WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.080 I'm stepping in to run the meeting. 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:12.860 We have a quorum, and we will get started at 10 o'clock. 00:00:12.860 --> 00:00:14.760 First thing on the agenda is citizen comments. 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:16.200 Do we have any citizen comments? 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:19.200 We do not have any citizen comments. 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:23.200 So with that, we will move on to item 2 for individual consideration. 00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:30.200 There will be 2A, MC26006, consider approval of the minutes from February 25th, 2026. 00:00:30.200 --> 00:00:31.200 The chair will entertain a motion. 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:35.360 I looked over them in there, as I recall, so I make a motion that they be approved as 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:36.360 submitted. 00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:37.360 I second it. 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:38.360 All right. 00:00:38.360 --> 00:00:45.600 So we have a motion for approval from Councilor Holland and a second from Commissioner Ziegel. 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:46.600 All in favor say aye. 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:47.600 Aye. 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:48.600 Chair is also an aye. 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:56.360 Council passes 4-0. 00:00:56.360 --> 00:00:57.360 All right. 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:04.040 With that, we will move on to item 2B, MC26007, receive a report, hold discussion regarding 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:09.480 the Mobility Plan Boot Camp, Part 4, to introduce and share the information of different elements 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:11.120 of the Mobility Plan. 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:13.800 With that, I will turn it over to Dr. Butt. 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:18.880 Good morning, Chair and committee members, Farhan Butt, Deputy Director, Transportation 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:20.200 Services Division. 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:28.400 I'm here to present the last part of the Mobility Plan Boot Camp series of presentations. 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:37.320 This presentation would cover the most significant part of the Mobility Plan and even Comprehensive 00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:42.740 Plan process, which is stakeholder engagement and public engagement process. 00:01:42.740 --> 00:01:49.960 This is the Part 4 and then with this presentation, we will complete the Boot Camp presentation 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:51.760 series. 00:01:51.760 --> 00:02:00.240 So we start with, again, we have to link this Mobility Plan stakeholder engagement process 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:07.700 to Comprehensive Plan because these two planning documents are interlinked and they rely on 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:13.080 each other, Comprehensive Plan informs the Mobility Plan and Mobility Plan then based 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:23.480 on that information and then its own processes, it just moves on on focused areas. 00:02:23.480 --> 00:02:28.960 Comprehensive Plan has four goals when it comes to mobility component and these goals, 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:34.560 when it comes to public engagement process, these goals emphasize safe and efficient mobility 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:44.480 with goal M1 and where it encourages or it emphasizes that even for these key items like 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:52.640 Vision Zero Plan, refining strategy and travel demand management should be looked at from 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:55.040 the public engagement standpoint. 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:04.480 Goal M2, which is Enhanced Economy, which is linked to Enhanced Economy and then it talks 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:10.320 about community balance when it comes to public engagement process and safety outreach. 00:03:10.320 --> 00:03:18.000 So when it comes to community balance, for instance, it focuses on how the transportation 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:24.400 and mobility decisions have to be interlinked to land use policy and then how they should 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:32.480 be addressed in preferences and choices in alignment with public preferences and choices. 00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:40.000 And the same is safety outreach element in goal M2 where it says that safety, any safety 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:48.560 enhancements and priorities should be in line with the preferences and of the public engagement 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.560 process. 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:54.860 Goal M3, which is Non-Motorized Mobility, which is essentially, which covers, which 00:03:54.860 --> 00:03:59.280 completes the mobility scape for any city. 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:06.760 For instance, the common understanding would be that significant part of city's mobility 00:04:06.760 --> 00:04:08.420 would be auto trips. 00:04:08.420 --> 00:04:16.320 But contrary to that, the pedestrian and bicycle trips and all other modes that are there on 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:19.760 the road should be treated as a mode. 00:04:19.760 --> 00:04:24.920 That's what Comprehensive Plan emphasizes through this goal and it says that public engagement 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:30.320 should be priority when it comes to dissing and making process, education and outreach 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:37.400 should be there to bring awareness on how these, how certain aspects of enforcement, 00:04:37.400 --> 00:04:42.240 for example, or compliance with the signages is important. 