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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
IT IS ONE O'CLOCK AND WE'LL CALL THE MONDAY, APRIL 14TH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? MR. LOPEZ.
MS. MILAM? MR. ZUKI? MR. SIPES? HERE.
MS. WACK? MS. COHEN? MR. ELDER? MS. FAIRMONT? MR. MOORE? MS. FLAGGINGS? HERE.
MS. TACKETT? MR. NELE? MR. MATNEY? MR. TAYLOR? MR. OSA? MR. HANLEY? HERE.
MS. BASSEY? MR. ESTRADA? HERE.
MS. DELL? MS. MEYER? MR. ANDERSON? MR. DYER? HERE.
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? QUORUM IS PRESENT.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ITEM WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY? WE HAVE ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK RENEE N RIA.
AND NO VOICEMAILS? NO VOICEMAILS.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANT SPEAK, YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM.
YOU OKAY? THE MICROPHONE'S ON FOR YOU.
UH, Y'ALL, Y'ALL TOOK ME BY SURPRISE.
I WASN'T EXPECTING TO, TO SPEAK, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, I LEAVE THE, UH, WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY IS THE, UH, SOUTH SIDE CORRIDOR, THE CONNECTOR, SO CALLED EAST WEST CONNECTOR.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS I'M ON I AM HERE IS 'CAUSE I'M A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE ALLIANCE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE ACTIVE ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE PROPOSED BACK THEN, IT WAS, UH, MR. LARRY TRAVIS, HE'S A SHORTER MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION.
HE'S A PROMINENT ARCHITECT AND, UH, RETIRED NOW.
AND HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE, HE CALLED IT A MINI LOU BACK THEN.
HE'S A ROAD, A ROADWAY THAT WOULD RUN BETWEEN, UH, 14 AND 1604 EAST AND WEST, UH, ON ONE SIDE OF MITCHELL LAKE.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE.
IT WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF MITCHELL LAKE.
UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, C RODRIGUEZ, UH, HE WAS A BELIEVE HE WAS STATE LEGISLATURE AT THE TIME, UH, AND HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA.
UH, WE WENT TO AUSTIN, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO,
AND MR. CEDAR RODRIGUEZ WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING US
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AND, UH, MAKING A CONTACT WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS, UH,BUT ANYWAY, I THINK, UH, IT TOOK A LONG TIME.
UH, BUT I'M GLAD THAT THIS PROJECT IS REALLY MOVING, IS MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REAL BLESSING FOR THE SOUTH SIDE, I BELIEVE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE SINCE 1961.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU THAT.
I FEEL THAT THE SOUTH SIDE HAS BEEN MUSH, NEGLECTED, UH, I WOULD ARGUE THE POINT WITH ANYBODY.
ANYWAY, WE WERE GLAD, I'M GLAD THAT THIS COMING AND BEFORE THIS ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE, UH, I HOPE IT GETS A FAVORABLE, UH, CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE THE PRINTOUT THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME AT, AT VERY GOOD, BY THE WAY.
THE PREPARATION WAS EXCELLENT, AND I READ THROUGH IT.
I HIGH, I HIGHLIGHTED IT THE WAY.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MY ORGANIZATION WAS ONE INITIATED WAY BACK THIS IDEA, AND I'M, AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT IT IS COMING TO FRUITION.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS AND, UH, I BELIEVE KAT HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US.
OH, YOU WANNA SWITCH SCREENS? ALL RIGHT.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF OUR CITY HAS SEEN A, OH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UH, KAT HERNANDEZ, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, SORRY,
AND I'M BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO OUR MAJOR THOROUGH FOR PLAN.
UM, IT'S RELATED TO, UM, ADDING, UH, A CORRIDOR AS WELL AS RECLASSIFYING, UH, SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST ON OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
AND SO I'LL WALK THROUGH THOSE, UH, WITH YOU.
UH, THE REASON WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS, OF COURSE, IS BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF OUR CITY HAS SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH OVER THE YEARS.
UM, SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS HAVE OCCURRED SUCH AS THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, UH, TEXAS A AND M AND SOUTH STAR THAT'S BRINGING JOBS, STUDENTS, AND HOUSING INTO THE AREA, WHICH IS LEADING TO SOME MAJOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY'S PLAN APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE PROPER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE THAT, AND THAT LEADS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR THIS AREA.
SO, BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, THE CITY ADOPTED THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
THIS PLAN PROVIDES A CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT FOR THE LOCATION OF MAJOR ROADS THAT HELPS TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE AREA.
AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION IS PROVIDED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO MEET THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO WITHIN THIS AREA SOUTH OF FOUR 10, OUR CURRENT CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENTS, AS YOU SEE ON THIS MAP, ARE A LITTLE DISJOINTED OR LACK THE FLUID CONNECTIVITY THAT'S NEEDED TO MOVE PEOPLE.
YOU'LL SEE GAPS, GAPS THAT DON'T LEAVE DIRECT DIRECTLY FROM EAST TO WEST OR WEST TO EAST.
AND WE WANNA BE SURE THAT THIS, THAT WE PLAN THIS APPROPRIATELY TO ENSURE THE PROPER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.
SO THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD.
IT'S CITY INITIATED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE REQUEST SPECIFICALLY, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IS TO CREATE THAT NEW CORRIDOR TO CONNECT FROM I 35 TO I 37, AS WELL AS RECLASSIFY AND REALIGN A PORTION OF KELLY PARKWAY TO, TO ERMAN ROAD.
REASONS FOR THAT REALIGNMENT REQUEST, AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, IS AGAIN, WE WANNA PROVIDE THE RIGHT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
UM, IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY FROM LOOP FOUR 10 TO PLEASANTON ROAD WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE KELLY PARKWAY ERMAN ALIGNMENT.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THAT SOUTH SIDE GROWTH THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR MAJOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC.
RIGHT NOW, OUR, OUR FREIGHT TRAFFIC IS BEING PUSHED INTO NEIGHBORHOODS OR BEING PUSHED, UH, NORTH TOWARDS FOUR 10.
AND THAT IS ALREADY A CLUSTER.
AND AGAIN, UH, PROVIDING A PROPER EFFICIENT, UH, MOVEMENT OF A FREEWAY, OR IN THIS CASE A FREEWAY, IS TO IMPROVE OUR SAFETY AND OPERATIONS OF OUR ROADS.
