* 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. OKAY. [00:00:01] NOT TOO BAD. NOT TOO BAD. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. UH, WE HAVE SOME DETAILED PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AHEAD OF US, SO LET'S GET STARTED. MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYBODY FROM, FOR BEING LATE. I'M NEVER LATE, BUT TODAY'S THAT DAY, SO I APOLOGIZE. UM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL RULE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT CHAIR. CAO VARDA. HERE, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, MA'AM. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT? NONE TODAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WE'LL MOVE [Approval of Minutes  ] ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 21ST MEETING. ARE THERE ANY EDITS, CHANGES, ADDITIONS TO THE MEETING MINUTES, AND THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE OPPOSED, UM, MOTION PASSES. UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO [Briefing and Possible Action on  ] IS A BRIEFING ON THE VIA ADVANCED RABBIT. RABBIT. OKAY, I'M GONNA CATCH MY BREATH A SECOND. I'M SORRY. I WAS RUNNING IN SO MUCH. ITEM TWO IS A BRIEFING ON THE VIA ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. UM, SO I'LL GIVE, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KAMI HORN. I AM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR VIA, AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE RATHER QUICKLY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST SHOW YOU A BIT MORE DETAILS, UH, TO COME BACK, UH, WITH SOME RESPONSES FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ON THE PROJECT SUMMARY. AND I AM GOING TO INVITE, UH, TOM HYLES, WHO'S A MEMBER OF OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, TO GIVE US A, A, A BRIEFING UPDATE, UH, ON SOME OF THE TRAFFIC. SO FIRST WE'LL JUMP INTO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THAT PROCESS IS, IS GOING VERY, VERY WELL. AND WE, UH, AGAIN, ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AS A FIRST AGREEMENT, AN UMBRELLA AGREEMENT TO, UH, SHOW THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL CONTINUE ONWARD THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT. SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE NORTH SOUTH. WE PUT THIS TABLE TOGETHER TO REALLY CLEARLY SHOW THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF VIA, UH, AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY. THESE ARE VERY MUCH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE I L A AND IT SHOWS THAT IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PAYING FOR, UM, THE, THE PERMITTING, THE UTILITIES, THE ACQUISITION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM ON THE VIA SIDE, THAT SUPPORTED THE VISION ZERO. AND THEN WITH THE CITY, THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT LIAISON, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN THE CONTINUITY OF THE MAINTENANCE ON ALL THE NON-PROJECT, THE NON-TRANS PROJECT ELEMENTS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT REALLY IS AS, AS WE WORK WITH THE CITY TODAY, UM, AGAIN, THAT, THAT SATISFACTORY, SATISFACTORY CONTINUING CONTROL. THAT JUST MEANS THAT, THAT F T A WANTS TO SEE THAT THE PROJECT HAS AT LEAST A LIFE OF 50 YEARS, AND THE TRANSIT FUNCTIONS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ARE MAINTAINED FOR TRANSIT PURPOSES, THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. WE BRING THAT UP. THAT WAS SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WORKED THROUGH IN THE I L A. AND THEN THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, THAT'S PART OF OUR P PRIMO PROJECT AND WILL BE VERY CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT FUTURE AGREEMENTS AS WE GET, UH, PAST THE 30% DESIGN, WHICH WE HAVE TODAY. LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE DETAILS REGARDING ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, OUR UTILITY AGREEMENTS, FUTURE FUNDING. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THAT FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE F T A, AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE AGREEMENTS SIGNED TO GET THAT FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT. SO THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE A FINAL, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH. UH, WE REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE WILL, WE'LL GET THERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF. WE WILL FIRST PRESENT THAT TO OUR BOARD OF, OF TRUSTEES AND THEN FOLLOW UP COMING BACK TO THE CITY. SO NOW I'M GOING TO JUST GET INTO JUST A FEW, UH, HIGH LEVEL DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, SOME OF THEM WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE. AND THEN TOM WILL COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL TO COVER SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ELEMENTS THAT, THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PAST MEETINGS. SO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT IMPROVE THE TRAVEL TIME. SO, UH, REPLACING THIS, THIS RAPID [00:05:01] TRANSIT WITH A VEHICLE THAT WILL NOT HAVE TO COMPETE, UM, WITH THE, THE GENERAL TRAFFIC IN MOST OF THE CORRIDOR. SO IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY, YOU'LL KNOW WHEN THE BUS IS GONNA GET THERE, AND WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. UM, ALSO THE, UH, PROVISION OF MORE ACCESSIBLE AND LIKE I SAID, MORE FREQUENT AND RELIABLE TRANSIT, UH, SERVICE AND THEN INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY, UH, BENEFITS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE SHOWN THE ENTIRE, UH, PLANNED, INITIAL PART OF OUR SYSTEM AND THE SYSTEM THAT, UH, IS IN THE, UH, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION'S NEW STARTS REPORT. THAT WAS, UH, PUBLISHED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. SO WE, WE HAVE BOTH THE NORTH SOUTH AND THE EAST WEST PROJECTS, UM, IN THERE. UM, SO, SO THIS, AND THIS SHOWS THE SYSTEM MAP. THE DASH LINES JUST REPRESENT WHERE, UH, WHERE EACH LINE WILL ULTIMATELY PROVIDE SERVICE TO. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE CONSTRUCTION LIMITS OF THE NORTH SOUTH, THE 26 NEW STATIONS, UM, OUR VEHICLES, IT SHOULD BE 10 MINUTE SERVICE ON WEEKDAYS AND 15 MINUTES ON THE WEEKENDS, THE COSTS. AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE COMPONENTS CENTER RUNNING THE BUSINESS ACCESS AND TRANSIT LANES, AND THEN THE MIXED TRAFFIC COMPONENTS AS WELL, OUR SCHEDULE. SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME FINAL, UH, COMPONENTS OF THE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT AND OUR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION. SO REALLY, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE ON THE PROJECT, UH, WILL MOVE INTO THE, UH, THETA'S DECISION ON ALLOWING THE PROJECT TO ENTER THE NEXT MILESTONE, WHICH IS CALLED, UH, THE, WHICH IS CALLED, UH, FINAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. SO, AND AT THAT POINT IN OUR ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING, THAT SETS, THAT SETS THE FEDERAL SHARE FOR THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING SO HARD ON ALL THE DETAILS. WE'RE WORKING ALSO, UM, A LITTLE BIT IN ADVANCE OF THE 30% TO DE DESIGN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF ANYTHING THAT COULD, UM, INCREASE COSTS SUCH AS UTILITIES. SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE AT 30% DESIGN, THERE WAS A FORWARD LOOK AHEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYTHING WAS SOLID AS WE REQUEST FOR THIS, UH, ENTRY INTO ENGINEERING. AND THEN AGAIN, THE, UH, REVENUE, UM, OPERATION IN 2027, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN 2025. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS I MENTIONED, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE. OUR 30% DESIGN WAS JUST COMPLETED. WE WERE INCLUDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET. AND, UH, JUST LAST WEEK, THE, OR THE WEEK BEFORE, MY WEEKS ARE, UH, GETTING MIXED UP HERE. BUT WE JUST MET WITH THE F T A AND THEIR OVERSIGHT CONSULTANT AND SPENT A DAY WITH THEM LOOKING AT THE PROJECT, REVIEWING THE PLANS, AND GOING THROUGH THE RISKS. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING. UM, WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK, AND IT'S GREAT TEAMWORK. UM, SOME OF THE BEST TEAMWORK I'VE EVER SEEN ON TEAMS, UM, IN THE, IN THE NATION. REALLY. IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY EXCITING. THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HAPPY AND REALLY HELPING US, UH, GET THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED US SCHEDULED DELAYS. SO IT'S BEEN EXCELLENT. UM, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER WE GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, WHICH WE'RE THINKING IS GONNA BE IN THE NEXT FEW, FEW WEEKS, UH, WE'LL DO A RISK WORKSHOP. AND SO THAT'S PLANNED RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HAD A CALL, UM, YESTERDAY, AND THAT'S PLANNED FOR PROBABLY IN MAY, IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING. OUR PROJECT COSTS. SO THIS DIAGRAM, UH, LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BUSY, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT'S SHOWING, UM, IS THE COSTS THAT WE'VE COME BEFORE. UM, WITH THE 386.4 MILLION WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, THERE WERE, THERE WERE OTHER COSTS THAT WE ACTUALLY COULD PUT INTO THE, WHAT THEY CALL A CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT BUCKET. SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE COSTS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE, UM, AS PART OF THAT MATCH. AND THEY, SO ULTIMATELY WHEN WE GO AND ASK, WHICH WE HAVE FOR A CER, A 60% FEDERAL SHARE MORE WILL BE COVERED, UM, FROM THE LOCAL SHARE. SO THAT, THAT WILL BE VERY GOOD. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE THE 403, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE ADDED MORE TO WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MATCH AND, AND GET CREDIT FOR. NOT THAT THE PROJECT COSTS HAVE GONE UP. AND I THINK NOW I'M GOING TO ASK THAT TOM HILES COME UP AND TALK A BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, UH, THE TRAFFIC COMPONENTS, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. KA UM, GONNA TALK THROUGH SOME TRAFFIC AND, AND SAFETY ANALYSIS THAT [00:10:01] WE'VE PERFORMED AND REALLY KIND OF PRESENT SOME, SOME FINDINGS THAT WE'VE HAD. UM, REALLY LOOKING THROUGH. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS FROM THE REGIONAL MODEL, UH, USING SYNCHRO TO DO THE INTERSECTION LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, VISIN MODELING, UM, AND ACTUALLY COLLECTING ADDITIONAL DATA ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO, IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE THE MEDIANS, UH, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY AND, AND THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UH, TO REALLY REVIEW THE, THE DOCUMENTS. UH, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING TO REALLY MINIMIZE OUR IMPACT, UH, FROM THE TRANSIT PERSPECTIVE, UH, TO REALLY HAVE A PROJECT THAT WORKS FOR ALL MODES. UM, AND THEN ON THE, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE ACTUALLY, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU SEE IN THE BASE HERE, THERE'S 60 INTERSECTIONS. THERE'S A NEW SIGNAL THAT'S PLANNED, SO WE BROUGHT THAT IN. SO THAT'S HOW WE GET TO 61. UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO FAILING INTERSECTIONS, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE P M PEAK, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE AND, AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE, UH, INTERSECTIONS. UH, SO THAT HILDEBRAND AND FOUR 10 REALLY HELP US, UH, MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ALLOW THE OTHER BUSES AND ALSO VEHICLES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. UH, AND THEN THE E INTERSECTIONS, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A COUPLE MORE OF THOSE, UH, OBLATES, ONE AT ONE LOCATION, UH, THAT WE THINK WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT, UH, INTO A BETTER INTERSECTION AS WELL. SO REALLY TRYING TO HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH ON THE, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. UH, AND THERE'S A TRAFFIC REPORT, UH, THAT BACKS, UH, THIS INFORMATION UP. UM, WELL, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT IS ABOUT HOW NEIGHBORHOOD CUT THROUGH AND THEN ALSO BYPASS TRAFFIC. UH, SO THERE'S SOME REPURPOSING OF LANES ON THE CORRIDOR. UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE REGIONAL MODEL, UH, WHAT WE SEE IS ABOUT 1200 CARS, UH, PER DAY IN THE RUSH HOUR, UH, TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT WILL KIND OF USE THAT CORRIDOR AND DIVERT TO OTHER MAJOR CORRIDORS ALONG THE, THE ROUTE 2 81 AND I 10. SO ABOUT 50% WILL GO TO IN THE PEAK HOUR TRIPS TO GO TO THOSE ROUTES. AND THEN BLANCO AND MCCULLOUGH, UH, HAVE CAPACITY IN THOSE, UH, ROADS, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC WILL GO THROUGH. UM, WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS THAT ARE BEING ADDED ALONG THE CENTER RUNNING SECTIONS, AND THAT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, BUT ALSO, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE SOME OF THOSE MID-BLOCK LEFT TURNS, UH, INTO WHERE THERE'S SIGNALIZING INTERSECTIONS. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT TO BE ABOUT 50 CARS, UH, IN THE PEAK HOUR AS, AS A MAX MOVING FROM ONE INTERSECTION TO ANOTHER. AND IT'S REALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE GRID NETWORK, UH, AND ALONG THE NORTHERN PART OF SAN PEDRO REALLY DOES SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SO WE JUST WANTED TO BRING AND HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU ALL. UM, AND, AND ONE PART OF, I I WORK ON PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, AND ONE THING THAT THESE PROJECTS REALLY CAN HELP DO IS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE ENTIRE PROJECT, NOT JUST FOR TRANSIT, BUT FOR OTHER MODES AND OTHER USERS. UH, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IS REALLY BRINGING SAFETY FEATURES THAT HELP THE TRANSIT PROJECT AND, AND TRANSIT USERS THAT WALK TO STATIONS, BUT ALL USERS AND MEDIANS IS ONE PIECE. UH, AND SO LOOKING AT THE VISION ZERO PLAN OF THE CITY, WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP MAKE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. SO MEDIANS WOULD HELP US REDUCE CRASHES UP TO 50%, UH, ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THAT'S BASED ON, UH, TEXAS MOTOR VEHICLE STATISTICS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR ANALYSIS. AND SO THIS CORRIDOR IN PARTS IS EITHER TWO AND A HALF OR ALMOST SIX TIMES GREATER CRASH RATE THAN OTHERS, SIMILAR ROADS. UH, AND SO THIS WILL HELP OVERALL WITH, WITH SAFETY OF THE TRANSIT VEHICLE, BUT ALSO ALL USERS. UM, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS, IS A CRITICAL ISSUE ALONG SAN PEDRO, 50% OF ALL REGIONAL FATALITIES ARE ALONG THE CORRIDOR. UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT WHEN WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE DESIGN PLANS AND THE CRITERIA AND REALLY MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, WHICH INCLUDES ADDING STATION AND SIDEWALK ACCESS, UH, IMPROVING CROSSING CONDITIONS. SO, UM, MID-BLOCK REFUGE OR HAWK SIGNALS IN A COUPLE LOCATIONS, UH, MANAGING THOSE TURNS ALONG CORRIDOR, THE THE MEDIANS. UH, AND THEN ALSO IN SOME OF THE OTHER, WHEN WE ARE IN THE FINAL DESIGN PART OF THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE MEDIANS WORK AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE REFUGE FOR USERS. 'CAUSE RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CORRIDOR, THERE'S PEOPLE STANDING IN THE, IN THAT SEVEN LANE SECTION. HOW DO WE MAKE THAT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM AS WELL? UH, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS PROJECT REALLY DOES COMPLIMENT THEN THE VISION ZERO PLAN, UH, FOR THE CITY. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT THE PROJECT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON TRACK. UM, OF COURSE, A LOT OF US IN THE ROOM, UH, WE, WE WANNA SKIP ON TO THE NEXT, UH, PROJECT. I KNOW, BUT IT, THIS IS REALLY, UM, [00:15:01] UH, I'M SURE VERY INFORMATIVE FOR YOU GUYS. I'M, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO KNOW THAT THE FT A AND THEIR OVERSIGHT, UM, COMMITTEE, I GUESS IT IS, OR THEIR OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT IS WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH YOU, OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY PROBLEMS THAT, THAT ARE FORESEEABLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF AT THAT LEVEL EARLY ON, AS OPPOSED TO DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT COULD COST US ALL, UM, MONEY AND ALL AND RESOURCES AND EVERYTHING. UM, BUT, BUT THANK YOU, UH, OF COURSE TO VIA AND MEMBERS OF OUR TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS. UH, THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE WAS, I GUESS IT WAS, UM, SLIDE 14 OR SO WITH THE MID, THE MID, OH NO, THIS IS MEDIANS. UM, ARE THERE MIDBLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THAT YOU'RE, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SOME MIDBLOCK, UH, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR, NORTH OF ALMOST CREEK, UH, TO FOUR 10 TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. SO YOU HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY. OKAY. SO IS THAT FOR NOW, OR WE'LL EXPAND THE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS MORE SOUTH AS, AS WE GO DOWN TO BROOKS? OR, OR IS THIS THE ONE THAT YOU KNOW, SO RIGHT NOW THE SIGNAL SPACING'S CLOSER, SO WE DIDN'T AN ANTICIPATE, UH, ADDITIONAL MEDIAN CROSSINGS. UH, OKAY. THERE. I'M CURIOUS, AND MAYBE THIS IS A, A QUESTION FOR THE CITY, BUT ARE THEY GONNA BE SIMILAR TO THE ONES DESIGNED FOR, FOR Z ZAMORA? DO YOU KNOW, WE, WE'D LOOK TO USE YOUR STANDARDS WHEN WE BUILD THOSE OH, WONDERFUL CROSSINGS. UM, AND, AND ALSO ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU FOR INCORPORATING, UM, THE, THE CITY'S VISION ZERO PLAN. OF COURSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, UM, TO ALL OF US, TO ALL OF OUR CITY. UM, BUT THEY WOULD BE THE SAME, YOU THINK, SIMILAR TO THE WINDS AND SOURCE. YES. OKAY. MY BIG QUESTION ABOUT THIS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT NOT EXACTLY RELATED TO THE I L A, BUT, UM, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, UM, THE A R T IN RELATION TO HOUSING AND UM, AND WE TALKED, I REMEMBER THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE LAST YEAR WITH F T A, UM, WHERE WE WERE IN THE ROOM WITH THEM ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS, THE R T TO BE FOCUSED ON AREAS THAT ARE, UH, NEAR HOUSING SO THAT IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE RIGHT. TO TO, TO FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA AND ALSO WORK IN THAT AREA. SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT MORE OF A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE R R T WILL SUPPORT EQUITABLE HOUSING? UM, LIKE WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD, WOULD BENEFIT AND, AND REALLY HOW, AND, AND ALSO WHILE WE'RE ON IT, WORKFORCE