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IS NOW 1:05 PM ON APRIL 20TH, AND I AM CALLING TO ORDER THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 
          OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 23RD MIN MINUTES. 
          MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTIONS APPROVED. 
          MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM IS ITEM A, THE VISION 0 20 25 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. 
          DIRECTOR CON CARLY. 
          WELCOME. 
          OKAY, THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, MY NAME IS GU CARLEY. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, AND I AM JOINED HERE BY OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR, MS. UH, JANA WEZEL, WHO WILL HELP ME WITH THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE, UM, UH, VISION ZERO. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PURPOSE BACKGROUND, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UH, CRASH DATA THAT WE HAVE, THE ACTIONS, AND THE, UH, NEXT STEPS, UH, AS WE, UM, UH, CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE THIS JOURNEY. 
          NEXT STEP, PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, WE WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE KEY ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS SINCE, UH, 2020 IN 2025, AND, UH, PREVIEW THE CURRENT AND FUTURE, UH, AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES IN 2026. 
          SO, LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, IT IS A, UH, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE VISION ZERO IS A RECOGNIZED, UH, STRATEGY, UH, TO ELIMINATE THE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIES INJURIES IN OUR ROADWAYS AND INCREASE, UH, SAFE MOBILITY FOR ALL. 
          UH, NO LOSS OF LIFE IS ACCEPTABLE AND DIVISION ZERO IS FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE DALLAS A SAFER AND BETTER PLACE. 
          UH, SO WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UM, UH, AND, UH, WHETHER IT BE AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, UH, TO THE CITY. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UM, THE CITY COUNCIL VISION ZERO, UH, BACK IN 2019, DECEMBER, 2019, IT COMMITTED THE CITY TO AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF ZERO TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND 50% REDUCTION IN SEVERE INJURIES BY 2030. 
          AND IN THAT, UH, UH, RESOLUTION DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGERS TO DEVELOP A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. 
          BY DECEMBER, 2021, CONVENE A VISION ZERO TASK FORCE, UH, THAT WILL COLLABORATE WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND DIRECT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VISION ZERO, UH, PLAN, WHICH BASICALLY WE DID, UH, DEVELOP AND HAVE THE VISION ZERO PLAN THAT WAS, UH, ADOPTED IN JUNE, 2022. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, IN ESSENCE, UH, WE DO HAVE THE, UH, CRASH DATA. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, COMPARE, UH, THE VARIOUS YEARS SINCE WE STARTED THE, UH, UH, THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PRESENTATION, UH, FEW THINGS. 
          NUMBER ONE IS IN 2025, WE HAD, UH, UH, ON DALLAS ROADS, UH, 12,000, UH, CRASHES COMPARED TO 2024 OF 13 4 52, WHICH IS ABOUT 11% REDUCTION, UH, ON TEXTILE FACILITIES. 
          UH, WE HAD, UH, 13,000 VERSUS 13 443 IN 2024, WHICH IS A 3%, UH, REDUCTION. 
          AND ON THE, UH, UH, UH, TOLLWAY, IT INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM 1313 TO 1391. 
          AND THE AGGREGATE IS IN, UH, 2024. 
          WE HAD 28 2 0 8 CRASHES, AND 20 25, 26, 3 95, WHICH IS ABOUT 6.4% REDUCTION IN, UH, CRASHES. 
          SO ON THE FATALITY SIDES, UH, WE HAD A TOTAL, UH, OF, UH, 168 TOTAL, UH, UH, FATAL CRASHES VERSUS, UH, 208 IN 2024. 
          AND, UH, AND IF YOU COMPARE TO THE EARLIER YEARS, WERE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, LOWER ON THE SEVERE INJURIES. 
          UH, WE WENT DOWN FROM 935, UH, TO 919 IN, UH, 2025. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, ON THE, UH, FATALITIES BY MOBILITY TYPE, THIS IS ON NON ACCESS, UH, CONTROLLED ROADWAYS. 
          SO THIS IS BASICALLY NON HIGHWAYS, BASICALLY. 
          SO WE, UH, UH, WENT DOWN FROM, UH, 157 IN 2024 
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TO 114 IN, UH, 2025. 
          UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN FROM ON MOTORISTS, WE WENT DOWN FROM 95 TO 53, PEDESTRIANS FROM 46 TO 43. 
          UH, MOTORCYCLISTS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT FROM 13 TO 15, AND BICYCLISTS, UH, FROM NONE IN 2024 TO TWO IN, UH, 2025. 
          AND OTHERS, UH, WAS REDUC REDUCED FROM, UH, THREE TO ONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, SO ON THIS SLIDE HERE, I JUST WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION, UH, IN THE, UH, TITLE, IT'S, UH, 2025 VERSUS 2026, AND IT IS FOR, UH, CITY OF DALLAS, UH, UH, ROADWAYS, UH, ONLY. 
          SO, UH, YEAR TO DATE FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2025 VERSUS JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026. 
          SO WE HAVE TOTAL FATALITIES OF, UH, 19. 
          SO WE'RE, UH, UH, THE SAME, UH, AS LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME PERIOD, UH, OF TIME. 
          UM, AND WE HAD, UH, MOTORIST CRASHES, UM, UH, EIGHT PEDESTRIAN CRASHES, SIX, UM, MOTORIST, UH, MOTORCYCLIST TWO AND BICYCLE CRASHES TWO. 
          SO, UH, THE KEY HERE, IF YOU, UH, KIND OF LOOK CLOSELY INTO THE NUMBERS, WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS, EVEN THOUGH THAT WE HAVE, UH, ONE LESS, UH, CRASH, BUT THE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN IS WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UH, CRASHES THAT HAD, UM, UH, MULTIPLE FATALITIES. 
          SO, UM, THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS REMAIN PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UH, THE FATAL AND SEVERE INJURY CRASHES ARE, UH, RELATED TO, UH, UH, SEVERAL FACTORS. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, UH, IT REMAIN, UH, VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. 
          UM, UH, SPEED RELATED, UH, IS THE BULK OF 'EM. 
          AND THEN IMPROPER MOVEMENTS. 
          UM, OTHER FACTORS, UH, AND IMPAIRED ARE ALMOST THE SAME. 
          THE OTHER FACTORS COULD BE LIKE MEDICAL, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, AND, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND YOU'VE GOT, UH, A FEW OTHER ONES THAT INCLUDED DISTRACTED DRIVING, UH, TURNING IMPROPERLY, FAIL TO YIELD RIGHT AWAY AND, AND SO ON. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, UH, THESE THINGS ARE STILL, UM, UH, UNCHANGED. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UM, SO THE, UH, HIGH INJURY NETWORK, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WHERE, UH, ALMOST 7% OF THE STREETS ACCOUNTING FOR 56% OF THE SEVERE CRASHES IN THE 25, 20 15 THROUGH 2019. 
          UM, UH, UH, DATA AND THEN, UH, HAVING A, UH, A HIGH INJURY NETWORK CAN HELP US IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE FURTHER ENGINEERING, UH, ANALYSIS IS NEEDED, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT ALSO THAT GO ALONG WITH, UM, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, PROVISIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON, ON THOSE ROADWAYS. 
          AND DOES NOT PREVENT US FROM LOOKING AT, UH, OTHER LOCATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WHILE, UH, IT COULD BE, UH, INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS, UH, BUT MAY NOT BE, UH, NECESSARILY ON THE CORRIDOR THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH INJURY NETWORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS BASICALLY FATALITY AND SERIOUS BODILY, UH, INJURY CRASHES ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. 
          AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS WE WENT DOWN FROM 56.47% IN, UH, 2024 TO 55.03% IN, UH, 2025. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ALONG THOSE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UH, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE IS THE ACTIONS, AND JENNA WILL COVER THAT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO HOW DO WE GET TO THOSE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN CRASHES? THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS, DOES SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          THE FIRST, WHICH IS CORRIDOR STUDIES, IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP WE TAKE, UM, TO IMPROVE OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FATAL AND SEVERE CRASHES. 
          SO THESE CORRIDOR STUDIES ARE USED TO COLLECT COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, GATHER TRAFFIC AND SAFETY DATA, AND THEN USING THOSE FINDINGS, COME UP WITH A LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS AND START PROGRAMMING THOSE FOR FUNDING. 
          SINCE 2013. 
          13 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, SIX ARE IN PROGRESS, AND WE EXPECT TO INITIATE FIVE AND 20, 26. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
           FOLLOWING THOSE CORRIDOR STUDIES, WE MOVE ON TO MAKING THE ACTUAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ON FERGUSON ROAD, WE'VE UPGRADED EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNALS, 
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INSTALLED NEW ONES, SUCH AS ON MILMORE AND FERGUSON, AND ALSO INSTALLED NEW PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS. 
          SIMILARLY, ON LAKE JUNE, WE'RE UPGRADING TRAFFIC SIGNALS, INSTALLING NEW ONES, UM, AND ADDING PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS. 
          ON LOOP 12, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT TO INSTALL COMPLETELY NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, CONDUCT FURTHER COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND INSTALL STREET LIGHTS WHERE THERE WERE PREVIOUSLY NUMB BEFORE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ON GASTON, WE ARE CONDUCTING A SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF OUR CORRIDOR STUDIES TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF A LANE REDUCTION AND THE IMPACT THAT COULD HAVE ON SAFETY. 
          WE ARE REDESIGNING AN INTERSECTION AND INSTALLING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT TUCKER, AND WE'RE ALSO CONVERTING THE STREETLIGHTS TO LED ON JUPITER ROAD. 
          WE JUST HELD A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME OF OUR SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS SHORTLY, WHICH INCLUDES STREETLIGHT, LED CONVERSIONS, AND ON FITZ HUE AVENUE, WE ARE INSTALLING FIVE NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. 
          AND THESE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF THE MANY, UM, IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE 2024 BOND PROPOSITION A, WHICH INCLUDED SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO, SO OVER 8 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN THERE WERE, UM, DISTRICT SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT, UM, WERE OVER 6 MILLION. 
          SO THOSE INCLUDE PROJECTS LIKE THE TYLER SYLVAN COLORADO INTERSECTION, SKILLMAN, AND ABRAMS STREET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OF COURSE, WE CAN'T DO THESE ALL ALONE. 
          THAT WAS JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. 
          BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, MUNICIPAL COURTS, CITY ATTORNEY'S, OFFICE, DATA ANALYTICS, AND BOB AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WE'RE OF COURSE PARTNERING WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS AREA, RAPID TRANSIT, NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, AND TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WE DO INCLUDE ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS. 
          THE NCT COG RECEIVED A GRANT TO CONDUCT SIX ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS IN DALLAS. 
          A ROADWAY SAFETY AUDIT IS A FORMAL EXAMINATION OF A ROAD BY AN INDEPENDENT MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM. 
          AND WHAT RESULTS OUT OF THAT IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF SAFETY ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SIX THAT WERE COMPLETED THIS YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE ALSO WORKED WITH COG ON FOUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANS, OBSERVE THE ROUTES THAT CHILDREN USE TO BIKE AND WALK TO SCHOOL, AND IDENTIFY THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE STUDENT SAFETY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, OF COURSE. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO THEY USE OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK TO CONDUCT HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT AND ISSUED OVER 56,000 CITATIONS. 
          AND THEN THEY HAVE SEVERAL OPERATIONS FOCUSED SOLELY ON LIKE VISION ZERO RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS ROADWAY OPS OR ROAD RAGE OPS, OPERATION SLOWDOWN AND OPERATION SAFE KIDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE WORK WITH OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR OUR, UM, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. 
          SO THIS YEAR WE REVAMPED OUR VISION ZERO BRAND BOOK. 
          UM, AND ON THE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR ADS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY SUBMITTED WITH OUR, UM, NEW LOGO. 
          AND SO IT HAS, UM, MESSAGING THAT ANY DEPARTMENT CAN USE, UM, AND STRATEGIES SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT VISION ZERO. 
          AND SO THOSE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PARTNERING WITH RADIO STATIONS. 
          SO YOU MIGHT HEAR A VISION ZERO RADIO AD, UM, ON YOUR DRIVE-IN. 
          WE ALSO LEVERAGE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA, CABLE ACCESS CHANNELS, AND OUR IN KIND DIGITAL BILLBOARDS TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANNA EVALUATE THE WORK WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IMPACTFUL AND EFFECTIVE. 
          SO WITH OUR OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS, UM, AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, THEY MAINTAIN A PUBLIC FACING VISION ZERO DASHBOARD WHERE YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST, UH, CRASH DATA AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AND IF WE'RE ON TRACK WITH OUR PROGRESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO GU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, JENNA. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, UH, THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN UPDATE, UM, INCLUDE THE NEW HIGH ENGINEER NETWORK MAP AND ALIGNMENT OF PLAN WITH REGIONAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PLANS. 
          JUST A REMINDER AGAIN, UH, THE EXISTING PLAN WAS ADOPTED 
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IN JUNE OF 2022. 
          SO WE'RE APPROACHING THE FIVE YEAR, UH, MARK, AND IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. 
          UH, NUMBER TWO IS THE FACT THAT, UM, UH, WHILE IT TOOK SOME TIME, BUT FINALLY, FEDERAL HIGHWAY HAS, UH, RELEASED THE, UM, UH, DRAFT AGREEMENT TO US FOR THE, UH, FIVE CORRIDOR STUDIES, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, A PROVISION FOR UPDATING THE VISION ZERO. 
          SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO COUNCIL, UH, HERE SHORTLY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, PROCEED WITH THAT. 
          BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO PAR, UH, POINT OUT IS THE FACT THAT, UM, GOING THROUGH IT OVER FIVE YEARS AND, AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE AND UH, REGIONAL LEVEL, UH, THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL ADOPTED ON MARCH 12TH, 2026, ADOPTED THE NCT COG SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGET SCHEDULE. 
          AND IN THAT, UH, BASICALLY REAFFIRMED THE, UH, UH, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, IF YOU WILL, FOR, UH, THE REDUCTIONS. 
          AND THEY ASSIGNED A, UH, REDUCTION PERCENTAGE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR FOR A BETTER ACCOUNTABILITY AND, UH, MEASURE. 
          AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE NUMBER, THE REDUCTION ON THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS INJURIES AND SERIOUS, UH, INJURY, UH, UH, RATE. 
          SO WHILE WE WILL MAINTAIN THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, UH, WHAT WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING IS MORE OF AN ALIGNMENT OF THE PLAN WITH THE REGIONAL AND STATE AND FEDERAL PLANS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER WAY OF, UH, MEASURING PROGRESS, UH, TOWARDS THE, UH, END GOAL. 
          WE'RE ALSO UPDATING THE, UH, UH, WHAT WE, UH, COMMONLY REFER TO OUR, UH, CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, UH, UH, KNOWN AS THE TWO 50 1D, UH, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, OR NEW, UH, STANDARDS FOR MIDBLOCK PEDESTRIAN, UH, REFUGE, UH, UH, ISLANDS OR AREAS AS WELL AS THE NEW BIKE, UH, FACILITIES STANDARDS AND, AND, UH, UH, DETAILS. 
          UH, WE WILL BE ALSO WORKING ON THE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          NOW THAT, UH, WE'RE GETTING, UH, WE'RE PROGRESSING ON THAT AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORRIDOR STUDY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT, UH, WE START AGAIN, UH, UH, OR CONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE CHALLENGES THAT WE STILL FACE, OBVIOUSLY IS THE, UH, DRIVER HABITS, THE, UH, ORIGINAL DESIGN OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COORDINATION, THE LONG-TERM CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING AND THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, MAINTENANCE OF, UH, FUNDING FOR EXISTING INVENTORY AND, UM, UH, AT TIMES RESOURCE, UH, CONSTRAINTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WITH THAT, THAT, UM, UH, COVERS OUR PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION DIRECTOR, KEN. 
          CARLY, I'LL START ON MY RIGHTS. 
          UM, ANY QUESTIONS, CHAD? OKAY, LORI, I DO HAVE THAT, YES. 
          UM, WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THE NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS AFTER WE GET AROUND TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          SO, LORI, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION STARTED ON PAGE 23 WITH THE HA THE, UM, EDUCATION I KNOW, AND THAT, THAT I LOVE THE, UM, FLYER THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR, THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY SURVIVOR. 
          CAN I HAVE A COPY OF IT ELECTRONICALLY? I'M GONNA PUT IT IN MY NEWSLETTER, BUT, UM, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, ARE YOU GUYS THE ONE WHO SAYS HOW FAST WE ARE GOING? OR IS THAT YOUR, YOUR  ON OUR ROADWAYS, THERE'S A REPORT WE GET THAT SHOWS HOW MANY TICKETS WERE GET, SPEEDING TICKETS WERE GIVEN ON EACH ROADWAY, AND HOW MANY WARNINGS WERE GIVEN. 
          AND WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMATIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, SOME DISTRICTS A LITTLE MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT IN IN DISTRICT EIGHT AS WELL. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE WITH US. 
          IF THEY COULD COME TO THE FRONT, THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. 
          BUT THE, ALSO, I BELIEVE THE, UH, UH, MATERIAL, THE EDUCATION MATERIAL IS POSTED ONLINE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND IT. 
          YES, YES, WE HAVE A BRANDING OR LIKE A MEDIA TOOLKIT THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          I KNOW THAT PERIODICALLY, UM, WE MONTHLY WE GET A REPORT THAT SHOWS HOW MANY SPEEDING TICKETS WERE GIVEN ON CERTAIN STREETS. 
          UM, YOU GUYS ARE, ARE ALL OVER THE CITY AND HOW MANY WARNINGS WERE GIVEN. 
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IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT THAT HELPS TO SUPPORT VISION ZERO ON THE STREETS THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON? RIGHT NOW, UNDER VISION ZERO IS THE ONES THAT JUST OUTLINED UNDER VISION ZERO AND ALSO OPERATION SLOWDOWN. 
          NOW, IF YOU WANT THE, THE DATA FROM OPERATION SLOWDOWN ON EACH STREET WHERE, UH, SPEEDING'S PREVALENT AND MAJOR, MAJOR ACCIDENTS ARE PREVALENT, THEN I COULD SEND IT TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          I KNOW WE COVERING 14 COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND WE GOT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. 
          EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WE MONITOR, WE WRITE CITATIONS AND WARNINGS. 
          SO I COULD FORWARD IT TO EACH ONE OF Y'ALL IF Y'ALL NOT GETTING IT BY NOW. 
          OH, WE GET IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I GET IT. 
          I, I, I, I AM JUST SAYING THANK YOU BECAUSE IT SHOWS PROBLEMATIC AREAS. 
          YES. 
          SO WHAT IT, WHAT, WHAT BRINGS ME TO GUS, AND I'M SORRY, YOUR NAME LI JANA. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YOU'RE OKAY. 
          I'M JANA WEELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, KIANA, IS THAT, ARE WE USING THAT REPORT TO SHOW WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE ACTIVITY AROUND VISION ZERO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SPEED? ARE WE USING THAT MATERIAL, THAT EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL THAT WE'RE GETTING ON ONE HAND TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR VISION ZERO ON THE GROUND? SO I'LL, I'LL START WITH THAT. 
          SO, YES, I MEAN, PERIODICALLY WE LOOK INTO THE, WHAT WE CALL, WE GENERALLY PRODUCE HEAT MAPS ON SOME OF THESE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE CONCENTRATION OF, UM, UH, CRASHES AND INCIDENTS AND SO ON TO SEE IF THERE IS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND CERTAINLY, AGAIN, THE IMPROVEMENTS IS NOT ONLY FOR BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO OF THE ENFORCEMENTS AND, UM, EDUCATION. 
          SO AT LEAST FROM ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          AND, AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT, UM, I LOOKED AT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          ARE YOU LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR, OR LOCATIONS THAT HAVE NO INFRASTRUCTURE AT ALL, OR A COMBINATION OF THE BOTH? SO I'LL ANSWER IN KIND OF FROM THE END IS IT'S A COMBINATION, BUT LET'S REMEMBER ALSO, IT'S NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL GEOMETRY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO IT INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SIGNAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE, PAVEMENT, MARKINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO ALL THIS IS PART OF THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BOTH EXISTING. 
          AND, UM, UH, SO WHEN I LOOK AT, I'M GONNA LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHEAST SECTION, UM, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT WHERE WE, AND I THANK YOU. 
          'CAUSE WE DID JUST PUT IN A NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTER TOO, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT IS NEEDED. 
          HOW IS IT DETERMINED? WHAT AREAS NEED SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC, LIGHTS, INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT SAFE, SAFE, ESPECIALLY SPACE, SAFE PASSAGES FOR CHILDREN WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL? OKAY. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL START WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS, UM, UH, YOU'RE AWARE IS THE, UH, WE HAVE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED AND THE, UH, WARRANTED ONES. 
          THE WARRANTED ONES ARE GENERALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND WE HAVE A LISTING OF, UH, ALL THESE, UH, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE ONES THAT WE CAN FUND THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR FUNDS. 
          UH, WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, OVER, UH, $200 MILLION ALMOST IN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH, UM, UH, UH, THROUGH LEVERAGING OF, UH, VARIOUS, UH, PROJECTS AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND UPGRADE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. 
          SO THOSE ARE PART OF IT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, IS ANY PART OF A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES CAPITAL, UH, UH, CAPITAL, UH, RECONSTRUCTION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE UPGRADES TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND, AND, UH, UH, ROADWAY PAVEMENT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UM, AND, AND THIS IS, I GUESS THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING, UM, THAT I'M GONNA UH, SAY, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST, THAT THERE, THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE EXTREMELY VOCAL ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND HOW ARE THE NEEDS ASSESSED PER AREAS. 
          AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THE REPORTING THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS, THIS PRESENTATION, THERE IS NOTHING THAT SUPPORTS THE NEEDS WHERE THERE ARE NO, WHERE THERE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, KIDS ARE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THERE IS NO SAFE PASSAGE. 
          CAN 
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YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND HOW I AM TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE SCREAMING EXTREMELY LOUDLY AT ME ABOUT THEIR NEEDS? SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE LASSETER LAWSON AREA. 
          AND THIS ITEM SHOULD BE ON COUNCIL, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE 13TH OF MAY COUNCIL AGENDA TO ACCEPT THE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE DID IS LEVERAGE THE BOND FUNDS THAT WE HAD FOR JUST BASIC RESURFACING OF THAT ROADWAY TO A MUCH LARGER PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING FROM LEVERAGING OF 1.8 MILLION, AND NOW WE'RE TURNING IT INTO ALMOST 8 MILLION, $9 MILLION, UH, PROJECT THAT WILL IMPROVE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY ACCESS TO THAT SCHOOL IN THAT AREA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          WE'LL GO BACK TO PICK UP COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING AT, DOESN'T HAVE A SLIDE, BUT IT WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AND IT SHOWS THAT THE SPEED RELATED, UM, OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTING ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF FATALITIES AND DEBTS. 
          AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, I, I THINK COUNCILMAN BLAIR WAS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION TOO, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, A CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS NUMBERS VERSUS WHAT DPD AND SOME OF THE, THE SITES THAT THEY'RE, UH, SETTING UP. 
          I KNOW WE, I HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING A WHILE AGO, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND A LOT OF CONVERSATION CAME UP WITH THAT OUT THERE OFF OF MOUNTAIN CREEK AND THOSE AREAS. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ONE, WHERE THESE INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING. 
          ARE THESE ALSO THE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE ARE HIGH, YOU KNOW, REPORTED HIGH SPEEDING AND ALL OF THAT? I'M TRYING TO ASSESS THE TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING RESOURCES WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
          UH, YES SIR. 
          UH, WHAT WE DID GOT WITH URBAN SDK MM-HMM . 
          AND THEY IDENTIFIED A LOT OF THE LOCATIONS, UH, THAT WAS FOR SPEEDING AND, UH, DWI FATALITIES AND ALSO IF SOME CAME FROM COMPLAINTS FROM YOU ALL YEAH. 
          FROM YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          AND WE PUT PACKAGE THAT TOGETHER AND MADE OPERATIONS SLOW DOWN. 
          SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE AREAS WITH HIGH FATALITIES AND DWIS AND, UH, MAJOR ACCIDENTS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD GUS, I SAW IT ON THERE, THERE WAS THE, UM, ON THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT SLIDE, THE LIGHTING ALONG LOOP 12. 
          AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT I SAW THE, THE, THE LIGHTING, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS STREET LIGHTS OR IF IT WAS ACTUALLY THE STOPLIGHTS FOR THE OTHER, GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION ON, UH, LOOP 12 GOING TOWARDS 4 0 8. 
          UM, WHAT WAS THE, THE STATUS ON THAT, IF, IF, SO WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE BUCKNER, WALTON WALKER YEP. 
          UH, SECTION. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH TXDOT TO PUT IN, UH, 16 NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO IMPROVE THE, UH, SAFETY OF THE CROSSWALKS, UH, AT THE LOCATIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS, UM, UH, POTENTIAL PROBLEMATIC, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          IN ADDITION TO, WE'RE DOING THE STREETLIGHTS ON THE WALTON WALKER COMPONENT, UH, FROM 4 0 8, UM, UH, ABOUT COUPLE OF MILES OR SO, UH, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE MISSING THE STREETLIGHTS IN DISTRICT, PRIMARILY IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          YEP. 
          AND THAT PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          OH, PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          VICE CHAIR ROTH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THE UPDATE ON THE VISION ZERO PLAN. 
          IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT YOU DO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE WAS THE INCREDIBLE REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF THAT, INCLUDING UP TO FATALITY. 
          SO THAT VERY FIRST SLIDE ON JUST THE DALLAS ROADS FROM THE 19,811 AND 2021 TO CALENDAR YEAR 2025, 12,000, 16, 40% REDUCTION. 
          THAT'S JUST REALLY REMARKABLE IN THAT TIME PERIOD TO HAVE MADE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE. 
          I DO THINK ENFORCEMENT IS A PORTION OF IT, BUT REALLY WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THAT YOUR ABILITY TO, UM, CREATE SAFER CONDITIONS THROUGH ENGINEERING IS ACTUALLY RELIEVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS OF SOME OF THAT RESPONSE TO A CRASH ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED. 
          UM, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO TO CREATE THAT KIND OF SUCCESS? WELL, AGAIN, UM, DEFINITELY I'M, AGAIN, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE THREE E'S OF ENGINEERING, ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION. 
          UM, WHEN YOU START LOOKING CLOSELY INTO THE DATA, YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME OF THE STRATEGIES INCLUDES A MORE ROBUST EDUCATION PIECE. 
          BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER 
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DAY AT, UH, UH, ONE ACCIDENT THAT HAD THREE FATALITIES, AND IT WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE. 
