>>
Good morning and welcome to this meeting
of the mobility committee of the city of
Denton.
We have a quorum so we'll go ahead and get
started.
Items for individual consideration A,
first is considering approval of the
minutes of December 15.
I'll entertain a motion.
Why don't you go ahead and speak
rather than make a decision.
>> I move approval.
>>
We have a second?
>> I second.
>> Motion and seconded.
All in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>>
Okay.
Minutes are approved.
Thank you.
Item B, receive a report and hold a
discussion regarding the city of Denton
transportation/mobility project status
report.
Go ahead.
>> Mayor Perotem, sir, Mr.
Poulter is going to be removed via Zoom
this morning so Logan is going to run the
slides for him.
>>
Morning, John.
>>
Morning, everybody.
My apologies.
I was in transit.
So I pulled over to make sure I was
completely safe.
>>
Construction?
>>
No, I'm good.
I'm safe.
So the first project we're going to
talk about is the plan for the city of
Denton.
If you can make it smaller for everybody to
see everything, that would be good.
Right there is perfect.
>> Okay.
>>
So right now, if you will roll down to the
next page, it's the text art report.
This project is anticipated to be -- we
were talking originally November, but if you
roll down to the next page, we're thinking
that it's probably -- what we're hearing now is
October instead of November.
And it's just because they're moving on the
concrete and asphalt paving for the
northbound lanes at a faster pace than they
anticipated.
So they're reporting internally to the
county that they think it will be October when
this project is substantially complete.
Next project.
So the 35E mayo project, the 35E
layout, we're going to talk about that in a
little bit more detail.
So we're going to talk about that in a
little bit more detail.
So the 35E mayo project, the --
>> Excuse me, John, I just want to encourage
councilmembers, since it's just frankly
difficult for me to tell what you're doing up
there, I'd say if you have a question, just go
ahead and speak up.
It can be a little more informal.
And I think on the recording, our voices
are distinct enough from each other that we'll
be able to follow.
Thanks.
Go ahead.
>> Okay, so the mayo project on 35, we're in
September of '23, and we are anticipating those
utilities to be completed by September of '23.
And as you scroll down, you'll see all the
utilities that we're working on.
And everybody seems to be confident that they'll
make that timeframe.
And again, as we get closer to that September
timeframe, we will be able to do a modification
and a 10-year plan to move the dollars from the
out year to the September '23 timeframe.
And this, again, does all of the work from Mayhill
through the brinker overpass and all the way to
the loop, loop 288, the frontage roads.
So it'll be permanent improvements on the
frontage roads.
So in the future, when we come back to do the
ultimate someday, it won't impact the frontage
roads at all.
Next slide with more questions.
The merge, we will have the right of way
completed this month.
There was one parcel left we had to get some
paperwork worked out on.
We've had our aesthetics meeting with TechStat
and the city related to getting those aesthetics
included in the plan set as they design the project.
So we're ahead of the curve on this section of '35.
And again, we've got August ready to let it to '23,
and the money is in that fiscal year of September '23.
So we're right on the number right there.
That's a $400 million project.
Next slide, unless there's questions.
And the utilities are the critical path item here,
but everybody's working together on it.
Okay, the interim job, it's essentially open to traffic.
If you'll scroll down to the TechStat report,
the reason we still have it as an active account is
they're still having to do some work at the 380
intersection to do some median striping and get
the signal conduit set up.
So once that striping and that signal adjustments are done,
TechStat will close this project out and we can put a
big green completed on it and move on to the next.
And I've driven it, a lot of people have drove it.
I feel like it is a safer section now.
And I think it was a plan that, I think Becky came up with it.
But good job all the way around for everybody.
>> If you hadn't said that, I was going to say it myself.
I also have the question, do we know, my experience also,
it doesn't seem to be backing up there now.
But do we know like objectively?
Now we have two people saying, it looks like it's working.
If we got any kind of other way to assess?
>> Yes sir, so if you drive like going northbound,
as you come around the merge into that situation,
you'll see that they put up a sign.
That's a yellow sign that says, congestion when flashing.
And I've checked with Travis and TechStat like two days ago.
And I've asked them, has that been triggered since the project
was opened and they said, no.
So it watches for congestion that was occurring before
and they warn you and it hasn't been needed to activate
since they opened the traffic.
>> Wow, that's a great answer, thank you.
>> Okay, I think I'm good on that one.
All right, so 35 North.
Again, we're in the right of acquisition process.
We're almost done with that.
It should be done by March of this year.
We roll into the utility relocations.
If you scroll down, you'll note that there are significant
utilities in this corridor as well that need to be worked on.
And we're looking at being ready to go by December of '23
from ready to let.
And this is a $800 million job.
So when it's ready to let, you may move one of the sections at
a time because there's three sections here and they want to
let them separately because if they go above a certain dollar
amount, they have to do a design build and they don't want to do
a design build.
But we're moving on this project.
It's on track.
And let me know if y'all can't hear me now.
I'll get closer but it will make my head look like a pumpkin.
You're audible to me.
Anyone else?
Any difficulties?
>> Yeah, John, we were having a little trouble hearing you from
time to time so if you could just speak into the mic as much
as you can, that would be great.
>> I don't even know where the mic is on my computer.
So I'll just face forward.
>> It's usually at the top of the screen.
>> Okay.
On the 3520 Frontage Roads, if you'll scroll down,
I think this is the one where we're having a little bit of
trouble with maybe, yeah.
So we were trying to finalize the contract with HNTB but since
we submitted this report to y'all,
TechStock notified us today or yesterday that they've
terminated the negotiations with HNTB because they couldn't get
to a number that both sides like so they are starting new
negotiations with a new firm and I'll send out the electric,
electronic version of this before y'all post it up on the
website to make sure it's the most current information but
they've terminated negotiations with HNTB so it'll be a little
bit of time before we get somebody to do the design work
on this project.
And that's pretty much it on that.
Next, we're going to move to questions.
All right, this is the US 380 section under construction.
Essentially, if you roll to the next report,
I mean to the next page.
They're fixing to switch over to the Phase 2 on this project
because they're getting faster on the improvements on Phase 1
than they were anticipating so they're moving into Phase 2
quicker than they anticipated and so for the entire length of
the project, they'll be working on the westbound side as well
as the eastbound and the same on this project with the next
contractor, the barricades are set.
If you roll to the text that report on the next page.
>> This one?
>> I think you went past it.
I think there's a page before that.
Yes, right here.
Oh, okay, yeah, so on mine we've got a construction report
now for 380, no, no, I apologize, it's the next page.