ACCESSIBILITY? SURE. WELL, I, I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT, UM, I, LEMME MAKE A NOTE ABOUT YOUR LAST POINT. SO I DON'T, UM, SO LEMME JUST START WITH THAT. THE NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR, I'M JUST GOING TO A MAP HERE, WAS SELECTED AS THE FIRST QUARTER TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RIDERSHIP AND THE DEMAND IN THAT CORRIDOR THAT IS CURRENTLY MAINLY ON OUR, UH, ROUTES THREE AND ROUTES AND ROUTE FOUR. AND SO THAT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANTED TO, TO PICK THE CORRIDOR THAT WAS, WAS, WAS, WOULD, WOULD HAVE THE MOST BENEFITS FROM HAVING THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE INVESTMENT WE, WE LOOK AND THE PROJECTED FUTURE RIDERSHIP IN TERMS OF LIKE WHERE WE, WHERE WE PUT AND, AND, AND F T A REQUIRES US TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW OUR WORK SO WE CAN REALLY ONLY LOOK AT, AT WHAT IS THERE TODAY AND WHAT WHAT WE PROJECT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, ABILITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO, TO, TO ACCESS THAT SERVICE, TO GET TO OTHER SERVICES, TO, TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. IT'S NOT, NOT JUST THE NORTH SOUTH, OF COURSE, AND THEN WHEN THE EAST WEST IS THERE. UM, BUT REALLY PROVIDES THAT, UM, THAT FAST CONNECTIVITY, UM, THROUGH REALLY THE CENTRAL PART OF OUR NETWORK. THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO NOW. WE, WE ARE WORKING, UM, WITH THE CITY, UH, ON SOME POTENTIAL UPDATES TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE IN THE WORKS AND, AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED, UH, YET ON THOSE. UM, I I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORK TO COME AND WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER, OVER THE LAND USE, BUT WE DO HAVE THE REQUIREMENT TO PUT OUR INVESTMENTS WHERE IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S EQUITY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SERVING, YOU KNOW, ONE POPULATION OVER ANOTHER AND WHERE THERE'S RIDERSHIP AND WHERE THERE'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S CONNECTIVITY TO JOBS. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE, WE ARE, WE ARE DOING. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT THAT IS AN ELEMENT THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, SPUR, YOU KNOW, AS IT SAYS HERE, YOU KNOW, EQUITABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE, MORE WORKFORCE, UM, INVESTMENT. THE, THE ENTIRE, WELL THAT [00:20:01] CORRIDOR AND THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR IS, I BELIEVE ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT, IF NOT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT IN CENSUS TRACKS, WHICH ARE AREAS OF PERSISTENT POVERTY. AND SO, UM, WE DO HOPE THAT THIS VERY, VERY GOOD SERVICE WILL HELP ALL OF THOSE AREAS. DID I MISS SOMETHING? YOU CAN SAY IT. AND, AND, AND TO ADD TO THAT, THE F T A RATING PACKAGE REALLY DOES PLY PLAY INTO THAT. AND WE'RE MEETING A MEDIUM IN THAT RATING OF TRYING TO BALANCE THE BOTH JOBS AND, UH, THE, THE HOUSING. OKAY. UM, I GUESS JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, UH, MAYBE SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. WE, WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT, BUT I DO, I DO THINK YOU MADE THE POINT THAT WE NEED, YOU MADE THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO PROJECT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE CONCRETE EXAMPLES. UM, BUT WHILE WE'RE ON IT, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE HOUSING THAT DOES EXIST AROUND, I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NINE. I THINK IT'S GOT THE, THE CRIME, SOME OF THE, THE STOPS, YOU KNOW. OH, YES. UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE AS A CITY ARE, ARE SUPPORTING THE A R T BY MAKING SURE THAT THE HOUSING THAT'S AROUND IT, UM, I MEAN, BASIC STUFF, RIGHT? WHERE OUR, THE SIDEWALKS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, THEY CAN GET TO THE A R T, UM, BI, UH, BIKE LANES. UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU'LL NEED, UM, TO GET, I MEAN, 'CAUSE ASSUME PRESUMABLY YOU WOULDN'T BE USING A VEHICLE TO GET THERE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE WALKING, YOU'RE RIDING A BIKE, AND WE ARE HAVING, WE HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT, UH, A ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. UM, OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THAT'S, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS, CARRIE. UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, HIR RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I KNOW THIS PROJECT HAS A LOT OF LAYERS. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF COLLABORATION, IT HAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, AND THE REPUTATION OF PUBLIC ENTITIES IS THAT OF BEING VERY SLOW MOVING. UM, SO I IMAGINE THIS PROJECT HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF FRUSTRATIONS, UH, AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THOSE FRUSTRATIONS WHILE I'M SAYING THE REST OF WHAT I GOTTA SAY. UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS PROJECT AND FOR THE TIMELY UPDATE. THE MORE I HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE MORE REAL IT BECOMES AND THE MORE EXCITING, OF COURSE, YOU WILL NEVER PRESENT ON, UH, ON THIS TOPIC WITHOUT ME BRINGING UP EAST WEST, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE WILL DO THE SAME. MY MO IS THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE, AND I THINK THAT THE REALITY OF EAST WEST IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF NORTH SOUTH. UM, SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT GET INTO THE ROOT OF AND MAYBE INDICATE SUCCESS OR FAILURE. UM, AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALL HAVE THOSE PROJECTS WHERE WE SAY, WOW, THAT WAS A HEADACHE. SUCH A GREAT PROJECT, BUT I NEVER WANNA DO THAT AGAIN. AND WE DON'T WANNA SEE THAT HAPPEN WITH EAST WEST. UM, SO WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE PRESENTED THEMSELVES, UH, THUS FAR? AND DO YOU FORESEE THOSE SAME CHALLENGES FOR EAST WEST? AND YOU CAN EVEN MAYBE ARE THEY CHALLENGES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE DUE TO INTERDEPENDENCE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES? ARE THEY FINANCIAL IN NATURE, BUREAUCRACY ISSUES WITH FOLK ALONG THE ROUTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SURE. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. AND, AND, AND I, I CAN ADDRESS THIS AND I'M SURE TOM, I'M GIVING YOU TIME, TOM, TO THINK OF YOUR OTHER EXAMPLES. AND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE COMING TO VI I ALSO WORKED IN THE, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND I WANNA, YOU KNOW, I I, I BRING SOME OF THOSE THOUGHTS TO THESE, THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CHALLENGES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AVOID SOME OF THOSE, THOSE, THOSE CHALLENGES. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WHAT WE PRESENT, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING THAT INFORMATION IS ABSOLUTELY REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE. SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON WITH THE CORRIDOR, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON IN TERMS OF, OF THE STATION ARCHITECTURE, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON WITH VEHICLES, BECAUSE WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T WANNA HAVE HAPPEN AND WHAT HA HA CAN HAPPEN AND HAS HAPPENED ON OTHER PROJECTS IS YOU GO FAR DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SHOWN SOMETHING THAT ISN'T REALLY REALISTIC, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PROJECT COSTS ARE. AND THEN WHEN YOU ALREADY, YOU HAVE YOUR FEDERAL SHARE SET, AND THEN THERE'S LIKE NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL SIDE OF THAT, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAN BREAK DOWN. I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU THOUGH, I, I HAVE WORKED ON PROJECTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE STARTED IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH SANTO, WITH THE CITY AND WITH VIA, THIS IS THE FIRST TYPE OF THIS PROJECT THAT WE'VE EVER EMBARKED ON WITH, WITH, UM, THIS TYPE OF FEDERAL MONEY, THE, THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT FUNDS. AND I HAVE SEEN FAR, FAR MORE DIFFICULT PROCESSES ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. AND THIS, TO ME HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY SOLID PROCESS. UM, AND SO IT GIVES ME GREAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST SOME CHALLENGES OR THE INTERDEPENDENCIES AND THE, THE COORDINATION. I HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF FAITH THAT THIS IS GONNA MOVE FORWARD [00:25:01] VERY, VERY WELL BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN OTHER PLACES A LOT LONGER TO GET THROUGH HAVE BEEN PRETTY, PRETTY GREAT WITH THIS. UM, AND, AND, AND EVERYBODY'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS FUNDING WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THIS ADMINISTRATION'S TIMEFRAME, ALL THOSE THINGS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL SAY THAT AND THEN I'LL, I'LL LET TOM COMMENT ON THIS. THANKS. UH, I, I'LL ECHO A SIMILAR, UM, EXPERIENCE SO FAR WITH THE, WITH THE CITY AND THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND VIA, UM, ON OTHER COMMUNITIES, YOU DO SEE A LOT OF PUSH AND PULL, BUT THE, THE REVIEWS BETWEEN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION, UM, WITH TAMIKA AND HER STAFF AND RAZZIE AND RICHARD BEING IN MEETINGS, WE HAD A REVIEW SESSION THAT HAD 50 PEOPLE ON THE PHONE CALL FOR