1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,260 Good morning, everyone. I'm not sure what our at-home audience is this morning, but 2 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:13,980 this is a meeting of the Downtown Economic Development Committee, a subcommittee of the 3 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:20,460 Economic Development Partnership of Denton. And our first item of business is to receive 4 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:27,460 nominations and elect a chair and vice chair for the Development Committee. One quick note 5 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:32,600 before I kind of hand it over to staff, if we have any questions for staff, or rather 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:39,440 before I open it up for nominations, our policy says that a city council member has to serve 7 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:46,160 as chair, and then our vice chair at the moment is Alex Payne. Alex is not here, so if somebody 8 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:52,060 wanted to throw him under the bus and re-nominate him, I'm not sure if he'd accept that or not. 9 00:00:52,060 --> 00:01:02,720 So I'll now open the floor for the position of chair of the committee. Not everybody at 10 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:10,040 once. Do we know if Alex wants to continue in that capacity? I don't know. I haven't 11 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,440 spoken with Alex about that. But if you were going to lean one way or the other, I mean, 12 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:20,400 probably he does. Probably he does. We all know he's very active downtown. Well, I don't 13 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,040 want to throw him under the bus, but I think he's a good leader, so I'd like to nominate 14 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:31,320 him to continue in that capacity. Are you nominating him for the position of chair or 15 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:40,360 vice chair? Chair. So the chair has to be a ... Oh, I'm sorry. Vice chair. Yeah, vice 16 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:48,200 chair. Okay. Let's start out with chair, just as a formality, but we have to do it. Are 17 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:55,320 there any nominations for the position of chair of the committee? Is Marty eligible 18 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:02,720 to serve again? I'm sorry. Can you say that again? Is Marty eligible to serve again? Yeah. 19 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:08,000 So I'll put a little finer point on it. It's kind of an awkward position for me, but I'm 20 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:16,000 the only one on the committee who's eligible to serve as chair. I don't know. I tried to 21 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,600 say that in the most diplomatic way possible and not nominate myself, but under the policy, 22 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,320 that's the situation. I want to make a double move then. I'm going to nominate you for chair 23 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:33,520 and Alex Payne for vice chair, and I think it's a great ticket. Okay. I second that nomination. 24 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:38,920 Okay. We'll take that nomination as a motion in a second. We'll go ahead and vote on those 25 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:45,360 together unless anybody has any objection to that. And I'll kind of go around the horn, 26 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:55,680 seeing no objection to doing that. Hank, what's your vote? In favor. Georgina? Yes. In favor. 27 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:12,080 John? Yes. Bob? Yes. Nick? Yes. Michael? I see a thumbs up there. And Peggy? And I think 28 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:19,040 you're muted, but I think you said aye. I said aye. Very good. And Brock, are you still 29 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:24,760 on? Can you hear us? I think he's logged off. He's logged off. Okay. He had to switch up 30 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:31,640 devices I think. All right. Thank you all. Then those will be our officers going forward. 31 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:39,680 Our next item is 1B, consideration of the minutes of the September 3rd, 2020 meeting. 32 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,000 Are there any additions or deletions to the minutes as they've been distributed? Seeing 33 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:53,880 none, is there a motion for their adoption? I'll motion for their adoption. John with 34 00:03:53,880 --> 00:04:01,800 the motion, is there a second? I second it. Georgina with the second. Any discussion? 35 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:13,240 The move votes, starting with John, how do you say? Aye. Georgina? Aye. Hank? Aye. Bob? 36 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:23,760 Aye. Nick? Aye. Michael? Aye. And Peggy? Aye. Thank you. And the chair is an aye. The minutes 37 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:32,520 of the September 3rd meeting are approved. That takes us to item 1C, receive a report, 38 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:38,760 hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the downtown capital projects update. 39 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:44,360 And I think that's Rachel. Is that right? Good to see you, Rachel. Good morning, everyone. 40 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:50,080 Great seeing you all too. So my name is Rachel Wood. I'm the deputy director of capital projects. 41 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,320 And this morning, we've got several of our project managers with us that are going to 42 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:59,760 provide updates on projects that are nearing completion, projects that are actively under 43 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:04,880 construction, and then projects that are in the initiation phase. Because we have four 44 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:09,920 different project managers that are going to be covering their projects, our thought processes 45 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,720 will have each project manager go through their list of projects that are in the downtown 46 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,620 area. Once they conclude going through their slides, then you can ask questions of those 47 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:22,960 projects and then they'll transition to the next set the next project manager and their 48 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,320 projects just so that we don't have to play musical chairs. We can of course answer