So on 380 east, the contractor is going to be working both in
Phase 1 and Phase 2, but the Phase 2 is the 10-foot sidewalk
and the temporary construction both on eastbound and westbound.
So they'll be working on both directions of the road,
but they're primarily doing the eastbound roadway improvements
and the westbound will be the pedestrian improvements.
So on the feasibility, we are waiting for crossroads and
little land to respond to text that essentially they in the
public hearing for the feasibility, they requested that
an economic impact study be done to the impact to those
communities for a loss of development along the corridor
that is being proposed.
But Denton County has met with both Little Elm and Crossroads
and told them that they would cooperate with those two
communities to find a new corridor for their economic
impact study, and so they need to communicate that to TxDOT
because we're conceding the point, the county is conceding
the point that it is an impact, so we don't need to do a study
to determine if there's an impact.
And so once they turn those statements in, TxDOT will close
out the feasibility study and we'll move into the environmental
phase of the blue section.
And just recently last Tuesday, Denton County hired Chico Cope
to begin the environmental clearance for the brown section
to add frontage roads to that section of 288.
Unless there's questions, that's all I got.
Okay, 288 West, this is the section further out.
Our design concept conference on February 11th, basically setting
up the parameters that which we will design the project by.
Took a while to get it set up, but Chico Cope got their
marching orders, and like I tell Becky from time to time
when we talk, the county's driving the boat on this,
but the number one stakeholder out there obviously is the city
because all of it's city and you've got a lot going on there,
so anything we do, we make sure that Becky, from the county
standpoint, that Becky and the city are included
in those conversations.
Next, okay, 1515, we had our kickoff for this one on February
15th, and basically we began preliminary design work for the
bridge layout, that's going to be the critical path item there
by Bonnie Bray and 35W, and essentially we went ahead and
started doing the design work in advance of our environmental
clearance because we're fairly confident that the technical
reports will be accepted and no major changes,
so we're trying to buy some time on this project by speeding up
the design before we get the re-eval done,
so I think we're good on this one.
Yeah, I think we're good.
We hired half-associates for this project at last Tuesday's
court, and we're working with them to get a scope and fee,
and as soon as we get them on contract, again,
this is primarily a city of Denton and Crum stakeholders,
and so we'll include, the county will include both entities in
the kickoff meetings to make sure that what we're doing is
what everybody wants us to do.
Next.
All right, so this one, unless you got questions,
you know, Becky, I think, is working with Travis,
and we've got some calculations done,
and we're just working through the best path forward on that,
and I don't know if Becky wants to add anything to that or not.
John, I believe you covered it.
City staff has met in the field with TxDOT to review the
construction that needs to happen on the roadway.
We're working through that collaboration.
Daniel Kramer is leading that charge from our Deputy Director
of Operations for Streets, Drainage, and Traffic,
so we're coordinating, really working through that process,
so we hope to have that resolved in the next few weeks,
but for sure, the on-the-ground visit has already taken place
based on the cores that were collected for that area.
Sorry, so what's the completion timing?
There's currently not a completion schedule.
What the process happened was TxDOT had to go out
and complete cores along this area and actually do pavement
cores to find out, you know, what was the actual surface
below the asphalt top, so they've done that.
They have presented that information to city staff,
and a walk-through was held week before last,
really to walk through that area,
look at the pavement markings on the ground.
Now city staff is evaluating that to make sure that we're
in alignment with the proposed construction that TxDOT is
proposing, being that it's not exactly a complete rebuild.
It's a different process that they're working through.
Once the agreement has been made between TxDOT and the city,
then TxDOT will move forward with the design of those plans
and then work through that construction timeframe.
So until those decisions are made,
city staff has not had that opportunity to set the timeframe.
It's going to be based on TxDOT's schedule.
Just to add to that a little bit, the path we're taking is a
maintenance path because Travis is going to be able to get out
there sooner and with the lesser degree of design work and if he
goes through his maintenance, and TxDOT has agreed to use
maintenance dollars to get this done.
So we were talking, you know, 18 months or so to get it to where
we can go to construction.
We're talking about several months now instead of,
you know, a year and a half.
>> To go, to get to the start of construction.
>> Correct, because the one thing that's happened since we
started this opportunity is that TxDOT's kind of shut the door
on any kind of turn back programs that reduce capacity.
We're not reducing capacity, but TxDOT knows that they have,
they're going to have to make these improvements whether or
not the city then takes these projects off system.
So they're less worried about the agreement between the city
and the state now and they just know they've got to get the
project done quick.
>> And Mayor Perot, just for context, we're only talking
about the portion that is south of Hickory where the recent
pack four phases one and two project was completed with the
water sewer and drainage in that area that's the specific area
that I'm referring to with the comments I just made.
>> Yeah, I appreciate that.
You know, and I totally hear that we don't have timing
because we haven't gotten to an agreement, you know, on exactly
the plan objectives and so on.
But can you know, can you just help us because we have to
respond to constituents?
Is it likely to be multiple years?
>> No, sir, I think that, I think with this type of work and
the fact that TxDOT is going to use their maintenance to do it,
that we could probably, because they're going to know what,
we're going to know what they think they want to do and we're
going to press them to do, you know, 30, 40% more than that
anyway, just our contingency.
And then we think by spring we can have these guys rolling
because the design for a rehab is far less difficult than the
design for a reconstruction.
>> Yeah, no, I get that as far as when to get started.
And then is that, from that point on, what's the sort of,
I'm sorry to, you know, be a bit of a problem.
What's the sort of range of plausible outcomes for,
you know, the end date?
>> This type of work would be like months, I think.
Not like a year, I think it would be done in a paving season.
>> Okay, that's helpful to understand, thank you.
>> And Mayor Pritz, we are going to be continuing to work with
TxDOT to make sure that we're all in alignment.
So part of the walkthrough process was to evaluate the
areas of which TxDOT anticipated needed to be repaired versus
the areas of which the city believed there were opportunities
to also make repairs on.
So that's a collaboration, making sure everyone's in
alignment and we're in agreement with the construction
that needs to happen, not only EGLE itself, but also Elm and
Locust, like I mentioned, to just south of Hickory.
And those agreements, once those are in alignment,
then we'll work forward with making sure that they have that
plan to actually execute that through their maintenance
program like John is referring to.
So we're still in the phase of making sure that we're all in
alignment based on the data that's been collected because
obviously, you know, there may be things that TxDOT didn't
necessarily think needed to be repaired, but the city does
think needs to be repaired, or vice versa.
So it's not a whole, you know, from beginning to end that every
single portion of those roadways are in agreement that need to be
completely repaired when I say that I mean completely rebuild.