SO THIS MAP ILLUSTRATES THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT.
SO THINK WHAT WE HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING THAT TYPE OF PARKWAY, THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM
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DOWN TO THE SOUTH SIDE, CALLING IT THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY.AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NOW A CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT THROUGH THAT YELLOW LINE THAT YOU SEE ON, CAN YOU KIND OF SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, THAT PROVIDES BETTER ACCESS FROM I 35 TO I 37 WITHOUT PUSHING TRAFFIC INTO OTHER CONGESTED AREAS.
SO I'M GONNA DO SOME ZOOM IN PICTURES SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BETTER.
SO THIS IS A MORE ZOOMED IN VIEW OF THE ALIGNMENT THAT'S ON THE WEST.
THE SOLID YELLOW LINE REPRESENTS THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT THAT'S ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN FROM I 35 TO STATE HIGHWAY 16.
SO THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT ADD ANY NEW ALIGNMENT IN THIS SECTION.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CHANGES THE CLASSIFICATION FROM WHAT'S IT, IT CURRENTLY IS TODAY, WHICH IS AN ENHANCED SUPER ARTERIAL TO A FREEWAY CLASSIFICATION, ALLOWING US MORE RIGHT OF WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THESE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE TECHNICAL TERMS WITHIN OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT PROVIDE THAT RANGE OF RIGHT AWAY WIDTH.
SO ON THIS SECTION ON THE EAST, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT THAT ALSO EXISTS ON OUR CURRENT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY THAT SOLID YELLOW LINE AGAIN, AND WE'RE AMENDING IT, UH, ITS CURRENT CLASSIFICATION FROM A SUPER ARTERIAL TYPE A TO A FREEWAY DESIGNATION, AGAIN, INCREASING, UH, THAT RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY IN THE CENTRAL SECTION.
THIS IS THE LAST SECTION OF THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY.
THAT IS A CREATION OF A CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY.
SO AS YOU SAW IN THAT MAP EARLIER, THAT WAS THE GAP THAT YOU SAW THAT DID NOT HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY GOING FROM I 35 TO I 37.
SO NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS CONNECTIVITY, UH, OCCURS WITH THIS PROMO, WITH THIS PROPOSED ALIGNMENT.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING A FREEWAY CLASSIFICATION, WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL CHANGE AND DECREASE THE CLASSIFICATION OF THIS KELLY PARKWAY TO MALMAN ROAD SECTION FROM A SUPER ARTERIAL TYPE A TO A SECONDARY ARTERIAL TYPE A, BASICALLY IT'S GOING FROM A 250 FOOT WIDTH TO AN 86 FOOT WIDTH, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE FREEWAY CLASSIFICATION THAT ALLOWS UP TO 500 FEET.
THE ME AMENDMENT ALSO ADJUSTS THE ALIGNMENT, SO IT WILL FOLLOW THE EXISTING MALMAN ROAD THAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY TO PLEASANTON ROAD.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT RED HASH MARK THAT IS, UH, REMOVING IT AND REALIGNING IT TO WHERE YOU SEE IT IS NOW WHITE GOING STRAIGHT, UM, EAST.
SO OUR TIMELINE TO BRING THIS FORWARD, UM, IS, UH, GETTING TO COUNCIL BY MAY.
SO LAST WEEK WE HAD THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, WE MET WITH THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE WEST ON TUESDAY, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE EAST SIDE ON, UH, WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN WE MET WITH THOSE THAT WERE CREATING THE NEW ALIGNMENT FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY AS WELL AS REALIGNING MAMAN ON THURSDAY.
IN TOTAL, A LITTLE OVER 50 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR ALL THREE MEETINGS SO WE COULD COMMUNICATE WHAT THIS PROCESS WAS.
UH, TODAY WE'RE MEETING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION TAC FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO, TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON APRIL 23RD, AND ULTIMATELY GETTING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ON MAY 8TH.
SO, AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT, AND WE'RE HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO I GUESS IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. FULLERTON, COULD YOU SHARE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MAYBE ALSO FROM TOYOTA? SURE.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD, AS FAR AS THE SECOND, UH, QUESTION RELATED TO TOYOTA, THERE WERE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
UH, MANY OF THEM, UH, MAJOR DEVELOPERS, INCLUDING, UH, TOYOTA AS WELL.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THIS STAKEHOLDER PROCESS BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY, THEY REALLY NEED THAT CONNECTIVITY TO, IN ORDER TO MOVE THEIR, THEIR TRUCKS.
UM, THIS IS ALSO BEING PUT FORWARD.
UM, IT'S ON THE WISHLIST RIGHT NOW FOR FUNDING AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE INVOLVED TO HELP, UM, PUSH THAT FORWARD.
UH, BUT, BUT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET, UM, A, A, THE APPROPRIATIONS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BASIS, THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS INCLUDING IT IN OUR PLAN.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT PROCESS AS FAR AS THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS RECEIVED.
MANY ON THE WEST AND THE EAST HAVE ALREADY HAVE THIS ALIGNMENT THAT EXISTS ON THE BOOKS TODAY.
THIS IS JUST INCREASING THAT ALIGNMENT.
UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT KELLY PARKWAY BEING THAT PARKWAY THAT WOULD PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY, BUT THE KELLY PARKWAY DID NOT LEAD FROM THE EAST.
SO IT WAS COMING NORTH, UH, GOING EAST.
UM, AND SO MANY OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS KNEW THAT EVENTUALLY THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME PARKWAY DEVELOPED.
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OF KNEW AS WELL.ULTIMATELY, THEIR QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT COMPENSATION.
WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT WAS THE COMPENSATION.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE REALLY, WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, OKAY, WHEN DOES THE COMPENSATION PROCESS HAPPEN? WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
ALL WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS JUST TRYING TO AMEND THE PLAN, GET THAT, UH, ALIGNMENT ON THE BOOKS, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN MOVE, UH, FORWARD AND, AND DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DETERMINE WHAT PROPERTIES ARE, ARE IN FACT BEING IMPACTED.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE KIND OF TWO QUESTIONS.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, IN TWO SECTIONS, YOU'RE INCREASING THE RIGHT OF WAY UP TO 250 FEET, AND IN ONE SECTION YOU'RE DECREASING IT DOWN TO 86 FEET.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY, THE FREEWAY CLASSIFICATION IS, UH, A, A WIDER WAVE WIDTH RANGE FROM 250 TO 500.