          SO THIS IS A, UH, A, A PROBLEM THERE. 
          HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS THAT WERE LOOKING AT A PHASED APPROACH TO SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC. 
          AND ONE OF THEM IS THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS ON THE ROADWAY THAT HELPS DPD, BECAUSE NOW WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, AND SO IF YOU HAVE DPD THAT IS DEPLOYING, UM, UH, ENFORCEMENT, THAT YOU'VE GOT NOT ONLY THE RADAR THAT THEY'RE USING, BUT ALSO THE RADAR THAT IS ON THE ROADWAY THAT IS SHOWING THAT THERE IS A SPEEDING THAT IS HAPPENING. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, QUICKLY. 
          THE OTHER THING IS PAVEMENT MARKINGS. 
          UH, THAT IS, UM, UH, UH, THAT WE'RE, UH, REFRESHING AND TRYING TO, UH, IMPROVE VISIBILITY. 
          AND THIS IS ACTUALLY, THIS IS BECOMING A MA MATTER OF FACT IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, OR, AND YOU'VE SEEN THE NEWS HERE, THAT TESLA JUST, UH, LAUNCHED THEIR ROBOTAXIS HERE AND ALL THAT, ALL THE SENSORS DEPEND ON VISIBILITY AND REFLECTIVITY FROM THESE PAVEMENT MARKINGS TO IMPROVE SAFETY. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE HIGH DOLLAR INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MAKING SOME, UH, IMPACT ON, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WELL, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW. 
          AND THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, BUDGET SURVEY, I PUT PAVEMENT MARKINGS IS ONE OF MY PRIORITIES. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE NEXT THING I WAS GONNA SAY IS IN THE APPENDIX YOU HAVE ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, AND, UM, WELL, LET ME, LET ME BACK UP. 
          WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, BOTH AT THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THIS MORNING ABOUT LIBRARIES, ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT START PETITION DRIVES AND THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM IS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE REAL DATA OF WHAT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS, NOT WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE AS THE MOST DANGEROUS, BUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY THE MOST DANGEROUS. 
          AND, AND SO I HOPE YOU IGNORE US. 
          I HOPE YOU SAY, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          WE HAVE THE DATA AND I HOPE YOU FIX THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES. 
          AND I DON'T CARE WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN, IF THEY'RE ALL IN ONE DISTRICT, AND IT'S NOT MINE. 
          I DON'T CARE. 
          LIKE REDUCING THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY AND HAS SO MANY OTHER IMPACTS FOR PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE BACKUP OF TRAFFIC, PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIFE AND BEING DISABLED, EVEN TRAFFIC DELAYS IN GETTING TO WORK. 
          AND SO, LIKE, THE IMPLICATIONS OF BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY SEVERE. 
          AND YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THAT. 
          BUT I WAS GONNA SAY IN THE APPENDIX, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, TWO OF THEM HAPPEN TO BE AN AREA MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IN, UM, OUR CITY, WHICH IS THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH, ISD, SO THEY'RE BOTH IN DENTON COUNTIES. 
          UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY CLOSE TO GEORGE BUSH, UM, TOLLWAY AND ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY THE STUDENTS ARE BLACK AND BROWN. 
          THEY ARE, UM, LIVING IN APARTMENTS AND THEY ARE ALMOST ALL WALKING TO SCHOOL. 
          MANY HAVE NO BUS SERVICE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS, THE APARTMENTS ARE SO CLUSTERED AROUND THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY JUST WALK AND THEY WALK AT VERY YOUNG AGES, SOMETIMES WITH SIBLINGS OR OTHER NEIGHBORS. 
          BUT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, DOG ATTACKS, WE'VE HAD CAR ACCIDENTS, UM, LITERALLY KIDS BEING HIT. 
          SO AGAIN, I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS DATA, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD MOST DENSE PART OF OUR CITY. 
          AND IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS PART OF THE CITY, WE NEED TO SERVICE IT. 
          AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED THIS INVESTMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE, THE TROUBLES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA. 
          AND I'LL JUST SAY BOTH THOSE SCHOOLS, SHEFFIELD AND MCEE HAVE GONE FROM D SCHOOLS TO B SCHOOLS JUST IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO VERY HAPPY FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND IF I MAY ADD, ONE THING IS PART OF THE FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE JUST GOT INCLUDES THE UPDATE TO THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THIS IS SORELY NEEDED BECAUSE I WANT TO CORROBORATE, IF YOU WILL, THE INPUT. 
          AND I REALLY NEED Y'ALL'S INPUT ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE FINDING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST, UH, SIDEWALK PLAN THAT PRIORITIZE THE REAL NEEDS, AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE INCLUDING SOME OF THESE FACILITIES AS PART OF OUR RECONSTRUCTION AND NOT, UH, DEFERRING IT BECAUSE OF CODE FUNDING OR, OR, UH, FUNDING CHALLENGES AND SO ON. 
          SO DEFINITELY IT'S A, IT'S A NEWER APPROACH THAT WOULD ADDRESS THESE THINGS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ENA 
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GUS, I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER NORVIS WAS CHAIR. 
          AND SO, UM, Y'ALL HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN THIS. 
          UM, AND I THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE, UM, I THINK ALL OF OUR OFFICES HAVE NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER MEANS. 
          UM, I KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO HELP. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, SOME OF IT'S SPEED RELATING, SOME OF, I KNOW WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE WE'VE HAD DRINKING AND DRIVING, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, I THINK, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY WANNA HELP WITH. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY, LIKE, I KNOW THERE'S SOME AREAS IN NORTHWEST AND ALSO WEST DALLAS WHERE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ENGINEERING. 
          UM, AND IT'S ALLOWED, I KNOW, I THINK IT WAS AROUND TIMBERLINE WHERE, UM, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WALKING SAFELY IN WEST DALLAS. 
          Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD SOME TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS WELL TO HELP SLOW DOWN. 
          UM, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL CAN CONTINUE TO DO WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, DPDI JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS AND WHERE OUR RESIDENTS SAY SAID WE WERE HAVING ISSUES, DEFINITELY THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS THAT ARE GETTING ISSUED KIND OF SHOW THAT THOSE ARE SOME AREAS. 
          UM, I KNOW OVER THE YEARS WE'VE TOLD RESIDENTS, OKAY, IF YOU WANT US TO RUN RADAR, JUST BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BE SOMEBODY THAT GETS A TICKET. 
          AND WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THAT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. 
          UM, BUT I DO WANNA REMIND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK FOR THIS, YOU MAY BE SOMEBODY THAT GET A TICKET AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN, HI. 
          AND UM, THANK YOU AND GOOD TO SEE YOU . 
          WE, UH, THINK TALK ALMOST MONTHLY ABOUT, 'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HIN FROM THAT MAP, A LOT OF IT IS IN EAST DALLAS THAT I SHARE WITH MR. RIDLEY. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, A LOT OF WHAT IN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, IT'S, THERE'S SOME OF OUR, UH, NUMBERS ARE NOT MOVING AS FAST ON TXDOT HIGHWAYS. 
          HOW IN, HOW CAN WE BE, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT, IT IS A, I'VE GOT THREE, I'VE GOT BUCKNER, GARLAND ROAD AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY COMING THROUGH. 
          HOW CAN WE FIGURE OUT A BETTER APPROACH WITH THAT PARTNER IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, IT'S SHOWING THAT IT'S, IT'S COMING DOWN, BUT NOT AT THE SAME RATE AS WHAT WE SEE ON CITY STREETS. 
          SO HOW DO WE WORK BETTER? AND IS IT ALL ENFORCEMENT? IS IT ALL EDUCATION BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY AFFECT THE ENGINEERING AS MUCH, OR DO WE TRY TO OPEN THAT BOX? I WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I MEAN, I THINK SOME OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WE DID ON THE BUCKNER WALTON WALKER, UH, AREA ARE STARTING TO BEAR SOME FRUIT. 
          SO THERE IS SOME, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND LET'S NOT, UH, FORGET THAT, UH, AT THE TABLE WITH US WHEN WE MADE THESE IMPROVEMENTS IS DART. 
          BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT IS CONTRIBUTING WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, UH, IS THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT, UH, STOPS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A SIX LANE HIGH SPEED FACILITY THAT IS BASICALLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE, UH, NOT NECESSARILY WALKING DOWN TO THE INTER NEXT INTERSECTION TO CROSS AND THEN COME BACK. 
          UH, AND THIS IS, THIS WAS PREVALENT THROUGH OUR, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR STUDY OF BUCKNER. 
          SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, OBVIOUSLY BUCKNER IS PROGRESSING. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE SHOULD START SEEING, UH, IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, UH, THE LAST SET OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE JUST ACTIVATED ABOUT TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE'RE PROGRESSING THERE. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO IS, UH, AGAIN, UH, UH, CONTINUING THE EDUCATION PIECE DEFINITELY TO, UH, UH, INFORM, UH, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, AGAIN, PLEASE TRY TO CROSS AT DESIGNATED CROSSWALKS, UH, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THOSE CROSSWALKS CLEARLY MARKED WITH PAVEMENT MARKINGS, UH, UH, WITH GOOD LIGHTING AND, UH, BE PROTECTED IN AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS HEAVY, UH, CROSS MOVEMENTS WITH, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO STOP THE TRAFFIC, WHETHER IT BE IN, UH, SIGNAL OR PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON. 
          AND THIS IS WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING, UH, SOME OF THOSE ON, UH, SAY FERGUSON ROAD OR LAKE JUNE. 
          SO, UH, DEFINITELY THE CONVERSATION AND THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE, OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES, UH, WILL HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH, UH, OUR ENFORCEMENT, UH, EFFORTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TDOT HAS SIMILAR VISION ZERO GOALS ALSO. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE AN ONGOING, UM, EXECUTIVE LEVEL PARTNER MEETING WITH THEM. 
          IN FACT, WE HAD ONE THIS MORNING. 
          SO WE'LL CERTAINLY ADD, UM, THAT PERSPECTIVE 
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TO THE AGENDA. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A VISION ZERO CONVERSATION IN THAT MEETING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR, I WOULD HOPE OUR GOALS COMPLEMENT THEIR GOALS AND WE SHOULD BE WORKING IN SYNC, RIGHT? TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO OUR GOALS. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT'S SHOWING TXDOT HAS REALLY, WE HAVEN'T REALLY, UM, MOVED IT ON THE FATALITY PART OF IT. 
          I MEAN, IT'S COMING DOWN, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMPARED TO THE OTHER JUST CRASHES, UH, IT'S NOT, IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT COMING DOWN AT THE SAME RATE. 
          AND AS WE'VE DECIDED, ONE LIFE IS TOO MANY, DIDN'T WE? SO, UM, AND SO WITH THAT TOO, UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE PEDESTRIAN PART OF THAT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE TYPES, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AROUND, AND I'M, I'M SURE IT'S REGARDING SPEEDING, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S PEOPLE FLYING LIKE A, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUTTA YOU KNOW, WHERE, AND, UM, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS DOES IT NEED TO BE MORE EDUCATION? IS IT MORE MARKINGS? IS IT MORE BECAUSE WE, I WE CAN MARK ALL WE WANT, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE, THEY'RE GONNA CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE. 
          AND SO I GUESS I WOULD WELCOME, LIKE, DO WE NEED MORE EDUCATION? DO WE NEED MARKINGS, THE BEACONS? DO THEY WORK? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PEDESTRIANS? 'CAUSE THOSE SEEM TO BE KIND OF NOT MOVING AS WELL, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          NO, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          I MEAN, DEFINITELY AGAIN, I'LL COME BACK TO THE EDUCATION PIECE AND WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. 
          I, I'M ALONG WITH MY STAFF, WE'RE AVAILABLE IF WE NEED TO KIND OF MAYBE, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, HAVE A FIVE MINUTES KIND OF SAFETY MM-HMM . 
          MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, THESE THINGS HERE IN SOME EDUCATION PIECE, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATIONAL, UH, MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN MY OPINION, UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS THAT PIECE BECAUSE WE CAN DO ALL THE ENFORCEMENTS THAT WE WANT. 
          AND AS YOU MENTIONED IS WE CAN DO ALL THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND LIGHTING AND SO ON. 
          BUT IF SOMEONE IS, UH, THINKING THAT, HEY, I DON'T WANNA WA WALK AN EXTRA A HUNDRED FEET TO CROSS CORRECT. 
          AT A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK AS A, AS A PROBLEM, SO, WELL, AND BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, DEV, UM, TXDOT HAS SOME PRETTY GOOD PSAS REGARDING, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY. 
          AND I THINK THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE I THINK, UM, A LOT OF IT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE DRIVER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY IN A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, YOU MUST STOP. 
          YOU KNOW? AND I THINK THAT, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION NOT ONLY FOR THE PEDESTRIAN, BUT ALSO FOR THE DRIVER. 
          AND MAYBE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TXDOT TO EXPAND THEIR PSAS. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THEY DO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GUY, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF SHOWS UP IN THE FRONT SEAT, BUT I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY DECENT CAMPAIGN AND I THINK THEY COULD REALLY GET A LOT OF, UM, BANG FOR THEIR BUCK IF THEY ADDED A LITTLE SEGMENT ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AND WALKWAYS. 