So we're walking through that process with them.
>> Yeah, I understand.
You know, you get the gist of where I'm coming from, but it's
just really hard answering the people operating those
businesses along there.
Anybody else?
Okay.
>> I think the next- >> Councilmember Byrd, I believe,
is going to speak.
>> Okay, I have it, I have it.
I need for you all to go back to the slide that talks about the
380 corridor and the work being done up and around where the
frontage road is, where the 288 going north, and I do understand
that the work is proceeding on 380 and moving west, and I don't
understand, I don't have in my mindset about how long will that
particular portion take, is that the lit date that we see?
>> Are you talking about the blue section across the lake that
has ended the loop?
>> The 380 project and going up to 288 and looping around.
>> So you're talking about the feasibility, that slide right
there, yes.
>> That's it, yeah, 380 feasibility study, and I don't
see any dates or anything on there, but I am wanting to just
kind of get a ball figure idea of when will it finish up at the
288, 380 section, I mean, how long is this going to take?
>> Okay, so I think there is a project that's under construction
right now, if you'll move up the report to the, move up to the
2, 380s that are under construction, go for one more,
keep one more, yeah, so this right here ties in, this right
there ties into the loop with the interim improvements, and it
has a December 23 completion date, so all the work that we're
doing to add six lanes to 380 from the loop to 377, that work
will be done December of next year.
Now if you're talking about the eastern section, if you'll
scroll down, we have a completion date on that as
well, because we have the let date, so we're talking about
January 22, they said it would be 36 months, so you're talking
about January 25, 22, 23, 24, 25 for it to be complete, and
that's adding the six lanes and the raised median and all the
interchanges at Nabotel, Legacy, 423, and 720.
>> Okay, okay, and then on that 288 portion of that project--
>> Okay, the one that goes around the, that we just hired--
>> Yeah, the loop, yeah, the north loop, yeah.
>> Yeah, so if you'll go to the feasibility page--
>> Right there, that's it.
>> Okay, so Denton County hired Pacheco Cope to do the
environmental study to put frontage roads and turn that part
of the loop into a freeway so that the businesses can attach
to the frontage road and not directly to the main lanes, and
we will have those people on contract in the next 30 days,
and we are making, obviously, y'all are, from the county
standpoint, that's where a lot of pressure from the city is
getting, and so we'll make sure that we have PK very closely
aligned with Becky and your development services as we move
forward.
>> Are frontage roads built first before the main part of
the highway?
>> So right now you've got the main lanes out there on this
section of Loop 288.
There's places in the other parts of the county and other
parts of the region where frontage roads are first and then
the main lanes come in, like on the Dallas North Toll Road, or
it's like 35W where it's got main lanes and no frontage roads
or we're coming back putting frontage roads on them or the
loop, so it just depends on what people did back in the day.
We're just trying to fix what's not there, which in this case
is the frontage roads.
>> Okay, thank you so much, I appreciate that.
That gives me a better perspective of some
conversations that are being had with some developers and you
know, and just the growth more towards that way.
I have a question here that a constituent asked.
Is it okay if I ask this question?
I don't know where it belongs in the conversation, but while I
have the floor.
She said, "I did have a question for Raymond, though," you know,
I'm a teacher, I've got to throw my little commas and
everything in there, I'm sorry.
I did have a question for Raymond, though, if it could be
asked, and the question is, "Due to a portion of Bonnie Bray
being closed and number seven, I guess it's the bus route, is
rerouted, are the bus stops from Panhandle to University and
University going towards 35 being bypassed again, like they
were a few years ago," so this sounds like this is apparently a
DCTA question or city question.
I didn't know where to put that in the grand scheme of things
here.
>> Sure, Councilmember Bird, we will take that question and work
with Raymond to find out the exact locations that this
constituent is referring to and get that question clarified, so
that's not a problem.
>> Okay, thank you very much.
All right, my time is done.
That's one from McGuire, anything else?
You're ready to keep going?
>> I'd like to jump in, Logan, you read my mind with this slide
there, just to talk a little bit about Phase 2 on Elm and Locust
and just make you all aware of the conversations we're having.
We know there's a lot of complicated issues going on
here, obviously we have the water/wastewater project that
we're all hearing about, that part has been delayed for a
number of years, we have the funding, we're ready to roll,
we're just waiting on drainage issues and the road
construction there.
The drainage issues are significant, so we had a
conversation with John just on Friday about how can we work
with TechStock to look at funding for the drainage, where
are we going to find other funding for drainage, because the
drainage is kind of the linchpin to do a lot of the roadway and
the water/wastewater project, so I think this is something,
obviously when we have the turn back conversations and
everything else, that we're going to be talking about
frequently over the next few months, I'm sure, and just want
to let you all know that we are actively working on trying to
coincide all these things because they all fit together,
and the drainage piece really is kind of that first thing we
need to figure out as we move forward on those projects.
>> Thank you.
>> And the glossary of terms is the last page, so unless you
have questions, that's pretty much it for my side of the
story.
>> You're not going to read the glossary?
>> Only to put you to sleep.
>> Don't say that, we were up late last night.
That'd be a little too easy.
>> Sorry.
>> All right, well, thank you very much.
Any other questions?
Great, thanks, John.
We'll move on to item C, receive a report and hold a discussion
regarding the consideration of removing DCTA's wayside horn on
Shady Oaks Drive.
>> Okay, and I'll just stay up here because I'm giving the
presentation.
Good morning, hope everybody's doing well.
Let me share my screen.
All righty, so this is for the removal of the DCTA wayside horn
on Shady Oaks Drive.
A little background, in March of 2021, staff was contacted by a
resident concerned about the volume of the wayside horn at
the Shady Oaks Crossing.
This intersection is currently a quiet zone implemented by DCTA.
It is a quiet zone approved by the FRA.
This railroad line is maintained by DCTA for the A train, and
there are currently three DCTA wayside horns within city limits
at Sycamore, Shady Oaks, and Mayhill.
So we've been working with DCTA's consultant who also works
with the FRA on the feasibility of removing the wayside horn.
They confirmed that the wayside horn could be removed, but other
requirements would have to be met to maintain the FRA quiet
zone requirements.
So there's a few ways that you can maintain a quiet zone, and
you can implement putting in medians across so people can't
cross the intersection, but due to Curly Street and the Longhorn
business over here on the bottom part of the map, that is not
going to be a feasible solution.
So their recommendation is installing a four-quadrant gate.
Four-quadrant gate systems are gate at the crossing that
sufficiently blocks, fully block traffic, highway traffic,
goodness, from entering the crossing when the gates are
lowered, including at least one gate for each direction of
traffic on each approach.
