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MEXICO>> >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: GOOD OFTEN, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME BACK FROM THE RECESS RECESS.
I BRING THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> CHAIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.
WE WILL START OFF WITH MOVE OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 2ND, 2026 MEETING.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. TODAY WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TXDOT AND THE RIVER AUTHORITY FOR BEING HERE TODAY FOR AN UPDATE ON YOUR PROJECTS. WITH REGARD TO ITEM 2, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR BRIEFING IS TO HOPEFULLY DEVELOP A PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION YOU'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO, INCLUDING THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION.
AND MY HOPE IS ALSO THAT IT IS A STARTING POINT TO BUILD BETTER SYNERGY MOVING FORWARD. IT CAN LEAD TO CONFUSION, POOR DRIVER CHOICES AND ACCIDENTS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE UNDERSTANDING IS DISJOINTED. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE COMMUNICATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COORDINATED.
FOR ITEM 3 WE'LL BE RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE NEXTGEN FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM. WE'LL START OFF WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WE HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] AND BEN HOGAN. ARE YOU GOING SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER? SEPARATELY? WE'LL START OFF WITH GAREN, FOLLOWED BY BEN.
>> ALL RIGHT. WHAT I -- WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS ACTUALLY IN REFERENCE TO THE MEETING IN JUNE REGARDING MICROMOBILITY.
SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A VOICE FOR THE -- >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: REAL
QUICK. DOES IT RELATE TO TXDOT? >> UM, THAT I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE OF. YEAH, I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WAS SPOKEN TO
LAST -- THE LAST MEETING. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. I'LL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK TODAY. FOR THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAY TODAY BECAUSE THOSE
THINGS AREN'T AGENDAIZED. >> THAT'S OKAY. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE OF PEDICAB DRIVERS HERE IN TOWN. THANKS SO MUCH.
SO SAN ANTONIO HAS A CAP OF 15 PEDICAB PERMITS. AUSTIN HAS A CAP OF 350.
HOUSTON HAS NO CAP. YOU CANNOT START A NEW PADDY CAB BUSINESS -- PEDICAB BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE OF THIS CAP. YOU ALSO CANNOT BUY A PERMIT FROM ONE OF THE BUSINESSES. THE CITY ALLOWS A LOTTERY. IF AUSTIN CAN ACCOMMODATE 350 PEDICABS AND HOUSTON CAN ACCOMMODATE AS MANY AS THE MARKET DEMANDS, SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE THAN 15. I'VE SEEN THE DEMAND FOR PEDICABS IN SAN ANTONIO ESPECIALLY AT LARGE EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO WALK LONG DISTANCES. THE EXISTING TRAFFIC ON PEDICABS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR DEMAND. IT IS ONLY SAID TO HOLD ON TO POWER AND THWART OUTSIDE COMPETITION. NOT ONLY ARE THERE TOO FEW PEDICABS IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN OPTIMAL CONDITION WHEN YOU EFFECTIVELY HAVE A DUOLOGY SYSTEM. THE TWO PRIMARY PERMIT HOLDERS ARE ABLE TO OPERATE AT THE BARE MINIMUM BECAUSE THEY FACE NO OTHER COMPETITION IN THE PEDICAB INDUSTRY. AND THE BUSINESSES FIGHT HARD TO KEEP IT THIS WAY.
IT MEANS CABS IN DISREPAIR. IF YOU WANT TO OPERATE A PEDICAB IN SAN ANTONIO, YOUR CHOICES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED. GIVEN THE VERY LOW NUMBER OF CABS IN THE FIRST PLACE, SOMETIMES RENTING A CAB ISN'T POSSIBLE AT ALL DUE TO EVERY CAB BEING ACCOUNTED FOR. FURTHERMORE IN JUST THE PAST TWO YEARS, SA PEDICABS HAS FAILED TO MAINTAIN INSURANCE ON ALL OF ITS CABS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHICH IS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 33.
THIS MEANS THE CABS AREN'T INSURED -- ARE NOT INSURED, CAN'T OPERATE ON THE STREET.
THIS LOCKS OUT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE A LEGITIMATE LICENSE TO OPERATE A PEDICAB IN SAN ANTONIO FROM WORKING EVENTS AND THEREFORE AFFECTS THE DRIVER'S INCOME.
WHY DOES A PRIVATELY HELD BUSINESS ALLOWED TO CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT A LICENSED CHAUFFEUR CAN WORK IN THIS CITY? WHY IS A BUSINESS THAT HAS A TRACK RECORD OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO HOLD NEARLY HALF OF THE CITY'S PEDICAB PERMITS? MORE COMPETITION WILL BE
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BETTER FOR THOSE RENTS CABS FROM THE EXISTING BUSINESSES IN TOWN AS WELL AS FOR THE LOCALS AND TOURISTS WHO COME DOWNTOWN. LASTLY, THE DISTRIBUTION OF PERMITS SHOULD NOT BE A LOTTERY SYSTEM. IF EXPERIENCED PEDICAB DRIVERS WANT TO OPERATE THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY. UPON MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS DETAILED IN ARTICLE 6 OF CHAPTER 33 IN THE CITY CODE, THESE BUSINESSES SHOULD BE GRANTED THE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE. HAVING A LOTTERY SYSTEM RUNS THE RISK OF AVAILABLE PERMITS GOING MOSTLY INTO THE HANDS OF THE EXISTING COMPANIES AND THUS RESULTING IN NO EFFECTIVE CHANGES. [BUZZER].THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND I APPRECIATE IT.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. BEN HOGAN?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BEN HOGAN AND I'VE BEEN A FULL-TIME PEDICABBER FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS IN AUSTIN RUNNING MY OWN BUSINESS.
FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I'VE OFTEN HAD TO COMMUTE TO AUSTIN TO EARN A LIVING BECAUSE THERE ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PEDICAB PERMITS ALLOWING CURRENT PERMIT HOLDERS TO KEEP THE PERMITS THEY ALREADY HAVE. TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE AUSTIN HAS MORE THAN 300 PEDICABS, THEIR LARGEST VENUE SEATS JUST OVER 15,000 PEOPLE.
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS JUST 15 FOR COUNTLESS EVENTS AND THE ALAMODOME THAT SEATS MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE. WHEN I WORK IN AUSTIN I REGULARLY MEET VISITORS FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT SAY I WISH WE HAD PEDICABS BACK HOME. I ALWAYS SAY YOU DO, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. PEOPLE JUST DON'T SEE THEM. ANOTHER THING IS IMPROVING SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WITH SUE FEW PERMIT HOLDERS DRIVERS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLES THEY OPERATE. WE'VE SEEN EQUATIONS WHEREIN -- WHERE INADEQUATE -- THIS ISN'T ABOUT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE CURRENT PERMIT HOLDERS.
THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY KEEP THE PERMITS THEY ALREADY HAVE.
I'M SIMPLY ASKING THE CITY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PERMITS AND ALLOW A PATHWAY FOR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY. SAN ANTONIO IS ONE OF THE PREMIER TOURISM DESTINATIONS IN TEXAS. I BELIEVE OUR PEDICAB INDUSTRY SHOULD REFLECT THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE WILL START WITH ITEM 2 WITH A PRESENTATION BY TXDOT. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS?
>> BEING HERE, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS WHEN HE'S DONE.
CHARLES, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE FOR INVITING ME HERE TO GIVE THE UPDATE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WE DO CREATE THAT SYNERGY AND CREATE THAT COMMUNICATION SO THAT WAY -- PEOPLE ARE DRIVING IN THE CITY, THEY TYPICALLY ZEROED CONSTRUCTION AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL SOMETIMES. IT COULD BE A PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, COUNTY, TXDOT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SAFE INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR ALL DRIVERS. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ON THIS PRESENTATION IS I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THAT AFFECT A MAJORITY OF THE CITY, BUT I DO HAVE -- I'VE PROVIDED, BUT I DO HAVE A LIST OF OTHER ACTIVE PROJECTS AND IF NEED BE I CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS AS WELL. THESE ARE ALL THE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE REGION. I DO NOT HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY THE CITY PROPER, BUT I DO --A GOOD MAP TO GO BY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS THAT AFFECT THE MAJORITY OF THE DRIVERS HERE IN THE REGION. SO WITH THAT SAID, AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT ROAD RAGE, WE DO HAVE A CAMPAIGN HERE AT TXDOT, WE ASK DRIVERS TO DRIVE WHAT WE CALL KIND, COURTEOUS AND SAFE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CAN BE A TAXING ASK WHEN FOLKS ARE IN CONGESTION OR IN TRAFFIC JAMS, BUT I THINK IF FOLKS CAN REALLY PACK THEIR PATIENCE AND REALLY GET INFORMATION FROM OUR DRIVETEXAS.ORG APP AND WEBSITE ON CLOSURES, IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY FOR FOLKS TO PLAN THEIR TRIPS APPROPRIATELY.
AND ALSO HOPEFULLY REDUCE INSTANCES OF ROAD RAGE. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR PORTFOLIO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY THE 12 COUNTIES IN THIS REGION.
SO WE ARE THE THIRD MOST ACTIVE DISTRICT IN THE STATE ONLY BEHIND HOUSTON AND DALLAS. THERE'S 231 ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT, AGAIN, ENCOMPASS THE WHOLE 12-COUNTY REGION WITH ABOUT 6.1 BILLION IN ACTIVE
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CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. I WILL TALK ABOUT TWO OF THE LARGER ONES THAT REALLY ENCOMPASS ABOUT HALF OF THAT AMOUNT. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON AT LEAST ANOTHER $15.1 BILLION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT REGIONS AND ROADWAYS IN THE AREA.THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE MOST VISIBLE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE, ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THE REGION HERE. THIS IS THE UPDATE ON THE I-35 -- WHAT WE CALL THE NORTHEAST EXPANSION CORRIDOR.
NEX FOR SORT. RIGHT NOW THIS PROJECT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO GENERAL PURPOSE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AS WELL AS ONE HOV LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, PRETTY MUCH CONNECTING THE INTERCHANGES OF THE INTERSTATE 410, STATE LOOP 1604, INTERSTATE 35 AND INTERSTATE 410 SOUTH GOING TO THE EDWC OF THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN IN REALLY FIVE PHASES OR FIVE SEGMENTS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE FOUR SEGMENTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT INCLUDE THE CENTRAL, SOUTH PHASE 1, SOUTH PHASE 2 AND SOUTH PHASE 3, WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON THE GRAPHIC. THE NORTH SECTION, WHICH IS GOING TOWARDS THE COUNTY LINE OF [INDISCERNIBLE] AND BEXAR COUNTY, THAT HAS NOT LET, BUT EXPECTED TO LET IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027. THE WORD AVL MEANS AVAILABLE FOR LETTING SO WE WILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR LETTING CLOSER TO MARCH OF 2027, IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE TO KIND OF SCOOT THAT UP AND ACCELERATE IT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL TRY TO ACCELERATE IT UP TO MARCH, BUT THAT'S IN THE HOPPER AND LOOK FOR IT IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S THE NORTH SEGMENT. THE CENTRAL SEGMENT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST SEGMENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT'S ABOUT ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF CONSTRUCTION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT 16.1 OVERALL PROJECT PORTFOLIO, ONE HALF OF THAT IS IN THE CENTRAL PROJECT WHICH YOU SEE I GUESS IN THE PINK. THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY 78% COMPLETE.
WE STARTED THAT IN JULY OF 2021. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THAT ONE AS AN UPDATE IS WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE SETBACK DIRECTION OF THE ELEVATED LANES TO -- SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION OF THE ELEVATED LANES TO BE POTENTIALLY OPEN JANUARY OF 2027. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU'RE COMING FROM LET'S SAY THE NEW BRAUNFELS DIRECTION FROM FM3009 OR FM1103 1103 SOUTHBOUND INTO SAN ANTONIO, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER THE ELEVATED LANES AT CIBOLO CREEK AND ON THE ELEVATED LANES YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE A DIRECT CONNECT TO 1604 WEST, 410 WEST AND ALSO MAKING YOUR WAY DOWN AS WE FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE SOUTHBOUND ELEVATED LANES TO BE OPEN HOPEFULLY BY JANUARY OF 2027.
AND THE NORTHBOUND LANES TO BE OPEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, PROBABLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, MAYBE FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION IS OPENED.