          YEAH. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH TEXDOT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ALSO TOO, UM, LAST QUESTION ON THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, HIGHLAND MEADOWS ELEMENTARIES IN THAT JUPITER ROAD, AND WE'RE DOING THAT STUDY RIGHT NOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD, WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR PLAN, MAYBE EVEN ADD THAT TO THE LIST, OR IF IT'S WARRANTED, UH, JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT, OR IS IT LOCKED IN AND WE'RE MOVING ON? SO THROUGH THE NCT COG PROGRAM THAT'S LOCKED IN, THEY'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED THEIR LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THEM. 
          BUT AS A RECOMMENDATION IN THE CORRIDOR STUDY, WE COULD RECOMMEND DOING A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL STUDY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND PURSUING FUNDING FOR THAT IF IT'S WARRANTED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT, MR. CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN. 
          SO GUS, UM, I HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION I ASK. 
          I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF VISION ZERO. 
          UH, YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME GREAT REDUCTIONS AND STATISTICS, PARTICULARLY ALL CITY OF DALLAS CRASHES. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING, HAVE YOU CONCEIVED OF, UH, I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT VISION ZERO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE REDUCTIONS, BUT IN THE REAL WORLD, THAT'S UNLIKELY. 
          ARE THERE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES OR TRAFFIC VOLUME CHANGES OR, UH, SOCIETAL CHANGES THAT YOU THINK ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THIS REDUCTION? UH, I'LL ANSWER IT, UH, THIS WAY. 
          VISION ZERO IS NOT JUST, UH, UH, A IT'S NOT AN IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UH, IT'S NOT A, JUST A PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND SO ON. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A CONCEPT THAT INVOLVES, AGAIN, THE EDUCATION, UH, ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, ENGINEERING. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENGINEERING, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UH, EMPHASIZE THAT THIS INCLUDES ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, LIKE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE DO HAVE, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS AND SO ON. 
          SO ALL TO SAY IS 
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IT IS BROAD AND IT HAS OTHER THINGS. 
          NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN, JENNA CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SEEN ANY REDUCTION IN THE, UH, UH, UH, UH, VEHICLE LANE MILES, UH, TRAVELED. 
          UH, SO THEREFORE, IF YOU STABILIZE THIS, UM, OR ASSUME THAT THIS IS A FIXED ITEM AND NOT PART OF THE VARIABLES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS CAUSING THE IMPROVEMENTS, I THINK OUR EFFORT HAS, UH, UH, PRODUCED IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OVER THE, UH, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS SINCE WE STARTED THIS THING. 
          WELL, I DON'T DOUBT THAT. 
          I DON'T DOUBT THAT. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE MIGHT BE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS FALL OFF SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF YOUR EFFORTS. 
          UM, ONE THING I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR NEXT ANNUAL REPORT WHEN YOU GIVE A TOTAL, UH, CRASH DATA FIGURES, IS TO INCLUDE THE TREND IN VEHICLE LANE MILES TRAVELED, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S ALSO RAMPING UP. 
          AND AS WE SEE REDUCTIONS IN THE CRASH STATISTICS, THAT SHOULD BE WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THE ACTUAL EXPOSURE TO POTENTIAL CRASHES IS HIGHER BECAUSE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING INTO THAT. 
          AND THAT WAS A MATTER OF FACT. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AS WE REVAMP OUR, UH, VISION ZERO PLAN. 
          SO DEFINITELY IT'S A GOOD INPUT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A LINK, IF YOU WILL. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT JUST HIGH PLACES IT IN CONTEXT AND DRAMATIZES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VARIOUS VISION ZERO PROJECTS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          FOR DPD, UM, I, I KNOW THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DWI IS A SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING, OTHER THAN JUST THE GENERAL TICKETING PROGRAM, HAS DPD INITIATED ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT TO REDUCE DWI? WE TRY TO REDUCE DWIS BY USING OUR PATROL, AND ALSO I HAVE A DWI SQUAD, WE OUT THERE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT CERTAIN ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE PREVALENT DWIS ON, WE STAY, KEEP ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE. 
          THAT'S ONE PROGRAM. 
          AND ALSO THROUGH P OUR PIO EDUCATION, HEY, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE, UH, SLOW DOWN. 
          UH, SO WE DO HAVE EDUCATION PLUS ENFORCEMENT, UH, ON, ON BOTH ASPECTS OF, UM, OF ENFORCEMENT. 
          WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION DO YOU HAVE ABOUT NOT DWI, UH, I WOULD GIVE MY PIO TO FORWARD IT TO YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I'M JUST, UH, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, EDUCATION IN THE PAST PROGRAMS THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE SLOW DOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WELL, I THINK THOSE ARE SO IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S ONLY WHEN PEOPLE GET THE MESSAGE AT LEAST THREE TIMES THAT THEY START TO REMEMBER IT. 
          AND SO IT HAS TO BE REPEATED AND REPEATED AND REPEATED. 
          I AGREE. 
          SO THAT IT RESONATES WITH PEOPLE AND THEY REALLY THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN ACTIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO, UM, UH, I'LL MOVE ON TO NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THIS POINT. 
          UH, MR. WEST, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I DO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A, UH, RUNNER AND AS A DAD WHO NOW HAS TWO KIDS IN TOW, WHEN I'M BIKING AROUND THE CITY, I CAN ATTEST PERSONALLY TO HOW UNSAFE OUR STREETS ARE. 
          UM, IT WAS JUST LITERALLY TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS RUNNING IN THE MORNING CROSSING A CROSSWALK. 
          I FOR SURE HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND A LADY CAME ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF FROM HITTING ME. 
          SHE WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR, BUT IT STILL WOULD'VE SUCKED REALLY BAD IF I GOT HIT. 
          UM, I'M, YOU KNOW, GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'VE HAD OVERALL FATALITIES GO DOWN IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT FOR ME, IT'S HARD TO CELEBRATE WHEN OUR PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES HAVE JUST GONE DOWN BY THREE, FROM 46 TO 43 PEOPLE. 
          LAST YEAR WE HAD, UM, UH, THERE WAS A DEATH OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY, UM, CROSSING THE STREET FROM FELIX BOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WAS HIT BY A DRIVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. 
          THREE OF HIS CLASSMATES WERE ALSO INJURED, BUT THE BOY DIED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ONE DEATH IS ONE DEATH TOO MANY IN THESE SITUATIONS. 
          SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF OUR TIME THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION. 
          AND I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS, DO WE HAVE ANY WAY TO MEASURE IF THE EDUCATION IS ACTUALLY IMPACTFUL? YOU KNOW, IF WHEN I HAVE A A TOWN HALL, THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THOSE TOWN HALLS ARE GENERALLY THE ONES THAT ARE ALSO PAYING ATTENTION TO SIGNS AND ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE REACHING THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE 
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ONES THAT ARE NOT ENGAGED, THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE THINGS. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY TO MEASURE IT? I, I ASSUMING THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO HEAR YOU GUYS. 
          WELL, AGAIN, I'M, I'M I'LL LET, UM, KIND OF DAISY HELP ME WITH THAT. 
          BUT CERTAINLY AGAIN, I WILL REITERATE MY AVAILABILITY ALONG WITH STAFF TO ATTEND ANY OF THE, UH, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE HAVING SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE THAT. 
          AND I THINK, AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, WHEN WE, UH, UH, DELIVER THAT MESSAGE. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          HI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, DAISY FAST. 
          UH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, UH, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. 
          I MEAN, I CAN, I HAVE SOME, UH, STATS HERE REGARDING LIKE THE NUMBER OF IMPRESSIONS, UM, MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF SOME OF THE RADIO CAMPAIGNS MM-HMM . 
          OR HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF IN, IN-PERSON, UM, CAREER DAYS, UM, AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT MY STAFF HAS ATTENDED AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY'VE SPOKEN TO. 
          BUT TO TRANSLATE THAT TO ACTUALLY, DID THAT PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM CROSSING THE STREET, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF A CROSSWALK. 
          UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TIE THAT INFORMATION TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT'LL BE ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          UM, ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, I THINK STAFF'S DONE A GREAT JOB AT DVD. 
          WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE ENFORCEMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH WHEN OPERATIONS SLOW DOWN STOPS WHEN WE MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE WHAT WILL, WHAT WILL WE DO ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE? HOW ARE WE GONNA REPLACE THOSE EFFORTS? WE, WE CONTINUE DOING ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE AREAS WHERE, LIKE I SAID, WITH ACCIDENTS, MAJOR ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES ARE, ARE VERY PREVALENT. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA WHEN OPERATE SLOW DOWN STOPS IN MAY EIGHT. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE. 
          HAVE I WAS, CONTINUE TO HAVE MY ALARM, MY OFFICERS OUT THERE IN THOSE AREAS STILL DOING ENFORCEMENT. 
          IT JUST MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS OF INTENSITY, WE MIGHT CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. 
          OPERATIONS SUMMER, SLOW DOWN. 
          I MEAN, OKAY. 
          , WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OPERATIONS OUT THERE. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          I, I THINK I'M GETTING, MY POINT I'M GETTING TO IS THAT ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, EDUCATION CAN ONLY GO SO FAR AT SOME POINT. 
          WE'VE GOTTA REALLY TREAT VISION ZERO AS MORE THAN A SLOGAN. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTA PUT OUR MONEY IN THE BUDGET. 
          WE GOTTA PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND WE'VE GOTTA REDESIGN OUR STREETS TO MAKE 'EM SAFER. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT AND CHAIR, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. 
          JUST STOP ME WHEN YOU'RE DONE HEARING FROM ME, , I'LL PUT IT IN AN EMAIL. 
          UM, WE, WE HAVE AN ADOPTED STREET FRAMEWORK, AND THAT'S THE COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN MANUAL STREET PROCESS MANUAL. 
          UM, THIS RE THIS REQUIRES THAT WHEN STREETS ARE CONSTRUCTED, STAFF EVALUATES CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE FOR ALL USERS. 
          THIS INCLUDES TOOLS LIKE TIGHTENING UP THE CURB RADII, ADDING CURB EXTENSIONS OR BULB OUTS, AND NARROWING LANE LANE WIDTHS, AND OTHERWISE MODIFYING THE STREET GEOMETRY TO REDUCE SPEEDS. 
          UM, CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER YOUR DEPARTMENT IS CONSISTENTLY APPLYING THESE REQUIREMENTS ON STREET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS? AND IF SO, KIND OF WALK US THROUGH HOW THAT EVA EVALUATION IS PERFORMED AND HOW WE DO THE CHECKS ON THE CONTRACTORS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE'VE HAD A, UH, KIND OF A, UH, COMMITTEE THAT IS LOOKING AT THE, UH, OUR DESIGN MANUAL MM-HMM . 
          AND WE STARTED KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT AND IDENTIFY A FEW THINGS, UH, IN THAT. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, PROGRESSED, UH, ON SOME OF THE UPDATES TO OUR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS TO INCLUDE THE BIKE LANE, UH, STANDARDS, AS WELL AS FEW, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, UPDATES STANDARDS FOR, UH, CROSSWALKS AND REFUGE ISLANDS. 
          SO, ALL TO SAY IS THAT, UM, THIS IS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE, THE EVALUATION ON THE, UH, ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE A CAPITAL, UH, RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WILL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, GOING OUT TO BID HERE SHORTLY IS ROSS AVENUE FROM, UH, 3 45 TO, UH, UH, LOWER GREENVILLE. 
          I MEAN, THAT ROADWAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT, UH, DESIGN AND WHAT'S GONNA BE RECONSTRUCTED IS COMPLETELY REVAMPING THAT ROADWAY, SLOWING IT DOWN, UH, MAKING A PROVISION FOR, UH, POTENTIAL FUTURE STREET CAR ON IT, AND, UM, UH, PUTTING THE MEDIAN TO, UH, UH, CONTROL THE, UH, CROSS CROSSING OF, UH, OF THE ROADWAYS AND SO ON. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT AND WE'RE PROGRESSING, UH, ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND, AND, UH, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN EASY EFFORT 
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AND THERE IS A LOT OF RESOURCE, RESOURCE AND TIME THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO REVAMP ALL THE, ALL OF OUR, UM, DESIGN MANUALS, UM, THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR ALL THAT. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT WAITING. 
          I MEAN, WHAT I'M SAYING HERE IS WE ARE PROGRESSING CONCURRENTLY WITH ALL THAT. 
          SO I'M, I AGREE, YOUR TEAM DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WHEN YOU HAVE ONE-OFF PROJECTS, LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ME ON ELMWOOD, YOU'RE WORKING ON ROSS AVENUE, SOUNDS LIKE FERGUSON ROAD, LIKE A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS. 
          BUT ON THE DAY-TO-DAY CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF ANY GIVEN OTHER ROAD, THAT'S NOT A TARGET ROAD. 
          MY QUESTION IS HOW, WHO IS DOING THAT SANITY CHECK ON ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL AND THE COMPLETE STREETS FRAMEWORK? AGAIN, WE CHANGED OUR APPROACH. 
          SO INITIALLY BEFORE IT WAS ONLY ENGINEERING AT THE TABLE. 
          NOW WE'VE GOT, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THE TABLE. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, THE FOLKS WHO ARE OVER THE, UH, MICRO MOBILITY, THE, UH, THE, THE BIKE LANES WHERE WE'RE ALL IN IT AND REVIEWING, UH, THE CONCEPTS, AND I'M EMPHASIZING INTERNALLY IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONCEPTS DEVELOPED BEFORE WE START GOING INTO, UH, DETAILED ENGINEERING. 
