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LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.
WELCOME TO TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COMMITTEE, THIS LAST DAY OF OCTOBER.
I DON'T SEE A SINGLE COSTUME IN HERE.
UM, WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS ON THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE REGARDING OUR SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK NETWORK.
UH, OF COURSE, EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS AFFECTED, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
BUT BEFORE THAT, WE HAVE A BRIEFING REGARDING VIAS ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THE VOTER APPROVED, HOW THE VOTER APPROVED ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IS BEING USED.
OH, I SEE A COSTUME IN THE BACK.
MADAM CLERK, UH, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE.
PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
PRESENT, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
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SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH.I SECOND WITH A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, ANY POST
IT'S CELEBRATE AMERICA'S MILITARY.
IS IT? OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR CAM EVENTS THIS MORNING ALREADY.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THE MOTION PASSES AND MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH ARE APPROVED.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION? ITEM TWO IS A BRIEFING BY VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT ON THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, A T D PLAN FOR THE USE OF THE REALLOCATION SALES TAX, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE KEEP SAN ANTONIO MOVING KS A PLAN.
ALRIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS TO SHARE, WHICH IS I ONLY HAVE ABOUT SIX SLIDES THIS TIME,
UM, JEFF, ART PRESIDENT AND C E O OF VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT.
UH, I WILL POINT OUT WE HAVE TWO TRUSTEES.
WE HAVE OUR SECRETARY OF THE BOARD, ATLEE MALONE, AND WE HAVE TRUSTEE BOB CUOMO, WHO IS OUR MOST SEASONED BOARD MEMBER, RIGHT? THE LONGEST TENURED, I SHOULD SAY, BOARD MEMBER.
SO HAPPY THAT THEY COULD JOIN US TODAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS, WHAT I WILL REFER TO, TO MAKE IT EASIER IS, IS A T D TWO.
SO THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL A T D AND NOW THERE'S AN A T D TWO.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO HOW, HOW TRANSIT IS FUNDED.
AND YOU SEE OVER TO THE SIDE THERE, THERE, THERE'S A PENNY BECAUSE WITHIN THE, THE CONFINES OF WHAT THE STATE PERMITS, THE STATE TAKES UP 6.25 OF THE 8.25% CAPACITY.
THEY THEN ALLOW THE LOCAL ENTITIES TO TAKE THAT OTHER 2% AND SPEND THEM THE WAY THEY WANT TO, UH, AS LONG AS IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, THE LEGISLATIVE MANDATES.
SO WHEN I TALK TO LARGE CITIES, I'M TALKING HOUSTON, DALLAS, AUSTIN, AND SAN ANTONIO, THE FOUR BIG ONES, RIGHT? AS WITH ALL BIG CITIES, THE CITY ITSELF TAKES A 1%, AND THEN THE REMAINING 1% IS FOR OTHER USES.
THE, UH, THE OTHER THREE BIG CITIES, AUSTIN, DALLAS, AND HOUSTON, ALL SPEND THAT LAST PENNY 100% ON TRANSIT.
WE, HOWEVER, BACK IN 1977, ELECTED LOCALLY TO ONLY DEDICATE THE ONE HALF OF THE ONE SENTENCE.
THAT'S THE PIECE YOU'LL SEE OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
THEN IF YOU GO AROUND BACK IN 2004, THERE WAS A, UH, A DISTRICT CREATED THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
IT EXISTS ONLY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE ORIGINAL A T D ELECTION AND THE WAY THE A T D WAS CREATED SPLITS THE A T D FUNDS IN THREE PIECES.
ONE HALF GOES DIRECTLY TO VIA ONE QUARTER, GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN THE FINAL QUARTER HAS BEEN LEVERAGED BY BEXAR COUNTY.
BUT IT GOES, THAT ALSO GOES THROUGH THE, THE A T D BOARD, WHICH IS THE VIA BOARD.
SO THE, THE ONE PIECE THAT THE A T D BOARD HAS, UH, DOES NOT HAVE A VOICEOVER HAPPENS TO BE THE PART THAT COMES, THAT COMES TO THE CITY.
AS WE CONTINUE AROUND THE CURVE TODAY, THE PRE PRE-K PROGRAM TAKES, UH, TAKES AN EIGHTH, AND THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM TAKES AN EIGHTH.
BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, WE HAD A BALLOT QUESTION TO THE VOTERS.
IT WAS THE SAME TIME READY TO WORK WAS ON THE BALLOT AS WELL.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE, UH, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE.
ONE COULD VOTE FOR EITHER OR BOTH, OR NEITHER.
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OF THE VOTERS VOTED FOR BOTH.THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOTERS.
AS FAR AS APPROVAL OF THE INITIATIVE, IT HAD A 68% OVERALL APPROVAL RATE.
BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE YELLOW ZONES ARE ALL THE, THE VO UH, VOTING DISTRICTS THAT SUPPORTED, IN OTHER WORDS, 50% PLUS THE AT D TWO SALES TAX.
AND THE RED ZONES ARE THE ONES THAT DID NOT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RED ZONES ARE REL RELATIVELY PERIPHERAL AND RELATIVELY LOW POPULATION.
BUT THAT THE INITIATIVE FOR AT D TWO WAS PRETTY ROBUSTLY SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY.
AND OVER ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE THAT TALKED ABOUT ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
AND FROM HERE, I CAN'T READ IT THAT WELL.
SO I'M GONNA READ IT FROM HERE.
AND IT WAS TO DEDICATE THE, THE ONE EIGHTH 1 CENT FOR ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OPERATIONS, PASSENGER AMENITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER INNOVATIVE ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES, OR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MO MOBILITY ENHANCEMENTS.