So there are currently three intersections that have four
quadrant gates in the city limits, Morse Street, Duncan,
and Parker's Page Road.
And then you can see over here what the four-quadrant gate
looks like.
So the cost estimate for installing the two exits and
removing the existing horn is about $126,000.
This is an estimate and depends on material costs, including
design and project management costs.
If the mobility committee chooses to move forward, funding
considerations will be put during the budget
consideration process.
The timeline, so this will be once the wayside horn, or once
we start construction, you'll get a 60-day notice, construction
time, and then 20-day notice to establish that does not begin
until construction has completed.
So the next step is receive and address direction provided by
mobility committee.
So we're just looking for a recommendation from you guys on
how to proceed forward.
Just to clarify, this is just one resident who's
reached out to us.
>> I'm sorry, what did the resident say?
>> They're concerned, so they live close to the Shady Oaks
Drive Crossing, and they can hear the wayside horn, and it's
very loud, and they're wondering if we can remove it.
>> Oh, yeah, okay.
I'm sure you've heard from more than one resident over the years
on that.
>> We have not.
We have only heard from one, yes.
That has contacted us directly and has been in contact with CMO.
>> I can tell you that's like an applause line to talk about
getting rid of that.
I'll take questions and comments from other members,
and I've got it.
>> Vicki Burritt here.
You all have actually received two, for sure, because I'm also
one of those other people that have been affected by that horn,
and I don't live near that area, but I know that I can hear that
horn because it's a different sound, it's a different sound
from when the, you know, the regular train comes through.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> And so if I'm standing in my backyard, and this has happened
to me several times, but because I don't live right there, but I
know if I can hear that horn from where I live, others are
just not, I don't think that they're just, or, you know, as
annoyed about it as this gentleman is apparently, but I
know that they're probably affected by it.
I've heard that horn before several times, so I also added
my name to the list of, you know, as a complainant.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> So I would definitely like to, did you have any additional?
>> Oh, I mean, I just want to lend my support to what I think
you were about to say, which is you live pretty far from that.
>> I do, I live pretty far from there.
>> From that crossing, and if you can hear it, that's loud.
>> I can hear it.
1230 at night, I'm sitting on my back porch, and I said I can
hear that horn.
>> Yes, and if you're hearing the wayside horn at that hour,
it's because DCTA is doing maintenance on the railroad
track, and they're required to sound the horn for safety
reasons.
>> Right, I understand.
So I'd like to give direction for the city to move forward
with that project.
>> And I concur, I would also like to move forward with that.
>> So I have just a couple of questions.
How much would it cost to make the lane-changing, I forget the
exact terms in the backup, but, you know, one of the options was
doing this, another is, you know, there's a comment in the
presentation about the medians aren't adequate, but what would
it cost to do that, to make it so that you can't change lanes?
My understanding of the basic idea of the four gates so you
can't go in the wrong lane and get around the gate, but the
other way to accomplish that is with like a deep curb, is that
the general idea?
>> Yes, so you extend the median on both sides, but because of
the placement of, I believe it's curly, you're not able to do
that.
>> Oh, okay.
Yes, so curly street is too close to the intersection and you
have to maintain, I can't remember off the top of my head
what the length of the curb is, or of the median, and you have
to maintain that length to be FRA compliant, and because of
where curly street is, we can't meet that.
>> So it's a fiscal obstacle.
Okay, $126,000 is a lot of money, but it sounds like that's
the only option you have.
>> Yeah, I join the majority.
>> Okay.
>> All right, I think anything else?
We're good on, we're done with that item?
>> I would just point out this was Logan's first presentation,
so great job, Logan.
>> Oh, hey, congratulations.
>> Yay.
>> So just to clarify, so the gate on the north side of the
railroad tracks would be in between curly and the railroad
tracks, right?
>> I believe so.
>> Oh, yeah, one other question.
There's some discussion in the backup about the impact of
presence sensors.
Is it our plan to have presence sensors, or not, and it sounds
like it must serve some purpose, but it sounds like they actually
diminish safety, so that's what I'm asking.
>> Are you talking about the FRA quiet zone requirements page?
>> Yeah, yep.
>> I'm not sure that wasn't DCTA's consultant's
recommendation, so I will have to get back to you on that.
>> Okay, sounds like, you know, most of the actions would be the
same anyway to get the gates, but yeah, I'd like to understand.
>> Yeah, I believe they gave us the most feasible option, both
cost-wise and do-ability.
>> Great, thank you.
All right, I'll close that item and open item D, receive a report
and hold a discussion regarding the project schedules and
sequencing of construction associated with the different
phases of the I-35 widening and Bonnie Bray reconstruction
projects.
>> Good morning, my name is Kyle Pettigrew, I'm a program manager
with Capital Improvements and here to discuss the phasing
between I-35 and Bonnie Bray and adjacent projects.
Let me see, where's the share screen?
First we'll go through an overview of the adjacent
projects surrounding Bonnie Bray.
So this map is a little bit zoomed out just to capture all
of the projects, we do have it in an additional exhibit.
So we have the I-35 city utility relocations, these are the
relocations associated with TechStats expansion of I-35 from
Mayhill to Loop 288 and then from the east-west split up to
Milam Road.
The timeframe of these improvements is quarter three of
this year to quarter four of 2023.
We have the Denton Municipal electric construction of the
Hickory substation.
This is a new electrical substation, it's on the east
side of Bonnie Bray between West Oak and West Hickory.
So the substation construction is from quarter four this year
to quarter two of 2024 and they also have a small amount of
duck bank construction in that area, underground duck bank,
from quarter two to quarter four of 2024.
We have the TechStat widening of I-35, so that's the widening
and reconstruction that Mr. Polster reviewed earlier on I-35,
again Mayhill to Loop 288 and from the east-west split to
Milam Road.
So their projects are slated for quarter four of next year to
quarter four of 2027.
In looking at this phasing, we discussed it with TechStat
several times and we verified that traffic will not be
rerouted along city streets during this time period.
And TechStat is committed to maintaining their lane counts in
the construction area during construction.
So we have the quote of what they committed to below.
Here's the Bonnie Bray reconstruction.
So phase three, that's south of 35, that's the purple segment.
That one is fully funded through RTR and utility funds.
Phase four is the green segment from 35 to scripture.
Design and acquisitions on that are funded through 2014 bond
and RTR.
We're working with the 2022 county bond program for the
remainder of the construction funding.
This project is in the same area as the current north-south
Watermain phase three project.
