Aug 19, 2019 Transportation Committee

SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE WORK OUTLINE PLAN.

[2. 19-6135 Briefing by Committee Chair, Shirley Gonzales, District 5, on the Transportation and Mobility Committee work plan outline.]

UM, I DON'T SEE IT ON MY SCREEN HERE, JUST, UH, FOR THE STAFF.

UM, THE NEXT TIME WE GO THROUGH, UM, THE COMMITTEES, WE DON'T HAVE 'EM ON OUR SCREEN, SO I'M JUST GONNA LOOK UP HERE AS WE SORT OF WORK OUT THE KINKS.

UM, IN CASE MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO BRING SOME THINGS FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES HERE, UH, CONNECT SA COORDINATION AND REVIEW TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

THERE WE ARE, COMPLETE STREETS AIRPORT AND OTHER MOBILITY FACILITIES.

WE ALSO, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, HERE LISTED, UM, A THROUGH I ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST COMMITTEE.

SO AS MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS GO THROUGH THEIR, UH, THEIR WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, IF THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY SEE HERE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, WE CAN HAVE THOSE IN OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.

COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL ASKED FOR OUR PARKING STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT QUITE READY FOR THAT THIS MEETING, BUT WE WILL HAVE IT FOR NEXT MEETING.

NEXT MEETING.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR, BUT WE'LL GET A STATUS REPORT TODAY.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN VIA THAT ARE HERE BEFORE US AND WE OFTEN GET BRIEFED ON VIA AND OF COURSE TDOT AND M P O.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AGAIN, COMPLETE STREETS VISION ZERO.

WE HAVE OUR NEW SIDEWALK, UH, PEDESTRIAN OFFICER WITH US TODAY.

WE'LL EVENTUALLY GET SOME UPDATES FROM TIM HAYES.

AND NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AND OF COURSE OUR AIRPORT TO PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, COMMITTEE, CREEKWAY AND RIVERWAYS AND TRAILWAYS, ALL IMPORTANT PARTS OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH, UH, IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANNA HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WE WILL, UM, PICK THOSE UP AS OUR, UH, UH, YEAR LONG AGENDA PROCEEDS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I WILL START WITH A BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF BROADWAY CORRIDOR, UH, AT 2017 BOND FUNDED PROJECT.

AND I THINK ROD IS GONNA GIVE US THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M REZI SEN, INTERIM DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT.

TODAY I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATE ON OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND ALSO BROADWAY CORRIDORS.

THAT'S UPDATE

[4. 19-6044 Briefing on the status of the 2017-2022 Bond Program. [RoderickSanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Interim Director,Transportation & Capital Improvements] (Part 1 of 2)]

2017 BOND PROGRAM WAS A 850,000,180 PROJECT, CONSISTS OF A SIX PROPOSITION.

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THE NEWS PROPOSITION WE HAD INCLUDE LAST TIME WAS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WAS $20 MILLION AND THE REST WAS OF COURSE STREET BRIDGES, SIDEWALK DRAINAGE, FLOOD CONTROL, PARKS AND FACILITIES, AND OF COURSE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPH, MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDER DESIGN IN 2018 AND 2019 AND MOST OF THEM WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION LATE THIS YEAR, 2020 AND 2021 COMES 2017 BOND PROGRAM.

WE HAVE COMPLETED 12 OF THEM.

WE HAVE 29 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND 128 INDESIGN.

AND 11 PROJECT IS IN PRE-DESIGN.

WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT COMPLETED MISSION DRIVE IN WHICH IS, WAS COMPLETED OCTOBER, 2018.

BRACKENRIDGE PARK VT MUSEUM PARKING GARAGE.

$2 MILLION COMPLETED EARLY THIS YEAR.

SPORTS FACILITY IN NEAR PORTCO BRANCH LIBRARY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX SIX WAS COMPLETED FEBRUARY OF 19.

MEDICAL DRIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT WAS COMPLETED MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

BELFAST GENDER, SUSAN PHASE TWO WAS COMPLETE MAY OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.

WE HAVE 29 PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ESTIMATED VALUE OF THEM $126 MILLION.

WE ALSO LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN LOW BID PROJECT FOR 2017 BOND PROGRAM.

WE IDENTIFIED FOUR PROJECT TO BE DESIGNED BUILD BROADWAY IS WAS ONE OF THEM.

PRU ROAD IS ANOTHER ROADWAY PROJECT SS A P D POLICE SUB STATION AND CONCERT DISTRICT.

ONE WILL BE UNDER DESIGN BUILD ALSO AND ZOO PARKING GARAGE IS DESIGN BUILT, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED LATER ON THIS YEAR.

VALUE OF ALL THESE FOUR PROJECT IS 102 MILLION.

WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF THE FUNDING AGREEMENT.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE 350 MILLION LEVERAGE FUNDING THROUGH FUNDING AGREEMENT.

WE HAVE 32 FUNDING AGREEMENTS ASSIGNED AT THE VALUE OF 217 MILLION AND MORE TO COME.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OTHER AGENCY TO FINALIZE THIS PROJECT.

AS PART OF 2017 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAD 48 MILLION FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY.

ALL COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD MONEY WITH EXCEPTION OF EIGHT AND K.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH COUNCIL'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY A PROJECT AND START CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE PROJECT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE TWO OF THE PROJECT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK TRANSPARENCY CITY'S 2017 BOND PROGRAM DASHBOARD PROVIDES COMMUNITY MEETINGS, CALENDAR OF THE EVENTS, PROJECT STATUS AND UPDATES.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL US.

THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND GET WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY NEED TO GET FOR THESE PROJECTS.

INNOVATION, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY ON TIME WITHIN BUDGET AND HIGH QUALITY.

UNTIL LAST YEAR, THE ONLY PROJECT WE COULD BUILD COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL AS LONG AS THE PROJECT COST WAS UNDER 1.5 MILLION.

COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE ORDINANCE WE COULD USE ON THE ROADWAY PROJECT.

COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT LARGER THAN 1.5 MILLION.

THEREFORE, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK AND DESIGN BUILD SELECTION CRITERIA OF OUR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL IS LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR CORRIDOR, MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION USE WITHIN TOURIST HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND BUSINESS DISTRICT.

HIGH IMPACT ON STAKEHOLDERS, CRITICAL TIMEFRAME, COMPLEX SCOPE, AND CONSTRAINED WORKSPACE.

SINCE LAST YEAR, WE START ALSO USING ONLINE BIDDING AS WE MAKE EASY FOR CONTRACTOR TO BID OUR PROJECT, THE BETTER PRICE WE GET.

AND SO

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FAR WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ONLINE BIDDING ON NUMBER OF OUR PROJECTS.

NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR TO GO OVER ONLINE AND LEARN ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

ONE OF THE LARGEST PROJECT WE HAVE IS A SAILING CHANNEL, PHASE THREE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH WILL BE ADVERTISED NEXT FEW MONTHS.

[3. 19-6088 Briefing on the status of the Broadway Corridor (E. Houston to E. Hildebrand), a 2017 Bond funded project, located within Council District 1. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Interim Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]]

NS BROADWAY CORRIDOR, STEPS UP DAY EAST HISTONE TO IH 35 IS THE LOWER SECTION OF THE BROADWAY IS 3.1 MILE CORRIDOR.

ESTIMATED COST OF 97 MILLION.

42 MILLION IS FROM THE BOND, 40 MILLION FROM TECHSTAR AND M P O.

TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT IS 56 MILLION.

LOWER SEGMENT IS LOWER SEGMENT HISTONE TO IH 35, UPPER SEGMENT PHASE ONE IH 35 TO MULBERRY AVENUE AND OFFER UPPER SEGMENT PHASE TWO MULBERRY TO BAR, WHICH IS NOT FUNDED AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT TO BE FUNDED AS PART OF 2022.

BOND.

PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDE FULL ROADWAY AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, BIKE LANE NORTH OF JOSEPHINE STREET, PEDESTRIAN AMENITY AND LIGHTING AND STREETSCAPE, LANDSCAPING, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT OR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE UTILITY LANE, UTILITY LINE IMPROVEMENT THREE LINE CORRIDOR AND WIDER SIDEWALK.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SKETCH, THE RED SECTION IS WE CALL LOWER SECTION.

WE HAVE CONTRACT ON THIS SEGMENT WITH SOUND GROUP.

THAT'S A DESIGN BUILD AND THEY ARE IN DESIGN PROCESS.

THE BLUE SECTION IS UPPER SEGMENT.

PHASE ONE, WE HAVE FUNDING BUT PROJECT IS NOT UNDER DESIGN YET.

WE ARE IN PROCESS OF SELECTING CONSULTING TO DESIGN AND THE GREEN SECTION, WHICH IS THE UPPER SEGMENT, PHASE TWO THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY FUTURE BOND PROGRAM.

YOU CAN SEE BROADWAY, LOWER SECTION, OLD BROADWAY AND PAYMENT MARKING.

BROKEN AND CRACKED SIDEWALK NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE WHEELCHAIR AND LIGHTING NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

ALSO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT CONSISTS OF ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, CURB, SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAY APPROACHES, A D A COMPLIANCE WHEELCHAIR RAMP, PEDESTRIAN AMENITY, LIGHTING AND STREETSCAPE.

LANDSCAPING, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT OR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE UTILITY LANE, WIDER SIDEWALK, 10 FOOT MINIMUM 11 7 17 FOOT AVERAGE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES AND UTILITY UP UPGRADES.

THIS IS THE AREA VIEW OF WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD WIDER SIDEWALK LANDSCAPING FOR TRAVEL LANE, CERTAIN AREA ON THE STREET PARKING OR AREA FOR BUS STOP OR DELIVERY.

TYPICAL ROADWAY SECTION SOUTH OF JOSEPHINE HAS NARROWER WIDE SIDEWALK, NARROWER SIDE, NARROWER RIGHT OF WAY 78 FOOT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SIDEWALK BETWEEN 1117 FOOT TREES, FOUR TRAVEL LANE ON A STREET, PARKING AND ALSO DROP OFF AND PICKUP LANE AND SOME MEDIAN.

AND OF COURSE AGAIN, WIDER SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

THIS SHOWS THE TYPICAL STREET ESCAPEE CONCEPT.

YOU SEE WIDER SIDEWALK ON STREET PARKING AND OF COURSE LANDSCAPING.

THIS IS ANOTHER DETAIL OF THE TYPICAL STREET ESCAPEE CONCEPT.

WIDER SIDEWALK TREES, VEGETATION, AND ON STREET PARKING.

THIS IS TYPICAL STREET UPPER SEGMENT, WHICH IS HAS 100 FOOT RIGHT AWAY NORTH OF JOSEPHINE ON UP TO HILDABRAND.

WIDER SIDEWALK PROTECT TICKET BIKE.

LANE FOUR, LANE

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TWO LANE TRAFFIC EACH DIRECTION.

