[Transportation and Infrastructure on April 17, 2023]
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ALL RIGHT. THEIR TIME IS 1:04 P.M.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND AND WE HAVE A.
FIRST IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL OPPOSED, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
BRIEFING ITEM B IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START.
AND WE HAVE IT IS THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS THREE 60 PLAN PROGRESS UPDATE JENNIFER SCRIPPS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC WILL BE PRESENTING AND IT SAYS, OH, THERE HE IS.
EVAN SHEET, VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND POLICY FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC AS WELL.
SO, JENNIFER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.
WE ARE EAGER TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE THREE 60 PLAN.
I LEARNED RECENTLY THAT WHILE THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2017 AND WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, WE HAVE NOT GIVEN YOU ALL A PERIODIC UPDATE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS PANDEMIC CHIEFLY AMONG THEM. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST CONVERSATION TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY REACQUAINT EVERYBODY WITH DDI.
OUR MISSION, OUR VISIONS FOR DOWNTOWN GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND ON THE THREE 60 PLAN IF YOU WEREN'T ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME AND WHY WE FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD VEHICLE TO ADVANCE IMPORTANT ADVANCEMENTS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND OUR STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BOTH MADE PROGRESS WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK AND THEN WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON FOR OUR PRIORITIES AND HOW THE 2024 BOND, LIKE EVERYTHING IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, IS SO CRITICAL TO ADVANCING THE GOALS OF THE THREE 60 PLAN.
WE ARE IN OUR 65TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE.
JUST A FEW THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN 65 YEARS.
WE ARE THE PRINCIPAL ADVOCATE, CHAMPION AND STEWARD OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
WE ARE A 501C6 NONPROFIT, WHICH MEANS WE BENEFIT THE MEMBERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY HOLD OUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CONTRACT AND DO A HOST OF OF CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND ALWAYS WANT TO BE A PARTNER TO THE CITY AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS. NEXT SLIDE.
IN EVERYTHING WE DO ACROSS ALL OF OUR AREAS AT DDI, WE'RE A STAFF OF JUST UNDER 100.
WE ARE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO ADVANCE OUR MISSION DOWNTOWN, AND THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO CREATE A VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO CREATE A CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE URBAN CENTER.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME, FORMALLY COMING FROM THE ARTS DISTRICT THAT IT HAS A VIBRANT FARMERS MARKET, WEST END BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND THAT ALL OF DOWNTOWN THRIVES AND WELCOMES EVERYONE TO POSITION DOWNTOWN NOT ONLY AS A STATE HUB, A REGIONAL HUB, BUT REALLY THE GLOBAL CITY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DOWNTOWN'S FUTURE AS A WORLD CUP CITY, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR DALLAS TO BE RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS A VIBRANT, MAJOR CITY TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, I'LL SAY IT EVERY DAY, EVERYTHING FROM BIKE LANES TO WORKING WITH PARTNERS LIKE DART.
THIS HELPS US REMAIN ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE FOR BUSINESSES.
AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE URBAN EXPERIENCE, BOTH AS VISITORS AS WELL AS THOSE DOING BUSINESS AND WORKING IN DOWNTOWN.
SO THE THREE 60 PLAN WAS CREATED TO ADVANCE ALL OF OUR MISSION CENTRIC GOALS.
THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A 12 YEAR JOURNEY AND MORE.
THE ORIGINAL VERSION WAS DALLAS'S FIRST URBAN PLAN IN 2011, DID A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK AND WHAT HAPPENED IS SO MANY OF THE GOALS GOT MET THAT BY 2015 EVERYONE WAS SAYING, OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? WE'RE GOING TO LEAPFROG OURSELVES.
IT WAS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
AND I REALLY DO THINK I BELIEVE IN A PLAN THAT'S ACTIONABLE.
NOBODY WANTS PLANS THAT GATHER DUST ON SHELVES, THERE'S NO POINT.
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AND THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT HAVE MADE THIS PLAN IN PARTICULAR, I BELIEVE, SUCCESSFUL.WE INVOLVED EVERYBODY FROM RESIDENTS TO MAJOR DEVELOPERS WORKING AND PROVING DOWNTOWN DART, TXDOT, CERTAINLY THE CITY, MATA, OUR STREETCAR PARTNERS AND WORKED TO INCORPORATE EVERYBODY'S GOALS AND DREAMS INTO GOOD POLICY TO MOVE US FORWARD.
AND THOSE ARE OUR ACTION PRIORITIES OVER THESE TEN YEARS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITH DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.
DOWNTOWN IS GROWING FASTER THAN MANY OTHER PARTS IN OUR CITY.
OUR OFFICE VACANCY WAS REALLY MAKING STRIDES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE OFFICE PRESENCE DOWNTOWN. BUT ALSO WE'RE SEEING TRENDS AROUND THE FORMER OFFICE BUILDINGS GETTING CONVERTED INTO RESIDENCES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING NUMBER THERE.
AND THEN THE GREENING OF DOWNTOWN VIA PARKS IS SOMETHING THAT DOWNTOWN HAS LED THE NATION ON.
AND YOU SEE THAT IN THESE NUMBERS.
WE OPENED CARPENTER PARK LAST YEAR AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO BRING HARWOOD PARK ONLINE LATER THIS YEAR.
I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT THE THREE 60 PLAN EMBODIES.
IT'S PART AND PARCEL TO EVERY SUCCESSFUL PLAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ALL OF THE NUMBERS, 150 MEETINGS.
AND THAT'S THE VOICE THAT COMES OUT IN OUR THREE 60 PLAN.
SO THE VISION IS A COMPLETE AND CONNECTED CITY CENTER, AND THE MAP IS ZOOMED IN HERE YOU SEE THE HIGHWAY LOOP THAT HAS BEEN THAT IS DDI'S BOUNDARIES. BUT WE WORK SO HARD TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
IN FACT, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE NEW HEAD OF THE UPTOWN PID JUST THIS MORNING, BUT IN ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT DOWNTOWN IS BRINGING THAT CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY AND TO CREATE A AREA THAT IS SOMEWHERE THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS CAN THRIVE FOR EVERYONE AND THAT THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE GREAT SCHOOLS, REFRESHING OPEN SPACES, BUSTLING STREET ACTIVITY AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND RETAIL THAT WE ARE AN ACCESSIBLE, BALANCED, MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, MEANING YOU CAN GET IN, YOU CAN GET OUT, YOU CAN HAVE LUNCH, YOU CAN GO TO WORK.
IT'S EASY IN AND OUT IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT WE ARE A UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE.
BUT IT HAPPENS AT THAT STREET LEVEL.
YOU COULDN'T MISS IT THIS WEEKEND IF YOU TRIED IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
EVAN SHEETS, VICE PRESIDENT, PLANNING AND POLICY AT DDI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. SO ALL OF THIS WORK IS EMBARKED ON.
THOSE CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
ADVANCING URBAN MOBILITY, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR LAND AREA WITHIN DOWNTOWN IS THE SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
THE SECOND WAS BUILDING A COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND LASTLY, PROMOTING GREAT PLACEMAKING.
HOW DO WE ACTIVATE THESE PLACES AND MAKE A GROUND LEVEL EXPERIENCE THAT'S CURATED? AND FOR VISITORS AND WORKERS, THEY EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE VIBRANCY THAT WE WANT TO SEE DOWNTOWN ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO ON THE NEXT ON THIS SLIDE, WHAT THE FIRST OF THESE AREAS IS ADVANCING URBAN MOBILITY.
THIS WAS TRULY ABOUT TRYING TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADJUST THE WAY THAT WE EVALUATE MOBILITY PROJECTS AND STREET PROJECTS WITHIN DOWNTOWN TO ENSURE THEY MEET CERTAIN GOALS. THIS INVOLVES RETHINKING THE WAY WE OUR ATTITUDE ABOUT PARKING, TRYING TO IMPROVE TRANSIT AND INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF DOWNTOWN.
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A LENS TO EVALUATE WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL.SO I'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF SELECTED PROJECTS WITHIN THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE FIRST OF THESE IS BY BIKE HARWOOD.
BIKE HARWOOD WAS A PROJECT THAT WE EMBARKED WITH THE CITY UPON IN 2019 IN ORDER TO REALLY LOOK AT A PROOF OF CONCEPT OF HOW YOU COULD VERY QUICKLY LOOK AT A FOUR LANE EXISTING AUTOMOBILE FOCUSED STREET AND JUST THROUGH A RESTRIPING EXERCISE, RETHINK THAT AS A CONNECTION FROM THE CEDARS THROUGH DOWNTOWN, ULTIMATELY TO KLYDE WARREN PARK AND THE KATY TRAIL.
I THINK ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS IT ILLUSTRATES HOW HAVING A PLAN LIKE THIS CAN BE VERY CRITICAL IN THE ABILITY TO APPROACH STAFF AND HAVE A SHARED VISION AND PROBLEM SOLVE ON THE FLY, SO TO SPEAK, IN ORDER TO DO A PROJECT VERY QUICKLY.
THAT LEADS DIRECTLY INTO THE SECOND ACTION ITEM FOUND IN THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX FOR THE PLAN.
THIS IS SCOOTERS AND MICROMOBILITY.
EARLY ON WE WERE ADOPTER OF RENTAL BIKES AND AS WELL AS SCOOTERS.
AND I THINK WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT EVERYONE HAS SEEN WITH HAVING A PROGRAM EMERGE AS A PILOT, WE WERE SUPPORTIVE IN TAKING A MOMENT AND STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING AT A BETTER WAY TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM.
BUT ALL THROUGH THAT, VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON CONTINUING TO BRING THAT THAT NEED AND ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT LAST MILE CONNECTION TO THE DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE TO HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE MICROMOBILITY TASK FORCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE ALSO DID PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT INPUT TO THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE SCOOTERS RETURN, HOPEFULLY IN A SHORT FASHION.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT ILLUSTRATES ADVANCING URBAN MOBILITY IS THE I-30 CANYON PROJECT.
AS MANY OF YOU RECALL, WE DID BRIEF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REDESIGN OF I-30 THAT WERE ULTIMATELY DRAFTED INTO A COUNCIL RESOLUTION. WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL WAY IN ORDER TO HOLD OUR PARTNERS ACCOUNTABLE, TO REDESIGN A PROJECT THAT MET THE GOALS OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. AND SO FROM AS YOU AS EVIDENCED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS TO LOOK AT DECK PARK LOCATIONS, WE ALSO ARE ILLUSTRATING A FREEWAY CONDITION THAT DOESN'T HAVE SERVICE ROADS AND INSTEAD DELIVERS A MEANDERING PARKWAY.
WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN LOOK AT FUTURE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AS A WAY TO UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE THESE GREAT INVESTMENTS IN OUR CITY AND MAKE THEM LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS OF PLANS LIKE THESE AND THE AMBITIONS OF COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR YEARS TO COME.
SECOND, LOOKING AT THE VERY SMALL SCALE IS OUR OUR WORK IN THE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF PEOPLE CAN'T SIMPLY JUST WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN, THEN WE'RE MISSING A MAJOR GOAL.