questions 49 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,560 at the end of the presentation as well. But we're all going to be operating from this 50 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,960 one chair. So just kind of think about your questions as they're presenting just so we 51 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:42,360 don't have to kind of keep circling back and play musical chairs. So we've got first, Kyle 52 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:48,760 pedigo is going to go through his projects, then Seth Garcia, Trevor Crane, and then Robin 53 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,440 Davis. So with that, I'm going to pull up the PowerPoint presentation and then Kyle 54 00:05:52,440 --> 00:06:19,440 will come go through his projects with you. There we go. It's not sharing. While you're 55 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,420 doing that, Rachel, I'll just kind of note for the record that Beth has joined us and 56 00:06:22,420 --> 00:06:39,680 Brock is locked back back on. Perfect. Okay, Kyle. Here we go. Okay, good morning, everybody. 57 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,600 Thank you for having me. My name is Kyle pedigo. As Rachel said, I'm a project manager for 58 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:52,160 the city and I have four projects that I'm going to be reviewing in downtown area. So 59 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:57,720 first up, we have the downtown storm sewer phase one. The limits of this is between Bell 60 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,800 and the Union Pacific Railroad from McKinney to Hickory Street. And it also extends up 61 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:10,600 oak from the railroad up proximately to Oakland. The design firm on this one was DEH and quality 62 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:15,280 excavation is the contractor. This one's currently under construction. And we have been working 63 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:21,120 with some of the local businesses where whose parking lots and traffic patterns are directly 64 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:27,980 impacted. So the scope of this project is drainage improvements and pavement repair 65 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:34,440 with an estimated completion of approximately $1.76 million. This project began in December 66 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:42,920 2020. Currently, it's on schedule to be completed by quarter four of 2021. And then we've been 67 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:53,000 coordinating with franchise utilities area businesses and text out on this. Currently 68 00:07:53,000 --> 00:08:01,360 they cross McKinney Street and they are in the parking lots. Right next to the UPR railroad. 69 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:09,140 That's their current work area. And they're set to begin work on Oak Street by about quarter 70 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:19,120 two of this year. The next project that I have is the downtown quiet zones. The limits 71 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:25,240 of this project are the railroad crossings at McKinney, Hickory, Sycamore and Prairie. 72 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,280 This one was designed in house. Real quick, the scope of this is the city is going to 73 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,560 be performing median improvements, sidewalk improvements and railroad crossing improvements. 74 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:41,280 And this is coordinated with Union Pacific railroad. The intention of this project is 75 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:47,920 to establish a quiet zone in the downtown quarter. Currently Union Pacific requires 76 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:54,480 their trains to sound their horn at every crossing. Every time they pass that doesn't 77 00:08:54,480 --> 00:09:02,640 have a division in the crossing that prevents cars from going around the gates. So with 78 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:09,960 the median improvement, with establishing a median there, the city the city's portion 79 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:17,240 is the road work to establish the median and Union Pacific's portion is permitting and 80 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:22,780 any signalization upgrades. So we're working with them currently because the two of these 81 00:09:22,780 --> 00:09:30,120 crossings intersect directly with the downtown storm sewer. We're attempting to minimize 82 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:36,840 the construction impact and perform those two crossings of McKinney and Hickory Street 83 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:43,960 with downtown storm sewer phase one. The estimate completion for this project is about 1.3 million 84 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:52,200 dollars. The design was finalized in January and there should be in construction by quarter 85 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,440 three this year. So by the end of the year, the city's portion should be under construction 86 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:04,400 coinciding with the finish up of phase one of downtown storm sewer. So this is a that's 87 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:13,160 the coordination note that this is being directly coordinated with that other project. Downtown 88 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:19,620 TIF sidewalk and lighting. This project is mostly completed. There's two intersections 89 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:25,160 outstanding so the limits of this are Elm Street, Oak Street, Hickory Street and a small 90 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:31,320 section on a locust. This one was designed by Tignall and Perkins and Floyd Smith Concrete 91 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:39,560 did the sidewalk work. DME did the lighting improvements and traffic operations is doing 92 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:46,000 the two signals that need to be completed. This project included pedestrian and lighting 93 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:51,640 improvements and sidewalk improvements. The estimate completion is roughly one million 94 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:57,780 dollars. Traffic signal design is nearing completion. The two outstanding intersections 95 00:10:57,780 --> 00:11:06,760 are McKinney and Elm and McKinney and Locust. Once traffic performs their signal improvements, 96 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:15,120 we can complete this project with the sidewalk and crossing improvements at those two intersections. 