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[Dallas Farmers Market TIF District Board of Directors Special Meeting on June 30, 2026.]
AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE LEADING ORDER WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, INTRODUCTION OF LEADING PARTICIPANTS.I AM LUIS DE MAYO, UH, A BOARD MEMBER FOR DALLAS COUNTY AND SERVING AS THE IN INTERIM CHAIR FOR TODAY.
AND OUR NEXT BOARD MEMBERS, I GUESS, ONLINE ARE STARTING WITH THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR.
VICE CHAIR, ME, KAREN PIERRE, THE MEMBERS ONLINE.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, SO, UH, FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T, UH, QUITE KNOW THE, THE LOGISTICS, BUT HI, JOSE AVILA.
I'M THE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET.
TIFF, WHAT DISTRICT ARE YOU? I GUESS DISTRICT TWO
I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THE FARMER MARKET IS, RIGHT? YEP.
AND I'M MARK RUBLE BOARD MEMBER FOR LAST LITTLE WHILE AND DISTRICT TWO HERE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
IS THAT ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE? YES.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY
WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, GOING TWICE.
UM, POSSIBLY IF I COULD ASK THE QUESTION, DO YOU, DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS OR WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM OR, YES, THAT'S FINE.
WHEN YOU'D LIKE ANY EXPLANATION OR WEIGH IN FROM DDS PERSPECTIVE.
WELL, UM, ALL THE ITEM AGENDA.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, REVIEW AND CONSIDER THE MEETING RECORD OF JANUARY 30TH, 2026.
FARMER'S MARKET, TIFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UH, HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO VIEW THE MINUTES? ANYONE THOUGHTS IN THE MINUTES? YEP.
IF SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL COMMITTEES.
AGENDA ITEM FLOOR IS REVIEW AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM DOWNTOWN DALLAS INCORPORATED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,000 PAYABLE FROM EXISTING FARMER'S MARKET.
TIFF DISTRICT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF 30 ANTIFA ARMRESTS ON 30 EXISTING VENTURES, PRIMARILY ALONG TAYLOR STREET AND FARMER'S MARKET WAY, AS WELL AS OTHER QUARTERS WITHIN THE FARMER MARKET DISTRICT, UH, PHILOSOPHY.
ANYTHING OF A PRESENTATION? YES, PLEASE.
SO, UM, DEAR BOARD MEMBERS LAST YEAR, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE TIP DISTRICT CONTACTED THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ABOUT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A BRANCH, BRANCH ON FARMERS MARKET, WHERE, WHERE IT BECAME A GATHERING PLACE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
STAFF WORK WITH THE DOWNTOWN, UM, DALLAS I AGENCY, WHICH MANAGES THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
SO YOU CAN, UH, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE SUMMARY RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN ALSO, UM, UH, FOLLOW ALONG, UH, THE SUMMARY.
WE HAVE, UH, CONTACTED THE DDI AND THIS SECURITY TEAM HAS INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT IF WE INSTALL ANTI WAG ARMREST, SO THE BENCHES, IF WE GO TO THE PICTURE ON THE THIRD PAGE, WHICH SHOWS BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES WHERE IT'LL DETERMINE THE PEOPLE TO REST ON THE BENCH, THEY CANNOT SLEEP ON THE BENCH, THEY CAN STILL SIT ON THESE BENCH.
SO, UM, WE CONTACTED THE DDI, THEY HAVE, UH, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO INSTALL 29 BENCHES WITH THE ARMORS AND IT COSTED THEM 15,000.
THERE WERE ADDITIONAL BENCHES IN THE AREA THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE MAP.
UM, THE PICTURES OF THE, THE MAP THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PULL RIGHT NOW SHOWS THAT 29 VENTURES, WHICH WERE MARKED IN GLOBE, AS YOU CAN SEE, FARMERS MARKET
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WAY AND TAYLOR STREET AND FARMERS MARKET WAY, THESE ARE THE VENTURES THAT ARE THERE.AND ADDITIONAL 30 VENTURES ARE THERE.
PRIMARY ALONG, UH, TAYLOR STREET AND FARMER'S MARKET, AND ANOTHER CORRIDOR AT THAT CORNER WITH NO STREET NAME THERE.
