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 We have a quorum, and we will get started at 10 o'clock.

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 First thing on the agenda is citizen comments.

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 Do we have any citizen comments?

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 We do not have any citizen comments.

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 So with that, we will move on to item 2 for individual consideration.

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 There will be 2A, MC26006, consider approval of the minutes from February 25th, 2026.

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 The chair will entertain a motion.

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 I looked over them in there, as I recall, so I make a motion that they be approved as

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 So we have a motion for approval from Councilor Holland and a second from Commissioner Ziegel.

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 Council passes 4-0.

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 With that, we will move on to item 2B, MC26007, receive a report, hold discussion regarding

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 the Mobility Plan Boot Camp, Part 4, to introduce and share the information of different elements

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 With that, I will turn it over to Dr. Butt.

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 Good morning, Chair and committee members, Farhan Butt, Deputy Director, Transportation

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 I'm here to present the last part of the Mobility Plan Boot Camp series of presentations.

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 This presentation would cover the most significant part of the Mobility Plan and even Comprehensive

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 on that information and then its own processes, it just moves on on focused areas.

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 Comprehensive Plan has four goals when it comes to mobility component and these goals,

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 when it comes to public engagement process, these goals emphasize safe and efficient mobility

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 with goal M1 and where it encourages or it emphasizes that even for these key items like

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 Vision Zero Plan, refining strategy and travel demand management should be looked at from

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 Goal M2, which is Enhanced Economy, which is linked to Enhanced Economy and then it talks

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 be addressed in preferences and choices in alignment with public preferences and choices.

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 enhancements and priorities should be in line with the preferences and of the public engagement

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 Goal M3, which is Non-Motorized Mobility, which is essentially, which covers, which

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 that it's, you know, most of these funds, most of these projects would require funding

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 that public engagement strategy according to comprehensive plan goals.

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 Before you advance, are these flat goals?

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 Questions for Dr. Butt?

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 Well it will come as no surprise that I have some questions.

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 pathing, I think it was maybe slide four or five, but when you're trying -- when you're

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 don't have the time or the resources to design the network at -- probably at that level.

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 where the neighborhoods are, and do we have first and last mile covered, and then we go

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 that don't match our use patterns because we don't understand our own use patterns,

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 and I'm not trying to be arrogant on that.

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 That's where your comment about the data is really critical.

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 you are actually doing it.

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 You're not doing it the way you think you're doing it, but we'll do it the way you want,

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 but just be aware that it's not matching.

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 That sort of comment.

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 using, more tracking, but then also what new engagement modalities are you employing?

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 nobody reads newspapers anymore below a certain age.

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 with the generations is what I'm asking.

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 installing a sign, always top sign or a larger one, we need to have community consensus.

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 you get a consensus on this intervention that we are trying to make here or improvement?

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 that intervention or that improvement would be requested by three, four community members.

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 Denton 311 is the most effective because it ties to timeline.

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 that what happened to this request that came.

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 For let's discuss Denton, we have provided complete information on major projects, which

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 means that the point of contacts, not only the information that we are sharing during

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 the projects, for example, Vision Zero, what surveys were done, what are the outcomes,

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 what are the high injury network, all of those details are there for public.

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 But then on top of that, the project manager's contact information is there and division

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 leads contact information is there as well.

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 No, those are all good in terms of receiving feedback.

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 My last comment will simply be sort of playing off of that.

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 And one of the things that we've seen, and it's not so much in your division, but it

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 overlaps your division, is that as we've done utility and street construction, there's a

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 thirst for more of a push awareness of when we're making transitory changes.

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 Oh, this street is offline at this time.

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 This storm drain is offline at this time.

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 And people, as we do these mobility changes, so I'm going to encourage you to explore things.

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 I don't want to say like the alert Denton where we get the phone notifications.

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 that's coming.

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 And that may be more of a capital projects or a marketing communication than your division.

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 But it's something to consider how to push things out.

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 We are working on work zone data exchange.

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 around $300,000 for this project.

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 And we are developing a, I won't call it cutting edge tool, but it will be a very good tool

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 which will provide opportunity for our project managers, city's project managers from different

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 Be it work zones, be it long-term projects, and those would be instant.

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 means is that all the dashboards, GPS or handheld phones or web-based DCN tools, they will be

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 updated instantly and all of them will be reflecting any delays or any work zones on

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 This is a three years long project.

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 Transportation services is leading that project.

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 This will be completely automated in alignment with Tech Start and NCTCOG.

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 And we anticipate that this will be delivered within two and a half years.

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 Charlie, did I see you?

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 You wanted to make a comment?

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 I was just going to say, I was going to mention the 311 and we can see if there's a way to

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 tie it back to more of the project information and the CIP maps that we have.

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 maybe there's a way to push them back to what is that construction.

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 So you'll be notified via Waze or Google Maps when you're driving.

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 Your car will say, hey, there's a right lane closed up here, shift to the left.

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 You know it's coming.

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 It won't be a surprise.

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 And then maybe a way to route people back to what's going on here.

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 That would be a good way to do it.

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 No, those all sound really good and I appreciate the sort of more active push nature of that.

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 I think that'll leave you with a lot of concerns.

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 Go ahead.

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 Your stop sign example, how do you weigh, let me think, your professional opinion that

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 an intersection needs a stop sign against the citizens, I'm struggling to phrase this.

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 You think there needs to be a stop sign there.

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 The citizen says we don't want a stop sign there versus we'd like to have a stop sign

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 here.

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 You don't think we need a stop sign here.

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 We had that example at Sundown Ranch type thing.

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 So stop sign is, first stop sign is not a speed regulatory mechanism.

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 I understand.

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 It is not.

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 It is a decision choice mechanism where we provide road users through stop sign a decision

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 choice that who comes first and who leaves later.

