Nov 01, 2023 Council Briefing

MORNING, AT LEAST ONE I BELIEVE SO AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DEAR FRIENDS, I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT VENUE TO ADD A PRAYER FOR THE RANGERS AS WELL.

I HOPE THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

I KNOW WE HOLD THEM CLOSE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT THEM LATER.

BUT IN THIS MOMENT, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

GOD OF MANY NAMES, HOLY ONE OF BLESSING TO STAND BEFORE YOU AT THIS SACRED TIME OF THE LIFE OF OUR CITY.

ON THIS DAY, WE CELEBRATE TRIUMPHANTLY, A VISION OF YOUR CITY WITH ALL PEOPLE OF GOODWILL, WALKING ARM IN ARM TOWARD JUSTICE.

FOR ALL, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BREATHE INTO US, YOUR ETERNAL BREATH THAT WE MAY NEVER TIRE OF ENSURING A FLOURISHING LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE.

HOLY ONE, A BLESSING WE KNOW AND HAVE SEEN YOUR GOODNESS.

AND BECAUSE OF IT, WE CLINGING TO THE HOPE THAT UNITY AND LIBERATION FOR ALL ARE WITHIN OUR GRASP.

CONTINUE TO SHOW US YOUR GOODNESS THAT WE MAY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ADVANCE YOUR KINGDOM WITH HUMILITY AND GRACE.

WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH OUR MAYOR AND HIS STAFF, OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND THEIR STAFFS, AND ALL THOSE ALONG WITH THEM WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY, SO THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE THE COURAGE AND CONVICTION TO LISTEN, TO CONSIDER AND TO THINK CAREFULLY AND TO ACT WITH COMPASSION AND WITH CONVICTION.

REMIND THEM THAT NO MATTER WHERE IN OUR CITY WE MAY LIVE, EVERYONE IS OUR NEIGHBOR, EVERYONE, OUR SIBLING, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO RESPECT AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, THE POOR, THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY, THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOMES, THOSE WHO ARE ILL AND BODY, MIND OR SPIRIT.

THE STRANGERS AND IMMIGRANTS IN OUR MIDST.

THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE MARGINS, THOSE WHO ARE ALONE, THOSE WHO ARE FORGOTTEN, MAY THEY PUT ASIDE ENMITY AND ENVY, BECOMING EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO COOPERATE AND COLLABORATE FOR THE COMMON GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND INDEED OUR ENTIRE NATION.

MAY THEY ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, BY THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE, AND BY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE.

MAY THEY BE REMINDED OF THE ULTIMATE TEACHING THAT YOU CAN PRETEND TO CARE, BUT YOU CANNOT PRETEND TO SHOW UP.

MAY THEY SHOW UP TODAY WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEIR HEARTS AND THE WILL TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR US.

ALL THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT WE HOLD, SACRED AND HOLY.

AMEN.

EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.

FLAG FIRST AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS

[Special Presentations]

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN NVAS FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

A BLEND OF MESO, AMERICAN RITUAL, UM, EUROPEAN RELIGION AND SPANISH CULTURE, ALONG WITH OUR INDIGENOUS, UM, ANCESTORS OF THE AZTEC NATION.

UM, TODAY IS, UH, THE DAY OF THE DEAD.

STARTS TODAY.

UM, OR THE LOS MUTOS IS, WHICH IS A MEXICAN HOLIDAY WHERE FAMILIES WELCOME BACK THE SOULS OF THEIR DECEASED RELATIVES FOR A BRIEF REUNION THAT INCLUDES FOOD, DRINK, AND CELEBRATION.

UH, IT'S

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WHEN THE SPANISH CAME TO CONQUER, WHICH WAS THE, IS MODERN, IS NOW MODERN DAY MEXICO CITY, THEY TOOK THE RITUAL THAT THEY HAD OF CELEBRATING THEIR DEAD AND MIXED IT WITH ALL SAINTS DAY, WHICH IS ALSO TODAY AND DAY OF THE DEAD, OR THE LOS MUERTOS, AS MANY OF YOU ALL NOW ARE SEEING, UM, MOVING ACROSS THIS NATION HAS COME TO BE.

NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY REALIZES AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE LOS MUERTOS IS NOT MEXICAN.

HALLOWEEN, LOS MUTOS IS ACTUALLY A CELEBRATION OF OUR ANCESTORS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED BEFORE US, UM, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY MEMBER, A GODPARENT, A, A PARENT, WHOMEVER IT IS THAT HAS DIED BEFORE, BEFORE YOU, THAT YOU CELEBRATE THEM.

AND IT'S DONE IN VERY, VERY DIFFERENT TRADITIONS.

UM, WE BUILD, UM, WHAT ARE CALLED ALTAS OR, UM, AN ALTAR, AND YOU PLACE A PICTURE OF THAT PERSON OR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHOEVER IT IS.

IT COULD BE YOUR PET.

THERE'S ACTUALLY THE 10 27 IS ACTUALLY, UM, DAY OF THE DEAD FOR DOGS, UM, BECAUSE THE DOG IS THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT IS ALLOWED, UM, TO TAKE THE DEAD AND SHEPHERDS THEM ACROSS THE BRIDGE INTO, UM, THE OTHER WORLD.

AND SO, UM, THERE'S A DAY, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY DAYS, BUT TODAY IS THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL DAY.

AND TOMORROW WHEN WE CELEBRATE, UM, AND WE, UM, PUT THE ALTAR UP, YOU MIGHT PUT THINGS ON THERE THAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE FOOD, THEIR FAVORITE DRINKS, THINGS, THEIR FAVORITE ITEM, WHATEVER IT IS IN ORDER TO HELP REMEMBER THEM BECAUSE THESE ARE THE DAYS THAT THE DEAD GET TO COME BACK INTO THIS WORLD AND ACTUALLY GET TO VISIT YOU.

AND, UM, AND, AND YOU GET TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A REUNION OF SORTS, A FAMILY REUNION.

SO, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO IS, UM, YOU SEE THE SUGAR SKULLS AND YOU SEE LOTS OF COLOR, VIBRANT COLORS, PARADES, ALL KINDS OF REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPEN, MR. MAYOR.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE CELEBRATION, JUST LIKE A FAMILY REUNION.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, ON YOUR DESK COLLEAGUES, UM, FROM MEXICO, YOU HAVE, UM, ACTUAL SUGAR SKULLS THAT I HAVE, UM, GOTTEN FOR EACH OF YOU.

SO I HOPE YOU GET TO ENJOY USING THEM.

THEY'RE DECORATIVE, SO I WOULDN'T, UM, IT'S A LOT OF SUGAR.

SO, UM, AND THEN ALSO DURING LUNCH WE BROUGHT SOME FOND MUTO, UM, WHICH IS, UM, BREAD OF THE DEAD.

AND, UH, IT'S A SWEET TREAT.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT.

UM, I KNOW WE LOVE CAKE HERE, SO, UM, LET'S DO THAT DURING LUNCH AND WE'LL HAVE SOME FOND MUTO, UM, THAT WE CAN SHARE AND BREAK BREAD WITH EACH OTHER WHILE WE'RE HAVING LUNCH.

AND, UM, HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IN YOUR WAY GETS TO CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER YOUR ANCESTORS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED BEFORE YOU IN, UM, AVIVA DALLAS.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS ON OUR ALTAR AS THE, UH, RANGERS ARE ONE GAME AWAY FROM WINNING THE WORLD SERIES.

THAT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AND NOW I'LL RECOGNIZE, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, MS. BLACKMAN.

YOU RECOGNIZE.

GO AHEAD.

UM, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UH, APPRECIATE THIS.

THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY IN OUR FAMILY TOO, AS IT'S ALSO MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY.

HE'S STILL WITH US IN WEST TEXAS, SO, UH, BUT SO WE DID IT.

WE HAD TO GO TO MASS AND CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY, SO IT WAS ALWAYS A CHICKEN FRIED STEAK NIGHT.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN FOR, UH, SHARING, UH, THE BIT OF HISTORY.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

AND ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT JJ PEARSON COLLEGE AT TEXAS A AND M.

AS THE RABBI SHARED WITH US THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF DALLAS'S STRENGTH LIES WITHIN THE MULTICULTURAL ESSENCE OF ITS CITIZENS.

WE EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE EACH AND EVERY ONE AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY.

THIS WEEKEND ON NOVEMBER 3RD, FOURTH AND FIFTH, THE HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IS HOSTING ITS 67TH GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL, A FESTIVAL OF DELICIOUS CUISINE AND PASTRIES, GREEK DANCING, TRADITIONAL DRESSES, WONDERFUL CULTURAL IMPORTS, AND A TOUR OF THE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH COME EXPERIENCE A GREEK ISLAND RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF DALLAS, WHERE I AM HONORED AND PROUD TO REPRESENT THE HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH LOCATED IN DISTRICT 11.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU NOW FATHER MARK PSS, WHO'S THE SENIOR PRIEST OF THE HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.

FATHER MARK HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX PARISH IN DALLAS FOR OVER 50 YEARS, AND HAS SERVED IN THE ORDAINED MINISTRY SINCE 1996.

HE JOINED FULL-TIME AS ASSISTANT PRIEST IN 2018 AND WAS APPOINTED A SENIOR PRIEST IN 2021.

HE'S BEEN A CITIZEN OF DALLAS SINCE 1972

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HE WORKED IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING FIELD FOR 30 YEARS AND THEN FOUND A MUCH HIGHER CALLING.

I MUST SAY, THE DALLAS GREEK COMMUNITY IS THRILLED TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN, LEAD THEM, A SENIOR PRIEST AT THIS EXTRAORDINARY TIME OF GROWTH IN FAITH AND COMMUNITY.

PLEASE WELCOME FATHER MARK PSS MAYOR, HONORABLE MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER JANIE SCHULTZ AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

FATHER MARK PS UH, I AM THE SENIOR PASTOR AND PRIEST OF HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH HERE IN DALLAS.

AND WE'VE BEEN AN ACTIVE AND VIBRANT MEMBER OF THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR OVER 108 YEARS.

WE WERE DOWN IN THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS, OVER 60 YEARS, AND THEN WE MOVED UP NORTH INTO YOUR DISTRICT, UH, ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

AND OF THE MANY THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARISHIONERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS AND, UH, TO THE VIBRANCY OF THIS CITY, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, CIVIC AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS.

UH, BUT ONE ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE MOST, UH, PROUD OF IS OFFERING OUR FAITH, OUR FOOD, AND OUR CULTURE.

WITH OUR ANNUAL FOOD FESTIVAL, WE'RE OVER 67 YEARS AND, UH, OUR PARISHIONERS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND DILIGENT TO OFFER THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME SHARE WITH US THIS COMING WEEKEND AS AGAIN, WE OFFER ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS OF OUR FAITH AND OUR CULTURE TO YOU, THE CITY MEMBERS, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS.

MR. BILLY CORAN IS THE CHAIR OF OUR FOOD FESTIVAL, AND HE'D LIKE TO OFFER A FEW WORDS AS WELL.

AND I THANK YOU.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS WEEKEND.

THANK YOU FATHER MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO JUST ADD THIS IS, UM, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING AND WORKING ON THIS FESTIVAL SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AS THEY SAY.

UM, THERE ARE A FEW MEMENTOS STAYING WITH A THEME OF LEAVING SOME SUGAR.

UM, WE HAVE LEFT SOME PASTRIES ON ALL OF YOUR DESKS, UM, ALONG WITH A FLYER AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING FESTIVAL.

THERE'S ALSO, AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN, UM, GO TO, UM, GREEK FESTIVAL OF DALLAS.COM TO SEE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEEK'S FESTIVITIES.

WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO GET YOUR GREEK ON, GET YOUR OPA ON, AND COME AND VISIT US.

AND YOU WOULD DO US AN HONOR IF YOU LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE, IF AT ALL, AND WE CAN, UM, HOST YOU AND GIVE YOU THE VIP TREATMENT.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP THIS WEEK.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND VOLUNTEER WORK 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT A GLORIOUS JOB.

SOMETIMES Y'ALL MAKE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR CITY AND WE THANK YOU.

ALSO, THIS IS YOUR GREEK LESSON TODAY.

SO THIS IS BEING NOVEMBER 1ST.

IT'S A GREEK TRADITION THAT EVERY DAY, EVERY THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, YOU SAY KALO, MEINA, KALO.

MEINA MEANS LET'S HAVE A GOOD MONTH AND JUST ENJOY YOURSELVES.

LET'S HAVE A GOOD MONTH, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, LETTING US PARTICIPATE, MAYOR.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MAYOR? ALRIGHT, THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE MAYOR.

GO AHEAD.

HELLO.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

GENERAL MEN YOU RECOGNIZE.

I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS A GREAT FESTIVAL.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN A DALLAS PREMIER FESTIVAL, UM, MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO.

I ATTENDED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS THE FIRST OFFICIAL DATE WITH MY HUSBAND.

UM, AFTER 35 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, IT WORKED OUT.

SO I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD SKIP ALL THE DATING APPS AND GO TO THE GREEK FESTIVAL .

AND, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME AND I LOVE HOW COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ, UM, MENTIONED TEMPLE SHALOM AND RABBI PALEY'S COMMENTS BECAUSE ACTUALLY YOU MAY END UP PARKING AT THAT SYNAGOGUE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS THAT, UM, COMMUNITIES OF FAITH COOPERATE.

AND SO I JUST, I LOVE THIS FESTIVAL.

I HOPE EVERYONE GOES BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME.

COURTS THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF COURT.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH, SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND I WILL, UM, DO THE HONORS TO, UH, INTRODUCE MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK AND TO RECOGNIZE THIS OCCASION.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S A REAL THING AND I'M GONNA EXPLAIN THAT IN MY REMARKS.

IT'S ACTUALLY A REAL THING.

AND SO LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW WE GOT TO HAVE MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK.

IT SAYS, WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AREA RESIDENTS AND DETERRING FUTURE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

AND WHEREAS MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL

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AND THE PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND WHEREAS THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT PROVIDES A FORUM WHERE QUESTIONS OF LAW AND FACT CAN BE RESOLVED REGARDING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF STATE LAW AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DALLAS IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL PROPERLY INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAW, AND THAT JUDGES SHOULD ADHERE TO THE LAW AND CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A WAY WHICH PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE STAFFED BY JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, BAILIFFS CLERKS, AND OTHER COURT PERSONNEL WHO STRIVE TO IMPROVE COURT OPERATIONS BY PARTICIPATING IN APPLICABLE TRAININGS, MEETINGS, AND WORKSHOPS.

AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS, THIS IS THE INTERESTING PART, WHEREAS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF MUNICIPAL COURTS.

AND ON JUNE 9TH TWO, UH, 2023 DURING THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERIC L. JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH THE 10TH, 2023 AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

AND WE COMMEND ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURTS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY DE DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND LET'S BRING DOWN OUR VERY OWN JUDGE PRESTON ROBINSON, JR.

TO SHARE SOME WORDS ABOUT OUR LOCAL MUNICIPAL COURTS.

ALRIGHT, FRAT, LET'S GO.

GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR.

MORNING, UH, CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

TO CELEBRATE THIS, I BROUGHT SOME PEOPLE WITH ME JUST TO SAY HELLO, FELT, STAND, AND RAISE THEIR HAND.

UH, JUDGE MICHAEL LACONIA, JUDGE DEMETRIUS BLACKLOCK, JUDGE JULIE CLANCY, JUDGE TANYA GONY, JUDGE KRISTEN KRAMER, JUDGE MARK MORRELL, JUDGE J ROBINSON.

JUDGE MARCIA TILLMAN, JUDGE, SHE WILLIAMS. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR HEARING OFFICER, UH, KATHERINE WONG AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAVE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COURTS, GREGORY NELSON WITH US.

AND I THINK WE'RE MISSING OUR CHIEF PROSECUTOR.

WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING SMALL ON YOUR DESK FROM US TO HELP YOU CELEBRATE MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK, AND WE'D LOVE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU.

AND THEN WE ALL HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK.

, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT ALL OF Y'ALL TO COME DOWN AND WE HAVE THE, THE PROCLAMATION HERE SO WE CAN COME, YOU CAN COME INSIDE THE RAIL AND WE WILL TAKE A PICTURE AROUND THE SEMICIRCLE RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

1, 2, 3.

NOW TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO DEAL WITH OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER

[Open Microphone Speakers]

PROPRIETY DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND GOOD MORNING.

THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR HIS FIRST, HIS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF

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ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS.

WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON, ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.

LA COYA LONDON.

HELLO, HOW Y'ALL DOING? LAIA LONDON 7 22 RE AVENUE.

OMAR, I OWE YOU ONE.

THE ISSUE IS I'M HERE ABOUT A SITUATION IN DUNCANVILLE WHERE I WENT TO THE DUNCANVILLE MAYOR, MR. GORDON, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT A, UM, A A A COMPANY, A GM TOBACCO.

HE WASN'T CARDING PEOPLE, BUT HE WAS SETTING THE CBD STUFF, WHICH THE MARIJUANA OIL, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LEGAL DRUG THAT YOU CAN USE WITH A CARD, AND YOU STILL GOTTA SHOW A DRIVING LICENSE.

HE'S NOT EVEN DOING THAT.

SO THE ISSUE IS, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

NO, I MEAN ALSO I'M ALSO COME TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE NEED HELP BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE WRONG WAY DRIVERS THAN ANYBODY IN THE WORLD.

RENT AVENUE, WRONG WAY.

DRIVING EVERY MORNING.

FAIR MEADOWS IS A, IT IS A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT'S A ONE-WAY STREET, ONE WRONG WAY, DRIVING ON THAT STREET ALSO.

BUT THE ISSUE, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE G THE TOBACCO STOP SHOP THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO KROGER ON MAIN STREET.

THE ISSUE IS, I WENT AND TOLD THE MAYOR ABOUT IT, BUT HIS DUNCANVILLE A DUNCANVILLE POLICE OFFICER.

I ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 21 YEAR OLD THAT GOT HURT IN AUGUST, RIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, A 20 YEAR, YEAR OLD, 21 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN WENT ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING POUNDS WAS BRUTALLY BEATEN BY THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE.

AND TEXAS RANGERS CAME AND PICKED IT UP REAL QUICK.

THE ISSUE IS NOBODY IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY TRYING TO KEEP IT HUSH HUSH.

SO I CAME TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS THIS TOBACCO COMPANY.

AND LATER ON, EVER SINCE THEN, THE OFFICER THAT WENT AND TOLD HIM WHO I WAS, LIKE, I WAS TRYING TO BE ANONYMOUS.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANONYMOUS.

I COME TO EVERY CITY HALL, DALLAS CITY, CEDAR HILL, I GO TO EVERYBODY'S CITY HALL.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANONYMOUS, BUT THEY POINTED ME OUT.

HE BEEN, EVER SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN COMING OUT SAYING I'M AF AND B.

HE TOLD ME TO GO BACK TO AFRICA.

I WENT AND TOLD MR. GORDON WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THEN LATELY I COME OUT OF KROGER, HE DECIDES TO PUT A BASKET BEHIND MY CAR WHILE I'M ABOUT TO DRIVE OFF.

AND HE FOLLOWED TO ME TO MY CAR TWICE.

SO I TOLD MR. GORDON, THE NEXT TIME THIS MAN FOLLOW ME TO MY CAR, I WILL TASER HIM.

I HAVE A STONE GUN THAT THAT WORKS.

IF HE FOLLOWED ME AGAIN, IF HE FOLLOWED ME HOME, SOMEBODY FOLLOWED ME HOME ONE TIME.

BUT IF THEY FOLLOW ME HOME, THEY PROBABLY NOT GONNA MAKE IT.

WE'RE NOT CALLING 9 1 1.

MY HUSBAND WILL SHOOT THAT.

BUT MY BAD, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE WRONG THING.

THEY, MY HUSBAND WILL SHOOT THEM.

DON'T FOLLOW ME HOME.

BUT I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED HOME, ALL OF THAT BECAUSE A DUNCANVILLE POLICE OFFICER THOUGHT IT WAS WISE TO TELL THEM WHO LAKO LONDON WAS AND WHERE I LIVED.

I HAD ALREADY SAID WHERE I STAYED STAYED.

SO IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE.

BUT YOU GOT A TOBACCO COMPANY AND THIS MAN IS ON A VISA HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND HE HAD A NURSE TELL ME TO GO BACK TO AFRICA.

AND MY PARENTS ARE INDIAN.

MY MY MOTHER PARENTS ARE STRAIGHT INDIAN.

SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I CAME ABOUT.

NO LAW ORDER IN DUNCANVILLE YOUR TIME.

STEVE KLEIN, I RESIDE AT 64 27 BORDEAUX AVENUE.

UH, AND I AM HERE WITH THE, WOULD YOU MIND PUSHING THAT BUTTON ON YOUR MICROPHONE OR IF, IF IT'S NOT ON, IT'S JUST TOO FAR AWAY, ARE YOU JUST, IS IT ON OR YOU'RE JUST NOT SPEAKING INTO

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IT? I APOLOGIZE.

I'M NOT SURE.

I RESIDE AT 64 27 BORDEAUX AVENUE, UH, IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

AND I'M HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THE LOVEFIELD CITIZENS ACTION COMMITTEE.

UH, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION SPONSORED, UH, OFFSITE MEETINGS ON SITE.

AND WE, UH, HELD NUMEROUS OFFSITE MEETINGS TO REINFORCE ELEMENTS OF THE EXISTING VOLUNTARY NOISE PROGRAM AS RELATES TO DALLAS LOVE FIELD AND TO CRAFT, UH, SOME STRENGTHENED MEASURES TO INCORPORATE INTO IT, UH, TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT DYNAMIC OF, UH, OF OUR AIR COMPLICATED AIRSPACE.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, AND I APOLOGIZE, I CAN'T GET MY PRESENTATION TO RUN PROPERLY.

UH, THIS IS JUST FOUR HOURS OF FLIGHT TRACKS OVER OUR AIRSPACE.

UM, DFW OBVIOUSLY IS BOXED IN PURPLE TO THE EAST LEFT FIELD, BOXED IN RED TO THE WEST.

YOU CAN SEE AT MARKER ONE WE HAVE NOW WITH PERFORMANCE-BASED NAVIGATION, EXTREMELY TIGHT FLIGHT PATHS, APPROACHING LOVE FIELD AND DEPARTING FROM LOVE FIELD.

UH, IN ADDITION, UH, AT DFW, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE NOW HAVE, UH, SOUTHBOUND DEPARTURES THAT GET ROUTED BACK OVER DALLAS AT HIGHER ALTITUDES.

UM, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A VERY COMPLEX FLIGHT DYNAMIC, UH, THAT REQUIRES NOT ONLY REINFORCING, UH, OUR EXISTING RULES, WHICH HAVE KIND OF FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE OVER THE YEARS, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT, BUT TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN THOSE RULES TO ADDRESS OUR NEW COMPLEX FLIGHT DYNAMIC, UH, DUE TO THE FA A'S NEXT GEN, UH, PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION.

THESE ARE OUR VIOLATORS, UH, SCHEDULED AS OF TODAY.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE EIGHT FLIGHTS THAT ARE ARRIVING AFTER THE AGREED TO VOLUNTARY NOISE, UH, CURFEW, WHICH GOES INTO EFFECT AT 11:00 PM EVERY NIGHT.

AND, UH, EXPIRES AT 6:00 AM IN THE MORNING.

THESE ARE SCHEDULED FLIGHTS.

THESE ARE NOT WEATHER DELAYED FLIGHTS.

THEY'RE NOT PRIVATE AIRCRAFT.

THESE ARE SCHEDULED AIRLINES, UH, THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE LOVEFIELD GATE USE AND LEASE AGREEMENT SAYS THAT THEY'VE SIGNED OFF ON, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE ADHERE TO THIS VOLUNTARY CURFEW.

THEY'VE CHOSEN TO, UH, UH, ENGAGE IN ARRIVALS AFTER RUNWAY UTILIZATION.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE OVERALL FROM DATA SUPPLIED BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANT HMMH, WE HAVE HEAVIER USAGE ON THE LEMON AVENUE SIDE.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, DOWNSTREAM FROM LOVE FIELD ON THE LEMON AVENUE SIDE, THAT THEY'RE SEEING MANY MORE OVER FLIGHTS.

UH, PART OF THIS IS COMMERCIAL AIRLINES.

UH, A GOOD PART OF IT IS ALSO, UM, UH, CHARTER, UH, AND GENERAL AVIATION.

UH, SO IN CLOSING, AS DR AS PATRICK CARANO, YOUR TIME GIVES THIS PRESENTATION'S, PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE ELEMENTS AS A SYSTEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

PATRICIA SIMON.

HELLO? ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

OKAY, GREAT.

HAVE THE DENTAL IQ TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DENTAL HEALTH.

HI, UM, I'M PATRICIA SIMON.

I AM A LICENSED DENTIST IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I'VE PRACTICED HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS AS AN ORTHODONTIST.

PART OF MY TIME WAS AT UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ORAL SURGERY, WHERE I HAD DONE A FELLOWSHIP IN CRANIOFACIAL, UM, AND DENTAL FACIAL ABNORMALITIES.

MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW ME.

I'VE TREATED YOUR CHILDREN OR I'VE TREATED YOU, OR YOU'VE CALLED ME WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT DENTAL ISSUES AND FOR DENTAL ADVICE.

OTHERS OF YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY ADVOCACY FOR THE SMALL LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN, IN DISTRICT TWO PEAKS SUBURBAN EDITION, A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN OLD EAST DALLAS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW ME AS AN ADVOCATE.

CURRENTLY I'M SERVING AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT TWO ON THE, UH, STREET SUBCOMMITTEE AND, UH, FOR THE 2024 BOND.

AND I AM AMAZED AT HOW MUCH INFORMATION ALL OF YOU HAVE TO PROCESS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND AS SUCH, I AM HERE TO TRY AND WHITTLE DOWN SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY BE HEARING ABOUT WATER FLUORIDATION AND THE ANTI FLUORIDATION MOVEMENT.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED ON THE STREETS COMMITTEE IS THAT THERE IS EQUITY THAT IS NEEDED IN THE CITY, AND THERE'S NO GREATER EQUITY THAN WATER FLUORIDATION.

THIS IS THE GREATEST AND THE EASIEST THING TO DO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DENTAL CARE TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO DENTISTS, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES AND DON'T

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WATER FLUORIDATION IS NOT EXPENSIVE OVERALL, AND WATER FLUORIDATION MEETS THE NEEDS FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER THEY HAVE ACCESS TO DENTISTRY.

I HAVE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND.

WHILE AT UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, I PROVIDED ORTHODONTIC CARE FOR, UH, CHILDREN, UM, ON MEDICAID.

AND I WAS AMAZED IN COMPARISON TO OTHER PLACES THAT I HAD PRACTICED WHERE WATER FLUORIDATION WAS NOT THE NORM.

UM, A SMALL COMMUNITY IN WESTERN NEW YORK, A NATIVE AMERICAN, UM, UH, RESERVATION, UM, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW LITTLE DECAY MANY OF THESE CHILDREN HAD DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST ORAL HYGIENE.

NOW, DOES FLUORIDE ABSOLUTELY ELIMINATE DECAY? NO, BUT IT MAKES THE TEETH HARDER AND IT MAKES THE TEETH HARDER WHILE WE'RE DEVELOPING TEETH.

IT ALSO BREAKS UP THE MEMBRANE OF THE BACTERIA IN ORDER TO PREVENT THAT BACTERIA FROM MULTIPLYING.

AND WE CAN'T FORGET THE ELDERLY WHO ARE IN ASSISTED LIVING OR SKILLED NURSING.

THAT'S YOUR TIME ALWAYS.

AM I UP? YES, THANK YOU.

CARRIE CHER.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CARRIE LACHER.

I'M ONE OF THE MANY STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED MONTHLY MEETINGS THE LAST YEAR TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE THE VOLUNTARY NOISE REDUCTION PLAN OR VNP FOR SHORT.

CREATING AVNP WAS REFERRED TO IN A FEDERAL AGREEMENT WRITTEN OVER 30 YEARS AGO, CALLED THE FIVE PARTY AGREEMENT OR RIGHT AMENDMENT, AND WAS AMENDED IN 2006.

THAT AGREEMENT WAS A COMPROMISE, WHICH OUTLINED HOW LEFT FIELD WOULD OPERATE AS A REGIONAL AIRPORT TO ENSURE IT WAS A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND DID NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT DFW AIRPORT.

THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO UPDATE THE VNP AT LEFT FIELD WITH SEVEN ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS IN 1986.

IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, THE AIRCRAFT NOISE HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE VNP STIPULATIONS TO MANAGE NOISE HAVE BEEN LARGELY IGNORED AS CONFIRMED THROUGH AN OUTSIDE AUDIT OF THE PROGRAM PUBLISHED IN 2021.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY EIGHT SCHEDULED FLIGHTS THAT PA THAT ARRIVE PAST THE VNP CURFEW OF 11:00 PM AND IT HAS BEEN AS MANY AS 11.

THE FAA ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO ADDITIONAL NOISE WHEN THEY INTRODUCED NEXT GEN, WHICH I THINK STEVE REFERRED TO, WHICH CHANGED THE FLIGHT PATTERNS FOR THE DALLAS AIRSPACE BY CREATING HIGHWAYS IN THE SKY THAT ALL AIRCRAFT FOLLOW FLYING IN AND OUT OF TOWN, THE RESULTS ARE A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF NOISE OVER SMALLER AREAS TO OTHER NOISE MEASURES.

THE NIGHTTIME PREFERENTIAL RUNWAY IN THE TRINITY RIVER DEPARTURE AT LEFT FIELD WAS NOT ENTERED INTO THE FA A'S GPS SYSTEM, THEREFORE HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE 2014.

THE LEMON RUNWAY WAS USED EXCLUSIVELY DURING THE DENTON RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR OVER 18 MONTHS FROM 2020 TO 2022.

THESE EAST OF LOVEFIELD NEIGHBORHOODS WERE PUMMELED WITH FLIGHTS TAKING OFF EVERY, OR LANDING EVERY TWO TO FOUR MINUTES FROM 6:00 AM TO MIDNIGHT SHORE CREST BRIARWOOD BLUFF VIEW, ELM THICKET AND PARTS OF HIGHLAND PARK WERE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION ENDED, WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET SOME RELIEF, BUT THE LEMON RUNWAY WAS STILL PREFERRED GIVEN GENERAL AVIATION, WHICH HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY, IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE.

CURRENTLY NEAR 65% OF FLIGHTS TAKE OFF FROM THE LEMON RUNWAY.

I'M ON AN EMAIL CHAIN WITH HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WHO DIDN'T EXPERIENCE EXTREME AIRCRAFT NOISE IN THE PAST IN THEIR HOMES, BUT DO NOW, YOUNG CHILDREN ARE AWAKENED FROM SLEEP AT NIGHT OR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM THE NOISE AND NOBODY'S REALLY GETTING A GOOD FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP.

WITH THE GROWTH ANTICIPATED AND POTENTIAL DRONE FLIGHTS BEGINNING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME THE WILD WILD WEST OVERHEAD IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE TO MITIGATE THE SITUATION.

TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION WILL PRESENT 14 ACTION ITEMS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE NOISE.

THEY INCLUDE QUIETER TAKEOFF AND LANDING PROCEDURES AND BETTER COMMUNICATION TO ALL AIRLINES USING LOVE FIELD ABOUT THE CURRENT AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE UPDATED NOISE REDUCTION PLANS, SOME OF WHICH ARE ALREADY USED AT DFW OR OTHER US AIRPORTS AND CAN BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY.

IN CONCLUSION, PLEASE MANAGE THE AIRPORT PER THE FEDERAL AGREEMENTS, WHICH SET THE TONE FOR BALANCE BETWEEN GOOD AIRPORT ECONOMICS AND ACTIONS THAT SHOW CONSIDERATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

PLEASE CHOOSE UP THE VMP.

THIS SITUATION REQUIRES RELIEF AND COMPROMISE.

RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY ONE-SIDED.

UH, HOW'S IT GOING? UM, WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 126 MILLION PEOPLE, UH, JAPAN IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 40% OF THE UNITED STATES POPULATION.

THANK YOU, ARMAND.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

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JAPAN DOES NOT FLUORIDATE ITS WATER.

UH, YOU HAVE THIS HANDOUT.

IT WAS FROM THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, AGENCY, GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN EXPLAINING, UM, BASICALLY, UH, JAPAN BELIEVES IN QUOTE ONE'S FREE WILL.

UM, SOME OTHER STATEMENTS IN THE DOCUMENT ARE JAPAN'S, UH, GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL WATER SUPPLIERS, UH, HAVE CONSIDERED THERE IS NO NEED TO SUPPLY FLUORIDATED WATER TO ALL USERS BECAUSE THIS MAY CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS TO VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

AND IN THE DOCUMENT THEY ALSO SAY THERE IS OTHER WAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DENTAL HEALTH CARE, UH, SUCH AS, UH, DIRECT FLUORIDE COATING OF THE TEETH AND USING FLUORIDATED PEN, DENTAL PASTE.

AND THESE SHOULD BE APPLIED AT OTHER OTHERS FREE WILL.

UM, THIS JAPANESE DOCUMENT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE COUNTRY'S BACKGROUND ON WATER FLUORIDATION AT ONE TIME, UH, JAPAN DID FLUORIDATE THEIR WATERS AT THE SAME LEVELS AS DALLAS DOES NOW.