UM, DDI IS REQUESTING 16,000 IN FUNDING TO INSTALL THESE RES.
SO WE HAVE DDI, UH, STAFF HAVING SHEETS, AND, UH, THE TEAM IS HERE IF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS FUNDING REQUEST.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DDI BEFORE WE MOVE TO ACTION? NO.
ARE YOU, REAL QUICK, UM, ARE YOU REPLACING THE BENCHES OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KIND OF WELD THAT? UM, MIDDLE ARMREST, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S PROBABLY THE EASIER OPTION.
UM, WHEN WE WENT OUT AND INVESTIGATED, WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM TO THE BENCHES MIRROR REMOVAL VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY PROVIDING A PUBLIC AMENITY.
ULTIMATELY, WE CHOSE TO, UH, MODIFY THE BENCHES WITH THE ARM REST AND THAT'S A BOLT-IN FIXTURE.
UH, WE DID WORK THROUGH A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR WHO IDENTIFIED A SERIES OF OPTIONS AND THAT WAS THE OPTION THAT MATCHED THE AESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE BENCH CLOSEST, UH, TO WHAT THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT WAS.
AND, UH, WE HAD THEN INSTALLED THAT WITH A BOLTED CONNECTION WITH ANTI TAMPER OR TAM TAMPER RESISTANT HARDWARE JUST TO ENSURE IT WAS, IT STAYED IN PLACE LONG TERM.
UM, WE DID DO THE ORIGINAL 29 NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONDED WELL, AND SO THAT WAS THE REQUEST WAS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 AS AS VASA BE MENTIONED.
UM, SO WE DID, UH, REQUEST THAT WITH
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? UH, NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
I'LL SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TURN, SAY AYE.
UM, ITEM FIVE IS REVIEW AND CONSIDER A REQUEST BY THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,248,400 PAYABLE FROM EXISTING FARMERS MARKET TIP FUNDS, INCLUDING ONE, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,430,000 TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED CESA CHAVEZ PHASE A IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WATER UTILITY, RELOCATIONS AND UPGRADES.
AND TWO, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,818,400 TO SUPPORT THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED CESA CHAVEZ PHASE B IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, WATER UTILITY REALIZATION UPDATES.
UH, I UNDERSTAND ROUGHLY YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? YES, PLEASE AS WELL.
SO WHAT I WILL START WITH IS THE PRESENTATION ABOUT FARMERS MARKET ACTIVE DISTRICT ITSELF.
WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? CURRENT, UH, CURRENTLY WHERE, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF FARMERS MARKET DISTRICT? THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROPOSED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
AND WE HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS ALSO OR VIRTUALLY WHO CAN ANSWER IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THE CESAR SERVICE PUBLIC, UH, BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENTS, THIS PRESENTATION WILL START WITH DALLAS FARMERS MARKET TIP DISTRICT ITSELF.
SO AS THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
AS YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 1998 WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST, UH, 1998.
AND THE PLAN, THE DISTRICT PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN, IN SHORT, WE CALL IT AS PLAN, WAS ADAPTED BY THE ORDINANCE 24 0 0 1 IN AUGUST, 1999.
AT THAT TIME, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT WAS CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST, 2223 CAMDEN STREET, CONDOMINIUM, AND CITY OF DALLAS HOMES OF PROPERTY.
WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS CREATED, IT WAS ONLY CITY OF DALLAS,
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WHICH WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE DISTRICT AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.AND, UM, LATER DURING THE PLAN AMENDMENT, IT WAS DECREASED TO 90% PARTICIPATION AND COUNTY STARTED PARTICIPATING FROM 40 13 AND THEY STOPPED PARTICIPATING BECAUSE WE REACHED THE 1000001.1 MILLION, UH, CAP COLLECTION CAP IN 2021 RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY, UH, TO THE FUNDS FOR THE FARMERS MARKET.
SO IF WE GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE, IT SHOWS THE 2025 TAXABLE VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE, UH, THE TAXABLE VALUE WITHIN THE FIFTH DISTRICT IS 639.7 MILLION.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 1691% FROM THE TIME IT WAS CREATED IN 1998.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE, UM, THE PROJECT THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE DISTRICT LED TO THE CREATION OF 1,304 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, HUNDRED AND 30 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
THOSE ARE THE TOWN HOMES, WHICH ARE, UH, UM, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS LIVE THERE AND 10,458 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL OR COMMERCE, UM, COMMERCIAL SPACE AND 5,585 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WHICH WERE LED WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE TRIP DISTRICT.
