>> IT IS NOW 1:04 P.M, ON MONDAY, 
          [Transportation and Infrastructure on November 17, 2025.]
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NOVEMBER 17TH, AND I AM CONVENING THE NOVEMBER MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 
          OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 20TH, TMI COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION? 
          >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          NEXT ITEM IS ITEM A ON OUR BRIEFING AGENDA. 
          THE TXDOT PROJECT UPDATES, INCLUDING I345 BRIEFING. 
          WELCOME, [INAUDIBLE] CLEMENS, TXDOT DISTRICT ENGINEER. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON A FEW TXDOT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS OUR INTERSTATE 345 ANNUAL OR SIX MONTH UPDATE. 
          WE'LL START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE IS A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR LBJ EAST PROJECT. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS RECONSTRUCTS INTERSTATE 635 FROM US 75 TO INTERSTATE 30. 
          IT INCLUDES THE FULLY DIRECTIONAL INTERCHANGE AT 6:35 AND INTERSTATE 30. 
          WE JUST OPENED THE SKILLMAN AVENUE BRIDGE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          WE WERE EXCITED TO OPEN THAT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE A COMPLETION OR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN THE SPRING OF 2026. 
          WE'RE MOVING ALONG VERY WELL. 
          ALL TRAFFIC IS ON NEW PAVEMENT. 
          NOW IT'S REALLY JUST FINISHING THE MANAGED LANES IN THE MIDDLE. 
          BUT EVERYTHING SHOWS THAT SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL LANES OPEN TO TRAFFIC. 
          WE'LL STILL HAVE FINAL PUNCH LIST ITEMS GOING, PROBABLY ON THE CITY STREETS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WILL BE DONE IN THE SPRING. 
          OUR NEXT PROJECT WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE IS SMR FREEWAY. 
          AS YOU CAN REMEMBER, THIS IS WHERE WE REMOVED THE FREEWAY. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A SIX LANE ARTERIAL, WHERE THE OLD FREEWAY EXISTED. 
          ON THIS, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS DONE, WE'RE FINISHING UP SOME SIGNALS AND SOME SIDEWALK AND A LITTLE BIT OF LANDSCAPING, BUT IF YOU DRIVE DOWN IT TODAY, IT IS A SIX LANE ARTERIAL THERE TODAY. 
          JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER. 
          THIS ACTUALLY BECOMES A CITY STREET ONCE WE'RE COMPLETE. 
          ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, THE CITY WILL ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON SMR FREEWAY. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT IS OUR US 175 AT LAKE JUNE. 
          THIS PROJECT IS GOING VERY WELL. 
          IT'S A $26 MILLION PROJECT. 
          WE'VE COMPLETELY REBUILT THE LAKE JUNE OVERPASS THERE AT 175. 
          THEN AS YOU DRIVE ALONG US 175, YOU'LL SEE A NEW BRIDGE RUNNING PARALLEL TO 175, THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE LOOP, SO THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF THE LOOP PROJECT. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING A SPRING OF 26 COMPLETION ON THIS ONE. 
          EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL ON IT AS WELL. 
          WE'LL HIGHLIGHT OUR I 20 FRONTAGE ROADS AT REDBIRD MALL. 
          THIS IS A $79 MILLION PROJECT. 
          WE WERE ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE IN JUNE. 
          THIS PROVIDED NEW FRONTAGE ROADS ALONG INTERSTATE 20. 
          AS YOU CROSS US 67. 
          THE BIG GOAL THERE WAS TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO THE REDBIRD MALL AREA. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS WORKING WELL WITH THAT NEW ACCESS. 
          YOU CAN GET TO THE MALL SITE A LOT EASIER NOW WITH THESE NEW FRONTAGE ROADS. 
          BUT EVERYTHING'S COMPLETE. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON A FEW PUNCH LIST ITEMS, BUT ALL THE ROADWAY LANES ARE OPEN. 
          THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME BRIDGE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE DOING ON INTERSTATE 345. 
          WE RECENTLY COMPLETED SOME RE-DECKING OPERATIONS, SO VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE PATIENTS OF THE DRIVERS. 
          WE HAD DIRECT CONNECTORS CLOSED FOR 30-45 DAYS. 
          YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A NEW BRIDGE DECK SURFACE. 
          A FEW OF THEM, WE TOOK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STEEL, COMPLETELY REPOED THE DECK. 
          SOME OF IT, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE PART OF THE DECK AND REALLY JUST PUT A NEW SURFACE ON IT. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL BE AVOIDING A LOT LESS POTHOLES NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT NEW SURFACE ON IT. 
          AS WELL, WE'VE DONE SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE REPAIRS UNDERNEATH ON THE STEEL UNDERNEATH. 
          THAT'S REALLY HELPING US BUY SOME TIME UNTIL WE FULLY REBUILD INTERSTATE 345, BUT THAT WAS A $21 MILLION PROJECT. 
          WE ALSO DID A SKID APPLICATION ON THE SURFACE. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WET WEATHER CRASHES ON THE BRIDGE. 
          THIS SHOULD ALLOW BETTER TRACTION ON THE BRIDGES AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT SOME OF THOSE WET WEATHER CRASHES. 
          THEN THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY JUST SHOWS ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS OR ETCHING CITY DALLAS LIMITS. 
          THE LBJ'S PROJECT IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY BIG PROJECT OF 1.7 BILLION, 
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BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROJECTS WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY AT DALLAS. 
          WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2 BILLION PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF LIMITS. 
          A LOT OF THAT IS BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, A LOT OF IT IS ALSO PAVEMENT SURFACE. 
          WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PAVEMENT RESURFACING ON THE INTERSTATES, SO YOU SHOULD SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS THERE AS WELL AS BUILDING NEW SIGNALS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 
          NOW, WE'LL GET TO THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION WITH INTERSTATE 345 UPDATE. 
          AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, THIS IS REBUILDING THE ELEVATED FREEWAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN. 
          THE LIMITS GO FROM WOODALL ROGERS TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 30. 
          IT'S ABOUT A 2.8 MILE PROJECT. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROJECT HISTORY. 
          WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT INTERSTATE 345 FOR A WHILE NOW. 
          THE INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS IN 2012. 
          WE THEN WENT THROUGH CITY MAP. 
          A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH CITY MAP. 
          WE THEN TRANSITIONED INTO A FEASIBILITY STUDY, THEN A SCHEMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS WITH INTERSTATE 345. 
          WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN 2023 OUR PREFERRED ALIGNMENT TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          WITH THE NEXT SLIDE, CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, ESSENTIALLY CONDITIONALLY APPROVING OUR HYBRID OPTION, AS LONG AS WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THESE VARIOUS COMPONENTS. 
          SECTION 3 IS COMING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AN UPDATE EVERY SIX MONTHS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON EACH ONE OF THESE. 
          WE'VE BRIEFED YOU IN THE PAST ON HOW WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY JUST OUR COUNCIL UPDATES. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 11. 
          SORRY, I'M AHEAD OF YOU. 
          REALLY JUST BRIEFING COUNSEL. 
          I DID NOTE THAT I'VE GOT AN ERROR ON THIS SLIDE THAT SAYS FULL COUNSEL BRIEFING TODAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HERE AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND SO WE CAN CORRECT THAT FOR YOU. 
          LOOKING AT THE PROJECT TIMELINE ON SLIDE 12. 
          AGAIN, WE GOT THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN 2023. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON EACH ONE OF THOSE, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR SCHEMATIC IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED COMMENTS. 
          WE RESPONDED TO THOSE COMMENTS, AND IN SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR INTERSTATE 345. 
          WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS IF WE NEEDED TO BUY RIGHT AWAY, WE COULD BUY RIGHT AWAY. 
          FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T NEED RIGHT AWAY FOR THE PROJECT, WE CAN KEEP IT ALL WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT AWAY, BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION ONCE WE FIND THAT CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. 
          IF WE GO TO SLIDE 13, A LITTLE BIT OF A STATUS OF THE FUNDING. 
          CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS $1.65 BILLION. 
          THAT NUMBER HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CAME TO COUNCIL. 
          TXDOT HAS A 10 YEAR UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT PROJECTS REVENUES OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          IN TXDOTS 2026 UTP, WE HAD A TOTAL OF $370 MILLION ON THE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY UPDATING FOR THE 2027 UTP. 
          WE DO PLAN TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THIS UPDATE. 
          AGAIN, THOSE ARE ANNUAL UPDATES. 
          IF WE DON'T GET FUNDING THIS YEAR, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          SOME GOOD NEWS THOUGH FROM OUR BRIDGE DIVISION. 
          WE HAVE FEDERAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT MONEY THAT IS GIVEN OUT ACROSS THE STATE. 
          OUR BRIDGE DIVISION, LET US KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE 225 MILLION OF ESSENTIALLY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT FUNDS. 
          THAT'LL ADD TO THE 370 MILLION. 
          THAT I'LL GIVE YOU 595 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ON THE PROJECT TODAY. 
          AGAIN, IT'S 1.65 BILLION. 
          WE'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR FUNDS IN THE UTP. 
          WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT. 
          WE ASKED FOR 800 MILLION ON THAT GRANT. 
          YOU COULD ASK FOR UP TO HALF OF THE PROJECT COSTS WITH THAT GRANT. 
          WE ANTICIPATE HEARING FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAYS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR EARLY JANUARY ON THE STATUS OF THAT GRANT. 
          ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL ACRES OF POTENTIAL RIGHT AWAY THAT WE DON'T THINK WE NEED AFTER THE PROJECT. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DIVISION. 
          COULD WE TAKE OUT A LOAN, KNOWING THAT LATER ON WE WILL SELL THAT RIGHT AWAY AT FAIR MARKET VALUE TO POTENTIALLY PAY FOR SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE BEFORE IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, BUT THAT JUST GIVES US ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING BASED ON POTENTIALLY SURPLUSING THE RIGHT AWAY IN THE FUTURE. 
          NOW 595 MILLION, I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A WHOLE LOT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 1.65 BILLION, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          WE TRULY ANTICIPATE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SEVERAL MORE YEARS IN ORDER TO FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. 
          WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU, SEASON FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I'M GOING TO START ON MY LEFT, AND WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
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MR. GRACY, ANY QUESTIONS? MS. [INAUDIBLE] PAUL? 
          >> THANK YOU. HI, SUSAN. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          THE 1.65 BILLION, THAT'S IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, CORRECT? 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. YES. 
          >> WE ALLOWING FOR INFLATION CONSTRUCTION COSTS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY DURING MY GRANDCHILDREN'S LIFETIME? JUST WONDERING HOW WERE GOING TO KEEP CHASING THAT NUMBER. 
          >> WE DO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. 
          WE UP DATE ESTIMATES EVERY YEAR, SO WE GO THROUGH AN ANNUAL UPDATE UPDATING THOSE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES. 
          IF WE SEE PRICES GO UP, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS CURRENTLY THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, PRICES ARE ACTUALLY COMING DOWN. 
          THEY'RE DOWN 15% IN NOVEMBER, AND SO SOME POSITIVE MOVEMENT THERE. 
          HOPEFULLY THAT TREND CONTINUES. 
          >> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> VICE CHAIR ROTH. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> THANK YOU. SEASON ON SLIDE 6, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE I-35 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, IS THIS WHERE THE FIRE ENGINE WENT OVER THE SIDE? 
          >> YES. THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT SKID ABRASION, TRYING TO GIVE A BETTER SURFACE, SO THE TIRES CAN GRIP IT BETTER. 
          >> THANK YOU. THEN ON SLIDE 7, $2 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          WHAT AN IMPORTANT PARTNER YOU ARE FOR US. 
          THE PROJECT THAT'S NOT LISTED ON THERE THAT I THINK YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS AT FRANKFORT AND THE TOLLWAY, THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL. 
          >> I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON AN UPDATE. 
          I SHOULD HAVE COME PREPARED. 
          I DID NOT THINK ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THE UPDATE ON THAT ONE. 
          >> WELL, AGAIN, $2 BILLION IN PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SURPLUS INCOME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND USE THAT TO HELP PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY SMART IDEA AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER FOR LOTS OF PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL FOR A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          I LOVE THAT IDEA. I WILL ALSO SAY, WE PROBABLY NEED TO START PUTTING THAT INTO OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST, ASSUMING WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME OF THAT LAND. 
          MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, WHETHER IT'S PARKS HOUSING WAS TALKED ABOUT. 
          BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO START BUDGETING FOR IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> SEASON, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          THE 595 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR I-345, IS THAT PERMANENTLY SET ASIDE, OR DO YOU HAVE TO REQUEST THE UTP FUNDS BE RENEWED EVERY YEAR? 
          >> TYPICALLY, ONCE PROJECTS GET IN THE UTP, THEY TYPICALLY DO NOT COME OUT, ASSUMING THAT TXDOT FINANCIAL FORECAST CONTINUES. 
          THAT 10-YEAR PROGRAM IS REALLY BASED ON PROJECTED REVENUES. 
          IT IS NOT REAL MONEY, IF YOU WILL. 
          OUR PLAN IS TO LEAVE IT IN THERE, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON, THE FINANCIAL FORECASTS WERE TO COME DOWN, THAT COULD IMPACT IT. 
          >> THE CATEGORY 6 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT FUNDS, THAT'S COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          >> IT COMES THROUGH TXDOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT, YES, WE WORK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PICK THOSE PROJECTS. 
          >> ARE THERE ANY DEADLINES FOR UTILIZING THAT GRANT? 
          >> NO. ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT BRIDGES PROGRAMMED EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          THE EARLIEST BRIDGE DIVISION WOULD LIKE US TO USE THIS MONEY AS 2029. 
          IF WE WERE READY SOONER, THEY COULD MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS IF NEEDED, BUT REALLY THE MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 2029 RIGHT NOW. 
          >> BUT I SENSE THAT YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO START THIS PROJECT UNTIL AT LEAST 2029. 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. IDEALLY WE'VE GOT SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION ON INTERSTATE 30 WITH THE CANYON PROJECT, HAVING BOTH INTERSTATE 30 AND 345 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME, WE THINK WOULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL. 
          IDEALLY WE WOULD BE FINISHING UP THE CANYON AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON INTERSTATE 345 SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 
          >> WITH REGARD TO THE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE ON I-345 TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SKIDS, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? DOES THAT ADD COST TO THE CONSTRUCTION OR THE REPAIR BUDGET? 
          >> WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK. 
          WE ACTUALLY CHANGE ORDERED IT IN JUST BASED ON THE CRASHES THAT WE HAD SEEN. 
          IT DID INCREASE THE COST. 
          I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH, BUT IT CAME OUT OF ESSENTIALLY OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FUNDS. 
          TXDOT FUNDED THAT SKID ABRASION. 
          >> WELL, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU FORESEE DOING WITH THE ULTIMATE I 345 BRIDGE AND PERHAPS OTHER BRIDGES TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUCH CRASHES? 
          >> WITH THE NEW INTERSTATE 345, THAT'LL HAVE A NEW PAVEMENT SURFACE. 
          WHEN WE BUILD NEW PAVEMENTS, 
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WE ALREADY HAVE A FRICTION THAT YOU'VE GOT TO ACHIEVE WHEN YOU'RE PAVING. 
          THE REASON WHY FOR THE EXISTING BRIDGE, ESSENTIALLY HAS BEEN WORN OFF OVER YEARS. 
          BUILT IN THE 70S, THAT PAVEMENT SURFACE HAS ESSENTIALLY POLISHED, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THOSE INCIDENTS. 
          WE ACTUALLY GO ON EVERY ONE OF OUR ROADWAYS, WE DETERMINE A SKID VALUE. 
          AS WE SEE THOSE GET TO A LEVEL THAT WE THINK INCIDENTS ARE GOING TO INCREASE, THAT'S WHEN WE GO AND DO PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO TRY TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS. 
          >> RECENTLY, I FORWARDED TO YOU AN E-MAIL THAT I RECEIVED FROM A CONSTITUENT ABOUT TXDOTS LITTER MAINTENANCE A RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH I THINK INCLUDED AN EXIT RAMP OR MAYBE IT WAS AN ENTRANCE RAMP. 
          I KNOW YOU ADDRESSED THE CONSTITUENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          DO YOU GET MAN SUCH COMPLAINTS AND HOW IS THE COORDINATION OF THAT EFFORT WITH THE CITY'S EFFORTS GOING? 
          >> WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY. 
          ESSENTIALLY, TXDOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAVEMENT SURFACE. 
          WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT TO PICK UP LARGER PIECES FROM LARGER PIECES OF DEBRIS OFF THE SHOULDERS THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY SWEEP THE SHOULDERS ONCE A WEEK. 
          ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE PAVEMENT SURFACE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, AND WE REIMBURSE THE CITY TO PICK UP LITTER 18 TIMES A YEAR, AND THEN MOWING AS WELL. 
          WE DO GET SOME COMPLAINTS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER AT MAKING SURE THAT OUR ROADWAY SURFACES ARE CLEAN. 
          SOME OF IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTRACTING DIFFICULTIES. 
          THERE'S ONLY A FEW CONTRACTORS OUT THERE THAT DO THIS WORK, AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPLEMENTING IT WITH IN HOUSE FORCES. 
          IF WE CAN'T GET OUR CONTRACT TO COME OUT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OUR OWN FOLKS OUT THERE TO PICK UP THE DEBRIS. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FOR MS. SEASON? WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY, KATHY. YES. DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? 
          >> NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE SKILLMAN BRIDGE AT 635. 
          I THINK IT'S TURNED OUT REALLY BEAUTIFULLY. 
          I THINK YOU CAN CONFIRM IF THIS IS RIGHT BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME, WHY DO WE HAVE A TIGHT ARCH BRIDGE THERE? YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE, I BELIEVE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN 635 MIGHT GET REDONE. 
          WE NEEDED TO HAVE A BRIDGE THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE SUPPORT FROM UNDERNEATH SO THAT THOSE LANES AND ALL OF THAT COULD HAPPEN WHENEVER THEY NEEDED TO HAPPEN, BUT WE COULD GO AHEAD WITH THE BRIDGE. 
          AS IT TURNED OUT, BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION OF 635 EAST AND THE BRIDGE COINCIDED WITH EACH OTHER. 
          BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT 20 YEARS AGO, I THINK WHEN SOME OF THOSE EARLY CONVERSATIONS WERE HAPPENING. 
          WE'VE BENEFITED FROM A REALLY BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE AT THAT INTERSECTION, AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK ON IT. IT LOOKS GREAT. 
          >> NO, THANK YOU. 
          >> IT'S FUNCTIONING WELL TOO. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING. 
          SORRY, I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE GOING TO BUILD SKILLMAN STANDALONE BEFORE WE REBUILT 635. 
          THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE ANY SUPPORTS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE LANES WERE GOING. 
          THEN ALL THE MONEY CAME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME AND SO WE COMBINED IT INTO ONE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SKILLMAN OPENING UP. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. STEWART. THANK YOU, MS. CLEMENS, FOR BEING HERE AND PROVIDING THIS UPDATE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE TREMENDOUS ROAD-BUILDING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          >> OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ITEM B, THE DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT APPOINTEE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS. 
          BEFORE WE START THOSE INTERVIEWS, I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE GLORIA TARPLEY FOR HER FIVE PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD, INCLUDING HER SERVICE AS VICE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD FROM 2022-2024. 
          I EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO MS. TARPLEY FOR HER SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP AT A TIME WHEN DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS EXPERIENCED RECORD GROWTH. 
          IN TERMS OF PROCEDURE, WE WILL BE CALLING IN THE CANDIDATES ONE BY ONE, STARTING WITH MONICA LIRA BRAVO. 
          I WILL ASK THE CANDIDATES TO GIVE A TWO-MINUTE INTRODUCTION TO THEMSELVES, AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED TIME, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR QUESTIONING TO THREE MINUTES. 
          IF WE HAVE TIME, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SECOND ROUND. 
          >> QUESTION AND ANSWER? 
          >> YES. 
          >> ARE WE GOING TO TELL THEM? 
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          >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MS. BRAVO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CANDIDACY ON THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD, WE WILL BE ASKING EACH OF THE CANDIDATES TO GIVE A TWO-MINUTE INTRODUCTION OF THEMSELVES, WHY THEY WISH TO SERVE OR CONTINUE SERVING ON THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. PLEASE PROCEED. 
          >> IS IT ON? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS MONICA LIRA BRAVO. 
          I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DALLAS. 
          I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT 9 IN EAST DALLAS, AND I AM AN ATTORNEY. 
          I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR 18 YEARS. 
          I DID SOME MATH, AND 12 YEARS OF THOSE, I HAVE BEEN AS A BOARD CERTIFIED IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY HERE IN TOWN. 
          I'VE HAD MY OWN LAW FIRM FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE DALLAS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          I WAS SELECTED THERE IN 2016, DID ABOUT A FOUR-YEAR STINT AS BOARD CHAIR, CURRENTLY SERVE AS A CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE THIS CITY. 
          PUBLIC SERVICE IS JUST PART OF MY DNA, AND I FELT LIKE THIS BOARD WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO CONTINUE DOING PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THIS CITY. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO START WITH VICE CHAIR ROTH. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR INTERVIEWING WITH US. 
          YOUR RESUME IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE VERY WELL QUALIFIED. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON. 
          >> SAME, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE'LL START ON THIS SIDE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> HI, GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND THANKS FOR STEPPING UP. 
          YOU WERE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE? 
          >> YES. 
          >> I BELIEVE THERE IS A FINANCE COMMITTEE, I THINK, AT DFW. 
          DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD TRANSLATE WHAT YOU LEARNED THERE AND WORKING IN THAT? ARE YOU GOING TO WANT TO KEEP GOING THAT ROUTE? I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN AT DFW? 
          >> I LOOKED OVER SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEES, AND VARIOUS OF THEM SEEM INTERESTING TO ME. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I CHOSE FINANCE FOR THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE DALLAS COLLEGE IS FINALLY NOW SPENDING THE 2019 BOND FUNDS THAT WE GOT APPROVED $1.1 BILLION FOR THE EL CENTRO CAMPUS, AND SO I WANTED TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THAT. 
          I THINK, YES, SERVING ON A FINANCE COMMITTEE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE DOING. 
          >> MS. CADENA, ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. 
          MONICA, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT ASSET FOR A DFW BOARD MEMBER, SOMEBODY THAT WHO'S ALREADY BEEN DOING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAS A REPUTATION FOR WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME IN ORDER TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MR. GRACY. 
          >> THANK YOU. MONICA, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          I'M ASKING ALL OF MY CANDIDATES THIS THERE. 
          AS AN APPOINTEE, HOW WILL YOU HELP A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF US, NAVIGATE THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT AVIATION WORKERS ARE PAID FAIR WAGES, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON? CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO. 
          I'M NOT NOT ASKING YOU TO SOLVE POLICY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST HOW YOU WOULD ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THOSE FOR THE WAGES. 
          >> WELL, FOR SURE, AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT AT DALLAS COLLEGE, ONE THING THAT I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR BOARD HAS DONE IS THAT WE PAY A LIVING WAGE. 
          WHEN THE LIVING WAGE INCREASED TO $22, WE DID THAT, AND THAT INCLUDES TO OUR INTERNS, OUR WORK STUDY STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING PART TIME AT OUR COLLEGES, THEY'RE PAID A LIVING WAGE. 
          I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF TAKING CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OF OUR WORKERS, OF OUR CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IS JUST INCREASING. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER, 
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AND JUST KNOW, FOR OUR AVIATION WORKERS, THERE ARE SOME THAT MAKE THE LIVING WAGE, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT DO THE EXACT SAME JOB FOR ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES NOT. 
          THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO RIGHT SIZE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, AGAIN, FROM FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO REGULAR PEOPLE. 
          THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE STABILIZED, AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN OUR POSITIONS, THIS BEING ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS TO DO IT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR US. THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BRAVO, FOR STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO DO THIS. 
          IT'S AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN GRACY HERE HAS JUST SAID THAT, YES, WAGES AREN'T STABLE. 
          WHEN WE HAVE JUST COME OFF WHERE THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN, WELL, REQUIRED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY, IT'S HARDER. 
          WHEN THERE WERE THOSE THAT ARE NOT GETTING A LIVING WAGE, IT'S EVEN HARDER. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU COULD ALSO LOOK AT EVENING OUT, AND A LIVING WAGE IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN MINIMUM WAGE. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR ADVOCATION FOR A LIVING WAGE FOR ALL, OPPOSED TO JUST MINIMUM WAGE? 
          >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY PAST EXPERIENCE AT DALLAS COLLEGE, AND WE WERE DEALING WITH EMPLOYEES, SO WE DID A COMPENSATION STUDY. 