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 So that's the first thing.

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 Stop signs are heavily guided by safety and what's safer for the community and then another

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 the stop signs were already in place and the difficulty in that area was compliance.

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 that road user will still not comply.

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 That's what we found.

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 So in many cases, we are looking at audit report, our audit report and trying to figure

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 out what needs to happen, but it is not guided by speed.

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 Speed is not the regulatory mechanism.

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 I guess my real question is how much weight is given to the request, and I'm just using

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 a stop sign as an example.

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 How much weight is given to the neighborhood request for a stop sign versus your professional

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 opinion for the need of a stop sign?

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 So safety is first.

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 So that one fatality that is bound to happen, as city staff, we are trying to prevent that.

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 may look into the process and say if we can avoid it.

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 the community's feedback is different, we will have to act on the standards and guidelines

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 based on the knowledge that we have.

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 You mentioned 311.

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 And this is just a general question about 311.

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 Walk me through the process.

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 The citizen calls 311.

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 How quickly does your department, for example, respond?

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 This came up at a forum earlier, I guess, this week.

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 How quickly does something happen when somebody calls 311?

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 Typically, when the 311 receives a phone call, they would just decide that which department

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 Most likely, if it comes to transportation services, we have a dedicated staff that looks

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 at Denton 311 inquiries, and then that staff would distribute the inquiry to appropriate

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 For example, if it is a traffic operations related inquiry, it will go towards to a staff

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 that is SME for traffic operations.

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 If it is ADA, then it goes to ADA.

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 Immediately, staff would respond to that.

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 That first person, staff dedicated to Denton 311, he will respond or she will respond that

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 we have received your inquiry, and we will respond to it within this timeline, within

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458
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 Then the dedicated staff for ADA or traffic operations will look into the inquiry, and

459
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:10,000
 this will be forwarded to city management and departmental leadership that we are auditing

460
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:15,560
 this location, and we will be coming with our feedback within, typically, it is two

461
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:21,280
 weeks timeframe, within two weeks, because we have already got tasks in schedule.

462
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,360
 So we have to make sure that those tasks are not out of line.

463
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:30,000
 Then after two weeks, we not only provide the audit findings, but also any implementation

464
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,840
 timeline, and then that is published in the Friday report.

465
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,920
 If I missed anything, Charlie, you can film.

466
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:42,320
 Now, I think, generally, you will get a response within two business days, but like Farhan

467
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:47,480
 said, sometimes they go and sit in these audits to watch traffic for a couple hours, so they

468
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,120
 got to schedule all that.

469
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:54,400
 That is why, if we receive a request, we will say, yeah, we will start working on a schedule

470
00:38:54,400 --> 00:39:00,040
 a day to go out, review those intersections, is a stop sign warranted or not, and then

471
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,960
 that will be another point, a decision point, and then if there is implementation, then

472
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,720
 whatever that implementation time is.

473
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:06,720
 Okay.

474
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:07,720
 Thank you.

475
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,160
 It is a very well structured process.

476
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:10,160
 Thank you.

477
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,160
 Commissioner Penn.

478
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,160
 Hey there.

479
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:16,440
 So, just really quick, I wanted to let you know a couple of technical issues with signing

480
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,960
 up for the notifications.

481
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:29,440
 I use the Denton 311 app regularly, however, it always has me logged out, and so every

482
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:39,760
 time I want to make something aware, if I want to receive any updates about that, I

483
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:44,760
 am not logged in, and so it is quite cumbersome, and I have tried reporting that, I don't really

484
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:50,040
 know exactly where, and then I also want to let you know on slide number 10, I think,

485
00:39:50,040 --> 00:40:01,560
 where you can sign up for the project notifications that this survey with ArcGIS is not completing

486
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:07,680
 the sign up for me, the submission, it could just be that I am, maybe I am on this Wi-Fi,

487
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:12,160
 so might just need to look into that, and one of the things I was curious about as far

488
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:19,240
 as when we are getting feedback from neighborhoods if something potentially is going in, I am

489
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:30,600
 curious how staff might, is there a goal to have a representation of the demographics

490
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:40,000
 of a certain area, and if there is a goal for that, how is the staff ensuring that we

491
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:46,520
 are able to hear from a wide variety, for example, I know that in our neighborhood staff

492
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:53,320
 was able to present a stop sign type issue, our neighborhood actually only recently has

493
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:58,160
 even a neighborhood monthly meeting, so up until a year ago or two years ago that didn't

494
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:05,040
 even exist, the folks that attend the meetings are of an older demographic, I am the youngest

495
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:11,760
 by probably a couple decades, so I know for a fact our neighborhood has a, that meeting

496
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:20,400
 is not at all representative of the variety, just ages alone, let alone different mobility

497
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:26,640
 options, pretty much everyone who attends that meeting is only a car user and does not

498
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:32,840
 bike or walk or use public transportation, so I am curious, I don't want to take up

499
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:38,920
 too much time, but if we have goals for getting a wider variety that actually represents the

500
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:45,320
 demographics of a specific area, and if the means to which we are getting the surveys

501
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:51,400
 or the feedback is that meeting that goal?

502
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:57,400
 Staff tries to address this issue as much as possible within our limits, for instance

503
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:03,360
 as we have been proactively informing bike coalition as well for many bike path projects,

504
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:10,280
 we have been, so when it comes to neighborhood, we encourage that, I think it's diverse set

505
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:18,720
 of representation, and in many cases it is important because in our observation when

506
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:23,680
 we try to implement a project, the entire neighborhood is not on board, it has to be

507
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:29,720
 done otherwise it becomes a challenge because later on once we install, we don't want to

508
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:35,600
 get complaints that we did not want it, so that is the aspect that we are trying to address.