WITH THAT, WE HAD 653 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, ONE 10 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT, 20 2006 7 269 SQUARE SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL OR COMMERCE SPACE, AND A HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN TWO FIFTY SIX SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
TO THIS DATE, WE HAVE 35.9 MILLION OF DISTRICT FUNDS, HAS LEVERAGED AROUND 360, 60 0.1 MILLION IN, UH, REAL PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUE THAT WAS CREATED BECAUSE OF THE INSTIGATION OF THE PROGRESS MARKET WITH DISTRICT ITSELF.
I HAVE PROVIDED A, UM, GIVE FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECT WHICH ARE FUNDED BY THE CHIP DISTRICT RECENTLY.
THAT IS SIX MONTHS AGO AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, YOU HAVE SEEN THE ANNUAL REPORT.
THESE, THIS INFORMATION DIRECTLY COMES FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT ITSELF.
I THOUGHT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE C THE CHAT IMPROVEMENTS, MAYBE IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND, UH, WHERE THE DISTRICT STANDS AS OF TODAY.
ON THE NEXT PAGE, I HAVE ALL THE, UH, I HAVE MAP OF THE DISTRICT ITSELF, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR THE AREA, MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN TAUGHT EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN POINT WHERE NEAR THE GOOD LAIMA, THAT'S WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME POTENTIAL TO THE, SO WITH THAT, THIS IS THE PROJECT MAP FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND GOING ON TO THE NEXT ONE THAT IS, UH, PROPOSED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR SEE THE BOULEVARD.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OUT TO, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
THIS IS OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, SO THE C SERVICE CORRIDOR, UM, WE'VE HAD COMPLAINTS FROM BOTH CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS ON THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN 75 AND I 30 ABOUT SPEEDING AND CRASHES.
SO IN 2024, WE, UH, COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, UM, AND ISSUES ON THE CORRIDOR.
WE DID, UH, COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURES TO IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE BOTH, UH, PEDESTRIAN REALM AS WELL AS A MULTIMODAL, UH, MULTIMODAL OPERATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO, UH, AS A FIRST STEP, WE DID OUR SURVEY AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR TRAFFIC SURVEY, WE COLLECTED THE TRAFFIC DATA.
UM, AND WHAT WE FOUND BASICALLY WAS THAT WE HAD OVER 261 CRASHES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
MOST OF THE CRASHES, ALMOST 90% OF THE CRASHES HAPPENED AT INTERSECTIONS.
SO YOUR MAIN INTERSECTIONS WERE, UH, CANTON YOUNG, UH, MAIN STREET, PALMER STREET, ELLEN.
UH, SO I MEAN, SO 90% OF THE, UH, S WERE HAPPENING AT THE INTERSECTIONS, AND THERE WERE OTHER, OTHER DEFICIENCIES IN THE WORLD
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THAT WE IDENTIFIED.WE DID TRAFFIC, UH, SPEED STUDIES, TRAFFIC COUNTS, AND ON, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF, UH, 2024, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING TO, UM, BASICALLY SHARE OUR FINANCES WITH THE SHAREHOLDERS AND GET THEM TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR ISSUES AND, UH, WHAT KIND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THEIR ISSUES, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE PORTAL TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT THEIR VISION WAS FURTHER.
SO, UM, AT THAT MEETING WE HAD SURVEYS THAT WERE OPEN FOR A WHILE, BASICALLY, I MEAN, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEY ALL, UH, ASKED US TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC CRASHES.
THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND SPEEDING ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
AND WHAT THE ENVISION FOR THE CORRIDOR WAS A MULTIMODAL PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY CORRIDOR WITH THE BOULEVARD THEME, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF ALL THE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE CORRIDOR, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
IT DOESN'T HELP THAT VIS ACTUALLY CONNECTS TWO FREEWAYS AND IT'S, IT'S A MAJOR ARTERIAL SIX TO EIGHT LANE ARTERIAL THAT CONNECTS THESE TWO FREEWAYS.