          SO WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE MADE THE CHANGES. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I CANNOT CHANGE WHAT IS IN PROGRESS AND WHAT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, PROGRESSING THROUGH, UH, ACTUAL PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SO ON. 
          BUT ON THE FUTURE ONES, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING ALL THAT. 
          SO ON EVERY PROJECT THAT IS COMING THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT, FROM DAY ONE ON FROM NOW, YOU ARE, YOU ARE EVALUATING THOSE PROJECTS FOR THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ROADS, INTERSECTIONS. 
          WITH THE VISION ZERO FOCUS, WE'RE, AGAIN, THE EFFORT IS THERE TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SHOULD I BE CONCERNED THAT FOR YOUR 2027 BUDGET, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON BUDGETED TO WORK ON VISION ZERO? AND AGAIN, I THINK I'VE, UH, ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AND I WILL ANSWER IT AGAIN, IS THE FACT THAT VISION ZERO INCLUDES HIGH, UH, HIGHWAY, UH, H STEP PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, INCLUDES STREETLIGHTS, INCLUDES OTHER THINGS, SO THEREFORE ONE PERSON IS NOT THE, UH, VISION ZERO PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          IT SHOULD, LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THIS TODAY. 
          THIS IS CLEARLY BUDGET, BUT THERE, IT DOES CONCERN ME THAT THERE'S 48 POSITIONS FOR FINANCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND A $12 MILLION BUDGET IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ONLY ONE PERSON ASSIGNED FOR VISION ZERO. 
          THAT'S, TO ME, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISCONNECT THERE. 
          UH, AND I WILL AGAIN, ANSWER THE QUESTION BY SAYING I HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT FEED IN DIVISION ZERO AND VISION ZERO IS NOT JUST A ONE PERSON AND ONE OFF, UH, PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU, MS. FAST. 
          UH, COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT FOR POSTS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND SPECIFICALLY THE VISION ZERO ARENA? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THIS KIND OF CAMPAIGN IS WHAT WE CALL JUST INTERNALLY AN EVERGREEN CAMPAIGN. 
          UM, THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS MESSAGING IS NEVER OUTDATED. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE A HOLIDAY SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN. 
          AND SO WE PURPOSELY POST, UM, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AT LEAST EVERY THREE WEEKS, BOTH IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH ORGANICALLY, UM, ON, UH, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, X AS WELL AS A TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, CHANNEL. 
          AND SO WE MAKE SURE AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE JUST YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, POSTS. 
          THE RECENT RADIO CAMPAIGN THAT WE RAN ALSO INCLUDED SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SO WE HAD SOME, UM, POPULAR ON AIR PERSONALITIES THAT POSTED ON THEIR, UM, CHANNELS AS WELL. 
          AND SO WHAT WE TRY AND DO IS WE'LL FOCUS ON, UM, SOME POSTS WILL BE MORE SEATBELT SAFETY OR ANOTHER INITIATIVE WOULD BE, UM, SPEEDING. 
          AND SO THAT'S HOW WE PLAN OUT OUR POST. 
          AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT A GREAT JOB DPD DOES. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN CHANNELS. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE ALWAYS SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY DWI AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT THEIR TEAM CREATED, UM, SOME REALLY GREAT VIDEOS AS WELL THAT WERE INTENDED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND SO WE JUST WORK TOGETHER AND WE JUST TRY AND AMPLIFY EACH OTHER THAT WAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, DO YOU PAY INFLUENCERS TO CONVEY YOUR MESSAGE? SO WE, UM, HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE PAST, UM, BEING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO USE, UM, INFLUENCERS, UM, IN OUR RESEARCH OF TRYING TO GO DOWN THAT PATH. 
          INFLUENCERS, UM, 
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IT'S LIKE A TIMESTAMP. 
          LIKE WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO USE THEIR ASSETS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD. 
          UM, BUT SINCE WE'RE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN TEXAS, OPEN RECORDS, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DELETE POSTS. 
          AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE, UM, WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS TRYING TO CONTRACT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL. 
          UM, I CAME IN TO CONTACT WITH, UH, VISION ZERO WHEN WE FIRST CAME. 
          WE HAD THE, UH, FATAL ACCIDENT ON UM, CLARI. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO APPRECIATE YOU IS FOR THE, THE NEW SIGNAL LIGHTS THAT ARE, UH, BEING PLACED IN SOME OF THE AREAS ON IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, BUT WE DO HAVE STILL SOME CONCERNS ON IN ARBOR BETWEEN MAR UH, RAMONA AND MARCELLUS. 
          UH, THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE WRECKS, UM, OVER THE YEARS AND EVEN SINCE I'VE BEEN COUNCIL MEMBER, A LOT OF THINGS HAS HAPPENED AND I KNOW I'VE ASKED FOR STREET CUSHION, UH, AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED. 
          WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT DONE, UH, FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THAT STREET THAT PEOPLE LITERALLY JUST BE SPEEDING FOR NO REASON. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE QUESTION. 
          OBVIOUSLY, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING, THIS IS ALL ABOUT, UH, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO IT'S NOT ONLY ENGINEERING. 
          SO THEREFORE, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR ANN ARBOR, WE LOOKED AT THAT CORRIDOR, A SECTION OF IT QUALIFIES FOR, UH, SPEED CUSHIONS. 
          SO WE WILL BE, UH, PROCEEDING WITH THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER PIECE THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR IT, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE, UH, MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT WARRANTY THE APPLICATION OF THESE SPEED CUSHIONS AT THESE LOCATIONS. 
          SO WE WILL BE, UH, DOING A PHASED APPROACH ON IT, AND WE WILL BE PUTTING IN SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AS WELL AS WE WILL NEED DPDS HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AREA IS CONSTANTLY MONITORED SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE A BETTER, UH, MANAGEMENT OF THE, UH, CONDITIONS, UH, THAT WE KNOW HAS, UM, EXISTED. 
          SO WE ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THAT AREA. 
          AND AS I'M, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE ARE VERY CLOSE OF ISSUING THE WORK ORDER, UM, TO, UH, UH, TO GET THE PHASE ONE, UH, BOTH ON THE INSTALLATION OF THE SPEED CUSHIONS ON ONE SECTION AND THE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN ON THE OTHER SECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW ALSO, UM, EVEN WITHIN OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME OF, UH, THE SAFETY CONCERNS WHEN I WAS DRIVING, UM, I WENT KIND OF WENT BACK AND VISITED SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE SAID TO BE REPAIRED, NEVER GOT ACTUALLY GOT REPAIRED. 
          THEY CAME OUT AND I DID JUST PATCHWORK, WHICH LEFT A LOT OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. 
          NOT SO MUCH ON THE MAIN ROAD, BUT IN OUR, ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. 
          SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT? BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE YOU SENT THEM OUT, SOMEONE OUT, UH, BUT IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN, IN, UH, THE PART OF THE DISTRICT THAT I SERVE, THAT ON THOSE BACK ROADS WHERE YOU HITTING THE HOSE AND, AND IT'S REALLY CAUSING SOME KNEE JERK REACTION. 
          SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UH, CORRECT THAT? YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT AND, UH, KEEPING US, UH, INFORMED OF THAT. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL BE, UH, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO, UH, TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, UH, UH, TO MAKE THE, UH, ROADWAY PAVEMENT SAFER. 
          UH, DEFINITELY WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT. 
          SO, UM, AND AGAIN, I'M, AND JUST LIKE, NOT ONLY, UH, IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT ALL THE DISTRICTS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT HELPS US CORROBORATE, IF YOU WILL, WHAT THE DATA WE HAVE VERSUS WHAT THE ACTUAL NEED IS OUT THERE. 
          AND, AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UH, AND I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          I KNOW WE'VE CONTACTED YOU BY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN GOING DOWN POLK, AND WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS IN A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS, THOSE METAL PLATES THAT, THAT ARE ON THE STREET. 
          UM, AND, AND THE WORK IS JUST LEAVING CONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS. 
          AND IT IS, IT IS REALLY BECOMING AN UNSAFE MANNER. 
          I THINK I CALLED YOU ONE TIME BECAUSE ONE OF THE METAL PLATES DIDN'T, WAS, I GUESS, WAS MALFUNCTIONING. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED, UH, BUT YOU WAS ABLE TO GET IT FIXED. 
          BUT WE STILL SEEING A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE RESOLVE TO THAT MATTER? THAT, THAT PROBLEM AS WELL? UH, IF YOU ALLOW ME TO ADVOCATE, I WILL ADVOCATE FOR ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE ON COUNCIL, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY. 
          AND IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS HERE, WHICH IS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ORDINANCE. 
          'CAUSE CURRENTLY OUR ORDINANCE DOES NOT HAVE ANY TEETH. 
          AND BASED ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING LAST YEAR, UH, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE, AND WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND IF COUNSEL APPROVES THIS ITEM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN A VERY EFFECTIVE 
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WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND LASTLY, UH, I NOTICE THAT, UH, WHEN I GO AND DRIVE IN MY COLLEAGUE'S DISTRICT, UH, THEY HAVE THE NICE MEDIUM BRICK ROADS AND ET CETERA. 
          I'VE ASKED SOMEONE, 'EM, THAT THEY PAY FOR IT OUT THEIR POCKET AND THEY SAID NO. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PHASE ARE, ARE WE IN? BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THOSE AMENITIES. 
          WHAT I SEE IS MORE, UH, DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS WHEN THEY'RE COMING DOWN, THOSE MEDIANS, THOSE LIGHTS, UH, IN CERTAIN AREAS, THE STREET IS NOT RIGHT. 
          BUT WHEN I GO INTO THEIR DISTRICTS AND LOOKING AT IT, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 
          UH, ONE OF THE AREAS, UH, WAS CONCRETE THAN THEY PUT, UH, FERRY ON THERE, I BELIEVE, WENT OVER TO ANOTHER DISTRICT. 
          IT WAS CONCRETE AND IT WAS REPLACED WITH CONCRETE. 
          SO HOW CAN WE GET SOME OF THOSE SAME, UM, WHAT I, I LIKE TO CALL THE EQUITY, THOSE EQUITABLE RESOURCES IN OUR DISTRICT SO WE CAN STOP SEEING CERTAIN THINGS, UH, NOT HAPPEN WHERE WE ARE. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, TO, UH, MAKE A POINT IS, UH, THE FACT THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE SINCE I TOOK OVER, UH, SINCE WE MERGED THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, IS PRETTY MUCH I ENDED THE PRACTICE OF ASPHALT OVER CONCRETE. 
          IF THERE IS A DISTRESS IN PAVEMENT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX IT, RIGHT? AND NOT JUST DO A SHORT TERM FIELD, GOOD KIND OF DEAL PUT AND OVERLAY. 
          AND THEN NEXT THING I KNOW IS I HAVE NOT TO ONLY REPAIR THE CONCRETE, BUT I HAVE TO REPAIR THE, THE ASPHALT. 
          SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. 
          NUMBER TWO IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS THAT YOU'RE SEEING, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS ON OAK LAWN, UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR FIVE, SEVEN YEARS. 
          UH, SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND SAYING, WELL, I FEEL LIKE I WANNA GO FIX THIS. 
          SO, UH, THERE IS A, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND WE PUBLISH EVERY YEAR. 
          AND I STARTED THIS YEAR, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS PUBLISHING THE WORK PLAN EVERY YEAR ON WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING AND, AND SO ON. 
          SO AS WE UPDATE THE, UH, NEXT, UH, IMP, THERE WILL BE ROADWAYS DEFINITELY IN, UH, OTHER DISTRICTS AND, AND, UH, THE, UH, THE UPGRADED, UH, UH, PAVEMENT WILL BE CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, WE'VE ALREADY UPGRADED, UPDATED THE STANDARDS, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, I WANT STAMPED CONCRETE AT MY CROSSWALKS AND OR MY MEDIANS, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE. 
          OTHER LOCATIONS, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS OR SOME, UH, STAKEHOLDERS DON'T WANT THIS STAMPED CONCRETE. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS THE INPUT THAT I NEED FROM YOU, IF YOU CAN HELP ME OF SAYING, OKAY, IF WE'RE PLANNING ON THIS ROADWAY TO BE UPGRADED, I WANT THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT ADD ANY COST, HARDLY ANY COST TO, UH, TO THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO, UM, HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU IF THERE IS ANY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, BUT, UH, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU THAT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN, UH, TAKING PLACE, UH, IS YEARS IN, IN, IN THE MAKING. 
          UM, SO, AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO GET A LOT OF THINGS FIXED, AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND HELPING, AND I KNOW THE FIVE, SEVEN YEAR THINGS THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST, I JUST GOT HERE. 
          I THINK YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DEPOSITION TOO LONG, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, AND WE GOTTA GO GET THE STUFF FIXED THAT WASN'T DONE FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS AGO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          AND WE'RE READY FOR A SECOND ROUND VICE CHAIR ROTH. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT, UH, GUS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN, IN TRAFFIC CONTROL, MAINTENANCE AS STREETS. 
          SO THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE, IMPORTANT JOB. 
          I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AT IT. 
          YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN RESPONSIVE PERSONALLY TO, TO OUR DISTRICT AS AND I, AND IN TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THAT, THAT YOU'RE DOING A, A, A REALLY YEOMAN'S JOB IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE, THE SITUATION. 
          MY CONCERN GENERALLY IS THAT AS THIS CITY GROWS, WHICH IT IS, IT'S GROWING, UH, TREMENDOUSLY, THAT AS, AS I THINK YOU'VE MENTIONED, TRAFFIC WILL NEVER GET LESS. 
          IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE MORE. 
          AND OUR, AND OUR, OUR NEED IS TO REALLY BE SENSITIVE TO THE, THE EFFECTS OF DENSITY IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          THE EFFECTS OF, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO HELP PREVENT, UH, ULTIMATELY THE INJU THE INJURIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND I, I SPEAK FROM A RECENT EXPERIENCE. 
          MY WIFE LAST WEEK WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AT HILLCREST CHURCHILL THAT TOTALED HER CAR. 
          THANK GOD SHE WAS OKAY. 
          SO THANK GOD THE PERSON WHO HIT HER WAS OKAY. 
          UH, BUT THAT JUST REALLY REINFORCES THE PERSONAL SITUATION OF ALL OF US WHO ARE OUT THERE IN THE STREETS. 
          AND TRAFFIC IS BECOMING ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS ALL OVER TOWN. 
          UM, IT'S NOT ANYBODY'S FAULT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO MANAGING THAT, UH, INCLUDING ANY KIND OF ENGINEERING WHICH, WHICH IS SLOWING DOWN PEOPLE PUTTING IN BUMPS, SPEED BUMPS, PUTTING IN NOTICE DEALS. 
          AND TO THE EXTENT THAT 
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THOSE ITEMS ARE COST, UH, AND EXPENSE BURDENS THAT WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS IN OUR BUDGETING, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, TO, UM, EDUCATE US AS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR BUDGETING FOR THOSE DETERRENT AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURE, UH, TYPE OF, OF INSERTS INTO THE BUDGET. 
          SO THOSE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL, FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL ARE DOING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSSOHN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP FIRST ON, UH, THE QUESTIONS YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, I HOPE THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING INFLUENCERS. 
          I THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE PRACTICE FOR OUR GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, THE, THE FOLLOW UP THOUGH IS IF YOU'RE DOING QUARTERLY POSTS, WHAT IS THAT ENGAGEMENT LEVEL ACROSS THE PLATFORMS? WE DO TRACK, UM, THE NUMBER OF IMPRESSIONS PER MONTH. 
          I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON ME, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT AFTER THE FACT. 
          SO I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS INFORMATION FOR SOME TIME, BOTH, UM, ON OUR WEB PAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, NOT JUST FOR VISION ZERO, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW EFFECTIVE IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I DON'T SEE VERY MUCH ENGAGEMENT WITH IT, HONESTLY. 
          AND, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE MAYBE A SHIFT IN, UM, IN HOW THE POSTS ARE BEING WRITTEN INSTEAD OF IT BEING SORT OF A CORPORATE SPEAK OF WORD SALAD, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECT, UM, AND, AND CONVERSATIONAL TO THE RESIDENTS A LITTLE MORE ENGAGING. 
          SO THAT'S JUST SOME, SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT. 
          UM, GUS, YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT, UM, YOU SEEM TO BE MOVING TO SPEED FEEDBACK, UM, METHOD OF SLOWING TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF HOW FAST THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING, UM, AS MAYBE A MORE PROMINENT, UM, WAY TO HANDLE THINGS. 
          SO WHAT IS THE COST FOR DOING THAT VERSUS A SPEED CUSHION VERSUS OTHER METHODS OF, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL? UM, SO THE, THE, ON THE SPEED CUSHIONS TO, TO BE CLEAR, IT'S, THEY'RE VERY LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH LOW VOLUME AND LOW SPEED. 
          SO WE CANNOT INSTALL 'EM ON, UH, MINOR OR MAJOR PRINCIPLES. 
          AND THIS IS A STRUGGLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD IN YOUR, IN EVERY DISTRICT, BASICALLY. 
          AND, AND NOW IN DISTRICT FOUR, CERTAINLY, I MEAN, SO WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN THIS. 
          LIKE I SAID, THE ALSO THE MANUFACTURER DOESN'T WANT THE, UH, THE MATERIAL. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE WE'RE VERY LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE MAJOR CORRIDORS. 
          SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE CAN DO IS PUT IN THE, UH, SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS. 
          AND WE'VE HAD SOME LIMITED SUCCESS WITH THEM, BUT THE HIGHER SUCCESS HAS BEEN WHEN WE PUT 'EM OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, DPD IS USING NOW THE, UH, UH, THE, THE CURRENT PROGRAM, THE URBAN SDK, WHICH BASICALLY THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF THE SPEEDING THAT IS HAPPENING AT A GIVEN LOCATION. 
          SO THEN THEY CAN CORRELATE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE DATA THAT THEY'RE GETTING VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SEEING, AND THEY CAN BETTER DEPLOY THE RESOURCES INSTEAD OF JUST GOING OUT THERE AND ASSUMING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE, WE ARE VERY LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE MAJOR AND MINOR ARTERIALS VERSUS THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND DO THOSE SIGNS CAPTURE, UM, THE SPEEDS OVER TIME SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT? OR IS IT THEY THEY DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY? YEAH. 
          INTERESTING. 
          AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE THEN PULLING AND LOOKING AT, OR NOT NECESSARILY? WE, WE, WE DO THAT. 
          THE, THE ONLY THING IS I HAVE TO BALANCE AGAIN, THEIR DEPLOYMENTS WITH EFFECTIVENESS AND, UH, THE MAINTENANCE COST THAT GOES WITH 'EM. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM, THE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS WERE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN LOWERING MY SPEED WHEN I HAD CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHO WOULD SAY, MOM, YOU'RE GOING FASTER THAN YOUR SPEED LIMIT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT WAS DEFINITELY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER, UM, ANY OTHER WAY. 
          SO I THINK YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY DO MORE OF THOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT ASPHALT OVER CONCRETE. 
          UM, THE, THE, THE, UM, AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE SEE A LOT OF ASPHALT OVER CONCRETE, ESPECIALLY, UH, WHEN PROJECTS, WHEN YOU'VE, WHEN YOU'VE COMPLETED A PROJECT AND YOU'VE PUT IN FRESH CONCRETE, AND THEN THERE IS NO PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA COME AFTER YOU 
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AND THEY DIG UP EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST PUT DOWN BRAND NEW AND THEY LEAVE ASPHALT ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          AND, BUT THERE IS NO, NO, THE ONLY WAY WE GET TO SEE THAT CHANGE IS IF WE MANUALLY MAKE A PHONE CALL TO YOU. 
          AND THERE IS NO, NO MECHANISM IN WHICH WE GO BEHIND OUR, OUR CONTRACTORS AND VALIDATE THAT THEY'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE PAID THEM TO DO. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR EVERY AREA. 
          UM, AND I, NOW, I DO KNOW WHEN I GO INTO, UH, DISTRICT THREE, SOMETIMES ON PO THEY'LL TELL ME THAT THAT SIGN WILL TELL ME ITSELF, THAT I'M GOING TOO FAST. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME THAT . 
          UM, BUT, UH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO BACK TO STANDARDS THAT WE PLACE STANDARDS ON OUR CONTRACTORS SO THAT THERE IS A PROCESS AND A POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT IF WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO GOES IN AND TEARS UP AND DOESN'T REPLACE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS IN, UM, THE HIGHLAND HILLS AREA WHEN THE A DAI HOPE. 
          DID THEY FIX THAT? YES, MA'AM. 
          I MEAN, DEFINITELY THIS IS AN ITEM OF HIGH IMPORTANCE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY, UH, AGAIN, THE ITEM THAT IS ON THIS COUNCIL, ON THIS COMMITTEE NEXT AND IS ON WEDNESDAYS, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION IS SO IMPORTANT IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY OF HAVING A CONTROL OVER, UH, THE, UM, FAST DETERIORATION OF OUR PAVEMENTS INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL PROCESS. 
          WE JUST HAD, I DON'T KNOW, UM, UP AND DOWN HAMPTON IN THE, IN THE SIDEWALK AREA, THEY JUST PUT IN AT SOME REAL BIG RED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE FOR, BUT, UM, THE, THEY COVERED IT UP. 
          WELL, FIRST THEY, WHEN THEY WERE DIGGING, THEY LEFT THESE GREAT BIG DEEP HOLES THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON TOP OF. 
          I FORGOT TO CALL YOU ON THAT ONE. 
          UM, BUT THEN THEY ALSO COVERED UP, BUT THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THE GRASS. 
          IT'S JUST ROCKS AND PEBBLES AND DIRT. 
          UM, SO YES, A STANDARDIZATION THAT WILL, THAT SAYS THEY MUST PUT BACK THINGS THE WAY THEY FOUND IT WOULD BE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? NEED A SECOND ROUND? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT THEN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM B, WHICH IS THE UPDATE ON THE I 3 45 PROJECT FROM TXDOT. 
          UH, THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MEMO. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MEMO? UH, YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MENDELSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL JUST SAY THAT $1 FOR PARKING AT A METER SEEMS VERY INEXPENSIVE, AND I KNOW YOU PUT IN THERE THAT, UM, YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE'RE ON THE TEXT DOT I 3 45. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT THIS WAS D NO, B AS IN BOY. 
          SORRY, I'M ON D AS IN DOG. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MR. KEN CAR OR DR. 
          KEN CARLY, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS, I BELIEVE, UH, DISCUSSED AND APPROVED BY TDOT AS PART OF THIS 3 45 PROJECT WAS, UH, REMOVAL OF THE THIRD LANE ON THE WHITTLE ROGERS SOUTHBOUND ACCESS ROAD. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS STILL A PART OF THIS PROJECT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE? YEAH. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS MORE OF SOUTHBOUND OR WESTBOUND? IT'S OF RIGHT NEXT TO GREGS PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS MORE OF US, UM, I JUST NEED TO, UH, GET THE, UH, PAVEMENT PLANS, I MEAN PAVEMENT MARKINGS PLANS DONE SO THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE THE, UM, OR, UH, DO AWAY WITH THE, UH, INSIDE LANE AROUND THE, UH, BLIND CURVE AND PICK IT UP FROM, UH, THE EXIT FROM THOMAS OR ONE OF THOSE STREETS IN THAT AREA. 
          SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO RETRIP IT DOWN THE TWO LINES? YES, WE, WHEN I RETRIP IT, THIS IS MORE ON, UH, CITY OF DALLAS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ANY TIME AND TIMING. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO WORK ON IT. 
          SO I'LL, UH, ASK STAFF TO KIND OF JUST PRODUCE THE PLANES AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND GET IT DONE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          APPRECIATE IT, MR. WEST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THE MEMO HERE. 
          I REMEMBER ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN OUR SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, ITEM WHEN TECH STOCK CAME BEFORE US, WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO CAP PUT A BRIDGE CAP OVER 
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THE, THE TRENCH. 
          I'M LOOKING, I, FIRST OF ALL, I'D HEARD THAT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT THERE, THERE'S NOT FUNDING FOR THAT AT THIS TIME, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN A THING. 
          AND I'M ALSO SEEING THAT THE, UM, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE HIGHWAY IS 1.65 BILLION AND THERE'S ONLY 370 MILLION IDENTIFIED FOR IT PER THE MEMO. 
          SO WHAT'S THE PLAN, I GUESS, FOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MONEY TO FINISH THE TRENCH, THERE'S ALSO NO BRIDGE CAP. 
          IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING, GUS? UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR TDOT OR THEIR FINANCES, SO I WILL DEFER THAT TO TDOT AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH A MEMO OR SOMETHING. 
          UH, IT'D BE NICE THEY COULD BE HERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE SET FOR THAT. 
          SO IT, IT WAS A, UH, A SCHEDULING CONFLICT I THINK, ON THIS ONE. 
          SO DEFINITELY WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM IS TO COME BACK AND UPDATE ON ALL THE TEXTILE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE, UH, UH, AROUND, IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          AS FAR AS THE, UM, UH, THE DECK CAPS IS CONCERNED, THE OBJECTIVE NUMBER ONE IS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THE EXTERNAL SUPPORT. 
          AND I AM WORKING ON THAT ITEM, UH, TO TRY TO AT LEAST GET GOING AS A PHASE OR FIRST PIECE OF IT IS IDENTIFY THE DESIGN COSTS TO START INCLUDING THAT. 
          AND THEN NEXT WORK ON THE, UH, ENGINEERING. 
          THIS IS VERY SIMILAR SUPPORT, I MEAN, VERY SIMILAR STRATEGY THAT WE PURSUED, WHETHER IT BE ON, UH, HALBURN PARK OR ON THE I 30 CANYON. 
          I MEAN, PART OF OUR, TO GO BACK TO MY POINT, PART OF OUR APPROVAL OF US SIGNING OFF ON THAT RESOLUTION WAS THE VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS WE HAD AND THE VISUALS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED DECK PARK THAT WAS, COULD BE CONSTRUCTED OVER THIS. 
          SO IF THAT'S NOT A REALITY NOW, UM, BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS HERE, LIKE I THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER THAT ITEM AND OUR, OUR SUPPORT OF IT FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, I'M IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, GREAT IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AND THAT WOULD BENEFIT, UH, THE LOCAL AREA AS WELL AS THE DEPEL, UH, FOUNDATION AND THE PARKS AND SO ON. 
          SO WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, UH, METHODICALLY, UH, WORKING ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO AT LEAST THE, THE KEY IS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE AT LEAST HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR THE, UH, UH, OUTSIDE SUPPORTS. 