MEDIAN AND AGAIN PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND WITH WIDER SIDEWALK.

PROJECT BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.

LOWER SEC SEGMENT.

CITY PART IS 27 MILLION.

DESIGN START JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

DESIGN WILL END THE SPRING OF 2020.

CONSTRUCTION IS START SPRING 2020 AND CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER, 2021.

UPPER SIGMA AND PHASE ONE CITI BOND MONEY IS A 14 MILLION AND WE ARE GETTING ANOTHER 14 MILLION TEXT M P O ALTOGETHER 28 MILLION.

SCHEDULE IS DESIGNED.

START JANUARY, 2020.

DESIGN END SPRING 2021.

CONSTRUCTION START SUMMER OF 2021.

CONSTRUCTION WILL END DECEMBER, 2020 PROJECT.

NEXT STEP CONTINUE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY AND UTILITY LANDSCAPING AND DRAINAGE.

FINALIZED BROADWAY COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC STUDY.

CURRENTLY 40% IS DONE.

ANALYZE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE STUDY AREA.

PROVIDE DATA TO REFINE DESIGN TO MEDICATE TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

THIS IS THE BOUNDARY OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY CONSISTS OF NORTH SIDE BOROUGH ROAD AT THE EAST.

NEW BRAM FOREST SOUTH SIDE HISTONE AND NORTH SEMINARY WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE.

SINCE WE ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE BIKE LANE ON LOWER SECTION OF THE BROADWAY DUE TO THE RESTRICTED RIGHT OF WAY, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVE.

WHERE CAN WE PROVIDE BIKE LANE ON BROADWAY.

THE IDEA IS TO INCLUDE BIKE LANE ON AVENUE B AND NORTH ALAMO TO BE A SAFER PLACE TO HAVE BIKE LANE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS ONE, THIS IS THE EXISTING AVENUE B, WHICH IS WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON AVENUE B, LAND ESCAPING, TREE PLANTING NEW SIDEWALK AND CURBS.

THIS IS OUR VISION FOR AVENUE B FOR BIKE LANE, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING.

AVENUE B IS TWO DAYS, TWO LANES ROADWAY NORTH AND SOUTH.

CHANGE THE TRAFFIC FOR SOUTHBOUND ONLY BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS NOT THERE AND MAKE MUCH, MUCH SAFER FOR BIKE LANE AND PROTECTED BIKE LANE TO BE ON AVENUE B.

THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT WE HAD WORKED WITH THE STAKEHOLDER MANY YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY BEFORE REALLY BOUND PASS WHEN THE BIKE LANE COMES SOUTH ON BROADWAY DUE DUE TO THE RESTRICTED, UH, RIGHT AWAY BIKE LANE, GO TO THE AVENUE B AND AVOID COMING TO BROADWAY BECAUSE IT IS VERY TIGHT RIGHT AWAY.

A MEDIUM FEEL IT WILL BE SAFE FOR BIKE TO BE ON BIKE ON BROADWAY.

AT THE TIME OF THE THINKING ABOUT BIKE LANE TO BE BROADWAY, WE DID NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR AVENUE B BIKE LANE.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE TO IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE FINISHING THE CONCEPT LAYOUT BY END OF THIS MONTH.

SECURING FUNDING IN FALL OF 2019.

ESTIMATED DESIGN START JANUARY, 2020, ESTIMATE CONSTRUCTION START 2021, ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION FINISH IN FALL OF 2021.

THAT'S IN THAT MY PRESENTATION.

I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY, THANK YOU RAZZY.

AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID ITEM FOUR AND THREE TOGETHER.

UM, YES MA'AM, WHICH WAS A BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF THE 20 17 20 22 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH I HAD ASKED TO SEE WHERE ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES WERE, UH, AND HOW THEY MIGHT RELATE TO SOME OF OUR PRO PROJECTS HERE.

AND SO, UM, I I, I WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT AND THE FUNDING SOURCES, BUT, UM, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS POINT, SO I'LL LET HIM MAKE A COMMENT AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

UH, AND THEN BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND I JUST WANT TO, IF YOU COULD TURN THAT SLIDE ON JUST TO, AS A POINT OF CONTEXT, AGAIN, JUST TO SHOW HOW THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS GOT FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THEM.

AND THIS, UH, THANK YOU MA'AM.

UH, THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE OVERALL BOND PROGRAM, UH, THE 17 BOND.

AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A CONTEXT FOR WHERE OUR MONEY WENT FOR THAT BOND.

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AND Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING, PUTTING TOGETHER THAT BOND PROGRAM.

BUT JUST A CONTEXT JUST TO PUT, PUT, UH, A FRAME AROUND IT.

SO IF I COULD, UH, SHOW THAT SLIDE, IF YOU CAN PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN.

THERE IT IS.

LET ME START WITH SOME CITIZENS THAT HAVE CALLED TO SPEAK TODAY.

AND YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW THE FUNDS WERE DISTRI DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL THE 10 DISTRICTS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY BEGINNING THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT BOND SHOULD, WHAT OUR NEXT BOND SHOULD TAKE A LOOK LIKE.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL, UH, HELP TO SHOW WHERE THE NEEDS ARE ACROSS THE CITY, WHERE THE, UH, THE EQUITY IS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY SEE SOME OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP ON THIS NEXT BOND.

SO JUST WANTED TO FRAME WHERE THE LAST BOND, WHERE THE MONEY WENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RAZZIE.

THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

UH, OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY.

WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE PROCEED, BUT I'LL,

[Citizens to be Heard]

UH, SCOTT DAY MANKEY PARK REPRESENTATIVE AFTERNOON.

UH, MY NAME IS SCOTT DAY.

UM, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN MANKEY PARK AND REPRESENT THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR.

UH, IMPROVEMENT, UH, IF I CAN GET MY PHONE TO WORK THERE, THERE WE GO.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY JUST A FEW THINGS RELATIVE TO THE, UH, DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE PROPOSED BIKE LANE, UH, ON BROADWAY.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'M A FORMER MEMBER OF THE, UM, MACKEY PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND, AND PRESIDENT.

UM, I'VE SPENT MY CAREER WORKING ON COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND TEACHING URBAN DESIGN TO COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

UH, AND I'M A SURVIVOR OF A BIKE ACCIDENT HAVING BEEN CUT OFF BY AN AUTOMOBILE.

SO THOSE, THOSE MEMORIES STICK THERE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER IS THE COMPLETE STREETS ALSO NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE ADJACENT LAND USE LAND USES AND THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CORRIDOR.

UM, THIS IS AN EMERGING CORRIDOR AND ONE THAT'S GOTTA BE NURTURED.

AND IF WE WANT TO SEE IT START TO COME TO FRUITION, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY WITHIN THE LOWER BROADWAY CORRIDOR RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE A VERTICAL MIXED USE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS WE REALLY NEED TO ACTIVATE THAT GROUND PLANE.

UH, MEANING WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A SIDEWALK SPACE THAT IT'S COMPELLING FOR PEOPLE TO WANNA WALK THROUGH THAT SPACE.

AND WHEN THEY DO IT REWARDING, THEY WANNA COME BACK AND THEY WANNA DO THAT AGAIN.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE, IT BECOMES A REAL CHALLENGE, IS WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE, THE CROSS SECTION TO DO EVERYTHING WE'D LIKE TO HAVE DONE WITH THAT AREA.

UH, AND SO, UH, PEOPLE IN THIS DISCUSSION HAVE DESCRIBED THIS, AND I THINK THEY'VE DESCRIBED IT ACCURATELY, IS WE CAN TRY AND MEET ALL USERS' NEEDS WITH WITHIN THE, THE STREET WALLS ALONG BROADWAY.

BUT WE DO THAT AND WE DO DO A VERY ADEQUATE JOB OF MEETING ANY USER GROUP'S NEEDS VERY WELL.

AND SO YOU CAN'T TAKE WHAT BROADWAY AND THE EMERGING COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OFFERS US.

THIS NEEDS TO BE SAN ANTONIO'S PREMIER ADDRESS.

IT'S THE, THE MAIN ARTERIAL COMING INTO DOWNTOWN.

AND SO WE NEED TO ENHANCE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ACTIVATING THAT GROUND PLANE CORRIDOR WILL DO THAT FOR US.

SO WE CAN'T TAKE THAT, WE CAN'T PUT THAT OVER ON AVENUE B OR OTHER PLACES.

WE HAVE TO REALLY RESPECT WHAT THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BRINGS FOR US.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK MAY RELOCATING THE BIKE LANES A BLOCK CLOSER TO THE STREET OR USING A PARALLEL SECTION, UH, OF, UH, BIKES ON ALAMO AND SPLITTING THAT I THINK IS FINE.

UH, I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER JOGGING THAT FURTHER UP.

AND SO THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THE INTERSECTION OF NEWELL AND CASABLANCA AND BROADWAY, THAT YOU MAYBE LOOK AT GETTING THE BIKE LANES OVER TO AVENUE B AND AVENUE A AND THERE'S ACTUALLY AN OLD EASEMENT THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE EXPRESSWAY WHERE AVENUE A USED TO BE, AND IT'S STILL PASSABLE.

AND SO THAT WOULD, AND THERE'S A FOUR-WAY STOP THERE, AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH THAT ENTIRE QUARTER.

AND IF YOU GO OUT ON BROADWAY, UH, THAT'S A VERY INTIMIDATING SPACE AND A VERY TIGHT SPACE DUE TO THE TRAFFIC, THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC THAT'S THERE IN THE CROSS SECTION OF, OF, OF THE STREET.

SO ANYWAY, ALL THIS IS, I THINK IS REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION.

UH, NO MATTER WHAT THE FINAL DECISION'S GONNA BE MADE, I, FOR ONE WILL BE CHEERING YOU.

I BIKE ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO A HUNDRED MILES A WEEK AND USE THIS CORRIDOR QUITE A BIT.

WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING WILL BE A VAST IMPROVEMENT, BUT I THINK THERE'S

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SOME GOOD CHOICES TO BE MADE AND TO THINK ABOUT 'EM HOPEFULLY, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO FROM NOW, WE WILL HAVE TO BE BACK HERE HAVING THESE SAME DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THE BIKE LANES WILL BE WILDLY PACKED WITH PEOPLE.

SO, THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU JOHN AMP HICKSON PROPERTIES.

IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME, IF YOU OH, THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S, UH, JOHN BEAM WITH HICKSON PROPERTIES.

AND IT'S THREE MINUTES? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M JOHN BEAM WITH HIXSON PROPERTIES, AND I DO WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW I SUPPORT, UH, THE MIG PLAN.

THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE 2017 BOND PACKAGE.

UM, AND I WILL SAY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLAN FOR A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS NOW.

A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO IT, AND I THINK IT'S A PLAN THAT IF YOU REALLY GIVE IT DEEP THOUGHT, IT'S A VERY, VERY SOLID PLAN THAT HITS A LOT OF CHECKS, BOXES, AND GIVES US A GREAT STREET.

FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE GOING INTO THAT, I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT VERY QUICKLY, UH, T C I AND CITY STAFF AND WORKING ON THIS PLAN OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW THESE GUYS AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB IN THIS PROCESS.

THEY'VE BEEN PROFESSIONAL, THEY'VE BEEN THOUGHTFUL, THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED, THEY'VE BEEN CREATIVE.

AND WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THEM IS THEY HAVE TAKEN A VERY HOLISTIC VIEW, NOT JUST OF BROADWAY AND THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR, BUT ALSO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REST OF DOWNTOWN.

SO AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT STREETS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIVING, BREATHING COMPLICATED ORGANISMS, AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PLANNING A GREAT STREET.

THERE'S SAFETY, THERE'S WALKABILITY, THERE'S SHADE, THERE'S ACCOUNTING FOR BICYCLES, BUSES, SCOOTERS, AND YES, AUTOMOBILES.

IT ALL NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT THROUGH.

AND THESE GUYS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

ANOTHER THING I WILL POINT OUT IS THEY'VE TAKEN A HOLISTIC VIEWPOINT.

AND SO THEY'VE THOUGHT NOT ONLY OF HOW BROADWAY LOOKS TODAY AND WHAT GOES INTO BROADWAY OF TODAY, BUT THEY'VE THOUGHT THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALAMO IS CHANGED AND, AND TRAFFIC IS DIVERTED FROM ALAMO TO LA SOYA, WHICH IS BROADWAY BY ANOTHER NAME.

AND BROADWAY HAS TURNED INTO A TWO-WAY STREET.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 1.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE IS OPEN IN OFFICE OR, AND OPENED ON BROADWAY? AND LET ME PUT THAT IN CONTEXT DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW, THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT HAS 4.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE CURRENTLY BETWEEN THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BUILDING AND THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT BUILDING, 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S A QUARTER OF DOWNTOWN BEING PLACED ON THIS, BEING PLACED ON THIS CORRIDOR IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF.

UM, I ALSO WANNA APPLAUD, UH, THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE PASSIONATELY SPOKEN FOUR BIKES IN THIS AREA.

I AGREE WITH SO MUCH OF WHAT I HEAR FROM THEM.

I AGREE THAT WE NEED SAFE BIKE ROUTES.

I AGREE THAT WE NEED A NETWORK.

WHAT I DISAGREE WITH IS THAT WE CAN FIT IT ALL ON BROADWAY.

AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT IF WE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS PLAN, WE'VE READ THE GREAT STREET DESIGNERS, JEFF BECK, VICTOR DOVER, JOHN MASSENGALE.

AND WHAT WE SEE IS THAT IF YOU TRY TO FIT EVERYTHING ON ONE STREET, THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM FAILS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU CAN TAKE JUST A SLIGHTLY BROADER PERSPECTIVE AND FIND AN ALTERNATIVE STREET GRID TO MAKE THE WHOLE SYSTEM WORK, YOU CAN CELEBRATE THOSE BIKE LANES IN A SAFE WAY THAT EIGHT TO 80 YEAR OLDS GET TO USE THEM, AND YOU GET A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU MR. BEACHAM, PETER FRENCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M PETER FRENCH WITH GRAY STREET PARTNERS.

UM, ALSO WANTED TO, UH, UH, ECHO MY APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT, UH, BOTH MIG AND T C I AND STAFF HAVE DONE.

UM, AS JOHN SAID, FOR LITERALLY YEARS, UM, AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS, UH, WAS UNDERTAKEN TO CREATE THE PLAN THAT'S BEING DESIGNED PRESENTLY FOR BROADWAY, BOTH LOWER AND UPPER.

UM, I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DESIGN BUILD IS GONNA PRODUCE, UH, A STREET OF HIGH QUALITY AND A GREAT PEDESTRIAN REALM, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL, UH, TO THE GROWING URBAN CORE THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, MIND AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF US BECOME PEDESTRIANS AS WE ENTER OUR DOWNTOWN.

SO WHETHER YOU STARTED IN A PRIVATE VEHICLE OR A VIA BUS OR A SCOOTER OR A BICYCLE, YOU'RE GONNA BE ON FOOT WHEN YOU REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

SO CRE HAVE, CREATING AND HAVING A GREAT PUBLIC SPACE, GREAT SHADE, WALKABLE SIDEWALKS, UM, IS REALLY THE GOAL.

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UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO A WIN-WIN AND APPLAUD, AGAIN, STAFF FOR LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS FOR BICYCLES.

I THINK CONVERTING, UH, AVENUE B UH, INTO A GREAT BIKE STREET IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A CREDIT AND SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES LOOK TO US, UH, TO FOLLOW AND EMULATE.

UM, SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND INTEREST, AND THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. FRENCH.

JONATHAN SMITH.

HELLO, MY NAME'S JONATHAN SMITH.

I LIVE AND WORK IN, UH, DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M AN AVID CYCLIST, UH, BUT ALSO AN ARCHITECT.

SO, UH, WHEN I'M NOT RIDING MY BIKE, I'M DESIGNING, UH, BUILDINGS AND WORKING ON STREET SCAPES.

AND, UH, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT COUNCIL'S INVESTIGATING BIKE LANES, UH, WITHIN THIS PLAN.

UH, AS A CYCLIST, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WELL PROTECTED BIKE LANES EVERYWHERE ON EVERY STREET.

UH, HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE AND ON EVERY STREET.

UM, I BELIEVE MAKING AVENUE B AND, UH, ALAMO MORE DEDICATED TO CYCLISTS IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO BIKE LANES RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWN BROADWAY.

UM, I WOULD HOWEVER, ASK THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS ON ALAMO AS THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT CONDUCIVE TO CYCLING.

UH, AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT FUTURE BONDS YOU FIND MORE FOR CYCLING, UH, THE COST OF A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE GIANT HIGHWAY INTERCHANGES OUT ON 1604, WE COULD HAVE THE BEST, UH, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY.

BICYCLISTS, SCOOTERS, PEDESTRIANS, BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH, MATT BROWN.

HELLO, MATT BROWN FROM CENTRO.

I'M THE NEW C E O AND I AM NEW TO SAN ANTONIO.

AND AS COUNCILOR PERRY, UH, EXPERIENCE THE OTHER DAY, I HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED MY WAY AROUND THE CITY YET.

SO, UH, I WENT TO ONE RE AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO ANOTHER ONE.

UM, SO WITH THAT ASIDE, UM, MY QUICK COMMENTS AND REPRESENTING CENTRO, UH, WHO I UNDERSTAND, UM, WAS ONE OF THE INVESTORS, UM, AND FUNDERS ALONG WITH HICKSON PROPERTY AND OTHERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN FOR THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR.

OUR POSITION, UM, IN ECHOING WHAT'S BEEN SAID EARLIER IS, UH, RELIANCE ON EXPERTISE AND BEST PRACTICES.

SO THAT'S MY KEY TAKEAWAY HERE, IS THAT WHAT MY EXPERTISE IN, IN PART IS IN DESIGN.

IT'S NOT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, IT'S NOT IN PLANNING BIKE LANES, BUT I HAVE HAD 25, 30 YEARS OF PRACTICE AND DESIGN AND WHAT I SEE FROM MIG FROM THE T C I STAFF, FROM EVERYBODY, UM, AND LOOKING IN THE, UM, PRIOR WORK THROUGH TODAY IS A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PROJECT WITH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, RELYING ON BEST PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

UM, AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW M I G FROM MY PRIOR, UH, BUSINESS, UH, LIFE, SO I CAN ATTEST TO THEIR WORLD-CLASS STATUS AND EXPERTISE.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TO RELY ON AND WHAT TO SUPPORT, I'M IN THE POSITION OF WANTING TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY PROFESSIONALS, PARTICULARLY IN THE THREE MONTHS I'VE BEEN HERE.

UM, SEEING THEM FACE QUESTIONS FROM ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND PROVIDING COMPETENT, PROFESSIONAL, COHERENT RESPONSES.

SO THAT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE AND COMFORT THAT THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE MEETS UP TO THE STANDARDS OF, UM, HIGH PROFESSIONAL QUALITY WORK.

SO THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE.

UH, POINT NUMBER TWO IS THAT WHAT I CAN SEE IN THIS PLAN AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, IS THAT IT'S THE SAFEST ALTERNATIVE.

UM, IT'S NOT PERFECT.

NOTHING'S PERFECTLY SAFE, BUT IT'S THE SAFEST.

SO I HEAR THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S A PRIORITY AND IT SEEMS TO BECOME A DETERMINATIVE FACTOR.

AND ALSO I SEE IN THE CURRENT PLAN FLEXIBILITY.

SO AS THINGS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SCOOTERS REALLY ZOOMING AROUND THE STREETS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SO WHAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE IN FIVE AND 10 YEARS FROM NOW? SO HAVING FLEXIBILITY IS BUILT INTO THIS CURRENTLY.

SO I LIKED, I LIKE THAT AS A DESIGNER.

AND THE LAST THING I'D SAY IS I SAW A LOT OF, UM, REFERENCES TO IT, IS THAT THE FUTURE, UM, IS THAT WE SUPPORT VERY MUCH, UM, NEW MOBILITY, UH, PLANNING A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, STARTING WITH PICKING UP THE 2011 BIKE PLAN THAT'S HANGING OUT THERE BEFORE SCOOTERS WERE ON THE ROAD, AS WELL AS I THINK THE 2012, UM, DOWNTOWN, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT.

WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT AND WE'RE, UM, WILLING AND ABLE TO PUT OUR TIME AND RESOURCES TO SEEING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COME TOGETHER AND GET EXECUTED FOR EVERYBODY,

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MIMI QUINTANILLA, I'M SHORTER.

UM, MY NAME IS MIMI QUINTANILLA, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APPLAUD THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S BECOMING THE STANDARD THAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR CITY AND FROM OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I THINK THAT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A VOICE AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK OUT REGULARLY AND HAVE AN IMPACT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REMAIN INVOLVED.

I'M AN INVOLVED CITIZEN AND I'VE SERVED ON MANY COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEES OVER THE YEARS, AND IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AND ON CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

I'M A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ACTIVE LIVING COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL, AND I WAS A PART OF THE MIDTOWN TURS PLANNING COMMITTEE WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE WERE ALSO, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO COULD NOT ATTEND A DAY BECAUSE OF WORK OR OTHER COMMITMENTS.

I RIDE MY BICYCLE UP AND DOWN BROADWAY AND I LIVE IN RIVER ROAD.

I CATEGORIZE MYSELF AS AN EXPERIENCED BUT INTERMEDIATE BICYCLIST.

UM, ANECDOTALLY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO RIDE ALONG BROADWAY ARE JUST LIKE ME.