SO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE EASY FOR US TO BALANCE EVERYTHING, BUT I HIT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE GONNA GIVE IT A SHOT.
SO CAN I ASK THE BOARD MEMBER, ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING THAT SHOULD SAY PROPOSED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SINCE I IMPROVEMENTS? YES.
SO MOVING ON, UM, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE HAD, UM, WE DEVELOPED SOME CONCEPTS AND THOSE CONCEPTS ARE IN THE NEXT THREE SLIDES.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO, BECAUSE CESAR CHAVE ACTUALLY HAD A LOAN THAT CESAR, CHAZ AND CANTON YOUNG INTERSECTION ALONE HAD OVER 20% OF ALL THE ES IN THE CORRIDOR.
SO WE WANTED TO, WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE PRIORITIZE THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, IT HAS A VERY OLD TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHICH DOES NOT MEET CURRENT, UM, FEDERAL HIGHWAY CRITERIA AND STANDARDS.
UM, IT'S A VERY WIDE INTERSECTION WITH PRE RIGHT TURNS.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE KEY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS TO HAVE A TRAFFIC, UH, NOT ONLY OVERHEAD INDICATIONS, LEFT TURN MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR LEFT TURN PROTECTED, LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS, UH, THE PEDESTRIAN PHRASING WITH AND THE AUDIBLE PEDESTRIAN, UH, SIGNALS.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE ALL THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE PORK CHOPS IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, WHICH WHERE WE HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT GET HIT ALL THE TIME, ELIMINATE THOSE, CREATE BULB OUTS TO REDUCE THE CROSSING DISTANCE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WIDEN THE SIDEWALK SPACE AND PUT IN A MODERN SMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
AND, UH, WE WERE ALSO IN A, AND VERY STANDARD WITH THESE KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAKE A DA IMPROVEMENTS.
WE, UM, BUILD THE SIDEWALK AT THE INTERSECTION, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DA COMPLIANT, UH, VFR, UM, RADIO FREE RAMPS, GOOD LIGHTING, ALL LED LIGHTING.
SO THAT'S STANDARD PART OF, UH, WHAT COMES WITH A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE BULB BARS AND WIDENED MEDIAS WILL ACTUALLY CREATE SHORTER, UM, SHORTER CROSSING DISTANCE FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS WE PROVIDE FOR A MEDIAN REFUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
SO THOSE WERE THE CONCEPTS FOR THE INTERSECTION THAT, UH, THE
AND THEN THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR FROM COMMERCE STREET TO MORE NORTH OF THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE INTERSECTIONS ARE SO CLOSELY SPACED AND WE HAVE JUST IMPROVED THE INTERSECTIONS WITH NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
WE DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS, UH, SCOPE TO DO A LOT.
SO WE WERE CONCENTRATING OUR EFFORTS, UH, BETWEEN COMMERCE AND MARILLA.
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING BETWEEN
WE WERE, UH, WE, UH, PROPOSING, UH, TO LOOK AT WIDER SIDEWALKS, MEDIANS, ENHANCED STREET STREETLIGHTS,
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OTHER RELATED AMENITIES, AND THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO PLACE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS FOR FEASIBLE.UM, ALSO ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GET ALL THE TIME, LACK OF PARKING.
SO WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS, WE WERE HOPING TO E OUT A FEW MORE PARKING SPACES FOR THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS AND THAT.
AND WHAT WE HAD ALSO COME UP WITH WAS A CONCEPT OF FOR ROUNDABOUT IN INDUSTRY.
UM, SO WE, SO HERE'S SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS WHICH DEVELOP, IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE, THAT'S THE EXISTING INTERSECTION OF
AND THOSE, UH, LITTLE WORKSHOP VIOLENCE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL HOLDS IN THEM, THEY GET HIT ALL THE TIME.
AND, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE CONCEPT WE DEVELOP FOR THE INTERSECTION, WHICH TAKES OUT ALL THE FREE RIDES.
IT CREATES WIDER, UH, MEDIANS, MOTOR SIDEWALKS, BULB OUTS TO PICK OUT THE FREE RIDE MOVEMENTS.
AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, CREATES, UM, A SAFER INTERSECTION AS WELL AS, UH, CREATES MORE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES ON THE SIDEWALK.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS AND WITH, UM, WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE ADDED SIDEWALK SPACE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT REPRESENTED.
WE HAVE BEEN DECIDED WHICH ONE TO RUN WITH BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T STARTED DESIGN ON PHASE TWO.
BUT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD GO IN ONCE OUR PHASE TWO PROJECT IS DONE.
I MEAN, WHEN WE START DESIGNING, UM, NEXT WEEK IS THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND HERE'S THE SECTION BETWEEN CANTON SLASH YOUNG AND MARILLA.
THIS WAS THE ROUNDABOUT CONCEPT AND ALL THE RED HIGHLIGHTED AREAS OF WIDER SIDEWALKS, UM, LEADING INTO THE ROUNDABOUT.
UH, SO WE WENT BACK TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE WENT BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS IN MAY OF 2025 AND PRESENTED THESE CONCEPTS AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO LIKE IT.
UH, I MEAN, THERE WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE IDEAS.
SO MOVING FORWARD, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE COST AS WELL AS, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN AND THE CONCEPTS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
AND WHAT WE CONCLUDED WAS, FIRST OF ALL, THE ROUNDABOUT IS PROHIBITIVE IN TERMS OF BOTH DESIGN COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
IT WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE THAN $5 MILLION FOR US TO DESIGN AND BUILD IT, AND IT'S NOT VERY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
AND ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET A LOT IS FROM THE RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAESAR CHAVE, THAT IS HARD FOR THEM TO CROSS OVER TO THE FARMER'S MARKET SIDE BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION IS SO WIDE.
SO WHAT WE ARE NOW PROPOSING IS THAT WE DO NOT BUILD A ROUNDABOUT AND WE BUILD A TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT ISHA WAS IN MARILLA AND WITH WIDER SIDEWALKS, UM, AND MEDIANS CREATE MEDIA REFUGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR PEOPLE CROSSING THE INTERSECTION.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD AFFORD US IS BASICALLY WE CAN DO THE ENTIRE NEXT PHASE BETWEEN COMMERCE AND MORE AT ONE GOAL WITHIN EXISTING FUNDING, UM, FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET.
SO THAT'S OUR, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TODAY, IS WE BUILD THE PROJECT IN TWO PHASES.
PHASE A WOULD BE THE INTERSECTION I SEE THE SHOWERS AND, AND YANG STREET BECAUSE THAT IS A PRIORITY BECAUSE OF ALL THE CRASHES THAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND PHASE TWO WOULD BE THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR.
NOW WE HAD STARTED DESIGN, WE'VE ACTUALLY COMPLETED DESIGN OF PHASE A WITH, UH, DEPARTMENTAL MONEY.
SO, BUT WE ARE COMING TO YOU NOW.
IF WE CAN GO WITH THE NEXT PIECE THERE, PLEASE.
OH, LET ME, LEMME DESCRIBE, SO WE JUST, UH, UH, JUST, I JUST DESCRIBED THIS, UH, PHASE A IS THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTED AREA, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF SEE THE HIGHWAYS AND Y AND PHASE B IS BASICALLY THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR FROM COMMERCE STREET DOWN TO, UM, MARILLA SCREEN.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.SO WHAT IS GOING TO GO INTO THESE INTERSECTIONS? AGAIN, LIKE I, UH, UH, MENTIONED BEFORE, REMOVAL OF THE FREE LIGHT MOVEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION, THIS IS FOR PHASE A SMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND HAVE RADAR DETECTORS ENHANCED, ENHANCED LED LIGHTING, UH, PRODUCTED, LEFT TURN FACING, UH, MULTIPLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, UM, TO CREATE BULB OUTS, WIDE SIDEWALKS.
AND THE, AND THE PLANNING DESIGN IS COMPLETE.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE IS, UH, $1.7 MILLION, WHICH HAS A HEALTHY, UH, CUSHION IN CASE WE NEED TO RELOCATE ANY OF THE UTILITIES OR WATER LINES.