That's the project on Bonnie Bray installing the water
transmission line.
So north-south water phase three includes temporary restoration
of the road surface for the south bond lanes where the water
line is being installed.
That's set to be completed by quarter two of this year and
we're exploring options to expand that temporary
restoration to the north bond lanes due to the condition that
they're in until this phase four, the full road reconstruction
is scheduled to begin in 2024.
Phase five is from scripture to US 380.
That's the outline in pink.
That is funded by 2019 bond funding.
That's utilized by phase six.
So as phase six is reimbursed by TechStat, that funding will be
used for phase five construction.
And then phase six is from US 380 to US 77.
That's the blue segment on the northern end of Bonnie Bray.
So that's funded through utilities and 2019 bond and that
is reimbursable by TechStat.
So here's an overall program schedule.
The top part of it includes the adjacent projects and the bottom
section includes the Bonnie Bray reconstruction.
So a few notes on this.
The Bonnie Bray program will overlap with these adjacent
construction projects until mid 2026 when Bonnie Bray is set
to be completed.
TechStat has committed to maintain their traffic pattern
and a high level traffic study suggests that the I-35
construction will not have a significant increase of traffic
on Bonnie Bray during that reconstruction.
So Bonnie Bray phase four, we are working with the county bond
to fund the construction portion.
And then the further note that that pork pavement quality due
to construction on the north-south water main phase
three, we're looking to remedy that through temporary surface
restoration that would be designed to last until phase
four of Bonnie Bray begins in 2024.
So then here's just a overall construction heat maps.
So on the left we have 2022.
Any line in blue is a City of Denton project.
Any line in red is a TechStat project.
So if you notice the blue lines, we have construction,
the utility relocations over at May Hill and right by the
east-west split of 35 beginning.
We have the north-south water finishing up their temporary
surface restoration and then phase six and phase three,
the far southern end and the far northern end of Bonnie Bray
beginning.
Next year we would have all of the utility relocations for
TechStat underway while phase six and phase three are fully
underway for Bonnie Bray.
2024 we would be done with the TechStat utility relocations,
but they would begin their work in red while we're finishing up
phase three and six and in the middle of phase four.
And then 2025 to '26 on the far right we have TechStats work
completing while Bonnie Bray is just finishing up phase five
in the middle.
Any questions on the coordination between the
projects?
>> Kyle, if I could just jump in real quick, just a little
context, I think, you know, we really looked at a number of
different options when we came up with this proposal.
We know that, I mean, and I think we tried to make it clear
on the map, 2024 is going to be kind of a nightmare, right?
I mean, we're going to hear a lot of comments.
We're going to have a significant public outreach push
to make sure everyone's aware of what's going on.
But we're going to be fully prepared for questions and
complaints and everything along with it.
We looked at maybe phasing out Bonnie Bray and kind of
extending the project, but really this was the best option
to kind of rip the bandaid off and just do everything we can.
So just a little context and all the work that went into this.
>> Yeah, I definitely appreciate that and, you know,
I think that this can be filed under growing pains.
It sounds like staff has done the best they can to design a
plan that will minimize those growing pains, but these are
just the types of situations that we run into when a city is
growing as fast as we are.
>> I would mention too that one of the big decision points when
staff, Kyle, myself, et cetera, worked with TxDOT and really
understood how they're going to construct.
Dallas District of TxDOT has a protocol that they follow.
Kyle mentioned it, where they do not lower the level of service.
So if there's three lanes out there today along 35,
there's going to be three lanes out there during construction.
And that really changes the way you think about that overall
construction in both of those areas with those roadways
and alignments.
So that was a very helpful tool when we had that conversation
with TxDOT really to bring that forward.
Not every district of TxDOT does that, but that is the
Dallas District's protocol.
>> Councilmember Byrd, any comments or questions?
I have a number of ma'am, but go ahead if you've got some.
>> So the Bonnie Bray phases, I don't know, I mean, it's
probably too late in the game to kind of bring this up, but,
you know, obviously they're numbered from south to north,
but they don't go in chronological order.
Is there perhaps some way we can more clearly communicate that to
the public, because that's going to be a little confusing, I
think, to the public that phase four is going to be the last one
to get done, not phase six.
>> You have a problem with phase six being before phase five,
basically being concurrent with phase three?
I don't understand why it's confusing about that.
>> I think that's a good point.
We can think about that, especially on the public
outreach.
I think the numbers really were derived from the bond program,
right, because we had the 2014 and we were looking at these
phases, the opportunity to have six go first with the external
funding really drove some of that, but I think that's a good
point, especially as we are outward focused on how we
message that.
>> I was talking with a constituent one day, and every
time I talk to someone, they're always talking about the roads,
and so I thought maybe we would design a program and call it
get mad, get mad again, then be happy.
So maybe that might be something that will help put all of this
in perspective.
We're already mad, we're going to get mad again, and then we'll
be happy someday.
My question does go to the Bonnie Bray.
It looks like it was coming along quite fine to me.
I drive down Bonnie Bray here and there, and it looks like,
you know, you can see the progress on it.
And from a layperson's perspective, it appears as though
it's starting to kind of wrap up.
But as we look here, it seems like there's quite a bit more to
go through with that project if we're looking at it.
Of course, from top to bottom.
So it appears to be okay, especially on the northern side
where we're wrapping it up and then closer to 35.
It looks like it's okay.
So it looks like we'll have to do some media work on teaching
and educating the public as to how it's going to go through.
>> Thank you.
>> Yep.
>> So I have, you know, some questions that, I don't know,
they may be stupid questions, but the premise, as it was
explained to me, I think by pre-TAM, who's on here now,
by somebody, was behind the whole effort to do Bonnie Bray
and why it's been so heavily funded by the state was precisely
because they wanted it to be an alternate route while so much
work was being done on 35.
Now, if, as, you know, to me, this is like the big headline,
but it's in the footnote, if they're going to keep the same
number of lanes going on 35 throughout construction,
so there really isn't a need for that, why are we doing it?
And before you answer, you know, and, or get over being
thunderstruck by the bluntness of that question, some of it
clearly has to do with the high school under construction.
How does the timing that we've been shown sync up with key
dates for that?
So those are my two questions to start with.
Why are we doing it if it's not, if the original purpose is not,
no longer needed?
And is the answer in part the high school and development
around that and how are we doing on that timing?
So as far as why we're doing it, the work that's planned is an
overall street reconstruction, which includes not just surface
restoration, it's total removal of the pavement, it's repair of
the subgrade and placing back brand new pavement.