ULTIMATELY, THE PARKWAY WILL PROBABLY BE BUILT AT 300 FEET, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY RANGE THAT WE CAN CHOOSE.
SO IT'S INCREASING THAT CLASSIFICATION IN THE SOLID YELLOW LINES FOR THE KELLEY PARKWAY.
UM, MAMAN ALIGNMENT, THAT CURRENT CLASSIFICATION RIGHT NOW IS A SUPER ARTERIAL TYPE A IS 250 FEET.
WE'RE DECREASING IT TO AN 86 FOOT 'CAUSE WE DON'T NEED A TWO 50 RIGHT ON TOP OF A 300.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DESIGNATIONS, THAT DOESN'T LIMIT IT TO JUST BEING VEHICULAR THINGS.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE TRANSIT OR OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION METHODS ON THOSE, ON THOSE FREEWAYS AS WELL, CORRECT? YES.
FOR, UH, BUT FOR A PARKWAY IT WOULD NOT PUT CYCLISTS ON THERE.
YEAH, MANNA IS, IS MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER AFFECTED BY THIS, UH, ALIGNMENT? YEAH.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, HAS ANYBODY FILED A LETTER IN OPPOSITION OR FILED A LETTER IN SUPPORT, AND IF SO, DO YOU HAVE THOSE LETTERS WITH YOU TODAY? NO, NEITHER.
NEITHER IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
SO IN REGARDING THE FEEDBACK, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THE REALIGNMENT THAT'S OCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY, THEY CAN'T DEVELOP ON THAT LAND ONCE IT CUTS THROUGH THEIR PARCEL.
AND SO WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, I FEEL IT'S A LITTLE KIND OF SHORTSIGHTED TO PURSUE A TAKING OF LAND THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST TODAY THROUGH A PERSON'S PROPERTY.
WITHOUT HEARING FROM THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE REALIGNMENT.
THE WHOLE GOAL WOULD BE TO EDUCATE THEM ON HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES.
UM, WE ONLY HAD ONE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TO SPEAK TODAY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO CALLED IN AND RECORDED MESSAGES OR WHO PROVIDED ANYTHING IN WRITING, UM, DURING THIS PROCESS.
AND SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
DOES THE PUBLIC TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE THIS IS REALIGNED, THEY CAN'T DEVELOP ON THEIR PARCEL OF LAND? BECAUSE AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY, UM, DESIRABLE AREA FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND NEW GROWTH.
AND SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE CURRENTLY SOME OF THE ALIGNMENT IS AT THEIR PROPERTY LINE AND WITH THE PROPOSED, IT WILL LITERALLY GO THROUGH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES? RIGHT.
SO ON THE, ON THE RECLASSIFICATION FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE SOLID YELLOW, UM, THAT ALIGNMENT ALREADY EXISTS TODAY, JUST INCREASING THE CLASSIFICATION.
SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT, THAT IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE NEW, UH, SECTION.
UM, MOST OF THIS, UH, NEW ALIGNMENT IS ON THE REAR SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTIES.
IT'S ALSO KIND OF RIDING THAT FLOODPLAIN.
MOST OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE UNDEVELOPABLE AT THEIR, AT THOSE AREAS.
AND THAT, AND WE TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THAT.
I WILL SAY THERE WAS A PROPERTY OWNER ON MALMAN THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY WITH THE NEW ALIGNMENT BECAUSE WHERE THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT WAS CUTTING THEIR PROPERTY IN HALF, IT'S NOW AT, UH, AT THE ROAD, AT THE FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THAT.
AS A FOLLOW UP IN PRIOR, UH, P TAC MEETINGS, YOU'VE ACTUALLY PROVIDED THOSE ADDRESSES AND THOSE SPECIFIC NAMES AND THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED.
DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE I FEEL, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY RIGHTS ESSENTIALLY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS ENGAGING THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IMAGES BEFORE US TODAY THAT SHOW THE PROPERTY LINES THAT YOU'RE INDICATING.
WE JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, THE AERIAL FOOTAGE.
AND UNLESS YOU GO DOWN AND ACTUALLY DRIVE, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHERE THE ACTUAL ROADS ARE TODAY AND WHAT'S REPRESENTED ON THAT MAP.
SO CAN YOU HELP MAYBE OUTLINE SURE.
THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUT HERE, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE LARGE PROPERTIES AND WE CAN'T REALLY TELL UNLESS WE GO INTO BCA.
SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT, UH, OTHER MAJOR THEFOR PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT WE BRING FORWARD, UH, IN THIS ONE IS THE MAJOR THEFOR PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT WE BRING FORWARD ARE APPLICANT DRIVEN.
UH, SO THEY ALREADY HAVE A, UH, PROJECT ALREADY, UH, IN MIND.
AND, UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
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WE BRING THOSE FORWARD TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, IT MEANS THAT OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ARE IMPACTED.SO AT THAT POINT, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE ALREADY, UH, VETTED OUT THE PROJECT.
THEY ARE DOWN IN THE WEEDS AS FAR AS THE ENGINEERING IS CONCERNED.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY CREATING THOSE CROSS SECTIONS, UM, KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THAT ROAD IS.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THOSE? AND THIS ONE IS, RIGHT NOW WHAT THIS IS, IS MORE OR LESS A CONCEPTUAL, UH, ALIGNMENT AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT ON, ON, ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE THIS, THIS ONE, THIS SECTION IS ABOUT 15 MILES, AND THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT SIX MILES.
UM, WE'RE NOT DOWN INTO THE WEEDS ON THAT YET.
THAT COMES NEXT WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE COMMUNICATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE IT LIES CONCEPTUALLY, UM, ON THIS MAP AND WHERE IT LIES, UH, RELATED TO THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT AGAIN, ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATIONS AND THE FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT, THAT'S WHEN WE GET INTO THE WEEDS AND START DOING THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHICH PROPERTIES AND HOW WIDE IT IS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO DETERMINE, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE ASK IS, WHAT THE COMPENSATION, UH, ROUTE IS, WHAT THE ACQUISITION PROCESS IS.