SO THAT COMPRISES WHAT WE CALL THE CENTRAL SEGMENT. SOUTH PHASE 1 IS FROM PRETTY MUCH WHERE THAT CENTRAL SEGMENT ENDS AT THE 410 INTERCHANGE WORKING FURTHER SOUTH TO THE I-35 INTERCHANGE AS WELL AS THE 410 INTERCHANGE WORKING THROUGH KIRBY AND 35 GOING TO DOWNTOWN. SO THAT PROJECT, SOUTH PHASE 1, IS ABOUT 59% COMPLETE ON YOUR PACKET. SO THAT STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2023. RIGHT NOW WE JUST STARTED THE SOUTH PHASE 2, WHICH IS THE PORTION THAT GOES THROUGH NORTH WALTERS STREET TO I10410 SOUTH, THAT STARTED HERE, AND THAT IS ABOUT 59% AS WELL. THAT'S THE PORTION, THAT LITTLE GREEN PORTION THAT GOES OVER THE RAILROAD TRACK THERE NEAR ENGEL MAN DRIVE AND FM 78. SO LONG STORY SHORT, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THAT CORRIDOR WE'RE ADDING THOSE ELEVATED LANES TO BASICALLY CREATE THIS REGIONAL EXPRESSWAY FOR FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF KIND OF MAJOR TRAFFIC CENTERS OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH 35, REALLY SEPARATING THAT THROUGH TRAFFIC SO THAT WAY THE LOCAL TRAFFIC UTILIZING THE EXISTING FREEWAY WILL BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONGESTION. THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE NORTHEAST EXPANSION PROJECT. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, I GUESS IF YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH OR IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO JUMP OVER TO OUR NEXT PROJECT THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT DEFINITELY CAN COME BACK TO ANY OF THESE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS THE -- WHAT WE CALL THE 415 IMPROVEMENTS NEAR SAN PEDRO AND 281.
SO THIS PROJECT JUST RECENTLY [INDISCERNIBLE] HERE IN MAY, LOW BID AT $156 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A VIDEO
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SHOWING WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE. SO BASICALLY IF YOU CAN IMAGINE 410, ANYONE IN THIS AREA NEAR NORTH STAR MALL AND SAN PEDRO AVENUE.IT IS CONGESTED. SO THIS PROJECT IS BASICALLY GOING TO ADDRESS THE MERGING AND WEAVING OPERATION AS YOU COME OFF THE DIRECT CONNECTORS OFF 281 AS WELL AS THE EXIT TO SAN PEDRO, BLANCO, A COUPLE OF OTHER KEY OFF A RAMP AND ONRAMP CONNECTIONS. IT'S REVISING THE RAMPS TO PROVIDE FOR A CLEANER MERGE OPERATIONS IN THIS AREA, SO THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO ADDRESS SIGNAL TIMING AND QUEUING ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS AS WELL AS ADDRESS ANY BOTTLE NECKS AND IMPROVE NAVIGATE IN THIS AREA. THIS PROJECT LET IN MAY OF '26.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO KICK IT OFF HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE KICKOFF OF THE PROJECT, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD STAKEHOLDER LIST FOR FOLKS TO SAY INFORMED ON ANY KIND OF CLOSURES.
THIS WILL BE PROBABLY A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT TO GET THESE RAMP REVISIONS IN PLACE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A -- IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET A LOT MORE ATTENTION, HONESTLY, THAN THE NORTHEAST EXPANSION PROJECT, IF I'M BEING HONEST, SO THIS IS ONE THING -- THE ONE PROJECT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF OUR CLOSURES. THE NEXT PROJECT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, LET ME MAKE SURE THIS WORKS. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
IF THE NORTHEAST EXPANSION AND THE 281 PROJECT AREN'T ENOUGH, WE CAN JUMP TO 1604 NORTH. THIS IS WE O -- WE JUST HAD A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY LAST WEDNESDAY FOR WHAT WE CALL SEGMENT 6 FROM JUDSON ROAD TO I-35.
THAT LET IN JULY OF A LOW BID OF ABOUT 168 MILLION. THAT IS THE LAST AND FINAL PIECE THAT TIES IN THE 1604 IMPROVEMENTS PRETTY MUCH FROM STATE HIGHWAY 16 AND HELOTES AREA ALL THE WAY BACK TO I-35, THE NEX PROJECT.
SO WHAT THIS OVERALL PROGRAM IS DOING IS EXPANDING THE EXISTING FOUR-LANE 1604 MAIN LANES TO EIGHT LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITH AN ADDITIONAL HOV LANE IN EACH DIRECTION AND REDOING THE INTERSECTION AT 1604 AND REQUEST OVERSIGHT WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY AS WELL AS TIE IN TO THE NEX PROJECT ON THE NORTHSIDE.
SO JUST AN IDEA OF WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL SEGMENT PROJECTS ARE AT.
SEGMENT 1 WAS THE FIRST PORTION WE STARTED IN APRIL OF 2021.
THAT IS PRACTICALLY COMPLETE. I SAY PRACTICALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE HOV LANES OPEN YET UNTIL WE HAVE THE SUBSEQUENT SEGMENTS COMPLETE WORKING TO OUR EAST, AS WELL AS THE FINAL SIGNAGE UNTIL WE GET THAT IN PLACE.
THE SEGMENT 2 PORTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST CONGESTED PORTION WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC CONTROL AND LANE CLOSURES IS THE I-10-1604 PROJECT.
WE STILL HAVE NIGHTLY CLOSURES TO BUILD THE UNDER, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THE UNDER PASSES UNDERNEATH FOR I-10 AND 1604 AND THE DISTRIBUTOR COLLECTORS THAT WILL BE THE RAMPS TO LA CONTERRA AS WELL AS UTSA BOULEVARD.
THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 77% COMPLETE. ONE THING ABOUT THE SEGMENT 2 PORTION IS IT WILL HAVE THE LARGEST AND PROBABLY THE ONLY INTERCHANGE ROUNDABOUT IN THE STATE, IF NOT THE NATION, ONCE IT'S ALL COMPLETE, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE 1604 MAIN LANES AND I-10 MAIN LANES WHICH CONNECTS ALL THE PARKS AND TRAILS, ARE ROUNDABOUTS AND IT WON'T BE SIGNALIZED.
THAT WILL BE A CHANGE FOR THE AREA ONCE THAT PROJECT IS DONE.
SEGMENT 3 IS ABOUT 98% COMPLETE. THE BIGGEST ITEM LEFT ON THAT PROJECT IS REALLY FINISHING UP THE BLANCO INTERSECTION, DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE, THAT WE HAVE BUILT AT BLANCO, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL, BUT WE'RE DOING THE FINISHING TOUCHES WITH THE SIGNALS AND SIGNAGE, BUT THAT PROJECT IS RAPIDLY COMING TO A COMPLETION. AS YOU MOVE FURTHER EAST YOU WILL SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE THE SEGMENT 4 PORTION THAT'S ABOUT 57% COMPLETE FROM THE U.S. 281 INTERCHANGE TO RED LAND AND OBVIOUSLY SEGMENT 5 AND THE ONE WE JUST LET, SEGMENT 6, THAT IS ABOUT TO START IN THE FALL. THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS ABOUT 1.3 BILLION, SO JUST LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ADD UP 1604 AND I-35, THE I-35 PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONE AND A HALF BILLION, THAT REALLY COMPRISES ABOUT HALF OF OUR TOTAL, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT TOTAL PORTFOLIO FOR THE REGION OF THE 6.1 BILLION, ALMOST 3 BILLION IS TIED UP IN THESE TWO PROJECTS ALONE, THESE TWO PROGRAMS. THE OTHER MAJOR PROGRAM I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE U.S. 90 CORRIDOR EXPANSION FROM PRETTY MUCH INTERSTATE 410 TO STATE HIGHWAY 211. THIS IS EXPANDING THE
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CURRENT ROADWAY FROM A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED TO A SIX-LANE EXPRESSWAY, INCLUDING FOUR FRONTAGE ROAD LANES FOR THE PROJECT. WE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE CONNECTOR INTERCHANGE AT STATE HIGHWAY LOOP 1604 AND U.S. 90.RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE ONE THAT IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND LET ABOUT 105 BILLION. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONNECT BUILDING THE DIRECT CONNECTOR FROM U.S. 90 CONNECTOR FROM U.S. 90 CONNECTOR FROM U.S. 90 WESTBOUND TO 1604. AND PHASE 2, WHICH CONTINUES THE EXPANSION FROM PHASE 1 FROM LOOP 1604 TO STATE HIGHWAY 211, THAT ONE WE'RE EXPECTING TO LET IN THE SPRING OF 2027. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE -- WE'RE WORKING TO GET THE UTILITIES CLEARED IN APRIL SO THAT WAY WE CAN MEET THAT LETTING SCHEDULE.
THIS AGAIN, ANOTHER REGION THAT IS SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH, KIND OF OUTSIDE THE SAN ANTONIO CITY LIMITS, BUT A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC IS COMING IN TO 410, 1604 COMING INTO TOWN. SOME MORE CHOKE POINTS. THOSE WERE THE MAJOR PROJECT UPDATES I WANTED TO COVER, BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW MORE PROJECTS THAT I THINK ARE OF NOTABLE MENTION. WE DO -- JUST FOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, THE DOWNTOWN BRIDGE PROJECT THAT'S REDOING A LOT OF THE JOINT REPAIRS, ESPECIALLY ON THE ELEVATED I-10 PORTION OF THE ROADWAYS, I THINK IT'S GOING NORTHBOUND RIGHT NOW, ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, SO WE SHOULD BE DONE AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM WHAT WE CALL THE Y OR THE FINE SILVER CURVE WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THAT AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE ALSO HAVE THE I-37 DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE THAT WILL BE STARTING ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN CONNECTING LOOP 13. SO THAT PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS UNDERNEATH I-37 FOR TRAFFIC TRAVERSING THE LOOP 13 INTERACTION EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND. AND WE ARE WORKING ON A STATE SPUR THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE 2027 DRAFT GTP THAT WILL BE APPROVED BY OUR STATE COMMISSION HERE IN AUGUST TO BUILD OUT THE STATE YOU SPUR AS CONNECTING THE U.S. 281 CORRIDOR TO SOME OF THE ■DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN THERE WITH TOYOTA.
SO THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS BEING DEVELOPED. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE DO HAVE, BUT I WANTED TO COVER SOME OF THE NOTABLE ONES AND THEN DISCUSS ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT THE COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: FOR SURE. THANK YOU A TON.
FOR MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SEVEN SEASON HINT ROUND AND THEN A FIVE-MINUTE ROUND. I'LL START BY SAYING ONE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET A SENSE OF SO I WILL ASK A QUESTION THAT GETS TO THIS POINT, IS TXDOT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND HOW WE AS A CITY CAN BE SUPPORTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THAT WORK. MY DISTRICT IS HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS CONSTRUCTION AS I KNOW MANY OTHER DISTRICTS ARE, WHICH ISN'T INHERENTLY A BAD THING, BUT CAN POSE CHALLENGES FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS IMPACTED AND HINDERED.
ULTIMATELY THE PROBLEM I'M HOPING TO ADDRESS THROUGH DISCUSSION STARTING HERE IS, ONE, DRIVERS NAVIGATING TXDOT CONSTRUCTION AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A TXDOT PROJECT WILL BE A CITY PROJECT. AND THAT CAN FEEL LIKE THERE WAS NO COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE. AND SO HOW DO WE RECTIFY THAT AND IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION SO THAT OUR PLANNING EFFORTS CAN BE MADE STRONGER AND YIELD THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR? AND THEN SECOND, THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT SOMETIMES LANES OR EXITS BECOME CLOSED IN A WAY THAT FEELS RANDOM AND WITH NO WARNING. AND I DO OFTEN SEE ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE THAT STATES, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSED FROM THIS DATE TO THIS DATE, BUT EVEN THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY CONSISTENT OR WIDELY UTILIZED AT TIMES.
I DID HEAR YOU MENTION AN APP. SO HEARING THAT I'M WONDERING -- HEARING ALL THAT I JUST SAID, I'M WONDERING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T SEE AND WHERE CAN WE GO FROM HERE? WHEN YOU THINK OF CITY COORDINATION WITH TXDOT, WHAT CAN THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU?
>> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE APP BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY A RECENT DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD WHAT WE CALL DRIVETEXAS.ORG, WHICH IS A WEBSITE THAT INCLUDES ALL THE LANE CLOSURES AND ESPECIALLY IN EMERGENCY EVENTS LIKE WE HAD WITH THE FLOODING HERE RECENTLY AND OTHER PARTS OF OUR COUNTIES, WE UTILIZE THAT A LOT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT ON ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED DUE TO LIKE I SAID, FLOODING IMPACTS OR EVEN CONSTRUCTION, BUT THERE IS AN APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD NOW THAT'S CALLED JUSTDRIVETEXAS APP. AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL
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THE UP TO DATE CONDITIONS ON OUR ROADWAYS. IT'S STATEWIDE, BUT YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY ZOOM INTO SAN ANTONIO AND IT DOESN'T ONLY GIVE YOU THE ROADWAY CLOSURES THAT WE HAVE ACTIVELY ANTICIPATED, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU ACCESS TO OUR TRAFFIC CAMERAS SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE EVERY AVAILABLE CAMERA THAT WE HAVE IN THIS REGION YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT TRAFFIC IS DOING. AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON YOUR PHONE AND YOU WILL SEE THIS RIGHT HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE ORANGE.THOSE ARE THE CLOSURES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TRAFFIC.