DDI WORKS EVERY YEAR TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF OUR SIDEWALKS AND IN AUGMENTING TYPICAL CITY SERVICES, WE ALSO HIRE A CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO GO AND STRIPE THE WORST CONDITION CROSSWALKS.
JUST SINCE 2018, WE RESTRIPED 275 SIDEWALKS AND OVER 82 INTERSECTIONS.
WE CONTINUE THAT WORK ANNUALLY AND AND RESTRIPE THOSE AS NEEDED.
LASTLY IN ADVANCING URBAN MOBILITY.
IS THE CURB LANE MANAGEMENT AND PARKING PROGRAMS. CURB LANE MANAGEMENT POLICY HAS LONG BEEN A GOAL AND A DIRECT ACTION ITEM OF THIS PROGRAM.
PARKING PARKLETS OR LOADING ALL HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THAT SPACE.
WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT CITY STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DDI TO LOOK AT THE BEST USES FOR THAT SPACE, AND THAT ALSO LEADS TO THE NEXT AREA OF IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WAS THE DOWNTOWN OR THE STREET SEATS PARKLET PROGRAM.
THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY HAS HAD IMPACTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS BEYOND DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS, AGAIN, AS YOU SEE, EVIDENCE IN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN RETHINK THE SPACE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE CURB AS A SPACE THAT HAS OTHER USES BEYOND JUST PARKING OR AS A TRAVEL LANE.
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THE NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT AREA I'LL TALK ABOUT IS BUILDING A COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD.THIS SPANS AREAS FROM DIVERSIFYING AND GROWING HOUSING TO CREATING VIBRANT PARKS, WHICH I HOPE MANY OF YOU HAVE VISITED, TO GROWING A DIVERSE RETAIL AND BUSINESSES AT STREET LEVEL AND OF COURSE, INCREASING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN DOWNTOWN.
SO SELECTED PROJECTS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE CREATING VIBRANT PARKS.
HAVING THESE PARTNERSHIPS IS CRITICAL TO DELIVER THESE GREAT ASSETS.
WE HOST OVER 160 ON ANY GIVEN YEAR EVENTS WITHIN THESE SPACES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ACTIVATED AND VIBRANT YEAR ROUND. WE ALSO WORK WITH THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THESE FACILITIES IS ALWAYS A IS ALWAYS UP TO STANDARD AS WELL.
ONE OF THE KEY AREAS IS DIVERSIFIED HOUSING.
NOW I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT SINCE 2003 WE'VE REDEVELOPED OVER 40 HISTORIC STRUCTURES WITHIN DOWNTOWN AND REPURPOSED THOSE WITH RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THAT'S CREATED AN ENTIRELY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, WHEN TALKING ABOUT OUR POPULATION NUMBERS.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO A NEW PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVERSIONS OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE AND SINGLE USE OFFICE BUILDINGS TO TAKE A CURRENTLY 1,000,000FT² OFFLINE AND ADD 1000 NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE AREAS OF GREAT SUCCESS, BUT AREAS THAT HAVE GAPS.
AND WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO ACTIVELY RECRUITING MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS FROM AROUND THE CITY AND BEYOND AND BRINGING THEM DOWNTOWN AND FILLING VACANT SPACE. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK IN ORDER TO TO FILL IN THE GAPS THAT ARE MISSING BETWEEN AREAS WITHIN DOWNTOWN.
THE SECOND AREA IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST SUCCESSES.
THIS IS ADVANCING QUALITY EDUCATION IN DOWNTOWN.
THIS SPANS FROM PRE-K TO PRIVATE TO CHARTER TO A HIGHER EDUCATION.
THAT FACILITY NOW HAS IS ONE OF THEIR HIGHEST PERFORMING LONGEST WAITING LISTS, WHICH IS A WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, AS WELL AS THERE'S WORK UNDERWAY FOR A FULL PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE FACILITY JUST ADJACENT TO CITY HALL.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY BIG WIN FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PLAN.
NEXT, I'LL MOVE TO PROMOTING GREAT PLACEMAKING.
THE FIRST OF THESE IS THE ACTIVATION THROUGH ALL OF THE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT WE MANAGE ALL YEAR THAT GOES BEYOND OUR PARKS TO OUTDOOR MARKETS AND OUR DEDICATED TEAM WORKING ON PARK ACTIVATIONS AS WELL AS MOVIE NIGHTS ALL THE WAY TO PARK RENTALS AND FACILITY RENTAL, WHICH MANAGES AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE AN UNBRANDED POP UP SHOP THAT WE'VE MOVED FROM JUST A SEASONAL HOLIDAY VENUE TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE VACANT SPACE AND BRING IN YEAR ROUND VENDORS IN ORDER TO FILL THAT SPACE AND SHOW WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS THAT WE SEE IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT.
THIS IS AN INSTALLATION FROM CREOS OUT OF MONTREAL, AND YOU'LL NOTICE A GLOWING FACE WITHIN THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS TRYING TO BRING NEW EXPERIENCES INTO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE A DENSITY THAT SUPPORTS THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT SPACE.
ROUNDING OUT PROMOTING GREAT PLACEMAKING.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR WORK WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THIS AGAIN, COUPLED WITH OUR WORK IN REDEVELOPING SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITHIN DOWNTOWN, HELPS TRY TO BRING AN IMPORTANCE AND INFORMATION AROUND THE HISTORIC STOCK.
DOWNTOWN HAS THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF HISTORIC STOCK IN THE CITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE THOSE AS REINVESTMENT TOOLS TO CREATE AN AUTHENTIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAINTAIN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY.
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LASTLY, WE HELPED REWRITE THE UPDATES TO CHAPTER 42A, AGAIN TRYING TO REMOVE RED TAPE AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ACTIVATE THE PUBLIC REALM.SO THIS IS ANYTHING FROM EVENTS PATIO SPACE, PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO RENT OUT PARKS AND HOLD EVENTS TO CREATE VIBRANT EXPERIENCES AND REALLY DO THAT FROM A PRIVATE SECTOR LENS SO PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND ACTIVATE SPACE BEYOND THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE HOSTING ON A DAILY BASIS.
IF YOU GO TO THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT'S SHADED IN BLUE.
WHAT THE PLAN IDENTIFIED AS OUR CATALYTIC AREAS.
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME QUICK UPDATES BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN PARTICULAR SINCE 2017.
SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THEM AND EVAN AND I WILL TAG TEAM THEM TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW THE THREE 60 PLAN'S GOALS HAVE BEEN MANIFESTED IN THESE ZONES. ALL RIGHT.
SO THE FIRST OF THESE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE AT&T DISCOVERY DISTRICT.
THIS IS A GREAT EFFORT THAT ILLUSTRATES THE ABILITY OF THE CITY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OURSELVES TO TEAM TOGETHER AND PROVIDE A PROPOSAL TO RETAIN VERY IMPORTANT ASSETS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION THAT HAS CAUSED.
SO IT'S A TESTAMENT TO EVERYBODY LOCKING ARMS AND DOING THAT WORK.
NEXT, THE OTHER REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
ONE OF THE OTHERS THAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS THE AREA AROUND CARPENTER PARK.
50% OF THAT BUILDING IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A CLASS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
SO AGAIN, ILLUSTRATING THAT DOWNTOWN HAS THE ABILITY THROUGH ITS ZONING AND THROUGH ITS DENSITY TO PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT A DENSITY AND SCALE THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
OKAY. AND I KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE MOVE ALONG SIDE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER AND I-30.
THERE IS NO AREA OF DOWNTOWN THAT OFFERS A BIGGER BOOST THANKS TO THE SUCCESS OF GOOD PLANNING AND THE ADOPTION OF THE GOOD PLAN BY COUNCIL AND OUR VOTERS RATIFICATION OF PROP A LAST NOVEMBER.
THIS WILL RADICALLY RESHAPE THE CONVENTION CENTER AND MAKE IT A DESTINATION FOR DALLASITES WHERE YOU CAN EAT, PLAY AND ENTERTAIN VISITORS AS WELL, BUT ALSO LIVE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE FIELD STREET DISTRICT IS THE CORRIDOR THAT WILL REALLY CONNECT DOWNTOWN THE WEST END, THE ARTS DISTRICT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE AND WILL BE, WE BELIEVE, A VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS BRING TO THE FORE ALL THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE SO THAT WE CAN RAISE BIG BUILDINGS WHERE WE HAVE HAD PARKING LOTS.
WESTERN FARMERS MARKET AND NEW PARK WAS CALLED OUT BY THIS PLAN.
THE NEW DISD SCHOOL IS PLANNED ADJACENT TO THIS.
IT IS A BIG BOON WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CITY HALL AS A MAJOR EMPLOYER TO HAVE A BRAND NEW SCHOOL SO ADJACENT IT HAS OVER 2,000,000FT² OF OFFICE, RETAIL AND HOTEL AND RESIDENTIAL.
OUR HOTEL SECTOR, INCIDENTALLY, HAS ALREADY SURPASSED 2019 LEVELS AND WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS GROWTH BOTH IN THE NEW PARK AREA AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT FOR THAT VIBRANCY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO AGAIN, BETTER CONNECTIVITY FROM OUR URBAN CORE TO THE OUTLYING AREAS.
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WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T SAY WE WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING AND THE 2024 BOND IS OUR OBVIOUS WAY TO DO THAT.ALL OF THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, BE IT BIKE LANES, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, ARE PART OF OUR BOND STREET, OUR BOND PROGRAM PRIORITIES AND REALLY CONNECTING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE HAVE MORE THAN 15,000 RESIDENTS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN DOWNTOWN IS THE HOME TO MANY CITY FACILITIES THAT ARE GEMS AND SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TWO VERY OUTDATED FIRE STATIONS, OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART.
SO WHEN WE HEAR CENTRAL FACILITIES IS A PRIORITY, THE DOWNTOWN ONES REALLY RISE IN OUR MINDS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING.
APPRECIATE IT. I'M GOING TO START HERE ON THE LEFT WITH JAYNIE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS WAY WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND GET MR ATKINS.
AND THEN THEN WE'LL GET NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND PERSONALLY IT WAS SUCH A JOY WORKING ON THE THREE 60 PLAN ORIGINALLY AND GETTING IT PASSED AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER THAT MOVE FROM THE CITY TO DDI.
SO NO, IT'S GREAT. TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
WELL, WE HAVE JUST UNDER 15,000.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM OUR SURVEY THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
IT KIND OF BARBELLS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
WE KNOW THAT ABOUT HALF OF OUR RESIDENTS MOVED HERE LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THEY ONLY KNOW DOWNTOWN POST PANDEMIC.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SIZABLE NUMBER OF EMPTY NESTERS.
TRADITIONALLY, THE HOUSING STOCK HAS LACKED THREE BEDROOM.
THERE'S NOT THAT MANY THREE BEDROOM UNITS RELATIVELY TO THE WHOLE MARKET.
SO FEWER FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
EVERY TIME I SEE A STROLLER, I GET EXCITED.
BUT I THINK THE SCHOOLS HELP, THE PARKS HELP THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
SO BUT IT DOES BARBELL IN THOSE.