WE ARE HOPING WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT, BUT THIS WILL, UH, THIS AMOUNT WILL ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR MONEY ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
AND THEN PHASE B, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE REST OF THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AGAIN AT, UH, MARILLA WOULD ALSO BE A SMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH, UH, WE ARE REDUCING THE LANES, UH, THROUGH LANES FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES, UH, SIX LANES TO FOUR LANES.
AND THE RECLAIMED ROADWAY SPACE WILL AFFORD US, UH, PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, LANDSCAPING OR STREETSCAPING, UH, POSSIBILITIES.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE HOPING TO AT LEAST ADD A FEW ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, IMPROVE, IMPROVE BOTH STREET AND PEDESTRIAN LEVEL LIGHTING AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES.
HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD NOW, AND THE COST FOR THIS AGAIN, IS $2.8 MILLION.
THAT'S THE CO THAT'S THE, THE WHOLE FUR NOTE FROM COMMERCE TO MARILLA, INCLUDING THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT MARILLA.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ABOUT 20% CONTINGENCY BAKED INTO THIS ESTIMATE.
WITH THAT, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING HERE.
YES, SO THE TOTAL SEE THE CHAPELS, WELL BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENTS IS PHASE A AND PHASE B.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE PHASE A AS RO HAS MENTIONED, THE DESIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETE.
THIS IS ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
FOR PHASE B, IT NEEDS THE DESIGN AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION COST FOR, UH, AS WE HAVE SHOWN IN THE COST ESTIMATES FOR PHASE B, IT'LL BE AROUND 2.8 MILLION.
TOTAL CSAR SHALL PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
TOTAL COST THAT INCLUDES PHASE A AND PHASE B IS 4,586,400.
UH, IN THE EARLIER PAGE, WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THAT THERE IS, UH, MONEY COMING FROM THE BOND MONEY.
SO YOU HAVE, UH, FROM THE 2006 BOND MONEY, SO THAT WILL BE DEDUCTED.
WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PROJECT FUNDING USES AND SOURCES ARE COMING FROM.
AS I SAID, 2006 BOND MONEY, THERE IS 338,000 AND REST OF IT IS COMING FROM THE, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS, THEN THE FARMER'S MARKET TIP DISTRICT FUNDS ARE PAYABLE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION.
AND WE, I HAVE SHOWN THE USERS THAT IS WHAT IS FOR PHASE AND WHAT IS FOR PHASE B.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, UH, SOURCES AND USERS.
THEN WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THIS ONE AND GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH SHOWS THE TIMELINE WILL COME, COME BACK TO THIS.
THE EXPECTED TIMELINE IS GOING TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON AUG AUGUST 3RD AND HOPEFULLY TO THE COUNCIL ON AUGUST 12TH.
AND, UH, THIS SLIDE ALSO INCLUDES THE TIMELINE FOR THE TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CESAR SHOWERS PHASE ONE.
AGAIN, ALREADY THIS IS READY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN IS ALREADY DONE BY SEPTEMBER, 2026.
THE, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION WILL WITH THE PROJECT.
AND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OPENS WITH THE OPENING THE BIDS AND COUNCIL AWARD AROUND THE NUMBER OF 2026.
AND HOPEFULLY THE CONSTRUCTION WILL START BY
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JANUARY ONCE IT STARTS A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.AND IT, UH, SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER, 2028.
AS WE ARE COMPLETING THE PHASE A CONCURRENTLY, PHASE B COULD START BECAUSE FIRST THERE IS NO DESIGN FOR THE PHASE B.
THAT'S WHERE THE, IT STARTS WITH THE RFP FOR DESIGNS BY SEPTEMBER, 2020 SIXTH, AND THEN AWARD TO BY THE COUNCIL AND BIG PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND DURING THIS PHASE, ONCE THE DESIGN IS DONE RIGHT NOW, UM, EVEN THE REQUEST INCLUDES BOTH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
IF THERE ARE ANYTHING, THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND UPDATE THE BOARD IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR CHANGES.