          SO, MR. CHAIR, UM, I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT AT SOME POINT WE, AS GUS MENTIONED, HAVE TECH DOT COME HERE AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING AND THEIR ABILITY TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECONSIDER MY SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION KNOWING THAT THERE'S NOT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO, TO FINISH THE DECK PARK THAT WAS PROMISED TO US WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT ORIGINALLY. 
          SO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, CHAIR, WOULD YOU MIND IF I RESPOND, OF COURSE. 
          UM, TO YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. 
          UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMO TODAY WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, PER THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, FROM MAY, 2023, THERE WAS A, UM, PART OF THAT RESOLUTION WAS TXDOT TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, UPDATES TO THIS COMMITTEE, UM, OR AN APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE PROGRESS WITH THE HYBRID OPTION. 
          AND, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT WE HAVE, OR WHAT THEY HAVE IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED PROJECT THAT, UM, IDENTIFIES THE PART OF THE PROJECT THAT THEY WILL, WILL PAY FOR. 
          AND IT IS A CURRENT ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF 1.65 MILLION. 
          UM, IT IS OUR INTENT TO HAVE TXDOT COME ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND DO SOME GENERAL UPDATES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THIS PROJECT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE, WE COMPLIED WITH THAT RESOLUTION AND PROVIDE YOU WITH A TIMELY UPDATE ON WHERE THE PROJECT IS. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE CORRECT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A FUNDING GAP. 
          TXDOT IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT HOW THEY FUND PROJECTS AND HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY PUTTING MONEY INTO THEIR UTP TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS THIS. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE SEEKING SOME FEDERAL FUNDING ALSO. 
          UM, BUT YOUR POINT WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE, THE DECK AND THE FUNDING OF THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS FOR THE DECK, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN, MY REAL CONCERN, WELL, ALL THOSE, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS AS WELL. 
          BUT THE, THE REAL CONCERN IS THAT THE PROVISIONS IN THE RESOLUTION WERE NOT HONORED. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY THAT WAS PROMISED. 
          IT WAS LIKE A FOUR PAGE ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO US, UM, OF ALL THE OPTIONS AND THEN NOW THIS FUNDING GAP. 
          AND SO I THINK I'D LIKE TO RE-LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION AND, UH, IT'LL PROBABLY STILL PASS, BUT FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE MY NAME OFF OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF REVISIONIST HISTORY GOING ON HERE. 
          WE WERE TOLD ALL THE TIME BY TXDOT, THERE WOULD NOT BE A DECK 
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PARK THAT THEY WERE FUNDING. 
          THEY WOULD PUT IN THE, THE STRUCTURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IF WE DECIDED TO, AND WE HAD TO BUY THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          WE WERE TOLD THAT REPEATEDLY. 
          SECOND, THERE WASN'T EVEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY THAT WAS FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL. 
          WHAT THERE WAS, UH, WHICH YOU PUT IN WAS AN OPTION OF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO FINANCE IT. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT WAS NOT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS THE FUNDING GAP. 
          WOULD, TO SAID ALL ALONG IS THAT IT WOULD TAKE MULTIPLE FUNDING CYCLES FOR THEM TO GATHER THAT KIND OF MONEY. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE SUBMITTED IT AT LEAST ONCE, AND IT'S CONTINUING TO BE SUBMITTED AND EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED. 
          UM, THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL ROADWAY HIGHWAY, AND IT IS NOT OPTIONAL. 
          IT IS REQUIRED BY CONGRESS TO HAVE THIS HIGHWAY AND LITERALLY TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO MAKE IT NOT BE A HIGHWAY. 
          AND THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POLITICAL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, BUT LIKE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS FOR YEARS OVER AND OVER. 
          AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN BRIEFED ON AND VOTED ON. 
          AND THERE AREN'T OTHER OPTIONS. 
          THE OPTIONS WE HAVE NOW ARE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA BE BRIEFED BY TXDOT ON WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH FUNDING AND HOW IT'S GOING. 
          ALSO, THE VALUATION OF THE LAND THAT WILL BE FREED UP SO THAT WE CAN PLAN FINANCIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THEN CONTROL IT, WE SHOULD BUY IT, AND WE SHOULD DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, POSSIBLY HOUSING BRIDGES. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUILDINGS ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          NONE OF US WILL BE ON COUNCIL, I DON'T BELIEVE WHEN THAT ACTUALLY COMES TO BE. 
          BUT IN THE MEANTIME, TO GO BACK AND START ALL OVER SEEMS LIKE THE MOST INCREDIBLE WASTE OF TIME WHEN WE HAVE REAL CHALLENGES FACING US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM B? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, WHICH IS TDOT'S MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR PORTIONS OF STATE RIGHT OF WAY FOR PUBLIC PARKING. 
          UH, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? YES. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR RIDLEY. 
          UH, GUS. 
          HEY, HOW YOU DOING? UH, JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE STATUS WAS ON THE, UH, PARKING UNDER 3 45 FOR, UH, DEEP EL ON THE, UM, MOU. 
          SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THE UBER DEAL. 
          SO THIS IS STILL IN DISCUSSION, UH, WITH THE NCT COG AND THE DEEP ISLAND FOUNDATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          DO, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE? UH, I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT IT AND WE WERE GONNA GET TOGETHER, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I ONLY BRING THIS UP 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TIE INTO THE NEXT BRIEFING, UH, OR THE NEXT MEMO AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I JUST LIKE TO ASK ONE QUESTION. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UM, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT MAKING MONEY ON THIS PARKING? SO THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE PARKINGS. 
          OTHERWISE, IF WE START MAKING MONEY ON THESE PARKINGS, THEN WE HAVE TO GET INTO, UH, A, UH, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH PDOT FOR, UH, REVENUE SHARING. 
          AND SOMETIMES, UH, AND SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, UH, UNDER THE, UH, INTERSTATES. 
          SO THAT WOULD INVOLVE ALSO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY. 
          UM, SO, UH, THIS IS WHY WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN WE MANAGE THESE THINGS HERE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT AT THE BREAKEVEN POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D AS IN DOG, WHICH IS THE PARKING PROGRAM UPDATE. 
          DR. 
          K CARLY, COULD YOU JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS MEMO? YEAH. 
          UM, SO, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, WE, UH, IN THE MEMO, UH, THE FIRST PART WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, OUR, UH, PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, WE WENT FROM, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE STILL HAD SOME COIN OPERATED, UH, PARKING METERS TO THE, NOW THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY ON THEM FOR, UM, UH, CREDIT CARDS AND SO ON. 
          UH, NUMBER TWO IS, UH, THERE IS THE, UH, UH, RESUME CONTROL OF THE PARKING LOT NEAR DOWNTOWN. 
          THIS IS PRIMARILY THE CORBIN. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL, UH, CHAIR THAT, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, UH, THE PARKING LOT THAT COULD ONE DAY BE PART OF THE REALIGNMENT OF 
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GRIFFIN, UH, IN THAT AREA. 
          SO NOW WE'RE TAKING, TAKING CONTROL OF IT. 
          AND UNTIL THAT TIME, WE'RE, UH, GONNA, UH, MANAGE IT OURSELVES AND, UH, GET REVENUE OUT OF IT, UH, UNTIL SUCH TIME IF WE DECIDE TO, UH, REALIGN, UH, GRIFFIN IN THAT AREA. 
          SO AT LEAST IT'LL BE UN UNDER OUR FULL CONTROL, UH, OF THAT. 
          UM, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS BASICALLY WHAT WE HAD IN THE CURB LANE MANAGEMENT, THAT WE DEFERRED THE INCREASE OF THE RATES IN THE PA FOR TWO YEARS TO, UH, GIVE THE PARLIAMENT CHANCE TO, UM, UH, UH, MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION ON, UH, COMMERCE STREET. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE NORTHERN SIDE OF COMMERCE IS COMPLETED WITH THE ABILITY FOR, UH, NOW IT HAS THE INDENTED PARKING AND PEOPLE CAN START PARKING THERE. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADD, UH, SPECIAL EVENT RATES, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ADJUST THE, UH, UH, RATES WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS IN, IN, IN THE AREA, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UH, SITUATION. 
          SO WE'RE, UH, SETTING THE, UH, THE BASELINE FOR THAT. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO, UH, PROPOSING TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE UPTOWN PAID PARKING, UH, AREA. 
          UM, AND THIS ITEM IS ON COUNCIL AGENDA FOR, UH, MAY 13TH TO AMEND THE, UH, CONSULTANT CONTRACTS TO GET GOING ON THAT, UM, AND, UM, UH, GET GOING. 
          NOW, ONE THING, EVEN THOUGH THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT THE, UH, KICKOFF IN 2026 AND IMPLEMENTATION EARLY 2027, I DIDN'T WANNA, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, O OVER PROMISE AND UNDER DELIVER. 
          SO WE WILL BE PUSHING TO GET IT EARLIER. 
          UH, BUT THAT IS THE, UM, THE LATEST AND THEN CERTAINLY THE EXPLORA EXPLORATION FOR THE CREATION OF THE BISHOP ARTS, UH, PAID PARKING AREA, UH, CONSIDERING THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE BISHOP ARTS, UM, UH, AREA AND, AND THE PARKING SITUATION IN, UH, IN THAT AREA. 
          SO THESE ARE MY, UH, HIGHLIGHTS ON, UH, THIS ITEM. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, GU ON THE EXPANDING UPTOWN PPA ITEM, THE THIRD BULLET SAYS, FINAL REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS, IS THAT SIX MONTHS FROM TODAY, OR SIX MONTHS FROM WHEN THE CONSULTANT COMPLETES THEIR STUDY? SO THE SIX MONTHS FROM, UH, THE DATE THE COUNCIL APPROVE. 
          SO IF COUNSEL APPROVES THE ITEM ON MAY 13TH FOR THE CONSULTANT, UH, PLUS COUPLE OF WEEKS OR, OR A MONTH BASICALLY TO GET 'EM UNDER CONTRACT AND THEN SIX MONTHS. 
          UH, BUT I'M HOPING, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE CAN, UH, COMPRESS THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          GREAT. 
          AND GET THAT ONE, UH, GOING. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. 
          K CARLY? UH, YES. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, BISHOP ARTS PPA, CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE PARKING? THE REASON WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS I JUST RECENTLY HAD, UH, SOME MUTUAL FRIENDS GET A BOOT ON THEIR CAR, UM, OVER PARKING IN BISHOP ARTS NOW, WHICH IS NEW. 
          AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT SOME POLICIES HAVE CHANGED. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS COMPARED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 
          AND THIS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY MOVE TOWARDS. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE, THE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          SO PROBABLY THE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, OBVIOUSLY. 
          AND I, AGAIN, I HAVE TO LOOK INTO SURE. 
          AND I DIDN'T SPECIFICS SITUATION, SO I CANNOT DISCUSS IT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I MEAN, IN THE BISHOP ARTS, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH PARKING. 
          AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UM, LOOK, ESTABLISH THE PARKING E EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THE PARKING, UH, UH, UM, AREA IN BISHOP ARTS TO SEE IF WE CAN START PUTTING IN, UH, METERS IN, UH, THOSE AREAS. 
          BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT YOU'VE GOT, IN SOME LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE PARKING THERE FOR A LONG TIME, THERE IS NO TURNOVER MM-HMM . 
          AND IT'S HURTING THE BUSINESSES. 
          AND NUMBER TWO IS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DEMAND IN THAT AREA, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, UH, OTHER PRIVATE OPERATORS ARE, UM, UH, GAINING, UH, ADVANTAGE, IF YOU WILL, OF, OF THAT SITUATION. 
          AND THE CITY IS NOT, UH, DOING ANYTHING. 
          MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, UH, WE'RE PUTTING IN MORE RESOURCES BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND SERVICE REQUESTS ABOUT GOING OUT THERE AND, AND ENFORCING. 
          UM, SO, UH, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, CHAIR WEST, BASICALLY, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, AND, UH, WE WANNA START, UH, EXPLORING THIS ITEM AND WE'LL SEE WHAT, UH, IT WILL, UH, IT WILL YIELD. 
          BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD AND POSITIVE FOR THE CITY. 
          NO, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          I WAS JUST MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE WAS, YOU HAVE SOME PRIVATE COMPANIES. 
          NOW, TO YOUR POINT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 
          YOU HAVE SOME PRIVATE 
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COMPANIES WHO COME AND DECIDE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PAID PARKING SPOT NOW AND NOBODY KNOWS. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, YOU COME OUT AND YOU HAVE A BOOT ON YOUR CAR. 
          SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR IT'S THE CITY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY TO DO THAT? AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE CITY OR ANY NOTIFICATIONS OR REGISTRATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO THAT PATRONS COULD KNOW? BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE COMPLETELY CAUGHT OFF GUARD BUSINESS AS USUAL PARK COULD HAVE BEEN ME BE HONEST. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING AND NOT KNOWING. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WHETHER IT'S CITY RAN OR IF IT'S PRIVATELY DONE, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? SO JUST, I MEAN, AGAIN, NOT KNOWING THE PARTICULARS OF THAT SITUATION. 
          WE FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE AND THE CITY ORDINANCE IS VERY CLEAR ON WHEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS A BLOCKAGE OF A SIDEWALK, I MEAN OF A DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, BUT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR SOMETHING, IT'S NOT THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE CONTROLLING. 
          BUT LIKE I SAID, HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT PARTICULAR, ON THE PARTICULARS OF THAT SITUATION. 
          AND I DID, I, I TALKED TO MY BUDDY CHAD TOO, SO WE WERE JUST, WHILE THE OPPORTUNITY WAS HERE, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
           CALLS. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES. 