MANY OF THEM ARE MATURE LIKE MYSELF, BUT THEY'RE CYCLISTS WHO ARE ENJOYING WRITING, BEING COMMITTED TO ACTIVE LIVING, BEING COMMITTED TO ENJOYING BEING ABLE TO GO DOWNTOWN OR UP AND DOWN BROADWAY TO THE MUSEUMS UNDER THEIR OWN STEAM.

AND THEY ARE NOT ADVANCED CYCLISTS.

I BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT AND THE SPIRIT OF COMPLETE STREETS.

I WAS ON THE ACTIVE LIVING COUNCIL AND WE ADVOCATED FOR COMPLETE STREETS.

HOWEVER, REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS SHOULD APPLY IN THE CASE AND BE APPLIED IN, IN ALL CASES AND PLAY A PART IN THE PLANNING FOR COMPLETE STREETS.

WE SEE EXAMPLES EVERY DAY WHERE GENERALLY POSITIVE MANDATES AND PLANNING MODELS ARE UNIFORMLY APPLIED AND THEY DON'T WORK IN REALITY.

THERE ARE EXAMPLES IN THE U D C MANDATED SIDEWALKS BEING PUT IN WHERE THERE'S TELEPHONE POLES IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY CONNECT TO NOTHING WHERE CORRECTING ZONING LEAVES OWNERS IN NON HISTORIC CONFORMING PROPERTIES.

AND THOSE ARE DUE TO BLANKET ZONING EFFORTS THAT ARE WELL INTENTIONED, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPLETE STREETS.

THAT MODEL ON LOWER BROADWAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT WILL NOT ACHIEVE THOSE GOOD INTENTIONS.

I REPRESENT A GROUP OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO BICYCLE ALONE IN SMALL GROUPS AND WITH THEIR CHILDREN, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE ALAMO STREET AND THE AVENUE B OPTION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY AN OPTION IN OUR EYES, IT IS AN OPTION THAT THAT IS THE BEST FOR SAFETY AND COMFORT.

FOR THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS WHO USE BICYCLES FOR RECREATION AND SHORT COMMUTES, THE ALAMO STREET AND AVENUE B IMPLEMENTATIONS WILL REQUIRE PLANNING AND THEY'LL REQUIRE, REQUIRE THOUGHTFUL IMPROVEMENTS JUST AS HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR, LIGHTS, STRIPING SIGNAGE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IT JUST WOULDN'T BE RIGHT ON BROADWAY.

IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OFF OF BROADWAY, WHICH I THINK, AND WE ALL THINK WOULD BE MUCH SAFER FOR REGULAR PEOPLE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR AVENUE B, BUT IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW CITIZENS INTENDED TURS MONEY TO BE USED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, THANK YOU MIMI.

NIA.

BARBARA WHAT, HOWELL? THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, AND MY NAME IS BARBARA WOOD HOWELL, AND THIS IS JERRY TYSON.

AND, UH, ACTUALLY WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS AND OUR, UH, WHICH REPRESENTS ONE IN FIVE SAN ANTONIO'S SAN ANTONIANS, WHO ARE 60 YEARS AND OLDER.

AND OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SENIORS IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH SUPPORT OF SENIOR SERVICES, RESOURCES, ADVOCACY, AND OUTREACH.

AND, UM, WE ARE, UH, AS CONTRIBUTING SAN ANTONIANS THROUGH OUR TAXES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE REQUEST THAT YOUR COMMITTEE INCLUDES REPRESENTATION OF THE NEEDS OF ALL SENIORS.

THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF SENIORS IS 80 YEARS PLUS, AND THESE SENIORS, INCLUDING THE ONES UNDER 80, DESERVE MOBILITY OPTIONS SUITABLE TO THEIR NEEDS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE FULL PARTICIPATION AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER SAN ANTONIAN.

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AARP'S RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE THIRD OF SAN ANTONIANS ARE 55 PLUS.

SO BY THE TIME THIS COMES TO FRUITION, ONE IN THREE SAN ANTONIANS WILL BE A SENIOR.

THANK YOU, SUZANNE SCOTT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, MY NAME IS SUZANNE SCOTT AND I'M HERE, UH, AS A MEMBER OF THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD.

AND LOU FOX, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD, COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

SO HE WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT HE HAS SENT A LETTER TO, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE PLACED ON THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MIDTOWN TURS BOARD MEETING TO CONSIDER FUNDING FOR THE BIKE LANE TO BE PLACED ON AVENUE B AND ALAMO STREET.

THE MIDTOWN TURS BOARD, UH, APPROVED A MASTER PLAN BACK IN 2011 THAT REALLY LOOKED AT AND PRIORITIZED THE IMPROVEMENTS ON BROADWAY AND REALLY TAKING A MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO THE CORRIDOR.

AND EVEN IN THAT PARTICULAR, UM, MASTER PLAN, THE USE OF AVENUE B WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPA EXTEND THE CORRIDOR SO THAT ALL THE MODES OF TRAVEL COULD BE SAFELY INCORPORATED WITHIN THE ZONE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY IS GONNA BE PREPARING A FUNDING REQUEST TO THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE, UM, ALIGNMENT ALONG AVENUE B AND ALAMO STREET FOR THE PROTECTED SAFE LANDSCAPE BIKE LANE THAT WAS PRESENTED HERE TODAY.

UM, I'LL START WITH SOME QUESTIONS.

UH, THANK YOU SUZANNE.

SO THAT'S ALL THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

[4. 19-6044 Briefing on the status of the 2017-2022 Bond Program. [RoderickSanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Interim Director,Transportation & Capital Improvements] (Part 2 of 2)]

UM, RAZZIE REGARDING FUNDING.

SO LET ME START HERE.

UM, COULD YOU GO TO THE PORT TO THE, UM, FUNDING OF BROADWAY, THE ONE WHERE YOU MENTIONED HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN AND WHAT MONEY COMES FROM? WHERE CAN YOU GO? SLIDE 22 PLEASE.

TWO.

COUNCIL ROMAN AS PART TIME? YEAH, NO, YEAH, NOT, NOT THAT ONE.

THE ONE, UH, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO BROADWAY.

RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S 40,000,004 ROADWAY.

UM, SO OF THE PART THAT'S FUNDED $42 MILLION IN THE BOND, 14 MILLION FROM TXDOT AND FROM M P O, IS THERE, UM, A SPECIFIC WAY THAT THAT FUNDING IS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT? SO THE 14 MILLION, ISN'T IT PRIMARILY FOR RESURFACING AND THE CITY PICKS UP THE REST OF IT, THE 14 MILLION FROM THE TECHSTAR AND M P O AS YOU MADE A CALL, THIS IS THE ROADWAY AFTER IMPROVEMENT IS DONE, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK AND IT'LL BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN.

WE ARE GOING, BASICALLY GOING TO BUILD THE ROADWAY TO MEET THE DESIGN STANDARD OF THE TODAY.

OR IS IT INCLUDED IN THAT 56 MILLION? 56 IS A HUNDRED PERCENT IS OUR MONEY.

AND SO IF YOU GO TO THE, SO THE OTHER PART OF IT, THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES, THE LANDSCAPING UTILITY, UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE BOND.

CORRECT? THE UTILITY COMPANY PAYS THEIR COSTS, WATER RANCH SUER PAID BY SARS AND C P S FOR THE GAS AND ANY ELECTRICAL WORK.

WE FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND DRAINAGE, AND OF COURSE ANY CONSTRUCTION RELATED FOR ROAD CURB, SIDEWALK, DRIVEWAY AND LANDSCAPING, THE BOND MONEY PAYS IT.

SO THE 56 MILLION IS ONLY FOR ROADWAY CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE REST, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS WE PROCEED WITH OTHER BOND PROJECTS, IF THERE'S A BIG FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM SAWS AND C P S, CAN WE SEE THAT? BECAUSE THEN DOESN'T THAT CHANGE WHAT THE ENTIRE INVESTMENT IS IN THE CORRIDOR

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THIS PROJECT END UP BEING PROBABLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, 80 MILLION ENCODING SAWS AND CPAS USUALLY 80 20 ROUGHLY DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY HAVE ON THAT PARTICULAR ROAD.

IF IT IS BIGGER PIPE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE AND IS DEEPER PIPE, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE, IT COST MORE MONEY.

BUT THIS IS ONLY OUR PART OF THE CONTRIBUTION FOR PROJECT.

AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS, BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I MEAN, IT'S STILL THEIR TAX, THEIR DOLLARS, UM, WHETHER IT'S FROM A BOND PROGRAM OR C P SS SAWS, IT'S STILL THEIR DOLLARS.

AND SO I THINK JUST TO GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT THE INVESTMENT IS, IF WE COULD SEE THAT AS WELL ON AS, UM, FOR, FOR ALL LARGE BOND PROJECTS, ANYTIME WE GET AN UPDATE CORRECT.

UM, AND THAT, THAT ARE, THAT INCLUDES STREET PROJECTS.

BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S NOT FUNDED IN HERE, OF COURSE, IS THE AVENUE B.

UH, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS BOND PROGRAM.

UM, I'M JUST LOOKING UP SOME OF THE ORIGINAL INFORMATION.

I WISH I HAD IT HERE TO SHOW, BUT WE COULD HOPEFULLY, I'M SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THAT NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH, WE'LL HAVE AN INFORMA INFORMATION WITH A LITTLE MORE DATA.

BUT I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ON EVERYBODY'S MIND, SO I DIDN'T WANT US TO GO OUR FIRST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING WITHOUT A BRIEFING ON BROADWAY.

WE'LL HAVE THE DATA TO PRESENT.

UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL BOND LANGUAGE, IT JUST SHOW THE WHOLE BROADWAY CONNECT CONNECTION.

AND WE HAVE A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.

WE HAVE A VISION ZERO POLICY THAT IT WOULD BE INCLUDED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ALTERNATIVE, UM, IS IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE TODAY.

UM, THIS AVENUE B, THERE WAS ALWAYS AN UNDERSTANDING IN MY MIND THAT THERE WOULD BE A COMPLETE STREET, UH, WITH BIKE LANES.

AND, AND I'M ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT EVEN STILL, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT THE PARKING AND PUT IN BIKE LANES.

THERE'S SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR THAT, AND THAT MODEL WOULD WORK TOO.

AND WHY IT'S NEVER SHOWN IN ANY PRESENTATION THAT I'VE BEEN TO, I THINK THAT'S AN UNFAIR REPRESENTATION OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT.

THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

UH, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT ARE SAYING, JUST GET ON WITH IT.

WE'LL DO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ALONG BECAUSE THE PROJECTS GET DELAYED.

AND THE MORE THEY GET DELAYED, THE MORE COST THAT IS, AND THESE ARE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, UH, AND WE NEED TO INVEST THEM WISELY.

UH, AND SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS ONLY URGENCY TO MOVE ALONG WITH THE PROJECT.