AND IF YOU CLICK ON IT IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE ACTUAL CLOSURE IS, OUTSIDE LANE, INSIDE LANE, THE DURATION OF THE CLOSURES, OBVIOUSLY THE BEST INFORMATION WE CAN GIVE AT THE TIME. WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION ARE -- THEY GO THROUGH A PRETTY LENGTHY PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THEM, ESPECIALLY THE MAJOR MOBILITY PROJECTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT COULD INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION OR AFFECTS ON LANDOWNERS.
WE HAVE A PRETTY THOROUGH PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT OFFICE. AS WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE TWEAKS, GET COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE PROJECT ITSELF, AND WE TRY TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO INTO CONSTRUCTION AND SET UP A STAKEHOLDER NEWSLETTER, STAKEHOLDER IT CONTACT LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE PROJECTS THAT MIGHT FEEL THOSE TYPE OF I AM OF IMPACTS ARE NOTIFIED OF KIND OF THE SEQUENCING. EVERY PROJECT MIGHT HAVE -- WE MIGHT SHIFT TRAFFIC OVER TO ONE SIDE TO BUILD THIS HALF AND SHIFT THEM BACK, BUT WE DO MAKE IT A POINT AND IT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A PROPER INGRESS AND EGRESS TO EACH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER DURING THAT PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET TIMELY NOTIFICATIONS OF THAT. SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS NOTIFIED, BUT WE TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TOOLS AS POSSIBLE. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO COORDINATION WITH CITY STAFF ON THEIR PROJECTS, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT POINT, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ARE -- WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A 10-YEAR UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SO A 10-YEAR IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT. SO WE'RE VERY, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT SEQUENTIAL IN MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS KIND OF GET MOVED TO THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND THEN TO CONSTRUCTION. I THINK EARLY COORDINATION WITH THE CITY ON KIND OF WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE AT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHEN WE EXPECT THEM TO GO TO LETTING, KIND OF WHAT I SHOWED YOU TODAY, WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ON THOSE IMPACTS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY -- I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM TWO DIFFERENT LENSES. IF THE CITY NEEDS TO DO A PROJECT AND WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S GOING, THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE HOW CAN WE COORDINATE THAT TO WHERE WE'RE MINIMIZING THE IMPACTS? OR IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT MAYBE WHEN SOME PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION STARTS AND THE OTHER ONE STARTS, WE CAN DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE THAT AS BEST AS WE CAN. BUT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS DO HAVE SOME PRETTY TIGHT TIME FRAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO
CONSTRUCTION WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: GOT YOU. AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A MEETING OFFLINE, BUT I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO SEE OR WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM STAFF'S END IS HOW THE CITY IMPLEMENTS TXDOT'S 10-YEAR PLAN IN ANY COMMUNICATION THAT WE RECEIVE INTO OUR IMP OR ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. SO I'M LOOKING AT -- ART, YOU HEAR ME? SECOND TO THAT -- SO LARGELY WHAT I JUST HEARD IS THE APP IS NEW.
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED? >> PROBABLY WITHIN THE LAST
TWO MONTHS. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BECOME MORE WIDELY USED ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT FOLKS CAN GET UPDATES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE. AND THEN YOU'VE DONE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENT DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS AND YOU PROBABLY DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AS CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT TO START. I GUESS IN TERMS OF
METHODOLOGY, DO YOU USE ANY LIKE MAIL? >> WE DO.
WE'VE DONE MAILERS, WE'VE DONE THE MAILOUTS. HERE RECENTLY WE'VE STARTED TO EMPLOY A LITTLE MORE, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT, CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY TO GET THE WORD OUT IN TERMS OF CELL TEXT MESSAGES ON WHEN WE HAVE UPDATES FROM IT, WE HAVE PROJECT UPDATES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE -- ULTIMATELY OUR WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE IT SHIFTS IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION.
MAILERS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN KIND OF THE GO-TO, BUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE READ THEIR MAIL OR THEY JUST KIND OF CHUNK A THING OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANYMORE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE IN HOW WE GET THE MESSAGE
OUT WITH THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: FOR SURE. I THINK THERE'S SOME GENERATIONS AND SOME TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY WANT TO RECEIVE MAIL AND WILL RESPOND TO IT.
I THINK AS WELL IF YOU CAN IMPLEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES, SEEING INSTAGRAM ADS WOULD BE HELPFUL, THINGS LIKE THAT. ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION YOU CAN DO TO REACH AS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, I THINK THAT'S
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WHAT I WOULD REQUEST. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN AT TXDOT, ALONG WITH OUR ENGINEERS, IF ANY COUNCILMEMBER OR CITY STAFF WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MAYBE A PROJECT OR IF THEY'VE HAD ANY FEEDBACK FROM ADJACENT BUSINESSES, JUST REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL SET UP MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICS. I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET A LOT OF GENERAL COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT IS TERRIBLE, BUT WE WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TO SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ISSUES AND FIND WAYS TO RESOLVE THOSE.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. ALSO I SEE SOME LOW-BID CONTRACTS A HERE AND THAT PIQUED BY INTEREST. I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH LOW BID PROJECTS IS COMMUNICATION IS OFTEN ROUGH, THE TIMELINE IS RARELY ADHERED TO AND THE WORK ULTIMATELY REQUIRES FIXING AND WE GET A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AND CALLS FROM OUR OWN RESIDENTS SO WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM LOW BID FOR A LOT OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS. SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE IDENTIFIED ANY OF THESE CONCERNS AS WELL, AND IF YOU'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTRACTS IN THAT
WAY. >> TXDOT TRIES TO UTILIZE DIFFERENT METHODS TO DELIVER PROJECTS. LOW BIDDED BY IS OUR IS THE AND THAT COMES TO STATE STATUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO OF THE NEX PROJECTS, THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PHASE 1 ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL DESIGN AND BUILD SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY DESIGN-BID CONTRACTS THAT THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY CAME IN AND BID NOT ONLY THE DESIGN, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT TO DELIVER IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.
SO WE'VE USED DESIGN-BID-BUILD. OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE USE A PLUS B IMPACT, WHICH IS THE TIME IMPACT AS WELL AS THE COST THAT'S COMBINED INTO THE OVERALL BID ANALYSIS, CONTRACTOR CAN SAY HEY, I CAN DO THIS FOR X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT IT WILL TAKE ME THIS LONG, WHEREAS CONTRACTOR 2 CAN BID A LITTLE HIGHER, BUT IT'S A LOWER TIME CONSTRAINT. SO WE HAVE DO HAVE A PLUS B BIDDING IN THE TOOLBOX. WE HAVEN'T USED IT A LOT HERE IN RECENTLY, BUTT IT'S
SOMETHING IN THE TOOLBOX. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WHATEVER YOU CAN DO IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. LASTLY, THIS WILL BE MY LAST POINT, IT'S SOMEWHAT PHILOSOPHICAL, SOMEWHAT CONFIDENCE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO ADD MORE LANES. I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING THAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS GOING TO SOLVE SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC ISSUES, I DO THINK THAT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS FALSE AND RARELY DOES IT [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT OFTEN MAKES IT WORSE.
SO I WONDER HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN ENSURE THAT THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY WHERE NEW LANES ARE ADDED, ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, AND
THAT'S THE BEST DESIGN FOR WHAT WE NEED IN THIS REGION? >> SURE.
I THINK -- YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL KIND OF DISCUSSION, BUT GOOD EXAMPLE, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS BECAUSE I THINK THE BIG THING ON THAT IS REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE MULTIMODAL INTO OUR FACILITIES. GOOD EXAMPLE, WHICH IS NOT MY MOST FAVORITE PICTURE, BUT THE ONE ON THE SCREEN IS THE U.S. 281 STONE OAK PORTION PHASE 2 THAT GOES PAST THE PORTION THAT TIES INTO THE VIA PARKING GARAGE THERE NEAR STONE OAK. IF YOU NOTICE ON THAT IT'S GOT AN HOV LANE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH EMPTY. AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSED AT THAT POINT WHEN THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN. WE ARE TRYING TO INCORPORATE WAYS TO -- I MENTIONED IT EARLIER IN THE 1604 AND NEX PROJECTS, THEY EACH INCORPORATE AN HOV LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, MEANING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MULTI-USERS, GET RID OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES TRAVELING IN SOME OF THESE CONGESTED AREAS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD UP THAT NETWORK SO WE CAN ALSO PARTNER WITH VIA AND THE CITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN ENSURE A MULTIMODAL USE OF OUR SYSTEM, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S THE -- A MAJORITY OF TEXANS USE CARS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DESIGN FOR. AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER AREAS WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT INDUCED DEMAND, I THINK THE FREEWAY DOES ALSO INCREASE TRAFFIC AS WELL. WE'RE SEEING THE SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS ACTUALLY FOR THE BETTER. I THINK THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, STONE OAK AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE ON 1604 AND NORTHEAST EXPANSION, THE COMMUTE TIMES ON 281 DROP BY 30 MINUTES AS SOON AS WE OPENED IT. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE COMMUTE TIMES AND CONGESTION ON 1604 TO DROP BY 76% BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS.
AND NEX IS SUPPOSED TO DROP BY 46% BY THE TIME WE COMPLETE.
IS THAT A SHORT-TERM GAIN? THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POPULATION INCREASE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S USING IT. SO NEX, WHAT WE CALL THE I-35 CORRIDOR, RIGHT NOW 200,000 VEHICLES USE THAT CORRIDOR. WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO DOUBLE TO 416. AND 1604 IS ABOUT 150,000 USE THAT CORRIDOR HERE AND IT'S EXPECTED TO DOUBLE TO 300,000. THEY ARE BUILT TO HANDLE
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THAT CAPACITY AND MORE, BUT YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS A CONVERSATION YOU WANT TO HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO CONNECT OUR SYSTEM WITH THE MULTIMODAL NETWORK WITH THEREGION. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA? >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, CHARLES, FOR BEING HERE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY THIS PICTURE WAS? >> THAT IS U.S. 281 AND I
BELIEVE IT'S GOING NORTHBOUND. >> MUNGIA: I THOUGHT IT LOOKED [INDISCERNIBLE] ON THE ROAD. I JUST LIKE TO TEASE COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS. THANK YOU, CHARLES. I KNOW YOU DO HAVE A REALLY TOUGH JOB YOU HAVE TO BALANCE A LOT OF INTERESTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT, HAVING 11 COUNTIES. AND SO IN D4 IT'S AN ODDLY CARVED DISTRICT, BUT TO GET AROUND IT'S A LOT OF TXDOT ROADWAYS, MILITARY DRIVE, 410, 90, 35, 1604, PETRANCO, 16. THOSE ARE USED BY RESIDENTS TO GET AROUND EVEN THEIR OWN AREA. SO I DO WANT TO JUST PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR -- WE HAD A MEETING AWHILE BACK AND WE HAD SOME CONCERNS BROUGHT UP AND WE SAT WITH YOU AND JOHN WAS THERE AND ART AND MARK WAS THERE AND WE WENT DOWN EACH THING AND HELPED EACH OTHER OUT WITHOUT ISSUE, IF THERE'S ANY LONG-TERM GOALS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT MEANS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR FOLKS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOME SAFETY CONCERNS.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT 35, SOMERSET, THAT AREA. I THINK THAT'S NOW ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN SAN ANTONIO BASED ON ACCIDENT REPORTS.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION ON ALL THOSE THINGS.
I REALLY DO LIKE THIS SLIDE HERE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 90. FROM 410 TO 410211 IS IN MY AREF TOWN AND IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF 410 THAT'S A WIDELY USED ROAD EVEN TO GET TO 1604. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS YOU TAKE 90 TO GET TO 1604 THAT'S A REALLY BAD DIP AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHEN YOU'RE MERGING ON TO 1604. IT SINKS YOUR CAR PRETTY BAD.
AND EVEN THE ACCESS ROAD DOES GET SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE SOIL FOR SURE OVER THERE. I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE EXIT CHANGE ON 1604.
I THINK YOU'VE MOVED THAT BACK. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S A VERY MUCH GROWING AREA.
>> I HAVE TO MENTION ON THE SLIDES THAT WE ALSO HAVE 1604 WORKING BACK FROM U.S.
90 SOUTH TO LA COSTE. I THINK IT'S A TWO LANE UNDIVIDED SO THAT WILL BE WIDENED OUT TO FOUR-LANE DIVIDED. THAT PROJECT IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. >> MUNGIA: THAT'S GOOD. IF YOU'VE BEEN ON 1604 ON MY SIDE YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED AND IT'S DEAD ON PARTS OF IT.
>> I HAVE DRIVEN IT. >> MUNGIA: IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT.