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:49.640 And wayfinding strategy is another aspect which the goal covers and emphasizes on, which 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:57.480 essentially means that the striping, marking, signages, and all other aspects that talk 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:05.620 about informing public on possible routes and possible first mile and last mile connectivity 00:05:05.620 --> 00:05:07.360 should be there. 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:12.640 Public sector collaboration is also a component of that and funding strategies is, of course, 00:05:12.640 --> 00:05:17.800 that it's, you know, most of these funds, most of these projects would require funding 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:23.480 and they are usually external or internal, but they should be looked at. 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:29.760 Goal M4 is linked to public transit emphasis, which looks at public input on development 00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:36.780 and where it emphasizes that whenever a new development is coming, go to public and go 00:05:36.780 --> 00:05:41.640 through this public engagement process and then get the public buy-in. 00:05:41.640 --> 00:05:47.800 And special events is also part of that and community design incentives is also part of 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:52.840 that public engagement strategy according to comprehensive plan goals. 00:05:52.840 --> 00:05:58.760 And regional advocacy and transit studies are also a component of this. 00:05:58.760 --> 00:06:02.920 Before you advance, are these flat goals? 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:08.640 I mean, there's no prioritization ranking for goals one through four. 00:06:08.640 --> 00:06:09.640 It's a flat hierarchy? 00:06:09.640 --> 00:06:16.200 They are listed as such and then they -- it is context sensitive always. 00:06:16.200 --> 00:06:20.520 So it depends on what kind of project we are looking at and what development it is. 00:06:20.520 --> 00:06:22.700 And with that, the priorities would change. 00:06:22.700 --> 00:06:28.400 For example, in some projects, we'll have pedestrian safety as a priority. 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:33.160 In other projects, we would have public/private partnerships as a priority. 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:35.160 So I think it depends what project it is. 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:36.160 It's context-sensitive. 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:41.200 Thank you. 00:06:41.200 --> 00:06:48.640 So the next step, when we -- after covering how comprehensive plan focuses on public engagement 00:06:48.640 --> 00:06:54.200 process and different avenues of it, then mobility plan is informed by that process. 00:06:54.200 --> 00:07:00.240 And as a matter of fact, the three key components in developing mobility plan rely on -- the 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.680 first one is stakeholder engagement. 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.840 And the second is technical analysis and third is implementation. 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:13.540 So stakeholder engagement is where continuous engagement process is emphasized where in, 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:17.560 for instance, in the mobility plan development process, it occurred throughout the mobility 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:19.520 plan development process. 00:07:19.520 --> 00:07:25.220 Then stakeholders involved included residents, city staff, and technical stakeholders including 00:07:25.220 --> 00:07:29.760 TxDOT, DCTA, Denton ISD, and Denton County. 00:07:29.760 --> 00:07:36.200 And of course, public residents and business owners are part of that as well. 00:07:36.200 --> 00:07:40.560 And then public meetings, these numbers are snapshot in time. 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:45.880 They are relative to that process that was followed previously for mobility plan development, 00:07:45.880 --> 00:07:47.480 but of course, they may change. 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:52.560 But I think the key information here is that we have public meetings for this planning 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:57.280 document, development of this important planning document for the city, and we have city council 00:07:57.280 --> 00:07:59.820 and planning, zoning, work sessions. 00:07:59.820 --> 00:08:06.280 We have bicycle focus group meetings, city staff meetings, internal meetings, and then 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:08.140 multiple technical committee meetings. 00:08:08.140 --> 00:08:14.640 And not to talk about these stakeholders, getting buy-in from them is also a key aspect 00:08:14.640 --> 00:08:17.860 of mobility plan development. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:24.520 As an example, for comprehensive plan development, the duration was around August 13 to October 00:08:24.520 --> 00:08:26.520 11, 2019. 00:08:26.520 --> 00:08:31.440 There were 380 responses on surveys, which is another strategy for public engagement 00:08:31.440 --> 00:08:32.440 process. 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:36.280 And over 380 were collected, and this is just for comprehensive plan. 00:08:36.280 --> 00:08:41.240 And so for each of these strategic planning documents, when we are developing those or 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:51.480 updating those, public feedback is a key input to drive any strategies that we are talking 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:56.760 about in these planning documents. 00:08:56.760 --> 00:09:03.560 So as an example, Denton mobility plan goals, where they are focused on public engagement, 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:08.880 we can share an example of providing comfortable -- for goal 8 and 9, we can give an example 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:13.680 of providing comfortable and low-stress opportunities to walk and bike, for example. 