And the reason for it, especially down towards 35, is
temporary repairs or surface repairs have a very short
lifespan, so we can resurface it, but with the traffic that it
sees, it will, it will need to be resurfaced again, you know,
within five years.
So with the overall reconstruction, that's a big
portion of it.
And then I believe as far as phase six with the, with the
connection with the high school, there's a, that with the state
funding and with the construction of the new high
school there, that was the decision that pushed phase six
to be constructed before the rest of the phase out of sequence.
If I could just jump in and try to answer your question, I think
to answer your question specifically, I don't, you know,
the push that Bonnie and Bray wasn't for the temporary time
while they're doing 35 construction, I think it was the
long term to have that alternate route long term, not just
during construction.
So I think that's a difference in framing the conversation.
>> And, okay, thank you for that.
And then, okay, now I get that the reason six was accelerated
so that it no longer makes sense to call it six was because of
the school.
So does that timing still work?
I mean, I'm saying that because I don't know exactly what the
timing needs are for the school.
So are we still meeting that objective?
>> I believe so.
There's current capacity up there, you know, with the
expansion of six starting this year.
I believe that's going according to the discussed schedule.
>> Could we, you know, maybe have a follow up note on that,
just to kind of confirm that that's still on target?
>> Yep.
>> Appreciate that.
And my last question is, I notice in the footnotes that it
says that when they have temporary closures, which may
occur due to demolition of bridges and a couple of other
conditions, they say it will not go on city streets.
It will use the TxDOT network.
That means not Monte Bray, Locust and Elm, right?
>> They, so whenever they have to do that, they'll submit a
plan, you know, the TxDOT network that they have to reroute
through has to be able to handle the capacity that they're
planning to reroute.
So they'll have to submit a plan.
I know Elm and Locust are logical because they're close,
but they might not be able to handle the capacity of traffic
that TxDOT is needing to move, so it may, you know,
be over towards Luke 288.
>> Okay, because that, yeah, my reaction was that that would be
sort of potentially disastrous.
So there are alternatives that would be considered.
Okay, good to know.
>> Mayor Pritam, to that question, we will confirm with
TxDOT that that's not their anticipation.
I haven't been aware or had any conversations that an alternate
route or an alternate location would be moving folks from 35
to Elm and Locust, nor has Kyle.
So we will confirm that, but that's not what we understood
from the information that we received or the conversations
that we've had with TxDOT.
They will look to have other locations that are TxDOT
structures to move folks to and from.
>> Yeah, it'd be great to hear what, you know, they think they
might be leaning toward.
That's all I have on this item.
Anyone else have anything else?
Okay, thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> So we'll move on to item E, staff report.
All righty, so the first thing we're going to start off with
today on the staff report is I'm going to ask Brett to come down
and introduce himself.
I'm happy to announce that we now have a new deputy city
engineer who started on Monday.
So I know you're all very excited, as you know, that our
department was much needing this position for a period of time.
And so we have a new deputy city engineer who started on Monday.
So I know you're all very excited, as you know, that our
department was much needing this position for a period of time.
And so we are going to have Brett come down and talk to us a
little bit about his background and give him an opportunity to
introduce himself.
>> Welcome, Brett.
>> Thank you.
My name is Brett Bourgeois.
I'm the new deputy city engineer.
And I come from California by way of Minnesota, have eight
years of experience of design experience in California, then
have about seven years of project manage experience.
Just recently five of it up in Minnesota, managing a light rail
project for Minneapolis and the city's areas and then just
relocated here about two weeks ago and started on Monday.
So I decided to be working here and getting to know everybody
and being part of the city.
>> We are really glad to have you and I believe you've picked
a really nice place to live.
>> Yes, I'm liking it a lot.
It's very nice.
It's nice to be able to cold, nice to be able to go outside
year-round and enjoying everything that Fenton and
Texas has to offer.
>> Excellent.
>> There's certainly no shortage of work for you.
>> I know there is.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Brett.
All righty.
So we'll move on to the staff report.
Let me play a little bit of -- all righty.
So first thing that we did, obviously, was introduce Brett.
The second item that is currently on our report is to
talk about the speeding concerns along Dallas Drive.
I had some several Friday reports that we have put out,
obviously, that y'all get a copy of and that backup information.
You can see that there was a Friday report in October and
then, of course, another one later in October and then
another one that happened in November.
And so just wanted to kind of bring up, and I'll go back to
the very top, just to kind of talk through our action plan and
our next steps.
So, you know, during the last meeting that we had in December,
you know, there was a request to talk about the speeding concerns
along Dallas Drive.
Reminder, Dallas Drive is a TxDOT roadway, but the following
Friday report items really were the steps that staff has taken
forward to prepare that information for all of you to
address those speeding concerns.
We've been in contact with the police department and we have
regular meetings with them to really talk about what the speed
studies show, what the information is that's collected
and discuss what additional measures could happen or occur
to help with those speeding concerns.
I will tell you that Nathan, I know I've mentioned this before,
is leading the citywide speed study effort and this roadway
has been added as a part of that and we think that will give us a
good idea based on the data collected and he has a number of
collection points along this roadway.
And so we are anticipating, based on that information coming
back, then looking at the speed limit of this particular roadway
to see if any modifications need to be made in coordination with
TxDOT.
Until that, obviously, I know we've talked about the date for
that to be completed and then come to share that with council.
And of course, mobility committee would be late August,
early September and so when we do bring that forward,
we'll talk about if there's modifications that need to be
made in this area.
For now, I guess I should mention of course PD will
continue to enforce the concerns and I know a lot of the concerns
that have been mentioned, just recently we've had that
conversation even last week with PD and they put some additional
measures out there to look in those areas where folks are
exiting 35 at a higher rate of speed and then of course it goes
down to 45 immediately to 35 and then in some areas all the way
to 30 as you come through town.
I myself have received a speeding violation on that roadway
about 20 years ago so I understand the concerns and know
how hard it is at many times to, you know,
obviously take your foot off the gas.
And you have to stop blaming yourself.
That feedback sign on Bell headed northbound like just
north of Dallas Drive is that gets me every time,
every single time I go past that sign,
I go, oh my gosh, I'm speeding.
Right, it's definitely hard to realize so just I wanted to
mention that just simply because obviously we understand the
concerns, we're working to address those.
We know that we're going to continue to hear concerns in
this area, want to take that time to put this as a part of
the speed study to see if there's additional improvements
that can be made.
Also understand that as 35 changes in that area and some of
those intersection connections change in that area,
it'll also change some of those exit and on ramps.
Same, you know, same thing happens as you're trying to
leave Dallas Drive to enter 35 in that left lane configuration.