97 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:21,160 Currently we're estimated to be complete at the end of quarter two in 2021. So traffic 98 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:30,000 should be performing their work in May and sidewalks would be nearing completion in June. 99 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:39,720 And this is being coordinated with franchise utilities, area businesses and TxDOT as well. 100 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:45,400 West Hickory Street. This one is currently under construction so the limits of this project 101 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,320 is West Hickory Street between Welch and Carroll. Again this was designed by Tignall and Perkins 102 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:58,600 and the contractor on the project is 2L Construction. So this includes drainage system upgrades, 103 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:04,480 roadway reconstruction, sidewalk installation and pedestrian lighting installation. The 104 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,600 estimated completion is roughly three million dollars and this one is scheduled to be completed 105 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:15,420 by quarter three of 2021. Currently they're complete with the base pavement on the first 106 00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:25,400 half of the project between Welch and Bernard and they're set to move to the kind of the 107 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:31,880 third phase of the project on the north side of Hickory between Bernard and Carroll in 108 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:43,120 March by the end of March. We've been working with the Improving Denton website to deliver 109 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:54,360 all of our notifications on this. We've also worked with UNT to help with communication 110 00:12:54,360 --> 00:13:00,760 on this project just because of the area it's in and then also communicating directly with 111 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:08,800 businesses and property owners with any questions or issues that arise. That is the last of 112 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:14,880 my four projects so before we hand it off we figured we could open it up to discussion 113 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:27,680 or questions if anybody has any. I have one question Kyle. Can you take the screen down 114 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:40,240 real quick so we can see everybody and see who's asking questions? On the downtown quiet 115 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,800 zones you said that they're going to be coordinated construction with the downtown storm sewer 116 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:51,400 phase one project. Am I correct to assume that that means though the city's portion 117 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:57,240 will be completed at the same time on all four intersections? There's two intersections 118 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:04,120 that will be directly coordinated with downtown storm sewer. It's McKinney and Hickory. Both 119 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:10,240 of those should be completed. The city's portion should be completed at the end of phase one 120 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:16,320 of the downtown storm sewer when we go through with final restoration. The whole idea of 121 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:21,920 that is it will limit contractors out there, limit impacts on those two corridors and allow 122 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:27,760 us to get these built relatively quickly compared to putting them out as individual projects. 123 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:34,240 Is there an estimation on completion of the other two intersections? Those two we put 124 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:40,040 out as a separate project and the goal is to have those completed roughly at the same 125 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:46,200 time by the end of the year. Okay. Thank you. This is Bob Moses. I have a question concerning 126 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:56,240 the lighting. It seems to me that over the past say 10 years when we've done these major 127 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:03,240 sidewalk and street lighting changes or additions down Hickory and other places that we haven't 128 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:10,760 taken enough concern of keeping the consistent looking lighting and the old fashioned lighting 129 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:17,200 and the consistent color of the lights into account. It seems like we're now making another 130 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:23,280 kind of big move on those major streets and I'm wondering if these different companies 131 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:30,560 that are designing these things are taking care to be consistent and if the type of lighting 132 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:36,760 is being approved by the city to maintain the look of our town. 133 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:42,480 I can't speak to the overall plan but I know for the two projects that I have with lighting, 134 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:48,840 the West Hickory Street project and downtown tip that the lighting has been coordinated 135 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:56,640 to be the historical, what do you call it, the historical look of modern light fixtures. 136 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:04,840 So there is coordination between the different engineers on those projects to attempt to 137 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,600 maintain that. I think it should really be a significant 138 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:16,680 attempt because lighting at nighttime sets the ambiance and sets the whole feeling of 139 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:29,800 our town. So I hope that's being done properly. Other questions for Kyle? I have kind of a 140 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:37,560 follow on to Bob's question. I'm assuming that those new street lights are LED. Can 141 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:43,280 we adjust the brightness and temperature on those like we can some of our other LED, the 142 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,120 big street lights that we've been installing through the city? 143 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:52,320 I believe so. I can look after this and double check the specs again but I believe they are 144 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,600 adjusted. That'd be helpful to know I think as to Bob's 145 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:01,200 