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:18.760 So in this case, when the mobility plan is highlighting that we have to provide comfortable 00:09:18.760 --> 00:09:25.000 and low-stress opportunities to walk and bike, our first -- as city staff, our first objective 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:32.120 would be to go to the users or road users who are bikers or pedestrians and get the 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:33.680 feedback from them. 00:09:33.680 --> 00:09:40.320 And so the next step, of course, is that we get public input on bicycle plan, for example, 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.760 and we will look at current condition analysis. 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:47.680 We are exploring existing conditions of the bicycle network. 00:09:47.680 --> 00:09:55.000 We also would look at public feedback on preferred bicycle routes and facilities. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:10:00.920 That is in line with mobility plan development process or update process. 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:05.520 And then future improvements will also be looked at that will align with mobility plan 00:10:05.520 --> 00:10:11.680 goals guided by public input and then designed to reflect community priorities. 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:17.840 So this is one planning document, but we can almost replicate that for any major study 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:18.840 that we go. 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:26.800 For instance, if we are doing prioritization of bike or pedestrian network, if we are prioritizing 00:10:26.800 --> 00:10:31.520 these project, once we have a prioritized list based on staff's technical analysis, 00:10:31.520 --> 00:10:36.920 we will take those prioritized projects or larger list of projects to public and have 00:10:36.920 --> 00:10:41.120 the public engagement process and we'll just say that these are the prioritized projects, 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.480 what's the feedback, and then that feedback will be incorporated into our prioritization 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:50.040 process and we'll be able to reshuffle the projects. 00:10:50.040 --> 00:10:55.880 Of course, constructability and cost is another factor, but public feedback is also one of 00:10:55.880 --> 00:11:00.720 the top priorities, not only for mobility plan or planning documents, but for all of 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.440 our projects. 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:04.680 So that's an important piece. 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:10.920 Without that feedback, the projects would not move forward. 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:17.260 Some example guidelines for public engagement in transportation planning, we tried to, staff 00:11:17.260 --> 00:11:23.920 tried to cover that from all three resolutions or jurisdictions standpoint. 00:11:23.920 --> 00:11:28.840 We have federal level resources available where we have public involvement and outreach 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:37.320 in transportation planning guidelines published in 2025 by FDA, which is Federal Transit Administration, 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.360 and then promising practices for meaningful public involvement. 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:47.000 It is a US DOT document, which is published in 2022. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:53.320 These are hyperlinks on the slides, and these documents could be accessed by just clicking 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.320 on them. 00:11:54.320 --> 00:12:04.000 The same is with TxDOT, staff has resources, or all jurisdictions within the TxDOT area, 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:09.400 they have access to this document, which is Strategic Public Engagement Guidance by TxDOT, 00:12:09.400 --> 00:12:18.360 and they are very useful not only for TxDOT projects, but also for city's staff for technical 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:21.320 guidance on some of the processes that we engage in. 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:26.520 Local level, we have public participation plan by NCTCOG, which is another major body 00:12:26.520 --> 00:12:33.120 for DFW, Public Engagement Processes, and that was updated in 2025. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:39.520 In general, the process hinges on these key factors, demographics, which means we have 00:12:39.520 --> 00:12:46.080 to be aware of where the jobs are, where the housing and where the population is located, 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:51.560 and where the significant projects are, or in terms of significant projects, where the 00:12:51.560 --> 00:12:52.960 transportation investments are. 00:12:52.960 --> 00:13:00.840 And then based on that, we reach out to public and then get their feedback. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:05.040 Some other aspects are durable community relationships, community needs. 00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:11.440 Through these public engagement processes, we are not so focused on the project only, 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:17.040 but many times, in many cases, this feedback that we get from public highlights many other 00:13:17.040 --> 00:13:18.040 aspects. 00:13:18.040 --> 00:13:25.040 For example, road safety, their concerns on critical intersections in the areas, and more. 00:13:25.040 --> 00:13:30.280 In many public engagement that staff has been involved, we always get a lot of other feedback 00:13:30.280 --> 00:13:35.120 that public feels strongly about or they have concerns about, and then we note them down 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:40.400 and bring them to analyze for other projects that we are working on. 00:13:40.400 --> 00:13:49.880 Technology is an important aspect where staff would look at different avenues, which staff 00:13:49.880 --> 00:13:52.440 will cover in the later slide. 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:57.920 Staff do not rely on one avenue where we just go to reach out to public, but we have many 00:13:57.920 --> 00:14:08.680 methods, including web-based methods, crowdsourcing, and then using postal mail or mail cards and 00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:14.200 many other avenues that we utilize to inform public of any engagement opportunities or 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:18.640 any major projects. 