Apr 03, 2024 Council Briefing

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YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC AL JOHNSON.

MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO. ZARIN GRACEY.

JAIME RESENDEZ OMAR NARVAEZ ADAM BAZALDUA.

PAULA BLACKMON.

KATHY STEWART.

JAYNIE SCHULTZ.

CARA MENDELSOHN.

GAY DONELL WILLIS.

PAUL RIDLEY.

AND CITY MANAGER T.C.

BROADNAX. CITY SECRETARY BILIERAE JOHNSON AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALOMINO.

[Call to Order ]

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3RD, 2024.

THE TIME IS 9:34 A.M., AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER THIS MORNING.

OUR INVOCATION, SPEAKER IS MINISTER JAKE HAMILTON OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST.

HE'S ALSO. HEY GOOD MORNING.

HE'S ALSO A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IS HE HERE THIS MORNING? THERE HE IS.

I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO BROTHER HAMILTON TO GIVE US OUR INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FATHER GOD IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

A DAY WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND UPON ITS COMPLETION, WE'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN.

NUMBER TWO, YOU BE THE GLORY AND OUR GOD.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FINE CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A CROWN OF WISDOM SO THAT AS THEY GO FORWARD, THAT THEY WILL MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE A BLESSING TO THIS CITY, SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN PEACE AND IN HARMONY.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGES.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

LET'S SEE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, ACTUALLY.

[Special Presentations ]

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

2024, NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK STARTS AS THIS WEEK, APRIL 1ST THROUGH THE SIXTH, 2024 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NCD WEEK.

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF NCD WEEK IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS, THEIR IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THE NEED FOR INCREASED PROGRAM FUNDING.

CDBG FUNDS ARE USED TO PROVIDE A MYRIAD OF OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

MEMBERS FROM DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL ARE HERE TODAY IF YOU WANT TO WAVE.

OLGA GONZALEZ IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS, AND YANELA MONTOYA IS THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY.

IN HONOR OF NCD WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZED SERVICES PROVIDED BY DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL.

THEIR CONTRIBUTION NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE INITIATIVES, BUT ALSO INSPIRES CONTINUED EFFORTS IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR CITY.

WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO PROMOTING EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, NOT ONLY WITH OUR PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT YOU SERVE. ADDITIONAL NCD WEEK ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AN ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION OF AN IMPACT BOOKLET, WHICH PROVIDES A FOUR YEAR SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF HUD GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS, AND A COMMUNITY TOUR ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6TH.

THIS YEAR'S TOUR WILL INCLUDE VISITS TO KIVA EAST, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, FIVE MILE NOTRE DAME PLACE, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES SAINT JUDE CENTER PARK CENTRAL THIS TOUR PRESENTS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND HOW FUNDING IS PROVIDING POSITIVE RESULTS FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS.

AND I THINK SOMEBODY FROM DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL HAS PREPARED A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

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YOU CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY.

HI. GOOD MORNING.

BUENOS DIAS. MY NAME IS OLGA GONZALEZ.

I'M THE VP OF PROGRAMS AT DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. AND GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL AIMS TO LEVEL THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL CHILDREN.

WE ENSURE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, OPERATE AT THE HIGHEST QUALITY BY OFFERING TRAINING, SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AMONG OTHER SERVICES.

IN TURN, THESE PROGRAMS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, MENTORSHIP, AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN ACROSS DALLAS.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF OUR CITY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND EDUCATION.

SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE THAT INTERMEDIARIES LIKE DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL HAVE IN FACILITATING POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. SO IF WE CAN TAKE THE ROPE DOWN AND Y'ALL CAN COME HERE IN THE CENTER, AND THEN WE USUALLY STAND, STAY UP HERE AND STAND BEHIND YOU GUYS SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE. OKAY. COME ON DOWN.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

PERFECT. ARE WE READY? RIGHT. ONE. TWO.

THREE. ONE MORE.

GOT IT. THANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. IS EVERYONE MAKES THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR SEATS.

MADAM SECRETARY, I DON'T SEE ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, SO.

OH, SORRY. I RECOGNIZE CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE? FOR REMEMBRANCE OF A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS STAFF TO PAUSE FOR MEMBERS SID STAHL, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 14TH AT AGE 90.

ALONG WITH BEING A CIVIC LEADER, SID WAS A PROMINENT LAWYER.

HE WAS BORN IN DALLAS TO LOUIS AND SARAH STAHL, WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM POLAND AND LITHUANIA, RESPECTIVELY.

HE WAS A DEVOTED BROTHER TO DAWN STAHL, HELEN ROSENBERG HARVEY SAUL OF BLESSED MEMORY.

SID WAS BORN IN DALLAS, AND HE LIVED IN DALLAS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

HE RECEIVED A BUSINESS DEGREE AND A LAW DEGREE FROM SMU.

HE SERVED IN THE US AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR TWO YEARS AFTER LAW SCHOOL.

IT WAS THERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, JUDY SUGARMAN, OF BLESSED MEMORY.

THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, LORI STAHL AND KATHY GOLDEN, AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN.

SID HAD A LONG AND REWARDING LEGAL CAREER THAT INCLUDED THE CO-FOUNDING OF THE LAW FIRM GEARY, STAHL AND SPENCER.

HE WAS VALUED BY MANY AS A COUNSELOR AND TRUSTED ADVISOR.

HIS PASSION FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER LED TO HIM ULTIMATELY ESTABLISHING A SOLO PRACTICE DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION.

HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER, AND HE RESOLVED MORE THAN 2000 CASES AND TRAINED MORE THAN 2000 OTHER ATTORNEYS TO BE MEDIATORS.

HE WAS ALSO AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MEDIATION AT SMU.

SID SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION, THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS.

HE RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTABLE AWARDS FROM THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE MAURICE HEROLD PROFESSIONALISM AWARD, THE STEVE BRUCE AWARD, THE JUSTINIAN AWARD, THE JURISPRUDENCE AWARD, THE SMU LAW SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, AND THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS OUTSTANDING 50 YEAR LAWYER AWARD.

HE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS AND THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, AND RECEIVED THE TORCH OF CONSCIENCE AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS.

SID ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF SEVERAL HOSPITALS, ARTS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

SID SERVED ON THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL BEFORE BEING APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, A ROLE HE HELD FROM 1975 TO 1979.

HE WAS THEN ELECTED TO SERVE AS AN AT LARGE MEMBER OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL FROM 1980 TO 1983.

HE WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF VARIOUS AGENCIES AND SELECT COMMITTEES FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THROUGH HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES, SID MET AND LATER MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE, SUSAN HERRING, ALSO OF BLESSED MEMORY.

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SID STAHL WAS AN INSPIRATION.

MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Open Microphone Speakers (Part 1 of 2)]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING.

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

I'LL 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, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR BECOME, 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 WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

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

SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON A 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.

PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON ONLY IF HER SPEAKER, ROBERT CECCARELLI.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

I HAD DISD ON THERE, BUT I'LL BE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.

BUT I NEED TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT DISD.

A STUDENT FROM MADISON HIGH SCHOOL WENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SAID THAT THE PRINCIPAL OF MADISON SAID SOMETHING NOT GOOD.

SHE SAID TO HER, ALLEGEDLY, YOU'D BE LIKE YOUR MOTHER.

HE'D BE LYING ON YOUR BACK AND REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME.

YOU'D BE LIKE YOUR MOTHER.

YOU'D BE LYING ON YOUR BACK.

EVERYONE. I SAY THIS TO EVERYBODY OUTSIDE.

THEY'RE LIVID THAT NOTHING HAPPENED TO HER.

I KNOW WHY SHE WAS THERE.

SHE'S LEAVING. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU MORE NEXT MONTH.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING? BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE FACING IN SOUTH DALLAS, OKAY? IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BLACK OR WHITE, BUT THAT'S THE TRUTH.

WHAT I HEARD I WAS AT THE MEETING AND THAT'S UNCALLED FOR 100%.

I WOULD HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL BE SHOCKED ABOUT THIS.

SEE, I DON'T SEE ANYONE REALLY SURPRISED, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

AND THE ISD, YOU'RE ACCEPTING THIS KIND OF STUFF.

OKAY. EX SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER I SEE HIM, YOU KNOW, SO JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

NOW, I HAVE AN ADDRESS HERE ABOUT BOARDING HOMES 9420 PINE HAVEN DRIVE, 9420 PINE HAVEN DRIVE.

THIS BOARDING HOME HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING LIMBS.

THIS BOARDING HOME HAS THE MANAGER CLEANING THE FECES OUT OF THE BUTTS IN THE BED.

I REPEAT, I'M NOT CLEANING THE FECES OUT OF THE BUTTS IN THEIR BEDS.

THIS HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO.

I SAW THE MANAGER.

HE GAVE ME THE ADDRESS AND I HAD TO LEAVE ALSO BECAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER SYSTEM MANAGER WANTED TO BLOW UP THE HOUSE.

HE SAID OKAY, RIGHT OFF MILITARY PARKWAY AND I JUST I HAD TO LEAVE.

I LOST MY RENT MONEY.

SO I HOPE SOMEONE SHOWS UP OVER THERE AND IF THEY'RE MISSING LIMBS, IT'S STILL GOING ON.

OKAY, SO I JUST WATCH WHAT I'M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING HE'S GOING ON FOR THE NEXT THREE, FOUR MONTHS.

NEXT STATEMENT.

THE PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND DOCTOR DANIEL WORKED WITH HER.

I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S THE CHAIR LADY, ABOUT BUS PASSES.

SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, BUT SHE JUST SAID SHE KNOWS WHERE TO GET BUS PASSES.

BUT SHE DIDN'T TELL ME WHERE.

BUS PASSES ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPORTATION, FOR WORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU MIGHT GET 1 OR 2 A WEEK, BUT THAT'S IT.

WHEN SHE SAYS SHE DID NOT KNOW, THAT STUNNED ME.

I REALLY BELIEVE SHE HAS FLIPPED THE SCRIPT.

WHEN SHE WAS WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS.

NOW AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, SHE TOTALLY CHANGED HER ATTITUDE.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE SAY THAT? YOU DON'T TELL ME WHERE IT'S AT.

IT'S CRAZY. SOME IT'S THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

THINGS CHANGE THINGS. THINGS HAVE CHANGED REALLY.

AND ONE MORE THING IS GO VISIT THE HOMELESS AT THE LIBRARY OUTSIDE THE WINDOW AND THE BRIDGE.

THEY DON'T LIKE YOU.

PLEASE SHOW YOUR FACE SO YOU CAN INVITE THE HOMELESS IN YOUR MEETINGS.

IF YOU DO THAT, THEY WILL LIKE YOU.

THEY HATE YOU. PLEASE DO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LINDA NEWLAND.

GOOD DAY, MAYOR.

PROBABLY YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED SOME OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS IN OTHER PEOPLE.

I'LL LIST THEM.

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DISPERSED ATTENTION.

HYPERACTIVITY. IMPULSIVE OR ERRATIC BEHAVIORS.

LEGACY ANXIETY, NERVOUSNESS.

AGGRESSIVENESS. EASILY AGITATED DEPRESSION.

EMOTIONAL IMBALANCES, MENTAL HEALTH THOUGHT DISORDER SYMPTOMS, CONDUCT DISORDERS, ANTISOCIAL DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS, AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

HARMFUL SUBSTANCES AND TOXINS CAN CAUSE ANY OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS.

IT IS WELL-ESTABLISHED IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

THE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE CLEAR ON THIS.

HARMFUL SUBSTANCES CAN AFFECT BEHAVIOR.

TWO COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE SHUT DOWN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

THEY NEVER ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

ON NOVEMBER 7TH, WHEN A WORLD FAMOUS SCIENTIST, DR.

BRUCE LIPTON, SPOKE AT THE COMMITTEE, DOCTOR BRUCE LEDBETTER PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE CINCINNATI LED STUDY THAT TOOK EARLY CHILDHOOD BLOOD LEAD LEVELS AND FOLLOWED THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR 30 YEARS BASED ON THE EARLY EXPOSURES TO TOXINS THREE DECADES AGO.

THE STUDY COULD PREVENT, PREDICT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND ARREST.

MANY TYPES OF CHEMICAL TOXINS, ALONE OR COMBINED, CAN PERMANENTLY SCAR THE DEVELOPING BRAIN OF A CHILD.

MAYOR, IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS CRIME AND OTHER BEHAVIOR ISSUES, WE BETTER PUT SOME FOCUS ON THE TOXIC BODY BURDEN OF OUR POPULATION.

DID Y'ALL RECEIVE MY HANDOUTS? OKAY I WILL BE TALKING NEXT TIME ON THAT TOPIC, AND IT TELLS A WAY TO PREVENT TOOTH DECAY.

YES, DOCTOR PRICE'S BOOK, NUTRITION PHYSICAL DETERIORATION, CHAPTER 22 TELLS A WAY TO PREVENT TOOTH DECAY.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE WATER.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

BYE. THANK YOU, PAMELA GRAYSON.

A WEEK OR SO AGO, I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY EVENT DETAILING AN UPCOMING NOFA FOR NONPROFITS FROM THE DALLAS SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.

MY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH THIS IS IT REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON HAND FOR WHICH WE ASK, SO IF I ASK FOR $30,000, I MUST HAVE $30,000 ON HAND ALREADY. THIS MAKES LITTLE TO NO SENSE, BECAUSE IF I HAD IT, WHY WOULD I ASK FOR IT THEN? IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, WE WILL BE NOTIFIED IN SEPTEMBER.

HOWEVER, THE CONTRACT WILL NOT BE PUT IN PLACE UNTIL 7 OR 8 MONTHS LATER.

WE WERE TOLD THIS IS DUE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SO NOW I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I'M REQUIRED TO KEEP THAT 30,000 ON HAND OUT OF MY BUDGET FOR 7 OR 8 MONTHS FOR A GRANT THAT IS REIMBURSABLE, AND THEN THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS TAKES AT LEAST ANOTHER 30 TO 60 DAYS.

SO AGAIN, IF I HAD THE MONEY TO JUST SIT ON FOR A YEAR, THEN I WOULDN'T NEED TO ASK.

I SEE MONEY GIVEN TO LARGER ESTABLISHED MAJORITY RAN ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS GOODWILL.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, GOODWILL HAD THE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING.

I HAD TO CALL IN FORMER COUNCILMAN CASEY THOMAS TO CALL FOLKS TO MAKE GOODWILL EVEN MOVE ON BEHALF OF THE FOLKS IN DIXON.

SO HERE'S WHAT I SEE.

WE WON'T GIVE THE FUNDING TO FOLKS THAT INHABIT THESE IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES, BUT THE FOLKS THAT GET THE FUNDING DO NOT CARE ABOUT OUR IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.

ADDITIONALLY, THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER GRANT APPLICATION REQUIRES THESE MEASURES.

WE MUST HAVE AN AUDITED BUSINESS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, FEDERAL TAX RETURNS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, CPA PREPARED AND A FIVE YEAR OPERATING PRO FORMA CPA PREPARED. NOW, I RECEIVED A QUOTE FOR JUST THE PAST THREE YEARS, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THE COST FOR THAT WAS ALMOST $6,000.

AND THIS WAS FROM A SISTER THAT GAVE ME A DISCOUNT.

THE TOTAL COST OF ALL OF THESE FROM A CPA WILL RUN AN ORGANIZATION $10,000 AT A MINIMUM, WITH NO GUARANTEE ON THAT RETURN OR RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, MONEY LIKE THOSE PGP LOANS, GRANTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISPERSED ALL WILLY NILLY, BUT TO SWING THE PENDULUM SO FAR THE

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JIM COETZEE WROTE THE ACCOMMODATION WE ARE HEADED FOR AN ACCOMMODATION PART TWO WITH THESE TYPES OF HARMFUL POLICIES IN PLACE.

I'M ASKING YOU TO FIX THIS AND IT CAN BE DONE BECAUSE TEXAS STATE FAIR DOES IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ISABEL REDFIELD.

GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

MY NAME IS ISABEL AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS ON THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DUTY AND YOUR GOVERNANCE OF THIS CITY.

WE QUITE LOVE IT. AND SPEAKING OF DUTY, I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY GOING FORWARD TO CONDUCT A VERY ROBUST SEARCH FOR OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER, WHO IS EFFECTIVELY THE CEO GOING FORWARD.

SO I BELIEVE TRANSPARENCY IS VITAL IN THIS SEARCH PROCESS.

AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FROM MY RESEARCH, IT IS A CLOSED DOOR PROCESS.

FOR THE MOST PART, NAMES ARE NOT CIRCULATED.

THE PUBLIC IS NOT VERY AWARE OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND, AND CANDIDATES THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

AND I THINK THAT THE SEARCH SHOULD GO BEYOND PERHAPS THE BUREAUCRATS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT AND LOOK OUTSIDE TO THE BUSINESS LEADERS AND THE COMMUNITIES WHO CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE LEADERS FOR DALLAS GOING FORWARD.

IT'S NOT EVIDENT TO ME RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE AN OBVIOUS PICK.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT SHOULD BE AN OBVIOUS PROCESS.

FURTHERMORE, I THINK THAT THE SAME OLD TIRED GOVERNMENT THAT SOME DALLAS CITIZENS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE IDEA OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN BE DISABLED AND CORE CITY SERVICES THAT ARE BEING OVERLOOKED. IT'S JUST A VERY IMPORTANT YEAR WITH, WITH THE 1.2 $5,000,000 BILLION BOND ON THE LEDGER TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, TO REALLY LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS GOVERNMENT PICKS AND TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

REBECCA KORNBLUM.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BECCA CORNWALL.

I'M PRESIDENT OF DALLAS BICYCLE COALITION.

IN ADDITION TO FOLLOWING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE DALLAS BIKE PLAN, WE ARE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.

I'M HERE TO SHARE HOW DALLAS ROADS ARE ESPECIALLY HOSTILE TO PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.

WHAT WE NEED AS CYCLISTS IN DALLAS, AND HOW THE BIKE COALITION CAN BE A PARTNER IN THE SOLUTION.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE SO FAR.

I REMEMBER IN THE PAST TRYING TO SIMPLY FIND DATA ON CRASHES AND FATALITIES.

THE DATA WAS HARD TO OBTAIN AND HARD TO DECIPHER.

SO IT'S A WIN SO FAR THAT WE HAVE HISTORICAL TRENDS, DOCUMENTED HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND UPDATED DASHBOARD AND THAT WE KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACTION PLAN. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE IN THE BRIEFING TODAY.

LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE WERE SEVERELY INJURED OR DIED WHILE TRAVELING ON DALLAS ROADS.

THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, WERE 30% OF THOSE CRASHES, THOUGH THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 2% OF THE TRIPS.

IF WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING IN OUR CITY LIKE WE ARE PLANNING TO DO ACCORDING TO THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, THE CAPTURE THE BIKE PLAN AND MORE, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADS TO MAKE DALLAS ROAD SAFER FOR CYCLISTS.

AS A COALITION, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIKE PLAN IN A TEN YEAR TIMELINE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAFE, AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING.

THIS WILL ALSO HELP US REACH OUR 2030 GOAL OF VISION ZERO.

WITH THAT, WE NEED SEPARATED PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT SEPARATE US FROM CARS, AND WE NEED SPEEDS REDUCED ACROSS THE CITY AND TRAFFIC CALMING AS PLANNED ON OUR BICYCLE BOULEVARDS.

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SOME OF THE STATED VISION ZERO ACTION ITEMS INCLUDE PROMOTING SAFE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AROUND SCHOOLS, INSTALLING NEW OR IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, AND IMPLEMENTING LOWER COST, QUICK BUILD VISION ZERO SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ARE PREPARED AND OFFERING TO HELP WITH BIKE AND WALK AUDITS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER IDEAS FOR SAFER ROADS AND TEST OUT CHANGES.

WE CAN BUILD ON ALREADY EXISTING BIKE BUSSES TO SCHOOL, ONES THAT ARE ALREADY IN OPERATION TO HELP SCHOOLS ADOPT NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS, AND WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND NEW ROAD CHANGES THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS.

LASTLY, WE HOPE WE HOST A WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING EVERY OCTOBER, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE FULL COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE IN UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO DON'T DRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK.

PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE ON OUR ROAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

THE REMAINING OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR CITY BUSINESS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA.

[1. 24-926 Approval of Minutes of the March 6, 2024 City Council Meeting ]

I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[2. 24-927 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) ]

BONNIE MATHIAS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

MISS MATHIAS MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

DOM HASKETT IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS MR..

HASKETT MEETS THE PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS.

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

MOVE! APPROVAL. SECOND.

A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM, MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE.

WONDERFUL. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

[A. 24-923 Vision Zero Update ]

AS STAFF BEGINS TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, THE FIRST BRIEFING TODAY IS RELATED TO A VISION ZERO UPDATE.

AS PART OF THIS BRIEFING, DOCTOR GUS CRAWLEY, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S VISION ZERO STRATEGIES AND ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION. THE DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION THAT IS OCCURRING, AS WELL AS DATA AND FUTURE ACTIONS.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO GUS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE GUS IS AT.

FOR THE PUBLIC. THIS IS ITEM A ON OUR BRIEFING AGENDA ITEM A.

DON'T WALK ANY FASTER.

GUS, DON'T. DON'T BE IN A HURRY OR ANYTHING.

IT'S HARD TO SAY NO TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

RIGHT? SO? THE. OKAY.

WELL. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS GUS HARLEY.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MORNING. I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE VISION ZERO UPDATE HERE TO COUNCIL.

EVEN THOUGH THAT MY NAME WAS THE ONLY NAME LISTED ON THE PRESENTATION, I HAVE SEVERAL OF MY DIRECTOR, MY COLLEAGUES, THE DIRECTORS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN ATTENDANCE WHO WILL BE ASSISTING IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

BUT IF YOU ALLOW ME FOR A MOMENT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO TRAFFIC RELATED INCIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL AS IN THE STATE.

IT'S A DEFINITELY IT'S A IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE FEEL WITH THE FAMILIES AND IT'S I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

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WE WILL START WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE VISION ZERO.

MOVE TOWARDS DISCUSSING QUITE A FEW DATA POINTS AND DRIVER BEHAVIORS, AND THEN DISCUSS THE CITY EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, INCLUDING ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WHAT'S PLANNED, OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COORDINATION, AND OUR NEXT STEP.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE VISION ZERO STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS AND FUTURE ACTIONS.

SO WHAT IS VISION ZERO? IT IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES RELATING TO TO AUTOMOBILE USERS, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

IT IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT NO LOSS OF LIFE IS ACCEPTABLE, AND THAT ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES ARE PREVENTABLE.

IT ENCOURAGES THE URBAN DESIGN THAT MAKES STREETS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO NAVIGATE FOR ALL ROADWAY USERS AND ALL PHYSICAL ABILITIES, AND IT PROMOTES A SAFE AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY FOR ALL USERS, SO THAT MOVEMENT AROUND THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK CAN BE DONE BY ROAD USERS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

SO THE INTENT WAS TO ACHIEVE ZERO FATALITY.

TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND 50% REDUCTION IN SEVERE INJURIES BY 2030, AND REACHING THIS GOAL REQUIRES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, WHICH IS.

SAFE ROAD USERS.

SAFE VEHICLES.

SAFE SPEEDS.

SAFE ROADS AND POST CARE.

POST CRASH CARE AND ALL THIS IS BASED ON THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY IS UNACCEPTABLE.

HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES.

HUMANS ARE VULNERABLE.

RESPONSIBILITIES SHARED.

SAFETY IS PROACTIVE AND REDUNDANCY IS CRUCIAL IN THE SYSTEM.

SO I WANTED TO KIND OF LAY OUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIMELINE FOR FOR US HERE.

OCTOBER 2019, THERE WAS A COUNCIL BRIEFING ABOUT THE SUBJECT DECEMBER 2019, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTION PLAN.

JUNE 2022, THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, WHICH INCLUDES ACTION ITEMS FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

OCTOBER 2022.

WE HAD THE FIRST ALLOCATION OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUNDS AND THE TWO POSITIONS JANUARY 2023.

SINCE WE'RE HAVING A MAJOR CHALLENGES IN THE RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIZED ENGINEERS AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS WE HAD ASSIGNED ONE OF THE ENGINEERING ASSISTANTS INTO THE VISION ZERO EFFORT.

AND THEN IN OCTOBER OF 2023, WE WERE ALLOCATED 1.6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUNDS TO VISION ZERO.

JUST A QUICK NOTE SINCE THAT TIME, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD FEW INCIDENTS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH ALONG THE WAY. A TORNADO, A DEEP FREEZE, A FEW STORMS THE PANDEMIC AND SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS ALONG THE WAY.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE DATA SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE BE FOREWARNED THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT TO LOOK AT HERE, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FOR EACH SLIDE.

SO ON THE FIRST ONE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CRASH DATA BROKEN DOWN BY ROADWAY TYPE AND SPLIT BY ALL CRASHES, FATAL CRASHES AND SEVERE INJURY CRASHES.

SO THIS SLIDE AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, WE'RE INCLUDING THE DATA ON ALL ROADWAYS, BOTH THE CONTROL ACCESS ACCESS CONTROLLED ROADWAY AND THE NON ACCESS CONTROLLED ROADWAYS.

AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DEFINITION, THE ACCESS CONTROLLED ROADWAYS ARE THE MAIN LANES OF THE HIGHWAYS AND THE NON ACCESS CONTROLLED ROADWAYS.

THOSE INCLUDE THE FRONTAGE ROADS AND INCLUDE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ON OUR SYSTEM AS WELL.

THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ON THE TEXTILE SYSTEMS. EXAMPLES COULD BE LOOP 12 OR PRESTON ROAD AND, AND THE LIKES IN IN THIS ROADWAY, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT

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SO HERE YOU WILL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE SUMMARY OF THE NUMBER OF THE DALLAS FATALITY CRASHES AND THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL FATALITIES. AND THIS REPRESENTS THAT IN MANY CRASHES THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE FATALITIES.

SO WHEN YOU SEE SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU WILL HAVE IN THIS CASE IN 2023, WE'RE SHOWING 199 FATALITY CRASHES.

BUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES IS 208.

THEREFORE, OUR FOCUS IS TO TRY TO PREVENT THE FATALITY CRASHES FROM TAKING PLACE.

BECAUSE OF THE FACT WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE MULTIPLE, POTENTIALLY SAVE POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE FATALITIES. AND THIS ALSO KIND OF SHOWS A FEW THINGS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, OTHER CITIES ARE ALSO STRUGGLING WITH THIS PROCESS IN THE SENSE, FOR EXAMPLE, AUSTIN ADOPTED THEIRS IN 2016, AND IN 2016, THEY HAD 86 FATALITY CRASHES AND 87 FATALITIES. BUT THEN IN 2023, THAT NUMBER BECAME 90 AND 94.

SO WITH ALL THESE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THEY ADOPTED THAT AND THEY HAVE BEEN INVESTING OBVIOUSLY THEY STILL HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.

HOUSTON VERY SIMILAR STORY AS WELL AS SAN ANTONIO, EVEN THOUGH SAN ANTONIO HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS.

ALL TO SAY IS THAT IT'S A IT'S A MAJOR CHALLENGE AS CITIES TRY TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION ZERO CONCEPT.

SO THE NEXT THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS BASICALLY THE BREAKDOWN OF FATALITIES BY MODE ON THE NON-ACCESS CONTROLLED ROADWAYS, WHICH MEANS ONLY THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE NON-HIGHWAY AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM.

ARE MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

AND THEN YOU HAD MOTORCYCLISTS AND BICYCLISTS.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SHOWS THE THIS DATA IN A PIE CHART THAT SHOWS THAT THE MOTORIST ACCOUNTED FOR 53% AND THE PEDESTRIANS ACCOUNTED FOR 35%.

NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE.

SO MOVING FORWARD WE WANT TO SHOW BASICALLY ON THIS SLIDE IS SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF SEVERE CRASHES. THE GOAL HERE IS TO SHOW THE TRENDS OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.

TIME PERIOD. SO YOU WILL SEE 2015 TO 2019 AND 2019 THROUGH 2023.

NOTE THAT THERE CAN AND OFTEN ARE MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FOR ONE CRASH.

SO WHEN YOU WILL SEE THAT A CRASH IS CODED AS SPEED RELATED.

BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRASH AND COULD BE SPEED IN ADDITION TO EITHER DISTRACTION OR SOMEONE BEING IMPAIRED AND, AND, OR A COMBINATION OF THINGS, HOWEVER FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED AND THESE FACTORS, IF YOU WILL, HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT, BOTH AT THE CITY LEVEL, REGIONAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL AND FEDERAL LEVEL OF SPEEDING, IMPROPER MOVEMENT, IMPAIRED DRIVER DISTRACTED DRIVING, AND FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

AS WE MOVE INTO THE SOME OF THE DATA.