JUST ONE LAST FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
IS THE CITY ACTIVELY LOBBYING AT THE STATE FOR THIS PROJECT? YES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE ALIGNMENT OF THE, THAT'S PROPOSED IS REAL CLOSE TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.
SO THAT HAS IN, IN TO ANSWER BIANCA'S COMMENT, UH, HOW DEVELOPABLE IS THAT? SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
THE SECOND PART IS BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO TOYOTA, ISN'T THERE A, UH, A RADIUS OR A DISTANCE TWO TO THREE MILES FROM TOYOTA THAT YOU CAN ONLY DO CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT, NOT ROAD.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE, WHEN BIANCA WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES.
UM, UM, THERE'S ZONING THAT, UH, THAT KIND OF CONTROLS THE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE AROUND THAT AREA.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU CAN DO BECAUSE OF THIS PROPOSED ALIGNMENT IN THE YELLOW DOTTED LINES.
THAT WOULD BE PRETTY ACCURATE.
SO IN THIS AREA, WE ALREADY HAVE TWO EAST WEST CONNECTORS, RIGHT? WE HAVE FOUR 10 AND 1604.
THOSE ARE JUST SEVEN MILES APART.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA ADD A THIRD.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE EAST WEST HIGHWAYS WITHIN SEVEN MILES.
THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF HIGHWAYS AND ASPHALT AND I DON'T, I JUST FEEL LIKE, HAVE WE CONSIDERED OTHER OPTIONS HERE? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF HIGHWAY IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE.
SO AT FOUR 10, THEY'RE AT PRETTY SURE THEY'RE AT CAPACITY WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
UH, 1604, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY FAR SOUTH.
THIS IS EXACTLY IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO AREAS.
WELL, ALMOST EXACTLY, BUT IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO AREAS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING ALONG THIS EAST WEST CONNECTOR THAT WILL HELP TO FACILITATE AND MOVE THOSE, UH, TRUCKS, UH, MOVE THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET INTO THIS AREA.
UM, AND, AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN YOU BUILD IT? 'CAUSE WE WANT THESE TRUCKS OFF OUR ROADS.
UH, SO, UH, YES, THAT WAS, THAT WAS VETTED.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY IT, IT, ALTHOUGH IT, IT'S CALLED A FREEWAY CLASSIFICATION, IT'S NOT BUILT TO THE EXTENT AS OF LOOP FOUR 10 OR LOOP 1604, WE HAVE SOME ENGINEERS THAT ARE, UH, WORKING ON THIS WITH US.
IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT, IF YOU WANTED TO CHIME IN.
SO WE DID LOOK AT THE MPO MODELS FOR THIS AREA BETWEEN 1604 ON THE SOUTH SIDE, FOUR 10 ON THE NORTH SIDE, 37 AND 35.
AND WHEN YOU ADD UP WHAT THEY CURRENTLY SHOW IN THEIR PROJECTED MODELS, THEIR 2050 MODELS, THEY'RE SHOWING ABOUT 20,000 NEW HOMES IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS SEVERAL THOUSAND NEW EMPLOYEES.
WHEN WE EQUATE THAT OVER TO TRIPS, UH, AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THAT'S IN THIS AREA, IT'S ABOUT 47 OR 475,000 NEW TRIPS IN THIS AREA.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT ON ALL OF THE ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE? AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT AND TRY TO, AND EXACTLY WHAT THE OD PAIRS, THE ORIGIN AND DESTINATION PAIRS, UH, ARE IN THIS AREA, THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY IS JUST NOT THERE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE TRIPS.
SO OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS IN THIS AREA, BASED ON THE CURRENT MPO MODEL, WHICH, UH, AGAIN, ONLY CONTEMPLATES THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT AT THIS TIME.
UH, THIS CORRIDOR WOULD HAVE AROUND 60 TO 70,000
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A DT YOU LOOK AT THAT ARE VEHICLES PER DAY.WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, COMPARED TO WACH PARKWAY, WHICH HAS A SIMILAR SPACING FROM FOUR 10 TO 1604 ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE VERY COMPARABLE TRIPS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, A CORRIDOR LIKE THIS IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE PUT ON THE GROUND TOMORROW.
UM, AND SO HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THAT FUTURE GROWTH KNOWING THAT THE MPO IS GONNA UPDATE THEIR PROJECTIONS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FUTURE GROWTH IN THERE, BUT JUST WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, UH, WE NEED A A, A BIG FACILITY IN HERE AND IT, YOU KNOW, I ASSUME TEXT DOTS ULTIMATELY GOING TO WIDEN FOUR 10 AND 1604.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, WE STILL NEED THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP, UM, WHAT ALTERNATIVES WERE CONSIDERED THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WELL, YOU WOULD NEED TO WIDEN, YOU KNOW, EVERY NORTH SOUTH ROADWAY IN HERE TO CARRY THAT, BUT YOU STILL NEED SOME WAY TO GET IT EAST AND WEST TO 16, TWO US 2 81, 2 37 TO THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS AREA IS OUR CLOSEST, UH, INLAND PORT IN LAREDO AND OUR CLOSEST PORT IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
SO WHEN WE HAVE GOODS COMING OUT THE COAST AND, AND OUT OF MEXICO INTO THIS AREA, THIS IS OUR KIND OF CLOSEST AREA.
AND, AND TO GET THERE, THAT ULTIMATELY FEEDS INTO WHAT WE CALL TEXAS TRIANGLE OVER TO HOUSTON.
THIS IS, UM, A, A COMMENT AND I, I THINK A QUESTION AS WELL.
UM, SO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS OFF OF WATSON ROAD, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 200 HOMES THERE, UH, SO FAR.
UM, BUT WE SEE, WE'VE SEEN THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING FROM 35 TO GET TO THE TOYOTA PLANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUMBLING DOWN A TWO LANE, WELL, IT'S A TWO-LANE COUNTRY ROAD, UM, AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WE'VE SEEN THIS ROAD JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DECIMATED OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE EVEN BEEN THERE.