AND SO WE'LL BE YOU'LL BE WORKING TO TRY TO ATTRACT MORE FAMILIES AND.
ABSOLUTELY AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO BRING MORE CHILDCARE IN, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND I THINK IN YOUR NEXT REPORT AND THERE'S NO URGENCY TO THIS AT ALL, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING IT WOULD BE A GREAT POINT OF INTEREST TO DO A LITTLE BIT, DO A DIVE IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND JUST LET US KNOW, BOTH AGES, GENDERS, ALL KINDS OF FACTORS THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING AND WOULD PROBABLY HELP BUILD THE RETAIL.
WE HAVE SOME OF THAT SO I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
BUT I THINK WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE URBAN AGRICULTURE PLAN, WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE TUNNELS AND REALLY BUILD A FARM DOWNTOWN AND MAYBE PARTNER WITH UNIVERSITIES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GROWING THINGS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE IN THE SUN.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXAMINE THE USE OF THOSE THROUGH OUR PLAN.
SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.
NOTHING FROM HIM. MR MORENO? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S LIKE I COULD HAVE HELPED WRITE THIS JUST BECAUSE Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP.
Y'ALL ALWAYS KEEP MY OFFICE AND MYSELF AND INFORMED WITH EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE BEST INTEREST OF DOWNTOWN AND BEST PRACTICES.
SO DEEP ELLUM, VICTORY PARK, THE CEDARS.
DO YOU ALL HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF POPULATION IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT IN THE CBD, THEY'RE IN THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA? SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU ALL HAVE FIGURES FOR THAT.
I'D BE REMISS IF I STARTED THROWING NUMBERS AROUND, BUT WE CAN GET YOU THOSE.
BUT BUT MUCH LIKE DOWNTOWN, THE POPULATIONS HAVE GROWN IN ALL THREE AREAS.
YOU JUST NAMED, AS MY UNDERSTANDING, WHEN IT REALLY KEEN ON THE FOCUS OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY GROWING THROUGH MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM OUR GREEN SPACES TO OUR BIKE LANES, EXPANSION OF THE STREETCAR.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE EXPANSION OF OUR STREETCAR NETWORK, OUR MOBILITY COMMITTEE, AND I'LL LET EVAN CHIME IN ON THIS AS WELL, MADE THIS ONE OF THEIR TOP PRIORITIES THIS PAST YEAR. IT A LEVERAGES OTHER SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE WITH MATA AND DART, BUT IT'S HUGELY SUCCESSFUL, IMPORTANT IN SUPPORTING OUR
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GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AND OUR VIBRANCY AT THE SIDEWALK LEVEL.DO YOU WANT TO ADD, IF I COULD, OUR PRIORITY IS VERY SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR IS LOOKING AT A LONG TERM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MODEL, BOTH FOR FINANCING AND FOR GOVERNANCE OF THE STREETCAR.
WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH DART AND CITY STAFF ON THAT.
BUT WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT COMPLETING THE SYSTEM AS A COMPLETE SYSTEM IS THE ONLY WAY FOR THE OVERALL STREETCAR TO BE SOLVENT AND FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE INTO THE FUTURE AND TO CONNECT AREAS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A CORE FOR MOBILITY.
I'M LOOKING AT MANY OF YOU ALL WITH NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS TO HELP.
IT'S ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
OFFICE CONVERSION TO RESIDENTIAL.
WE ALL WANT THE AMENITIES INSIDE OUR COMPLEXES, BUT HOW? JUST AS MUCH. WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO OUT INTO THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE WANT GROUND RETAIL IN THESE PROPERTIES, BUT WE ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR APARTMENTS.
SO HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO STAY IN A COCOON INSIDE THEIR DOWNTOWN APARTMENT? WELL, WHEN WE TALK TO DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS, I THINK MOST OF THEM, THAT'S WHY THEY SEEK OUT A DOWNTOWN LIVING, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE TRANSPLANTS FROM OTHER URBAN COASTAL CITIES. THEY CAN'T HELP BUT DO IT.
SO I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT TO HOLE UP IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK IT'S GETTING EASIER AS WE'VE HAD MORE AND MORE TO DRAW PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR BUILDINGS.
AS YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND BOND DOLLARS, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR PARKING AUTHORITY MAKING SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS RETAIN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS AND INCREASE WALKABILITY.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT REMAINS A FOCUS.
KUDOS TO EVERYONE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT FREEWAY RECONSTRUCTION.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, MAKING SURE THERE'S WALKABILITY.
HOW DOES 345 PLAY INTO THAT ROLE IF WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A A PLAN ON HOW WE CAP AND DECK? 345 FUNDING WISE, LOOKING FURTHER OUT, WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH AND THOUGHTS ON 75 WITHOUT A DECKING LOOMING BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND DEEP ELLUM.
IS THAT AN ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE FINE WITH? WELL, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AT ALL STAGES OF THE GAME OF THE ANALYSIS AND CERTAINLY WELCOME THE PLANNED FUTURE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SO HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THEM AND DO THE PART THAT TXDOT AND OTHERS DON'T PUT FORWARD? I THINK THERE'S SOME REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.
WE WERE, YOU KNOW, GUARDED IN OUR MEMO ABOUT THE HYBRID SELECTED ALTERNATIVE.
I THINK IT'S WORKABLE, BUT IT NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT ROUND OF FINE TUNING THIS.
WE'RE VERY EAGER TO TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO ALREADY AS PARTNERS TO GET THAT DONE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU. REPAINTING CROSSWALKS.
IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T HAD THE BEST BAGEL IN TOWN, STARSHIP HAS THE BEST BAGELS IN ALL OF DALLAS.
THERE'S A LINE. I KNOW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF YOU.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU, CHAIR WILLIS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW.
THANK YOU. SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT YOU ALL WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT MICRO MOBILITY STUDY.
AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO DR.
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SCOOTERS ARE THOSE GETTING TEED UP PRETTY QUICK OR.HONORABLE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
ROBERT BEVIS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER YES, GUS AND I HAVE ACTUALLY SPOKEN ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE OWE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND JUST AS COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MIX THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT, HOW ARE YOU EVALUATING MIX OF WHAT KIND OF RESIDENTIAL WE NEED? I MEAN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A K THROUGH 12 DISD SCHOOL IN, I MEAN, WE WANT TO HAVE KIDS TO POPULATE THAT.
SO ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT WHAT THAT IDEAL MIX WOULD BE TO ADVISE THOSE WHO ARE CONVERTING? WE ARE AND WE WORK WITH A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT BRING FORWARD THEIR PLANS AND MARKET TESTED OUR DOWNTOWN SURVEY LAST YEAR.
WE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE IS DEMAND.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN ATKINS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.
QUESTION THE FIRST QUESTION IS, NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE LAST TEN, 15 YEARS WHEN THERE ARE ROUGHLY MAYBE 500 PEOPLE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN.
WHAT IS THE MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT CITY OF DALLAS NEED TO INVEST IN DOWNTOWN? I SPECIFICALLY SAID DOWNTOWN, NOT THE OUTSKIRTS, BUT IN THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE LIKE ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY.
AND THEN I THINK FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR COMPETITIVENESS WITH OTHER CITIES REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, GLOBAL, SOME OF THOSE CITY FACILITIES, OUR CONNECTIONS TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THAT VIBRANCY. SO IT'S A LOT.
I KNOW. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HONE OUR PRIORITY LIST BY SAYING AT THE SAME TOKEN, WHEN WE WENT AND SAID WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DOWNTOWN, BILL IVEY WAS THERE AND WHAT HE DID WAS SAY WE NEED TO HAVE A STRONG ART DISTRICT.
SO THAT WAS OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS FOR ART DISTRICT.
SO WHAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS NOW? IF YOU SAID WHAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN? WELL, I THINK THE ARTS DISTRICT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE NOT EVER GOING TO HAVE ME SAY IT'S NOT, AND THE DMA CERTAINLY HAS THEIR NEEDS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING WITH A NEED FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND FIELD STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND FIELD STREET DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH THOSE UNDER CONTRIBUTING PARKING LOTS, THE NEW PARK DISTRICT.
SO A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO UPSIZE UTILITIES AND INTERSECTIONS WOULD BE VERY TOP OF OUR LIST.
SO WE HAVE OVER SIX ACRES OF EXISTING DEVELOPABLE AREA WITHIN DOWNTOWN.
AND WE'D BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THAT, NOT THAT IT'S SEVERELY OUTDATED.
INFRASTRUCTURE IS A CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP THOSE SPACES.
IT'S MESSY AND IT NEEDS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.
SOME OF IT'S ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD IN THE WEST END AND FARMERS MARKET AREAS.
AND SO IT TAKES A LOT OF IT'S A HEAVY LIFT TO GET IT READY FOR 21ST CENTURY IMPROVEMENT.
OKAY. SO SO THEREFORE, DO YOU HAVE A COST ANALYSIS, HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED FOR DOWNTOWN? DALLAS WE DO AND WE WILL BE SHARING.
WE'RE STILL SHARPENING THE PENCIL ON THAT, BUT WE WILL FOR SURE IN TIME FOR THE BOND TASK FORCES.
ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU GOT AN IDEA NOW BECAUSE YOU DONE GAVE THE NUMBER.
SO IF YOU HAD A GUESS, WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO RESERVE THE RIGHT.
WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE GOT A NUMBER.
THEY CAN TAKE 2 OR $3 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IF WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 DECADES, THERE SHOULD BE A NUMBER.
IS IT IS MORE THAN 100 MILLION, MORE THAN 500 MILLION? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREET INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OLD INFRASTRUCTURE DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
WE ALREADY GOT COMMITTED SETTING UP A BOND PACKAGE.
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SO I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO US WITH THE ART DISTRICT, THE PARK DEPARTMENT.THEY HAD SOME KIND OF GENERAL IDEA.
I'M NOT TRYING TO HOLD YOU TO THE MAIN NUMBER, BUT SOME KIND OF NUMBER ARE WE LOOKING AT? OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. EVAN AND I WERE JUST CONFERENCING WITHIN THE REALM OF MANY OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, 200 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE JUST DOWNTOWN AND INCLUDING SOME MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE THE DMA WOULD NOT BE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS FOR DOWNTOWN'S CRITICAL NEEDS.
AND I KNOW THAT NUMBER IS STAGGERING.
AND I SAY THAT WITH DUE HUMILITY, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS, IF WE ARE GOING TO ACCELERATE.
KEEP IN MIND THERE'S $6 BILLION OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE PIPELINE IN DOWNTOWN.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT LEVERAGING EFFECT OF PUBLIC MONEY TO SUPPORT PRIVATE INVESTMENT OR PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT, IN THE CASE OF SOME OF OUR BIG PARTNERS, IT ACTUALLY FEELS ABOUT RIGHT.
SO WE WILL COME TO YOU WITH WITH A MORE EXACT ANALYSIS.
BUT 200 MILLION IS A NUMBER THAT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE JUST PUTTING OUT AT THIS EARLY JUNCTURE.
RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CITY OWNED BUILDINGS THAT THE CITY NOW OWN DOWNTOWN.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED BOND MONEY DURING THE CITY OF DALLAS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ALL FACILITIES THAT THE CITY DALLAS OWN THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THIS PACKAGE? I'M ASSUMING THAT'LL BE FUTURE.
OKAY. NOW THE THE CORE WE TALKED ABOUT THE CORE DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OUTER CORE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, HOW ARE YOU ENGAGING WITH THE CEDARS, WITH THE FARMERS MARKET, THE DEEP ELLUM, THE WEST DALLAS, THE, THE TRANSIT GROW.
UH, HOW, HOW YOU CONNECT THOSE? I MEAN, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING TO CONNECT THE DOTS? BECAUSE DOWNTOWN DALLAS IS THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT WE STILL GOT THE OUTSIDE CORE THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS SO WHAT IS OUR MARKETING PLAN? WHAT ARE WE DOING? ABSOLUTELY. OUR TEAM IS ALWAYS WORKING.
I MEAN, JUST TODAY, LITERALLY, WE MET WITH THE NEW CEO OF UPTOWN.
SHE'S BEEN ON THE JOB ABOUT A MONTH.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT'S WORKING FOR US.
WE ALL, THERE'S KIDS ALL OVER THE CITY.
WE ARE THE LARGEST AND WE TAKE THAT REALLY SERIOUSLY, TOO.
I REALLY BELIEVE PIDS ARE AN ASSET.
OKAY. LAST QUESTION, MR. CHAIR. NUMBER ONE, I HOPE THAT YOU GET WITH ALL THE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY DALLAS OWN DOWNTOWN AND WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT A BOND PACKAGE, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD? WE NEED TO KNOW THE WHOLE GROUP, HOW EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER AND THE BOND PACKAGE IS DUE.
I KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
BUT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
AGREED. I THINK ONE PLUS ONE CAN BE MORE THAN TWO AND MANY OF THESE SITUATIONS.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I WANTED TO JUST ACTUALLY ASK FIRST.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND I LOVED YOUR PLUG FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
STILL, YOU CAN TAKE HER OUT OF THE ARTS, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE ARTS OUT OF YOU.
RIGHT? SO I WANT TO JUST ASK ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US REALLY BE AGGRESSIVE WITH.
AND I THINK THAT THE TIME HAS MET.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO MEET THIS MOMENT AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VACANCY RIGHT NOW.
WHERE IS THERE OPPORTUNITY AND WHERE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS, TOO, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR BOND COMING UP AND PRIORITIZING HOUSING IN THIS BOND? HOW CAN WE ASSIST IN THE UNDERTAKING OF UTILIZING A LOT OF THE VACANCY FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE AND HOUSING? I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK ANSWER AND TURN IT OVER TO EVAN FOR SOME OF THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT DALLAS DOWNTOWN IN MANY WAYS IS ACTUALLY LEADING THE NATION AND HAS BEEN ON ADAPTIVE REUSE.
IF YOU WERE READING STORIES ABOUT WASHINGTON DC AND SOME OF OUR EAST COAST BUSINESS DISTRICTS, THEY ARE IN A WORLD OF HURT AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN UP THIS LEARNING CURVE AS QUICKLY AS DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE AND MORE.
SO IT'S CONTINUING AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AS WE BRING THESE RESIDENTS TO DOWNTOWN THAT WE HAVE THE AMENITIES LIKE PARKS AND THE FULL MIX OF RETAIL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. AND SOME SOME PROJECTS WILL HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING VIA THE TIFS, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE.
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WE'RE ALSO HOPING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES IN WITH SOME MORE FEDERAL MONEY TO ADVANCE ADAPTIVE REUSE.AND THESE PROJECTS ARE DIFFICULT TO DO FINANCIALLY.
SO I THINK THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AS WE BRING WELL VETTED PROJECTS FORWARD TO ACCESS THOSE PROGRAMS AND SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FORWARD ADAPTIVE REUSE WILL BE CRITICAL FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW MANY OF YOU CARE ABOUT THAT ISSUE IN PARTICULAR, AND WE ARE TRYING TO TELL THAT STORY BOTH FOR OFFICE TENANTS THAT ARE LOOKING RATHER THAN, SAY, A SUBURBAN PARK WITH LOTS OF SURFACE PARKING, BUT CERTAINLY THE RESIDENTIAL AND HOTELS TO SEE THIS AS ANOTHER SOLUTION FOR SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES.
I WOULD AGREE. AND I THINK IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.
BOTH WERE MUCH MORE VIBRANT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE CITY STAFF TO PRIORITIZE AS WELL, WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON ON PRIORITIZING THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE NOW AND NOT LETTING THAT BE SOMETHING THAT IS A NEGATIVE, BUT INSTEAD MAKING LEMONADE.
IT'S AN ASSET, RIGHT? SEEING AS AN ASSET. SO THAT'S REALLY MY BIGGEST FOCUS.
A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU WEIGH IN ABOUT 345.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE DEFINITELY SOME SOME THINGS TO WORK OUT.
BUT BUT I LOVE TO HEAR Y'ALL'S EAGERNESS TO TO GET GET TO A POINT.
MR. MORENO HAS ASKED FOR A SECOND ROUND.
SORRY, CHAD. WE TALKED A LOT, A LOT ABOUT OF OUR SUCCESSES IN CONVERSION OF PARKING LOTS.
WHAT PROGRAMS CAN WE HELP WITH TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES? YEAH, I'LL QUICKLY JUMP IN.
PASS TO JENNIFER, I THINK THE BOND PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.
AS I MENTIONED, THE REASON MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE NOT DEVELOPED TO DATE IS BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE BURDEN OF OUTDATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO SECURE FINANCING AND MOVE A PROJECT FORWARD, UPDATING ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S THE HORIZONTAL SURFACES AND STREETS.
AND WHEN IT DOES, THOUGH, IT'S A GREATER BENEFIT TO THE CITY AT LARGE.
THAT'S AN ASSET THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN USE.
AND TYPICALLY THAT DEVELOPMENT IS THE ONLY CATALYST TO DO THAT WORK.
AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT AS WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT MOVE FORWARD, SUPPORTING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THERE IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT THAT HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT OR THAT NETWORK FOR THE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN WILL BE CRITICAL.
ABUTTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE CAN SEE ALL THE REDEVELOPMENT AND ALL THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
HOWEVER, SUBSURFACE UNDERNEATH THOSE SYSTEMS ARE NOT UPDATED.
THEY'RE UNDERSIZED, THEY'RE UNDER CAPACITY.
AND WE HAVE TO INVEST MORE WHILE STILL FOCUSING ON EQUITY.
AND THIS IS THE SOME OF THE OLDEST INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL OF DALLAS.
AND SO I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE GET OUR FAIR SHARE IN THE CBD DOWNTOWN AREA.
JUST ASK FOR STAFF TO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE AS CITYWIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
THANK YOU AND MR ATKINS CHAIRMAN ATKINS ASKED FOR A SECOND ROUND AS WELL.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU.
DR. PETERS IS THERE? YES, HE'S HERE, SIR.
FERRIS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT KIND OF CLEAR THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOND PACKAGE AND WE JUST PASS A INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THE TIF GOING FORWARD.
HOW SOON CAN YOU CALCULATE WHEN THE TIF EXPIRES? HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE WE GOT MONEY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE, YEAR FOUR OF YEAR FIVE.
CAN YOU DO THAT CALCULATION AND WHAT DO THEY TAKE TO GET THAT DO THAT WITH THE CALCULATION?
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CHAIR ATKINS I PROBABLY NEED TO GET WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP AS WELL AS OUR CFO TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT, BUT I CAN LIST THAT AS FOLLOW UP AND GET BACK TO YOU, SIR. OKAY.BY SAYING THAT COUNCILMAN MORENO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT DOWNTOWN DO HAVE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE GOT SOME AREA, HAD NO INFRASTRUCTURE, SO WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THE CITY WISE IS DONE WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THAT IF WE END UP SPENDING ALL THAT DOLLARS DOWNTOWN, THAT WE GOT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH, THEY NEED INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE GOT A BOND PACKAGE.
SO THEY GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF WAY THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE STATE OR THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIKE WE DID THE ARPA FUND, WHATEVER, GRANTS, WHATEVER, TO LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, EVEN MAYBE BE THE FRANCHISE FEES OR UTILITY COMPANY WHO TEAR UP OUR STREET, WHO DO NOT PUT IT BACK CORRECTLY.
IT GOING TO TAKE YOU GO TO THE VOTERS, THEY GOT TO VOTE ON IT.
ONCE THEY VOTED ON IT, THEN YOU GOT TO SELL THE BOND.
AND BY THAT TIME THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE TOO OLD AND THE ONE YOU DO NEED.
WE GOT AN ISSUE ON THERE. SO WE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.
IDEALLY, HOW DO WE INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? WE GOT TO SEE THE DALLAS. SO DR.
PETTUS, IS THAT IS THAT THE THE SCENARIO? ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT? IS THERE A DIFFERENT SCENARIO? I THINK THE WAY THAT YOU'VE LAID IT OUT, SIR, IS DEFINITELY ONE ONE OPTION FOR US TO EVALUATE.
AND AGAIN, I'LL GET WITH THE TEAMS TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SIR.
DRUMROLL. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
MOST OF MY POINTS, BUT A FEW QUESTIONS.
I'LL START WITH DDI AND JUST IN GENERAL.
AND WE USE IT AS MODEL, AS A MODEL WHEN TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR OTHER PLANS, BECAUSE IT'S A SUCCESSFUL PLAN THAT SURVIVED ONE OF, I WOULD SAY, A HANDFUL IN THE CITY, WHILE THE REST ARE FESTERING IN THE BASEMENT GETTING DUST RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO CITY STAFF RIGHT NOW WHEN WE PUSH BACK UP HERE AND SAY, HAVE YOU TALKED TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY? HAVE YOU TALKED TO NONPROFITS, WHO'S GOING TO SHEPHERD THIS WHEN CITY STAFF TURNS OVER AND GOES ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER JOBS? THIS IS WHY WE DO IT, BECAUSE THIS PLAN IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WORKS.
LOVE THAT YOU REFERENCED THE PARKLETS IN HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
AND I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION HOW CAN WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO DO THEM? I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S, THERE'S FUNDING GAPS FOR ENGINEERING STUDIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ARE YOU SEEING ANY FOLKS BEING RESISTANT TO IT OR IS IT JUST SLOWLY CATCHING ON? I THINK IT'S CATCHING ON.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW MORE THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED OR PROPOSED.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, JUST FOR CITY STAFF, IF THERE IS A EVER A SUGGESTION FOR FUNDING TO HELP WITH ENGINEERING STUDIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
PARKS SO WE ARE TRYING TO LAUNCH A SKATE PARK IN OAK CLIFF.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY PUSH FOR A SKATE PARK IN DOWNTOWN? I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING MORE URBAN THAN A SKATEBOARDER.
THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF STAIRCASES.
AND IT'S A NATURAL WHEN I'M I FEEL LIKE I ALWAYS SEE THEM ON SUNDAYS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S I THINK IT NATURALLY OCCURS.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT AN OFFICIAL ONE IN THE WORKS.