AND THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS KIND OF STARTING TO GET VERY CONCERNING, IS THAT THE NOT EVERYONE IS USING THE PROPER RESTRAINTS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEVERITY OF INJURIES, YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT WEAR A SEAT BELT, THEY INCREASE THEIR CHANCE OF DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY FROM LESS THAN 1% TO OVER 10%, AND A PERSON IS 40 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BECOME A FATALITY WHEN NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

AND BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, 764 OR 15% OF THE 5000 PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED OR SEVERELY INJURED WERE NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS THING HERE, WE STARTED DIGGING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.

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SO THIS GRAPH SHOWS THAT UNRESTRAINED FATALITIES WERE REPORTED AS 45.3% OF BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 34.7% ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO, 20% WERE WHITE, NATIVE AMERICAN, OR OR OTHER.

AND THEN WHEN WE START LOOKING INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS, 74% OF THE BLACK OR OR AFRICAN AMERICANS KILLED WERE NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT ARE MALES.

AND THEN 51% OF THOSE MALES ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 30 AND 49.

AND THEN AS YOU LOOK AT THE HISPANICS WE NOTE THAT 69% OF THE HISPANIC OR LATINOS KILLED WHILE NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT ARE MALES.

AND THE DISTURBING PART ON THIS HERE IS THAT 54% ARE IN THE AGE OF 22 TO 39 YEARS OLD.

AND THEN WE START LOOKING AT THE CRASH DATA OF SINCE THE SUSPENSION OF THE RED LIGHT RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM.

SO IT WAS BASICALLY WE DID THE COMPARISON OF THE FOUR YEARS AND SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DEACTIVATION AND FOUR YEARS AND SIX MONTHS AFTER THE THE ACTIVATION.

SO OVERALL, THERE WAS AN 8.7% INCREASE IN CRASHES AT LOCATIONS WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE CAMERAS.

AND SPEAKING OF THAT, WE HAD 29 LOCATIONS WITH RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN AROUND THE CITY. SO ON THE FATALITY SIDE, WE HAD A 50% INCREASE SINCE THEN.

SO WE HAD SIX BEFORE NINE AFTER ON SEVERE INJURIES.

WE HAD 49 BEFORE 63 AFTER MINOR INJURIES, 315 TO 351.

THE ONLY ITEM THAT HAS GONE DOWN, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE POSSIBLE INJURY WENT DOWN FROM 677 TO 513 AND THE PROPERTY DAMAGE WENT UP FROM 1610 TO 1954.

THE THE KEY ITEM HERE, AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING IS THAT THERE IS ONE LOCATION IN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT WAS THAT HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE THAT WAS VERY ALARMING, WHICH WAS THE INTERSECTION OF FRANKFORD AND THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY IN NORTH DALLAS.

THAT INTERSECTION ON ITS OWN HAD THE SINGLE LARGEST INCREASE OF ALL INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND IT WENT UP FROM 95 TO 171 FOR THE NET INCREASE OF CRASHES OF 76 CRASHES.

THE SECOND CLOSEST WAS AUDELIA SKILLMAN LBJ.

IT WENT UP FROM 173 TO 221 AND A NET INCREASE OF 48.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE DOWN WAS NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.

WALTON WALKER WENT UP FROM 245 TO 291 AND A NET INCREASE OF 46.

ALL TO SAY IS, SOME OF THESE THINGS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CLEARLY NOTED ON A HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

HOWEVER, THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING ARE PROACTIVE IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS.

DOES THE ITEM THAT WE PUSHED FORWARD WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHY FRANKFORT WAS A KEY PROJECT THAT WE PUSHED FORWARD TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS SUDDEN, THIS SURGE IN CRASH DATA.

SO MOVING FORWARD THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE DONE IN THE VISION ZERO PLAN IS THAT WE LOOKED AT THE STREETS WHERE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF SEVERE CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OUR INITIAL FINDINGS WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE PLAN, 7% OF THE STREETS ACCOUNTED FOR 57% OF THE SEVERE CRASHES.

AND HAVING A HIGH INJURY NETWORK HELPED US IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE FURTHER ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IS NEEDED WHERE POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE TARGETED, AREAS WHERE SAFE SAFETY EDUCATION IS NEEDED AND AREAS WHERE POTENTIAL POLICE ENFORCEMENTS CAN BE ENHANCED.

AND AS I NOTED, IS THAT IT DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM HAVING IMPROVEMENTS, LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS IN OTHER AREAS OF

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SO THREE AND YOU SEE THE SUN HERE THAT WE WERE BETWEEN KILLS A HIGH OF SIX IS A 9% TO SHOW OF 54 TO ME, SEVEN. BUT MAIER IS COMMONLY IS 57% OF THE CITY AND SERIOUS THE INJURIES ARE HAPPENING ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE ASSUME 57%, I STILL HAVE 83% CLEANED UP OTHER LOCATIONS OF AROUND THE CITY.

THE PLAN HAD ALSO AN INVENTORY OF SEGMENTS ON THE STREETS, AND WE HAD 447 STREET SEGMENTS, AND THOSE INCLUDED 1008 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS PRETTY MUCH THE TOTAL CITYWIDE ASSETS AS IT STANDS AT THE TIME WHEN WE PREPARED THIS PRESENTATION.

AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ON THE HIGH ENGINEER NETWORK? SO ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WE HAVE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 1449 TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE SYSTEM, 1008 ARE ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

AND THE FOOTNOTE HERE IS THAT 673 TRAFFIC SIGNALS, 66% OF ALL OF THESE SIGNALS ARE 25 YEARS OLD OR OLDER, AND 590 OR 58.5% ARE 35 YEARS OLD OR OLDER.

WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STOP SIGNS, CROSSWALKS AND STREET LIGHTS.

AGAIN, ON ON THESE NETWORKS.

SO AS WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD, WE TALK ABOUT CORRIDOR STUDIES.

SECTION 28 OF THE CITY ORDINANCE.

IT SAYS ON THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER DUTIES, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SHALL ALSO MAKE CONTINUOUS STUDIES OF THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY AND SHALL MAKE PERIODIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER AS TO NECESSARY REGULATIONS, PRACTICES AND CONTROLS FOR THE SAFE AND PROMPT MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.

SO WHEN WE CONDUCT THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES, WE ARE ALSO COMPLYING WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE PRESCRIBES.

SO IT HAS A COMPLIANCE COMPONENT AS WELL AS A VALUE COMPONENT OF HAVING A WELL PLANNED PATH FORWARD AS WE TRY TO INVEST AND PRIORITIZE WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS HAS TO TAKE PLACE.

SO THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A CORRIDOR STUDY INCLUDE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE KEY CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS, THE IDENTIFICATIONS OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE IDENTIFICATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS, EVALUATION OF IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE OPTIONS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN TO PUT FORWARD.

AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED COST AND PHASING FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE PRIORITIZATION GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE FATALITY AND SEVERE INJURY CRASHES PER MILE.

THE IDENTIFIED EQUITY FOCUS AREA.

WE INCLUDE RACE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND VULNERABILITY.

AND THEN PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITY FACILITIES OR FATALITIES ARE GIVEN EXTRA WEIGHT.

CURRENTLY BASED ON THE LATEST AWARDS, IF YOU WILL, OF THE OF THE CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT, WE'RE AVERAGING A COST PER MILE PER LANE MILE OF $75,000.

AVERAGE COST PER STUDY IS ABOUT $200,000.

AND THE TIME TO CONDUCT THE STUDY 10 TO 14 MONTHS.

SO THE VISION ACTION ITEM HERE IS, IS TO ENCOURAGE AN AVERAGE OF FIVE CORRIDORS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK PER YEAR.

THE NEXT SLIDE PRESENTS BASICALLY THE TIMELINE THAT IT'S TAKEN US TO DELIVER.

THE CONSULTANT LED TIMELINE.

AND ON THIS ONE HERE, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OPERATING AT 65 TO 70% ENGINEERING CAPACITY.

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NUMBER TWO IS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS HERE WITHIN THE CITY.

SO WHEN WE DEVELOP THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WE TAKE IT TAKES US ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO POST IT FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS, THEN YOU EVALUATE THE SUBMISSIONS 4 TO 6 WEEKS AND THEN TO PLACE IT ON COUNCIL AGENDA.

THE REQUIREMENT IS ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

AND THEN WE ISSUED THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, AND THEN THE CORRIDOR STUDY IS CONDUCTED, AND THEN WE'LL GET THE INTERNAL REVIEW.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, EVEN OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE CONSULTING INDUSTRY, THEY ARE ALSO OVERWHELMED AND THEY HAVE LARGE BACKLOGS.

AND THEREFORE A NORMAL STUDY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS IS TAKEN ALMOST A YEAR, TEN MONTHS TO A YEAR TO TO PRODUCE. ESSER FROM THO CURRENTLY CAN THEN BE HAVE CDS IN DRAFT REPORTING AND DROPS FOLDER AND FOR ON THIS WILL GIVE NETWORK THE NEC FERGUSON ROAD TO ONE AND PHASE TWO IS IS PRETTY MUCH WE COMPLETED THE INITIAL STUDY AND THEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN FORMULATE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THE PHASING GASTON AVENUE IS IN THE FINAL STAGES, AND LAKE JUNE ROAD IS ALSO IN THE DRAFT STATUS.

MOUNTAIN CREEK IS ALSO PROGRESSING, AND THEN SO IS CLARENDON DRIVE.

WE HAVE 14 IN PROJECT KICKOFF STATUS AND OR PROGRESSING.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME LOW LEVEL INTERNAL OR PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS AND SO ON.

THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL Y'ALL HAVE SEEN BASICALLY WHEN WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL OR WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON COUNCIL.

SO THE CIP PROGRAM, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVE AND THE PROGRAM IS A CORE BEEN ADDED PROGRAM FOR WITH THE PURPOSE TO ACHIEVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON ALL PUBLIC ROADS, INCLUDING NON STATE OWNED ROADS AND ROADS ON TRIBAL LAND.

THE CIP PROGRAM REQUIRES A DATA DRIVEN STRATEGIC APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE HIGHWAY SAFETY ON ALL PUBLIC ROADS, WITH A FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE. SO THE CIP PROGRAM IS LEGISLATED UNDER SECTION 140, WILL TITLE 23 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, AND I'LL ADD AND REGULATES FOLDER PART 934 OF THE TITLE 23 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

SO WHEN WE START LOOKING INTO THESE PROGRAMS, WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION, THE APPLICATION AND THE ELIGIBILITY IS BASED ON WHAT WE CALL THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT INDEX FORMULA, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR FATALITIES, ACCIDENTS, FREQUENCIES OF INCIDENTS, AND SO ON.

THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PROCESS SINCE 2015.

WE ADDED MORE, HAVE OBTAINS OVER 60 MILLION HOWEVERS OR SO EMITTERS CIP GOALS FOR.

AND WE CONTINUE TO. I WILL EXCEL IN FOR MY CURRENT YEAR, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY THAT THE CITY CANNOT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY AND AS WELL AS THE PROCESSING, THE DATA DRIVEN JUST INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN IN OUR NATIONS.

SO AS WE HAVE THIS, THIS RESOURCE, BASICALLY WE HAVE OR ADD TWO NEW EVEN THAT ARE THE THAT BASICALLY LOCATIONS SO DID NOT HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO HAVE WE HAVE RECONSTRUCTED 112 SEATS TRAFFIC.

WE AND WE HAVE 113 SCHOOLS, BASICALLY EITHER ONLINE OR BY SCHOOL GETTING READY TO ASSESS AND DESIGN. AND SOME ARE GETTING CLOSE TO ALSO AWARD CONSOLE 1000 MAY MENTION HERE AGAIN THAT WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH THE IS CITY OF THE CONSULTANTS WHO WILL BE DOING THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE ONLY THAT WE'VE LISTED HAVE A SIMPLER CHALLENGE WITH THE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE AGAIN CONSTRUCTING ABOUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO GENERALLY DEPART WHEN YOU GO FOR LIKE OF REGULAR CIVIL WHEN YOU MAY CAPITAL 15 CONTRACT IMPOSING ON YOU PUTTING BIDS

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NOW I'M GETTING DATED AND AND WE HAD ONE ONCE WHERE THAT ONE SUBMITTED A BID FOR NUMBER WAS WAY IS YOU ADD MORE THAN ZERO OR OR FOR MAXIMUM OF FOUR SECTIONALS AND NOONE THE CONCUR FUND BECAUSE COST OF THE TRAFFIC AND NOW IS STARTING TO GO UP THERE BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE HUNDRED AND AND THE LAST ONE AND WILL BE ON COUNT NEXT FEDERAL TO PAY THE MORTGAGE ON THE LATEST WANTS INCLUDES FRANKFURT DALLAS AT MARTIN. BASICALLY WE THE COST WAS NEAR 30% HIGHER 37 THAN OUR ESSER US WENT UP FROM 3,000,003 POINT SOME MILLER FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS IT IS COSTING $100,000 ON AN EYE.

BUT THAT'S NOT A BIG STORY.

THE STORY IS THAT OR THESE IS KEEP GOING UP NOW.

THE THE RISK, IF YOU WILL, OR THE BOND CAPACITY OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE STARTING TO GET INCREASED OR EXCEEDED, MEANING THAT I HAVE TO NOW MAINTAIN A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT I CAN BID AT THREE SO THAT THE CONTRACTORS CAN CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO BID AND MEET THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL.

BUT THESE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO IT, INTO THAT WE'RE BUMPING AGAINST.

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BUSY WE'VE HAD I MEAN, I WILL NAME THE TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE SO FAR.

NUMBER ONE WAS, IS ROCKPORT LEDBETTER IN DISTRICT FOUR.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS MIDWAY KILLIAN.

THAT THE CONTRACTOR THOSE THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS.

AND THEN WE'LL TELL THE CONTRACTOR, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GO AND GET THEM DONE? WELL, THEY ARE ON THE LIST.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE GETTING INTO A SITUATION NOW.

SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE FACTORING IN THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN THE BID, MEANING THAT, OH YEAH, I KNOW I'M GOING TO PAY LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

SO IT'S PART OF THE COST TO DO BUSINESS.

SO OF THE ALL TO SAY IS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT'S IN THIS LIKE WELL AS NOT DOING ANY OR WE'RE NOT PRUNING THINGS INFORMATION THAT THE OUR APERTURE OF THE MARCO IS HAVE POSING SUCH A MAJOR CHANGE THIS YEAR ON THE I'VE CONSTRUCTORS EVEN TAKING THE RESOURCES SIGNALS ON THE ON THE CONTRACTOR SIDE THAT WERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHERE WE DID.

SO WE ALSO HAVE THE IMPROVEMENT ONE ON OF COMPLETE SIGNALS.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE DONE OUR SIGNAL OTHERS UNDER THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADAMSON PARISH AND FOR SCHOOL, GENEVA HEIGHTS AND SO ON.

AGAIN FOR WE HAVE ALSO IMPLEMENTED COMPLETE STREETS BEING IF I FROM THE 22,006 AND 12 AGAIN 12 BOND GOING INTO AS WELL AS FIVE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED CAPACITY 2017 BOND PROGRAM DESIGN ON THE PARTNERSHIP NETWORKS.

WE HAVE WE SEVERAL I HAVE A FEW HERE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMAGE OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE SO MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD WHEN THE OUR PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED THOSE AGAIN THAT WAS AND THEN WAS THOUGHT ABOUT.

SO AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TALKING.

I STARTED IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALLY SEPTEMBER 2019.

HAVE TEN THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT OR SUBMIT WITH DALLAS COUNTY WAS DONE CONTRACT OCTOBER 19TH.

SO I SEVENTH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO APPLY FOR TWO.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHAT I HAVE DONE, WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IN NUMBER MONTH IS IS OKAY, I HAVE A CHANGE ON GET K AT SEVEN.

MEADOWS BE GIVEN AND MALCOLM BOULEVARD OR THREE.

I SUBMITTED THAT ONE SECTION BECAUSE NEXT TO A SCHOOL WE HAD OUT AND AND CROSSWALKS AN INSTANT TRAFFIC NONE THE BID WAS WAY BEFORE TWO A HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT CANNOT GO BEFORE TWO A VISION FOR ITEM OR SIGNAL BEING OFFICIALLY ADOPTED.

AND THE INTERSECTION WAS SELECTED AND WE HAD NUMEROUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WAS OF THE BID THROUGH THE CIP AND AND YET WERE DONE BEEN FINDING THAT.

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THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE OVER HIGHWAY ONE, THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE CITY OF MEYERS FEQUET KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD WAS SELECTED FOR A TWO AT $128 MILLION GRANT.

FUN TO FOR TO DO THAT AND LEMON FOR TAKE A MOMENT HERE IS TO MENTION NOW IS THAT AND SO REMINDER AND JUST BECAUSE WE GET FUNDS IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I GOT THE HAVE THE ABILITY TO START USING THOSE FUNDS ON THE DAY THAT THEY, THAT THE FUND CALLS THE SELECTION UP ANNOUNCED.

NOW WE CELEBRATED THIS ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS AGO.

WE HAD A CELEBRATION AND WE JUST TURNED TO THIS DATE.

I STILL WONDER IN AGREEMENT AND EVERYONE.

SO ALL TO START PUTTING IS LIKE MISTER MORRIS LIKES TO SAY CITY, IS THAT THE GOOD NEWS? IS LATERAL FUNDS THE BAD NEWS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS, RIGHT.

COMP ARE AVERAGING ABOUT BE TO IT.

BUT YEARS FROM THE DAY WE ARE UNIFIED THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TUBBED THAT WE LAY OUR UNDERNEATH ON THOSE FUNDS HUSBAND SOME OF HIS.

SO AND THEN WE SORT OF KIND OF ADDRESS THIS IS, IS THAT HE'S GOT TO BE CAN BE HE A DIRECT RECIPIES TWO YEAR FEDERAL HIGHWAY IN HE'S HAVING THAT THIS ISSUE TXDOT WITH HER OWN TO WORK GOT MARRIED INTO OUR DISNEYLAND OUR PROCESSES AND INTO HOPING THAT WE CAN PERFECT SOME TIME FOR WEALTHY FROM THAT BUT PERIOD.

HE'S BEEN STILL YOU HAVE A HE'S EHMCKE OF AT LEAST A YEAR THAT YOU HAVE YOURS UNTIL DATE ON.

YOU GET MONEY IS BEING HANDS ON IT THE OF THING PROJECTS THAT I WANT TO BE ABOUT HERE THAT IS AREAS IN PERM HARRY HINES DOWNTOWN.

IT'S A THAT ONE AND WE MONEY IT'S DOING A LOT OF CONSULTANT I MEAN A LOT ON CONCERNS FOR A WHOLE HARDWOOD DISTRICTS.

AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IN THAT AREA.

AND THE HE'S BEAT OK BEEN BROUGHT HINES AS WELL AS TOONEN.

THOSE SOME OF THE MISSIONS ARE THE TOTAL OPERATING LIGHT AS YOU RAISE FIVE, SIX YEARS DIRECTION AND IN PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMPLYING WITH THE SPEED LIMITS ON BOTH SIDES EITHER EXITING OR ON THE SOUTHBOUND AS YOU ENTER INTO DOWNTOWN AND, OR AS YOU DEPART DOWNTOWN AND GET ON THE, ON THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY.

CERTAINLY THAT AREA ALSO HAS THE WRONG WAY DRIVING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM.

DEFINITELY THAT WE WE'RE PUSHING FOR IT AND, AND NEEDS TO GET GOING.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THAT WAS APPROVED BY RTC.

AND AGAIN, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE RTC AND OUR DELEGATION FOR PUSHING THESE PROJECTS.

I MENTIONED FRANKFURT, DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY HIGHEST LEVEL OF CRASHES THAT ARE HAPPENING NOT ONLY ON THE DALLAS, I MEAN ON THE FRANKFURT COMPONENT OF THE CROSSING, BUT ALSO ON THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY COMPONENT OF THE EXIT, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT.

THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS NOT KEEPING UP AND TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP ONTO THE EXIT RAMP, AND PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AS THEY CLEAR THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.

AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC STOPPED ON THE MAIN LANES, AND REAR ENDS ARE HAPPENING AT THAT LOCATION.

SO THIS PROJECT IS ADDRESSING TWO ISSUES.

ONE IS ON THE MAIN LANES OF THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, AS WELL AS THE INTERSECTION ITSELF, BOTH ON THE ON THE SOUTHBOUND, NORTHBOUND AND THE CROSSING UNDERNEATH. SO WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD TO GET THAT THE CIP PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD AS WE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN ROSS AVENUE AGAIN, WHEN WE SUBMITTED ROSS AVENUE.

THAT WAS BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE VISION ZERO.

BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE ACTION ON ROSS AVENUE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROSS AVENUE, IT'S CHANGING IN CHARACTERISTICS MORE APARTMENTS, MORE WALKABILITY, MORE BICYCLISTS ARE STARTING TO USE THAT CORRIDOR, AND WE NEEDED TO GET AHEAD OF IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH A MAJOR HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

ALL TO SAY IS WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH REACTIVE DATA FROM PREVIOUS CRASHES, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME ON SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS AS WE CAN AND MOVE THEM FORWARD TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

ON THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, THE CURRENT BASE ALLOCATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS $47 MILLION IN THAT STREETS AND

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BUT BETWEEN 8 AND $10 MILLION OF THIS IS TO MAKE AN ALLOCATION FOR THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE OF THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS WE PROCURE NEW VENDOR AND MOVE INTO THE NEW ADVANCED SYSTEM.

THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT IS NEEDED FOR US TO INCORPORATE AND HAVE ALL OUR SYSTEMS IN THE CLOUD.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A CLOUD BASED PREEMPTION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE, MEANING THAT WHEN EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE RESPONDING TO CALLS, THEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS START CHANGING TO GREEN TO ALLOW THE, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO MOVE.

SO THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

AND THEN THAT LEAVES US BETWEEN 6 AND $8 MILLION.

AND AS, AS I HAVE DONE AND WE HAVE DONE HERE COLLECTIVELY IN THE CITY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THAT.

I MEAN, ALL THAT MONEY INTO FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDS TO TURN THEM TO TO HAVE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, IF YOU WILL, OF AT LEAST TWO TO 3 TO 1. FOR THAT, THE WARRANTED SIGNALS ARE THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 40 WARRANTED SIGNALS IN THE SYSTEM, IN THE QUEUE.

SO THE 21.5 21.15 MILLION WILL TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEM.

AND THEN WE'RE TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, IF YOU WILL, IF THERE IS A PLACE OR LOCATION WHERE THERE IS A WARRANTED SIGNAL, BUT WE CAN REPLACE IT WITH A MINI ROUNDABOUT OR SOMETHING AND NOT HAVE TO PUT IN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS AND THESE OPTIONS AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ESPECIALLY TO DO THAT ON THE STREET LIGHTS QUIET ZONE AND THE VISION ZERO. THESE ARE AND I WILL ADDRESS THE STREET LIGHTS AND QUIET ZONE.

SO STREET LIGHTS.

WE DID NOT HAVE A PROJECT SPECIFIC ON THOSE.

AGAIN. THIS IS CITYWIDE, SO THAT WE CAN DEPLOY THEM AS NEEDED.

AND THERE WILL BE PLACES WHERE WE WILL HAVE A CERTAIN CRITERIA TO BE MET SO THAT WE CAN SUPPLEMENT THOSE FUNDS AND LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

QUIET ZONES.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CROSS.

THINGS IN THE CITY, AND THEN WE'RE ESTABLISHING NEW ONES.

SO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES US TO KEEP THEM UPDATED AND MAKE THE NECESSARY UPDATES EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME FUNDING THAT IS SITTING THERE THAT ALLOWS US TO SPEND THE MONEY AND KEEP ALL OF OUR CROSSINGS THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS QUIET ZONES. AS SUCH, IN, IN, IN COMPLIANCE WITH FRA.

AS A MATTER OF FACT A GOOD EXAMPLE IS PRAIRIE CREEK AND SAM HOUSTON.

THE PROBLEM IS YOU KNOW, WE THE NEW REQUIREMENTS IS ADDED AND HIGHER CURB BY FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. SO THEREFORE UNTIL WE GET THAT CROSSING OR MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS AT SAM HOUSTON, I CANNOT ESTABLISH THE QUIET ZONE AT PRAIRIE CREEK AND SAM HOUSTON VISION ZERO.

AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THAT THE NUMBER IS $8 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THE INTENT HERE IS TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY WITH OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES ON KEY CORRIDORS SO THAT WE CAN TURN.

AND THAT NUMBER COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL IF WE ALL IF WE SELECT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL FEDERAL THAT NUMBER COULD BE AS HIGH AS $40 MILLION.

BUT MORE REALISTICALLY, IF WE LEVERAGE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OTHER FUNDS, THAT NUMBER 8 MILLION COULD BE TURNED INTO 20 OR $30 MILLION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

ALSO, AS PART OF THE PROJECT LISTINGS, WE NOTED THAT SOME COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN IN DISTRICT, WHAT WE CALL THEM, THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC FUNDS TO STREETLIGHTS AMOUNTING TO $1.9 MILLION.

AND OTHERS HAVE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO AT $4.4 MILLION. SO THAT WOULD MAKE THE NEW TRANSPORTATION FUNDING BASED AND DISCRETIONARY TO $53.3 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CURRENT 2024 BOND INCLUDES ABOUT $143.6 MILLION FOR COMPLETE STREETS, OUT OF WHICH AND PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, OUT OF WHICH $78 MILLION IS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

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ON THE INTERNAL COORDINATION AND OR INTERNAL DISCUSSION.

SO WE HAVE INTERNAL COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS, FOR EXAMPLE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE UPDATE TO THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL DPD ON ENFORCEMENTS AND OTHER ITEMS, FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE RESPONSE AND SO ON, THE COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH AND MARKETING ON THE MESSAGING THAT HAS TO BE PUSHED OUT, THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DEFINITELY.

ON THE COORDINATION OF LEGAL MATTERS, THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WITH THE COORDINATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS, THE DATA ANALYTICS OFFICE ON DATABASE ITEMS AND THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.

SO I WILL ADD TO THAT.

SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE DIRECTLY COORDINATING ON, BUT THERE WILL BE OTHERS THAT WE'RE DIRECTING OR COORDINATING WITH. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN, WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN LAND USE AND GOING VERTICAL AND I GET IT THAT WE NEED TO GO VERTICAL, BUT ALL WHAT I ASK IS THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS HAD A GREAT ARTICLE THAT'S SHOWING THAT IS SHOWING ALL THE CURRENTLY PLANNED AND PROJECTS OR TOWERS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN UPTOWN.

ALL WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST LOOK AT IT AND SEE THE ENORMOUS CHALLENGE THAT IS THAT WILL WILL BE FACING HERE SHORTLY.

IS THAT WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTION ALL OVER UPTOWN.

AND THERE MUST BE A PROVISION OF SOME SORT OF HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND SO ON.

IN THESE AREAS, WHEN THE ROADWAYS ARE VERY NARROW.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING INTO A SITUATION WHERE EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CANNOT EQUIPMENT CANNOT GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS.

SO CHAPTER 51 I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND HAVE SOME SORT OF A REQUIREMENT SAYING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING, PLEASE PROVIDE MAKE SOME PROVISION OF SOME SORT FOR YOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR THEIR PARKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS I WANT TO MENTION IS WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AGAIN, I'M FOCUSED ON UPTOWN BECAUSE THIS IS THE NEXT AREA THAT IS CONCERNING ME IS WE'VE GOT TWO MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE MCKINNEY COLE CONVERSION, TWO WAY CONVERSION.

IT'S ALL HAPPENING IN SUCH A TIGHT AREA THAT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES IN THOSE LOCATIONS DEEP ELLUM COMMERCE STREET, AS WE START CONSTRUCTING THAT ROADWAY IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING.

SO ALL TO SAY IS THAT WE'VE GOT AREAS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT STUFF AND TAKE A PROACTIVE ACTION ON THAT.

THE AIR, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE RECRUITING AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF RECRUITING OUR TECHNICAL STAFF, AS WELL AS EVOLVING OUR ORGANIZATION TO WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE NEEDING.

FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE START DEPLOYING MORE AND MORE ELECTRONICS, SOME OF THE EXISTING POSITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE MAY NO LONGER BE REALLY APPLICABLE TO THE FUTURE.

SO WE HAVE TO EVOLVE OUR OUR OPERATION TO MATCH THE FUTURE NEED THE BUDGET OFFICE.

THIS IS SOMETHING I MEAN, WE NEED TO KIND OF BE WORKING WITH THEM ON TWO FRONTS.

NUMBER ONE IS VISION ZERO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IS INSTEAD OF BEING A YEARLY ACCOUNT, WE NEED TO HAVE IT AND CONVERT IT INTO A MULTI-YEAR ACCOUNT, MEANING THAT IF I DON'T GET TO SPEND THE MONEY FULLY THIS YEAR, THEN IT ROLLS OVER AND I BANK THE MONEY.

THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BIKE LANE.

AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE NOW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED FOR FULL DEPLOYMENT AND HAVING THE NECESSARY FUNDING THERE, AND THEN HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BEFORE ANY POSITIONS ARE BEING SWEPT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN.

AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BASICALLY THE CRITICAL NATURE OF SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.

SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE STORY ON THIS.

SO WHEN SOME OF THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN SWEPT, WE WERE FACED WITH TWO CHALLENGES.

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FOR ELECTRICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE.

I CANNOT FILL THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE THE PAY SCALE AT THE TIME WAS LOWER THAN WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS PAYING.

BUT THEN I HAD AT THE SAME TIME I HAD A POSITION FOR A TRAFFIC COUNT TECHNICIAN, BASICALLY THE PERSON THAT GOES OUT THERE AND COUNT TRAFFIC.

SO WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE.

WE GAVE UP THE TRAFFIC COUNT PERSON.

SO NOW WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE TELLS ME, OKAY I HAVE I NEED A CROSSING GUARD AT THIS LOCATION.

AT THIS SCHOOL.

YEAH. IT'LL BE THREE MONTHS BEFORE I CAN ACT ON IT.

AND THEN EVERYBODY IS NOT HAPPY.

WELL, THE THE POINT BEING IS I USED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT IN HOUSE, SEND THE PERSON OUT THERE, GET IT DONE IN ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS, AND THEN GET THE COUNTS, GO THROUGH THE COURT'S PROCESS AND SAY, HEY, YEAH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DO THIS.

NOW WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO A CONTRACTOR AND THEN BE IN THE QUEUE.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET THAT, THEN WE WE CAN ACT ON IT.

SO ALL TO SAY IS THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW WE DO THIS ON CODE.

JUST THIS SATURDAY, I WAS DRIVING AROUND IN THE IN THE EVENING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED THAT WAS KIND OF VERY INTERESTING AND ALARMING, IF YOU WILL.

I WAS ON THE EASTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD ON NEAR KLYDE WARREN PARK, AND ONE VENDOR DECIDED THAT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO SELL COTTON CANDY AND HANG THEM ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLE AND OBSTRUCT THE PEDESTRIAN BUTTON. AND THEN WE HAD PEOPLE CROSSING THE FRONTAGE ROAD WITH NO PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL ON IN TRAFFIC.

I HAVE THE PICTURE.

SO THESE ARE SOME SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT IS CONCERNING.

AND THEN OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTION.

WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE SOME OF THE HOMELESS WERE EITHER LEAVING FOOD NEXT TO THE JUNCTION BOXES ON OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR STREET LIGHTS.

RODENTS ARE GETTING INTO THEM, EATING INTO THE WIRES, TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS.

AND AND THE END RESULT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

AND AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE REPORT, IS MOST OF OUR INCIDENTS AND FATALITIES ARE HAPPENING IN THE DARK.

AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE GOOD LIGHTING, THEN WE DO HAVE A MAJOR CHALLENGE.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH ON THAT.

AND CERTAINLY LATELY WHAT HAS BEEN SPIKING IS THE BASICALLY PEOPLE ARE STEALING OUR WIRES.

I THINK I SENT THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM THE OTHER DAY, AND AN ALERT, BASICALLY, THE I-45 LIGHTS WERE OUT BECAUSE ALL OUR WIRES WERE STOLEN.

AND WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF, AGAIN, QUICKLY DEPLOY HAVING TO RE DEPLOY, IF YOU WILL, EVEN SOME OF OUR FUNDING FROM ONE SECTION IN MY DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT BASICALLY WE CAN PURCHASE THE REPLACEMENT WIRES, GO BACK OUT THERE, PUT IT BACK AND TAKE CARE OF IT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE RIGHT, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON ON THE FREEWAY.

SO ON THE ENFORCEMENT ITEMS DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED OR COMPLETED 10 TO 12 VISION ZERO ITEMS. THEY HAVE ISSUED ABOUT 1800 CITATIONS SINCE NOVEMBER 2022.

UTILIZED THE STEP GRANT AND CONDUCTED EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

ALSO, THEIR NEW RECRUITS HAVE RECEIVED A BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION ON THE OVERVIEW OF VISION ZERO, AND THEY CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON THE OUTREACH ACTION ITEMS. WE STARTED OUR INITIAL MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE STARTING THE INITIAL CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, IF YOU WILL, ON HANDLING OR PUSHING THE MESSAGE OUT AND SO ON.

AND AS I NOTED EARLIER, IS A LOT OF FOLKS UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.

AND THIS IS A KEY MESSAGE THAT WE MUST BE PUSHING EVERYWHERE.

AND AND IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE ARE HAVING, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE PRIMARILY BEING IMPACTED BY THAT THE OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS WE DO HAVE THE DASHBOARD ON THAT.

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AND THERE IS A THE LINK ON THAT DEAL ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON THE 88TH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN 2023, WE HAD REQUESTED THAT MUNICIPALITIES BE ALLOWED TO LOWER THE PRIMA FACIA SPEED LIMIT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS FROM 30 TO 25MPH.

SO WHAT THIS DOES TO US, AND THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.

IF WE ARE TO LOWER THESE SPEED LIMITS IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO ON, I HAVE TO CONDUCT CURRENTLY, I HAVE TO CONDUCT A SPEED STUDY TO SAY, OKAY, YEAH, YOU CAN'T DO IT.

AND I'M SAYING, WHY DO I NEED TO SPEND PUBLIC MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT COULD BE QUITE OBVIOUS, IN MY OPINION.

AND ALL WHAT WE NEED IS THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO ALLOW US TO DO SO IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THAT WE CAN GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND TAKE THIS MONEY AND THE COST AND PUT IT ON REPLACEMENTS OF THE SIGNS AND UPGRADING OF THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND THESE STOP SIGNS AND SO ON.

INSTEAD OF SPENDING THE MONEY ON A STUDY THAT'S GOING TO TELL ME THE SAME THING, THAT I KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TELL ME.

SO THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE PUSHED FOR AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN TO ENHANCE THE FUND MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN.

SO ON THE 89TH SESSION WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE TRY THAT AND THEN WE TRY SOME OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE USE OF ELECTRONIC CAMERAS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT ON SOME OF THE CORRIDORS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE WE HAVE INCREASED THE EDUCATION AND FOCUS ON VISION ZERO PRINCIPLES REGULAR COORDINATION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.

LOOKING AT THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL AND THEN LOOKING AT HAVING A VISION ZERO BRAND BOOK AND PROCESSING THE CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE PLANS AND START SLOTTING THE FUNDING AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT ON THE EXTERNAL COORDINATION.

WE HAVE DEFINITELY THE COORDINATION WITH TXDOT.

AND PHEW.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I KNOW OUR CHAIR.

NARVAEZ ALWAYS CALL ME, TEXT ME ON THE I-35 LIGHTING.

SO I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU IS WE JUST GOT NOTIFIED THAT TXDOT IS STARTING THE DESIGN OF A BRAND NEW ILLUMINATION FROM DOWNTOWN TO ALL THE WAY TO 635, SO WE'RE STARTING TO WORK WITH THEM TO ADDRESS THAT ITEM.

THIS IS A DEFINITELY A SAFETY ITEM THAT THAT WE GOT IT.

DEFINITELY. THE OTHER ONE IS BUCKNER BOULEVARD.

WE'RE HAVING MAJOR ISSUES, SO WE'RE TXDOT IS LOOKING AT COMPLETE UPGRADES OF THE ILLUMINATION ON BUCKNER BOULEVARD FROM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I-45 TO I-30.

AND THEN WE, AS THE CITY OF DALLAS COUNCIL, HAS PUT IN $2 MILLION FOR THE WALTON WALKER COMPONENT OF THE LOOP 12. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT OURSELVES AND WORK CLOSELY WITH TXDOT ON IMPROVING THE LIGHTING ON THOSE AREAS, BECAUSE THE LIGHTING ON THOSE ON THAT CORRIDOR IS ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRASHES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

SO WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD ON THESE THINGS.

CERTAINLY OUR COLLEAGUES AT TXDOT, ON THE CIP, THEY HAVE BEEN KIND OF WORKING WITH US AS WELL AS WORKING CLOSELY WITH US ON THE CORRIDOR STUDIES, WHETHER BEING PRESTON ROAD OR OTHER PROJECTS.

NCTCOG CAN THANK MISTER MORRIS AND THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON THEIR COMMITMENTS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE PROVISIONS LET'S NOT FORGET, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME, BUT WE HAVE 44 SIGNALS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BACK FROM 2020.

NOW THEY'RE MATERIALIZING.

22 OF THEM ARE IN THE TORNADO ZONE TO UPGRADE ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THOSE AREAS.

WE'VE GOT THE HAMPTON CORRIDOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE LEMON AVENUE CORRIDOR, TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE I'VE GOT COMPLETE CORRIDORS THAT HAVE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY ON THEM.

FRANKFURT ROAD.

WE'RE LACKING ONE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT JUST GOT FUNDED WHICH IS THE FRANKFURT CAMPBELL.

AND BY DOING SO, THEN WE WILL HAVE A COMPLETE CORRIDOR THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TEST THE ONCE WE START DEPLOYING THE EMERGENCY CLOUD

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ON THE PLANT DESIGN FOR THE CORRIDOR COULD FOR THE FIRST TO BE TESTED, ALONG WITH HAMPTON LANCASTER OF ATTORNEY.

WE GOT THAT SHE KIND OF ALSO THERE'S NO SO THERE'S THROUGH MY KNOWLEDGE NCT THE CORRIDOR STUDY OF PRESTON BE LIKE TO ADD THAT'S MOCKINGBIRD TO ARE ALL ON AND IN GOOD IN AND BEST IN THE CAMP WISDOM PRINCIPLE AND OTHERS.

ALL THAT IS SO GREAT PARTNER.

A LOT OF MONEY THERE WITH THAT COUNTIES.

YEAH CERTAINLY.

GOOD FAITH. MY APPRECIATION THERE IS A DALLAS COUNTY THAT THE COMMISSIONERS THERE.

SURE. AND THE STRICTER ONE AND SEE LIKE COLLIN COUNTY I KIND OF LEAVE COLLIE A FATTY OUT AS WELL AS WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE THE MEMBER WHICH MADE ME BENTON COUNTY AS THEY READY FOR THEIR WAS NEXT BOND TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE WORKING WITH DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT.

WE'RE SOME THINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM AND TO HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE BASE THAT HAD ALSO THEY SENT US UNIT OFFICIAL SUPPORT ITEMS, THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY. NO.

EXIT SUMMARIES.

FRANKFURT, AS WELL AS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT LOVERS MY AND THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY AND OTHER LOCAL HIGHWAYS.

AND CERTAINLY, YES, ARAPAHOE IS COMING BECAUSE ARAPAHOE BECAUSE DNA IS A CHARGING TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.

FEDERAL GO HIGHWAY OBVIOUSLY.

WITH AND YEAH ABOUT A REASON THAT WE'RE GETTING AS A MASS SHOOT FOR SECRETARY ANNOTATION WILL BE HERE THE TIME I GO ON THURSDAY.

FIFTH GOT A LOT OF GREAT APPRECIATION.

I DON'T DO US GOING TO ALERT AND AND HIGHWAY IN PARTICULAR HOW SHE AND AND US WITH THAT OTHER ENTITY DEPARTMENT.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE SHOPPERS, US BEING OUR PIDS NUMBER, ODI ALUM SKILLMAN AND OTHERS.

AND ONE THING TO ADDRESS.

YOU KNOW, PART OF THE NEWS THAT I HAVE WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE LATEST AGAIN WITH MEMBER SCHULTZ AND THE WASN'T THERE WHEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING LIKE THE GOT VOICE.

RICHARDSON ISD EMAILS FROM CLOSING SERVICES NINE ONE SCHOOLS TO ONE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING TODAY THAT WAS ADMITTED TO KIND OF EYE OPENING WHENEVER HE AND WE WERE AT THE SINCE WE HAVE THE CORRIDOR STUDY ON ESPERANZA, BUT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSED WAS OFF OF ESPERANZA, AND THEY'RE SHIFTING EVERYTHING TO MEANDERING WAY THAT.

ALARMED. I MEAN, BASICALLY THAT ALERTED US TO START LOOKING.

OKAY, I MAY NEED TO REDIRECT SOME RESOURCES TO SOME OF THESE AREAS HERE, BECAUSE NOW AN AREA THAT WAS NOT BEING FREQUENTLY USED BY PEDESTRIANS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN, ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IT'S BECOMING A PRIMARY AREA FOR THAT.

SO WE LOOKED AT QUICKLY.

I MEAN, WE LOOKED BRIEFLY AT THAT LOCATION.

I NEED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED, AND CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED, AND NOT ONLY FOR PEDESTRIANS, BUT ALSO FOR THE BUSSES THAT COULD BE DEPLOYED NOW ON AREAS THAT DID NOT HAVE BUSSES ON THEM.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK THREE DISTRICTS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THAT AND THEN GET WITH THE RICHARDSON ISD AND THEN MAP IT OUT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS CHANGE IS GOING TO MAYBE ALLOW US TO REDIRECT SOME OF THE PRIORITIZATION OF SOME OF THE RESOURCES TO GO TO THESE PLACES.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD THE CITY DEPARTMENT WILL BE CONTINUE TO WORKING ON THE LISTED COMMITMENTS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORKING ON THESE STUDIES AND IN THE FUTURE, INCREASE THE FOCUS ON THE SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, WHICH IS WHICH IS THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, UPDATE THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND TO BRING ATTENTION TO OTHER EMERGING BEST PRACTICES.

AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS FUTURE TECHNOLOGY.

I HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH FIRMS TRYING TO SAY BASICALLY THEY WANT TO SELL ME OR SELL THE CITY.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN OCTOBER OF 2023, TITLED EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SAFE, SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

IT IS NOT THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE SLOW OR SLOW WALK THIS PROCESS.

I MEAN, DEFINITELY THAT IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN GOING THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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CURRENTLY, MY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER I HAVE CAMERAS DEPLOYED ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

I CAN VIEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, I CAN VIEW THE TRAFFIC OPERATION, BUT I CANNOT RECORD.

WHAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RELIES ON IS RECORDING AND THEN THROUGH MILLIONS OF ALGORITHMS, TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OR HABIT OR WHAT COULD BE A NEAR CRASH, LEARNING WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, YOU NEED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE ROLE AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH MEANS THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF HAVING A GOOD DATA GOVERNANCE IN PLACE, IN THE ABSENCE OF HAVING A GOOD SECURE SYSTEM IN PLACE, IN THE ABSENCE OF NOT ENSURING THAT THE GOVERNMENT, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF DALLAS, HAS FULL OWNERSHIP AND FULL CONTROL OVER THAT DATA, THEN WE CANNOT DEPLOY ALL THAT ON A WIDE SCALE.

SO AS A RESULT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WE START DEVELOPING THE AGREEMENTS, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL PROTECT AND PRESERVE THAT DATA BEFORE WE DEPLOY ALL THAT STUFF.

AND THEN DEFINITELY THIS WILL BE THE FUTURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHILE GOING BACK TO THE CRASH SYSTEM IS A WILL ALWAYS BE A NICE RETROACTIVE LOOKING BACK, REACTIVE PROCESS.

HOWEVER, WE REALLY NEED TO BE MOVING INTO A PROACTIVE, RISK BASED SYSTEM WHEREBY I ASSESS THE RISK AND SAY I HAVE A MUCH HIGHER RISK OF ME HAVING AN INCIDENT AT THIS LOCATION INSTEAD OF REACTING TO IT.

OH, WE HAD AN INCIDENT HERE.

WE HAD SO MANY FATALITIES OR WHATEVER IT IS AT THIS LOCATION.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD THE CHALLENGES OBVIOUSLY WILL REMAIN THE DRIVER HABITS.

WE HOPE FOLKS TO TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COORDINATION, THE LONG TERM CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FUNDING FOR THE EXISTING INVENTORY AND THE RESOURCE CONSTRAINT.

SO IN THE PROPOSED COUNCIL ACTIONS, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, WHERE YOU WOULD RECOMMEND LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL OPTIONS LIKE SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS THAT FED CONSIDERED TO LOWER THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT TO 20 BALES PER HOUR. RIGHT. AS WELL CONTINUE THE COMMUNICATION OF SPEEDING AND SEAT BLOW.

GOOD. AND THE ALSO LIKE MULTI-YEAR RARE SOURCE THAT I TAKE SUGGESTED.

THANK YOU. SO THROUGH WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S MY CLOSING COMMENT.

WHAT ABOUT JUST IN A FEW THINGS.

THAT'S STANDARD. IN 1997, THE SWEDISH PARLIAMENT ADOPTED A NEW LONG TERM GOAL AND STRATEGY.

ROAD SAFETY CAN BE ZERO.

NOW, IF THE GOAL WAS THAT NO, HIS FAMILY KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED THROUGH A STRANGE ACCIDENT, I DID NOT.

IN SUCH A WAY THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN HALVED UNTIL, HOWEVER, I I ACCESS THEIR EMAIL WEBSITE OR GOT IT LAST MONTH IN FEBRUARY AND REACHED OUT.

I'M QUOTING THAT JUST WHAT IT SAYS, HOWEVER, WITH THE VISION HAS STILL NOT BEEN FULLY REALIZED AND THEY HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE 1997 THAT.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE DECREASE IN FATALITIES HAS LEVELED OUT AND NOW NEW EFFORT IS NEEDED.

ALL TO SAY IS GET.

THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE JUST STARTED.

IN 2022.

ON THE MAIN ITEMS. THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION, AND THIS IS TO ME, THIS IS THIS IS THE ACADEMIA IN ME.

THERE WAS A NEW YORK TIMES PODCAST DATED JANUARY 4TH, 2024, AND IT WAS TITLED, WHY ARE SO MANY MORE PEDESTRIANS DYING IN THE US? TO ME, AND THIS IS, AGAIN, THE ACADEMIA IN ME.

TO ME, THIS WAS AN OUTSTANDING JOURNALISTIC RESEARCH BY MISS EMILY BADGER, WHO WRITES ABOUT URBAN POLICY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TIMES STRICT JOURNALISTIC ETHICS.

AND SHE NOTED THREE THINGS IN THAT SEVERAL THINGS IN THAT PODCAST, BUT THREE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS THE INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES SINCE 2009 AFTER YEARS OF DECLINE.

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NUMBER TWO.

SHE NOTED THAT 85% OF THE RISE IN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES HOW THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO DARKNESS COMPOUNDED BY DISTRACTED DRIVING.

AND NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE BIG ONE.

THINK ABOUT IT AS THE LOOP 12 OF THE WORLD'S THE MILITARY PARKWAY OF THE WORLD.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUN BELT, PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OF WHICH DALLAS IS IN.

COINCIDED WITH THE AUTO AGE AND ALL THE STANDARDS THAT GOVERNED, OR THE GUIDELINES THAT GOVERN THE DESIGN OF THOSE ROADWAYS THAT WERE.

EVERY ROADWAY WAS TO BE DESIGNED LIKE A FREEWAY.

SO ALL TO SAY, THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES A JOINT EFFORT TO PROPERLY HANDLE.

AND I DID NOT MENTION OR SAY THAT THIS WAS A COMPLEX PROBLEM.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX COMPLICATED IS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THE ACTION AND THE REACTION COULD BE AND A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S THE UNCERTAINTY RULES AND WE CAN DO IT.

WE WILL DO IT AND WE WILL BE GETTING THERE.

BUT FINALLY, I WILL BE REMISS IF I OMITTED TO MENTION AND NOTE THE EFFORT OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MY CHIEF PLANNERS, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, AND SO ON.

BECAUSE PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER, LEADING AN EFFORT OF THIS SORT IS NOT EASY, IS NOT AND IT CANNOT BE AND CANNOT TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT.

SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE TO BE WORKING WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO HANDLE THIS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS MY FIELD STAFF THAT WORKS OVERNIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS CONTINUE TO OPERATE, OUR STREET LIGHTS CONTINUE TO OPERATE.

AND, YES, AS WE BECOME THE CAPITAL CITY OF DECK PARKS AND DECK CAPS ON FREEWAYS, THEY ARE.

THE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS WHO HANDLE THE TUNNEL MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, THE KLYDE WARREN PARKS, WHEN THEY HAVE TO TEST THE FIRE LIGHTS AND SAFETY ONCE EVERY MONTH OVER TWO NIGHTS EVERY MONTH.

SO AGAIN, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE AND PRIVILEGED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM.

AND WITH THAT, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG ONE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.

THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT NOW AND COME BACK WITH QUESTIONS ON, ON ON VISION ZERO BECAUSE WE HAD SOME SOME THINGS WE GOT TO DEAL WITH AND SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS WE'RE FACING WITH SOME STAFF.

SO I NEED TO READ THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE.

WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AT 1:00.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXEC AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LUNCH.

IT IS 11:11 A.M.

ON APRIL 3RD, 2020 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

NUMBER ONE, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS VERSUS THE UNITED STATES.

NUMBER 23 DASH 1219 C AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS VERSUS THE UNITED STATES.

NUMBER 01-284-C AND TWO SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH FAIR PARK FIRST.

WITH THAT, WE STAND AT RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M..

YEP. NOT OKAY. OKAY, LET ME GET STARTED.

IT IS NOW.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAD COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION FIVE, 51.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT AND IS AT IS 1:18 P.M.

ON APRIL THE 3RD, 2024.

WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY, MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE STILL ON BRIEFING A.

I THINK I GOT SOME LIGHTING UP.

CHAD. CHAIRMAN WEST.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I GUESS I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.

YOU CLEARLY HAVE A DEEP KNOWLEDGE IN ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

YOU'VE REALLY GRASPED IT.

AND I THINK YOU'VE LAID OUT THE REALITY OF WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO, GIVEN THE WAY OUR CITY IS BUILT OUT IN FURTHERING VISION ZERO. SO A FEW THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THE PRESENTATION IS THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THIS ONE.

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REALLY LIKED YOUR CANDID EXPLANATIONS ON, LIKE I SAID, WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT US TO LOOK AT ACROSS THE CITY ON BUILDING EFFICIENCIES.

YOU YOU TOUCHED ON THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE ABOUT HOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN MAKING SURE OUR DATA IS SECURE AND NOT GOING TOO FAR.

AND SO YOU DID THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PRESENTATION IN A LOT OF AREAS.

AND I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

I REALLY LOVE THE DATA ANALYTICS SLIDE.

AND OUR DATA IN HERE IS REALLY FANTASTIC.

GREAT JOB TO DOCTOR ANDREW CHECK AND HER WHOLE TEAM.

AND I LIKE YOU LAYING OUT THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN HERE.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO A QUESTION ON THAT.

SO. OVERALL, LIKE ALL THAT I LOVED, BUT I'M STILL FRUSTRATED IN THE FACT THAT WE AS A CITY CAN'T DO MORE.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CAPABILITIES BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN.

AND I SEE THIS AS BEING SEPARATED INTO WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE SHORT TERM, AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN THE LONG TERM.

ON THE SHORT TERM, I BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING, LIKE I SAID, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU CAN.

YOU'VE GOT SLIDES.

LET'S GO TO SLIDE 20 FOR A MINUTE.

SLIDE. I'M SORRY.

23. 23.

OKAY. YEAH.

I MEAN, THE FACT THAT WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN IN THE IN THE DATA SIDE OF THIS TO INDICATING THAT 57% OF OUR SEVERE CRASHES ARE AT 7% OF OUR STREETS IS A REAL GOOD TESTAMENT TO THE DATA COLLECTION OF THE ENTIRE TEAM.

I LOVE IT THAT YOU'RE HONING IN AND FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE AREAS, AND YOU'RE DOING SO IN THE SHORT TERM WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS STREETLIGHTS, BETTER MARKINGS AND CROSSINGS, ALL THAT ARE THINGS WE CAN BUDGET ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.

SO GREAT JOB ON THAT.

A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE SHORT TERM FOCUS ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONTRACTORS? WE ONLY HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR WHO'S BIDDING AND CAN DO THE WORK.

IS THIS ARE WE NOT PAYING ENOUGH? IS THIS A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE WITH THESE CONTRACTORS? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I THINK THE QUESTION IS MORE OF WORKLOAD.

OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BID AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AREA, SO THEREFORE THERE IS NOT MUCH COMPETITION THERE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS TO TRY TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MARKET OR ENHANCE SOME SORT OF A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA TO TRY TO KIND OF BUILD UP THE THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACTORS, THOSE SPECIALIZED CONTRACTORS WHO CAN DO THE WORK. BUT AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT REQUIRES THAT SAME SERVICE.

AND WE'RE ENDING UP, LIKE I SAID, IN SOME INSTANCES, WE HAD ONE, ONE BID, THAT ONE PROJECT, WHAT WE BID THAT WE HAD ZERO BIDS ON IT.

AND THE LATEST BIDS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHETHER CITY INITIATED BIDS OR TEXTILE INITIATED BIDS UNDER THE CIP PROGRAM, WHERE WE'RE HAVING ONLY ONE BIDDER BID THE PROJECTS.

SO DEFINITELY IT'S A CHALLENGE.

BUT ARE THERE JUST NOT ENOUGH COMPANIES OUT THERE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK? THAT'S MY QUESTION. CORRECT.

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH COMPANIES WHO CAN DO THE WORK, AND THEIR FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES ARE VERY LIMITED.

SO THEREFORE WE CANNOT EVEN WHEN WE BID THE PROJECT, WE HAVE TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DOLLAR VALUE SO THAT WE DON'T OVERRUN THEIR BOND CAPACITY.

OKAY. WELL, I HOPE WE HAVE PRIVATE INDUSTRY LISTENING TO THIS AND LISTENING TO THIS SORT OF CALL FOR HELP.

AND AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, MAKE MONEY AND ALSO HELP THE CITY.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THIS, CARRIE.

BUT THE I NOTICED THAT WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES HERE.

AND MY QUESTION JUST GENERALLY HAS TEXDOT OR HAS THE STATE OF TEXAS ADOPTED THEIR OWN VISION ZERO POLICY, AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE? YOU ARE OKAY.

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I KNOW TEX-DOT HAS THEIR OWN STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN, AND THE STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN HAS THE SPECIFICS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

SO BUT YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT CARRIE ROGERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

YES. DOCTOR KEN, CARLY IS CORRECT.

THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN STATEWIDE SAFETY PLAN.

AND I'LL TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN MEETING WITH TXDOT AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION TO SEE WHERE THERE ARE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE THAT PERHAPS WE MIGHT WANT TO IMPLEMENT HERE OR PURSUE HERE, INCLUDING THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE ABOVE, INCLUDING LOWERING SPEED LIMITS WITH ABSENT A SPEED STUDY, THAT'S AN AUTHORITY THAT TXDOT GOT IN 2021.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE HERE, AMONG SOME OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.

DO WE KNOW IF OTHER STATE LEGISLATORS, I'M ASSUMING THE STATE LEGISLATURE HASN'T ADOPTED ANY KIND OF VISION ZERO POLICY? NO, SIR, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT I'M OPEN TO CORRECTION.

THEY WOULD DEFER TO THE POLICY MAKING ORGANIZATION, WHICH WOULD BE TXDOT.

AND AT MY NOTES.

BASICALLY, IN 2019, TXDOT APPROVED THE VISION ROAD TO ZERO TO ELIMINATE FATALITIES BY 2050.

AND TEX DOT DEVELOPED THE TEXAS STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY REQUIREMENTS IS FOR EVERY STATE TO HAVE A STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.

OKAY. I WOULD SUPPORT ANY TYPE OF LEGISLATIVE SUGGESTION OR PUSH TO OUR UP TO THE STATE THAT ASK FOR THEM TO ADOPT THEIR OWN POLICY TO THEN HELP US, YOU KNOW, AND PUSH OURS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THANKS, GARY. I REMEMBER THIS COMING UP IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

I THINK THE CHAIR MAY HAVE ASKED THIS ABOUT USE OF EXPIRING TIF FUNDS FOR FUNDING VISION ZERO PROJECTS, AND I'D JUST LIKE SEE IF I COULD GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS A FUNDING SOURCE TO SUPPLEMENT OUR GENERAL FUND.

HI, ROBIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBIN BENTLEY, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YES. SO YOU MAY REMEMBER, IN JANUARY THE COUNCIL CREATED A NEW TOOL, THE INCENTIVE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND, WHICH IS ALL OF THE EXPIRING TIF FUNDS WILL ROLL INTO THAT FUND.

AND SO, YES, THEORETICALLY WE COULD FUND THIS KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY.