THREE HOURS AND REALLY GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S KEEPING THOSE THINGS GOING. AND F T A REALLY DOES HAVE A LOT OF OVERSIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE THIS TWO YEAR WINDOW TO DEVELOP A, A PRETTY LARGE PROJECT. AND WHAT I, WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE. AND SO I THINK WE CAN STILL BUILD OFF OF THAT, UH, TO KEEP GOING. SO, AND I, I WAS REMINDED I DON'T WANT TO MISS, UH, TALKING ABOUT EAST WEST BECAUSE THE OTHER THING THAT WE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, UH, TO REALLY LOOK FORWARD AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE ANY EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, SLOWDOWNS IS THAT, THAT WE'RE REALLY EMBARKING AND, AND THANK YOU JOHN GARY FOR THAT. UM, AND JOHN, GARY AND HIS TEAM AND, AND THE CITY EMBARKING ON A VERY, VERY ROBUST, UM, EFFORT ON EAST WEST IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AND SO, UM, SO IN, IN ON THAT PROJECT, THERE ARE A LOT MORE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VERY, UM, COMMUNITY SORT OF, UH, DRIVEN THAT, UM, NOT THAT, NOT THAT NORTH SOUTH WASN'T, BUT THERE'S OTHER CHALLENGES THERE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TO GET A LOT MORE DETAIL FROM, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC AND, AND FROM THE COMMUNITIES. AND I'LL ALSO SAY THAT OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ARE NOT LETTING US FORGET ABOUT EAST WEST AT ALL. EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE A CALL WITH THEM, THEY, THEY, THEY TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. THEY, THEY WANT THE UPDATES, THEY WANNA SEE THIS PUSHED FORWARD AS A SYSTEM AS WELL. UM, AND THEY'VE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, TO REMIND US OF THAT. SO . GOOD. GOOD, GOOD. THANK YOU. SO LARGELY WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN SO MANY WORDS, THIS COULD BE A PROJECT THAT IS, UH, OVERWHELMING AND HAS A LOT OF, UH, CHALLENGES TO IT. BUT BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAD GREATER CHALLENGES, THIS ONE IS DOING REALLY WELL AS FAR AS TIMELINE GOES AND COLLABORATION, COORDINATION. UM, SO WORST CASE SCENARIO, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS POTENTIAL BARRIERS TO THE CREATION OF THE EAST WEST LINE? SO I THINK WITH, WITH THE EAST WEST, AND WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY HAPPY TO COME BACK AND GIVE A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THE, ON THE EAST WEST, BUT I, I THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT OF WAY CHALLENGES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY COMMUNITY SENSITIVE IS, IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE AROUND THERE. BECAUSE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS A BUDDING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, RETAIL AND, YOU KNOW, ON THE NORTH SOUTH, AND, AND SO I, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD THINK IS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. BUT ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DRIVING WITH A COMMUNITY EFFORT, UH, TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PROJECT ALTERNATIVES. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST, UH, QUESTION THANK YOU, CHAIR IS THE, UM, THERE WAS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE BREAKDOWN, AND I NOTICED THAT ALMOST EVERYTHING IS RATED A THROUGH D, UM, WHICH MAY BE SATISFACTORY, BUT IT'S A HUGE RANGE. CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBER FOR EACH SPECIFIC LEVEL OF SERVICE GRADE COME BACK? YEAH, WE COULD COME BACK WITH THAT. WE HAVE A FULL TRAFFIC REPORT THAT HAS SUMMARIZES THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S THE TEACHER AND ME . THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILWOMAN CAIO. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, UM, YOU ALL ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, WHICH WAS, UM, YOU ALL MENTIONED THAT ADDING INFRASTRUCTURE TREATMENTS IN HIGH INJURY AREAS AND ADDING SIDEWALKS FOR STATION ACCESS, IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN CROSSING CONDITIONS. AND, UM, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING THE CITY'S, UM, PARAMETERS WITH THE VISION ZERO. UM, SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE OR ANTICIPATE, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY DOING HERE AS A CITY? RIGHT. AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT ARE POTENTIAL MEDIANS WITH VEGETA, AND I GUESS WE ARE DOING IT ON BROADWAY, UM, WITH THE VEGETATION TO ABSORB, UH, RAINWATER RUNOFF, RIGHT? SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO, TO TACKLE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, PARTICULARLY GIVEN RIGHT, THAT THESE BUSES, UH, DO IMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN THERE'S PONDING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, THE ASPHALT SINKS. UH, AND I [00:30:01] THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT PONDING THAT, UH, I ANTICIPATE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS, UM, SO RELATED TO DRAINAGE IN THE MEDIAN TREATMENT? SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY MM-HMM. , UH, AND I THINK, UH, PART OF THE CONVERSATION, UH, IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS IS REALLY TO, WHAT IS THAT VEGETATION STATE? MM-HMM. . UH, SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME TYPICAL SECTIONS OF WHAT THE VEGETATION COULD BE RELATED TO THE PROJECT COSTS. AND SO WE REALLY ARE USING THE MEDIAN, SO THE MEDIANS ARE, ARE GOING TO BE PERVIOUS, RIGHT? THEY'LL, THEY'LL ABSORB WATER. OKAY. AND SO THE, WHAT WE'VE TALKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ABOUT IS WHAT ARE THOSE MATERIALS, WHAT VEGETATION FITS MM-HMM. AND WHO'S GONNA MAINTAIN. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE ONGOING PART, PART OF THE PROCESS. AND, AND F T A WILL HAVE, UM, OVERSIGHT OF WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE TO SEE TOO MUCH INVESTMENT. OH, I SEE. AND THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY TRANSIT, BUT WE ARE USING THAT AS A, AN OFFSET TO, UH, SOME OF THE WIDENING. SO THAT'S A PART OF IT. UM, AND THEN ON THE, THE PAVEMENT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO, UM, AT KEY INTERSECTIONS MM-HMM. CONCRETE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION FOR THE TRANSIT LANES. MM-HMM. , UM, NOT EVERYWHERE, BUT MOST LOCATIONS AT THE STATIONS, THEY'D HAVE BUS PADS MM-HMM. , UM, BUT THEN MILL AND OVERLAY MOST OF THE CORRIDOR. UH, SO THERE'S 47 LANE MILES MM-HMM. OF MILL AND OVERLAY. SO OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN ZONE WHERE IT'S, UH, PAVERS AND MOST OF THOSE OTHER AREAS TO THE NORTH SOUTH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND, AND I ASKED BECAUSE, UH, A PIECE OF THE NORTH SOUTH, UH, LIKE LONE STAR, A PIECE OF HIGHLAND AND, UH, UH, ARE WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF NATIONAL RECOGNITION WITHIN THE NEW YORK TIMES, UH, NOT ONLY WITH THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING, BUT ALSO WITH THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. RIGHT. AND, AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED, THEY CHRONICLED, UH, THE EXPERIENCE OF SOME BUS RIDERS, UH, SITTING IN THE SUN WAITING FOR, UH, THEIR BUS. RIGHT. SO I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PROVIDE OR, OR INCREASE THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF, OF THE RIDER. RIGHT. UM, SO MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON SLIDE NINE, IT MENTIONS THAT A KEY GOAL, UH, VIA, UH, IS TO, UH, INVEST IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUCH AS EQUITABLE HOUSING. UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, THAT, UM, VIA IS A PARTNER IN THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP DOES SIT ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION. UM, WHAT IS, UH, EQUITABLE HOUSING TO YOU ALL? UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO Y'ALL HAVE AN ESTIMATED AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME? IS IT JUST TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? UH, WHAT IS Y'ALL'S, UM, DEFINITION OF THAT OR EXPECTATION WITH EQUITABLE HOUSING? SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE ANY, UM, SPECIFIC NUMBERS HERE, BUT I CAN SAY GENERALLY THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITABLE HOUSING, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING, UM, AT THE POPULATIONS, UM, THAT WE'LL USE AND THAT WILL BENEFIT MOST WHEN WE ARE PLANNING, UM, WHEN WE ARE PLANNING THESE ADVANCED FORMS OF, OF TRANSIT. SO, UM, IN TERMS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE US MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS OUR SYSTEM THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T, AREN'T, UM, KIND OF LIKE, UH, CHOOSING ONE, UM, OVER ANOTHER, THAT WE TRY TO BALANCE IT, WHICH REALLY IS WHAT WE AIM TO ALSO DO, HAVING BOTH THE NORTH SOUTH AND THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE TOGETHER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS AND OTHERS TO, UM, TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AND AS MUCH SUPPORT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, IN THE CORRIDORS AND, AND BEYOND, UH, BEING PART OF, YOU KNOW, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. JUST BEING, BEING THAT PARTNER AND DOING AS MUCH AS WE ABSOLUTELY CAN, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF, UH, IF, IF JEFF COULD ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE A MEMO OF WHAT THAT DEFINITION MEANS TO VIA, RIGHT. BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M THINKING OF SCOBY, AND OFTENTIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT SYSTEMS LIKE THE BART SYSTEM, UH, IN CALIFORNIA, RIGHT, IT REAL ESTATE COMES INTO PLAY AND OFTENTIMES THAT'S NOT, UH, HOUSING OR EQUITABLE HOUSING THAT THE EXISTING RIDERSHIP CAN ACCESS OR AFFORD TO LIVE IN. UH, SO I WANNA BE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE, UM, IN THE SAME RHYTHM WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITABLE HOUSING, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, RIGHT? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, A SEPARATE AGREEMENT OR HOW DOES THAT PIECE COME INTO PLAY GIVEN THAT, UM, THERE IS A, A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT, THAT VIAS, UH, WORKING ON, UH, REGARDING MIXED USE. SO I, I THINK, CAN I GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT IF NOT NOW, UM, FROM THE TEAM. OKAY, THANK YOU. I SEE NODS IN THE BACK. YEAH, SURE. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND, AND, AND DEFINITELY HOW, UM, WE AS VIA ARE, ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT GOAL [00:35:01] OF EQUITABLE HOUSING. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP. RIGHT. GREAT. AND ONE LAST THING, RIGHT? I HAVE TO DO THE PLUG FOR THE EAST WEST, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT THE NORTH SOUTH, TO ME THAT'S JUST LIKE NORTH AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T GO PAST LIKE STEVE'S, SO IT'S NOT REALLY SOUTH, IN MY OPINION. UM, SO I, I WOULD HOPE TO NOT SEE LIKE ONE, LIKE IN THE FAR EAST SIDE AND THEN LIKE JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN OR THE FAR WEST SIDE AND THEN LIKE JUST THE EAST OF DOWNTOWN. SO JUST HAD TO, TO HIT ON THAT POINT. BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. THANK . THANK YOU. KAS ONE CASTILLO, I JUST WANNA ASK SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I, I GUESS I PRESUME THAT THE LINE, WHAT DID THE DOT, WHAT DID THE DOTTED LINES REPRESENT? THE DOTTED LINES REPRESENT, UM, SERVICE THAT WILL EXTEND FROM THESE CORRIDORS. SO WHAT IS SHOWN IS, IS SORT OF THE AREA OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT UM, THIS SHOWS LIKE WHERE THE SERVICE WILL EXTEND TO. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE TO BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT INTERFACE WITH OUR PRIMOS AND MANY, MANY OF THEIR OTHER ROUTES. SO, UM, THE DASH JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THAT WE WILL PROVIDE SERVICE EXTENSIONS. IS THERE ANY, UM, POTENTIAL THAT, UM, ONCE THE, THE A R T NORTH SOUTH AND EAST WEST ARE COMPLETED THAT WE CAN EXPAND A R T TO GO DOWN TO? I, I, I GUESS I ASSUMED IT WAS GONNA EVENTUALLY GO DOWN TO BROOKS, BUT IS THAT IN ANYWHERE IN A PLAN SOMEWHERE OR, SO I, I WOULDN'T RULE, I WOULDN'T RULE OUT ADDITIONAL. OKAY. UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONS TO WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE STARTER LINE OF VIAS, UH, SYSTEM. WE DO HAVE OTHER CORRIDORS THOUGH IN THE PLAN THAT WERE PART OF THE, THE LARGER, INITIALLY THE 2040 PLAN NOW TO BE THE 2050 PLAN. UM, SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO BALANCE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE AS EXTENSIONS, UH, VERSUS OTHER NEW CORRIDORS. AND, AND THAT WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS BASED REALLY ON, ON FUNDING AND, AND THE DESIRE AND THE, UH, CONTEXT IN WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE SUGGESTING THOSE, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO I, I THINK TO ANSWER COUNCILMAN OR TO CONS, I'M SORRY, I'M SUPER STILL OUT BREATH FROM RUNNING. UM, TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S POINT, I GUESS THE, THE YELLOW, WHICH IS THE EAST WEST IS IT'S, IT'S GONNA END THERE AT THOSE TWO CIRCLES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROPOSED EAST WEST RIGHT THERE? CORRECT. OH, OKAY. SO IT GOES FROM GENERAL MCMULLIN TO YEAH. AT T CENTER, PUBLIC CALL PLACE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING THERE. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO KELLY AND THEN, UM, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT TIME, RIGHT? UH, . YEAH. AND, AND FUNDING, BUT YES. YEAH, AND FUNDING OF COURSE. YEAH. OKAY. UH, SORRY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN ENCOURAGE. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, AND LOOKING AT THE SLIDE ON NINE, WHICH I THINK IS A, A PRETTY GOOD GRAPHIC, I SEE YOU'VE GOT, UH, CENTER RUNNING LINE AND OUT OF THE 11.7 MILES, HOW MUCH WILL BE CENTER RUNNING? SO WE HAVE 50%. DO YOU HAVE THE MILES? I I BELIEVE IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S 6.7 MILES IS THE CENTER RUNNING SECTION. OKAY. UH, TOTAL OF 80% IS IN EXCLUSIVE GUIDELINES. AND THEN I SEE YOU'VE GOT MIXED TRAFFIC, WHICH I PRESUME MEANS THERE'S NO DEDICATED LANE FOR THE BUS, IT JUST TRAVELS WITH REGULAR TRAFFIC. CORRECT. JUST, JUST LIKE THE SERVICE DOES TODAY AND ABOUT, YEAH. I WOULD JUST BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MUCH IS MIXED TRAFFIC TOO. UH, AND FINALLY, YOU'VE GOT BUSINESS ACCESS AND TRANSIT LANES, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN IS TO HAVE BUS LANES ON EACH SIDE AND MAJOR TRAFFIC, CAR TRAFFIC KIND OF GOING UP THE MIDDLE IN THOSE AREAS. YES. BUT HOW CAN YOU HAVE TRANSIT LANES AND BUSINESS ACCESS LANES? I WONDER ABOUT THE, THE BUILT-IN CONFLICT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS, UM, BETWEEN OMAS AND, AND ASHBY WHERE YOU HAVE ACTUALLY CARS THAT PULL IN SIDEWAYS TO PARK AT A BUSINESS ALONG THAT WAY. ARE WE GONNA BE ASKING THEM TO KIND OF GIVE UP SOME OF THAT PARKING TO PROVIDE THAT SO-CALLED BUSINESS, UH, TRANSIT LANE IF IT IS WITHIN THAT AREA? UM, YES. DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE, UM, AND SO WITH, WITH THE BAT LANES OR RIGHT SIDE, UH, RUNNING LANES, WE, YOU DO SEE RIGHT TURNING TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THOSE LANES? UM, NOT AS HIGH LEVEL AS, AS CENTER, BUT I THINK WHAT WE SEE IN THAT CORRIDOR IS THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC IN AND OUT. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE, THE MODELING THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING REALLY GOOD SER LEVEL OF SERVICE FROM THE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. UH, 'CAUSE IT'S ABOUT SPEED AND BOTH RELIABILITY. SO YOU WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE QUEUING OF VEHICLES IN THAT, UH, CURB LANE FOR THE BUSES. SO THAT'S WHAT GIVES US THAT. OKAY. UH, WHAT ABOUT THE, THE VEHICLES THAT WANT TO TURN LEFT OUT OF THAT AREA? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, [00:40:01] FROM OMA DOWN TO WOODLAWN, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE BUS LANES AND BUSINESS LANES AND THEN TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEBODY PULLING OUT WANTS TO TURN LEFT TO GO SOUTH OR WANTS TO TURN LEFT TO GO NORTH, HOW ARE WE GONNA ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC? ALRIGHT, YEAH, COOL. GO AHEAD. UM, SO WE, SO IN THE MODELING THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, IT DOES SHOW THAT IT OPERATES WELL. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S LEFT TURNERS, BUT THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEFT TURNERS. AND CURRENTLY THERE'S A NUMBER OF SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS THAT DO PROHIBIT THE PEAK HOUR LEFT TURNS. AND SO WE, WE DO MAINTAIN THAT, UH, PROHIBIT VISION ACROSS THE, UH, THE CORRIDOR IN THAT SOUTHERN SECTION. SO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY WAS COMING ALONG, UH, ELSMERE AND THEY WANTED TO GO NORTH ON SAN PEDRO, THERE MAY BE A RESTRICTION FOR THEM TURNING LEFT. SO THEY'D HAVE TO TURN RIGHT, GET DOWN AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO TURN AROUND AND GO. SO, SORRY, THE, THE LEFT TURNING TRAFFIC PROHIBITION IS ON SAN PEDRO, SO GOING LIKE NORTHBOUND LEFT, UH, TO GO WESTBOUND. UH, SO IF YOU'RE ON A SIDE STREETS, THOSE WOULD BE THE LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT, UM, AT THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS. SURE. OKAY. I HOPE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY IN, IN SHOWING THAT MM-HMM. , UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUSINESSES, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AREN'T RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT NINE, BUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE, MAKE THE TURNS THAT THEY'VE BEEN MAKING FOR YEARS TO GO AND GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GET. SO THAT'S WHY I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, HOW MANY EXISTING CROSS BUS ROUTES WILL BE INTERSECTING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED HERE? HOW MANY THAT ARE ALREADY GOING EAST TO WEST, THAT WILL INTERSECT AND PEOPLE CAN GET OFF AND GET ON AND ET CETERA. LIGHT, THE LIGHT BLEW, IT'S HARD TO, YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO SEE OR COUNT THOUGH. SO, UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, UM, THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ROUTES THAT, UH, CONNECT. UM, AND IF YOU, IF YOU SEE THE EXISTING VIA ROUTES AND THE, UH, LEGEND THERE, THOSE ARE ALL, UH, VIA ROUTES, THE LIGHT BLUE. UM, OH, SO ALL THOSE LIGHT BLUE STREETS YES. ARE ACTUALLY VIA, OKAY. SO THAT SHOWS ME, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROUTES THAT INTERSECT. THERE ARE A LOT OF ROUTES, YES. AND A LOT OF THEM WILL INTERSECT AT THE STATIONS, RIGHT? UH, YES, THAT'S RIGHT. AND, AND WHEN WE BUILT, WE DESIGNED FOR THE STATIONS, WE TRY TO SITUATE STATIONS SO THEY'RE BETTER ACCESS. SO AT WOODLAWN, WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ON WOODLAWN TO IMPROVE THOSE, UH, KIND OF OLDER STYLE STATIONS, UH, WOULD BE UPGRADED AS WELL AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND THERE WE'D IMPROVE THE SIDEWALK TO MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE STATION AS WELL. YEAH. SO TRYING TO, SO I ALSO PRESUME AT THE B A T SECTIONS, YOU ACTUALLY WILL HAVE KIND OF PLATFORMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET RATHER THAN A CENTER PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON. YES. BUT THAT PLATFORM UP AND DOWN, UH, SAN PEDRO, THAT'S THE CENTER RUNNING, IS THAT GOING TO BE PROTECTED OR EXCLUSIVE FOR USE SO THAT THERE CAN'T BE CROSS TRAFFIC OR THINGS AS FAR AS THE, THE CENTER RUNNING, UM, LANE, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S EXCLUSIVE JUST FOR, FOR THE BUS. UM, WOULD THERE BE CURBS OR SOMETHING? SO TRAFFIC CAN'T GET INTO THAT OR IT'LL JUST BE MARKED BY LINES OR SOMETHING. OH, I SEE. SO, SO IN THE CENTER STATE, CENTER SECTION, UM, WE'RE USING A BARRIER AS, AS THE MEDIAN, AS THE BARRIER. UH, AND THEN BETWEEN THE TWO LANES, ESPECIALLY IN THE, THE SOUTHERN SECTION, UM, LIKE NORTH OF HILDEBRAND TO BASSEY, UH, THERE, IT WOULD JUST BE PAINT BETWEEN THE LANES. SO THAT WAY IF THERE'S AN ISSUE IN ONE OF THE LANES, YOU, YOU CAN GET BY. SO THERE'S ALWAYS TWO OPEN LANES. UH, AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON OTHER PROJECTS IS YOU DO WANT TO HAVE A PHYSICAL BARRIER IN THE CENTER, UH, AND THEN IT BETWEEN THE LANES ISN'T AS CRITICAL AS BEING ABLE TO KIND OF PREVENT THE, THE OVERALL TURNING. OKAY. AND THEN THE ACCESS TO THE STATION. ONE THING THAT WE DO SEE WITH THOSE CENTER STATIONS IS YOU ONLY HAVE TO WALK HALFWAY TO THE, THE STATION. SO YOU DON'T HAVE, SO IF YOU'RE, UM, ELDERLY AND WALK A LITTLE SLOWER, YOU'RE REALLY, YOU HAVE THE FULL CYCLE TIME, THAT'S NORMAL, AND THEN THAT'S, YOU'RE CUT IN HALF, SO YOU HAVE MORE TIME ACTUALLY TO GET TO THE STATION. SO IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR, YEAH. THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D BE CURRENT CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE LIGHTING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES OF LIGHTS AND HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT TRAFFIC. BUT I'M DONE FOR NOW. THANK YOU. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. I WAS REMINDED, UM, THAT ALSO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE A R T THAT THE CITY, UH, GAVE 5 MILLION TO SUPPORT. SO THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TOWARDS ANY SIDEWALK GAPS OR BIKE LANES, ANYTHING? UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A REAL QUICK POINT. I THINK IT'S, IT'S LABELED SLIDE NINE, THE ONE YOU HAVE UP NOW. I, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT KIND OF BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF IT, AND IT, IT'S, WE GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF IT AND ALL THE DETAILS, AND THAT'S ALL REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I JUST WANNA, UM, SAY, THIS IS REALLY COOL. I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT LOOKS LIKE A METRO MAP TO ME, LIKE A SUBWAY MAP, AND [00:45:01] THAT GETS ME EXCITED BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S, UM, WE'RE, SAN ANTONIO IS SHOWING THE WORLD AND OURSELVES IN SOME WAYS. WE'RE A BIG CITY, WE'RE BIG TIME. WE'RE, UM, WE'RE DOING THIS, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE, UM, INVESTING IN, IN, IN A LOT OF WAYS THIS IS INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE, UH, AS OUR GROWTH CONTINUES. AND SO I JUST, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE, THIS IS SAN ANTONIO VIA THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY STEPPING UP FOR OURSELVES. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT POINT BECAUSE I THINK WE GET DOWN TO THE DETAILS AND, UH, AND ALL THE, AGAIN, I MENTIONED IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE CLOSEST THING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, AT LEAST FOR SOME TIME TO A METRO, LIKE A, A SUBWAY SYSTEM, RIGHT? AND I'M MAYBE NOT SUBWAY, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S EXCITING. AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT IN, UM, MAYBE MY GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE RIDING A RAIL, YOU KNOW, IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE, WE WILL HAVE THIS IN A FEW YEARS, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, YOUR TIME, UM, AND ALL YOUR WORK AND, UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA BUZZ IN JUST TO MAKE SURE ONE MORE ROUND? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORDS. OH, THANK YOU. NO, I APPRECIATE YOU. UM, YOU'RE WELCOME, I SHOULD SAY. UM, OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THIS. THE THIRD, UM, OH, OH, OKAY. WE NEED TO MOVE IT TO COUNCIL. YEAH. SO I'M ENTERTAIN THE MOTIONS TO MOVE IT TO, UH, TO FULL COUNSEL. MOVE ONE SECOND TO A SESSION OR B SESSION. A A, A SESSION. YEAH. OKAY. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS. TODAY'S SESSION, . THANK YOU. AND WE MOVE ON OVER TO ITEM THREE. HI TAMIKA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. TAMIKA MINORVILLE, DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO INTRODUCE A, A, A TEAM AND IT SPEAKS TO THE TEAM EFFORT OF THE CULEBRA CORRIDOR, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS, ESPECIALLY YOURS. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COLLIBRA MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR STUDY AND OUR PARTNERS, ART REINHARDT FROM W S P LED THE STUDY TEAM. AND MY COLLEAGUE, RAZZIE HUSSAINI OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN DAVID MACBETH ARE SO GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDY. THE GOAL OF THE STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND REALLY JUST MAKE CULEBRA A A GRAND CORRIDOR THAT IT DESERVES TO BE. AND WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE EFFORTS AND THE ANALYSIS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ALSO INCLUDE THE NEXT STEPS AS IT RELATES TO THE 2022 CULEBRA BOND PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ART REINHARDT FROM W SS P. THANK YOU TAMIKA. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE COMMITTEE, UH, WITH ME TODAY. I ALSO HAVE JULIO RAMAS, WHO WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT. SO WE, UM, WE LAST PRESENTED BACK IN THE FALL OF 2022. SO THE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES, WE'LL JUST BE A BRIEF RECAP, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE SINCE THEN. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND COUNSEL THOUGH THAT THE, THE ORIGINS OF THIS STUDY REALLY DATE BACK TO THE ADOPTION IN 2016 OF THE SA TOMORROW MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. UH, FROM THAT, THERE WERE DOZENS OF ACTION ITEMS IDENTIFIED, ONE OF WHICH BEING TO CONDUCT SOME DETAILED CORRIDOR STUDIES ON HIGH PRIORITY NETWORKS, UH, CORRIDORS ACROSS THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, THE CITY APPLIED FOR FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE M P O AND WAS ALLOCATED $4 MILLION WITH THE INTENT TO CONDUCT FOUR DIFFERENT CORRIDOR STUDIES, WITH THE FIRST ONE BEING COLLIBRA ROAD. AND I KNOW TAMIKA HAS BRIEFED THE COMMITTEE ON THE OTHER THREE THAT'LL BE DONE IN THE FUTURE. UM, COLLIBRA IS IMPORTANT. AS, UH, TAMIKA MENTIONED, IT'S A CRITICAL CORRIDOR THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S ALSO A DANGEROUS CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY FROM A MOBILITY PERSPECTIVE FOR PEOPLE WALKING. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE FIRST ONE. UM, AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE, UH, LAST FALL WE DID PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO DATE AND WHAT WAS TO COME AS WE WERE NEARING THE NEXT ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. ALSO SHOWN HERE IS THE, THE MAP OF THE OVERALL CORRIDOR. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES. THE STUDY LIMITS WERE FROM I 10 TO 1604. AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED FIVE UNIQUE SEGMENTS OF THE CORRIDOR BASED ON THE DIFFERENT LAND USE AND CONTEXT, UM, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CORRIDOR. AND SO I'LL BE REFERRING TO SEGMENTS A AND B THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE 2022 BOND LIMITS. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT SEGMENT A FROM I 10 TO BANDERA ROAD IS WITHIN TESTOSTERONE JURISDICTION. SO, UH, THEY WERE A PARTNER IN THIS AS WELL. SO BEFORE RECAPPING THE DELIVERABLES, I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNER FIRMS, UH, BOTH M I G AND PSSI CAMARILLO WERE CRITICAL IN SUPPORTING BOTH W S P AND THE CITY THROUGH THIS PROJECT. AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK IN, IN GETTING THE PROJECT DONE. THE MAIN DELIVERABLES OF THE STUDY, REALLY A HANDFUL OF KEY TASKS. SO JUST TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE FIRST ONE IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT. AND REALLY THAT WORK [00:50:01] WAS DONE TO IDENTIFY THE, THE NEEDS, UM, AND THE CHALLENGES AND THE EXISTING, UH, CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXT ALONG THE CORRIDOR. WHAT ARE THE KEY LAND USES? HOW IS THE CORRIDOR FUNCTIONING? UH, WHAT ARE KEY DESTINATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR? THEN WE LOOK AT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT REALLY TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THERE DEFICIENCIES? WHERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE? MAYBE IT'S A SIDEWALK GAP OR PROVIDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN SOME AREAS. THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT SOLID BASELINE OF INFORMATION, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO START OUR, OUR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, WHERE WE LOOK AT CONCEPTS AND SOLUTIONS, AND WE TEST THOSE THROUGH A DETAILED TRAFFIC MODEL TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL FUNCTION AS WE DEVELOP OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. WE REALLY, THE WAY THAT THE, THE STUDY OCCURRED WAS WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, THOSE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AND PRIORITIZED THOSE VARIOUS SEGMENTS AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PROCESS THAT PUBLIC WORKS WAS DOING, UM, THROUGH THE BOND DEVELOPMENT, WE ALSO PROVIDED HIGH LEVEL PLANNING COST ESTIMATES TO HELP, UH, DEVELOP THE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS DONE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. UM, THE PROJECT WAS A MULTI-YEAR, UH, EFFORT. AND SO THOSE EFFORTS WERE DOCUMENTED IN A DETAILED ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY REPORT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FINAL DELIVERABLES. LASTLY, WE DEVELOPED CONCEPTS, UM, BOTH CROSS SECTIONS AS WELL AS DETAILED SCHEMATICS IN THE SEGMENTS A AND B, WHICH ARE THE BOND LIMITS. AND THOSE WOULD BE USED AS A GUIDE FOR PUBLIC WORKS AS THEY CONTINUE THE, THE PROCESS THROUGH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. SO SINCE OUR LAST BRIEFING, WE REALLY, UH, DID A COUPLE MAJOR ACTIONS. ONE WAS THE COMPLETING THE SECOND ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS PREPARING FI A FIVE MILE SCHEMATIC FOR SEGMENTS A M B, AND THEN PREPARING THE DETAILED REPORT AS FAR AS THE SECOND ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS HELD BACK IN THE FALL, OCTOBER OF 2022. AND IN ORDER TO SEEK THE INPUT, UH, THAT WE DESIRED, WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN MULTIPLE FASHIONS THROUGH YOUR TYPICAL NEWSPAPER ADS OR THROUGH MAILED POSTCARDS, INDIVIDUAL EMAIL BA BLASTS BASED ON THE, THE USER'S, UH, THAT WE HAD COLLECTED ALONG THE STUDY, AS WELL AS MEDIA COVERAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HELD AN IN-PERSON EVENT. WE HAD 38 ATTENDEES, AS WELL AS AN ONLINE FORUM WITH OVER 1200 ATTENDEES USING THAT FEEDBACK AND FEEDBACK OBTAINED. PRIOR TO THAT, WE FINALIZED THE STUDY TO REALLY REFLECT WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESIRED FOR THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. WE FINALIZED THE, THE SCHEMATICS FOR SEGMENTS A AND B, AGAIN, THAT'S FROM I 10, ALL THE WAY TO, UH, CALLAHAN ROAD. AND THEN WE DEVELOPED OUR PLANNING LEVEL COST SYSTEM TO HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH. AND LASTLY, WE SUMMARIZED THAT WITH A DETAILED STUDY, UH, REPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT ARE REALLY, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW FROM TALKING WITH OTHER, UH, ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS, THE ENTIRE 12 MILE CORRIDOR IS ROUGHLY OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO REALLY TRANSFORM THAT CORRIDOR. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SOURCE TO FUND THAT. UM, YOU HAVE COMPETING INTERESTS AND OTHER OTHER NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY. SO IT'LL TAKE A MULTITUDE OF EFFORTS OF LOCAL, FEDERAL, AND STATE FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM. FUTURE M P O CALLS FOR PROJECTS OR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE BROKE IT DOWN BASED ON COSTS IN THOSE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NOTED WAS THAT THE $18 MILLION ALLOCATED IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM ISN'T ENOUGH TO GET TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE LIMITS OF THE BOND PROJECT. UH, IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP TABLE FOR SEGMENTS A AND B, AGAIN, THAT'S I 10 ALL THE WAY TO CALLAHAN ROAD. THAT'S OVER $50 MILLION WORTH OF NEED. SO RATHER THAN DO A PATCHWORK APPROACH OF IMPROVEMENTS SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FIVE MILES, WE'RE RECOMMENDING PRIORITIZING WITHIN THE BOND LIMITS AND THEN DEVELOPING THE PROJECT IN PHASES AS FUNDING ALLOWS WHILE PURSUING FUTURE FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH I KNOW YOU HEARD ABOUT AT THE LAST COMMITTEE BRIEFING LAST MONTH. AND, UH, WE'LL BE TOUCHED ON HERE SHORTLY. UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING THE STUDY EFFORTS, UH, TO TRANSITION INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE OF COLLIBRA. THANK YOU ART AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE. UH, MY NAME IS DAVID MACBETH. I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, I OVERSEE STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN THE BOND PROGRAM. SO, WITH THE CON CONCLUSION OF THE, UH, CORRIDOR STUDY FOR COLLIBRA, UH, WE HAVE $18 MILLION THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. UH, AND THAT LIMIT EN LISTED IN THE BOND, UH, REALLY ENCOMPASSES SEGMENTS A AND B, UH, FROM I 10 TO BANDERA, WHICH IS THE TXDOT OWNED, UH, SECTION, AND THEN THE CITY OWNED SECTION THAT GOES FROM, UH, BANDERA TO CALLAHAN. SO THIS, UH, CONCLUSION OF THIS REPORT REALLY INFORMS US ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR, UH, BOND PROJECT WITHIN THIS, THESE LIMITS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, HONE HONED IN ON A BOND PROGRAM PROJECT [00:55:01] FOR 2022, UTILIZING THE 18 MILLION. AND IN ADDITION, UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, LOOKED AT REV LEVERAGING SOME OF THAT MONEY, UH, THROUGH A RAISE GRANT BY SETTING ASIDE 3 MILLION OF THAT 18 MILLION, UH, TO BE THE LEVERAGED FUNDING THAT WOULD BE THE LOCAL MATCH FOR A RAISE GRANT REQUEST. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN A MOMENT. UH, SO WHAT THAT LEAVES US IS $15 MILLION FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT SEVEN TENTHS OF A MILE OF COLLIBRA ROAD. AND WE'VE HONED IN ON, UH, PEACE FROM BANDERA, WHICH BEGINS AT THE CITY SECTION AT BANDERA, AND WE'LL GO WESTWARD TO GENERAL MCMULLEN. UH, THAT SECTION AS YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE SLIDE HERE, WOULD INCLUDE, UH, FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH RAISED MEDIANS. THAT'S FOUR LANES ARE ALREADY THERE, BUT THERE ARE NOT RAISED MEDIANS IN THIS SEGMENT. UH, SO IT PROVIDES, UH, RAISED MEDIANS THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A, A REFUGE FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL. UH, CENTER TURN LANES, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO INCLUDE A SHARED USE PATH, UH, FOR BOTH BIKE AND PET ACCESS. UH, NEW SIDEWALKS ON, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET AS WELL. UH, WIDER SIDEWALKS AND RELOCATION OF UTILITIES, UH, MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS, UH, THE ADDITION OF STREET TREES, UH, FOR SHADE AND, AND THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. AND THEN ALSO, UH, AT INTERSECTIONS, TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT PORTION, PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR. SO THIS IS WHAT THE SECTION LOOKS LIKE. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE FROM A PLANNED VIEW. AND THIS IS JUST A, A SNAPSHOT OF A PORTION OF THAT CORRIDOR FROM, UH, 29TH TO 27TH STREET. UH, THIS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, THERE'S THE TWO TRAVEL LANES AND, UH, THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH, UH, A BUFFER SPACE BETWEEN THE TRAVEL LANE AND THE SIDEWALK. UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE, OH, I'M SORRY, THE RAISED MEDIAN IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE. IN THE MIDDLE. UM, YOU ALSO SEE A, AN EXISTING Z CROSSING THERE. WE WILL LOOK AT, UH, ANY UPGRADES WE NEED TO MAKE TO THAT AS WELL WITH THIS PROJECT. UM, AND THEN THE TWO TRAVEL LANES ON THE NORTH SIDE GOING WEST, UH, WOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL AS, UH, A SHARED USE PATH. THAT'S THE PINK LINE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. AND THIS IS ABOUT, UM, AGAIN, SEVEN TENTHS OF A MILE. UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT THE, UM, THIS AREA OF THE PROJECT IS WITHIN DISTRICTS FIVE AND SEVEN. SO WITH THE, THE BOND PROJECT WE, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE, WE HAVE A, UH, A RAISE GRANT THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. UH, THE PLANNING GRANT THAT WAS SUBMITTED IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $10.7 MILLION. SO, UH, THE APPLICATION IS FOR $7.7 MILLION TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE RAISE GRANT WITH THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IS THAT $3 MILLION THAT I MENTIONED THAT WOULD COME FROM THE, UH, 2022 BOND PROGRAM. UH, THE SEGMENTS IN THE RAISE GRANT STUDY WOULD INCLUDE, UH, SEGMENTS B AND C, WHICH IS ABOUT 4.9 MILES LONG, UH, FROM GENERAL MCMULLEN ALL THE WAY TO FOUR 10. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A PLANNING GRANT, UH, APPLICATION TO ADDRESS SAFETY MULTIMODAL, UH, UM, CORRIDOR USES. UH, THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY THE 27TH. UH, SO WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN JUST, UH, UNDER A MONTH SINCE THAT, THAT SUBMITTAL. SO WE'RE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAITING ON, UH, THE REVIEW AND RESULTS FROM THAT APPLICATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW. UH, THAT'S, THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, DID INCLUDE A LOT OF SUPPORT LETTERS ABOUT 19 OR SO, FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, ALSO FROM CHAMBERS OF COMM COMMERCE TO SUPPORT THE, UH, THE EFFORT TO, TO GET THAT RAISE GRANT. SO THAT'S KIND OF SHORT AND SWEET, BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. AND I'VE GOT FOLKS HERE THAT COULD PROBABLY HELP ME OUT IF I, I STUMBLE A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THANKS, UH, TAMIKA ART AND DAVID FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A, UM, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT OUTREACH, BUT, UM, I HAVE A BIG OLD RED FLAG AND THAT'S SEGMENT A, THAT IF WE DON'T OWN THAT ROAD, UM, VERY FRANKLY, WE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON IT. WE'VE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH THAT AS A CITY. YEAH. UM, RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S IN BAD, BAD, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT WISE TO, TO WORK ON SEGMENT A. UM, I KNOW THE BOND LANGUAGE SAID 18 MILLION, I BELIEVE FROM I 10 TO BANDERA, BUT ALL OF SEGMENT B IS THERE. SO I, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND WE USE THIS, THESE FUNDS JUST FOR B THAT BEAUTIFUL SCHEMATIC OF WHAT THIS, THE ROAD IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. I THINK ON, ON, UM, SLIDE EIGHT, RIGHT? [01:00:01] UH, THAT'S, I MEAN, Y'ALL TELL ME, BUT I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE LOOKED AT ON BROADWAY. AND, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA FLY, UM, EXACTLY ON A ROAD THAT WE DON'T OWN. SO THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE FOCUSED ON SEGMENT B. SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING ALL THE 1890, WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY RIGHT NOW ON THAT TDOT PIECE THAT GOES FROM OKAY, FROM I 10 TO BANDERA. GOOD. SIMPLY FOR THAT REASON. IT'S JUST GONNA BE THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW TO WORK WITH TDOT ON LANE REDUCTIONS. YES. AGREED. SO ON THE SLIDE ON SLIDE SEVEN, WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, YOU HAVE SEGMENT A AND B THERE, THOUGH, I, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED. BUT THE 18 MILLION FROM THE BOND IS GONNA BE JUST SPENT RIGHT NOW ON SECTION SEGMENT B, SEGMENT B AND SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. UH, FROM BANDERA TO GENERAL MCMULLEN, THAT'LL BE THE CON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST PHASE, PLUS THAT 3 MILLION THAT GOES TOWARDS THE RAISE GRANT FOR CONTINUED PLANNING ALL THE WAY UP TO FOUR 10 FOR BNC. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WE, WE WERE, THERE WERE LESSONS LEARNED AND THAT WE YES, WE MADE SURE WE LEARNED THAT LESSON. UM, OKAY. SO MY, MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, THE OUTREACH. I THINK ART TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE, UM, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALWAYS, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF EXTENSIVE OUTREACH EFFORTS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT, UM, WHAT WAS THE, THE FEEDBACK? I MEAN, WHAT DID WE, DID WE HEAR, DID WE GET A GOOD RESPONSE BACK? I GUESS YOU MADE A LOT OF GOOD EFFORTS TO, TO REACH OUT, BUT DID WE, DID WE GET THAT BACK? YEAH, AND I'M GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE JULIO ANSWER SOME OF THAT. GREAT. THANKS, ART. HI JULIO. HI. UM, THE CONSENSUS THAT WE RECEIVED WAS WE WANT CERA TO BE A SAFER CORRIDOR FOR ALL THE, ALL THE USERS, UH, UH, HYPER FOCUS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND HYPER FOCUS ON GIVING THE CORRIDOR AND IDENTITY AND THAT, AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY THAT. UH, AND EVERY TIME WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY, THEY REACHED OUT TO US, AND THEN THEY FEEL LIKE THE, THERE'S A LOT OF CARS IN THAT CORRIDOR. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DRIVE TOO FAST, THEY FEEL THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION FOR, FOR, FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND THEY FEEL UNSAFE. AND THE NUMBERS, STATISTICS BACK THERE, THEIR CONCERNS UP. MM-HMM. . GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU. I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY, UM, INDICATIVE THIS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I HEAR. UM, WE'RE NOT TALKING, YOU KNOW, MY, MY DISTRICT IS MORE, I GUESS, UM, D AND E, BUT IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. CBRA IS, UH, THE BACKBONE OF MY DISTRICT, BUT, UM, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK GOING INTO B AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE GRANT B AND C. UM, AND IT'LL BE AN INDICATOR OF HOW IT'S GONNA GO FOR THE REST OF THE, OF ROAD. BUT, UM, THIS IS, I MEAN, TAMIKA MENTIONED IT, IT'S SOMETHING VERY, VERY CLOSE TO ME. UM, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MAIN CORRIDORS IN OUR CITY, AND IF YOU WERE TO WALK THAT STREET ANYWHERE ALONG THAT PATH, YOU WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE. SO KNOWING THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT, UM, FEEDBACK BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT'S, IT'S ACCURATE. I MEAN, WE, WE, WHAT WE SEE IS, IS UM, IS REALLY INDICATIVE OF WHAT THE, THE COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING, BUT, UM, BUT NOT JUST WALKING IT, RIDING YOUR BIKE. I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY MORE DANGEROUS ON A BIKE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LITTLE TINY LITTLE LANE IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL. UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S, UH, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, OF COURSE SUPPORT. UM, JUST WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING. ARE WE MOVING THIS TO IS JUST A BRIEFING TODAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER A, A COUPLE OF UH, COMMENTS, RIGHT. SIMILAR TO WITH VIA, RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT THE SLIDE EIGHT WHERE IT HAS THE DIFFERENT TRAVELING STORMWATER PLANTERS. UH, AND I KNOW WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FUNDING AND ALL THAT IMPORTANT STUFF, RIGHT? BUT SOMETHING THAT I, I DO HOPE TO SEE, UM, IS THOSE STORM WATER PLANTERS AND, AND MORE VEGETATION A ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. YESTERDAY DURING OUR OPEN OFFICE HOURS, I HAD A, A CONSTITUENT COME IN AND SHE SHARED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, AND JUST OVERALL JUST THE CORRIDOR IN GENERAL, RIGHT? AND, UH, SHE HAD SOME CONCERNS UNDER I 10 AS WELL AND JUST A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS, RIGHT, THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT I LET HER KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE CITY WAS WORKING ON. I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, THE CHAIR'S EARS WERE RINGING, BUT I MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR, UH, SECURING FUNDING, UH, FOR THIS ROAD. UM, SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S CONTINUED WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, UH, DEVELOPING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN? COURAGE. UM, I'M JUST KIND OF SURPRISED AT, AT THE COST ESTIMATE, HOW MANY MILES LONG IS THE ENTIRE COLLIBRA PROJECT, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED AT 129 MILLION, I THINK. YEAH, THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR IS ROUGHLY 13 MILES. 13 MILES. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING 18 MILLION FOR LESS THAN ONE MILE. HOW ARE WE EVER GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE REST OF THAT? WELL, SO, SO JUST TO, AGAIN, TO REITERATE, WE, AND I REMEMBER, UH, YEARS AGO, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ AT THE TIME SAID THE DAYS OF SINGLE SOURCE FUNDING ARE OVER. SO, UM, IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF FUTURE BOND EFFORTS, N P O FUNDING, FEDERAL FUNDING AS YOU HEARD ABOUT. SO, [01:05:01] UM, BUT PART OF THE 18 MILLION IS BEING USED TO LEVERAGE FUTURE FUNDING. SO IT'S NOT ALL JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE 0.7 MILES GRID. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. HOW MUCH IS FOR THE 0.7 MILES? ACTUALLY, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE SPENDING 15 MILLION UP 18 MILLION. WE ARE USING THE 3 MILLION HOUR MATCH FOR FEDERAL GRANT. RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT STILL, THAT'S, IT'S, IT STILL DOESN'T ADD UP TO 129 IF WE SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY SEVEN TENTHS OF A MILE. UH, SO I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT IT COSTS THAT MUCH FOR SEVEN TENTHS OF A MILE. AND I KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE, WE'RE WIDENING, WE'RE ADDING OTHER AMENITIES ALONG THE STREET, NOT JUST REPAVING A STREET SO TO SPEAK. BUT ANYWAY, AS COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO DOING THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. DRAINAGE IS VERY COSTLY AND THE ORIGINAL 110 MILLION WAS DONE REALLY BEFORE COVID. SINCE COVID, OUR CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP AT LEAST 20, 25% MORE. NOW, AM I CORRECT IN PRESUMING THAT C P S IF THEY HAVE ANY NEED OR SAWS WILL ALSO BE DOING ALL THEIR WORK SIMULTANEOUS, OR BEFORE WE FINISH THE ROAD THEY'LL BE DOING ALL THEIR , USUALLY THEY JOIN BIT WITH US AND THEY PAY FOR THE COST OF IT. RIGHT. ARE WE CAL CALCULATING SOME OF THEIR COST IN THIS WHEN WE START? NO, SIR. IT IS PURE CITY COST, RIGHT. SO WE MAY GET SOME SAWS BACK BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE GOTTA PAVE OVER THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. THEY USUALLY JOIN BID WITH US. WE DON'T REALLY PAVE THE ROAD THERE. THEY USUALLY DO WATER AND SEWER REPLACEMENT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, VERY INFORMATIVE. I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, THE PROGRESSION OF, OF THIS CONCEPT AND OF COURSE THE END RESULT. UM, WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO MORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * 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.