UM, MY PREFERENCE OF COURSE, IS TO SEE THE DEDICATED BIKE LANES ALL THE WAY DOWN BROADWAY.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME THING INFORMATION THAT I WANNA SEE AS WE ARE, UM, GOING FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION BY THEN, WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH.

SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR ROD OR ROZY WHO'S GONNA GIVE US OUR PRESENTATION THE NEXT TIME, BUT MR. HIXSON, I'M SORRY, THE GENTLEMAN WITH HIXSON, UM, BEAM, ARE YOU STILL HERE? YES, MR. BE, COULD YOU COME UP FOR JUST A MINUTE PLEASE? UM, AND I, I, MAYBE ROD, YOU CAN GET THE COMPLETE PICTURE, BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR BEING HERE.

AND, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS X NUMBER OF OFFICE SPACE OR X NUMBER OF HOUSING.

CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT AND WHERE THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM? YES, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR NEXT MONTH'S PRESENTATION IS ALSO WHAT'S ANTICIPATED FOR THE CORRIDOR, UM, HOW MUCH HOUSING THERE IS.

YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT OFFICE AND I IMAGINE, UM, SO IS HIXTON A DEVELOPER ON THE PROJECT? WE'RE OKAY.

AND COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS YOU HAVE AND SURE.

LET ME, UH, LET ME GIVE YOU THE RUNDOWN ON THE NEW OFFICES FIRST SO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.

AND SO THE OFFICE DATA THAT I HAVE, THE NEW ALMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, BUILDING AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS 160,000 SQUARE FEET.

I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE TWO NEW PEARL OFFICE TOWERS ARE 300,000 SQUARE FEET.

WE ARE CURRENTLY, WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN HICKSON PROPERTIES IS CURRENTLY BUILDING AN OFFICE BUILDING CALLED THE SOTO.

I'LL GIVE IT A QUICK PLUG.

IT'S THE FIRST MASS TIMBER OFFICE BUILDING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT'S 150,000 SQUARE FEET, C P SS, UH, THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE, UH, CURRENTLY RENOVATING.

ONE BLOCK OFF OF BROADWAY, 400,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT BUILDING, I BELIEVE IS 150,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, UH, SO YOU TOTAL THOSE UP, THAT'S ONE THOU OR 1,160,000 SQUARE FEET ON TOP OF THAT, I KNOW THAT A PROJECT HAS BEEN PLANNED AT 1603, BROADWAY WOULD BE ABOUT ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

AND THEN JEFFERSON BANK

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IS CONSIDERING 190,000 SQUARE FEET.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS, RETAIL, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

AND I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH CITY STAFF.

SO AS THEY'RE PREPARING THEIR PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LAYER ON SOME OF WHAT'S COMING NEXT SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S REALLY EXACTLY THE INFORMATION I WAS LOOKING FOR.

GOOD.

UM, AND ROD OR WHOMEVER, MAYBE CENTRO ALSO HAS THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

UH, HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS AND THE OFFICE UNITS AND, UM, UH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND IN FACT, WHICH I FEEL STILL THINK MAKE MY CASE AS TO WHY WE SHOULD HAVE BIKE LANES, AND YOU'RE NEVER GONNA ACCOMMODATE ALL THE AUTOMOBILES WITH THAT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OVER A MILLION PLUS SQUARE FOOTAGE.

WE CANNOT POSSIBLY ACCOMMODATE THAT MANY CARS, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO FIND SOME ALTERNATIVE.

UM, AND I THINK THAT, UH, HAVING PROTECTED BIKE LANES THERE AND SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILES, UH, MAKES THE PERFECT CASE.

AND, AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED THERE IS ON STREET PARKING, UH, AND I, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S FOUR BLOCKS OF STREET.

THAT WOULD BE FOUR BLOCKS OF BIKE LANES THAT WOULD BE DIVERTED TO ACCOMMODATE ON-STREET PARKING.

AND HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED BY FOUR BLOCKS.

I BET SOMEBODY HERE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT ANSWER IS.

BUT, UM, IF YOU, IF WE DON'T KNOW IT BY THE END OF TODAY, UH, IF THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL, HOW MANY ON-STREET PARKING SPACES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WHICH STILL SEEMS TO MAKE THE PERFECT CASE, WHY WE SHOULDN'T ACCOMMODATE ON STREET PARKING, THAT WOULD NEVER WORK.

UM, C COUNCILWOMAN, MAY I ASK ADDRESS THAT? ONAIR PARKING, FIRST OF ALL IS REALLY NOT FOR ONAIR PARKING ONLY.

THAT'S FOR WE TO PULL OUT AND PICK UP THE PASSENGER OR LET THE PASSENGER TAKE OFF.

THAT'S FOR DELIVERY TRUCK TO DELIVER ANOTHER MEAN.

SECONDLY, IT IS ON THAT AREA WE ARE CALLING UTILITY LANE IS EIGHT FOOT WIDE ONLY.

SAFE BICYCLE LANE, ONE ON EITHER SIDE, FIVE FOOT FOUR BIKE, THREE FOOT FOUR SAFETY ZONE, EIGHT FOOT, AND ANOTHER EIGHT FOOT.

WE NEED 16 FOOT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFER BIKE LANE.

ELIMINATING EIGHT FOOT IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US 16 FOOT, I DON'T KNOW, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE EIGHT FOOT OR EIGHT 16 FOOT BIKE LANES.

UM, SO I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE ONE ON B STREET IS 16 FEET.

I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF THAT WAS THE CASE.

USUALLY FIVE FOOT FOR BIKE, THREE FOOT FOR THE PROTECTION, THAT'S EIGHT.

AND IF YOU REPEAT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THAT'S ANOTHER EIGHT.

WELL, WE'LL SEE IT WHEN YOU PRESENT, UM, NEXT MONTH WITH THE SUFFICIENT DATA.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A 16 FOOT BIKE LANE, BUT, UM, UH, I I ALSO JUST WANNA COMMENT, UH, ON A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

UM, WHAT IS PLANNED? UH, SO MR. BEACHAM MENTIONED ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S POTENTIALLY PLANNED FOR BROADWAY.

UM, IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR B STREET? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IF THERE IS, UH, AS THAT DEVELOPS, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT FUNDED, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A SPACE THAT'S A ACCOMMODATING FOR EVERYONE.

AND SO WHY HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THE BACK DOOR IF THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED FOR B STREET? SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A PARK ON PART OF BRACKEN RIDGE PARK ON ONE SIDE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE ON ONE SIDE.

AND, UH, SO PERHAPS WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, IF THERE'S ANY PLAN FOR B STREET.

UM, AND I THINK THE, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT, UM, I HAVE, UH, JUST TO COME, UH, TO, REGARDING COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINT EARLY ON, I TOO WOULD NEVER HAVE SUPPORTED A BOND PROJECT THAT GAVE SO MUCH ATTENTION TO DISTRICT ONE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE DOWNTOWN PROJECTS AND WE ALL HAVE, UH, FEEDBACK ON DOWNTOWN PROJECTS.

THEY WERE CONSIDERED CITYWIDE PROJECTS, UM, AND DOWNTOWN PROJECTS, NOT DISTRICT ONE PROJECTS.

SO THAT WHEN YOU SHOW IT LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S A BIT SKEWED BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY NOT THE INTENT THAT THEY WERE ALL DOWNTOWN.

THEY WERE, UH, RATHER NOT DISTRICT ONE, BUT ALL, ALL OF DOWNTOWN.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL OPEN UP, UH, COMMENTS TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? OH, UH, COUNCILMAN VINNO.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UH, JUST WANNA STATE AGAIN, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

AND FIRST I WANNA POINT OUT, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND SO I WANNA THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT TODAY TO SPEAK, UH, ON BEHALF OF, OF ALL THAT WORK THAT HAS OCCURRED.

THANK YOU TO T C I, THANK YOU TO THE DESIGN TEAM.

UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MIMI, YOU SAID IT BEST, REALLY, YOU KNOW,

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WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS SORT OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

DESIGN DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

AND, AND SO WHEN, WHEN WE CAN PRODUCE OPTIONS THAT IT REALLY FOLLOWS SOME KEY PRINCIPLES, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT REALLY IS ABOUT SAFETY.

IT REALLY IS ABOUT ACCOMMODATING THE BEST WE CAN IN, IN THE, IN THE MOST, UH, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE.

AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIMITED DOLLARS AS WELL, AND WHAT WE FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WAS THAT AVENUE B IS A VIABLE OPTION.

IT'S NOT A BACK ALLEY, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THE RIVERWALK ITSELF.

IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING PLACE.

IT'S A GROWING PLACE, LOTS OF ACTIVITY.

UM, THERE WAS 20 PLUS MEETINGS, UH, THAT I CAN COUNT REGARDING THE WORK THAT HAPPENED ON THIS CORRIDOR.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, LOTS OF ACTIVATION, MY OFFICE BEING VERY MUCH A PART OF THAT.

AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AS YOU SEE THAT ARE UP AND DOWN BROADWAY, THEY WERE VERY MUCH A PART OF HELPING TO, TO DESIGN AND CREATE THIS.

UM, THE AT THE HEART OF THIS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SITTING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE COMPONENTS WORK IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S ABOUT CONNECTEDNESS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT OUR LIMITED RESOURCES AND UTILIZING THOSE RESOURCES IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.

UM, IN FACT, YOU HEAR ME TALK A LOT ABOUT SIDEWALKS, AND I THINK AT THE HEART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WORK IS ROBUST SIDEWALKS THAT, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY AGREED TO, UH, WAS, WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S GONNA SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR A MORE WALKABLE CITY.

A, UH, SIDEWALKS THAT SEE, UM, MORE TREES, MORE SHADE, MORE SAFETY.

AND WE'RE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO, TO BUILD MORE SIDEWALKS IN OUR CITY.

BECAUSE WITH OUR GAP WE'RE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN SNAP OUR FINGERS AND AND SOLVE THAT ISSUE IN ONE YEAR OR EVEN IN TWO YEARS.

IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG, BIG PROJECT AND MUCH LIKE THIS PROJECT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PICKING ALL THE BEST OPTIONS THAT WE CAN.

AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE ESTABLISHED HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A 30 YARD, UH, DETOUR OVER TO AVENUE B IN ALAMO IS, IS REALLY ABOUT, UH, PROVIDING THE MOST, UH, SAFETY, UH, PROVIDING AN ABILITY TO PROVIDE CONNECTEDNESS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AND, UM, AND, AND A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS.

UM, SECONDLY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS.

AND THIS WAS A PROCESS WHERE COMMITTEES WERE ASSEMBLED.

UM, I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL TO POINT OUT ROSIE, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME POINT OUT THE BOND PROCESS AND HOW EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, ADDRESSING THE DIFFERENT, UH, BOND PRO, UH, PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND WHAT DID THAT ENTAIL? TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT COUNCILMAN.

LAST YEAR, YEAR AND HALF, BEFORE MAY OF 2017, I START ON THE 2017 BOMB PROCESS.