point, you know, if you have 10 street lights down the same street or in the same area and 146 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:06,840 three of them are on one temperature, kind of a different color in the restaurant, another, 147 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:11,520 it does make a difference. If you could maybe just follow up with an email to the committee, 148 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:19,320 that'd be helpful. Letting us know more. Any more questions on Kyle's portion? Okay. Thank 149 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:28,120 you, Kyle. Thank you. 150 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:40,240 Alrighty. Good morning, Chair, board members, Seth Garcia, project manager with Capital 151 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:51,640 Projects. I will be going through PEC 4 phases 1 and 2 and then PEC 4 phases 3 and 4. So 152 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:56,240 the first one's PEC 4 phases 1 and 2. This is the current downtown drainage project that 153 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:02,080 we have in construction. The limits, as you can see, is Wainwright from Prairie. We also 154 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:08,960 did some pretty substantial utility replacements along Elm and Locust. So the drainage replacements 155 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:15,280 began here just at Wainwright and Highland, followed this path along Warren. We actually 156 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,840 acquired drainage easement and cut through these businesses behind here to where we get 157 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:26,900 to Prairie. And then the drainage box decommissioned just behind the Ravelin Bakery in between 158 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:34,920 Elm and Pierce on Prairie. The rest of the lines that you see here are the utility replacements. 159 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,640 There really wasn't a street that we didn't touch in this area, even in between Elm and 160 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:45,600 Locust. But good news, we are getting close to wrapping up that project. So the scope 161 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:52,040 was to install dual 11 by 8 box culverts for drainage. As I said, we also did pretty significant 162 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:57,080 water and wastewater installation and relocations. And then we do have portions of this that 163 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:02,240 were street reconstruction. Some of that was on bond project stuff. So I know in between 164 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,920 Elm and Locust, we did have a 2019 street bond segment that we're working towards completing 165 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:14,560 as well with this project. The estimate at completion for this was 15.1 million. This 166 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:19,480 project began in July of 2019. And as I said earlier, it is on schedule to be completed 167 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:26,200 by quarter three of 2021. We've been coordinating pretty heavily with franchise utilities, the 168 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:33,240 media businesses, and as well as for our text dot permitting, as well as the sidewalk ADA 169 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:40,080 projects that's coming down South Elm Street right now. 170 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:46,600 The next two phases of PEC 4 are phases 3 and 4. We're currently in 90% design on these. 171 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,000 These take the drainage boxes from where we decommissioned on Prairie in between Pierce 172 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,200 and Elm, all the way north crossing Sycamore and Stroud to Mulberry. And then we actually 173 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:01,680 get into the roadway at Mulberry, traveling west all the way across Carroll Boulevard 174 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:08,400 to what you see is Bernard here. This is where it will decommission with the full PEC 4 phases 175 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:16,040 1 through 4 project. So the scope of this is we install 16 by 8, 12 by 8, and 10 by 176 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:21,920 8 box culverts. We will have once again some pretty substantial water and wastewater installations 177 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:27,560 and relocations just to accommodate the size of the boxes that we'll be installing. We 178 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:33,920 will have significant street reconstruction on portions of Sycamore, Stroud, and Mulberry. 179 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,400 With the size of these boxes, we're essentially curb to curb with utility cuts, replacements 180 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:43,520 as well. So that kind of warrants for a full street reconstruction once we go through with 181 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:50,620 these drainage boxes. Our estimated completion for these two phases is 17.7 million. Our 182 00:20:50,620 --> 00:20:55,600 schedule is kind of dependent upon the easement acquisition. We need to identify some funding. 183 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:02,040 Currently, we only have funding for the drainage design. We will need funding for approximately 184 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:09,000 53 easements and temporary construction easements. Once we have that, we can better set a construction 185 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:14,360 schedule to acquire those easements. We are coordinating with Denton County as we'll cross 186 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:19,240 their property, multiple franchise utilities, as well as the University of North Texas kind 187 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:28,600 of once we get west of Carroll Boulevard for impacts to student living and buses. And with 188 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:36,440 that, that is my two projects. All right, questions for Seth? 189 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:43,960 Yes, sir. This is John Cartwright. A couple of things. You talked about Q3 2021, that 190 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:49,840 kind of the Elm and Locust corridors are going to be completed with that project. As you 191 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,100 can imagine, we're all kind of looking forward to that. We're just now beginning the planning 192 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:58,760 phases of arts and autos. Hopefully, we can have it this September. Looking forward to 193 