IT WOULD HAVE TO SPUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT OR JOB CREATION OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

BUT YES, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK, LOOK AT THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF MY COMMENTS WERE ON A LONG TERM STRATEGY.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME LEFT, BUT I KNOW, GUS, YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT.

AT THE VERY END OF YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT HOW THAT AUTHOR HAD REFERENCED THREE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE WITH WITH TRAFFIC FATALITIES.

AND THE THIRD ONE WAS YOU MENTIONED THE SUNBELT AND HOW WE WERE BUILT OUT AS A CITY TO MOVE CARS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S OUR ROADWAYS.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS STILL ON THE SHORT TERM PART OF THIS, WHEN WE HAVE NEW ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP FORBID WE'RE IN THE DIFFERENT DESIGN PHASES.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EVALUATE THOSE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND BID ON BACK BEFORE VISION ZERO? BUT NOW WE HAVE VISION ZERO.

HOW ARE WE INCORPORATING VISION ZERO INTO CURRENT PROJECTS? SO LET ME I'LL SPEAK TO THE UPCOMING ONES AND GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IS ROSS AVENUE.

SO ROSS AVENUE WE FOUND OUT I'D BEEN WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT THEY HAD FUNDING FOR THE REPAVING OF ROSS AVENUE IN THE UPCOMING 25 BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDS AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MCIP FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAID, OKAY, SINCE WE HAVE THESE FUNDS HERE AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECONSTRUCT AND RECONFIGURE ROSS AVENUE, SO WE ARE TAKING COLLECTIVELY A PULLING THE RESOURCES AND TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN RECONFIGURE ROSS AVENUE TO MORE OF A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ROADWAY THAT WILL CONNECT LOWER GREENVILLE TO THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN.

SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF US WORKING TOGETHER, POOLING OUR RESOURCES.

AND NOW WE HAVE A VIABLE PROJECT.

DOES NOT HAVE TO DEPEND 100% ON A LOT OF FUNDING FROM THAT.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, ON SOME OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS OR THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION AND SO ON, ON THE ONES THAT WE CAN INTERFERE AND

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OTHERWISE, IF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE LIST OF PROJECTS OF THAT WE CAN RETROFIT AT A LATER DATE AND WORK WITH WITH THAT.

BUT LIKE I SAID AGAIN, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND POOL OUR RESOURCES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE AND BE PROACTIVE WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE REACTIVE COMPONENT OF IT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON BLACKMON.

THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR GIVING US THIS PRESENTATION.

KIND OF GOING WITH WHAT MR. WEST SAID. IT'S PRETTY DETAILED, LOVING DATA.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO IT.

SO WE IN EIGHT YEARS, OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC FATALITIES, FATALITY FATALITIES BY 50%.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET? I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.

SO AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT I HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUNDS, LIKE THE 1.5 MILLION AND SO ON.

BUT ONE KEY IS AND THE REQUEST, AGAIN, FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE IS TO CONVERT THAT FUND FROM A YEARLY FUND TO A MULTI-YEAR FUND SO I CAN START BANKING THAT MONEY.

AND THAT ALLOWS ME THE FLEXIBILITY OF GOING OUT TO SAY, THE NCT COGS, BECAUSE NCT COG, FOR EXAMPLE, DO HAVE THE REGIONAL SAFETY PLAN AND WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, NOW I HAVE MONEY THAT I CAN BRING TO THE TABLE FOR THE FOR THE LOCAL MATCH, THEN I NEED THIS TO HELP US.

SO SO WE HAVE THAT AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT IN THE COMPLETE STREETS OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT PUBLIC WORKS ARE DOING THAT ARE ALSO IN LINE WITH THE VISION ZERO CONCEPT.

CORRECT. SO SO I JUST ALL MY RECOMMENDATION IS WHILE WE NEED MORE FUNDS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO GIVE THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY SOME CREDIT FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THAT HAVE VISION ZERO STRATEGIES BEING IMPLEMENTED IN.

SO YOU DO CARRY OUT THE VISION ZERO PLAN IN ALL OF OUR IMPLEMENTATIONS, CORRECT? OKAY. BECAUSE I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS WE'RE IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW.

AND DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING MORE MONEY BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY THIS IS A PRETTY DETAILED PLAN.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FUNDS AND RESOURCES, NOT JUST MONEY.

BUT I MEAN, YOU I THINK GOT THREE POSITIONS BASICALLY FOCUSED ON THIS, BUT I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT IT.

BUT I MEAN, SO I GUESS I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET US TO 50% BY 2030? WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY ADVANTAGES OF ALL THE CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT.

WE'RE DOING. I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST CORRIDORS THAT WE HAD LAID OUT WAS THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF FERGUSON ROAD AND THAT ROADWAY REALLY NEED HELP AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.

SO THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, AND THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO DO I FUND THE FIRST PORTION OF IT OF FROM OUR FUNDS AND THEN LEAVE THE SECOND PIECE HERE FOR THE LEVERAGING LEVERAGING SO THIS THESE ARE THE PLANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AND BE PREPARED BY THE TIME THE BUDGET ROLLS AROUND.

I HAVE A PLAN. AND I HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, AT THIS FUNDING LEVEL, THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO.

AND AT THIS FUNDING LEVEL, THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO.

SO WELL, AND THAT GOES TO THE POINT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN, WE SHOULD DO THE PLAN.

I MEAN, SO OKAY, SO BUT GOING BACK LOOKING AT BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TEX-DOT ROADS AND THEY'RE HIGHWAYS, LET'S JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE SIX LANE HIGHWAYS.

THEY WERE CREATED TO MOVE A TO B AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, NOT CONSIDERING NEIGHBORHOODS, PEOPLE, BIKES, ANYTHING ELSE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM INTO THE PORTFOLIO OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION LATER.

BUT HOW? WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF TEX DOT ROADS IN THE OVERALL DALLAS PORTFOLIO? BECAUSE IF THERE ARE 54% OF OUR FATALITIES, BUT THEY ARE ONLY 7% OF OUR PORTFOLIO, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE A SPEED TRAP. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE HARMING OUR RESIDENTS.

I KNOW WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT STATS, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP EITHER BEFORE WE'RE DONE OR WE'LL FOLLOW UP LATER TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT PERCENTAGE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT GARLAND ROAD, HEART OF D NINE, IT WAS MEANT TO CONNECT GARLAND WITH DALLAS.

AND SO AND I THINK NOW IT'S BECOME MORE GROWN OUT.

WE'VE GROWN UP AND MATURED.

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AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN A LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION IS HOW DO WE START CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY WORK AND PARTNER OR EITHER TAKE CONTROL OF THEM AND, AND, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THEY'RE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE ARE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT IN OUR CITIES TO OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST.

AND, I MEAN, WE HAD TO PUT BY TRAIL A WHY A WALL? BECAUSE IT IS. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR ON A GOOD DAY.

OKAY. WE SEE THAT THE CRASHES, THE MAIN REASON FOR THE CRASHES IS SPEED.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR? AND. WELL AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL THREE MAIN APPROACHES.

AND I'M GOING TO START USING THE WORD THE, THE SAFE SYSTEM.

BUT CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT, ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION AND ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE TO BE WORKING IN UNISON IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE CHANGE.

AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, WE SHOULD NOT STOP THERE.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THE IMPACT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.

AS AN EXAMPLE, I MEAN, WE HAD IMPLEMENTED BARNES BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

THOSE WERE LOW COST, RIGHT? HIGH EFFECTIVENESS IMPLEMENTATION THAT HAS REALLY YIELDED GOOD RESULTS.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN OTHER PLACES.

AND THE MODEL THAT WE IMPLEMENTED IT IN THE MODEL THAT I'M SAYING HERE IS YOU FACILITATED THE APPROACH AND WE HAD GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS AND, AND INPUT, AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED IT IN MR. WEST'S AREA.

MR. WEST HAD ANOTHER MODEL, WHICH IS HAVING A COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP THAT LED THAT DISCUSSION.

AND THEN THIS IS HOW WE DID THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEN LED TO THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAD ON JEFFERSON.

SO TWO DIFFERENT MODELS, TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES, BUT BOTH YIELDED THE POSITIVE RESULTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUICK WINS THAT WE CAN GO FOR AND PROGRESS.

WHILE THE BIGGER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAN BE IN THE QUEUE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DPD A QUESTION.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU ADDRESS THIS BEHAVIOR? I MEAN, TO REDUCE FATALITIES, WOULD IT BE NOT TO TO DRIVE WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT? I MEAN, BECAUSE I THINK EVERY TIME I TALK TO SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW SPEEDERS AND ENFORCEMENT AND I REITERATE, WELL, THIS IS A BEHAVIOR YOU CONTROL.

AND SO AND IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT, DRIVE FIVE BELOW AND LET PEOPLE PASS YOU.

IT IS OKAY.

SO I WANT TO HEAR FROM DPD ON THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN BRING DOWN FATALITIES AND BE A MORE RESPONSIBLE DRIVER.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME. KILL THE POPE AND LISTENING TO THE TRAFFIC YOU'D THINK OF AND JUST LIKE, SAY IT'S IT'S A LOT.

IT'S THE EDUCATION.

SO WE UTILIZE OUR OFFICERS TO GO TO LOCATION TO THEN WATCH MEETINGS AND TALK TO CITIZENS POWER OF ATTORNEY AND JUST KIND OF TELL THE CITIZENS THAT, SLOW DOWN, DON'T BE TEXTING ON YOUR PHONE.

JUST IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WALLS THAT WE CAN KIND OF CAN THESE GUYS THAT THAT WE WANT TO BE SAFE OUT HERE. DEALING WITH TRAFFIC.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THE TEN LOCATIONS, 20 20, 22.

AND AT THAT LOCATION WE WROTE WAS 1800 CITATIONS DURING LIKE A FROM 2020 THING NOW.

BUT I JUST LIKE I SAY, IT'S JUST SO MUCH FOR ROAD RAGE GOING ON OUT THERE THAT WHOEVER YOU JUST NEED TO TELL THEM IT'S EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION.

LAST ONE. SLOW DOWN.

DON'T BE IN A BIG RUSH TRYING TO GET WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO.

DOCUMENT. TAKE YOUR TIME.

AND ONCE YOU GET TO YOU WANT THEM, YOU'LL BE OKAY.

NO THANK YOU. BUT JUST LIKE I SAID, WE OUT THERE? YEAH. ENFORCEMENT.

OUR TRAFFIC GUYS ARE WORKING HARD OUT THERE.

THAT THEY WRITING SPEEDING TICKETS? THEY ARE MAKING ARREST.

THEY DOING THEY DOING OUR MANY JOB OUT THERE, AND WE PUT IN SOME EXTRA HELP OUT THERE, BECAUSE JUST LIKE I SAID, WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY OFFICERS IN THE TRAFFIC ACTION TO OUT CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT.

SO IF WHEN I'M INCREASE, OUR OFFICERS IS BIG.

SO WHEN I CAME BACK FROM MESSAGE BOARDS WAS PUT OUT THERE SOLELY BENEFIT THE PUBLIC? WE HAVE A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH THAT KIND OF INFORM THE THE CITIZEN ABOUT WRITING DISTRACTION.

DON'T SPERM.

MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS.

SO WE TRAIN OUR BIKE ALL PART DALLAS.

POLICE WENT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS AN EQUATION FOR WE.

WE'RE AT THE CITY DOING OUR PART WITHIN GROUP CITIZENS TO DO THEIR PART AND AND SO WHICH.

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AND IT MAKES SO WILL OPERATE THAT PUBLIC.

WHAT ABOUT LANE REDUCTIONS? SOME OF THESE HIGH INTENSITY NET AREAS ARE THE THREE SIX LANES, A WEIRD THREE ON EACH SIDE THAT YOU'RE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT LANE AMBITION.

SO WE YES.

AGAIN. YEAH. BACK TO WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED IT.

THE THE GOOD THING THAT ONE ON THAT ONE AND SOME CRAZY THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IS THAT WE TOOK BASELINE TRAFFIC COUNTS BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED THE LANE REDUCTION AND WE COULD WE DID THE BASE IN THAT DURING THE SO DURING THE PROCESS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

THE REASON BEING IS THE CONCERN IS NOT AN LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SPILLOVER FROM FOLKS.

TREES GO INTO THE RIGHT STREETS AND WE DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS WITHOUT THEIR ISSUE AND CREATE ANOTHER ONE, WHICH CREATES A BIGGER HAZARD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT.

SO WE DID THAT AND WE COLLECT THAT DATA AND ALL THAT ARE JUST DOING IT WAS DATA DRIVEN WITH TRAINING AND WITH IT WITH INPUT AND SUPPORT FROM THE DON'T MISS THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN IMPACTED BY THAT AT SOME LOCATIONS.

WE TRIED KEYWORD IT ONE TIME ON ADELIA IF MISTAKEN, WAS LIKE AND ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT THE SHEER NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS THAT WERE ON THE ROADS, THAT WE COULDN'T DO THE TESTING BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE THE GAPS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO IT.

ALSO THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE DID DART BUS STOPS DID BECAUSE.

SO BY THE TIME YOU START INCLUDING YOUR DRIVEWAY, IF I TAKE DENSITY TO THE T AS WELL AS THE DART BUS STOPS, SHOW THEM.

THEN YOU WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE HANDLING ALL THAT HANDLING THAT SITUATION RIGHT.

THEY'RE COMING CUMBERSOME. SO ALL TO SAY IS I GAVE US ITS DATA.

I DON'T NEED IT IS POSSIBLE.

PHOTOS JUST HAVE TO.

YEAH. AND BEEN.

HEY, CAREFUL HOW WE IMPLEMENT BECAUSE.

SO THAT WE'RE NOT HURTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND ON THE EDUCATION PART IN ONE OF MY TOWN HALLS, PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE EDUCATION PART OF THIS, AND THEY WANTED MORE GRAPHICS THAT WERE MORE SHOCKING THAN THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW? AND SO I'M GOING TO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN MAD WAS CREATED AND THEY WOULD BRING THE CAR AND IT WAS MANGLED AND IT WAS VERY ALARMING.

AND I'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING UP, YOU KNOW, A SIGN THAT SAID LAST WEEK THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED HERE.

SLOW DOWN. AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE MAY BE A LITTLE OVER, YOU KNOW, THEY GET BUT IT'S GETTING THEIR ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS IS A BEHAVIOR THAT WE CAN CONTROL.

WE CAN PUT OUR PHONE DOWN.

WE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.

WE CAN NOT MESS WITH THE RADIO.

WE CAN STAY ALERT AND DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT.

SO IN COUPLED WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A CITY TAKES MONEY AND YOU CARE ABOUT US.

AND THIS CITY WAS BUILT AS A SAFE CAR.

AND WHEN YOU THINK IN THE 50S.

SO. TAKES A LOT OF UNDOING, WHICH I'M HAPPY.

THIS COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE AND THAT AND WE HAVE A FOCUS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER ON THIS.

SO IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.

AND UNTIL THEN WE NEED TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AND DO OUR PART.

AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YES. TO TO BEGIN WITH, THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON MADE.

I THINK THIS REMINDS ME VERY MUCH OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN ENTIRE SYSTEMIC CULTURAL SHIFT IN OUR CITY WHEN WE BEGIN TO PUT PEDESTRIANS FIRST.

THAT'S A WHOLE CULTURAL SHIFT IN OUR CITY.

AND AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEXITY THAT YOU MENTIONED IN THE IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALIZE THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MULTI PRONGED APPROACH TO THIS.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.

HOWEVER, WE NEED THAT SAME SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE DO AND WE HAVE FOR OUR RACIAL EQUITY.

AND SO THAT'S THE THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO IMPRESS UPON AND UNDERSTAND.

SO LET ME JUST START WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS ON THE HIGH THE HIGH IN THE NETWORK.

CAN WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT THIS THE WAY THAT DPD DID WITH VIOLENT CRIME AND TAKE SORT OF A GRID APPROACH TO THIS, WHERE WE REALLY TARGET THE PARTICULAR ONES? I'M USING THE COUNTERMEASURES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE APPENDIX ON PAGE 63 TO 65.

IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT? YOU START AND I'LL GO.

OKAY, SO IF I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, IS TO TAKE BASICALLY IDENTIFY A CERTAIN GRID AND START TARGETING THAT GRID AND, AND FOCUSING ON IT USING THAT.

YEAH. USING THE THE HIM.

CORRECT. YES. CORRECT.

SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

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WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY.

AND I MEAN, IF, IF, IF 57% ARE IN ON 7% OF THE STREETS, THEN IF WE ELIMINATE THAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT, THAT 7%.

CORRECT. WE'VE JUST ALREADY HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL OF ZERO.

CORRECT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

AND I'M JUST I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.

IF I'M LOOKING AT A CERTAIN GRID IN ONE AREA, RIGHT, THE 7% IS SCATTERED ALL AROUND THE CITY.

SO IF I AM GRIDDING THE CITY AND THEN FOCUSING ON ONE GRID AND MOVE TO THE OTHER ONE, THEN WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM LOOKING AT THE OTHER AREAS AT THE SAME TIME.

OF COURSE, OF COURSE, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

BUT CERTAINLY SOLVE FOR THE PROBLEM.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND CERTAINLY IT IS DOABLE.

ARE YOU GOING TO COMMENT? I CAN IF YOU WANT TO.

BRITTA ANDERSON, CHIEF DATA OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT YOU'RE SEEING THOSE ROADS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, RIGHT, THAT THOSE ARE THE 7% OF ROADS THAT CREATE THOSE 57%.

SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES THAT WE COULD UTILIZE.

WE LOOK INTENSELY AT CRASH DATA AS IT COMES IN.

IN ADDITION TO THE DASHBOARD THAT THE PUBLIC HAS, TRANSPORTATION HAS THEIR OWN SET OF TOOLS THAT HELPS THEM DIG IN IN A MUCH MORE GRANULAR LEVEL TO EXAMINE THOSE PROBLEMS TO SEE IF WE DO HAVE RECURRING INCIDENTS OR A PATTERN OF INCIDENTS, AND THEN IT CAN BE BROUGHT TO A TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO CAN SAY, ACTUALLY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS PATTERN IS A PROBLEM WITH, RIGHT, THE LEFT TURN LANE OR THIS FUNCTION OR THE VOLUME.

AND AND THEY CAN MAKE A CHANGE TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM NOW TO DO THAT.

AND THEN I THINK AS YOU HEARD DPD SAY, THEY, THEY WROTE 1900 CITATIONS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

AND. WELL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ACROSS THE BOARD ON THIS HIGH INJURY NETWORK FROM DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WE ARE WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT AND ALWAYS OPEN TO TO GETTING BETTER.

WELL, AND I THINK THAT WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL FOR THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK STREETS IN THE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON MY STREETS.

I NEED TO HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN WITH YOU.

AND YOU SAY TO ME, THESE ARE YOUR PROBLEM AREAS, AND THEN LET MY COMMUNITY WEIGH IN ON WHY THEY UNDERSTAND THAT FACT, AND THEY MAY HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT.

THAT AND THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS, DO WE REALLY NEED A STUDY FOR EVERY SINGLE STREET? OR CAN WE SOLVE SOME OF THESE JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS? WHY DOES EVERY STREET NEED TO BE STUDIED? SO THE IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF STREET.

FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE I MENTIONED IN DISTRICT NINE ON BARNES BRIDGE, WE DID JUST HIGH LEVEL STUDY TO GET TO COLLECT SOME DATA JUST TO SEE AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, IS IS FINE AND ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DATA AND WE HAVE THE INFORMATION.

SO IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY THE CHANGES QUICKLY.

HOWEVER, ON OTHER LARGE CORRIDORS THEY'RE SO LONG AND THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE A, THE, THE INTERNAL MANPOWER TO DO IT.

AND B, THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE CORRIDORS REQUIRE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE IN-HOUSE.

SO THEREFORE WE HAVE TO RELY ON CONSULTANTS TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH THAT.

SO I GUESS WHAT THAT LEADS TO, AND MY QUESTION IS MY NEXT QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TARGETED ACTION PLAN? I KNOW WE HAVE THAT IN SORT OF IN THE APPENDIX.

BUT TO GO, OKAY, WE'VE ANALYZED THESE STREETS.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED THE STUDIES.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED A COMMUNITY MEETING.

HERE'S THE ACTION PLAN AND TACTICS FOR EACH OF THE SIX YEARS.

WE ONLY HAVE SIX YEARS LEFT AND SO DO WE HAVE EACH OF THE YEARS SET OUT WHERE WE GO, OKAY, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT.

BUT IF I TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE THE COMPLETE PLAN TODAY I'M NOT I MEAN, DEFINITELY I'M GOING TO SAY I DON'T HAVE IT COMPLETE.

LIKE I SAID, HOWEVER, WE'RE WORKING AT IT AND WE'RE PROGRESSING TOWARDS THAT.

AND THEN WE STARTED, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE 19 CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THESE IMPLEMENTATION AT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS WITH THE OTHER POSSIBILITIES ON BEING TAKEN PROACTIVE ON OTHER, OTHER

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IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T HAVE THE FULL PLAN AT THIS POINT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE PUT IN, THE PLANS THAT WE'RE WORKING ALONG WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON PROGRESSING.

OKAY. LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE.

DALLAS IS NOT LISTED ON THE VISION ZERO NETWORK.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? OKAY. SO THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT IS THAT DIVISION ZERO NETWORK HAS VERY SPECIFIC AND SOMEWHAT EVOLVING REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS A VISION ZERO CITY.

WHILE WE HAVE MET THE BASIC CRITERIA OF ADOPTING A VISION ZERO PLAN, HAVING A TASK FORCE AND A CITY WIDE COMMITMENT, THE VISION ZERO NETWORK HAS SUGGESTED THAT OUR ACTION PLAN BE REVISED TO TO INCREASE THE FOCUS ON THE SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH THAT THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY HAS, AND HIGHLIGHT OTHER EMERGING BEST PRACTICES.

TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE US THAT HAVE DEVELOPED A VERY SIMILAR VISION ZERO PLAN AND HAVE RECEIVED SIMILAR FEEDBACK, SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY IN THAT.

AND AS WE NOTED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THE UPDATE TO THE TO THE PLAN.

AND WHEN WE UPDATED THE PLAN, WE WILL ADDRESS THE COMMENTS FROM THE VISION ZERO FOLKS.

OKAY. LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SO THERE'S A BIT OF A CONFLICT, RIGHT? WE WANT OUR STREETS TO BE FREE AND CLEAR OF BARRIERS SO THAT OUR FIRE TRUCKS CAN GET THERE.

OFTENTIMES, OUR FIRE TRUCKS ARE TRYING TO GET TO AN ACCIDENT.

RIGHT. AND SO SOMETIMES WE CAUSE THE CHALLENGES BY HAVING TO BE FREE AND CLEAR TO GET TO AN ACCIDENT.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.

RIGHT? SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR DHFR RESPOND TO THAT.

I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME ABOUT SPEED BUMPS.

I HEAR IT ABOUT OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

WELL, THE.

I'M SORRY. DEPUTY CHIEF CHRIS MARTINEZ, FIRE MARSHAL TO ADDRESS THESE DIFFERENT PIECES DIFFER IN THE SPEED BUMPS.

AND THE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO BE NO MORE THAN A MINIMUM, AT LEAST NO MORE THAN THREE INCHES.

AND IN THAT WAY, IT MEETS CODE AND ESSENTIALLY IS ABLE WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON OUR WAY TO WHATEVER, WHEREVER THE EMERGENCY MAY BE.

AND A MINIMUM, WHEN WE'RE GOING DOWN, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WIDTH OF AT LEAST TEN FEET, SIX INCHES.

AND THAT'S JUST STRAIGHT AWAY IS GOING DOWN THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO GO WHEREVER WE NEED TO.

SO THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES, AS LONG AS THOSE THINGS ARE MEETING CODE AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT MINIMUM WIDTH THAT GIVES US THE NECESSARY SPACE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWN THE ROAD TO GET TO AN ACCIDENT OR A FIRE.

RIGHT. IT'S A BIT OF A PARADOX, ISN'T IT? RIGHT? BECAUSE SOME OF THE STREETS THAT ARE SO HIGH SPEED ARE HIGH.

WE CAN'T SLOW DOWN SO THAT Y'ALL CAN GET THERE.

BUT THE REASON YOU'RE HAVING TO RUSH THERE IS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SPEEDS, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IT'S A PARADOX THAT I THINK WE I DON'T KNOW WHO WHICH EXPERTS AND HOW WE BEGIN TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING REALLY TO LOOK AT.

BECAUSE IF WE CAN CAUSE FEWER ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF OUR ROAD DESIGN, THEN Y'ALL WON'T NEED AS MANY.

YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO TO AS MANY ACCIDENTS.

RIGHT. ON THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.

ARE WE WORKING HOLISTICALLY? I KNOW THAT YOU ISSUED 4700 TICKETS LAST YEAR FOR NON SEATBELTS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT.

AND SO I WANT TO GO BACK WITH THE TIME THAT I HAVE REMAINING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHOLE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, NOT JUST NECESSARILY THE CSO TO TO SCARE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT INTO UNDERSTANDING, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW THE WE KNOW WHO IS NOT WEARING THE SEAT BELTS.

SO HOW DO WE SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEM INSTEAD OF GENERICALLY? YEAH. PERMITS. WE, WE KIND OF USE OUR PIO DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF EDUCATE THE CITIZENS ABOUT MAKE SURE THEY WEAR THEIR SEAT BELTS AND PROPERLY AND, AND AND BEING SAFE ON THE ROADWAY.

WE ALWAYS HAVE MESSAGE BOARD SIGNS THAT WE PUT UP.

FASHION AND SEATBELTS AND ALSO WITH THE GRANT.

BE INVOLVED IN A GRANT STEP GRANT, WHICH IS GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION EARLIER, HOW WE UTILIZE DATA DRIVEN TO HELP OVERLAP THE DIFFERENT HIM LOCATIONS.

SO WITH OUR STEP GRANT, WE HAVE, LIKE 25 ZONES, AND THE ZONES ARE KIND OF CORRELATED WITH THE SEVERE INJURIES BY TECH STOP MAP.

BUT WE TRY TO UTILIZE THAT LOCATION RIGHT THERE TO OVERLAP WITH OUR LOCATION.

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SO WE KIND OF SPREAD EVERYTHING OUT AND SEND OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE TO THE ZONES.

THE STEP GRANT IS UTILIZED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND IT'S FROM SIX A TO LIKE THREE IN THE MORNING.

SO WE CAN'T COVER THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY, BUT WE KIND OF SPREAD IT OUT TO THE LOCATION WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF FATALITIES, SEVERE INJURIES HIGH CRIME LOCATIONS, BECAUSE BY JUST HAVING AN OFFICER IN A LOCATION THAT'S HIGH CRIME, THIS IS PREVENTING THE CRASHES.

AND ALSO IT'S PREVENTING CRIME BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING OFFICERS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS AT THE LOCATION.

SO AGAIN, BACK ON YOUR YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS THE EDUCATION PORTION ABOUT THE SEAT BELTS.

SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.

WHENEVER WE TELL OUR OFFICERS, WHENEVER THEY PULL UP VIOLATORS ON TRAFFIC STOPS, KIND OF EDUCATE THEM, EDUCATE THEM.

THE REASON WHY? BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIZENS REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE WEARING A SEATBELT, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE AN UNDERNEATH THEIR ARM, AND THAT'S NOT A PROPER WAY YOU'RE GOING TO THAT'S NOT A PROBABLY GOING TO SAVE THEIR LIFE, BECAUSE JUST LIKE THEY HAVE A CRASH AIRBAG THEY HAD GOING STRAIGHT TO THE WINDSHIELD OR THE OR THE STEERING WHEEL.

SO IT'S ALL ABOUT EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF UTILIZE OUR MPO OFFICERS AND AT THE ACADEMY WITH THE WITH THE NEWS THAT.

JUST FOLLOW THE LAW.

PUT YOUR SEAT BELTS ON.

DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.

AND JUST TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.

YES, CHAIRMAN.

GRACIE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M JUST GOING TO START ON SLIDE 13.

JUST MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN.

PEDESTRIANS FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY AND FAILED TO YIELD PEDESTRIAN.

WHAT'S HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT IS THAT BASICALLY PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE STREET ON SLIDE 1313.

I MEAN, SO JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THE PEOPLE PETITION FIELD TO PREVENT OF THIS OR PREVENT A RIGHT OF WAY ALONG.

THAT'S MOSTLY THE WORKS.

THE PEDESTRIAN IS SANCTIONED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, SO THEY'RE NOT IN A WALK.

THEY CAN'T STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

BUT JUST THERE AS MORE OF THAT FORCING THEN CARS BEFORE.

I GUESS THE OTHER ONE FAILING TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN.

I'M JUST SO IT'S MORE.

IT'S MORE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE ROAD, NOT IN A CROSSWALK, THEN FAIL TO YIELD A RIGHT OF WAY WHEN THEY END WITHIN A CROSSWALK AND IN THE CARS, JUST NOT FEELING THE YIELD.