I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE 410 VALLEY HIGH TURNAROUND MCSYNONYM IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS THERE. THE ACCESS ROAD FROM 90 TO VALLEY HIGH USUALLY GETS PRETTY JAMMED UP AND A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE JUST TRYING DO A U.S. TURN. WE'VE TALKED -- U-TURN. I FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER TODAY WAS MAYBE WORKING WITH THE STATE OFFICIALS AND YOU ALL AND SEE HOW WE CAN ADD SAFETY FEATURES OR MECHANISMS INTO ACCESS ROADS BECAUSE I FIND THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEEDING AND THERE'S NO -- I DON'T THINK TXDOT HAS ANY, YOU KNOW, TOOLS AVAILABLE TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN ON ACCESS ROADS OTHER THAN MAYBE POLICE ENFORCEMENT. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT ON VALLEY HIGH AND 410 IS AN ISSUE, BUT A LOT OF PARTS OF I-35 ARE GETTING OFF HIGHWAYS EXTREMELY FAST AND THEN TURNING INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT CAN BE PRETTY DANGEROUS AT TIMES. I'M THANKFUL THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU ON THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT IGR EARLIER TODAY AND THAT WILL BE A HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN AND MUCH NEEDED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT AND WHAT YOU SEE AS THE NEXT STEPS.
>> YEAH. RIGHT NOW I KNOW THE RMA IS CURRENTLY, I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY PREPARED TWO CONSULTING CONTRACTS TO HELP DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL -- WHAT THEY WOULD CALL THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN. AND REALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS ESTABLISHES THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THAT WOULD END. AND SO IT'S EARLY IN THAT PROCESS OF THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND WHAT WE CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THAT ROUTE WOULD GO, WHAT THE FOOTPRINT OF IT IS BECAUSE ONCE THAT FOOTPRINT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT RIGHT-OF-WAY NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED. THEY'RE TAKING THE FIRST STEP IN IT BY DOING THAT,
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THAT SCHEMATIC STUDY. AND THEN ONCE IT GETS FURTHER ALONG AND DEVELOP A PROCESS WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE IT STARTS SLOTTING IN IN TERMS OF PROJECTS.WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, I'LL USE 1604 AS AN EXAMPLE. IT WAS ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED AND THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN WAS PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO.
AND SO LUCKILY THAT ONE WE HAD MOST OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALREADY, SO WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THE SCHEMATIC LAY JOY OF WHAT 1604 WOULD LOOK LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED BREAKING IT UP INTO BITE-SIZE PIECES AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE SEGMENTS, SEGMENT 1 THROUGH SEGMENT 6. WHAT WE SEE TYPICALLY WITH THE CONTRACTORS IS IT'S TYPICALLY PRETTY COMPETITIVE WHEN YOU GET TO ABOUT THE 200-MILLION-DOLLAR RANGE.
ONCE YOU GET OVER THAT IT GETS PRETTY SMALL AND YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY CONTRACTORS THAT CAN BID ON THAT JOB. ONCE WE SPREAD IT OUT, YOU WILL SEE BETTER PRICING ON THE CONTRACTS. WE TYPICALLY TRY TO TARGET THAT RANGE, 150 TO 250 MILLION ON THE PROJECTS SO THAT WAY THEY'RE COMPETITIVE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE 1604 BROKEN INTO SIX SEGMENTS.
IT WAS ALL LAID OUT AT ONCE, BUT THEN WE CARVED OUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE NORTHEAST EXPANSION. THAT'S WHY IT'S FIVE
SEGMENTS. >> MUNGIA: WHEN YOU BREAK UP THE SOUTHWEST PARKWAY PLEASE DO THE DID 4 SIDE VERSUS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.
>> THAT'S THE RMA STUDY REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF THE
DELIVERY OF THOSE SEGMENTS. >> MUNGIA: JUST A HEAD'S UP ALSO, WE ARE DOING A COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING ON RAY ELLISON. I HOPE THAT WILL BE A BOND PROJECT FOR MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS A CITY ROAD, BUT TO GIVE YOU A HEAD'S UP ON RAY ELLISON AND 410 I THINK THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA LANE ON RAY ELLISON TO MERGE ON TO 410 BETTER. RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE LANE AND IT BACKS UP A LOT OF THINGS. PROBABLY GET INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE WALMART THAT'S RIGHT THERE, BUT WE'LL OBVIOUSLY COORDINATE WITH Y'ALL ABOUT THE ACCESS POINT ON 410 BUT KNOW THAT'S COMING UP FROM US AS A MAJOR ASK.
>> AND AGAIN, I WANT TO MENTION WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVE PROJECTS.
I HIGHLIGHTED THE LARGER ONES, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS SCHEDULED, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN, STATE HIGHWAY 16 AND 410 WE DO HAVE A PROJECT TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC EXITING 410 TO GET TO STATE HIGHWAY 16.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE, JCB AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON. WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS SMALLER IN SIZE, MAYBE 10 TO 15-MILLION-DOLLAR RANGE, BUT THEY'RE HAPPENING. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE GOING ON. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MARQUEE ONES THAT AFFECT THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION. I'M WELCOME TO GO OVER THE PROJECT LIST WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER AND THEIR SECTIONS AND WE CAN SHOW YOU
WHERE WE'RE AT WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS. >> MUNGIA: AND THAT ONE ON HIGHWAY 16 AND 410 IS GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG IMPACT. THANK YOU.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: COUNCILMEMBER. >> THANK YOU FOR AGENDAIZING THIS ITEM. I FEEL LIKE I HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU FROM JOHN AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER GOT A CHANCE TO SIT AND ASK MY MILLIONS OF QUESTIONS.
I PROMISE I WON'T ASK THEM ALL TODAY, BUT I ALREADY ASKED MY TEAM TO SCHEDULE TIME FOR US TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT. I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THE I-10 CORRIDOR. WHEN I LOOK IT UP ON DRIVE TEXAS -- I LOVE THIS APP, I LOVE DATA. WHY AM I NOT SEEING A CLOSURE THERE?
AM I USING THE WRONG FILTER? IT SHOULD BE ON THERE? >> YEAH, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY.
AND THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. WE'LL GET WITH OUR ENGINEER AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UPDATED. SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME OF THOSE CLOSURES WE HAVE, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY'RE STARTED, WE ALWAYS PUT AN END DATE SO SOMETIMES --S HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THOSE NEED TO BE EXTENDED OR UPDATED.
I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET IT UPDATED. >> KAUR: MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST DONE IT'S NOT UPDATED. GOOD FOR US TO KNOW ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE UPDATING THIS WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO END BECAUSE WE GOT INFORMATION WHEN IT STARTED BUT EVEN UPDATES AS THINGS ARE GOING, YOU MENTIONED A STAKEHOLDER LIST SO I'M SURE MY OFFICE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY WANT IT TOO FOR US TO BE ON THE STAKEHOLDER LIST TO GET MORE -- SO WE SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS TO OUR RESIDENTS EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT TELLS THEM ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES BECAUSE IT'S A HOTBED TOPIC, AND PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEIR COMMUTE. SO YOU KNOW, IF IT'S EXTENDED OR IF THERE'S LANE CLOSURE CHANGES, WE CAN PUT QUICK BLURBS AND THEN LINK THE SITE IF IT'S UPDATED FOR FOLKS TO READ. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, AND WE JUST DID A CONSTRUCTION SURVEY THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF, BUT THE NUMBER ONE FEEDBACK WE GET IS WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN
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YOU DRIVE UP AND -- ON THE HIGHWAY CASES YOU'RE DRIVING VERY FAST, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHICH STREETS YOU'RE DRIVING ON, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR COMMUTE, TO YOUR POINT. SO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WERE ON SPECIFICALLY ON WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE 410-281 CONSTRUCTION, ALL OF THAT. IF YOU COULD PULL UP THAT SLIDE.I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK THAT. I THINK IT'S 3 -- 5.
THANK YOU. SO SUPER CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE THAT.
I ZOOMED INTO THE DATA ON THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER ON THE CRASHES AND LOOKING AT WHERE THE HIGH CRASH SPOTS ARE. IF YOU'VE EVER SAT AT THIS INTERSECTION TRYING TO GO FROM 281 TO 410, IT'S JUST I LITERALLY HAVE HAD PEOPLE BE LIKE, WHY DID THEY DESIGN IT LIKE THIS? AND I QUITE FRANKLY DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW MCCOLLOUGH AVENUE IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ON THE LIST AND STAFF HAS BRIEFED ME ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED. AND THIS CAN BE IN OUR FOLLOW-UP MEETING AS WELL.
BUT LIKE WHAT DOES THE MULTIMODAL OPTIONS LOOK LIKE ON THIS CORRIDOR? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. AND THEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE, LIKE NESTLED IN BETWEEN 410 AND 281, THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE, HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR TRAVEL PATTERNS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THEIR ACCESS IS GOING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE.
>> CORRECT. >> KAUR: SO I THINK IF WE COULD EVEN DO A VISUAL MEETING AND I THINK WE SWITCHED SLIDES ACCIDENTALLY, BUT IF -- YEAH. IF WE SET UP AND DO A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOVE AND BELOW SO THEY KNOW WHAT CHANGES ARE COMING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK WE HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR CHANGES ARE COMING, BUT THAT MCCOLLOUGH INTERSECTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US. SO WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO
WE'LL FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS. >> KAUR: MAYBE WE CAN TAG TEAM IT AND DO WORK ON THAT
TOGETHER. >> WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED, A STAKEHOLDER MEETING SCHEDULED HERE AT THE END OF OFFICE. I'LL TOUCH BASE BECAUSE WE DID IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SENATOR MENÉNDEZ TO GET WITH THE CROWN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS AND ONCE WE GET MATERIALS --
>> KAUR: MAYBE SENATOR MENÉNDEZ CAN TAKE THAT ONE. >> WE DO HAVE IT ON THE SCHEDULE. AND FOR THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY, YEAH, THAT PROJECT ITSELF HAS HAD ABOUT TWO YEARS OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED. A LOT OF TIMES INFORMATION GETS KIND OF LOST IN THE CRACKS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY REFRESH ON WHAT'S
GOING ON THERE. >> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND ALSO ANY CHANGES THAT YOU'RE MAKING TO ANY OF THE SIGNALS ON THE FEEDERS WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND. ESPECIALLY AS WE GO PAST SAN
PEDRO BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE GET PRETTY CONGESTED TOO. >> CORRECT.
>> KAUR: SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND JUST FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE IT AS EFFECTIVELY. AND WHAT IS THE
[INDISCERNIBLE] SAFETY CONCERN IS ACCIDENTS? >> ON THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU WERE REFERENCING, THAT SHOWS BASICALLY THAT'S INFORMATION PULLED FROM OUR CRASH SYSTEMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICE REPORTS ON WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING.
A LOT OF THE ISSUES THERE ARE [INDISCERNIBLE]. FOR EXAMPLE, FOLKS ARE TRYING TO EXIT. IF YOU'RE GOING 410 WEST EXITING SAN PEDRO, YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THAT DIRECT CONNECTOR TRAFFIC COMING OFF THE DC'S, SO THIS PROJECT WILL SEPARATE THAT TRAFFIC SO YOU WON'T HAVE THAT MOVEMENT ANYMORE WHERE YOU WON'T HAVE COMPETING CARS TRYING TO MERGE INTO THE SAME LANES.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO SPECIFICALLY ADJUST THE RAMP EXIT ON 410 WEST FOR SAN PEDRO FURTHER BACK TO THE MCCOLLOUGH. WHAT'S EXISTING, THE CURRENT EXISTING MCCOLLOUGH EXIST THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THAT DIRECT CONNECTOR IS A SINGLE
LANE EXIT -- >> KAUR: WHICH IS REALLY TRICKY.
>> THAT IS GOING TO BE REALIGNED AND BECOME A DOUBLE LANE EXIT.
SO TWO LANES ARE GOING TO EXIT THERE AND THAT WILL EXIT FOR MCCOLLOUGH ACCESS
AS WELL AS FOR SAN PEDRO ACCESS FROM 410 WEST. >> KAUR: AND THE OTHER THING ON THE FEEDER COMING WEST THAT TURNING RIGHT IS SKETCH.
I ASSUMING THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED TOO. >> IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
>> KAUR: WE'LL SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT. IF YOU CAN HELP ME VISUAL EYES IT I CAN BETTER SHARE AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST D1 RESIDENTS THAT USE THIS, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT USE IT VERY FREQUENTLY. THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAD IS ART HAS BEEN WORKING ON
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HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DATA IS BEING TRANSLATED TO LIKE MAPS AND WAZE.ARE YOU GOES DOING THAT AS WELL? >> WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE GIS COMPONENT TO A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS.
WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT CAN DO THAT. WE CAN DEFINITELY COORDINATE WITH OUR INFORMATION WITH THE CITY INFORMATION AND SEE IF WE CAN --
>> KAUR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I THINK IT ALWAYS HELPS EVEN PEOPLE -- PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN IF -- AND I EVEN USE GOOGLEMAPS NO MATTER WHERE I'M GOING BECAUSE IT HELPS ME FIGURE OUT THE FASTEST ROUTE.
