTER IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
UM, BUT GIVEN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU HEARD IT, BUT WE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE OCTOBER 20TH, ALLOWING THE, UH, MR. STAN AND, AND, AND EGO TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO DO DUE DILIGENCE ON SAFETY ISSUES.
AND MR. STAN, UH, AGREED THAT HE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.
SO GIVEN THAT CONVERSATION, I WAS ASKING IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE YOUR MOTION OR WITHDRAW IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE FOR, IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THE PLAN THAT THEY PROPOSED TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, THE SAFETY DILIGENCE BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, THE OCTOBER 20TH DATE.
HOW WOULD THE MOTION BE DIFFERENT? GO AHEAD, MADAM CHAIR, I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILMAN THAT YOUR MOTION CAN STAY THE SAME.
I WOULD JUST ADD, PENDING THE DUE DILIGENCE EVALUATION BY THE CITY, SO THAT WAY THIS CI CAN BE MOVED FORWARD APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH THE ADDITION THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
AND THEN WE'LL REPORT BACK, UM, AT THE EIGHTH SESSION TO THE FULL COUNCIL, AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON THE RESULTS OF THE DUE DILIGENCE, UM, AND OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TOO.
UM, SO I, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST MY MOTION TO SAY WHAT MARIA SAID.
SO TO AMEND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, PENDING, UH, OKAY.
PENDING COMPLETION OF DUE DILIGENCE BY STAFF.
GIVEN THAT COUNCILMAN, DO YOU, UM, WANNA SECOND? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
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UH, THEN WE'LL GO ACTUALLY TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL, UM, I'M SORRY, HOLD ON.WHO'S UP? COUNCILMAN PERRY? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN THE YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.
AND I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, I, I WENT OUT OF ORDER.
UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO WAS NEXT.
SO DO WE CURRENTLY ALLOW SMALL ELECTRIC CARS AND GO-KART AND I GO-KARTS GOLF CARTS ON THE STREETS IN SAN ANTONIO? NOT FOR HIRE, BUT JUST AS A PASSENGER VEHICLE ON THE STREETS.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE, THE CITY ALLOWS THAT.
I'VE OBVIOUSLY SEEN THEM, UH, ON ORDINANCE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THERE, THERE IS A, AN ORDINANCE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SO YES.
AND THEN DO WE ALLOW MOTORCYCLES WITH SIDE CARS TO TRAVEL ON THE STREETS JUST AS CURRENTLY? NOT FOR HIRE, BUT JUST YES.
SO GIVEN THAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD BE POSSIBLY ENTERTAINING, ALLOWING MOTORCYCLES WITH SIDECAR FOR HIRE, BUT NOT ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS OR SMALL ELECTRIC CARS FOR HIRE.
AND, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M STRUGGLING WITH AND, UM, I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER CITIES.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO, I THINK, I HOPE WE CAN KEEP UP WITH OTHER CITIES, UM, BECAUSE I WANT US TO BE GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND, UM, I PERSONALLY, UM, AM REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING THE SOLUTION MOVE FORWARD.
UM, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW WITH THE NORTH ST.
MARY'S STRIP BAR AREA, AND THEY'RE, THEY NEED PLACES TO PARK AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, THEY, THEY POTENTIALLY COULD BE LOSING A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS SOON AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHUTTLE, UH, ALL OF THEIR PATRONS TO ANOTHER, TO PARKING LOTS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT SOLUTION FOR THAT, RIGHT? IF WE COULD GET, UH, SOME OF THE NEARBY CHURCHES TO ALLOW THEIR PARKING SPOTS TO BE USED, MAYBE SAWS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
UM, AND, AND SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SOLUTION RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO OFFER IT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH VERY SOON.
SO I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS, THIS AMENDMENT IS ONLY FOR PLACING, UH, A POSITION ON THE TAB.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? IS IT, WHAT ARE WE SPECIFIC? UH, SPECIFICALLY THE, UM, E ELECTRIC, IT'S ELECTRIC ALTERNATIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE, UH, TO THIS PACKET TO GO FORWARD TO FULL CITY COUNCIL PENDING A DUE DILIGENCE OF SAFETY ISSUES TO ENSURE THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO OPERATE ON THE STREET.
AND, AND I THINK I'VE ASKED WHEN Y'ALL CAME BY TO BRIEF ME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES, THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE SEEN 'EM OUT THERE.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO, BUT, UH, THEY SEEM TO BE OPERATING JUST FINE ON IN OTHER CITIES, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.
SO THAT'S ALL MY COMMENT ON THAT ISSUE.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? UM, THE AMENDMENT MOTION PASSES.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE MAIN ITEM NOW.
UM, SO REGARDING THE, UH, SO THE FULL ITEM, ITEM TWO, ALL OF ALL OF THE, UM, AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 33.
ANY CONVERSATION ON THAT, COUNSEL OR COMMITTEE? COUNCILMAN PERRY.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ON, ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION OVERALL, UM, ON SLIDE TWO AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE OTHER ON, AT THE END, I HEARD MR. MARY TALKING ABOUT BUS INSPECTIONS.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS BUS INSPECTION STUFF? YES, SIR.
SO CURRENTLY THE CITY INSPECTS TOUR BUSES, UH, AS PART OF THE PERMITTING, UH, PROCESS, UH, MR. MARY WOULD LIKE TO DO AWAY WITH THAT BECAUSE OF THE REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE PLACES ON BUSES FOR SAFETY, MECHANICAL, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER INSPECTION ON TOP OF THAT, UH, SIMILAR TO, IF YOU WILL, THE SAFETY INSPECTIONS THAT'S DONE ON YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE THAT ARE DONE ON TAXI CABS.
THE CITY COMES IN AND DOES AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTION, THOSE TAXI CABS FOR THINGS LIKE SPIDER CRACKS ON THE WINDSHIELD, UH, BODY DAMAGE TO, UH, THE TAXI CAB THAT WOULD AFFECT THE MECHANICAL OPERATION OF THAT.
SO THAT'S, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. MARY WOULD LIKE TO DO AWAY WITH THAT INSPECTION.
UH, CITY, UH, HAS NOT ENTERTAINED THAT AND WOULD RECOMMEND KEEPING THAT INSPECTION TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY SAFE FOR THE RIDERS.
AND, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A STATE INSPECTION ALSO THAT'S CONDUCTED FOR THAT, FOR SAFETY INSPECTIONS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
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OTHER CITIES, OTHER CITIES HAVE DROPPED THE REQUIREMENT AT THE CITY LEVEL, THEY HAVE HAVE DROPPED.SO ANYTHING ON A 16 PASSENGER OR MORE VEHICLE, THEY HAVE DROPPED, UH, LESS THAN 16 PASSENGERS STILL HAVE THAT PERMIT OR THAT INSPECTION REQUIREMENT.
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, IN PREPARATION FOR THE A SESSION, I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BECAUSE I MAY MAKE A MOTION AT THE, A SESSION AT THAT TIME TO SEE ABOUT DROPPING THIS IF OTHER CITIES ARE DROPPING IT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STATE INSPECTION THAT CARRIES THE SAME, UH, SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
I, I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO BE DOING ANOTHER INSPECTION ON TOP OF THE STATE.
SO YEAH, IF YOU COULD DO SOME MORE, UH, INFORMATION ON THAT AND HAVE THAT AS PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I HAD THESE COMMENTS AT THE LAST TIME THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
UH, I DON'T SUPPORT ALL OF THESE INCREASES AT THIS, AT, AT THESE AMOUNTS.
BASICALLY, MY ARGUMENT AT THAT TIME WAS, AND IT'S STILL THE SAME NOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ABOUT SAN ANTONIO BEING THE POOREST, UH, LARGE METRO, UH, WITHIN THE US AND HERE WE'RE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON PRICES OTHER THAN DALLAS, WHICH IS ONLY A PROPOSED RATE THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED, SO IT MIGHT NOT GO UP TO THAT, THOSE AMOUNTS EITHER, UH, WE'RE THE HIGHEST HERE IN THE STATE AGAIN, AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT AND SOME OF THESE RATES REDUCED TO GET IT MORE IN LINE WITH, UM, UH, OUR SISTER CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND NOT BE THE HIGHEST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THAT GOES FOR ALL OF THOSE AREAS, INCLUDING ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.
SO, NO, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT RIGHT NOW ON, ON THOSE CHARTS.
UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, ON YOUR GROUP CYCLE SERVICES, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING, UH, RECOMMENDS CHANGE WITH A CAP OF FIVE TOTAL GROUP CYCLE PERMITS.
WHY, WHY FIVE? WHY DO WE HAVE A CAP AT ALL? SO WE, WE FEEL THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GONE TO THREE THUS FAR, IT'S TO, TO GO TO FIVE WOULD BE A GOOD STOPPING POINT.
UH, BA AND THAT WAS BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST TIME, UH, REGARDING SOME CONCERNS THAT MAYBE IF WE PUT TOO MANY OUT THERE, IT'LL GET CONGESTION.
SO WE FELT LIKE FIVE WAS A, A GOOD STARTING POINT.
AND IF WE HAD TO, IF WE HAD DEMAND TO COME BACK AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TWO MORE PERMITS, THEN LET'S GO BACK TO COUNCIL, GET APPROVAL AND GO TO SEVEN OR 10 OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
CURRENTLY WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO, UH, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE MOST THAT THE CITY HAS EVER HAD IS THREE.
SO WE FEEL FIVE GIVES US SOME ROOM TO GROW, TO START WITH COUNCILMAN.
I, I JUST, I'D RATHER NOT SEE A CAP.
I WOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE DID WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE LITTLE ELECTRIC, UH, SCOOTERS AROUND TOWN.
IT WAS OPENED UP AND WE GOT DILU DELUGE WITH THOSE, AND WE THEN BACKED IT DOWN TO WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A REASONABLE NUMBER.
UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SUPPORT A CAP ON THIS.
LET THE, LET THE MARKET DETERMINE WHAT IS NEEDED OR REQUIRED OUT THERE.