WOW. MAJORITY OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IS JUST LIKE, SAY, LIKE, GREAT TREE IN THE FOREST.

PEOPLE JUST CROSSING ANYWHERE, THEY NOT NOT GOING TO THE APPROPRIATE CROSSWALK.

IF YOU JUST GO TO THE APPROPRIATE CROSSWALK AND WAIT UNTIL IT'S TIME TO CROSS.

WE CAN KIND OF REDUCE A LOT OF THAT STUFF.

AND JUST LIKE IN ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS JUST DISTRACTION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST ON A CELL PHONE, THEY JUST CROSS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

THEY JUST THEY FOCUS ON A CELL PHONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT FOCUSING ON THE ON THE CROSSWALK SIGN.

SO IF WE CAN EDUCATE THE CITIZENS TO JUST WALK ONE BLOCK DOWN, GO TO THE CROSSWALK AND JUST WAIT, HAVE A LITTLE PATIENCE AND CROSS AT THE PROPER CROSSING AREA.

THIS RIGHT HERE CAN HELP REDUCE A LOT OF FATALITIES.

JUST JUST GETTING HIT.

THANK YOU. I KNOW I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT WAS JUST FASCINATING TO SEE.

THERE ARE SHOCKING, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

SO THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT I APPRECIATE THAT.

BRITTA GOING.

WHERE'D SHE GO? OH, SORRY.

I CAN WAIT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUSH.

I GO TO GUS FIRST IN TERMS OF JUST GOING BACK TO THE PROCUREMENT SIDE OF THINGS, UNDERSTANDING THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF FIRMS TO ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO THESE RFPS.

WHAT TYPE OF OUTREACH HAS BEEN DONE? AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP IS HERE OR NOT.

SO I WANT TO SEPARATE THE PROCUREMENT OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRMS FROM THE ACTUAL CONTRACTORS WHO BID ON THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THE CURRENT HIGHER CHALLENGE IS WITH THE CONTRACTORS THAT BID ON THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNED.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHALLENGE IS.

AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE ON THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS.

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SO BUT THAT CAN AGAIN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE FROM PROCUREMENT HERE CAN OR SOME SMALL BUSINESS CAN ELABORATE ON THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.

OKAY. AND HISTORICALLY ON THESE HAS THERE BEEN SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDLESS, I'M STARTING AT JUST IN GENERAL, HAS THERE BEEN SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES ON THESE CONTRACTS HISTORICALLY? AND THEN I'LL MOVE TO JUST THE MINORITY PARTICIPATION.

BUT I'M GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS, I PROMISE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SET YOU UP.

I PROMISE. BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAID, ALL SET IT UP HERE.

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

AND I WANT TO SEE IF WE'RE DOING ANYTHING TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, STARTING FIRST WITH SOME OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PARTICIPATING ON THESE CONTRACTS.

AND THEN HOW ARE THOSE LIMITED CONTRACTORS THAT ARE GETTING THESE CONTRACTS? HOW ARE THEY ASSISTING US IN DEVELOPING OTHER CONTRACTS? THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.

AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I ONLY CAN SPEAK WITH THE ACTIVITIES THAT I HAVE BEEN PARTY TO WORKING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE AS WELL AS THE PROCUREMENT, HOWEVER, I MEAN, I WILL EITHER FOLLOW UP OR WITH THAT, BASICALLY WITH THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND THE SMALL BUSINESS TO SEE BASICALLY ON WHAT OTHER EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SUCH.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT ONE.

YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN BRITA SO THIS ONE IS ANOTHER VERY GENERAL QUESTION.

I WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST SOME OF THEIR ISSUES, SERVICE REQUESTS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IN IN TERMS OF AREAS WHERE THEY WERE BLIND SPOTS. SO IT GOT ME TO THINKING ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.

HOW ARE SERVICE REQUESTS FACTORED INTO SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU'RE PUTTING? BECAUSE ALL THIS IS REALLY GREAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF JUST DOING THE STUDIES, AND I KNOW SOME OTHER FOLKS AROUND HERE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE STUDIES, HOW ARE THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS FACTORED INTO MAYBE EVEN PREDICTING A POTENTIAL BAD SPOT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, OR JUST FACTORED INTO VISION ZERO ALTOGETHER? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I'LL START AND SEE IF DOCTOR CALI WANTS TO ADD.

SO WITH THE DATA THAT WE'RE PRESENTING AND ANALYZING COMES FROM THE CHRIS SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE TXDOT MAINTAINED CRASH RECORD INFORMATION SYSTEM.

AND SO WE'RE NOT INCORPORATING SERVICE REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE BLIND SPOTS AT THIS TIME.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THOSE AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT THOSE CORRIDOR STUDIES AND THOSE STREET STUDIES, THOSE ARE NOT CONDUCTED BY US, THOSE ARE CONDUCTED BY TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A STUDY OR AN ANALYSIS FROM AN ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW, EVEN THOUGH DATA COLLECTION IS PART OF THAT AS OPPOSED TO AN ANALYSIS AND SELECTING THOSE, THOSE STREETS, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

SO AT THIS TIME WE DON'T INCORPORATE THOSE SRS, BUT WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ESSER DATA.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TO TO VISION ZERO.

SO I WILL FOLLOW UP.

SO I WILL BREAK IT INTO THE INFORMAL INCORPORATION AND THE FORMAL INCORPORATION.

SO THE INFORMAL INCORPORATION OF THESE 311 REQUESTS AND SO ON IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR STUDIES, THE FORMER FORMAL INCORPORATION, WE'RE STARTING TO DO THAT.

A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE CORRIDOR STUDY ON PRESTON FROM 635 TO THE CITY LIMITS.

AND THAT PROJECT HAD THE 311 AGGREGATED ALONG THAT CORRIDOR TO LOOK AT WHERE THE 311 REQUESTS WERE COMING FROM. WHAT TYPE OF 311 WAS COMING IN AND TO HONE IN AS PART OF THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE ON THAT CORRIDOR.

SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF, OKAY, WE HAD A CONCENTRATION OF REQUEST FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK AT THIS LOCATION.

SO WE KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

SO SO.

AT SOME POINT, I FORESEE THAT THE 311 REQUEST WILL BE A FORMAL ONE OF THE FORMAL PROCESS PROCESSES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR FORMAL STUDIES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL RESENDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU, DOCTOR CALI AND EVERYONE ON STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.

THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST THOROUGH PRESENTATION SO FAR.

AND SO IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK TO TRY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM, THE CHALLENGES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST START ON PAGE NUMBER SIX.

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HAVE ALL THOSE FUNDS BEEN UTILIZED AND IF SO, ON.

ON WHAT? SO I'LL START WITH 2223.

SO WE IMPLEMENTED SOME.

BUT AT THAT TIME THE REALIZATION WAS THAT THIS WAS A YEARLY FUND AND NOT A MULTI YEAR FUND.

SO WHEN THE AT THE END OF THE 2022, 2023 FISCAL YEAR WHATEVER REMAINING FUNDS THAT WE HAD IN THE ACCOUNT WERE TAKEN INTO THE INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.

THE CURRENT FUNDS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, PRETTY MUCH THEY ARE BEING USED ON PROJECTS, WHETHER BEING ON THE CIP PROJECTS OR OTHER IMPLEMENTATIONS.

SO WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT LOSE ANY OF THESE FUNDS.

BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS HERE IS WE NEED TO MOVE THESE FUNDS INTO A MULTI YEAR FUND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BIKE LANE.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO BANK THEM JUST IN CASE.

A WE HAD A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE LEVERAGING THOSE FUNDS AND IT GOT DELAYED.

I DON'T LOSE THOSE FUNDS.

THEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE COUNCIL AGENDA THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS TO PAY THE OVERAGE ON THE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE BEING REPLACED ON THE CIP UNDER THE CIP PROGRAM.

AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHICH QUALIFY UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

OKAY. SO THEN PART OF THE ISSUE IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS.

YES, SIR. DESIGNATE.

AND AS WE START RAMPING UP AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WE'RE FINALIZING LATE JUNE AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO, SUCH AS PUTTING IN THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON, POTENTIALLY AT THE PLEASANT GROVE LIBRARY TO CONNECT TO THE OTHER SIDE AND SO ON.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE COMING UP.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START SLOTTING THOSE THOSE FUNDS FOR FOR THEM TO GET THEM MOVING AND GO FOR THE SHORT TERM IMPLEMENTATIONS.

OKAY. ON PAGE EIGHT THE CRASH DATA WITH REGARD TO DALLAS ROADS, DO WE HAVE THE DATA IDENTIFYING CRASHES IN RESIDENTIAL VERSUS NONRESIDENTIAL ROADS? NOT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL ROADS.

SO MOVING FORWARD, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT SIR.

THANK YOU. AND ON THE SAME PAGE DO THE TXDOT ROADS AND THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DATA ALSO INCLUDE HIGHWAYS LIKE 30, 45, 60, 35, 75, ETC..

HE. THIS CURRENT DATA DOES INCLUDE I BELIEVE IT DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.

YEAH WE HAVE THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE ACCESS CONTROL ACCESS AND NON CONTROL ACCESS.

OKAY. AND I KNOW SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TEXDOT HAS A PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE TEXDOT DOES HAVE A PLAN.

I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ENGAGING TEXDOT AND APPLYING THE NECESSARY PRESSURE TO ENSURE THAT THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES SO THAT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE ON THE ROADS IN OUR CITY.

BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN THESE TEXDOT NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CRASH DATA IN OUR CITY.

ON PAGE NINE WHEN I LOOK AT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CITIES, IT LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPARABLE TO DALLAS THAN AUSTIN.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, HOUSTON IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME ISSUES THAT THAT, THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS AS WELL WITH REGARD TO FATALITY CRASHES.

ALL THE CITIES ON THE LIST DO SAN ANTONIO SEEMS TO BE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM COMPARING THESE TWO CITIES? SO DEFINITELY WE CAN ALWAYS BE IN COMMUNICATION AND LEARN FROM WHATEVER THAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS AT LEAST ON THIS IN THE SAN ANTONIO SITUATION, THEY STARTED THIS PROCESS A FORMAL PROCESS BACK IN 2016, AND WE JUST STARTED IN 2022.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOTHING THERE, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD LOOSE AT THOSE CONVERSATIONS, IS THERE? WE INTEND ON MAKING SURE ME HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

DOES HOUSTON HAVE HAVE ONE IN PLACE? DENISE I BELIEVE THEY DO.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU STARTED IT OUT? YOU CAN. HOUSTON STARTED IN CHILE.

WE ENDED UP. THERE'S SOME YEARS WITH.

OKAY, COOL. I JUST WANNA KNOW DID.

BUT ON PAGE 13 IS ACTUALLY IT'S ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT.

SHE IS BY FAR PARAMETER ONE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO DO IN FATAL.

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AND I KNOW THE CAN VISION ZERO.

THERE'S A WORK BELIEVES AND I LEASING ME THAT CITY JUST HIS LOWER SPEED LIMITS AND NARROW TRAFFIC LIABILITIES OR REDUCE THE DECLINES IN PEDESTRIAN AREAS TO ENCOURAGE SLOW DOWN AT AND ACCORDING TO THEM, THERE'S SOME DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE DOCK OF THE TRAVEL LANES THE WAY AUTO CARE IS DESIGNED AND HOW WHERE PEOPLE DRANTTEL AND AND I KNOW SOMEONE WHAT LEVEL TOUCHED ON IT ALL THERE, BUT WHAT TYPE OF APPETITE DOES THE AND TEX DOT HAS ASK FOR NARROWING MAY LANES OR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LANES IF INDUSTRIAN AREAS.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT TYPE OF LIGHT DO WE HAVE IN THE FOR ROAD DIETS TO THROW THAT IN THERE ON THAT.

SO THERE. SO I CANNOT SPEAK FOR TEX DOT HOWEVER.

SO IN OUR CASE WE WE'RE OPEN WHEN WE HAVE A OF THE WHERE OF CONDUCT.

OUR STUDY DATA SHOWS THAT IT CAN IN A GOOD TO IS JEFFERSON WHILE ANOTHER ONE IS POLK WAS IN DISTRICT THREE.

WAS IT AND AND THE ROADWAYS THAT IS DO HAVE EVIDENCE OF CAPACITY AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR US.

HE CAN CERTAINLY WE STARTED LOOKING AT LATE JUNE PART OF THE AND JUNE THAT DOCK THAT WE HAVE WITH TECH SIGNS IS TO REDUCE THE CAPACITY IS ON LAKE JUNE NOW FROM US ABOUT 75 TO THEY DART TO STATION AT GILLETTE.

IF MISTAKEN, ARROW WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN REDUCING WAS SOME THE CAPACITY ON THAT OLD AND ENSURES THAT THE BIKE LANES.

SO ABOUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN CERTAINLY IF IT MAKES SENSE THEY'RE DOING IT.

AND I KNOW YOU TO SPEAK FOR TXDOT.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WITH THEM.

WE SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT A AN IDEA OF WHAT ASIAN WILLING TO DO OR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THEM.

THEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LOOP ONLY ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, LOOP 12 IS GIVEN THE ENTIRE CITY FOR DISTRICT FIVE, CERTAINLY A PIECE.

BUCKNER HAS BEEN IN THE PAST AND WE'VE DONE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.

SO GOES TO WE DEFINITELY TO GET THEIR OWN TEX DOT TO GET ON BOARD.

ON PAGE 18, IT TALKS THAT WE RED LIGHT CAMERA ISSUE THAT WE KNOW THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT THIS ABOUT THAT ISSUE.

RIGHT. WE DON'T GET IT.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THERE'S INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES RELATED TO THAT.

I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I CAN REPEAT IT ON PAGE 18.

YES, SIR. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE THE RED LIGHT CAMERA ISSUE, IS THERE? I WILL. YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE ON? OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH THE STATE LAW HAS BEEN PASSED BEFORE THAT RED LINE CAMERA.

SO UNTIL SOME CHANGE.

DOWN IN AUSTIN.

YEAH. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT THERE.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S ISSUES ON A HIGHER LEVEL.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES.

ON PAGE 31, YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME CURRENT INITIATIVES.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE SHOULD WE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT AND ON THE BORDERLINE OF DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT EIGHT, WE GOT TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.

THAT PROJECT WILL IMPACT R.C.

BURLESON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MY OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL, E.B.

COMSTOCK. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT ON PAGE 33.

COULD YOU REMIND ME WHO THE PARTNERS ARE IN THESE PROJECTS? I'M SORRY, WHICH DEPARTMENT? OR PAGE 33. COULD YOU REMIND ME WHO THE PARTNERS ARE IN THOSE PROJECTS? OKAY, SO MARTIN LUTHER KING FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND NCTCOG HELPED US WITH THAT.

AND ALSO I HAVE SOME FUNDING ON I MEAN, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS AT MEADOWS THE DALLAS COUNTY.

SO I WANT TO GIVE ALSO CREDIT TO THE DALLAS COUNTY.

HARRY HINES DOWNTOWN IS NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.

FRANKFURT ROAD IS NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS COLLIN COUNTY.

ON THE CIP PROJECTS.

PRETTY MUCH TEX DOT THROUGH THE FUNDING FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS AND ON ROSS AVENUE, NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON THE FIRST PHASE, ON THE SECOND PHASE IS DALLAS COUNTY AND CERTAINLY OUR THE CITY OF DALLAS. OKAY, GREAT.

IS THERE SOMEONE ON CITY STAFF THAT'S DESIGNATED TO PURSUE MORE SIMILAR PARTNERSHIPS? SO CURRENTLY ON TRANSPORTATION ITEMS IT IS THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE THE INTERAGENCY OFFICE, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WHO ARE ASSISTING ME WITH THAT PROCESS. BUT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT IS THAT THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY

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HAVE YOU HAD EXPERIENCE ANY CHALLENGES OR ANY PUSHBACK FROM ANY OF OUR PARTNERS IN TERMS OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DESIGNATE FUNDS TO HELP US ADDRESS THIS, THIS ISSUE? PERSONALLY, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES FROM ANY OF OUR PARTNERS IN THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND THIS IS A THEME AND WHETHER I AM IN THIS POSITION ON THEIR POSITIONS IS THE SAME THING.

HAVE A PLAN AND WORK THE PLAN.

IF YOU COME TO ME WITH A PLAN, WE CAN DISCUSS FUNDING, WE CAN DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT IF WE SHOW UP WITHOUT A PLAN, THAT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING.

OKAY, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME ON MY FIRST ROUND, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

PAGE 34.

LOOKS LIKE A SOLID AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNATED TO THIS ISSUE.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.

OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAVE MY NEXT QUESTIONS FOR FOR THE FOLLOWING ROUND.

COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS, THANK YOU AND ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE UPDATES ON VISION ZERO AND COMPILING DATA, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE POINTED OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OR ACTUALLY THE LACK OF THAT HAS HELPED CREATE SOME OF THE DRIVING HABITS AND THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE SEE, AS WELL AS BRINGING UP THE 2024 ISSUES AROUND TECHNOLOGY, SMARTPHONES AND THE DISTRACTIONS THEY CREATE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF OUR RESIDENTS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN THIS, AS WELL AS THE ROLE THAT THE CITY DOES.

BUT I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE ON THE PAGE 34 ISSUE ABOUT HAVING AMPLE FUNDING, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BOND, WE'VE GOT $8 MILLION FOR VISION ZERO AND THEN OUT OF DISTRICT SPECIFIC PROJECTS 4.4.

SO, SO 12.4 MILLION OUT OF THE 47 MILLION IN THE BOND FOR TRANSPORTATION.

I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU'VE LAID OUT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE MOST PART.

AND WHAT WE NEED IS THE FUNDING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE VENDORS AND THE TIME TO GET IT DONE.

BUT WHAT IS OUR OUR DREAM NUMBER? OR, YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT'S NOT A DREAM.

I HOPE IT'S THE REALITY THAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE AT SOME POINT TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE HIGH INJURY IMPACT NETWORK STREETS ANYMORE. SO IF WE'RE AT YOU KNOW, 12.4 IN THE 2024 BOND AND WE KNOW WE SPEND SOME MONEY THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS TOO LOW. WHAT WHAT'S THE GOAL? WHAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO GET TO? WELL, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS VERSUS THE WANTS.

IN THIS CASE, MY INTENT WITH ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS IS TO LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS AND TURN THEM INTO AS HIGH AS $40 MILLION, TAKE THOSE 8 MILLION AND TURN THEM INTO 40 MILLION.

IF WE GO ALL FEDERAL AND OUR LOCAL MATCH IS ABOUT 20%.

AND OR IF WE GO WITH COUNTY LEVERAGING OF FUNDS AND SO ON, THE COUNTY IS 1 TO 1 MATCH.

SO WE CAN BE AT AS LOW AS 20, AS HIGH AS 40.

NOW THE NUMBER THAT THE DESIRED NUMBER OBVIOUSLY IS HIGHER THAN THAT, BUT LET'S AND BEFORE I, I MEAN AND I'M RELUCTANT TO KIND OF THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AS PART OF THE COMPLETE STREETS AND SO ON INCLUDES VISION ZERO COMPONENTS TO IT.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME FUNDING IN THE 2024 BONDS THAT ARE WE'RE DOING WE ALREADY HAVE SOME FUNDING THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING FROM THE CIP PROGRAM.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE REMAINS ARE THE STANDALONE PLANS THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM THE CURRENT CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT WE'RE GETTING, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT WE'VE DONE ON, ON FERGUSON ROAD OR WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON WE'RE DOING ON SKILLMAN AND OTHER PLACES SO THAT ONCE WE GET THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE AND THEN START SLOTTING THEM DOWN.

SO WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL TOLD, YOU KNOW, 80 TO $100 MILLION, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I CAN THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE, BUT IF, IF FOR ME TO KIND OF BE ACCURATE IN MY NUMBER I WILL NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN ORDER TO GENERATE THESE ACTUAL PLANS AND GIVE YOU THE PLAN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A RANGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING IS BEGINNING AND WE SEE WHERE THE BOND NETTED OUT WITH REGARD TO VISION ZERO.

AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE MAKE DECISIONS, I, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF BOOKENDS TO HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

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I'LL JUST STOP YOU. I THINK WE KNOW THIS IS DYNAMIC AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR OUTCOMES OF CORRIDOR STUDIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, ROYAL ISN'T FOREST, ISN'T WALNUT HILL.

BUT IN SOME WAYS, MAYBE THEY ARE.

SO I GET THAT.

AND I MEAN, IT'S OKAY TO GIVE A NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN FRAME THIS AS YOU KNOW, IS IT $12 MILLION? IS IT $112 MILLION? I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IN A MONTH OR SO, WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD IDEA ON THE PLAN.

WELL, OKAY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PAGE 40 AND OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION FROM 30MPH TO 25MPH.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF EFFECT THIS HAS SHOWN, BECAUSE SPEEDERS OR SPEEDERS AND I DON'T KNOW IF A FIVE MILE PER HOUR LIMIT.

REDUCTION ON A SIGN IS GOING TO MODIFY THEIR BEHAVIOR, OR IF IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT CITATION STING A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THE GAP IS WIDER ON WHAT AN OFFICER COULD WRITE A TICKET FOR.

SO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IS THE FACT THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT OF THIS PIECE HERE, BECAUSE WHEN IT IS AT 25, LET'S SAY IF YOU'RE POSTED AT 25MPH THE DALLAS POLICE CAN BETTER ENFORCE THE, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT.

BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME SORT OF DATA THAT SAYS IF YOU START POSTING 25 VERSUS 30, IT'S GOING TO MODIFY BEHAVIOR OR IT JUST GIVES YOU WHICH WE KNOW YOU'VE GOT LIMITED NUMBERS TO WORK WITH.

WELL, JUST LIKE I SAID, MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WERE KIND OF OBEY THE LAW.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT JUST DON'T GET DON'T GIVE A CARE ABOUT IT.

BUT SO IF WE CAN REDUCE IT DOWN TO 25, LISA, THAT PERCENTAGE RIGHT THERE CAN CAN HELP REDUCE THE SPEED AND IT CAN HELP FIVE MILES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PEDESTRIAN WALKING IN THE ROAD AND SOMEBODY STOPPING DUE TO THE DISTANCE.

I GET IT. SO BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS WE CAN POST THE SIGN, BUT WHAT KIND OF BEARING DOES IT ACTUALLY HAVE ON THAT BEHAVIOR OF HOW THEY'RE DRIVING.

DOES DOES IT REGISTER SOMETHING.

AND IT KNOCKS OFF AN AVERAGE OF THREE MILES PER HOUR? OR IS IT I MEAN, IS THERE SOME STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT, THAT THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT SIGN AND ACTUAL BEHAVIOR? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE STUDY REGARDING THAT RIGHT THERE, BUT JUST I KNOW ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.

SO IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND WRITE PEOPLE CITATIONS, IT'S LEARNED BEHAVIOR.

SO THEN THE WORD WOULD GET SPREAD AROUND THE OFFICERS OUT THERE WRITING TICKETS IN THAT AREA.

SO AND THAT PREVENTS JUST JUST HAVING OFFICERS PATROL IN THAT AREA.

AND, AND CONDUCTING ENFORCEMENT WILL HELP REDUCE ANY TYPE OF HIGH INJURIES OR FATALITIES IN THAT AREA.

WELL, SPEAKING OF THAT, IN LOOKING AT PAGE 55 OF THE INDEX OR THE YEAH, THE APPENDIX, THE LEADER UPDATE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS A COMPLETED TASK WITH DPD AND THERE ARE SIX MORE MOTORCYCLES OR THEY'RE ENHANCED.

THEY'VE GOT ENHANCED CAPABILITY.

SO I'M WONDERING I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WAS COMPLETED, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OUTCOMES FROM THAT TO KNOW THAT GOING INTO THIS NEXT BUDGETING SESSION, IF THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL? AND CERTAINLY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CATEGORY, I MEAN, IT CAN SAVE LIVES THAT WE SHOULD ADD MORE TO THAT, THAT CATEGORY.

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THAT'S WORKING? NOT AT THIS TIME.

RIGHT HERE. WHEN WAS IT COMPLETED? DO WE KNOW? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AND GET YOU THE SPECIFICS, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

IF YOU GIVE ME SOME TIME, I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT WITH THIS TODAY.

SURE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT I HEAR OF RESIDENTS IS THAT WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT BEHAVIOR.

BUT WHAT WE TYPICALLY HEAR BACK IS, NO, WE NEED ENFORCEMENT.

WE NEED TO SEE YOU OUT THERE WRITING TICKETS.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MODIFY THE BEHAVIOR, MAYBE ONLY TEMPORARILY.

AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS SOMETHING WE DECIDED TO INVEST IN WITH THIS RADAR.

IF IT'S WORKING, THEN WE MAY WANT TO LEAN THAT WAY IN THE BUDGET.

IN LOOKING AT MULTI YEAR FUNDING, I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT GIVES YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER A DOWNSIDE OF THAT COULD BE WILL IT ALLOW SOME DEADLINES TO PUSH OR.

I MEAN DOES IT, DOES IT ADD FLEXIBILITY IN THE WRONG WAY.

NO. THAT THE INTENT I MEAN, WE CAN REPORT ON THAT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND EVERY YEAR PROVIDE A REPORT ON UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE DOING IT, I MEAN, HAPPY TO DO THAT.

BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT WHEN WE ARE LEVERAGING SOME OF THESE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO YEARS FOR IT TO MATERIALIZE BEFORE I

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SO HOWEVER, WHEN WE GO INTO THE APPLICATION, I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY I DO HAVE THE LOCAL MATCH AND THAT'S WHERE THIS GOING INTO THE MULTI YEAR FUND HELPS ME TO SAY I'VE GOT THE LOCAL MATCH AND I'VE GOT THE PLAN, I'M READY TO GO.

OKAY, WELL I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AND IT WAS NOT LOST ON ME THAT YOU SAT HERE AND LAID OUT FOR US VERY PLAINLY THAT YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS THIS LAST YEAR ON SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO A TRAFFIC COUNT, AN ASSESSMENT, AND AN ELECTRICIAN WHO CAN ACTUALLY HELP IMPLEMENT WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.

AND SO I THINK WHEN I THINK OF SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON PROGRAMS THAT DON'T SEEM AS IMPORTANT AS THAT, IT JUST IT JUST GIVES ME PAUSE.

AND AGAIN, I SAY WE'RE IN BUDGETING.

SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN REMEMBER THAT STORY WHEN WE'RE MAKING SOME DECISIONS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US DOWN TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL.

SO WE KNOW WHAT THESE DOLLARS ACTUALLY MEAN IN TERMS OF SAFETY ON OUR STREETS.

THANKS, COUNCILMAN RIDLEY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, GUS, FOR THIS VERY THOROUGH 46 PAGE PRESENTATION I GLEANED FROM PAGE 13, WHICH SHOWS THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF SEVERE CRASHES, THAT MANY OF THEM ARE SPEED RELATED OR RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

AND MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION HAS BEEN COMMENSURATE WITH THAT.

THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF RED LIGHT RUNNING, NOT JUST PEOPLE SHADING YELLOWS, BUT JUST LAST NIGHT I SAW A CAR STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WITH A LIGHT RED.

DIDN'T SEE ANY CROSS TRAFFIC, SO THEY JUST RAN THE LIGHT.

IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT WE HAVE SO MANY SCOFFLAWS, BUT I THINK THERE'S A WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION THAT THERE IS NO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ANYMORE AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT.

AND SO WHAT I HAVE DISCERNED FROM THIS 46 PAGES OF PRESENTATION IS THAT THERE ARE TWO KEY STRATEGIC AVENUES FOR REDUCING TRAFFIC CASUALTIES, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

AND THE EDUCATION PIECE IS IS ADDRESSED, I THINK SUPERFICIALLY HERE.

I THINK WE NEED TO LAUNCH A PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN LIKE THE MESS WITH TEXAS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS DID TO COMBAT STREET LITTER.

THAT WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN.

IT WAS CATCHY.

IT GALVANIZED PEOPLE INTO THINKING, WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T THROW THAT TRASH OUT ON THE ROAD.

I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR COMBATING RED LIGHT RUNNING SO THAT PEOPLE THINK TWICE BEFORE THEY DO IT, COUPLED WITH INCREASED ENFORCEMENT.

NOW, I'VE HAD MANY CONSTITUENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LACK OF SPEED ENFORCEMENT AND HOW PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING UP AND DOWN THEIR STREETS, AND I FORWARDED A FEW OF THOSE ON TO DPD AND THEIR RESPONSE IS, WELL, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE OUT COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME.

BUT THIS IS NOT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE.

THESE STATISTICS BEAR THAT OUT.

200 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES ON DALLAS STREETS LAST YEAR.

THAT'S NOT NOTHING.