NO, THERE'S BEEN MANY CONVERSATIONS TO DATE AND I KNOW CARPENTER PARK'S ORIGINAL PLAN DID HAVE A SKATE PARK COMPONENT INCLUDED THAT ULTIMATELY BECAUSE OF LAND RIGHTS WITH THE AREA UNDER TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY, THERE WERE CHALLENGES AROUND HAVING WHAT WOULDN'T BE A PERMANENT SKATE PARK.
AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED TO WAIT AT THAT TIME FOR PERMANENT FACILITY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS SINCE THEN, BUT WE AGREE THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MITIGATING SOME SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY WHEN THERE REALLY ARE POSITIVES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, WHEN PUT IN A PLACE WHERE IT'S INTENDED FOR.
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SO WE WOULD SUPPORT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT LOCATIONS AFTER SCOOTERS WILL TAKE ON SKATE PARKS.RIGHT. ONE ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN MORENO BRINGING UP THE I 345 DISCUSSION.
I'M NOT GOING TO OPEN UP THAT PANDORA'S BOX HERE, BUT I WILL JUST ASK YOU THAT.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
I WANT TO SECOND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO WAS SAYING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DOWNTOWN.
I DO THINK WE SHOULD LOOK, I DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE MR. ATKINS. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT AS A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE WE HAVE.
DOWNTOWN IS NOTHING IF IT'S NOT CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE CITY HALL, WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE HAVE MOST OF OUR HOTELS.
WE HAVE THE CORE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
IT'S SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE CITY AND IT'S THE CENTRAL PLACE WHERE EVERYONE GOES.
SO THAT'S MY POSITION ON THAT.
WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE STREETCAR.
WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE STREETCAR.
I HOPE TO SEE THE FULL PLAN DISCUSSED AND FOR US TO REALLY GET SERIOUS ABOUT FUNDING THAT.
I SAW IN THE 2011 PLAN AND THEN ALSO IN THE UPDATE, THAT FIELD STREET, ROSS AND HARWOOD, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER STREETS, WERE CONSIDERED FOR COMPLETE STREETS.
AND I KNOW I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S BEEN DONE TO GUILD STREET.
I MEAN, WHAT'S? I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY? FOR OUR PART OF THIS.
THIS PLAN. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT GUS AND CARLY, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
MY BUDDY. YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING AWAY ON THIS ONE? NO HEADS UP TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO FIELD, ROSS AND HARWOOD ARE THE THREE.
SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE BROADLY AND THEN I WILL FOCUS ON THESE TWO.
THE IDEA OF THIS REIMAGINED DOWNTOWN IS TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN DOWNTOWN HOLISTICALLY AND SEE BASICALLY WHAT IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING HERE SHORTLY, WHICH WILL, AGAIN WITH OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER IT BE IN DDA DEEP ELLUM OR UPTOWN, BASICALLY ALL WILL BE AT THE TABLE.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY ON ROSS AVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO HAVE AN ENTITY CALLED FUNDED PROJECT FOR A SHARED USE PATH THAT WILL CONNECT THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT TO LOWER GREENVILLE.
SO THAT BASICALLY WHATEVER WE DO ON THE PART OF THE SHARED USE PATH WILL FIT IN THE ULTIMATE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON ON ROSS AVENUE. AND IT WILL BE A VERY SIMILAR APPROACH TO THE OTHER ROADWAYS IN DOWNTOWN.
I WOULD JUST ASK, AS A FINAL POINT, I WOULD ASK FOR A FOLLOW UP MEMO ON A TIMELINE FOR BRINGING THESE THREE STREETS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN THREE 60 PLAN. YES, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WEST. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS UP REALLY QUICKLY.
SO, PARKLETS, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF OTHER CITIES.
THEY'RE GREAT. THEY'RE AMAZING.
SO I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CITIES, AND THEY CALL THEM "STREETERIES." AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU'RE EATING IN THE STREET AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. SO THAT MIGHT ALSO HELP THE BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD EXPAND AND HAVE A STREETERY SO JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
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MR. WES TALKED ABOUT SKATE PARKS.JUST SEND THEM TO BLACKMON. WE'RE GETTING READY TO BREAK GROUND AND HAVE A REGIONAL SKATE PARK MR. WES SO SEND THEM OVER THERE.
I HEARD YOU SAY 85 ACRES OF LAND THAT'S READY TO BE DEVELOPED.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE THAT IT TAKES WITH ITS HOUSING AND STUFF? WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED IT.
WHEN THE OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE CONVERTING, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS BECAUSE FAMILIES DON'T LIVE IN ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS. TYPICALLY, UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE KID, MAYBE TWO, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, I NEED THAT THIRD BEDROOM, RIGHT? WHEN THEY'RE BABIES, IT'S ONE THING WHEN THEY'RE TODDLERS, IT'S ONE THING, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY BECOME MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS AND IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY NEEDS THEIR OWN SPACE. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE DEVELOPING, ASK ABOUT CERTAINLY, I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS.
IT'S JUST I GOT TO SAY, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.
I'M GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO BEAT THE DRUM ON THIS ONE EVEN MORE.
STREETCAR. STREETCAR, STREETCAR.
AND BECAUSE THAT ALL GOES TO CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE THREE 60 PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN SO LONG AGO.
BUT AS MR. WEST SAID, IT IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAN.
IT'S ONE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP GOING, BUT IT'S ALSO CAN EVOLVE AS IT'S LIKE A LIVING DOCUMENT, RIGHT? AND IT'S EVOLVING AS WE EVOLVE.
HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT POSSIBLY CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS DOWN IN ORDER TO PLAZA THEM? KIND OF LIKE 15TH STREET IN DENVER? YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PLACES IN DETROIT AND THEIR DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S ALSO PLACES IN DC AND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE STARTED TO PICK A REALLY GREAT AREA WITH A LOT OF COMMERCE AND RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING AND HOUSING AND ALL THAT AND THEIR PLAZA, YOU KNOW, CLOSING THE STREET DOWN AND CREATING A PLAZA.
AND I KNOW IT'S SCARY TO BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE EVER DONE IT, THE BUSINESS EXPLODES BECAUSE PEDESTRIANS FEEL SAFE.
AND ESPECIALLY FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE OUTDOORS.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OF THOSE, PLEASE SEND THEM TO US.
AND YOU'RE OUT OF THE HOT SEAT.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS HERE AT CITY HALL HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING JOBS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, COLLEAGUES, IS ON THE BIKE PLAN.
IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION, LET'S GET READY, GUYS, TO START PRESENTING MR. CONCARLI AND JESSICA.
AND THEN IF WE CAN RUN THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY.
AWESOME. COLLEAGUES, YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO KNOW YOU ALL WORKED REALLY HARD ON ON THE PRESENTATION.
LET'S LET THEM GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY.
WELL, THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO SEE IT.
I STILL BELIEVE I MEAN, THIS IS STILL A GREAT STUFF.
AND. ANYWAY, HONORABLE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS GUZ KHAN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE OBJECTIVE IS JUST TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE AND THE PRESENTATION OVERVIEW WILL INCLUDE THE OBJECTIVES AND THE SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED TO DATE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO THERE'S REALLY FOUR KEY REASONS WHY WE'RE UPDATING THIS PLAN.
NEXT IS TO CREATE A PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK AND PHASING PLAN.
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CREATE A CONNECTED AND SAFE SYSTEM.NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING TO SCOPE PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR FUTURE CAPITAL FUNDING.
THIS HIGHLIGHTED LIST OF PROJECTS IS WE WILL BE USING.
NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING TO MODERNIZE THE CITY'S BICYCLE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THAT IS WHAT THESE FACILITIES LOOK LIKE.
HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL SAFE USING A BIKE? TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE THAT AND INTEGRATE THE LATEST IN FEDERAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY.
WE'VE HOSTED FOUR OR SORRY, SEVEN IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORWARD DALLAS TO THAT BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED, WE HAD FOUR ADDITIONAL POP UP EVENTS AND ONE COMMUNITY RIDE.
WE INTEGRATED THAT WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO ROUNDS OF PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, INCLUDING THE MICROMOBILITY WORKING GROUP AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSED MAP THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.
NEXT SLIDE. SO YOU CAN REVIEW THIS INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ONLINE.
THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOTHING IF THEY'RE NOT USABLE.
SO NEXT IS THREE OF THE TOP PROJECTS THAT WE SAW A LOT OF COMMENTS ON WERE MAPLE AVENUE, NORTH OF OAKLAND, WITH 81 LIKES, WHICH REALLY BLEW US AWAY, HALL STREET AND UPTOWN WITH 33 LIKES AND PARK LANE IN NORTHEAST DALLAS WITH 18 LIKES.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE SAW WAS WHAT IS A BICYCLE BOULEVARD? AND THAT IS A NEW FACILITY TYPE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING BASED ON THE BEST THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT IS COMBINING SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH IS A SHARED LANE MARKING.
SO THAT BICYCLE AND DOUBLE CHEVRON THAT'S ON THE ROAD, WE'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE THAT PAVEMENT MARKING WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES LIKE CHICANES BUMP OUTS RAISED CROSSWALKS, OTHER ELEMENTS TO HELP SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN ON THOSE STREETS WITH SHARED LANE MARKINGS SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE RIDING. AND THOSE ARE ON STREETS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE ALREADY GENERALLY LOWER VOLUME, LOWER SPEED, LOOKING TO ENHANCE THAT, TO MAKE THOSE ROADWAYS SAFER WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SPACE ON THOSE ROADWAYS FOR DEDICATED FACILITIES, WE DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR BIKE LANES ON EVERY ROAD.
SO THIS IS THE THE COMPROMISE THERE.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THAT REVISED MAP, THERE'S OVER 400 UNIQUE SEGMENTS FOR ALL OF THOSE ROUTES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. AND THAT'S A LOT.
THAT'S A BIG LIST. SO WE NEEDED SOME A FRAMEWORK OF HOW SHOULD WE PUT THESE IN ORDER? SO WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST, INCLUDING STAKEHOLDER INPUT CONSTRAINTS, OPPORTUNITIES, SAFETY, EXISTING CONDITIONS, DEMAND CONNECTIVITY, EQUITY AND PUBLIC INPUT.
SO AND THEN WE RECEIVED AN OUTPUT FROM ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT WERE SCORED FOR EVERY.
WITH THAT, WE TOOK THAT LIST THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK NOT ONLY FROM US AT CITY HALL CITY STAFF, BUT TOOK IT AGAIN BACK TO OUR BAC AND TAC AND AGAIN, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THAT BAC IS BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS FOLKS THAT YOU ALL NOMINATED TO BE ON THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THESE ARE RESIDENTS, I THINK SOME ARE HERE TODAY AND THE TAC IS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE FOLKS FROM TXDOT, COG, DART.
SO WE HAVE THEIR FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'VE KIND OF MASSAGED THAT LIST AND THE TOP 15.