I know we also get concerns about that too so just wanted to
bring that forward.
Talk about the next item.
The next item we discussed on our last meeting was the
intersection of Parkway Street and then Locust and Elm.
I know we mentioned that of course James in the back.
James is up there, yes he is, there he is.
So James and his staff, I think I mentioned this to you last
time, I mean literally on a Thursday night we're out there
working to get speed, I mean sorry, stop signs deployed.
Obviously as you're traveling southbound on Elm they now have
that red flashing light that notifies you of the stop sign
in that area and Nathan along with James,
those groups have worked together really to talk about
what our next steps are.
Staff has determined that a roadway diet in this area would
be feasible so we're going to be looking at taking Parkway to one
lane in each direction with some bike lane that will really take
us all the way around to the park to Schmitz I believe is the
name of that roadway so really helping with that repurposing of
that roadway which will also slow down some of the traffic in
that area so just wanted to bring that up.
These will be intersection enhancements and really pavement
markings and signage so no roadway changes per se besides
those frivolous extra things like the markings and the signs
so I wanted to bring that up to you.
>> Excuse me Becky.
>> Yes sir.
>> Do you happen to know what is the crash history when it was
signalized and then at the various sort of treatments that
it's had since at those intersections?
>> I do not have that data.
I can obviously collect that data.
When I became aware of the situation of course the signals
were already removed and it was non-signalized and it was just
that stop obviously at Parkway as Almond Locust had that full
through traffic pattern but with those additional stop signs
you know obviously we're still seeing some crashes but I can
collect that data based on what recollection and what's in the
system from the police department without an issue.
>> Yeah, if it's not too difficult I think it would be
just good to know what we're aiming for and whether what
we're doing is being effective or not.
>> Sure and I would just mention and I know I mentioned this
again last night you know folks have to get used to the new
patterns that's the reason for the flash on the stop sign you
know many folks travel that area every single day and it may
take them some time to make that muscle memory of that
intersection in that area so keep in mind that we have seen
some crashes just as we traverse between the transfer of no stop
signs as an all-way stop from just a two-way stop so you know
we will see some of those types of crashes but we'll work with
PD to collect that actual data.
I will have to go back and have that data performed just to see
when the signal was there and what happened, why it was
removed and then work through that process but we can bring
that back as an update at next month with that additional
information for you.
>> I think that'd be great you know and so my expectation would
be you know shortly after you make any change there are
incidents and then they should go away right.
>> Yes, sir that would be our hope.
>> Yeah okay that'd be interesting to see thank you.
>> No problem sir so the next item that was mentioned at the
last meeting just to follow up was the read at the Roodell
Street widening concerns obviously in the Friday report
on January 14 there was really an update of that didn't basic
services center proposal.
I wanted to just highlight that one of the focus areas was the
Fulton property which was located on Roodell Street and
that obviously we're still in preliminary plans of Roodell
Street extension and we're working through that 30% design
which is completed in that area but working through that final
funding before we would move forward with that project really
just that that's on hold at this time as we work through those
next steps I know there were questions about that particular
area and how Roodell and Mingo intersection would traverse
through that piece of property so just wanted to refer you back
to that Friday report.
>> Well if any the question you know that I was present for me
was to have a reconcile really just to get a shared point of
view from staff between your department and development on
whether that project is critically needed or not and
I was hearing from Jane who was referenced here that supposedly
Ron Mangida has said oh yeah that's not a problem at all so
you know a very different point of view so what I'm really
looking for was the consensus staff you on the on how
compelling the need is for the widening project.
>> Yes, sir and I have gone back and discuss with development
services and planning department.
I'm not sure that the information you received is
actually the information that was conveyed and it is a planned
capital project that's a part of the overall a CIP and it's a
bond project that was put through with the bond program
in 2014 and it is anticipated that definitely that's an area
in an intersection that needs to be improved at Rue Dell and
Mingo and then connect back into the existing roadway
infrastructure and that is the location that was currently
selected of course if you know council just makes a decision
that they no longer believe that that's the the right approach
and of course staff will take that information back and
receive that determination but I do not believe that the way
that that information was conveyed to you was the actual
correct way that it was conveyed and it is shown on our mobility
plan and it is a approved project to the 29 or 2014 bond
program.
>> So at some point will there be a discussion of council
about the original rationale why it was on the plan and what
alternatives would be if we didn't do that or you know I
just there's always conflicting needs and we have to weigh how
compelling each is right so.
>> Sure, yes, sir, I would anticipate that that type of
conversation would come up during the tiny home village
conversation. I believe that scheduled for council and I'm
going off memory for late March.
>> So we'll hear the transportation aspect of that at
that time whatever that is.
>> Yes, there and there will be representatives, I'm sure from
all different departments discussing impacts or concerns
questions, etc. As those were all listed as a part of that
overall RFI you know that was submitted and work through the
process so my anticipation is those types of questions would
come up during that conversation.
>> I'm just just a note we're scheduled to discuss the RFI on
April 19th April 19th OK, I'm sorry I was going purely on
memory so I appreciate that.
I know originally it might have been in March and was moved or
okay, so thank you councilmember McGuire I try to keep those
dates in my head, but I can't remember everything so I
appreciate that.
>> Are we too much to keep in your head and how you do it.
>> All righty so let's go back to the last part of the staff
report which let me see and then I'll share.
So that was actually the last item we had on the staff report
and so let me go to the second exhibit I'm going to be pulling
that up for you and let me share that just so we can.
All righty minimize that sorry there's a lot of different
screens open, so I'm trying my best to share so I apologize
Sir, I know it's it's hard when you're remote to to make sure
you're seeing everything so so good.
I wanted to make sure so this is our overall staff report that
we've really worked through the process on the first item was
the construction sequence for Bonnie Bray and plan that plan
timing at 35 widening.
I do believe that we have you know produce that information
for you call me that presentation today there may be a
few follow-up questions and what I would recommend is with
those follow-up questions we just have that apart as a staff
report next month. If you're in concurrence of that.
>> I find that me other members any everybody not OK with that
they're shaking their heads and giving you a thumbs up so OK.
>> As I could not possibly see that yes, Sir, I know I've been
on your side presenting and it is definitely difficult to see
the Dias or on the paisley Street Roodell intersection
questions. You know I think what we would bring back for you is
that actual
information you requested with the crash data just have that as
a part of that staff report.
As the I'm sorry that that's specifically related to the item
that we just talked about which was Roodell so I'd like to
remove that simply because I'm.
Well, you know.