SO THE VOTE WAS TO APPLY THAT PIECE OF THE SALES TAX TO TRANSIT SOLUTIONS AS REPRESENTED BY THE KEEP S A MOVING PLAN, WHICH THE, WHICH IS A PLAN THAT WAS PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS TO SAY, IF WE RECEIVE THIS TAX, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL GET FOR IT.
AND SO IN 2026, AND THE ONE PIECE OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE I LEFT OFF WAS THAT THAT PIECE OF THE SALES TAX DOES NOT COME TO VIA UNTIL 2026.
SO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH 2025 THROUGH THAT PIECE OF THE SALES TAX.
THEN WHAT WE CALL A T D TWO BEGINS, UH, BEING ALLOCATED TO VIA.
AND THIS SHOWS THEREFORE THAT THAT ATD TWO, WHICH IS, WHICH WAS VOTED ON TO SUPPORT THE KEEP A MOVING PLAN IN 2026, TAKES UP THAT UPPER, UH, UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.
AND TO KEEP SA MOVING PLANS SUCCINCTLY PROMISED THAT WE WOULD HAVE INNOVATIVE TRANSIT SOLUTIONS VIA LINK BEING THE PRIMARY ONE.
IN FACT, OVER THE, UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE OPENED TWO ADDITIONAL VIA LINK SERVICES, ONE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UH, WE COMMITTED TO A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO OFFER, UH, UH, MO TO MOVE PEOPLE QUICKER, I'M SORRY, DESIGNED TO MOVE PEOPLE MORE QUICKLY, WHICH IS WHY IT'S CALLED RAPID TRANSIT.
IN OUR CASE, WE CALL IT ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT.
UH, IT'S SOMETIMES REFERRED TO IN, IN THE FORMAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUS RES, BUS RAPID TRANSIT.
HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BE USING TRADITIONAL BUSES.
WE CAN'T IN, IN FACT, FOR THAT SERVICE.
AND SO WE CALL IT ADVANCED TRA RAPID TRANSIT.
WE'LL HAVE AN ADVANCED VEHICLE FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT A BETTER BUS NETWORK OVERALL, WHERE WE HAVE HIGHER FREQUENCY.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, MORE REAL TIME INFORMATION, ALL THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
AND I'LL JUST REMIND YOU, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE THAT WE MEASURE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THROUGH A, THROUGH A NET PROMOTER SCORE PROCESS, WHICH MANY RETAIL, UH, AND SERVICE ENTITIES, PRIVATE RETAIL AND SERVICE ENT ENTITIES USE.
AND THAT OUR RESULTING, UM, NET PROMOTER SCORE WAS DOUBLE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AVERAGE.
SO WHAT WE LOOK AT IS THIS $40 MILLION A YEAR.
UM, AND THE $40 A YEAR WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND COSA AND THE COUNTY.
TRADITIONALLY, HOWEVER, THE VOTE WAS ALL ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OR VIA TYPE PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS SET OURSELVES UP AS WE GO FORWARD TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING RIGHT NOW IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AT ABOUT ALMOST $160 MILLION TO HAVE THE FUNDING IN PLACE.
AND THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT WE SHOW THAT WE HAVE FUNDING TO BOTH BUILD THE LINE AND TO OPERATE THE LINE IN THE FUTURE.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH OF THOSE.
AND OUR FINANCIAL PLAN RELIES ON THAT FULL ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT, AS WAS APPROVED TO THE VOTERS IN ORDER TO, TO DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
THAT ONE EIGHTH CENT IS USED TO FUND THE, UM, FUND THE, UH, VIA LINK SERVICES, WHICH WE CURRENTLY ARE FUNDING THROUGH, UM, THROUGH OUR, OUR RESERVE, RIGHT? WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDING THOSE THROUGH OUR RESERVE 'CAUSE WE CAN DO THAT FOR A FEW YEARS UNTIL THIS KICKS IN.
IT WILL FUND, UH, PAYING BACK DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL PROGRAM, WHICH OUR TWO A R T LINES AND A NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
AND IT WILL PAY FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF ALL THREE OF THOSE.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT IS DEDICATED.
WHEN WE GO TO THE FEDS, WE WANT TO SHOW THE FEDS THAT WE HAVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH KEEP SA MOVING.
AND SO WHAT WE WILL BE ASKING IS THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTE OF THE PUBLIC, THAT
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THE CITY WILL JOIN US IN DEDICATING A T D TWO ONLY.SO THIS IS NOT A T D ONE, IT DOES NOT IMPACT A T D ONE.
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A T D ONE TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 20 MILLION A YEAR, BUT A T D TWO WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE, UH, A T D ENTIRELY TO SUPPORT THE KEAP ASSAY MOVING PLAN.
AND WE OF COURSE, WILL ONLY USE IT FOR VALID REASONS.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT THE, THE STORY.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A LOT SHORTER THAN USUAL.
UM, THANK YOU OF COURSE, JEFF FOR ALWAYS, FOR, FOR BEING PRESENT AT TRANSPORTATION AND FOR TALKING WITH US ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE, THE H T D.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, THE VIA LINK AND, UM, RAPID TRANSIT.
OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS BETTER SERVICE AND FREQUENCY.
I KNOW THAT'S THE BIG, THE BIG, UM, THE BIG FACTOR THERE.
IT'S IMPORTANT OF COURSE, THAT WE THINK OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY WITH A REGIONAL POINT OF VIEW.
OUR THINKING SHOULD INCLUDE REGIONAL MOBILITY.
HOW ARE WE MOVING PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY? AND, UM, BUT ALSO HOW WILL THEY ACCESS, UH, AIR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO NAVIGATE, UH, THE, THE AROUND THE CITY, RIGHT? SO WE, OF COURSE, VIA IS A BIG PART OF THAT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WORK.