LET'S NOT REGULATE IT, UH, OR OVERREGULATE SOMETHING THAT'S SOMETHING NEW FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SEE WHO USES IT AND IF THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THIS, THIS MANY PERMITS.
SO, UH, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET RID OF THE CAP.
UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, HOW LONG HAS THE, THE CHAIRMANSHIP BEEN OPEN? TWO YEARS.
TWO YEARS? AND WHY HAS IT BEEN OPEN THAT LONG? THE FORMER CHAIRMAN, UH, LIVED, UH, MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE, THE CITY SO HE COULD NO LONGER SERVE.
UH, AND AS A RESULT, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR VACANCIES ON THE TAB, AND, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TAB ARE ALL INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE.
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE, WE'VE HAD, MR. MARY HAS BEEN GRACIOUS TO STEP IN AS THE INTERIM, BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE, UH, TRUE CITIZEN, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRY OR APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRY.
AND, AND, AND I KNOW THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT I SAY THIS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, WE'VE GOT OVER 90, 90 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT DO WORK OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEER POSITIONS.
AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A POSITION BEING OPEN FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BEING OPEN TO THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, INDUSTRY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S PEOPLE INTERESTED IN IT, LET THEM VOLUNTEER AND YOU KNOW, IT'S VOTED ON BY THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND OPEN IT UP BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEEM TO FILL IT OTHERWISE.
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AND THAT GOES FOR MY COMMENT ABOUT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, VOLUNTEER, IF THERE'S, LET THE, LET THE BOARD DETERMINE THAT.COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, RICK, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, INDUSTRY WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TO VOICE, UM, THEIR POSITION ON THIS ITEM.
UH, ROBERT IN PARTICULAR, WHO IS OUR DISTRICT FIVE TAB APPOINTEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR BRIEFING ME ON THE EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE CAB INDUSTRY.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PUT FORTH BY THE TAB AND SS A P D FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE FOR THE RATE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS INDUSTRY AS, UM, MANY SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THIS INDUSTRY, RIGHT? EACH OF THESE FOLKS OWN THEIR OWN CAB INDUSTRY.
AND THE DRASTIC DECREASE IN AVAILABLE TAXI CABS IS REALLY ALARMING, GIVEN THAT WE ARE A CITY WHO DRIVES A LOT OF CAPITAL FROM THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY.
UM, WHAT I FIND CONCERNING IS THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TAXI CAB INDUSTRY.
WE ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY SEE THEM DISSOLVE, RIGHT? AND AS MENTIONED BY ROBERT, WE KNOW THAT LYFT AND UBER AREN'T NECESSARILY REGULATED ON THEIR PRICING AND CAN AND DO CHARGE SURCHARGES, WHEREAS THE TAXI CAB INDUSTRY DOES NOT FUNCTION AND OPERATE IN THAT WAY, RIGHT? SO IF WE ALLOW, UM, IF WE DON'T SUPPORT RATHER OUR TAXI CAB INDUSTRY, IT WILL LEAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR TOURISTS AND OUR EVERYDAY CONSTITUENTS WHO RELY ON THE TAXI CAB INDUSTRY, UM, WITH, UM, SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REALLY UNAFFORDABLE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE MINOR INCREASES HERE, UM, BUT IF WE DON'T SUPPORT THE EXISTING INDUSTRY, WE WE'RE LEAVING OUR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS VULNERABLE TO, UM, THE THE PRICE GOUGING OF THESE OTHER INDUSTRIES.
UM, SO THERE, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT, UH, THESE PROPOSED TAXI CAB RATE CHANGES, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT TWO THINGS.
I'M THINKING ABOUT ONE, YEAH, THESE ARE INDEPENDENT OPERATORS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS A LIVING WAGE.
UM, AND ALSO WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, INFLATION ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY? WELL, WE HAVE SPIKES IN FUEL ECONOMY.
HOW DO WE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY OR ALLOW THEM TO, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF CHANGING, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING, UM, MORE FUEL ADJUSTMENT, UH, SURCHARGES.
IS IT A SURCHARGE? I DON'T KNOW.
THE FUEL ADJUSTMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT TO TWO BECAUSE, UH, FUEL PRICES ARE TOO, UH, FLUCTUATE TOO FREQUENTLY.
UM, BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT WHO ARE THE USERS OF THESE TAXIS, RIGHT? AND IF A LOT OF THEM ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, MIGHT BE ON FIXED INCOME, DON'T HAVE A SMARTPHONE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THESE RATES AFFORDABLE FOR THEM, RIGHT? IF, UM, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING A GOOD DEAL.
AND I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE, WHERE THAT SWEET SPOT IS EXACTLY.
ONE THING I DO STRUGGLE WITH IS LOOKING AT, UH, INCREASING THE TAXI CAB VEHICLE AGE TO LET IT GO FROM 12 YEARS TO 15 YEARS.
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT AN OLDER CAR, I THINK ABOUT A CAR THAT'S HAS WORSE FUEL ECONOMY.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT A NEWER CAR, I THINK ABOUT A, A VEHICLE THAT GETS BETTER FUEL ECONOMY, WHICH SHOULD MAKE A TAXI CAB DRIVER, UH, MORE COMPETITIVE AND ALLOW THEM TO TAKE HOME MORE SAVINGS, RIGHT? AND SO I STRUGGLE WITH HOW DO YOU ALLOW FOR, FOR MORE FUEL SURCHARGE, UH, INCREASES, BUT THEN ALSO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO USE AN OLDER CAR THAT'S NOT GONNA GET AS GOOD A FUEL ECONOMY.
UM, AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT, I MEAN, IT, IT TROUBLES ME SOME BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THE MARKET WOULD, UH, BE ENOUGH OF A PRICE, PRICE SIGNAL TO ENCOURAGE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS TO BUY NEWER CARS THAT ARE MORE, THAT HAVE A BETTER FUEL ECONOMY.
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THAT CAR, YOU'RE USING IT ALL THE TIME.
AND SO THE MORE YOU USE A CAR, THE MORE THE FUEL ECONOMY MAY, UM, THE MORE IMPORTANT THE FUEL ECONOMY IS.
AND SO IT, I, I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH WANTING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE OLDER, MORE FUEL.
AND, UM, SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
THEY DON'T MAKE FINAL DECISIONS.
IF THEY WEREN'T, IF THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS COUNCIL OR IF IT WAS, IF THEY WERE MAKING THE FINAL DECISION, THEN I MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE WITH AN INDUSTRY REP BEING THE CHAIR.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT, AND WE'RE SHORT ON APPOINTEES.
I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A RENEWED FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET MORE NON-INDUSTRY APPOINTEES ON THERE.
BUT CLEARLY THERE'S A, THERE'S
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BEEN A VACANCY, THERE'S A NEED.AND SO I DON'T HAVE TROUBLE WITH, UM, BEING ABLE TO PUT, UH, AN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON AT THIS TIME.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UM, HOW MANY, HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE THERE ON THIS BOARD? THERE ARE 11 AUTHORIZED POSITION, 10 FOR EACH, ONE, FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND ONE FOR THE MAYOR, MA'AM.
AND HOW MANY ARE SPECIFICALLY, UM, SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO BE AN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE? 7, 6, 7.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC INDUSTRY? THERE WOULD BE SEVEN.
SO SEVEN OUT OF 11 ARE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, CORRECT.
I'M SORRY, I, I STILL HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT PUTTING A, YOU KNOW, A, A INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE AS, AS THE CHAIR, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SEVEN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES THAT I ASSUME ARE VOTING, 11 ARE VOTING IN THE CHAIR, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT IF THEY WERE ALL FAILED, MA'AM, AND, AND I, THEY WERE ALL FILLED NEED TO CORRECT MYSELF.
IT'S ACTUALLY SIX AND, AND FIVE, NOT SEVEN AND FOUR, SO I APOLOGIZE.
WELL THAT MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE, BUT IT'S STILL THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD AND, UM, YOU WOULD ALMOST ENSURE THAT A, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE INDUSTRY WOULD BE CHAIR ALWAYS.
SO I, I, I JUST, IT, IT JUST, IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS UH, FIVE AND FIVE, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE, DO I HAVE A, HAVE, DO I HAVE A, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS TO PASS THIS ITEM FORWARD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD TO, UH, A SESSION? SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL? I'M NOT SURE I GOT YOUR VOTE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, MADAM CLERK.
ITEM ITEM THREE IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CULEBRA ROAD MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PLANNING STUDY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M TAMIKA MINORVILLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TODAY, THE TEAM.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE GBRA CORRIDOR STUDY AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS STUDY.
I WANTED TO ALSO THANK COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR REACHING OUT TO US EARLIER TODAY TO GET SOME ANSWERS AND AN UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION.
I THINK SHE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT STRATEGY, SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT ON THE TEAM.
AND I ALSO WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM AND THE PROJECT MANAGER.
SO IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, MA'AM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DEBRA GONZALEZ, WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT.
DEBRA, YOU GUYS DON'T GET TO SEE THE PARTY GOING ON AT THE OFFICE AND ALL THE PEOPLE DOING ALL THE WORK.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM ALREADY, JACOB FLOYD, WHO IS THE MANAGER FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING DIVISION.
SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS STUDY AND WE HAVE TODAY, I'LL INTRODUCE THEM SHORTLY, BUT I WANTED TO CALL OUT ART RYAN HART, WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER, OR EXCUSE ME, VP FROM W SS P AND JULIO RAMOS, WHO IS ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER.
AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION AS A DEPARTMENT.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
IT'S REALLY JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STUDY, WHICH WE PLAN TO WRAP UP IN DECEMBER.
SO AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO CARRY OUT A MULTIMODAL STUDY FOR 13 MILES OF GBRA.
THIS STUDY WAS VALUED AT $1 MILLION AND APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION IT TAKES TO DO A CORRIDOR STUDY, BUT IN FACT, IT TAKES A LOT MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO 13 MILES.
SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE DETERMINED WITH THIS STUDY, THE MOST BENEFICIAL THING THAT WE COULD DO WAS TO FOCUS ON THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE 2022 CULEBRA BOND PROJECT.