I THINK IF WE TRANSLATE IT OVER, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE DATA.
>> CORRECT. I THINK FROM A STATEWIDE DEAL, I THINK OUR STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION AND PARTNERS ARE WORKING WITH WAZE TO MAKE SURE THEY PULL OUR
DRIVE-TEXAS DATA SO IT'S ALREADY IN THEIR APPS. >> KAUR: I HAVE ONE LAST THING. THE ONE LAST THING I HAD IS DID A REALLY GREAT ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THAT? I KNOW KIND OF BEEN PUT ON HOLD?
>> I THINK THE QUESTION IS AROUND THE DOWNTOWN LOOP STUDY THAT WAS UNDERWAY
BY -- >> YEAH. WE DID HAVE KIND OF A DOWNTOWN OPERATIONAL STUDY THAT WAS GOING ON. THAT ONE WAS KIND OF PUT ON PAUSE AS WE STARTED KIND OF WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN. SO WE REALLY HADN'T PROGRESSED THAT TO A POINT WHERE WE HAD WHAT WE CALL ACTUAL PROJECTS. IT WAS KIND OF [INDISCERNIBLE] ON WHAT THE STATE WAS DOING TO LOOK AT I-35, I-10, 35, ALL THAT.
>> KAUR: IT WILL WORK IN TANDEM? >> IT CAN.
>> KAUR: YOU WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO WORK IN TANDEM. >> WE ARE COORDINATING ON WHAT'S BEING PLANNED. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHAT WORKS BEST.
>> KAUR: THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT 1 PERSPECTIVE WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT OF COURSE THE BIGGEST THINGS WERE ON 37, BUT THE FEEDBACK STARTED STARTING AT MULBERRY. WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THAT AREA AND THEN ALSO PARTICULARLY FLORIDA CAROLINA GOING SOUTH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR FOCUS, SHORT-TERM IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING CESAR CHAVEZ, BUT MAKING SURE THAT ACTUALLY AREA GETS LOOKED AT. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK THAT RESIDENTS PROVIDED IN THE LAST SESSION I WENT TO. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW IT WAS RUN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GAVE REALLY GOOD IDEAS ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET LOST.
>> I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT RESCOPING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE FULL DOWNTOWN IS REALLY LOOKING AT THAT 37 CORRIDOR BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE A MAJORITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
WE'RE KIND OF RESCOPING THAT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO WITH SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL
IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE EXITS. >> KAUR: AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS? >> SPEARS: HEY CHARLES. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BIGGEST, FANCIEST, MOST EXPENSIVE DIAMOND I'LL EVER
SEE IN MY LIFETIME. [LAUGHTER]. >> YEAH.
>> SPEARS: SO, NO, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE DO INTEGRATE, JUST FOR AWARENESS, BECAUSE OF THE DIVERGING DIAMOND, WE DO REGULARLY USE YOUR MEDIA KITS TO SEND O WE'RE PART OF THE LOOP, FOR -- I'M GOOD AT THESE PUNS. THE LOOP OF INFORMATION THAT WE INTEGRATE EVERYTHING, BUT I HAD NOT SEEN THE APP. I DOWNLOADED IT AND IT'S REALLY COOL.
I'M GOING TO START SHARING THAT BECAUSE I HAD BEEN USING THE PROJECT TRACKER
Y'ALL HAVE. >> YEP. >> SPEARS: BUT THIS WILL BE BETTER AND MORE USER FRIENDLY. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO WILLIAM BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED HIM BECAUSE OF THE DIAMOND IF HE WOULD HOLD OFF ON ANYTHING AT RED LAND UNTIL HE OPENED UP THE DIAMOND, HE DID HONOR THAT.
I APPRECIATE THESE KINDS OF REQUESTS BECAUSE THEN IT MADE THE FLOW OR SEEMED TO MAKE THE FLOW BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE WHEN YOUR PM'S WILL LISTEN AND SAY HEY, WE CAN KIND OF MODIFY THINGS SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, ON CLOSING LANES. I KNOW WE WERE RUNNING BOTH THE SEGMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GREAT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HEARING THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GIVEN AND TRYING TO DO THAT AS BEST YOU CAN.
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH Y'ALL HAS JUST BEEN EXCELLENT AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE 410 PROJECT. WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND I'D LIKE TO COME
TO THE MEETING TOO JUST BECAUSE IT DOES -- >> I DO WANT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE CAN SEE THE
IMPROVEMENTS. >> SPEARS: BUT IT IS IMPACTING -- I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS WERE FLIPPING OUT ABOUT THE DIAMOND AT FIRST. IT WAS THE FIRST ONE HERE.
BUT NOW THEY'RE GETTING IT AND Y'ALL ARE TWEAKING OUT THE SIGNALS AND EVERYTHING,
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AND THAT'S HELPING A LOT. WE FOUND SOME -- I THINK I CALLED YOU ONE TIME THERE WAS SOME DRAINAGE WE NOTICED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, AND YOU INSTANTLY OR QUICKLY REMEDIED THAT. SO THE RESPONSIVENESS HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT.AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING. IT'S HARD ON THE BUSINESSES, WE KNOW THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM THERE. WE DO TRY TO DO SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTS LIKE IN OUR DISTRICT JUST TO HELP ENCOURAGE OUR NEIGHBORS TO CONTINUE TO GO.
I THINK IT'S JUST AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DO ANYTHING ABOUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO IMPROVE THE ROADS. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK AT ALL -- I MENTIONED THIS MORNING ABOUT THE TAKE-BACK PROGRAM.
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING SOME STRIPING ON THE FARM TO MARKETS.
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO THAT FOR BLANCO AND 227, BUT I THINK Y'ALL SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO SOME NEW IMPROVED STRIPING PROGRAM ON SOME OF YOUR FARM TO
MARKETS? >> YEAH. WE DO HAVE -- WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A KIND OF STRIPING CADENCE WHERE WE DO SPEND A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR TRYING TO RESTRIPE, REFRESH THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS ON OUR FACILITIES AND WE KIND OF HAVE LIKE A FOUR-YEAR PLAN THAT WE TRY TO RESTRIPE EVERY SINGLE STATE ROAD. SO IT'S KIND OF PRIORITIZED BY THAT WAY.
SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BE RESTRIPED, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT UNDER AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION JOB WE TRY TO TOUCH THOSE CORRIDORS, BLANCO BEING ONE OF THEM, MILITARY, THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ROADS THAT SEEM LIKE CITY STREETS, BUT THEY'RE STILL STATE HIGHWAYS WE HAVE THEM ON A STRIPING PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THEY GET A NEW STRIPE WITHIN FOUR YEARS. THAT'S THE PLAN, OBVIOUSLY IT DEPENDS ON IF FUNDING HAS
TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE. >> SPEARS: AND I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO AND APPRECIATE -- I SEE THE WORK ON 281 NORTH AND THE REGIONAL IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH MCO. I SEE THE COORDINATION THAT IT TAKES TO GET THAT ALL GOING. I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS -- HAS BEEN THE HUB OF THE STATE AS FAR AS TXDOT. AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
LIKE WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT FOR OUR DISTRICT. A LOT OF THIS IS IN DISTRICT
9. >> AND I WILL SAY I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT FROM PRETTY MUCH 2022 TO 2026, THIS -- THE DISTRICT HERE HAS ACCELERATED ABOUT 991 MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROJECTS. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY THAT WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIKE THAT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD READY TO GO. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING WHEN SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY 1604 AND NEX PROJECTS FINISH UP, YOU'RE NOT GOING SO SEE THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE PROP 1 AND PROP 7 FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH HERE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD PROJECTS READY AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW. WE ARE WORKING ON THE NEXT, WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE NEXT KIND OF PRIORITIES FOR US, INTERSTATE 10 ON THE EDWC GOING FROM 410 TO SEGUIN IS A BIG PROJECT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON AS WELL AS TRYING TO FINISH UP THE 410 LOOP ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO START DEVELOPING AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE BUILD THAT OUT. SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT NOW, THAT YOU MIGHT NOT SEE FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS, BUT IT WOULD BE THE SAME KIND OF CADENCE THAT YOU SAW ON 1604 AND 410, 35 AS YOU WILL SEE
AS WE DEVELOP OUT THESE CORRIDORS. >> SPEARS: AND I HEARD YOU
SAY SHOVEL READY AND I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> YES, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM HAVING PROJECTS KIND OF THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE. SO TYPICALLY HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT WE TRY TO HAVE OUR PROJECTS READY A YEAR EARLY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT AS FUNDING CHANGES AROUND THE STATE, PROJECTS KIND OF FALL THROUGH IN ANOTHER REGION, THEY LOOK FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE READY TO GO, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
CAPITALIZE ON THAT WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO. >> SPEARS: WELL, I DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THAT FOR OUR AREA.
IT ISN'T LOST ON ME THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE ARE NOT RECEIVING THE SAME ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND
THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. >> AND COUNCILMEMBER KAUR, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK THE
DRIVETEXAS.ORG, IT SHOULD BE UPDATED NOW. >>
>> I'M NOT TRYING TO SHOW OFF HERE. [LAUGHTER].
MY ENGINEER TOLD ME IT'S DONE. >> KAUR: IT IS DONE.
>> I WILL SAY CONGRATS. IT'S HARD TO IMPRESS HER. >> I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU JUST HAVE -- YOU
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GET THE INFORMATION TO US, WE'LL ADDRESS IT. >> HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO
TALK TO PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER]. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THAT'S
DR. KAUR TO YOU. >> MUNGIA: YES, EXCUSE ME. >> MUNGIA: REAL QUICK, I'M NOT SURE IF PUBLIC WORKS IS PLUGGED IN WITH YOU YET ON THE STORMWATER ADVISORY BOARD. I KNOW THEY'VE BROUGHT UP CONCERNS ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION ON ACCESS ROADS. I KNOW THERE'S A FORMULA THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO CONSTRUCT ACCESS ROADS AND I THINK THE MAIN HIGHWAY BASED ON FLOODING PROJECTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY PREVIOUSLY THAT HAPPENED IN THAT AREA, BUT JUST MAYBE ONGOING COORDINATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS AND FLOOD MITIGATION OFF OF ACCESS ROADS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
>> YEAH. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH RIVER AUTHORITY ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, TYPICALLY -- AGAIN, IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE DESIGN SIDE, BUT FROM OUR DESIGN MANUAL AND HA DRAWL LICKS MANUAL, TYPICALLY THE FRONTAGE ROADS ARE DESIGNED ON A TWO-YEAR FLOOD RATHER THAN THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE DESIGNED AT A 10-YEAR FLOOD. IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT DESIGN PARAMETERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE HAVE CONCERNS OR THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON, WE ARE COORDINATING TO WORK ON THAT FROM A ROADWAY PERSPECTIVE. THEN AS WELL AS INFORMATION. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING FOR US IS WE IMPLEMENTED SOME PLANS ON TEMPORARY CLOSURES WHEN WE KNOW THAT WHEN ROADS GET SUBMERGED WE CAN MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS NOTIFIED OF THAT.
A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THE DRIVETEXAS.ORG APP IS HERE RECENTLY WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE AND HELP A LOT OF DRIVERS NAVIGATE AROUND THE
FLOODING AREAS. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: REALLY, REALLY QUICK. I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T MENTION THIS.
ANY TIME YOU CAN COME OUT AND CLEAN OFF THE SIDES OF THE HIGHWAYS, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT. THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG DEBATE ON HOW WE MOW, PICK UP TRASH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WAS DRIVING THE OTHER DAY AND BACK IN THE DAY WE USED TO HAVE THIS DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS SIGNS EVERYWHERE. AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE BETTER ABOUT TRASH, BUT ANYWAYS, JUST A RANDOM NOTE TO SAY LET'S CLEAN UP MORE.
>> ON THAT I'LL JUST COMMENT, WE DO HAVE MOWING CYCLES, AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY MOW, THERE'S SO MUCH DEBRIS THAT'S IN THAT THAT JUST GETS CHOPPED UP.
TYPICALLY OUR LITTER PICKUP IS BEHIND THE MOWING CYCLE. THERE'S USUALLY A PERIOD THERE WHERE YOU SEE IT BAD AND OUR PICKUP WILL COME UP BEHIND IT AND TRY TO PICK UP
AS MUCH AS WE CAN. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WOULD THEY NOT BE BEFORE THE
MOWING? >> THEY CAN, BUT IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS.
YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: YOU MEAN IMMEDIATELY THEY'RE
BEHIND THAT? >> THEY'RE TYPICALLY MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO BEHIND THAT THEY SHOULD BE PICKING UP AFTER THOSE CYCLES. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE MOW WHAT WE CALL LIKE A FULL MOW OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE TYPICALLY MOW ABOUT THREE, FOUR TIMES A YEAR. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS FAIRLY OFTEN.