THAT'S PROBABLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MURDER RATE IS, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THE MURDER RATE IS IN DALLAS.

AND SO I THINK THIS JUSTIFIES MORE ATTENTION TO ENFORCEMENT, PARTICULARLY LIKE CHIEF GARCIA'S HOT SPOT ENFORCEMENT FOR VIOLENT CRIME TARGET, THE HINN NETWORK, THE AREAS, THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE HAVE THE 7%, WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF CRASHES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.

AND I THINK IF WE HAVE CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT THERE, THE WORD WILL GO OUT.

DON'T SPEED, DON'T RUN RED LIGHTS BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE GOING TO CATCH YOU.

AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE.

ANY COMMENT? I'LL START REAL QUICK, IS I? AGAIN, THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AS YOU LAID IT OUT AND DEFINITELY ON THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND EVEN ON THE ENGINEERING, WE ALL CAN DO BETTER AND CAN IMPROVE ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO DEFINITELY THAT ON THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE, ONE THING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IS WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER CITIES AND THE LEGISLATORS ON SOME SORT OF A LEGISLATIVE PIECE THAT COULD SAY THAT IF YOU GET A SPEEDING TICKET ON SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS THAT CITIES IDENTIFY AS HIGH INJURY NETWORK, THAT COULD BE A HIGHER CONSEQUENCE THAN IN OTHER PLACES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THESE ARE SOME IDEAS, CERTAINLY OPEN TO SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT DPD AND THEIR COLLEAGUES ACROSS

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SO WITH THAT, I MEAN, I'LL DEFER TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO MENTION, SERGEANT, I ALSO WILL SAY, I BELIEVE CHIEF GARCIA IS ON HIS WAY TO THE MEETING, TOO, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL CHANGE.

YOU KNOW HOW DETAILED YOU NEED TO BE, BUT I WILL SAY SO IF WE'RE NOT THROUGH BEFORE THIS SERIES OF QUESTIONS IS IS DONE.

AND I'LL HAVE HIM RESPOND TO THAT WHEN HE GETS HERE.

THANK YOU. SO JUST A COUPLE OF IDEAS.

THERE'S A PRECEDENT IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES.

YOU'VE SEEN THE SIGNS CONSTRUCTION ZONE, TRAFFIC FINES DOUBLED.

WHY NOT DO THAT AT THE HIGH END INTERSECTIONS AND PUT UP A WARNING? CAUTION. DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW THEY DON'T READ THESE STATISTICS, BUT THEY OUGHT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO ENTER A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND TO BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS ABOUT OBSERVING THE SPEED LIMIT AND OBSERVING TRAFFIC AROUND THEM.

AND THE OTHER THING I THINK YOU NEED GREATER COLLABORATION FOR IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP THIS PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN.

WE CAN DO THIS ON CARA AT LIMITED EXPENSE.

WE CAN DO IT ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

WE'VE GOT THE BUDGET TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S IT'S TIME THAT WE DID IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER BROWN.

I AM THE INTERIM.

OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT.

I AM PLEASED THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE INTERNALLY, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND DALLAS, TO COLLECT MARKET DATA AND RESEARCH IN PREPARATION OF OUR MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH PLAN THAT IT'S BEEN IN PROCESS NOW FOR AT LEAST A FEW MONTHS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR MARKETING VENDOR, THE VOICE SOCIETY, AND HAVE CREATED A NUMBER OF CONCEPT IDEAS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO LAUNCH AFTER TODAY'S BRIEFING, AND THEN TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NEXT FEW YEARS OF VISION ZERO AS IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.

ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND OUTREACH IS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS REACHING OUR TARGET AUDIENCE.

SO IT'S A MULTILINGUAL APPROACH, AND IT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF DALLAS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED HOT SPOTS.

AND CONSIDERING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY SHOULD BE UNDERSTANDING THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO SHARE ABOUT SAFETY.

THE CAMPAIGN IS ALSO FEATURING THE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF CONCERN, AND THE COLLISIONS THAT WE SEE IN TRYING TO OVERCOME THIS WITH THE TRAFFIC.

VISION ZERO STRATEGY.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH IS NOT ONLY THAT THERE WILL BE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

WE HAVE BILLBOARDS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND SHOWN ALL AROUND DALLAS.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON MEDIA BUYS, RADIO ADS, PODCASTS, EARNED MEDIA.

SO COMBINING THAT WITH OUR PAID MEDIA OPTIONS, WE ARE BUILDING ALSO COLLABORATIONS WITH DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS, INCLUDING AT OUR LOCAL LEVEL WITH THE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CAUSING SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS.

A PRIMARY PORTION OF THE VISION ZERO EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN WILL BE FOCUSED ON SEATBELT SAFETY, AS WE'VE ALREADY DRAFTED A NUMBER OF MESSAGES AND ARE TESTING THEM NOW WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING ON THIS AS WE HEAR MORE FEEDBACK, AND APPRECIATE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE MESSAGE BE QUICKLY UNDERSTANDABLE AND CATCHY, LIKE DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS.

IT COMMUNICATED THE THOUGHT VERY QUICKLY AND VERY VISCERALLY.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MESSAGE THAT WE NEED HERE.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING.

THANK YOU, SIR, AND I CONCUR WITH WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES.

BUT JUST FOLLOWING ALONG WITH MR. RIDLEY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, BEFORE I GET JUST A QUESTION, I THINK IT REALLY IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE PLANNING PORTION.

OF COURSE, THAT INCLUDES THE PARTNERS THAT ARE ALL IMPACTED, BUT SPECIFICALLY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHERE WE ARE NOW, THE VISION ZERO, IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

AND I'VE WITNESSED EXACTLY WHAT MR. COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY IS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT SPEEDING.

AND YOU LOOK AND YOU CAN'T YOU'RE IN AWE BECAUSE THE PERSON IS JUST RUNNING, JUST JUST KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT IF, IF THERE'S NOTHING.

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AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE MAKING CHOICES TO CONTINUE TO SPEED, RUN THE RED LIGHT, JAYWALK BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THEIR MIND THAT THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO DO, AND SO WE CAN PUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE IN.

BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE FREE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

AND SO THAT'S JUST MY MY BELIEF THERE.

BUT I SUPPORT YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

YOU KNOW, DON'T DRIVE AND SPEED IN TEXAS OR DON'T DRIVE AND SPEED IN DALLAS, BUT I THINK A CAMPAIGN IS WORTHY OF THAT.

JUST QUICKLY ON ROCKPORT, COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH ROCKPORT AND LEDBETTER, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG CONVERSATION, BUT WE WERE REALLY IMPACTED MORE SO WHEN COVID HIT THAT THAT HURT.

BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THE LOOPS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDIZ TALKED ABOUT WITH.

IT SHARES SEVERAL IMPACTS, SEVERAL DISTRICTS.

AND I BELIEVE HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE RED LIGHT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR YEARS, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE DART SHELTER THAT HAS BEEN PLACED THERE ON THE CORNER, AND WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAID, DON'T PUT IT ON THAT CORNER.

SO THE PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S THE FUNDING.

I BELIEVE IF YOU JUST ONCE AGAIN REITERATE THE TIMELINE, SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND HOW THAT PROBABLY AFFECTS NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OURS.

THAT IS CORRECT. I MEAN, SO UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS A PERFECT STORM OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE FEDERAL FUNDING, SO WE HAVE TO WAIT.

AND THEN WE WERE CAUGHT WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE THE WORKLOAD THAT THE SMALL NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS HAVE IN THEIR, IN THEIR BACKLOG.

AND WHEN THAT CONTRACT WAS SET UP, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE HIGH LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND SO ON.

SO BASICALLY SAYING, OKAY, I'LL PAY THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES BECAUSE I'LL MAKE MORE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO YEAH, DEFINITELY THAT.

AND BY THE TIME YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, BY THE TIME WE START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE THINGS, SOMETHING POPS UP THAT WAS NOT INITIALLY THERE.

AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE THE SITE CONDITIONS MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT, THAN THAT.

SO DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, A ENHANCED EFFORT ON THE COLLABORATION AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND EVERYONE ELSE. THAT WOULD HELP US IN PROGRESSING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

NOW, ALSO ON THE IN THE SAME AREA HERE WITH IN THIS AREA.

BUT IT'S ON THAT IT'S IN THAT LEADBEATTER CORRIDOR AND I BELIEVE WE SAW THIS HIGHLIGHTED ON ONE OF THE STATIONS.

HAS STATE SENATOR WEST HAS AGREED TO TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION OF ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF THE ACCIDENTS AND EVEN DEATHS I KNOW THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN IN THAT AREA, BUT SOME HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT SOME OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

BUT COULD YOU JUST SPEAK ON THAT QUICKLY SO WE WOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF THAT CONVERSATION? I CAN'T. IF YOU CAN'T FULLY PRIVY WITH THE FULL DETAILS.

THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS THAT SENATOR WEST IS TRYING TO FACILITATE A FEW CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH A HOLISTIC PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW ALL THE VARIOUS AGENCIES TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER, PUT A PLAN AND GENERATE A PLAN AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PLAN IS IMPLEMENTABLE AND NOT JUST A PLAN THAT WILL SIT ON THE ON THE SHELF.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

AND THAT'S AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE ABOUT IT.

OKAY. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT WHERE I AM BECAUSE I DID SPEAK WITH HIM BRIEFLY, BUT I THINK AT LEAST THE THE LIGHT AT, AT ROCKPORT AND LEDBETTER IS AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL START TO HELP, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA WHERE WE HAVE BIG TEA AND THE WALMART AREA, AND YOU JUST HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC AND FOLKS JUST ZOOM AND RUN THROUGH THOSE LIGHTS SOMETIMES.

SO WE'RE GLAD FOR THAT, BUT I BELIEVE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR FOR YOUR WORK.

BUT I THINK HOLISTICALLY, WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS LAST.

THIS IS MY LAST PIECE HERE BEFORE I THANK EVERYONE AND MOVE ON.

WHEN WE BEGAN AS A COUNCIL TO RESPOND TO ENGAGEMENT, AND WE TRY TO PUT ALL OF THESE MOBILITY OPTIONS ON A STREET, HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT REALLY AFFECT US? I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU REALLY I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO SAY NO AND WE SAY YES, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ON SOME OF THESE STREETS, WHAT DOES THAT DO? WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR YOUR TEAM WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING AND TRYING TO BRING ALL PARTNERS TOGETHER?

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WELL, DEFINITELY.

AGAIN, IT'S A IT'S TIME CONSUMING EFFORT.

AND CHALLENGING AT TIMES BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING TO BALANCE COMPETING INTERESTS, IF YOU WILL.

OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE IMPLEMENTING A NUMBER ONE IS, I AM RETROFITTING AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR ROADWAYS INTO A MULTI-MODAL FACILITY.

NUMBER ONE. SO THAT IS THE ENGINEERING CHALLENGE.

AND THEN THE OUTREACH CHALLENGE OF GOING OUT THERE AND SAYING, WELL, NOW WE'RE NO LONGER AUTO CENTRIC AND WE HAVE TO BE MULTIMODAL.

AND SOME MAY NOT LIKE THIS IDEA.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE HAVING SEVERAL CONCERNS OR SEVERAL EMAILS THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE BIKE LANES.

AND WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE BIKE LANES, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY SOME OF THE AVAILABLE ON STREET PARKING.

AND SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE NOT LIKING IT, SAYING, HEY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME OR MY BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO DEFINITELY WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF DEAL WITH ALL THESE ISSUES.

THEY'RE TIME CONSUMING, AND WE'RE DOING IT IN THE MOST IN THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL WAY OF OF DEALING WITH IT AND BEING RESPECTFUL AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE AND ACCOMMODATE AS BEST AS WE CAN AS WE IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS.

BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING, AGAIN, THE GENERAL POLICY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED AND LAID OUT, WHICH IS A MULTI-MODAL CITY, AND IN MY BELIEF, IS THAT NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

SO WHAT IS GOOD IN UPTOWN MAY NOT NECESSARILY APPLICABLE IN NORTH DALLAS OR SOUTHERN DALLAS OR OTHER PLACES.

SO WE'RE BEING FLEXIBLE, HAVING THE PLANS THAT ARE NIMBLE AND CAN BE ADJUSTED TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SPECIFIC AREAS.

AND EXCUSE ME, DURING WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THE GEORGE JETSON KIND OF MINDSET.

SO WHEN WE GET THESE DRIVERLESS DRIVERLESS VEHICLES AND WE WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE EQUATION, HOW ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT THAT? I KNOW SOME STATES I THINK A COUPLE OF ARE PUSHING BACK.

BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT DEATH VISION ZERO, WHAT ARE YOU WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A I'M GOING TO START BY LAYING IT OUT AS IN THEORY AND ON PAPER, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY.

RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE THE STATE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVE TO BE TREATED LIKE A VEHICLE WITH A DRIVER. SO THEREFORE THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS CANNOT PREVENT THEM FROM OPERATING.

NOW, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT DALLAS POLICE AND DALLAS FIRE AND HAVE TAKEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH WITH THE FIRMS THAT HAS APPROACHED US TO OPERATE HERE IN DALLAS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PLANS HAVE A FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TESTING AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEPLOY IT.

AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO, AT LEAST SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE ABILITY TO KIND OF MANDATE WHAT THEY DO, AT LEAST PARTNER WITH THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE SAY, OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU KIND OF ROLL IT OUT IN A LIMITED LOCATIONS AND LET'S SEE, AND LIMITED TIME TIMELINE WHERE WE, WE HAVE MINIMAL TRAFFIC AND SO ON.

BEFORE YOU GO INTO WIDE WIDESPREAD IN DEPLOYMENT, THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE HERE IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THEIR WORK DEPENDS ON SENSORS.

AND THE SENSORS HAVE TO READ, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

WELL, MY CURRENT BUDGET IN THE BASE BUDGET IS 1.2 MILLION WHEN MY NEED IS 4 MILLION.

SO THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE LOCATIONS WHERE I MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

SO I AM ASKING THEM AND I'M SAYING, OKAY, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO YOUR SENSORS IF MY PAVEMENT MARKINGS IS NOT TO THE LEVEL OF REFLECTIVITY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR YOUR CAMERA TO BE READING THE THE ROADWAY WHEN WE HAVE INCLEMENT CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAIN, NOT NECESSARILY.

THEY BE OPERATING WHEN IT'S, IT'S I MEAN, THERE IS ROADWAYS ARE HAVE ICE ON THE ROADWAY.

SO ALL THESE THINGS, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS WE PROGRESS.

BUT DEFINITELY IT WILL GO IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS WE AS

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OKAY. AND JUST FOLLOWING UP ON MR..

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY'S ALSO WITH BEHAVIOR.

WE MIGHT HAVE YOU ALL INTEGRATED THE CONVERSATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ON DRIVERS IN TERMS OF MAYBE YOU WANT TO DO THAT IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A LEARNING CURVE WHEN THEY GET THEIR LICENSE AND TRAINING AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT? THAT WOULD BE AGAIN, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE KIND OF TALK TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I KNOW ON THE AV SIDE I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STATE OFFICE THAT IS WORKING WITH AVS AND TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO COORDINATE MEETINGS WITH THE CITIES WHERE AV IS BEING CONSIDERED SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE A VERY SIMILAR APPROACH AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON THAT.

MAYOR, CAN I HAVE TWO SECONDS? LET ME GET CHIEF, SHE JUST CAME IN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET BACK TO WORK.

CHIEF GARCIA, I THANK COUNCILWOMAN RIDLEY.

HAD A QUESTION. HE DIDN'T GET ADDRESSED, SO.

ACTUALLY, I WAS IN MY OFFICE WATCHING THE MEETING.

I HEARD THE QUESTIONS. I WAS COMPELLED TO COME DOWN AND TRY TO ANSWER IT.

THE. SO WITH REGARDS TO ENFORCEMENT PARTICULARLY AT THE SCOFFLAWS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK THE DYNAMIC THAT WE NEED TO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN TO IS THE OVERALL STAFFING OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 29 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSIGNED FOR OBVIOUSLY A VERY LARGE CITY.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB DOING ALL THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

BEING RESPONSIVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAVING IN THEIR DISTRICTS THEY HAVE CONDUCTED MUCH ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS.

YES. OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE CITY IS THE REDUCTION OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT TAKES IT SERIOUSLY.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE STAFFING WE HAVE.

I WILL SAY IN AN AREA THAT WE CAN USE HELP ON ENFORCEMENT.

I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW THE HISTORY IN THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO RED LIGHT CAMERAS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER AGAIN.

THERE IS THINGS THAT WE I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF IT, BUT LEGISLATIVELY, WITH REGARDS TO SPEED RADAR CAMERAS THAT ARE IN USE IN OTHER STATES, THAT CAN CERTAINLY HELP US IN THIS REALM.

AGAIN WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN A POSITION ANY TIME SOON TO BE ABLE TO STAFF EVERY INTERSECTION IN THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO ENFORCEMENT, WITH OUR TRAFFIC UNIT DOES THE BEST THEY CAN, UTILIZING DATA TO GO TO HIGH CRASH SITES IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS THEY CAN BE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THEIR PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU, THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY USE.

BUT BUT IT ALSO IS GOING TO TAKE A LEGISLATIVE PUSH TO GET THOSE TOOLS THAT WILL ENABLE US TO DO MORE AND TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE.

MR. MAYOR, MAY I RESPOND? YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

THIS WILL BE MY SECOND ROUND.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR COMING DOWN AND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

I FULLY SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS OF, FIRST OF ALL, TECHNOLOGY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE LEGISLATURE HAS OUTLAWED RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

I THINK THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE.

BUT IF WE CAN ADDRESS SPEEDING THROUGH AUTOMATED CAMERAS AUTOMATED DEVICES, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LEVERAGE YOUR PERSONNEL. I KNOW OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO THAT, AND PEOPLE JUST GET A TICKET IN THE MAIL.

THEY NEVER KNOW THEY'VE BEEN FOUND TO BE SPEEDING.

THAT COULD BE A VERY EFFECTIVE AVENUE OF MULTIPLYING YOUR FORCE.

AND I ALSO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO TARGET THE HIGH INJURY INTERSECTIONS.

IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL DATA TO IDENTIFY THOSE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR STAFF TALK TO GUS OR HIS DEPARTMENT.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT TRANSPORTATION DOES TO IDENTIFY THOSE HOT SPOTS, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK IF THOSE AREAS CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND TARGETED, THAT YOUR POLICY ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAN BE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, GUS.

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BUT I THINK THAT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THIS IS KIND OF A PLAN, LIKE KIND OF HOW WE STARTED WITH CAP, AND WE PUT IN A LOT OF INFORMATION, WE GAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK, AND THEN STAFF HAD TO GO BACK AND MASSAGE IT SOME MORE AND MASSAGE IT SOME MORE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE ANSWER TO STOP A TRAGEDY FROM HAPPENING AT AN INTERSECTION. AND WE CAN HAVE ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WE WANT AT EVERY SINGLE CORNER, WRITING ALL THE CITATIONS AND HAVE ALL THE ENFORCEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD HAVE THE PERFECT WORLD.

BUT STILL, BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, CAR BREAKS GO OUT.

YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO PREVENT EVERY SINGLE THING.

BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT VISION ZERO IS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST AND START FIXING.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE ONCE WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE TOP 5 OR 6 THAT ARE ALREADY LISTED, AND THEN THE NEXT FIVE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A BIG MASSIVE DROP IN FATALITIES IN ACCIDENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE THESE INTERSECTIONS OR THESE CORRIDORS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE MOST NOTORIOUS.

RIGHT. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN, IT'S NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN GOING TO BE A THE KIDS SECTIONS GOING TO ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME A YOU EVER BEEN INTERSECTION BECAUSE IT WOULD ALREADY BE THERE. AND SO THAT'S ONE.

SO I THINK IF WE FOCUSED THERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND LIE BACK, AND I AND I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT BUDGET TOO, BECAUSE A LOT ISN'T AN OVERNIGHT THING.

YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE US BEAUTIFULLY, YOU KNOW, BLU RAY.

LIKE WHAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS I KNOW TEN YEARS.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE MEANT THE YEAH.

IF SHE MEANT VISION ZERO IT UP THERE.

BUT EITHER WAY. AND FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET THAT PLAN GOING, LOOK WHAT WE CAN THERE.

WHAT WE KNOW. AND IT IS EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COST JUST EVERY SINGLE TIME WE.

IT'S NOTHING. IT'S COST AND MORE AND MORE.

BUT NOT THAT SLOWS DOWN.

YEAH. A PROJECT.

RIGHT. LIKE THIS TWO MONTHS TODAY THAT WE HEARD ABOUT COMFORTABLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TAKES YEARS.

SO IT'S LIKE I JUST GOT IT, YOU KNOW, A TEXT ABOUT WORK, AIRY LIGHT FROM A GONNADO.

IT'S FOUR YEARS. I HATE IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY.

BECAUSE WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, FINANCE IT, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MONEY.

AND THAT TOOK WARM YEARS.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE ON THAT TWO YEAR WAIT TO GET IT INSTALLED.

BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THAT.

SO I JUST LOVE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS TOO, THOUGH.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT CHARLESTON AS A COUNCIL BECAUSE TO GET JUST A ZERO DEBT.

WHAT ABOUT AN EYE CREAM? HOW MANY TENS OF MILLIONS PUT INTO THE BUDGET THE COMING YEAR? THAT THAT IT'S EXPONENTIALLY MORE.

AND WE WANT TO DO VISION ZERO FIVE WANT TO DO THIS.

AND WE WAS BEEN MOVING POLICE OFFICERS AND WORKERS AND WE WANT AND WE WANT IN FLORIDA.

AND THEN, OH YEAH, WE'LL CUT TAXES TOO.

IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN BOTH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR FROM THERE.

AND THAT COSTS MONEY THERE.

AND ALL OUR FOLKS WOULD WANT THEIR STREETS REPAIRED.

THEY WANT BETTER PARKING LOT OF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, UP THERE NEW FIRE STATIONS.

WE WANT TO HAVE ONE.

WE HAVE SO USE NEEDS IT ON TOP OF THE WHAT'S A BEAUTIFUL.

AND SO VISION ZERO AGAIN IS WILL NEED TO REALLY LOOK TO SEE.

IS THIS WHAT WE WANT TO ATTACK.

IS IS IT HERE IS THAT YOU KNOW DO WE FOR REPLACE THE STREETLIGHTS.

DO WE YOU KNOW THE STREET TOWN WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN IT'S A TEN DAYS AND IT'S LIKE THAT'S GOING TO COST MORE THAN I THINK HE EVEN REALIZES.

BUT WE HAVE TO GET THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS REPLACED BECAUSE SCHOOL HAVING SOME THAT ARE 80 YEARS OLD IS JUST WHAT IT'S NOT GOOD.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY DON'T MATCH UP.

SO IT'S LIKE SO THAT'S WHY THE TECHNOLOGY IS SO IMPORTANT.

IF WE GET IF WE HAVE KEY AREAS THAT WE KNOW AT NIGHT AND WE CAN THOSE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, THOSE THINGS, I THINK THAT THIS IS I WOULD REALLY HELP US.

EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T DO CAMERAS TO LIVE.

WE CAN HAVE THAT. I CAN WHEN I CAMERA ON TOP THAT CAN FIGURE OUT JUST OH YEAH, THIS IS WHERE THERE'S, THERE ARE LIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, LIKE MISTER RIDLEY POINTED OUT.

THEN DEEPER TO SEE THAT.

AND THEN THEY CAN PUT SOME OFFICERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, HERE AND THERE IN ORDER TO HELP COMBAT THAT ISSUE.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE CRIME WATCH MEETINGS Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS ASKING US AT DPD, LIKE WHEN YOU SEE HIM.

OH, WELL, WHEN DID YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN? ABOUT WHAT TIME? WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK.

AND THE MORE INFORMATION THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GIVE THEM.

SO JUST THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE CAMERAS AS WELL.

IT'S MORE INFORMATION FOR THEM THEN THEY CAN CREATE THEIR PLAN IN ORDER TO TAKE THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES AND GO DO ENFORCEMENT.

SO BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE TO GET ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO COME HELP US.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT EITHER.

SO VISION ZERO IS REALLY GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND.

WE'LL HAVE TO TALK MORE IN COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I RESENDEZ ROUND TWO.

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ON PAGE 38, IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THE FATALITY NUMBERS AND THE FACT THAT DALLAS IS A LEADER IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES.

INITIALLY, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I WAS WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT A SOME SORT OF SHOCKING, SHOCKING CAMPAIGN WITH GRAPHIC IMAGES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY EMOTIONAL, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I DO THINK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WORKING ON PERSONAL INJURY CASES, AND I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOME VERY, VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES AS A RESULT OF SPEEDING AND RED LIGHT RUNNING.

AND IT DEFINITELY IMPACTS MY APPROACH TO DRIVING AND JUST THE CAUTIOUS APPROACH THAT I, THAT I TAKE WHEN I'M OUT THERE ON THESE STREETS.

BUT I THINK POINTING POINTING OUT THE REALITIES OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN WE DRIVE TOO FAST ON OUR ROADS IS IMPORTANT.

ANOTHER THING. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO INCORPORATE IT, BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT MY DAD TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

HE MENTIONED THAT WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, HE WOULD HE WOULD SPEED TO SOME PLACES THAT HE HAD TO GO TO UNTIL HE REALIZED THAT HE'S JUST IN FACT SAVING MAYBE 30S OR A MINUTE, LITERALLY FROM FROM YOUR COMMUTE.

AND IT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE RISK.

AND ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER, MY GRANDMA, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER SHE WOULD SAY IN SPANISH, SHE WOULD SAY, MAS TARDE, QUÉ NUNCA? WHICH TRANSLATES TO IT'S BETTER TO ARRIVE LATE THAN NEVER.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND ON PAGE 41, ARE THERE ANY TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE BULLET POINTS LIKE REVIEW AND PLANNED UPDATES TO THE CITY STREET DESIGN MANUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON TRAFFIC SAFETY FROM A CRASH DATA DRIVEN PERSPECTIVE.

DO WE HAVE TIMELINES FOR THAT? SO I CAN START WITH THE FIRST ONE AND THEN I WILL DEFER TO ALI.

SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL ON THAT.

AND IT IS PROGRESSING ON THAT.

ALI, DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER ALI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, OUR CONSULTANT ALREADY REVIEWED THE VISION ZERO AND CITY POLICIES THAT MAKE SURE THAT THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL IS ALIGNED WITH THAT.

WE HAVE PROVIDED OUR COMMENTS.

SEND IT TO THEM. THEY ARE NOW WORKING ON THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL TO ADDRESS THE VISION ZERO IMPLEMENTATION.

THE TIME FRAME IS PROBABLY BY SUMMER THIS YEAR.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THE DESIGN MANUAL TO BE COMPLETE WITH THIS VISION ZERO IN IT.

AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR ADAPTATION LATER ON.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE TIMELINES SO THEY CAN KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRULY FOCUSING ON THESE THINGS AND WORKING ON THEM. ON THE SAME SLIDE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE TITLE IS OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THAT WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED POSITIVE RESULTS.

I KNOW IN DISTRICT FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE PLACED SOME RADAR SPEED SIGNS AND NEAR SOME A FEW INTERSECTIONS LIKE LATE JUNE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE.

HISTORICALLY, THAT'S BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN POSITIVE RESULTS.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

SAME THING WITH MASTERS IN OLD SEAGOVILLE.

WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT COMSTOCK, WE HAD A BUS ACCIDENT.

OUR BUS WAS GOING ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION, TWO CARS WERE SPEEDING AND ONE PERSON PASSED AWAY.

SO HISTORICALLY, JUST FOR DECADES, THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM.

BUT WE DID PUT SPEED SIGNS THERE.

RADAR SPEED SIGNS.

THAT WASN'T IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

BUT THERE ARE LOW COST, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE INITIATIVES THAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT AND CONTINUE TO TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENT AGGRESSIVELY.

ON PAGE 44, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO TIMELINES.

IT MENTIONS FUTURE UPDATES OF VISION ZERO, ACTION PLAN, IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND CORRIDOR STUDIES.

I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE TIMELINES THAT THAT THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW.

I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND IF I ANSWER WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THESE THINGS, AND WE INTEND ON HAVING PERIODIC UPDATES SO THAT THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME DEAL. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND BE UPFRONT AND SHOW THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE DOING.

COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS.

THANK YOU. SO STAY PUT, MISS BROWN, BUT CARRY.

DIRECTOR ROGERS, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION.

SO PAGE 18 OF THIS REPORT HAS THE BEFORE AND AFTER EFFECTS OF YEARS OF DATA ON THE USE OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS, AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S MORE ADVANTAGE TO HAVING THEM THAN NOT.

AND THEN WE'VE JUST HEARD OUR CHIEF OF POLICE TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND SPEED RADAR CAMERAS.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

I KNOW WE WERE GOING THROUGH PRIORITIES, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS GET IN FRONT OF THAT COMMITTEE AND COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO HAVE THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE PURSUE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE AS YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR THE OTHER CITIES OTHER TEXAS CITIES WHO MAY HAVE EMPLOYED THIS AND HAVE THEIR OWN DATA, HOW

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IS THERE ANYTHING GOING ON AROUND THIS RIGHT NOW? YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, GOD BLESS YOU.

YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, CARRIE ROGERS, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

WE DID HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR CONSIDERATION COME THROUGH ALL THE COMMITTEES, AS YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THOSE THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM DPD TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY INSTALLING ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS.

ADJACENT TO THAT, TRANSPORTATION HAD SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO PUTTING UP SIGNAGE IN HIGH INJURY NETWORK AREAS.

AND SO WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS POTENTIALLY PURSUING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD COMBINE THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. BUT AS THE CHIEF HAD NOTED BEFORE AND A COUPLE OTHER FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED, IT'S A HUGE LIFT IN AUSTIN RELATED TO RED LIGHT CAMERAS OR SOME SORT OF UNMANNED ENFORCEMENT. I DO BELIEVE.

AND I WAS JUST VISITING WITH MR. FORTUNE AND CHIEF GARCIA ABOUT IT.

IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO I THINK COULD GET IT DONE, IT WOULD BE CHIEF GARCIA.

MOST CERTAINLY.

BUT I THINK WE WOULD NEED THE HEFT OF OUR OTHER LARGE CITIES, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME SORT OF CARVE OUT THAT IT WAS PARTICULAR TO THESE HIGH INJURY NETWORKS, OR PARTICULAR TO A CITY OF A CERTAIN SIZE.

AND SO, YES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE, OF COURSE, TALKING WITH OUR PEER CITIES ABOUT SHARED LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES.

OKAY. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO USE ALL OF OUR AMMUNITION AND AUSTIN AND THAT WE HAVE A RESPECTED CHIEF WHO'S MOVING THE NEEDLE WITH HIS TEAM IN SO MANY WAYS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TACKLE THAT.

IT'S LIVES IN THE BALANCE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

GOING BACK TO OUR MESSAGING, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WAYS TO GET AT SOME SUCCESS AROUND TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND INJURIES IS ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WE'VE HAD AN UPDATE ON AND ENGINEERING AND THEN EDUCATION.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE CONSUMER EDUCATION PIECE COMES IN.

AND I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH YOU AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ I DO THINK WE MAY NEED TO CAUSE SOME EMOTIONAL DISTRESS BECAUSE IN CHECKING STATS IN THE 70S, PEOPLE WOULD SEE ABOUT 500 ADS A DAY.

NOW, IN OUR DIGITAL WORLD, A CONSUMER SEES 4000 TO 10,000 ADS A DAY.

AND SO IF YOU ARE NOT EVOKING SOME KIND OF EMOTION AND USUALLY MORE DISTRESS THAN HAPPY EMOTION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CUT THROUGH.

AND WE LITERALLY HAVE LIVES ON THE LINE.

SO ON PAGE 38, I SEE SOME CREATIVE EXECUTIONS.

ARE THESE HAVE THESE BEEN TESTED? YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME CONSUMER TESTING.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD THE BRIEFING TODAY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM.

WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FEEDBACK THAT I AM HEARING FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS, WHICH IS THAT THIS SHOULD BE A VERY SHOCKING CAMPAIGN.

ONE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS ACTUALLY WAS QUESTIONING THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD THAT SHOULD BE ON THE GRAPHIC, SO MORE WAS ACTUALLY REQUIRED OR SUGGESTED ON THAT POINT. AND WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS CAMPAIGN SHOULD ALIGN WITH THE FENTANYL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS MUCH MORE DRASTIC, DRASTIC THAN OUR OTHER EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS. WELL, I WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHOCKING.

IT HAS TO BE EFFECTIVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TACTIC YOU USE TO GET TO EFFECTIVE.

IF SHOCKING IS THE WAY ON THIS, THEN THEN THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.

BUT YOU KNOW, VISION ZERO, I'VE BEEN EDUCATED TODAY.

SO THAT NAME CAME UP FROM SWEDEN IN 1997.

HOW THAT CONNECTS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC MALES WHO AREN'T BUCKLING THEIR SEATBELTS.

I DON'T KNOW, THAT MAY BE A BIG DISCONNECT.

SO SEEING THAT THE VISION ZERO LOGO AND TAGLINE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, WHO ADOPTED THAT? DID WE ADOPT THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WAS ACTUALLY A SERIES OF CREATIVE OPTIONS THAT WERE REVIEWED INTERNALLY AND THEN AGREED UPON BY THE DEPARTMENTS.

WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY INTERNAL AND THE ISSUE IS VERY EXTERNAL.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IN A DECK LIKE THIS WE'RE SHOWING THE BEST WORK THAT WAS CREATED, BUT I'M JUST SEEING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT REFLECT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO DISRUPT AND MOVE A NEEDLE.

AND SO I I'D BE CURIOUS WHAT YOUR CREATIVE BRIEF SAYS.

I DON'T REALLY EXTRACT FROM THIS THE MESSAGE THAT'S GOING TO DISRUPT THE BEHAVIOR.

SO I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THIS OFFLINE.

BUT I YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST THE TIME WITH PAID AND OTHERWISE, IT'S GOT TO IT'S GOT TO JUMP THROUGH AND CUT THROUGH ALL THAT AD CLUTTER.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR CAROLYN KEENAN.

THANK YOU. AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ASK FOR A FEW SECONDS TO FINISH THAT SENTENCE.

SO NOW I HAVE THIS QUICK QUESTION.

I WAS POSING A QUESTION ABOUT INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALONG THE LINES OF CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON ABOUT THE EDUCATION PIECE,

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BECAUSE IF YOU START KIND OF AT AN EARLIER AGE, SOMETIMES WE CAN MAKE WE CAN CHANGE MINDSETS AND BEHAVIORS SO WE CAN MAKE THAT PARADIGM SHIFT.

SO THAT WAS THE ONE PIECE I WANTED TO FINISH THAT SENTENCE ON.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

AND I THINK ALSO COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT AFFECTS SOME OF THESE OTHER MAIN STREETS.

WE GET A TON OF CALLS FROM COMMUNITIES THAT WANT SPEED HUMPS BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDING, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF DAMAGE AND INJURIES ALSO IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND YOU REALIZE THAT EVEN WHEN WE WERE ON OVERTON ROAD, WHICH IS JUST A HIGH SPEED AREA, BUT WE HAD TO GO IN EVENTUALLY TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMUNITY NEAR SOC BECAUSE SPEEDERS WERE TEARING UP THE ISD WROUGHT IRON FENCES, TEARING UP NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY.

SO I THINK LONG TERM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY DO NEED TO ALSO RECOGNIZE IS THAT THOSE INSIDE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS GO INTO THE FLOW. AND I THINK WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION NOW ABOUT MARCELLUS AVENUE.

AND BY THE TIME THEY GET DEFINED IN A SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN'T GET HELP, I THINK I THINK MY STAFF CALLED AND WE FOUND IT AS A CERTAIN TYPE OF COLLECTOR STREET OR SOMETHING.

AND SO THEN WE CAN'T IMPACT THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT EARLY ON TRAINING TO CHANGE, MAYBE CHANGE SOME OF OUR BEHAVIORS, BUT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH HUMAN ELEMENTS. YES, SIR.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

I MEAN SO TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

NUMBER ONE, I'LL GO BACK TO THE OLD POLICY OF 1990, WHERE IT WAS THE OPTION WAS ONLY AN ASPHALT HUMP.

AND AT THAT TIME WE HAD ALL THESE CRITERIA OF, HEY, IF YOU'RE ONE MILE OVER 35, YOU HAVE TO PAY OR YOU DON'T QUALIFY.

I MEAN, SO WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH ALL THESE THINGS.

SO NUMBER ONE IS CREDIT TO THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE WHO BASICALLY IS WORKING WITH US ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPEED HUMPS BY DOING SO WHEN THE DIFFERENCE IS THE FACT THAT OR THE SPEED CUSHIONS, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM NOW WITHOUT NECESSARILY IMPACTING THE RESPONSE TIME AND THE ABILITY OF THE DSR EQUIPMENT TO DEPLOY, BECAUSE THE WIDTH OF THE HUMP IS CAN FIT IN BETWEEN THE WHEELS OF THE FIRE TRUCK.

SO WORKING WITH THEM BASICALLY, THEY HAVE GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY ON THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT IF THAT POLICY OF RESTRICTING THE DEPLOYMENT TO ONLY SOME OF THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP OR CANNOT EXPAND.

OVERTON WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE EXPANDED THE DEFINITION AND WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEM, AND IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THESE THINGS HERE AND MAKING IT SIMPLE.

IF A ROADWAY MEETS THE NEW CRITERIA THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING, AND WE WILL BE POSTING THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, SO IT WILL BE FULLY TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR AND SO ON, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING WE TALKED TO THE CHAIR BEFORE, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS TO TO COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S AVAILABLE AND SO ON.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR'S SUPPORT THERE AND ON ON THAT.

SO WE'RE PROCEEDING EXPANDING THE DEFINITION, MAKING IT SIMPLE AND ADDRESSING THAT.

AND THEN PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, WE HAVE $2 MILLION IN THE IN THE TRAFFIC CALMING.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING ABOUT 10% OR $250,000 RESERVED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE CUSHIONS IF THEY ARE TORN OR HIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING MONITORING THE BUDGET AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND IF, IF WE ARE THERE AND WE DON'T NEED TO KIND OF USE THEM, THEN WE'LL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE QUEUE.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN THE EFFORT.

AND CERTAINLY WHAT WE DID ON OVERTON ALLOWED US TO TEST NEW BOUNDARIES, IF YOU WILL, ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I KNOW DISD IS HAPPY WITH WHAT WE DID AND THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL, BUT I DID WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE, AS I STATED, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE IT GERMANE THAT WE WHEN WE COME THROUGH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SPEEDING, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING.

TO THOSE HIGH SPEED CORRIDORS THAT WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THESE ACCIDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT THAT UP, BUT ALSO WANTED TO SNEAK IN A LITTLE CONVERSATION THAT MY COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR MORE SPEED HUMPS.

AND SO MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF GET SOME MORE OF THOSE PUT IN AS THEY BEGIN.

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE PATIENCE THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN US TODAY.

BUT THIS IS A VERY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS CONVERSATION.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HAVING THAT SMILE WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS FOR THOSE SPEED HUMPS AND ALSO THE VISION ZERO INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU. MR. ZINS. DO YOU WANT TO GO FOR ANOTHER ROUND? DO YOU KNOW WHAT ROUND YOU'RE ON? IS IT THIRD FIRST? NO, IT'S THIRD. THIRD.

OKAY. YOU GOT ONE MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT. IN THE APPENDIX ON PAGE 51, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, INSTALL NEW OR IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, THREE LOCATIONS PER YEAR.

THIS GOAL DOESN'T SEEM AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO ME.

HOW CAN WE ACCELERATE THE GOAL FOR THIS ITEM? SO AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE REEVALUATING OF WHAT UPDATES THAT WE NEED TO DO TO THE PLAN.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF REEVALUATE AND SEE IF THIS IS REASONABLE.

AGAIN, WHEN WE STARTED THIS THING HERE, WE STARTED IT AS HERE'S THE START AND IT WAS THE STARTING POINT.

SO, OKAY. ON PAGE 52, ITEM 12 MENTIONS TEN PROJECTS.

WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO HAVE SPECIFICATION AS AS TO WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD INVOLVE? LET ME SEE HERE.

LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

BECAUSE I WITH STAFF ON ON THAT ON THAT ITEM.

OKAY. DO YOU OR ANYONE ON YOUR STAFF COMMUNICATE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL VISION ZERO NETWORK TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS GETS RECOGNIZED AS A VISION ZERO COMMUNITY? RIGHT.

AND I'VE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION EARLIER.

AND PART OF THE UPDATE IS TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY REQUESTED, REQUESTED US TO DO SO, WHICH ARE INCORPORATE THE SAFE SAFE SYSTEM CONCEPTS INTO THE PROCESS.

SO YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATIONS? YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT ONCE WE UPDATE THE PLAN.

OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION FROM A CONSTITUENT.

SHE'S WONDERING. IT'S RELATED TO DATA.

SHE'S WONDERING IF THERE'S AGGREGATED DATA FOR FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL, AS FAR AS FATALITIES.

AND IF WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING THOSE TYPES OF INCLUSIVE ACCOMMODATIONS IN FUTURE PLANS.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, BRENDA.

AND DATA ANALYTICS.

SO I DO NOT I WILL HAVE TO CHECK THE POLICE REPORTS, PARTICULARLY ON FATALITIES.

THEY SOMETIMES LIST THINGS LIKE THIS, PARTICULARLY IF IT WAS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY THAT MAY BE LISTED IN A MEDICAL REPORT AND INDIVIDUALLY ON EACH FATALITY.

WE ARE NOT AGGREGATING IT AT THIS POINT TO REPORT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES WHO MAY BE IN THE FATALITY REPORTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.

I'M NOT SURE THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

OKAY. AND I'LL JUST END BY AGAIN THANKING YOU ALL FOR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON BRIEFING ITEM A? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. SO, GUS TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL FREE TO GO.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

YOU READY FOR YOUR NEXT ITEM OR GETTING THERE? I AM, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, GUS AND THE TEAM.

[B. 24-932 Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy: Introduction to the Draft ]

AND SO THE TEAM WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY UP TO THE DAIS.

AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT THIS STRATEGY IS A CULMINATION OF OVER A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF WORK OF ENGAGING NEIGHBORHOODS, CITY STAFF, THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND DIVERSE PRESERVATION ADVOCATES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY OF DALLAS SHOULD BE APPROACHING ITS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION CENTERED AROUND RACIAL EQUITY. GROWING OUR CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM AND TOOLKIT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR ME, BECAUSE PRESERVING OUR CITY'S REAL, DIVERSE HISTORY IS ESSENTIAL TO HONORING CURRENT AND PAST RESIDENTS AND TO ATTRACTING NEW ONES.

OUR HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

ARE WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SPECIAL, AUTHENTIC, AND WITHOUT THEM, WE LOSE OUR IDENTITY.

I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY KATE SINGLETON, OUR CHIEF PRESERVATION PLANNER IN THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, FOR THEIR DEEP DEDICATION TO HELPING OUR RESIDENTS PRESERVE THE PLACES THAT MATTER TO THEM.

THEY REGULARLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS.

SO I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR STAKEHOLDERS STEERING COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF 14 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HISTORIANS AND PRESERVATION EXPERTS WHO WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE STRATEGY.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE FOR A MOMENT TO SHARE A FEW BRIEF WORDS EVELYN MONTGOMERY, THE CHAIR OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION.

AND THEN SHE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, AND THEN BE HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

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IT'S BEEN QUITE INTERESTING LISTENING TO YOU ALL ALL DAY.

I AM NOT ONLY ON THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, I WAS ALSO ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA TO DO THIS, THIS NEW PLANNING AND AND GETTING ALL OF US TOGETHER TO DO IT.

IT'S BEEN VERY COLLABORATIVE.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THE LANDMARK COMMISSIONERS, THE STAFF, THE HR AND A ADVISERS, VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE EITHER PREVIOUSLY INTERESTED OR MAYBE NOT.

AND THEY LEARN SOMETHING NEW. AND ALL OF US TAUGHT EACH OTHER A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, WHICH WAS A GOOD, GOOD THING TO HAPPEN.

AMONG THE THE THINGS THAT'S ALREADY COME OUT OF IT IS OUR FIRST MEETING TOGETHER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LEARNED ABOUT THE RULE THAT ALLOWED HOUSES UNDER 3000FT² TO BE EASILY DEMOLISHED IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND EVERYBODY WAS OUTRAGED AND URGED TO CHANGE AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. SO THIS WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS AND THERE ARE MANY, AND I MUST SUPPORT MY FRIENDS IN THE STAFF BY MENTIONING HR.

AND A CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MUST BE MORE STAFFING AND MORE MONEY FOR THEM, AND WE ALL SUPPORT THAT.

YES, YES WE DO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP AND MOVING US FORWARD TO IMPROVE WHAT WAS ALREADY A GOOD PROGRAM.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER AND GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. ARTURO DEL CASTILLO, ASSISTANT PLANNER, PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.

CAN I GET THE SLIDE NUMBER TWO, PLEASE? AS AS WE GET THERE.

MANY OF YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE STRATEGY ON MARCH 4TH AT THE JOINT BRIEFING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEES.

WE'LL DO A QUICK REVIEW TODAY WITH A FEW NEW SLIDES TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS RAISED REGARDING STAFFING AND IMPLEMENTATION.

IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO SLIDE THREE, PLEASE.

IS THERE ANYBODY OVER THERE? AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE ORIGINS OF THIS WORK.

THIS STRATEGY IS PART OF A SERIES OF NEW CITY POLICY CENTERING EQUITY IN HOW THE CITY DELIVERS ITS SERVICES, WHEN INITIAL OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM WERE BROUGHT TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED MUCH MORE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT TO INFORM A PLAN FOR THE CITY'S HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION FUNCTIONS GOING FORWARD IN MARCH OF 2023.

THE ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS TO DIAGNOSE CHALLENGES WITH THE CURRENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM AND TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNITIES HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION NEEDS BEGAN.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND WHAT IS IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED.

THE CITY'S PRESERVATION PROGRAM WAS CREATED 50 YEARS AGO AND HAS SAVED MANY IMPORTANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND LANDMARKS.

DESPITE AT TIMES INCONSISTENT FUNDING AND POLITICAL SUPPORT, PRESERVATION CHALLENGES HAVE EVOLVED THE COMMUNITIES WITH THE MOST URGENT PRESERVATION NEEDS.

TODAY, COMMUNITIES LIKE WEST DALLAS, QUEEN CITY, 10TH STREET, ELM THICKET, FIVE MILE JOCKEY, AND HAMILTON PARK DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PRESERVATION TOOLS DESIGNED TO WORK FOR THE VERY DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND CIRCUMSTANCES THEY'RE FACING 50 YEARS LATER.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES NEED ONE WAYS TO PRESERVE AND SHARE STORIES THAT HAVE NO BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM TO SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND THREE ASSISTANCE WITH NAVIGATING THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROCESS.

THE RECENT DESIGNATIONS OF WHITE ROCK CEMETERY AND AND EL RANCHITO ARE GREAT EXAMPLES, BUT OUR TEAM NEEDS MORE CAPACITY TO PROACTIVELY WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOODS TO SAVE MORE IMPORTANT PLACES LIKE THESE.

50 YEARS AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, WE NEED TO REVISIT THE STAFFING TOOLS AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION FUNCTIONS NEED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS STRATEGY BEGAN.

THE STRATEGY BEFORE YOU PRIORITIZES LOOKING AT THE CURRENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT NEEDS TO FUNCTION AT ITS BEST BEFORE ADDING ANY NEW TOOLS

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NEXT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE PRESERVATION PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS, AND MANY OF THEM CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSIONS.

THIS STRATEGY BUILDS ON THE WISDOM OF PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASSIGNS THE RESOURCES, STAFF, AND IMPLEMENTATION STEPS NECESSARY TO GET LONG NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS DONE.

THIS STRATEGY REPRESENTS A RENEWED COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TO REGULARLY UPDATE THOSE TOOLS SO THE PROGRAM CAN FUNCTION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS THE STRATEGY? IT SETS A CLEAR MISSION AND VISION TO DIRECT THE CITY'S ROLE IN PRESERVING HISTORY AND CULTURE.

IT ESTABLISHES GOALS THAT WILL HELP THE CITY ACHIEVE THAT VISION.

AND IT INCLUDES FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN, A FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN TO KEEP IMPLEMENTATION ON THE TRACK, AND A SUMMARY OF RESOURCES NEEDED THAT CAN EASILY BE USED IN AN UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND WHO DOES THE STRATEGY APPLY TO? WELL IT APPLIES WHEN A RESIDENT COMES TO A CITY FOR HELP IN PRESERVING A HISTORICAL CULTURAL ASSET.

THE TOOLS THEY MIGHT USE EXIST ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.

THE ONES LISTED HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

THIS STRATEGY BREAKS DOWN SILOS TO ENSURE THE CITY'S STAFF AND RESOURCES ARE EFFECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER TO BEST SERVE RESIDENTS.

IT ASSIGNS PRESERVATION RELATED DUTIES TO THE STAFF BEST POSITIONED TO EXECUTE THEM, AND MAKES SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT INTERSECTIONS OF PRESERVATION AND HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARTS AND CULTURE.

I'LL PASS IT ON NOW BRIEFLY TO CASS FROM HANNAH, WHO WILL BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M CASS TIBBETTS FROM HRA ADVISORS.

THANK YOU ARTURO. SO AS EVELYN MENTIONED, THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS STRATEGY.

A STAKEHOLDER STEERING COMMITTEE WAS THE MOST ENGAGED 14 FOLKS FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, PRESERVATION EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

AND WE MET WITH THEM AT LEAST MONTHLY FOR OVER A YEAR.

DURING THIS PROCESS, THEY REALLY HELPED SHAPE THE ENTIRE STRATEGY.

WE ALSO MET WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR WORK INTERSECTS WITH PRESERVATION, AND WE UPDATED THE LANDMARK COMMISSION REGULARLY AND MET WITH MANY OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW THE PROGRAM NEEDED.

THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A SERIES OF OPEN COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS WHERE WE REALLY FOCUSED ON POTENTIAL NEW TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT NEED.

AND SO IN THESE WORKSHOPS, FOLKS LOOKED AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NON ZONING PRESERVATION TOOLS THAT THE CITY COULD OFFER.

AND WE GOT SOME REALLY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT FEEDBACK THERE.

SO JUST TWO QUICK ANECDOTES FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.

ONE, WE REALLY HEARD IT AFFIRMED THAT FOLKS NEED ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING THE DESIGNATION PROCESS.

ONE WOMAN, TAMMY DERRICKS FROM FIVE MILE, CAME TO US AND SHE WAS LOOKING TO PRESERVE HER CHURCH IN SOUTHERN DALLAS AND HAD A LIST OF, YOU KNOW, 40 DIFFERENT PEOPLE SHE HAD SPOKEN TO ABOUT PRESERVING HER CHURCH, BUT SHE STILL WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO NEXT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, KATE AND HER TEAM HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ASSIST RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO PRESERVE RESOURCES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS REQUIRED TO DO THAT.

THE NEXT THING THAT WE HEARD A LOT FROM RESIDENTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WEST DALLAS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH ZONING AND HAVEN'T SEEN AS MUCH SUCCESS AS THEY ANTICIPATED, WAS ENTHUSIASM AROUND EXTRA SUPPORTS FOR THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE REALLY THE CORNERSTONES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STRATEGY MAKES AS A NON ZONING TOOL THAT CAN REALLY MEET SOME OF DALLAS'S COMMUNITY PRESERVATION NEEDS.

I'LL PASS IT BACK TO ARTURO.

THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF AND LANDMARK COMMISSIONERS, WE HEARD VERY CONSISTENT TRENDS.

I'LL HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW HERE.

PRIORITIZING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF PRESERVATION TOOLS, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES, IMPROVE INCLUSION AND REPRESENTATION, INCREASED CAPACITY FOR ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, AND CREATING NEW TOOLS TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF ENDANGERED COMMUNITIES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE MISSION AND VISION WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND STAFF AND ANSWERS TO THE PROMPT.

WHAT DOES A FUTURE IN WHICH THE CITY OF DALLAS IS DOING ITS BEST POSSIBLE PRESERVATION WORK LOOK LIKE? BOTH ARE GROUNDED IN THIS CENTRAL IDEA OF ASSISTING RESIDENTS AND PRESERVING THE PLACES THAT MATTER TO THEM, MAKING SURE THAT DIVERSE HISTORIES ARE EVIDENT AND CELEBRATED IN OUR CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE ACTIONS IN THIS STRATEGY HELP US ACCOMPLISH THREE GOALS.

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TWO EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO PRESERVE THE PLACES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND THREE, MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS THAT ALL DALLAS RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND DEVELOPERS RECEIVE FROM HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THERE ARE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'LL POINT OUT.

JUST A FEW THEMES OF THE STRATEGY.

PRESERVATION SHOULD BE A CITYWIDE EFFORT.

THIS STRATEGY LOOKS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND ACROSS DISTRICTS, CREATING PRESERVATION RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST THOSE THAT OWN HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

THE STRATEGY ADDRESSES LONG STANDING CHALLENGES WITH THE PRESERVATION PROGRAM AND CLEARLY LAYS OUT LONG STANDING SOLUTIONS, LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.

IT ELIMINATES BARRIERS THAT HAVE PREVENTED LOW INCOME AND HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FROM BENEFITING FROM THE CITY'S PRESERVATION TOOLS.

AND FINALLY, THE STRATEGY CREATES INNOVATIVE NEW NON ZONING PROGRAMS AND TOOLS THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT THE STRATEGY WILL MAKE POSSIBLE.

NUMBER ONE IS TO INCREASE STAFFING.

THAT INCREASED STAFFING WILL PROVIDE CAPACITY FOR ON THE GROUND OUTREACH AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

NUMBER TWO, UPDATED HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEYS WILL HELP US IDENTIFY IMPORTANT ASSETS WE MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE NORTH DALLAS. AND AND WITH THAT, ACTUALLY, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO OUR DIRECTOR TO REVIEW QUESTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS SESSIONS.

THANK YOU, ARTURO AND ANDREA GILLIES, PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.

I JUST WANTED TO COVER A FEW NEWER ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO ANSWER.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT STAFFING AS WELL AS, OH MY GOSH, HOW ARE WE NOW GOING TO GET ALL OF THIS WORK DONE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING THAT'S UNDER-RESOURCED, THAT WE NEED FURTHER ASSISTANCE ON? SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COVERING THAT, TO GIVE SOME ASSURANCES THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THE CORE PROGRAMING THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

IF WE GO TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO IT'S NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THE CORE PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.

IT'S ABOUT ENHANCING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EVEN MORE RESOURCED TO ACCOMPLISH THE CORE CORE PROGRAMING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT.

SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY IN THIS IS THAT OF THE 19 TOTAL ACTIONS THAT ARE FOUND WITHIN THE STRATEGY, THAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNERS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD ONLY SEVEN OF THOSE. SO THAT'S PRIMARILY THOSE SEVEN, PRIMARILY FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNERS.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS WORKING ABOUT HOW WE BROADEN, HOW WE THINK ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACROSS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITIES, AND HOW WE BECOME AND STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING SOME OF THIS WORK.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN OF THOSE SEVEN ACTIONS, THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE.

THAT'S A NEW FUNCTION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNERS.

AND THAT IS THE THAT'S THE ONE ADDRESSING WITH THE HELP, HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS TACKLE THEIR HOMES UNIQUE MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

NOW, PART OF THIS IS ALREADY GOING ON, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR YEARS, BUT WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HAD THE RESOURCES OR THE BANDWIDTH TO REALLY START FOCUSING ON SOME OF THAT.

AND I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, KATE SINGLETON, OUR CHIEF PLANNER, HAS ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON SOME OF THIS AND THE PARTNERING WITH PRESERVATION DALLAS.

SO IT'S JUST THAT ONE PIECE THAT IS SOMETHING NEW OR A NEWLY EMPHASIZED FUNCTION COMING OUT OF THIS STRATEGY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT HONESTLY TO GET IT DONE, NOT ONLY, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO OUR CORE FUNCTIONS THAT STAFF IS REALLY WELL VERSED IN, WE NEED HELP THERE.

SO PART OF IT IS TO ADD STAFF TO AUGMENT THOSE CORE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING DONE, THAT ZONING PIECE, THAT DESIGNATION, THE CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THAT STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE BANDWIDTH, TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE RIGHT NOW IT'S A LOT JUST OF REACTIONARY OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, HARD TO TAKE A BREATHER TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO NEW HIRES WITHIN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, A PLANNER, TWO A SENIOR PLANNER.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE STILL HAVE ONE PLANNER POSITION THAT WE NEED TO FILL AS WELL, THAT THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH THE CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS.

WE ALSO WERE HEARING A LOT ABOUT, JUST IN GENERAL, EVEN BEFORE THIS STRATEGY ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND MAKING THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE.

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WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT A AN ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

I MEAN, PART OF IT, WE CAN DO ALL THIS GREAT WORK IN DISTRICTS, BUT PART OF IT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE THAT ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF IT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S LED UP TO THAT HISTORIC DESIGNATION.