FIRST MET WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND GOT THEIR NEED MET WITH DEPARTMENT HEAD, GOT THEIR NEED.

THEN I ATTENDED NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND HEAR FROM THEM WHAT THEY WANT US TO INCLUDE PART OF THE BOND.

WE GOT ALL THESE INFORMATION, BUT THEN WE HIRED TWO CONSULTING TO ASSIST THEM DOING SCOPING AND COST ESTIMATING BASED ON, WE CREATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO GO CITY MANAGER.

AFTER THEIR REVIEW, WE GOT THEIR COMMAND, THEN WE PREPARE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE GOT THEIR COMMAND.

THEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPOINTED FIVE COMMITTEE, WE HAD 25 MEETING IN MAIN LIBRARY, FIVE PER EACH.

I ATTENDED EVERY ONE OF THEM AND MANY OF YOU ATTENDED.

ALSO, WE PRESENT WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.

WE HEARD FROM THEM, WE INCLUDE THEIR COMMENT AND WE ALWAYS PROVIDE RESPONSE BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING.

THE LAST MEETING OF EACH COMMITTEE WAS THE FIELD TRIP FOR THEM TO GO AND SEE THE PROJECT.

THEY ARE BASICALLY APPROVING.

WE WENT TO DRAIN, YOU SEE THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, THREE PROJECT, LIBRARY AND SO ON.

AND OF COURSE MAY OF 2017, AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SUPPORT, MAJORITY OF THEM IN HIGH 70% RATING BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE HAVE DELIVERED 2007 AND 2012 BOND.

THEY TRUST US.

WE CAN DELIVER LARGE BOND.

ALSO, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THIS IS A VOTER APPROVED, UH, PROCESS THROUGH THE BOND PROCESS, CORRECT? YES,

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SIR.

AND, AND SO THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU, UH, GO THROUGH, UH, A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

UH, SHORTLY AFTER BOND AS APPROVED, WE PUT OUTSIDE, WE CALL MASS SELECTION.

SINCE WE HAD 180 PROJECT, WE KNEW IF WE DO ONE AT THE TIME, IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONG TIME TO GET THIS THING MOVING.

AND WHEN PUBLIC SEES THE PROJECT ON THE BOND, THEY WANNA SEE RESULT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT 10 YEARS, THEY WANNA SEE NEXT YEAR OR NEXT MONTH.

ACTUALLY WE DID MASS SELECTION, WE SELECT NUMBER OF THE CONSULTING AND ARCHITECT TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT FOR US.

WE BROUGHT THOSE SELECTION TO CONSOLE CONSOLES APPROVED, AND WE START SCOPING AND FEE NEGOTIATION AND WE START DESIGNING.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM, 20 NINES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND MORE TO GO FOR CONSTRUCTION RAZZI.

UM, WITH REGARDS TO COMPLETE STREETS, IS THERE A SINGULAR DESIGN FOR COMPLETE STREETS ON EVERY PROJECT? WE LOOK TO SEE CAN WE MEET THE COMPLETE STREET IDEA ON THAT ROAD? AND MANY PLACE WE DO SOMEPLACE BECAUSE OF THE NARROW RIGHT OF WAY, WE, WE CANNOT INTRODUCING ANOTHER ELEMENT TO THAT ROADWAY END UP REALLY AFFECTING EVERYTHING ELSE.

ON BROADWAY, WE ARE VERY SERIOUS TO LOOK FOR THE BIKE LANE TO INTER CORRIDOR, NOT REALLY GO TO AVENUE B WHEN IT COMES TO JOSEPHINE, BUT IT WAS SO TIGHT.

EITHER SIDEWALK HAD TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY NARROW, SO NARROW, MAYBE NOT REALLY FIT FOR THE AREA OR DO VERY LITTLE LANDSCAPING.

WE ALSO LOOKING FOR REDUCING THE TRAFFIC LANE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE STUDY DONE YET.

WE ARE REDUCED LOOKING FOR RATHER THAN HAVING THREE, FOUR LANE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THREE LANE TRAFFIC.

WE WILL HAVE THIS RESULT TO BE DONE PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVERY OPTION TO INTRODUCE THE BIKE LANE ON BROADWAY IF POSSIBLE.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DATA AND, AND, AND AS PART OF THAT DATA, I MEAN THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE STARTED THE PROCESS AND THAT'S THE ALAMO DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, THE ALAMO PROJECT HAS ALAMO STREET CLOSING AND THEREFORE LA SOYA IS, IS GONNA BE, UH, IMPACTED.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE A VERY DIFFERENT STREET, AT LEAST AROUND THOSE AREAS.

UM, HOW DID WE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL? BECAUSE WE KNOW IN FACT HOUSTON STREET AS WELL.

SO WE'RE CLO WE'VE CLOSED ALAMO AND PARTS OF HOUSTON.

HOW DID, UH, T C I TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT? AS I SHOWED ON MY PRESENTATION, THE TRAFFIC STUDY COVERS VERY BIG AREA IN THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR.

IT'S NOT JUST BROADWAY ROAD ITSELF, IT GOES FARTHER EAST AND WEST.

AND ALSO WE HAVE ASKED OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO INCLUDE ANY UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA TO INCLUDE THOSE PART OF THEIR STUDY.

WELL, THANK YOU RAZZI.

AND I THINK AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUST REEMPHASIZE THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE PRESCRIPTION FOR A COMPLETE STREET.

I THINK WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE, UM, ARE MANAGING OUR, OUR PROJECTS.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S WHAT, UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, GIVES COMFORT TO THE CITY AS T C I IS GOING OUT THERE EXECUTING, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL THESE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, THE MOST FOR, FOR OUR DOLLAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT AND ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT WENT INTO GETTING US TO THIS PROCESS.

I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I I AM SUPPORTIVE OF HA OF A VERY STRONG BIKE NETWORK.

UH, JUST LIKE I'M, I'M A SUPPORTER OF A VERY STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK THAT MEANS BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT TRANSIT SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF A, OF, OF A CITY THAT THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS OLD AS SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO, UH, ADDRESS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND WITH DIFFERENT DESIGN METHODOLOGIES AND, AND THEREFORE EMPLOY DIFFERENT TACTICS TO GET THE BEST, UH, SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, AGAIN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UH, I YIELD THE FLOOR CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TINO.

AND I JUST, I I DO HAVE THE BOND LANGUAGE HERE REGARDING THE BROADWAY STREET CORRIDOR, EAST HOUSTON TO EAST HILDEBRAND AVENUE.

AND THE PROJECT SCOPE DOES SAY BROADWAY STREET CORRIDOR, EAST HOUSTON TO EAST HILDEBRAND RECONSTRUCT BROADWAY FROM EAST HOUSTON TO HILDEBRAND WITH CURBS, SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS APPROACHES, BICYCLE AMENITIES, LIGHTING DRAINAGE, AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AS APPROPRIATE AND WITHIN AVAILABLE FUNDS, CITY FUNDING WILL LEVERAGE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.

UH, SO THERE IS LANGUAGE HERE THAT DOES SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE BIKE AMENITIES ON BROADWAY IN THAT CORRIDOR AND THAT, UH, AND THERE'S NO MENTION

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OF AVENUE B.

UH, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TOPIC TO DISCUSSION.

UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TODAY'S CONVERSATION AND ALSO WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, NEXT MONTH.

FIRST, I WANNA SAY THAT WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR BROADWAY SOUNDS VERY EXCITING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUILDING MODELS, UM, THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY CAN THEN EMULATE.

UH, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRANSFORMATION OF, OF OUR, YOU KNOW, ASPHALT LADEN COMMUNITY, UM, INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL, MUCH MORE INVITING AND, UH, MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN AND FRIENDLY.

SOMETHING THAT COULD ENCOURAGE MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, I'M ALSO, UH, A LITTLE PERPLEXED ABOUT US HAVING THIS, THIS DEBATE RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M GONNA ASK SOME CLARIFYING, UH, QUESTIONS.

I, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH THE DISCUSSION.

SO, UM, RAZZI, SOMEONE CAME UP HERE EARLIER AND TALKED ABOUT HOW, UH, THIS WAS DESIGNED BY M I G.

SO ARE THEY THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS SELECTED DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS? N NO MA'AM.

DURING THE BEFORE BOND, WE KNEW THERE IS A POTENTIAL THIS TO BE A PART OF THE PART.

IT WASN'T PART OF THE PART.

IN, IN 2016, CENTRO AND SOME STAKEHOLDER, THEY RAISED MONEY ON THEIR OWN.

THEY HIRED M I G AS A CONSULTING TO PROVIDE THEM WHAT SHOULD REALLY PROVIDE VISIONING FOR BROADWAY.

THEY HAD NUMBER OF THE MEETINGS, CITY STAFF ATTENDED ALSO, BUT THE M I G WAS NOT WORKING FOR US.

THEY, THEY ALRIGHT.

BUT THEN LATER ON WE HIRED A CONSULTANT FOR THE DESIGN.

IS THAT RIGHT? LATER ON WE HIRED DESIGN BUILD AND IT'S STILL, M I G IS NOT PART OF THEIR DESIGN BUILD TEAM.

THEY ARE NOT.

SO THE VISIONING PROCESS THAT WAS HOSTED BY CENTRO? CORRECT.

AND UM, I GUESS WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DID THAT HAVE DURING THE, WE WENT TO 25 PUBLIC MEETING.

OF COURSE FIVE WAS EACH PROPOSITION.

25 WASN'T FIRST STREET.

WE ALSO SHOW THAT VISION AND STATEMENT REGARDING THE BROADWAY, NO, NO, I'M SORRY.

THE, THE M I G PROCESS.

WHAT WAS THAT PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THAT, THE VISIONING PROCESS? WHO WAS, WHO WAS THERE? I ATTENDED SOME OF IT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME FROM CENTRAL MAKE BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

ARE YOU OKAY FOR CENTRAL? YES, PLEASE.

YES, PLEASE.

COME ON UP.

I THINK THIS IS, UH, KIND OF THE, THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE, OF MY CONFUSION.

GO AHEAD.

OH, NO.

YEAH, SO MULTIPLE, UH, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.

UM, AND, AND WE COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE? OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, MY NAME IS EDDIE ROMEO, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR, FOR CENTRAL.

PLEASURE.

SO, YEAH, SO MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT, UM, UH, CONTINUED NOT, NOT JUST THROUGH THE VISIONING, UM, BUT THROUGH THE 2017 BOND PROCESS AND THEN AFTER THE BOND PROCESS.

UM, AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH, WITH THAT FULL LIST OF, OF STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND THOSE MEETING DATES.

SO THAT WAS PARALLEL AT SOME POINT THAT BECAME PARALLEL TO THE CITY'S DESIGN PROCESS, I GUESS, WHEN YOU WERE HOSTING THOSE, OR WERE THOSE COORDINATED PROCESSES? SO AFTER THE, THE VISIONING, UH, PROCESS, UH, UH, WE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION.