WE HAVE ABOUT 12,000 LANE MILES OF ROAD TO MOW, SO IT'S KIND OF -- IT TAKES
AWHILE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. I AM ON THE -- ON THE DOWNLOADING OF THE APP SITE AND THERE IS ONE REVIEW AND SOMEONE -- YEAH, SOMEONE SAID IT'S VERY EXCITING. WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE ABILITY TO SAVE LAYERS FROM SESSION TO SESSION SUCH AS TRAFFIC, BASE MAP, AND THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THEIR LOCATION PREFERENCE SAVED. SO IF THAT'S FEEDBACK.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF REVIEWS. I WAS THE ONLY ONE, WHICH MEANS TO ME THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS APP. WE'LL TRY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THAT COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE ROUTINE COMMUNICATION WITH ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WHETHER IT'S JUST AN EMAIL SAYING HEY, I'LL BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
HERE'S AN UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION IN YOUR AREA AND IN THE BROADER REGION.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WILL DO. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. UP NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 3. JOHN, YOU WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE THIS? >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY THANKS TO CHARLES.
THANKS, CHARLES. SECOND, WE HAVE STEVE METZLER FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE NEXTGEN FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM THAT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE RIVER AUTHORITY, THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND MULTIPLE
PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE. >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE ALL THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY ENGAGED. THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT INFORMATION SESSION FOR EVERYONE. YES, I'M STEVE METZLER WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. I OVERSEE OUR ENGINEERING AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE WORKING HAND OVER FIST RIGHT NOW WITH CITY AND COUNTY TO DELIVER THE NEXTGEN FLASH FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.
SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, WE'RE AT THE TIP OF FLASH FLOOD ALLEY AND IT GETS
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PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO. WE'RE COMPOUNDED WITH NOT ONLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO THE WEATHER IN TERMS OF -- I'M SORRY, THE WEATHER CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO THE TOPOGRAPHY.SO WE'VE GOT A PRETTY STEEP CHALLENGE TWO 2,000 FEET ON THE WESTSIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY TO 300 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ON THE EASTSIDE. SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IN OUR AREA. OUR GOALS FOR THE NEXTGEN WARNING SYSTEM ARE TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR HIGH WATER RESCUES AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
WE WANT TO DO THAT BY ENGAGING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM GOING FROM 30, 40 MINUTES. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST RAIN DROP FALLS WE'RE TRYING TO GET WAY OUT IN FRONT OF THAT. SO EVEN BEFORE THE FIRST RAIN DROP FALLS.
THE OTHER HALF OF THIS IS ON THE BACK SIDE BEFORE THE FLOOD EVER HAPPENS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF MODELING TO TRY TO REMOVE STRUCTURES, HOUSES, BUILDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE FLOODWAY. AND THEN UTILIZE THAT MODELING TO HELP CREATE MORE RESILIENT SYSTEMS FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS.
THE RAIN FROM -- THE RAIN MODELS WE HAD BEEN USING IN THE PAST HAVE ONLY GOTTEN MORE INTENSE WITH EACH NEW MODEL REALLY. WE'RE WORKING WITH ATLAS 14 RAIN MODEL, BUT ATLAS 15, FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD THIS PAST SUMMER, IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND THEN WHAT WE DO WITH THAT IS TO TRY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SO ON THE LEFT YOU SEE A NOAA STREAM GAUGE THAT SHOWS DIFFERENT ACTIONABLES FOR STREAMS IN THOSE -- IN THE AREA. SO YOU'VE GOT MINOR FLOODING, MODERATE FLOODING AND RECORD FLOODING. SO WE'RE PATTERNING OUR FLOOD GAUGE, STREAM GAUGES, AFTER THIS NOMENCLATURE AND STYLE, SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING TAKEN FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING THAT THEY SHARE FROM THE ENGINEERING TEAM WITH THEIR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO WE WANT TO DEVELOP OUR MODEL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION BEFORE IT HAPPENS SO THEY CAN GET OUT -- THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CAN GET OUT AND REMOVE FOLKS FROM -- TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY.
SO WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR MODEL AND OUR FLOOD VIEWER TO BE A VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE TWO STYLES THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A FLOOD [INDISCERNIBLE] CALLED. WE'VE LAUNCHED THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY BACK ON MAY 19TH FOR BEXAR COUNTY FLOOD AWARENESS DAY. AND THIS MESSAGING IS SEEN ON BILLBOARDS AS WELL AS MARQUEES, [INDISCERNIBLE] PUMP STATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HAS ALSO PUT THIS INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, IT'S BILINGUAL SO IT'S ALSO IN SPANISH. SO THIS IS A VERY DARK SLIDE BUT THIS IS SHOWING A ROAD BEING OVERTOPPED WITH WATER THAT CROSSES A STREAM, HOWEVER, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHERE CONDITIONS THAT OCCURRED AT THE CREEK WHERE THE ISSUE OCCURRED WHERE THE STREET DID NOT OVERTOP OR CROSS OVER THE FLOODWAY.
IT WAS JUST PARALLEL TO IT. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO KNOW IS WHAT ELSE IS AT RISK, BUT UNMONITORED THAT'S SIMILAR TO THOSE KIND OF CONDITIONS. SO WHAT WE DID IS TAKE OUR 10-YEAR STORM MODEL AND OVERLAY THAT WITH THE LATEST LIDAR DATA FOR ROAD ELEVATIONS AND WE CAME UP WITH WHERE ROADS ARE NEAR, BUT DO NOT CROSS OVER THE TOP OF AN INUNDATED STREAM. THIS IS ELMENDORF LAKE. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON THE MONITOR, BUT THIS -- THE STREETS ARE JUST NORTH OF, BUT ADJACENT TO THE LAKE WHENEVER IT FLOODS. SO FROM A 10-YEAR STORM. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS ROADS THAT ARE ANYWHERE FROM SIX INCHES DEEP WITH WATER TO OVER FIVE FEET DEEP WITH WATER. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHERE THIS KIND OF
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CONDITION OCCURS AND THEN WHAT KIND OF STEPS OR IMPROVEMENTS DO WE NEED TO MAKE FOR THOSE AREAS, NOT JUST THE AREAS THAT CROSS OVER LOW WATER CROSSING AREAS. WHAT WE FOUND IS THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY, WE HAVE OVER 3,000 OF THESE TYPE OF ROAD SEGMENT CONDITIONS AND WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHICH ARE THE MOST AT RISK. SO WE TOOK INCIDENT HISTORY BEING 911 CALLS FOR LIKE RESCUES, HIGH WATER RESCUES, COUPLE THAT WITH FLOOD DEPTH. VISIBILITY, MEANING HOW MUCH TIME AND SPACE DOES A MOTORIST HAVE FOR SIGHT STOPPING DISTANCE, THAT'S THAT SSD RATIO. THEN WHAT ARE THE SPEED LIMITS FOR THAT AREA AND ALSO THE HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC. WHAT THAT LED TO WAS OVER 200 OF THAT 3,000 OR ANYWHERE FROM I WANT TO SAY LOW RISK, BUT IT'S AT RISK ALL THE WAY THROUGH EXTREME HIGH RISK, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE REGION.THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SITE. IT IS HIGHWAY 35 BUT IT'S A GREAT SITE IN THAT IT HIGHLIGHTS THE COORDINATION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, TXDOT, CITY AND THE COUNTY. OUR INFORMATION WHENEVER WE'RE GOING THROUGH A HIGH RAIN EVENT OR EXTREME RAIN EVENT, WE'RE ABLE TO POST -- PUBLISH OUR INFORMATION, OUR MODEL FINDINGS, TO A SITE WHERE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND TXDOT ARE ALL INVOLVED.
MOMENTS AFTER WE PUBLISH OUR DATA, TXDOT WAS ABLE TO ABSORB THAT INFORMATION INTO DRIVE TEXAS.ORG AND THIS LOCATION, HIGHWAY 90, OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE OFTEN INUNDATED UNDER HIGH RAIN EVENTS ARE PUBLISHED TO DRIVE TEXAS AS WELL AS FROM OUR END, WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO ALSO WAYZ, GOOGLE, AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH APPLE MAPS RIGHT NOW SO MOTORISTS ARE DIRECTED AWAY FROM THESE SITES.
TO THE COUNSELWOMAN'S POINT ABOUT FOLKS NOT BEING FROM THE AREA, DIRECTED AWAY FROM THESE AREAS. THAT WAS OUR -- ONE OF OUR MAIN FOCUSES, OUT OF TOWNERS, BECAUSE THIS IS A DESTINATION CITY, BUT ALSO PEOPLE TAKING BUSES, SCHOOL BUSES IN THE MORNING AND FAMILIES GOING -- DROPPING OFF KIDS IN THE MORNING AS WELL, SO IT'S LOW VISIBILITY TIME OF DAY, TRYING TO STEER THEM AWAY FROM THESE AREAS THAT ARE INUNDATED. HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THOSE OTHER 200 SITES.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS AT THOSE LOCATIONS, SEVERAL OF THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDING CAMERAS AND UPGRADING OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LOCATIONS ARE ALSO GETTING STREET LIGHTS AND IMPROVED SIGNAGE, WHILE OTHERS ARE GETTING AUTOMATIC -- AUTOMATED GATES AND DYNAMIC SIGNAGE SO THAT TO DIRECT FOLKS AWAY FROM -- IT WON'T BE JUST A DIAMOND-SHAPED SIGN WITH YELLOW LIGHTS FLASHING BUT IT WILL ALSO DIRECT THEM TO THE DYNAMIC MESSAGING WILL HELP DIRECT THEM AWAY FROM IT. AND THEN THESE OTHER EXTREME SITUATIONS WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL FLOOD RESPONSE PLANS TO GO WITH THAT, WHICH WOULD IDEALLY MEAN IN ADDITION TO THE AUTOMATED GATES, WE'LL HAVE BARRICADES IN THE AREA AS WELL. SO FOR THE NEXT -- OVER THE NEXT YEAR, SORRY, THAT WAS A LOT MORE SENSITIVE THAN I THOUGHT. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS A LOT OF OFFICE LEVEL EXERCISES FOR MODEL UPDATES.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS IS A LOT OF THE GAUGES, WHETHER IT BE CITY OR COUNTY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND MADE SOME REPAIRS TO.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD TO ORDER SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT TO GO ALONG WITH THOSE TO GET THEM UP TO WORKING CONDITION. WE'VE ALSO DONE A CONDITION ASSESSMENT, WE'VE DONE ADDITIONAL MODELING, AND NOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE HIGH IMPACT AREAS.
SO FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS GOING FORWARD, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF ACTION IN THE FIELD. UPGRADING EXISTING SITES, THOSE 200 THAT WE IDENTIFIED ALREADY, AS WELL AS ADD IN NEW LOCATIONS. WE'VE APPLIED FOR SIRENS WITH
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THE COUNTY AND THE CITY'S SUPPORT, SO SHOULD SEE SOME OF THAT ACTION TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 12 MONTHS. DOING SOME IT UPGRADES, DATA CONSOLIDATION, JUST HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH MY IT MANAGER ABOUT ABSORBING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FROM THE COUNTY. AND THEN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR DATA DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION SOPS. THOSE COMMUNICATION SOPS ARE LARGELY TIED TO THE COORDINATION THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, TXDOT AND OURSELVES. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE -- SO THERE'S SOME NUMBERS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AND COHERENT AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE THERE'S A DISCREPANCY IN MY MIND. >> OKAY.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: ON SLIDE 15, WE'RE LOOKING AT 197 SITE IMPROVEMENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT 197 SITE IMPROVEMENTS. WHEN YOU GO TO SLIDE 13, AS A
RESULT OF THE SUMMARY, THERE'S 205 LOCATIONS. >> OKAY.
YEAH. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
VERY OBJSERVANT AS WELL. THE 205 ARE ROADS THAT DON'T CROSS CREEKS.
THEY'RE JUST ADJACENT TO. SO BOTTLE CREEK WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, THEY WEREN'T CROSSING OVER THE CREEK, THEY WERE ADJACENT TO THE CREEK.
SO THESE ARE ROADS THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE, SEE, THESE ROADS DON'T CROSS THE CREEK. THEY'RE JUST ADJACENT TO OR NEAR AN AREA THAT GETS INUNDATED. SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIND ROADS THAT DON'T CROSS CREEKS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE CONDITIONS THAT DEVELOPED THAT WERE NOT ONLY -- THAT WAS IN TXDOT RIGHT AWAY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH CHARLES AND HIS TEAM ALREADY.
THEY HAVE PLANS TO WORK ON THAT. THIS IS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY AREA WHERE WE CAN DO -- DO WE NEED ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, DO WE NEED ADDITIONAL WARNING SYSTEMS TO HELP ALERT FOR THESE. CERTAINLY FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO THESE 205 COME FROM THAT POOL OF 3,000.