UM, BUT JAPAN NOTICED A STRONG RISE IN DENTAL FLUOROSIS AMONG THEIR POPULATION.

DENTAL FLUOROSIS IS ONLY CAUSED BY DRINKING THE FLUORIDE, UH, NOT BY JUST PUTTING IT ON, UH, WISELY.

JAPAN THEN STOPPED THE FLUORIDATION.

UH, IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY THE CDC, UH, THAT OVER 40% OF AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS SUFFER FROM DENTAL FLUOROSIS.

LIKE MYSELF.

I'M NOT ADOLESCENT ANYMORE, BUT I WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS, UH, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN DALLAS RIGHT NOW, UH, DALLAS HAS CONTINUED TO FLUORIDATE FOR OVER 60 YEARS, BUT WE CAN STOP IT.

SO, UH, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 9:00 AM THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RISKS OF COMMUNITY FLUORIDATION FROM EXPERTS WITH SCIENCE AND, AND FACTS.

THIS IS THANKS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.

HE WANTED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC TO HEAR FROM PROFESSIONALS THAT OFFER FACTS AND SCIENCE.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WATCH THIS LIVE STREAM OF THIS MEETING OR ATTEND IN PERSON.

I YIELD BACK THE, THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS, THE REMAINING OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IS A CON, UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR VOTING

[1. 23-2798 Approval of Minutes of the October 18, 2023 City Council Meeting]

AGENDA.

ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 18TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.

YOUR NEXT ITEM AGENDA.

ITEM TWO

[2. 23-2799 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

THIS MORNING, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL FULL COUNSEL OFFICER APPOINTMENTS AND A BALLOT VOTE.

LET ME NOTE THAT THE BALLOT VOTE WILL BE HELD TO LATER IN THE MEETING TO ALLOW THE ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT FOR VOTING.

YOUR OFFICER APPOINTMENTS WILL BE HELD ON A SEPARATE VOTE TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED, A MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD BEFORE BEING APPOINTED OFFICER TO THE BOARD.

AND ALSO TO ALLOW, THERE IS TWO CHAIR APPOINTMENTS AND THOSE CHAIR APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING SEPARATED TO ALLOW THE, THE MAYOR TO ABSTAIN.

AT THIS TIME, YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

DEREK NUTTALL IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASIL DUA TO THE CITY PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION.

BRANDI TREADWAY IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

TO THE, TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD ADJUNCT MEMBERS, CHRIS LEE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

MS. LEE MEETS THE FIVE PLUS YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

ESTHER VIAL IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VALEZ.

MS. VIAL MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.

DIANE SHERMAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

MS. SHERMAN MEETS THE HISTORIAN SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

THOMAS CONNOR IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON AND PRISCILLA RICE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ TO THE PERMIT AND LI

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TO THE PERMIT AND LICENSE APPEAL BOARD.

JOHNNY JEFFERSON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAA EFRIN.

FRA VERA IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND ANGELA WILLIS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE TO THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

J PETER KLEIN IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

MR. KLEIN MEETS THE 55 PLUS YEARS OF AGE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.

CARL ENRIQUEZ IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

MR. ENRIQUEZ MEETS THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.

JORDAN JACOBS IS BEING NOMINATED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD, YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 13 BOARD GRAND PARK SOUTH DIANE RAGSDALE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAA TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 15 BOARD FORT WORTH AVENUE.

DEBBIE SOLIS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOVAS.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

YOUR OFFICER APPOINTMENT.

J PETER KLEIN IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

RONNIE MEES IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

AND ESTHER VIAL IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOVAS.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR, LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN NOVA, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST WANNA, UM, STAND UP TO SAY THAT, UM, ESTE AL HAS, UM, DONE A FANTASTIC, PHENOMENAL JOB AS VICE CHAIR OVER THE PAST TERM.

UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS MADE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, UM, WERE VERY NEGATIVE.

AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS HAPPEN.

ESTHER IS A VOLUNTEER JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND, UM, TO BE BULLIED AND TO BE, UM, TREATED, UM, JUST NOT IN THE BEST OF WAYS WHEN, UM, I, THINGS ARE NOT GOING THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO.

IT'S NOT THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND I HAVE TO COMMEND ESTHER AS WELL AS OUR CHAIR CATHERINE, UM, FOR STANDING UP AND NOT BEING SCARED OFF FROM DOING THIS VOLUNTEER POSITION AND TO SERVE OUR GREAT CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES HERE IN THE FACE OF FOLKS WHO WOULD PREFER TO BULLY AND PICK AT AND SHAME FOLKS AND TRY TO MAKE THEM QUIT OR DO THINGS AND HARASS THEM INSTEAD OF, UM, WORKING WITH THEM SO WE CAN GET THINGS DONE.

AND THAT'S HOW WE DO IT AROUND HERE.

UM, AT CITY HALL IS, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE BICKER.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.

AND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S POLITICS AND THAT'S CREATING GOOD POLICY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ONE BIG FAMILY AND OUR FAMILIES DO THE SAME THING, BUT WE SHOULDN'T DO IT TO A POINT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO CALL AND GET, UM, POLICE, UM, SERVICES, ESCORTS, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ESPECIALLY FOR A VOLUNTEER POSITION HERE IN THE CITY.

AND IT, IT, IT WOULD JUST BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THOSE THINGS.

AND, UM, JUST TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WE, WE DON'T EVER GET USED TO IT, I THINK, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE THE ELECTED PEOPLE, WE'RE THE ELECTED BODY.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE APPOINTED FOLKS, UM, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO BE SCARED OFF FROM SERVING IN THESE TYPES OF POSITIONS.

SO, UM, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS, BUT REALLY THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT ESTHER HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND HER COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY AND TO THE ISSUES THAT ARE, UH, ABOUT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.

SHE HAS RISEN TO BE, UM, THE CREAM OF THE CROP OF THE BOARD ALONG WITH HER OTHER MEMBERS.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THOSE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT HER AND THAT SHE KNOWS THAT, UM, I'VE GOT HER BACK AND I, I KNOW THIS COUNCIL HAS HER BACK AND THE CITY HAS HER BACK, AND, UM, AS WELL AS THE OTHERS AND TO KEEP DOING THE GOOD WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR MISSION OF IMPLEMENTING OUR CCAP AND THE OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE AS WE CONTINUE TO HELP OUR NEW CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THIS COUNCIL GET THE POSITIVE, EXCELLENT, UM, UM, POLICY THAT WE CAN ADOPT AND PASS.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VICE CHAIR VIAL AND UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK TOGETHER AND CONTINUING WORKING WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO BE GONE FOR AGAINST THE, UH, APPOINTMENTS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY READ? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

SO ALL MR. MAYOR? OH YES.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES, UH, POINT OF INQUIRY.

UM, PARK BOARD, UH,

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VOTE.

VOTE IS NOT TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.

NO.

WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT? THE CITY SECRETARY ACTUALLY SAID THIS BEFORE WE STARTED.

I'LL, I'LL REITERATE.

SHE'S THE, THE, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE A BALLOT VOTE AND SHE'S HOLDING THOSE UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL COUNCIL, UM, TO VOTE.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON THOSE.

UM, USING THE, OKAY.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S HERE.

AH, WELL IT JUST HAPPENED.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, YOU GET MY POINT.

THAT'S WHY SHE WAS HOLDING THOSE.

AND WE WERE GONNA DEAL WITH THE, THE, UM, OTHER ONES FIRST.

ANYBODY ELSE ON FOR AGAINST THE TWO CHAIR APPOINTMENTS AND THE VICE CHAIR APPOINTMENT THAT WE HAD? SENIOR AFFAIRS, VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT I ABSTAIN FROM THAT ONE NOTED.

MR. MAYOR.

OKAY, MR. MAYOR, ARE WE READY TO DO THE WE ARE READY.

WE HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT, SO WE'RE READY TO DO THE BALLOT VOTING.

MY STAFF IS DISTRIBUTING A DOCUMENT THAT HAS A QR CODE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE BALLOTS.

I DO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GO AHEAD AND SCAN THAT QR CODE AND LOG IN YOUR INFORMATION, WHICH IS YOUR FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME.

BUT HOWEVER, PLEASE DO NOT BEGIN VOTING UNTIL YOU'RE INSTRUCTED TO.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOUR VICE CHAIR NOMINEES.

SCOTT GOLDSTEIN IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

SCOTT GOLDSTEIN IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON STANISLAU JUNIORS IS ALSO BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD PRISCILLA RICE IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER BASAL AND COUNCIL MEMBER VALEZ.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES.

AND AGAIN, I WILL ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND SCAN THE CODE, BUT PLEASE DO NOT START VOTING UNTIL INSTRUCTED, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES THIS WE VOTE DIFFERENTLY EVERY TIME.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE GOT A NEW SYSTEM ALL THE TIME.

SO SCAN THE QR CODE FIRST AND THEN YOU ENTER YOUR NAME AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR NAME APPEARS AT THE TOP OF YOUR BALLOT BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER.

ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT PART STOP, DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL, UM, THE CITY SECRETARY TELLS US WHAT TO DO NEXT.

SO, SO SCAN THE CODE AND THEN PUT IN YOUR NAME.

ENTER, AND THEN YOU SHOULD BE AT THE POINT WHERE YOU SHOULD STOP AND WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

POINT OF INFORMATION.

MR. MAYOR? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

UM, WILL THE POLL BE UNLOCKED FOR US TO VOTE AT SOME POINT? IT, IT WILL, BUT NOT YET.

AND I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE, UM, DISCUSSION ON THE VERY GOOD.

JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THE HORSESHOE ABOUT THIS.

YEAH, YEAH.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T START DON'T START THE VOTING YET.

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRWOMAN STEWART FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THIS IS ON THE, ON THE ISSUE OF THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

SO WE'RE NOW RECOGNIZING PEOPLE WHO WANNA SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ANY OF THE NOMINEES FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

VICE CHAIR, THAT'S, SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

HE ALSO HAS FLEXIBILITY IN HIS JOB THAT ALLOWS HIM TO BE AVAILABLE FOR MEETINGS HELD DURING THE DAY.

I AM, EXCUSE ME.

PLEASED TO NOMINATE SCOTT GOLDSTEIN FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

SCOTT HAS A LONG TENURE OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY.

HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT CITY HALL AND NOW WORK AT DDI GIVE HIM A UNIQUE AND SOMEWHAT SEASONED PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORK THAT HAPPENS HERE.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE ROLE OF STAFF AND THE ROLE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

HE KNOWS THE STRATEGIZING THAT GOES ON AND MAYBE THE POLITICS AS WELL.

HIS ADVICE TO ME OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN TRULY INVALUABLE.

HE KNOWS WHO TO TALK TO, TO GET SOMETHING EXPLAINED OR WHO TO TALK TO TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

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WE SHOULD NOT TAKE SCOTT'S EXPERIENCE FOR GRANTED.

WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE HIM IN LEADERSHIP ROLES.

HE CAN STEP INTO THIS ROLE AS A STRONG LEADER WITH GOOD INSTINCTS AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SUCCESS, THE SUCCESS OF EVERY ONE OF OUR 14 DISTRICTS IS IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN WEST FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK BOARD.

AND IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY WHEN WE HAVE THREE GREAT NOMINEES, UH, FOR, FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS.

IT MAKES THE VOTING REALLY HARD.

UM, I I WANTED TO SPEAK FOR JR HUERTA, WHO I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW.

HE'S BEEN ON THE PARK BOARD SINCE RIGHT AFTER I GOT ELECTED, SO HE'S GOT SOME, SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE.

UM, JR GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF.

UM, HE, BUT HE KNOWS PARKS ALL ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE OF HIS, HIS, UM, HIS PARTICIPATION IN IN LEADERSHIP IN THE DALLAS, DALLAS YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUE.

UM, HE HAS BROUGHT A FRESH ENERGY TO OAK CLIFF AND ACROSS THE CITY FOR ACTIVATION OF PARKS FOR, UM, FOR OUR YOUTH AND, AND RE-EMERGING OF A LOT OF OUR FIELDS THAT NEED TO BE, NEED TO BE FIXED UP.

UM, I THINK STRONGEST REASON WHY I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER JR AND THIS ISN'T A DINGING AGAINST ANY OTHER CANDIDATE, BUT HE IS, HE IS, HE'S NOT POLITICAL.

UM, HE IS, UH, HE'S, HE'S, HE SHOWS UP, UM, NOT JUST AT MEETINGS, BUT HE SHOWS UP AT RIBBON CUTTINGS ACROSS THE CITY.

UM, AND, AND HE'S ALWAYS PRESENT AND, AND, AND SUPPORTIVE OF OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND SO I'D JUST ASK YOU TO CONSIDER HIM FOR THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU, MR. RESENDEZ.

RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AND I AGREE WITH, UM, CHAIRMAN WEST THAT IT, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THREE, UH, GREAT INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE NOMINATED.

I KNOW ALL THREE OF 'EM.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANY OF 'EM, YOU SHOULD.

BUT AS WE CONSIDER THE THREE NOMINEES FOR PARK BOARD VICE PRESIDENT I, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, NARVAEZ AND BA STRONGLY RECOMMEND MS. PRISCILLA RICE.

MS. RICE IS A HISPANIC FEMALE WHO HAS LIVED IN DALLAS FOR 28 YEARS AND IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR 15 YEARS, HER CAREER FOCUS HAS BEEN ON COMMUNICATIONS SPECIFICALLY AS A WRITER AND TRANSLATOR FOR THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN THAT CAPACITY, SHE HAS A DEEP CONNECTION TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN OUR CITY.

MS. RICE SERVED AS MY APPOINTEE TO THE ARCH AND CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, AND NOW IS MY PARK BOARD MEMBER FOR OVER A YEAR.

SHE ALSO SERVES AS MY APPOINTEE TO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE IN THE CITY WHOSE POPULATION IS OVER 42% HISPANIC AND GROWING.

IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT FROM THE, FROM THE VERY BASIC LEVEL OF ENGAGING IN PARK FRIENDS GROUPS IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

MS. RICE IS COMMITTED TO ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY AS EVIDENCED BY HER ADVOCACY TO HAVE ALL MATERIALS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND HER RECENT EFFORTS TO HOST AN ALL SPANISH CITYWIDE TOWN HALL BOND MEETING AT CITY HALL.

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ADDITIONALLY OF THE 15 PARK BOARD MEMBERS.

ONLY TWO ARE HISPANIC, CERTAINLY NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY'S POPULATION.

WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION, YET THE RESULTS OF AN AUDIT OF CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUBLISHED BY OUR CITY AUDITOR ON AUGUST 4TH, 2021 AND REVISED ON JANUARY 26TH, 2022, DEMONSTRATES THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE SERVING ON 60 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN OUR CITY WITH A HISPANIC POPULATION OF 42%.

IN DALLAS, ONLY 11.8% OF THOSE SERVING ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION ARE HISPANIC.

THE FEMALE POPULATION IN DALLAS IS 50.4, AND YET ONLY 39.9% OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE FEMALE AS COMPARED TO 60.1%.

MALE COUNCIL HAS JUST STARTED APPOINTING CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS FOR THE 20 23, 25 TERM.

BUT IN THE 20 21, 23 TERM, ONLY NINE OF THE CHAIRS AND 16 OF THE VICE CHAIRS WERE FEMALE.

VOTING FOR MS. RICE'S VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARK BOARD IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT ONLY ELECT A QUALIFIED, COMMITTED, AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND BOARD MEMBER, BUT TO HELP CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP IN LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY.

THAT HE IS MR. UH, PARKS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PROAM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK BOARD, VICE CHAIR NOMINATIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT, UH, CANDIDATES HERE, UH, ON THIS BALLOT TODAY.

UH, AND WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO WIN REGARDLESS, I BELIEVE WHO'S HERE, BUT I DID JOIN, UM, THE NOMINATION OF CHAIR WEST WITH, WITH WHAT WE CALL, UM, WE NORMALLY REFER TO HIM AS JR.

AND, UH, SO I, I HAVE WORKED WITH MR. UH, JR.

WHO, WHO, WHO REALLY BELIEVES

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I THINK THAT'S HIS OTHER NAME, MR. PARKS , BECAUSE HE TENDS TO GO NO MATTER WHERE IN THE CITY TO CELEBRATE ALL THINGS PARKS, UH, IN DALLAS.

BUT PARTICULARLY I LOVE HIS ENERGY BEHIND OUR PARKS IN, UH, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

UH, SPECIFICALLY I MET HIM, UH, AT KEITH PARK, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL PARK, SOME 260 PLUS ACRES IN, UH, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR LOCATED NOW BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING TOTALLY IN DISTRICT FOUR.

BUT I DO WANT TO JUST CHIME IN.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO COULD, COULD SERVE AS VICE CHAIR, AND I KNOW WE CAN'T, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN, UH, SUB SUBMITTED, UH, I, I SUPPORTED MR. JR BECAUSE OF THE, THE TIME IN WHICH THAT WAS, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO DO THAT.

BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION.

YOU HAVE SOME, SOME VERY POWERFUL SKILL SETS HERE.

AND, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I REPRESENTED, UM, AND SPOKE ON MY RATIONALE FOR SUPPORTING, UH, CHAIRMAN WEST AND OF COURSE SUPPORTING AS WE SO CALLED HIM LOVINGLY, MR. JR.

AND SOME PEOPLE CALL HIM JRA, BUT IT'S JR FOR THIS NOMINATION.

SO, UH, I JUST WANNA CHIME IN ON THAT AND, AND TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IT, IT IS ON LIKE NECK BONES, SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAIRMAN, BASIL DUO YOU RECOGNIZE, EXCUSE ME, FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AND, UM, I'LL ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, A GOOD PREDICAMENT TO BE IN, UM, TO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL DEDICATED, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME, UH, TIRELESSLY, UH, AND SELFLESSLY FOR OUR PARK SYSTEMS. UM, I, I DO, UH, WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, UM, MR. RESENDEZ FOR YOUR, UM, STATS AND YOUR, AND YOUR, UM, POINTS THAT WERE MADE BECAUSE THOSE POINTS ARE VERY WELL TAKEN.

I THINK THAT, UH, REPRESENTATION AT ALL LEVELS, UH, OF OUR GOVERNMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

UH, I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD LATINO REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP, UH, ON THIS BOARD WAS WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO WAS VICE CHAIR OF THE PARK BOARD.

UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S ALSO, UH, IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT THAT DIVERSE, UM, LEADERSHIP THAT WE, UH, STRIVE FOR ALSO NEEDS TO, UM, BE COGNIZANT OF A LONGSTANDING NORTH AND SOUTH DIVIDE IN OUR CITY.

UM, LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION WHEN, UM, HAVING A BALLOT FOR THIS VOTE.

AND WE AS A BODY, UH, DECIDED THAT, UH, WE SHOULD BE DIVERSIFYING GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE THESE LEADERSHIP ROLES ARE.

UM, I AM STRONGLY AGAINST US PUTTING ANYONE, UM, THAT WOULD, UH, FORCE BOTH LEADERSHIP POSITIONS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO BE FROM THE NORTH INSTEAD OF HAVING DIVERSE LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE CITY.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE EXTREMELY CAPABLE, UM, AND EXPERIENCED AND TENURED PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS POSITION.

UM, BUT JUST AS I SAID TWO YEARS AGO, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SOUTH HAS REPRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COME TO SUCH A CRITICAL BOND THAT THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO APPROVE.

AND SEEING THOSE PROJECTS THROUGH AND GETTING THIS BOND TO FRUITION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY, ADVOCATING FOR, UH, WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE LONGSTANDING DISPARITIES.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, UH, THE DYNAMIC OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH IN OUR CITY.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE IN WHEN YOU HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM.

UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING PRISCILLA AND, UM, I HOPE THAT, UH, COLLEAGUES WILL AT LEAST CONSIDER, UM, THE COGNIZANCE OF NEEDING DIVERSITY ON THESE BOARDS IN LEADERSHIP.

AND THAT DIVERSITY IS BEYOND JUST GENDER AND ETHNICITY, BUT ALSO GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF OUR CITY.

CHAIRMAN NOR CHAIRMAN NORVAL, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THE MOST AMAZING, GENUINE, KIND, SWEET AND OH MY GOD, INTELLIGENT PEOPLE I HAD EVER MET.

I, I'M RISING TO SUPPORT PRISCILLA RICE TO BE THE NEXT VICE CHAIR OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

UM, I'M MET PRISCILLA RICE IN THE FALL OF 1992 WHEN I WALKED INTO SOME OF MY GOOD FRIEND'S DORM ROOM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

SHE HAPPENED TO BE IN ONE OF THE BEDROOMS IN THE THREE BEDROOM SUITE.

AND WHEN I, AND THEN I WALKED IN, UM, THIS STUNNING PERSON WAS STANDING THERE.

SHE AND I QUICKLY BECAME FRIENDS AND SHE WAS JUST

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SHE CAME FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE, UM, BECAUSE SHE WAS FROM A PLACE THAT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW.

AND, UM, SHE WAS IN HER TOWN, SHE WAS THEIR SPINACH QUEEN.

AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MOST HYSTERICAL THING BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE SPINACH QUEEN.

I DIDN'T GET IT.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND THEN REALIZED LATER AS SHE EXPLAINED IT, THAT THIS WAS ABOUT FUNDRAISING AND DOING GOOD WORKS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

DECADES HAVE PASSED THAT I HAVE KNOWN THIS AMAZING TALENT OF A PERSON AND A WOMAN.

SHE'S MILD MANNERED.

SHE GETS ALONG WITH EVERYONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A, SHE'S EVER CREATED AN ENEMY, AND IF SHE HAS, IT'S THAT PERSON'S FAULT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT PRISCILLA RICE DID ANYTHING TO MAKE THEM, UM, THAT WAY.

SHE'S FLUENT IN SPANISH.

SHE IS A LATINA, EVEN THOUGH HER LAST NAME IS RICE.

UM, WE USED TO CALL HER PRISCILLA ROSS BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A SPANISH LAST NAME, RIGHT? LIKE THE REST OF US.

UM, BUT THAT'S HER FAMILY LAST NAME.

SHE'S AN ARTIST WHO HAS A COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND EQUITY AND BRINGS THAT INTO HER WORK.

SHE'S A PUBLISHED POET.

UM, SHE JUST RECENTLY, UM, RELEASED A BOOK OF POEMS. UM, YOU CAN GET IT ON AMAZON.

AND I BOUGHT ONE IMMEDIATELY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DID THAT.

UM, SHE DOES LIVE IN PLEASANT GROVE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PERSON IN LEADERSHIP ON THE PARK BOARD FROM PLEASANT GROVE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE HAD A LATINA IN LEADERSHIP ON THE PARK BOARD.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MY PREDECESSOR.

MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

WELL, WELL OVER A DECADE AGO, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE HAD A FEMALE IN THE VICE CHAIR ROLE.

WE AS A COUNCIL SAID THAT WE WOULD PAY ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

LET'S PUT SOMEBODY INTO THIS ROLE THAT IS PART OF DIVERSITY.

DIVERSITY IS NOT ONE THING.

INCLUSION IS THE OTHER THING.

INCLUSION MEANS TO INCLUDE, TO GO OUT AND SEEK, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY THOUGHT OF ARE INCLUDED.

PRISCILLA RICE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT TIME FOR OUR PARK BOARD.

AND I MEAN, NOTHING AGAINST THE OTHER TWO NOMINEES.

THEY'RE BOTH AMAZING.

AND, UM, WELL-RESPECTED INDIVIDUALS.

IT'S JUST THAT I'VE KNOWN PRISCILLA RICE FOR MANY, MANY DECADES AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND MAKE OUR CITY PROUD.

MS. BLACKMAN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AND, UM, MR. BEZEL HAS SAID ALL I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT I CAN ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DIVERSITY IS HAVING A LONGHORN THERE AS WELL, SO I WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HER.

BUT, UM, I, I TOO HAVE BEEN AROUND CITY HALL, SO I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE IN THESE LEADERSHIP ROLES.

AND I KNOW TWO YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE BALANCE ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REPORT TO TC, KIND OF, IT'S ITS OWN LITTLE GROUP.

AND HAVING THAT, UH, NORTH SOUTH EXPERIENCE AND DIVERSITY IN ALL MEANS IS IMPORTANT TO GETTING A GOOD OUTCOME.

AND SO WHEN LOOKING AT THIS, IT WAS LOOKING AT LEADERSHIP SKILLS, BUT IT WAS ALSO LOOKING AT GEOGRAPHICAL GENDER BECAUSE I DID NOT SUPPORT A FEMALE THE LAST TIME.

AND THAT IS NOW, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, BUT I KNEW THAT THE NEXT TIME THIS COME CAME AROUND, IT HA IT NEEDED TO BE A FEMALE.

AND I'M HAPPY THAT IT IS A HISPANIC, COMING FROM PLEASANT GROVE BECAUSE I THINK MR. UH, RESENDEZ, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE WORKING ON GETTING TRAILS AND PARKS CONNECTED TO THE REST PART, TO THE OTHER PARTS OF, OF THE CITY.

AND UM, SO I THINK SHE CAN BRING A VALID VOICE AND A VERY VOCAL AND A VERY STRONG VOICE.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS ABOUT ATTENDANCE.

I KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE THERE.

WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE, I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THEY WILL STEP IN AND THEY WILL BE THAT LEADER AND THEY WILL BE THERE, UH, AND BE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE.

SO I DO FEEL CONFIDENT, UM, THAT MY, THAT I'M YOU KNOW I'M MY, MY SUPPORTING, UH, PRISCILLA.

AND, UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND, UM, HAVING HER, UM, CONTINUE ON, AT LEAST ON PARK BOARD, BUT TO BE IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.

THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH OUR LEADERSHIP AT THE PARK BOARD.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, THE OPTION OF CHOOSING BETWEEN THREE AMAZING LEADERS.

UH, TODAY.

I'LL, I'M CO NOMINATING SCOTT GOLDING ALONGSIDE TWO OF MY WOMEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON PARK BOARD FOR, FOR NEARLY EIGHT YEARS, A COUPLE OF THOSE YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARK BOARD.

UM, KATHY AND I, KATHY'S CHAIRING THE PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

I'M VICE CHAIR.

AND SO I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE, UM,

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AND SCOTT, EVEN THOUGH SCOTT'S NEW TO PARK BOARD IN, IN GENERAL, HIS DEDICATION, UH, TO THE CITY OF DALLAS GOES BACK FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH DDI OR, OR BOND TASK FORCE THAT HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING ON.

UH, WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT SCOTT IS THAT HE SEES THE LENS OF DALLAS AS A WHOLE, UH, AND NOT A DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

AND HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR, FOR THE BEST IN INTEREST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE US FORWARD.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIVERSITY, UH, ACROSS ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UH, PARK BOARD IN PARTICULAR.

WE, WE'VE HAD A WOMAN, UM, SERVE AS, AS PRESIDENT OF, OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A VERY BALANCED NORTH AND SOUTH VICE PRESIDENT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, UH, PAST FEW YEARS OF THAT, UM, VICE PRESIDENT BEING SERVED THERE.

AND SO HOPE THAT YOU CAN, UH, JOIN ME TODAY AND JOIN, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL IN SUPPORTING SCOTT FOR THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHES SHOULD BE GONE FOR OR AGAINST THE, UH, NOMINEES FOR, UH, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSSOHN? OH, YES.

NO.

I DON'T SEE, I KNOW IT KEEPS GOING OFF.

CAN YOU FIX IT WHERE I CAN? THERE WE GO.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

UM, I AM VERY PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE CON NOMINEES FOR SCOTT GOLDSTEIN.

I ACTUALLY THINK ALMOST EVERYBODY ON THAT PARK BOARD COULD BE THE VICE CHAIR.

I MEAN, BEYOND THE THREE THAT WE HAVE, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF PEOPLE AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THAT MEANS EACH ONE OF US HAS NOMINATED SOMEBODY VERY QUALIFIED AND, UM, REALLY WORKING HARD.

SO I JUST WANNA START WITH THAT.

UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT THIS POSITION HELPING WITH A BOND.

THE TRUTH IS, WE ALL KNOW THE BOND'S ALREADY SET FOR PARKS.

THIS POSITION WON'T BE DOING THAT.

UM, FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT SCOTT'S JEWISH AND THAT'S ALSO A MINORITY.

AND IT'S RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE MOST TARGETED.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ETHNICITY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN MADE A COMMENT ABOUT ATTENDANCE.

DO WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT ATTENDANCE? YES.

UM, I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IF, IF YOU NEED IT, BUT I DO NOT HAVE IT AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO COULD, I MEAN, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE ISSUE IS? SHE CAN, IF SHE WANTS TO.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO.

UM, SO I'VE ONLY HEARD IT AS A RUMOR.

I DON'T HAVE THE DATA, BUT THE RUMOR I'VE HEARD IS THAT WE HAVE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NOT HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE OR HAS BEEN VIRTUAL.

AND HERE WE HAD OUR INVOCATION TALKING ABOUT SHOWING UP.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY THIS PUBLICLY AND IN THE MEDIA ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO SHOW UP AND LET'S SEE IF WE'RE GONNA VOTE OUR ACTUAL VALUE ON THAT.

UM, AND THE LAST THING WE SAY IS THAT THE OTHER VERY GOOD POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN MADE IS THAT THIS IS NOT A DEPARTMENT THAT FALLS UNDER THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE.

AND SO THIS BOARD, UM, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO HAVE THE STRONG GOVERNANCE, UM, AND MANAGEMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO MOVE THIS ISSUE FORWARD.

ALL OF THE PARKS OVER 400 PARKS, MANY OF THEM IN DISREPAIR, MANY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD AND DEVELOP.

IT'S A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE MAYOR.

I THINK EVERY ONE OF US HAS REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN THE BOND THAT WE WANNA GET FORWARD.

BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF REPLACING PLAYGROUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T INVESTED IN THEM, SHOWS THAT WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO HAS THAT BIG PICTURE.

AND FRANKLY, THAT SCOTT, HAVING BEEN STAFF AT CITY HALL, HAVING WORKED FOR DDI, I DO THINK HE, UM, UNIQUELY HAS A VIEW AND EXPERIENCE OF THE WHOLE CITY THAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES DON'T.

AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING SCOTT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR, AGAINST ANY OF THE NOMINEES? FOR, AS CHAIRMAN MORENO POINTED OUT IS TECHNICALLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARK BOARD, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE IT LISTED AS VICE CHAIR.

'CAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS A VICE CHAIR.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

SO I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY SECRETARY TO EXPLAIN THIS, THIS YET, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ANOTHER NEW VOTING PROCEDURE.

SO HERE WE GO.

WHAT? IS THE CITY SECRETARY ABLE TO PULL THAT POINT OF ORDER INFORMATION? WE STARTED VOTING, NO WE HAVEN'T.

BEFORE WE UNLOCK THE BALLOTS, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN ORDER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR A NOMINEE TO BE DULY APPOINTED, THEY MUST RECEIVE EIGHT VOTES.

IF AN INDIVIDUAL OF THE THREE NOMINEES DO NOT RECEIVE EIGHT VOTES, THE TOP TWO NOMINEES WITH THE HIGHEST VOTES WILL MOVE FORWARD TO ANOTHER BALLOT THAT WE WILL GENERATE AT THIS TIME.

AND THEN JUST AS A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR INQUIRY.

UM, CITY SECRETARY, WERE YOU ABLE TO PULL THAT ATTENDANCE INFORMATION? DO

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WE I HAVEN'T STARTED ANYTHING YET.

'CAUSE I I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S UM, GOING ON YET.

WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, SO WHEN I WAS MAKING, WHAT WAS THE INQUIRY, MIKE, ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE ATTENDANCE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE VOTING? OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO START VOTING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PULLED, BUT IT'S, THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

MR. RIDLEY, FOR WHAT PURPOSE? POINT OF ORDER STATED WITH RESPECT TO THIS INITIAL VOTE? UH, IS IT, UH, JUST ONE CANDIDATE THAT WE VOTE FOR? OR TWO? NO.

YOU CAN ONLY NOT, YOU CAN ONLY CAST YOUR VOTE FOR POINT OF ORDER.

MR. MAYOR, THE VOTE ONE NUMBER.

THE VOTE STARTED.

IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

WELL, I, I, I TOLD YOU GUYS TO STOP DOING THAT.

, I, I SAID DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE CITY SECRETARY HAS EXPLAINED WHAT PROCEDURE IS.

I SAID DON'T, DON'T DO THAT.

THAT'S WHY I HATE THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S WEIRD.

SO IF ONE CANDIDATE GETS MORE THAN EIGHT VOTES IN THIS INITIAL VOTE THERE, IT'S OVER.

IT'S OVER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

DON'T VOTE YET UNTIL THE CITY SECRETARY SAYS GO PLEASE.

MR. RIDLEY, YOUR LIGHT'S STILL ON.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER INQUIRY? I'M SORRY.

DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE A PARLIAMENT INQUIRY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE.

MADAM SECRETARY, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE BEGIN VOTING, COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON, I WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO PULL THAT INFORMATION BEFORE VOTING.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF US AFTERWARDS? I WILL.

AT THIS TIME WE WILL UNLOCK THE BALLOTS AGAIN.

AND YOU MAY BEGIN VOTING YES.

PUT THIS NUMBER.

YEAH, WE'RE VOTING NOW.

SO THAT'S WHAT I SUGGEST.

DO YOU HAVE A COPY? CAN I JUST ASK ABOUT THIS VOTING THAT'S NOT POINT OF ORDER, POINT OF INFORMATION, POINT OF INFORMATION.