UM, WHAT IS THE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE NEXT WELL, ALSO I WANNA JUST POINT OUT, UM, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY SUPPORT, OF COURSE I HAD THE GREAT HONOR TO BE WITH YOU IN, IN DC WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE, THE FUNDING.
AND, UM, WE WERE THERE TO SHOW COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UH, AND WE'LL, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I DO SUPPORT VIA WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS, UM, A WEST EAST.
SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO BE ABLE TO SHORE UP, IF YOU WILL, THAT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE THE LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF THE FULL A T D TWO FOR OUR PROJECT THAT REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY FOR ONE PIECE OF IT.
AND US AND THE CITY FOR THE OTHER PIECE OF IT.
WE'VE ALREADY SECURED THE PART WITH THE COUNTY THAT WAS PASSED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
AND SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY ASKING THEM TO FOLLOW THE, FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? I WOULD IMAGINE EARLY, EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO GO AHEAD AND, UH, MOVE OVER TO COMMITTEE MEMBER QUESTIONS.
HEY, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND, AND YEAH, THAT, THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR ON ON WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, UM, WITH THIS TAX MONEY COMING OUT.
UM, I HEARD THAT WHEN THEY CAME IN TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, Y'ALL WANTED A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING TO BACK THIS UP, OR I, I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YES, THAT WAS BEING REQUESTED BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IN THE, THE, UH, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ON WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I MEAN, A RESOLUTION REALLY ISN'T GONNA DO ANYTHING OTHER BECAUSE THE CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY VOTED SAYING, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT MONEY.
SO ARE Y'ALL STILL LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OR SOMETHING ON THIS? WE WILL, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE A T D IS DESIGNED TO BE SPLIT INTO THREE PIECES.
AND SO LACKING THAT RESOLUTION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD LOOK AT THE CITY'S PIECE AND LACKING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND A RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY.
THEY WOULD SAY, WE CAN'T COUNT THAT IN YOUR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PART OF THE A T D DOES NOT COME TO YOU.
LIKEWISE, THE LEVERAGE POT, THE COUNTY'S POT, THEY COULD SAY TO US, YOU CAN'T COUNT THAT IN YOUR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OR YOUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS EITHER, BECAUSE THAT PART DOES NOT COME TO YOU.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE COUNTY WHO HAS SAID THAT PART WILL GO TO YOU AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE VOTER SAID, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE US THAT SAME DOCUMENTATION SO THAT WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION WITH A FINANCIAL FORECAST AND PLAN, THAT'S SUPPORTABLE TO PURSUE THAT $160 MILLION THAT WE'LL BE IN, IN A GOOD POSITION.
BUT ARE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AT D ONE OR TWO? NO, AT TWO AT D ONE IS UNTOUCHED.
BUT AGAIN, I'M READING THE PROPOSITION A AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.
THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS GONNA BE PROVIDING OUT OF THAT ONE 8 CENTS SALES TAX.
SO I, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL.
WHY YOU NEED A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE FROM THE BALLOT THAT SAYS THIS IS WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WON'T RECOGNIZE WHAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? WELL, THOSE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH UNDERSTAND THAT THE A T D SALES TAX DOES NOT ALL COME TO VIA, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT A QUARTER OF IT COMES TO THE CITY AND A QUARTER OF IT GOES TO THE COUNTY.
NOW, UNDER THIS VOTE, OF COURSE THE VOTE WAS ALL FOR VIA, RIGHT? BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THE CITY
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AND THE COUNTY AGREE THAT THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN.BELIEVE ME, IT'S A TOUGH PROCESS TO GET THE 160 MILLION AND WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY, UM, REASON FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, NO, WE CAN'T FUND YOU.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BUILD THE MOST SOLID CASE WE CAN.
YEAH, I I JUST DON'T SEE THE REASON FOR A RESOLUTION.
I MEAN, IT'S CLEAR ON THIS PROPOSITION WHAT THAT A T D TWO IS FOR, AND IT, IT'S CLEAR, I, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE OUR MINDS SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE, TO ANOTHER BALLOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT MONEY AWAY.
SO I, I, AGAIN, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED A PRO, UH, RESOLUTION.
I THINK IT'S CLEAR IN THE BALLOT ON WHAT, WHAT THIS CITY VOTED ON, AND IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO, UH, RESOLUTIONS TO ME AREN'T WORTH MUCH BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARRY ANY WEIGHT OF LAW OR ANYTHING ON IT.
I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, STAND THAT ON.
UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU KEEP SAYING, UH, $40 MILLION A YEAR, IS THAT WHAT WAS EXPECTED OR, YES, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT NOW.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, ROD, DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATES ON WHAT OUR SALES TAX OR WHAT THAT ONE 8 CENT AMOUNT IS RIGHT NOW? I'LL, I'LL CHECK WITH BEN.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A READY TO WORK BRIEFING HERE THE OTHER DAY.
THEY, ON, OVER THEIR FIVE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS OF THEIR EXPECTATIONS STARTED OUT AT A HUNDRED AND, UH, $50 MILLION.
IT'S NOW UP TO $250 MILLION FOR THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT MORE MONEY ON SALES TAX THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN ON THIS ONE 8 CENTS SALES TAX RIGHT HERE.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT'LL BECOME MORE THAN THAT.
NO, IT'S MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 40.
YEAH, IT'S MORE THAN 40 RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S, THE PROJECTIONS ARE THAT IT'S GONNA BE GOING UP.
UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU OUR, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, IF A RESOLUTION, UH, RESTATING OUR COMMITMENT MAKES US MORE COMPETITIVE TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, I'M ALL FOR IT.