00:14:18.640 --> 00:14:25.400 These projects, we share the community's impact with not only internally, but with the stakeholders 00:14:25.400 --> 00:14:27.840 as well. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:33.640 This is just an example of public engagement process that city goes through and where we 00:14:33.640 --> 00:14:45.200 not only inform public of notice of public hearing, we have advertisements, we have postcards, 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:53.200 and many other avenues, and as I mentioned, crowdsourcing is one of them as well. 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:58.360 This is another example of technology where we have development notifications, we have 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:04.480 the community's website, and we have anybody from the community or stakeholders could access 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:11.680 this website and sign in, register with the website, and ask about any project, and then 00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:15.700 they'll be sent notifications on those projects whenever the new information is updated or 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:18.400 any updates are available. 00:15:18.400 --> 00:15:27.480 This is another example of technology-based information to public where we, as an example, 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:38.000 we have Denton Vision Zero action plan, link or page for Let's Discuss Denton website, 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:44.440 and entire information about the project, updates, public engagement opportunities, 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:49.720 contact persons, point of contacts, everything is listed in there. 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:56.240 If the website does not answer these questions, the staff could be reached via email and phone 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:03.320 numbers are provided, so they can be reached by the public or any stakeholder for any additional 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.120 questions. 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:12.920 So this process combines accessibility, transparency, and multiple engagement options, ensuring 00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:16.960 inclusive and responsive community involvement process. 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.860 This essentially means that we are not just taking one avenue, we have multiple avenues 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:26.200 for public to engage in these processes. 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:34.400 Our key takeaways from this boot camp are that early and ongoing stakeholder engagement 00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:42.280 is extremely important so that we don't get this feedback from residents and the community 00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:46.840 in the middle of the project, but early on, so that if there are any critical changes 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:54.760 needed, we could do those without spending a lot of resources on the previous plan, whatever 00:16:54.760 --> 00:16:57.200 it was decided, without public engagement. 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:03.240 So I think our emphasis is that we need to get the public feedback right on when we are 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.520 in the early stage of the project so that we take it as an input, critical input. 00:17:08.520 --> 00:17:15.880 Alignment with the community is another aspect, community priorities is another aspect where 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:24.920 staff ensures that community's preferences, of course, given priority, but we have to 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:30.000 tread it very carefully because in many cases there is a safety risk, and so we have to 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:35.960 weigh in and we have to inform public that yes, even though there is a desire to go into 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:42.640 a certain avenue, but from design standards and from safety requirements, we have to opt 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.640 for this option. 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:48.240 So I think that's a very tricky part where staff has to be very careful in making sure 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:53.520 that we are not compromising on safety and critical pieces of the project. 00:17:53.520 --> 00:17:59.160 At the same time, we have to balance community needs by getting their feedback as well. 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:03.720 So this is dealt with when we are designing projects, especially, and we are covering 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:06.320 those aspects carefully. 00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:12.240 Strong integration of public input into bicycle pedestrian transit is an important element. 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:20.440 It is where this public engagement process serves for us as our eyes because we get feedback 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:26.720 directly by the users, and they inform us where the pain points are, where the updates 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:33.600 have to be made, and so that's very critical, and for almost all of our projects, that is 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:34.600 the case. 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:39.040 Be it short-term implementation, we reach out to public, we have public engagement process. 00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:51.300 As a process, we have another step now where we try to get community feedback and community 00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:56.960 consensus on a certain implementation that we are doing before we go and invest dollars 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.960 on that. 