DONATE YOUR POINT OF INFORMATION.

WHY? OKAY.

NOT MINE'S UNLOCKED.

MINE WAS LOCKED TOO.

WHO HASN'T? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ.

SO IT SAYS YOU CAN RESPOND ONCE I DID RESPOND AND NOW IT'S SAYING IT AGAIN.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, I GUESS I'LL JUST TRY IT SOUNDS LIKE CAN STUFF THE BALLOT BOX THEN STUFF IT, YEAH.

I'M TRYING NOT TO.

THAT'S WHAT QUESTION AHEAD STUFF.

IT, I'M JUST KIDDING.

NO, I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO IDEA.

I HATE THIS TECHNOLOGY.

JUST, I TRIED, JUST YOU CAN SEE AND IT TELLS ME IT WAS AN ERROR.

SO IF ANYBODY ELSE SEES THAT, IT'LL LET YOU KNOW.

YES, I CAN.

MEMOS CHARTS.

ALL 15 HAVE VOTED WITH SCOTT GOLDSTEIN RECEIVING SIX VOTES, STANDARD LAUER TO RECEIVING THREE VOTES.

AND PRISCILLA RICE RECEIVING SIX VOTES.

NO, MEMBERS RECEIVED EIGHT.

THEREFORE, YEAH, I WOULD COPY THIS CHART INTO CAN WE STOP THAT NOISE? MUTE THAT PERSON PLEASE.

SCOTT GOLDSTEIN AND PRISCILLA RICE WILL BE MOVED TO ANOTHER BALLOT FOR VOTING.

PLEASE ALLOW OUR STAFF TIME TO GENERATE A NEW BALLOT.

AND, AND DON'T VOTE FOR ANYBODY YET.

GUYS, DON'T, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING YET.

AND ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN OUT NEW BALLOT.

AND DON'T SIGN OFF BALLOT.

YEAH, DO NOT SIGN OUT.

A NEW BALLOT WILL, DON'T REFRESH.

DON'T DO ANYTHING.

A NEW BALLOT WILL GENERATE, AND YOU'LL SEE THE, THE TWO NOMINEES ON YOUR DEVICE.

YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR TWO NOMINEES.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID, BUT IT LOOKED STUPID.

MUTE THAT PERSON, WHOEVER THAT IS.

I'M GONNA ASK IT TO MUTE THAT INDIVIDUAL.

PERSON.

WHERE'S A BALLOT? YES.

PRISCILLA RICE RECEIVING EIGHT.

YOUR TWO NOMINEES, YOU SHOULD SEE A BALLOT FOR YOUR TWO NOMINEES AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

OKAY, YOU CAN START GUYS.

BEGIN VOTING.

10.

HAVE VOTED 11.

YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES? OKAY.

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13 HAVE VOTED AND WE GO.

ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE VOTED WITH SCOTT GOLDSTEIN RECEIVING SEVEN VOTES.

MS. PRISCILLA RICE HAS BEEN DULY APPOINTED.

VICE CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT GUYS, WE GOT THROUGH THAT.

LET'S NEVER USE THAT SYSTEM AGAIN.

LET'S, NEVER EVER.

ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM.

MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU,

[A. 23-2294 Dallas Bike Plan 2023]

MAYOR.

UH, OUR FIRST BRIEFING TODAY IS THE DALLAS BIKE PLAN 2023 UPDATE TODAY, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, DR.

GUS AND CARLY WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE DALLAS BIKE PLAN TO INCLUDE STAFF'S APPROACH, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND PROPOSED NEXT STEPS.

CAN ASK THAT INTO THE .

JUST A LITTLE MORE QUIET SO WE CAN, I CAN'T EVEN HEAR HIM.

CAN Y'ALL HOLD IT DOWN JUST FOR A SECOND, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

ENOUGH ENOUGH.

I KNOW IT'S LIKE, STOP TALKING, PLEASE.

SO TODAY OUR DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, AS WELL AS THE STAFF.

UH, WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE DALLAS BIKE PLAN TO INCLUDE STAFF'S APPROACH, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND PROPOSED NEXT STEPS TO UPDATE AND FINALIZE THE DALLAS BIKE PLAN.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER, UH, TO DR.

LY, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS GUS CARLEY.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I AM JOINED HERE WITH OUR CHIEF PLANNER, MS. UH, CATHERINE RUSH, OUR, UH, BIKE, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER, MS. JESSICA SCOTT, CONSULTANT.

MS. UH, MEREDITH.

I'M SORRY, GUS.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

CAN WE JUST MUTE EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT A COUNCIL PERSON? HOW ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS, WHO IS THAT? HOW THEY GET IN OUR MEETING? I KNOW.

I'M, YOU'RE A COUNCIL PERSON.

IT'D BE, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO'S, I DON'T EVEN SEE OTHER PEOPLE CONNECTED REMOTELY.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? OKAY.

UM, FIRST LET ME, UH, JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS.

I WANT TO TRULY THANK, UH, THIS HONORABLE BODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS PROCESS.

WE HAVE TALKED INDIVIDUALLY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK AS WE WERE, UH, PROGRESSING THROUGH THIS, UH, PROCESS.

SO I WANT TO, UH, UH, THANK THIS BODY FOR THAT.

I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR STAFF, UM, AND THE, UH, CONSULTANT STAFF FOR, UH, WORKING, UH, TIRELESSLY TOWARDS THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH A PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, THE PLAN IS PRIMARILY TODAY WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS THE PLAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, UH, UH, PROPOSED, UH, LOCATIONS, WHICH ARE LINES ON THE MAPS AND THE, UH, POLICY THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO, UH, WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THAT AS WE, UH, UH, MAKE, UH, UH, OUR WAY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

UH, ONE OTHER THING ALSO, UM, JUST, UM, UH, AGAIN, UM, BACK IN ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, UM, I RECEIVED A, UH, AN INVITATION TO AN EVENT.

UH, UH, THE INVITATION CAME FROM THE THEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, UPTOWN DALLAS INC.

WHO IS OUR CURRENT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MS. STEWART, TO ATTEND A, AN EVENT WITH MR. UH, JEFF SPAC, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT WALKABLE CITY RULES 1 0 1 STEPS TO MAKING BETTER PLACES.

AND MR. SPAC HAD PRESENTED, UH, SEVERAL INTERESTING IDEAS AND, AND THE CONCEPT, UH, THAT

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WE ALL BENEFITED FROM AS I READ THROUGH THAT BOOK, AND IT WAS A GREAT, UH, READ AND, AND, UH, VERY, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN MY, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE, UH, REVIEW OF THE PLAN AS WE WERE PUTTING IT FORWARD.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SAY THAT EVENTS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE VERY BENEFICIAL, ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND CAN HELP US, THE CITY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AND ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WAS IN THE BOOK IN PART 11, IT SAYS, THOSE CITIES WHO PRIORITIZE BIKING AND WHOSE FINANCES REFLECT THAT PRIORITY WILL BE THE ONES THAT BECOME BIKING CITIES.

AND I THOUGHT THAT STATEMENT WAS VERY, UH, INTERESTING AND, AND, UH, SPOT ON ON AS FAR AS THE, UH, BIKE IS CONCERNED.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, UM, UH, PURPOSE, THE PLAN, OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE, UH, THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THE ROLE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE FINAL DRAFT PLAN, THE NEXT STEPS, AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE BIKE PLAN UPDATE APPROACH, SUMMARIZE THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS, AND THE COMMENTS REVIEWED, RECEIVED, AND HOW THEY WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN.

AND NUMBER THREE, PROVIDE THE UPDATES TO THE FINAL, UH, DRAFT, UH, BIKE PLAN.

SO WHEN WE STARTED, UH, THIS PROCESS, THE INTENT WAS TO BASICALLY, UH, INVENTORY THE ENTIRE, UH, BIKE NETWORK, INCLUDING CHANGES SINCE THE 2011 BIKE PLANE.

AND THE NECESSITY FOR US TO KIND OF DO THIS HERE, BECAUSE OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN ZONING, LAND USE, AND, UH, FUNCTIONS, IF YOU WILL, OF, UH, UH, AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT IMPACTED THE, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATION, THE, UH, OF, OF SOME OF THE, UH, ROUTES THAT WERE IN THE INITIAL 2011, UH, BIKE PLAN.

SO WE PROCESSED, UH, PROGRESSED WITH THE, UH, UPDATE AND WE COORDINATED THE PLANS WITH PROJECTS FROM PARTNERING AGENCIES AND NEIGHBORING CITIES.

AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE UPDATED, UH, BIKE NETWORK, UH, ONE, IT CONNECTS EXISTING NETWORK GAPS BECAUSE WE, UH, AT ONE POINT WE WERE HAVING, UH, UH, UH, BIKE LANES AND, AND BIKE DESIGNATED LANES, IF YOU WILL, BUT DON'T CONNECT TO ANYTHING, UH, PROVIDES THE GREATER SAFETY AND COMFORT, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH OUR, UH, STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AND DIVISION ZERO PLANS THAT WE ADOPTED.

AND THEN IMPROVES THE SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY, INCLUDING THE CONNECTIONS TO TRAILS AND TRANSIT, WHICH WAS, UH, AN IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT HAD ALSO, UH, EQUITY IMPLICATIONS TO IT.

SO, UH, WE ALSO, UH, WANTED TO DEVELOP NEW AND UPDATED, UH, UH, UH, UH, BIKE FACILITY DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, THAT WE CAN USE HERE, SO THAT IT'S, UH, UH, UH, THAT CAN BE READILY ACCESSIBLE.

UH, DEVELOP THE LIST OF, UH, PRIORITIZED PROJECTS AND PROVIDE MORE DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE ON THE TOP 15 PROJECTS, WHICH IS, UM, A, UH, UH, UH, A PROCESS THAT WILL, UH, BE APPROACHED THE, THE SAME PROCESS THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO, UH, UH, PRIORITIZE AND, AND, UM, UH, GENERATE A LIST OF PROJECTS.

AND ALSO, WE WANTED TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS MOBILITY OPTION AND ENSURE, UH, EQUITY IN THE PROCESS.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS SOME OF THE, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT HAS BEEN USED AS PART OF THE REFERENCE TO THE, UM, UH, TO THE PLAN.

UM, THE OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE IN MORE DETAILED, UH, WE WERE, UH, WE WENT INTO EVALUATING THE EXISTING CONDITION, UH, ANALYSIS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, UH, DEMAND, THE, UH, LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS, MEANING THAT, UH, IN SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WERE NOTED IN THE PRIOR, UH, OR THE 2011 BIKE PLAN, THEY HAD LOCATIONS OF THE BIKE LANES ON ROADWAYS THAT HAD NOW, UH, UH, UH, HAS VERY HIGH VOLUME OF VEHICLES, AND ALSO, UH, HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME HIGHER SPEEDS IN THOSE CORRIDORS.

UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM A SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, NETWORK.

I MEAN, UH, PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS THE, UH, GAPS IN THE PLANS AND POLICIES THAT WERE AT THE TIME, UH, IN PLACE BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF UPDATE THEM.

UH, NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WAS TO UPDATE THE BIKE NETWORK POLICIES AND DESIGN STANDARDS.

AND THIS IS BASED ON, UM, UH, THE LATEST INDUSTRY STANDARDS AS WELL AS, UH, UH, NATIONAL, UH, UH, COMMITTEE, I MEAN NATIONAL, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS NATO, UH, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONS AND OTHERS.

AND, UH, WE, UH, LOOKED AT HOW THE PRIORITIZATION AND FUNDING COULD WORK, UH, AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THEN FOUR,

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UH, WAS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND INCLUDES THE REVISED, UH, UH, THE REVISIONS TO IT.

AND THEN, UH, GOING ON TO, INTO THE, UH, FINAL PLAN.

SO, UM, ALONG THE WAY THERE WERE, UH, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, UH, ACTIVITIES.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL LET CATHERINE TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT OF IT.

THANK YOU, GUS.

SO WE HAD THREE PHASES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

UM, THAT WAS PROCEEDED BY AN INITIAL PERIOD OF OUTREACH IN THE SPRING OF 2022, IN WHICH WE JUST TRIED TO SPREAD OUTREACH AND AWARENESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BIKE PLAN UPDATE.

UM, THE FIRST OFFICIAL PHASE IN WHICH WE WERE ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AND COLLECTING FEEDBACK OCCURRED IN THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR.

UM, THAT WAS TO COLLECT INPUT ON EXISTING ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY'S VISION WAS FOR THE BIKE NETWORK.

UH, WE HAD ONLINE SURVEYS AS WELL AS PAPER SURVEYS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO, UH, LIBRARIES AND REC CENTERS.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE COMMENT MAP WHERE PEOPLE COULD PROVIDE INPUT ON WHERE THEY SAW ISSUES, WHERE THEY LIKED TO RIDE AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETTER FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

PHASE, PHASE TWO, UM, THIS WAS IN THE, AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD, UM, INPUT ON THE DRAFT BIKE NETWORK.

SO THOSE ARE THE LINES ON THE MAP.

WE HAD SEVEN IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN COORDINATION WITH FORWARD DALLAS.

UM, WE HAD, UH, AS PART OF THAT, THEY HAD SENT, UH, UH, LETTERS THROUGH, UM, THE, THROUGH THE MAIL TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AS WELL AS, UH, SPREADING OUTREACH THROUGH, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AND YOUR OFFICES, UM, AS WELL AS OUR OWN LISTSERV.

UH, WE ALSO HAD THREE IN-PERSON POP-UP EVENTS.

AND THEN, UM, FURTHER ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAPS WHERE PEOPLE COULD LEAVE COMMENTS ONLINE.

AND THEN FINALLY A PHASE THREE WAS THIS SUMMER WHEN WE, UM, HAD INPUT ON THE DRAFT PLAN AS WELL AS INPUT ON PRIORITY PROJECTS.

WE HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING, BUT WE ALSO HAD AN INTERACTIVE SCAVENGER HUNT.

AND THEN AGAIN, ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE PEOPLE COULD LEAVE INPUT ON THE MAP AS WELL AS INPUT ON THE DRAFT PLAN.

SO NOW GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD AS PART OF EACH OF THOSE PHASES.

SO AS PART OF PHASE ONE, AGAIN, THIS WAS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES PHASE.

WE HAD MORE THAN 3000, UM, COMMENTS, SURVEY RESPONDENTS.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND COMMENTS ON THE ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAP.

UM, WHAT WE HEARD A LOT WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN BICYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTION, UM, JUST ABOUT CONFLICTS WITH CARS, UM, BEING A CONCERN THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO ADDRESS TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.

BIKING PHASE TWO.

SO THIS WAS AGAIN, THE, UM, UH, IN-PERSON EVENTS THAT WE HAD IN COORDINATION WITH FORD DALLAS.

THEY SELECTED THOSE EVENT LOCATIONS.

AND THEN WE WERE ALSO INVITED TO, UH, DO SEVERAL POP POPUP EVENTS, UM, ON TOP OF THIS.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE ONLINE INPUT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE COULD WEIGH IN ONLINE.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD, WE HAD SOME TRADE OFF ACTIVITIES AS WELL, UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, AN EITHER OR.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, IF COST WAS EQUIVALENT, WOULD YOU RATHER THE CITY CONSTRUCT 10 MILES OF PROTECTED CYCLE TRACKS ON ARTERIAL ROADWAYS OR 50 MILES OF, UH, THIS NEW FACILITY TYPE THAT'S CALLED BIKE BOULEVARD FACILITIES? AND GENERALLY WHAT WE HEARD WAS A STRONG PREFERENCE FOR MORE PROTECTED, MORE COMFORTABLE FACILITIES.

UH, WHAT IT ALSO SHOWED TO US THROUGH DISCUSSION SINCE THEN AND DURING THAT TIME WAS THAT THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF CONFUSION AND, UM, UH, PEOPLE NOT BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT BIKE BOULEVARDS WERE.

AND SO IT ALSO BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE NEEDED TO DO MORE, UM, MORE SORT OF, UH, EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT THIS NEW FACILITY TYPE WAS.

AND THEN FINALLY, PHASE THREE ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAD, AGAIN, A LOT MORE COMMENTS ON THE BIKE NETWORK MAP, WHERE AGAIN, WE HEARD PREFERENCE FOR SEPARATED FACILITIES.

WE, UH, PEOPLE MENTIONED THE NEED TO NOT JUST STOP AT THE INTERSECTIONS, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COULD GET, UH, SAFELY ACROSS THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

UM, AN EMPHASIS ON CONNECTING TO TRAILS AND PARKS.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD FEEDBACK ON THE BIKE, UH, PLAN DOCUMENT AS WELL.

SO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THERE WAS ALSO TWO ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

ONE OF THEM WAS CALLED THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES BY EACH OF YOU, AS WELL AS BY THE MAYOR.

UM, AND THEN TWO REPRESENTATIVES NOMINATED BY US.

UH, WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PLAN UPDATE AT KEY POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AND THEN AT THE END, WE HAD

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AN ADDITIONAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT PLAN.

WE ALSO HAD A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND AS, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THIS WAS A TECHNICAL GROUP OF ADVISORS CONSISTING OF CITY OF DALLAS STAFF, AS WELL AS PARTNER AGENCIES SUCH AS DART, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, ET CETERA.

UM, AND WE HAD EIGHT MEETINGS WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE PAST TWO YEARS.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ALSO BRIEFED, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES, AND WE BRIEFED THE PARK BOARD IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS.

SO THE REPORT CONSISTS OF, UH, SEVERAL CHAPTERS, INCLUDING AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR, UH, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T ACTUALLY WANNA READ ALL 100 PAGES.

UH, AN INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY FOR HOW WE UPDATED THE BIKE NETWORK, UM, DESIGN STANDARD RECOMMENDATIONS, POLICIES, AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.

SO OUR METHODOLOGY FOR UPDATING THE BIKE NETWORK WAS AN EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS THAT LOOKED AT, UM, UH, DEMAND.

SO BY DEMAND WE MEAN, UH, POTENTIAL FOR OR, OR POTENTIAL DEMAND FOR BIKE TRIPS.

SO SPECIFICALLY WHERE THERE'S A CONCENTRATION OF SHORTER TRIPS, THREE MILES OR LESS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT, AGAIN, LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS OF OUR ROADWAYS.

UM, AND THAT FOUND THAT VERY FEW, UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STREETS ARE CONSISTS OF LOCAL STREETS THAT ARE LOWER STRESS, WHEREAS THERE'S A FEWER NUMBER OF HIGH STRESS STREETS.

UH, WE HAD AN, A SAFE SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND AN EQUITY IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT, AND THEN WE DOVE INTO THE NETWORK DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE FOCUS OF THAT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT WAS ON CONNECTING TO EXISTING AND FUTURE TRAILS.

UH, WE HAVE A GREAT TRAIL SYSTEM HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, ON LOW STRESS ROUTES WHERE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY MORE INCLINED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BIKING.

WE JUST HAD TO UPGRADE, ENHANCE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE IT MORE BROADLY ACCESSIBLE, UH, CONNECTIONS TO, AGAIN, UH, AREAS OF HIGH ACTIVE TRIP POTENTIAL.

SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF THREE MILES OR LESS.

UM, INTERCONNECTIVITY AND DIRECTNESS OF ROUTES.

AND THEN BIKE RIDER SAFETY AND COMFORT.

SO WE ALSO HAVE A CHAPTER ON DESIGN STANDARDS UPDATES.

AND HERE ARE AN EXAMPLE, A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT ARE HAS BEEN UPDATED IN THIS SECTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS THAT WHILE DESIGN STANDARDS, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO UPDATE THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, VERY MUCH FOCUS ON PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR, OR MENTION OF ALL AT ALL OF BIKE BOULEVARDS IN OUR CURRENT CITY DESIGN MANUAL.

AND SO WE NEEDED GUIDANCE ON HOW TO UPDATE THAT DOCUMENT TO MAKE SURE IT SUPPORTS THIS BIKE PLAN.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THEN IS PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY AND GUIDANCE ON BIKE BOULEVARDS AND WHAT KIND OF ELEMENTS THAT CONSIST OF.

SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A COUPLE OF THE MENU OF OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR BIKE BOULEVARD.

UM, AND IT PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, ON LOCAL RESIDENTIAL ROADWAYS, AND THEN SHARING OF THE FACILITY, BUT TRYING TO BRING DOWN SPEEDS AND VOLUMES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, WE ALSO PROVIDED, UH, ARE DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON INTERACTIONS WITH BUSES AT AT BUS STOPS AND WHAT'S RECOMMENDED, WHERE BICYCLISTS MIGHT COME IN, CONFLICT WITH BUSES, UH, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN ALSO UPDATING THE BIKE FACILITY CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE DESIGN MANUAL TO MATCH THE NEW FACILITY CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE BIKE PLAN.

UM, SO NOW WE HAVE A BROADER ARRAY OF BIKE FACILITY TYPES THAN IN THE 2011 BIKE PLAN, WHICH PRIMARILY JUST FOCUSED ON, ON STREET VERSUS OFF STREET.

NOW WE HAVE A, UH, A BROADER MENU OF OPTIONS, AND SO NEEDING TO UPDATE THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL TO REFLECT THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON, UH, AGAIN, INTERACTIONS WITH BUS STOPS AND THEN TREATMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN BETTER GET PEOPLE SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY AND CLEARLY THROUGH THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW.

UM, THE BIKE NETWORK RECOMMENDS AN ADDITIONAL 536 MILES.

175 OF THOSE WOULD BE BIKE BOULEVARDS.

UM, 140 WOULD BE VISUALLY SEPARATED.

SO VISUALLY SEPARATED ARE THOSE FACILITIES THAT JUST CONSIST OF, UM, THEY STILL SEPARATE BICYCLISTS FROM TRAFFIC, BUT JUST WITH PAINT, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL SEPARATION.

AND THEN 91 MILES OF PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FACILITIES AND 130 MILES OF TRAILS.

AND THOSE TRAILS, MANY OF THEM, UM, ARE PART OF THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN.

SO A LOT OF IT, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE DESIRING MORE PROTECTED BIKE FACILITIES, WHY IS THE GREATEST NUMBER ON HERE FOR BIKE BOULEVARDS? AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS JUST GOING BACK TO THE STREET, MAKE THE TYPES OF STREETS THAT MAKE UP THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

AND SO WHILE WE ARE PROVIDING MORE BIKE BOULEVARDS THAN PROTECTED FACILITIES PROPORTIONALLY COMPARED TO THESE TYPES OF STREETS THAT MAKE UP THE CITY, WE ARE PROVIDING MORE PROTECTED AND VISUALLY SEPARATED FACILITIES.

UH,

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THE IMPLEMENTATION AND NEXT STEPS ALSO TALKS ABOUT, AGAIN, THE TOP 15 PRIORITY PROJECTS, LONG-TERM PHASING, AND HOW WE MIGHT GO ABOUT PRIORITIZING PROJECTS IN THE LONG TERM.

UM, INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND THEN PROGRESS SUPPORTING.

SO ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD WAS A NEED FOR MORE SPECIFIC POLICIES AND MORE FOCUS ON CERTAIN THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT AS DECISIONS WERE MADE, THAT THEY SUPPORTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIKE PLAN.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE, OR THESE ARE THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE THEN, AND THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IT TO YOU NOW OR HAVE BEEN MORE CLEARLY REFINED SINCE THE DRAFT BIKE PLAN.

THE FIRST ONE IS, AND AGAIN, POLICIES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE A DECISION MAKING GUIDANCE FOR CITY STAFF AS WE DO OUR WORK.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS ANY ROAD RECONFIGURATION PROJECT.

SO THAT IS A ROAD THAT IS CHANGING THE WIDTH OF THE PAVEMENT OR THE NUMBER OF LANES, THINGS LIKE THAT ON A STREET WITH A PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN THE BIKE PLAN SHOULD INCLUDE THAT BIKE PROJECT IN THE DESIGN PLANS.

NOW, I'M GONNA SKIP TO NUMBER SEVEN BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE VERY CLOSELY TIED.

IF A PROJECT THAT RECONFIGURES ROADWAY LANES DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT BIKE FACILITY WHEN ONE IS RECOMMENDED OR IT'S DETERMINED THAT THE DESIRABLE LOW STRESS BIKE FACILITY IS NOT FEASIBLE ON THAT ROADWAY AND ALTERNATE PARALLEL ROUTE THAT CAN PROVIDE A LOW STRESS FACILITY SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AND THE FACILITY IMPLEMENTED ON THAT ROUTE.

SO IT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ROADWAY PROJECT THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST CONTINUE TO SOMEWHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDE THAT BIKE, A BIKE FACILITY MIGHT NOT BE FEASIBLE ON THAT ROAD, BUT THEN NOT IDENTIFY AN ALTERNATIVE AND SUDDENLY FIND OURSELVES BOXED OUT OF AN AREA.

UH, THE SECOND ONE, UH, POLICY IS THE BIKE FACILITY TYPE IMPLEMENTED IN THE BIKE PLAN SHALL BE THE RECOMMENDED FACILITY TYPE.

UH, THE FACILITY SELECTION CHART THAT WE ARE PROVIDING IN THE BIKE PLAN AND RECOMMENDING IT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL SHOULD BE USED TO GUIDE THE DETERMINATION OF THE BIKE FACILITY, TYPE ON THE ROAD BASED OFF OF THE CHARACTERISTICS.

THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE, UH, HIGHER COMFORT FACILITIES.

UM, THE CITY SHALL UTILIZE STANDARD METHODOLOGY FOR PRIORITIZING PROJECTS FOR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION.

THE TARGET DESIGN USER FOR FUTURE BIKE FACILITIES SHALL BE SOMEONE THAT IS INTERESTED BUT CONCERNED.

SO THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT ISN'T HIGHLY CONFIDENT IN RIDING IN THE ROADWAY, BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED AND WOULD BE OPEN TO BIKING MORE FOR TRANSPORTATION THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

AND THEN A BIKE BOULEVARD OR A BIKE ROUTE, UH, SHOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED ON ANY ROAD WITH SPEEDS GREATER THAN, UH, 25 MILES AN HOUR OR VOLUME GREATER THAN TH 3000 VEHICLES PER DAY.

AND SO, ALSO AS PART OF THAT, KEEP IN MIND THAT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BIKE BOULEVARD, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SPEEDS AND VOLUMES DOWN.

SO THIS IS ALSO ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SPEEDS AND VOLUMES TO GET TO THAT LEVEL WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.

NUMBER EIGHT, UM, IS ABOUT GREEN PAVEMENT MARKING AND STARTING TO INCLUDE THAT MORE IN THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL.

UH, NINE IS ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR BIKE FACILITIES ON A STANDARD SIMILAR TO THE ADJACENT TRAVEL LANES.

10 IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING LOW COST FAST IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS TO GET THINGS DONE.

NOW THAT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY AND COMFORT RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THINGS TO BE PERFECT OR WAITING FOR THE ABSOLUTE OPTIMAL SCENARIO.

WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK, BUT THE FIRST THING IS GETTING A RECOMMENDED FACILITY TYPE ON THE GROUND.

UM, LET'S SEE, 11 IS USING THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM, UH, TO REPORT BIKE FACILITY PROBLEMS. 12 IS ABOUT, UH, REQUIRING THAT BIKE FACILITY AND SAFETY ISSUES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON ALL ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT DESIGN PLANS.

13 IS ABOUT PARKING AND PROHIBITING PARKING IN VEHICLE TRAVEL LANES.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK LAST YEAR WE UPDATED THE CODE TO MAKE THAT OFFICIALLY ILLEGAL.

UH, 14 IS ABOUT INCORPORATING THE BIKE PLAN IN THE CITY'S THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

AND THEN 15 DEVELOPING, UH, DEVELOPING DEDICATED FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR BIKE PROJECTS TO, UH, LEVERAGE FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN 16, UH, STREET LIGHTING ALONG FACILITIES SHOULD BE EVALUATED TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND VISIBILITY OF BICYCLISTS.

SO WE ALSO FOUND IT IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP AN AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR THE BIKE NETWORK AND THE BIKE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT RESPONDS TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AS WELL AS CHANGES SUCH THAT ARE MADE THROUGH THAT PARALLEL ROUTE ALTERNATIVES REVIEW.

UM, AND SO THE, A PROCESS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND IN THE PLAN FOR AMENDING THE PLAN, UM, AND AMENDING THE BIKE NETWORK.

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AND THEN THERE'S ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE FOR, UH, THE, A BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE MAINTAINED AND REFINED AND TO, UH, PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND INPUT ON PROPOSED PROJECTS.

SOMEBODY FOR THE CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO, TO GET THAT KIND OF SECOND LEVEL OF INPUT WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING OUR NETWORK.

UH, AND THOSE DETAILS WILL BE REFINED AND PROVIDED IN THE BIKE PLAN.

SO NEXT STEPS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON MINOR, UH, REFINEMENTS TO THE NETWORK BASED OFF OF COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THE PUBLIC INPUT PERIOD.

UM, WE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING, UH, UH, ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO, UH, DE BEUM AND SPECIFICALLY CANTON COMMERCE.

AND HAVING A COUPLE FURTHER DIS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC ROUTES AND AREAS SIMILAR TO THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.

WE WOULD BE POSTING A MEMO DESCRIBING CHANGES, UM, AND, AND WHAT KINDS OF CHANGES WERE MADE BEFORE IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL.

UH, AND THEN I'M GONNA HAND OVER TO GUESTS TO TALK ABOUT THE REST.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, NEXT STEPS ITEMS WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE THE, UH, STREET DESIGN MANUAL AND REVISIONS TO THE CITY STANDARDS DESIGN DETAILS.

THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT, ESPECIALLY AS WE, UH, IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

UM, SO THAT BASICALLY, UH, TO ALLOW FOR SAFER NAVIGATION THROUGH ROADWAYS.

I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLES FOR EXA, UH, WHEREBY WE HAVE THE ROOM TO PUT IN THE, UH, BIKE LANE, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT THE, UH, INLETS FOR DRAINAGE, UH, ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR HAVING BIKE LANES NEXT TO 'EM.

AND THIS HAS IMPACTED SEVERAL PROJECTS.

UH, ONE OF THE ONES THAT COMES TO MIND IS BARNES BRIDGE IN DISTRICT NINE, WHERE, UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF PUT THAT DEDICATED LANE BECAUSE OF THOSE INLETS, UM, UH, UH, THE WAY THAT THOSE INLETS WERE DESIGNED.

SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON AND PUTTING A RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THE, UH, UH, UPDATES, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE, UM, CONSOLIDATION OF THE, UH, UH, BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, IN ESSENCE, UH, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, DO HERE IS TO HAVE A BALANCE BETWEEN FLEXIBILITY AND, UH, UH, DUE DILIGENCE IN THE PROCESS SO THAT ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PLAN, UH, BASICALLY TO BE BOUNCED OFF A, UH, UH, BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEFORE WE, UH, PROCEED WITH IT.

AND THEN CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, BIKE PROJECTS THROUGH, UH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, UH, SOURCES OF FUNDING BY TRYING TO LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS, RECURRENT FUNDS, WHETHER IT BE IN, UH, THE ONES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING IN THE GENERAL FUNDS AND OR WHERE AS MA AS CATHERINE MENTIONED IN PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS RECONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETE PROJECTS, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND, UH, INCLUDING THE BIKE, UH, BIKE, BIKE LANES IF THEY ARE ON THE, UH, BIKE NETWORK.

SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO LEVERAGE AND OPTIMIZE THE USE OF OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS IN ORDER TO, UM, UH, PUT IN THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, UH, BIKE PLANES, UH, BIKE PLANES AND COVER ANY GAPS IN THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FULL SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY.

SO THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO, UH, RECEIVE YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET IT STARTED WITH CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ.

YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE ON ITEM A OF TODAY'S BRIEFINGS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE REASON THAT WE'RE SO CAR-CENTRIC IN DALLAS, AND WE DON'T PUT THE KIND OF IMPORT ON THIS THAT WE OUGHT TO IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY INVESTED IN THE ROADS TO MAKE US A CAR-CENTRIC CITY.

THIS BICYCLE PLANE CAN WORK AS WELL.

IT'S PROVEN IN HUNDREDS OF CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THERE'S NO REASON AT ALL FOR DALLAS AT THIS STAGE OF OUR HISTORY TO CONTINUE BEING A SUBURBAN MODEL OF A CITY.

THAT SAID, UM, I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DISCUSS MANY THINGS.

UH, ONE OF 'EM, ONE OF THE, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU, UM, BUT I WANNA JUST FINISH MY STATEMENT AND THAT IS THAT, UM, BIKE PLANNING AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOWHERE NEAR, IS AS EXPENSIVE AS IT IS FOR VEHICLES.

AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR, UH, PLAN OUR MONEY, ALL THAT IN A MUCH BETTER WAY AND WE CAN HAVE A GREATER IMPACT.

ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE ADAPT TO CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED AND THEN GET THEM ADOPTED WITHOUT THE ONEROUS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE FOR VEHICLES WITH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, ARE STILL CONTINUING TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THAT HAS THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THE PROCESS AROUND IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CHALLENGE TO, UH, IMPLEMENTING

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THESE FACILITIES.

AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, IT DOES PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SURETY, UM, BECAUSE IT IS SO INGRAINED IN THE CODE AND GOES THROUGH SUCH A PROCESS THAT, THAT WHEN THINGS ARE ADOPTED AS PART OF IT, IT IT DOES TEND TO HOLD A LOT OF WEIGHT.