UM, FOR ENSURING THAT WE ARE CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES TO EDUCATION, TO JOBS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO GROW, UM, BY A MILLION INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT? WE WANNA ENSURE THAT FOLKS CAN GET TO AND FROM, UM, AGAIN, WORK IN EDUCATION, RIGHT? TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP SAN ANTONIO MOVING
UM, BUT, UM, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS RIGHT.
I'M, WHY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IS BECAUSE, UM, WE DO NEED A MORE RAPID TRANSIT, UH, FREQUENT BUS STOPS, UM, JUST GETTING TO AND FROM THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, AND WITH THIS COMMITMENT, I IMAGINE IT WOULD HELP US GET, UH, TO THAT EAST, WEST CORRIDOR SOONER, RIGHT? UM, AND LIKE ACCESSIBILITY, WHETHER IT'S LITERALLY THROUGH THE EAST, WEST CORRIDOR OR MORE FREQUENT BUS LINES, EAST AND WEST.
UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS WITH THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED OR HAS V IDENTIFIED, UM, THE STREETS THAT THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH? LIKE WHAT, WHAT CORRIDORS DO YOU ENVISION THE EAST WEST CONNECTOR RUNNING THROUGH? WOULD IT BE COMMERCE ONE OF VISA, GUADALUPE? SO WE, UH, JUST INITIATED THAT KIND OF PLANNING.
WE, WE RECEIVED, AND ACTUALLY WE RECEIVED, UM, MONEY THROUGH THE, THE 10 MILLION THAT THE CITY GIVES THIS YEAR.
THEY PUT 5 MILLION TOWARD US DOING THAT PLANNING.
SO WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRIEF YOU ON WHERE THAT PLANNING IS AND OBVIOUSLY PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.
AND I ASK BECAUSE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS SINCE YOU SIT ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UM, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND HOUSING, THEY INTERSECT IN THAT, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS, MORE PEOPLE WANNA LEAVE LIVE NEAR THESE, UM, FREQUENT ROUTES.
UH, AND OFTENTIMES, RIGHT, IT DESTABILIZES THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT IT'S MORE CHOICE BUS RIDERS RATHER THAN THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THE BUS BECAUSE IT'S JUST THEIR ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH, UH, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE, UH, CENTERING THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES WHO MAY POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED BY, UH, IMMINENT DOMAIN, RIGHT? IF A CORRIDOR, UM, REQUIRES A SPECIFIC ALLOWANCE, BUT, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT INTERSECTION OF HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AS WE SECURE MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND THAT INDEED IS WHY VIA HAS A SEAT ON THE
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HOUSING COMMISSION, AND THAT WAS MY MANTRA FOR THE PERIOD IN WHICH I SERVED.AND TEAM, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO YOUR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, FOR BEING HERE.
UM, BOB CUOMO AND, UH, MS. ATLE MALONE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I AM SUPPORTIVE, OF COURSE, OF DIRECTING THE A T D TWO FOR MASS TRANSIT FUNCTIONS.
AND, UM, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN STATED, YOU KNOW, IF IT MAKES US MORE COMPETITIVE OR YOU MORE COMPETITIVE, I, I DON'T THINK IT HURTS US IN ANY WAY TO PUT FORWARD THAT, THAT RESOLUTION.
SO I'D, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT TO FULL COUNSEL.
IS THAT WHAT WE NEED FOR THE RESOLUTION? THE, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN, I'M NOT SURE IT'S AN ACTION ITEM TODAY.
CAN WE MAKE A DO AN ACTION ITEM RIGHT NOW? IT WAS FOR BRIEFING ONLY, IS IT? BUT IS ITIS LIKE THAT? YES.
OR IF WE NEED TO, I THINK WE CAN ALSO EXPRESS WHERE WE ARE ON IT AND THEN STAFF DECIDES WHERE ABSOLUTELY.
IF IT NEEDS TO COME BACK HERE OR GO STRAIGHT OVER.
UM, I'D ALSO, UH, COULD YOU CLARIFY, UH, WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ASKING OF YOU TO DEMONSTRATE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD? SURE.
IN OUR FINANCIAL PLAN, WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY TO CONSTRUCT THE LINE.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AT THIS POINT, THE NORTH SOUTH LINE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THAT LINE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO INVEST IN A LINE AND THEN HAVE US COME BACK AND SAY, YEAH, BUT WE CAN ONLY RUN IT ONCE AN HOUR.
SO WE HAVE A 10 MINUTE SERVICE PLAN FOR THAT LINE.
AND THEY WANNA SEE BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION.
AND IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S ROLE OR PARTICIPATION, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD NEED FROM US? I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT A COOPERATION ON THE STREETS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GOT RIDE AWAY AND ALL THAT STUFF.
IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING HERE AT COMMITTEE? SO I WOULD SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A GLOBAL DESIRE FOR COOPERATION, BUT I THINK THAT APPLIES TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, WE WILL BRING, UH, I GUESS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT, AND THE ONLY PURPOSE OF THAT AGREEMENT IS TO DEFINE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PROJECT, WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE AND WHAT IS V'S ROLE IN AN ONGOING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE? WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE AND WHAT IS V'S ROLE? PART OF THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NONE OF THE STREETS ARE COMPLETELY ABSORBED BY A R T.
SO THE STREET'S GONNA HAVE BOTH GENERAL PUBLIC TRA UH, GENERAL TRAFFIC, AND IT'S GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.
SO IT'S VERY NOT UNUSUAL AT ALL.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN, THE SAME KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT FOR THE TWO SHORT SEGMENTS OF, OF, UM, H O V WE HAVE.