UH, AND THEN AFTER THE BOND, WE, WE GATHER THOSE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER JUST FOR DESIGN OVERSIGHT TO MAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE DESIGNS, UH, WERE MAINTAINED IS MAINTAINED.

IS MAINTAINED.

SO, SO LET ME TELL YOU WHY I ASK.

SURE.

UM, NUMBER ONE IS THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE A BOND PROJECT, UH, I EXPECT THAT, UH, THERE IS GOING TO BE ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT INTO IT.

AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE BOND COMMITTEES APPROVING THAT.

BUT EVEN WHEN WE BEGIN, UH, ONCE THE BOND IS APPROVED, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY, AT LEAST IN, IN THE BOND PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT, I'VE REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.

THEN WE COME BACK AND WE CHECK IN AND WE SAY, IS THIS WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU? BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN, IT'S A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.

SO MY, MY ONLY CONCERN IS MAYBE THAT THE VISIONING PROCESS WASN'T, UH, TOUTED AS A BOND PROJECT AT THE TIME.

SO PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE, HEY, THIS IS MY BOND DOLLARS GOING INTO THIS.

I HAVE A, I HAVE A STAKE IN WHAT COMES OUT.

PROVIDE, UH, MORE DETAIL ON THE OUTREACH THAT WAS, UH, THAT DID TAKE PLACE WITH, WITH THOSE DESIGN CONCEPTS.

UM, SO I, I CAN

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THAT DID INCLUDE GOING TO, UM, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

GREAT.

, UM, ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT PROJECT WAS, UH, WAS MADE POSSIBLE.

UM, AND THEN LET ME ASK YOU, SO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIKE LANE SO MUCH, TELL ME ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CYCLING COMMUNITY IN THE VISIONING PROCESS.

SO, SO THAT EVOLVED, I MEAN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN 20, IN 2016 WHEN THE CONCEPTING, UH, BEGAN, UH, WE HAD, UM, BOB BREVARD WAS ACTUALLY ON, ON AS PART OF THE, UH, UH, COMMITTEE.

UM, AND THEN WE LEARNED AFTER THE, UH, AFTER THE BOND WAS APPROVED, WE LEARNED THAT THERE WERE NEW, UH, BIKE, UH, ADVOCACY GROUPS INVOLVED.

SO WE INCLUDED BIKE SAN ANTONIO IN THE CONVERSATION.

AND WITH THAT CONVERSATION LED TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, EVEN AS, UH, A WALK A SIDEWALK OF BROADWAY.

AND, UH, WE FOUND THAT AVENUE B AND, AND NORTH ALAMO WAS ACTUALLY A CONSENSUS, UH, WITH MANY OF THE CYCLISTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT, THAT WAS PART OF, UM, THAT WAS PART OF THAT, THAT OUTREACH JUST BECAUSE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF, OF THE COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, UH, MOVED ON, UH, BY SAN ANTONIO WAS A BRAND NEW ADVOCACY GROUP IN, UH, HERE IN TOWN.

SO WE MADE SURE THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION.

SURE.

SO, SORRY, YOU SAID WHEN IT STARTED IN 2016 MM-HMM.

, YOU HAD BOB VAR, AND, I MEAN, IS HE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BICYCLING COMMUNITY? NO, TODAY IT'S JANELLE STENBERG.

SHE'S WITH BIKE SAN ANTONIO.

SO, UM, SO BIKE SAN ANTONIO WAS PART OF THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, THEN? NOT FROM THE BEGINNING.

THEY WERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BRAND NEW, UM MM-HMM.

, I, I THINK 20 17, 20 18.

SO, SO WHO FROM WHAT BICYCLING ORGANIZATION WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING? I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S A, UH, A, THERE WAS JUST A REPRESENTATIVES FROM, FROM THE BIKE GROUP.

SO, AND I'LL GO BACK TO MY LIST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY REPRESENTATION FROM AN ORGANIZATION.

SO WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT MONTH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IF THERE WERE, UH, DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FROM FROM THE BEGINNING.

RAZZI, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? MM-HMM.

, COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHEN WE HAVE BOND PROJECT, WE HAVE MINIMUM OF THREE COMMUNITY MEETING.

AND ON BROADWAY WE DID ALSO, ACTUALLY, WE HAD 1, 3, 3, 3 MONTHS OR AGO, COUNCILMAN TINO AND CENTRAL CATHOLIC, WE GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE.

, WE CREATE NUMBER OF THE OPTION TO SEE HOW CAN WE INCLUDE BIKE LANE ON LOWER PART OF BROADWAY WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE WIDER SIDEWALK AND TRAFFIC LANE AND ALSO SAFE BIKE LANE.

YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE, I KNOW THERE WAS ROBUST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THE WHOLE BOND PACKAGE AND AS FAR AS THE STREETS WORK, THE STREETS GROUP, YOU HAVE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND, AND BRIDGES.

, WE REALLY DON'T WANNA JUST PUT OVER THEIR BIKE LANE FOR HICCUP, PUTTING BIKE LANE AND NOT BEING SAFE.

WE, AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WHEN WE IDENTIFY THIS IS A BIKE LANE, PEOPLE TRUST US.

WE HAVE DONE OUR HOMEWORK AND THIS IS A SAFE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE.

WE LOOK FOR AVENUE B.

AVENUE B WASN'T FUNDED IN THE BEGINNING.

WE HAD JUST, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.

THEN WE LOOKED OVER TO SEE HOW WE CAN REALLY MEET THEIR NEED ALSO.

AND LUCKILY, WE ARE BEING ABLE, LOOKS VERY POSITIVE.

WE MAY GET FUNDING FROM MIDTOWN TOURS TO INCLUDE BIKE LANE AND AVENUE B ALSO.

WE WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT ONE EVEN SOONER THAN BROADWAY WILL BE DONE.

SO IN, IN CASE ANYBODY'S, UH, WONDERING, I'LL BE CLEAR, MY, MY POSITION ON THIS IS I'M WILLING TO LOOK AT WHAT AVENUE B WILL PROVIDE, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO SHOW ME WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE ACTUALLY PUT THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON THAT PORTION OF BROADWAY.

I REALIZED THERE WOULD BE SACRIFICES, BUT I WANT TO SEE THE LAYOUT OF WHAT THOSE SACRIFICES ARE, AND THEN I FEEL THAT I CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

I WOULD ALSO MAKE A POINT THAT IN 2016 WHEN ALL THIS BEGAN, AND EVEN IN 2017 WHEN THE BOND WAS APPROVED, IT WAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIME IN TERMS OF THE AWARENESS OF BIKE SAFETY AMONG SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROBABLY OUR COUNCIL AS WELL.

AND, UH, THINGS EVOLVE AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE READY, UH, TO, FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES.

AND, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY OUR BEST.

AND, AND I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS, JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, I HOPE, UH, AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I HAVE A FEW MORE, UH, QUESTIONS.

RAZZIE, I WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ READ ALOUD THE LANGUAGE.

AND IF I HAD READ THAT OR, AND I DID 'CAUSE I VOTED ON THE BOND, UH, I, I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT THAT MEANT THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR THERE WOULD BE BICYCLE AMENITIES.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT THERE AREN'T BICYCLE AMENITIES THROUGHOUT.

UM, IN ADDITION,

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YOU HAVE A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

UM, AND YOU WERE PROBABLY THE ONE WHO GAVE THAT PRESENTATION ON WHAT THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE.

AND YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES INCLUDE IMPROVE AND SUPPORT, VISION ZERO COMPLETE STREETS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS COUNCILMAN TREVINO ON SOME THINGS, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IF I READ COMPLETE STREETS, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD MEAN, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE STREETS LIKE FOR EVERY MODE.

SO I THINK MAYBE THAT'S A MISNOMER.

MAYBE IT SHOULD BE CALLED ALMOST COMPLETE STREETS OR SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WOULD BE CONFUSED 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONALS, LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, UH, TODAY.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, WHEN ARE WE APPROVING THE, THE CONTRACTOR FOR, FOR THIS PHASE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN APPROVED EARLY THIS YEAR.

SO WHEN DO THEY BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS? NEXT YEAR.

SO THEY WERE HIRED A YEAR BEFORE YEAH.

TO DESIGN A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

THIS IS A DESIGN BUILD, THE DESIGNER AND THE CONTRACTOR WORKING TOGETHER.

SINCE THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROJECT, WE WANNA AVOID POINTING FINGER WHO DROPPED THE BALL.

WE HIRED AS A TEAM, BASICALLY CONTRACTOR AND DESIGNER IS GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THIS PROJECT FOR US.

SURE.

AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC TRANSIT PLANS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

WHAT ARE THEY? I SEE IN SOME OF THE VISUALS YOU HAVE A, A LANE AND THERE'S A BUS IN IT.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT'S A DEDICATED BUS LANE? NOT DEDICATED.

WE USUALLY MAKE THE CURB LANE, THE ONE AS CLOSE THE CURB IS WIDER FOR BUS TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THAT'S THE AREA THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO STOP.

UM, AND SORRY, WHAT DOESN'T VIA HAVE A CORRIDOR PLAN THAT CORRESPONDS WITH OUR CORRIDOR PLAN AND IT'S AN ADVANCE RAPID CORRIDOR, I THOUGHT.

LET ME ASK ART IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HI ART.

YES.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE VIA 2040 PLAN, THEY IDENTIFIED SEVEN CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

UH, BROADWAY IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, COULD SUPPORT RAPID TRANSIT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND DEDICATED LANES.

HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE? UH, IT'S, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYORS CONNECT SA PLANS MOVING FORWARD, UH, IT WILL LOOK FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO IT COULD BE PART OF THAT FUTURE PLAN.

SO THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED IS FOR JUST THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF, OF DOING IT, OR THEIR CAPITAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT TOO.

SO FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT, IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING.

UM, SO THEN WE ARE O THE PROPOSAL GOING, SORRY, HOW DO I PHRASE THIS? SO IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW MAY END UP BEING TWO DEDICATED LANES OF TRANSIT AND TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.

ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED PLAN RIGHT NOW WITH TWO LANES OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC EACH WAY IS DOWN THE ROAD, ONE OF THOSE LANES EACH WAY COULD BE REPURPOSED, UH, FOR DEDICATED BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

SO, UM, AND THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THAT, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

IF FUNDING DOES BECOME AVAILABLE, WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT BECAUSE I THINK IF BIKE LANES ARE THIS DIFFICULT TO GET APPROVED, I IMAGINE THAT HAVING DEDICATED BUS LANES IS ALSO GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY TRICKY TOO.

UM, OKAY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT.

UM, SO ROSSI, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE, I WILL END AT SOME POINT.

COUNCILWOMAN.

THANK YOU, .

I'M GLAD YOU SCHEDULED AS LONG AS YOU DID FOR, FOR THIS MEETING.