UM, SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON DEVELOPING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY.

UM, AND I THINK WITH THAT IN MIND, LOOKING AT THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, AND OR, OR A SIMILAR GROUP AND WHAT THEIR FUNCTION COULD BE TO HELP KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, CATHERINE, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE, YOU'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL GOALS AS YOU WENT THROUGH THIS PLAN THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOALS IN THIS, BUT THAT NONE OF THEM ARE ARTICULATED.

AND SO I THINK WHAT WILL HELP IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO MAKE THE BIKE PLAN BE TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS IF WE CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE.

DO WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE WANT TO BE BY BICYCLE? DO WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF ROADS THAT WE WANT TO BE BICYCLE SAFE? YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS ARE OF THOSE GOALS.

I THINK IF WE HAVE A NORTH STAR ON THAT, WE HAD A NORTH STAR IN DALLAS YEARS AGO, AND WE SAID WE WANNA BE A SUBURBAN STYLE CITY AND WE WANNA HAVE ROADS THAT GO EVERYWHERE.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE DISTRICTS LIKE MINE.

AND EVEN FURTHER INTO DISTRICT 12, 'CAUSE WE MADE THAT DECISION AS A CITY TO GO HORIZONTAL RATHER THAN VERTICAL.

AND SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE THE SAME KIND OF STATEMENTS AND, AND PA AND ASK THIS COUNCIL, UH, I WANT YOU TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AND SAY, ARE THESE THE GOALS THAT YOU WANT ADOPTED FOR, UH, BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION? MY NEXT QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, WHAT IS THE TIMING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT YOU ARE PRESENTING TODAY IN TERMS OF THE, THE LANES THAT YOU WANT COMPLETED? OKAY, SO INITIALLY HERE WHAT WE WANTED IS TO KIND OF ACHIEVE THE, OR SET THE LOCATION WHERE THE, UH, UH, BIKE LANES ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WAS GOING FOR US TO, UH, PROVIDE A, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR WHEN AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING.

AND I WANNA ALSO, UH, PROVIDE, I WOULD LIKE FOR, TO RECOMMEND THAT I PROVIDE ALONG WITH THAT SOME SORT OF A FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED PROCESS, UM, FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS AND IT'S ANOTHER TO SAY, WELL, OKAY, HERE'S THE FUNDING, HERE'S WHAT I'M PLANNING ON DOING TO GET 'EM FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTING THEM.

SO, UM, I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP MY, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR US TO COME BACK AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND TO HAVE A ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, SAY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND GIVE THE WHAT IF SCENARIO.

IF THAT IF YOU KEEP MY, UH, UH, GENERAL FUNDS AT THIS X LEVEL, THEN I MAY BE ABLE TO DO Y UH, IN A MATRIX FORM.

I, I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY DOABLE.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT YOU, IF YOU INCLUDE IN THAT, WHAT'S THE THEORY OF CHANGE IF WE DO MOVE TO A MORE BICYCLE DRIVEN COMMUNITY, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN JUSTIFY THAT INVESTMENT? THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT JUST FOR LEISURE AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD CARS.

THERE'S OTHER IMPACTS THAT MAY NOT BE AS PUBLICLY UNDERSTOOD.

UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS ON POLICY NUMBER FOUR, HOW WILL THOSE PRIORITIES BE SET, UH, THROUGH THE CRITERIA THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE PLAN? UM, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE, UM, EQUITY AND, UM, YOU HAVE TO LOOK JESSICA.

SO IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE, AGAIN, DEMAND, SO POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVE TRIPS, UH, CONNECTIVITY, EQUITY, PUBLIC INPUTS, UM, UH, STAKEHOLDER INPUTS, UM, CONSTRAINTS.

SO ANY MAJOR CHALLENGING, UM, OBSTACLES OR CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF FUNDING.

UM, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS IS THERE A STREET RESURFACING PROJECT THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED? UM, AND THEN SAFETY.

GREAT.

SO I ALSO THINK THAT AS YOU DO THOSE, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THOSE PRIORITIES.

CLEARLY ARTICULATED.

FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY WE'RE ABOUT TO REALLY DO SOME BIG CHANGES TO ROAD X OR Y AND SO THEREFORE MAYBE WE OUGHT TO MAKE THAT NOW, LIKE ALL THE COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS OR WHATEVER.

UM, HAVE YOU DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABLE ROADS? UM, COULD YOU PROVIDE CLARITY? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOU'VE GOT THE PLAN, YOU'VE GOT THE ROADS.

DO YOU HA HAVE YOU DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THE STREETS PROJECTS AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH, UH, WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE? HAVE YOU DONE AN ANALYSIS OF ROADS THAT COULD EASILY BE SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY

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YES, WE DID THAT AS PART OF THE BOND.

AND SO TY, UH, IN GENERAL FOR THE HIGHEST RANKED COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS, THOSE ARE PROJECTS IN WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THEM OF THE STREET NEEDS TO BE RESURFACED OR RECONSTRUCTED.

AND SO WE COULD BE, UH, MEETING SEVERAL CITY GOALS AT ONE TIME.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE STARTED TO DO IT AS PART OF THE ANNUAL, UM, IMP AND RESURFACING PLAN TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE LARGE CHUNKS OF THOSE STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RESURFACED THAT WE COULD CAPITALIZE ON.

UM, IT'LL JUST NOW BE A MATTER OF GETTING, UH, INTO A SYSTEM OF DESIGN WHERE WE CAN HAVE THOSE DESIGNED AND READY TO GO FOR THE IMP.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND SO I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU IS, I'M GUESSING, AND THIS IS FOR MY COLLEAGUES, THAT THIS ISN'T THE TIME, OR IS THIS THE TIME THAT I ASK YOU MY DISTRICT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BASED ON THE MAP THAT YOU PRESENTED? DO YOU WANT US TO DO THAT NOW OR DO YOU WANNA DO A ROAD SHOW WITH US TO SAY WE WANNA ACTUALLY TALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE WITH YOU? OR DO YOU WANNA HEAR WHAT I THINK ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR ASSET ASPECT? WE COULD HAVE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO I, SO I'M GONNA PLAN ON HEARING FROM YOU ALL WHEN YOU WANT THESE, OR WE CAN SUBMIT THEM TO YOU IN ADVANCE IF YOU'D PREFER THAT.

SO WE'LL SUBMIT THEM TO YOU IN ADVANCE AND YOU'LL GET THAT TO US.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I GUESS IS I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT THIS WILL GO THROUGH THIS FEEDBACK THEN WILL GO TO YOUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL THEN GO TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND WE GET THE FINAL ADOPTION.

IS THAT THE PROCESS FOR THE FINAL PLAN ADOPTION? SO, UM, BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THIS, UH, COUNCIL, IT SOUNDS, THE FEEDBACK IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO GO WITH ONE MORE ROUND OF, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, INPUT.

SO, UM, IF WE, WE PROCEED WITH THAT ROUTE, WHICH I'M FAVORING RIGHT NOW TO GIVE IT ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENT KIND OF THING TO, UH, BE PRESENTED, HAVE THE INPUT FROM TODAY, AND THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY SCHEDULE SOMETHING FOR THE TR AND I AND THEN BRING IT BACK HERE FOR ADOPTION, UH, LATER ON OR SOMETHING.

OR IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND AND DO A ANOTHER BRIEFING, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

YEAH, I THINK A TIMING, A TIMING OF THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND IF WE CAN MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY, I THINK IT'LL GIVE A LOT OF REASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND MY RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS THE FACT THAT, UM, ALTHOUGH WE MAY BE DELAYING THE ADOPTION A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'D RATHER GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE THIS THING IS GONNA BE IN PLACE I'M, I'M GUESSING, FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 10, 15 YEARS.

SO, UM, WELL, AND THAT'S THE LAST PIECE OF THIS, AND THAT IS THAT IN THIS PLAN, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT IN THE PLAN, YOUR ABILITY TO BE YOUR FLEXIBILITY PLAN AND HOW CHANGES GET MADE NEED TO BE IN THE PLAN, CORRECT? CORRECT.

FOR THE IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PIECE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, CHAIRMAN WEST, RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ITEM A THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT, I'LL START OFF WITH MY APPRECIATION FOR THE TWO PLUS YEARS OF WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE ON THIS, UM, AND THE TASK FORCES AND ADVISORS ON THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS A BIG MILESTONE FOR YOU GUYS AND I APPRECIATE IT.

ALSO, MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, FUNDING THE BIKE PLAN FULLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UH, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE MAYOR, CHAIR NVAS AND, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE, HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE TODAY.

UM, I'LL, A LOT OF MY TIME'S GONNA BE SAVED BECAUSE CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ WAS SO THOROUGH.

UM, I DO AGREE WITH THE ADVOCATES WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO ME, AND THIS SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO YOU GUYS THAT THE, THE PLAN READS MORE LIKE A, LIKE A CONSULTANT DOCUMENT THAN AN ACTUAL, UM, UH, THAN A PLAN.

AND SO, GUS, WHEN YOU RESPONDED TO CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ SAYING THAT YOU HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PIECE COMING, THAT THAT REALLY RESOLVES SOME CONCERNS I HAD.

UM, BEFORE WE PUBLISH ANYTHING THAT'S CALLED A PLAN, I THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PIECE.

UM, AND, AND THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE AT THE CORE OF THIS 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE'S GONNA LOOK AT.

THIS OTHER STUFF IS JUST WINDOW DRESSING.

UM, I ALSO AGREE WITH CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ THAT WE NEED OUR ARTICULATED GOALS AND MILESTONES TO HIT.

I REALLY LOVE HOW THE CCAP, UM, LAYS THAT OUT.

AND IT ALSO LAYS OUT FUNDING SOURCES YEARS OF WHEN IT STUFF NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND WHICH DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE.

UM, PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A FRAMEWORK WE SHOULD USE FOR THIS DOCUMENT.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION ON WHEN YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK.

YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK ON IMPLEMENTATION

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I HAVE TWO MAJOR BUCKETS THAT I, I'M, I'M HAVING TROUBLE PULLING TOGETHER, BUT I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST.

SO THE FIRST IS, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR MONEY? UM, AND THE DART WENT THROUGH THEIR ANALYSIS AND THEIR BUS PLAN LOOKING AT GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE VERSUS RIDERSHIP.

UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER US FOCUS MOST OF OUR MONEY AND EFFORTS ON THE CORE OF RIDERSHIP, EVEN IF THAT HURTS MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, BUT INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN A FEW LANES OUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, UM, AND, AND, AND JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY IN EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON WHERE OUR CORE RIDERS ARE GONNA BE AND INCREASE RIDERSHIP IN THOSE AREAS.

AND, AND IF THAT MEANS WE DO FIVE MILES OF PROTECTED LANES PER YEAR VERSUS 50 MILES OF SHEROS AND OTHER THINGS, I WOULD SUPPORT THE EARLIER THE PROTECTED LANES AND SMALLER COVERAGE.

THAT'S ME.

UM, BUT I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS GOES TO MY SECOND PIECE IS ON THE FUNDING.

UM, WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US AND YOU'RE LIKE, ALRIGHT, HERE'S, HERE'S THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A CONSERVATIVE OPTION, WHICH IS, UM, FIRST OF THE THREE OPTIONS, CONSERVATIVE OPTION IN FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS IF AT OUR CURRENT LEVELS OF FUNDING, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN 10 YEARS, A MID-RANGE IF WE STEP IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN JANIE'S THEORY OF CHANGE ARE ASPIRATIONAL.

IF WE REALLY WANT TO BE A CITY THAT EMBRACES THIS AS A TRANSPORTATION CONCEPT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA NEED TO DO FOR THAT? AND THEN EACH OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES SHOULD INCLUDE A ALRIGHT, GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE VERSUS CORE RIDERSHIP, UM, ELEMENT.

SO IN MY PERFECT WORLD THAT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS I WANT HERE, UH, IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, TH THREE OPTIONS WITH TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT THOSE OPTIONS WOULD ADDRESS.

THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

UM, SO MY ASKS GOING FORWARD, UM, REALLY ARE, UH, I THINK, UH, WHAT CAME OUT OF THE DALLAS BICYCLE COALITION AND THAT'S, UM, CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

GLAD TO HEAR YOU'VE ALREADY PLANNING ON DOING THAT.

UM, A MAINTENANCE AND SWEEPING PLAN, THAT IS WHAT I GET CALLS ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ARE, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTE BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT SIX.

WE'VE GOT A, UM, UH, THERE'S THOSE, THEY'RE NOT REALLY PROTECTED.

THEY'RE THOSE REFLECTIVE DELINEATOR THINGS THAT CAN FALL OVER.

UM, THE BRIDGES, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MY DISTRICT AND, AND CHAIRMAN NAAS IS JUST FULL OF LITTER AND THEY DON'T GET SWEPT ENOUGH AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING INJURED ON THOSE.

AND SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE, UH, A PLAN THAT'S ARTICULATED TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS IT'S GONNA GET SWEPT EVERY MONTH.

IT'S GONNA, AND HERE'S THE DAY.

UM, AND THEN A MILEAGE TARGET.

SO WHETHER WE GO WITH COVERAGE OR RIDERSHIP, UM, WHAT IS OUR TARGET THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN? THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

NO MENTION OF SHEROS IN YOUR PRESENTATION OR THE PLAN.

UH, A COUPLE OF PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION ON SLIDE 17.

THERE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKE FACILITY CLASSIFICATIONS.

I'M NOT CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT CONSTITUTES A BIKE BOULEVARD AS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE OTHER FACILITIES.

CERTAINLY.

SO A BIKE BOULEVARD IS A FACILITY THAT'S ON A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET.

UM, THAT IS A, IT'S A SHARED FACILITY, SO YOU HAVE BICYCLISTS AND VEHICLES SHARING THE TRAVEL LANE.

BUT THE GOAL OF DOING ALL OF THESE, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING AND EVEN WEAR FEASIBLE TRAFFIC DIVERSION MECHANISMS IS TO LIMIT THROUGH TRAFFIC TO JUST PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET SPEEDS AND VOLUMES DOWN SO PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING OUT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND USING THOSE STREETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY MORE INCLINED TO BIKE TO GET TO WHERE THEY WANNA GO, TO STILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO KEY DESTINATIONS.

UM, A VISUALLY SEPARATED FACILITY IS A, A DEDICATED SPACE FOR BICYCLISTS ON THE ROAD, BUT IT'S ONLY SEPARATED BY, FROM VEHICLES, BY PAINT.

BICYCLISTS ARE ONLY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE VEHICLES BY PAINT.

SO THINK, UM, IN YOUR AREA, YOU MIGHT THINK MATILDA, UM, OR IN DISTRICT ONE, YOU MIGHT THINK BISHOP OR PARTS OF BISHOP.

UM, SO THERE'S NO PHYSICAL SEPARATION, A PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FACILITY.

IT'S ALSO A SEPARATED FACILITY SEPARATE FROM BIKE FROM VEHICLES, BUT YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL ELEMENT IN ADDITION TO PAINT SEPARATING THEM.

SO A QUICK BUILD, UH, UH, PHYSICAL SEPARATION MIGHT BE THE FLEXIBLE DELINEATOR POSTS, A MORE PERMANENT UPGRADED ONE WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A CONCRETE MEDIAN.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE TRAILS.

SO THOSE ARE, THOSE CAN BE NEXT TO ROADWAY.

THAT'S OBVIOUS.

SO I, I SAW

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DOES THAT FALL UNDER A BIKE BOULEVARD? UH, NO.

THAT IS A DIFFERENT FACILITY TYPES OF SHARES.

UM, IT'S JUST THE SYMBOL.

UM, IT'S JUST SAYING, PUTTING DOWN A SYMBOL.

THEY'RE TRADITIONALLY USED MORE FOR, UM, WAVE FINDING TO HELP BICYCLISTS KNOW WHERE TO GET TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS.

UM, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY, AND THEY TEND TO MAKE DRIVERS A LITTLE BIT MORE AWARE, BUT DON'T REALLY PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF A SAFETY, SAFETY BENEFIT.

SO WHILE THERE'S A COUPLE EXISTING ONES WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING, UM, INSTALLING ANY MORE JUST SHEROS WORK.

YEAH, I I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BEEN PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE IN PROTECTING THE CYCLISTS.

SO, UH, WHAT WOULD THE NOTIFICATION BE IN A BIKE BOULEVARD THAT THAT'S A SHARED USE BETWEEN VEHICLES AND, UH, BICYCLES? HOW WOULD PEOPLE KNOW THAT'S A BIKE BOULEVARD? SO WE WOULD HAVE SIGNINGS AND PAYMENT MARKING SIMILAR TO CHERYL'S.

YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE THAT SHARED ROADWAY MARKING AND YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE PROBABLY SIGNS THAT DESIGN, UH, UM, TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY NEED TO SHARE THE ROAD, BUT WE WOULD BE DOING MORE, UM, SORT OF BRANDING AND WAY FINDING TO DESIGNATE IT AS A BANK BOULEVARD.

WE WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP THE KIND OF SPECIFIC SIGNS FOR THAT, BUT TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE OF A, A RECOGNIZABLE FACILITY TYPE IN THE CITY THAT PEOPLE TRUST AS A BETTER FACILITY THAN JUST A SHARED LANE ON THE ROAD.

THAT'S SOMETHING EQUALLY AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU MIGHT HAVE A A PHYSICALLY SEPARATED ON AN ARTERIAL.

UM, ON SLIDE 19, UH, THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION SIX TALKS ABOUT NOT IMPLEMENTING ANY BICYCLE ROUTE OR FACILITY AND ANY ROAD WITH SPEEDS GREATER THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR.

UH, MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMITS? OR IS THAT AVERAGE VEHICLE SPEED THAT WOULD BE, UM, AVERAGE VEHICLE SPEED AND AFTER WE IMPLEMENTED THE FACILITY TRYING TO GET AVERAGE VEHICLE SPEEDS DOWN TO 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR? WELL, ISN'T THAT A CHICKEN IN THE EGG STORY? YES, IT IS TO SOME EXTENT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN FACILITIES, IT'S INTENDED TO SAY, DON'T PUT THEM ON FACILITIES WHERE WE STILL NEED TO HAVE MORE OF A MOBILITY FUNCTION AND WHERE WE DON'T WANNA GET THOSE SPEEDS AND VOLUMES DOWN.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THE SPEED DOWN TO 25 OR LESS UNTIL YOU BUILD IT.

SO HOW DO YOU PREDICT THAT? YEAH, IF I MAY ADD OR ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT ONE.

SO DEFINITELY WE'LL HAVE TO, WE HAVE DONE STUDIES ON SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS AND WE DO HAVE, UH, LIKE THE 85TH PERCENTILE, UH, SPEED ON THESE FACILITIES.

BUT THE OTHER THING ALSO, UM, IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED AND SUB SUBMITTED AND ADVOCATED FOR, UH, THE STATEWIDE, UH, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO, UM, UH, TO THE, UH, SPEED LIMITS IN NEIGHBORHOODS TO ALLOW CITIES TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT FROM LIKE 30 MILES TO 25 MILES PER HOUR IN, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS COLLECTORS AND, AND UH, SLASH NEIGHBORHOOD ROADWAYS.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS, UM, WILL MAKE IT, MAKE IT AGAIN, UH, INTO THE, UH, NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW US ALSO THAT FLEXIBILITY.

LOOK ABOUT, LOOK AT BEFORE ADOPTION.

UM, ON A MORE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, POTENTIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE HIGH SPEED CYCLISTS WHO ARE DESTINATION ORIENTED AS OPPOSED TO THE, UM, SLOWER RECREATIONAL BICYCLE TRAFFIC AND THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON OUR TRAILS.

HOW IS THAT ADDRESSED IN THE BICYCLE PLAN AND WHAT PROVISION CAN BE MADE FOR PROVIDING SEPARATE FACILITIES FOR THE HIGH SPEED CYCLISTS? UH, THAT IS MORE OF A SPECIFIC DESIGN, UM, ELEMENT THAT IS NOT AS ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN.

WHILE WE KIND OF HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON BROADER DESIGN FACILITY KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT SPECIFICALLY BE ADDRESSED DURING DETAILED DESIGN.

I'VE RECEIVED A LETTER THAT I BELIEVE ALSO WENT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CA FRIENDS OF THE KATY TRAIL, WHICH IS NO DOUBT THE HIGHEST TRAFFICKED TRAIL THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

UH, EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE HIGH SPEED CYCLISTS AND THE PEDESTRIANS AND, UH, OTHER SLOW MOVING USERS OF THE TRAIL SUGGESTING THAT WE NEEDED ANOTHER NORTH SOUTH ROUTE FOR THAT HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT PARALLEL THE KATY TRAIL.

UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT OR THOUGHT ABOUT? NO, THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN TO

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I, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, NOT JUST FOR THIS TRAIL, BUT POTENTIALLY MANY OTHER TRAILS IN THE CITY IN THE FUTURE THAT DEVELOP HIGHER, UH, TRAFFIC LOADS.

AND GUS, I DO SUPPORT YOUR IDEA OF HAVING AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE FINAL ISSUES HERE.

UH, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THIS IS A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A DECADE OR MORE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE LATEST PUBLIC SENTIMENT ABOUT THIS DRAFT PLAN THAT WE CAN GET.

SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

CHAIRMAN GRACIE, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF REAL BASIC QUESTIONS.

UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I UNDERSTAND THE BIKE OR THE CLASSIFICATION TYPES, BUT I COULDN'T REALLY SEE WHAT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN SOME OF THEM WOULD BE LIKE.

I SEE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT THREE, I KNOW A LOT OF IT IS TRAILS THAT END UP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TRANSITIONING AT A TRAIN STATION OR A PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHERE THEY DON'T, WHAT DOES THAT TRANSITION LOOK LIKE BETWEEN SAY A TRAIL AND A, UM, PHYSICALLY OR VISUALLY SEPARATED.

AND HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED OR, OR THOUGHT ABOUT? SO THAT IS ANOTHER, UH, DETAILED DESIGN QUESTION.

HOWEVER, UM, JESSICA JUST GOT BACK FROM A WEEK LONG, UH, TRAINING IN PORTLAND WHERE SHE, I THINK SAW ABOUT EVERY SCENARIO OF TRANSITIONS THAT THERE IS AND CAME BACK WITH SOME, UM, GREAT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO BETTER MANAGE THAT.

WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC TIME.

AND I GOT TO ALSO EXPERIENCE BIKE BOULEVARDS, AND THAT TRULY CONVINCED ME, UM, THAT CALMING THESE STREETS AND, UM, PROVIDING TRAFFIC CALMING CAN EXPAND THE NETWORK.

UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS THOUGH, UH, ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES LIKE ON RIVERFRONT, UM, HERE IN THE CITY OR CONTINENTAL, WHERE WE HAVE AN OFF STREET CYCLE TRACK, IT'S BEHIND THE CURB AND IN SHORT, YOU JUST RAMP IT DOWN TO THE STREET AND YOU CAN, UM, CONFIGURE THE LANE SUCH THAT, UH, THE BIKE LANE IS JUST COMES OUT OF THE, UM, CURB BASICALLY.

SO YOU RAMP DOWN, UM, AND THE WAY THAT YOU CAN ADD, UH, DELINEATOR POSTS, BUFFERS, CURBS, PAINT ON THE GROUND, UM, CAN REALLY MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE CYCLIST AND TO THE MOTORIST HOW THAT TRANSITION IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE.

UM, IN PORTLAND THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, ATTENTION WITH, UH, PROVIDING PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

, UH, WITH STREET NAMES, ARROWS, SIGNAGE, UM, TO SHOW, UM, HOW TO MAKE THOSE TRANSITIONS.

WELL, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD JUST TO INCLUDE WHAT THOSE OPTIONS, THOSE TRANSITION TYPE OPTIONS COULD BE AS WELL.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WILL BE DOING THAT.

I WILL BE, LOOK, LOOK AT IT CLOSELY IN DISTRICT FIVE, THE CONNECTION, UH, FROM THE AT AND T TRAIL INTO THE, UH, UH, ELM UH, SITE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROJECT.

SO I'LL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, A GREAT SUGGESTION.

AND I WILL BE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT CLOSELY OF HOW THAT TRANSITION IS GONNA BE.

AND THEN JUST AS JUST SOME CLARITY, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT MAPS, I KNOW YOU HAD A BAR IN THERE THAT WAS A YELLOW ONE THAT REALLY SIGNIFIED A BIKE ROUTE.

SO HOW DOES ALL OF THAT FIT INTO THIS? LIKE, I HAVE A SLIM PIECE, UH, THROUGH THERE, BUT WOULDN'T ALL OF THIS BE CONSIDERED A BIKE ROUTE? SURE.

SO A BIKE ROUTE IS THE SAME AS UH, WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO AS SHEROS.

SO WHILE THOSE ARE EXISTING, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANYMORE.

GOT IT.

AND LAST QUESTION.

AS THIS BUILDS OUT, I GUESS THE CONSIDERATION FROM, YOU KNOW, THE SCOOTER USAGE AND ALL OF THAT, DOES ALL OF THAT INCORPORATE INTO THESE TRAILS? THEY'D BE ALLOWED TO USE THESE TRAILS AS WELL? THE SCOOTERS OR MICRO MOBILITY, UH, WILL BE OR CAN USE THE DEDICATED BIKE LANES, UM, UH, LOCATIONS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY CANNOT BE RIDING ON TRAILS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT.

NO MORE CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, I'M JUST, THANK THE TEAM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND, AND DEDICATION AND THE MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

UH, I WAS REALLY APPRECIATED.

I THINK THE BEST PLACE THAT I SAW WAYS TO GIVE INPUT WAS ACTUALLY ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL.

I'M SURE THERE WERE OTHER TRAILS AS WELL, BUT HAVING THOSE QR CODES, UM, AND ACTUALLY GOING TO WHERE THE BIKERS ARE WAS, UH, I THINK VERY WISE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LAST WORDS THAT WERE SHARED.

NO MORE SHARES.

THAT'S, THAT'S EXCITING.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.

AND I THINK WHAT WE ALL HEAR FROM RESIDENTS IS NOT HOW CAN WE SPEED UP TRAFFIC, BUT EVERYONE'S SAYING, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE OBEYING OUR TRAFFIC LAWS? AND I ACTUALLY THINK IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL BIKE

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LANES IS GONNA DO THAT.

AND AS WE LOOK AT ROADS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY, UM, HERE IN, IN, IN CBD WHERE, UH, IT'S MORE DENSE NOW AND WE HAVE ROADS THAT NO LONGER, UH, HAVE THE CAPACITY OF, OF HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC, THOSE ARE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONVERT THOSE LANES IN INTO BIKE LANES THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY THERE.

UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS, ACROSS THE, UH, THE SPECTRUM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH DW ON PROJECTS SO THAT THOSE LANES COULD BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR BIKE LANES IN, IN THE FUTURE.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING, UH, COINCIDE WITH, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND, AND I WILL CONTINUE AND I WILL ADVOCATE FOR MAKING THE, THE BIKE PLAN, UM, ADVISORY BOARD A PERMANENT POSITION.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE, WE KNOW THAT THE, THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES, THE CONDITIONS OF, OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY CHANGE.

AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS BIKE PLAN EVERY 10 PLUS YEARS, BUT THAT IT, THAT IT'S ONGOING.

UM, AS THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES.

UM, I AM LUCKY TO HAVE A NUMBER OF BIKE LANES IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT I DO HERE QUITE OFTEN IS HOW CAN WE KEEP OUR BIKE LANES CLEAN FROM DEBRIS? AND SO I KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE A BIKE SWEEPER FOR, FOR OUR BIKE LANES AND WE'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL ONE, BUT WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE STAFFING THEM AND THAT WE'RE HAVING A ROUTE A, UH, A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN GO AFTER THESE, UH, BIKE LANES AND, AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE, UH, LITTER FREE AND, AND DEBRIS FREE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THEM AND, AND BE SAFE ON THE TRAIL.

UM, SO, SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT NOW WE'RE TICKETING, UM, FOLKS WHO ARE PARKED IN BIKE LANES.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE NUMBERS.

'CAUSE I, I DID HAVE SOME DOUBT ON ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING IT AND OF COURSE THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING IN OUR TRAILS, UM, INCLUDING OUR SIDEWALKS.

UM, AND SO SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT IS GOING A STEP FURTHER THAN JUST TICKETING FOLKS, BUT ACTUALLY BOOTING, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE IN BIKE LANES.

AND I THINK THAT THAT SENDS A SIGNAL IN AN IMAGE WHEN SOMEONE SEES, OH NO, THERE'S SOMEONE GOT BOOTED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A BIKE LANE.

SURE, IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET THAT VEHICLE OFF THAT BIKE LANE, BUT IT'S ALSO SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT IF YOU PARK IN A BIKE LANE, THERE'S CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT.

UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, ON THE BIKE LANES, I WAS LOOKING AT THE MOUNTS AND ON SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHWEST, I DON'T SEE THAT MANY BIKE LANES.

SO CAN SOMEONE, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT? I THINK IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

I KNOW THERE'S A LARGE AREA WHERE WE, IT'S MORE UNDEVELOPED.

AND SO I THINK ADDITIONAL SORT OF STUDY AND AS DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR, UH, ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE HAD TO HELP FILL IN THE NETWORKS IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, OTHERWISE WE WERE KIND OF FOCUSED ON, AGAIN, WHERE WOULD PEOPLE FEEL SAFER BIKING, WHERE ARE THERE SHORTER TRIPS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BIKE? SO IF, IF THERE ARE DESTINATIONS, UM, AND ROUTES LIKE THAT, THAT YOU THINK ARE MISSING, UM, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.

WE WAS ADDRESSING BIKE LANES IN THE PAST, WE WERE ADDRESSING COMPLETE STREETS AROUND THERE.

WELL, I GUESS, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT THAT, THERE WAS A STUDY DONE, I BELIEVE THAT WAY BACK IN 2010, COMPLETE STREETS.

WE TALKED ABOUT BIKE LANES.

UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE, UM, SOUTH, SOUTH CENTRAL, AROUND UNT DALLAS, THEY RIDE BIKES CONSTANTLY AND THERE IS NO BIKE LANE THERE.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF ON THIS PRESENTATION, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY LATELY, UH, TO SELL WINE.

UH, WE ARE NOT DESIGNATED OR TRYING TO USE OUR ENERGY TO CREATE MORE BIKE LANES.

SO WE DID TRY REACHING OUT, UH, I THINK SEVERAL TIMES TO UNT OH YEAH.

TO UNIVERSITIES TO SEE IF WE COULD HOST EVENTS THERE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THEIR INPUT.

I DON'T THINK, UM, WE HEARD BACK FROM MOST OF THEM, BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT UNIVERSITIES ARE A MAJOR TARGET, UM, AND, AND A STRONG, UM, UM, ATTRACTOR FOR BIKE FACILITIES.

AND SO IF, IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS COULD BE HAD, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM.

WELL, I THINK THIS IS A UNIVERSITY, WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE WHEN I SAY THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, WE GOT A TRAIL RIGHT THERE AT, UM, FROM S HILL REC CENTER, UNI, UT DALLAS, AND ALSO WE GOT LANES GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN CAMP WILSON.

WE GOT THREE UNIVERSITIES UNDER THREE FOUR COLLEGE, WE GOT, UH, PAUL QUAN COLLEGE, SEAL VALLEY COLLEGE AND UNT DALLAS.

BUT THEREFORE, IN THE PAST

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SO TO REACH OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY, I THINK WHY WE NOT REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND RIGHT NOW THAT I'M GETTING A WHOLE LOT OF PHONE CALLS TODAY AND SAYING, HEY, WE GOT WRITERS CONSTANTLY BECAUSE THEY LOVE A RIDE THERE BECAUSE OF THE HILLS OF CREATIVITY.

SO THEREFORE YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU GONNA PUT BIKE LINE JUST IN DENSE AREA OR JUST NOT IN AREAS OF WHAT? I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU AIN'T TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

YEAH.

IF I MAY JUST ELABORATE ON THAT.

SO, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M RECOMMENDING AND, AND, UH, TO ADD ONE MORE SESSION OF, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING, UM, ALL THE REMAINING AND ANY REMAINING INPUT THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE.

AND CERTAINLY THIS ONE WILL BE ONE OF THEM.

DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT? ON THE, ON WHAT, ON THE PLAN? SURE.

SO, UM, YES, UNIVERSITY HILLS DOES HAVE, UM, UH, THE PLAN DOES CALL FOR BIKE LANES ON THERE.

I THINK ANNE WHEATLAND AND I THINK YOU UNIVERS YEAH, YEAH.

UNIVERSITY HILLS.

YEAH.

UM, SO AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, UM, I THINK WE, WE WERE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING A MINIMUM LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY IN AREAS OF DALLAS.

UM, AND SO JUST IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL ROUTES WE DID AS UM, I THINK AS MUCH OUTREACH AS, AS FEASIBLE GIVEN THE, UH, RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, WELL, WELL, I'M HEARING YOU SAID RESOURCES, SO THEREFORE IT'S LACK OF RESOURCES THAT YOU CANNOT FULFILL.