AND WHEN I WAS IN HOUSTON, WE HAD A HUNDRED MILES OF ONE WAY REVERSIBLE H O V, AND WE HAD, AGAIN, AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT SAID METRO IN THAT CASE WOULD DO THIS AND TXDOT WOULD DO THAT.
NOW, IN SOME CASES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SWEEPING THE LANE, KEEPING THE LANE SW, BUT WE CHOSE TO TURN BACK TO TDOT IN CONTRACT FOR THEM TO DO THAT FOR US.
BUT WE WERE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.
UH, JEFF, WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED TIME LIMITS NOW AND IT'S ON US, SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE ROD WANTED TO SAY, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING ABOUT THE I L A I WAS JUST GONNA SAY WE CERTAINLY CAN BRING THAT, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND IT'S GONNA MOVE TO THE ATTORNEY LEVEL AFTER THAT.
SO, UH, THEY CAN PUT IN WRITING WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO.
BUT YEAH, WE CERTAINLY WON'T BRING THAT TO THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT SORT OF SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE, THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HAD ON THAT.
UM, UH, WE HAVE, UM, A OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A T D TWO TODAY.
UM, A T D ONE, UM, I WAS THERE FOR IT.
BOB CUOMO MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR IT.
UM, SO, SO BACK IN THE DAY, UM, SO A T D ONE WE'RE, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, ONE OF YOUR SLIDES HERE, THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED AND UH, IT SAYS AT T D ONE LEVERAGE.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THAT, AND THEN THERE'S AT D ONE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO THE LEVERAGE IS, THE LEVERAGED POT IS MONEY THAT HAS BEEN LEVERAGED BY BEAR COUNTY, UH, TO, TO IMPLEMENT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT POT AND YOURS, FOR
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EXAMPLE, IS YOU CAN USE 100% A T D FUNDS FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT, RIGHT? THE COUNTY AND THE LEVERAGING CAN'T, THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER ENTITY THAT IS ALSO PUTTING MONEY INTO IT.SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE LEVERAGED POT.
AND DOES THAT GO TO THE COUNTY OR TO THE R M A THAT NO, THAT GOES TO, UH, THE VIA, I'M SORRY, THE A T D BOARD.
AND THEN WE HAVE A AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY FOR ITS USE.
AND IS IT GENERALLY SPENT ON AREAS THAT SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, ROADS THAT HAVE TRANSIT RUNNING ON THEM OR CONNECT TO TRANSIT? I, I, I HATE TO RESPOND 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE FULL LENGTH OF THE STREETS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PART OF THE FUNDS WENT TO, TO THE EXPANSION OF 1604.
SO DO YOU RUN BEST SERVICE ON 1604? NOT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ALSO TALK ABOUT, AND MY FRIENDS AT THE COUNTY CAN, CAN GIMME A HARD TIME LATER ABOUT THAT ONE
AND I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING THAT'S A, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT PROBABLY CONTROVERSIAL.
UM, AT THE TIME THAT THE AT D ONE WENT TO THE VOTERS, IT APPEARED THAT THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT VIA WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE MONEY.
THE VOTE PASSED, UH, 50%, 56, 52, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BONNIE SIX PLUS, YEAH, 56 PLUS.
UM, TODAY'S VOTE WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, BUT, UH, IT DOES STILL, UH, SORT OF, OKAY, SO BACK THEN WHEN WE PASSED A T D ONE IN 2004, HOW MUCH WAS ESTIMATED TO GO TO THE, THE CITY WOULD YOU SAY? SO TODAY IT'S ABOUT 20 MILLION WITH A T D ONE, BUT BACK THEN, WHAT MIGHT IT HAVE BEEN? DO YOU RECALL? OH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN 2004, I, IT WAS LESS, RIGHT?
WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS ESSENTIALLY COMMITTED WAS 25% OF WHATEVER THAT'S THAT SALES TAX GENERATED.
SO, UH, NOW WE USE THAT FUNDING IN PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND I WOULD HAZARD, I I WOULD GO OUT ON A LIMB TO SAY THAT WE GET MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX NOW, AND WE, WE MAY ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO, UM, TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT IF WE NO LONGER RECEIVED ATD ONE.
I I JUST, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO ACTION TODAY, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO POSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE IS COULD WE CONSIDER A LONG-TERM PLAN WHERE WE, UH, TEAR US DOWN OUR DEPENDENCE ON A T D ONE, SO THAT THAT ENDS UP GOING BACK TO VIA FOR TRANSIT SERVICE? AND IT'S, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE GIVING AWAY TONS OF MONEY.
UM, IT IS, IT IS BECAUSE AS YOU SAW IN JEFF'S EARLIER SLIDES, OUR RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON TRANSIT AND THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE TRANSIT ARE AT A SEVERE DISADVANTAGE TO RIDERS IN THE OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS IN TEXAS.
THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE EVER GOING TO GET TO THE FULL SCENT THAT THEY WILL HAVE IN OTHER CITIES, BUT WE CAN GET CLOSER IF, UH, WE ARE WILLING TO, UM, BASICALLY SLOWLY COME DOWN FROM UTILIZING THE FULL $20 MILLION.
AND I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT WILL NOT BE POPULAR TO REDUCE FROM OUR BUDGET, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR OUR, FOR OUR BUS RIDERS AND HOW SERIOUS WE ARE ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WANT VIA TO BE GOING GOING FORWARD.
THERE IS NO OTHER VIA, IN SAN ANTONIO, THERE'S NO OTHER TRANSIT AGENCY.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO, I USED TO SAY THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU DON'T HAVE SCHOOL SPIRIT A THAT'S THE ONLY SCHOOL YOU GO TO, YOU BETTER HAVE SOME SCHOOL SPIRIT FOR IT.