UM, AND SO, AND WE'VE OF COURSE LOOKED FOR OTHER OPTIONS OF HOW TO GET THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OFF THE ROAD, BUT THERE REALLY IS NO WAY, UM, TO DO THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID FOUR 10 AND 16 BECAUSE IT IS VERY CONGESTED.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, GET TO THE TOYOTA PLAN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UH, GIVEN THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO TOYOTA, ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY, BY GETTING THOSE, THOSE TRUCKS OFF OF ROADS THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, MADE TO, TO SERVE, UM, THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC, UM, I SEE THE ALIGNMENT IS BASICALLY JUST NORTH OF THE TOYOTA PLANT.
HAVE THERE BEEN DISCUSSIONS WITH TOYOTA ABOUT THEM, PERHAPS, I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT PERHAPS DEDICATING LAND FOR THE HIGHWAY OR CONTRIBUTING IN SOME OTHER WAY FINANCIALLY USING THEIR, THEIR POLITICAL INFLUENCE? I MEAN, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE PART OF THIS PROCESS OF, OF GETTING THIS ROAD DONE? BECAUSE IT DOES NEED TO GET DONE QUICKLY AND, YOU KNOW, WAITING 20 YEARS IS THE PROBLEM, IS JUST GONNA BE OUTTA CONTROL.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE, UH, ONE OF THE MANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
THESE STAKEHOLDERS ARE, ARE ACTIVELY WITH US, UM, WORKING AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TOO, IN ORDER TO GET THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT WE NEED.
SO, UH, THERE, THEY'RE ONE OF THEM THAT IS AT THE TABLE WITH US.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT? WAS THERE, IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE THE ALIGNMENT SHIFTED TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TOYOTA PROPERTY? OR IS THAT, IS THAT JUST NOT A, NOT AN OPTION? UH, SO THE FLOOD, YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO ON THAT NORTHERN SIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEIR RAIL SPUR COMING IN, IN THERE ON THE EAST SIDE NEAR PLEASANTON ROAD.
BETWEEN THAT RAIL SPUR WHERE THEY LOAD AND UNLOAD ALL OF THEIR VEHICLES, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TEST TRACK.
SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES THAT LEAVES THEIR PLANT GOES TO THAT TEST TRACK BEFORE IT GETS, UH, TRANSPORTED OUT.
SO TO MOVE THAT ALIGNMENT SOUTH OF THE FLOODPLAIN, IT WOULD IMPACT THEIR TEST TRACK.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THAT, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, EQUIPMENT ON THAT TEST TRACK TO BE ABLE TO TEST THOSE VEHICLES.
UH, BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY IMPACTED BY THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT.
AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME REFINEMENTS IN THAT AREA ON, ON HOW WE CAN GET THEM ACCESS.
SO, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, I GUESS 50, UH, PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN DIALOGUE.
AND SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, UH, ACTUAL PIECES OF PROPERTY ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THIS REALIGNMENT? SO I CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT 5%, WAS IT 90%? SO WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE WAS PARTICIPATING? THERE WERE 250 PROPERTIES THAT WERE IMPACTED, THAT WERE INVITED TO THE THREE MEETINGS, A HUNDRED ON THE, UH, LITTLE,
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ALMOST A HUNDRED ON THE WEST SIDE, LITTLE LESS THAN A HUNDRED ON THE EAST SIDE.AND THEN, UH, MAYBE ABOUT 21, 22 PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE CENTRAL PORTION.
AND THEN, UM, HOW, SO WHAT IS THE CITY'S PROCESS FOR, UM, NOTIFICATION TO THOSE MEMBERS, UH, THAT, THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, SO IN ZONING AND PLANNING, WE TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 200 FOOT PERIMETER AND INVITING ALL OF THOSE PERSONALLY, ESSENTIALLY TO THE MEETINGS.
WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION WENT OUT TO THE GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING? UH, SO THE, UH, THE ONLY, THE, THE CODE ONLY REQUIRES NOTIFICATION TO THE EXACT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IMPACTED.
AND SO ALL 250, UH, WERE SENT INVITATIONS AS WELL AS A QR CODE, UH, UH, FOR OUR WEBSITE.
'CAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL WITH THE SCHEDULE.
UM, AND SO THEY ALL RECEIVED THE INVITATION FOR LAST WEEK'S MEETINGS, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY LIVED.
AND THEN, UM, THEY, IN THAT INVITATION WAS THE QR CODE TO OUR WEBSITE.
AND SO, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND WE'LL SAY ORGANIZATIONS, THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED IF THEY WERE, UM, PART OF THAT, THAT ZONING THING, CORRECT.
THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S NOT WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR A MAJOR THEFOR PLAN, BUT WE DID NOTIFY THE COUNCIL OFFICES.
AND THEN, SO, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE MTT, THE MTP PLAN ONLINE, UM, SEVERAL LINKS ARE BROKEN BASICALLY, UH, ON THE WEBSITE, BY THE WAY.
UM, BUT IF I LOOK AT THE LIVE VERSION THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF WORMS ALL OVER THE MAP SHOWING ALL OF THE, UH, UH, POTENTIAL CHANGES.
UM, NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE ENACTED, YOU KNOW, SO, SO IT WAS PLANNED FROM 1973 AND SOME THAT ARE VERY OLD.
AND SO, SO I GUESS MAYBE JUST A QUESTION IS, CAN WE TELL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE TO IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE, THOSE THAT ARE GONNA BE LEFT OFF, UM, VERSUS THOSE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND ADDED, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HISTORICAL THINGS.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS MAP, IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT LINK DOESN'T EXIST.
AND SO, SO, SO WE DO NEED TO THOROUGH, YOU KNOW, ADD THIS TO THE PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S MISNAMED OR MIS MISIDENTIFIED HERE, SO, SO IT SEEMED LIKE THIS MAP COULD BE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WHEN I MAKE A DECISION, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, THIS PLACE IS NOT BEING SERVED BY, BY ALL THE, ALL THE, ALL THE MAPS THERE.
SO THE, THE MAP, THE ACTUAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 1978, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT.
SO THAT WAY AS, 'CAUSE IT HAPPENS ONE OF TWO WAYS WHEN THESE THINGS GET BUILT, UM, EITHER THROUGH THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR PROPERTY, THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE ALIGNMENT, UH, WHAT IS THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION THAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE ON THEIR PLAT, UM, AND THEN DEDICATE THAT.