509
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:42,640
 It's a challenge, yes, to have full representation, we'll be happy to assist if there is any,

510
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:47,800
 staff is happy to assist if there is any opportunity where we are missing, we inform the neighborhood

511
00:42:47,800 --> 00:43:00,280
 typically if there is no HOA, our suggestion to the resident is to get feedback from the

512
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:05,320
 immediate neighborhood members in that area, that location where the stop sign or where

513
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:10,400
 the improvement would be, at least a couple of houses in that area and get a sign letter

514
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:15,600
 or some way or maybe we could attend, as staff we could attend that meeting, and that's it,

515
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:22,080
 no HOA is needed, if the HOA is not there, then a few members of that community that

516
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,520
 will be impacted directly would be enough.

517
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:28,400
 Would you send a letter or how do you actually contact?

518
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:35,560
 So the citizen who would contact us typically or if it is coming from council member or

519
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:39,800
 mobility committee member, we request them, but if it is just a citizen, we go meet with

520
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:44,400
 them in person, and then after looking at, after auditing, we'll share the finding that

521
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:49,480
 that's a possibility, but we would like to get a larger feedback from the community,

522
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:56,120
 so we request their help to help us get this feedback, and we offer some support as well

523
00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:00,800
 that if needed from our end, but simply if they can share with us the contact information,

524
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:01,800
 we can provide that.

525
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:06,280
 Yeah, and I see that's a challenge.

526
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:13,800
 I feel like there are definitely, you know, whether it's an age thing or lifestyle, some

527
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:19,640
 people either don't know that they can even make those requests or don't feel the sense

528
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:24,020
 of ownership or even that they can offer that feedback, and one of the things I've mentioned

529
00:44:24,020 --> 00:44:31,920
 before is I'm just really curious if it's hard to capture the feedback, whether it's

530
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,400
 people aren't attending meetings, people aren't opening their mail, people aren't signing

531
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:41,360
 up for these notifications, they're not checking email, they're not reading the newspaper,

532
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:48,800
 they might see something on Facebook, maybe, but now people under 30, they're not on Facebook.

533
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:54,680
 Have we ever considered putting a sign, just putting out signs with QR code, and the QR

534
00:44:54,680 --> 00:45:02,760
 code could be a generic landing page that then they could navigate, so we know people

535
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,560
 are in the neighborhoods, we know they are getting around either by car or by foot or

536
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:13,560
 whatever, and we know that there are renters and there are some people who own the homes.

537
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:20,200
 I'm curious if that could be an option where if it's just a generic, the city wants your

538
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:25,760
 feedback, give it, we'd love your feedback, scan this QR code, and that could just go

539
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:30,880
 to some kind of generic landing page, those signs could be reused everywhere in the city,

540
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:31,880
 right?

541
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,880
 Charlie, you want to say something, or I could respond to that if you want.

542
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:39,480
 I just want to mention, Jasmine just let me know, the next mobility committee meeting

543
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,680
 we're going to be talking about, CIP's got a new process for outreach for people, so

544
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,840
 that would be a good way to have that discussion.

545
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,600
 That would be great, okay.

546
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:55,240
 And one other question I had just really quick about the data, when we are trying to find

547
00:45:55,240 --> 00:46:02,000
 out as far as how people are using, I guess, a certain area, and I don't know the technical

548
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:07,760
 methods in which you get that data, if you, I don't know if you set up, you know, cameras

549
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:11,360
 or taking pictures, or if there's, I know sometimes on the street there's like a thing

550
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:16,440
 that you can drive over, I don't know if that's measuring something, but I'm curious how do

551
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:22,520
 we capture data of our people who are not in a vehicle, how do we know how many people

552
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:27,760
 are using a particular intersection or street, is there any way that we are able to capture

553
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:28,760
 that data?

554
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:36,560
 Yes, we have access to that data as well for BikePad, that's limited because it has QNAS,

555
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:42,320
 it has biases, but we have access to that data as well for BikePad users.

556
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:50,640
 But in many cases we rely on multiple audits, that's true in case of, as you mentioned auto

557
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:55,680
 trips are in many cases pretty straightforward, you look at Chris database, look at the crashes,

558
00:46:55,680 --> 00:47:00,840
 and then look at the traffic volume, and you can make the, in some audits you can make

559
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:01,840
 the call.

560
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:08,360
 But in case of BikePad we have to, the areas are special to us, and we make multiple audits

561
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:17,000
 in different time peaks, and AM, midday, evening, and then we make the call, and on top of that

562
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,680
 we have some additional data on BikePad users as well.

563
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:20,680
 Alright, cool.

564
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:21,680
 Thank you.

565
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,120
 Alright, thank you.

566
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:26,960
 Any other questions real quick, we were a little over, so we should probably move on

567
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:27,960
 to the next item.

568
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,160
 Anything else from you Dr. Butt on this item?

569
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:31,160
 Okay.

570
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:38,860
 So with that we will move on to item 2C, MC26008, the Receiver Report Hold Discussion Regarding

571
00:47:38,860 --> 00:47:47,720
 the Proposed FY26 DCTA Transportation Reinvestment Program Trip Funding Application.

572
00:47:47,720 --> 00:47:56,200
 Alright, good morning committee members, Seth Garcia, Director of Capital Projects, Honorary

573
00:47:56,200 --> 00:48:02,680
 Member of the Transportation Services Division today, I'll be walking you through this brief

574
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:08,080
 presentation on our application for our trip funds for DCTA.

575
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:14,680
 So just a brief overview, so the trip program is done by DCTA, they basically take 15% of

576
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:20,240
 their net available funds from the previous fiscal year, they'll use 95% of that to its

577
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:24,320
 different member cities, and then they keep 5% to administer the program.