CAN WE GO BACK TO ONE OF THE STREET SCAPES THAT HAS THE PARKING SPACE? I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO WALK ME THROUGH THAT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE GET TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH EVERYONE.

SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I YEAH.

THAT GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK.

, THIS IS THE NARROW SECTION OF THE BROADWAY, 78 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY SOUTH OF JOSEPHINE.

SO, UM, IT SAYS 11 TO 17 FEET ON THE SIDEWALK.

CAN YOU TELL ME, IS IT, DOES THAT MEAN IT VARIES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR? IT DOES VARY.

AND ALSO ANY PLACE WE HAVE TREE THAT TAKES FOUR FOOT FROM THE SIDEWALK.

ANY PLACE WE DON'T HAVE TREE THAT'S ADDITIONAL FOUR FOOT.

ONLY ONE BIKE LANE, NOT TWO BECAUSE FIVE FOOT FOR BIKE AND THREE FOOT BUFFER, WE COULD HAVE ONLY ONE DIRECTION BIKE LANE, BUT SOME, SOMETIMES YOU COULD USE SOME OF THE SIDEWALK.

SO, UM, SO WHAT HAPPENED IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PARKING LANE THERE, WE COULD ADD

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RIGHT.

IF YOU WANTED TO MODIFY THAT SIDEWALK NARROW.

SO IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING BACK NEXT MONTH? WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE, THAT WE'RE WAITING ON? WE ARE GOING TO BRING BACK THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

WE ARE GOING TO ELIMINATING ONE LANE TO HAVE THREE LANE AND WE GOT SOME COMMENT, WE COULD BRING SOME ADDITIONAL OPTION.

WE HAVE LOOKED, IF WE INTRODUCE BIKE LANE ON BOTH SIDE ONE ON NORTH, ONE SOUTH, HOW THE CROSS-SECTION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, HOW WIDE THE SIDEWALK IS GOING TO BE.

WELL I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO SEEING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LEVERAGED FUNDS EARLY ON IN YOUR, IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND ON THIS ONE WE HAVE 14,000,009 MILLION FROM M P O 5 MILLION FROM TECH DOT BECAUSE AFTER THE ROADWAY IS DONE, IT'LL TURN BACK FOR US FOR US TO MAINTAIN 14 MILLION ALTOGETHER.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO TURS FUNDING IN THIS CORRIDOR? CORRECT.

SO, AND, AND THERE'S A TOURISM AREA HERE, CORRECT? WE ARE LOOKING TO APPLY LATE THIS MONTH, EARLY NEXT MONTH.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I GUESS I'M, I'M SURPRISED BECAUSE I THINK THE TOURISM MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CORRIDOR, RIGHT? CORRECT.

BUT THIS IS THIS OUR BIGGEST BOND PROGRAM IN THIS PACKAGE, I BELIEVE.

SO BIGGEST ROADWAY PROJECT.

SO THIS IS THE BIGGEST DOLLAR ROADWAY PROJECT? YES.

ROADWAY PROJECT.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY T FUND IN IT RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S ALL TXDOT OR OUR, UM, GENERAL OBLIGATION FUND THAT COMES FROM THE WHOLE CITY PAYING THEIR TAX DOLLARS INTO THAT, INTO THAT DEBT SERVICE, BASICALLY.

BASICALLY BOUGHT BOND.

UM, WELL I THINK, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, UH, THE T FUND IS CONSIDERING, UH, CONTRIBUTING SOME, SOME FUNDING INTO THIS.

UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION, COUNCILWOMAN.

APPRECIATE THE TIME.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, UH, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, IT'S IMPACTFUL TO HEAR THE NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS OF OUR CITY WHO HAVE, UM, AN OPINION AND EXPERTISE ON THIS ISSUE, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR SPEAKING TODAY, YOU RUN THE GAMUT OF CYCLISTS, ELDER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BUSINESS LEADERS, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LEADERS IN DISTRICT ONE AND ARCHITECTS.

AND, UM, IT'S BEEN PROPOSED SEVERAL TIMES TODAY THAT WHILE BIKE LANES ON BROADWAY ARE IDEAL, THEY'RE NOT THE SAFEST OPTION.

BUT I HAVEN'T, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVEN'T HEARD THE DATA AS TO WHY THIS IS THE SAFEST OPTION.

SO, AND I HAVEN'T MADE MY DECISION ON THIS.

I AM, UM, IT'S A, WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS.

I, MY, MY, I MY, MY BIG CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY BROADWAY IS A, AND DOWNTOWN IS ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR COMMUNAL SPACE, BUT IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR FOR THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DO IN DISTRICT SIX.

SO I WANT US TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT IT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AT THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS ALL THE DATA, UH, EXPLAINING WHY IT'S SAFER TO, TO GO OFF, UH, BROADWAY, INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT YOU MENTIONED.

UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY? OH, I WAS GONNA DEFER TO, OH, DEFER.

OH YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

SO I UNDERSTAND PROTECTED BIKE LANES ARE SAFER, BUT NOTHING STOPS BIKES FROM UTILIZING A WHOLE, A FULL LANE.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY COR CORRECT.

WHEN THEY'RE ON THE STREET? CORRECT.

SO IF, UH, SOMEONE WANTED TO DO THAT, THEY COULD TAKE A FULL LANE.

MOST OF THE TIME, PROFESSIONAL BIKER, THEY RIDE ON THE FULL LANE.

OF CAR TRAFFIC, WHICH PEOPLE STILL DRIVE THEIR CARS.

UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

UM, YEAH, THIS IS BRINGING BACK OLD MEMORIES, RIGHT? RAZZIE? YES, SIR.

UH, I JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THAT STREETS, UH, BOND COMMITTEE.

YES, SIR.

HOW DID I VOTE ON THIS ISSUE? YOU VOTED DOWN.

I VOTED NO ON THIS.

YES.

UH, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT SOME OF THE REASONS WHY? I'LL TELL YOU SOME OF THE REASONS WHY , UM, NUMBER ONE, BROADWAY IS OUR BIGGEST CORRIDOR COMING DOWNTOWN.

GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS DOWNTOWN THAT WE HAVE TO EVACUATE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE QUICKLY.

UH, WE'RE TAKING A BIG CHUNK OF THAT AWAY FROM US FROM, UH, THAT CAPABILITY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FROM A SIX LANE ROAD, BASICALLY DOWN TO A FOUR LANE.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, RESTRICTING THAT DOWN TO TWO LANES WITH A RAPID TRANSIT.

SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS, SAFETY AND, UH, TAKING THAT CAPABILITY AWAY

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AND, UM, TAKING THAT CAPABILITY AND PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THOSE CARS PAY FUEL TAXES.

THEY PAY, YOU KNOW, LICENSE PLATE FEES, THEY PAY CITY TAXES, A LOT OF TAXES THAT THOSE CAR, CAR FOLKS ARE PAYING, UH, TO PAY FOR ROADS AND STREETS AND, AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEM TO USE THOSE ROADS.

UM, THE OTHER, ONE OTHER REASON THAT I VOTED AGAINST IT, ACTUALLY, I THINK I MADE THE MOTION TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ONE, UH, WAS BECAUSE, UH, THIS WAS OVER $40 MILLION FOR ONE, ONE PROJECT, ONE PROJECT ALONE.

AND OUR NEEDS FOR STREETS AROUND THIS CITY IS TREMENDOUS.

AND WE'RE TAKING A 10TH OF OUR BOND PROJECT MONEY.

'CAUSE WE HAD ABOUT 400 MILLION, LITTLE OVER 400 MILLION AND WE'RE TAKING A 10TH OF THAT AND PUTTING IT ON ONE PROJECT.

SO THAT WAS THE OTHER MAIN REASON THAT I VOTED AGAINST THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DEDICATING SO MUCH ONTO ONE STREET OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTING THAT AND PUTTING THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT STREET NEEDS ALL AROUND THE CITY AND, AND, UH, TO CONCENTRATED INTO ONE STREET.

THAT'S WHERE I HAD ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM WITH.

AND WITH THAT, UH, AS FAR AS BIKE LANES AND, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT FOR, IF YOU PULL THE BIKE LANES OUT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS THAT AGAINST THIS WHOLE PROJECT? IF WE CONVERT THE EXISTING PARKING LANE FOR BIKE LANE, IT'LL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL COST BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING THAT PAYMENT.

BUT IF WE PUT THE BIKE LANE ON OTHER ROAD, EITHER NORTH ALAMO OR AVENUE B, AT LEAST WE ARE ANTICIPATING SO FAR, 2 MILLION.

WELL, YOU'RE STILL GONNA MAKE SOME ACCOMMODATION FOR PROTECTED BIKE LANES ALONG BROADWAY, RIGHT? FARTHER NORTH.

WE HAVE THAT ONE.

SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THAT'S PERFECT.

YEAH, IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY, HOW DEDICATING FOR THE BIKE LANES, WHETHER IT'S ON BROADWAY OR OFF OF BROADWAY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT FIGURE AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT IT FROM A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW ON THE BOND PROJECT, WHETHER WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HAVE IT AND, AND, UH, THE TOTAL COST AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO THE TOTAL BOND PROGRAM, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I VOTED, VOTED IT.

WELL, THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

UH, HEY, DIDN'T PASS, YOU KNOW, EVERY, IT WAS A SPLIT VOTE AND, UH, I'M SUPPORTING THE PROJECT NOW 'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UM, GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE PROCESS THAT WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TOOK THE TOUR, AND REMEMBER I WAS GIVING YOU A HARD TIME ON THAT BUS ABOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH, BUT YOU POINTED OUT, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE BIKE LANES ON, ON, YOU KNOW, OUR VISION FOR BROADWAY AND WHETHER THEY WOULD FIT OR NOT.

AND YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT AVENUE B AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, UH, THE BACK BIKE LANES.

SO, UH, GOING BACK THAT FAR, IT WAS ALL ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH, WITH THE BIKE LANES AND, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS.

I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T PUT THOSE ALONG BROADWAY.

AND WE, WE, WE HAVE A PROCESS.

YOU HAVE TO STICK TO THAT PROCESS.

YOU CAN'T BE CHANGING DIRECTION MIDWAY THROUGH A PROCESS BECAUSE THAT WHAT WILL THAT DO TO THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT? RAZZI, IT DELAY COSTS MONEY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

EVERY DAY THAT YOU DELAY A PROJECT, IT'S GONNA COST YOU MONEY, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY AWARDED IT.

YES, SIR.

SO WE'VE HAD, I THINK WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY SINCE 2017, EVEN BEFORE THAT, TO MAKE CHANGES IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.

SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK AND BRIEFING AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, GREAT.

BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW I'D, I'D SAY, HEY, LET'S PRESS ON WITH THE, WITH THE PLAN THAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT TOGETHER UP TO THIS POINT AND LET'S GET THIS THING DONE.

THANK YOU MA'AM.