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:04,400 that. So typically in the mornings, of course, that's the main entrance into the downtown 194 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,540 square from the south. And that's where we kind of line up. And literally the lineup 195 00:22:09,540 --> 00:22:17,920 goes from Hickory, I mean, all the way to almost to Locust Eagle Street as the cars 196 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:26,000 line up in the morning. So we're kind of looking forward for that completion to be done. Perhaps 197 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:31,000 by that, obviously, you know, you can't say yes, we're going to be done, but that's going 198 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:39,240 to be a concern. In our Main Street meetings, we've been asked to comment on by streets, 199 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:46,560 they did a presentation. And some of the discussion was the Elm and Locust streets and other avenues 200 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:52,880 to the square about how traffic maybe could be rerouted or changed. There was a motion 201 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:59,420 or an idea talked about when TxDOT actually turns over those two streets to the city, 202 00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:06,200 that we one way we could change it was to make those two way both Elm and Locust and 203 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:12,600 just have that kind of traffic as it approaches the square. Is there any as we get towards 204 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,480 the end of this project and finally take ownership of those streets, has there been any discussion 205 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:22,880 about the traffic patterns in downtown? So I'm not familiar with that as a part of this 206 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:28,040 project. I know that TxDOT does have a paving plan that they're going to implement once 207 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:33,200 construction is complete, I believe towards the end of this year. But as far as making 208 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,800 any kind of change or anything like that with this project, I'm not aware of anything. I 209 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:43,120 think that would go through our city engineer or our traffic department. Is that something 210 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:51,920 that maybe this committee can be a part of in that discussion area? Seth, let me take 211 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,280 a stab at that one because the council talked about this quite a bit. We have to be careful 212 00:23:55,280 --> 00:24:00,600 to stay on posting since our posting is for capital projects. But I can tell you, it would 213 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:06,640 be a significant capital project to undertake a change in the traffic pattern and signals. 214 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:12,440 So we can talk about that just a little bit. The last time the council talked about it 215 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,160 was really the last time we took a hard look at the mobility plan that we've been working 216 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:22,640 on in the downtown area. And the mobility plan kind of, it's not on the shelf, they're 217 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:28,280 still working on it. But they've changed the approach. We were looking at different kind 218 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:33,100 of sectors of the city. And when they presented the downtown, we had a pretty robust conversation 219 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:38,480 about traffic patterns downtown. I was on team two way. I don't like one way streets. 220 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:43,600 I think they're dangerous and people don't get confused and they're bad for business, 221 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:48,680 all sorts of things. Lots of folks were on team one way and there was no consensus for 222 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:55,560 making a change. The other consideration was, well, do you do two way on just Elm and Locust 223 00:24:55,560 --> 00:25:01,520 and keep Oak and Hickory? The engineers came back with basically this mish mash of some 224 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,280 of it's going to be two way and some of it's going to be one way. And it made less sense 225 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:10,080 than just all one way. And then you take into consideration the east of the square, you've 226 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:17,000 got two way. It got, basically there's no consensus for changing traffic pattern. If 227 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,440 that's something this committee wants to talk about, then in concluding items, we ought 228 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:27,920 to add that as a, ask for that as a future agenda item. I think the only way that consensus 229 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,960 would be had on that issue, if there was a significant kind of a critical mass of local 230 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:38,480 business owners, probably with supportive residents on the residential portions of Oak 231 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:45,400 and Hickory, they weren't real interested in going two way either. So it's a bigger 232 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:52,480 conversation. The council had no, there's basically no consensus for making the change. 233 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:59,840 And if the committee wants to discuss it further, we should probably have an agenda item on it. 234 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,440 Thank you. 235 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:15,280 Or any more questions for Seth? Good deal. Thank you, Seth. We appreciate it. Real quick, 236 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:20,840 while they're resetting also, I'll let y'all know on the, he mentioned funding for PEC 237 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:28,880 for phase three and four. The phase three, if I don't get this wrong, Trevor, can you 238 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:33,080 pull the screen down for just a sec? We're still, we're still wrapping up the last item. 239 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:39,800 Sorry about that. Thanks. This will be real quick. So phase three is east of West Carroll 240 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:45,440 over kind of the Bernard street section. Phase four is the downtown portion. An idea was 241 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:50,240 