>> It's because we have a different item so councilmember
bird that's the I'm sorry I saw Roodell and I immediately went
to that project that's listed for that later in the so my
apologies that paisley Street Roodell Street intersection that
was the curb project you asked us about that we gave that
report on in November.
As 17th so we would like to request to remove that unless
you have additional questions.
>> Your Mike's not on.
>> Your Mike's not on councilmember bird.
>> They're very difficult today to get.
>> They're probably overused from last night.
>> I'm sorry paisley Street in Roodell intersection curves.
I don't see where they did that could be closed nothing's been
done in that area.
>> Well, what we were asking is to remove it from the staff
agenda because it was something that we discussed with you if
you feel like we still need to do some additional information
on it and we understood the concerns were working through
that with other capital projects that are in that area if
there's something that you're asking additional for us to
bring back other than what was put in the November a 17th
report that we wanted to make sure we brought that back to
you if not we'd like to remove it from.
>> Yeah, I I just needed some clarification should as to you
know why it's being moved so yeah sure yes, yes, ma'am.
>> All righty we will remove that from the agenda of course
that there's additional questions we're happy to answer
those all right now moving on to item number 3 which was the
Parkway locust intersection. Mayor protein, I understand
you'd like to see some crash data when it was signalized when
it was not signalized and then that current condition with
some time frames and we'll have to give us how long it's been
with the this the 4 way stop condition always stop condition
so we will bring that one back to you with that additional
crash data. So the the 4th item the speeding concerns along
Dallas dry were requesting also to remove that item as it's a
part of the citywide speed study and will be further
discussed during that August to September time frame.
>> Objections.
>> And then the final item is the redel Street widening
concerns we also are requesting to remove that one from the
agenda being that it will be a part of the April 19th tiny home
discussion at that time as that's one of the the possible
locations and we'll discuss that roadway project at that
time.
>> Objections I actually kind of do have an objection, I think
that we need to have some information.
Some more information about that before the April 19th, okay,
sure what time information are you requesting I just you know,
maybe not not for this committee necessarily, but if you can
include in a Friday report prior to April 19th something
about you know what what the history of of that project is as
far as the bond funding and the design phase that move forward
and and where we're at now and you know visuals of what what
the proposed alignment is sure just so we can have that
information going into the April 19th conversation because
you know full disclosure, I I suspect we may need to find a
different location for that project but and and so we need
to be prepared to have that conversation on April 19th.
>> Sure that absolutely we can do that so we'll remove it from
this agenda and then we'll include it in a future Friday
report and we already have the majority of that information
prepared so that's that'll be very simple.
>> And I don't know if it's a you know sort of asking too
much around the scope or you know, it's just chill till the
19th, but the the part I'm most curious about curious about is
not so as much the status of the funding planning, but the
rationale for the project what what was compelling about it
and and what the alternatives.
>> Are yet if if any are needed, but like I said that may be
coming April 19th, but if you want to you know share any of
that least the historical aspect why I was compelling.
You know that would be interesting to me.
>> But you know I I we certainly will and there's there really
is a lot of history to it right because it was part of the
2014 bond program we've had funding issues it's been it
hasn't been a priority obviously in previous iterations so we
have a lot of history so I think we can walk it all the way
forward even in more detail of here's here's a rationale when
it was approved in 2014 here's been the considerations up to
this point and where we stand today, so I think that's a
perfectly good exercise for us.
>> Okay great.
>> I think I'll explain that why behind what you're asking
mayor pritam so.
>> Super yes, sir. So you're about to ask if people have
other items would like to introduce I am good guess,
yes, sir, yes, yes, sir, so are there any other items that
mobility committee has that they'd like to bring forward for
us to discuss at the future meeting.
>> It would be there would you would dear would yeah, sure if
we could have a conversation about that in the future there
would kings row. You know in light of the complications
that we're going to be encountering soon.
>> That's not a problem.
>> And I you know, I think having that discussion prior to
that small area plan prioritization will be good too
in advance of them.
>> Yeah, great.
>> Anything else anyone else.
>> I just want to make sure that I'm on the right track.
>> And also the through through lanes are through
neighborhood, the Southeast neighborhood.
They were having issues in regards to trucks coming
through to get over to business that are over on Duncan Street.
Yes, ma'am and they're missing that turn and they're going
to have to go back and look for that turn to get over there.
So I guess we'll need some kind of update on that.
>> Sure we can do that and we have made some modifications in
that area, but if we're still receiving the same complaints.
We will work with Daniel Kramer screw. So yes, ma'am okay.
>> Also I know for sure that a sign needs to be replaced or
cleansed. When you make when you're coming up on Dallas
Drive and you're going north on Dallas Drive. You make that
left turn into Duncan Street and then there's a sign on the
side of the road that says Duncan Street and then it says
Shady Oaks, Shady Oaks. No way down. And then there's a sign
that says Duncan Street right there for you know visitors to
make that left turn into Duncan Street. It's just corroded.
I don't know. You can't see it. And so maybe that might be
when appears to be fairly small where maybe our drivers could
actually look to see where Duncan Street is. It might be
very helpful.
>> Sure, James is here today. I know he's listening. So
definitely will will look into that item. That's not a problem.
>> All right. Thank you. That's the only thing I have.
>> Mayor, kind of a follow on you know, Councilmember Byrd has
asked over the months, you know, but different specific
streets in Southeast Deton. But then we have this 2 minute
pitch from the mayor about how do we look at Southeast Deton
speed. And I just that got approved and I'm just curious
to know what does that entail then? Is that something
different? I mean, is that different from the citywide
speed study? What would the next steps be on that?
>> Sure, we're currently working through that process
with the public works team streets operations, Daniel
Kramer and Ethan Cox, general manager, really coordinating
that effort. We also want to make mention of those roadways
that are going to be a part of the citywide speed study. So
that we have that recollection and knowledge to share with
y'all of the information that we're going to be collecting in
that area. But that is something that's being worked on
through that process. So it's something we will have to bring
back to you when we're ready. We're not quite ready yet with
that level of detail and level of information. We could
possibly be ready for the next mobility committee meeting. And
if so, we'll bring that forward as an individual item. If not,
it would be at one of the following meetings after that
timeframe.
>> Okay, great. Just so we get, you know, whatever degree of
update you're prepared to give, you know, when we get together.
>> Yes, sir.
>> That's all I've got. So unless there's anything else,
last call. We'll go to concluding items. You could
make whatever your last thing is that you just thought of a
concluding item. Anyone?
>> Nothing.
>> All right. Thank you, everyone. And Billy, thank you
very much for accommodating me being remote.
>> Absolutely, sir. Have a nice day.
>> Have a good week.
>> Bye-bye.