THIS PRELIMINARY LIST THAT YOU SEE HERE, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THAT OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AND THAT INITIAL SCHEMATIC TO TAKE TO KIND OF GUIDE US IN THAT NEXT STEP, WHICH IS PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THESE PROJECTS.
THESE ARE NOT THE 15 THAT WILL BE DONE NEXT OR IMMEDIATELY.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE HERE IN APRIL.
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THEY WILL MEET TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PHASE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.WE'LL BE SEEKING FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE DESIGN STANDARDS, THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK ON THAT DRAFT NETWORK AND THE LIST OF PRIORITIZED AND PHASED PROJECTS.
AND I THINK MOST PROUD THAT I HAVE HERE ON THE LIST IS WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSE WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE ON WORKING TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY AND THE TIMING AND THE FREQUENCY OF SWEEPING OUR BIKE LANES.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THERE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO INCLUDE THE GRANTS, BONDS OR A COMBINATION THEREOF. AND ONE THING IF I COULD MENTION, APRIL IS DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH AND MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH.
SO WITH THAT, I'M ENCOURAGING ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND TO NOT DRIVE DISTRACTED, TO WATCH FOR CYCLISTS AND TO STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK. I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE LEAD BY THE EXAMPLE WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE.
SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SUPPORT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIKE PLAN UPDATE.
SO BACKWARDS FROM THE OTHER ONE.
YES, PERTAINING TO THE BIKE LANE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING CITYWIDE, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I MEAN, GIVE ME AN UPDATE.
SO ANNUALLY WE LOOK TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE CANNOT DO 14 PROJECTS EACH YEAR, SO IT'S MORE OF A PHASED PROCESS.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PROJECTS COMING UP, AND I THINK GUS HAS ALREADY MENTIONED A FEW LIKE ELAM.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO COUNCIL MEMBER WE HAVE THOSE.
AND THEN ALSO SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE GREATER CHALLENGE OF THE MIX OF TRUCKS WITH WITH THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIANS IN ADDITION TO IN ADDITION TO VEHICLES.
SO WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF OUR WORK.
I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CYCLES AROUND UNIVERSITY HILL THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN A GIVEN WEEKEND, YOU SEE MAYBE 15 OR 20 BIKERS RIDING DOWN UNIVERSITY HILL OR KENT WILSON IN THAT AREA, AND ALSO BY OVER THERE BY HAMPTON AND LEADBELLY RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE IS NO BIKE LANES THERE.
BUT BUT YOU GOT A UNIVERSITY THERE, THAT STUDENT TO DO.
CAN WE GIVE US A STATUS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN DISTRICT EIGHT WITH BIKE LANE? YES, SIR. LET ME LET ME WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE GAPS IN THAT AREA.
SO LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH YOU.
YEAH, YEAH, WE GOT TWO PROJECTS.
ONE IS WHEATLAND, WHICH INCLUDES BIKE LANES AND IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE UNIVERSITY THERE.
SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A MAP OF WHERE THE CURRENT PROJECTS ARE.
I KNOW, I KNOW. WE GOT OVER THERE ON PEMBERTON HILL, PEMBERTON HILL RIGHT NOW.
WE GOT BIKE LANE GOING DOWN 175 TO TRINITY PARKWAY OR GREAT TRINITY PARKWAY, BUT ALSO UNIVERSITY HILLS THAT WE DON'T HAVE NO BIKE LANE, BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RIDING THEIR BIKES THERE.
SO I HOPE WE CAN GET SOME TEMPORARY SOMETHING THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE.
AND AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DEFINITELY GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR THERE.
OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY UPDATE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN WRITING FOR THE LOCATION THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO ME?
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YES. WE'LL FOLLOW UP IN WRITING, SIR.QUESTION IS THERE ANY PLANS ON THE BOOK THAT YOU HAVE IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW? YES, WHEATLAND IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGNED AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT UNDER DESIGN NEAR THE LANCASTER DART STATION CONNECTING TO FIVE MILE CREEK TRAIL, AND THAT'S UNDER DESIGN TO CONNECT THE TRAIL TO THE DART STATION.
PLEASE GIVE HIM A COPY OF THAT, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. CHAIR WILLIS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW.
YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THE SWEEPING OF BIKE LANES YOU MENTIONED.
THOSE ARE WHEN THEY'RE DIRTY, THEY'RE UNUSED.
SAME THING WHEN WE HAVE VEHICLES PARKED IN BIKE LANES.
AND SO I WANT TO SEE IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT SAME THING WITH OUR SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE.
WE ARE BUILDING THESE BIKE LANES, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BUT IF THEY'RE CAUSING A DISRUPTION OR BIKE LANES TO BE UNUSED, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT? THANK YOU.
IT'S JUST AN AUTOMATIC. IF IT'S A BIKE LANE, THERE'S NO PARKING, SO IT'S AUTOMATICALLY ENFORCEABLE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE THE PRIORITIZATION COMES.
I KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ON PAPER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF GAPS IN THE NETWORK.
AND I'M CURIOUS WHY WE'RE NOT MORE STRATEGIC, LESS ON INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE, BUT MORE ON EFFICIENCY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO FUND A BIKE LANE IN DISTRICT SEVEN THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS US ON SEVERAL PLACES.
SO THE INTENT OF THIS PRELIMINARY LIST IS MORE OF THE LONGER TERM THAT REQUIRE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ALREADY HAVE ARE PART OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECTS AND CASE IN POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE LAKE JUNE PROJECT THAT WILL BE PUTTING IN THE BICYCLE LANES ON LAKE JUNE AND CONNECT TO THE DART STATION.
AND SO ON DISTRICT 13, WE HAVE PART OF THE PARK LANE PROJECT.
SO THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ALREADY HAVE OR ARE ALREADY ONGOING THAT HAVE THOSE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GAPS AND AS WE PREPARE FOR THE BOND WITH NEEDS INVENTORY OF STREETS, HOW MUCH COLLABORATION IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DOUBLING EFFORTS AND COMING BACK TO HAVE TO TO STRIPE OR EQUIP NEW PROJECTS? IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPECT AS AN EXPECTATION OF CONTRACTS THAT WE BID OUT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOW? RIGHT. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE BOND OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHERS.
BASICALLY, WE'RE OVERLAYING ALL THE THE PROJECTS AND WHATEVER THAT WE CAN.
AND JUST LIKE WHAT JESSICA MENTIONED IS THAT IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO OVERLAY A ROADWAY NOW AND THIS ROADWAY IS ON THE BIKE PLAN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESTRIPE IT TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, I GUESS.
WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE COUPLED WITH SOMETHING ON NEEDS INVENTORY?
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I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT.IT'S JUST TOO EXPENSIVE THAT WE HAVE TO PHASE IT OUT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN MORE AGGRESSIVELY ADDRESS IT.
AND SO THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.
I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN KIND OF GIVE US DIRECTION, ESPECIALLY AS WE GO INTO THESE BOND CONVERSATIONS AND GO INTO OUR NEXT BUDGET SEASON, HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE AND TRY TO GET ENOUGH FUNDING SO THAT THIS ISN'T A PIPE DREAM AND WE ACTUALLY SEE A NETWORK START TO ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM THE CONSULTANT AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE IS HOW CAN THIS BE IMPLEMENTED? FOR EXAMPLE, IN AUSTIN, THEY HAD BASICALLY A BIKE BOND THAT PRIORITIZED A BUNCH OF PROJECTS TOGETHER.
SO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IN ONE FELL SWOOP, THERE WERE SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDED.
MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MEANING SIGNALS AND CONFIGURATION OF THOROUGHFARES THAT CATER TO OUR OUR MULTIMODAL INSTEAD OF THEM JUST SOMEWHAT SEEMING AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
ARE WE WHERE ARE WE? AND THEN WITH THAT CONVERSATION, AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOND, FOR INSTANCE, HOW NOT YOU DON'T GIVE ME A NUMBER NOW, BUT HOW MUCH COLLABORATION ARE WE MAKING A PRIORITY TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACTUALLY MAKE SUCCESSFUL BIKE LANES? WELL, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE COLLABORATING AND WE'RE PUTTING ALL THESE ITEMS IN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MY PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THERE IS A SLIDE IN THERE THAT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BIKE LANES AND THE STRIPING ON THOSE BIKE LANES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT INCLUSIVE OF ACTUAL SIGNALING AS WELL. THE AS FAR AS THE SIGNALS ARE CONCERNED, IT IS PART OF OUR ESTIMATE OF AS WE GENERATE THE OPINION OF PROBABLE CAUSE THAT JESSICA MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
YES. SO SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE THE BICYCLE LANES ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND IT'S A TWO WAY, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO BE MODIFIED.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF KEEP THEM SEPARATE AS IN AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE COST.
AND MY LAST POINT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED OR AND OR PRIORITIZED, IT'S STILL TO ME SPEAKS TO SOME INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTION THAT THAT ALREADY KIND OF HAS TRAIL SYSTEMS OR THE ABILITY TO FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM THIS, BUT THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST DALLAS, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT BEYOND.
WE DON'T HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN CONTIGUOUS TO TO ACT AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN RECREATION LIKE OTHER PARTS.
AND SO WHERE ARE WE ACTUALLY PRIORITIZING THIS TO BE LOOKED AT AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS VERSUS RECREATION? WELL, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE COMMITTING TO THAT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ALL THE TRAILS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT IS BEING INTEGRATED. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S KIND OF HAPPENED IN THE FAIR PARK AREA WHERE WE'RE INTEGRATING WITH THE TRAIL WITH THE NEW ONE, BOTH ALL AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WELL CONNECTED AND SO ON.
SO WE'RE WE'RE ACTIVE IN THAT AREA.
I MEAN, I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND ARE YOU ALL ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE BUS ROUTES AND MASS TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN CERTAIN AREAS? AS FAR AS THE EQUITY CONVERSATION, I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
YES. AND THEN MY LAST POINT AND THEN I'LL GO.
SORRY, MR. CHAIR, BUT ON THE YOU BROUGHT UP THE LOOP AROUND FAIR PARK, FOR INSTANCE.
THAT'S NOT UPDATED YET ON THE MAP THAT YOU ALL HAVE ON THIS PRESENTATION.
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NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE YET.OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T REFLECT THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A COMPLETE LOOP AROUND THE FAIR.
OKAY. BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP ON IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THIS PLAN THAT YOU LINK IN FROM YOUR PRESENTATION.
THIS INCLUDES ALL THE EXISTING TRAILS, I MEAN, LANES AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE ASPIRATIONAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT MAP IS INCLUDED? I'M SORRY, WHAT? MAP. THE MAP THAT'S ON THE LINK FROM THE FEEDBACK.
THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK. OH, THE ONLINE MAP.
I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT IT? SO IT INCLUDES EXISTING BIKE LANES AND ASPIRATIONAL.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THEN ABOUT THAT.
SO AND IT'S ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH CHAIR BAZALDUA'S POINT ABOUT REALLY BEGINNING TO SEE BICYCLE AS A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BECAUSE WE SEE LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, HALF ENDED STUFF AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED.