presented. Some of y'all are familiar with the item, the downtown TURS took up recently 242 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:56,080 and they talked about potentially extending the TURS, the tax increment reinvestment zone 243 00:26:56,080 --> 00:27:00,560 and using some of that money to pay for that PEC four project, the portion that's south 244 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:06,280 of the square. The council talked about that on February the ninth, let me double check 245 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:11,640 my date here, but on February the ninth. So if you're interested in that issue and if 246 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:19,800 you have an opinion on whether downtown TURS, yeah, February the ninth, downtown TURS money 247 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:24,120 ought to be invested in that drainage project and kind of pulling those properties up out 248 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:30,040 of the floodplain, then reach out to your council members and let them know how you feel about 249 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,560 it. That'll come back to us and we'll have to talk about, do we extend the TURS a little 250 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:40,360 bit to take in that project? And do we spend TURS money to get that project done? Because 251 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:50,840 like Seth said, there's not currently funding for it. Sorry, Trevor. Thank you. You're good 252 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,680 to go. 253 00:27:53,680 --> 00:28:04,800 All right. Good morning. My name is Trevor Crane. I'm a project manager in the capital 254 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:10,160 improvements department. Before I get started, I did want to touch on an earlier question 255 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:15,440 there was about the street lighting and kind of the consistency as far as that. A lot of 256 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:22,880 that inconsistency that you've seen to date was kind of a result of the way our specs 257 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:27,320 were written and kind of what we were following up to this point. The capital improvements 258 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:33,800 department has led a charge to update those technical specifications. Now we have a new 259 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:40,120 set that went live on January 15th that will now kind of govern all capital improvement 260 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:46,160 projects and all really construction in the city. So you'll see specifically from that 261 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:51,640 point on, you'll see projects using all projects in the city using those same technical specifications. 262 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:57,440 So that'll lend itself to seeing consistency on everything, whether it's lighting or, you 263 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,880 know, anything throughout the city moving forward. So I just wanted to kind of bring 264 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,800 that up to let everybody know that. 265 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:09,400 So I'll be talking about two projects today. This first one will be the Elm and Locust 266 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:15,980 phase two project. The limits are Elm and Locust Street from US 380 to Hickory Street. 267 00:29:15,980 --> 00:29:22,080 This project is currently under design with Haffin Associates. We were at 90% design a 268 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:28,120 couple of months ago. We're on hold due to COVID. We've recently in the past couple of 269 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:34,400 months had an amendment go through to bring that design up to 100%. We should be seeing 270 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:39,280 that 100% design here in the next month or so. 271 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:44,000 So go through the scope of this project. This is drainage system upgrades along those two 272 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:51,280 streets with wastewater and water upgrades along the streets as well. Estimate of completion 273 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:56,520 is a little over $20 million. The schedule, as I said, the design should be complete here 274 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:01,600 in the next month or two. So we're looking early quarter two, 2021. As far as moving 275 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:07,720 into construction, that schedule is dependent on funding, mainly drainage funding. We're 276 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,960 working to secure that to move forward. Water and wastewater is ready to move forward on 277 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,640 that project. So as soon as we identify that drainage funding will move forward with this 278 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:23,320 project. So coordination, project status updates will begin once funding has been acquired. 279 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:27,920 We've been in contact with a lot of businesses that will be directly affected by the drainage 280 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:33,280 upgrades mainly. There are some right of way requirements that are going to take place. 281 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:39,040 So we've been in contact with a lot of those businesses. And once we get that funding, 282 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:45,880 we'll be in touch with them again to let them know we're moving forward with that project. 283 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:51,400 Next project is a development service center parking lot improvements. So it's really just 284 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:56,240 what it says that you see there in the picture, the new development services of building. 285 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:01,760 We are reconstructing the parking lot. We did the design in house and the contractor 286 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:08,760 is MSB constructors. They are currently on site doing the construction now. The scope 287 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:14,640 is parking lot reconstruction with some drainage improvements. It also includes lighting, sidewalk, 288 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:20,760 landscaping, and pavement striping. The estimated completion is $1.2 million. Our construction 289 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:28,160 schedule is scheduled for completion in quarter two of 2021. We should see that. We'll be 290 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:33,400 liming that subgrade any day now. They might be doing it as we speak. And then we'll see 291 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:39,000 concrete getting forward here in the next probably the end of this month, beginning 292 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:46,120 of April. Yeah. So coordination, we have bi-weekly meetings with our contractor and development 293 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:51,080 services staff to provide updates just to keep everybody up to date of what's going 294 00:31:51,080 --> 00:32:01,360 on. And that's really it. So I can pause here for questions. Let me un-share the screen. 