THESE ARE THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES OR THE MOST AT' RISK OF THAT POOL OF 3,000.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: ABOVE A CREEK. NOT ADJACENT TO A CREEK?
>> I THINK THESE ARE ADJACENT. WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY RISK OF ADJACENT STREETS TO WATERWAYS. THAT'S WHAT THAT TALLY IS ABOUT. AND THE RANKING OF THEM AS SEVERE, HIGH, MODERATE, LOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE ARE RISKS WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT THE MODEL'S DOING. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO THIS
IS ADJACENT SITES? >> YEAH, ADJACENT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO THE
IMPROVEMENTS ARE HAPPENING AT -- >> THE CROSSINGS.
THE 198 OR 197 CROSSINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ACTIVE. IF YOU GO TO BEXAR FLOOD.ORG, YOU WILL SEE THE DOTS, THE GREEN DOTS ON THERE, WHEN YOU ADD THEM UP, 197 OR 198, SHOULD BE. BUT YEAH. 197.
OH, WE HAD 198. ONE WAS RECENTLY, WENT FROM A LOW WATER CROSSING TO A BRIDGE SO IT WAS REMOVED FROM THAT POOL OF 198. SO THE 197 ARE EXISTING LOW
WATER CROSSINGS THAT ARE FEATURED ON BEXAR FLOOD.ORG. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THESE ARE DISTINCT AND SEPARATE CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS, SO THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU NAMED ARE FOR CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY RELATE TO THE 205
PROJECTS THAT ARE SEPARATE? >> CORRECT. THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE LEVEL OF ATTENTION. BUT WE WANTED TO BRING THOSE TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, HAVE INCURRED SOME HIGH WATER RESCUES AS A RESULT OF THOSE FLOODING ON THOSE ROADS. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SIDE
ROADS. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: ARE ANY OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING AT MULTIPLE SITES, OR ARE THEY 197 DISTINCT SITES?
>> THESE ARE THE 197 SITES THAT ARE CROSSING LOW WATER ROADS.
>> SO IT IS ONE IMPROVEMENT PER SITE. THERE'S NOT A SITE IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY THAT'S ALSO GETTING SOMETHING IN THE LOW CATEGORY.
>> THOSE ARE SEPARATE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: IT IS 197 DISTINCT SITES.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, EACH OF THE 197, THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S CATEGORIZED -- >> JUST THAT THING, AT LEAST.
>> -- ON THEIR RISK. THE HIGH RISK ONES ARE GETTING A BUNCH OF THINGS
HAPPENING AT THE ONE SITE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: GOT YOU. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING TO SLIDE 10. SO THEN THIS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS IS RELATED TO THE
ADJACENT SITES. >> CORRECT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO IF WE
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WERE -- IF SLIDE 13 IDENTIFIED 205 LOCATIONS, HERE, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING ABOVE FIVE FEET, THAT'S 265 ROADS.IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOVE 2 FEET, THAT'S 964 ROADS. WHAT GOT US TO 205?
>> THE CRITERIA THAT WE USED TO GO FROM -- TAKE OUT THE 1100 AND GET DOWN TO ABOUT 18, 1900. WE USED THIS CRITERIA. THE INCIDENT HISTORY WHICH IS LIKE HIGH WATER RESCUES AS WELL AS FLOOD DEPTH, AS WELL AS THE SSD IS SIGHT STOPPING DISTANCE FOR MOTORISTS, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO STOP, MAKE A DECISION, TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN, THAT SORT OF THING, AS WELL AS SPEED LIMITS AND THEN TRAFFIC VOLUME. SO ROADS THAT HAVE 10 CARS A DAY VERSUS ROADS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 CARS PER DAY. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT MADE
IT TO THIS LIST OF 200. >> I THINK SOME OF THESE ARE FROM THE MODEL AND THERE'S NO ACTUAL DATA POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE MODEL SAYS THIS IS WHAT WILL OCCUR IF RAIN FALLS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA TO THESE SET OF STREETS AND THE RAIN MAY HAVE NEVER FALLEN HISTORICALLY IN THAT AREA AT THOSE LEVELS, SO THERE AREN'T ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY CALLS TO BACK THAT UP. SO HE'S TRYING TO DOUBLE-CHECK THE MODEL AGAINST ACTUAL FACTUAL INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE RISK IS. >> YEAH. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THIS IS PRIMARILY BASED ON THE MODEL BUT USES THOSE METRICS AND DATA TO BASICALLY CONFIRM OR AFFIRM IF IT'S -- SO IF I'M LOOKING AT LOW TO EXTREME ONE HERE, CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 10? THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY -- IT'S NOT EXACTLY A CORRELATION WITH THE OVERTOPPING RESULTS, THE AMOUNT OF WATER OR THE AMOUNT OF I GUESS OVERTOPPING? I'M JUST NOW HEARING OVERTOPPING TODAY AS WELL, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT AS A VERB.
>> OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THE.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO AN EXTREME RISK ROAD COULD STILL BE ONE OF THOSE 1 TO 2 FEET
VERSUS 10 TO 20? >> RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S ENOUGH TO FLOAT A VEHICLE INTO A STREAM. AND IF IT'S GOT A HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, WE WANT TO TAKE PARTICULAR CARE AND APPLY SOME ADDITIONAL ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL. SO SOME OF THAT MAY BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE WITH EITHER CROSSING ARMS OR MAYBE RAISED UP OUT OF THE FLOODWAY AS WELL.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WALK AWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION CONFIDENT IN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE MY
UNDERSTANDING. >> SURE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THERE'S 265 ROADS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THAT ARE ABOVE 5 FEET. THAT'S REALLY IRRELEVANT BECAUSE ANY OF THOSE 205 COULD BE AT ANY OF THESE LEVELS, AND SO IT'S 205 OUT
OF THE -- I DIDN'T DO THE NUMBERS ON THAT ONE. >> 3,000.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: 3,000 SOME ODD ROADS. >> YEAH.
IT'S REALLY ROAD SEGMENTM. YOU MAY HAVE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF ONE ROAD HAS THREE OR FOUR CROSSINGS OR THREE OR FOUR INSTANCES OF OVERTOPPING, JUST DEPENDING
ON WHERE YOU DRIVE THROUGH THAT ONE ROAD. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY.
THAT CLARIFIES EVERYTHING, I THINK JUST -- AND I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND THIS ANSWER.
I HAVE TO ASK IT. SO JUST BECAUSE A ROAD MAY NOT HAVE CALL DATA OR SOME OTHER INSTANCE OF FLOODING, IF THE MODEL DEMONSTRATED WE LIKELY WOULD NOT REMOVE IT FROM THIS RISK LIST, THE LIST OF 205, WE WOULD REALLY CALCULATE THE RISK AND THAT
WOULD BE BASED OFF OF METRICS? >> WE HAVE BEEN USING A LOT OF, MORE OF THE ROAD COUNTS, SO IF WE -- IF THERE'S NO VEHICLE COUNTS FOR THAT ROAD, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD ADD, WOULD GO OUT AND GET THAT DATA IN THE FUTURE.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. >> BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HADN'T BEEN CHECKED IN THE YEARS OF DOING THIS KIND OF BUSINESS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN CHECKED BEFORE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT POPPED UP ON OUR PROVERBIAL RADAR IN THE LAST 3, 4 MONTHS AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, HOW DO WE WANT TO TACKLE IT. FOR SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE THE DATA, NOW WE
KNOW WE NEED TO GO OUT AND COLLECT THAT DATA. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK
YOU. >> SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WITH THE MODEL, THIS IS HELPFUL TO ME, TO GET TO THIS 3,000 NUMBER, THE ENTIRETY OF BEXAR COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO
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SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVE THE SPECTACULAR AMOUNT OF RAIN NECESSARY TO CAUSE ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN AT ONCE. I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT AS WEWORK THROUGH THE RISK AND WHAT THE MODEL'S SAYING. >> THIS IS LIKELY NOT A
ONE-TIME EVENT, ALL IS THIS IS HAPPENING AT DIFFERENT -- >> EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE STREAM GAUGES SO POWERFUL, THE MODELING THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO SET UP AND HAVE AHEAD OF TIME SO POWERFUL, SO WHEN A PARTICULAR POINT IN THE COUNTY GETS THE RAIN, THE MODEL CAN SPIT OUT HEY, GO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CHECKING
THESE STREETS OUT OF THIS LIST. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR WANTS TO GO FIRST.
COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA? >> MUNGIA: CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 14, PLEASE? I'M GLAD YOU PUT THIS UP. THIS IS ACTUALLY 35 AND SOMERSET.
I'M GLAD LEON CREEK RUNS THROUGH THERE. IT'S AN UNMONITORED HIGH RISK
LOCATION? >> RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A STREAM GAUGE AT THAT LOCATION SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WOULD ADD A GAUGE SITE TO.
ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT IT IS JUST UPSTREAM FROM HERE, DWE DO HAVE SOME MONITORING ON LEON CREEK SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS, NOTIFY OUR FINDINGS ON WHAT LEON CREEK IS GOING TO DO VIA THE MODEL, SHARE THAT WITH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BE IT BEXAR COUNTY. TXDOT'S ON THAT CHANNEL AS WELL. THEY DEPLOY RESOURCES TO HELP DETOUR TRAFFIC FROM THIS
AREA. >> MUNGIA: THAT'S GREAT. >> IT SHOWS UP ON DRIVE
TEXAS.ORG ALSO. >> MUNGIA: AWESOME. THIS IS A HIGH GROWTH AREA AROUND HERE. THERE'S A LOT MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER THAN THERE WAS EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO. LEON CREEK IS NOTORIOUS FOR ALL PARTS OF THIS AREA GOING NORTH, JUST FLOODING VERY QUICKLY AND WE SAW THAT TRAGEDY ON LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE. SOMEBODY WAS UNFORTUNATELY KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT, I THINK THEIR CAR TOOK OFF AND SO IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE COUNTY DOES HAVE A PROJECT ON LEON CREEK. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS
FROM THE END OF PEARSALL PARK DOWN TO HIGHWAY 16? >> NO, I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
>> MUNGIA: I DO THINK THAT IS TRUE. HOPEFULLY THAT IS STILL ONGOING BECAUSE THAT IS A GOOD DEVELOPMENT ONLY FOR HIKE AND BIKE AND ALSO DRAINAGE MITIGATION OR FLOODING ISSUES. GLAD YOU'RE INCLUDING THESE AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF OUT OF THE WAY BUT GROWING SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ACCESSING THIS INTERSECTION. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS Y'ALL ARE DOING TO MAKE IT SAFER. WE HAVE ALL SEEN WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, SOMETHING CAN TURN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ROAD YOU'RE ON BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS AND UNKNOWN TO YOU.
ALL THESE ADVANCE THINGS ARE REALLY HELPFUL, THE MODELS YOU HAVE AND ARE ADDING.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK TO MAKE IT SAFER. >> ABSOLUTELY.
APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, WE REALLY DO PUT THE FLASH IN FLASH FLOOD SO OUR MODELING AND COORDINATION WITH TXDOT AND OTHERS HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT WARNING OUT SO THAT THEY CAN POSITION THEIR RESOURCES
IN A TIMELY MANNER. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU BET. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR? >> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA, FOR STARTING US OFF OR SECOND, I GUESS. OKAY, SORRY.
SLIDE 15. OKAY. FOLLOWING ALONG, THE INFORMATION IS NEWER FOR US, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT.
>> LOT OF NUMBERS. >> KAUR: YEAH. I WAS TRYING TO COMPARE, THIS
MAP, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO JUST SEE WHERE THIS MAP IS. >> OKAY.
>> KAUR: WHAT THESE POINTS ARE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> AN ADDITIONAL MAP THAT WOULD SHOW DIFFERENT COLORS. >> KAUR: SIDE BY SIDE.
YES. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> OKAY.
>> KAUR: SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE THAT I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF ADJACENT, TECHNICALLY NOT MY DISTRICT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE USE IT IS THE ONE THAT'S THE LOW WATER CROSSING THAT'S GOING TO OLMOSPARK. THAT ONE IS REAL, REAL SKETCH.
SO THAT ONE'S ON YOUR EXTREME RISK, I SAW THAT AS A RED DOT.
AND THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO HAVE A FORMAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN?
>> YES. THAT'S BEING COORDINATED BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF ALAMO HEIGHTS. WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH A LOT OF OUR SUBURBAN
CITIES ON SOME OF THESE. >> KAUR: I WAS RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THESE SITES, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH BEXARFLOOD,
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REFERRING TO. >> KAUR: THAT'S WHAT HELPED ME CONNECT. I JUST GOT ON THE WEBSITE. I LOVE THIS WEBSITE.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD GET ALERTS. SO EVERY TIME IT CLOSES -- OKAY. WELL, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY.
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I'M SORRY? >> YOU CAN KNOW THAT A CERTAIN LOCATION IS CLOSED.