AND SO WHAT THAT TIES TO TO ME IS IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GOT, IF THE FEEDBACK IS DRIVING A LOT OF THIS, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING THAT THEY'RE BASED ON ABOUT, WHAT WAS IT, ABOUT 75 RESPONSES? THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS PLAN? NO, THAT'S SO THE 90.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAPLE AVENUE WITH 81 LIKES.
THAT IS JUST ONE SEGMENT THAT RECEIVED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK.
THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT'S PRIORITIZING THOSE SEGMENTS.
SLIDE SEVEN IS THE THE QUANTITATIVE PRIORITIZATION.
THOSE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES THAT WE USED TO PRIORITIZE THESE SEGMENTS.
IT'S NOT JUST PUBLIC FEEDBACK OR FEEDBACK FROM THE BAC OR TAC.
SO OKAY. ALSO, CAN WE GET A LIST OF THE.
BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? I BELIEVE IT WAS FORMED MAYBE BEFORE SOME OF US WERE ELECTED, SO I DON'T EVEN I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH IT PERHAPS AS I SHOULD BE.
NO, IT WAS JANUARY OF LAST YEAR THAT WE KICKED THAT OFF.
SO OF THE 15 PROJECTS, I NOTICED THAT I THINK ONE OF THEM IS NORTH OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.
THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT'S IN ALL OF NORTH DALLAS.
SO DO YOU WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE LOGIC FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? YES. SO THE 15 PROJECTS, AGAIN, IF EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG ALL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, I'M ASKING THEM TO BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ONE FOR DISTRICT 13.
I MEAN, LIKE FOUR DISTRICTS, THERE'S ONE.
AND SO AND WHAT WAS SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT AND YOU CAN GET TO GET TO US LATER IS WHAT'S YOUR LOGIC MODEL FOR USING THIS AS A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THESE PARTICULAR ONES? WHAT HOW IS THAT GOING TO BUILD OUT A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THOSE FOLKS TO WHERE ARE THEY GOING? WHY DO THEY NEED IT THERE? WAS IT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF IT'S A POPULARITY THING, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY PUSH OUT SURVEYS, ALL OF US.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
WE'RE SEEING MORE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTED TO PROJECTS THAT CONNECT TO EXISTING TRAILS OR BIKE LANES.
SO THAT IS GUIDING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO THEN MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST COMMENT, MR. CHAIR, IS MAYBE PUT YOUR RATIONALE OF WHERE I'M JUST TAKING THE FIRST ONE.
WHERE IS THE FIRST ONE GOING FROM TO WHAT'S IT GOING TO CONNECT? WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IT? AND I THINK HAVING THAT RATIONALE FOR THAT WILL HELP FOR THE FOLKS WHO AREN'T GETTING, YOU KNOW, ANY ANY WHOLE PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE REALLY NOT GETTING ANYTHING.
UNDERSTAND WHY THESE OTHER ONES ARE MORE HEAVILY WEIGHTED.
YES, MA'AM. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND MR. RESENDEZ? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? SORRY. YES, SIR. YES, SIR.
I WAS MAKING SURE I GOT ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
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DISTRICT FIVE, YOU KNOW.SO OBVIOUSLY, I'M GOING TO COME AND ADVOCATE.
DID Y'ALL KNOW THAT? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BIKE LANES OR BIKE FACILITIES OR SHARED LANE MARKINGS ARE? IN THAT AREA OF DISTRICT FIVE.
NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN FIND THAT FOR YOU.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S MANY, IF ANY.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD KNOW, THOUGH.
IF WE'RE COMING UP WITH A BIKE PLAN, WE SHOULD KNOW WHERE BIKE LANES EXIST.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THERE ARE ZERO BIKE FACILITIES, BIKE LANES.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT PART OF DISTRICT FIVE.
SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A PLAN THAT DOESN'T PRIORITIZE THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXISTING FACILITIES AND TRYING TO CONNECT THIS AND THAT, BUT IF WE TAKE THAT APPROACH, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXACERBATING THE INEQUITIES. YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES THAT I SEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A WHOLE IS FINDING MORE AND MORE WAYS TO CONNECT SOUTHEAST DALLAS TO THE UPCOMING LOOP TRAIL PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.
THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO QUALITY OF LIFE, WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
SO I HAD TO COME AND SAY THAT IN PERSON BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME BY VIDEO.
YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF LOOKING TO CONNECT THE LOOP TRAIL PROJECT TO THE DART RAIL STATION OVER LAKE JUNE AND REBUILDING THAT BRIDGE AND THEN HAVING THE LOOP TRAIL PROJECT ON PEMBERTON HILL ROAD CONNECTING SMOOTHLY WITH THE WIDE TRAIL.
BUT THAT PROGRESS, IT'S BEEN LIKE PULLING TEETH.
IT HASN'T HAPPENED ORGANICALLY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO FIGHT AND GET COMMUNITY MEETINGS TOGETHER.
IT'S NOT LIKE STAFF IS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M LIKE, I HAVE TO SAY, CAN WE DO THIS FOR DISTRICT FIVE AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN? FORTUNATELY, THERE IS SOME PROGRESS IN THAT SMALL SECTOR, VERY, VERY SMALL SECTOR OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER, HONESTLY.
AND I KNOW THAT THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PRIORITIZED, WE'RE LOOKING AT HUGE INVESTMENTS, RIGHT? MAYBE POTENTIAL BOND PROJECTS.
HILBURN DRIVE BETWEEN ELM AND LAKE JUNE, NOT FAR FROM THE BUCKNER STATION.
IT'S IT'S AN UNIMPROVED STREET.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO TURN IT INTO A QUALITY AMENITY.
LET'S. LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT OLD SEAGOVILLE ROAD BETWEEN PRAYER CREEK AND SAINT AUGUSTINE ROAD.
PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A HUGE INVESTMENT.
AND I HAD TO COME EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I CAN MENTION FOR NOW.
AND IF Y'ALL WILL, PLEASE GET WITH MR RESENDEZ AND TAKE A LOOK.
WE'VE GOT TO GET WHAT'S THAT CALLED? THE THE BIG LOOP THAT HE TALKED ABOUT THE PARK.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY THERE.
SO AND WE'RE ALL SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS.
IT'S JUST AND THAT'S THE HARD PART IS THE BIKE PLAN COMES AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, OH, WE GOT THIS BIG OLD GIANT PIECE OF NEW LAND THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL BIKE PLAN. SO THEN WE'VE GOT TO LIKE WHAT I SAID WITH THE THREE 60 PLAN, WE'VE ALWAYS GOT TO BE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND CHANGING IT.
SO IF Y'ALL WILL GET WITH HIM BECAUSE HE'S HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I'LL JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I THINK THAT WITH 100 DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND THINGS COMING AT YOU, WHICH I KNOW HAPPENS FROM ALL 14 COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND EVERY OTHER PLAN WE HAVE IN THE CITY, IF THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I THINK SHOULD SHOULD RISE ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S CONNECTIVITY.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN CONNECT TO AREAS THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED, I THINK THAT SHOULD TAKE PRIORITY AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE A GOOD USE OF RESOURCES.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
I WILL SAY JESSICA WAS INVOLVED IN THIS.
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OUR OUR BIKE LANES THAT ARE PROTECTED ALONG VERNON BIKE LANES CAN VERY MUCH BE A TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE.WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY SEE THESE PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND THEY SLOW DOWN.
THEY LIKE IT. STREET SWEEPERS.
WE'RE GETTING TWO MORE, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE STREET SWEEPER THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT CAN FIT INTO THE BIKE LANES.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CONSIDERING THOSE AS PART OF THE FY 24 BUDGET PROCESS.
YES, SIR. SO WE LITERALLY WE DO HAVE JUST ONE FOR THE WHOLE CITY RIGHT NOW.
WE GOT TO KEEP THESE BIKE LANES CLEAN OR PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO USE THEM.
I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN I FEEL LIKE THAT MAYBE STAFF I'M NOT PUTTING THIS ON YOU, BUT I FEEL LIKE STAFF MIGHT THINK THAT WE'RE NOT AS SUPPORTIVE OF BIKE LANES AS A FULL COUNCIL AS YOU MIGHT THINK.
BUT I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN IT UP HERE HOW PASSIONATE WE ARE.
WE'VE WE'VE MORE THAN FUNDED THE BIKE PLAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2011.
AND JUST BRING US SOMETHING EXCITING FOR THE NEXT BUDGET, PLEASE.
SO I'LL CLOSE THIS OUT ON THIS ONE SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I SAY THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME ON THIS CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY.
THERE'S. IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
AND I. AND I KNOW THAT WAS JUST PILOT.
I KNOW IT'S ON THE TOP 15 PROJECTS, SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT RIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO IT.
BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PROTECTED.
WE NEED SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL SUBSTANTIVE THAN DELINEATORS.
AND YOU ALL KNOW I HATE DELINEATORS.
THEY ARE THE WORST THING FOR BIKE LANES.
PEOPLE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY LOVE TO HIT THEM.
I GUESS THEY DON'T DAMAGE YOUR CAR.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST NETWORKS AFTER DENVER.
AND SO DENVER'S 25 YEARS INTO THEIR BIKE LANE PROGRAM AND WE'RE JUST AN INFANT IN THIS.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DID WAS THEY HAD THEY FOUND THESE DELINEATORS THAT ARE THEY LOOKED LIKE LITTLE CONCRETE POSTS OR THEY'RE JUST MORE SUBSTANTIVE.
AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE CONCRETE AT FIRST.
AND THEN THEY WERE LIKE, NO, THEY'RE PLASTIC.
AND I TOUCHED THEM. I WAS LIKE, WHOA.
I HAD NO IDEA. BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER AND THICKER, I GUESS PEOPLE DON'T HIT THEM AS OFTEN.
THEY SAID THEY STILL THEY STILL IT'S A DELINEATOR IT'S JUST A BIGGER VERSION OF ONE.
SO AND IT ALSO LOOKED A LITTLE BIT MORE DECORATIVE THAN THOSE DELINEATORS WE USE.
SO I KNOW WE'VE TRIED MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER.
I'M GOING TO BEAT THE DRUM SOME MORE ON THE SLEEPERS.
I CAN TELL YOU I JUST CROSSED WALKING ON BECKLEY AT COMMERCE STREET AND THE PROTECTIVE CONCRETE.
BIKE LANES WERE COMPLETELY COVERED IN DIRT LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE MOUNDS OF DIRT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA, BUT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT AS WE HAVE PEOPLE DOING CONSTRUCTION IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE BIKE LANES ARE, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING IT CLEAN WHILE THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORKS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS A THIS IS A GOOD STEP.
WE FINALLY HAVE THE BIKE PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOREVER.
WE WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO FIX, BUT THIS IS A GREAT START.
AND AND I LIKE WHAT MISTER WEST SAID.
THIS IS HUGE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY SEE WEST COMMERCE STREET AND FORT WORTH AVENUE.
JUST GETTING THAT ADDED IN DID SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
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SO IT WAS THE PERFECT CONNECTOR.SO LET'S KEEP DOING GOOD THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS.