SO THE $18 MILLION CULEBRA BOND PROJECT IS REALLY LOOKING TO RE-ENVISION THE CORRIDOR, AND A LOT OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR IS FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CAN DO ON COLLIBRA TO MAKE IT SAFER.
AS MANY OF YOU ON THIS COMMITTEE KNOW, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CORRIDORS IN THE CITY.
IT'S ONE OF OUR VISION ZERO HIGH INJURY NETWORK CORRIDORS.
AND IN FACT, IT WAS A PART OF, IS A PART OF OUR VISION ZERO
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SAFE STREETS GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST WEEK TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.WE ALSO HAVE DAVID MACBETH HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHO'S LEADING THE BOND PROJECT.
SO HE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO JOIN US TODAY TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE STARTED LAST YEAR, WE KICKED OFF THE PROJECT AND WE WERE STILL IN THE HEIGHT OF COVID.
SO MOST OF OUR MEETINGS AT THAT TIME, OUTSIDE OF FOCUS GROUPS LATER, THAT OUR CONSULTANTS CONDUCTED FOR US.
MOST OF THOSE WERE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, BUT WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE PREVAILING ISSUES ON THAT CORRIDOR IS SAFETY, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF.
AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY VISIONING VISIONING PROCESS, WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND REALLY STAKEHOLDERS FROM YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS HAVE SHARED WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS STUDY PROCESS.
SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS WE'RE WRAPPING UP THAT STUDY.
WE CONVENED OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR SUPPORT FROM YOUR STAFFS FOR THE COLLIBRA CORRIDOR SAFETY CAMPAIGN.
OUR PR MANAGER, JOE CONGER, MARGARITA HERNANDEZ, WHO'S LEAD LEADING THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM, WE'RE REALLY JUST INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THIS CAMPAIGN.
WE'VE DONE CAMPAIGNS LIKE THIS AS A PART OF VISION ZERO, BUT WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ONE IS WE DID A THREE MONTH CAMPAIGN THAT FOCUSED ON GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO USE OUR INTERACTIVE SITE.
WE MAILED OUT 20,000 MAILERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AND WE DID SOME WORD CLOUDS LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE WITH THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CLOUD ON A SAFETY SIGN.
BUT THE WORDS THAT REALLY STICK OUT ARE SAFETY IN A LOT OF THESE CARS.
THOSE WERE SOME OF THE PREVAILING WORDS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ON THE CORRIDOR.
SO IT'S OUR HOPE THAT THIS STUDY PROVIDES US WITH THE CONCEPT AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF COOL LABOR THAT CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO ART REINHARDT, WHO'S GONNA SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE SUBS, M I G AND POZ CAMARILLO, WHO ARE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS.
IT'S, UH, BLAST FROM THE PAST, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY, UM, TRYING TO GET ACQUAINTED TO THE NEW ROOM, BUT IT'S VERY NICE.
SO, AS TAMIKA MENTIONED, I'M ART REINHARD WITH W S P.
WE'RE THE CONSULTANT SUPPORTING THE CITY ON THIS EFFORT.
UH, SO TAMIKA PROVIDED A GREAT BACKGROUND.
THERE'S A COUPLE POINTS I'LL I'LL HIT ON AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT REALLY THE STUDY WE'RE UNDERTAKING, UH, INCLUDES A HANDFUL OF MAJOR KEY DELIVERABLES THROUGHOUT.
SO THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE IS REALLY THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT, WHICH AS TAMIKA DESCRIBED, TALKS ABOUT A LOT ABOUT HOW THE CORE, THE CORRIDOR FUNCTIONS, THE HISTORY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, LOOKING AT LAND USES AND KEY DESTINATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, DOCUMENTING THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC LANES, COLLECTING TRAFFIC DATA, UH, AND REALLY TELLING THE STORY ABOUT HOW THE CORRIDOR OPERATES.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S CERTAIN, UH, SPECIFIC SEGMENTS THAT THE BOND PROGRAM IS FOCUSING ON.
WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES OF THE CORRIDOR AND IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES AND DEFICIENCIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, UH, LOOKING AT CRASH DATA HOTSPOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONCE WE HAVE A GOOD BASELINE OF THE CORRIDOR, THEN WE DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL OUR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS LOOKING AT POTENTIAL CONCEPTS AND SOLUTIONS AND THEN TESTING THOSE WITH DETAILED TRAFFIC MODELS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE DESIRES THAT WE AS ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS, AND THEN THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS.
WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
SO GOING INTO THE PROJECT, THE THOUGHT WAS TO DEVELOP A, A PROJECT PHASING APPROACH FOR THE ENTIRE 13 MILE CORRIDOR.
UM, BUT AS TAMIKA DESCRIBED, UH, THE FOCUS NOW IS REALLY LOOKING AT MORE IN DETAIL OF THE BOND LIMITS.
IT'S ABOUT FIVE MILES OR SO OF THE OVERALL 13 MILES.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY REPORT.
AND SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY RUNS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
AND THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS THE EFFORT, UH, AND THE FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS AND THE FEEDBACK WE GOT.
AND, UM, SOME OF THE INITIAL FEEDBACK REALLY SHAPED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CORRIDOR.
WE ALSO ARE DEVELOPING OUR CORRIDOR CONCEPTS, WHICH, UH, WILL BE KIND OF TWO TWOFOLD.
WE'LL HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY SCHEMATICS FOR THE DETAILS, UH, FOR THE LIMITS OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME CONCEPTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CORRIDOR.
SOME OF THE OUTREACH, UH, WE RECEIVED, I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
SO THE PROJECT ACTUALLY KICKED OFF IN THE FALL OF 2020.
WE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME DOING SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS AS WELL AS PLANNING THE APPROACH FOR OUR OUTREACH.
WE ALSO HAD TO PIVOT WITH COVID.
UM, SO THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS WELL.
BUT MUCH OF THE OUTREACH REALLY STARTED IN MARCH OF 2021.
AND IT WAS A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH.
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DATA, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT, AS WELL AS SOME INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS.THROUGH THE SURVEY DATA, WE RECEIVED ALMOST 600 SURVEY RESPONSES WITH ABOUT 2,500 DATA POINTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT CONSIDERING THE, THE PANDEMIC GOING ON AS WELL AS WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UM, AND THEN THE DETAILED FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS WITH SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS H O A PRESIDENTS AS WELL AS ADVOCACY GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS ALONG THE WAY.
WE ALSO ARE PLANNING THE NEXT ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT, UH, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT MONTH.
I KNOW EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE CORRIDOR.
TAMIKA TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES.
I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST WEEKLY WE'RE READING ABOUT A, A CRASH OR FATALITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THE CORRIDOR IN THE PAST, BOTH BY THE CITY WITH SOME VISION ZERO MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS, AS WELL AS TEXT DOTS, SEVERAL CROSSINGS.
BUT REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS THE NEED FOR A CORRIDOR WIDE TRANSFORMATION, WHICH IS REALLY THE VISION OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT.
YOU SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ON THE SCREEN.
THERE'S DISCONNECTED SIDEWALKS, UH, BOTH THERE'S, THERE'S GAPS ALONG THE SIDEWALK NETWORK, AND THEN THEY'RE DISCONNECTED FROM THE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO THEY DON'T REALLY ENGAGE THOSE PROPERTIES.
THERE'S ALSO SOME BIKE LANES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, MAINLY IN THE, UH, NEWER SECTIONS OUTSIDE OF FOUR 10, BUT THEY'RE UNPROTECTED NEXT TO 40 MILE AN HOUR TRAFFIC.
SO THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THERE.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY KIND OF BOILED DOWN INTO THESE HANDFUL OF ELEMENTS, THE NEED FOR WIDER SIDEWALKS, AND NOT JUST WIDER, BUT ALSO SETTING THEM BACK FROM THE TRAVEL LANE SO THEY'RE NOT ADJACENT TO THE TRAFFIC.
ALSO, DEDICATED BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S PROTECTED OR BUFFERED.
BUT THE KEY THING IS HAVING IT AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC.
LOOKING AT IMPROVING CROSSWALK LOCATIONS, UH, NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF CROSSWALKS, BUT ALSO NARROWING THE DISTANCE THAT PEOPLE ARE CROSSING.
YOU CAN IMAGINE IN SOME PARTS OF THE ROADWAY WHERE IT'S SEVEN LANES WIDE, NEARLY A HUNDRED FEET WIDE, UH, IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY OR MAYBE ELDERLY, IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO GET ACROSS THE STREET.
SO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO NARROW THOSE CROSSINGS.
ALSO, IMPROVING TRANSIT FACILITIES ALONG THE WAY.
ADDING SHADE TREES, BOTH LOOKING AT IN THE MEDIAN AND A POT POTENTIAL MEDIAN, AND THEN ALONG THE RIDE OF WAY.
AND THEN LASTLY, LOOKING AT TRAFFIC CALMING OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY CALM THE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCEPTS PROPOSED AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON SEGMENTS A AND B I WILL MENTION, UH, YOU'VE SEEN ON THE SCREEN A FEW TIMES NOW A MAP SHOWING THESE FIVE SEGMENTS.
SO, UH, WHAT WE LOOKED AT THROUGHOUT THE 13 MILE SEGMENT IS IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH FOR ROADWAYS.
IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON THE ADJACENT LAND USE THE NUMBER OF LANES, WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
AND SO THE TEAM IDENTIFIED THESE FIVE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS BASED ON THOSE FACTORS AND THE BOND.
SO OF THE OVERALL 13 MILES, THE BOND LIMITS ARE APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES, AND THAT'S WITHIN SEGMENTS A AND B, WHICH IS FROM I 10 TO CALLAHAN ROAD.
THE FIRST SEGMENT IS, UH, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS SEGMENT A.
IT'S ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF LONG.
UH, THIS SECTION IS WITHIN STATE OWNED RIGHT OF WAY.
THE EXISTING CONDITIONS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S APPROXIMATELY, IT'S SEVEN LANES WIDE.
SO THERE'S THREE TRAVEL LANES EACH WAY WITH A CENTER TURN LANE.