578
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:31,040
 So for this operating year DCTA's board approved a budget of just over 3.7 million dollars,

579
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:37,180
 and the city's portion of that is roughly 1.84, it's that specific number highlighted

580
00:48:37,180 --> 00:48:38,180
 by the asterisk.

581
00:48:38,180 --> 00:48:43,960
 So again for project eligibility it has to be located primarily within the DCTA service

582
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:50,320
 areas, located within the boundaries of a DCTA member city, located within a quarter

583
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:55,480
 mile of any A train station or DCTA fixed bus route, and it demonstrates the project

584
00:48:55,480 --> 00:49:00,260
 is financially sound.

585
00:49:00,260 --> 00:49:07,120
 So staff is recommending one project, this is our Woodrow Lane sidewalk and trail improvement

586
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:08,120
 project.

587
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:13,760
 I'm going to get into the budget a little bit more on the next slide.

588
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:20,980
 So in 2024 we had a project that was proposed and approved through DCTA for roughly $850,000

589
00:49:20,980 --> 00:49:27,840
 to put in a side path and on street path or bike lanes on Woodrow roughly from McKinney

590
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:35,420
 down to the DCTA sidewalk that runs along the A train.

591
00:49:35,420 --> 00:49:41,880
 With that $20,000 was going to be used as a feasibility, roughly $410,000 for the design

592
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:47,360
 contract and that would leave us about $420,000 to construct.

593
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:51,120
 We went through that feasibility study and found that our cost estimate to be able to

594
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:58,160
 put in potentially a 10 foot side path is roughly $2.2 to $2.4 million.

595
00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:04,240
 And so using this $1.8 million we are requesting to add that as construction funds to be able

596
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:07,560
 to build that 2024 project.

597
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:12,660
 So again, we're currently in the design process working through that.

598
00:50:12,660 --> 00:50:18,200
 This funding that we're requesting would go to fund the remainder of the construction.

599
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:22,960
 So as you can see there on the bottom we're anticipating this year to work through the

600
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:26,960
 design and then start construction spring of '27.

601
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,640
 Seth, I'm sorry.

602
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:30,640
 You're good.

603
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:31,640
 I beg your pardon.

604
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:36,720
 Tell me again, McKinney, Woodrow Lane from McKinney to where?

605
00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:43,120
 From McKinney down to where the DCTA tracks are and there's the 10 foot DCTA trail.

606
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,480
 So it's just south of Spencer.

607
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:48,200
 That goes towards the DME.

608
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:49,200
 Okay.

609
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:50,200
 I got it.

610
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:51,200
 I got it now.

611
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:52,200
 Where the double line is.

612
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,240
 I just could not think of where that was.

613
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:55,240
 I got it now.

614
00:50:55,240 --> 00:50:56,240
 Thank you.

615
00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:57,240
 Perfect.

616
00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:58,240
 By the memory care place.

617
00:50:58,240 --> 00:50:59,240
 Yeah.

618
00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:00,240
 I forget where that was.

619
00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:01,240
 By DME.

620
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:02,240
 Yeah.

621
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:03,240
 I forget where that was.

622
00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:04,240
 Remember?

623
00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:08,960
 We want to receive your direction from this.

624
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:15,120
 We'll present it to City Council and request a resolution to approve, to apply for this

625
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,080
 grant funds.

626
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:23,320
 We'll submit that to DCTA and then again you'll see once it's approved it come onto the DCTA

627
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:28,600
 trip report that you'll get quarterly at this committee.

628
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:29,600
 And that is it.

629
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:30,600
 I can take any questions.

630
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:34,320
 Seth, I'm going to lead off real quick and then pass it to the board.

631
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:43,560
 We're requesting this one project for all of our allocation and Mobility is seeing numerous

632
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:47,800
 guiding concepts, particularly Safe Routes to School related and some of our Sycamore

633
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,800
 related.

634
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:55,760
 There's many Mobility projects throughout town because we still have a few bus routes

635
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,040
 in Denton.

636
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:07,000
 So our zone of coverage is large and there's many projects you have in the pipeline.

637
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,480
 And I don't have a problem with this project.

638
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:13,360
 Why this project for all the money is my question.

639
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:14,360
 No great.

640
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:19,120
 So the good news is this amount that we needed lined up closely once we did the feasibility

641
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:22,100
 study to match what we needed for construction.

642
00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:26,600
 And so by allowing us to put this in as a funding source we don't have to include it

643
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:32,400
 in a future year CIP for just being able to design what we're looking at on Woodrow and

644
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:33,920
 then shelf it.

645
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:38,040
 So that's one opportunity there is it provides the construction funding that we needed very

646
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:41,400
 close based of our estimate for the feasibility.

647
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:47,960
 The second is administratively it's better to do one and apply it here.

648
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:52,160
 Again this allows us to utilize these funds.

649
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:56,600
 And if we put it on multiple projects we've seen in previous years with like the more

650
00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:01,080
 street on street trail if we don't use it it ties up those funds for a while and then

651
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:04,220
 to reallocate them it has to go back into the bucket.

652
00:53:04,220 --> 00:53:09,520
 So one of the instances that we found is with multiple projects where it came in under budget

653
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,760
 we lose access to those funds because they're tied to that.

654
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:16,960
 So by allowing it all to go to one project we're kind of mitigating that risk and providing

655
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,720
 the construction funding that we're anticipating to need.

656
00:53:19,720 --> 00:53:24,040
 Okay I appreciate that answer and before I pass it back to the rest of the board because

657
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:27,840
 I don't have any more questions.

658
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:34,800
 We have buses but how are trip funds allocated to the non-bus cities?

659
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:37,760
 That is a fantastic question I do not know.

660
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:42,120
 Because one of the requirements was near a route but Highland Village and everywhere

661
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,640
 else is just go zone.

662
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:50,360
 Well I guess everybody has the train but how are they, what's the restrictions on the other

663
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,520
 cities for trip funds?