AND THEN THEY BUILD ONLY THEIR PORTION OF IT, UH, DEPENDING UPON THEIR, UM, UM, ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE, THROUGH THE PROCESS, LIKE THE CITY DOES OR EVEN, UH, THE STATE DOES OR THE COUNTY DOES, UH, IF THEY'RE BUILDING ROADS, THEN THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR MAJOR THEFOR PLAN TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT DOES THAT CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT LOOK LIKE? UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DOING, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE WEEDS AND YOU'RE DETERMINING, OH WAIT, I NEED TO SHIFT IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, IN 1978, GOD BLESS YOU, WE DIDN'T HAVE DIGITAL MAPS, RIGHT? SO, UH, NOW WE DO.
AND, UH, SO WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THAT PLAN, BUT IT, I WOULD SAY THAT A FULL SCALE, UH, MAJOR, THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO, TO DETERMINE ALL OF THOSE, UH, ALIGNMENTS AND CORRECT THEM IF, IF NEEDED, PROPERTY BY PROPERTY WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, YOU SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF PARCELS IMPACTED BY THIS PROPOSAL ON THE EAST SIDE AND ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU SAID THERE WAS A A HUNDRED ROUGHLY EACH.
SO THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING FREEWAY THAT'S BEING WIDENED, THAT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED ON EACH.
AND THEN THE CENTER PORTION, WHICH IS THE CONCEPTUAL PORTION, WAS ONLY ABOUT 21 PARCELS.
UM, SO THERE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, OWN MULTIPLE, SEVERAL.
SO ON THE CENTRAL PORTION, THERE ARE 40 PROPERTIES, BUT ONLY 22 OWNERS.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION, IS ARE YOU GONNA BE NEGOTIATING WITH EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR IS THIS GONNA BE THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN? UH, WE ALWAYS DO FIRST EXPLORE THE ACQUISITION PROCESS.
UH, EMINENT DOMAIN IS THE LAST RESORT.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, BRITTANY DALE JOINED THE MEETING AT ONE 30.
UH, I THINK, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BIANCA? I HAD TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE IMAGE THAT SHOWS THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO I'M ASSUMING I, I, I LOOKED AT THIS.
BIANCA, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC? THEY'RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE HEARING YOU ON THE AUDIO.
I KNOW, REALLY I'M LIKE, I SHOULD GET ANOTHER MIC.
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HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED YET BY FEMA.WE'RE STILL PENDING APPROVAL, BUT THERE IS SOME AREAS IN THE FLOOD PLAIN WHERE IT IS SHRINKING AND WHERE IS EXPANDING ON THIS PARTICULAR MAP.
AND SO I, WHILE I STILL QUESTION THE PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS WITH NOT NOTIFYING THE PROPERTY OWNERS, ADDING THIS, MOVING IT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN IS BENEFICIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT BUILDING A ROADWAY THROUGH THE FLOODPLAIN, OF COURSE, BUT YOU'RE BUILDING ON THE EDGE OF THE FLOODPLAIN WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN'T DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
AND THEN YOU'RE ADDING THIS ADDITIONAL BUFFER ONTO THAT.
SO YOU'RE TAKING ALMOST MORE LAND THAN WHAT'S THERE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE, THE REASON ON WHY IT'S BLADDERED.
UM, MY SECOND COMMENT AND QUESTION IS REALLY, UH, YOU MENTIONED A WHOLE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT THE CITY IS LOBBYING FOR, UH, DOWN AT TEXAS LEGISLATURE FOR FUNDING.
CAN YOU NAME ALL THOSE STAKEHOLDERS? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE FOR THE RECORD.
AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THE CITY, YOU ARE THE APPLICANT IN CHANGING THIS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND I ASK YOU TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND REACHING OUT TO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS.
BECAUSE ALL TOO OFTEN I'VE HEARD CITY STAFF PRESENT AND SAY THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO THEY DON'T NEED TO READ ABOUT THIS IN THE, IN THE NEWS, AND THEY DON'T NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
THEY REALLY NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM THE CITY.
SO IF YOU ONLY HAD 50 PEOPLE ATTEND, I MEAN, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE REALIGNMENT THAT'S OCCURRING ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ENGAGED WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, WE HAVE SEEN ALL TOO OFTEN THAT AS THIS MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MORE PEOPLE FIND OUT, THEY BECOME VERY UPSET THAT THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED BECAUSE FOLKS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A THERE MAY NOT BE ANY FUNDING, BUT THEY CAN'T BUILD ON THIS PARCEL OF LAND ONCE THIS ACTION IS TAKEN.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY, UM, CONCERNING PART THAT I WEIGH TODAY IN A DECISION THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE WHEN ONLY 50 PEOPLE WERE MADE.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ALSO NAME THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.
AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION BE PART OF OUR MINUTES BECAUSE IT WASN'T NOTICED OUT ON ESSAY.
SO ON THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE, UH, SOME OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT HAVE BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT, UH, MAJOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, UH, FROM TOYOTA TO, UM, SOME ONSITE SUPPLIERS, TEXAS DISTRIBUTION, JCB.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE SOME OTHERS, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, SOUTH STAR.
THERE'S OTHER, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AS WELL.
UM, AND UH, THEY'RE ALSO PART OF THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, GREATER SATX THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS TOO.
UH, SO THERE'S SOME MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, WHAT WE DID COMMUNICATE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, 'CAUSE AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT PROCESS.
UM, ONCE WE, IF, IF APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDING IS MADE, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE FEASIBILITY, UH, STUDY TO DETERMINE, UH, NOW GETTING DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WILL BE.
THAT'S WHEN WE START COMMUNICATING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE TOLD THEM THAT WE'LL KEEP, UM, OUR WEBSITE UP, UH, SO THAT WAY THEY KNOW WAS IT SUCCESSFUL AT THE LEGISLATURE, DO WE HAVE A PLAN B FOR FUNDING? UM, WHAT ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS FOR FUNDING? UH, SO WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WOULD KEEP THAT UPDATED, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS AN ACQUISITION PROCESS, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE ENGAGED BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM ONCE WE DETERMINE WHERE EXACTLY THE ALIGNMENT WILL BE ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE, UH, NO SIR.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OVER.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. JASU? SIR? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OVER.