          VICE CHAIR ROTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GU, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE, UH, WHAT A SMART, WHAT THE SMART, UM, METERS ARE? WHAT, WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT? DOES IT STILL ALLOW FOR CREDIT CARD? IS IT ONLY, IS IT ONLY DIGITAL, UH, SCANNING? IS IT, DOES IT INCLUDE COINS? DOES IT INCLUDE CREDIT CARDS? DOES IT INCLUDE DIGITAL SCANNING? WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 5G AND A TWO G? SO, TWO G HAD BASICALLY IS HARDLY ANY CAPABILITIES FOR, UH, UH, CONNECTING, UH, TO THE, TO THE INTERNET AND OR TAKING ON, UH, CREDIT CARDS AND, AND SO ON. 
          THE 5G HAS THOSE CAPABILITIES. 
          WE CAN CHANGE THE RATES, UH, UH, AUTOMATICALLY. 
          AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, WE CAN ADD SENSORS TO THEM, UH, WHEREBY LIKE IF YOU HAVE THE SENSOR ON THE, UH, UH, ON THE PARKING METER AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE PAYS SAY FOR TWO HOURS AND THEN LEAVES, THE PARKING METERS CAN AUTOMATICALLY RESET ITSELF FOR ZERO, UH, INSTEAD OF, UH, KEEPING THE TWO HOURS AND THEN SOMEBODY COMING IN. 
          SO THERE IS A LOT OF ADVANTAGES WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN WE CAN START COLLECTING ALSO DATA ON OCCUPANCY AND, AND, UH, AND SO ON. 
          SO THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, POSITIVES, UH, BY, UH, GOING FROM THE TWO G TO THE 5G, I'M ALSO, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN TOURISTS, NOT JUST LOCAL FOLKS, BUT THE ABILITY TO MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO PAY WITHOUT, UH, HAVING TO ACCESS A, A SPECIAL, UM, METHOD OF DOING IT. 
          SO DOES THIS, DO THESE FIVE GS DO ALLOW FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENT AND COIN PAYMENT? YES, SIR. 
          AND YOU CAN DO IT DIGITAL PAYMENT? YES, SIR. 
          AND YOU CAN DO IT ON THE APP. 
          I USE THE APP MYSELF. 
          WELL, FORGET ABOUT APPS. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO APPS. 
          I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH A CREDIT CARD. 
          CAN I DO IT WITH A CREDIT CARD? YES, YOU CAN DEFINITELY. 
          CAN I PAY, CAN I PAY WITH A COIN? YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I, I MEAN ON, ON THE COINS, I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP. 
          I CONFIRM IF THE NEW ONES, I'M JOKING, BUT I'M SERIOUS. 
          I WANNA MAKE IT EASY. 
          BUT DEFINITELY THE, FOR SOMEBODY COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE TOURISM, WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE EASE OF ACTIVITY LEVELS. 
          UH, AND I WANNA MAKE IT, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE DISCOURAGED FROM COMING DOWNTOWN OR ANYWHERE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK OR THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK. 
          AND IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL. 
          AND I THINK WE ALSO HAD SOME CONVERSATION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT REVIEWING SOME OF THE PRO POLICIES OF PROVIDING PERHAPS FREE PARKING DAYS OR AFTERNOONS OR OTHER THINGS, WHICH I THINK ARE, ARE PART OF THE EQUATION OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME DOWNTOWN OR TO THEIR, OUR SHOPPING DISTRICTS, WHETHER IT'S BISHOP ARTS OR WHETHER IT'S OTHER PLACES, AND BEING ABLE TO SPEND MONEY AND ENJOY THE, THE FRUITS OF THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE MORE SALES TAX, MORE PROPERTY TAX, MORE, MORE ENTERTAINMENT DOLLARS. 
          SO THA I, I HOPE THAT THAT'S IN CONSIDERATION ON, ON THE TYPES OF, UH, MACHINES THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ORDERING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? UH, YES, MAYOR PERM OR RENO? OH, UH, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD, MR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, CHAIRMAN. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW THE, UH, PARKING MANAGEMENT, UM, DISTRICT STUFF IS, IS NOT, NO ONE, EVERYONE PUSHES BACK FROM THAT, BUT THAT'S, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO, UM, 
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APPROPRIATELY CHARGE FOR USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF, AND THEN PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR IMPROVEMENTS, FOR SAFETY, FOR ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO IT'S NOT A FUN OR SEXY THING TO TAKE ON, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE FIRST STEP OF, UH, THE PROCESS IS THE PAID PARKING AREA, WHICH IS BASICALLY TO ESTABLISH THE AREA WHERE WE CAN PUT IN THE, UH, CAN PUT IN, UH, PARKING METERS. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT. 
          THAT'S WHEN WE START SHARING THE REVENUE. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO GET BOTH ON THE BISHOP ARTS AND ON THE UPTOWN, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HELP ADDRESS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT HAS BEEN ALWAYS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, WHICH IS PAYING FOR O AND M FOR SOME ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON. 
          OKAY, WELL NOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ON D AND NOT B, UM, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I STILL THINK $1 FOR A PARKING METER IS VERY, VERY INEXPENSIVE. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE LOTS OR GARAGES THAT WE GO TO ARE 20 BUCKS, UM, EASILY, UM, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR DINNER. 
          UM, SO I KNOW YOU PUT IN THE MEMO THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE RATES BEYOND THE $1, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU'RE EVEN STARTING THERE OTHER THAN SOME OF US HAVE PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE FREE, UM, RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN HEAVILY COMMERCIAL AREAS. 
          SO THAT SEEMS WEIRD THAT WE HAVEN'T PUT A METER IN SOONER. 
          UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT THE CURRENT CURB, LANE MANAGEMENT ALLOWS THE DIRECTOR TO IMPLEMENT THE DYNAMIC PRICING. 
          AND HOWEVER, IF I DON'T GET THERE WITH UPDATING AND UPGRADING MY, UH, PARKING METERS TO SMART METERS, I CANNOT GENERATE THE, UH, DATA BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE CURB, LANE MANAGEMENT SAYS IF I HAVE 85% OCCUPANCY, UH, FOR LIKE A, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER ABOUT SIX HOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN IF I HAVE THAT SITUATIONS, THEN I CAN, UH, INCREASE THE RATE, UH, UP TO $6 WITHOUT HAVING TO DO, I MEAN, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK FOR A COUNCIL RESOLUTION. 
          SO IT IS IN THE CURRENT CURB LANE MANAGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED. 
          AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M ADDRESSING THE TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT FIRST SO THAT WE CAN START HAVING INSTANT INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO ADJUST THOSE. 
          UM, THE, THE LAST THING I'M GONNA SAY IS THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT NOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS, UM, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THEM. 
          I THINK THAT IS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF BUREAUCRACY TO FORM THEM, TO MAINTAIN THEM, TO SEGREGATE FUNDS. 
          I THINK ALL THE PARKING METER MONEY NEEDS TO JUST GO BACK EITHER INTO GENERAL FUND OR DEDICATED TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND YOU ALREADY ARE, UM, PREDISPOSED TO MANAGE THE VERY HIGHEST DENSITY AREAS DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DO THE SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          AND SO WHATEVER WOULD BE USED IS ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          WHETHER IT'S, OH, WE WANNA ADD BIKE LANES, WELL GUESS WHAT? THE HIGHEST DENSITY AREAS ALREADY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PRIORITIZED IN OUR BIKE PLAN. 
          WE WANNA DO IT FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS. 
          WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE PAVEMENT MARKINGS EVERYWHERE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE BASED ON IF YOU HAVE PAID PARKING METERS. 
          SO I JUST THINK IT'S UNNECESSARY AND TO JUST MAKE IT GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT, YOU WOULD JUST PUT THAT ALL IN THE SAME POT AND KEEP MOVING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PATRON MORENO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, GUS DEV. 
          I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR KEEPING ME UPDATED, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS CHANGES FOR THE METER PARKING IN PARTICULAR TO, IN DEEP ELLUM. 
          FIRST I WANNA SAY I STRONGLY SUPPORT A PARKING MANAGEMENT AND PARKING AUTHORITY DISTRICT AND TO REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS BACK INTO PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE DRAWING THOSE, THAT BUSINESS. 
          UH, BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH CAUTION ON THE PRICE DYNAMICS FOR DE BEUM. 
          WE KNOW THAT COMMERCE STREET IS STILL, UH, NOT COMPLETE. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE MOU WITH TXDOT FOR THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING, THAT WAS THE TRADE OFF THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT PARKING MADE AVAILABLE BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED, UH, DYNAMIC PRICING. 
          AND SO, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND, AND SUPPORT THE, THE DOLLAR, UH, FIGURE THAT'S GONNA GO INTO THE, THE EVENING TIMES. 
          BUT MOVING FORWARD, BEFORE WE DO ANY DRASTIC, UH, INCREASES, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE TECH STOP PARKING AND COMMERCE STREET COMPLETION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT ITEM D? SEEING NONE, THAT JUST LEAVES OUR FORECAST FOR THE MAY AND JUNE MEETINGS. 
          AND I WILL ADD JUST AS, UH, AN UPDATE THAT I AM ANTICIPATING A CALLING, A 
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SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE AROUND MAY THE 19TH TO DISCUSS THE VIADUCT PLANS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AT THIS POINT, AT TWO AGENDA ITEMS. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AGENDA, UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEMS F THROUGH M? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHICH ITEM? UM, WELL ON EACH, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS THE ITEM THAT, UM, WAS BEING DISCUSSED MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER THAT GUS WAS SAYING HE'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR. 
          THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE STEEL PLATES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR YEARS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THEM LABELED AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING A FEE IN THERE WHEN THEY LEAVE THEM FOR SO LONG. 
          UM, MY QUESTION ON, KAY, THIS IS FOR THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, UM, THE FULL AGENDA ITEM I DIDN'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON IF THIS WORK IS RELATED TO THEIR INTEREST IN REPLACING THE BUILDING? NO, NO. 
          THIS ONLY RELATES TO THE BOND PROGRAM, WHICH JENNY ER IS COMING UP TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE 2024 BOND ELECTION. 
          IT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE ADDITIONS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE BUILDING. 
          IT. 
          YEAH. 
          HI JENNY. 
          NICE WONDER OF THE BOND OFFICE AND, AND, UM, CHAIR RIDLEY'S. 
          EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE EXISTING FACILITY AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXTENSION. 
          AND HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION WITH THEM THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUILD THEM A NEW BUILDING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ON L WHICH IS, UM, ABOUT THE 2006 BOND FUNDING FOR THE SOUTHWEST SERVICE CENTER. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SO THAT ORIGINALLY WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2006 BOND, UH, ELECTION AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, AND I, I DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THAT. 
          I COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT, BUT THERE WAS MONEY LEFT OVER IN THE 20 2006 BOND, UH, PROGRAM FOR THIS FACILITY. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST USING THE OLD BOND DOLLARS AND EXACTLY, I MEAN, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE SOUTHEAST SERVICE CENTER. 
          WHAT IS THE ADDRESS THERE? I BELIEVE IT'S 27 10. 
          IT'S THE, IT'S OFF OF MUNICIPAL. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 67 ACRES OUT THERE. 
          IT'S FULLY DEVELOPED. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE, UM, THEIR SHOPS ESSENTIALLY OUT THERE. 
          THE SIGN SHOPS OUT THERE, OUR SIGN CREWS, UM, UH, STREET REPAIR CREWS, THAT'S WHERE THEY HOUSE OUT OF AS WELL. 
          AND SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S A REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FACILITY THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S 27 10 MUNICIPAL. 
          SO THE FACILITY THAT'S THERE NOW, YOU'RE JUST GONNA BUILD A NEW ONE? CORRECT? WE'RE GONNA REPLACE IT. 
          HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEN IT? HAVE THEY SEEN IT? I'M NOT AWARE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO GO SEE IT, BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON THIS UNLESS WE ALL GO LOOK, OR AT LEAST SOME OF US GO LOOK AT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, OKAY, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THIS. 
          WHY SINCE 2006, I MEAN 20 YEARS I'D HAVE, I'D HAVE TO GET THE HISTORY ON THAT. 
          I KNOW WE, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UM, DOLLARS LEFT IN THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM AND WE, UM, BRIEFED THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ON THAT QUARTERLY. 
          UM, BUT I, I, AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND WAS THE PROPOSITION SPECIFICALLY TO REBUILD IT 20 YEARS AGO AND, AND FOR 20 YEARS YOU JUST DIDN'T, AGAIN, AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO GO AND DO THE RESEARCH. 
          UM, I, I KNOW IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM. 
          WHY IT GOT STALLED. 
          I'M, I'M NOT AWARE. 
          WELL, IF IT'S REMAINING DOLLARS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE REALLOCATED WITHIN A BOND, WHICH SOMETIMES THERE'S VAGUE ENOUGH LANGUAGE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN, THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT USE, THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS, AND WE HAVEN'T EVER HAD THAT DISCUSSION. 
          SO I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY ON COUNCIL KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ITEM. 
          AND SO I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS IS COMING UP TOO QUICKLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO MS. NICE WONDER, IS THIS A NEW VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY OR IS IT TO REPLACE AN EXISTING ONE? IT'S TO REPLACE AN EXISTING ONE. 
          SO THE OLD ONE WILL BE DEMOLISHED? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, IT IS NOW 2:55 PM ON APRIL 20TH AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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