UH, A SURVEY, YOU SAID UNIVERSITY HILL, AND I'M LOOKING AT YOUR OPINION THERE, SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN AND I SAID BIKE ROUTES, I STILL GOT MINUTE I GOT TRAILS, BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW THEY, THE BIKES, THEY RIDING ON THE TRAILS, NOT ON A BIKE LANE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RIDING DOWN, UH, CAMP WILSON, YOU, UH, ON , YOU KNOW, WHICH IS NOW A BIKE LANE.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT YOUR STUDY THAT YOU INVOLVED, THAT YOU TALK TO THE UNIVERSITY, UH, NORTH TEXAS, BUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO THEREFORE WHEN WE BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, GET THEIR INPUT ABOUT BIKE LANES, UH, UH, BERRY MALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S HALF TRAFFIC.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY THERE? YOU KNOW, PLEASANT GROVE, I KNOW WE GOT BIKE LANE AT AT AND T, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER AREAS THERE IS NOT IN THE BIKE LANES THERE, THERE ARE NO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THEM TO RIDE.

SO COULD YOU GIVE ME A COPY OF ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU WENT TO DISCUSS ABOUT BIKE LANE IN THE SOUTH? YES.

UM, ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IS IN, UM, IS IN A TECHNICAL REPORT ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

AND SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.

SO YOU SAID INPUT.

SO IS THERE A, A CRITERIA THAT, WHAT IS QUALIFYING TO TO SAY THAT THIS COMMUNITY NEED BIKE LANES OR NOT? IS THERE A THRESHOLD WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY THAT WE GONNA PUT A BIKE LANE THERE OR NOT? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? IN ORDER TO HAVE A BIKE LANE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU DO A SURVEY, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING THE COMMUNITY? WHAT TYPE OF INPUT? UM, WE PROVIDED, UH, I MEAN THROUGH THE INITIAL SURVEY WE ASKED PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANTED TO SEE BIKE ROUTES.

WE ASKED THEM WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED ISSUES AND THEN USING THAT INPUT WE DEVELOPED THE DRAFT BIKE NETWORK AND WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT IF THEY AGREED WITH THOSE ROUTES, IF THEY THOUGHT THERE SHOULD BE DIFFERENT ROUTES.

AND THEN WE INCORPORATED THAT FEEDBACK, REVISED THE NETWORK AND PUT OUT THE DRAFT PLAN WHERE WE SORT OF ASKED SOME THE SAME SORT OF QUESTIONS.

SO IF YOU ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS, THE SURVEY, COULD YOU GIMME A COPY OF THE SURVEY THAT ON SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, OR SOUTH CENTRAL ABOUT BACK LANE AND WHAT WOULD'VE RESPOND FROM YOUR SURVEY? DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE SURVEY? YES.

CAN YOU GIMME A COPY OF IT? YES SIR.

MAKE SURE YOU GET EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF 30, THE COPY OF THE BIKE LANES.

SO THE PLAN, BECAUSE I SEE IT'S KINDA AMAZING THAT I LOOK AT YOUR, DEPENDING ON, ON YOUR MAPS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY BIKE LANES THERE AND WE GOT QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE RIDE BIKES I KNOW OVER AT IN DISTRICT STREET AND, AND MOUNTAIN CREEK OVER THERE.

UH, I THINK THAT'S BOGER BOGER PARK.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT PEOPLE RIDE TRAILS THERE, UH, AROUND UNT DALLAS EVERY WEEKEND.

NICE WEEKEND, THEY RIDING, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR 10 MILES DOWN CAMP WILSON ALL THE WAY DOWN WHEAT TO UNT DALLAS, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S, THERE'S SAFETY DEALER AND UNT DALLAS IS GROWING.

IT IS A FASTEST GROWING UNIVERSITY, UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND IT GOT, YOU KNOW, GOT MANY STUDENTS WHO RIDE BIKES AND, AND THEY RIDING ON THE FREEWAY.

SO THEREFORE I'M NOT SEEING THAT IT'S A DISPARITY THAT IN THIS BRIEFING THAT YOU DON'T, UM, TALK ABOUT IT.

UH, YOU DON'T SHOW THAT THE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED.

WHAT FOLLOW UP, SIR? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MS. BLACKMAN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

SHE'S THE DISTRICT NINE, UH, BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BEING HERE ALL MORNING.

AND, UM, I WANNA THANK JOHN FOR,

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SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND FOR YOUR, UH, LITTLE CHEAT SHEET HERE.

SO I AM GOING TO, UM, KIND OF GOING ALONG WHAT MS. SCHULTZ WAS SAYING, LIKE, WHAT IS OUR NORTH STAR HERE? AND I KNOW THAT, THAT JOHN, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT AT THE, AT THE END OF HIS, YOU KNOW, MAKING, UM, BICYCLE LANES A MEANINGFUL MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE? AND THEN HOW DO WE PLUG IN OUR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE POLICIES THAT WE WANNA DO WITH MONEY? BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPS US.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL TRAIL, I THINK COMING RIGHT OFF OF D NINE THAT GOES INTO D 10.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN TRAILS FOR A WHILE AND SO THEN THERE'S THAT KIND OF COMPETITION BETWEEN THE PEDESTRIAN RUNNER AND THE CYCLISTS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CARS.

SO I GUESS, SO TELL ME WHAT IS OUR NORTH STAR? I THINK, SO WE HAVE A VISION STATEMENT IN THE BIKE PLAN THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, AND, AND SORT OF SIGNED OFF BY THEM, I THINK, AND I CAN READ THAT OFF.

BUT THERE'S ALSO, I THINK OUR OTHER NORTH STARS ARE OUR, THE CCAP PLAN, THE VISION ZERO PLAN, UM, WITH BOTH, WHICH BOTH ENCOURAGE US TO USE, UH, MULTIMODAL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE THEM SAFE, UM, AND ACCESSIBLE TO, TO MEET THOSE GOALS AS WELL.

UM, THE VISION STATEMENT IN THE PLAN IS TO, UM, TO ENVISIONS A BIKE NETWORK THAT IS UNIQUE TO OUR CITY.

ONE THAT IS SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND COMFORTABLE.

IT ALSO PROVIDES THE AVENUE FOR DALLAS TO BECOME WORLD CLASS FOR BIKING.

THE PLAN UPDATE WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING A SAFE AND CONNECTED BIKE BIKE NETWORK THAT SERVES DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO CHOOSE TO AND WANT TO BIKE.

UM, I THINK AS COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ POINTED OUT, UH, THE PLAN WOULD BENEFIT FROM MORE SPECIFIC GOALS WITH, UM, MEASURABLE METRICS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.

YEAH, AND MAYBE EVEN, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY LONG AND THE, AND YOU, I MEAN, AND SO I WOULD, WE YOU CAN'T HAVE MULTIPLE NORTH STARS, SORRY, TALK TO A SAILOR.

NOPE.

ONE, ONE NORTH, ONE NORTH STAR.

AND, AND SO IT'S LIKE REALLY HONE IN ON WHAT IS IT THAT, AND I THINK IT IS PROVIDING A MEANINGFUL TRANSPORTATION THROUGH BIKE MOBILITY OR BIKE OR MULTI MOBILITY, INCLUDING BIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT REALLY TIED IT IN AND THEN PUT THE GOALS BECAUSE THEN WE COULD THEN START ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO GETTING THEM THERE.

GUS, DID YOU WANNA SAY? OH, OKAY.

THE NEXT THING IS, UM, SO HOW, HOW ARE WE, DR I'M GONNA GET INTO KIND OF SPEC SPECIFICS ON THIS.

LIKE HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET THAT MAKE CONFLICT WITH THE POLICIES THAT YOU WANNA RECOMMEND? SO SIMILAR TO THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, WE, UH, PUT OUT A COMMENT RESPONSE MATRIX BEFORE ADOPTION THROUGH A MEMO IN WHICH WE RESPONDED TO ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED, EITHER HOW WE WERE ADDRESSING THEM OR IF NOT, WHAT THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS.

AND SO, BUT I GUESS WHEN IT TO GET INTO THE PLAN, HOW, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO BACK AND IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT IS IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WEIGH THAT? I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, THROUGH OUR, UM, PROFESSIONAL OPINION AS WELL AS BASED OFF OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL.

SO IT'S GONNA BE YES, , YOU HAVE THE LAST SAY WE WILL HAVE THE CONVERSATION OKAY.

TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO ALL.

ON ONE SIDE AND THEN TELL PEOPLE TO PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE? BUT THEN IF THEY TELL 'EM PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEN THEY'RE PARKING IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

AND NOW, AND ALSO TOO, UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL, OR I THINK WHAT WHAT WE DO IS SOMETIMES START IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA VERSUS, AND I'M JUST GONNA THROW ABRAMS ROAD OUT THERE.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S THE CONNECTED TO NOWHERE.

I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WHEN YOU SEE THE WHOLE PLAN.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN YOU GET, I THINK GET SET BACK A COUPLE OF STEPS IN ORDER TO GO, THEN THREE STEPS FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A BIGGER PLAN.

SO EITHER EXPLAIN AS PART OF A BIGGER PLAN OR HOLD OFF AND DOING IT UNTIL YOU GET TO THAT POINT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION ON THAT, UM, THAT STRETCH.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LEADING INTO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, GOING ALONG FERGUSON AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT THAT ROAD BIKE LANES, MULTIMODAL LANES, HOW ARE THE, THE WHOLE CORRIDOR THAT HAS HOUSES PART, THAT PART OF IT THAT IS GONNA BE, AND SOMETIMES I SEE PEOPLE PARKED IN THE BIKE LANE IN FRONT OF HOUSES.

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

SO, UM, AS YOU POINTED OUT, I MEAN THESE ARE DEFINITELY CHALLENGES.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THOSE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT, UH, SAY FOR EXAMPLE ON RICHMOND, UH, AND WE HAD THAT SITUATION, OKAY, SO WHAT DO YOU DO BASICALLY? DO YOU, UH, PUT THE BIKE LANE

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AND SO DEFINITELY THESE ARE CHALLENGES, AND THIS IS, I MEAN, THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT FOR VEHICLES AND WAS BUILT FOR MM-HMM.

, ALL THESE THINGS.

SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO RETROFIT.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE HERE IS ALSO, UM, AS PART OF THE, UH, IT WAS THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE HAVE BIKED TO NOWHERE IN SOME LOCATIONS IS YOU'LL BE BIKING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION THAT IS LIKE, DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANYTHING.

SO ONE OF THE KIND OF SHORT TERM THINGS THAT I WANNA RECOMMEND AS PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS TO START LOOKING AT THESE GAPS TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE CONNECTIVITY AND I'M NOT JUST BIKING AND ENDING UP INTO IN THE MIDDLE OF NOTHING.

RIGHT? SO CERTAINLY THESE, I ACKNOWLEDGE THESE, THESE ARE CHALLENGES AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KINDA WORK THROUGH 'EM AND, AND HAVE, UH, A ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND INPUT FROM, UH, THIS BODY AS, AS WE, UH, WE NAVIGATE THROUGH, UH, THESE SOLUTIONS ON THESE THINGS.

I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE SPECIFICALLY TRY TO AVOID STREETS WHEREVER FEASIBLE, UH, STREETS THAT HAD A LOT OF FRONT FACING HOMES BECAUSE THAT IS AN OKAY, A HUGE CHALLENGE TO IMPLEMENTING FACILITIES.

UM, THAT WASN'T ALWAYS FEASIBLE WHERE WE NEEDED TO JUST HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE OBSTACLE AND CHALLENGE FOR IMPLEMENTING BY FACILITIES, WE TRIED TO AVOID THAT.

UM, AND THEN ON ANOTHER, UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE QUICK 15 THAT WE CAN GET DONE, BUT IT'S OVER FIVE YEARS.

IS THAT, IS THAT STILL THE CASE? AND IF NOT, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT OVER THREE YEARS? IS IT RESOURCES? UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY'RE QUICK 15.

UH, OKAY.

MANY OF THEM ARE WELL OVER, OR SOME OF THEM ARE WELL OVER $10 MILLION.

AND SO WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO DO WAS JUST AT LEAST GIVE US A STARTING POINT, UM, WHETHER AND TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE.

SO THE PLAN IDENTIFIES GRANTS, UM, WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED FOR SOME OF THEM AS WELL AS, UH, POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BOND PROJECTS AND THEN ALSO THROUGH GENERAL FUNDS WHERE FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE LESS EXPENSIVE.

UM, SO I WOULD SAY FIVE YEARS IS OUR GOAL CONSIDERING THE, PARTICULARLY THE COST OF THEM AND, AND THE NUMBER OF MILES, WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY ADD, UH, A LARGE NUMBER OF MILES OF PROTECTED FACILITIES TO THE SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S FIVE YEARS AFTER WE ADOPT IT.

AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER NINE TO MONTHS TO A YEAR.

RIGHT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LESS THAN THAT, BUT, OKAY.

GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

BECAUSE I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE AS WE LOOK AT NEW THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDIES ON TO SEE HOW THAT PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET THE FUNDING TO REDO THOSE TO GET IT MOVING.

AND THEN I WILL, IF I MAY CLARIFY ALSO THAT THESE 15 PROJECTS ARE, UH, IN A SEPARATE KIND OF BUCKET, IF YOU WILL, THAN THE ONES THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE SHORT TERM KIND OF FIXES AND OR, UH, UH, THE CLOSING OF A GAP KIND OF THING THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD.

UM, SO SO THOSE 15 YOU'RE TALKING WILL CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM.

WILL CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM.

DEFINITELY.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT CORRECT.

AS A SYSTEM.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT FRAGMENTS OF A SYSTEM AND I THINK CONNECTING THOSE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AS CATHERINE MENTIONED IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING AS A STARTING POINT SO THAT WE CAN START WORKING ON IDENTIFYING FUNDING.

AND WORK ON 'EM.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA GET FUNDING FROM PARTNERSHIP FUNDING, THEN IT TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP ALL THESE THINGS.

RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO IT'S A GOOD START.

UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED AND PROBABLY DIDN'T MENTION THAT, BUT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN ORDER OF, IF THIS PROJECT IS BY NUMERICAL NUMBER AS NUMBER ONE, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY THE RANKED NUMBER ONE.

IT IS JUST ONE A PROJECT OF THE 15.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY.

THANK YOU MS. WILLIS.

YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE PRE ROADSHOW MEETING THAT WE HAD WHERE WE GOT TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE FINER POINTS ON THIS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IS THAT IN MY DISTRICT, UM, WHAT WE SEE IS TRAILS BEING USED FOR BIKING AND FOR RECREATION VERSUS ERRANDS OR GOING TO WORK.

UM, THAT SAID, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL SOAK TRAIL THAT CAN GET YOU TO DOWNTOWN IF YOU NEED TO FOR PART OF PART OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT I BELIEVE IN OUR MOST RECENT BUDGET, WE PASSED $2 MILLION.

WAS THAT RIGHT? THIS YEAR FOR BIKE 2.5.

2.5.

GO, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE WAY MY DISTRICT USES THIS AND IT SKEWS MORE TRAIL.

SO AS I HAVE DONE A CURSORY LOOK AT WHAT'S OUT THERE FUNDING WISE, UM, WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY PURSUED? BECAUSE THE FEDERAL MATCH IS GENEROUS, IT'S LIKE 80 TO 90%.

AND SO I WANNA BE SURE THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OVERALL WITH REGARD TO CCAP AND TRANSIT AND WHERE WE WANT TO

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SO TO ME THAT TELLS ME WHERE WOULD I WANT TO SEE MONEY GO AND IF WE CAN MAXIMIZE THESE OTHER DOLLARS, I THINK THAT'LL HELP US AS WE GO INTO BUDGETING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY PURSUING THESE BIKE DOLLARS? SO SPECIFICALLY, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST BIKE FUNDING THAT WE PURSUED WAS IN ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT 13 IN ON FAIR OAKS MATTER, AS A MATTER OF FACT FROM, UH, UH, FROM PARK LANE, UH, ALL THE WAY TO, UH, WALNUT HILL.

AND THE IDEA WAS MATTER OF FACT, ON THAT PROJECT, UH, WE PURSUED TWO, UH, FUNDING SOURCES, BUT THOSE WERE MORE LOCAL RIGHT? VERSUS NCT COG AS WELL AS THE MCIP FROM THE COUNTY TO CONNECT THE TWO TRAILS AS WELL AS THE CONNECTION OF THE, UH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL TO THE LIBRARY.

SO, UH, WE ARE PURSUING THOSE.

THE ISSUE AS, UH, CATHERINE MENTIONED AND, AND HAD THAT DISCUSSION IS THAT, AND I LIKE, I'M GONNA QUOTE MR. MICHAEL MORRIS, THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU MAY HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS.

THE BAD NEWS IS YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS, MEANING THAT WE ARE AVERAGING TWO YEARS BEFORE WE CAN LAY OUR HANDS ON THE FUNDS.

SO IF THEY ARE APPROVED TODAY, I CANNOT HAVE THOSE FUNDS BEFORE TWO YEARS.

SO, UH, AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF IDENTIFY SOME PROJECTS, UH, IN THE UPFRONT HERE SO THAT WE CAN START WORKING ON IDENTIFYING AND PURSUING THOSE FUNDS.

OTHER LOCATIONS WE'RE, UH, WORKING ON THOSE AS PART OF THE PROJECTS WHERE, UH, WE CAN PUT 'EM IN AS, UM, AS THESE PROJECTS ARE, UH, COMING UP.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, AND ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING THIS PLAN IS WE KNOW THAT IF I'M PURSUING FUNDING FOR A PARTICULAR ROADWAY THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT COULD HAVE, UH, THE BIKE LANE ON IT, DEFINITELY WE ARE PUTTING IN THAT, UM, UH, THAT REQUEST AND THAT PART OF THE, UH, PROJECT.

, UM, AND FUNDING FROM THE BIKE, UH, GENERAL FUND BIKE, UH, BIKE LANE FUNDS HAS BEEN USED TO LEVERAGE, UH, SEVERAL GRANTS RECENTLY, INCLUDING A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES, UH, GRANT FOR ROSS AVENUE, UH, TO BUILD A TRAIL ALONG ROSS AVENUE AND THEN, UM, A TRAIL ALONG ELAM ROAD AS PART OF A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO PURSUING A GRANT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING AT, UH, JUNIOR BOULEVARD.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR.

BUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS? IS IT FEDERAL? IS IT STATE? UM, THE, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING ONE IS FEDERAL FUNDS.

WELL, IT'S TECHNICALLY ALL FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT, UH, BUT SOME OF IT IS ALLOCATED BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

SO ROSS AND ELAM ARE, THOSE ARE ALLOCATED BY COG.

MENDELSSOHN HAS PRIORITY.

WELL, WHAT I HAD SEEN WAS PRETTY EXCITING AROUND TODD'S, AND SINCE WE ARE WORKING WITH DART TO, TO REALLY ACTIVATE THAT, I KNOW I'VE GOT TWO IN VICKERY MEADOW, SO I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING THAT ON THE TABLE.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE, AND THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING TO AN EVENT AT THE, AN TOLL EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, THERE'S A BIKE LANE THAT GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT DRIVEWAY AND IT JUST SEEMED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HUNDREDS OF CARS GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE, IT HAPPENS ALL WEEK LONG, IT HAPPENS FOR EVENING EVENTS.

AND IT JUST, IT MADE ME WONDER ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF WHAT I'VE SEEN OF SOME OF THESE BIKE LANES.

IT SEEMED LIKE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

AND SO I JUST, I, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THESE IN MY DISTRICT TO PUZZLE ON, BUT WHEN I ENCOUNTER THEM IN THE WILD, UH, SOMETIMES I SEE THAT SORT OF SITUATION AND IT, IT JUST, IT, IT LEAVES A BIG QUESTION MARK WITH ME ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVE AT PUTTING ONE THROUGH AN AREA THAT SEES SUCH TRAFFIC, UH, BISECTING THE LANE.

SURE.

SO I THINK AS PART OF THIS PLAN, UM, A LOT HAS BEEN LEARNED, UH, IN TERMS OF BICYCLE FACILITY, DESIGN INDUSTRY-WIDE OVER THE PAST 10 PLUS YEARS SINCE WE ADOPTED THE LAST ONE.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS TIME AROUND WE ARE WANTING TO PROVIDE MORE GUIDANCE ON THESE HIGHER COMFORT FACILITIES, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE PUT THEM ON HIGHER STRESS ROADWAYS, THEY HAVE THE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO PROVIDE MORE COMFORT, MORE SAFETY.

UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UH, HAVE TRIED TO, TO REALLY FOCUS ON IMPROVING AS PART OF THIS PLAN.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, I BELIEVE.

UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, OH, I'M SORRY.

OH YEAH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE A COUPLE I THINK NOW WHO HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSSOHN FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THIS HAS BEEN WELL COMMUNICATED WITH THE DISTRICT.

UM, WELL FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INPUT, UM, THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO OUR DISTRICT, MEANING EDUCATION.

SO YOU'VE COME TO ALL THE TOWN HALLS, I'VE ASKED YOU TO MULTIPLE, UM, OPEN HOUSES, AND, UM, I EVEN APPRECIATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH US TO SEND OUT IN LIKE AN ENU.

SO, UM, I THINK AS MUCH AS ANY PLAN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL,

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SO I I DON'T ALWAYS SAY THAT.

I DON'T WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

UM, HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE THAT MY DISTRICT IS PARTICULARLY RECEPTIVE TO THIS, RIGHT? SO EVEN THOUGH I THINK THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, MANY OF THEM ARE LIKE, NO.

UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH A NEED FOR ANOTHER ROUND.

NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A MAP OF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, I THINK PEOPLE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WHO HAVEN'T COMMENTED YET, WE'LL, UM, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH YOU.

UM, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.

MY DISTRICT'S SURROUNDED BY HIGHWAYS, ALL THE MAJOR ROADS ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE HIGHWAY NETWORK AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, 55,000 CARS PER DAY, 17,000 CARS PER DAY.

I THINK FOR CAMPBELL, WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING ONE, AND THIS IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LAYING OUT, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO ADDRESS NETWORK GAPS, SAFETY AND COMFORT AND VISION ZERO AND CONNECTIVITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A LANE AWAY FROM SOME OF THESE ROADS AND IT'S ALREADY VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC.

SO I THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO HEAR THAT FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS IF THEY WERE WILLING TO CONVERT TO BIKES LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ WAS SAYING, MAYBE THAT WORKS OUT.

I RARELY SEE SOMEBODY ON A BIKE ON ONE OF THE ROADS.

THEY ARE ON THE TRAILS THOUGH.

SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE MAP.

THE TWO THINGS THAT I KNOW THE DISTRICT DESPERATELY WANTS, UM, AREN'T ACTUALLY INCLUDED ON THE MAP.

SO THE CONNECTIVITY FROM THE MARNI KEENER TRAIL TO THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, WHICH IS ONLY 2000 FEET.

I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN OUT THERE, I'VE TOURED EVEN WITH THE LOOP.

UM, THAT'S REALLY A PRIORITY PROJECT FOR THE DISTRICT AND WOULD PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY THAT IS PART OF YOUR GOALS.

UM, THE SECOND ONE IS ACTUALLY A DISTRICT 11 PROJECT.

SO WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO ACCESS THE REST OF THE CITY EXCEPT GOING THROUGH DISTRICT 11.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THE PRESTON RIDGE TRAIL EFFECTIVELY STOPS A BELTLINE, AND FROM THERE YOU GO ON THE STREETS AND EVEN ON THE MAP, THERE'S NO REALLY CLEAR WAY TO GET WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE OUR ENTRY POINT, WHICH IS VALLEY VIEW PARK.

AND SO BACK WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KLEINMAN WAS HERE, I'M LIKE, LOOK, I'LL GIVE MONEY THAT I HAVE IN 12 TO 11 BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET TO THE REST OF THE CITY WITHOUT IT.

AND I STILL DON'T THINK, THINK THAT THAT CONNECTION HAS BEEN, UM, REALLY LAID OUT IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES THE SAFETY PEOPLE NEED TO GET FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.

PEOPLE STILL RIDE IT ON THE STREETS, BUT IT'S SUPER DANGEROUS.

UM, THE NEXT THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UM, IN MY PARTICULAR AREA, SINCE ALL OF YOU HAVE LISTENED TO FOUR YEARS OF ME COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COTTON BELT AND SILVER LINE, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF HAVING SO MANY AT GRADE CROSSINGS WILL BE.

AND SO EVERY ONE OF THE, UM, PROPOSED ITEMS YOU HAVE THAT INTERSECTS WITH A STREET THAT'S AFFECTED BY THIS, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO PAUSE UNTIL IT'S OPERATIONAL AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY REALLY KNOWS.

UM, THE, THE NEXT THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE'S A COUPLE ON THERE THAT I, I JUST DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND PUTTING ANY KIND OF BIKE LANE ON THE DALLAS PARKWAY.

THE SECTION THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY ONLY TWO LANES.

IT HAS DRIVEWAYS FOR BUSINESSES AND AN EXIT RAMP FOR TRINITY MILLS.

IT'S SUPER DANGEROUS ALREADY.

I I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU COULD PAY ME TO RIDE A BIKE ON THERE TODAY.

I DON'T IMAGINE YOU COULD TAKE A LANE AWAY TO MAKE IT A PROTECTED LANE, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE THAT SAFE.

SO I JUST THINK ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE RETHOUGHT.

UM, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT HASN'T TAKEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO REALIZE IS THAT THERE'S DISTRICTS THAT DESPERATELY WANT THESE BIKE LANES.

AND I WOULD JUST THROW OUT DISTRICT ONE SINCE I'M LOOKING RIGHT OVER THERE.

AND THERE'S CHAD, RIGHT? THEY DESPERATELY WANT IT.

I WILL SAY DISTRICT 12 IS GONNA BE MORE RELUCTANT, SO WHY DON'T YOU PRIORITIZE THE FEW DOLLARS WE HAVE TO DO THE ONES THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WE DEFINITELY NEED THIS, WANT THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY TAKE A ROAD, UH, TAKE A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.

THAT MIGHT BE A PRIORITY AS OPPOSED TO ONES WHERE WE DON'T.

AND THE LAST THING WE SAY IS THAT THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE THAT PRIORITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE STORES IT'S GETTING TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A, A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

ALRIGHT, MR. RESENDEZ, I THINK YOU'RE THE NEXT ONE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET.

YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND SOME COMMENTS.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR GETTING US TO, TO THIS POINT.

UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS OFFLINE, YOU KNOW, AND,

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UM, TO ME, I'M, I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, WORKING TO EXPAND MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS.

AND, UM, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND OUR, MY COLLEAGUES TO, IF POSSIBLE GET ON A BIKE AND EXPLORE YOUR DISTRICT ON A BIKE, IT'LL GIVE YOU A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WAS ABLE TO CYCLE ON LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE STREET IN DISTRICT FIVE.

AND IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT HUNDREDS OF SERVICE REQUESTS.

UM, IT, IT HELPED ME IDENTIFY, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

UM, IT, IT IMPROVE, UM, YOUR, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, UM, AND, AND, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I SEE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITY WITH, WITH THIS PLAN.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE AS ROBUST AND AS THOUGHTFUL AS POSSIBLE.

UM, BECAUSE LONG TERM, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT WILL HELP IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

I THINK IT'LL ALSO HELP IMPROVE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS A RESULT, PUBLIC SAFETY.

I THINK THIS IS ALL, UH, UH, INTERCONNECTED.

AND SO I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UM, STATED.

UH, I THINK THAT THE PLAN SHOULD CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHAT THE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO APPROVE AND WHAT THE CITY STAFF WILL, WILL ULTIMATELY BE CHARGED WITH IMPLEMENTING.

AND ALSO THINK THAT IT, THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW, UH, THE CITY IS PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY OF, OF BIKE RIDERS, UH, ON THE ROADWAYS OVER THE CONVENIENCE OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC.

UM, WITH REGARD TO THE 15, 15 PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, I, FOR ONE, WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UH, MORE PROJECTS PRIORITIZED IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, AND, AND I I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED AFTER THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.

UM, I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I ALSO AGREE WITH, UM, CHAIRMAN WEST'S COMMENTS, UH, WHEN HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IF IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN VIEW, UM, VARIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS, OPTIONS IN TERMS OF, UM, A CONSERVATIVE OPTION, A MORE AGGRESSIVE OPTION, UH, I THINK THAT'D BE THAT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO SEE IF, IF POSSIBLE.

DOES THE PLAN ADDRESS, UM, CERTAIN CORRIDORS, FOR EXAMPLE, BUCKNER BOULEVARD, IT'S TECHNICALLY A STATE HIGHWAY.

UH, ARE WE TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO, TO WORK WITH THE STATE, UM, IF WE WANT TO, TO DO SOMETHING ON, ON THOSE TYPES OF CORRIDORS? UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE TRY TO AVOID, UH, STATE FACILITIES, UM, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S THEIR FACILITIES, BUT NUMBER TWO IS GENERALLY MOST OF THEM ARE HIGH VOLUME, HIGH SPEED KIND OF ROADWAYS.

AND IT IS VERY CHALLENGING TO TRY TO, UH, RETROFIT THOSE, UH, FACILITIES.

SO THEREFORE, UH, OUR FOCUS SPECIFICALLY SAY FOR EXAMPLE, ON BUCKNER IS TO TRY TO, UH, EXPLORE OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES AND, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CROSSWALKS AT INTER SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS AND SO ON.

SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF TREATMENTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON, ON SUCH FACILITIES AS FAR AS OUR BIKE, UH, UH, LOCATIONS.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THOSE AND GO, UH, AROUND THEM, UH, TO HELP AND, AND ENSURE SAFETY, IMPROVE SAFETY OF OUR, UH, THE USERS OF, UH, THE BIKE FACILITIES.

YEAH, PERSONALLY, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE DIFFICULTY WITH, WITH WORKING WITH, UM, ON SOMETHING, UM, THAT'S A STATE HIGHWAY, TECHNICALLY, I, I, I WOULDN'T WANT US TO COMPLETELY SHY AWAY FROM SEEING IF SOMETHING IS DONE.

I KNOW FOLKS IN DISTRICT FIVE WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON, ON BUCKNER.

IT'S STATE HIGHWAY, UM, NOT JUST BUCKNER, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER ROADS THAT I TALK ABOUT.

UM, IN, IN DISTRICT FIVE, A LOT OF OUR CORRIDORS, THERE ARE THREE, THREE LANES ON EACH SIDE.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A, A A, A HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO DRIVE FASTER AND, AND IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEWS, YOU'LL SEE FOLKS ARE DYING IN, IN, IN OUR CITY AND FOLKS ARE DYING IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS ON THESE CORRIDORS.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THIS.

AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO, BUT I'D LIKE FOR US TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE.

UM, ONE OTHER THING.

WELL, THE FUNDING, THE EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES WERE ALREADY TOUCHED ON.

UM, DO WE KNOW THOUGH, UH, WHO AMONG CITY STAFF IS, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING THAT FUNDING AND, AND WHEN THAT PROCESS WOULD BEGIN? SO GENERALLY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A SECTION THAT, UH, PRETTY MUCH LEAD, UH, THAT BASED ON INPUT AND CONVERSATION.

SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IF WE HAVING CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT A PARTICULAR AREA IN YOUR DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN WE IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS, WE'LL PUT THE PROS AND CONS AND AND SO ON, AND THEN START, UH, SEEKING THAT, UH, FUNDING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID PRETTY MUCH ON THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE GOING TO BID, HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT YEAR ON LATE JUNE TO CONNECT THE LOOP TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE STATION.

AWESOME.

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AWESOME.

UM, YOU JUST TOUCHED ON ONE, ONE LAST THING.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE FOR SURE.

UM, BUT DISTRICT FIVE, I THINK SPECIFICALLY, JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT PROXIMITY TO THE, THE LOOP TRAIL PROJECT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING THE BRIDGE OVER OVER 1 75, THE LATE JUNE BRIDGE RE REBUILT.

AND SO THAT JUST CREATES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONNECT THE REST OF DISTRICT FIVE TO THE LOOP TRAIL PROJECT AND, UM, THE REST OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

SO, THO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

UH, THANK Y'ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.

ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, QUICK UPDATE.

AND ALSO FOR THE FOLKS I THINK WHO MIGHT BE HERE FOR THE SECOND ITEM, I THINK, UM, I SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO'VE, UH, SIGNED UP TO, NOT SIGNED UP OR WHO ARE IN THE QUEUE, UM, TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, TAKE A RECESS AT 1230 REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS.

IF WE'RE FINISHED, THAT'S GREAT.

WE WON'T TAKE UP THE NEXT ITEM UNTIL AFTER WE COME BACK FROM LUNCH.

AND IF WE AREN'T QUITE DONE, WE'LL STOP AT 1230 SO WE CAN HAVE OUR LUNCH BREAK AND COME BACK AT ONE 30.

SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, WE'RE STOPPING AT 1230 REGARDLESS.

ALRIGHT, SO IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE CHAIRWOMAN STEWARD IS NEXT FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED.

UM, ON THE TOPIC OF CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND FUNDING, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH DISTRICT 10 TO APPLY FOR A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE, UH, FUNDING TO STUDY THE CONNECTIVITY AT LBJ AND SKILLMAN.

UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PLACES AND ROADS AND STREETS TO NOWHERE.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE THAT WILL HAVE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND PROTECTED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

AND ONCE THOSE PEOPLE ON BIKES GET OFF THE BRIDGE, THERE'S NO MORE PROTECTED ACCESS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND THE FUNDING, UM, I BELIEVE SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE, THE BIKE LANES THAT WE WANT TO SEE, BUT ALSO THE SAFE PEDESTRIAN, UM, CROSSINGS.

SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER OR NEXT STEP IS FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU ALL TO WORK WITH ME ON FINDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT CONNECTIVITY STUDY.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN DO ON MY PART, BUT, UM, WE, WE DO NEED CONNECTIVITY AND WE, WE BUILD BEAUTIFUL THINGS SOMETIMES IN THE CITY AND, AND THEN THEY'RE ISOLATED.

AND I WANT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LBJ TO HAVE THE SAFE ACCESS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT STUDENTS WHO LIVE SOUTH OF LBJ WHO NEED TO GET TO RICHLAND COLLEGE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, TO HAVE A SAFE CROSSING AND A SAFE WAY TO GET TO, TO RICHLAND COLLEGE.

UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF CONNECTIVITY THAT WE NEED TO LIBRARIES, REC CENTER SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.

BUT THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO MAJOR DESTINATIONS THAT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE COULD GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND THEN FROM THE BRIDGE COULD GET TO THOSE, UM, PARTICULAR, UM, PLACES.

SO I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT SINCE WE'RE GONNA GO TO LUNCH, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OH, DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO CUT YOUR REMARKS SHORT.

ANYBODY.

WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT MEAN.

WELL THIS MEANS WE'LL PICK UP THIS SAME ITEM WHEN WE COME BACK FROM LUNCH AS OPPOSED TO BEING ON THE SECOND ITEM.

SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT MEANT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MORE TIME.

UM, SO THE, WHAT I SEE IS, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN CHAIRMAN ARVA AND THEN CHAIRMAN BASIL DOA FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS.

SO, UM, GO AHEAD.

UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PROAM, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO BLAME IS THE CITY.

AND I AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS.

I'M HUNGRY TOO.

SO, , THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I'M JUST GONNA BE BRIEF BECAUSE I THINK I PRETTY MUCH HAVE SHARED MY COMMENTS WITH YOU, DR.

GUS AND, AND, AND, AND MR. PEREZ.

BUT WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND I, I DO, I HAVE A BIKE I HAVEN'T BEEN ON IN A MINUTE, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WEALTH AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW I THINK IS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STUDY, UH, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN CHUS MENTIONED.

AND, AND SHE KIND OF SORT OF MENTIONED IT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE CULTURE WE WERE BROUGHT UP IN AND RAISED IN TO BE CAR-CENTRIC.

AND SO, UM, GRADUALLY I THINK GENERATIONS WILL COME AND THEY'RE PROBABLY, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER WEST SAID, SOME TARGETED, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL REALLY BENEFIT FROM A, FROM THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN.

BUT WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTINUING TO ASK FOR ROAD AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN DRIVE THEIR CARS, UH, UTILIZE THEIR MOBILE HEALTH UNIT THAT MAY BE WHEELCHAIRS OR WHATEVER UNIT THEY'RE USING FOR THEIR, UH, HEALTH, UM, CHALLENGES.

SO WE, WE NEED TO KINDA WORK ON THAT FIRST AND EVEN FROM THE NEXT BOND PACKAGE IF WE CAN'T GET ROADS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, AND, AND, AND I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA CALL 'EM IMPROVEMENTS, JUST NEW IMPROVED, UH, REMOVAL OF POTHOLES AND DIPS AND DUCKS.

WE HAVE SOME OF EVERY TYPE OF DESIGN IN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY WANT.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE BIKE BIKE CYCLISTS REALIZE THIS, BUT WHEN YOU HIT A POTHOLE AND IT MESSES WITH YOUR ALIGNMENT, THE,

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AND SO THEY COME TO US THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT AND THEN THEY FIND OUT THAT'S ALMOST RUNNING TO A BRICK WALL.

SO YOU MAY HAVE JUST GOTTEN YOUR ALIGNMENT DONE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT BIG CREVICE, UH, CRACK HOLE THAT YOU DROPPED IN WITH THAT, WITH YOUR BRAND NEW TIRES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE 'EM.

AND SO I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE TIME TO, UH, TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE NEED TO TARGET, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST RIDERS.

WE HAVE BIKE TRAILS THAT I'M LOOKING AT NOW THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE EVEN ON.

UH, AND I THINK LAST BUT NOT LEAST AS WE TALK ABOUT DESIGN AND MOVING FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF A VARIETY OF MOBILE UNITS.

AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SCOOTERS AND UM, DRIVERLESS C MO, UH, CARS AND ALL OF THAT, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT 'EM ON THE SAME ROAD, IT'S ALMOST CHAOTIC.

JUST EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE PLACES I'VE, I'VE TRAVELED AND I'VE KINDA LOOKED AT THE AUSTIN MODEL, WHEN I GO TO AUSTIN AND I LOOK AT THAT, IT'S, IT ALMOST PUTS ME INTO A DEPRESSIVE STATE.

YOU HAVE ALL OF THE, YOU HAVE THE BIKE LANES, YOU HAVE THESE LITTLE STICKS STICKING UP SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE BIKE LANE AND NOT IN A CAR LANE.

AND IT JUST CREATES, FOR ME, MENTAL, THAT'S A MENTAL, UH, HEALTH CONDITION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CREATED WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I'M IN THE, IN THE RIGHT LANE OR NOT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TO AUSTIN, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY A, IT IS CHAOS FOR ME AND I GREW UP THERE.

SO I'M LOOKING AT ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ROAD SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THESE, UH, MOBILE, UH, CHOICES.

BUT I THINK ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE NEED TO PUT PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.

I MEAN, WE CANNOT, UH, THIS COUNT THAT.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TRYING TO GET TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THIS MAZE TO TRY TO GET SOMEWHERE TO HELP FOLKS.

SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.

UH, IT'S JUST PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST PLANNING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN A, A VARIETY OF TASTE AND CHOICES.

NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE RIGHTS AND WE WANT THESE RIGHTS AS, AS, AS, UM, CITIZENS IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE'RE GOING.

BUT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN I THINK OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS ALREADY CREATED TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S HARD TO GIVE THOSE CHOICES.

AND I THINK IN AREAS SUCH AS MINE WHERE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE JOBS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT CREATE JOBS WHERE YOU CAN JUST WALK TO WORK OR YOU CAN CYCLE TO WORK, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR STREETS SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WORK IN THE CARS.

AND ALSO IF WE ARE DEALING WITH BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WE WANT THE BUSES TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWN THE STREET AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT AUSTIN CREATES A LOT OF MENTAL ANGUISH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

CHAIRMAN ARVA, YOU ING US FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THEN, UM, CHAIRMAN BE WILL DO IT FOR FIVE MINUTES AND I WE'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE, I THINK.

UM, SO LET'S START OFF WITH THE, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

ACCURATE ON THE UPDATE? UM, SO WE HAVE THE GIS UH, SITE WHERE BASICALLY WHEN AND ANYTIME THAT WE'RE STARTING A PROJECT, WE'RE GOING INTO THE GIS AND LOOKING AT IT AND SEE WHAT'S THERE BECAUSE THAT IT SHOWS WHAT IS ON THE OTHER PLANS.

THERE WAS TONS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, LOTS OF SURVEYS, LOTS OF STAKEHOLDERS, FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY RIDE BICYCLES AND, UM, DO IT EITHER RECREATIONALLY OR THAT'S THEIR CHOICE FOR THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.

UM, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW FOR US.

THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS UPDATE COMPLETED SO THAT WE CAN START TO IMPLEMENT.

IS THAT ACCURATE? YES.

SO, UM, ONE THING ALSO TO, TO MENTION IS THAT, THAT ARE SOME, UH, LOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY KIND OF, UH, FOR THE LACK OF BETTER WORDS, CONTROVERSIAL.

SO WE CAN BE DOING CONCURRENT WORK WHILE WE'RE PUSHING AHEAD USING THE THIS DRAFT, UH, TO START IDENTIFYING THE FUNDINGS AND, AND SO ON WHILE WE'RE, UH, GOING THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL STEPS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND UPDATES TO THE OTHER STUFF.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A SIDEWALK, UM, MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS A, UM, STREET ROAD, UM, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, PLAN, WE HAVE A PLAN FOR REPAIRS.

HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT THOSE DIFFERENT PLANS ARE WORKING TOGETHER? I KNOW THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING ANOTHER ISSUE A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT WE WOULD START TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF, UM, DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT, WITHOUT CHANGING UP ANOTHER PLAN.

SO HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PLANS ARE LAYERED WITH THIS BIKE PLAN? UPDATE'S GONNA BE

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AND THEN ALSO WE'RE ENSURING THAT THERE IS, UH, UH, A COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA, UH, LOOK AT, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING NOT ONLY DWU BUT ALSO CONTACTING ENCORE AND, AND UH, UH, AT FOR, HEY, IF I'M GONNA PUT IN A BRAND NEW PAVEMENT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NOTHING HAPPENS.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION THAT WE HAD ON, UH, CAESAR CHAVEZ NEAR THE, UH, CARPENTER PARK BRAND NEW INTERSECTION, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY RIPPED IT OUT.

SO THE POINT BEING IS WE HAVE THOSE, UH, UH, THIS FRAMEWORK IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, UH, TO DO THAT.

DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? YEAH, SO, UH, THIS BIKE PLAN UPDATE HAS FORCED A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, PARTICULARLY WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT FOR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS WANTING TO IMPLEMENT THE NEXT YEAR, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE READY, HAVE, HAVE DESIGNED BY THE NEXT YEAR TO GET THEM, UH, THAT LIST THE YEAR IN ADVANCE.

SO LET'S SAY THE YEAR ONE OR OR IMPLEMENTATION IN YEAR TWO TO GET THEM THAT A YEAR IN ADVANCE AND THEY WILL WORK TO TRY TO IMP UH, INCORPORATE AND MAKE SURE, UH, THOSE FACILITIES ARE PART OF THE RESURFACING PLAN, UM, IF, IF THEY NEED RESURFACING IN THE NEXT YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN BE DONE CONCURRENTLY.

VERY GOOD.

AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHAT A LOT OF, UM, THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, HERE'S ANOTHER PLAN, RIGHT? AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LAYER THEM IN SO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN UPDATE OR A CHANGE THAT NOT JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT FOLKS WE'VE TALKED TO, BUT ALSO IN STAFF, BUT ALSO THIS BODY TENDS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, UM, I BELIEVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ HAD BROUGHT UP SEVERAL, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THAT I'VE ALREADY ASKED OUR DEPARTMENT TO START LOOKING AT.

SO WE CAN START TO LAYER THESE THINGS AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THE, THE ULTIMATE PLAN, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY AROUND HERE UNDERSTANDS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CREATING A NEW PLAN.

THIS PLAN EXISTS, WE'RE UPDATING IT, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE OTHER ISSUES, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS I'M GETTING BECAUSE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED? IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THESE OTHER, UM, PLANS THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER.

I, I CONCUR.

I MEAN, AGAIN, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

ESPECIALLY LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE PROPOSING THE PROJECTS ON THE, IN THE BOND, I MEAN THE, THE, ALL THE PLANS AND THE, AND THE PROPOSAL ARE ALL WELL INTEGRATED TOGETHER.

SO VERY GOOD.

AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE, SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP BOND, I WASN'T GOING TO BUT YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

SO, UM, AND THE PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S CONNECTIVITY SO THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN CREATING A BIKE LANE THAT'S READY TO GO AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THREE BLOCKS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANYTHING ELSE FOR SAFETY REASONS? CORRECT.

AND THAT'S THE SHIFT MIND, UH, MINDSET, UH, OF WHAT WE'RE MAKING SURE IS THAT WHATEVER WE'RE PUTTING IN HAS CONNECTIVITY SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THOSE BACK TO NOWHERE IS.

UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT AND, AND TRY TO CO COVER ALL THESE GAPS, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE CONTINUITY IN THIS SYSTEM.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, THE NEXT THING IS, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD, I HEARD SOME PEOPLE MENTION, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES BEING PARKED IN BIKE LANES AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER KINDS OF ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH, UM, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE BRINGING UP, YOU KNOW, THE ONE ON MEDICAL DISTRICT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEXT TO THE ANOL.

UM, THAT'S A TRAIL THAT WAS INSTALLED AND IT'S A GREAT TRAIL.

I SEE A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS ON IT.

I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN A LOT OF BIKERS ON IT, CYCLISTS, BUT NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT THERE, IT'S JUST I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T SEEN SEEN THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO HERE AND THERE.

BUT THAT IS A CONCERN OF, YOU KNOW, IS HOW WE'RE CROSSING OVER BUSINESSES, UM, DRIVEWAYS AND YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE CYCLISTS ARE, UM, PROTECTED AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANNA CREATE A NEW AREA THAT WE HAVE TO ADD DIVISION ZERO.

UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON.

SO, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, COLLEAGUES, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I GET A COMMITMENT THAT WHEN WE DESIGN, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA DESIGN IT, WE'VE GOTTA APPROVE IT AT SOME POINT THAT THESE SAFETY FEATURES CAN BE LOOKED AT AND BROUGHT IN.

CAN CAN, CAN I GET THAT COMMITMENT THAT THAT'S HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AFTER ADOPTING THIS? YES, SIR.

SO UPDATE.

YES SIR.

WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, DESIGN PLANS, SO ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE INCLUDED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, THE, UH, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS ADDRESSES THE, UH, THE DRIVEWAYS AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE UNION BIKEWAY PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN BECAUSE IT'S GOING NEXT TO A LOT OF PARKING GARAGES, ENTRANCES, AND SO ON.

AND WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT PROJECT

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ON THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED ON FUTURE PROJECTS.

SO ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ALL LEARNING RIGHT SO AS WE GO.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, I, I GOT TO TOUR LOS ANGELES, THAT HAS PROBABLY A, SOME OF THE MOST NUMBERS OF BIKE LANES AS WELL AS, UM, THE CITY OF DENVER.

AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE'RE SO USED TO PUTTING A BIKE LANE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET.

AND THEN IN SOME OF THOSE CITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THEY ONLY HAVE 'EM ON ONE SIDE AND THEY GO BOTH DIRECTIONS.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SAFETY.

SO THE LIGHTS, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE DEDICATED BIKE, UM, LANE TURNING AND SIGNALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YES, IT COSTS MORE, BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE, WE NEED TO DO THAT, NOT JUST FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE CARS AS WELL, BECAUSE, UM, THEY CAN GET INTO A REALLY BAD ACCIDENT TRYING TO AVOID HITTING SOMEBODY.

'CAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER, YOU KNOW, HIT SOMEBODY, THANK GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, BUT I, I KNOW IT WOULD BE HORRIFIC AS A DRIVER IF I, UM, WERE TO RUN OVER SOMEBODY, RIGHT? SO I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE TO THAT.

SO, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE MOVING AND THAT, THAT THAT PUBLIC INPUT IS DEFINITELY SHARED WITH EVERYONE.

SO, UM, MR. MAYOR, I'M JUST GONNA END REAL QUICK TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE.

WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS UPDATE APPROVED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE REST OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABSOLUTELY WE'RE GONNA DO IT, BUT IT'LL BE DONE AS THE DESIGNS GO FORWARD.

THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY, BUT THIS IS WILL BE, AND WHEN YOU SPEAK CHAIRMAN BAZEL, DO IT.

EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'VE SPOKEN FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THIS ITEM, EVERY SINGLE PERSON.

SO YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, AND THAT WILL BE A GREAT TIME TO TAKE A LUNCH BREAK UNTIL ONE 30.

I, I, UM, JUST ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO TAKE THAT MINDSET OFF THAT I KNOW HAS TO BE FOLLOWED IN MANY CASES TO GET THE SUPPORT NEEDED AROUND THIS COUNCIL.

UM, AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

UM, VERY PASSIONATE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

UM, OVERALL, I, I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, ATTRIBUTE.

I WOULD, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I PERSONALLY FALL MORE ON THE MR. RESENDEZ SIDE THAN THE MS. ARNOLD SIDE.

AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, IMPACT FOR US TO HAVE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MEANS FOR, UH, MULTIMODAL, UH, USAGE WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, IN FACT, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS A HUGE, UH, REASON THAT OUR, UM, RIDERSHIP WITH OUR MASS TRANSIT IS SO LOW, CONNECTING THE, THOSE LAST MILES HAVE TO BE MADE A PRIORITY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO COUPLE THESE EFFORTS WITH, UM, THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR, UM, STREETS AND, AND UH, BOND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, COMING FORWARD.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO JUST SPEAK ALSO TO WHAT, UM, MR. WEST MENTIONED, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, THERE BEING A MORE CONCISE, UM, GOAL AND PLAN.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WITH, WITH STAFF'S OBJECTIVES MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCOMPLISHING A PLAN OF THIS MAGNITUDE, UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO APPEASE 15 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UH, 14 DIFFERENT, UM, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, THAT IT, IT, IT, THAT YOU CAN SOMETIMES GET BLINDED BY THAT GOAL.

UH, AND I'M REQUESTING THAT, THAT THAT NOT BE THE GOAL.

UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OFTENTIMES THAT I BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARBITRARY LINES OF WHAT A, A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT IS, UM, IS, IS GUIDANCE TO STAFF ON HOW TO SELL, UM, THE MERIT OF A PROJECT.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE CASE.

I THINK IN FACT, WE ARE MISSING THE MARK HERE IF WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO FIND A PROJECT IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT.

AND I'M SAYING THAT, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS ONE, BUT IF THE, IF THE GOAL AND THE, UH, OBJECTIVE IS TO GARNER THE SUPPORT IN ORDER TO PUSH SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORWARD AND IMPLEMENT, UM, BY SPRINKLING IT THROUGH, UH, THESE ARBITRARY LINES THAT WE HAVE, BUT IN THE END RESULT DOESN'T GIVE US A MORE CONNECTED CITY AND A, A BIGGER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE, UM, CYCLING AS A MEANS OF, OF TRANSIT, THEN I THINK WE'VE TOTALLY MISSED WHAT THIS INVESTMENT SHOULD RESULT IN.

UM, SO I, I, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE, UM, FOR THAT MINDSET TO NOT ONLY BE REMOVED FROM STAFF'S MINDS, BUT ALSO FROM OUR, OUR BODY.

UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT A, A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, UH, REALLY MAKE CONNECTIONS, UH, CLOSE IN THAT LAST MILE FOR OUR MASS TRANSIT, PROVIDE, UH, SAFER FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE, UM, UH, BICYCLES AS NOT ONLY RECREATION, BUT A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR CITY.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT WE ARE MISSING THE MARK.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE TRAILS.

I LOVE TRAILS.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE RECREATION, UH, OPTIONS, BUT IT'S EVEN GREATER FOR THOSE RECREATION OPTIONS TO CONNECT YOU TO OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY AND GETS THE SHACKLES OFF OF US TO HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE WITH HOW WE HAVE INVESTED IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE PAST.

SO,

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BUT LOOK AT THAT BIG PICTURE AND LOOK AT THAT END RESULT AS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DRIVING THIS DECISION AND SUPPORT FOR WHICH OVERALL SHOULD BE ADDING CYCLING AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

AND I, I EXPRESSED THIS WHENEVER I MET WITH Y'ALL, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE EXTRA TIME THAT Y'ALL HAVE.

I, BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T, UH, UH, IT DOESN'T PLEASE THE OVERALL GOAL FOR ME TO BE APPEASED BY YOU GIVING ME A COUPLE OF STREETS THAT AREN'T GOING TO CONNECT TO A LARGER, UH, GOAL OF CONNECTIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIMODAL.

UM, IT ALSO DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, GET THAT JOB DONE IF OUR MAIN FOCUS IS QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY, RIGHT? UM, SHEROS, I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M GLAD MR. RESENDEZ IS BRAVER THAN I AM, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO RIDE IN ALL OF THE STREETS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, FOR THE SIMPLE, SIMPLE FACT THAT I DEFINITELY VALUE MY LIFE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S VERY SAFE RIGHT NOW.

SO I WANT US TO, TO, TO, TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SHARES.

I, I, I WISH WE WOULD JUST GET THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, ALTOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SHARED, UH, SURFACES THAT WE HAVE TO GO WITH THAT MODEL.

BUT ULTIMATELY, AND AS I EXPRESSED TO YOU ALL WHERE WE HAVE SHEROS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, I HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THEIR KIDS TO U UTILIZE THEM.

UM, OR THOSE WHO, UH, ONLY CYCLE FOR RECREATION HAS HA HAVE EXPRESSED THAT, THAT THAT ALONE IS THE REASON THAT THEY WON'T START USING IT AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION INSTEAD OF JUST RECREATION.

SO WE'VE GOTTA GET SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTION, WE'VE GOTTA GET SERIOUS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE, UM, CYCLING AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND NOT JUST, UH, AN AFTERTHOUGHT, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

BUT THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S, UH, WORK ON THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE END RESULT.

I'M BIG SUPPORTIVE.

ALRIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH AT ONE 30, WE'LL PICK UP WITH, UH, DISTRICT 14 TWO AND ONE FOR THREE MINUTE ROUNDS ON THIS ITEM A BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL STAY AT RECESS UNTIL ONE 30.

OKAY? I AM TOLD THAT WE ARE BACK ON THE AIR.

IT'S 1:48 PM AND THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BACK IN SESSION.

UH, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHO ARE HERE AT THE, UM, GUS AND HIS TEAM TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON ITEM A I HAD IN THE QUEUE, DISTRICT 14, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT ONE IN THAT ORDER.

SO AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'RE ON ROUND TWO, THREE MINUTES.

UM, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, BUT I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED MY COMMENTS OFFLINE TO STAFF CHAIRMAN MORENO NOT PRESENT.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A I'M THREE MINUTES, EXCUSE ME, THREE MINUTES.

UM, REALLY JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP EARLIER.

UM, ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS I MADE AS YOU GUYS HOPEFULLY REMEMBER, WAS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION, YOU COME TO US WITH A RIDERSHIP VERSUS GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE.

UM, YOU KNOW, TWO OPTIONS, RIGHT? LIKE, DO WE WANT THE MOST GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY WHERE WE SPRINKLE A LITTLE BIT HERE AND A LITTLE BIT THERE? OR DO WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR CORE AREAS THAT, UM, WE CAN HAVE THE MOST IMPACT ON RIDERSHIP? I HEARD SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THEY SEEM TO APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND, AND SIGN ON TO THAT.

AND THEN I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, AS IT COMES DOWN TO WHERE WE EQUITABLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU END UP DOING, UM, I WOULD LOOK AT, UH, HOW WE CAN GET THE MOST KIDS ON BIKES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT ARE COMPLETELY INTACT WITHOUT ROADS LIKE JEFFERSON BOULEVARD OR LEMON AVENUE OR THESE REALLY BUSY ROADS, THEY'RE COMPLETELY CONTAINED ON, ON SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS WITH SCHOOLS, UM, IN THEM OR RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THEM.

AND IF, IF WE COULD REALLY FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON, ON THAT, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THAT'D BE SOMETHING I COULD GET REALLY, REALLY BEHIND.

I STILL DON'T SEE CHAIRMAN MORENO, SO I'M GONNA GO TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSSOHN AND THEN, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THREE MINUTES EACH.

OF THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND SOME TOOLS.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MONEY A LITTLE BIT.

SO I THINK, CATHERINE, YOU SAID TWO AND A HALF MILLION WAS ALLOCATED IN FISCAL YEAR 24, AND I THINK JACK SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS 2 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.

HOW WOULD THOSE SAME KIND OF DOLLARS GET YOU WHERE YOU'RE HEADED ON THIS PLAN? SO IT'S A COMBINATION

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UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE RTC, UM, UH, THERE HAS BEEN A, UM, WE, UH, WERE AWARDED LIKE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.

SO THERE ARE ONES THAT ARE AWARDED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OTHERS THAT ARE REMAIN, ARE AS REGIONAL.

SO THESE ARE, UM, AVENUES, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE CAN EXPLORE, UH, UH, TO BENEFIT INCLUDING THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION AGAIN, TO TRY TO LEVERAGE THE, UH, 20% REQUIREMENT IF IT IS A FEDERAL FUND.

IF IT IS, UM, UH, COUNTY RELATED, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO COME INTO THE TABLE WITH A 50 50.

NOW, THE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS, OBVIOUSLY TWO AND A HALF MILLION IS NOT GONNA GET US TOO FAR.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, CAPTURE THOSE THROUGH THE BOND OR GRANTS.

SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE MLK.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A LARGER PORTION OF GENERAL FUNDS FOR THIS PLAN AT THIS POINT, UM, AS MR. WEST MENTIONED, IS THAT, UH, WE WILL WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND IDENTIFY AND MAKE IT FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED TO PREPARE, UH, UH, WHAT THE, UH, SCENARIOS COULD BE AND THE REQUIREMENTS.

UM, GREAT, THANK YOU.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IS THAT IF THERE IS A WAY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS EITHER WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT AND THEN SORT OF PRIORITIZE THEM AS, UM, HIGH URGENCY MEDIUM, OR THIS IS A LOW PRIORITY, I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, MAYBE HAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND WHAT DOESN'T .

AND, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY WANT AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SUPPORT AND TRY TO FUND THOSE FIRST.

YES MA'AM.

AND I WELCOME SUCH, UH, INPUT BECAUSE THAT WILL GREATLY HELP US INSTEAD OF US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BASICALLY WHAT UH, UH, WHAT IS TO BE PRIORITY IN ANY EVERY DISTRICT.

STILL ON NOTE CHAIRMAN MORENO.

SO WE'RE GONNA MAYOR PROAM, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES.

UH, GU, UH, LOOKING AT THIS OVERALL BITE PLAN, AND I WAS CURIOUS AND UNDERSTAND, ARE Y'ALL WORKING WITH FORWARD DALLAS? BECAUSE THE PLAN, THE FORWARD DOLLAR IS NOT COMPLETE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING FORWARD DOLLARS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE TRAIL PLAN, BUT HOW DID A BIKE PLAN WORK WITH FOR DOLLARS? AND SO Y'ALL WORKING WITH THEM, SO CAN YOU GIMME AN UPDATE, YOU KNOW, HOW Y'ALL MERGING THIS PLAN WITH FORWARD DOLLARS? UH, SO, UH, IN GENERAL, TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN, UH, VERY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORWARD DALLAS AND REVIEWING THE DRAFT DOCUMENT.

UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT IT FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE, UM, ONE OF THE KEY WAYS THAT IT IMPACTS THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS, I MEAN, I THINK CURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BIKE PLAN, IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

BUT, UM, WITH THE, FOR DALLAS, UH, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROBABLY A HALF A DOZEN PLANS THAT THE CITY HAS IS TO UPDATE THE THEFOR PLAN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT IS A BETTER SENSE OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH TO BETTER PROJECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO IF THAT THEN IS AVAILABLE ONCE, IF AND WHEN FORWARD DALLAS IS ADOPTED, UM, AND WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, IT WOULD BE USED TO THEN, UH, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR THOROUGHFARE AND BIKEWAY NEEDS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THE FUTURE.

SO BY SAYING THAT, ARE Y'ALL CURRENT WORKING WITH FORWOOD DALLAS? IF SO, WHO ARE YOU WORKING WITH IN THAT DEPARTMENT? UH, YES, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, UM, ANDREA AND, UH, AND WITH, UM, HMM, LAWRENCE, UH, YES, LAWRENCE, UM, AGU AND, UM, DANIEL, I'M SORRY, DANIEL, I'M BLANKING ON YOUR NAME.

COULD YOU, UM, COULD YOU TELL ME THAT IT'S FORWARD DALLAS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS BIKE PLAN? IF SO, WHY? IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS BIKE PLAN GOTTA BE PART OF PART WITH FORWARD DALLAS? UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, FORWARD DALLAS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL TRANSPORTATION, UM, TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TAKE SO MANY YEARS TO DEVELOP AND ARE SO EXPENSIVE, UH, SOME, MANY OF THEM THAT MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PROVIDING A MULTIMODAL, WELL OPERATING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

TWO OF THEM CAN GO TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY.

SO WITH THAT, IF, IF YOU SAID THAT WOULD A BIKE PLAN WILL HAVE FINISHED BEFORE FORWARD DALLAS, OR YOU FEEL THAT FORWARD DALLAS SHOULD BE COMPLETED FIRST BEFORE THE BIKE PLAN IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED? I THINK THE

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UM, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD, UM, UH, COULD GO, EITHER ONE COULD GO FIRST.

UM, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THE TIMEFRAME FOR FORWARD DALLAS.

SO I THINK WE STILL WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS SO THAT WE CAN START GETTING PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED.

GUS, WE BETTER SET SOME, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF IT, DEFINITELY BECAUSE IT IMPACTS, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND THE, UH, DECISION MAKING ON WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND THE CONNECTIVITY.

SO DEFINITELY, UH, IT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

UM, ONE THING THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO KIND OF IN THE PLAN AND AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AS, UH, FORWARD DALLAS DEVELOPS.

WE MAY NEED TO KIND OF MAKE SOME TWEAKING TO THE, TO THE PLAN TO ADOPT IT, TO, UH, THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, BUT MY RECOMMEND, BUT WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING TO THIS BODY HERE IS THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF MOVE OUR BIKE PLAN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, REFINEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN FORWARD DALLAS IS, IS DONE, THEN WE ARE ABLE TO START, UH, UH, IF YOU WILL, UH, SCHEDULING PROJECTS FOR FUNDING AND, AND START WORKING ON THESE THINGS.

AND ALSO, UM, I KNOW WE, WE GOT A A MASTER PLAN FOR TRAILS.

SO HOW DO WE WORK WITH INTEGRATE THE TRAIL WITH THE BIKE TRAMP? WITH THE BIKE PLAN? SO HOW DO WE CONNECT THOSE DOTS, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF THE TRAIL, GOING TO THE BIKE LANE? UH, YEAH, SO ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN WAS TO MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATED THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN INTO THIS DOCUMENT SO WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AS MANY CONNECTIONS TO THIS, UM, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO THE CITY AS POSSIBLE AS A TRANSPORTATION MODE TO GET TO TRAILS, UM, TO GET TO THE CITY SERVICE.

SO, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT AND GET PEOPLE ACCESS TO TRAILS THROUGH THIS PLAN AS WELL AS TO WHERE POSSIBLE UTILIZE THEM AS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ARE, ARE, WE USE THE TRAIL WITH AN OVERLAY OF THE MASTER PLAN OF THE BIKE LANE.

IN OTHER WORDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT THE TRAILS HERE AND YOU PUT A BIKE LANE ON TOP OF THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT CONNECTIVITY IT CONNECTED.

AND, UH, WHAT ABOUT GRANTS ON, ON, ON BIKE LAND? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MATCHING GRANTS? SO YES, THERE IS ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M WORKING WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THESE THINGS.

SO, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD, UH, AS MS. MENDELSON MENTIONED, IS IF WE HAVE SOME SORT OF A PRIORITY IN AN AREA THAT IS IDENTIFIED.

SO WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP, UH, ON THAT AND, UH, START TRYING TO SLOT THOSE PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE.

WHAT ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH DART? YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT MOST OF OUR DART BUS HAVE, YOU KNOW, BIKES RIGHT ON THE BUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

, ARE WE DEALING, ARE WE, UH, ENGAGED IN DART YOU KNOW, WITH THE RIDERSHIP WITH WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THE BIKE LANE SHOULD BE THERE? 'CAUSE THEY KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO DO, WHO DO RIDE A BUS, YOU KNOW, BRING THEIR BIKE WITH 'EM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO, TO RIDE ON THE BUS WITH THAT, RIGHT? SO HOW, HOW WE COORDINATING THAT, WE, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THEM AND THEY WERE PART OF OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP AND COMMITTEE, UH, BASICALLY, AND THEY WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF IT, SO THEY WERE AT THE TABLE.

I DON'T THINK CHAIRMAN MORENO, OH YOU ARE? OKAY, GOOD.

YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES.

AND IT SORT OF SET UP A BAD EXPECT SURE.

UH, MAYOR, ON PAGE 17 BIKE, WE HAVE THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS, UH, BIKE, UH, FACILITIES.

CAN WE, I, I SEE THE IMAGES, BUT CAN WE ALSO GET A DEFINITION OF, OF WHAT THOSE ARE? UM, AND THEN WHERE WE FEEL THOSE ARE BEST PRACTICES.

FOR EXAMPLE, SHARED YOUTH PATH.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON CITY SIDEWALKS AND IT, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO EARLIER ABOUT SPEED OF CYCLISTS.

SOMETIMES PUTTING CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ON THE SAME USAGE CAN BECOME VERY DIFFICULT.

AND SO MAYBE SOME GUIDELINES ON WHEN IT'S BEST, BEST PRACTICES WOULD, WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, AND THEN THE, THE BENCHMARK, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO THE 50 MILES WITHIN THE NEXT, UM, UH, FEW YEARS, DO WE HAVE A A, A COMMITMENT OF HOW MANY, UH, MILES WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH EACH YEAR? WHERE ARE WE JUST SAYING, SAYING OVERALL, THIS IS WHAT OUR, OUR GOAL IS? UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMITMENT ON THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, AS THE, UM, THIS DOES NOT SET, UH, BUDGETS.

I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE, I WOULD SAY, UH, DOWNFALLS AND CHALLENGES OF THE 2011 PLAN WAS THAT IT OVER-COMMITTED, UM,

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A EXPECTATION THAT WAS VERY CHALLENGING TO MEET, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE PROPOSING DOING THIS MORE THREE TO FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, EXISTING AND PROJECTED FUNDING SOURCES, BUT AT A MORE CLOSE IN COUNTRY.

YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT SETTING THAT AS THE GOAL LINE, BUT THAT WE'RE, IF POSSIBLE, IN YEARS WHEN WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR SUPPORT THAT WE TRY TO EXCEED, UM, THOSE, THOSE, UM, EXPECTATIONS.

UM, JUST LIKE TO CLOSE WITH, AGAIN, THANKING YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND HOPE THAT, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN US ON NOVEMBER 8TH FOR BIKE TO CITY HALL DAY.

I WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, CHAD, I THINK, UH, UM, CHAIRMAN WEST IS GONNA BE JOINING US THAT DAY, AND THEN DDI, JUAN AND SCOTT FOR, UM, HELPING US, UH, COORDINATE THIS.

NEXT ITEM, UH, IF STAFF IS AVAILABLE AND CAN MAKE THEIR WAY UP, IS RELATED TO THE DALLAS LOVE FIELD, VOLUNTARY NOR NOE PROGRAM.

ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON, ON ITEM A? IF NOT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO CITY MANAGER FOR OUR LAST BRIEFING ITEM.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU, GUS, AND TEAM.

SO MAYOR, I THINK THE

[B. 23-2529 Dallas Love Field Voluntary Noise Program]

AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS PROGRAM TO YOU TODAY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE DALLAS LOVE FIELD IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR OUR CITY, UH, AND REGION LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DALLAS TO BE BETTER AND RESPOND TO NOISE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.

LOVE FIELD HAS A VOLUNTARY NOISE PROGRAM, FIRST ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1981.

OVER THE LAST 14 MONTHS, THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING PLAN AND NEW MEASURES TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS OF ITS NEIGHBORS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PATRICK CARINO, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM TO DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SHARE NEXT STEPS.

PATRICK, THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UH, AS, UH, TC SAID, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT DALLAS LOVE FIELD VOLUNTARY KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM UPDATE.

UH, HERE WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE ISAAC ELLISON, WHO'S OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, MANAGER, AND HE HAS BEEN A BIG PIECE OF, UH, PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER WITH US.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, UH, WHERE WE'VE STARTED AND GETTING TO WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THEN, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STAKEHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS.

SO WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THIS UPDATE, UM, WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS OURS.

AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT NOISE.

UH, FAA, UH, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE DOT IS, UH, RUNS THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM.

SO WITH, IN THAT WE TALK ABOUT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, THEY CONTROL THE FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF THE AIRPORTS, SPECIFICALLY DALLAS LOVE FIELD.

UH, OUR ROLE IN THIS IS REALLY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, RESPECT THE VOLUNTARY NOISE PROGRAM, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND UPDATES, UH, TO THAT PROGRAM.

DALLAS LEFT YIELD, WE, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS.

SO THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING TO, FOR THE FEDERAL AVIATION, UH, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS THAT ALLOW US TO OPERATE THE AIRPORT.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, UH, A ECONOMIC GENERATOR AS WELL.

YEAH, WE'RE, UH, THE GATEWAY TO THE CITY, UH, OR ONE OF THE GATEWAYS.

WE SUPPORT DIFFERENT AVENUES OF AVIATION, GENERAL AVIATION, COMMERCIAL AVIATION, AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY A BIG, UH, DRIVER OF THE ECONOMY.

28,000 LOCAL JOBS.

UH, 5.6 BILLION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND WE PROVIDE ABOUT 47 MILLION BACK IN DIRECT REVENUE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO, BACKGROUND ON THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

SO THIS GOES BACK TO 1980, UH, THE LOVE FIELD CITIZEN ACTION COMMITTEE WAS FOUNDED, WHICH IS STILL IN EXISTENCE.

UH, WE HAVE SOME STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR GROUP THAT ARE HERE TODAY, AND THAT ALSO YOU HEARD FROM THAT ARE, WERE, HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS BACK FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE, THE LAST 40 PLUS YEARS ON THIS.

IN 1981, UH, WE ADOPTED THE VOLUNTARY NOISE PROGRAM, UH, BY CITY.

YOUR CITY COUNCIL DID THAT.

AND, UH, WE DID DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND UPDATES TO THIS SINCE THEN.

SO IN 1982, WE HAD A PREFERENTIAL RUNWAY, WHICH WE'LL TALK

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ABOUT.

WE DID THE FIRST REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM IN 1986.

UH, WE DID A ENGINE RUNUP AREA FOR MAINTENANCE IN 1988.

WE DID SOME SOUNDPROOFING WITH DISD IN 1994.

AND IN NINE, IN 2017, WE PUT A NOISE, UH, UH, MONITORING SYSTEM IN PLACE.

SO, GOING BACK TO THE 1981 NOISE STUDY, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME RECORD RECOMMENDATIONS OF CITY COUNCIL.

UH, THEY HAD 15 SEVEN OF THOSE, UH, ALTERNATIVES WERE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE SOME OTHER MEASURES THAT WE MENTIONED, THE PREFERENTIAL RUNWAY, SO THIS WOULD BE THE DENTON SIDE RUNWAY THAT WE USE.

UH, ENCOURAGE JET AIRCRAFT OVER A CERTAIN WEIGHT BETWEEN 9:00 PM AND 6:00 AM THERE'S A NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROCEDURE AT NIGHT THAT BASICALLY TAKES AIRCRAFT OVER THE TRINITY RIVER.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE, WE HAVE A PROHIBIT PROHIBIT PROHIBITED AIRCRAFT RUN-UPS, UH, FROM, FROM, UM, MIDNIGHT TO 6:00 AM AND IT'S VOLUNTARY FROM 10 TO TO MIDNIGHT.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MEASURES WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT VOLUNTARY THAT WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED WHILE THERE WAS LOCAL CONTROL OVER THIS.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY MANDATED.

SO THAT'S THE ONE ITEM THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T VOLUNTARY IN ALL OF THIS.

IT'S ACTUALLY MANDATED THEY HAVE TO DO THAT.

SO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, UPDATED.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE NOISE OPERATIONS MONITORING SYSTEM ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.

THAT'S CASPER LAB.

WHAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW, IT GIVES STAKEHOLDERS TOOLS TO GO IN THERE AND PULL FLIGHTS AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AT A LIVE VIEW.

IT HAS, UH, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RECORDINGS.

THERE WAS A NOISE COMPLAINT INITIATIVE DONE BY THE FAA.

WE'VE, UH, LOOK AT ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS, REVIEWS.

OUR DEPARTMENT WILL HANDLE THOSE THAT COME TO US.

AND ALSO, UH, WE HAVE A QUARTERLY LOVE FIELD ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, OUTREACH MEETINGS, UH, NEWSLETTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE'S ALSO PILOT SIGNAGE OUT ON THE AIRFIELD THAT DIRECTS, UH, PILOTS TO OUR VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

WE'RE, WE'RE BACK TODAY, UH, A LOT BECAUSE OF THE AUDIT IN 2019.

UH, THIS WAS DELAYED A BIT DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN WE GOT BACK INTO THIS.

SO THIS, THIS, THE, THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UH, PROVIDED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM.

IT HADN'T BEEN LOOKED AT, LIKE WE SAID, SINCE 1986.

UH, THERE WAS LIMITED, UH, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND IT BASICALLY CAME BACK, WE NEED TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THIS AND, AND REVAMP IT.

SO WE HAVE 10 EXISTING MEASURES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

UH, THOSE ARE OUT HERE.

WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING RETAINING ALL OF THEM EXCEPT TWO.

WE WORKED WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, ON THESE, AND WE AGREED THAT TWO OF THEM ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT.

AND WE AGREED TO, UH, RECOMMEND SUN SETTING THEM.

UH, WITHIN THESE MODIFICATIONS, WE HAVE SOME OF MODIFIC, UH, RE RETAINING SOME, WE DO SOME MODIFICATIONS.

SO, UM, UH, LIKE ON THE FIRST ONE WE DO, UH, ANY JET AIRCRAFT.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT TO, UH, BOTH RUNWAYS AND BALANCE THAT USAGE.

SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO, YOU KNOW, PUT ALL THE TRAFFIC ON ONE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT AT NIGHT AND MAKE IT LOUD FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THAT RUNWAY UTILIZATION.

ALSO ON NUMBER THREE, UM, WE CONTINUE TO, UM, DISSEMINATE FA HELICOPTER ROUTES.

SO WE HELICOPTERS ARE PRESCRIBED ROUTES ALONG THE AREA.

WE'RE LOOKING TO RETAIN THAT WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS.

UH, IF WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO RETAIN THE, UH, OPTIMAL TAKEOFF PROFILE ON NUMBER SIX WITH A BIANNUAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MEMO FROM THE AIR CARRIERS THAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING.

UH, NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY EXITS.

THESE ARE ANGLED TAXIWAYS THAT COME OFF RUNWAYS THAT ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT, AND THEY WAS FOUND THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING FOR NOISE.

SO WE AGREED WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO SUNSET THIS MODIFICATION, RECOMMEND THAT.

AND NUMBER EIGHT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE REGULAR REVIEW IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON THE AUDIT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT.

UH, THE NOISE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED EVERY FIVE YEARS, IS WHAT WE FELT WAS A GOOD TIMELINE.

THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ANY TRIGGERS.

SO IF THERE'S NEW AIRCRAFT TYPES OR SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES IN THE METROPLEX, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY RE RECONVENE THAT.

BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, BUT IT'LL BE EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE WILL OPEN IT BACK UP AND TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE PROGRAM.

UM, AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, GOING TO FROM 1986 TO NOW WAS TOO LONG, OBVIOUSLY.

SO THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

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UH, ANOTHER ONE WE WERE GONNA SUNSET WAS NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS BASICALLY TIED TO OUTDATED PROCEDURES IN OUR CROSSWIND RUNWAY.

SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WE HAD A THIRD RUNWAY THAT WAS, UH, SHUT DOWN ABOUT A DECADE AGO, SO THIS DOESN'T REALLY APPLY TO THOSE ANYMORE.

AND, UH, THE LAST ONE, THE NOISE MONITORING SYSTEM.

UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT SYSTEM IN PLACE.

, SO WE, WE, THERE'S A LOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW SOME COMPARABLES OF WHO'S DOING WHAT OUT THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF WAYS TO DO THIS.

EACH AIRPORT'S UNIQUE IN ITS OWN SENSE.

THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT WE TRIED TO PULL SOME WITH ITINERANT OPERATIONS THAT WERE SIMILAR TO OURS.

SO THAT MEANS A AIRCRAFT THAT'S TAKING OFF AND LEAVING THE AIR AREA VER AND AN AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD BE COMING INTO THE AREA AND NOT STAYING IN THE PATTERN, WHAT WE WOULD CALL IT LOCALLY.

SO, UM, WE HAVE DULLES AUSTIN, JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT IN CALIFORNIA, UM, MIDWAY, TAMPA, ANCHORAGE, NASHVILLE, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, MEMPHIS, AND SAN DIEGO.

SO THOSE WOULD ALL BE COMPARABLE AIRPORTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE'S A LOT INFORMATION, BUT WE KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING, UH, AT THIS AND, UH, WHERE WE THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS.

AND JUST CONTINUING WITH, UH, THE METRICS HERE.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOUND, WE TALK ABOUT DAY, NIGHT, AVERAGE SOUND LEVEL.

SO WE SAY DNL.

UM, THIS IS A AVERAGE DAY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO HOW THIS IS CALCULATED IS, ESPECIALLY, YOU MIGHT PROBABLY, UM, FIGURE THAT AT NIGHT IT'S MORE SENSITIVE.

NOISE IS MORE SENSITIVE, SO IT, AT NIGHTTIME, IT'S TENFOLD WAITING.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT AN AIRCRAFT OPERATION OVERNIGHT, IT HAS A LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN AN AIRCRAFT DURING THE DAY.

UH, SO WHEN WE CARVE OUT, WE GET ADNL OF 65.

THIS IS WHAT THE FAA SAYS IS A SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLD.

SO IN THEIR BOOK, IT SAYS THAT ANYTHING ABOVE THIS IS A PROBLEM.

ANYTHING BELOW THIS IS OKAY.

SO WE TRY TO NAVIGATE THIS PROGRAM WITH THAT IN MIND, BUT THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED POTENTIALLY OUTSIDE OF, UH, THAT'S BELOW 65.

AND WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO MITIGATE THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE PUT THIS GRAPHIC IN PLAY TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE EVOLUTION OF THE, WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE CONTOURS, UH, THE DNL.

UM, SO WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT, IT STARTS TO SHRINK AS AIRCRAFT TYPES GET QUIETER.

UM, AS PARTICULARLY WHEN WE GET TO THE PANDEMIC, IT SHRINKS EVEN MORE.

AND THEN IT KIND OF GROWS AGAIN AS WE, WE HAVE SOME GROWTH.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE LAST DECADE OR SO COMPARED TO THE EIGHTIES, THE AIRCRAFT ARE GETTING QUIETER.

AND, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE.

UM, THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.

WE ALSO WANTED TO SHOW, UH, NEAREST RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE THE MOST SENSITIVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NOISE.

UM, SO WE HAVE THE, THE OVERLAYS HERE.

UH, WE HAVE SOME CLOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE WEST LOVE SIDE THAT ARE, UH, WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME MITIGATION EFFORTS FOR THEM AS WELL.

IN THIS, UH, WE ALSO SHOWING YOU OUR MOST COMMON AIRCRAFT TYPE.

THAT IS THE BOEING 7 37.

YOU COULD LOOK BACK TO THE EIGHTIES WHEN IT WAS STAGE TWO.

AND NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED STAGE FIVE.

UH, STAGE TWO AND STAGE THREE COMPLIANT ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THERE.

UH, SO WE MOVED ON TO FOUR AND FIVE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HOW MUCH NOISE HAS CHANGED, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS AIRCRAFT.

UM, AND HOW FAR OUT THAT NOISE GOES.

UH, SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPH, IF YOU LOOK FROM THE LEFT, YOU'RE LANDING AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU'RE TAKING OFF.

AND THAT SHOWS KIND OF THE CON CONTOURS AND HOW FAR OUT THAT GOES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS AND BALANCE RUNWAY USAGE.

UH, ONE THREE LEFT IS THE, UH, LEMON SIDE AND ONE THREE, RIGHT IS THE DENTIN SIDE.

UH, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE START TO TALK ABOUT THAT 50 50 BALANCE.

UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE LAYOUT OF THE LAST DECADE.

WE'VE HAD SOME, WE DIDN'T COLLECT DATA DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND ALSO, UH, WE HAD A RUNWAY CLOSURE FOR, FOR OVER A YEAR.

SO WE STARTED TO, WHEN THAT RUNWAY REOPENED, WE STARTED COLLECTING THAT DATA.

AGAIN, BREAKOUT OF OPERATIONS.

IT'S NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS, UH, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

SO WE HAVE THE DENTIN SIDE AND WE HAVE THE LEMON SIDE.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL AIR, ALL AIRCRAFT, THERE'S, THERE'S A DISPARITY.

BUT WHEN WE START TO DIG INTO THAT, THE, THE AIR CARRIERS THAT THIS VOLUNTARY NOISE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY REALLY APPLIES TO TEND TO HAVE THAT 50 50 BALANCE.

THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE

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WEATHER.

UH, THERE COULD BE CLOSURES FOR MAINTENANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'LL SWAY THIS.

BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY 50 50 BALANCED.

UH, WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT AIR TAXI, THESE WOULD BE FOR HIGHER AIRCRAFT.

THESE WOULD BE LARGER BUSINESS JETS.

THAT'S AN AIR, AIR TAXI.

GENERAL AVIATION WOULD BE THE SMALLER PLANES, UH, PRIVATE OPERATORS AND MEDICAL IS, UH, KIND OF AREA AMBULANCE TYPES OF FLIGHTS.

UH, SO IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS LOOKING AT THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE AND SAYING, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE'RE TRYING, TRYING TO DIAL INTO WHERE ARE THE, WHERE ARE THE, UH, THE OUTLIERS AND HOW CAN WE HAVE SOME, UH, IMPACT TO THOSE OUTLIERS.

SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO HAS COME UP, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT IS THE SCHEDULED FLIGHTS 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM AND, AND VIOLATIONS OF THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

SO IN THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, THERE'S A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO OPERATE FOR AIR CARRIERS DURING THIS TIME.

UH, SO DURING, WE PULLED THE DATA FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WE DEPARTURES, UH, WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF 74,000 ARRIVALS.

WE ARE ABOUT 98.5%.

UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, EFFORT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN DALLAS LOVE FIELD.

THEY'RE PART OF A WHOLE, UH, UH, SYSTEM.

SOME OF OUR CARRIERS ARE OPERATING FOUR OR 5,000 FLIGHTS A DAY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

WHEN YOU START TO HEAR, I, I KNOW OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUP PRESENTED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION AS WELL.

UH, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH SCHEDULED FLIGHTS AS OF TODAY.

UH, SO THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETINGS, SO WE STARTED THIS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

UH, WE WENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AT THE TIME.

UH, WE THEN WENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE.

WE FELT RETURNING THIS TIME, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET IN FRONT OF A FULL COUNCIL.

UM, WE DID DO SIX NOISE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, BUT I'LL SAY THAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AND SEVERAL THAT ARE HERE TODAY INVESTED HUNDREDS IF NOT MORE OF HOURS IN THIS AND PARTNERING WITH US.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

UM, WE HAD NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UH, ARE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF OUR, UM, WHO, WHO WAS A STAKEHOLDER, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE HAD DEPARTMENT AVIATION STAFF, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMISSION, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, RESIDENTS.

WE HAD A THIRD PARTY FACILITATOR FOR THIS.

WE HAD OUR NOISE CONSULTANT, WHICH IS HMMH.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING WORK FOR DECADES AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVES, AIRPORT TENANTS, AND SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES.

I, SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE EXISTING MEASURES, AND THEY RECOMMEND 14 STAKEHOLDERS, RECOMMENDED 14 MEASURES.

UH, STAFF IS, UH, RECOMMENDING 13, WHICH WILL EXPLAIN WHY, UH, FEASIBILITIES OF THESE MAY TAKE A STUDY OR AN ASSESSMENT, WHICH WE'LL PUT IN, WHAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS.

AND SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL REQUIRE US TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AND, AND UPDATE YOU ON WHAT THE CAPITAL COST MAY BE FOR THAT.

SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS THE VOLUNTARY CURFEW, UH, PRECLUDING PASSENGER AIRLINES 11:00 PM TO SIX A 6:00 AM.

UM, THIS IS CURRENTLY IN ONLY ONE OF THE AIRLINE AGREEMENTS.

IT DOESN'T TECHNICALLY APPLY TO THE REST OF THE AIRPORT.

UM, SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE RUN THIS AIRPORT WIDE AND WE ROLL OUT THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN MESSAGE EVERYBODY USING LOVE FIELD, NOT JUST ONE STAKEHOLDER.

UH, THIS WOULD REQUIRE FAA REVIEW, BUT, UM, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, COMMUNICATE REGULARLY.

THIS IS A POINT IN THE AUDIT, UH, THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WAS NOT DOING THAT.

UH, SO WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO TRY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT.

WE DO THE LOVE FIELD ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.

UH, WE HAVE A LOVE FIELD PILOTS ASSOCIATED MEETING, GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM.

UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DISSEMINATE MORE BROCHURES TO THE FIXED BASE OPERATORS FOR THE PRIVATE OPERATORS.

AND WE ARE ALSO PUTTING THIS INFORMATION, AND, AND IF THESE CHANGES GO THROUGH, WE'LL UPDATE THAT INFORMATION.

WHISPER TRACK.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY THE OPERATORS AND THE PILOTS WILL USE WHEN THEY'RE FLYING TO OR FROM LOVE FIELD, AND IT WILL DETAIL OUT THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR THEM.

AND FA, UH, REVIEW IS NOT REQUIRED.

UH, THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, NOT SATISFIED WITH IT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE DO, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE.

IS IT EASY TO GET TO? IS THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE? ARE WE BEING TRANSPARENT? UM, AND WE NEED TO PROACTIVELY

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PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS.

YOU KNOW, AS THINGS CHANGE.

SO AS URBAN AIR MOBILITY, THINGS COME EVOLVE, UH, AIRCRAFT EVOLVE.

UH, WE NEED TO BE COMMUNICATING OUT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

THIS, UH, NUMBER FOUR IS I TALKED ABOUT THE TRINITY DEPARTURE THAT GOES OUT OVER THE TRINITY RIVER.

THIS, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CONVERT THIS TO REQUIRED AREA NAVIGATION, WHICH BASICALLY MAKES IT A MANDATE FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO DO THAT.

WHAT THIS WILL TAKE IS, UH, UH, A STUDY WITH THE FAA, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO GET THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE OPERATORS AND THE AIRLINES.

MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SAFE THING TO BE DOING.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO PUSH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SAFE, AND THE FA A WON'T WANT US TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO IF WE PUT THIS IN PLACE AS A REQUIREMENT, A NEEDS TO REVIEW THIS.

AND, UH, WE WILL PUT IN PLACE IF, IF IT IS SAFE.

UH, NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, A SIMILAR PROCEDURE TO THAT TRINITY DEPARTURE.

THIS IS ON THE LEMON SIDE RUNWAY.

UH, WE THINK THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TYPE OF PROCEDURE AS WELL, UM, NOT JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.

WE WILL DO A STUDY, UH, WE'LL ENGAGE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND WE'LL GO TO THE FAA WITH THAT REQUEST.

SO THIS ONE WILL COST, UH, ABOUT $60,000.

HMMH, WHO'S OUR CONSULTANT, WOULD DO THIS WORK.

UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS KIND OF THE LEGWORK FOR THE FAA.

UH, IF WE GO TO THE FAA JUST OURSELVES, THEY WON'T DO THAT.

UH, WE HAVE TO KIND OF SHOW THEM THE, THE PROCESS AND THE PUT, PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER FOR THEM, UM, ON THIS PROCEDURE.

SO THIS WOULD TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT $60,000 TO DO THAT.

STUDY.

NUMBER SIX IS, UH, DOING THE MOST BENEFICIAL NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROFILE.

SO, AND ALSO LOOKING AT OPTIMIZED PROFILE DESCENT.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS HOW STEEP YOU TAKE OFF AND HOW STEEP YOU LAND.

UM, SO YOU'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE WHO'S, UH, GETTING IMPACTED BY NOISE.

AGAIN, THIS TAKES SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE OPERATION.

WE WOULD NEED FAA, UH, REQUIRED REVIEW FOR THIS AS WELL.

SO IF WE GO THROUGH THIS, THEY'LL LOOK AT, UH, BASELINING, OUR CONTOURS, UH, OUR CONSULTANT, IT'LL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

THEY'LL WORK THROUGH THE, UH, POSSIBLE ANALYSIS AND, UM, HOW, HOW MUCH WILL IT ACTUALLY REDUCE NOISE IF WE DO GO THROUGH WITH IT, IT'LL ABOUT BE ABOUT $65,000.

WE DECIDED IT'S BEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDING THE OPTIMIZED PROFILE DISSENT AS WELL.

IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT ALL THIS WAS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION BUDGET TO, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THESE STUDIES.

NUMBER SEVEN, UH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT AS STAFF.

AND, AND I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH A LOT ABOUT WHY THAT IS.

UM, A ONE 50 STUDY IS A VOLUNTARY PROCESS THAT THE FAA HAS PUT IN PLACE THAT YOU CAN CREATE A NOISE EXPOSURE MAP AND A NOISE COMPATIBILITY PROGRAM AT YOUR AIRPORT.

UM, THESE STUDIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO WE HAVE A BUCKET OF FEDERAL FUNDS, UH, THAT GET RANKED ON OUR PROJECTS.

AND, UM, NOISE IS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.

AND THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS ARE ELIGIBLE.

UH, SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO, THEY'RE, THE ONE 50 STUDY IS ABOUT NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES.

UH, IT COULD SHRINK THE CONTOURS, IT COULD MOVE THEM AWAY FROM NON-COMPATIBLE USES, LIKE RESIDENTIAL.

UH, IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT IN AN AIRPORT OPERATIONS, AIRPORT LAYOUTS.

UM, IT COULD ADDRESS NON COMPATIBILITY, SO IT COULD, UH, PREVENT NEW INTRODUCTION OF NON COMPATIBILITY.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S TYPICALLY RESIDENTIAL.

UM, ALL THESE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATIONS, UH, TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT FROM THE FAA AND FROM THE AIRPORT.

UM, AND YOU CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THESE PROCESSES AS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.

SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS IS FUNDING.

IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR OUR FUNDING.

UH, AGAIN, IT GETS RANKED.

SO TYPICALLY SAFETY PROJECTS ON THE AIRFIELD ARE PRIORITY ONE.

NOISE WOULD FALL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.

UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR THIS, UM, THE, THE FA HAS TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE BEST, UH, SOLUTION, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THAT MONEY GOES.

UM, THEY, THERE'S ALSO A FEDERAL AVIATION, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW DURING THIS PROCESS.

UH, AND FINALLY, IT, IT COULD ALTER, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE OPERATE.

SO, UH, IF WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING CONTOURS, THERE'S ABOUT 5,700 HOUSING

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UNITS WITHIN THERE.

UM, IF WE NEEDED TO INSULATE ALL OF THOSE, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 369 MILLION.

UH, WE HAD A $64,000 PER HOUSE ESTIMATE.

THIS CAME FROM OUR CONSULTANT.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT WE COULD GET THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND IT, WE LOOKED AT A, HOW WE TYPICALLY GET FUNDING AND HOW MUCH WE GET.

WE, WE CALCULATED WE COULD DO ABOUT 50 TO 250 UNITS A YEAR IF ALL OF THESE HOUSES NEEDED TO BE TREATED.

AND IT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT 29 YEARS TO, TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THIS TAKES FAA REVIEW.

UH, AND IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT TWO YEARS AND ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, UH, TO, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS STUDY AND THEN MOVE INTO THE, UH, MITIGATION PART OF IT.

SO OUR SOLUTION TO THAT IS, IS SOMETHING WE THINK IS, UH, A BETTER SOLUTION.

UM, SO RECOMMENDATION EIGHT AND NINE ARE THE PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM.

THEY'RE REALLY TIED TOGETHER.

SO WE HAVE THEM AS TWO DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER.

UM, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO, BE ABLE TO DO IS DO A CITY SOUND INSTALLATION PROGRAM, BE FUNDED BY DALLAS, UM, OUR CITY OF, CITY OF DALLAS AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

UH, YOU WOULD BASELINE KIND OF WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT.

WE WOULD DO A NEW NOISE CONTOUR.

UH, THIS WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE TO THE ONE 50 STUDY.

WE FEEL LIKE IT HAS LESS IMPACT.

UM, IT SAVES TIME AND MONEY, AND WE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.

THE CITY HAS MORE CONTROL OVER THE PROCESS.

UM, ONCE YOU HAND OVER THE REINS TO THE FAA, THEY BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, AND YOU'RE KIND OF DOING WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO.

UH, AGAIN, THIS FUNDING IS, HAS ELIGIBLE FUNDING THAT WE, WE HAVE PFC, WHICH ARE A PASSIVE FACILITY CHARGE, AND THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL, UH, SIMILAR TO THE ONE 50 ELIGIBILITY.

SO IF WE MOVED INTO THIS TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD HAVE OUR CONSULTANT, UM, SET THE NEW MAP, UH, WHICH WOULD TAKE US ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT $20,000.

AND WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM FROM THERE.

WE WOULD GO INTO RECOMMENDATION NINE, WHICH IS CREATING THE RESOURCE TO, TO DO THE PROGRAM.

UM, SO WE WOULD DETERMINE, UM, WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE, THE, THE PROGRAM, HOW THEY APPLY TO IT, UM, UH, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TO START DOING SOME ABATEMENT.

NEITHER ONE OF THESE TAKES FAA REVIEW, AND WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT THE FA A'S APPROVAL.

SO IF WE GO INTO THIS, WE DO MORE DETAIL CREATING THIS, UH, THE, THE PROGRAM AND THE RESOURCES.

UH, WE WOULD WORK THROUGH EACH ELIGIBLE, UH, DWELLING.

UM, AND IT WOULD BE AN APPLICATION PROCESS.

IT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO START, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT INITIAL STUDY, CREATING THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAM, UM, AND ABOUT $125,000.

ONCE THAT COMES BACK AND WE KNOW WHO'S ELIGIBLE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, WE'D IDENTIFY A CAPITAL COST ASSOCIATED OF THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL AND DISCUSS.

UM, NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT IS, BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CARVE OUT, UH, A BUCKET IN OUR CO OUR CAPITAL FUND EVERY YEAR TO DO THIS INSTALLATION PROGRAM.

UH, RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 10, WHICH WE ALSO SUPPORT.

UH, THIS IS LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTING A NOISE BARRIER ON DENTON AVENUE.

UH, WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE WITHIN ABOUT SIX OR 700 FEET ON THE DENTON SIDE, UM, TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OR NOT.

THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S BEEN DONE.

WE INITIALLY, UM, HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, CHICAGO MIDWAY HAS DONE AND HAS WORKED.

UM, THEY'RE IN A SIMILAR SETTING AND THEY'VE DONE A NOISE WALL.

SO WE WOULD HAVE, UH, OUR CONSULTANT GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A WALL, HOW THAT WOULD LOOK, AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE COST ASSOCIATED IT WOULD BE.

AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO KIND OF, KIND OF LOOK BACK AT WHAT THE COST BENEFIT IS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS WORTH THE COST AND IT'S GONNA MOVE THE NEEDLE ENOUGH, UM, TO, TO PUT THAT WALL IN.

NUMBER 11 IS DEVELOPING NEW DAYLIGHT, UH, DNL CONTOURS FOR 2023 DATA.

SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'D CREATE THAT NEW NOISE CONTOURS THAT WE'VE SHOWED YOU.

UM, AND WE'D BE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT EVERY TWO YEARS SO THAT WE'RE CLOSELY EVALUATING HOW THE CONTOURS ARE CHANGING AND WHAT IMPACTS THAT'S HA THAT HAS, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY FAA REVIEW.

NUMBER 12 IS, UH, LIMITATIONS ON USE FOR REVERSE THRUST, DEPENDING

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ON WHETHER AND SAFETY CONDITIONS.

SO, UH, IF YOU EVER LAND IN A FLIGHT AND YOU HEAR THE ENGINES REV UP AND THEY'RE REALLY LOUD, THAT'S REVERSE THRUST.

THAT'S HELPING YOU SAVE ON BRAKING.

UH, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS POSSIBLE.

I THINK SEATTLE TACOMA AIRPORT DOES THIS.

UM, SO IT WOULD REALLY BE WORKING WITH OUR, UM, STAKEHOLDERS, WORKING WITH OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, WORKING WITH THE FAA, UH, TO, TO SEE IF THAT WOULD WORK AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WOULD NEED THE BUY-IN THAT.

YOU KNOW, THIS GOES BACK TO SAFETY.

WE DON'T WANT AIRCRAFT DOING SOMETHING THAT'S UNSAFE.

UH, CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD PROHIBIT, UH, WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO DO THIS.

SO WE WOULD SEE IF IT WOULD MOVE THE NEEDLE ENOUGH TO BE, UH, A RECOMMENDATION WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD, UM, PRESENT THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION.

NUMBER 13 IS COMMUNICATING WITH THE AIR CARRIERS AND THE OPERATORS TO USE THEIR QUIETER AIRCRAFT MODELS.

UM, WE, WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE WE SHOWED WITH THE 7 37, UH, THAT THE MAX AIRCRAFT IN PARTICULAR, UH, STAGE FIVE IS QUIETER AND DURING QUIET HOURS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE HAPPY TO COMMUNICATE.

UM, WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO ALL OUR PARTNERS, ALL THE CARRIERS.

UH, THIS IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON THEIR FLEET MANAGEMENT.

SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF AIRCRAFT.

UM, AND ONE AIRCRAFT DOESN'T PARTICULARLY ALWAYS USE DALLAS LOVE FIELD.

UM, SO WE'RE NOT SURE IT'S FEASIBLE THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT WE CAN ENCOURAGE IT AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S OF SOME VALUE TO, TO, UM, COMMUNICATE TO THE CARRIERS THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE DOING AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD.

AND NUMBER 14, THIS IS OUR LAST ONE, UH, IMPROVING THE NOISE OPERATING MONITORING SYSTEM.

WE, WE PUT THAT PROGRAM IN SIX YEARS AGO.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER ONES OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY AT SOME OF, UH, SOME NOISE IMPACTED AIRPORTS THAT WORK A LITTLE BETTER.

SO WE WOULD LOOK TO UPGRADE THAT OR POTENTIALLY PUT A NEW SYSTEM IN.

AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS WE WILL BE COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING OUR STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE WORK WITH US ON THAT PROCESS.

UM, CREATING A NEW, BRINGING IN NEW SOFTWARE.

WE WANT IT TO BE USABLE.

IT'S ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDERS, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT US.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS WAS WE WAIT UNTIL THEY GET A COMPLAINT.

YOU KNOW, SO WE, UH, ISAAC HERE IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT CREATING A NOISE OFFICE, AND WE HAVE DEDICATED STAFF THAT WILL TAKE THESE COM, UH, THESE VIOL WELL, UH, THINGS THAT GO OUTSIDE THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM THAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.