664
00:53:53,520 --> 00:54:02,440
 So I know that for Hanbat from transportation services I know staff knows that these funds

665
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:10,680
 are allocated but we can circle back on after confirming from DCTA that how those funds

666
00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:14,480
 are allocated likely for go zones but we have to confirm.

667
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:20,520
 Okay I appreciate that board oh go ahead.

668
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:29,760
 Does this project touch a bus stop or a bus route or is it I mean the quick glance I looked

669
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:33,600
 over it was like it had to be within a certain yeah so I know it's I know it's connecting

670
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:39,240
 to a path along the train but it's not connecting to the train correct?

671
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:45,860
 Correct so it is a connection point to the the rails and trails trail and then bus route

672
00:54:45,860 --> 00:54:52,560
 three runs down McKinney and has a stop that was located right on the corner of the I think

673
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:57,040
 it's the Carroll County building it's since been removed but they do have active stops

674
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:02,000
 all along McKinney Street there and so we're meeting the requirement that it's within the

675
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:06,360
 project's located within a quarter mile of an active bus route which is route three.

676
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:18,520
 May I ask the connection to the trail is the trail typically used for like getting to work

677
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:25,640
 or is there any way we know like is the trail for leisure or is it mostly used for like

678
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:33,820
 needing to get places and does this project help people get places for work or for shopping

679
00:55:33,820 --> 00:55:39,860
 or is this more of like like a leash an exercise route?

680
00:55:39,860 --> 00:55:46,800
 I can answer that question yes it will be a bit of everything you know because it completes

681
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:53,020
 the access to the not only to the station but also to the communities as well.

682
00:55:53,020 --> 00:55:58,240
 May I ask as well do we feel like I know one of the major goals we've had as we discussed

683
00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:02,920
 with the last presentation is especially with the infrastructure that we're trying to build

684
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:09,720
 we are trying to encourage and make a big dent economically and I know this area there

685
00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:17,220
 are portions of it that there's not really there are no storefronts there's a few like

686
00:56:17,220 --> 00:56:25,240
 shops and like car body shops and stuff like that and then there's a jail and like a bond

687
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:34,600
 place so does this project pose a better economic impact than possibly any other types of projects

688
00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:38,920
 or I'm just I understand it's like we kind of wanted to go all with one because that

689
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:44,760
 might make it easier for not losing money but I'm just curious like economically how

690
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:47,640
 is this helping Denton?

691
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:53,720
 So assess it from the aspect of first and last mile connection so that that connectivity

692
00:56:53,720 --> 00:57:01,840
 would be completed here because imagine so if the it is incomplete network no access

693
00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:11,200
 to the station then essentially we are not using this corridor for any trips so maybe

694
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:19,360
 we can project that once this route is complete then we'll see a lot of first and last mile

695
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:20,360
 connections.

696
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:27,000
 So people would get off of the bus somewhere along McKinney and then walk or bike or bike

697
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:36,120
 is it a mile two miles to the next train stop or maybe staff can confirm that okay I'm just

698
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:42,760
 kind of curious if that if that will be if we'll get a lot of people doing that but that

699
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:48,040
 would be great I understand that we are trying to get some connection there and then if there

700
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:53,560
 are any other projects please share with us and then there are other opportunities next

701
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:59,920
 year we'll be applying for more projects and we'll bring them in but this is one of those

702
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:06,720
 projects that will help us complete the network it's not everything but it's a good step towards

703
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:07,720
 that.

704
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:16,560
 Seth do you need direction on this from the committee are we are we posted for direction?

705
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:20,320
 Yeah so I think we're just looking for approval to take it forward to council to submit the

706
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:21,320
 application.

707
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:24,440
 So that that is direction so you have the floor Commissioner Penn do you have direction

708
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:31,300
 on this?

709
00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:41,920
 I just because I'm not seeing any other possible projects I don't know I can't really compare

710
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:48,000
 it but if staff feels confident with this one then I I think we could move it forward

711
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:52,400
 I just don't want to miss out on opportunities for funding if we have to start all over with

712
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:59,520
 another possible project or two I'd like to hear what the rest of the committee thinks

713
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:02,640
 too I don't want to be the sole person for that.

714
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:07,000
 I will move down because Councilor Holland's next but I will give direction yes and and

715
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:15,000
 so we'll pass the Councilor is there is there any sidewalk currently there now yes currently

716
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:21,480
 there now there are sections of sidewalk I would say just from my google driving through

717
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:27,680
 a lot of it does not meet our current ADA criteria so ramps don't look ADA compliant

718
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:34,000
 in portions it does get pretty narrow like three and four feet so again this this proposed

719
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:39,400
 project would be to look at significantly widening and providing and and and we're

720
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:44,720
 talking 10 feet wide that would be the goal and and is this on both sides of the street

721
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:51,360
 I believe we would prioritize one side of the roads and so is that east or west side

722
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:57,160
 the the feasibility was the east side east side okay yes sir and and and I support it

723
00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:01,800
 I don't know if that's if that's in line or not but I I support the project go ahead

724
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:05,640
 all right sorry just wanted to jump in we're not posted to actually give direction okay

725
01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:09,880
 that's what I was trying to figure out posted for a discussion just for discussion all right

726
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:19,360
 then you don't have to worry about direction anymore then yeah we'll erase those yeah yes

727
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:25,560
 I'm in favor of this because I go at least two times a day I see lots of bicycles and

728
01:00:25,560 --> 01:00:32,240
 there's walkers there constantly awesome and you see you see people walking to the mall

729
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:40,320
 and back from the mall I see people on bicycles I see people going across on the bicycle path

730
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:44,280
 and I can tell some of them are just doing it for pleasure and some of them are going

731
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:50,600
 to work I think that's a path that's used quite a bit I see it all that's my area of