AGAIN, A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR IS THE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAND USE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THERE'S FREQUENT DRIVEWAYS.
THERE'S PROPERTIES THAT HAVE MULTIPLE DRIVEWAYS, WHICH PRESENTS A CHALLENGE.
EVERY SINGLE DRIVEWAY IS A CONFLICT OPPORTUNITY, BOTH WITH VEHICLES AS WELL AS A PERSON WALKING OR BIKING.
ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THE BUILDINGS DON'T REALLY ENGAGE THE STREETS.
THERE'S REALLY LITTLE LANDSCAPING, UM, SOME VERY LITTLE ACCESS OR EVEN WINDOWS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO, UM, REALLY TRYING TO BRING BACK THE LIFE, THE CORRIDOR AS A THOUGHT.
AND THEN THERE'S, LASTLY, THERE'S FU TREES.
ONE OF THE, AND WE'LL SHOW TWO CONCEPTS BOTH FOR SEGMENT A AND SEGMENT B.
SO THE FIRST ONE AGAIN, IS REALLY LOOKING AT WORKING FOR THE MOST PART WITHIN THE AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY.
WE ARE REFINING THE SCHEMATIC RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHERE WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, BUT KEEPING THE SAME NUMBER OF TRAVEL LANES, UH, THREE LANES EACH WAY, REPLACING THAT CENTER TURN LANE WITH A MEDIAN.
WHAT THAT DOES IS A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, IT PROVIDES ACCESS MANAGEMENT, WHICH ALSO IMPROVES SAFETY ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, WHILE IT DOES PROVIDE ACCESS TO PROPERTIES, IT IS A, A CONFLICT ZONE.
SO THIS, UH, ADDING A MEDIAN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE VEHICLE TRA, UM, SAFETY, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME REFUGE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLANTINGS TO CREATE, UH, MORE OF A BOULEVARD APPROACH.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, THROUGH A COMBINATION OF POTENTIALLY RIGHT OF WAY AND REDUCING THE WIDTH OF THE TRAVEL LANE.
SO IN SOME CASES, THE, THE EXISTING LANE IS 12 FEET WIDE.
SO DOING THAT ACROSS SEVEN LANES PROVIDES MORE ROOM TO ADD PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
IN THIS SCENARIO, THE BIKE LANES ARE BEHIND THE CURB UP AT THE SAME LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE SIDEWALK.
THE SIDEWALKS IN THIS CONCEPT ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME WIDTH OF THEY AS THEY ARE TODAY.
THE NEXT CONCEPT LOOKS AT REMOVING A LANE EACH WAY OF VEHICLES.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE TWO LANES EACH WAY.
FOR VEHICLES, WE WOULD STILL PROPOSE THE MEDIAN WITH TREES.
UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS MORE ROOM ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROAD TO REALLY IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN REALM.
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SIDEWALK WIDTH FROM SIX FEET TO 10 FEET WIDE.PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TREE PLANTINGS.
ALSO ALLOWS US TO SEPARATE THE BIKES FROM THE PEDESTRIANS AND REALLY PROVIDE A HIGHER CLASS BIKE FACILITY.
IT'S STILL A PROTECTED BIKE LANE IN THIS SCENARIO, AS IT WAS IN THE FIRST CONCEPT, BUT THIS REALLY ACTIVATES THE STREET, PROVIDES MORE OF THAT BOULEVARD FEEL.
SEGMENT B IS WITHIN CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S AROUND THREE AND A HALF MILES.
UH, MAINLY STRETCHES FROM BANDERA ROAD TO CALLAHAN.
THE EXISTING ROAD HERE IS NARROWER.
SO IN THIS, UH, THIS SEGMENT, THERE'S ABOUT, I BELIEVE 27,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
THE SEGMENT I SHOWED PREVIOUSLY WAS CLOSER TO 50,000, SO THERE'S A LOT LESS TRAFFIC.
A LOT OF TRAFFIC'S COMING FROM FOUR 10 DOWN BANDERA ROAD.
SO THE RIGHT OF WAY'S A LITTLE NARROWER HERE.
THERE'S FIVE EXISTING LANES, SO TWO LANES EACH WAY WITH A CENTER TURN LANE.
AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS SECTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USE ALONG THE STREET, AND A LACK OF LACK OF CONNECTION FROM THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE FIRST CONCEPT THAT WE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS REALLY MAINTAINING THE NUMBER OF TRAVEL LANES ALONG THE STREET, BUT PROPOSING A MEDIAN, AGAIN, FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY ALONG THE ROADWAY, AS WELL AS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLANT TREES.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, ADDING PROTECTIVE BIKE LANES, VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST CONCEPT ON SEGMENT A.
THEY WOULD BE UP AT THE SIDEWALK LEVEL, BUT PROTECTED.
BUT ALONG THE ROAD, ALONG THE SIDEWALK, VERY SIMILAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAXIMIZING RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH, UH, THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF POTENTIALLY SOME NEW RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN ALSO NARROWING THE TRAVEL LANES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLANTERS ALONG THE ROADWAY, WHETHER THEY'RE TRADITIONAL PLANTERS OR INCORPORATING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE FUTURE.
DESIGN CONCEPT TWO REALLY BUILDS UPON CONCEPT ONE.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, SE THIS SEGMENT IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT FOR ROUGHLY HALF THE SEGMENT, SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN BANDERA ROAD AND 36TH STREET, THERE'S VERY LIMITED DRIVEWAYS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY RECOMMENDING A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PROVIDES A HIGHER CLASS PI BIKE FACILITY BY ELIMINATING SOME OF THE CONFLICT POINTS WITH DRIVEWAYS.
UH, SO FOR THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD OR THE SEGMENT, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT PROPOSING THIS SORT OF CONCEPT.
AND THEN TRANSITIONING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT, AGAIN, IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROTECTED BIKE FACILITIES AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS, TREES, AND PLANTERS.
SO WRAPPING UP THE NEXT STEPS, WE'RE FINALIZING OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ON THE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPING THE SCHEMATICS.
WE'RE ALSO PLANNING FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THE OCTOBER 1ST AND THE FOURTH WILL BE THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING OPTION.
UH, A RECORDED PRESENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
WE RECENTLY HAD A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND WE'RE INCORPORATING FEEDBACK ON THAT AND PREPARING OUR DRAFT REPORT WITH THE GOAL OF FINALIZING IT IN DECEMBER, 2022.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO TAMIKA.
AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THIS PROJECT, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.
THE KEY IS HAVING THE VISION OF WHAT GBRA COULD LOOK LIKE, AND THIS STARTS THAT PROCESS OF CREATING THE POTENTIAL VISION AND GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PRESENTATION AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM CHAIR FROM YOU OR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU TAMIKA, AND THANK YOU ART.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK UP AT THE PODIUM.
UM, VERY THOROUGH AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
THE, UM, I, I DON'T THINK I'M BEING DRAMATIC TO SAY THE KDA ROAD.
UH, PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THIS ROAD EVERY DAY.
UM, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM I THINK UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S REALLY AN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN MAKING ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ROADWAYS IN SAN ANTONIO.
SAFE FOR EVERYONE THAT USES IT.
UM, VEHICLES, BIKES, PEDESTRIANS ALIKE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE SEGMENTS.
UH, RA AS YOU IS MENTIONED TODAY IS, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN CORRIDORS IN OUR CITY SEGMENT.
SO I MEAN, DISTRICT SIX IS, IS 60% OF GLENDA ROAD, BUT IT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE CITY.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, TO DISTRICT ONE, UH, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT ROADWAY.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE, UH, WHAT I WILL CALL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ROAD, UM, AND, AND REALLY INCORPORATING A LOT MORE OF, UM, OF THE CITY THAT THE WAY WE'RE GROWING, UM, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE MORE TOWARDS PEDESTRIAN AND, AND BICYCLE.
UM, THE WAY PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE OUTREACH.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THAT FIRST.
THE, THE TWO, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
I WANNA BE SURE, ARE WE, UM, KNOCKING ON DOORS, PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE
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INTERNET ACCESS? UH, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT ALSO WITH YOU, OR INSTEAD OF, I MEAN, I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.I LOVE KNOCKING ON DOORS IN, IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ESPECIALLY ALONG OF COURSE, THE ROADWAY.
UM, ARE WE PARTNERING WITH VIA TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS? AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY ON, ON, ON THESE PART PARTICULAR, UM, PROPOSED CONCEPTS.
I'LL LET ART SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THE OUTREACH.
SO THOSE WERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THOSE HANGERS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND THEN, UM, VIA WE WORKING WITH VIA, HI, MY IS RUDY RAMOS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
WE ARE, UM, MAILING OUT TO A QUARTER MILE RADIUS FROM THE CORRIDORS.
EVERY, EVERY HOUSE ON THE CORRIDOR.
WE ARE ALSO USING ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE USING A GEOFENCE, SO ANY CELL PHONE THAT CROSSES THE COOL ROAD COULD POSSIBLY GET ADVERTISEMENT WHEN THEY'RE DOING APPS, WHEN THEY'RE SURFING THE WEB ON THEIR PHONE.
UM, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE WEST END COMMUNITY, UH, UH, SENIOR CENTER TO HOPEFULLY TRY TO REACH THAT COMMUNITY AS A INDEPENDENT STAKEHOLDER MEETING.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO BRING ALL OUR INFORMATION, ALL THE STUFF FROM THE, FROM, FROM OUR PUBLIC, UH, MEETINGS TO THEM AS WELL AT THEIR LOCATION, UH, TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, OF THAT COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT ONE.
SO THAT, THAT IS, UH, AND WE, WE HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND, AND, UH, IN ANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'RE HAVING FROM NOW TO, TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS TO HAND OUT FLYERS.
I KNOW THAT DEBORAH WENT OUT AND DELIVERED, UM, A BUNCH OF FLYERS TO THE WESTERN COMMUNITY, UH, CENTER.
UM, UH, SO WE CAN STILL AUGMENT THAT, UH, ABSOLUTELY TO, TO THAT, ESPECIALLY THAT COMMUNITY.