IT MAY NOT APPLY HERE, BUT, UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE COMMENT I'D, I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, JUST BRIEFLY, I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY IS SAYING ABOUT, UH, SAYING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION.
UM, MAYBE IT IS A BIT OF OVERKILL, BUT I'M WILLING TO BE PART OF THE OVERKILL
UM, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY'S ALL LINED UP AND EVERYBODY'S EXACTLY THE SAME, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT PUTS US OVER THE TOP.
WHO KNOWS? UM, I DO THINK I, I GET YOUR POINT, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE, WE NEED TO FOLLOW AS WELL.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IS WE'LL HAVE OUR ATTORNEYS VISIT WITH VIAS ATTORNEYS AND LET'S, LET'S SEE IF, IF, IF IT'S NECESSARY TO DO THE RESOLUTION, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
AND NOW THAT WAS A BRIEFING ITEM.
I AGREE THOUGH THAT WE SHOULD BRING, UM, THE I L A BACK TO, TO THIS COMMITTEE AND, UM, HEAR BACK FROM OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE AND CLERK ITEM THREE IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND SIDEWALK NETWORK.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAD CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ROD.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ANTHONY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOU'VE GIVEN ME TODAY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SAN ANTONIO'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS PART OF THAT, WE HAVE OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, AND THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ENHANCE THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE SIDEWALK NETWORK BY BUILDING NEW SEGMENTS WHERE GAPS EXISTS AND RESTORING DETERIORATED AREAS TO USABILITY.
SO IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE NETWORK DATA BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE MILES OF GAPS THAT WE HAVE IN THE NETWORK, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS.
WE'LL PROVIDE A OVERVIEW OF THE CON NETWORK CONDITION, WE'LL DISCUSS THE PRIORITIZATION AND SCORING MATRIX.
WE'LL GO OVER THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY, AND WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO LET'S BEGIN WITH THE NETWORK.
SO OVERALL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 5,251 MILES OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT OUR SIDEWALKS ARE NOT COMPLETELY CONNECTED.
WE HAVE AREAS WHERE SIDEWALKS, WHERE GAPS EXIST.
IF YOU TAKE ALL THESE AREAS AND PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT 1,593 MILES OF GAPS THROUGHOUT.
AND SO THE DARK BLUE BARS ON THE LEFT SHOW YOU THE MILES OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS IN EACH DISTRICT, AND THE LIGHT BLUE BARS TO THE RIGHT SHOW YOU THE MILES OF GAPS THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS NETWORK.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT 10, YOU HAVE 586 MILES OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS WITH 150 MILES OF GAPS THROUGHOUT THEIR NETWORK.
IN MANAGING THE NETWORK, WE HAVE A MULTI-PRONG, WE HAVE MULTI-PRONGED GOALS IN TRYING TO ADDRESS NEEDS IN VARIOUS AREAS LIKE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
AND SO ONE AREA THAT THAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY GAINED GETTING CLOSE ATTENTION IS THE AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS.
SINCE THE CITY HAS A GOAL THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PARKS WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF WHERE THEY LIVE AS PART OF OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SAFE ACCESS TO THOSE PARKS.
SO AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE 1,583 MILES OF GAPS THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK.
AND SO IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 656 MILES OF GAPS IN THE AREAS NEAR CITY PARKS.
AND SO THE BAR CHARTS SHOW EXACTLY HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICT.
AND SO DISTRICT SEVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS 2 2 33 MILES OF GAPS AND NEARLY 96 MILES THAT ARE WITHIN THE FACILITY OF PARKS IN THAT DISTRICT.
IN TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE SITE EXISTING SIDEWALKS IN 2019, WE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK NETWORK.
WE LOOKED AT AREAS AND IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS THAT HAD BEGUN TO DETERIORATE.
WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE WE HAD OBSTRUCTIONS.
SO BASED ON THAT ASSESSMENT, IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE AREAS THAT HAD DETERIORATED, YOU WILL ADD UP TO 206 MILES THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S NETWORK.
AND IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS IS ABOUT 106 MILES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE 16.4 MILES OF DETERIORATED SEGMENTS AND 8.4 MILES OF THOSE AND THE VICINITY OF PARKS.
SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, WITH ALL THIS NEED THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE AREAS WHERE WE DO IMPROVEMENTS? SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR SCORING AND PRIORITIZATION MATRIX.
IN 2018, WE WORKED ON DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, AND AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, WE PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE BIGGER COUNCIL.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS CREATED A FRAMEWORK THAT ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPED THIS SCORING AND PRIORITIZATION MATRIX.
THE WAY THIS WORKS, EVERY SEGMENT OF SIDEWALK IN THE, IN THE NETWORK, IF IT'S
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AN EXISTING SIDEWALK OR A GAP, IS ASSIGNED A SCORE BASED ON THIS CRITERIA.THE FIRST ONE IS PREDICTION SAFETY.
SO IF THE SEGMENT IS WITHIN 500 FEET OF AN AREA WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A PEDESTRIAN, AUTO CRASH IS ASSIGNED 25 POINTS.
IF IT'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE RELEASE OF A SCHOOL, IT'S 17.5 POINTS.
IF IT'S WITHIN 500 FEET OF A BUS STOP, IT'S 15 POINTS.
IF IT'S ADJACENT TO AN MATERIAL, A MATERIAL ROADWAY ACCESS, IT'S 12.5 POINTS.
AND IF IT'S WITHIN A SENSOR STRIKE THAT HAS ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS IS 12.5 POINTS.
AND IF IT'S WINNING QUARTER MILE RATE OFF A HEALTHCARE FACILITY, IT GETS 10 POINTS.