732
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:59,760
 town thank you okay Mr. Penn you hit you wanted to have another call well I I am glad to hear

733
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:06,120
 about this project truly and I would be curious next year one of the things I know with route

734
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:13,920
 for possibly coming back online across University Drive that's not that's not currently there

735
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:19,920
 but that's another area that desperately needs sidewalks and so I'm curious if trip funding

736
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:23,640
 could be applied for I guess that might have to be something for next year because there's

737
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:28,960
 not currently anything connecting there but there are sections of University Drive that

738
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:34,000
 don't even have a sidewalk so I'm just kind of yeah I think that was part of the discussion

739
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:37,000
 or if that's kind of like a next year thing yeah I think it would be next year I think

740
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,720
 transportation services would take that evaluated against the existing criteria with the program

741
01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:46,480
 that we talked about earlier and then make a recommendation any other comments for Seth

742
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:55,000
 all right thank you go ahead sir yeah I just looked up DCTA's trip program and it has to

743
01:01:55,000 --> 01:02:00,160
 be within a quarter mile of an a train station or a DCTA fixed bus route so I guess if there's

744
01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:07,760
 any a train situation with Highland Village you mean the other cities yeah yeah so then

745
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:13,920
 well now now since you opened up the can of worms so I could if staff wouldn't mind getting

746
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:20,560
 back because I would be really curious if they're applying all their trip funds to just

747
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:25,600
 a quarter mile from the a train because it does not seem to be the case that that's how

748
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:32,320
 they're doing it but maybe maybe I am not tracking our sister cities as well as I am

749
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:36,480
 our own city yeah we can follow up on that and then just one more thing so I think we're

750
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:40,400
 doing McKinney Street sidewalks up on the north side of this too right yeah that's correct

751
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:44,540
 so I'll actually touch on that here in just a second our construction report all right

752
01:02:44,540 --> 01:02:54,400
 great all right any other nope okay good so moving on we will move on to item 2d mc 26009

753
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:59,280
 the staff memorandum all right Seth Garcia director of capital projects again so just

754
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:04,640
 going to walk you through a couple quick updates here at the top so we've got an update on

755
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:09,640
 the growing bike bus program looks like transportation services worked with it reached out to a couple

756
01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:16,200
 schools it looks like they were not interested and had no follow-up so again we could revisit

757
01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:22,240
 this if initiated by the school but before we go on to the next item yeah this this was

758
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:30,160
 one that I was pushing I'm going to encourage just this the schools are the wrong audience

759
01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:37,280
 on this one the PTAs and the parent-led organizations are the correct audience for this and and

760
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:43,680
 it's it's mostly because this the schools will use teachers and the teachers are overloaded

761
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:49,920
 and they won't be able to put any more on their their platform or their plate then then

762
01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:55,920
 I mean even asking them to be crossing guards as is done is not a good use of the teachers

763
01:03:55,920 --> 01:04:03,040
 time so I mean I'm going to encourage us not to take this off our matrix when we get to

764
01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:09,040
 that section but but to revisit this with with a with the correct receptive audience

765
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:16,320
 because the ones that led it at Newton Razor were all parent-led activities sure we reached

766
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:23,040
 out a couple of times to reach on their contact information but unfortunately the initial

767
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:28,680
 there was interest before Christmas but the follow-up request from the school principal

768
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:34,400
 or the assistant principal they did not provide us the information for us to start working

769
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:41,980
 the base work to see if there is PTA or parents and what we can help them so we got stalled

770
01:04:41,980 --> 01:04:49,580
 on the initial step so no that's fair and and and any one of us or or others can help

771
01:04:49,580 --> 01:04:55,120
 you make contacts with with the various PTA organizations or you can I'm sure the principal

772
01:04:55,120 --> 01:05:01,200
 can can help hook you up with with his or her I forget the principal in this one I think

773
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:08,180
 it's a anyway I'm not going to worry about pronouns the principals PTA I'm sure they

774
01:05:08,180 --> 01:05:15,080
 know who that person is and can connect you up with that with that board share real follow-up

775
01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:22,000
 all right and so yeah I guess next next item that that's Seth or Rebecca but wanted to

776
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:32,160
 follow up on or you yeah it's mine mockingbird lane right turn at the order we did the initial

777
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:37,400
 audit and we have ordered traffic counts and we will follow up whether it warranted to

778
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:49,360
 build one at a month of May meeting all right that sounds good any other concerns back to

779
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:58,120
 Seth and the trip reports all right so let's talk construction so Bonnie Bray three again

780
01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:01,080
 I'm not going to touch on all of these if you have any questions feel free to stop me

781
01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:05,600
 Bonnie Bray three we are in active construction again I don't know if anybody noticed what

782
01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:11,600
 the signal is now live at FM 1515 and Bonnie Bray so that is significantly helped with

783
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:15,800
 the reconfiguration that text out did of those ramps so we've gotten a lot of compliments

784
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:20,420
 from the Peterbilt folks and everybody out there that was getting stuck in traffic again

785
01:06:20,420 --> 01:06:26,920
 live you mean is yellow green it is operating okay on Sunday it was it was flashing yeah

786
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:34,840
 yeah so it went live this week so Bonnie Bray 4b again currently in 90% design we still have

787
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:39,480
 to finish up the design and look at future right away acquisitions again that will be

788
01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:44,720
 re-kicked off once we finish up with phases three and six Bonnie Bray five was a part

789
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:50,200
 of that mill overlay package it is actually coming forward to city council for a contract

790
01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:54,840
 consideration in April so that'll be a part of the mill overlay package with a few other

791
01:06:54,840 --> 01:07:01,560
 roadways so Bonnie Bray five will get a facelift there Bonnie Bray six utilities are needing

