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[Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on October 21, 2024.]
AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE OCTOBER 21ST, 2024 TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND ON THE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING THAT THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
NEXT ITEM BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
STARTING HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND IN OUR COUNTY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MARCH TO THE POLLS.
WHO COLLABORATED WITH A LOCAL WEST DALLAS DISTRICT SIX ARTIST BRAND DUMMY FRESH.
AND THEY DID A COLLABORATION FOR THESE REALLY COOL HATS AND FOR US TO MARCH TO THE POLLS.
SO EARLY VOTING IN DALLAS COUNTY HAS STARTED.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GET STARTED ON THE MEMOS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE BRIEFING MEMOS.
MISS SCHULTZ, JUST SO YOU HEAR I'M GOING TO PAY BACK DFW AIRPORT FOR LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAD TO NOT GET TO THEIR ITEMS. SO WE ARE ON ITEM C, WHICH IS THE ELM FORK WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM BY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
WE HAVE SARAH STANDERFER HERE.
IF WE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO, JUST FYI.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A, SAY, A WHOLE BUNCH OF SAY IN IT, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE, MISS SCHULTZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND THEN FROM THERE. AND NOBODY ELSE WILL STAND UP FOR YOU OR AND YOU GOT OFF EASY TODAY.
THANK YOU. DFW AIRPORT, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
THIS WILL BE ON OUR NEXT VOTING AGENDA ON THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, CORRECT? NOVEMBER 13TH.
WE'LL SEE YOU ALL BACK FOR THAT ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE HAVE GUS KONKOLY WHO WILL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND CATHERINE RUSH, OUR CHIEF PLANNER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTING AND GOING OVER THE UPDATE.
I'M JUST GOING TO PREFACE TO EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.
THIS ISN'T THE COMPLETED POLICY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST AN UPDATE.
BECAUSE I JUST TO PRE-WARN Y'ALL BECAUSE I WAS GUILTY OF ALSO GOING INTO POLICY.
AND THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
THIS IS JUST THE UPDATE FROM WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN IF, IF APPROVED LATER ON, THEN WE GO INTO THE POLICY PORTIONS OF IT.
SO WITH THAT GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
GUS MCCARTY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY PRETTY MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO DATE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COUNCIL BRIEFING BACK IN LATE 2023, AND WHERE COUNCIL BASICALLY ASKED US TO GO BACK AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH SPECIFIC AREAS AND SPECIFIC DISTRICTS 11, 12 TWO AND 14, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND ONE FOR OVERALL FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
SO WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT WORK.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS TO PROVIDE THE STATUS UPDATE AND TO SEEK THE COMMITTEE'S INPUT ON THE VISION AND GOALS STATEMENT AND THE DIRECTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CATHERINE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M, I WILL BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK OUR STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL, THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TEAMS, FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
THIS HAS BEEN TRULY A GROUNDS UP STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THE PROGRAM THAT MUCH MORE ROBUST.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CATHERINE.
SO TO OUTLINE THE PRESENTATION ON SLIDE THREE.
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WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION PURPOSE.I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT JUST TO RECAP REMINDER ABOUT THE PLAN OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE.
RECAP THE ACTION ITEMS FROM THE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE.
SO WHERE WE ARE NOW RELATIVE TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO TO COMPLETE THIS PLAN, THE NORTH STAR, THE VISION AND GOALS FOR THE PLAN, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND NEXT STEPS.
OKAY, SO OBJECTIVES FOR THIS BIKE PLAN UPDATE.
THE FIRST OBJECTIVE IS TO UPDATE THE BIKE NETWORK MAP.
THE MAP ON THE RIGHT KIND OF SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT SO FAR.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF GAPS A LOT OF CONNECTIVITY.
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT WANTING GREATER SAFETY, GREATER COMFORT, SO UPDATING OUR ROUTES AND OUR FACILITY TYPES TO PROVIDE THAT, AND THEN ALSO IMPROVING SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY TO TRAILS AND TRANSIT.
THEN DEVELOPING NEW BIKE FACILITY DESIGN STANDARDS.
WE WANT A LOT MORE COMFORT, A LOT MORE PROTECTION.
SO UPDATING THAT AND THEN PROVIDING MORE DETAILED GUIDANCE ON PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND PHASING.
SO IT SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT 510 PLUS YEARS.
ACTION ITEMS FROM THE COUNCIL BRIEFING LAST YEAR.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST AND MAJOR ACTION ITEMS WAS WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED A NORTH STAR FOR THIS PLAN.
THERE WAS ALSO SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT REFINING THE BIKE NETWORK IN SOME KEY AREAS, SUCH AS DEEP ELM, KIND OF EAST WEST CONNECTIONS UPTOWN, PARTICULARLY PARALLEL TO THE KATY TRAIL IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AREA, AND D11, AND THEN IN THE UNT DALLAS AND SURROUNDING AREA, AND THEN ALSO IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 12. AND SO THAT WAS A FOCUS OF OUR RECENT PHASE FOUR ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN ALSO TO FINALLY REFINE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, I THINK THERE WAS A DIRECTION TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THAT TO BE TO IDENTIFY CLEAR MILESTONES AND DEPARTMENT ROLES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 2022.
WE'VE HAD FOUR ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO WHERE THAT ORANGE BOX IS JUST UNDER 2024, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SPENT SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL BRIEFING AMENDING THE CONTRACT TO ADD ADDITIONAL SCOPE FOR FURTHER ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS FURTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE ACTION ITEMS, AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUR FINAL PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT, WHERE WE TAKE THE FINAL REVISED DRAFT PLAN OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN UPDATE IT AND BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR HOPEFULLY ADOPTION.
SO WE STARTED WITH A VISION SUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, WHERE DO WE WANT TO SEE DALLAS AT IN 20 PLUS YEARS FROM NOW RELATED TO BICYCLING? WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE IF WE CLOSE OUR EYES? AND SO THE STATEMENT IS WE ASPIRE TO A MULTIMODAL DALLAS THAT HAS A BIKE SYSTEM FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, THAT ALL AGES AND ABILITIES IS A CRITICAL TERM CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE PLACES THEY WANT TO GO.
ANYWHERE. BUT LIKE, WHERE DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO GO? THAT MAKES SENSE. BY BICYCLING, WE ENVISION MORE PEOPLE TRAVELING BY BICYCLE OR OTHER MICROMOBILITY DEVICES LIKE SCOOTERS FOR PARTICULARLY SHORT TRIPS.
SO THOSE TRIPS THAT ARE EASILY ACCOMPLISHED BY BIKING, BECAUSE WE KNOW NOT EVERY TRIP AND EVERY PERSON CAN DO THAT, BUT WHERE TRIPS, WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THREE MILE OR LESS TRIPS. THAT'S THE FOCUS.
SO NOW WE HAVE A SERIES OF GOALS FOR HOW WE ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION, WE NEED TO BUILD A NETWORK.
WE NEED TO BUILD A SAFE, COMFORTABLE AGAIN ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
SECONDLY, MAINTAIN THE NETWORK.
SO WE FELT LIKE IT REALLY NEEDED TO BE CALLED OUT.
THEN IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT VISION, WE NEED TO INCREASE BICYCLE RIDING AND THIS WILL SUPPORT C-CAP IN THAT MODE SHIFT GOAL IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. IMPROVE SAFETY FOR BICYCLE RIDERS.
SO NOW ON TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR BUILDING OUT THE NETWORK.
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AND WE MET WITH OUR BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANTED TO APPROACH THIS.AND THIS IS KIND OF THE RESULT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.
WE BREAK IT UP INTO THREE PHASES.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY PROJECTS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO MOSTLY PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED, AS WELL AS SOME SELECT UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT ARE LOWER COST AND TOP SCORING. THEN PHASE TWO IS KIND OF THE BULK OF THE FUTURE NETWORK RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS 5 TO 20 YEARS OUT.
AND THESE ARE UNFUNDED HIGH SCORING PROJECTS UP TO A CUMULATIVE COST.
SO IF YOU ADD ALL THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER UP TO $300 MILLION, AND THE GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT THESE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND SO WHY 300 MILLION? IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE CARRY OVER OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO THE ASSUMPTION INCLUDES THAT IT WOULD HAVE 2.5 MILLION ANNUALLY IN GENERAL FUND COMMITMENT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT $150 MILLION IN GRANTS AND $100 MILLION IN A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND SO WE ESTIMATE THAT THE 300 MILLION WOULD FUND AROUND 100 TO 300 MILES, DEPENDING ON RATE OF INFLATION INCREASES, AS WELL AS THE SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, A PHASE THREE ARE BASICALLY ALL OF THE REMAINING UNFUNDED PROJECTS.
THAT'S WHAT THE GREEN BUBBLE ON THE RIGHT IS.
SO WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, TOP SCORING PROJECT, HIGH SCORING PROJECT.
HOW WOULD WE DETERMINE WHAT OUR PROJECT PRIORITIES AND WHAT IS TOP SCORING.
HOW DO WE DETERMINE PHASE TWO VERSUS PHASE THREE.
SO HERE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER.
AND THIS PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY IS BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARD ACTIVE TRANS PRIORITY TOOL PUBLISHED BY THE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, AS WELL AS WITH INPUT FROM THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND IT INCLUDES SAFETY, EQUITY.
SO DEMAND FOR BICYCLING, WHERE DO WE THINK PEOPLE ARE MOST LIKELY TO RIDE? WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE CONNECTIONS? SO CONNECTIONS TO TRAILS, CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHERE DO PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY WANT BIKE FACILITIES.
SO PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO CAN WHERE CAN WE IF THERE'S ALREADY GOING TO BE RESURFACING, CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT COST AND COMPLEXITY? SO IF A PROJECT IS HIGHER COST AND REALLY COMPLEX, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DOWN ON THE LIST AND THEN EXISTING CONDITIONS.
JUST LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT.
SO SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS AND STRATEGIES WHICH WE WILL ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS ASSIGNED TO INCLUDE MAINTENANCE AND SWEEPING, THAT'S IN SUPPORT OF GOAL NUMBER TWO. AND SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS WILL BE MAKING SURE WE HAVE REGULAR SCHEDULES AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS.
WE'LL BE TALKING JUST KIND OF GENERALLY ABOUT E-BIKE REBATE PROGRAM AND JUST GENERALLY CONSIDERATIONS IF IT WAS TO BE PURSUED IN THE FUTURE, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A LEAD DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE THAT EFFORT.
TO UPDATE THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL TO REFLECT OUR NEW HIGHER COMFORT, HIGHER SAFETY STANDARDS, AND THEN ALSO IN ORDER TO HELP US IMPLEMENT PROJECTS FASTER, ADOPTING NEW STANDARD DETAILS FOR BIKE FACILITIES.
SO THIS IS KIND OF YOUR PLUG AND PLAY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TEMPLATE FOR DESIGN.
SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEN IN JANUARY TIME FRAME WILL BE INCORPORATING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WE ANTICIPATE AROUND FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME AND THEN CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION IS ANTICIPATED FOR SPRING.
HOPEFULLY MARCH TIME FRAME OF NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK MR. ATKINS HAD QUESTIONS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH MR. ATKINS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW GUESTS WITH US FROM OTHER THAT AREN'T PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
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AND OF COURSE, WE'LL GO TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.OKAY. ON PAGE FIVE, WE FIND THE BIKE NETWORK.
YOU GOT UNT DALLAS AROUND THE AREA.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A BIKE LANE.
THE BIKE PLAN EVER SINCE 2007.
SO WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHERE ARE WE ARE MAKING.
WE GOT BICYCLE AROUND THERE CONSTANTLY, THERE IS NO BIKE LANE AND NO SAFETY.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT THE UNT DALLAS? SO WE DID ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TARGETED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE NETWORK IN PLACE AND WE GOT FEEDBACK AND WE HAVE BEEN REVISING IT BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, AND THEN IT WOULD BE PRIORITIZED THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA PRESENTED HERE AND INCLUDED IN PHASE ONE, 2 OR 3, DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S SCORED FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WHY I HAVE NOT HAD ANY FEEDBACK.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY FEEDBACK FROM UNT DALLAS.
NO ONE THAT CAME TO MY OFFICE AND TOLD ME ANY TYPE OF PLAN AND WHAT IS THE FUTURE IS.
I KNOW THAT WE COORDINATED WITH YOUR OFFICE AND I KNOW WHEN DO YOU COME? DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DO THAT? WHEN? WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND THE MAY TIME FRAME.
MAY TIME FRAME. RIGHT BEFORE A BREAK.
RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK. SPRING BREAK.
OH, NO. IT WAS SPRING BREAK, I THINK IS IN MARCH.
WE'LL GET YOU THE EXACT INFORMATION.
MY KEY IS NUMBER ONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNT DALLAS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIKE LANES.
WE GOT CYCLISTS RIDING THERE CONSTANTLY EVERY OTHER DAY.
BEAUTIFUL HILLS, BEAUTIFUL CLIMATES.
UNSAFE. NO AREA, NO BOTTLES, NO NOTHING THERE.
SO MY CONCERN IS IN THIS PLAN, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
BESIDES, THEY SAID REFINE THE BIKE NETWORK AREAS AND I UNT DALLAS.
NO NOTHING. IS THERE A PLAN OR ANYTHING IN DRAFT I CAN SEE? CAN YOU GET THAT TO ME? YES, SIR.
IF WE, IF I MAY, THAT WE PRESENTED THAT INFO.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WE'VE GOT IT COVERED.
OKAY. SO TO DO THAT, IS THERE A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR UNT DALLAS AROUND THE AREA.
IS THAT A FUNDING MECHANISM? THERE IS SO IT'S IN THE FIRST YEAR OF FIRST FIVE YEAR, TEN YEARS.
SO WHAT IS THE FUNDING MECHANISM.
SO THERE ARE SOME BIKE LANES AND YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT ARE PART OF THE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THAT AREA, IN ADDITION TO THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE SEGMENTS THAT WILL HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME AND I DON'T.
GO AHEAD. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
WHEATLAND IS DEFINITELY HAS THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR THERE AND ALSO SOME OTHER CONNECTIVITY.
YOU MENTIONED. WE'RE FUNDING. IT'S IN FUNDING IN THAT AREA ALREADY ON THE TABLE NOW.
IT'S. SO HOW MUCH? WE DON'T CURRENTLY, ASIDE FROM WHEATLAND, HAVE ANY PROJECTS.
THERE IS A NEARBY CONNECTION TO THE LEDBETTER STATION, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT CLOSE.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT OR NOT? WE DO HAVE $2.5 MILLION THAT WE ARE ALLOCATED BY CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO COMPLETE THIS PLANNING TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION AND ADOPT THE NETWORK BEFORE ACTIVELY PURSUING SOME OF THESE ROUTES.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO ON THE RECORD, UNT DALLAS FASTEST GROWING UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE ONLY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT THE POINT IS, IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS SHOULD BE THE PLAN SHOULD BE SOME ALLOCATION THERE.
AND NUMBER ONE, I GOT PLENTY OF BIKE CIRCLES, BICYCLE RIDING UP AND DOWN THERE.
AND I NEED TO KNOW IN THE $2.5 MILLION THERE.
I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOME MONEY FUNDING THERE IS NOT FUNDING THE GRANT.
AND CAN YOU GIVE THAT TO ME BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK? SHOULD BE ABLE TO. THANK YOU.
SO IS THERE A LINK TO THE UPDATED PLAN? I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT.
OKAY, SO JUST FOR DISTRICT 12, I KNOW WE ALREADY GAVE THE FEEDBACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERNS ABOUT NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING YET WITH THE SILVER LINE AND THE IMPACT THERE, AS WELL AS THE PRESTON ROAD STUDY.
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BUT THERE WAS ONE STREET THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS VERY VOCALLY SUPPORTED, WHICH IS MEADOW CREEK AND PARK HILL, WHICH WE SHARE PARTIALLY WITH DISTRICT 11.AND THAT YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
THANK YOU. AND I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD MORE FEEDBACK SAYING HOW ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE ARE TO REALLY TRY OUT USING BICYCLES, ESPECIALLY TO GET TO THE PARK, TO THE SHOPPING CENTER FOR HILLCREST VILLAGE AS WELL AS THE SCHOOLS.
SO I THINK IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A SAFE SCHOOLS ISSUE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ.
THANK YOU. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO READ SOME QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER WEST HAS PROVIDED.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. I'M GETTING TERRIBLE FEEDBACK.
OKAY. SO THESE ARE HIS QUESTIONS.
WHAT SORT OF MID-POINT EVALUATIONS TO THE PLAN CAN WE EXPECT? MAYBE ANNUALLY OR EVERY FIVE YEARS.
I'LL JUST TAKE EACH ONE, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR. YOU'RE GOOD.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THEY'RE DELIBERATING RIGHT NOW TO GET YOU IN.
I HAVE QUITE A FEW. YEAH, WELL, AND LET ME THROW THESE OUT WHILE YOU'RE DELIBERATING.
ALSO, WHAT WILL BE THE GOALS OF THE EVALUATION POINTS IN TERMS OF AND IS A QUESTION I HAD AS WELL.
SPECIFIC GOALS FOR NEW TRAILS, NEW MILES, PHYSICAL SEPARATION GOALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVEN GOALS FOR THE CERTAIN NUMBERS OF RIDERS.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO KEEP THIS FRESH? SO THE FIRST PART ABOUT THE REGULAR AMENDMENT CHECK IN THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ANNUAL KIND OF MAP AMENDMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS A, I THINK, 5 OR 10 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT PROCESS AND I ANTICIPATE DURING THAT TIME FRAME WE WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, FACT SHEET.
ALSO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHERE WE'RE AT PROGRESS WISE WITH IMPLEMENTING IT WITH MILEAGE GOALS.
I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S WHERE THE PHASES GET TO.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF PHASE ONE.
THIS IS THE BUILD OUT. THIS IS THE MILEAGE.
THIS IS THE GOAL WITHIN FIVE YEARS FOR PHASE TWO.
THIS IS THE GOAL WITHIN, YOU KNOW, 20 YEAR TIME FRAME.
DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, TREND BUILD OUT TYPE THINGS.
SO THOSE PHASES ARE REALLY INTENDED TO BE OUR CRITICAL BENCHMARKS.
GREAT. AND I IF I MAY SUGGEST YOUR NORTH STAR GOALS ARE REALLY WELL ARTICULATED.
AND I THINK CRAFTING METRICS THAT REFLECT THOSE GOALS WOULD BE A REALLY SIMPLE WAY TO CREATE THE MEASURABLE, YOU KNOW? YES, MA'AM. WE WILL HAVE A SECTION ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN THE PLAN.
YEAH. THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE NORTH STAR GOALS IS MY POINT.
BUT SINCE SO MANY OF OUR BIKE FACILITIES HAVE ALL KINDS OF DEBRIS AND BROKEN THINGS IN THERE, HOW WHAT IS THE PLAN TO INCREASE FUNDING, STAFFING OR TRANSPARENCY OF THE MAINTENANCE PROCESS.
IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE AS WE ADD LANES.
IS THIS GOING TO COME FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR ARE WE GOING TO CREATE AT SOME POINT A, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE BUDGET FOR FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES? YEAH, I'LL TAKE THIS.
YES, MA'AM. SO THAT'S A OUR COMMITMENT IS TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF OUR CLEANING.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, TO DO THAT.
AND THEN CERTAINLY AGAIN, THE CRITICAL IN MY OPINION, THE CRITICAL STEP WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, BECAUSE ONCE WE ADOPT THE PLAN, WE HAVE A ROAD MAP, IF YOU WILL, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO START PLANNING ON WHAT THE CURRENT AND THE FUTURE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, NOT ONLY FOR THE FOR THE SWEEPING, BUT ALSO FOR THE AS WE MENTIONED, IS THE SAFETY, BECAUSE WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THE PAVEMENT AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL NATURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO DEFINITELY, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT.
GREAT. I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE.
ONE IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY? FIRST OF ALL, CAN WE GET THAT CLEANING SCHEDULE ONCE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE HAVE THAT MADE PUBLIC SO PEOPLE CAN ANTICIPATE? YES, MA'AM. WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
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PHYSICAL SEPARATION SO IT'S HARDER TO CLEAN, MIGHT BE A GREAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHAIR WEST HAS ASKED IS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF A CHART THAT WOULD SHOW WHERE IN THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN, HOW FAR WE CAN GET WITH VARIOUS INCREASES IN FUNDING, LIKE IF WE WENT TO 2.5 MILLION TO 5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE ACCELERATED? WHAT WOULD THAT ACCELERATION LOOK LIKE IF WE INCREASED FUNDING? SO I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO TALK POLICIES, BUT I DO.
HE DID ASK, AND I AGREE ALSO THE POLICIES THAT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN THAT WILL NEED TO MAKE BIKE BICYCLE RIDING EASIER IN DALLAS SUCH AS PASSING LAWS, INCREASING BIKE PARKING, THINGS LIKE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, THAT CHAIR MENDELSOHN MENTIONED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE PLAN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY, GREAT. AND TWO QUICK THINGS.
WHAT WILL THAT CHANGE OVER TIME? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THAT SAFETY STANDARD? THAT'S A CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
THAT IS THIS NATCO STANDARDS? THE IDEA IS WITH ALL THESE ABILITIES IT'S 8 TO 80.
SO TRYING TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, A WIDE RANGE OF AGES AND ABILITIES.
I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S THE BEST GOAL THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
SO THAT IS THE NATIONAL STANDARD THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.
THIS IS WHAT OUR WHOLE COUNTRY IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
BIKE VISION SIMILAR TO VISION ZERO.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NATIONAL EFFORT.
I WILL ONCE AGAIN MUTE MYSELF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ.
YOU ACTUALLY HAD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT I HAD AS WELL.
WE WILL GET TO THE POLICY NEXT.
I THINK EVERY TIME I'M SORRY YOU HAD STEPPED AWAY.
SO, YEAH, I'LL JUST MENTION A FEW THINGS REALLY QUICKLY.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY.
AND SO THERE'S SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THERE'S BUTTONS OFF ON THIS LITTLE MACHINE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE AGES WAS ASKED SO GOOD.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT GOT IN.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY ON THE METRICS AND GOALS IS AS WE GET THERE, LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE IMPLEMENT, LIKE SOME KIND OF A GRAPH OR CHART LIKE WE DO WITH EVERYTHING ELSE? WE DO A DASHBOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE IN THERE RIGHT.
LIKE HOW DO WE GET TO THESE GOALS? LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MEASURING? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NATIONAL STANDARDS OUT THERE.
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ FOR BRINGING UP BIKE LANE CLEANING.
WE ALSO HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION VERY SIMILAR IN THE PRE THE PRE PREPARATION MEETING.
AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF PUTTING THE SCHEDULE ONLINE.
I'D GO A STEP FURTHER AND DO LIKE SANITATION.
THEY ALL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A CAMERA ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR DASH CAM.
AND WHEN FOLKS SAY THAT THEIR TRASH DIDN'T GET PICKED UP, THAT THEIR BULKY TRASH WAS LEFT OUT, I GET THE LINK TO THAT VIDEO AND THEY SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT TIME THEY PASSED BY, AND THERE WAS NO TRASH CAN THERE.
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND I'LL GET AND GET BACK TO ME RIGHT THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW? AND THEN ONCE PEOPLE START LEARNING THAT, WE QUIT GETTING THOSE CALLS.
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OR THEY COULD THEY MIGHT BE GETTING THERE THE DAY BEFORE WITH THE CLEANING SCHEDULE, SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE, RIGHT? WELL, OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MESSY BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR DAY.THEY BIKE THERE. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT LINKS IT TO LIKE ACTUAL PROOF THAT IT'S HAPPENING, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF THINK WE'RE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE.
SO UNLESS YOU HAVE LIKE, WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE YOUNG KIDS SAY NOW? PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
RIGHT? SO IF THERE'S NO PICS IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
NO IT WASN'T. IT'S A NEW TREE LIMB, YOU KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO PROTECTS THE STAFF.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH THIS.
IT'S JUST MAYBE WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY ON THIS STRETCH.
BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT VIDEO ON THE SANITATION STUFF, LET ME TELL YOU, THEY KIND OF QUIET UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, LIKE, OH YEAH, THEY ARE DOING IT. AND MAYBE I JUST HAVE TO GET UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO GET MY TRASH OUT THERE.
SO AND SO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE CLEANING THEM.
BECAUSE I'VE DRIVEN BY AND SEEN THE LITTLE MACHINE HAPPENING ON THE BRIDGE.
AND I GET REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YEARS WE WANTED THAT.
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM WHERE YOU KNOW, WE IT'S THE CONNECTIVITY.
IT'S LIKE AND WE HAVE NO PROOF THAT WE REALLY DID.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT FOR THE FOLKS ON 5 TO 20 YEARS BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND LIKE A LONG TIME, RIGHT.
IF YOU'LL JUST KIND OF GO OVER WHY 5 TO 20? WHY WE'RE SAYING THAT YOU DID REALLY GREAT ON THE FIRST FIVE.
RIGHT. WE WERE READY FOR THAT.
WE CAN PROJECT IT. WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT WHY DO WE SAY UP TO 20 YEARS? SO LIKE I SAID, OR WE PRESENTED IS THE FACT THAT DEFINITELY THE FIRST FIVE YEARS YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF CERTAINTY ON THE FUNDING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE OTHER TRANCHE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE 5 TO 20, IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, THAT ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH, WHETHER IT BE IN THE COUNTY OR THE NCT OR FEDERAL, AND THOSE TAKE YEARS TO DEVELOP. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A PROJECT IS GOING TO BE 20 YEARS, BUT IT WILL BE IN THAT WINDOW OF 5 TO 20.
AND AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BUT MAYBE PART OF AN OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO AND I THINK CATHERINE MENTIONED IT OR ADDRESSED IT EARLIER, IS THAT PART OF THE DASHBOARD THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON? WE WILL HAVE SOME TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
AND MOST LIKELY MY RECOMMENDATION AND PREFERENCE AT SOME POINT IS MAYBE TO SHOW THE TEN YEAR CYCLE AND UPDATED EVERY, SAY, A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, BASICALLY, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP A TEN YEAR KIND OF WINDOW INTO IT.
AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION ON FUNDING.
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF LIKE 2.5 MILLION PUTTING IN AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY, OH, THIS GOES TO BIKE LANES BECAUSE IT'S PART OF A BIG OLD GIANT, YOU KNOW, FREEWAY PLAN.
RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE'S MONEY IN THERE FOR THAT.
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY PULL THAT OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF THAT BUDGET.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. A GOOD EXAMPLE IN DISTRICT TWO.
RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BE COLUMBIA MAIN, FOR EXAMPLE.
THAT PROJECT WE HAVE BIKE LANES ON IT.
WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING IT FROM THE BIKE PLAN FUNDS.
SO WE'RE LEVERAGING THESE FUNDS DEFINITELY LEVERAGING THOSE FUNDS.
SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A 2 TO 3 TIMES AS MUCH AS THE MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT IN.
I LOVED YOU HEAR YOU SAY THAT 2 TO 3 TIMES WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY DARN GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT IS HOW I WOULD LOOK AT IT.
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LOT OVER THE YEARS AND HOW TO GET THIS CORRECT.THROUGH THE MISTAKES OF OTHER CITIES.
I'M NOT SAYING WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PERFECT.
WE HAVEN'T. BUT I'D RATHER LEARN OFF OF THEIR MISTAKES AND INSTEAD OF US MAKING THEM AND THEN HAVING TO GO BACK AND REDO IT AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR DOING THIS.
AND THIS IS SO INTRICATE BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING A NETWORK INSIDE OF AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED NETWORK, RIGHT? AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH AND EVERYBODY HAS AN IDEA AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE ADVOCATES OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S US HERE OR YOU GUYS THERE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT KEEPING ON COURSE ON THIS AND KEEP GOING.
KEEP GOING BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE ALMOST THERE.
WE'RE LIKE GUYS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE'RE LIKE ON THE THREE YARD LINE ABOUT TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN WITH GETTING THIS PLAN PASSED.
AND THEN THE REAL WORK IS GOING TO START.
YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS WORK? NO, THE REAL WORK IS IN THE POLICIES.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, WHATEVER SEEMS APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE THAT WE CAN SEE THE CHANGE IN LIKE AND BE ABLE TO REACT TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR NEW CHANGES AS THEY COME ALONG, LIKE WE DID WITH C-CAP LIKE WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE DOING WITH FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
AND, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD SO MANY OTHERS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO RELOOK AT THESE THINGS.
IT'S GOOD POLICY TO JUST CHECK IN AGAIN AND SEE IF THIS IS WORKING OR NOT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY GREAT FRIEND REBECCA KORNBLUM FROM THE DALLAS BICYCLE COALITION.
SHE USED TO BE A DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT.
AND WHEN I WAS STARTING TO, WE WERE WORKING ON THESE THINGS.
SHE'S KEPT ME UP TO DATE AND ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THAT WORLD.
I'M NOT A CYCLIST, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED THAT TO BE DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF AND BE SAFE FOR OUR RIDERS AND FOR EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO MOVE AROUND OUR CITY DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST A CAR OR A TRAIN OR, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT ARE THE BIGGER WAYS TO GET AROUND THIS MICROMOBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU, REBECCA, AND THANK YOU TO DALLAS BICYCLE COALITION.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST.
Y'ALL FIGHT IT OUT AND TELL ME WHO COMES UP.
IT'LL BE MR. MORENO WILL BE FIRST, HE GOT THE GOLD MEDAL AND MR. WEST WILL COME IN SECOND WITH THE OTHER GOLD MEDAL.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO BIKE TO CITY HALL DAY, OCTOBER 23RD, THIS WEDNESDAY AT 730. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DID GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED DIRECTLY BY THESE PROJECTS.
I WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE WITH THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION FOR HER ADVOCACY IN MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF A DASHBOARD, AND I KNOW, I GUESS I HAVE YOUR TEAM REALLY, REALLY BUSY RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT'S THE HASKELL PEAK TWO WAY CONVERSIONS WITH POSSIBLE BIKE LANE GRAHAM AND BEACON TO MAPLE AND OF COURSE, COLUMBIA AND MAIN FINALLY COMING TO FLOURISH AND HOPEFULLY HERE SOON.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW SLOW THE PROCESS IS SOMETIMES.
BUT IN THIS CASE, I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE WE LEARNED A LOT FROM ABRAMS. AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE ON THAT SEGMENT FROM MAIN TO COLUMBIA? SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT BEING AWARDED AND FINALLY SEEING SOME WORK BEING DONE OUT THERE.
GREAT THAT WE HAVE THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO SEE THEM IN USE.
BIKE LANES, BIKE PARKING AND BIKE LANES.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE MORE ENFORCEMENT THERE.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GO TO, EVEN GO A STEP FURTHER WITH ACTUALLY PUTTING BOOTS ON VEHICLES, OR I'VE SEEN THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WHERE THERE'S DEVICES THAT GO ON THE WINDSHIELDS THAT ARE A LOT FASTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES A $35 TICKET OR WHATEVER THE PRICE IS JUST NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO GIVE A FOR A PENALTY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A BUSINESS DOING IT AS WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND SAFETY.
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WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS NOT ONLY THE BIKE LANE ITSELF, HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'RE A STREET OVER.BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN IS WHERE THERE USED TO BE PARKING ALLOWED.
THOSE VEHICLES ARE MOVING OVER AND BEING IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO THE CAUSE AND EFFECT IS CRITICAL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROJECT.
DETAILS ON THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT.
AND SO IF WE NEED TO KEEP THAT INTERNALLY FOR NOW THAT'S FINE.
IF THERE'S ANY COST SAVINGS OR LONGEVITY OF THAT BIKE LANE THAT'S NOW ONLY USED BY BY CYCLISTS.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY COST SAVINGS THERE.
SO THAT COULD BE, AS I MENTIONED A BIT EARLIER, THAT COULD BE PART OF THE INTENDED STUDY THAT I MENTIONED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO TO LOOK AT THE PAVEMENT QUALITY AND CERTAINLY THE LONGEVITY AND LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS, IF YOU WILL, THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ON THAT.
SO CERTAINLY I CAN INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR EVALUATION, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I'LL ADD IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGN STANDARDS, LOOKING AT TREES ALONG THOSE BIKEWAYS, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT GETS UPWARDS OF 110 DEGREES AND HIGHER ON OUR CONCRETE SURFACES.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COOLING OFF THOSE AREAS.
I KNOW WE'VE USED TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PAINTING OF THE STREETS TO COOL THEM OFF EVEN MORE.
SO AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE ALSO THE CARD FROM THE CEDARS TO DISCOVERY DISTRICT, AT&T.
AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE WAY.
THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. AND MR. WEST YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND FOR THE UPDATE AND ALSO FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN.
JUST APPRECIATE THE UPDATE STAFF.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT YOU'VE DONE THIS FAR.
AND I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NINE.
IF WE WANTED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE, WE WOULD SIMPLY NEED TO PUT MORE FUNDING INTO THIS, RIGHT? AGAIN, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS UP TO WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO.
AND ALSO LET ME LET ME CLARIFY AGAIN TO CHAIR.
NARVAEZ POINT AGAIN THAT THE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE BIKE LANES IN THEM.
SO THE FUNDING, IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A STANDALONE 2.5 MILLION, IS ACTUALLY NOT REALLY 2.5 MILLION.
THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES BIKE LANES THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF AS PART OF OUR PROCESS IS TO CLARIFY THAT POINT AND SHOW WHICH ONES HAVE THOSE LEVERAGING FUNDS, AND THEN YOU CAN ADD TO IT. I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES NOT CONSIDER MAINTENANCE COSTS, WHICH ARE INCREASING AND WILL INCREASE AS WE IMPLEMENT MORE AND MORE FACILITIES. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE HOLDING THE 2.5 MILLION ANNUAL STUDY, THAT'S NOT ADDRESSING INCREASING NEEDS FOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.
MY POINT GENERALLY, THOUGH, IS IF WE WANTED TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND DO A LOT MORE IN LESS THAN 20 YEARS, WE WOULD SIMPLY NEED MORE FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE COG OR WHOEVER.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING WE WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU SPEED UP THE TIMELINE.
AND VISUALLY SEPARATED BIKE LANES COST $100,000 PER MILE.
THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER CATEGORIES WHICH I GET.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN A BIKEWAY AND A SEPARATED BIKE LANE? DOES ONE HAVE LIKE THE BOLLARDS IN IT OR SOMETHING.
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SO A NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY.WE HAVE BEEN CALLING IT BIKE BOULEVARD, BUT PEOPLE REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, LIKE A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, THAT IT'S A SHARED ROADWAY, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC CALMING.
SO IT FEELS REALLY COMFORTABLE.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS TO GET ACROSS ALTERNATIVE ARTERIALS, YOU SOMETIMES MIGHT NEED A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL OR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHICH IS WHY THE COST IS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
SO THERE'S STILL A NICE QUALITY FACILITY VERSUS JUST PAINT, WHICH IS 100,000.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SEE LIKE A PICTURE AN EXAMPLE.
NOT TODAY BUT LATER OF LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AS IS LIKE AN IDEAL NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY.
IS THAT IN HERE THERE IS AN IMAGE ON SLIDE EIGHT, THE TOP ONE.
MINE IS TINY, SO I'LL PULL IT UP.
I'LL PULL IT UP ON THE COMPUTER HERE IN A MINUTE.
YEAH. SO SLIDE 11 HAS THE A LOT ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
AND I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GREAT.
YOU KNOW, I VISITED RECENTLY WITH THE FOLKS DOWN IN AUSTIN THAT FACILITATE THE E-BIKE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND ALSO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SO IT'S TRANSPORTATION.
CONSIDERING TAKING THIS ON AT THIS POINT, IT'S WE STILL HAVE THE NEED.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE INTERNAL DISCUSSION ON WHICH DEPARTMENT WILL LEAD THAT EFFORT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE LEFT IT KIND OF OPEN.
A LITTLE BIT AT THIS POINT BUT HAPPY IF WE'RE NOT THE LEAD WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT.
SO I THINK I THINK Y'ALL WANT A COUPLE OF POINTS TODAY.
SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.
SO I GUESS THE LAST ONE IS WHEN WILL WE BRING THIS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE SO WE CAN REVIEW THE FINAL DRAFT BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION? RIGHT. SO FIRST I WOULD WANT TO THANK YOU.
THANK THIS COMMITTEE REALLY FOR Y'ALL'S ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT AND THE COUNCIL AT LARGE.
REALLY THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT EFFORT AND GREAT SUPPORT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD ROBUST PLAN AT THE END BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
AND THEN IF ALL WE'RE ALL GOOD TO GO, THEN WE PLAN ON TAKING IT TO COUNCIL IN IN MARCH FOR ADOPTION.
YOU KNOW WE CAN FIX THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW WITHOUT DOING ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO IT HOPEFULLY.
BUT OF COURSE, IF WE HAVE TO, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT COMPLETES THAT ONE ON LETTER B.
AND WE ALREADY DID BRIEFING MEMO C.
I FAILED TO DO BRIEFING MEMO D, BUT THIS IS THE ORDINANCES THAT WE PASSED LAST MONTH AND ENDED UP PASSING. BUT THEY WERE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.
AND I READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD, AND THIS IS NOW THE UPDATE TO THAT WHICH PUTS INTO THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD PASSED ALREADY SO THEY COULD BEGIN IMPLEMENTING ALL THE REST OF THEIR CODE AMENDMENTS AND JUST FIX THOSE ITEMS THAT REALLY LEFT THE AIRPORT AND THE CITY OPEN TO SOME LEGAL ACTION AND DID NOT PROTECT ACTUAL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR COULD BE INTERPRETED POORLY.
SO THIS IS IT. WE'LL HAVE TO REDO THIS AGAIN TO UPDATE THAT PORTION WHICH WE HAD ALREADY PASSED AT COUNCIL, BUT WE HAD TO PASS EVERYTHING LAST MONTH AT COUNCIL OR ELSE WE HELD ALL OF THEIR ORDINANCES UP, WHICH MEANT THEY WOULD HAVE NO ORDINANCES TO, TO IMPLEMENT, I MEAN, TO ENFORCE ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE CHANGE. SO THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I'M SORRY THAT I'M STILL INCORRECT.
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AND THERE WERE NO, NO QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.SO JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON ITEM D, IT WAS A MEMO.
AND THEN WE ARE IN LETTER E THE QUARTERLY REPORT.
SO I'M GOING TO LET CHAIR MENDELSOHN GO FIRST BECAUSE I HOPE THAT THIS IS AN IMPROVED LOOK.
AND WE CAN IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
GREAT. WELL, THIS IS A WAY BETTER REPORT, SO.
THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST OFFICIAL ONE.
REALLY, REALLY GREAT INFORMATION I'VE HAD TO MAKE.
I'VE HAD TO HAVE STAFF DO IT ON BIG PAPER, THOUGH.
I GUESS BECAUSE I'M THAT OLD THAT I CAN'T SEE IT.
SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF YOU THIS FISCAL YEAR.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OR MAYBE INPUT ON THIS.
LIKE, HOW IS THIS SORTED? SO AGAIN, STILL WORK.
SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEMO, WE TRY TO KIND OF TRY TO BE CONCISE, IF YOU WILL, AND, AND SO ON.
WELL, I MEAN, IT LISTS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND IT LISTS THE STREET NAME AND ALL THAT.
WE'RE STILL, LIKE I SAID, WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT STEP ONE IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE INTEND TO WORK ON LISTED, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN EXCEL SO WE CAN FILTER.
AND SO THERE ISN'T A TOTAL ON THESE RIGHT.
SO INITIALLY WE'RE GOING TO MOST LIKELY HAVE IT IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
BUT LIKE I SAID, LONG TERM WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT IN A STANDARD, SIMPLE DATABASE WHERE YOU CAN GO IN, YOU HAVE A ACCESS TO THE DATABASE, AND THEN YOU CLICK ON IT AND THEN START FILTERING AND LOOKING AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO SINCE OF COURSE YOU HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, DONE THIS WORK SINCE IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, PERHAPS THEN ON THE ONE PAGE MEMO THAT PROVIDES THE LINKS, YOU COULD JUST DO THAT SUMMARY OF HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING THE ORDER OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING? SO THE INITIALLY, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, THE IT'S BASED ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX.
SO WE DO HAVE THE LISTING OF THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX.
AND THEN THE WORST ONES ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE PERSONALLY TO START.
I MEAN, AS I LOOK MORE INTO IT IS TO LOOK AT IT MORE, TO INCLUDE OTHER FACTORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS A SITUATION WHERE I HAVE A SAFETY CONDITION, THEN THAT WILL FACTOR IN.
ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE JUST THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX AND SO ON.
SO, SO THROUGH THE YEAR, THERE'S PROJECTS THAT WERE INTENDED TO BE DONE, WHETHER IT'S GENERAL FUNDS OR BOND DOESN'T MATTER AND FOR SOME REASON CAN'T GO FORWARD LIKE SOMETHING UNIQUE IS HAPPENING IN THAT SCENARIO.
HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING WHAT PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO BACKFILL IT? SO THE INITIAL AGAIN, THE INITIAL IDEA IS AND THIS IS THE, THE, THE GIST OF WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS IS LISTING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE IN A CERTAIN DISTRICT AND A PROJECT CANNOT MOVE FORWARD, THAT MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT TO CHANGE PRIORITIES AND SHIFT THINGS AROUND.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I GUESS, A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONYX TREATMENT AND THE SLURRY SEAL? SO THE ONYX HAS WHAT WE CALL SOME ADDITIVES TO IT THAT WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HAS LIKE RUBBER PRODUCTS IN IT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR HIGHER ELASTICITY AS YOU APPLY IT VERSUS THE
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REGULAR SLURRY SEAL, WHICH IS JUST A MIX OF BITUMEN, AND TO JUST BASICALLY SEAL THE SURFACE AND DOESN'T HAVE THE ELASTICITY.ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO LOOK ON THE SPREADSHEET.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE INTERAGENCY REPORT? AND THANK YOU, MISS MENDELSOHN, FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON IT.
IT JUST WASN'T COMPLETELY FINISHED AND READY YET.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE FORECAST ITEMS G, FORECAST, FORECASTING ANYTHING ON THE FORECAST.
THAT WAS CANCELED. SO THE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR NOVEMBER WAS CANCELED.
I SENT A MEMO PROBABLY A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
THERE WASN'T MUCH TO BE ON IT, SO AND NOTHING THAT WOULD HOLD UP ANYTHING THAT COULDN'T BE DONE IN OUR DECEMBER ONE AND AS A REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT ON THE AGENDA, JUST GET IT TO ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN SO I CAN GET IT ONTO AN AGENDA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, DEPENDENT ON STAFF BEING ABLE TO DO THE BRIEFING OR BRINGING IN THE FOLKS THAT WOULD DO THAT TYPE OF A BRIEFING FOR US.
NEXT, WE HAVE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS H I J K THROUGH L M N.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEMS UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS H THROUGH N.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO SKIM.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET IN WITH STAFF BEFORE THE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
EVERYBODY IN HERE SEEMS TO BE PACKED UP AND READY TO GO.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS MY CUE THAT THIS ONE'S OVER.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.