WE'RE ON ITEM E, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
IT'S CONSIDERATION OF THE SUPPORT FOR A PROPOSED GOOD JOBS FOR GOOD AIRPORTS ACT SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW I ASKED TO HAVE THIS ON AFTER WE MET LAST MONTH AND THE SEIU TOLD US THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR SUGGESTED RECOMMENDED ACTION ITEMS. IF YOU WILL GO BACK, IF YOU READ THE INITIAL DOCUMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED, IT HAS COMPLETELY BEEN MASSAGED BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME REALLY HARSH LANGUAGE IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION.
SO WE WE DON'T WANT TO OFFEND OUR AIRPORTS THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. JUST SAYING DALLAS SUPPORTS THIS.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I GUESS I'LL GIVE LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT TO GO OVER IT AND YOU CAN TAKE OVER. CHAIR THANK YOU.
Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY. VICTORIA MO, SENIOR MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
CURRENTLY, THE BILL READS THAT WE DO THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY LESS THAN $15 PER HOUR.
SO CURRENTLY THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS AN $18 MINIMUM AS A REMINDER.
SO INITIALLY, HOW THE BILL IS THE CITY WOULD BE THE GATEKEEPER OF THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. BAZALDUA. YOU CAN BE FIRST AND THEN MISS SCHULTZ, AND THEN WE'LL JUST ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS.
SO DO WE HAVE AN INDICATION OF WHERE OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION IS ON SUPPORT AT THIS TIME? THEY'RE JUST ASKING US TO HOLD UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS, EITHER WITH FORT WORTH, OUR AIRPORT BOARD MEMBERS, AND KIND OF TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO MAYBE FIX THIS ON THE BACK END BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY TYPE OF VOTE.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAYBE HOLD UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING UNTIL WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF SEE IF SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE CAN CHANGE OR WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE CONTRACTED WORKERS SOMETHING MORE THAN MAYBE JUST THE 15 MINIMUM THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR.
AND THIS THIS WOULD BE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD WOULD KIND OF HELP BLANKET WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE AS FAR AS SHORING UP THE CONTRACTED WORKERS TO OUR MINIMUM WAGE, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND THEN.
OH, I'M SORRY. OH, NO. I'M JUST MAKING I JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE'VE WE'VE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED BY THE AIRPORT THEMSELVES. BUT THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE CONTRACT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT OUR YOU JUST MENTIONED, DFW AND FORT WORTH AND THE BOARD.
WHAT ABOUT LOVE FIELD? IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO LOVE FIELD AND EVERYONE COVERED UNDER THAT EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS AT LOVE FIELD AND IS NOT JUST CITY OF DALLAS LOVE FIELD EMPLOYEES, BUT ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR A CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR FOR LOVE FIELD AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD BE BLANKET FOR BOTH AIRPORTS.
HOW ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT? IS THAT ALSO INCLUDED? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE IT'S DFW AND LOVE FIELD.
I CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND SEE IF THAT ALSO INCLUDES EXECUTIVE.
SO DEFINITELY THE MID AND AND LARGE AIRPORTS AND OUR DELEGATIONS ASKING US TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME TO TO IRON THESE THINGS OUT BEFORE COUNCIL TAKES ANY ACTION OF SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. CHAIR. SCHULTZ.
THANK YOU. I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF WAITING.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT SITUATION.
VICTORIA SORRY, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT SITUATION OUTSIDE OF CITY EMPLOYEES.
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SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE WAIT.I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF ANY STATES THAT HAVE A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE THAN $15? AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LEGISLATION? I MEAN, I. I'M GOING TO HOLD HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING DOWN IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT'S ACTUALLY PENDING, THAT'S FILED FOR AN INCREASE.
NOW, IS THERE CONSIDERATION AT ALL? I KNOW THIS IS BEING DONE FEDERALLY.
SO WILL THIS CONTRADICT AT ALL WITH SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE AND OR OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES RIGHT NOW REGARDING MINIMUM WAGE? I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANYTHING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
NO, THE STATE LEVEL LEGISLATION THAT I'M SPEAKING OF IS ACTUALLY FOR STATEWIDE MINIMUM WAGE.
I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN ATKINS, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? YES, WE REFERRED ABOUT A RESOLUTION.
DID WE CHANGE THE DRAFT? I GOT ONE DRAFT CHAIRMAN.
IS THERE ANOTHER DRAFT? THIS IS THE LATEST ONE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
THAT'S THE LATEST DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE DATED APRIL THE 14TH.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MINIMUM WAGES, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS IN AMERICA OR ARE WE LOOKING AT OUR STATE LEGISLATION? ARE WE LOOKING AT OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATION? FOR THIS CURRENTLY IS THE FEDERAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FOR THE GOOD JOBS FOR GOOD AIRPORTS ACT.
OKAY. ON THE FEDERAL AND CERTAINLY AS A LEGISLATOR CHAIR ON THE FEDERAL HEALTH.
HOWEVER, FURTHER LORRIES HAVE BEEN ANY INPUT ON THIS RESOLUTION.
I MEAN, ON THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, YES, SIR.
OKAY. AND I DID SPEAK TO RALPH AND I DID SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION, AND I DID HAVE SOME CONCERN.
BUT BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TO BE AMENDED.
IS THAT IS THAT A FAIR QUESTION? I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO SO I THINK PARTIALLY THE REASON THAT WE'RE HOLDING IS SO THAT WE CAN RELOOK AT THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION.
RIGHT. AND THE QUESTION WE'RE IN THE BILL IN D.C.
DO WE KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE THE FINAL DRAFT OF WHAT THE BILL SAID, THAT BEFORE WE WRITE A RESOLUTION? I HATE TO PUT THIS ON A NEXT AGENDA AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE TIMELINE IN D.C.
IS. I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT, SIR.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD I REQUEST THIS? MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT THIS ON AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 72 HOURS BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE MEETING.
LET US GET WITH RALPH AND FIND OUT WHAT LANGUAGE THAT IS DONE IN D.C.
AND AS MY LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WE MEET EVERY FRIDAY AT 5:00 AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THE LATEST UPDATE.
I HAVE ZERO. I HAVE ZERO ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE HAVING IT SO THAT WE CAN KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT DETAILS BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, WE DON'T ALL HAVE ACCESS TO READ EVERY SINGLE BILL THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE AND WE CATCH THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE RALPH AND RALPH DID A GOOD JOB GETTING US THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED.
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AND VICTORIA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB GETTING US THE INFORMATION AS WELL.AND THEN BEFORE WE GET TO A MOTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS TO ASK QUESTIONS FIRST.
OKAY? IN MY DEAR MISTER, MISTER CHAIRMAN, I READ THE RESOLUTION.
I DID HAVE CONCERN WITH THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATOR, I DID TALK TO RALPH AND THE BILL DID HAVE SOME ISSUE, BUT THIS STILL IS GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME.
LET US AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN THE PIPELINE.
SO WHAT AFTER THIS? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ONCE WE FIND OUT WHAT THE BILL IS WRITTEN AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, I DO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, SO I DON'T KNOW.
THE MOTION IS TIME TO DO THIS.
LET ME LET EVERYBODY SPEAK FIRST.
AND WE'VE GOT FOLKS WORKING OUT RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING A DELAY ON THIS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT DONE RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR WILLIS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW.
I'LL JOIN THE CHORUS AND JUST SAY THAT I SUPPORT A DELAY AS WE'RE BEING ADVISED TO DO.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO JEOPARDIZE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
HOWEVER, ONE THING THAT YOU SAID, MISS MO, THAT I REALLY LIKED IS ABOUT WORKING WITH FORT WORTH.
AND I THINK IN THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS PRESENTED AND WE HAD WORKERS HERE, WE THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING A MORE COLLABORATIVE SESSION, I THINK WITH FORT WORTH AND THAT WE COULD SOLVE IT ON THE BACK END POTENTIALLY.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT THAT WAY, BUT I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF A DELAY.
CHAIR WILLIS, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING NO.
WE ARE IN HOLD UNTIL YOU ALL BRING US SOME MORE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICTORIA, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW IT GOT THROWN AT YOU AT THE LAST MINUTE, SO JUST HAVE TO TELL EVERYBODY.
SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO RALPH AS WELL.
NEXT, WE HAVE BRIEFING BY MEMORANDUM MONTHLY UPDATE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM F CHAIR WILLIS? YES. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
747 LANE MILES PROJECTED, BUT THAT DUE TO INFLATION AND UNIT COST PRICES THAT WE ARE REDUCING THAT TO 720 MILES.
AND AS WE ARE MOVING TOWARD OUR NEXT BUDGETING SESSION, I'M JUST REALLY THINKING THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT MORE THAN THAT $150 MILLION BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE INFLATION AND COSTS ARE CATCHING UP WITH US AND WE'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO TREAD WATER LIKE WE NEED TO DO ON OUR STREETS, BUT RATHER IF WE EVEN WANT TO SHOW PROGRESS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT ITEM.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
SURE, MA'AM. HONORABLE CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
ELIZALDE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
YES, MA'AM. WE HAD TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE LANE MILES DUE TO THE COST INFLATION THAT WE HAD.
AS YOU MENTIONED, OUR CONTRACT ACTUALLY WAS EXECUTED IN JUNE.
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE TWO MAIN CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD.
BUT YET THIS IS IMPACTING THE OVERALL LANE MILES THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING.
BUT ALSO NEXT YEAR WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT BOND.
SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT BOND WILL CAN HELP, CAN HELP EXCUSE ME, WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANE MILES OR
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ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE OVER AS A PART OF THAT EFFORT.BUT YEAH, FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US LOOK AT THAT IN THE COMING BUDGET YEAR.
ET CETERA. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THAT AND UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT SORT OF ISSUE SO THAT WE DON'T SCHEDULE THEM AND HAVE TO CANCEL THEM AND AND GO THROUGH THAT MACHINATION? SURE. I'M GOOD QUESTION WELL, THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN FOR A YEAR RIGHT FROM SEPTEMBER ALL THE WAY TO FROM OCTOBER, ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT AT THE TIME THAT WE PLANTED, LIKE, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST TIMEFRAME AT THE TIME THAT WE GET TO THEM, IT MAY BE SEVERAL MONTHS, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE MONTHS.
AND DURING THAT TIME, ATMOS MAY BE ON THAT ALLEY DOING THE WORK AT THE TIME THAT WE GET THERE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT IS KIND OF HARD TO PREDICT AT THE TIME.
BUT WE ARE DOING THE INSPECTION OF ALL THOSE ALLEYS BEFORE ACTUALLY WE FINALIZE THE LIST USUALLY.
BUT YET AGAIN, THESE CHALLENGES ARE STILL EXISTING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THE INTERAGENCY TRANSPORTATION REPORT.
SEEING NONE. I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
ANYBODY ON THE FORECAST? REMEMBER, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT MAY AND JUNE, SO HE WANTS SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA FOR THIS TERM.
UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. I THREW Y Y.
THEY'RE ALL OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ASK.
IF NOT, AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN GET WITH STAFF ON THOSE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
I NOW CALL TO CLOSE AT 3:01 P.M.
THE APRIL 17TH, 2023, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED TO KNOW.
SORRY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.