792
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:08,960
 nearing completion we have started mixing operations out there working from US 77 south

793
01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:14,920
 towards Windsor and hopefully we'll even get as far as the Academy with our dirt work the

794
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:19,120
 good news is hopefully about six weeks you're going to see our bond breaker asphalt and

795
01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:24,000
 then concrete paving going down on those new southbound lanes so again our goal for that

796
01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:29,880
 project is build those southbound lanes move traffic over and then come back and reconfigure

797
01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:38,640
 and rebuild those current lanes that are there and did I hear concrete concrete concrete

798
01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:46,040
 it's nice when Tex dot gives us millions to build concrete yeah I want to be I will put

799
01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:50,480
 you we'll have it in a later discussion of asphalt versus concrete I'll put you in touch

800
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:56,320
 with this man who will tell you all about that I will say that this is going to be be

801
01:07:56,320 --> 01:08:01,440
 careful what you ask for on Bonnie Bray six because we desperately need to do it but then

802
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:07,320
 your poor office or Dr. Butts will be fielding so many complaints about the construction

803
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:14,120
 on Bonnie Bray six I feel very sympathetic yeah going forward yeah no it's it's the

804
01:08:14,120 --> 01:08:18,080
 complaints are coming so we're we're handling them best we can have you got a projection

805
01:08:18,080 --> 01:08:25,000
 on this completion date q2 of 27 will be final completion for Bonnie Bray six yeah it's early

806
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:34,320
 q2 it's April right now what about around around the stadium stadium will be done I

807
01:08:34,320 --> 01:08:41,720
 think October November timeframe is what we're tracking right now okay thank you yes sir

808
01:08:41,720 --> 01:08:47,240
 okay Riley Road East this is another one that is under construction so contractors actually

809
01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:52,160
 out there it was awarded through council in March so we've issued the NTP they're supposed

810
01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:57,880
 to be done by December of 2026 just as a reminder this is from Reeves Elementary where Bonnie

811
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:05,360
 Bray six stopped going east to US 77 so connecting those sidewalks widening the roadway and then

812
01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:10,160
 also including the trails through North Lakes Park so they are actively working on the trails

813
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:15,280
 through North Lakes Park is where they are starting and when will that start finish it

814
01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:22,580
 is under construction now it will be complete December of 26 okay the one of the documents

815
01:09:22,580 --> 01:09:28,840
 that he we can have him cover in a second is is those ETA charts yeah West Gate Road

816
01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:34,560
 phase one so this is the east west connector to Bronco Way we are just about done so we

817
01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:39,800
 have opened that up to traffic they are literally completing some punch list items so April

818
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:47,680
 2026 will be final completion that's a beautiful road I drive it to take my daughter to dance

819
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:53,400
 class over in that shopping center one of the things I noticed the lighting is spectacular

820
01:09:53,400 --> 01:10:01,000
 in this area there is there are double lights through the medians however those stop when

821
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:05,600
 you get anywhere close to the high school and there is not a there's not a street light

822
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:11,760
 to be found I'm curious is there any way we can add more lighting to in front base I guess

823
01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:16,760
 it would be Bronco Way why why is there no lighting over there by the school yeah so

824
01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:23,720
 I don't know why it was not included when Kingsridge and didn't ISD was built so we

825
01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:30,880
 can work with DME to see if it's a future CIP project or DME wants to look at incorporating

826
01:10:30,880 --> 01:10:36,240
 that lighting coming all the way through again we build it kind of a standard with our projects

827
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:43,480
 then DME maintains it again with it not being done by a capital project being private developments

828
01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:47,880
 I don't have a great answer for you why it was not included yeah and bring this back

829
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:56,360
 up at the future items item all right neighborhood 5B in Oakland so we're currently under design

830
01:10:56,360 --> 01:11:01,840
 still we're expecting 90 percent design here in April good news we were able to acquire

831
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:05,740
 the property behind the movie tavern that's going to be the site for the detention pond

832
01:11:05,740 --> 01:11:12,000
 next to the fairgrounds so we were able to reach a volunteer or a voluntary offer settlement

833
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:17,240
 with that property owner so it is currently headed towards closing that's great news McKinney

834
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:23,760
 sidewalks this has also been awarded and is under construction and so the the interim's

835
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:27,920
 McKinney sidewalk improvements are going I saw the surveyors out there yesterday laying

836
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:33,440
 out some of the staking so again they are projected to be complete September of 26 both

837
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:38,760
 sides one side one side the the south side south side then but you cross over and go

838
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:42,800
 on the north or something as I remember it no it's all south we are consistent on the

839
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:50,720
 south from loop 288 all the way to Audra all right Nottingham whatever the Colorado Woodrow

840
01:11:50,720 --> 01:11:59,600
 Woodrow it the the road that changes four different times yeah yes okay Ryan Road currently

841
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:05,800
 at 90 percent design we are in active right away acquisition so we needed 30 plus parcels

842
01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:10,480
 I think we've acquired roughly half of them the other half are in negotiations we will

843
01:12:10,480 --> 01:12:15,100
 have a few in eminent domain so again kind of holding at 90 percent design there till

844
01:12:15,100 --> 01:12:20,840
 we get completed and then lastly Hickory Creek three everybody's favorite bridge we have

845
01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:26,120
 cleared all of the gas line conflicts so if you haven't been out there or seen it recently

846
01:12:26,120 --> 01:12:31,200
 they've actually hung the beams over the creek which is fantastic looking they're working

847
01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:37,520
 on the bridge deck we're still on track to be done q1 of 27 and hopefully by the fall

848
01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:42,760
 we're going to have traffic going across that bridge which will be much needed connection

849
01:12:42,760 --> 01:12:51,280
 for for everybody out there awesome sounds all right so here's the the Gantt chart for