OTHERWISE, WE ARE HOPING THAT FROM APRIL, 2028 TO DECEMBER, 2029, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL COMPLETE.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO ONE MORE, BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE THE STAFF IS REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF, UH, THE CSAR TRAVEL IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT INCLUDES BOTH PHASES, THAT IS, UH, A AND B, UH, TO DEPART, UH, CITIES, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORK REQUEST IN AN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXIT 4,248,400 PAYABLE FROM THE
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MOTION THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IF THERE ARE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ARO OR VAUS, I WOULD LOVE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M A RESIDENT OF 13 YEARS FACING CAESAR CHAVEZ, BETWEEN CANTON AND MARILLA AND HAVE BEEN RECORDING ALL THE CAR CRASHES AND SENDING THEM TO JESSE MORENO SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
AND I SERVED ON THE TASK FORCE OF THE FIVE RESIDENTS THAT TOOK THIS UP TO BRING IT TO TRANSPORTATION.
AND THIS HAS BEEN OUR BABY FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
AND I JUST WANNA SALUTE ORO AND GUS AND EVERYBODY THAT FINALLY GOT THIS PUT TOGETHER FOR US.
I, I WOULD WRITE A CHECK MYSELF FOR THIS AMOUNT IF I COULD.
LIKE, I'M SO HAPPY THIS IS FINALLY TAKING PLACE.
LIKE WE HAD THREE HORRIBLE CRASHES IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS AT CANTON AND CAESAR CHAVEZ IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH PEOPLE TURNING IN THE FREE TURN LANES AND, AND T BONING LIKE ALL THREE.
SO THIS, AS I TOLD EVERY TOWNHOME OWNER IN MY CLUSTER, THIS CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH.
LIKE
UM, SORRY, I'M, I'M NOT, CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 10? IT WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE ROUNDABOUT RENDERING.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON IT AND I I I, I KNOW THAT, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM.
SO WE'RE, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE SCRAPPING THE ROUNDABOUT IDEA, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY AND IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA GO WITH THE REGULAR, REGULAR, UH, INTERSECTION THERE.
I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GONNA STILL BE A TWO LANE INTERSECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH, IS THAT RIGHT? THERE'LL BE TWO LANES, UH, BETWEEN, UM, YOUNG STREET AND MARILLA.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOT COUNTING THE, NOT COUNTING THE LEFT TURN AND THE RIGHT TURN LANES.
BUT WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW WE LINED UP ACROSS ON THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE, UH, ONCE TECHSTARS PROJECT IS DONE, WE NEED TO MATCH WHAT THEY HAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME TWEAKS, BUT OUR JOURNAL IDEA IS TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST CARRY TWO THROUGH LANES IN EACH DIRECTION FROM NORTH OF, UH, YOUNG TO MARILLA AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY TRANSITION INTO WHATEVER TECH STOPS GOING TO DO.
SO I DESIGNED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN I, OUR WHOLE IDEA IS TO NOT HAVE FOUR LANES WE PARKING LANES AND WIDER SIDE SIDEWALKS AND MEDIUMS. OKAY, GREAT.
YEAH, I FIGURED, UH, THE TECH STOP PROJECT WAS GOING TO TO BE A HURDLE.
UM, AND THEN THE PARKING IS, UH, IS GOING TO EXPAND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MORE AS WELL, CORRECT, UH, TO, UH, CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE MURRAY LANE INTERSECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CREATE SPACE FOR THE, UM, PUMP OUT RIGHT TURN LANE.
AND ALSO THERE'S, UH, SIDE DISTANCE ISSUES AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE CARS AND NOT PARK TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION SO THEY, AND BLOCK SIDE DISTANCE.
BUT OTHERWISE WE, YOU'RE RIGHT, BASICALLY WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ADDING MORE
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NO, THEN THAT'S IT FOR ME.I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING KAREN SAYS AND I'M SURE MARK DOES AS WELL.
UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FOUR YEARS AND MY INITIAL EXPOSURE WAS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT INTERSECTION.
SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THE FMSA BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR YEARS AND I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME, SOME CONCRETE PLANTS, UM, COMING THROUGH.
SO, AND WE, WE AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH KAREN TOO.
THAT'S WHAT OUR DATA SHOWED, THAT 90% OF THE CRASHES HAPPENING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EITHER RUNNING RED LIGHTS OR TURNING WHEN THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TURNING, SO MM-HMM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHANGES AND GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS.
AND JOSE, WITH THAT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
THAT PASSES YOU UNANIM TAKING OUT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? NO.
I'LL CALL A MEETING ADJOURNED AT TEN THREE.