SIR, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.
UH, THANKS, UH, KAT AND THE TEAM FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION, UH, I GOT MORE CONVINCED WITH THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, THE OD TRIPS AND THE A DT ESTIMATIONS OF THE NEED OF THIS ALIGNMENT IN THE FUTURE.
'CAUSE GOING TO SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF DEMAND IF THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO SLIGHT CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FUTURE.
AND WOULD THAT BRING IN NEW PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT NOTIFICATION? RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE THEN AND NEW PROPERTY OWNERS ARE, ARE IMPACTED WHERE WE HAVE TO REALLY, LIKE, LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY WE MOVE THAT SECTION FURTHER NORTH AND IT'S NOT, UM, THE ALMOST ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT, THEN, THEN YES, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE TO DETERMINE DO WE NEED TO DO THIS AGAIN? BUT WE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UH, WE, WE'VE WORKED IT TO WHERE IF YOU HAVE A SLIGHT SHIFT THAT'S STILL ON, UM, MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE CONCEPTUALLY ALIGNED IT TODAY, THEN NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK.
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IS A CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT.THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS AND WE DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE IT GOES.
SO IF THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL, THERE MIGHT BE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS COMING IN, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THEM.
WOULD THAT BE THE CASE? YES, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS TO GET IT DOWN TO WHERE IT IS.
IS DDOT INVOLVED IN THIS? YES.
SO THEY BRING IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND EXPANSIONS IN THEIR INTERSTATE SYSTEMS THAT IT'S COUNTED INTO THE PLANNING OF THIS ALIGNMENT, CORRECT? YES.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
SO I AGREE WITH BIANCA'S, UH, STATEMENT AND SAYING IN, I THINK IN THIS CASE, IT'S, IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STANDARD, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND IF YOU'RE A NEIGHBOR TO A PROPERTY OWNER, THIS IS STILL A REALLY BIG CHANGE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AND, AND BEING MORE INVOLVED IN, IN HOW THE COMMUNITIES FEEL AROUND THIS BECAUSE, UM, LIKE HIGHWAY COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBOR IS STILL A REALLY BIG CHANGE AND, AND THESE PEOPLE WON'T BE NOTIFIED ABOUT IT.
AND THEN SECOND COMMENT, UM, WHO WOULD FUND THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS, UM, IN, IN THE FUTURE? IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE OWNER IS ULTIMATELY OF THE PARKWAY.
WE HAVEN'T VETTED THAT OUT YET.
UM, KAT, THIS IS ROBERT HANLEY.
UH, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THE CON THE CONVERSATION AND DIALOGUE REGARDING NOTIFYING THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND STUFF.
UH, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOW GAINED MORE OF THE PROPERTY BACK WITH THE ALIGNMENT AND REDUCTION IN RIGHT AWAY WITH FOR THE KELLY PARKWAY ARE, ARE THEY GONNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS AND SAY, HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK YOU DO.
THEY CAME TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING SAYING THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAME TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, UM, UH, JUST WANTING TO HEAR IF THERE WAS ANY NEW COMMENTS ON THURSDAY, BUT, UM, NONE OF 'EM HAD REALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE COMING TO THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SECONDLY, BASED ON THE CATEGORIES, UH, OF THE, UM, SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, YOU KNOW, WHO TAKES CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE? UH, IF IT'S TDOT ROAD, IT'S TDOT, BUT IT ALSO GETS MONEY FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE CITY.
SO MAINTENANCE, THERE'S NOT A JUST ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR MOST ROADS, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE OF THE ROADS IN THAT PARTICULAR COUNTY.
BUT, UH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT IT'S GONNA BE PARTIALLY OP, PARTIALLY BEARD COUNTY AND PART CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO TAKE CARE OF IT IF IT ALL GETS, UH, FINALIZED.
UH, MR. DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
I'M LOOKING AT THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY PROPOSAL ALIGNMENT AND REALIZING JUST HOW CLOSE IT IS TO LEON CREEK, UH, ONE OF OUR MOST, UH, VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES.
I CAN SEE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF HAVING THE TOYOTA CENTER AND BEING ABLE TO PULL HEAVY FREIGHT TRUCKS OFF OF NEIGHBORHOODS ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
BUT I TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO LEON CREEK WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND I THINK OF, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY OR THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE, OR EVEN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY.
WHAT HAS ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE FOR THEM TO ENSURE THAT LEON CREEK IS, UH, ANY TYPE OF POSSIBLE EFFECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE? I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, LEON CREEK WAS A LOCATION OF SITE PICKUP FOR RIVER AID SAN ANTONIO, A NONPROFIT THAT PULLS OUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS OF TRASH FROM OUR RIVERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT MAINTENANCE PLANS IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR RESOURCES.
ALSO LINES WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN.
I KNOW FOR SURE THAT THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, THEY'RE PART OF OUR TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, SO THEY, UH, HAVE THEY HAD THIS INFORMATION AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
DO THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR OPINION? NO.
SO WHEN, UM, KELLY PARKWAY GETS RECLASSIFIED FROM A SUPER ARTERIAL TAR TYPE A 200 TO 250 FEET TO A SECONDARY ARTERIAL TYPE A 86 FEET, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT LAND THAT IS NO LONGER PART OF THAT TYPE? A 200 TO 250 FEET, DOES THAT GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS? DOES THAT BECOME A RIGHT OF WAY FOR CITY, CITY? SO THE CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT, IT DOES NOT TAKE ANY PROPERTY TODAY AT ALL.
THE, UM, DEDICATION HAPPENS WHEN A
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PROPERTY OWNER COMES IN TO DEVELOP IT.SO FOR EXAMPLE, JCB IS ON THAT KE KELLY PARKWAY AREA.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A PLAT THAT'S IN THE PROCESS.
UM, THE WAY IT IS, UH, ON THE ALIGNMENT ON THE MAJOR, THE FOR PLAN TODAY, THEY HAVE TO DEDICATE THEIR HALF OF THAT 250 FEET.
IF THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THEN THEIR, UH, DEDICATION DECREASES TO ONLY THEIR HALF OF THE 86 FEET.