THEY CAN IDENTIFY THOSE AND START DOING SOME PROACTIVE OUTREACH TO THESE, UM, TO THESE STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, SO WE THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE AND WE THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT IS ALL OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO JUST, I HAVE A SUMMARY AT THE END, BUT THERE'S REALLY 13 NEW MEASURES WE THINK THAT MAKES, UH, AN IMPACT ON, UH, NOISE.

AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO EIGHT, UH, MEASURES THAT ARE EXISTING.

UM, SO WE HAVE OVER 20 RECOMMENDATIONS TO START MAKING SOME MOVEMENT WITH, UH, NOISE AND MAKING SOME IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH SOME OF THESE MEASURES.

WE'LL TAKE CAPITAL.

UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET, BUT SOME OF THESE MAY TAKE CAPITAL.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STUDIES ON THESE.

AND THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, A SUMMARY, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF ALL THE STAFF SUPPORTED RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST THE ONE GOING BACK TO THE, THE ONE 50 STUDY.

WE, WE DON'T FEEL THAT, UH, WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD THAT AS FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SOLUTION, UH, IN, IN PLACE OF THAT.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

CHAIRMAN, RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES WE'RE ON ITEM B, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR PATRICK, UH, THE MOST FREQUENT COMPLAINT THAT I RECEIVE FROM, FROM CONSTITUENTS IS THE LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS THAT VIOLATE THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE EIGHT SCHEDULED FLIGHTS AFTER 11:00 PM WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THOSE? SO THERE'S A COUPLE FACETS TO THAT.

UH, THERE'S, THERE IS, FROM AN AIR CARRIER PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY.

UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPERATIONS OUTSIDE OF LOVE THAT IMPACT THE LOVE OPERATION.

UM, YOU, WE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN COMMITTED ON THE DEPARTURE SIDE OF IT.

UM,

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BEING A CONSTRAINED AIRPORT, YOU, YOU, THEY'RE WORKING WITHIN A KIND OF A SMALL BOX.

UM, SO WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT WE WANNA ENCOURAGE THEM TO FOLLOW THAT PROGRAM.

ON THE NON-AIR CARRIER SIDE, UH, THAT'S WHY WE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE UPDATES TO THIS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO ROLL IT OUT AIRPORT WIDE.

UM, AS YOU SAW IN SOME OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, THE, THE HIGHER USAGE OVERNIGHT TENDS TO BE THE, THE OUTSIDE, THE NON-AIR CARRIER, THE NON-AIR CARRIER SIDE.

SO IF WE ROLL THIS OUT AIRPORT WIDE, RATHER TO A SPECIFIC AIR CARRIER, IT MAKES, YOU KNOW, WE START TO MOVE THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IS LOOKING AT THE AIRPORT AS A WHOLE.

SO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO RULE THAT POLICY ABOUT LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS OUT AIRPORT WIDE? UH, IT WOULD BE THE, THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, WE WOULD THEN START THE MESSAGING AND THE OUTREACH TO ROLLING THAT OUT AIRPORT WIDE AS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN 1990, THE LOCAL CONTROL OF THESE PROGRAMS WAS TAKEN AWAY AND TAKEN TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO AS A LOCAL ENTITY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PUT THIS IN AS A MANDATORY MEASURE, BUT ONLY VOLUNTARY RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT INCENTIVE WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE FBOS OR THE PRIVATE JET OWNERS TO NOT CONDUCT OPERATIONS AFTER 11 O'CLOCK? THE, THE FIRST, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THE FIRST STEP I THINK IS, IS THE OUTREACH.

UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY MIL.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING AND MESSAGING THAT.

UM, AND THEN SEEING HOW THAT GOES.

THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER MEASURES WE COULD LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD.

UM, BUT USUALLY WITH THOSE OPERATORS, INCENTIVIZING, UM, DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN BUSINESS AVIATION, IT'S ABOUT WHERE YOU NEED TO GET, UM, IN, IN LOVE FIELD.

FORTUNATELY, AND UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE IS IN A PRIME LOCATION.

UM, AND IT'S VERY CONVENIENT.

UH, WE'RE THE THIRD BUSIEST PRIVATE JET AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY.

UM, SO IT'S, WE CAN LOOK AT MEASURES DOWN THE ROAD AND ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP AS WELL.

BUT, UM, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATING THAT THIS PROGRAM IS IN PLACE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S LACKING RIGHT NOW.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT FEDERAL LEGISLATION PREVENTS US ON THE LOCAL LEVEL FROM INSTITUTING MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD AFFECT LATE NIGHT FLIGHT OPERATIONS FOR BOTH SCHEDULED AIRLINES AND, UM, PRIVATE AVIATION? THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS WOULD APPLY TO EVERYBODY.

UM, IN 1990 THAT, UM, ACT WAS PUT INTO PLACE AND IT WAS REMOVED FROM LOCAL CONTROL.

SO, UM, THE ONE MEASURE THAT WE DID HAVE, WHICH WAS THE MAINTENANCE RUN UPS FROM 12 TO SIX, THAT WAS DONE PRE 1990, AND WE MADE THAT AS A MANDATE.

AND IT'S GRANDFATHERED IN NOW.

UH, SOME OF THE AIRPORTS THAT YOU SAW AS COMPARABLE, UM, HAVE GRANDFATHERED OPERATIONS IN THERE.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THESE BECAUSE THEY MADE THOSE PROGRAMS PRIOR TO 1990.

SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

AND WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT FEDERAL ACT? HAVE ISAAC ASKED? ANSWER THAT ONE.

THAT'LL BE THE 1990 AIRPORT NOISE CAPACITY ACT.

MS. WILLIS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WELL, FIRST I WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE LOVEFIELD, UH, CITIZENS ACTION COMMITTEE AND THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE NOYCE STAKEHOLDER GROUP.

UH, YOU, UH, TO THE POINT MADE EARLIER, HAVE PUT IN, UM, HUNDREDS OF HOURS STUDYING THESE ISSUES AND HAVE SENT SO MUCH DATA THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO ME AND I THINK TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW AT ONE POINT THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THIS WAS MOVING TOO FAST AND DECISIONS WERE ABOUT TO BE MADE WITHOUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT.

AND YOU ALL REALLY TAPPED THE BRAKES AND SAID, LET'S GO BACK THROUGH THIS.

ISAAC, I, I WAS AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS WHERE YOU JUST PRACTICALLY WENT THROUGH LINE BY LINE ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GAIN AGREEMENT AND HAVE DISCUSSION.

AND, AND SO, UM, THIS IS A REFLECTION OF A WORK ON BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ON BOTH SIDES.

SO, A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

UM, SO I, I BELIEVE THE FAA, DIDN'T THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WHO ATTENDED A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS? MM-HMM, .

I THOUGHT THAT I HAD MET SOMEONE THERE.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT A, A FEW THINGS ON HERE, QUITE A FEW ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE FAA TO REVIEW THEM.

CONCURRENTLY? UM, WOULD IT BE PHASED? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? UH, THE THANK YOU THAT I WOULD ENVISION THESE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY, I BELIEVE ON THE STUDY PROCESS TIMELINES THAT WE PUT IN THAT WOULD INVOLVE, UM, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FAA.

, DO WE HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR CAPACITY WOULD BE? CAN THESE RUN

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UH, IT MAY TAKE LONGER TO ROLL THEM OUT IF THOSE ARE APPROVED.

SO IF WE PUT A, A PROCEDURE IN PLACE, THERE'S MESSAGING THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON THE AIR SPACING SIDE FOR THEM TO DESIGN THAT AIRSPACE TO CHANGE THE PUBLICATIONS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A TIMEFRAME AFTER THAT AND WE, WE COULD RETURN WITH THOSE TIMEFRAMES IF THEY'RE APPROVED.

I'M JUST ASKING, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE AIRPORT WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BE AS EXPEDIENT AS POSSIBLE.

SO, UM, BUT GOING BACK TO THE FAA AND I KNOW YOUR EXPERIENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE AIRPORTS AND POSITIONS, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE WHEN THEY DO THEIR INVESTIGATION, IS THIS JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT DATA DRIVEN? OR WHAT ROLE DOES THE RESIDENT, THE NEIGHBOR EXPERIENCE PLAY IN THEIR STUDIES? I, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO I, I, I WOULD SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT, UH, THIS IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE NEIGHBOR'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE FA IS ALWAYS GONNA REVERT BACK TO SAFETY AS THE NUMBER ONE GOAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, IF THERE'S A OPERATOR THAT'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THAT OPERATION OR THAT PROCEDURE THAT'S GONNA OUTWEIGH, UM, THE, THE NOISE.

BUT NOISE IS A SENSITIVE ISSUE FOR THEM.

IT IS NOT ON THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM.

UM, SO I, I WOULD SAY IF WE GET OVER THAT SAFETY HURDLE, THAT THE, THE NOISE WOULD BE NEXT IN LINE.

MM-HMM, .

UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ON THE PART ONE 50 STUDY THAT, THAT YOU ARE NOT RECOMMENDING, AND IN THE NEIGHBOR'S REPORT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS, BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY LEAN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT, SO OUR CONCERN IS ABOUT IT KNOCKING OUT HOUSING AND MAYBE ONCE THE FINDINGS COME BACK BEING SOME FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.

I THINK IT'S BEING SEEN AS KIND OF A, A, A SILVER BULLET WHEN IT MIGHT COME BACK WITH SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT WANNA BE FORCED TO ACT ON.

IS THAT WHY YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, GOING THROUGH THE ONE 50 STUDY, WE THINK ALSO IT TAKES TIME.

UM, AND IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE, FROM THE COMMUNITY IS WE NEED ACTION NOW.

UM, BUT, BUT ALSO, YES, WHEN THE FA GETS INVOLVED, THERE COULD BE ACTIONS, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT COMBAT COMPATIBILITY, THAT THEY HAVE TO FALL IN THAT COMPATIBILITY ZONE.

SO IT MAY PROHIBIT SOMETHING THAT WE THINK MAYBE SHOULD GO THERE.

THE CITY SHOULD GO, UH, THINGS SHOULD GO THERE, UM, AND IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL REMOVE THAT FROM THE EQUATION.

WE'LL HAVE TO GO FORWARD WHAT THE FEDERAL, UH, LEVEL SAYS.

WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE COMPOUNDS OF, UH, NOISE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY AND TALKING ABOUT NEW LEASES.

AND THEN GETTING MORE SPECIFIC ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, I MEAN, I I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO AND ARVA, I MEAN, WE ALL KIND OF SHARE THE BORDERS AROUND THE, THE AIRPORT AND, AND HEAR FROM RESIDENTS QUITE OFTEN ABOUT, UH, THIS.

BUT ON RECOMMENDATION SIX, IT SEEMED LIKE, UM, THE NOISE ABATEMENT PROFILE, I MEAN, TO THE POINT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY MADE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT THE ISSUES ARE REALLY FALLING ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

IT'S FALLING ON THE AIR TAXI AND GENERAL AVIATION SIDE.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT DOING A STUDY, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT IT COMES BACK TO IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS PRIVATE ACTIVITY, AND YOU'VE SUGGESTED BEFORE THAT PERHAPS AS THESE LEASES COME UP FOR RENEWAL, THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THE TERMS OF ENGINE RUN-UPS OR MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT MAKES ME WONDER, DO WE NEED A STUDY OR DO WE JUST NEED TO SAY WHEN THESE LEASES COME UP, OUR POLICY IS GOING TO BE TO BE MORE NEIGHBOR FRIENDLY? I, I AGREE.

I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD.

I THINK WE, WE NEED TO, TO SEE IF THESE ARE POSSIBLE.

UM, WE NEED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE NEED TO DO THAT LEGWORK TO PROVIDE TO THE FAA.

'CAUSE IF WE GO TO THE FAA NOW, THEY WON'T DO IT.

UM, WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO SHOW THEM, TAKE IT ALONG FAR ENOUGH ALONG THE WAY THAT THEY CAN THEN EVALUATE IT WITH THEIR TEAM.

UM, AND THEN YOU DO MAKE A GOOD POINT IS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO HAVE THESE IN THE USE AND LEASE AGREEMENT NOW.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S VOLUNTARY, WE CAN STRONGLY CON ENCOURAGE IT BY PUTTING IT INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT, UH, POTENTIALLY.

AND I'D, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO LEGAL ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN SINCE IT IS VOLUNTARY.

MM-HMM, .

AND WHAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE CASCADE OF WHEN THESE LEASES ARE EXPIRING? I MEAN, DO WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME IN THE NEAR TERM, OR IS IT JUST, UH, IT, IT RUNS THE GAMUT.

SO I, I WOULD SAY NEAR TERM TO, TO, TO, TO DECADES POINT OF ORDER, I, I STATED, I JUST

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UH, I'LL LET THE PARLIAMENTARY ADDRESS HOW, HOW TIGHTLY IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT ON A BRIEFING ITEM LIKE THIS.

WELL, I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE CALLING OUT THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE VOLUNTARY NOISE PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE HER QUESTION WAS RELATED THE LEASING, UM, OPTIONS IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO I THINK IT WAS GERMANE, BUT I I DO APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A VERY NARROW TOPIC.

MM-HMM, , YEAH.

THE, THE LEASE RENEWALS IS WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AT NOISE THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS.

YES, UH, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN ON RECOMMENDATION 10, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND A NOISE BARRIER.

UM, AND THAT IS ONE, I JUST WANNA EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT.

I DUNNO HOW YOU WOULD DO A NOISE, WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD DO A NOISE BARRIER.

COULD WE AFFORD IT? IS IT FEASIBLE? I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

SO BEFORE WE UNDERTAKE SOMETHING AND INVOLVE THE NEIGHBORS AND ALL THAT, I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OUT THERE THAT WE COULD DRAW FROM? UH, YES.

SO THERE'S, THERE WAS, CHICAGO MIDWAY WAS ONE OF 'EM.

UM, AND WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE NOT SURE, UM, WE KNOW WE'VE SEEN THEM OUT THERE, UM, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO STUDY DALLAS LOVE FIELD IN PARTICULAR, AND ESPECIALLY THAT RUNWAY IN ON THAT SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

UH, AND THEN WE GET INTO SOME QUESTIONS.

THERE'S DART HAS RAIL OVER THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN? IS THERE SOME POTENTIAL? UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT A COMBINED PROJECT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL WITH WHAT THAT CAPITAL COST IS, BECAUSE THAT WILL WEIGH HEAVILY INTO THE EQUATION, UM, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

MM-HMM, .

SO FINALLY, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TALKING TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ABOUT THIS, THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE FLIGHTS.

I THINK THERE WERE EIGHT MOST RECENTLY THIS WEEK THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE SCHEDULED AFTER 11:00 PM AND SO THEY SEEM TO BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST, OH, HEY, CAN YOU MOVE THAT BACK A COUPLE OF MINUTES? 'CAUSE IT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UM, SO HOW, WELL, AND YOU'VE OFFERED TO ARRANGE SOME OF THIS, SO I, I'D LIKE TO GO ON AND AND MOVE ON THAT SO WE COULD SEE WHAT WE COULD DO, UM, PERHAPS EVEN IN THE NEAR TERM TO BRING SOME RELIEF IF IT'S, IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B.

UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK Y'ALL REALLY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING INPUT AND HAVING SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK IN HERE ON PAGE 18.

UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN ADDITION TO THIS IS A TIMELINE OF THE AIRPORT AND A TIMELINE OF WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED, WHEN IT WAS EXPANDED, AND THE, UH, ORIGIN DATES OF THE COMMUNITIES OF BUDDING IT, IN PARTICULAR ELM THICK AT NORTH PARK WHEN THAT COMMUNITY WAS ESTABLISHED AND WHEN THE CITY ANNEXED THAT PORTION OF THE CITY.

UM, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS AND ARE, ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AIRPORT AS I, AS I AM, AS IT SURROUNDS OUR DISTRICTS.

UM, AND I THINK YOU, YOU DID IT ON SOME SLIDES, UH, OF NOTING THE NUMBER OF THE, HOW YOU CLASSIFY, YOU IDENTIFY THE RUNWAY.

UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MORE CONSISTENCY WITH BOTH THE DENTON AND LEMON RUNWAYS ALONG WITH THAT NUMBER SO OUR COLLEAGUES CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING.

UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO INCORPORATE CENSUS, UH, DATA ON HOME, UH, PRICES ON EACH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

OH, SORRY, EACH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

JUST TO, TO START, START THERE.

AND THEN GOING ON PAGE EIGHT, I, I SEE IT CONFLICTING WITH PAGE 11, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A BALANCE BETWEEN A 50 50 BALANCE BETWEEN THE AIRPORT, BUT WE'RE SAYING ON PAGE 11 THAT AIRCRAFT OVER 1200, OVER 12,500 POUNDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ON THE DENTIN SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

AND THEN ON PAGE 11, IT SAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A, A BALANCE.

AND IT IS CLOSER TO A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD, THE TRACK TAKES YOU OUT AROUND LESS OF THE POPULATION.

SO I'LL HAVE ISAAC, UH, HELP ME WITH THIS TOO.

BUT, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE, UM, FACTORS TO THIS.

SO WE, WE WANT A 50 50 BALANCE, UM, NIGHTTIME PREFERENTIAL, UH, WE, WE WANT THAT, THAT RUNWAY HAS A SPECIFIC DEPARTURE PROFILE THAT TAKES IT OUT OVER THE, THE TRINITY RIVER.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THAT RIGHT NOW.

ONE OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO LOOK AT THE LEMON SIDE RUNWAY AND HAVE A SIMILAR, SO THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET THAT BALANCE ON THE NOISE EXPOSURE.

UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE USING THAT KNIFE TIME PREFERENTIAL,

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UM, SO IF WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT ON THE LEMON SIDE, IT CREATES ANOTHER OPTION SO THAT SOME OF THAT NOISE THAT IS GOING THERE, IT CAN BE THEN BALANCED EASIER AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT ON THE DENTON SIDE, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE LESS THAN 675 FEET FROM THE AIRPORT ON THE LEMON SIDE.

IT'S ALMOST TRIPLE THAT IN IN SOME AREAS.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING A, A FAIR BALANCE.

ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT NEIGHBORS ON THE WEST SIDE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ARE TYPICALLY AREN'T AS ENGAGED OR ARE RELUCTANT TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS.

BUT WE DO HEAR 'EM, WE SEE THEM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, UM, COMPLAINING ABOUT THE, THE NOISE IS THAT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, THE, UH, LOOKING INTO A, UH, SOUND BARRIER WALL ON THAT SIDE.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP, UM, MINIMIZE A LOT OF THE NOISE.

AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE VERY, UH, UH, VALUABLE TO US.

WE UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THIS AIRPORT BRINGS AND THAT SOUTHWEST BRINGS TO OUR CITY, AND WE SUPPORT THAT AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS HERE IN DALLAS, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING AND LISTENING TO THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE LIVED AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, WITH LITTLE TO NO MITIGATION.

AND SO I DO WANNA APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.

UM, YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AIR, UM, AIRCRAFT AND COMMERCIAL VERSUS THE, UH, THE PRIVATE.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER AIRPORT, UM, IN DALLAS, UM, EXECUTIVE.

ARE WE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING SOME, UM, ENCOURAGEMENT TO HAVE FOLKS USE THAT AIRPORT AS OPPOSED TO, TO LOVEFIELD? UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING OBVIOUSLY TO USE DALLAS EXECUTIVE MORE.

UM, AND IT BECOMES THAT STORY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE MARKETING DALLAS EXECUTIVE, UM, HOW THE, WHAT, WHO'S COMING TO DALLAS LOVE AND WHY.

UM, PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS, GOES BACK TO THAT PERCEPTION AND, AND WHAT'S BEEN USED AND PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO LOVE FIELD FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE THIRD BUSIEST PRIVATE JET AIRCRAFT, UM, AIRPORT FOR A REASON 'CAUSE OF THE CONVENIENCE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE TO SELL THEM.

WE'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE GROWTH DOWN IN DALLAS EXECUTIVE.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY CAPPED ON DALLAS LOVE, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO GROW THAT, THAT BUSINESS AT DALLAS LOVE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW THAT DOWN AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AND USE, UTILIZE THAT THE STUDY AND SOME POTENTIAL, UH, PROJECTS WOULD REQUIRE FUNDING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT FEDERAL DOLLARS FIRST AND GRANTS BEFORE WE TAP INTO, UH, DOLLARS HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT COULD GO TOWARDS, UM, RENOVATIONS OR REPAIRS AT OUR FACILITY? YES.

UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE GRANT FUNDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE GRANT SOURCES.

UH, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM, UH, THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW, THAT'S BEEN REALLY AGGRESSIVE AT TRYING TO GET THOSE.

UM, WE HAVE A AMAZING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR AIRPORT DISTRICT OFFICE WITH THE FAAA LOT BETTER THAN SOME OTHER REGIONS.

UM, AND WE'VE GOTTEN WHAT WE WOULD CALL A LOT OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DISCRETIONARY MONEY, WHICH IS MONEY WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR WITH OTHER AIRPORTS OUR SIZE.

UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.

SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE AND FOR US TO MAXIMIZE THAT FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AND I, AND I THINK YOU GUYS DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME INCONVENIENCE THAT COMES WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING AN AIRPORT, UH, RELATIVELY CLOSE TO SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORS.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S COMMITMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE INVESTED AND HAVE SUPPORTED, UH, VARIOUS PROJECTS TO THE ABUTTING UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR, UH, SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR CONCERNS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT.

JUST IN GENERAL? UH, WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

CHAIRMAN GRACIE, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, NOT TO VEER TOO FAR OFF, UH, BUT I, I APPRECIATE UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO'S, UH, QUESTION THERE, BUT NOT TO GO THE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY SIMILAR STUDIES AT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN RECENT YEARS IN TERMS OF NOISE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THERE

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UM, PROBABLY NOT AS EXTENSIVE.

THE CONTOURS ARE PROBABLY OLDER, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC AND THE SIZE OF AIRCRAFT.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FOOTPRINT DOWN THERE WHERE WE WOULD SAY THAT CON THAT NOISE CONTOUR IS MORE PROTECTED.

UM, SO IT'S NOT AS BIG OF AN IMPACT THAT IT WAS AT DELL'S LOVE FIELD, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY FROM AN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT MARKETING, WE REALLY NEED TO SIT DOWN AND DO A, AN ENTIRE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MARKETING AND ALL OF THE OTHER POINT OF ORDER.

MAYOR, THAT'S WHY I SAID, I TRIED TO SAY IT'S, IT'S SUSTAINED THIS TIME.

ARE YOU DONE? ? ALL RIGHT.

CHAIRMAN, ARVIS, YOU, YOU RECOGNIZED HOPEFULLY TO, TO CLOSE THIS OUT TODAY FOR FIVE MINUTES.

CAUSING THAT BALANCE IS REALLY LOCATION ON THE, THE AIRPORT.

UM, SO, UM, FIRST, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE NOISE, UM, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, WILLIS ABOUT THE INCENTIVES OF HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE, UM, IN ORDER TO SEE IF FOLKS WILL EITHER GET NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THE ENGINES QUIETER AND OR, UM, LAND AT A DIFFERENT AIRPORT IF THAT.

WE ALSO OWN, UM, EITHER WAY WE WIN 'CAUSE WE OWN ALL THREE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING BAD IF WE GET, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRIVATE JETS, IF WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THOSE OUT.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, IF, IF YOU'LL EXPLAIN TO ME IS ON THE NOISE IS THAT I, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO BLAME EVERYTHING ON THE COMMERCIAL, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UM, SOUTHWEST HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING TO BRING IN NEW TECHNOLOGY ON THE ENGINES AND THEY'VE REALLY QUIETED DOWN.

LIKE THE DECIBEL LEVELS ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.

AND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I WAS JUST RECENTLY OUT THERE FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND IN THE PAST, EVERY EIGHT MINUTES A PLANE GOES OVER AND YOU HAD TO WAIT AND THEN YOU COULD SPEAK AGAIN, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION.

AND THE OTHER DAY WE WERE OUT THERE AND WE WERE OUTSIDE RIGHT UNDER THE AIR PATH AND WE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS.

YEAH, THE PLANES WENT OVER AND WE HAD TO GET A LITTLE LOUDER, BUT WE NEVER DIDN'T, WE NEVER HAD TO STOP SPEAKING.

NOT SAYING IT WAS PERFECT, JUST SAYING, I CAN FEEL AND TELL THE DIFFERENCE AS THE JETS HAVE BEEN CHANGED OUT.

BUT PRIVATE JETS, ARE THEY THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO DECIBEL LEVELS AND NOISES AND DUST CHANGING OUT TECHNOLOGY ON ENGINES? UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

Y THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO GENERALLY IT IS, YOU WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT THE LARGER THE PLANE YOU GET, THE MORE NOISY IT'S, UH, BUT, UH, AS YOU SAID WITH THE, THE MAX, THE AIRBUS HAS A NEO, UM, THE AIRLINES LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE BRINGING IN MORE OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE FUEL EFFICIENT, THEY'RE CHEAPER TO OPERATE AND THEY'RE QUIETER.

UM, ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, IT, IT KIND OF RUNS A LITTLE KIND OF ALL OVER THE BOARD.

UM, YOU COULD HAVE STAGE THREE COMPLIANT AIRCRAFT THAT ARE PRETTY LOUD.

UM, THEY MIGHT BE A PRIVATE OPERATOR OR THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSER TO A FOUR OR A FIVE.

UM, GENERALLY THOUGH NOT ALL THE NOISE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A LARGER AIRCRAFT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S, UM, LOUDER.

UM, TYPICALLY IT WOULD BE MORE TOWARDS, IF IT'S OLD, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A LITTLE LOUDER.

UM, AND ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THEY'RE GENERALLY OPERATING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT HOURS.

UM, IT WHERE CARRIERS HAVE A SPECIFIC SCHEDULE SETS IT SCHEDULE.

VERY GOOD.

AND THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, HOW OLD IS LOVE FIELD? UH, I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT 106 YEARS.

VERY GOOD.

AND, UM, THE REASON I WAS ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LONG HISTORY, UM, OF LOVE FIELD BEING AROUND.

UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND LEARN THAT HISTORY.

I'M NOT GONNA, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT TODAY, BUT LET'S, YOU KNOW, GET THERE, UM, FOR FOLKS WHY WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT, INVOLUNTARY AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE IT AND HAVE SOMETHING TO POINT TO, TO ASK, UM, THE FOLKS USING THE AIRLINES TO, OR THE FOLKS OPERATING AIR AIRLINES TO PLEASE TRY TO ADHERE TO THESE THINGS WHEN YOU CAN.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S UPSET IF THERE'S A DELAY, RIGHT? AND A PLANE HAS TO LAND AFTER 11, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS.

BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND I THINK THAT THEY'LL ALL WORK WITH US AND WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

'CAUSE THOSE ARE ALSO THEIR CUSTOMERS.

RIGHT.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THE BALANCING OF RUNWAYS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW, WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING FROM THE COALITION AND THE RESIDENTS, IT SEEMS SO IMBALANCED, BUT IS IT REALLY, OR IS IT, OR WHAT'S CAUSING THAT IMBALANCE? 'CAUSE I, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S NOT IMBA UNBALANCED IT, IT IS, IT'S JUST, BUT WHAT'S CAUSING THAT? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO, UH, WHAT'S

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UM, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO STATED, YOU KNOW, DENTON, IF YOU GO OVER THERE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SIDE.

UH, IF YOU GO ON LEMON, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WHAT, UH, UH, PRIVATE, UM, PRIVATE HANGERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU GO ON THE LEMON SIDE, IT'S, IT'S ALL, UH, PRIVATE HANGERS, FIXED BASE OPERATORS.

SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY USING THE LEMON RUNWAY 'CAUSE IT'S THE, THE, THE CLOSEST POINT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE CLOSEST POINT FOR A CONVENIENCE, IT'S FOR SAFETY.

UM, I, I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY A LOT OF, OF WHAT WE CALL DEVIATIONS BY AIRCRAFT.

UM, AND ATC, YOU KNOW, CROSSING A RUNWAY IS THE MOST DANGEROUS MANEUVERING AIRCRAFT CAN DO.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO STOP YOU THERE.

I DON'T KNOW, CROSSING NORTHWEST HIGHWAY IS PRETTY INTENSE, SO, WELL FROM AN, FROM AN AIR AIRCRAFT STANDPOINT.

AH, OKAY.

UH, SO, SO THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IS NOT GOING TO VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, FORCE TO, TO, TO GO AND DO A UNSAFE OPERATION.

THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THAT SAFETY.

AND THEN HOW DO WE GET THAT BALANCE? I THINK IF WE CAN EDUCATE MORE ON, UH, LESS BUSY PERIODS WHEN IT'S SAFER TO CROSS THAT RUNWAY, UH, IF WE CAN EDUCATE THOSE OPERATORS TO USE THE OTHER, UH, TO BALANCE MORE.

UM, AND OUR AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC CONTROL IS VERY AWARE OF OUR PROGRAM, UM, AND THEY TRY TO DO THAT AS WELL, BUT ULTIMATELY THE PILOT CAN MAKE THE DECISION ON WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.

GOTCHA.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PILOTS ACTUALLY GET TO, UM, ASK WHERE THEY WANT TO LAND.

UM, SO THE NEXT THING IS, UM, ON THAT BALANCE IS, UM, AGAIN, IS EDUCATION.

YOU JUST, YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GET A BETTER BALANCE? AND THEN, UM, SO ONE IS EDUCATION, BUT AGAIN, ARE THERE, IS THERE A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO WANT TO USE, UM, THE OTHER RUNWAY IF POSSIBLE DURING A SAFE TIME? YEAH, WE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WE HAVE, THERE'S THINGS WE COULD LOOK AT.

THERE'S SOME, UM, AIRPORTS OUT THERE THAT, UM, KIND OF OFFER AWARDS.

UH, BUT INCENTIVIZING WE GET INTO SOME CHALLENGES WITH, WITH FAA REQUIREMENTS.

, UM, AND WHAT WE CAN LEGALLY DO AND NOT DO.

UM, AND, AND ALSO, CAN YOU, AND I'M GONNA PAUSE YOU.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT AN AWARD IS VERSUS, UM, S SO IT WAS KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO KIND OF A, LIKE A PHYSICAL AWARD? MM-HMM.

, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVING A PROCESS AND RECOGNITION THAT YOU WERE THE SA YOU WERE THE QUIETEST AIRLINE, YOU WERE THE QUIETEST OPERATOR.

THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TRYING TO GET US HERE WOULD PROBABLY JUMP FOR JOY TO GIVE AN AWARD TO THE QUIETEST AIRLINE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT EVEN PAY FOR IT.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

UM, WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.

BUT, UM, I'M, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING, I LIKE THAT IDEA.

YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR HERE SAID ALL THE TIME, CARROT VERSUS STICK.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE APPROACH WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE CARROT? UM, AND IF GETTING AN AWARD IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT EXCITES PEOPLE TO BE QUIETER OR, UM, TO USE THE OTHER RUNWAY MORE, UM, THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING.

IT'S DOESN'T COST US MUCH, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF LUNCH AND, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR AN AWARD.

SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD, UM, NO, THE NEXT THING I JUST WANTED TO SEE IS ONE, UM, IS, IS TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR, AND CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN, BUT, UM, FOR, UM, BEING OUR DIRECTOR AT THE AIRPORT, UM, IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH LOVE FIELD.

AND SINCE YOU, YOU'VE TAKEN THE, I GUESS THE PILOT SEAT, UM, AT LOVE FIELD.

HA.

YEAH, I'M GOOD, RIGHT? UH, I'LL BE HERE UNTIL AS SOON AS THIS MEETING'S OVER.

SO .

BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THINK THE RESIDENTS, I KNOW THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF YOU HERE TODAY 'CAUSE IT'S A LONG DAY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE ALL DAY, BUT, UM, IS, THANK Y'ALL FOR NOT GIVING UP AND GIVING US FEEDBACK AND INPUT.

I THINK ALMOST EVERYTHING Y'ALL ASK FOR IS IN THIS AGREEMENT.

AND THAT'S A GREAT THING 'CAUSE WE'RE LISTENING, THE AIRPORT'S LISTENING AND UM, IT'S JUST BEEN SO DIFFERENT BEFORE I USED TO HAVE TO PULL TEETH TO GET, ALLOW FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE INVOLVED.

AND SINCE YOU GOT THERE, YOU'RE JUST LIKE ADAMANT, ADAMANT, ADAMANT.

EVERY VOICE MATTERS.

OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT LOVE FIELD THERE, IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.

IT'S THAT WE WANNA WORK TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THERE WITH YOU.

AND HE'S ABOUT TO SMACK THAT GIANT LITTLE, UM, THANK YOU GAVEL AT ME.

SO .

BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU ALL AS WELL AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT DENTON ROAD AND THE RESIDENCE THERE.

THAT IS YOUR TIME.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T WANNA CUT ANYBODY OFF.

I'M JUST KIDDING AROUND.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYONE ELSE.

MR. C MANAGER, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? NO, MAYOR.

THAT COMPLETES OUR BRIEFING FOR TODAY.

MADAM SECRETARY.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, OPEN MICROPHONE, SPEAKER, MR. MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE DONE WITH OUR BRIEFINGS.

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UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

UH, MADAM SECRETARY.

I RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE VIRTUAL, YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM.

WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE STOP.

ALSO FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I'LL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON.

ONLY SERENA NOLAN HAS CANCELED.

CRAIG SMITH.

CRAIG SMITH IS NOT PRESENT.

REBECCA KORNBLUM.