850
01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:55,960
 those different projects so again happy to answer any questions I tried to include those

851
01:12:55,960 --> 01:13:06,680
 end dates very good yes sir thank you thank you all right last item is the DCTA trip report

852
01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:13,800
 again this is showing all of our projects from 2021 through 25 and then again what we

853
01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:21,440
 covered today will be the 2026 submission so happy to answer any questions I know it's

854
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:27,400
 a lot of information is probably very small I've got to see most of them in progress and

855
01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:32,160
 many of them completed so thank you for accelerating those I think I know that they languished

856
01:13:32,160 --> 01:13:36,720
 for a while and it's similar to your comments that you said earlier in the session where

857
01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:45,960
 we're getting them going and so yeah I'm pleased also questions comments on this before we

858
01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:55,880
 move on no all right all right so lastly we have the future items matrix so I heard we'll

859
01:13:55,880 --> 01:14:02,160
 keep number one on there that we had marked for removal with the the bike bus program

860
01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:07,760
 we are proposing to remove the mobility plan introduction Farhan was able to complete that

861
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:17,320
 and then our trip funding application the presentation I went through will be removed

862
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:21,200
 all right any any questions about removal I mean I know we don't vote on them anymore

863
01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:27,080
 that's the new change any questions on removal before we go into things that you would like

864
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:35,400
 to see added no all right I will lead on on one and and I'm not sure if this is an item

865
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:39,760
 so I will leave this to staff whether it's an it's an item to add or whether it's just

866
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:46,120
 something that you think about and that is there's been some citizens in Denia that have

867
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:52,240
 contacted me they're concerned about sort of the combination of road widths parking

868
01:14:52,240 --> 01:15:02,600
 and and general traffic patterns in the Denia Roselon area where we're old Denia interfaces

869
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:12,080
 with new rose lawn neighborhood and they just want to know if the road widths and the parking

870
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:22,720
 combo are contributing to an unusual accident engagement safety issues they're particularly

871
01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:27,600
 concerned about lots of on-street parking contributing to visibility and vision zero

872
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:33,360
 issues so I don't know if that's so specific that it doesn't need to be on the matrix

873
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:38,480
 but that is that is the request from that neighborhood to explore that yeah I think

874
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:43,520
 transportation services said they can take a look at that okay we can get back and then

875
01:15:43,520 --> 01:15:48,480
 others that you want to think about adding Commissioner Pam as we discussed earlier I'd

876
01:15:48,480 --> 01:15:55,640
 like to either do some kind of evaluation or see how we can add lighting to complete

877
01:15:55,640 --> 01:16:00,360
 from Westgate over I guess to where reiney road I'm assuming reiney road will have a

878
01:16:00,360 --> 01:16:06,520
 lighting plan but there seems to be a gap there on bronco way in front of the high school

879
01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:12,920
 so I think that that would be one another another thing I'd like to offer for consideration

880
01:16:12,920 --> 01:16:20,600
 is I don't know if this might be a more of a code thing I'm not quite sure but maybe

881
01:16:20,600 --> 01:16:29,160
 we could start with some kind of a audit bike pedestrian audit the shopping center the main

882
01:16:29,160 --> 01:16:39,000
 shopping center along University Drive that it's you know El Matador and Kroger has a

883
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:48,160
 dead center good old Denton Center this place where I frequent a lot there that that property

884
01:16:48,160 --> 01:16:52,680
 is a long University Drive where there is a lack of a sidewalk which I understand is

885
01:16:52,680 --> 01:17:03,560
 a text dot thing I I would like to know how we can ensure that if people are required

886
01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:12,360
 to use basically a parking lot because there is not a sidewalk facility is there any way

887
01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:18,100
 we can maybe do an audit of that area to find out where are people walking and if if there's

888
01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:24,680
 a way we could collaborate with that property owner to either have a painted designated

889
01:17:24,680 --> 01:17:31,040
 area for people to walk or bike so just kind of putting that out there this is an area

890
01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:38,280
 that I fear will likely not have any place to walk or bike for a long time on that side

891
01:17:38,280 --> 01:17:43,660
 of the road and it's just it's very busy and there's there's just it's not clear where

892
01:17:43,660 --> 01:17:49,040
 to go and it feels very sketchy and dangerous we've got kit my kids bike over there to go

893
01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:56,800
 shopping so I it's in that weird gray area because it's on a private property so I don't

894
01:17:56,800 --> 01:18:01,800
 know how we can how I'm not sure quite how to tie it into a bow maybe you guys can find

895
01:18:01,800 --> 01:18:07,280
 a way to make it make sense sidewalk on the south side is there not sure but there's no

896
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:12,180
 intersection between Carroll and then all the way to Fulton and there's this there that

897
01:18:12,180 --> 01:18:16,780
 almost that entire way there's no sidewalk on the north side on the north side sure but

898
01:18:16,780 --> 01:18:21,000
 that's where all the shopping is so where people walking yeah if you're trying to get

899
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:26,500
 across the parking lot to the church or to my neighborhood there is no way to walk that

900
01:18:26,500 --> 01:18:28,640
 way unless you're walking through a parking lot.

901
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:32,600
 Seth did you have a comment yeah I was gonna say I think transportation services can look

902
01:18:32,600 --> 01:18:37,400
 at and evaluate it is a text audit in a private property facility so I think we can probably

903
01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:41,320
 come back with something okay cool that'd be great.

904
01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:47,500
 Other other items on the matrix before we move on anything else from you that is it

905
01:18:47,500 --> 01:18:55,500
 all right so then we will move on to concluding items any concluding items all right well

906
01:18:55,500 --> 01:19:03,100
 hearing none then I will end the meeting at 1119 and thank you staff and everyone for

907
01:19:03,100 --> 01:19:04,100
 your time.

908
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:05,120
 And when do we meet again.