AND THEN THE ONE WHEN WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE WORK IN THE STRATEGY, AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND SOME OF THE NEW INITIATIVES, THAT IS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE NEW PLANNING STAFF WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING GROUP.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON DOESN'T FEEL THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING BASED WORK.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THAT HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION WORK, AND A LOT OF IT COMING IN TANDEM WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE GROUND DOING A LOT OF PLANNING WORK.

AND WE HEAR FROM NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE, HOW CAN YOU HELP US? WHAT CAN WE CAN WE DO? WHERE DO WE EVEN START? IT'S ALMOST LIKE I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT SORT OF AN OMBUDSMAN TYPE PERSON, AND THAT WOULD PERSON WOULD BE HOUSED WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT THE CORE HISTORIC PLANNING STAFF IS DOING, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF IS DOING, AS WELL AS THEN SOME OF THE NEW WORK COMING OUT OF THE STRATEGY, WHEN WE GET THAT ALL SHORED UP, IS HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THAT NEW PLANNER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THIS THIS IS THE BRIEFING WE HAVE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL BRIEFINGS LEADING INTO THIS.

THE NEXT STEP IN THIS IS GOING TO FULL OR THE FULL COUNCIL FOR A VOTE ON THE 10TH.

AND I THINK ONE OF THESE SLIDES TALKS ABOUT A DATE IN MARCH WHICH WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT.

BUT SO WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ADOPTING THIS STRATEGY TO START MOVING INTO THE WORK THAT'S LAID OUT SOME OF THE ACTION STEPS, SOME OF THE NEW RESOURCING, SOME OF THE STAFFING.

BUT THEN ALSO REALLY IT'S ABOUT ADOPTING AN UPDATED AND EXPANDED VISION MISSION AND VISION FOR HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION IN DALLAS SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BASE A LOT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND A LOT OF THAT WORK IN EQUITY, AND THAT HOW WE BUILD AN EQUITABLE CITY.

IT'S ALSO PART OF THIS STRATEGY IS REALLY ABOUT AND ADOPTING THE STRATEGY IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A COMMITMENT TO ADEQUATELY RESOURCING OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM, THE WORK THAT WE ALREADY DO, BUT THEN ALSO SOME OF THE EXPANDED WORK THAT'S TALKED ABOUT IN THIS STRATEGY.

IT'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT UPDATING THE CITY'S HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEYS AND PRESERVATION PLAN.

THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS MOVING OUT OF THIS AND, YOU KNOW, NEEDING THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND BE A BIG PART IN THAT WORK THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND THEN ANOTHER PART OF IT, AFTER WE GET ALL OF THAT SHORED UP AND WE'RE WORKING INTO THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ASK FOR SOME NON ZONING RELATED WORK THAT WE CAN DO THAT HELPS OUT CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO DESIGNATION.

BUT IN THE INTERIM, HOW DO WE HELP THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SORT OF GET RESOURCED, GET CERTAIN HELP THAT THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE ASKING PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN OR THE CITY IN GENERAL TO HELP OUT WITH NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND SO WITH THAT, OH, IT HAS BEEN UPDATED.

GREAT. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.

I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

WE HAVE HAD SOME ONE ON ONES AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO US OR ANYONE ON THE TEAM.

WE DO HAVE AN UPDATED STRATEGY THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR REVIEW.

IT'S IT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A VOTING THE VOTE ON THE 10TH.

AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT IN THE INTERIM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE WHO STILL HAS SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WOULD STILL LIKE TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STRATEGY, A DOCUMENT MORE SO THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, BRIEFING TODAY.

SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS A LITTLE BIT MORE ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION AND HAS SOME QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO SET THAT UP BEFORE THE 10TH.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND ANY OF US ON THE TEAM WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GERMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM B. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE WHO'S PUT ALL THIS TIME INTO IT.

AND PARTICULARLY OUR VOLUNTEERS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS MONTGOMERY.

AND AND EVERYONE THAT YOU ARE STANDING AT.

WHO'S STANDING BEHIND YOU ON THIS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF.

I THINK THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR VOTE ON IT.

A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY.

WHEN YOU REFER TO ASSETS, COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THAT IMPORTANT, WHAT DOES THAT

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AND I WILL TELL YOU, I WANT THE WHOLE COUNCIL TO KNOW THIS, THAT IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION NATIONWIDE, THIS IS A DISCUSSION WE ARE ALL HAVING ABOUT HOW DO WE DO THIS? AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DALLAS COME TO THE FOREFRONT ON THIS AND BE ABLE TO SAY, INSTEAD OF SAN ANTONIO TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS ALL THE TIME, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY, WE HAVE COME UP WITH A RECOGNITION, A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THESE PLACES THAT ARE SPECIAL TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HOPING IS IN THAT OUTREACH STAFF AND THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, WE CALL OURSELVES THE CITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CRAFT SIMPLE TOOLS FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT IT'S HISTORIC OR JUST SUPER IMPORTANT TO THEM, SO THAT REALTORS CAN USE IT, OR NEIGHBORS CAN USE IT AND UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK IT CAN REALLY DEEPEN EVERY RESIDENT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CITY.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT TOOL DEVELOPING WILL BE A PART OF IT.

IS THAT AM I JUST MAKING THIS UP OR IS THERE THAT OPPORTUNITY? THAT'S ACCURATE. YES.

THERE. COM COMING OUT OF THAT OR COMING OUT OF THIS STRATEGY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON THE DETAILS OF THOSE TOOLS. AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE HAPPENED WITH NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THOSE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH TOGETHER, THAT BEST ADDRESS AND RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY? CORRECT? TERRIFIC.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EXCITING FOR EVERYONE.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO REALLY BAKE THIS INTO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS? YOU MENTIONED SO MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS TOUCHES, WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DOING THAT WITHIN THE CITY STAFF SO THAT THEY ALL RECOGNIZE THIS, THIS PROJECT? SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, LEADING UP INTO THIS TO GET BUY IN FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LEADING UP INTO IT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT COMING OUT OF THIS THE OR, YOU KNOW, THE ADOPTION OF THE STRATEGY, I DO THINK WE SHOULD DO A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WITH DIFFERENT STAFFING, SO THAT WE ALL COLLABORATE COLLABORATIVELY, DISCUSS, OKAY, NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE STRATEGY IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT NOW MEAN FOR US MOVING FORWARD? AND HOW DO WE START BUILDING THAT OUT AND REALLY PIECING APART, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES LINE BY LINE OF THE STRATEGY AND THE WHEN, THE HOW AND THE WHAT? THANK YOU. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THE EITHER THE GENERAL PUBLIC, CERTAINLY OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND OFTENTIMES RESIDENTS DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PRESERVATION.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA POINTS OR WAYS THAT WE CAN SHARE HOW THIS STRATEGY AND WHAT IT COULD IMPACT ECONOMICALLY? I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PRESERVATION PLAN IS THAT WE DO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOR THE LIFE OF THIS PROGRAM, OUR TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, WHAT IT HAS DONE WHEN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, WE'VE HAD HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND WHAT HAVE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

I WOULD LIKE TO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IS A DATA SET.

WE JUST HAD THE INFORMATION ON THE HOT SPOTS AT THE CITY OF DALLAS WHERE WHERE THERE'S CLIMATE ISSUES.

I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD OVERLAY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT ZONING BOUNDARIES TO SHOW THAT, YOU SEE, IN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, GREAT TREE CANOPIES.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC DISTRICTS ARE MORE WALKABLE.

THEY HAVE A GREATER LEVEL OF TYPES OF HOUSING.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE OUR EDISON LA VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ALL DUPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION, I, I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, AND WE NEED TO GET IT SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THE VALUE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

THAT'S GREAT. AND I SEE IN THE APPENDIX THE ALL OF THESE NON ZONING TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN OTHER CITIES.

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NAMCC BENEFIT AS WELL.

THE THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WELL AND ALSO IN TOURISM, THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT THAT BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TOURISM IN THAT PRESERVATION.

RIGHT. HERITAGE TOURISM IS BIG MONEY HERE IN TEXAS.

AND AGAIN AS SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SEE WITH THE ALAMO AND THE MISSIONS AND THE KING WILLIAM DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T REALLY FOCUS THAT MUCH RIGHT NOW ON THAT ASPECT OF PRESERVATION, BUT IT COULD BRING SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO FUND SOME OF THE MARKETING AND INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL THAT WE NEED TO SHOW WHAT PRESERVATION DOES AND WHERE YOU CAN GO.

I MEAN, THERE'S SWISS AVENUE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND WELL, EL RANCHITO IS ABOUT TO BE OUR NEXT DESIGNATED LANDMARK, AND WE WANT TO CERTAINLY GIVE THEM SOME PR AS BEING A WONDERFUL PLACE TO GO EAT TEX-MEX.

EXACTLY. AND I THINK PEOPLE MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THE WEST END IS A HISTORIC DISTRICT.

SO THERE'S ALSO ALL THAT MARKETING THAT GOES WITH IT.

DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE EXPERTS THAT WE COULD HIRE? I SOMEBODY JUST SENT ME A THING ABOUT THERE'S NATIONAL EXPERTS ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION ANALYZES ON DONOVAN SOMETHING.

SOMETHING. YEAH.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YES. I HAVE KNOWN MR. RYPKEMA SINCE ABOUT 1983.

AND HE HE DOES SOME OF THE PREMIER STUDIES ON ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

AND AS HE TOLD ME RECENTLY, DALLAS IS THE ONLY MAJOR CITY IN THE US THAT THEY HAVEN'T THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.

SO WITH PLACE ECONOMICS, WHICH IS DON RYPKEMA RUTGERS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DOES SOME BUT DON RYPKEMA PROBABLY HAS DONE THE MOST IN THE US.

SO IS IT. SO I SEE OUR CITY MANAGER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, JOHN.

SO I'LL ASK ANDREA, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT INTO THE BUDGET TO HAVE THIS ANALYSIS DONE? IT'LL CERTAINLY PAY FOR ITSELF IF WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEVERAGE IT.

I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE IT BUDGETED.

OH, FANTASTIC.

OKAY, FINE.

MY LAST QUESTION IS IN YOUR OUTREACH STRATEGY, DO WE HAVE ARE WE WORKING ON A PLAN TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT. HOW IS THAT THIS PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE AN ENORMOUS JOB.

SO TELL ME HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ROLL THIS OUT TO EACH OF US AS WE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO, THEY HAVE MANY MORE ALREADY IDENTIFIED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SUPER IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, 10TH STREET AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS IN DISTRICT FOUR.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ONES WHO THIS MAY BE NEW TO THEM? I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE STEP ONE, I THINK IS A LOT OF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL INTERNAL TRAINING WITH STAFF JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN IN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME OF THAT RIGHT.

WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FORWARD DALLAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING, IDENTIFYING BEYOND, YOU KNOW, LAND USE AND ZONING? SO THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE GOING OUT AND TALKING TO NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE, YES, IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY TASK FOR EVEN 1 OR 2 ADDITIONAL STAFF. RIGHT.

TO REALLY THINK ABOUT A PART OF THE STRATEGY REALLY IS TO THINK ABOUT EXPANDING THE SCOPE ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO THAT AT LEAST WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, OH, OKAY, MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION TO ASK IN THIS AREA.

OR OH, MAYBE IT DOES SOUND LIKE THIS IS AN ISSUE.

I SHOULD CONTACT PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN TO FOLLOW UP.

SO I THINK IT YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, EITHER TAKE IN A AND WE'RE WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING INTERNALLY HOW WE DEAL WITH OUR WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS MAP AND EVEN JUST UPDATING OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT WE KNOW AND BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THAT RESOURCE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

THAT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S IRONIC BECAUSE SOME OF THE PUSHBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING ON FORWARD DALLAS IS ALL ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WANT TO BE, WHO WANT TO PRESERVE THEMSELVES AND ARE TERRIFIED OF CHANGE, AND RIGHTLY SO.

AND SO THIS WORK ACTUALLY DOVETAILS BEAUTIFULLY WITH THAT AND THE WORK I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THE SINGLE FAMILY CHALLENGES IN FORWARD DALLAS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

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CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ANDREA.

REFERRING TO SLIDE 17, THE LIST OF SEVEN ACTIONS LED BY HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNERS.

YOU IDENTIFY 2.6 AS A NEW FUNCTION OR PROGRAM.

THAT IS HELP HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS.

TACKLE THEIR HOME'S UNIQUE MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THAT I THINK, ALONG WITH THE OTHER GOALS, ARE LARGELY ASPIRATIONAL, AND I'M WONDERING WHERE OR WHEN WE WILL SEE THE DETAILED APPROACH TO ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.

WILL THAT BE IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN? YES. AND I WILL SAY THAT I'M ALREADY STARTED WORKING WITH PRESERVATION DALLAS ON FIGURING OUT A SCHEDULE AS TO WHEN WE CAN START DOING WORKSHOPS.

AND BECAUSE THEY CAN HELP US IDENTIFY KIND OF THE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO COULD WORK WITH US ON ON THAT.

SO SOMEONE WHO RESTORES WOOD WINDOWS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING WORKSHOPS ON THE GROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SCHEDULE OVER THE SUMMER AND INTO THE EARLY FALL.

OKAY. SO YOU STILL ARE COMMITTED TO DOING AN HISTORIC, A TRUE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN.

YES. OKAY.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A PRECURSOR TO THAT.

YES. OKAY.

SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS HERE 3.1 STREAMLINE AND SIMPLIFY TAX INCENTIVES.

3.5 DISCUSS OR FOCUS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM ON PEOPLE AND IMPACT BY STREAMLINING TIME CONSUMING PROCESSES.

THESE TWO ARE VERY.

VAGUE SORTS OF GOALS, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACHIEVING THOSE.

WILL IT BE THE LEADERSHIP IN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN? WILL IT BE YOU OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM FOR REFINING THOSE DOWN TO ACTIONABLE ITEMS? I WILL SAY THIS ON SOME OF THE STREAMLINING.

WE ARE ALL THE LANDMARK COMMISSION SET UP AN AD HOC CODE AMENDMENT COMMITTEE, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING RIGHT NOW, THE THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON STREAMLINING THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PROCESS AND BRINGING MORE ADMINISTRATIVE OR STAFF REVIEW TO THAT PROCESS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SEVERAL OTHER THINGS IN, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED THAT SO THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.

I AM HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THE TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS WITH THE EXTRA STAFF, I HOPE, IS THAT WE LITERALLY WILL HAVE A PERSON THAT CAN HELP SOMEONE, ESPECIALLY SAY IN 10TH AND WHEATLEY FILL OUT THE FORMS AND ACTUALLY STREAMLINING THOSE FORMS AND LOOKING AT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT EXCLUDING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE PAPERWORK AND HOW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BACK TO 2.6 FOR A MOMENT.

IT TALKS ABOUT HELPING RESIDENTS TACKLE THEIR HOMES UNIQUE MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

IS IT CONTEMPLATED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL SUBSIDY TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THAT, OR WILL THAT JUST BE CONNECTING THEM WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR HOUSING PROGRAM, REPAIR FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL? A LOT OF THAT WILL BE CONNECTING THEM TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS TO USE THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT HOUSING HAS.

SO AND I WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE.

WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE OVER IN HOUSING YESTERDAY ABOUT SOME HOMES IN 10TH STREET AND WHAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT IF YOU ARE IF YOU ARE USING SOME OF THE HOUSING REPAIR MONEY, THAT FOR THE TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO SPEND X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OR A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF THE HOME THAT THOSE HOUSING DOLLARS MEET, THAT THRESHOLD CAN BE USED TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD. AND SO WE'RE BASICALLY MARRYING THE TWO PROGRAMS TOGETHER.

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AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF WOULD DO BASICALLY ADMINISTERING THE STAFF FOR LANDMARK COMMISSION, THE TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM.

BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW.

EXACTLY. JUST ADDED STAFF.

RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHICH WILL GET FIRST PRIORITY, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO HIRE PLANNING STAFF, WILL YOU, SINCE YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEKING TO FILL THE VACANT POSITION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILL THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE FIRST PRIORITY? IT WILL. YES.

OKAY. AND THE NEW HIRES? SAME. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FOCUS THERE.

GOOD. THAT WAS MY PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THIS PROGRAM WAS THAT IT WAS GOING TO DETRACT FROM THE EXISTING HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

AT A TIME WHEN YOU ARE SHORT STAFFED, YOU HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED AS SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME PROCEDURES SUCH THAT I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT WOULD LEAD TO A DETERIORATION OF OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM IN PREFERENCE FOR THIS NEW SHINY PROGRAM OVER HERE.

AND SO I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONCERN AS I OBSERVE THE DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THIS NEW PROGRAM.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE, TO BORROW A CONVENIENT PHRASE, OUR EXISTING PROGRAM WHILE WE CREATE THIS NEW ONE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ANDREA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN JUST UNDER A YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

TO EVELYN, OUR OUR DISTRICT TWO LANDMARK.

COMMISSIONER AND CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR YOUR WORK THROUGHOUT THIS REALLY PROUD OF THE COMMITMENT FROM BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF ON PRESERVING BOTH SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES AND ALSO CULTURALLY, ASSETS IN THE PRESERVATION OF THAT.

ON PAGE FOUR, WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STABILIZATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND MY COLLEAGUE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE VALUE THAT THEY BRING, THE WALKABILITY.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES TO GO THROUGH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION OR CONSERVATION DESIGNATION? I KNOW THE THRESHOLDS ARE PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE YOU CAN JUST ALSO ADD THE VALUE THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BRING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

AND KATE MAY WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THIS, I THINK.

SO WE HAVE OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE OUR CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

I THINK WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON UPDATING IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAYS AND MAKING THEM MORE USER FRIENDLY.

THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.

THE ORDINANCE IS 20 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, AND WE FOUND IT CUMBERSOME.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MEETING THE NEEDS GIVEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING COMING OUT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT TODAY.

SO AND I THINK AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LOWER BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MAY NOT WANT TO GO TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ROUTE.

SO THAT IS PART THAT IS WITHIN OUR GROUP AS WELL.

BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKED AT BY OUR CODE AMENDMENTS TEAM THAT WE HAVE THAT RESOURCE FOR OUR CODE AMENDMENTS TEAM TO LOOK AT THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY USING THE EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES AND PARTNERING WITH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF AND OUR CONSERVATION DISTRICT STAFF.

THEN THERE'S THE OTHER PIECE OF THE NON ZONING PIECE, WHICH IS THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM THAT WILL NEED TO FLESH OUT FURTHER ONCE WE GET SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF ON BOARD, NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORK BEING DONE.

THAT MAYBE THAT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY ZONING RELATED, BUT GIVEN CERTAIN YOU KNOW, CRITERIA THAT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS MAY MEET THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, WE CAN PRIORITIZE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SOME POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, EVEN IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A DEDICATED STAFF PERSON TO HELP THEM WALK THEM THROUGH CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY MAY NEED OR WANT ASSISTANCE WITH.

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WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT HAVING WALKING FOLKS THROUGH THOSE APPLICATION PROCESSES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME ON THESE INITIATIVES.

WE COMPLETELY AGREE.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT COMING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, FORWARD DALLAS AND MOVING INTO POTENTIAL NEIGHBOR.

THE MORE FOCUS ON MORE FINE GRAINED PLANNING, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING IS THAT ONE OF THAT IS REALLY THE MORE HANDS ON ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE CAPACITY BUILDING, APPLICATION FILLING, YOU KNOW, HELPING YOU CONNECT WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE THE SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MAY HAVE.

WITH THE ON PAGE FIVE.

GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE HOT TAX AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE THROUGH THE.

ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF OAC AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE DOLLARS, NOTING THAT SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE ASSETS THAT ARE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.

AND SO MAYBE THEY LIVE BETTER UNDER OAC.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO.

I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS A LOT OF THESE SORT OF THOSE BIG ACTION STEPS, SOME OF THE NEWER ONES, IT'S MORE ABOUT COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND GETTING THAT COLLABORATION.

SO THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE THEY ARE THE BETTER LEAD IN THAT.

AND WE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT ON PAGE 17.

THE EDUCATION PART, THIS IS HUGE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THESE DESIGNATED AREAS THAT DON'T KNOW THE ORDINANCES OR DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS, AND SO WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING THOSE FOLKS AND GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES TO TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AT TIMES IT'S SOMEONE WHO IS DOING SOMETHING TRYING TO GO AROUND THE CITY.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY ARE NOT SURE.

BUT TO THAT NOTE, THOSE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE WORKING IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE HARSHER PENALTIES AND WE HAVE TO HAVE HARSHER CONSEQUENCES FOR FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTENTIONALLY VIOLATING THESE, THESE CODES.

RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ON PAGE 18, THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

I DON'T WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL WORK TO THEIR LOAD, BUT ALSO AS WE'RE REQUESTING NEW POSITIONS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOURCES OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY GRANTS OR WE'RE LOOKING AT FEE RECOVERIES SO THAT WE CAN SELF FUND RATHER THAN DIGGING DEEPER INTO INTO OUR BUDGET.

ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT WITH THAT, I APPLAUD YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. JUST QUICKLY, I CONTINUE TO TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE THIS HISTORIC CONVERSATION.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, I CAN'T HELP BUT THANKING THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US ON 10TH STREET FOR. SOME YEARS NOW.

AND SO I CONTINUE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT IS, NUMBER ONE IS THE TRUTH.

NUMBER TWO, IT'S IT'S IT'S GOOD FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO KNOW THAT COUNCIL IS SUPPORTING THEM AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED HISTORICALLY TO THEM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT I WANT TO IN 10TH STREET IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I AM.

BUT JUST ALONG THE LINE OF NUMBER ONE, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO JUST STATED, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAYOR PRO TEM AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIZED CONTRACTORS SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE INTENTIONAL RUNAROUNDS AND WHAT WE CALL BOOTLEG JOBS.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO SEE HOW WE CAN USE PERHAPS SOME OF OUR FUNDS OR PUT IT THROUGH THE BUDGET.

BECAUSE I KNOW NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO PUT THEIR OWN DISCRETIONARY MONEY INTO IT, THAT OTHER DISTRICT.

BUT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE WHAT IS A HIGH RISK COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME, 10TH STREET, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO RECRUIT AND OR TRAIN OR ATTRACT AND RECRUIT THE SAME THING AS ATTRACTING SPECIALIZED CONTRACTORS WHO KNOW THE WORK AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES AND THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO BE COMING TO THE ATTORNEYS WITH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CLARITY ON HOW WE CAN USE PERHAPS MY FUNDS THAT I HAVE.

BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HURTING US, I THINK RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE, THE QUALIFICATIONS.

NUMBER THREE, IT'S IMPERATIVE BECAUSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GATEWAY AND THE DECK PARK, WE'RE ATTRACTING MORE AS A MATTER OF FACT, THURSDAY

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BUTTIGIEG. I MAY BE MAKING UP HIS NAME.

HE HAS TO FORGIVE ME. I'M SURE HE'S NOT WATCHING ME.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT ATTRACTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN DALLAS WITH THAT $80 MILLION AND PLUS THE GATEWAY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, IT BEGINS TO DRAW MORE ATTENTION. AND WE STILL HAVE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHO WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THE ACTION.

AND 10TH STREET IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE THE ACTION IS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW IT'S CHEAP TO GET CHEAPER TO GET IN, BUT WE WANT BUT IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO GIVE UP.

SO I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT I AM ONCE AGAIN NO, NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OF YOU OUT HERE, BUT JUST THE OPPORTUNITY MISS SINGLETON, TO MEET YOU.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES FOLKS HIDE ALL THIS TALENT.

BUT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU ON 10TH STREET AS WE TRY TO OVERCOME SOME OF THESE HURDLES THAT JUST KIND OF POP UP, AND SOME ARE POPPING UP HERE MORE LATELY. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ALONG THE LINE OF 10TH STREET.

AND I KNOW YOU SAID I CAN CALL YOU AFTER YOU KIND OF GO INTO RECREATION, BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT LET GO OF 10TH STREET AND THE OTHER AREAS THAT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

AND I KNOW. COUNCILWOMAN.

JAYNIE SCHULTZ IS KIND OF REALLY, REALLY PUSHING THAT AS WELL.

BUT JUST KNOW IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO NOT ONLY TO THIS COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT TO THE CITY THAT WE REALLY HONE IN ON.

I'M BEING A LITTLE JEALOUS, BUT 10TH STREET, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH IT'S SO VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW.

SO I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.

AND JUST THANK THE COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR THESE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT COULD COME.

BUT I RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST KIND OF TIED IN TO WHAT I KNOW 10TH STREET MEANS AND HOW TO FIX THAT CORRIDOR ALONG WITH THE BOTTOM.

SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.

AND JUST THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ, FOR CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE DOING THAT, BUT WHEN YOU START CALLING NAMES, YOU GET IN TROUBLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR HISTORIC.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE EVERYONE.

OKAY, THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YOU DO HAVE YOUR REMAINING OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS THERE ALL IN PERSON.

[Open Microphone Speakers (Part 2 of 2)]

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE MEYERS.

HE RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCILS.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PRO BECAUSE SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES HE CAN MAKE.

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

PLEASE STOP WAY THAT.

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

BY BE MEAN. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO ONLY ACCOUNT YOUR FIRST SPEAKER SO KIRUBEL KEBEDE CAN ABUSE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE HONORABLE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CARA BELL. I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF BLACK CAB FOR HIRE AND ALSO A CHAIRMAN OF THE INDEPENDENT LIMOUSINE OWNER OPERATORS OF DFW.

I AM HERE TO DEFEND AND SAFEGUARD THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR DEDICATED WORK OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, PROVIDING ON DEMAND BLACK CAR SERVICE AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD AIRPORT. OUR JOURNEY HAS BEEN MARKED BY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, INCLUDING NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGING BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. YET WE HAVE PERSISTED.

HOWEVER, WE NOW FACE A NEW HURDLE THE RECENT DECISION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT EXCLUSIVE CURBSIDE PICKUP CONTRACT TO THE RIDE SHARE COMPANIES ALTO AND YELLOW CAB IRVING HOLDING.

THOSE COMPANIES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR EXPLOITING INDEPENDENT LICENSE LIMOUSINE DRIVERS WITH EXUBERANT WEEKLY FEES, WHICH DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE VALUE AND STANDARDS OF THE BLACK CAR SERVICE.

ALTO ALTO'S RELIANCE ON SUBSCRIPTION BASED MODEL DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS OUR BUSINESS ETHOS.

DESPITE OUR ESTABLISHED PRESENCE AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD, WE HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY DENIED CURBSIDE ACCESS DESPITE INTRODUCING ON DEMAND BLACK CAR

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MR. MAYOR, WE ARE DRIVEN NOT BY PROFIT BUT BY NECESSITY.

AS A SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS, WE STAND FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, NOT JUST THE PRIVILEGED FEW REPRESENTED BY YELLOW CAB, UBER, LYFT AND ALTO.

WE IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSAL, RFP PROCESS AND THE DECISION MAKING CRITERIA UTILIZED.

WE SUSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE AT PLAY, A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO SIDELINE US FROM THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA, ALLOWING LARGER CORPORATIONS TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR HARD WORK.

WOULD YOU STAND IDLY, MR. MAYOR, BY SOMEONE DISMANTLING WHAT YOU HAVE TIRELESSLY BUILT? WE ARE LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO BESIEGE THE COUNCIL, TO RECONSIDER THE DECISION AND ENSURE THAT FAIRNESS PREVAILS, GRANTING ALL OPERATORS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? IT'S FINALLY FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL GET SOME RESOLUTION I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JARRETT ABEBE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, AMI.

MAYOR OF JOHNSON AND THE MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JARED ABABA.

I AM MAYOR OF BLACK CAR SERVICE.

WE'VE BEEN HERE TWO MONTHS AGO, AND WE.

YEAH. WE WERE HERE, AND I DIDN'T.

PROVIDE OUR CONCERN ABOUT REMOVING FROM LEFT FIELD CURBSIDE.

AND WE'VE BEEN GIVING SERVICE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

AND WE ASK TO BEFORE YOU VOTED TO PUT A TO BIG COMPANY TO INVESTIGATE, BUT NOBODY APPROACHED US.

SO WE KNOW THERE IS NO INVESTIGATION.

WE JUST GIVE THEM THE CURBSIDE AND THUS WE FEEL THAT'S UNFAIR.

AND SO BEFORE THAT, WE WE HAVE WE THERE WERE NEWS.

WE LEARNED THE CURBSIDE AND LOVE FIELD GIVEN TO ALTO AND YELLOW CUP THE LAST TIME WE KNOW YELLOW CAB AND ALTO THEY DON'T PROVIDE BLACK CAR SERVICE.

SO WE WILL BE.

THANKS. IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE AND INVESTIGATE WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, DOLORES PHILLIPS.

DOLORES PHILLIPS IS NOT PRESENT.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING, MR. MAYOR. WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S 4:07 P.M., AND THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.