AND AS WELL AS FOR PARKS OR UH, COMMUNITY CENTER OR LIBRARY, THEN IT GETS 7.5 POINTS.
SO BASE BASED ON THE TOTAL SCORE FOR THAT SEGMENT IS ASSIGNED A PRIORITY LEVEL.
SO IF IT HAS A SCORE OF 80 TO 100, THEN IS A PRIORITY LEVEL ONE AND ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO TO THE RIGHT SHOWS THE MILES IN EACH OF THOSE PRIORITY LEVELS.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THAT IN GREATER DETAIL ACROSS THE CITY.
SO YOU SEE WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MILES OF PRIORITY ONES 25 ARE PRIORITY TWOS AND 112 OF PRIORITY THREES OVER 700 ARE PRIORITY FOURS, 70 51 OF PRIORITY FIVES.
IF YOU'RE CURIOUS AS TO HOW MUCH IT'LL COST TO FIX ALL OF THIS IN ONE INSTANCE, THE AMOUNT IS $673 MILLION.
WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE $673 MILLION, THE CITY HAS OVER THE YEARS CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING THE SIDEWALK NETWORK.
AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2019.
IN 20 19, 20 19, WE HAD ABOUT $19 MILLION PLANNED.
2018 WAS 1820, SORRY, 2020 WAS 18, 20 21 WAS ANOTHER 18 MILLION 20, 22 WAS 20.8.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 21.5 BILLION PLANNED.
AND THE PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCES FOR THESE INVESTMENTS IS A T D GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE BOND PROGRAMS. AND SO LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 2023 THIS YEAR.
THE SIDEWALK I M P PROGRAM HAS $19.5 MILLION FUNDED, PRIMARILY FROM A T D FOR 13.5, GENERAL FUND BY 6 MILLION.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING FROM THE 2022 BOND.
IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL, AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM, THERE'S $12 MILLION SET ASIDE IN PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OF THAT.
BASED ON OUR SPENDING PLAN, WE, THE PLAN IS TO SPEND $2 MILLION THIS YEAR TOWARDS SIDEWALKS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROGRAM, WHICH IS 4.5 MILLION.
ABOUT 60% OF THAT IS SPENT ON SIDEWALKS ANNUALLY.
THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO ASSUMING THAT WE INVEST IN 19.5 MILLION AND OUR BASELINE HAS $10 MILLION IN THE OUTER YEARS, WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE'LL BUILD ABOUT 129 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY.
51% OF THAT WILL BE ADJACENT TO PARKS AND 49 WILL BE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF OF THE CITY.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK WE HAVE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THE BOND AND THE PET MOBILITY PROGRAM TO ADD ANOTHER MAYBE 15 MILES TO THIS NUMBER HERE.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE SORT OF FURTHER BREAKS IT DOWN.
SO IT SHOWS, IT SHOWS BASICALLY HOW MUCH OF THAT PLAN WORK WILL HAPPEN IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS AND WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL BE MAKING.
SO IN DISTRICT FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE 63.7 MILES OF GAPS IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS.
AND OF THE INVESTMENTS BEING MADE ABOUT 9.3 WILL BE DONE, WILL BE FILLED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS ONE IS TO HIGHLIGHT A PROJECT THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY, AND THIS IS A PROJECT ON BRAUN AND INVOLVES INSTALLATION OF A 10 FOOT MULTI-USE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRAUN.
BETWEEN BANDERA AND TESSEL, THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION AND THAT CORRIDOR HAS NOW BEEN TRANSFORMED AND PROVIDES A SAFE PATHWAY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ALONG BROWN ROAD TOWARDS OPI SCHNABEL PARK.
AND WITH THAT, IT CONCLUDES MY
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PRESENTATION.UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SLIDE FOUR.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU, YOU TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GAPS, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AREAS THAT ARE JUST MISSING SIDEWALKS.
WELL, WHEN I HEAR GAP, I THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE, I AM SURE IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE WHOLE, WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
THERE'S NO, THEY'RE NOT A GAP.
THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY AT ALL.
SO IS THIS ACCOUNTING FOR THAT AS WELL? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, SO THERE'S ALSO AREAS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY, LIKE THE RURAL FEEL OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO WE CLASSIFY THOSE AS UNDESIRED.
THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T WANT, UM, UH, SIDEWALKS.
UH, ON SLIDE SIX, UH, HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS? THE, THE QUALITY OF THE, THE DETERIORATED SIDEWALKS? YOU SAID 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME OR 2018? 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID IT.
UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT RECENTLY.
DO YOU DO THEM PERIODICALLY? IT WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT WHEN WE, WE HAD PEOPLE OUT ON THE GROUND DOING THAT AND NOW THERE'S LIGHTER AS A MECHANISM.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING A COST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM OF DOING THAT ASSESSMENT.
I THINK I MENTIONED THIS DURING THE BUDGET, SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THERE IT HAS BEEN AND THAT HOPEFULLY THERE'S A PLAN TO DO THAT PERIODICALLY IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ARE THEY GRADED LIKE STREETS? THE SIDEWALKS LIKE A THROUGH F? SO THE KEY THING THAT, WE'LL, WE SET UP A SET OF SET OF PARAMETERS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS PLACE, WHAT IS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR HALF AN INCH.
SO TRYING TO CLASSIFY THE SEVERITY OF THE DISTRESS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT I, BUT, BUT DO YOU HAVE LIKE LEVELS OF, OF, IS IT ACTUALLY GRADED LIKE STREETS, LIKE A THROUGH F? YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DEFINED IN THOSE TERMS. OKAY.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF COURSE ALL OUR CONCERN IS, IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID, UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OLD NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY DISTRICT THAT, UM, ARE UNEVEN AND UM, MAYBE A PEDESTRIAN COULD WALK DOWN THAT STREET, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SOMEBODY WITH A CANE OR SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR.