YES, I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO HELP YOU, UM, WITH, UH, SHARING THE GRAPHICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, ANY FLYERS WE CAN TAKE 'EM TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CENTERS AND SENIOR CENTERS THAT ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY TO LIKE CHURCH SENIOR CENTERS TO GET PEOPLE OUT.
UM, I DO HAVE A KIND OF GET IN THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT, BUT ON, ON THE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED CONCEPTS ONE AND TWO FOR, SAY, SECTION SEGMENT B? LIKE WHAT IS THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCES? WHAT ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES FOR WHAT SEGMENT? UH, B FOR B START WITH B.
SO FROM BANDERA 36TH STREET ON THE B IS BANDERA TO CALLAHAN FROM.
SO IN THAT SEGMENT, ABOUT HALF THE CORRIDOR FROM BANDERA TO 36TH STREET, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY IS A SUBDIVISION THAT FACES AWAY FROM COLLIBRA.
SO THEY, THERE'S FENCING ALONG ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THAT SECTION.
SO THIS CREATES A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LOW CONFLICT, UH, POINTS FOR BIKES AND FOR PADS.
SO THE SEGMENT, UM, POST CON PROPOSED CONCEPT ONE FITS THIS SECTION, BUT IT WOULD PUT THE EASTBOUND BIKE FACILITY ON A MUCH HIGHER CONFLICT ZONES WITH ALL THE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFETY AS A WAY TO REDUCE THOSE CONFLICT POINTS.
ONCE YOU GO WEST OF 36TH STREET, YOU HAVE A NORMAL EQUAL BALANCE OF CONFI POINTS WITH ALL THE DRIVEWAYS.
SO IT NO LONGER MAKES SENSE TO KEEP THEM COUNTER FLOW ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING THEM BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL EAST WEST ROUTE.
SO ONE IN THE SOUTH, ONE THE NORTH.
UH, JUST WANNA, GOING BACK REAL QUICKLY TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I THINK THERE'S, WE HAVE TO DO THIS, UM, THE VERY BEST WE CAN.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR LESS THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
REALLY WANNA HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND I JUST, I HAVE TO REAL QUICKLY SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, EVEN JUST THE, THE GRAPHIC, IT JUST LOOKS SO MUCH SAFER THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW.
I DO, I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING, WE HAD A, THERE WAS A, UM, PRESS CONFERENCE, ONDA ROAD, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND I WERE THERE, AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, CITIZENS, UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY THAT SHOWED UP.
IT WAS ONDA ROAD, AND WHILE WE WERE THERE, THERE WERE PEOPLE CROSSING THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WATCHING THIS HAPPEN.
UM, BUT I, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT WE HAD ALREADY SO MUCH COMMUNITY INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE ROAD, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AND NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO.
UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND SO IF YOU GO FROM SEVEN LANES TO FIVE, UM, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOUR TRAFFIC TODAY AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF TRAFFIC? SO WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, WE COLLECTED IT, WE ADJUSTED IT FOR COVID SO WE CAN GET A GOOD, CAN.
CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE MORE? THANKS.
SO WE TOOK THE EXISTING TRAFFIC THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, IT
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WAS DURING COVID.SO WE DID A COVID ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO APPROVED OUR GROWTH RATE, AND THEN WE PROJECTED 20 YEARS.
WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING CONDITION AND COMPARED IT TO THE PROPOSED CONDITION WITH TWO LESS TRAVEL LANES ON THERE, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR VEHICLES DID DROP.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE, WE LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC THE APPROPRIATE WAY, THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF LOOKING AT THE DOUBLE SERVICE DID DROP FOR, FOR GOING FROM SEVEN LANES TO FIVE LANES.
THE REASON WHY WE PROPOSED IT IS THAT OVERWHELMINGLY THE COMMUNITY IN OUR OUTREACH SAID THAT THEY WANTED THE CORRIDOR TO BE LESS CAR FOCUSED AND TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN, MORE BIKE, MORE EVERY OTHER USER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THEY, 85% OF OUR RESPONSES, IF NOT HIGHER, WERE THE, THE CARS ARE, THERE'S TOO MANY CARS IN, IN THIS CORRIDOR DRIVE TOO FAST, IT'S UNSAFE.
I MEAN, THEY WANTED, AND WE WANTED TO PROPOSE A CONCEPT THAT SAID THAT WAS BASED ON THEIR VISION.
AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THAT COMMUNITY CONCEPT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE AND I KNOCKED DOORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF I 10, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAID, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS OVER HERE? WE HAVE ALL THE INVESTMENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN VOTE OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'LL EVER INVEST IN AND, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFYING AND MAKING THEIR STREETS SAFER.
UM, WHAT ABOUT, UM, TDOT, IF WE WERE TO GO FROM SEVEN LANES TO FIVE LANES, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THEY HAVE ANY JURISDICTION HERE? LIKE IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, WE'RE, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? COUNCILMAN BRAVO, YOU'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE POSITION OF TDOT AT THIS TIME.
I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT COLLIBRA, MUCH LIKE MANY OF OUR CORRIDORS, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF THIS DEPARTMENT, I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TXDOT AS THE CITY IS WORKING WITH TXDOT TO IDENTIFY THE ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS WHERE WE CAN SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE HOWEVER THEY WANT TO MOVE.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE CONTROL THAT WE INTRODUCE THE MOBILITY OPTIONS THAT THE CITIZENS WANT TO SEE.
AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST.
SO IF THAT MEANS A PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR WITH THE DESIGN CONCEPT THAT IT IS A BIKE LANE, OR IT'S A SHARED BIKE FACILITY THAT'S PROTECTED IN THAT PORTION THAT THE CITY CONTROLS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GET TO.
I KNOW THAT TEXDOT IS NOT LOOKING TO DO ANY ROAD DIETS OR ANYTHING TO THAT END, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO INVEST IN SAFETY.
AND THAT INCLUDES APPLYING COMPLETE STREETS METHODOLOGIES TO INCLUDE CONSIDERING ALL THE MODES.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TDOT AND WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT AND AMPO TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE DO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AT THE TABLE.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO STATE IS THAT WE HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE OF RECOMMENDING A FIRM AND A TEAM TO LEAD OUR BIKE NETWORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH TEXT OUT ON A LOT OF PROJECTS.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT.
SO THAT'S MY GOAL IS TO GET TO THAT HAPPY MEDIUM WHERE WE RECOGNIZE WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE LIMITS THAT ARE UNDER OUR CONTROL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE.
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TEXDOT DOES AND DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER COLIBRA? I'LL LET THE TEAM LET YOU KNOW THOSE LIMITS.
COUNCILMAN? SO OF THE 13 MILES TOTAL, ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES IS STILL WITHIN THE TXDOT JURISDICTION.
THAT'S FROM I 10 ROUGHLY TO BANDERA ROAD.
THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR IS WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OTHER ISSUE, LIKE, SO I LIKE THE FIVE ROAD CONCEPT.
I LIKE THE MORE TREES CONCEPT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE TREES REDUCING ASPHALT AND ADDING MORE TREES, UH, ALIGNS WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL PUT FORWARD LAST WEEK IN PAST, UH, ADDRESSING URBAN HEAT ISLAND.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, UH, CONSIDER, UM, AS PART OF THAT WORK OF LOOKING AT URBAN HEAT ISLAND, HOW THIS, HOW THE BENEFITS THAT THIS, UH, THAT FIVE LANES WITH MORE TREES THERE WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR THAT PART PORTION PORTION OF THE CITY.
THE APPLICATION THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU ALL LAST WEEK, OUR SAFE STREETS APPLICATION,
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WE KNOW THAT INTRODUCING THOSE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS WITH LANDSCAPING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP US.THE ZZA MOURA CORRIDOR IS OUR MODEL.
IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT GRANT, THAT IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DUPLICATE ON ALL OF OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK CORRIDORS THAT HAVE THE WIDTH TO DO THAT.
COUNCILMAN BRAVO, COUNCILWOMAN CAST.
ART AND TAMIKA FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, MELISSA HAUGH AND SANDOVAL, UM, FOR Y'ALL'S CONTINUED ADVOCACY ON THIS CORRIDOR IN PARTICULAR AND ENSURING THAT WE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FATALITIES THAT HAPPEN, UH, ON THIS ROAD.
UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED AND PLEASED WITH THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION, PARTICULARLY THE WIDER SIDEWALKS SHADED AND SHADED BUS STOPS, UH, AS WELL AS THE USE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ALSO REDUCES FLOODING AND IMPROVES DRAINAGE.
I SEE DAVID HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE INTEGRATE SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH OTHER, OTHER PROPOSED BOND PROJECTS? UH, AND, AND, AND CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE? WOULD THAT BE, UM, A, A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS? BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY INNOVATIVE AND I'M READY TO SEE IT IN OUR NEXT BOND PROJECT THAT WE BREAK GROUND FOR SURE.
AND, AND DAVID MCGRATH, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
NO, WE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO WITH ALL OUR STREET BOND PROJECTS IS LOOK AT THOSE IN A CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN WAY.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, IMPROVING THE, THE SAFETY ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS WELL AS, UM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, STREET TREES IF WE NEED TO.
UM, IF IT'S NEAR A CREEK WAY, WE LOOK AT SOME KIND OF SUSTAINABLE OR L I D GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT TOO.
UM, SO WE, WE TRY TO LOOK AT EACH PROJECT INDEPENDENTLY AND TRY TO MAYBE INCORPORATE THOSE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FUNDING WE AND WE HAVE AVAILABLE TOO.
BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT THOSE WITH, WITH, UM, OPEN EYES GOING INTO IT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE THINGS.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I REALLY LIKE THE DASHBOARD.
THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU, DAVID.
I, I REALLY LIKE THE DASHBOARD THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
WE ARE COLLECTING THE INPUT, UM, FROM COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN REVIEWING THE DISTRICT FIVE, UH, CONCERNS.
IT'S PRIMARILY AROUND LIGHTING.