295 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:07,520 Questions for Trevor? Trevor, I know the city staff is going to be very thankful for that 296 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:12,800 parking lot. I see them going back and forth across McKinney to the Cedar street lot and 297 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:17,000 they'll be happy to be able to park close to their office. Definitely. And just a point 298 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,880 on that, we gave them six months to do that project. It probably would have been done 299 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:28,080 already if we hadn't had the snow and things like that, some weather issue. But we're tracking 300 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,440 the new way ahead of schedule. So we're working to get that done to make sure everybody's 301 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:37,160 got kind of a great parking lot and a safe place to get into that building. 302 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:42,720 Very good. Thank you, Trevor. We appreciate it. 303 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:57,880 Good morning, members. I'm Robin Davis, project manager for Capital Projects. And I'll be 304 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:19,520 finishing up this presentation with you this morning. We'll begin with all-way crossing. 305 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:27,180 This is a pedestrian improvement project that will allow for crossing at all four intersections 306 00:33:27,180 --> 00:33:35,800 at each one of these intersections around the Den Square. The design for this project 307 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:48,720 is scheduled for council on March 16th. Estimate completion is 662,000. And we have a construction 308 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:55,000 schedule estimated for quarter three, 2022. We'll be communicating and coordinating with 309 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:02,920 our area businesses and communities at key phases of the design and prior to construction 310 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:13,920 and during construction as well. Bell Avenue sidewalk connectivity. This is just that it 311 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:21,220 installs a gap that's missing on East Bell between Sycamore and Hickory Street. It was 312 00:34:21,220 --> 00:34:29,560 designed by Adams Engineering. We have an estimate completion of 116,000. And construction 313 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:34,560 is scheduled to be complete by quarter one of 2022. We're working with real estate to 314 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,000 determine if there's any temporary construction easement or right of way needs prior to scheduling 315 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:48,760 this for construction. And the A train to UNT bike and pedestrian path. This provides 316 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:57,960 a 10 foot side path on Sycamore Street from the transit center train station down to Welch 317 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:03,600 Street. And then on Welch Street, we have a bike path that will be installed from Hickory 318 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:12,920 to Eagle. The design for this project is scheduled for council March 16th. We have an estimate 319 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:18,760 completion of 2.6 million. And we're hoping construction will be completed by quarter 320 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:26,160 four of 2023. We'll be coordinating with UPRR and DCTA in relation to the pedestrian railroad 321 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:32,880 crossing requirements. And we'll be communicating with the area businesses and residents at 322 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:40,880 key phases of the design of the project and prior to construction. And with that, does 323 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,560 anyone have any questions about those three projects? 324 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:55,800 >> This is Beth Lewis. Can you hear me? One, two, three. Can you hear me? 325 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:10,240 >> We can hear you. We can hear all of you. >> Now you're muted again, Beth. 326 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:30,680 >> Okay. I'm having a lot of problems. >> We can handle it. If you can plow through 327 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:41,360 the echo with a short, concise question, then I think we'll be fine. 328 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:46,360 >> You're muted, Beth. >> You're muted. We can't hear you. 329 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:54,760 >> Can you hear me now? Okay. On the A train to UNT bike and pedestrian path proposed project, 330 00:36:54,760 --> 00:37:03,040 I'm curious about the Sycamore Street 10 foot side path for bicycles. Is that going to change 331 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,280 the street? >> No, the 10 foot side path is the 10 foot 332 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:12,120 sidewalk side path. The bike lane is on Well Street. 333 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:17,520 >> Okay. And the traffic signal, what is the proposed location for that? 334 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:22,840 >> We believe it's going to be some traffic signal improvements at Bell that will install 335 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:29,600 some bike radar. I believe there is the option. We're looking at providing an additional signal, 336 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,720 but we're not sure where that's going to be warranted at yet. That will be worked out 337 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:37,200 through design. >> Okay. Thank you. 338 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:44,440 >> Thanks, Beth. Other questions for Robin? >> I would just say Main Street would love 339 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,560 to be part of the discussion when you start holding community meetings regarding those 340 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:53,160 downtown traffic signals. >> Absolutely. 341 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,040 >> Thank you. >> Robin? 342 00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:00,000 >> Yes, ma'am. >> Thank you, Caps. As one of those people 343 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:10,360 who was a proponent for putting that bike and pedestrian trail on Sycamore years ago, 344 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:18,080 does this mean that that railroad crossing is going to be rough as it is right now until 345 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:22,240 the end of 2023? >> Are you talking about the UPR crossing 346 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:29,560 that's on Sycamore? We had those crossings repaired. That was one of the first projects 347 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:36,200 that I had when I came to the city. I believe in 2020, it was either 2019 or 2020, we got 348 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:42,880 those improved. UPRR came out and improved their two crossings. So if it's rough since 349 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:48,600 then -- >> Well, maybe. It's still rough. 350 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:53,280 >> Okay. >> Other questions for Robin? 351 00:38:53,280 --> 00:39:00,280 >> I have one, Robin. On the all-way crossing, I saw you had scheduled for completion, Q3 352 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:06,440 2022. When is that -- and I know we're voting on design, the design contract with Kimley 353 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,560 Horne on the 16th. When is that scheduled to begin if the council does approve that 354 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:15,640 design contract? I'm a little bit concerned about, you know, if we pick it up in 2021 355 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:20,280 and we're not done until 2022, that spans potentially holiday lighting and some other 356 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:26,920 events around the holidays, and I'd rather do that without orange cones, you know? 357 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,800 >> Sure. And we can definitely take that into consideration when we're planning the construction 358 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:36,280 schedule. >> John mentioned Main Street. That'd probably 359 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:42,200 be the best organization to liaise with on, you know, what -- if you're blocking out sections 360 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:47,040 of time that we're not doing construction or are not confusing drivers or whatever it 361 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:54,040 is, definitely include them. >> I sure will. Thank you. 362 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,520 >> Any other questions for Robin or on any of the other projects that we've heard about? 363 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,280 Robin, you're the last one, right? >> Yes. 364 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:06,360 >> Okay. I don't see any other questions. >> Thanks, everyone. 365 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:13,240 >> Thank you all very much. We appreciate it. That will take us to item D on our agenda, 366 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:18,520 receive staff activity reports. Are there staff comments on the reports that we have 367 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:23,960 listed in the agenda, Christina, or is it just -- is there anything to present or is 368 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:28,800 it just what we have listed in the agenda? >> I think that's up to you all what you'd 369 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,320 like to see. I can read through the list. There's really not a lot of additional information. 370 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:38,600 If you have questions on any of the openings or closings, I'm happy to address those. 371 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,440 >> Let's not read through the list, but if anybody has the agenda in front of them and 372 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:49,720 sees that list of openings and closings, coming soon, and then we also have a grant, a downtown 373 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:58,520 investment grant status update, if anybody has questions on those, now's the time. Okay. 374 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:03,360 I don't see any. One thing I will note, our next meeting for your calendar is April the 375 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:09,280 1st of 2021, and then that will bring us to concluding items, and this is the time to 376 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:17,440 ask for any future agenda items. I know John had mentioned traffic patterns downtown. Do 377 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:21,520 we want to kind of narrow that just to the one-way, two-way conversation? Do we want 378 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:31,020 to talk more broadly about traffic patterns? What's the committee's pleasure? 379 00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:35,720 >> I would just echo what I said earlier. I would love to be -- I think this is a good 380 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:41,240 committee that some ideas won't be run upon. We've got some bright minds here, some people 381 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:46,000 that are really invested in downtown. People who live downtown will have to figure out 382 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:51,080 the best way to reach them. You know, I'd love to see the square become kind of a roundabout 383 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:55,900 where all streets lead to the square. You turn right to get on the square, and you exit 384 00:41:55,900 --> 00:42:01,820 whatever street you want to and get to. And so we have a big -- well, squareabout, not 385 00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:04,080 a roundabout, a squareabout. >> Squareabout. 386 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,720 >> A squareabout. >> The first in the country. 387 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:14,840 >> Why not? >> Okay. So that's a future agenda item. 388 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:21,660 Any others? Any other concluding items? Very good. Well, I appreciate y'all. I appreciate 389 00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:27,240 your time this morning. And that will conclude our agenda. Have a good rest of your day. 390 00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:29,280 >> Outstanding. Thank you, Jesse. Thanks, everybody. 391 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:30,720 >> Thank you. >> Thanks, y'all.