AND THEN ON SLIDE SEVEN, I THINK IT WAS, THERE'S A, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THIS ONE, I, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A MAP, UH, OF, OF EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT YOU COULD SHOW US WHERE THESE, UM, LIKE WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE EDGEWOOD AND, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDGEWOOD AND I TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE, THE ROAD, THE, THE, UH, SIDEWALKS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOLS, HOW DETERIORATED THEY ARE OR MISSING.
SO I THINK THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL? COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
THANK YOU ANTHONY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE MAPS AND GRAPHS THAT Y'ALL PRESENTED.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE SEVEN.
UM, I, I'M LOOKING AT THE ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS AND HOW THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 12.5 POINTS.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE LESS CARS ON THE ROAD, THE SAFER IT IS THE STREET IS.
SO HAVE, UH, YOU ALL ANALYZE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO POTENTIALLY, UM, WELL, I GUESS IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHY ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS ACCOUNT FOR 12.5 POINTS INSTEAD OF A HIGHER NUMBER OR LOWER NUMBER.
WELL, WE WENT THROUGH EXTENSIVE, UH, DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS UHHUH
AND SO IT WAS BASED IN DEPTH COLLECTIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE ENDED UP WITH THESE RATINGS AT, AT THIS TIME.
I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE, THE SCORES WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR EACH DISTRICT IF WE WERE TO ADJUST THE NUMBER FOR ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT WOULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE ALL, WHEN YOU HAVE, THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS THAT MAY, THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY HAVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF ZERO CAR HASSLES.
I THINK COUNCIL, WHEN YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THIS SAFETY FACTOR, RIGHT, AND, AND I THINK THE REASON THE NUMBER'S SO HIGH IS NOT SO MUCH SAFETY, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST ACCESS TO, TO A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR, THEY NEED TO RELY ON SOMETHING ELSE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
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WE THINK TRANSIT, RIGHT.AND SIDEWALK, WE WANT TO HAVE A SAFE WAY TO GET THERE.
I THINK THAT'S WHY THAT PERCENTAGE IS SO HIGH.
BECAUSE, UM, RIGHT, I WAS THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF, UH, THE PIECES OF MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE A, A LOT OF TRAFFIC RIGHT.
AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S ALSO, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR? UM, WELL, WHICH IT IS, BUT JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT.
IF IT'S MORE DANGEROUS WITH MORE CARS ON THE ROAD, HOW ARE WE ALSO PRIORITIZING THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO, UM, DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF HIGH TRAFFIC.
ANTHONY, COULD YOU, I'M SORRY, EXPLAIN SLIDE 11 AGAIN ABOUT PARK GAP MILES VERSUS PLANNED PROJECT MILES.
I GUESS, WHY ARE THEY STACKED? I MISSED THAT PART.
AND THIS SHOWS, I, I THINK WE USED, UH, LEMME SAY YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE ABOUT 96 MILES OF GAPS THAT IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS.
IF I GO BACK, LEMME GO BACK TO THE PRIOR ONE ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.
SO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, I SHOW THIS, AND THIS IS THE OVERALL GAPS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
SO 233 MILES OF GAPS AND 95.86, UH, IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS.
IN SLIDE NUMBER 11, OH LISTEN, SORRY.
IN SLIDE NUMBER 11 IN THIS SLIDE I'M SHOWING JUST IN 96 MILES THAT IN THE VICINITY OF PARKS TO SHOW OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IF WE BUILD ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WOULD WE MAKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS? AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR YOUR DISTRICT IS ABOUT NINE MILES.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR, UM, UH, CHAIR AT, UH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE WHERE PARKS, UH, TYPICALLY UP, UP PRESENTS.
UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY TO PARKS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS GOAL ABOUT A 10 MINUTE WALK.
SO, UM, ANTHONY MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
SO, UM, I THINK WE WAITED ABOUT A YEAR TO GET THE FOLLOW-UP PRESENTATION AT, AT COMMITTEE, BUT TODAY IT'S HERE.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SEND BE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND THIS TO OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION TO BE SHARED.
UM, AND I, I DID REQUEST THE SIDEWALK GAP PRIORITY MAP FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND, UM, I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I, IN TERMS OF THE RED FOR PRIORITY, I'M VERY SURPRISED TO SEE, UM, SOME RESIDENTIAL CUL-DE-SACS, UH, COMING OUT AS TOP AS RED FOR PRIORITY.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD'VE ANTICIPATED SOME OF THE BUSY ARTERIALS, UH, TO BE PRIORITY.
UM, I MEAN, GIVEN THAT, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF, UM, OUR COLLISIONS HAVE HAPPENED WITH, WITH PEDESTRIANS.
SO I WAS SURPRISED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I'D ALSO THINK THAT SOME OF OUR BIGGER PARKS MIGHT, UM, WEIGH IN HIGHER IN TERMS OF PRIORITY.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO WOODLAWN LAKE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, WHICH IS THE CITY'S CELEBRATION FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, THE STREET THAT THE LAKE IS ON, WHICH IS CINCINNATI, DOESN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, THAT IS A BOND REQUEST THAT, THAT I MADE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE'LL WE'LL SEE SIDEWALKS.
UM, AND YOU CAN WALK ON SIDEWALKS AWAY FROM THE 4TH OF JULY OR TOWARD THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANTHONY.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, ACTUALLY I THINK THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, UM, WE'LL MEET AGAIN.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT MEETING IN DECEMBER, RIGHT? SO WE'LL MEET AGAIN IN JANUARY.
UM, SO HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY.
DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU