* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY MEETING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND JOINING US TODAY. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO IS HERE, VIRTUALLY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. ALRIGHT, JUST IN CHAIR, CHAIR CAB HDA HERE, MA'AM. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK [Approval of Minutes  ] YOU, MA'AM. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR EDITS TO THE MINUTES? AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND, UM, WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. UM, HE HIT ME OPPOSED . IT'S THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL THING. DON'T BE, UH, SORRY. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. UM, ITEM, I'M SORRY. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. SO [Briefing and Possible Action on  ] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, UM, BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON VIA RAPID ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT NORTH SOUTH PROJECT. UH, I L A. YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY. TODAY, I'M SORRY, WE NEED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE REALLY QUICK THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE, UH, NOT EVERYBODY GOT THE MEMO TO WEAR RED, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE GONNA BE RED TODAY. , YOU HAVE RED TIE. OKAY, GO AHEAD MA'AM. SORRY. NO, NO PROBLEM. MY NAME IS KAMI HORN. I'M THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR VIA AND, UH, GIVING ANOTHER UPDATE ON OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WITH THE CITY FOR OUR ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT NORTH SOUTH PROJECT. THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE TODAY, JUST, UH, WE ARE GONNA JUST GO BACK AND TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT THE PURPOSE AND HIGHLIGHTS, BECAUSE I THINK WE JUST GAVE A, A SUMMARY OF THE SCHEDULE, UM, LAST MONTH. SO I'LL JUST GO OVER THAT AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. BUT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS VERY SOON. SO, ONCE AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS TO ESTABLISH THIS OVERALL AGREEMENT, UM, FOR OUR PROJECT. AGAIN, IT IS THE ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT NORTH SOUTH. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 11.7 MILES RUNNING PRIMARILY ALONG SAN PEDRO AND CONNECTS BASICALLY STEVE'S AVENUE ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, THE AIRPORT. AND SO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY, UH, VIA AND ALSO THE CITY. AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF FUNDING, UM, RIGHT NOW AT 60% FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. SO ANYTIME THEY WORK, UM, WITH TRANSIT AGENCIES, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT FOUNDATIONALLY IS, IS, IS READY TO GO, AND ANY OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE IN PLACE BEFORE THE FUNDING, UM, IS AGREED UPON. AND SO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ARE THE PARTNERSHIP, A DEMONSTRATED PARTNERSHIP TO, UH, DEFINE OUR PROCESSES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE ARE COMPLETING OUR 30% DESIGN AND MOVING INTO FINAL DESIGN. UM, AND WE, UH, WILL, UH, BE MOVING FORWARD INTO FINAL DESIGN, UM, VERY SOON. UM, AND SO THE PROCESSES INCLUDE EVERYTHING, UM, FROM, UH, FROM THE CURRENT, UH, THE CURRENT POINT IN THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, ALL OF THE PROCESSES, THE PERMITTING, UM, AND, UM, AS WELL AS OUR UTILITY COORDINATION WAS, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION PROCESS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND VIA AND HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD. AND SO THE KEY VIA RESPONSIBILITIES ARE HERE ON THE SLIDE. UM, SO WE, WE ARE THE PROJECT SPONSOR. WE ARE THE GRANTEE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS. AND THIS SHOWS, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, WORKED OUT ON UTILITY PERMITTING COSTS AND, UH, ACQUISITION OF ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PROVIDING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION ON THE PROJECT. UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE ALSO THAT THIS PROJECT, UH, VERY MUCH SUPPORTS VISION ZERO, UM, WITH ITS DESIGNS. AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, THE, THE LAST BULLET ON HERE IS ANOTHER POINT OF A DISCUSSION THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL, UH, APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT A POSITION AT THE CITY, UM, TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT. AND THEN THE KEY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESPONSIBILITIES, IDENTIFICATION OF [00:05:01] OUR PROJECT LIAISONS THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THE CORRIDOR AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING NOW MOVING FORWARD, THAT ISN'T SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE PROJECT. THIS THIRD BULLET, THE RECOGNITION OF THE F D A SATISFACTORY CONTINUING CONTROL REQUIREMENTS, THAT JUST BASICALLY MEANS THAT, UM, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO SEE THAT THERE IS AT LEAST 50 YEARS, UM, OF LIFE IN THE PROJECT. AND THAT VIA WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THOSE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT. UM, SO THAT THERE, THERE IS NO, UM, DISCONTINUITY, UM, AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS TALKING ABOUT. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IS PART OF, UH, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT. WE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, UH, SIMILAR TO HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY RIGHT NOW ON SOME OF OUR PRIMO LINES. SO FUTURE AGREEMENTS, THERE WILL BE MANY FUTURE AGREEMENTS, UM, THAT COME OUT, COME OUT OF THIS, UH, RELATED TO THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY. REALLY, THOSE, UH, FUTURE AGREEMENTS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD FURTHER INTO DESIGN, THINGS THAT WE NOT, MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE AGREEMENT ON NOW, UM, BECAUSE THE CITY HASN'T SEEN, UH, ANY MORE THAN 30% DESIGN. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BETTERMENTS BEFORE IN THIS FORUM. THOSE ARE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ADDED TO, UH, COULD BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT. THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT TO FUNCTION, AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE INITIAL PROJECT. UTILITY AGREEMENTS, UH, FINALIZING FUNDING AGREEMENTS. AND THEN FINALLY, AND WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, WHEN WE, UM, OBTAIN THAT FINAL FUNDING. OOPS. SO OUR SCHEDULE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS SCHEDULE, I BELIEVE, UH, LAST MONTH WHEN WE CAME TO MEET WITH YOU, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING A FINAL APPROVAL IN MARCH THAT'S JUST SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT TO APRIL. NOT A SURPRISE. UM, WE, WE DID HAVE SOME BUFFER TIME BUILT IN AND WE ACTUALLY MET, UM, LATE YESTERDAY WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS AND, UM, HAVE AGREED THAT WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT, UH, IS A SHOWSTOPPER. JUST, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MASSAGE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. SO THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH SIDES. UM, AND, UM, AND TO OUR LEGAL REVIEWERS ON, ON BOTH SIDES. UM, SO THAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAMI. UM, I'LL START WITH COUNCIL COMMENT. UM, COMMITTEE COMMENT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN K. COUNCIL, YOU, I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS A R T. WHAT ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SUPPORT, UH, FOR IT AFTER IT'S BUILT? UM, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, UH, TO DEVELOP THE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR IT? I UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS SOME RESPONSIBILITY, BUT OVERALL TO SUPPORT ITS FUNCTIONING ALL THE TIME, HOW'S THAT GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF? SO IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, ALL OF THAT, UM, WOULD BE, WOULD COME FROM, FROM VIA TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING ALONG THE CORRIDOR, UM, IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS WOULD COME FROM VIA PART OF THE, THE I L E, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE, UM, DISCUSSED IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A CITY FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, MAINTAINED. I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I ANSWER YOUR CORRECTIONS QUESTION. SO PHYSICALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW, AND THEN, UM, ONGOING PUBLIC SUPPORT WOULD ALSO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH VIA, THROUGH THROUGH REALLY, UM, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, SIMILAR TO, TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. UH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ANALYZING THE AREA THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO DEVELOP THIS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EVERYTHING. HOW ARE WE ANALYZING THE AREA? IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, WOW, THIS IS A NICE STRAIGHT LINE MM-HMM. , BUT WHAT ARE ALL THE IMPLICATIONS ALONG THAT ROUTE THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT AND EXAMINED AND CONSIDERED? I, I WOULD SAY PRI PRIMARILY, UM, THE, THE RED FLAG, UH, SHOWSTOPPER THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK ON ARE, ARE THE FIRST THING I, I THINK WOULD BE TRAFFIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, ARE IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT THAT IS NOT GOING TO, IN ANY WAY DEGRADE TRAFFIC FUNCTIONS THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OR IMPROVE, UM, TRAFFIC FUNCTIONS. SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING. AND THEN WE, WE'VE HAD ONGOING ANALYSIS, UM, ON THE TRAFFIC. I'D SAY THE OTHER THING BECAUSE IT'S SO, UM, [00:10:01] SO RELATED TO THE COSTS OF OUR UTILITIES. SO WE HAVE, UM, LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT ANY POTENTIALLY POTENTIAL UTILITY COMPLEX AND WE CONTINUE, UM, TO DO SO. AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, UM, AND PART OF WHAT WE'VE HAD ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ARE IS THAT IN TERMS OF ANY RIGHT OF WAY NEEDED, UM, THAT IT IS, IT IS MINIMAL ALONG, ALONG THE PROJECT. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. UH, JUST MAKING SURE. COUNCIL CASTILLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANNA MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT, UH, THAT I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY NEED AT LEAST ONE MORE, UM, BEFORE IT GOES TO FULL COUNSEL, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND TALKING WITH US, UM, AND JUST KEEPING US, UH, INFORMED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, COUNCIL. OH, OKAY. COUNCIL CIO, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PLAN, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO HAVE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE RECEIVE, UH, SIMILAR BETTERMENTS AS THE NORTHERN PART? FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR DEDICATED LANES RATHER DEDICATED NOT BIKE LANES, UM, OR TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLS? AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THERE'S STILL ROOM TO DEVELOP THE PLAN, UM, BUT AS THE PLAN AS IT IS NOW, IS THERE, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE TO GET SOME OF THOSE DEDICATED LINES RIGHT NOW? UM, I BELIEVE THERE, THERE COULD, COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO, TO LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN, WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. UM, OF COURSE AS WE MOVE TO ROOSEVELT, UM, AND SOUTH, THAT, UM, CONNECTION, UH, TO BROOKS IS, IS A CONNECTION. IT IS NOT PART OF THE ACTUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULDN'T RULE ANYTHING OUT, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT IS IN THE PROJECT AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COSTS, UM, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING. UM, SPECIFICALLY I ALSO WANTED ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CAPTAIN TAMIKA HERE WITH TRANSPORTATION AND WE JUST, UH, HAD A KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN. SO, UH, I'M SURE THAT GROUP IS GONNA GET ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE CITY AND INCLUDING ALONG THIS ROUTE TO SEE IF A BIKE LANE MAKES SENSE AND WHAT KIND OF A BIKE LANE THAT WOULD BE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE STUDYING ALONG WITH THAT PLAN AS, AS WE DEVELOP IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. I, I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. AND, UH, ONE LAST QUESTION, UH, IS WE EXPECTED TO ACQUIRE ANY PROPERTY FOR THE ART. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ACQUIRING, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY. UM, BUT IS THERE ANY, UH, NEED TO ACQUIRE ANY, UH, PROPERTY AND IF SO, WOULD IT BE PRIMARILY REAL ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL, UM, OR ANY PROPERTY AT ALL? YEAH, SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THERE, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IS AS, UM, LIKE SORT OF SLIVERS OF, UM, SOME PROPERTIES ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT, UM, WE WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE MORE WORKING ON DISCUSSION, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AS PART OF THE I L A, UM, AS TO THE NEXT STEPS, UM, IN THAT ACQUISITION PROCESS. SO IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME WIDENING AROUND THE, UM, SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROJECT. UM, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW, UM, AS THE PROJECT STANDS, UH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO FULL, UM, IDEA TO, TO, TO LOOK AT ANY ACQUISITION OF ANY FULL PROPERTIES OR STRUCTURES AT THIS TIME, Q A AND THE CONVERSATION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. UH, IS THAT A CONVERSATION WITH THE, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? WHO'S YOUR, YOUR CONTACT AND THE CONVERSATION FOR ACQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY? SO WE, UM, SO, SO VIA, UM, REACHES OUT DIRECTLY WITH, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS AS PART OF THE PROJECT. AND I DO WANNA MENTION, UM, I WAS JUST REMINDED THERE, THERE IS A FULL Q AND A ON KEEP, UH, THE KEEP ESSAY MOVING.COM WEBSITE, UH, THAT GOES THROUGH EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION. UH, BUT THEN AS FAR AS OUR CONTACTS, UM, AT THE CITY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS I L A, UM, WITH, UM, OF COURSE WITH ROD SANCHEZ, UM, WITH LAURA REYNA AND ALSO, UM, WITH, UH, UH, CATHERINE HERNANDEZ AND TAMIKA VILLE AND OTHERS, AND OTHERS PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL, INCLUDING THOSE [00:15:01] ON, ON ON ROSIE'S TEAM. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND IN THE, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT, UH, V'S HAVING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, FOLKS OR THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS YOU'RE TALKING TO, UM, IT'S JUST VIA RIGHT? THERE'S, UH, NO CITY, UH, REPRESENTATION, UH, AT THESE CONVERSATIONS? NO. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST VIA, AND IT, IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH I'D SAY A FAIRLY STANDARD PROCESS THAT, THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY GO THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. UM, I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED VISION ZERO IN YOUR PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY, UM, REPORTING, UH, DATA COLLECTION, ANY AUDITS THAT ARE, WILL BE DUE, UM, REGARDING VISION ZERO? LIKE THE COLLABORATION AND THE, UH, I GUESS THE ADHERENT TO VISION ZERO? NOT NOTHING REQUIRED SPECIFIC TO THE PROJECT MM-HMM. , BUT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WE WOULD JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ONGOING, YOU KNOW, UPDATES AND, AND WE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOOK AT HOW THE PROJECT IS FUNCTIONING AS IT MOVE MOVES ALONG, AND, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO, TO SAFETY. UH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, IT SOUNDS LIKE. BUT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MAYBE INCLUDING THAT THOSE, UM, UH, ADDRESSING THIS SPECIFICALLY HOW WE'RE GONNA TRACK, UH, ADHERE TO, TO VISION ZERO WOULD BE HELPFUL. SURE. DO YOU HAVE, GO AHEAD AND COUNCILMAN MC RODRIGUEZ. YEAH. AT THE RISK OF REDUNDANCY, I I WANNA ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE CITY'S ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE OPERATE WITH THE EQUITY LENS WHERE CERTAIN DISTRICTS RECEIVE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FUNDING AND THE NORTH SIDE IS NOT AMONG THOSE, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT NINE IS NOT AMONG THOSE, WHAT DOES, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WILL THERE BE A S A SEPARATE FUND FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THESE COSTS AND MAINTENANCE OVER TIME? HOW DOES THAT LOOK, UM, WITH THIS SPECIFIC CORRIDOR? SO THE CITY'S ROLE IS TO MAINTAIN, UH, IS TO MAINTAIN AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, EVERYTHING NOT RELATED TO THE DIRECT, UH, THE LINE. UM, YEAH, I GUESS, DOES THAT COME OUTTA THE I M P? WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD THAT BE A PART OF THOSE MAINTENANCE COSTS? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, UH, IT'S IN OUR GENERAL FUND WHERE WE DO, YOU KNOW, THE SS M P AND NORMAL STREET MAINTENANCE. SO, UH, LIKE EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL ASSESS AND, UH, WE'LL PRESENT THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET TO THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THINKING, I MEAN, IT, THE RIGHT OF WAY IS STILL THE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY VIA IN THERE. UH, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE THAT MUCH OF AN INCREASE IN RIGHT OF WAY COST, BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CERTAINLY ASSESS AND BRING YOU THE BUDGET AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR SURE. I GUESS MAYBE I'M JUST, UH, THINKING ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A LARGE PROJECT, I IMAGINE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, IT'S NOT LIKE A FULL RECONSTRUCTION EVERY YEAR. SO I, IT'S NOT TOO HIGH ON MY LIST OF CONCERNS, BUT I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN THAT, SO SURE. APPRECIATE THE ANSWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCU RODRIGUEZ. ANY OTHER? YES, SIR. UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. YEAH. UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STARTING POINT ON THE NORTH BEING AROUND THE AIRPORT, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE STARTING FROM NORTH WHERE THE, UH, THE STATION IS UP NORTH OF 1604 AND GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THERE, THERE, UM, THERE ARE PLANS TO BASICALLY ALLOW FOR SERVICE TO CONTINUE, UM, OUT, UH, STONE OAK, CUT TO THE STONE OAK PARK AND RIDE AND, UM, IN THE 2 81, UM, H O V LANES, HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, UM, THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT, UM, INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PORTION. WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A STARTING POINT THERE, WHERE WOULD THAT STARTING POINT LIKELY TO BE? WOULD IT BE RIGHT THAT PROPERTY RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT OR NEAR NORTH STAR MALL? OR, OR HOW SO THE PROJECT, UM, IS THE PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS GO THROUGH SAN PEDRO AND ONTO SHARED ROADWAY ONTO ISOM ROAD INTO THE AIRPORT. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW WOULD USE, UM, GENERALLY THE EXISTING, UM, AIRPORT, UH, STATION, IF, IF YOU WILL. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE ARE MAINTAINING VERY CLOSE, UM, COLLABORATION WITH THE AIRPORT, UM, AS TO, TO THEIR FUTURE FACILITIES AND, AND HOW THOSE COULD ACCOMMODATE THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT. MM-HMM. . NOW, UM, I UNDER, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE PLANS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'D, YOU'D NEED TWO-WAY TRAVEL, SOME WOULD BE GOING NORTH, SOME WE'D BE GOING SOUTH, THEY'D BE PASSING EACH OTHER [00:20:01] OCCASIONALLY, AND THERE'LL BE STATIONS, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRANSFER ON AND OFF, WHAT, FIVE STATIONS OR SOMETHING? IS THAT WHAT'S BEING PLANNED RIGHT NOW? IT BE, WELL, WE HAVE A, A TOTAL OF 26 STATION AREAS ALONG THE WHOLE COURT. OH, OKAY. YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY CONCERN HAS BEEN ALL ALONG, HOW DO YOU, UH, EXPECT TO GET FROM THE BRIDGE NORTH OF HILDEBRAND DOWN TO ASHBY IN THAT NARROW AREA WITH BUSES GOING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND ANY KIND OF STOP IN THERE, UH, WITHOUT REALLY IMPEDING TRAFFIC. AND I I HEARD YOU SAY THAT'S ONE OF YOUR GOALS? YES, AND OUR, OUR TRAFFIC, UM, OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT, THAT, UM, IT IS DOABLE THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE TURNING MOVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS ARE ALSO GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OVERALL IMPROVE THAT TRAFFIC FLOW AND ALLOW FOR THE BUSES, UM, TO MOVE, UH, ACROSS THE LANES. BUT, UM, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO, TO COME BACK AND, AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, JUST A VERY, UH, DETAILED, UH, POWERPOINT SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO, TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW. UM, COMPLETELY HAPPY TO DO THAT. YEAH, I THINK THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BENEFIT FROM SEEING THAT. 'CAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN AREA ON PAPER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE VERY CONGESTED. MM-HMM. . AND YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW HOW WE CAN DECONGEST THAT TO ALLOW THE TRAFFIC, NORMAL TRAFFIC TO FLOW. UH, AND SO, YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. AND AGAIN, THE CONNECTION, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT H O A H O V LANES, BUT THERE AREN'T H O V LANES ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM 1604 TO THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ADDING H O V LANES? IS TECH STOCK GONNA HELP US DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ENABLE THAT CONNECTION TO FLOW EASILY NORTH AND SOUTH THERE? SO, SO THAT, THAT CONNECTION IS AN, IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH TDOT, UM, ABOUT. UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD BRING SOME OF THAT FORWARD, BUT DEFINITELY WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE PROJECT, UM, EVEN AT THE, UM, AT THIS, THE NEXT MARCH, UM, WE COULD SET ASIDE IF THAT WAS, UM, TO Y'ALL'S DESIRE TO, TO PROVIDE DETAILS, UM, ON, ON THE TRAFFIC CLAIM. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, 'CAUSE THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE MANAGE THAT TRAFFIC FLOW TO GET TO THE MAIN TERMINAL FOR THE A R T. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM THERE I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THAT CONGESTION. AND PART OF MY WORRIES, 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO, WHO BELIEVE THAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANALYZE EXISTING PROPERTY AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT EXISTING PROPERTY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE TAKEN ALONG THAT AREA BECAUSE OF HOW NARROW IT IS AND HOW THE PRESUMPTION IS, HOW MUCH ROOM THE A R T WOULD NEED, AND IF THAT WOULD LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR REGULAR TRAFFIC, OR WOULD PROPERTY BE TAKEN ALONG THERE IN ORDER TO WIDEN THAT ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE A R T. AND IF WE CAN SEE SOME OF THAT NOW, WE CAN REASSURE THOSE PEOPLE MAYBE WHO ARE, ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT. SO ABSOLUTELY, WE WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING THOSE DETAILS BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. UH, THAT WAS, UH, AN ITEM FOR BRIEFING. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND THINK OF COURSE ALL THE PEOPLE FROM VA THAT ARE HERE TODAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, THE V I L, RIGHT? YES. RAZZIE. RIGHT. HI RAZZIE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBER. I AM REZI JOI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I AM HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO UPDATE YOU ON TWO GRAND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITY, WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWING RAISE GRANT AND TEXAS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE, WHICH WE GOT INFORMATION LATE LAST YEAR, 2020 2023, FUNDING FOR RAISE GRANT. 1.5 BILLION PROGRAM FOCUSES FUND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT WITH SIGNIFICANT LOCAL OR REGIONAL IMPACT THAT IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. FUNDING ELIGIBILITY IS INCLUDE PLANNING AND CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, PROJECT ELIGIBILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPACT. LITTLE BACKGROUND [00:25:01] ON, UH, BROAD ON COLLIBRA ROAD RACE GRANT IN 2025, I'M SORRY, IN 2021, THE CITY INITIATED COLLIBRA ROAD TRANSPORTATION STUDY WITH EXTEND APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES FROM I H 10 TO LOOP 1604 CROSSING THROUGH FOUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, 5, 6, AND SEVEN. OVER 600 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN OUR STUDY. THE PROPOSED IDEA IS TO TRANSITION COLLIBRA ROAD CORRIDOR FROM UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT TO MULTI MODEL CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE CAN WALK, BIKE, AND TAKE TRANSIT AND OR DRIVE DUE THE LENGTH OF THE CORRIDOR AND THE DIFFERENT LAND USE. THE CORRIDOR WAS DIVIDED INTO THE FIVE SEGMENT. THE FIRST SEGMENT IS IH 10 TO BANDERA ROAD, WHICH IS IN CONTROL OF TECHSTAR, THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE 18 MILLION FOR THIS CORRIDOR. OUR PLAN IS TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT COLLIBRA WROTE FROM BANDERA TO GENERAL MCMULLAN IS SPENDING 50 MILLION AND LOSE THE 3 MILLION REMAINING FOR OUR MATCH FUND. FOR THE GRANT PROJECT COST ESTIMATED TO BE 10.7 MILLION CITIES MATCHES 3 MILLION. AND WE ARE APPLYING FOR GRANT 7.7 MILLION. PROJECT LIMIT IS GOING TO SEGMENT B AND C, WHICH IS ALMOST FIVE MILES. AND PLANNING GRANT TO ADDRESS SAFETY MULTI MODEL CORRIDOR ISSUES AND APPLICATION IS DUE END OF FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. THE SECOND GRANT WE ARE APPLYING IS A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS OFFERED BY TECHSTAR 252 MILLION, WHICH IS, WE GOT THIS ONE LATE LAST YEAR. PROGRAM FOCUSES FUND PROJECT THAT IMPROVES SAFETY, ACCESS OR OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITY, ESPECIALLY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITY. FUNDING ELIGIBILITY INCLUDE PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION. AND PROJECT ELIGIBILITY IS BIKE LANE, SIDEWALK, SHARED USE, SHARED GOOSE PATHS, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT AND SAFETY AND LIGHTING. THIS IS THE ONE OF THE PROJECT WE ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT. OLD HIGHWAY 90, PHASE 2, 21 0.5 MILLION IS THE BUDGET OR ESTIMATED COST PROJECT LIMIT START FROM STATE HIGHWAY 1 51 TO LEON CREEK BRIDGES AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT WILL INCLUDE STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, SHARED PATH LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SECOND PROJECT WE ARE PLANNING TO APPLY IS MARKET STREET OSA CYCLE TRACK THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PROJECT, 10.3 MILLION PROJECT LIMIT FROM FLOY STREET, WHICH IS NEXT TO OUR BUILDING TO IH 37. PROPOSE IMPROVEMENT WILL INCLUDE TWO-WAY SEPARATED BIKE FACILITY OR BIKE CYCLE TRACK SIGNAL BIKE SIGNAGE ACROSS DOWNTOWN AND PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SIGN IMPROVEMENT. THE THIRD PROJECT WE'RE APPLYING, THIS IS WILL BE CITYWIDE. WE ARE APPLYING FOR 4 MILLION CITYWIDE WITHIN THE EXISTING SIGNAL AS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT, SCHOOL ZONE AND CROSSING IMPROVEMENT. AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT WILL BE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL, CURB RAMPS, ADDITIONAL NEW CROSSWALK OR ENHANCING THE EXISTING CROSSWALK. NEW AUDIBLE OR RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING PUSH BUTTON ALSO WILL BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. IN SUMMARY, OUR APPLICATION IS FOR RAISE. GRANT IS DUE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. AN AWARD WILL BE DONE JUNE IN 2023 FOR TRANSPORTATION. ALTERNATIVE FOR TA PRELIMINARY APPLICATION, WE SUBMIT IN JANUARY 27 OF THIS YEAR. APPROVAL FOR DETAILED APPLICATION WILL BE DONE MARCH OF THIS YEAR. AND DETAILED APPLICATION WILL BE DUE IN JUNE OF 23. AN AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S END OF MY PRESENTATION. I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU RAZZIE. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, THE, THE, THE AWARDS ARE GONNA BE ANNOUNCED IN FOUR MONTHS. AM I RIGHT? IS IS IT JUNE? CORRECT. OKAY. SO I, I'M GETTING, I'M PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I KNOW, BUT I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC. UH, IF WE DO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, WHEN DO YOU SEE CONSTRUCTION? POTENTIALLY BEGINNING? WE HAVE TWO GRANTS. [00:30:01] ONE IS RAISED. OKAY. WE ARE APPLYING FOR PLANNING ONLY. OKAY. NOT RECONSTRUCTION ONLY FOR PLANNING. OKAY. IF WE GET THAT ONE, WE ARE PUTTING 3 MILLION OF OUR MONEY, WHICH IS 28%. WE ARE ASKING 7.7 FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF IT PERU, WE ARE GOING TO START PLANNING TO MAKE THE PROJECT READY FOR FUTURE FUNDING, EITHER FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEXT YEAR OR SO, OR THROUGH IN OUR 2027 BOND PROGRAM. OKAY. THE OTHER ONE IS, WHICH IS A TEXAS FUND, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE. WE ARE APPLYING FOR THREE PROJECT. THOSE PROJECT IS VE 90 IN YOUR DISTRICT. MM-HMM. , IF IT IS PROOF, WE WILL START PROBABLY HIRING THE CONSULTING TO DESIGN US CONSTRUCTION WILL BE PROBABLY LATE 24, EARLY 25. OKAY. SO, UM, THE, THE, THE CON THE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OF COURSE IF WE GET THE RAISE GRANT, WE'LL COME FROM, DID YOU SAY FEDERAL? HOPEFULLY FEDERAL FUNDS AND THEN POTENTIALLY A 2027 BOND? CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S FOR COLLIBRA WROTE. GOT IT. BUT FOR, FOR COLLIBRA, FOR THE OTHER ONE, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN 20% MATCH. I SEE. OKAY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR COLLIBRA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I HAVE MY FINGERS CROSSED. I'M GONNA LIGHT AVELA, I'M GONNA DO ALL THE THINGS I NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RAISE. GRANT. UM, LET ME KNOW IF I CAN WRITE ANY LETTERS TO ANYBODY. UH, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE COLLIBRA ROAD BECOME, UM, A, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY BOOK, KIND OF A PERFECT STREET, THEY CALL 'EM COMPLETE STREETS, BUT WE TALKED IN THE LAST ITEM ABOUT, UM, BIKE LANES, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OF COURSE, UH, LANES FOR VEHICLES. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE COLLIBRA BE THE MODEL FOR WHICH THE REST OF THE CITY CAN FOLLOW. AND IT'S SUCH A HUGE ARTERY. UM, I CALL IT THE BACKBONE OF DISTRICT SIX. IT GOES ALL THROUGH MY DISTRICT. UM, EVEN A PAST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COUNT PAST, UH, 1604 THAT IT TURN WHEN IT TURNS INTO 4 71, BUT THIS GOES THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS, RIGHT. INCLUDING, UM, CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN ONE. IT GOES 1, 5, 7, 6 AND SEVEN FOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS. SO FOUR, IT IS ONE OF THE LONGEST CORRIDOR WE PROBABLY HAVE IN CT OF SAN ANTONIO. MM-HMM. , THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE 18 MILLION FROM 2022 BOND. MM-HMM. , WE ARE PLANNING TO DESIGN AND BUILD FROM BANDERA, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF TEXT CONTROL TO GENERAL MCMULLIN ALMOST SLIGHTLY UNDER A MILE USING 50 MILLION OF 18 MILLION. THE REMAINING 3 MILLION WE ARE USING FOR OUR OWN MATCH. AND WE ARE OVER MATCHING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT TO MAKE OUR PROJECT MORE ATTRACTIVE. USUALLY 20% YOU HAVE TO, YOU MUST HAVE, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE PUTTING UPFRONT 28%. OKAY. SO, UM, SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I HIGHLY SUPPORT THIS. UH, I DO HOPE WE GET THE, THE FUNDS. IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO SC DC IS THERE ANY, UM, ADVOCACY THAT WE CAN DO THERE AT THAT TIME? IT DOESN'T HURT AND WE HAVE CREATED MANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL BER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHERS. GREAT. WONDERFUL. WELL, I, I, WHATEVER I NEED TO DO, LET ME KNOW. UH, I, I THINK I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE CITY TO SHOW REALLY WHAT WE CAN DO. UM, WE, I THINK THERE'S A PRETTY SOLID COUNCIL CONSENSUS. THIS IS JUST MY VIEWPOINT THAT WE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THESE COMPLETE STREETS IN OUR CITY. AND, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, I, I THINK, UM, MUCH LIKE I SAID ABOUT THE AIRPORT, IT'S NOT A LUXURY, IT'S A NECESSITY. WE NEED THIS. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO RECEIVING THESE GRANT FUNDS. I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL? K. THANK YOU CHAIR. NOW THESE ARE GRANT REQUESTS. THERE'S 252 MILLION OR A QUARTER OF A BILLION IN THE FUND, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT 36 MILLION OF THAT THROUGH THESE THREE ASKS. RIGHT? SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A PRETTY BIG CHUNK OF THAT OVERALL FUND, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. I HAD, LAST WEEK I HAD A COMMUNICATION WITH TECHSTAR. THIS 2252.5 FOR ENTIRE STATE DATING BEARER COUNTY WILL GET PROBABLY 10% OF THAT 25 MILLION. ALTHOUGH WE ARE ASKING A LOT, BUT WE DON'T THINK WE WILL GET ALL OF THEM. RIGHT. I I WILL BE VERY HAPPY. WE GET 4 MILLION TO IMPROVE CROSSWALK, A D A RAMP. AND THAT'S ALSO THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT REALLY A PARTICULAR LOCATION. IS THE COUNTY ALSO ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR COUNTY ROADS? UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE. YOU DON'T KNOW? YEAH. UH, THERE WAS A RAISE GRANT I THOUGHT THAT WE GOT, THAT FELL THROUGH. WAS THERE ONE RECENTLY THAT I THOUGHT I HEARD ABOUT? WAS IT FOR BROOKS OR SOMETHING? BROOKS AND, UH, AND PORT THAT CLIENT FOR CONSTRUCTION GRANT. WE ARE APPLYING FOR PLANNING GRANT. I THINK WE HAVE LESS COMPETITION IN OUR IN, BUT, BUT IN THE PAST, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT WASN'T IT AWARDED AND THEN FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH? NO, WE, OH, OKAY. WE, WE [00:35:01] HAD, UH, TWO UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS TO RAISE GRANT. ONE WAS THE CITY'S FOR OUR GREENWAY TRAILS. AND THEN, UH, BROOKS PUT IN FOR A RAISE GRANT. THEY WERE JUST REQUEST THEM. DON'T BE STAR RUMORS. AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I ASKED, I ASKED THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS RAISE GRANT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR, THE ONE, AS YOU ARE MENTIONING, COUNCILMAN, THAT WAS LAST YEAR. THEY ARE REAPPLYING THIS YEAR AGAIN. AND OUR PLAN IS IF WE GET FOR COLLIBRA FOR PLANNING EITHER YEAR AFTER THAT OR TWO YEARS AFTER THAT, WE APPLY FOR CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. COUNCILWOMAN GUILLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, ROSIE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, MY, I, I LIKE, UH, THE CHAIR. I'M GONNA SPEAK IT INTO THE UNIVERSE WHEN WE RECEIVE THIS GRANT. UH, MY HOPE IS THAT WE RELY ON THE HIGH ENTRY NETWORK DATA, UM, TO HELP GUIDE WHICH PROJECTS ARE SELECTED. RIGHT. AND I THINK, UH, IT'LL LEAD US TO PROJECTS LIKE ROAD, RIGHT? WHERE WE HAVE HIGH FATALITIES. UM, BUT HAVING, UH, RELYING ON THAT, UH, THAT THAT INJURY NETWORK TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS ARE PRIORITIZED WHEN WE DO RECEIVE THE FEDERAL GRANT. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT POINT. UH, ENSURING THAT WE'RE RELYING ON THAT INJURY DATA, UM, TO, TO GUIDE US TOWARDS, UH, THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS. THANK YOU, OZZY. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. COUNCILMAN MKI RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, I GOT TO BE A PART OF THE I G R COMMITTEE FOR, UH, AND RECEIVE, PRESENT A NUMBER OF THESE PRESENTATIONS IN A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE. UM, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. AND I'M WONDERING, UM, I I THINK OF IT LIKE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? THEY TALK OR ANY KINDS OF APPLICATIONS YOU THINK OF, UH, WHAT IS GONNA BE THE IMPACT IF YOU RECEIVE THIS, THIS FUNDING. AND I'M SURE YOU GET QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, UM, AS A PART OF, UH, THE APPLICATION AND, UH, PROPOSAL PROCESS. AND SO I WONDER, IS THERE, UM, THIS IS KIND OF VISIONARY IN SCOPE, BUT WONDERING, IS THERE A WAY TO SEE BASED ON, UM, THE MILLION, THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED, WHAT WILL BE THE STATE OF OUR CITY AND THE STATE OF TRANSPORTATION IF, IF AND WHEN ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED? AND WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE FOR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION? IT'S, IT IS JUST A QUESTION I HAVE OF IMPACT. UM, AND I IMAGINE IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. I, I THINK WE CAN FOR, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT FIRST COLLAB ROAD IS COLLAB ROAD. WE ARE APPLYING THE ROAD IS REALLY NEEDS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. THE DRIVING SURFACE IS NOT IN DECENT SHAPE. SIDEWALK DOESN'T REQUIREMENT, THERE IS NO LANDSCAPING OR VERY MINIMUM LIGHTING PROBABLY IS NOT GOOD TRAFFIC SIGNAL. IT'LL BE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED IN THAT ONE. IF YOU RECALL A COUNCILMAN LAST YEAR, WE APPLIED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT FOR RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION IN YOUR DISTRICT ON, ON RICHMOND ROAD, $42 MILLION. THAT BACKSTOP TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANTLY ANYTIME THERE IS RAILROAD CROSSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY STOP, IF THAT GRANT COMES THROUGH, THAT'S A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA BECAUSE 40 SOME MILLION DOLLAR HANDLING THE BOND, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG LIFT. I'M HOPING WE GET THAT ONE, THEN WE HAVE TO PUT OUR SHARE 20%. BUT I'M HOPING WE GET THAT ONE AND IMPROVE THAT CROSSING. YOU READ MY MIND BECAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT, MY NEXT QUESTION GONNA USE IT AS A LOOPHOLE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BI UH, BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. UM, I GUESS THE REASON I ASKED MY FIRST QUESTION WAS BECAUSE, UM, WE AS A CITY HAVE A ROLE IN COMMUNICATING THE IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNDS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT MAYBE OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T SEE. THEY'RE NOT OFTEN WATCHING THE COMMITTEES WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, UH, FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY AWARE THAT, HEY, THIS IS IN THE PIPELINE AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND THIS WILL BE THE IMPACT IF IT, IF WE GET THESE MONEY, THIS MONEY. AND SO I JUST KIND OF PREEMPT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED? UH, A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVELY THINKING, WHAT'S THAT? IF AND WHEN WE GET IT IN JUNE, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT AND HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CELEBRATE THAT? BUT THAT'S, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MKE RODRIGUEZ. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, RAZZIE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. SAFE STREETS. IT'S GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE. WE GOT THE MONEY. UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED. THE TEAM IS SUPER EXCITED. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE APPLIED FOR THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL ROAD USERS GRANT, THAT'S ONE OF THE SEVERAL HUNDRED NEW GRANT PROGRAMS, DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS UNDER THE [00:40:01] BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. SO THIS BODY APPROVED US APPLYING FOR THE GRANT LAST FALL. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE 4.4 MILLION. WE REQUESTED 5.5 AND WE WILL BE BUILDING EIGHT MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS ALONG ZA MORTA AS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO MENTIONED, ONE OF OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK CORRIDORS. AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON ROSIE'S, UM, GRANT APPLICATIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THESE APPLICATIONS IS THAT A PART OF THEIR PROCESS, COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ, A PART OF THEIR PROCESS IS ACTUALLY, I MEAN, COUNCILMAN, I SAID COUNCILMAN, UM, ONE OF THE CRI THE CRITERIA THAT THEY UTILIZE IN THESE APPLICATIONS ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE, IS HOW WE CONVEY THE INFORMATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THESE PROJECTS. SO AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION, WE HAVE TO CONVEY THROUGH THE EIGHT CRITERIA OF RAYS AND THE MULTIPLE CRITERIA IN THE SAFE STREETS GRANTS, WE HAVE TO CONVEY WHAT IS THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE. SO WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT, OF WHAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT RAZZIE AND I AND THE TEAM ARE WORKING ON WITH THE RAISE GRANT AND THE TRANS SYSTEMS TEAM, WHICH IS HELPING US PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR THE PLANNING GRANT. BUT WHAT WE DID WITH THE SAFE STREETS GRANT IS WE TOOK THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AND FOCUS ON THOSE STREETS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH SAFETY. AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE DID TELL THE STORY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WHERE WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH THE VIOLENCE ON OUR CORRIDORS. SO WE WILL BE USING 4.25 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS. AND THEN WE WILL BE USING 150,000 FOR A SAFETY AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE DID ON COLLIBRA TO JUST GIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SS A P D BECAUSE AS A PART OF THIS, WE WANT TO CREATE WHAT WE WILL THEN APPLY FOR IN FUTURE GRANTS IS A COMBINED SAFETY EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN. SO WORKING WITH SS A P D WHEN WE APPLY AND SUBSEQUENT APPLY IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS FOR SAFE STREETS GRANTS, WE WILL BE DEMONSTRATING WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE TARGET OUR ENFORCEMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN TANDEM WITH THAT SAFETY CAMPAIGN. SO THESE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A MIDBLOCK CROSSING AND THE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING WILL HAVE VEGETATION. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE, WHAT'S THE SOCIAL BENEFIT OF NOT JUST PUTTING A CONCRETE MIDBLOCK CROSSING, BUT HAVING SOME SHADE, HAVING SOME VEGETATION, HAVING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE CAN HELP CREATE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT A QUARTER, A EIGHTH OF AN ACRE OF GREEN SPACES ADDED TO THOSE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT. SO AS WE DO SAFE STREETS FOR ALL ROAD USERS, AS A PART OF THE NATIONAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN, THE THE GOAL IS FOR US TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER, BUT DO IT, DOING IT IN A WAY THAT TAKES THE DATA THAT WE KNOW IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE ENGINEERING, THOSE, THE EDUCATION, THE EQUITY THAT IS GOING TO INFORM GREAT DESIGN AND GREAT SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED, THE TEAM THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER INCLUDED OUR NEW PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER, VANESSA GARZA, UH, JOE CONGER, OUR PR MANAGER, BRADY BURNS, WHO IS OUR DESIGN COORDINATOR, ALL THESE GREAT GRAPHICS. YOU SEE BRADY BURNS DID THAT, AND ALSO MARGARITA HERNANDEZ, WHO'S NOW WITH PARKS, BUT ALL OF THEM WORK VERY HARD TO PUT THIS APPLICATION TOGETHER. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR NEXT APPLICATION WITH, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND THE TRANS SYSTEMS TEAM. SO THANK YOU AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAMIKA. YES, MA'AM. UM, ACTUALLY I'LL START WITH THE COUNCIL COMMENT FIRST. UM, LET ME START WITH COUNCIL CASTILLO. COUNCIL CASTILLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? QUESTION? I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MUTED. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU TAMIKA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AGAIN, UM, FOR THE, THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT. WHEN DO YOU ALL ANTICIPATE THE FIRST PHASE OF MIDBLOCK MIDBLOCK CROSS CROSS BLOCKS AND, UH, ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, UH, INCLUDING THE, THE MEDIANS WITH VEGETATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE Y'ALL BE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, MITIGATING THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. UM, SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR, UM, THE FIRST PHASE IF YOU'LL, SO WE REALLY NEED TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS IN TWO YEARS. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY CATH CATHERINE HERNANDEZ KAT ON OUR TEAM IS EXPLORING WITH VANESSA GARZA, THE DESIGN BUILD POTENTIAL FOR THIS PROJECT. BECAUSE IDEALLY, IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY IMPLEMENT THESE QUICKLY, OUR GOAL IS [00:45:01] TO SHOW THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THEM UNDER AND UNDER TWO YEARS AND THEN CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR THESE AND SHOW THAT WE CAN DO IT QUICKLY AND WE CREATE THESE SAFE OPPORTUNITIES. SO TWO YEARS IS THE TIMELINE WE GAVE D O T AS TO WHEN WE WILL COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS. AND REALLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO DO IT IS DESIGN BUILD. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN, UH, I, I HEAR THE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL APPROACH, RIGHT? AND INCLUDING PIECE PART OF THE PROCESS. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE? IS IT, UH, WITH THE JAY WALKERS, UH, FOLKS NOT STOPPING AT THE CROSSWALKS? LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, UH, AND WHAT GUIDANCE Y'ALL PROVIDING? UH, THEM, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S THE PIECE THAT WE ARE GONNA WORK WITH SS A P D TO DETERMINE BASED ON THE DATA. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SS A P D DASHBOARD, YOU SEE A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AND SOME COULD BE MINOR FENDER BENDERS. SO UNDERSTANDING ON ZAZA MORTA, WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TRAFFIC CRASHES OR INCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING RELATED TO TRAFFIC IN ORDER FOR US TO DEVELOP AND TAILOR AN ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT. IF IT'S SPEEDING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON TARGETED ENFORCEMENT DURING THE PEAK PERIODS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DATA'S GONNA TELL US, BUT WE'RE GONNA LET THE DATA GUIDE THE TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT THAT WE DO. AND WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE HISTORY AND THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND PROFILING. SO IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT, BUT WHAT WE KNOW FROM DATA IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A SAFETY AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR SAFETY ON ROADWAYS IN TANDEM WITH ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN SEE A DECREASE IN PEDESTRIAN CRASHES AND FATALITIES. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IDENTIFYING WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SWEET SPOT FOR US WITH ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION AND SAFETY INFORMATION. AND, AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, BUT PRIMARILY BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT OUR CONSTITUENT CALL DATA, UM, THE REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC PATROLS AREN'T IN THE DISTRICT FIVE PORTION AT LEAST AREN'T, UH, NEAR EL SAMOA. SO WHEN I LOOK AT MY OFFICE'S DATA AND THE CALLS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, UH, THAT'S NOT WHERE TRAFFIC PATROL'S BEING REQUESTED. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT MY OFFICE IS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS THE PLANS DEVELOPED ON WHAT THE ROLE OF PD IS TO BE. UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT UH, WE CAN HAVE COMMUNICATION ONGOING MEETINGS ABOUT TAMIKA? YES, MA'AM. WE DEFINITELY WANNA WORK WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA REPLICATE THIS. SO WE MIGHT FIND THAT WHAT WE'RE WORKING, WHILE WE'RE WORKING WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS ON ACTUALLY GIVING INFORMATION INSTEAD OF CITATIONS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE. IT COULD BE THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE GIVING, YOU KNOW, ICE CREAM OUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE PULLED OVER. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT THE BEAUTY OF IT IS THAT WE WORK TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND SLOW CARS DOWN ON ZAZA MORTA. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND HAVE YOUR TEAM INFORMED WHAT WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT MARKETING EDUCATION AND SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU, TAM. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. COUNCILMAN MKI RODRIGUEZ ARE NO QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. THANK COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU. UH, ON SLIDE FOUR, YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD, UH, PICTURE OF MIDLOCK CROSSING ELEMENTS. WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, $4,250,000, 4.4, 4.4. SO 4.2 WILL BE USED FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO. UM, ON THIS EXAMPLE, WHAT IS THE COST FOR BUILDING THIS AND PUTTING IT IN PLACE? SO BASICALLY THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THESE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $350,000. AND SO THAT COST IS DERIVED BASED ON THE DATA. SO THE FIRST STEP FOR US IS TO COLLECT THE PEDESTRIAN DATA. SO IN THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE SAW THERE WERE A HIGH NUMBER OF CRASHES ON ZAZA MOTA, WE HAD CONSULTANTS GO OUT AND DO TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS. SO WE NEED TO CAPTURE THE DATA BECAUSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE LOCATIONS IN THE PAST, BUT IT COULD JUST BE ONE CRASH, IT COULD BE AN AN, AN ANOMALY AND NOT REALLY REPRESENT A PATTERN OF CRASH ISSUES. SO WE COLLECT THE DATA, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HISTORICALLY HAVEN'T DONE. WE GO OUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE CROSSING AT THESE LOCATIONS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IS THE BEST LOCATION FOR CITING THESE. SO $350,000 IS APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE COST IS TO DO THE DATA COLLECTION, DO THE DESIGN, AND ALSO CONSTRUCT THESE. NOW IN SOME LOCATIONS, IF WE FIND THAT THERE ARE STORMWATER ISSUES, SOME OF THE COSTS MIGHT GO UP OF COURSE. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE FIND OUT THROUGH THAT DESIGN AND, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PROCESS. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU TAMIKA. UM, SO, UH, FIRST I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE TEAM, RIGHT? THANK YOU. IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT [00:50:01] THE CITY IS TAKING CONSISTENT STEPS TO MEET ITS VISION GOAL, UH, VISION ZERO GOALS. UM, IT'S A, WE HAVE A BIG CITY WITH AS MUCH AS IT FEELS LIKE A SMALL CITY, WE'RE A BIG CITY WITH BIG NEEDS AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. OURS, AURAURA STREET, UM, SPECIFICALLY HAS NEEDED THESE UPGRADES FOR GENERATIONS. UM, I AM INTERESTED, UH, WHEN COUNCILMAN COURAGE BROUGHT, I THINK IT'S SLIDE FOUR I, UM, ENLARGED THE MIDBLOCK CROSSING ELEMENTS. UH, IS, WOULD ANY OF THESE INCLUDE, UH, A HAWK? UM, SO PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN THE ABILITY TO STOP THE TRAFFIC. AND SO THAT'S THE KEY IS THAT WE'RE IMPROVING THE SAFETY BY ACTUALLY GIVING SOME CONTROLS WITH TEETH. OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, SOME OF THOSE COSTS MIGHT GO UP BECAUSE THAT'S THE COST OF THE HYBRID BEACON, WHICH IS GONNA DRIVE THE COST UP HIGHER AS WELL. SO HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THESE, WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT, IT JUST VARIES, BUT WE ARE DOING A HIGHER LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT ALSO CREATES A HIGHER LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS. AND SO AS A PART OF OUR PROCESS WHEN WE DO THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ANALYSIS, WE ALSO DO AN ILLUMINATION AUDIT TO DETERMINE, OKAY, ARE THE CRASHES THE CAUSE OF NOT HAVING LIGHTING? AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING WHEN WE GO AND DO THE DATA COLLECTION AS WELL. AND SO, UH, THANKS OF COURSE FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR, UM, TAKING THIS, THESE STEPS TO MAKE OUR ROADS AND STREETS AND REALLY OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, I CONGRATULATE YOU THE TEAM. ROD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. UH, IS THERE A SECOND STEP TO THIS? DO WE NEED MORE FUNDING AFTER THIS? I'M SO HAPPY YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. OKAY, GREAT. MADAM CHAIR, WE ALWAYS NEED MORE MONEY. SO HOW WE FUNDED OUR LOCAL MATCH FOR THIS WAS WE USED OUR VISION ZERO F Y 23 BASE BUDGET. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE GET A MILLION DOLLARS FOR VISION ZERO AND WE GET A MILLION DOLLARS FOR BIKE I N P ANNUALLY. SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSION AS WE PLAN FOR THE BUDGET IN REQUESTING MORE FUNDING FOR LOCAL MATCHES, FOR GRANTS LIKE THESE, BUT ALSO INCREASING OUR VISION ZERO BUDGET. YOU ALL SEE THIS IS JUST ONE CORRIDOR AND IT WOULD COST US 4.5 TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO. SO WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY ALL 10 OF OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK CORRIDORS, WE DO NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO. I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS PROCESS IS TO DO THE SOLICITATION, BUT GOING FORWARD FOR THOSE OTHER CORRIDORS, VISION ZERO FOR ZZA, IT HAD THE MOST MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS PROPOSE. SO SOME OF THE CORRIDORS, THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS THAT WE PROPOSE, BUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WHEN WE FACTOR IN INFLATION AND WE FACTOR IN SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONTINGENCIES THAT COME WITH THIS, WE JUST NEED TO FUND VISION ZERO MORE. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFETY AS A PART OF OUR PROGRAMS, ALLOCATING, YOU KNOW, 1% OF OUR, OF OUR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS TO SAFETY, THAT GIVES ROSIE'S TEAM THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY EVALUATE THE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH CRASH DATA AND THEN IN INTEGRATE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH VISION ZERO INTO HIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT WE DEFINITELY JUST NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING AND WITHOUT THE FEDERAL, UH, DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. THANK YOU. UM, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD FOR ME ANYWAYS, WE NEED TO FUND VISION ZERO MORE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. UH, I AM CURIOUS THOUGH, UH, THERE'S UM, A STRETCH ALONG COMMERCE, UH, RIGHT AROUND CALLAHAN THAT HAS THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES. UM, IS THERE A, A, A FUTURE, UM, OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO FUND OTHER AREAS TO DO EXACTLY THESE, THESE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS? YES. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING, KAT AND I AND THE TEAM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF VISION ZERO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF THOSE 10 CORRIDORS. AND WHAT WE WILL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL THIS FALL WITH IN THIS SPRING IS LOOKING AT ALLOCATING APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CALL SAFETY ASSESSMENTS. SO WHEN YOUR OFFICES CALL AND IDENTIFY A LOCATION THAT MAY NEED ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS MM-HMM. , WHETHER IT'S SIGNAGE, WHETHER IT'S SIGNALS, WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DOES IS WE GO OUT AND DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOCATION TO IDENTIFY WHAT COULD WE DO A CONCEPTUAL PLAN. SO OAK HILL AND INGRAM IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DO. THAT'S ABOUT $75,000 TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AND IDENTIFY WHAT COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE THAT AREA. SO WE WILL BE COMING TO THE BODY TO ASK FOR THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND COME UP WITH CONCEPTS THAT WE CAN THEN PUT OUT FOR SOLICITATION FOR DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION USING OUR ON-CALL. OR IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT ROSIE'S TEAM COULD ADD TO THEIR PROGRAMMING ANNUALLY IN TERMS OF IMPROVING THOSE AREAS. OKAY. WONDERFUL. [00:55:01] THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAMIKA. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. UM, LEMME DOUBLE CHECK. , THAT'S ALL OUR AGENDA. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. YOU GET YOU OUT A LITTLE EARLY TODAY. THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND, AND, UM, VERY, UM, POIGNANT COMMENTS AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION MEETING. THANK YOU. MEETING ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.