SO NOTHING IS ON THEIR PROPERTIES TODAY.
IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE TO DEDICATE WHEN THEY'RE PLATTING.
SO THERE IS ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT IS ALSO SUBMITTED, A PLAT WHERE YOU SEE THE ADJUSTMENT ON, UH, KELLY PARKWAY WHERE IT SHIFTS UP TOWARDS ERMAN.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IN A HOLDING STATUS BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO DEDICATE THEIR PORTION, OR IN THIS CASE, 250 ON ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT IF IT ADJUSTS, THEN IT ONLY BECOMES 86 FEET.
UH, SO THAT'S HOW THAT DEDICATION HAPPENS.
SO IT'S NOT, IT, IT, WE DON'T HAVE IT TODAY.
IT'S JUST ONLY TRIGGERED DURING A PLAT PROCESS, THE DEDICATION.
UM, I DUNNO IF THIS WORKS THERE.
KA SO AFTER FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED, ENGINEERING WORK'S DONE SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, UM, EVEN THOUGH THE CLASSIFICATION IS TWO 50 TO 500, YOU ALL ARE GONNA TAKE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PROPERTY NEEDED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO LIKELY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN 500.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 300 FEET.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, JUST IN REGARDS TO THE APPRAISAL PROCESS, SO SAY THESE, MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES AREN'T PLATTED AT THAT POINT, THE RIGHT OF WAY HAS NOT BEEN DEDICATED, THEN YOU ALL WILL HIRE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT APPRAISERS TO GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.
AND AS PART OF THAT APPRAISAL PROCESS, THEY ONLY, THEY LOOK AT THE CURRENT VALUE, BUT THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPABLE VALUE AND YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THAT ACQUISITION PROCESS.
AND JUST TO COMMENT ON YOUR TIMELINE, THINK HOW LONG, UH, 1 51 TOOK TO GET BUILT? IT WAS OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE.
WHERE'S, WHERE'S MARK PARKWAY ALSO TOOK 10 YEARS.
ALONG THOSE LINES, ARE THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE WACH PARKWAY PROCESS THAT MIGHT INFORM THIS? AND THEN, AS A FOOTNOTE, UM, FOLLOWING UP ON MR. DOMINGUEZ'S COMMENTS, UH, OTHER PARTNERS, UH, GOVERNMENT PARTNERS DOWN THERE, I THINK CPS MIGHT HAVE A SUBSTATION, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE LEON CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WATER RECYCLING FACILITIES DOWN THERE.
WOULD ANY OF THE, UH, THE STORM WATER FROM THE, UH, FROM THE ROAD BE TRANSFERRED OVER THERE FOR TREATMENT? ALL GOOD.
SO NO, THE, THE WATER FROM THIS FACILITY WOULD NOT GO TO THEIR, THEIR TREATMENT PLANTS.
UM, DAN IS HERE REPRESENTING SALTS TODAY.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THEIR LEON CREEK PLANT, UH, AND HOW THIS ALIGNMENT MAY AFFECT THEM.
SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD WORKED WITH THEM BACK IN 2017 AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LETTER BETWEEN THE CITY AND SAULS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT THEIR FACILITY.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AS THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACCOMMODATING THEIR NEEDS AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING IMPACTS THERE.
THERE WAS A SECOND PART TO YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT? UH, LESSON TO LEARN FROM MOORE'S ABOUT OH YES.
LESSONS LEARNED PROBABLY A STRAIGHTER LINE, BUT GO AHEAD.
SO THE INTERESTING THING I WOULD SAY IS WE DID MEET WITH TDOT.
THEY BROUGHT A SLIDE OF ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR TYPES.
AND THAT, WHAT THAT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTED ON EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS THE TIMELINE.
AND MOST OF THEM WERE AROUND 20 YEARS.
THE CRITICAL ELEMENT IN EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WAS THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY AND GETTING THAT RIGHT AWAY, ACQUIRED ALONG THERE.
IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE COST PROJECT AS WELL.
COST IS A, IS A CONCERN, BUT TRYING TO GET THAT RIGHT AWAY IS, IS A BIG PIECE.
AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT I SEE IN THIS AREA AND WHAT WE, WE, WHAT WE FOUND IN THE MPO MODELS, TRYING TO GET THIS LINE ON THE MAP IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE AND MORE PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S NO WAY TO GET A ROADWAY THROUGH THERE, UH, IN ANY SORT OF WAY, WHICH IS WHAT TXDOT HAD HIGHLIGHTED IN THEIR MEETING WITH US.
READY FOR MOTION? CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF LINE ITEM NUMBER ONE AS SUBMITTED, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD THE COMMENT THAT STAFF CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION WITH LANDOWNERS AND MAYBE GET CREATIVE AND PUT A QRC ON SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS SO THAT PEOPLE UTILIZING THE ROADWAY TODAY CAN KNOW ABOUT FUTURE PLANS FOR TOMORROW.
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IMPORTANT THAT LANDOWNERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE UTILIZING THE ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS ARE FOR THIS AREA.AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, LIKE I MENTIONED IN MY COMMENTS, BUT I WANTED ON THE MOTION THAT YOU INCLUDE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE SHOWN TODAY IN THE, IN THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. MALDONADO, EXCUSE ME, AND A SECOND BY MS. FAIRMAN.
IS THERE ANY, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? ALRIGHT, UH, KAT, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF TO A GOOD START, BUT, UH, WE'LL ALL PROBABLY BE RETIRED BY THE TIME IT, UH, COMES TO FRUITION.
AND IT IS PROBABLY WORTH NOTING THAT ONCE THIS THING DOES GO THROUGH, IT IS GONNA ADD TREMENDOUS VALUE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO ANYWAY, UH, AT THAT POINT WE WILL, UH, STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
UH, LAST ITEM IS, UH, OLD BUSINESS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 10TH.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE? ANYBODY? SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY STAFF UPDATES? UH, YES.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THEIR POSITIONS ARE EXPIRING OR HAVE EXPIRED.
SO THE APPLICATION WINDOW IS OPEN FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN APPLYING OR REAPPLYING FOR THE, THEIR POSITION.
AND THAT APPLICATION WINDOW CLOSES ON APRIL 30TH.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? THAT'S IT.
IT IS 1 54 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.