UH, SO MY QUESTION IS WITH, UH, SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE THERE'S THE ORANGE LIGHT, UM, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OR SELECTION OF A PLAN TO CHANGE THE LIGHTS FROM THE ORANGE LIGHTS TO THE BLUE LIGHTS SO IT'S BRIGHTER? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO NOW OR WOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? WELL, THE LIGHTING THINGS THAT WE'VE DETERMINED THROUGH THE COLLIBRA SAFETY CAMPAIGN MM-HMM.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE BEST LIGHTING SOURCE MM-HMM.
FROM MY EXPERIENCE, CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHADING THE BUS STOPS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T CAST SHADOWS WHERE WE HAVE TREES.
SO IT REALLY IS COMPREHENSIVE.
BUT IF WE ARE INCREMENTALLY IMPROVING THE CORRIDOR, IDENTIFYING WHAT IS THE BEST ILLUMINATION METHOD BASED ON OUR WORK WITH THE TEAM IN SUSTAINABILITY, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GONNA UNDERTAKE.
SO BASED ON THE NEED, BASED ON WHAT THE IMMEDIATE NEED IN TERMS OF SAFETY WITH ILLUMINATION, WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND IDENTIFY THAT.
BUT COMPREHENSIVELY, I THINK IF WE HAVE A TOOLKIT OF ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT THE LOCATION, LOOK AT THE LAND USE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING A SHADOW ISSUE IF WE DECIDE TO PUT, UH, LANDSCAPE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, WORK WITH PARKS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND AND USING ALL OF THE TOOLS AND THE TOOLKITS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE A PART OF THE CITY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE INFORMATION FROM EVERYBODY, I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS HERE.
UH, TAMIKA, YOU SAID THERE'S FOUR $1 MILLION MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION STUDIES TO BE CARRIED OUT.
AND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YES, SIR.
WHERE'S THE OTHER THREE? THE OTHER THREE WAKEFORD, HARRY ACH, WEST AVENUE, AND, UM, MARBA.
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YES.AND, AND WHERE ARE THEY IN THE PLANNING? UH, SO RIGHT NOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE MONEY NOW, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE MONEY NOW.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE FINALIZING THE SCOPE OF WORK.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PREPARING TO BRING THAT TO AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE NEXT MONTH.
AND SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS TO SOLICIT FOR ONE CONTRACTOR, ONE CONSULTANT TO DO ALL THREE OF THOSE STUDIES SO THAT WE CAN DO THEM CONCURRENTLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY TO DO EACH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE RECALL, WE'RE WORKING ON THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN ACTUALLY CONTINUING ALL THE OTHER EFFORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH VISION ZERO.
SO THE FIRST ONE WILL BE MARBACH BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE THAT'S ALSO IN THE BOND FOR 2022.
AND WE WANT TO DO SIMILARLY AS WE'VE DONE WITH GBRA, IS MAKE SURE THAT DESIGN CONCEPT INFORMS WHAT'S CONSTRUCTED.
SO MARBACH WILL BE FIRST, AND I KNOW YOU WANNA GET STARTED ON HARRY ACH, WE CAN START THE PLANNING BECAUSE AGAIN, BY GETTING ONE FIRM TO DO ALL OF THE STUDIES, A LOT OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE FACT THAT THE, THE SPEWY AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE AT HARRY SBACK, I THINK THE QUESTION IS GONNA BE WHAT THAT SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE ONCE THE FIRM IS SELECTED FOR THAT WORK AND WHAT MAKES SENSE.
BECAUSE ONCE WE GIVE IT TO THAT CONSULTANT, THEY MAY DEEM THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE CONCURRENTLY FOR EACH OF THOSE CORRIDORS.
SO WE'RE GONNA LET THAT CONSULTANT FIRM GIVE US THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COME UP WITH A PLAN TO COMPLETE THOSE OTHER $1 MILLION STUDIES.
THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CONCEPT WAS FOR THOSE OTHER THREE AND HARRY WACH ON THE SIDE.
I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THREE OF THEM.
AND GETTING THESE THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
OH, WE'VE BEEN, I WOULDN'T GET IT DONE.
WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN HOLDING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, UM, BUT NOT HAVING THE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT ALL THREE OF THESE TOGETHER, I, I KIND OF, I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT, WHY YOU'RE SAYING THAT.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO ME AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE REASON WE CAN'T GET 'EM ALL THREE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IF YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME WITH THAT INFORMATION, I, I, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THIS BACK FOR SO LONG, WE, YOU KNOW, LET'S HIT IT WITH ALL CYLINDERS AND GET 'EM ALL GOING AT THE SAME TIME AND LET'S GET 'EM DONE AND GET 'EM OFF.
OFF THE, UH, OFF THE SHELF HERE.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS THE, ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE, YOU SAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN $18 MILLION FOR COLLIBRA ROAD, BUT YOU DON'T SAY, IS THAT FOR ALL SEGMENTS A THROUGH E OR IS WHAT, WHAT IS THIS $18 MILLION FOR? NO, THAT'S JUST THE BOMB PORTION FROM I 10 TO CALLAHAN, SO A AND B.
AND SO FUTURE PROJECTS FOR C THROUGH E.
SO AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, I HAD A LITTLE SUGGESTION.
THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM HAS APPROXIMATELY $916,000 THAT'S UNALLOCATED.
AND MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AMPO AND CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF THOSE SEGMENTS AS A PART OF ANOTHER STUDY THAT WE CAN DO AND COME UP WITH THOSE CONCEPTS.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M, I DON'T WANNA MIX THE TWO.
SO THE $18 MILLION THOUGH, IS ONLY FOR SEGMENT A AND B ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE? YES.
ON THE BOND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $1 MILLION ON THE FRONT END SIDE FOR ONLY SECTION A AND B.
THAT'S THE $1 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S SOME OTHER MONEY OUT THERE THAT WE COULD APPLY TO SECTION C THROUGH E.
SO THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM IS THE PLANNING DOLLARS AT THE N P O, AND THEY HAVE A BALANCE OF ABOUT $900,000.
I THINK IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS A CITY, WE SHOULD RECOMMEND THAT AS A PRIORITY FOR US TO CONSIDER TO CONTINUE STUDYING FOR SEGMENTS E THROUGH C.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT LEGWORK ALREADY, BUT TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPTS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC CROSS SECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE FUNDS TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FUNDING TO DO THAT.
I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN MY MIND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT SEGMENT A AND B AT THIS POINT.
THAT IS WHAT THE CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED ARE FOR THOSE SEGMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER, UH, 12 AND 13, 12, THIS IS SEGMENT A AND THE PROPOSED CONCEPT, YOU GOT TWO CONCEPTS HERE.
ONE, UH, ON SLIDE NUMBER 12, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY KEEPING IT THE SAME THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
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AMENDMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS ON IT.AND THEN CONCEPT TWO, UM, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY, I GUESS THAT'S REDUCING THE LANES FROM SEVEN TO FIVE WITH, UH, WITH OTHER AMENITIES.
AGAIN, UH, WE HAVEN'T PICKED WHICH ONE.
I, I WAS HEARING COMMENTS OUT THERE THAT YES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REDUCING LANES THAT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET, RIGHT? NO.
SO THESE STUDIES, THE RESULT WILL BE CONCEPTS FOR US TO CONSIDER, AND THEN WHEN DAVID'S TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS GOES AND ACTUALLY BEGINS THAT PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, AT THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL GO BACK OUT AND COLLECT THAT DATA AGAIN TO REALLY SEE HOW THE STREET IS FUNCTIONING AND THEN DETERMINE IF THIS CONCEPT STILL WORKS BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AT THE TIME WE BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
OH, I WAS HEARING DURING THE PRESENTATION, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THESE BECAUSE WE GOT SO MANY COMMENTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS, REDUCE THE SPEED, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I WAS TAKING IT THAT THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
I DON'T THINK THAT NO, SIR, WE'RE AT THAT POINT YET.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WAS COMING ACROSS TO ME.
AND I, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THE PROCESS IS, WE DEVELOP THESE CONCEPTS TO INFORM WHAT CAN BE ENGINEERED.
AND AT THE TIME THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMES, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THE LAND USE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, THERE MAY BE MORE BUSINESSES ON THE CORRIDOR, MORE RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AT THAT TIME AND SEE WHAT IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE TO CONTINUE TO EFFICIENTLY MOVE ALL THE VEHICLES YEAH.
UM, AND I, I CAN GO AROUND MY DISTRICT AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS AND THE SPEED AND EVERYTHING BY RE THEY SAY SOME SUGGESTION, WELL, LET'S REDUCE THE LANES.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T GET, THAT DOESN'T GET RID OF CARS AT ALL.
IT JUST CREATES MORE CONGESTION OUT THERE.
SO I DON'T WANNA GET RID OF CARS, SIR.
I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT EXACTLY.
UH, YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB THEN.
I WOULD NOT, BUT ANYWAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I HEARD SOME COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, SIR.
BECAUSE OF ALL THESE, I THINK THE KEY IS THAT WE WANNA CREATE CONCEPTS THAT HELP US MOVE ALL TYPES OF MODES ON THESE CORRIDORS AND MOVE THEM EFFICIENTLY.
AND BY INTRODUCING THE FACILITIES TO DO THAT, WE ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE DRIVER BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND ALLOCATED SPACE FOR THOSE MODES SO THAT CARS DON'T HAVE TO GET STUCK BEHIND BICYCLES, AUTOMOBILES DON'T HAVE TO GET STUCK BEHIND BUSES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNATED AREAS TO OPERATE.
AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THESE STUDIES.
THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST REMEMBER, I, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BRIEFING EARLIER TODAY IN THE PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS CORRIDOR IS, UH, TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S NOT ALL IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, IT IS ONE OF OUR BORDERS WITH, WITH DISTRICT FIVE, BUT IT IS, UH, NOT ONLY A, A SAFETY CONCERN, BUT ALSO AN EQUITY CONCERN.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST, UH, DE ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED PARTS OF OUR CITY ALONG, UM, THIS CORRIDOR, UH, CLOSER TO, TO DOWNTOWN.
SO I THINK THIS TRANSFORMATION CANNOT ONLY SAVE LIVES, BUT CAN ALSO ENHANCE, UH, AND IMPROVE THE LIVES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR THROUGH, UM, THROUGH ECONOMIC, UM, BENEFIT.
UM, THAT SAID, UH, TAMIKA EARLIER YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT LAND USE NOT BEING A PART OF THIS, UH, STUDY.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US, UH, I GUESS HOW CAN WE ENSURE, UH, GOING FORWARD THAT EVEN IF WE MAKE THESE CHANGES, THAT THE LAND USE WILL SUPPORT IT, UM, AND THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HOPE FOR, UM, FOR ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR? I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE REMAINING SEGMENTS OF THE CORRIDORS IT, OF THE CORRIDOR IS TO IDENTIFY A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK IN SCOPING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE MULTIMODAL STUDIES, THE FUTURE STUDIES.
BUT FOR THIS PORTION OF CULEBRA THAT WE HAVE NOT COME UP WITH CONCEPTS FOR, I THINK IT'S, WE NEED TO INVEST IN THAT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE LAND USE BECAUSE THAT LAND USE REALLY INFORMS HOW THE ROAD OPERATES.
WE ARE CHALLENGED ON CULEBRA BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CURB CUTS.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND MORE RECENTLY WITH THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT BRENDA HICKS SORENSON'S TEAM HAS COMPLETED, WE NEED TO TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND APPLY THEM AND PRIORITIZE WHAT THE INVESTMENT
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WILL BE ALONG KUL EBRA IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND ALSO WHAT TYPES OF MAJOR ACTIVITY GENERATORS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE CORRIDOR BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS.AND THE SA TOMORROW GOALS BECAUSE CULEBRA TRAVERSES SEVERAL OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, THE AREA PLANS.
SO JUST STEP, SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IF WE WANT TO DO THAT? WE NEED TO, IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING THOSE CONCEPTS, AS I MENTIONED, THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT U P W P THROUGH THE AMPO, AND THEN ALSO IF WE WANTED TO DO AN INTENSIVE PROCESS, THAT WOULD BE A CHARETTE.
UH, A DESIGN CHARETTE IS AN INTENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS WHERE DESIGNERS, PLANNERS, ENGINEERS ARE BROUGHT IN TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THIS YEAR, BUT DO IT INTENSIVELY AND COME UP WITH CONCEPTS FOR THE LENGTH OF THAT CORRIDOR.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS AN OPTION IN THE TOOLKIT, UM, COME UP WITH OPTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE LAND USE, NOT ABOUT THE THE ROAD, IS THAT RIGHT? NO LAND USE IS REALLY INTEGRATED WHEN YOU DO THE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR STUDIES.
YOU LOOK AT THE LAND USE PLANS AND PRIORITIES.
IF IT'S A LAND USE PLAN THAT YOU WANT TO DO, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S FORAY.
BUT THE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR STUDIES LOOK AT LAND USE, THEY LOOK AT THE OPERATION OF THE STREET INFORMED BY THE LAND USE, AND THOSE ARE THE COMPONENTS THAT WE DIDN'T GO AS IN DEPTH BECAUSE IT WASN'T SCOPED TO THAT LEVEL FOR THIS, THIS STUDY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT HA WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LAND USE TO INFORM WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, I KNOW DAVID MACBETH IS HERE AND UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PREPARING THIS FOR, FOR THE BOND.
UM, DAVID, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TELL US, UM, BASICALLY WHAT, UM, OR HOLD ON, UM, WHAT WILL YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET STARTED WITH THE WORK ON THIS PROJECT? LIKE WHAT, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THIS PARTICULAR STUDY AND, AND HOW SOON DO YOU NEED IT?
NO, UH, REALLY WHAT, WHAT, UH, TAMIKA AND HER TEAM ARE DOING IS REALLY GONNA HELP INFORM WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE BOND.
AND SO AS THESE CONCEPTS ARE BEING, UH, DEVELOPED AND, AND THE PUBLIC OUTREACH IS, IS HAPPENING, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, AT LEAST A CORE, UM, BASIS FOR DEVELOPING THE DESIGN AND THE SCOPE OF COLLIBRA.
THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE DOING ESTIMATES.
SO WE HAVE $18 MILLION FOR FIVE MILES.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY FOR A FIVE MILE CORRIDOR.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN AFFORD TO DO, UM, WITH THAT 18 MILLION BASED ON THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE PLANNED.
UH, RIGHT NOW, OUR PLAN IS OF COURSE TO TAKE, WE DON'T HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD YET FOR THE DESIGN.
UH, THAT WILL COME IN IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE BRING THE MASS SELECTION TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE START SCOPING AND, UH, NEGOTIATING FEES WITH CONSULTANTS.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL PROBABLY, UH, START THE DESIGN IN THE SPRING OF 2023.
AND SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE A FURTHER REFINED SCOPE BASED ON THIS, THIS, UH, CONCEPT STUDY, THEN WE'LL HAVE HAVE A HEAD START ON GETTING THAT GOING.
SO DAVID, UM, ONE THING I WAS ASKING TAMIKA'S TEAM EARLIER IS IF WE DO WANNA CREATE, INTEGRATE, MANAGED ACCESS INTO THOSE SECTIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF, UH, DRIVEWAYS, AND I KNOW, UM, ART TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT IF WE WANT TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO THERE, DOES THAT NEED TO BE PART OF THE, THIS STUDY OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE DESIGN TEAM CAN, CAN PLAN FOR? IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR STUDY.
WE WOULD, UH, AS WITH ANY OTHER CORRIDOR LIKE THIS, A VERY HIGHLY, UM, DEVELOPED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING SOME KIND OF ACCESS MANAGEMENT WHERE IT'S NEEDED, UH, TO HAVE IMPROVED SAFETY.
WELL I THINK IT'S NEEDED IN A LOT OF PLACES.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER, OKAY.
UM, THAT WAS AN ITEM FOR BRIEFING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, TAMIKA ART, EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, MADAM CLERK, ITEM FOUR IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION
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ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN STUDY.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE WERE FUNDED WITH APPROXIMATELY $750,000 TO COMPLETE A T D M PLAN FOR THE CITY AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE FINALIZING THE A F A ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TDOT.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE FINALIZING THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE CONSULTANTS, BUT OUR A FFA WAS APPROVED BY TDOT AND THE KIEV TO THAT WAS WE NEEDED TO INTEGRATE AND ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT SINCE THE ORIGINAL AWARD OF THOSE FUNDS, WE HAD COVID.
WE HAVE NEW HYBRID WORK SCHEDULES, WE'VE RELOCATED TO THE CITY TOWER, AND ALSO THIS REVISED SCOPE IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR CHANGES, CHANGES IN PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE.
SO WE HOPE TO COMPLETE THIS STUDY IN 12 MONTHS.
ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED THIS STUDY, WE'LL COME WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILITY OPTIONS AND ALSO OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS OR WORK SCHEDULE IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO HELP US IMPROVE AND MEET OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
IN ADDITION TO HELPING GET A LOT OF THOSE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD, IF WE CAN DO INNOVATIVE THINGS AND HAVE PEOPLE CARPOOL OR USE OTHER MODES SAFELY.
SO WE HAD OUR, WE'RE DOING OUR INTERNAL KICKOFF AND DEBRA AND JACOB WILL BE WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO JUST PREPARE THEM TO ANTICIPATE CALLS AND, AND REACHING OUT WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
LOOKING AT THE STAFFING PLANS OF ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME TO LEVEL SET AND SEE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WE HAVE, HOW MANY WE ANTICIPATE BEING ON OUR, UM, IN THE CITY OVER THIS NEXT COMING YEAR, AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE WITH OUR PARKING STRATEGIES AND PARKING IN THE CITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
SO OUR GOAL IS BY OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR TO HAVE A FINAL TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AS A PART OF THIS PLAN IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOMETHING.
YOU MAY RECALL, WE STARTED OUR ACTUAL CARPOOL IN OCTOBER OF 2019 RIGHT BEFORE COVID.
AND AS A RESULT OF COVID, WE HAD TO END IT, BUT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME MULTIMODAL OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES TO ADDRESS OUR SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS FOR THE REGION.
AND THAT'S ALL WE HAD IN TERMS OF THE T D M BRIEFING.
UM, I'M NOT SURE, HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN THE QUEUE? OKAY, WELL I'LL GO FIRST.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A, A PLAN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING.
I KNOW, UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED ABOUT THE CARPOOL.
UM, IT'S RIGHT UP THE ROAD FOR ME AND I WANTED TO DO IT.
AND THEN, UH, THE PANDEMIC HIT.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE, UM, IT HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED SINCE 2016 AND SO MANY AS, SO MANY THINGS WERE.
UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, TO COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WHO ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS TO, TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL.
I'M SURE THAT SHE'S HAPPY TO SEE THE T D M MOVING AGAIN AND WE ALL ARE THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED SO MUCH IN OUR LIVES AND INCLUDING THE WAY WE MOVE AROUND THE CITY.
SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS MOST RECENT ITERATION IS TAKING THOSE CHANGES INTO ACCOUNT.
I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THOUGHTFULNESS.
UM, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN TELL ME, UM, THE STUDY RIGHT NOW IS OF COURSE LIMITED TO CITY EMPLOYEES.
IS THERE ANY PLAN TO EXPAND THAT? I THINK ONCE WE SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT, IT WILL BE A GOOD MODEL FOR US TO APPLY WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY DEVELOPING A PROGRAM FOR THE CITY'S EMPLOYEES, BUT I THINK IT, HOW WE'VE SCOPED IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REPLICATED AND WE CAN APPLY TO THE REGION AND TO OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY BECAUSE THAT'S THE GOAL ULTIMATELY IS TO REDUCE OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE ALL THESE SINGLE OCCUPANCY TRIPS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE BY CREATING ALTERNATIVES.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL.
UH, THANK YOU TAMIKA FOR, FOR THE UPDATE.
UH, LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, THIS WAS, UH, A PROPOSAL THAT COUNCILMAN SAN DIANE I BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, REALLY WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY HAPPENED AND WE CREATED, UH, A RUN ON GAS AND UH, PEOPLE WERE WAITING A LONG TIME AND, AND COULDN'T GET PLACES.
AND I SAID, WELL, MAYBE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO CREATE, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND UH, IN ALL HONESTY, I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD, UM, HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD PROMOTE CITYWIDE.
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GOING TOO FAR AND I SAID, WELL, MAYBE FIRST WE SHOULD DO IT AT THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN BE THE LEADERS AND SHOW THE EXAMPLE.I DID NOT THINK
SO I DON'T THINK NEXT TIME I'M GONNA BE SO CAUTIOUS I'M JUST GONNA GO OUT THERE.
UM, BUT I DO, I DO HAVE TO ASK, SO $750,000 FOR A STUDY, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? LIKE I, UH, I JUST HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE SO, YOU KNOW, ALL CONSUMING.
SO ACTUALLY IN FACT, AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCOPED, THIS INCLUDED OPERATION OPERATIONS OF THAT VAN POOL THAT WE HAD.
SO THE STUDY IS $750,000, BUT OUR ANTICIPATION IS THAT A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THAT SEVEN 50 WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT SIMILAR PILOTS IN TERMS OF, IN MY MIND, IN TAMIKA'S TRANSIT MINE, I'M THINKING OF A SHUTTLE OPERATION.
SO WE WILL GET SOMETHING IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION OUT OF THIS.
THE ENTIRETY IS NOT JUST GONNA BE A STUDY, PROBABLY A THIRD OF IT WILL BE STUDY MAYBE HALF, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THAT WE'D LIKE TO APPLY AND IMPLEMENT AND PILOT SOME FORM OF VAN POOL SHUTTLE OPERATION FOR CITY EMPLOYEES BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE.
THAT IS WHAT I ENVISION AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE SCOPING IT.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE $750,000 FOR A STUDY.
A PORTION OF THIS IS IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTUALLY DOING WHAT WE STARTED WITH, WITH THE CARPOOL, WITH THE VAN POOL PROGRAM THAT WE HAD.
SO REST ASSURED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU ALL ABREAST OF THIS AS WE SELECT, AS WE WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THEIR EMPLOYEES, HOW MANY, WHEN WE DO THE SURVEYS TO DETERMINE WHERE ARE THE BULK OF THE CITY'S EMPLOYEES COMING FROM.
BECAUSE IN MY MIND THAT COULD BE OUR PILOT BUS ROUTE, NOT A VAN POOL PER SE, BUT IF WE KNOW 30% OF THE CITY'S EMPLOYEES ARE COMING FROM ONE PORTION OF THE REGION, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PEAK PERIOD SHUTTLE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE THOSE TRIPS IN THE CONGESTION AND, AND PEOPLE SITTING IN TRAFFIC FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT WORKING REMOTELY.
SO, OKAY, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE GONNA GET A SHUTTLE FOR $750,000, THAT SOUNDS A A WHOLE LOT BETTER, BUT I HOPE IT'S NOT, IS IT REALLY GONNA TAKE ALL OF NINE MONTHS? AGAIN, THIS WAS SUBMITTED IN IN 2017, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GET SOMETHING OUT THERE SOONER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SHARED BEFORE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE CONSULTANTS DOING WORK, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DO OVERSIGHT AND MANAGE AND QUALITY CONTROL.
SO IF WE ARE DOING MULTIPLE STUDIES AND WE HAVE A STAFF OF 10 RIGHT NOW, SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN AND BE EFFICIENT WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US.
I BELIEVE THIS PERIOD IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE STUDIES THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS UNDERTAKING, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION THAT WE HAVEN'T HERE TO FOR DONE SO WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR PARKING.
THAT GETS US INTO IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE AVAILABLE PARKING IN THE CITY, IDENTIFYING WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, DEVELOPING THE SURVEYS, WORKING WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO IT A YEAR'S, A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN MY OPINION.
UM, UH, I GUESS AS I'M ON THIS END, I DON'T DO THE EXECUTION SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT IT DONE ALREADY.
UM, BUT I, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF COMPLICATING IT.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST A CARPOOL PROGRAM.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE WE WOULD YOU CONSIDER NOT DOING THE WHOLE CITY AT THE SAME TIME? I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO DO ONE FACILITY LIKE A CITY TOWER AT ONCE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT AND OR YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND REC HEADQUARTERS OR, UH, WHAT IS IT, BROOKS CITY BASE, UM, THAT ALREADY HAS OTHER TRANSIT THERE, LIKE WHY IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO DO THE WHOLE CITY BEFORE COMING FORWARD WITH AN AM I, AM I HEARING THAT RIGHT? NO MA'AM.
SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE DO THE STUDY OF THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND WE DO GEOCODING OF WHERE THEY LIVE AND WE HAVE TO DO A PROCESS WHEREBY WE DETERMINE, RIGHT.
JUST REAL QUICK, WHEN YOU SAY GEOCODING, THE EMPLOYEES, WHICH EMPLOYEES? ALL OF THEM.
SO YOU WANNA DO THE WHOLE CITY, NOT ONE LOCATION FIRST.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CITY'S FACILITIES, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE WORK SITES OF ALL THE CITY BUILDINGS WHERE
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WE HAVE EMPLOYEES TO DETERMINE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES ARE TRAVELING TO WHAT CITY FACILITIES, FROM WHERE TO IDENTIFY, WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL PACKAGE OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, CARPOOLING, SHUTTLES, HYBRID WORK SCHEDULES, PARKING FACILITIES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.THE DATA COLLECTION IS WHAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
AND SO IF WE HAVEN'T COMPILED ALL OF THIS DATA PREVIOUSLY, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME DOING SUCH AN EFFORT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO INFORM WHAT OUR FUTURE ASKS ARE FOR VEHICLES FOR RESOURCES, BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS VIA WHO IS PROVIDING TRANSIT SERVICES.
IF WE DETERMINE THAT, IF WE DETERMINE THAT BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE'S PROCLIVITIES ARE IN TERMS OF UTILIZING THIS ALTERNATIVE OPTION OF TRANSPORTATION, DOES THAT MEAN VIA NEEDS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BUSES TO PROVIDE DEDICATED VEHICLES FOR SHUTTLE OPERATIONS? BECAUSE OPTIMALLY, IF WE WANNA MEET OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, IT'S NOT 500 CARPOOLS.
IDEALLY IT'S GONNA BE 55 PASSENGER BUSES BRINGING PEOPLE FROM DEDICATED LOCATIONS.
BUT WE WANNA LET THE PROCESS AND THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT INFORM WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND WHAT WE PILOT.
SO, UM, I CAN ONLY SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL FOR EIGHT YEARS AS A MAXIMUM.
I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UM, AND I, I HOPE THAT WE SEE SOMETHING SOONER.
UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE BIG VISION THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, BUT ON, ON OUR END, WE, WE DO WANNA SEE DELIVERABLES, UH, SOONER.
SO I'LL, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT MY, UH, ZONING DIRECTOR IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT? NOT ONLY DOES HE LIVE DOWNTOWN, BUT OFTENTIMES, UM, THERE'S A COMMUTE FROM CITY HALL TO SOUTH ALAMO.
AND I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU ALL HAVE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION, I KNOW THE CITY ISSUES VIA BUS PASSES, BUT POTENTIALLY A B CYCLE PASS, RIGHT? FOR THOSE WHO COMMUTE FROM SOUTH ALAMO TO CITY HALL, UM, TO GET THERE BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT NEEDING TO DRIVE OR WAIT FOR VIA, THAT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT.
RIGHT? UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CONSIDERED RECOMMENDING OR AND THAT'S A PART OF THE STUDY PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I COULD SAY I DRIVE MY CAR TO WORK EVERY DAY, BUT DO WE KNOW IF WE HAD THE FACILITIES, IF WE HAD SUCH A PROGRAM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD USE IT? MM-HMM.
SO AS A PART OF THIS STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, WE MIGHT DETERMINE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO INVEST IN 2000 GOLF CARTS BECAUSE BETWEEN OUR FACILITIES, IT MAKES SENSE.
IF WE HAD STREET LEGAL GOLF CARTS, THAT WOULD REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
SO A PART OF THIS STUDY PROCESS IS TO LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE OF THE ALTERNATIVES, IDENTIFY WHICH EMPLOYEES WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO UTILIZE THOSE BASED ON THEIR WORK SITES, BASED ON WHAT THE DEMAND IS FOR THEIR TIME, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE DOING A REMOTE SCHEDULE OR A HYBRID SCHEDULE.
WE'VE DONE ANALYSES AND HR HAS DONE STUDIES OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THE HYBRID SCHEDULE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE'S HYBRID SCHEDULES WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THEIR MODE OF CHOICE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HOPE THIS STUDY WILL REVEAL TO US.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LIKELIHOODS, WHAT ARE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVES BASED ON THE CITY'S GOALS WITH REGARD TO SUSTAINABILITY? AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WHY WE RE-SCOPE IT IS BECAUSE THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY IS REALLY CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW TO HIRE BUS OPERATORS AND ALSO TO HIRE MECHANICS.
SO IF WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WERE LOCATIONS WHERE A MASS NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES COULD GET ON, WOULD WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS OR WOULD THAT BE A COST THAT THE CITY WOULD NEED TO PARCEL OUT TO THE COACH COMMUNITY? SO THE, THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THROUGH THIS STUDY.
AND WITH THE HIRING CHALLENGES OF VIA, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'VE COMMITTED TO TAKING ON THE READY WORK PLEDGE OF, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY? WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH VIA AND THEIR TEAM AS A PART OF THE NORTH SOUTH PROJECT FOR THE VIA ART PROJECT.
AND MIKE RAMSEY IS, HAS ALREADY CONNECTED WITH VIA IN IDENTIFYING THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM AS AN IDEAL PROGRAM TO SUPPORT VIA IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THEM IN MAKING THAT CONNECTION.
COUNCIL MA CASTILLO, NO OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, AND THAT WAS ALSO JUST FOR A BRIEFING TODAY.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOOD JOB EVERYBODY.
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YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND UM, NO OTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER.I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.