          IT WASN'T JUST FOR MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS. 
          IT WAS FOR ALL OF OUR WORKERS. 
          WE DID THEM IN TRANCHES, SO WE COULDN'T DO EVERYBODY AT ONCE AND BECAUSE WE HAD TO BUDGET APPROPRIATELY FOR IT. 
          ONE BUDGET YEAR, WE STARTED WITH OUR LOWER PAID WORKERS BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MORE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR MIDDLE LEVEL AND THE HIGHER LEVEL. 
          WE COULDN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE YEAR, WHICH I'M SURE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE SAME AT THE AIRPORT. 
          IN IDEAL WORLD, WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WITH OUR BUDGETS, YOU HAVE TO ROLL IT OUT IN PIECES, SO I'M HOPING MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MS. BRAVO, I'D LIKE TO DOVETAIL ON THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS' COMMENTS ABOUT WAGES AND RAISE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          WE HAVE HEARD MANY HEART-WRENCHING STORIES FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS AT THE AIRPORT WHO ARE 20-YEAR VETERANS IN THEIR JOBS, AND THEY'RE NOT EARNING LIVING WAGES, FORCING THEM TO GET TWO AND SOMETIMES THREE JOBS IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          WHAT I WANT TO RAISE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DFW AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S THEIR CONTRACT WORKERS THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO CLEAN THE AIRPORT TERMINALS AND PUSH THE WHEELCHAIRS THROUGH THE TERMINALS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS. 
          IT'S THOSE PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THAT DON'T HAVE A STRONG VOICE AND ARE NOT BEING PAID VERY WELL. 
          PLEASE, IF YOU ARE APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION, LOOK AT THAT ISSUE, PERHAPS FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE IMPACT THAT THESE CURRENT WAGE RATES ARE HAVING ON THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEES OF DFW DIRECTLY. 
          >> NOTED. I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND, OBVIOUSLY, WILL DO MY BEST TO NOT ONLY SERVE THE EMPLOYEES, BUT THE CONTRACTORS. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          ANY SECOND ROUND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. MS. CADENA, GO AHEAD. 
          >> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ECHO ABOUT THE LIVING WAGES FOR OUR WORKERS. 
          BUT ALSO, WE ARE NAVIGATING TIMES WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT DEI, OUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO ALSO BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CONTRACTORS. 
          CERTAINLY, THEY MAY BE AFFECTED. 
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COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK AT DALLAS COLLEGE AND HOW YOU ALL NAVIGATED THAT? 
          >> OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES, AND SO WE'VE HAD TO DO AWAY WITH CERTAIN POSITIONS AS I'M SURE, THE AIRPORT MAY HAVE HAD TO DO AS WELL. 
          AT DALLAS COLLEGE, BECAUSE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT INSTITUTION WHO TAKES EVERYBODY, WE TRY TO TACKLE THAT NOW BY FOCUSING ON CIP CODES, SO JUST FOCUSING ON WHAT CIP CODES HAVE MORE UNDERSERVED REPRESENTATION AND TAILORING IT THAT WAY SO THAT WE CAN STILL HELP THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU, MS. BRAVO, FOR APPEARING BEFORE US TODAY AND FOR YOUR FORTHRIGHT TESTIMONY. 
          YOU ARE EXCUSED NOW. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> OUR NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE VINCENT HALL. 
          COULD SOMEONE GET THEM FROM THE BACK ROOM. 
          WELCOME, MR. HALL, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CONTINUING THAT SERVICE BY INTERVIEWING WITH THIS COMMITTEE TODAY. 
          >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE BEING HERE. 
          >> WE ARE GIVING EACH CANDIDATE TWO MINUTES TO BRIEFLY MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN THIS POSITION AND YOUR BACKGROUND, WHATEVER YOU CARE TO TALK ABOUT. 
          >> I'M VINCENT HALL. I'M LIFELONG DALLAS, TEXAS, BORN ABOUT EIGHT BLOCKS FROM THE STATE FAIR. 
          EVERYTHING I'VE DONE HAS BEEN DALLAS, EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF STAND IN CALIFORNIA FOR AT&T. 
          RIGHT NOW, I'M ALSO SITTING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT PARKLAND BOARD, PARKLAND HOSPITAL. 
          I REALLY ENJOY MY STAND AT DFW. 
          IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXPANSIVE GROWTH I'VE EVER SEEN OUT OF ALL THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS I'VE EVER WORKED ON. 
          THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST FINANCIALLY, TECHNOLOGICALLY, AND A PEOPLE-CULTURED BOARD I'VE EVER SAT ON. 
          BECAUSE IT'S THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC ENGINE IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, I'M COMMITTED TO TRYING TO SEE US THROUGH THE TERMINAL F BEING BUILT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH IT. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'LL START ON THE FAR END WITH MS. BLAIR, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE DFW BOARD. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SERVICE YOU HAVE DONE AND FOR TRUE TRANSPARENCY TO THIS COMMISSION [LAUGHTER] VINCENT AND I WORKED TOGETHER AT AT&T, SO WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR QUITE A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          >> FELLOW JOURNALISTS. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> A FELLOW JOURNALISTS. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION THAT I'M ASKING EVERYBODY, AND THAT IS IN REGARDS TO WAGES. 
          >> THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING WAGE AND MINIMUM WAGE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT MINIMUM WAGE OPPOSED TO THE LIVING WAGE. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR HOW YOU ARE ADVOCATING FOR A LIVING WAGE FOR EVERYONE. 
          NOT JUST THE WORKERS, BUT ALSO THE CONTRACTORS WHO COME IN AND DO THE WORK, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT DO THE HARD LABOR AND DON'T GET AN APPROPRIATE WAGE. 
          >> I'LL SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A MAINSTAY AT BOTH DFW AND AT PARKLAND, THAT I TRY TO MAKE AS MUCH AS I CAN IMPACT ON WAGES. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO CAME UP THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA 6215, WAS A CHIEF STEWARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I AM BOUND AND DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS GET EVERYTHING THEY CAN POSSIBLY GET. 
          I REALIZED THAT THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THE LITTLE MONEY THEY GET IS GETTING WORSE ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          WE ASK ABOUT CONTRACTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE HISTORICALLY SMALL. 
          THE JANITORIAL CONTRACTS, SOME OF THE FOOD SERVERS, 
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WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET SOME INSIGHT ON HOW THEY'RE BEING PAID. 
          THE SWAY THAT WE HAVE OVER CONTRACTORS LEGALLY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          I RAN INTO THAT. 
          I WAS CONFRONTED ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE MAKE IT KNOWN FROM THE DIAS, AND FROM EVERYBODY WE TALK TO THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET PAID. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCILMAN GRACY. 
          >>. THANK YOU, CHAIR. MR. HALL AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP IT ALONG THOSE SAME LINES IN TERMS OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO DFW AIRPORT HAS BEEN STELLAR FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRESS AS WE HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF THE WAGES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WAGES ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          IT'S REALLY, AND I UNDERSTAND FROM A CONTRACTING PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE, SO WE'LL BE PUSHING AND HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET IN THAT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF THAT. 
          BUT THE OTHER PIECE IS IT'S ACTUALLY AN OPERATIONAL THING, TOO. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE FROM AN EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE THIS GROUP DOING THE EXACT SAME JOB, AND THEN THEY LEAVE THIS GROUP BECAUSE THEY CAN GET PAID MORE FOR DOING THE SAME JOB OVER HERE. 
          IT DOES BECOME AN OPERATIONAL THING. 
          I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PRESS THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES THAT INEFFICIENCIES THAT THIS CREATES FROM A DFW PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. 
          BUT THE WAGES AND GIVEN EVERYTHING AS YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO, MANY OF US CAN START TO FEEL THAT SOONER THAN LATER. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STAY AHEAD OF. 
          >> NOT ONLY AM I COMMITTED TO IT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU MAKE FROM HERE, FROM THIS HORSESHOE AND EVEN CLAY JENKINS AS COUNTY JUDGE, BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY A STEPPING STONE THAT WE HAVE, A PRESSURE POINT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POINT GETS ACROSS. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> COUNCILMAN DONNELL. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THE DFW BOARD UP TO THIS POINT. 
          I THINK A COUNCILMEMBER NARVIS WAS HERE WHEN YOU WORKED WITH HIM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE LIVING WAGE, AND IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGHT FOR OUR CONTRACTORS TO HAVE A LIVING WAGE. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT TO ASK, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU SEE AT THE AIRPORT SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING? 
          >> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE CROWNING JEWELS OF THE DFW AIRPORT IS THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY LEFT TO CONTRACTORS, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE GROUPS OF CONTRACTORS YOU'LL FIND ANYWHERE. 
          A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION IS GOING TO MAKE A GREAT BIG CHANGE IN THAT. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FEELING THAT HERE. 
          I THINK THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP A DIVERSITY OF CONTRACTORS AND THAT WE MAKE SURE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCAL GET A CHANCE AND A SHOT. 
          WE JUST DID A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MEETING THE OTHER DAY THAT SHOWCASED ALMOST $3 MILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LET IN THE NEXT YEAR. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          WE KEEP LOCAL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES IN LINE. 
          I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE A LOT MORE IMPACT WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS THAN WE DO WITH THE LARGER ONES. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> MISS BLACKMAN. 
          >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, IS THIS YOUR SECOND OR THIRD TERM? 
          >> THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TERM. 
          >> SECOND TERM. YOU'VE BEEN ON FOR TWO YEARS. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR NEXT TWO YEARS ON THE BOARD? 
          >> WELL, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WERE LOOKING TO GET TO 100 MILLION PASSENGERS. 
          >> A YEAR? 
          >> YES. BUT WE WERE EXPECTING IT MAYBE THE END OF THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT. 
          SEEING TERMINAL F GO IN, I JUST CAME BACK FROM TORONTO, CANADA, TO A CONVENTION THAT WAS AIRPORT RELATED. 
          EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THINKS WE HAVE THE MOST MAGNIFICENT ORGANIZATION. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT NOT ONLY ARE THE EMPLOYEES THERE EXCEPTIONAL, BUT THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE HAVE A CONGENIALITY THAT WORKS REAL WELL. 
          FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT INTACT. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF SMALL PROJECTS WITH SMALL AND SOME TERMS THAT HAVE TO GO IN TO MAKE A BIG PROJECT. 
          ONE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, ALL OF THE LEFT HAND EXITS THAT USED TO BE THERE ARE NOW BEING MADE RIGHT HAND. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BAD TRAFFIC FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
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BELIEVE ME, EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS AT THE AIRPORT, I GET A CALL FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE RICH AND PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE THERE TO BE THEIR VOICE TO TRY TO HELP THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          >> COUNCILMAN ROG. 
          >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR REAPPLYING FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. 
          I NOTICED THIS TERMINAL F PROJECT IS REALLY A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AT DFW AIRPORT. 
          I NOTE THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME CREDIT AS TO YOUR BACKGROUND IN BEING ON THE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGES IN THAT CAPACITY AND THE TALENTS THAT I THINK YOU WOULD BRING TO THAT DECISION MAKING WITH REGARD TO THAT MASSIVE PROJECT, AND I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'VE HAD SOME SERVICE BEFORE AND THAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD IN CONTINUING TO GIVE GOOD DECISION MAKING FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY AROUND HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSON. 
          >> THANK YOU. WELL, LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, THERE WAS A BIT OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AND IF THERE WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 
          HAVE YOU FOUND ANY AREAS WHERE YOU EITHER WANTED TO RECUSE YOURSELF OR YOU FELT LIKE MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULD NOT VOTE ON? 
          >> I'VE NEVER HAD ANY OF THOSE. 
          IN FACT, QUITE TO THE CONTRARY, MY WORK WITH ASPHALT AND CONSTRUCTION REALLY HELPS A LOT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IN BOARD MEETINGS, NONE OF US HAVE ALL THE TALENT SETS. 
          A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING I HAVE SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON, BUT IF IT'S ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, IF IT'S ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE SUPPORTS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF THE BRIDGES REDONE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT [INAUDIBLE] REPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT SAYS HOW MANY IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY NEED TO BE DONE. 
          IT'S REALLY HELPED OUT, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD ANY. 
          SINCE I'M NOT A BUSINESS OWNER, THERE ARE VERY FEW TIMES THAT HAVE ANY CONFLICT. 
          I'VE NEVER CITED ONE SO FAR. 