>> IT WILL GIVE YOU ADVANCED WARNING. >> KAUR: DOES IT
AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFY YOU GUYS THAT THIS AREA IS FLOODED? >> AS SOON AS IT POPS RED, IT STARTS OFF GREEN, LETTING YOU KNOW IT'S SAFE TO DRIVE, THEN AS THE WATER STARTS TO RISE, IT GOES TO YELLOW AND THEN ONCE IT TURNS RED, IT WILL SEND YOU A NOTIFICATION.
>> KAUR: AND YOU CAN LITERALLY, I CLICKED AND IT SAID SIGN UP FOR ALERT.
>> JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR, THESE SITES, PART OF THE WORK THE RIVER AUTHORITY IS DOING IS THE ASSESSMENT STEVE TALKED ABOUT OF THE EXISTING SITES WHICH ARE THESE. NOT EVERY SITE HAS A GATE RIGHT NOW.
NOT EVERY SITE HAS A CAMERA. OF THE 200-ISH ACROSS THE COUNTY, THERE ARE PROBABLY A DOZEN THAT HAVE CAMERAS. THAT'S HOW THEY PRIORITIZED WHERE WE WILL OUTFIT THE
EXISTING NETWORK WITH LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNOLOGY. >> KAUR: THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. BECAUSE ON THE HIGH RISK ONE, THE GATE AND SIGNAGE, BARBARA DRIVE, IS A HIGH RISK. ARE WE GOING TO BE ADDING SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE
THERE? I DON'T KNOW THAT -- >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THAT
ROAD SPECIFICALLY BUT WE ARE ADDING -- >> KAUR: IT WOULD BE ADD
JIVEN ADJACENT TO OR WHEREVER? >> TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ADDING A MAP THAT HAS COLOR CODING IN THERE, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> I THINK THERE'S SOME INITIAL PLACES THAT WILL GET GATES THAT ARE AUTOMATIC.
THERE ARE SOME PLACES NOW THAT HAVE MANUAL GATES. IT WILL BE UPGRADED.
THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT WE HOPE IN THE FUTURE WE WILL FUND GATES.
BEYOND THIS PROJECT. WE THINK THE RESPONSE TIME FOR GATES IS QUICKER SO THERE'S SOME HIGH RISK PLACES, SOME PRIORITY PLACES FIRST, BUT WE THINK ULTIMATELY, AS MUCH OF THAT AS WE CAN PUSH TOWARDS THAT, THE BETTER.
SO THAT WHEN THE STREAM GAUGE DATA PROVES THAT THAT IS GOING TO FLOOD UPSTREAM, I'M SAYING UPSTREAM, PROACTIVELY, THE GATE WILL CLOSE SO THERE'S NEVER A RISK.
>> KAUR: I SEE. AND JUST BECAUSE A POINT IS LISTED HERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT
THAT'S WHERE THE SOLUTION IS GOING TO GO? >> CORRECT.
SO STREAM GAUGE DATA WILL HELP THE ENTIRE NETWORK FUNCTION LIKE IT SHOULD.
THESE WATERWAYS IGNORE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY, ACROSS ALAMO HEIGHTS, ACROSS US. THEY DON'T CARE. SO IT ALL HAS TO BE CONNECTED
THROUGH THE WATERSHED. >> KAUR: OKAY. DO WE HAVE COSTS FOR ALL OF THESE? WHO'S PAYING FOR THIS? HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS?
>> THIS IS RIGHT NOW BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE $21 MILLION THE COUNTY HAD PLEDGED.
>> KAUR: LIKE HOW MUCH IS AN AUTOMATIC GATE COST, ROUGHLY? I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW
MUCH -- >> LIKE $80,000 FOR THE GATES.
>> OBVIOUSLY IT DEPENDS ON THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY. BUT THAT $50,000 TO $80,000
IS ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE FOR THE GATES. >> KAUR: OKAY.
INTERESTING. THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS REALLY SCARY AND I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS FELT IT.
BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON HOW TO MAKE ALL OF OUR AREA SAFER.
I JUST AGAIN, BACK TO THE BEXAR FLOOD THING, WE SHOULD DO THIS FOR ALL OF IT.
SIGN UP FOR AN ALERT FOR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING HERE. WE CAN DO THAT FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. JOHN'S LIKE YEAH. SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO MONITOR THEM. THIS IS EASIER BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING IT AUTOMATICALLY.
>> THERE'S A NERDY PART OF THIS THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHERE EACH OF THE DATA LOGGERS AND CONTROLLERS ON SITE IN THE GAUGE IS BEING UPDATED SO THAT IT CAN HAVE A QUICKER RESPONSE TIME SO THOSE TEXT MESSAGES ARE MORE ACCURATE AND TIMELY.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE BACK END OF STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING AS PART OF THIS THAT WE HAVEN'T
EVEN TALKED ABOUT. >> KAUR: OKAY. SARAH IS MANAGING ALL OF THIS RIGHT NOW. GOT IT. HOW MANY TEAM MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE THAT ARE ON THAT TEAM THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THIS?
>> FROM THE RIVER AUTHORITY, I THINK WE HAVE PROBABLY 17, FROM THE GROUP, BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER FOLKS, NOT JUST IN ENGINEERING BUT WE'VE GOT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOLKS, COLLABORATING WITH A LOT OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES AND OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COORDINATION JUST FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE ALONE. PLUS WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OF ENGINEERING BUT WITHIN THE RIVER AUTHORITY. GOSH, PROBABLY 40, 50, MAYBE.
>> KAUR: OKAY. LAST REALLY QUICK THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WAS TALKING TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER EARLIER TODAY. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HELP US WITH THESE EXTREME RISK SITUATIONS, BUT AT LEAST WITH SMALLER FLOODING SOLUTIONS, BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TO HELP WITH FLOODING SOLUTIONS IN GENERAL, SO I MEAN, I OBVIOUSLY KNOW AFTER THE BIG FLOODS WE BUILT THOSE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND ONE OF THEM IS NOW A BEAUTIFUL
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SOCCER FIELD. I JUST THINK AS WE HEAD INTO BOND CONVERSATIONS, CONTINUING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY SO IT'S NOT JUST, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BUT ALSO OTHER WAYS TO HELP SO IT'SNOT JUST PUSHING WATER. >> YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.
TO GO BACK TO WHATEVER THAT SECOND SLIDE WAS ON GOALS, ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS -- THIRD, MAYBE? YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
CREATE MORE RESILIENT SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE CONDITIONS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING. WE'VE GOT A WHOLE PORTFOLIO OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT, BUT RATHER THAN GO INTO THE BOND, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SEE AND ADVOCATE FOR IS MAYBE UDC ADOPTION OF SOME OF THOSE.
>> KAUR: YEAH. I SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU.
WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. THANKS, CHAIR. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: COUNCIL
MEMBER SPEARS? >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS AND THE QUICK RESPONSE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A VERY SENSITIVE THING. I MEAN, IT'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR AND WE'RE ALL MINDFUL OF THE HEARTACHE EVERYONE IS STILL EXPERIENCING, AND I APPRECIATE HOW QUICKLY Y'ALL MOVED ON THIS. BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, FLOODWATER DOESN'T HAVE BARRIERS AND SO I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND AND ARE SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF A REGIONAL BUILD-OUT ON THIS. I'M SURE YOU'RE COLLABORATING WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS, COUNTIES, DISTRICTS, CITIES, ET CETERA, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THAT. MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT -- FIRST, LET ME ASK, THIS MAY HAVE TO DO WITH ART. DOES THIS IMPACT AT ALL HOW WE'RE IMPROVING OUR ROADWAYS? I MEAN, THINKING AHEAD, THE MODELING, DOES THIS IMPACT YOUR WORK IN SOME OTHER WAY?
>> NO. WE'RE STILL DESIGNING TO THE HIGHER STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE. STEVE DID TOUCH ON ATLAS15, THE NEXT ITERATION OF RAINFALL INTENSITY. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, 14 WAS ADOPTED WHICH BASICALLY TOOK OUR 24-HOUR 100 YEAR STORM EVENT FROM 12-INCH RAINFALL TO 13 AND KIND OF SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. IT WAS AN INCREASE THERE. ALLAS 15 WILL LOOK AT THAT PLUS PROJECTED INCREASES BUT WE COORDINATE VERY REGULARLY. WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US ARE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT STEVE TALKED ABOUT. THE TRADITIONAL LOW WATER CROSSING, WE FOUND OUT THAT ISN'T ALWAYS WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
SO HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE HELPFUL. >> SPEARS: THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. IS ANY OF THIS BEING -- HOW ARE YOU OR ARE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS INTEGRATING THIS INFORMATION IN SOME NEW WAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE MEET WITH THEM REGULARLY FOR TRAINING.
WE'VE DONE SOME TABLETOP EXERCISES. I WAS AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAST WEEK TALKING WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNICATION, BUT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY, AS THESE, EVEN BEFORE THE RAIN STARTS, THERE WILL BE A WARNING SENT OUT FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT KICKS OFF HIGHER ALERT STATUS FOR OUR STAFF, CITY, COUNTY, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS, AND ONCE THE RAIN STARTS, WE COMMUNICATE THROUGH A CLOSED CHANNEL INTERNALLY AND WE'LL PUBLISH OUR MODEL FINDINGS SO THAT WE CAN PREEMPTIVELY CLOSE ROADS IF NECESSARY. WE'VE BEEN HERE LATELY, IN SOME CASES, AN HOUR'S ADVANCE NOTICE TO GO OUT AND CLOSE ROADS BEFORE THEY BECOME INUNDATED.
SO WE ARE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT. KUDOS TO THE CITY AND COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR GETTING OUT THERE. DURING THE RAIN IN A LOT OF CASES, AND CLOSING THOSE ROADS. YEAH.
>> SPEARS: WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR DOING THAT. SO I GUESS MAYBE I FOUND A BETTER WAY TO WORD THIS. HOW, ONCE WE START INTEGRATING THE ACTUAL APPARATUS AND THE SIRENS AND EVERYTHING, IS THERE COMMUNICATIONS PLANNED OR A MEDIA PLAN OR HOW ARE WE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR RESIDENTS? LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S THESE SIRENS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE -- DO WE HAVE THAT
YET? >> THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED. THAT IS PART OF THE NEXT PHASE, IS DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNICATION PLANS. PART OF THAT'S US
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COMMUNICATING TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, THEN FROM THERE, THEY'LL DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR OWN COMMUNICATION PLANS. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THE BEXARFLOOD.ORG HAS RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY THANKS TO THE MEDIA. OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF ADVOCATING AND ESTABLISHING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MEDIA SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE EYES ON IT. THE MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT THERE.>> SPEARS: OKAY. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT MY RESIDENTS ARE ASKING ABOUT. THEY ASKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING AT MY MORNINGS WITH MISTY, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FLOOD MITIGATION IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT -- THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT NOW. I GET TO GO BACK AND TELL THEM HERE WE ARE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS THE PLAN.
SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EVEN JUST START COMMUNICATING.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT RAINS, IT COMES UP NOW. JUST BECAUSE IT'S SENSITIVE
STILL. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SPEARS: WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. I DO LIKE THE MODELING.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT. WILL IT BE UPDATED AS YOU IMPROVE, I IMAGINE, THE MODEL
WILL SHIFT SOME? >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, WE WILL UPDATE THE MOLD BECAUSE THE -- MODEL BECAUSE THE CITY AND COUNTY DO A GREAT JOB IDENTIFYING PROJECTS WE HAVE ON OUR MASTER PLAN. ONCE THOSE PROJECTS BECOME IMPLEMENTED, THE GREAT NEWS IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES THAT GET REMOVED FROM THE FLOODWAY, THE FLOODPLAIN, SO WE ACCOUNT FOR THOSE IN THE UPDATED VERSIONS. UP UNTIL RECENTLY, IT WAS ALWAYS JUST THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE GETTING UPDATED, PLUS ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONE ON.
BUT NOW WITH UPDATED RAIN DATA, ATLAS14, ATLAS15, REGARDLESS OF ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE GOT TO DO THE RAIN UPDATES WITH THOSE MAPS.
>> SPEARS: JUST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THECOMMSPIECE, ONE MORE THING I MEANT TO MENTION IS IF THERE'S A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AT RISK OR SOMETHING, IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT WAY.
THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SPEARS: WE LOVE HAVING YOU
AS A PARTNER. THANKS. >> FOR ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOSH, WAS IT LAST WEEK WE DID DISTRICT 8, PRESENTED AT A SENIOR CENTER FOR DISTRICT 8. SO IF ANY OF YOU NEED ME OR MY STAFF TO COME OUT AND PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH AN UPDATED MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO GO, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MUCH LIKE THE REQUEST I HAD FOR CHARLES AND TXDOT, IF YOU COULD SHARE THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE -- AND THE MAYOR, THAT WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED. >> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU ALL. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE TIME IS 3:48 P.M. ON AUGUST 4TH. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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