          >> THAT'S GREAT NEWS. YES, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER THERE. 
          I'VE BEEN OVER AT DFW QUITE A BIT LATELY, AND THANKS FOR MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'RE DEFINITELY NECESSARY. 
          >> THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO BEAUTIFUL. 
          >> ANYONE FOR A SECOND ROUND? 
          >> JUST SOMETHING TO ADD. 
          >> MS. BLAIR. 
          >> WE'RE ALL TRAVELING. 
          MOST OF US WILL BE TRAVELING THIS WEEK, GOING THROUGH DFW, MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE. 
          I HAVE YOUR NUMBER, AND I WILL PASS IT OUT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM. 
          >> THAT'S GOOD. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FOOD, AND WHAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THAT THE TWO THINGS THAT MAKE IT EVEN BETTER IS, THE EMPLOYEE BASE IS WELL TRAINED AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AND THEN WE HAVE A LEGION OF VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND THEY NEVER GET THE CREDIT FOR IT. 
          >> MAYOR PRO TEM REN. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          >> GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. 
          >> I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK A LITTLE CLOSER WITH YOU BY ATTENDING SOME OF THE DFW BOARD MEETINGS AND JUST SEEING YOU IN ACTION AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE PUTTING DALLAS FIRST HAS ALWAYS BEEN APPRECIATED. 
          JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE JOB THE AIRPORTS DOING. 
          IT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST AIRPORTS IN NORTH AMERICA, BUT ALSO GLOBALLY. 
          AS COUNCILMAN BLAIR SAID, AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE HOLIDAYS, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY THINKING OUR PILOTS, BUT WE'RE THING ALL THOSE AIRPORT STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HAULING OUR LUGGAGE, THAT ARE GETTING OUR FOOD PREPARED, AND SO JUST KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE PREPARED TO WELCOME MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH THE WORLD CUP AMONGST US. 
          THE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION THERE IS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HAVE APPS AND SIGNAGE AND MULTIPLE LANGUAGE AS WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING PEOPLE OUT THE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YOU ARE EXCUSED, MR. HALF. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THE CHANCES, SIR. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD. SOMEONE ESCORT ANGELA HUNT TO THE CHAMBER. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MISS HUNT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, AS I'M SURE THE WHOLE COMMITTEE DOES PREVIOUS TO THIS ON 
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THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD AND YOUR OTHER AVENUES OF CIVIC SERVICE. 
          WE ARE GIVING EACH CANDIDATE TWO MINUTE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND, WHY THEY WISH TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY, WHATEVER YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD, THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          I HAVE SERVED THE CITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I HAVE SERVED ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SINCE THEN, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT, IF I MAY. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE INVESTING $12 BILLION THAT I THINK WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL IN OUR AIRPORT, WE'RE BUILDING A SIXTH TERMINAL, TERMINAL F, WE'RE INVESTING IN EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS TO TERMINALS A AND C. WE ARE RECONFIGURING AND IMPROVING THE 50-YEAR-OLD INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY. 
          BUT ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY, AFTER 50 YEARS OF HAVING THIS INCREDIBLE ECONOMIC ENGINE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND CONTINUING TO INVEST IN WAYS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS AIRPORT AMONG THE VERY TOP AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD. 
          IF THERE'S TIME, I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE TEAM. 
          I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED. 
          AS I KNOW THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, MAYOR PRO TEM MARINO HAS SEEN OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT. 
          WE HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP, AND I THINK WE CAN BE VERY CONFIDENT IN THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MISS HUNT. I'M GOING TO START ON MY RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 
          >> I DO. WELL, FIRST, YES, THANK YOU FOR SERVING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          BUT I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE EMAIL UPDATES THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US WHAT'S HAPPENING AS YOU GO ALONG. 
          IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND APPRECIATED AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 
          >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          >> CONCILMAN ROTH. 
          >> THANK YOU ALSO AGAIN, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AGAIN, AND ALSO FOR THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE IN HOW THE AIRPORT OPERATES, THE FINANCIAL, THE LEGAL, THE ACTUAL OPERATIONAL PART OF THIS, WHICH IS REALLY A UNIQUE TALENT, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES, AND ALSO YOUR FOCUS ON PROTECTING, PROMOTING, AND ENCOURAGING THE AIRPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE CITY OF DALLAS INTERESTS THERE. 
          I WANT TO ALSO REALLY COMMEND THE AIRPORT FOR THE TREMENDOUS MASSIVE PROJECT, THAT THEY'RE EMBRACING RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND THE NEW TERMINALS AND TO REALLY PLAN FOR A SIGNIFICANT FUTURE. 
          TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE, TO HAVE EXPERIENCE, AND TO HAVE THE RIGHT COMMITMENT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS IN THAT CHAIR, IS VERY VALUABLE TO US, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU, CONCILMAN ROTH, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> COUNCILMAN BLAIR. 
          >> THANK YOU AND GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING. 
          YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE AIRPORT, IS MOVING ON. 
          WHAT DO YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS SERVING ON THIS BOARD? 
          >> I CAN TELL YOU FROM A COUPLE OF DIRECTIONS. 
          ONE IS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON NOTED, I DO TRY TO KEEP THIS COUNCIL UPDATED. 
          I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS BOARD MEMBERS IS CONTINUE TO KEEP AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH YOU AND GET DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DO THAT IS KEEP YOU UPDATED AND ALSO GET FEEDBACK AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING FEEDBACK. 
          I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH SEIU ON LIVING WAGE ISSUES. 
          AS YOU KNOW, LIVING WAGE ISSUES WERE IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN I WAS ON COUNSEL. 
          BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES I LED WAS FOR LIVING WAGE FOR OUR SANITATION WORKERS AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE FOLKS WHO WORK AT THE AIRPORT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE A LIVING WAGE AND MORE THAN THAT WHERE WE CAN. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE, TO OVERSEE WHAT I THINK ARE TREMENDOUS INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING THE AIRPORT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ALL CAN BE VERY PROUD OF, AND THAT I LEARNED GETTING TO SIT ON THE BOARD IS, 
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HOW EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE OUR LEADERSHIP IS AT THE AIRPORT. 
          WE HAVE THE TOP TIER EXECUTIVE GROUP THERE, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE POACHED TO GO TO OTHER AIRPORTS AND LEAD THOSE AIRPORTS SO AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL, I WANT TO KEEP THE FOLKS WE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          VERY IMPRESSIVE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE FOUND ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY CONSTANTLY FROM OUR CITY AUDITOR, OUR HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR CEO, OUR CFO, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES, TO REDUCE COSTS, TO MAKE THE AIRPORT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS. 
          WE'VE BEEN NUMBER ONE AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 
          I THINK MAINTAIN, CONTINUE TO SEEK AND RETAIN GREAT TALENT AND CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON LIVING WAGE ISSUES. 
          >> WELL, I AGREE THE LIVING WAGE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HELP MY DAD WHEN HE TRAVELS AND YOU WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WELL COMPENSATED, AND A LIVING WAGE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHEAP LIVING IN THIS CITY AND WE WANT THEM TO LIVE HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          >> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN CADENA? 
          >> YES. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU JUST AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME AND THEN ALSO UPDATE ME ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON AT DFW BOARD. 
          I THINK YOU WERE ONE OF THE FEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT DID THAT, AND I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT A GOOD HOUR DOING THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING ON THE LIVING WAGE ISSUE. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ADVOCATING AND DOING SOME EXTRA WORK ON THAT AREA AND JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED THE DESIRE TO DO THAT. 
          THEN ALSO, JUST HELPING TO NAVIGATE AS WE DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AND THE DEI, THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR LOCAL CONTRACTORS AS WELL. 
          >> PLEASURE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MR. GREYSON? 
          >> THANK YOU. I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY IT, SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK IT AGAIN, BUT I AM GOING TO JUST STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE LIVING WAGE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHETHER THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE AIRPORT, CONTRACTORS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BOTH FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM AN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE AT THE AIRPORT AS A WHOLE. 
          IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LEAVING ONE SPOT TO DO THE SAME JOB, TO GO TO ANOTHER ONE, TO GO GET THAT JOB. 
          THAT CREATES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AROUND, DOESN'T KEEP THINGS STABILIZED THERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE PRESSING THAT AND PRESSING THAT, PRESSING THAT AND FINDING WAYS THAT WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN BE PAID A LIVING WAGE THAT'S WORKING OUT THERE. 
          THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, SERVICE OVER THE YEARS. 
          >> MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. HUNT. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          HOW DO YOU BALANCE YOUR WORK AS IN ZONING AND PLANNING WITH BEING AS A BOARD MEMBER ON THE DFW BOARD? 
          >> IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO ME THAT I NEVER HAVE ZONING AND LAND USE ISSUES IN FRONT OF THE DFW BOARD, SO I'M NEVER FINDING REASONS TO RECUSE MYSELF. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, IT GIVES ME INSIGHT, I THINK, INTO AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT THAT I MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE. 
          BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE GOT 28 SQUARE MILES OF AIRPORT, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS. 
          WE'RE NOT LANDLOCKED. 
          WHEN WE WANT TO BUILD A NEW TERMINAL, WE BUILD IT. 
          WHEN WE WANT TO DEVELOP AND WORK WITH LOGISTICS GROUPS, WE BUILD IT, AND WE HAVE THE LAND FOR IT. 
          I THINK THAT GIVES ME SOME INSIGHT INTO THOUGHTFUL PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          >> I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH YOU WITH THE DFW BOARD AS WELL AS WITH ZONING CASES. 
          I AM GLAD YOU MADE MENTION UPFRONT ABOUT LIVING WAGES VERSUS MINIMUM WAGE. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. 
          I WANT TO ASK YOU ALSO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD THE NEED FOR WHEELCHAIR SERVICES. 
          THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE WORKERS WHO INSTEAD OF DOING A ONE FOR ONE, THEY ARE CARRYING TWO PASSENGERS FROM EITHER THE GATE TO THE RAMP OR WHEREVER. 
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AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHAT WILL YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OR ADEQUATE WORKERS WHO ARE DOING THOSE JOBS AND THAT THEY ARE GETTING A LIVING WAGE? 
          >> GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          ONE, OUR FAMILY FREQUENTLY TRAVELS WITH MY MOM, AND SHE'S 92-YEARS-OLD AND WE USE A WHEELCHAIR WHEN WE'RE AT AN AIRPORT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE WALKING IS FAR TOO MUCH. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, I'VE EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE THAT I'VE TALKED WITH THE AIRPORT ABOUT IS, YOU HAVE BOTH AIRLINE FROM THE AIRLINE PERSPECTIVE. 
          THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO SUPPORT TRANSFER VIA WHEELCHAIR. 
          THEN YOU HAVE SOME TERMINALS THAT ARE AT THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT ITSELF AND I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW UP AND TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE MAY NEED TO SEE IS A LITTLE MORE INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THOSE AND MAYBE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          BUT I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW UP AND TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT TO ME, GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT PRIORITIES. 
          THAT TO ME IS THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK THAT I LIKE TO HEAR. 
          WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, I LOVED IT WHEN CONSTITUENTS WOULD GIVE ME VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT THEY WERE HAVING AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE CITY AND THAT'S WHAT I FEEL MY ROLE IS HERE. 
          IS TO FIND ISSUES LIKE THAT, I FOUND ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SEATING OUTSIDE WAITING FOR UBER PICK UP. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS. 
          BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE RELATED. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. 
          >> WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE FOUND IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WHEELCHAIR, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH REPRESENTATION, NOT ENOUGH EMPLOYEES TO PICK THEM UP AT THE GATE, OR I SHOULD SAY WHEN THEY CHECK IN TO GET THEM TO THEIR FLIGHT ON TIME OR WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM GATE TO GATE. WE'LL TALK. 
          >> SOUNDS GOOD. 
          >> YOU HAVE MY NUMBER. 
          WE'LL TALK. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR PRO TEM MARINO? 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, HONORABLE HUNT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE REGULAR EMAILS ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT DFW AIRPORT. 
          WHEN I WAS NOT ATTENDING THE DFW BOARD MEETINGS, I JUST SKIMMED THROUGH THEM, BUT NOW HAVE A MUCH DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY YOU'RE SENDING THAT, AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          I GOT TO TELL YOU THIS BOARD DOES THEIR WORK AT COMMITTEE AND SO IT MAKES OUR GENERAL MEETINGS TO GO IN SMOOTHLY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, DFW AIRPORT IS DOING GREAT NOT ONLY HERE IN THE COUNTRY, BUT GLOBALLY, WE'RE SEEN AS ONE OF THE BEST AIRPORTS. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT WITH THE WORLD CUP COMING TO DALLAS AND THAT WE'RE WORKING ON APPS AND ON SIGNAGE AND MULTIPLE LANGUAGE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN NAVIGATE FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY. 
          I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POTENTIALLY FUNDING LESS IN THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AREA, HOW ARE WE PREPARING FOR EITHER POSSIBLE SHORTFALLS OR JUST FUNDING THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL IS SAFE? 
          >> THE AIRPORT CONTINUES TO BE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE FAA, AND I'VE BEEN IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CEO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MONITORING THAT, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER IT AS THEIR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, HOW THAT MAY IMPACT AIR TRAVEL AND HOW IT MAY IMPACT FLIGHTS AND DELAYED FLIGHTS OR CANCELED FLIGHTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO SINCE WE DON'T ACTUALLY CONTROL THOSE EMPLOYEES. 
          BUT I THINK IT REMAINS ABOUT KEEPING THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNICATION GOING WITH THE FAA. 
          >> ON THAT SAME NOTION, LOVE FIELD STEPPED UP TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TSA AGENTS DURING THE SHUTDOWN. 
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DID WE SEE ANYTHING SIMILAR HAPPEN AT DFW WHERE THERE WAS ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD OR TOILETRIES OR JUST JUST ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP THOSE STAFF MEMBERS? 
          >> I JUST REACHED OUT TO THE AIRPORT OVER THE SHUTDOWN TO HAVE THESE VERY CONVERSATIONS AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, CAN WE CREATE ALMOST A LOUNGE IN OUR TERMINALS FOR THE FOLKS WHO WERE IN CHARGE OF THE SAFETY OF OUR SKIES? THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS, WHICH I LEARNED IS ALL OF THE AGENTS ARE HOUSED IN THESE TOWERS, AND THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM THE TERMINALS, AND THEY'RE NOT INTEGRATED IN A PHYSICAL WAY. 
          BUT MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION IS, THEY DO HAVE NICER FACILITIES, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE, AGAIN, SINCE THEY'RE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO AS THE AIRPORT TO SUPPORT THEM? 
          >> I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE REACH OUT TO LOVE FIELD TO SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE. 
          I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH THIS. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS AT THE AIRPORT AND THAT EVERYTHING FROM OUR PILOTS DOWN TO THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE HAVING OUR LUGGAGE THAT ARE ASSISTING FAMILY MEMBERS WITH WHEELCHAIRS THAT ARE BEHIND THE CONCESSIONS BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT WHOLE EXPERTISE FROM ALL OUR STAFF MEMBERS AT THE AIRPORT, NOT JUST THOSE THAT WE SEE FLYING OUR AIRCRAFT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ANYONE FOR A SECOND ROUND? NO? WELL, THANK YOU, MS. HUNT FOR COMING DOWN AND TALKING WITH US TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU ARE EXCUSED. 
          >> MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU ALL. BYE BYE. 
          >> AT THIS POINT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO OUR THREE CANDIDATES ADVANCING TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          [BACKGROUND] 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I'VE HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ITEM C, THE STREET MANUAL TASK FORCE REPORT AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN REVISIONS TO THAT MANUAL. 
          MS. KINGSTON, AND MR. PAGE, IF YOU WISH TO OFFER ANY TESTIMONY OR JUST TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> DO WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR HERE? WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU, GUYS. 
          WELL, MELISSA, COULD YOU START AND JUST GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL IS AND WHY YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES UNDERTOOK TO REVIEW IT AND SUGGEST SOME REVISIONS? 
          >> THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL ESSENTIALLY DICTATES TO CONTRACTORS HOW WE DESIGN OUR STREETS. 
          I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS MELISSA KINGSTON, 5901 PALO PINTO, DALLAS, TEXAS. 
          I'M ALSO THE DISTRICT 14 PLAN COMMISSIONER. 
          >> WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STREET DESIGN MANUAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND MARINO BECAUSE DALLAS HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, VEHICULAR FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES TO PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLE OPERATORS OF ANY MAJOR CITY IN TEXAS. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE WORST RECORDS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          ALSO WE HAVE THE WORST RECORD ON THOSE STATISTICS FOR ALL OF OUR SUBURBS HERE IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. 
          THE QUESTION WAS, WHY IS THAT? PART OF IT WAS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF STREET DESIGN THAT LEADS TO THOSE RESULTS? THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT. 
          WE NOT ONLY LOOKED AT OUR STREET DESIGN MANUAL. 
          WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED BY THIS BODY, 
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WHETHER IT BE VISION 0, C-CAP? WE LOOKED AT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF OTHER MORE TECHNICAL PLANS LIKE OUR DRAINAGE PLAN. 
          LOOKING AT THOSE, HOW THEY RELATE TO THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL, WHETHER WE NEED TO UPDATE THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL OR WHY IF WE DON'T FEEL LIKE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, WHAT OTHER CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN? WE HELD MEETINGS FOR ABOUT A YEAR. 
          WE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH STAFF, NOTABLY THE PRIOR PUBLIC WORK STAFF, THE DR. KANKARI, THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM DFNR LEADERSHIP. 
          IN LOOKING AT WHAT CHANGES WE MIGHT RECOMMEND AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO IMPACT THOSE DEPARTMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 
          WHAT WE REALLY FOUND IS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE OUR OWN CITY STAFF IS NOT FOLLOWING OUR POLICIES, AND OUR CONTRACTORS ARE NOT FOLLOWING OUR POLICIES, AND THERE'S NOT APPARENTLY A MECHANISM OR THERE WASN'T A MECHANISM TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR EXISTING POLICIES. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, MORE THAN ONE STAFF MEMBER SAID DURING THE PROCESS THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY HAD TO FOLLOW CITY POLICIES ON A CITY INITIATED PROJECT BECAUSE IT WAS THE CITY. 
          WE HAD EXAMPLES OF THE CITY NOT FOLLOWING THE ZONING THAT HAS BEEN PASSED BY THIS BODY. 
          WE ALSO, IN OUR OPINION, HAD A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE PRIOR LEADERSHIP OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THAT THEY DID NOT SEEM TO VALUE SOME OF THE POLICIES AND WERE ADHERING TO MAYBE ANTIQUATED WAYS OF DOING THINGS OR SIMPLY HAD A DIFFERENT WAY THEY WANTED TO DO IT, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. 
          I THINK THAT THAT AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED. 
          BUT I DO THINK YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE TO HAVE A BIAS TOWARD SOME OF THE OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, RELIANCE ON LEVELS OF SERVICE TO THE EXCLUSION OF EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          IN OUR REPORT, WE OUTLINED WHAT OUR FINDINGS WERE, AND I'LL JUST GO OVER THOSE BRIEFLY. 
          WE ALSO FOUND THAT WE HAVE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IF WE CONSIDER INVESTING IN MORE URBAN RIGHT SIZED FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES. 
          A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS. 
          THERE IS A TAB ATTACHED TO THE REPORT THAT OUTLINES WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE STARTED MOVING TOWARDS MORE URBAN SIZED FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES, AND IT TALKS IN DETAIL ABOUT HOW THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOSS OF CAPACITY, BUT YOU HAVE TIGHTER TURNING RADIUSES. 
          YOU DON'T NEED AS MUCH ROOM FOR THEM TO EXIST AND WORK. 
          OVER TIME, THOSE MORE RIGHT SIZED URBAN VEHICLES LEAD TO LESS PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT, LESS BIKER CONFLICT, LESS REGULAR VEHICLE CONFLICT. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND. 
          WE ALSO FOUND THAT LOWER SPEED LIMITS HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON OUR SAFETY NUMBERS. 
          THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS A TON OF INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS WAYS THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR STREET DESIGN TO MAKE IT SAFER, WHETHER IT'S INCLUDING ROUNDABOUTS, ROAD DIETS, NARROWER LANES, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS, ETC, AND THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ON THAT WEBSITE FOR SOME OF THESE ISSUES, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SOURCE. 
          WE ALSO FOUND THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW OUR OWN POLICIES. 
          I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES IN SOME INSTANCES TO EXIST BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT MAKES DECISIONS. 
          THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MAKES DECISIONS, AND YOU MAY HAVE SOME FUNDING DECISIONS THAT GET MADE. 
          WE GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A TWO WAY CONVERSION THAT IS HAPPENING AT MCKINNEY AND COLE IN UPTOWN AND HOW THE ORIGINAL PLANS WEREN'T FOLLOWED, WERE SHUFFLED. 
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THE NEW DESIGN STILL DOESN'T MEET OUR CITY POLICY IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS AND THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. 
          SOME OF THIS HAS CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE YET THE ENGINEERS WORKING ON THE PROJECT WERE PAID. 
          THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY WITH CITY STAFF FOR FAILING TO FOLLOW THE POLICY THAT WAS INITIALLY OR THE PLAN THAT WAS INITIALLY AUTHORIZED. 
          WE ALSO HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE DON'T FOLLOW THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL BECAUSE DFNR DOESN'T WANT US TO. 
          WE DIDN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT ACTUALLY BEING THE CASE. 
          WE THINK DFNR IS OFTEN A SCAPEGOAT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL AND THE OTHER POLICIES PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL. 
          OUR INTERACTION WITH CHIEF MARTINEZ AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS TITLE, BUT MR. WALLACE WERE THAT THEY WERE FAIRLY OPEN TO THINKING ABOUT NEW TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, AND TIGHTER TURN RADII AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BUT NOT ALWAYS FOLLOWED AND THEY SAID, LOOK, WE HAVE A BIG VEHICLE, WE CAN GET OVER THIS AND THAT. 
          YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT BE YOUR REGULAR COURSE, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS. 
          DO WE WANT TO HAVE A URBAN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CREATED FOR ALL OF ITS USERS, WHETHER IT BE CAR DRIVERS, BIKERS, SCOOTERS, WALKERS, OR DO WE WANT TO DESIGN OUR CITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGEST VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AND DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. 
          THE LADDER IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, AND IT SHOWS IN THE FATALITY NUMBERS. 
          WE ALSO FOUND A HIGH INCIDENCE OF SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS. 
          SOME OF ITS UTILITIES, BUT A LOT OF IT'S AT OUR OWN MAKING. 
          TAB C TO THE REPORT HAS SOME EXAMPLES OF ONES WE FOUND ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          A COMMON EXAMPLE WAS, THERE'LL BE A POLE FOR THE STREET LIGHTS, AND THEN NEXT TO IT, SOMEONE WILL PUT ANOTHER POLE FOR THE BUTTON TO PUSHED ACROSS THE STREET. 
          YOU DON'T NEED TWO POLES IN THAT INSTANCE. 
          YOU CAN HAVE IT BE ONE, AND THAT'S ONE LESS OBSTRUCTION IN THE SIDEWALK. 
          THE OTHER THING WE FOUND RAMPANT IN THE CITY IS IMPROPER BARRIER FREE RAMP PLACEMENTS. 
          THE RAMP SHOULD DUMP YOU INTO THE CROSSWALK. 
          AT MOST INTERSECTIONS, THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE TWO RAMPS. 
          WHAT WE SEE COMMONLY IS ONE RAMP THAT DUMPS YOU RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. 
          AGAIN, WE SAW SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE THE PLANS CALLED FOR TWO RAMPS, THE CONTRACTOR SAVED A LITTLE MONEY BY PUTTING ONE IN AND THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SOME OF THESE ISSUES ARE INTERRELATED. 
          WE ALSO FOUND A LOT OF STREET AND SIDEWALK CLOSURES DURING CONSTRUCTION. 
          MOST MAJOR CITIES REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO USE SCAFFOLDING AND BARRIERS TO PROTECT THE PEDESTRIAN REALM, INSTEAD OF CLOSING IT OFF ENTIRELY AND FORCING PEDESTRIANS TO BASICALLY WALK IN THE TRAVEL LANES AND WE DO THE LADDER IN A LOT OF INSTANCES. 
          WE ALSO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION TEAMS TO USE OUR LANES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. 
          I THINK THAT ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS REALLY LOOK AT WHAT AMOUNT OF TIME THEY NEED AND WHAT ARE WE CHARGING THEM TO USE OUR LANES BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR IT, MAYBE THEY'LL BE MORE SENSITIVE ABOUT WHEN THEY REALLY NEED TO USE IT AND WHEN THEY CAN USE ONSITE OR OFFSITE STORAGE. 
          THOSE ARE A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR FINDINGS. 
          WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT. 
          SOME OF THEM I THINK ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          SOME OF IT, I THINK WILL REQUIRE FUNDING, AND SOME OF IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO IMPLEMENT. 
          BUT GENERALLY, WE THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ENFORCING THE POLICIES WE HAVE, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME OVERSIGHT OF THIS COMMITTEE OR SOMEONE ELSE TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          WE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DO A QUARTERLY REPORT TO COUNCIL OR THIS COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING IN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING DEALT WITH. 
          WE THINK STAFF TRAINING, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR ENGINEERS IN TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. 
          THERE IS STILL A DEFINITE BIAS TOWARDS LEVEL OF SERVICE AS A TOP PRIORITY. 
          IT'S NOT THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE IS AN IMPORTANT, 
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BUT WHEN IT'S YOUR GOAL TO MOVE CARS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU END UP MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE CURB, RADII, AND LANE WIDTH AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT MAKES IT LESS SAFE FOR NOT JUST PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE DRIVING THE CARS. 
          I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A MIND SHIFT AMONG NOT JUST OUR STAFF, BUT OUR CONSULTANTS. 
          WE USE KIMBERLY HORN A LOT AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE VERY TIED TO OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS. 
          THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OUTLAWED USING LEVEL OF SERVICE AND MAKING TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS, AND THEY'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN SAFETY. 
          THESE ARE CHOICES WE MAKE AND THEIR POLICY DECISIONS. 
          THE NEXT THING WE RECOMMEND IS ENSURING THAT CONTRACTOR PAYMENTS ARE CONDITIONED ON ACTUALLY COMPLYING WITH OUR MANUALS AND THE PLANS AND THE GENERAL NOTES AND WE SAW A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          WE ALSO RECOMMENDED STANDARDIZING PROJECT DOCUMENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, USING THE SAME GENERAL NOTES FOR ALL PROJECTS. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS WHERE SOMEBODY'S USING AN OLD GENERAL NOTE OR THEY'RE NOT INCORPORATING ALL THE NEW POLICIES. 
          I DO THINK DR. GKARLI IS WORKING ON THAT. 
          THEN WE RECOMMENDED CREATING A UNIFIED MANUAL WITH ALL OF THE CITY POLICIES THAT IMPACT STREETS. 
          INSTEAD OF HAVING THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN OVER HERE AND THE DRAINAGE PLAN OVER HERE AND THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL OVER HERE, HAVE IT ALL INTEGRATED INTO ONE MANUAL, WHICH HAS CHAPTERS FOR THE DIFFERENT USES SO THAT CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO TO ONE PACE AND GET ALL THAT INFORMATION. 
          IN THEORY, WHEN YOU MAKE IT INTO ONE MANUAL, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND READING IT AND TRYING TO CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE MANUALS AND UPDATE. 
          A LOT OF OUR MANUALS THAT ARE ONLINE HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED AND NEED TO BE. 
          THERE'S A LIST OF SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL THAT WE LISTED ON PAGE 10 OF THE REPORT. 
          YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. THEN THERE'S ALSO A LIST OF SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT WE RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF POLICY INTEGRATION, ALSO ON PAGE 10 OF THE REPORT. 
          WE RECOMMENDED AN UPDATE TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          I AM ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN COMMITTEE IN CPC, AND WE SEE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT, FRANKLY, IF WE JUST DID AN UPDATE TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WOULD EXPEDITE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO COME THROUGH AND GET CHANGES THAT ARE HARDLY EVER CHALLENGED. 
          IT GOES BACK TO DO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE OR DO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO ANALYZE IN THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          WE ALSO SUGGESTED IMPLEMENTING A PRE-PROJECT ZONING REVIEW. 
          WE SAW SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED AND STARTED AND MAYBE EVEN FINISHED, AND THEY DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THE ZONING, WHICH CREATES A PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WHO HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING. 
          FOR INSTANCE, HARWOOD PARK, THE CITY PUT THE SIDEWALK RIGHT NEXT TO THE CURB. 
          THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BUFFER. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT COMES IN AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THE CITY JUST PUT THIS SIDEWALK IN AND IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE ZONING, AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO FIX IT. 
          IF YOU HAD A ZONING REVIEW BEFORE PROJECTS WERE SIGNED OFF ON, YOU COULD CATCH SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
          LIKEWISE, WE RECOMMENDED ESTABLISH AN APPROVAL PROCESS WHERE SOMEONE SENIOR IN DFNR HAS TO SIGN OFF ON DESIGN DEVIATIONS. 
          I THINK THAT WILL CUT DOWN ON THE NEBULOUS UNDOCUMENTED, DFNR WANTS IT THIS WAY. 
          IF DFNR HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE A REASON WHY THEY NEED IT AND I THINK WE'LL SEE A LOT FEWER OF THOSE VARIATIONS. 
          WE ALSO SUGGESTED DEVELOPING A UTILITY COORDINATION PLAN. 
          WE FREQUENTLY SEE THE WATER DEPARTMENT COMES IN AND THEY CHANGE OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER A STREET, AND THEN THEY REPAVE IT. 
          SIX MONTHS LATER, ATMAS COMES IN, AND THEY WANT TO REDO THE STREET AGAIN, AND IF THERE WAS A UTILITY COORDINATION PLAN, WHERE IF WE'RE GOING TO TEAR UP ONE OF OUR STREETS AND PUT THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THAT AND GO THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF IT, THAT WE DO IT ALL AT ONCE. 
          WE ASSESS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW MUCH OF IT CAN WE DO IT AT ONE TIME. 
          WE ALSO SUGGESTED IMPROVING OUR SIGNAGE. 
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THERE ARE SPECIFIC VISION ZERO SIGNS THAT OTHER CITIES USE. 
          WE HAD SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE IN THE REPORT, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AREAS, LIKE UPTOWN OR THE DESIGN DISTRICT OR LOWER GREENVILLE WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING. 
          FINALLY, AND I THINK I TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER IS LOOK FOR WAYS TO MINIMIZE SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS. 
          THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT. 
          >> MR PAIGE, I WILL SAY, DID A SIMILAR REPORT A COUPLE OF YEARS PRIOR, AND WE SAW NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYBODY EVER DID ANYTHING WITH IT. 
          WE HOPE THAT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT WENT INTO THIS, THAT THERE WILL BE MORE ATTENTION, AND I DO THINK THAT DOCTOR KCALLY IS SPENDING MORE TIME AND ENERGY ON VISION ZERO ISSUES. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S FUNDING AS WELL, BUT WE REMAIN AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE IDEAS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. KINGSTON FOR YOUR SYNOPSIS OF THE REPORT AND YOUR WORK IN THAT REGARD. 
          MR PAIGE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS POINT? 
          >> YES, I DO. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT IS WHEN THIS STUDY WAS ORIGINALLY. 
          >> COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD? 
          >> YES. THIS IS ANTHONY PAGE 3210 CARLISLE STREET, DALLAS. 
          I WANT TO PUT THIS REPORT INTO CONTEXT WHEN WE WERE FIRST TASKED BY COUNSEL TO UNDERTAKE THIS REPORT, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS WERE TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AN IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE UNDER THE NEW CITY MANAGER TALBERT, WAS THE CONSOLIDATION OF THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR KCALLY. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION FROM THE CITY HAS CITY STAFF HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, AND THAT I'D REALLY COMMEND DOCTOR KCALLY FOR BEING ALONG WITH DFR, AS COMMISSIONER KINGSTON POINTED OUT, REALLY BEING VERY RECEPTIVE AND GREAT PARTNERS IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON REFERENCED IS A PROBLEM WITH GENERAL NOTES ON THESE PLANS. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE UNDERTAKEN, YOU HAVE PLANS THAT ARE ISSUED, AND YOU HAVE GENERAL NOTES TO TELL THE CONTRACTORS WHAT TO DO. 
          IN THIS EARLIER STUDY THAT COMMISSIONER KINGSTON REFERENCED, WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THERE WAS NO CONSISTENCY IN THESE GENERAL NOTES IN THE PLANS WERE BEING GIVEN TO VARIOUS CONTRACTORS. 
          WHAT I BE MORE SPECIFIC, THE GENERAL NOTES WOULD FREQUENTLY REFER TO OUTDATED MANUALS ISSUED BY EITHER THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OR THE COG. 
          THE PROBLEM WAS THE CITY WAS TELLING THE CONTRACTORS TO DESIGN PROJECTS TO OUTDATED STANDARDS AND NOT FOLLOWING THE CURRENT STANDARDS. 
          THE CURRENT STREET DESIGN MANUAL THAT COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND I AND OUR GROUP WERE ASKED TO REVIEW IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. 
          THE PROBLEM IS THAT UNTIL RECENTLY THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH COMPLIANCE BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS. 
          I THINK IT SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING DRAMATICALLY, BUT THIS IS I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES. 
          IF THERE WAS SIMPLY MORE COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXISTING MANUAL, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MANUAL WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IT ACTUALLY THESE ARE LEGALLY BINDING STANDARDS FOR GEOMETRY THAT THESE STREETS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE DESIGNED TO, AND SO THEY'RE NOT IN CERTAIN CASES UNTIL RECENTLY, WEREN'T BEING DESIGNED TO THOSE STANDARDS, AND SO THAT'S I THINK A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR PAIGE. AT THIS POINT, WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          LET'S START WITH VICE CHAIR ROTH. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU'LL HAVE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, RESOURCES AND THOUGHTFULNESS IN THIS REPORT. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REPORT. 
          IT'S MY THOUGHTFULNESS HERE THAT YOU'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THE CITY STREETS, FOR THE PUBLIC VEHICLES, FOR PRIVATE VEHICLES TO REALLY MAKE A SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT. 
          BUT I'M REAL CONCERNED THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GRIDLOCK THIS CITY, THAT WE STILL HAVE TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC. 
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WE STILL HAVE TO GET PEOPLE AROUND, AND THAT AS A GENERAL RULE, THIS COMMUNITY IS STILL A CAR CENTRIC AND TRAFFIC CENTRIC CITY, AND IT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND YOUR PROJECTIONS OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING IN THE FUTURE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THESE PROJECTIONS NEED TO BE PHASED IN, NEED TO BE TRANSITIONAL, AND NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL FOR THE FUTURE, NOT FOR TODAY. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WE GOT TO STILL LIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE TODAY. 
          I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT DISTRESSED THAT POLICY ADHERENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS AN ISSUE. 
          WHEN I SAY I'M DISTRESSED, IF THAT IS, IN FACT, SOMETHING THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR OPERATION OF STREETS AND MOVING PEOPLE AROUND AND GETTING TRAFFIC DONE, THAT'S BOTHERSOME TO ME. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS A BIGGER BODY, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR IDENTIFYING THAT AS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. 
          I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT INTRIGUED ALSO ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PROMOTING ITEMS THAT REALLY HAVE EFFECT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE HAVING A SEVERE ARGUMENT AND DISCUSSION AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERN OVER TRASH COLLECTION AS ONE EXAMPLE, WHICH GOES TO THE POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE ALLEYS, THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE NOW LARGER THAN WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED, AND THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN OUR DEVELOPMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL PLANS IN LINE WITH THE TYPES OF STUFF THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING HERE, THAT WE MAY SHOULD HAVE SMALLER VEHICLES, THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MAINTAINING AND DESIGNING OF OUR FACILITIES AND UTILIZING WHAT WE'VE HAD. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT REPORT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN HERE. 
          I THINK IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY COMPREHENSIVE AND THAT IT DEALS WITH UTILITIES, IT DEALS WITH ROADS, IT DEALS WITH STAGING. 
          IT ALSO DEALS WITH FUTURE EVALUATIONS. 
          I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS REPORT WOULD SERVE SOME PURPOSE TO HELP GUIDE SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION, THE SANITATION, THE ROADS AND SECTIONS, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS ON MAKING DECISIONS AS JUST A FEW OF THOSE AREAS. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSON. 
          >> THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS. 
          A LOT OF THE THINGS IN HERE ARE ACTUALLY COMMON SENSE. 
          YOU SAID IT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DID. 
          MANY OF THE THINGS YOU IDENTIFIED ARE STAFF ISSUES, AND THEY ARE THE PURVIEW OF STAFF IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY CITY COUNCIL ITEMS. BUT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE STAFF MEMBERS. 
          SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE HARD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY WHEN WE SEE PERFORMANCE ISSUES AND WE SEE THAT THERE ISN'T ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ISSUES, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COURAGE IN SAYING THEM. 
          TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS'S COMMENT ABOUT IT BEING COMPREHENSIVE AND TOUCHING ON SO MANY DEPARTMENTS? THIS IS THE REALITY WE ALL LIVE IN. 
          WE DON'T LIVE BY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE LIVE WITH ALL THOSE THINGS INTERACTING TOGETHER, SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DIDN'T NARROWLY FOCUS YOUR COMMENTS AND ITEMS. I WILL LIKE TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON PAGE 2. 
          DO WE HAVE THE DATA OR A MAP OF WHERE THE FATALITIES IN DALLAS HAVE OCCURRED ALONG WHAT ROADWAYS? 
          >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR DOCTOR KCALLY, THERE IS PRETTY GOOD DETAIL ON THIS, AND THERE IS FACT, THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS PUBLISHES AND KEEPS A MAP, THEY CALL THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND MOTOR VEHICLES. 
          FOR THAT, THEY USE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          >> I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT MAP. 
          BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT WHEN WE'RE SETTING A CITYWIDE POLICY, THAT SOMETIMES NOT ALL PARTS OF THE CITY ARE BEING CONSIDERED. 
          EVERY EXAMPLE YOU HAVE, FRANKLY, IS FROM THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, EAST DALLAS AREA. 
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I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FROM FAR SOUTH, FAR NORTH, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FROM WEST DALLAS THAT ARE INCLUDED. 
          IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH IS TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC KEEPS MOVING AND THAT MOBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 11 OR 12, WE'RE TRAVELING A LOT OF MILES EVERY DAY TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND EFFICIENCY IS PART OF THE CALCULUS, NOT JUST SAFETY. 
          I HAVE SOME NOTES ON THAT LATER THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT. 
          BUT GAS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT WHERE THE ACCIDENTS ARE LOCATED AND IF THEY ARE MOSTLY IN ONE SITE OR ANOTHER? 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GASKIN CARY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          I'M SORRY, THE ACCIDENTS. 
          >> THERE'S STATS PROVIDED ABOUT FATALITIES AND EVEN SOME HIGH INJURY, I BELIEVE, SERIOUS INJURY. 
          ACCIDENTS AND MY QUESTION IS IF THESE INJURIES ARE EVENLY DISPERSED ACROSS THE CITY, IF YOU HAVE A MAP OF WHERE THEY CONCENTRATED, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 
          >> YEAH, WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION. 
          I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT WE DO HAVE. 
          >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE ARE EVALUATING THIS REPORT. 
          I ALSO AGAIN, GAS, WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN HERE THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT SPEEDS, MAYBE 30 GOING DOWN TO 25. 
          MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF THESE HIGH INJURY AREAS AND FATALITIES ARE HAPPENING AT THE 30 MILE AN HOUR RANGE OR IF THEY'RE IN STREETS THAT ARE MUCH HIGHER. 
          I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, I THINK SPEED LIMITS ARE LIKE 45 IN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK INTERSECTIONS. 
          >> LET'S SEPARATE IF I MAY, THE TWO ITEMS. THE 25 VERSUS 30. 
          IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD IT AS A LEGISLATIVE ITEM TO TRY TO ASK THE LEGISLATORS TO ALLOW US TO ADMINISTRATIVELY LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT IN NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY IN NEIGHBORHOOD 30-25 MILES PER HOUR. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DIDN'T PASS. 
          IT STILL CAN BE DONE, BUT WE HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON DOING A SPEED STUDY TO TELL US WHAT WE KNOW. 
          WE'RE FULLY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          OBVIOUSLY, AS FAR AS THE SPEED LIMITS IS CONCERNED, ONE OF OUR MOST FATAL, IF YOU WILL, CORRIDORS HAS BEEN THE LOOP 12 COMPONENT, THE BUCKNER COMPONENT GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE WALTON WALKER. 
          THAT FACILITY HAS A 40, 45 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT AND STILL IS THE HIGHEST. 
          IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, OBVIOUSLY, THE SPEED LIMIT IS NOT REALLY NECESSARILY HELPING MUCH, ALTHOUGH IT'S DEFINITELY, HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT AS WE IMPLEMENT THE SPEED LIMITS. 
          LASTLY, I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THERE IS A REASON WHY WE DO THE SPEED STUDY, AND THERE IS A FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON THE SPEED STUDY IN ORDER TO APPROPRIATELY SIGN AN AREA FOR THE APPROPRIATE SPEED LIMIT. 
          THIS IS WHY YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE. 
          >> I'M SUPPORTIVE ACTUALLY OF LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LOWERING IT ON THOROUGHFARE STREETS. 
          I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF VERY MANY OF THE DEATHS ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS VERSUS THE THOROUGHFARE STREETS, WHICH IS WHAT MY GUT TELLS ME BASED ON THE REPORTS I'VE SEEN, BUT ALSO WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT WAS AT THAT SITE, AS WELL AS WHAT THE INVESTIGATORS ARE CALCULATING IT LIKELY WAS AT THE POINT OF IMPACT, AS WELL AS SEAT BELT DATA BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW OFTEN ACCIDENTS WITHOUT SEAT BELTS CAUSE DEATH, AND THEN ALSO IMPAIRMENT IN TERMS OF DWI, KIND OF AN ISSUE NOT ADDRESSED IN THE REPORT. 
          I LIKE THAT THERE WAS A COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT DALLAS IS SO OBVIOUSLY OUT OF THE RANGE. 
          BUT CAN THOSE FACTORS ALSO BE CONSIDERED IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES? 
          >> FACTORS SUCH AS? 
          >> WELL, SPEED AS ONE. 
          FOR INSTANCE, WE ARE A VERY GEOGRAPHICALLY SPREAD CITY COMPARED TO, LET'S SAY, AUSTIN. 
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HOUSTON MUCH MORE LIKE US IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY PROFILE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          THEN THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON PAGE 6, THE BULLET AT THE BOTTOM, THE OVERLOOKED FACTORS IN SAFER STREET DESIGN. 
          THE NARROW CURB RADII, SLOW DOWN, TURNING VEHICLES, NARROW LANES, ENCOURAGE SLOWER DRIVING, REDUCING CRASH SEVERITY. 
          AGAIN, I THINK THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE CITYWIDE. 
          I'M GOING TO USE THE EXAMPLE I KNOW YOU HAVE STUDIED. 
          IT MIGHT NOT MEAN A LOT TO EVERYONE ELSE, BUT MCCALLUM AND, THERE'S A VERY DIFFICULT TURN IF YOU ARE HEADED EASTBOUND ON MCCALLUM MAKING A NORTHBOUND TURN ON TOKOIT.. BECAUSE IT'S SO SHARP AND THE CARS GO SO SLOW, MORE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN THERE, BECAUSE NOBODY'S EXPECTING THE VEHICLE TO GO THAT SLOW THERE. 
          AGAIN, I WOULD SAY IN LOCATIONS WITH LOTS OF TRUCKS, THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZON TRUCKS THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PICKUP TRUCKS. 
          IT'S A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. 
          I WOULD SAY THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE EVERYWHERE. 
          PERHAPS IT IS FURTHER DOWNTOWN. 
          LIKE THAT THEY CALLED YOU OUT. 
          I WOULD AGREE THAT THERE'S BEEN MARKED IMPROVEMENT. 
          IN D12, THEY CALL YOU THE FAN FAVORITE, AND CERTAINLY YOU ARE ALWAYS HARPING ON COMPLIANCE AND STANDARDS. 
          THIS IS ALL TRUE. 
          THERE'S A SENTENCE IN HERE THAT PART OF IT SAYS, CITY LACKS AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT PRIORITIZES SAFETY ABOVE OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS COST TIME SAVING, TRAFFIC SLOW AND INNOVATION. 
          I WOULD SAY SAFETY NEEDS TO BE HIGHLY CONSIDERED WITH ALL OF THOSE FACTORS. 
          BUT IF WE WERE TO ACTUALLY SAY IT WAS ABOVE EVERY FACTOR, THEN WE WOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW CARS TO GO. 
          WE WOULD SAY, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE AND SAME THING FOR BUSES AND TRAINS. 
          IT HAS TO BE HIGHLY CONSIDERED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ABOVE ALL. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE AS PART OF THE UNIVERSE. 
          THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN HERE THAT YOU JUST READ AND YOU'RE LIKE, YES, YES, SO CITY EXEMPTION FROM ITS OWN POLICIES, OH MY GOSH, EVERYTHING WRITTEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR WRITING THAT. 
          FREQUENT UTILITY RELAYED STREET DISRUPTIONS. 
          YES, I THINK WE ALL TALK ABOUT ALL THESE RIDICULOUS PAVEMENT CUTTINGS REPEATEDLY, SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS OUTRAGEOUS, IMPROPER BARRIER FREE RAMP PLACEMENT. 
          YES. THANK YOU, IT'S LITERALLY DEPOSITING PEOPLE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION INSTEAD OF THE CROSSWALK. 
          EXTENDED SIDEWALK CLOSURES DURING CONSTRUCTION. 
          HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS, SUPER ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL WALK IN THE STREET. 
          LANE CLOSURES CREATING HAZARDS, AGAIN, MY DISTRICT HAD MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS CLOSED ALL AT THE SAME TIME, VERY DIFFICULT. 
          >> UNDER RECOMMENDATIONS, NUMBER 1, ENFORCED ADHERENCE TO POLICIES. 
          I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO WRITE THAT. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY SHOCKING THAT THAT'S YOUR NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION. 
          >> IF THERE'S A TAKEAWAY FROM THIS, THE THREE THINGS I WOULD SAY IS ENFORCING OUR OWN POLICIES, ENGINEERING WITH SAFETY AND MIND AND EDUCATING NOT JUST OUR STAFF AND CONSULTANTS, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC. 
          >> I AGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSON, IF YOU COULD WIND UP YOUR COMMENTS FOR THIS ROUND SO THAT OTHER MEMBERS COULD SPEAK. 
          >> I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I HAVE HIT ON THOSE. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT RELATE TO DFR. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          I THINK EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH DFR NEEDS TO GO AND HAVE A VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMAND STAFF. 
          HERE, I'LL TELL YOU THE NUMBER. 
          WE HAVE 122 TRUCKS AND ENGINES, SO 91 IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW, THESE LAST 20 OR 25 YEARS TO MAKE CHANGES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUCH A LONG TIME THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO NOT BE JUST SOMEBODY SAT IN THERE, THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND HAVE A REALLY SERIOUS CONVERSATION. 
          THE LAST ITEM YOU HIT ON THAT I JUST NEED TO CALL OUT IS ABOUT PAVEMENT MARKINGS IS YOUR NUMBER 14. 
          BUT I HOPE WE WILL ADOPT A POLICY THAT SAYS EVERY THREE YEARS, EVERY MARKING, EVERYWHERE. 
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BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR LANES, IF PEOPLE CAN'T CROSS ON A SIDEWALK WHERE THE DRIVER CAN SEIZE IT AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO CROSS, ALL THE REST OF THIS ALMOST DOESN'T MATTER. THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMAN. 
          >> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS PRETTY IN DEPTH, I WILL SAY THAT. 
          I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION IS PEOPLE OVER CARS OR CARS OVER PEOPLE. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THAT. 
          AS A CITY THAT'S BEEN AROUND A CAR, WE WERE DEVELOPED AROUND A CAR, WE'RE ON A STUDY TOGETHER FOR TRAFFIC, WE'RE FINDING MORE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A CAR. 
          WITH ALL OF THESE, I WANT TO CALL IT A CHRISTMAS LIST, AND YOU PRIORITIZED IT A LITTLE BIT, ENFORCEMENT ENGINEERING AND EDUCATING. 
          BUT DON'T YOU THINK WE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE AND MAKE ONE BIG MANUAL IN ORDER TO DO ALL THAT? BE IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE YOU BURIED YOUR HEADLINE. 
          >> THAT WAS ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO COMBINE ALL OF THESE. 
          >> THESE AREN'T IN ORDER. 
          >> NOT NECESSARILY. 
          >> NOT NECESSARILY. 
          >>> ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO REORGANIZE HOW WE PRESENT ALL OF OUR POLICIES, SO THERE ONE PLACE. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> THEY'RE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND. 
          I DO THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT SAFETY VERSUS EFFICIENCY. 
          THERE IS AN INTERPLAY THERE. 
          CERTAINLY, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON'S POINT, EVERYTHING WE SUGGEST IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR EVERY PART OF THE CITY. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> BUT CONTROLLING TURNING RADII, THINKING ABOUT LANE WIDTH. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS THAT WE SAW IN ACCIDENTS WAS SPEED. 
          YOU CAN HAVE THE SPEED ON YOUR ROAD AT 30 ALL YOU WANT, BUT IF PEOPLE DRIVE 50, AND THE REASON THEY DRIVE 50 IS BECAUSE WE DESIGN THOROUGHFARES FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE 50. 
          THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS LOADED WITH THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, SOMETIMES WITH THE BOULEVARD. 
          THOSE ARE HIGHWAYS. 
          IF WE START REIMAGINING HOW WE USE SOME OF THAT SPACE, MAYBE WE TAKE OUT A LANE AND MAKE IT A BIKE LANE OR A MULTI MODAL PEDESTRIAN LANE, SO YOU HAVE TWO LANES OF TRAVEL. 
          YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS ACTUALLY GOING ON SOME OF THESE STREETS AND A ROAD DIET IS COMPLETELY SUPPORTABLE. 
          THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY AGENCY HAS SO MUCH DATA ON THESE THINGS, AND THERE ARE METRICS FOR WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO A ROAD DIET AND WHEN IT'S NOT. 
          WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO USE A STOP SIGN INSTEAD OF A TURN SIGNAL, WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE DEDICATED TURN SIGNALS. 
          ALL OF THAT STUFF IS BACKED UP BY LOADS OF DATA. 
          I THINK WE'RE SEEING CITY STAFF USING SOME OF THAT DATA. 
          >> I HATE TO STOP YOU, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE BUMPING AGAINST. 
          LET ME GO IN YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE TONS OF DATA, WHICH, MR. KELLY, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO MARRY ALL THIS? BECAUSE IT'S A BIG ELEPHANT AND IT TAKES ONE BITE AT A TIME, BUT THERE'S ALSO CULTURAL CHANGES THAT I'VE WRITTEN IN HERE. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK CONSOLIDATING EVERYTHING INTO ONE TYPE OF MANUAL HELPS EVERYBODY IN A LONG PROCESS. 
          MAYBE THIS IS A GRAD STUDENT PROJECT. 
          >> AGAIN, WHAT MRS KINGSTON AND MR PAIGE HAVE DONE IS NOTHING SHORT OF TREMENDOUS WORK. LET ME START THERE. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK. 
          THEY IDENTIFIED A LOT OF THINGS. 
          THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS HERE IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PIECES, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE EVEN INTERNALLY HERE WITH INTERNAL STAFF. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY HAVE TO GO BACK, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID BEFORE TO HAVE A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE MARRYING, IF YOU WILL, OF ALL THESE MANUALS THAT WE HAVE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE CANNOT MAKE CHANGES ON THE DESIGN STREET DESIGN MANUAL WITHOUT MAKING CHANGES APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO THE DRAINAGE MANUAL. 
          THEN WHEN YOU START GOING WITH THE DRAINAGE MANUAL, THEN WE NEED MAYBE LOOK AT THE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS A COMPLETE STREET, MAY HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO A CONTEXT SENSITIVE MANUAL. 
          THEN WHAT FOLLOWS IT IS THE BICYCLE MANUALS AND THE GUIDE NEW GUIDELINES THAT GO WITH IT. 
          IT'S A MUCH BIGGER ITEM THAT REQUIRES TIME AND RESOURCES IN ORDER FOR IT TO HAPPEN. 
          OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, TO PUT THEM ALL IN ONE MANUAL, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO HAVE ONE MANUAL THAT IS 2000 PAGES THICK OR HAVE THEM AND REFERENCE THEM SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE THEM AND SO ON. 
          THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE AND AGAIN TO EVALUATE WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL APPROACH. 
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          >> STATE HIGHWAYS. HOW DID YOU ADDRESS THOSE? BECAUSE LOOP 12 IS A STATE HIGHWAY. 
          IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY UNDER OUR JURISDICTION, BUT YET THEY FLY LIKE YOU CAN LAND A PLANE ON IT. 
          IT'S SO WIDE AND THEY FLY DOWN IT LIKE IT'S A RACE CAR TRACK. 
          >> WE DO HAVE LESS FLEXIBILITY ON STREETS THAT WE DON'T OWN. 
          BUT THERE ARE AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'VE GOT AN INTERSECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AS WE SAW EARLIER TODAY, COOPERATION WITH THE AGENCIES THAT, WHETHER IT'S TECH DOT OR THE FEDERAL AGENCY, A LOT OF IT IS IDENTIFYING A PROBLEM AND GETTING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO TRY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. 
          IF YOU SAY THIS IS AN ELEPHANT, HOW DO YOU EAT IT ON BITE AT A TIME. 
          >> THERE'S A LOT OF MIKE HAS SAID. 
          THERE'S SOME OF THEM, THEY'RE JUST COMMON SENSE. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN ENFORCE YOUR OWN POLICIES WHEN THEY'RE SCATTERED IN 15 DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS BECAUSE IT BECOMES AND IT MAY BE THAT YOU START DOING THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ONES THAT HAVE THE THREE BIGGEST IMPACT, AND WE START AMENDING THAT BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE AMENDING 12 OTHER ONES. 
          GOOD LUCK. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THANK YOU, MRS. BLACKMAN. MRS. CADENA, ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK WHEN I WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NR BS AND HE WAS CHAIR. 
          I REMEMBER SEEING THE MEETING NOTIFICATION. 
          I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          I DO KNOW THAT GAS HAS WORKED ON SOME OF THE CHANGES AND APPRECIATE JUST SOME OF THAT YOU'RE OFFERING SOME FEEDBACK AND WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS ON TRYING TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANKS. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER CRISWELL. 
          >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK. 
          GUYS, I'LL SAY PUBLICLY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CITY WHERE YOU WORK FOR THE CITY, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO DO, BUT HOW DO YOU ATTACK IT? HOW DO YOU LIKE YOU SAID, ONE BITE AT A TIME. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THE RESEARCH ON THIS, AND GUYS, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I CAN SPEAK COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR AND I SHARE DISTRICT THREE AND EIGHT RIGHT NEXT TO SHARE CAMP WISDOM, AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN ALONG CAMP WISDOM ADDRESSES THIS. 
          CAMP WISDOM HAS THREE LANES ON EACH SIDE. 
          WE'RE REDUCING IT DOWN TO FOUR LANES AND CREATING SOME WALKABLE THINGS TO HELP. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE LONG OVERDUE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PROCESSES IN PLACE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIKE MANY, YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION, THEN YOU TURN AROUND, YOU HAVE ATMOSPHERE COME IN AND DO SOME WORK. 
          YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK. 
          MY QUESTION IS, THOUGH, AS YOU COME THROUGH SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, I LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE THAT THE CONTRACTORS COMPLY AND TYING IT TO THEIR PAYMENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA. 
          I WOULD ASK, HAS SOME OF THIS BEEN FLOATED THROUGH OUR DRIVE POLICY AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE UPDATING FROM A PROCUREMENT PERSPECTIVE? HAS THIS BEEN FLOATED? IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THIS IS BEING INTRODUCED? 
          >> WE INVITED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS, AND SOME DID NOT. 
          WE HAD SOME PLANNING STAFF, TRANSPORTATION AND DFNR WERE CONSTANTLY AT OUR MEETINGS. 
          WE ALSO TALKED WITH THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE CHANGES MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED AND GETTING BETTER DATA. 
          BUT NO, WE DID NOT TALK WITH ANYBODY AT PROCUREMENT, AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT PROBABLY ALSO GOES THROUGH TRANSPORTATION. 
          >> I WILL ADD, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          INTERNALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE BASICS. 
          ON THE DESIGN ASPECT OF IT, AS WAS RECOMMENDED HERE IS WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS ARE PROVIDED IN ADVANCE OF ANY DESIGN STARTING AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THESE ITEMS ARE BEING COMPLIED WITH. 
          WHAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE POLICY IS THAT ANY DEVIATION FROM DESIGN GUIDELINES HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED AND SIGNED BY THE CITY ENGINEER BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A STAFF DECISION OR A DESIGNER DECISION, IT HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED AND JUSTIFIED ON WHY THE DEVIATION IS BEING REQUESTED. 
          >> PERFECT. AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS ALL EXCELLENT, AND I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE, TRYING TO BRING ALL OF THIS STUFF TOGETHER SO WE CAN FUNCTION AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I DO JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO GET FLOATED AROUND THE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE, AGAIN, I HARK ON USING THE SAME VENDORS ALL THE TIME, 
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AND THEN THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY DO BEING THE CULPRIT OF SOME OF THESE MISTAKES. 
          AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE US TO ACCOUNTABILITY, EITHER IF YOU'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEN AT SOME POINT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER, AND WE NEED TO PUT THOSE THINGS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE. 
          OTHERWISE, LET'S STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM AND FIGURE OUT WHO WANTS TO FOLLOW OUR PROPER PROCEDURES. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS. 
          GUYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. 
          >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND GUYS, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          BUT I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DFR IF HE CAN JOIN US FOR A QUICK SECOND. I GUESS. 
          IN THIS RECOMMENDATION, IT ASKS THAT WE CONSIDER PUTTING IN ROUNDABOUTS AS A MEANS TO DETER SPEED. 
          HOW DOES DFR FEEL ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS, ESPECIALLY ON STREETS THAT ARE CHALLENGING TO NAVIGATE? 
          >> GOOD MORNING. I'M DEL RICH WILLIAMS ASSISTANT CHIEF, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, AND I'M OVER OUR FLEET AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          I CAN'T ANSWER THAT IN GENERAL. 
          IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC TO THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE IT THAT WAY, SO I COULDN'T SPEAK TO IT ACROSS A BLANKET POLICY. 
          >> I CAN'T APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE SURE? 
          >> IF I MAY ANSWER THAT. 
          BASICALLY, WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH DFR, AND WE HAVE A TOOL IN THE DESIGN WE REQUIRE THAT WE DO THE CHARTING RADIUS, AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY ON SOME OF THE ROUNDABOUTS, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE DO THE LAYDOWN CURB SO THAT BASICALLY WHEN THE FIRE TRUCK IS COMING IN, THEY CAN EASILY GO OVER THE CURB AND UTILIZE THAT SPACE TO GO AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT AS OPPOSED TO A VEHICLE. 
          ALL THAT IS WE DO THAT AND WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          >> I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WILL REACH OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS INDIVIDUALLY IN ORDER TO GET THEM ANSWERED. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR. 
          THANK YOU, MRS KINGSTON, MR PAIGE, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS PROJECT. 
          I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF THOSE. 
          WE, OF COURSE, DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT TODAY. 
          BUT MR KEN KELLY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD SCHEDULE SOME TIME TO COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE TO TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO YOUR POSITION ON THEM AND WHAT'S FEASIBLE AND HOW YOU WOULD TACK THINGS LIKE CONSOLIDATING THE DIFFERENT MANUALS AND WHAT RESOURCES YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MRS MENDELSON. 
          >> THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE THING. 
          WHEN YOU DO COME BACK, PLEASE, I HOPE YOUR PRESENTATION OR YOUR COMMENTS WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A VENDOR NATTY LIST. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT, DESIGNING TO THE STANDARDS, IF THEY'RE NOT ON TIME, IF THEY'RE CONSTANTLY DOING CHANGE ORDERS? WE HAVE TO GET THIS IN PLACE. 
          I KNOW I HAVE TALKED TO IT WITH MAXIE JOHNSON, THE CHAIR OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. 
          BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE SEE ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFULLY PINPOINTED BY THIS REPORT. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU WILL INCORPORATE THAT IDEA. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. MRS KINGSTON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? 
          >> I HAD ONE COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO RESPOND IN CONNECTION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON STATEMENT. 
          I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT IS TO LOOK AT DOING EVALUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF PROJECTS AS A WAY TO START LOOKING AT HOW ARE CONTRACTORS PERFORMING DURING THE PERFORMANCE, HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THEM? I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DATA IN TIME, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE OUR THOUGHTS WITH RESPECT TO THAT CONTRACTOR EVALUATION PROCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. THE ONLY REMAINING ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM D, THE BRIEFING FORECAST. 
          WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SEEING NONE, IT IS NOW 2:59 PM, AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.