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:00.280 Collaboration is with other agencies. 00:19:00.280 --> 00:19:06.100 In many cases, TaxDOT in particular, we have Andenton County and DCTA. 00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:10.400 These are the three key stakeholders where we have to continuously collaborate with them. 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:12.560 Any project that we launch, we have to collaborate. 00:19:12.560 --> 00:19:18.240 In particular, if the intersection is -- we are working on intersection that is where 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.360 TaxDOT-maintained facility is involved or Denton County-maintained facility is involved, 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:25.160 we cannot just make the calls unilaterally. 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:31.240 We, almost in all cases, will have to bring them on board and get their feedback, and 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:33.640 in addition to public engagement process. 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:37.520 And quality and equity is always the case. 00:19:37.520 --> 00:19:40.840 We have to look for zero-car households. 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:44.160 We have to look for first and last mile connectivity. 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:51.400 We have to cover -- as staff, we have to look for areas that federal guidelines and state 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.720 guidelines ask us to be careful of. 00:19:54.720 --> 00:20:02.320 Even in NCTCOG has guidelines that we have to include in our decision-making process. 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:08.120 And then there is a long-term project support is there as well, and for implementation success, 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:11.600 if there is a project that is a long-term project, it's a continuous process. 00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:18.080 We go reach out to public for each phase, and during the each phase, and then as I stated 00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:27.560 earlier, we have technology avenues where public can reach out to staff, project managers 00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:34.440 by registering through the development websites, or discuss Denton page, or Denton 311. 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:41.640 Many avenues are there where public could reach out, and we can provide the feedback. 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:46.160 Excellent, thank you. 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:50.520 Questions for Dr. Butt? 00:20:50.520 --> 00:20:55.160 Well it will come as no surprise that I have some questions. 00:20:55.160 --> 00:21:04.880 So I'm not sure which slide this was, but one of the things that you were deciding on 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:12.560 in the mobility plan, let's see if I can find it, was this idea that the destination 00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:21.560 pathing, I think it was maybe slide four or five, but when you're trying -- when you're 00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:29.680 designing and addressing the network that we have now, how do we define -- I mean, how 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:34.600 do we define the nodes that we're trying to design the network around? 00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:38.840 I mean, obviously some of them are obvious, like, okay, we have certain arterials, and 00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:44.720 we could take it down to an individual house or an individual business, but I know you 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:52.040 don't have the time or the resources to design the network at -- probably at that level. 00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:57.080 How -- in the engagement process, how are you defining the priorities? 00:21:57.080 --> 00:22:03.760 And I'll give you some context for the nodes, rather, and the context for this question 00:22:03.760 --> 00:22:10.120 is, is it based on community -- and this is all about engagement, is it based on community 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:15.720 feedback, or is it based on utilization tracking? 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.160 Because those are -- they can be out of sync. 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:23.440 Yeah, so I'm assuming that this is for bite-fed context. 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:27.080 For -- yes, in particular, but for mobility in general. 00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:34.000 Yeah, so in this case, we have design, and that design would essentially be guided by 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.000 the standards. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:38.780 So that is one -- on one side of the equation. 00:22:38.780 --> 00:22:43.160 Then another side of equation is that we -- the data that we have on the nodes, especially 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:45.300 I'm talking about how we decide about the nodes. 00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:51.360 So the data will tell us that, okay, this project is transit-heavy or public transportation-heavy, 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:54.820 or this project is for autos. 00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:59.800 If it is a signal optimization process or intersection that we are addressing, then 00:22:59.800 --> 00:23:06.600 intersection design would include features that would be addressing all of those components. 00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:08.080 How we decide that node? 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:13.600 The data tells us that the utility -- for example, in case of intersection, the data 00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:17.840 will tell us that level of service is too bad and there are too many users here during 00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.840 the peak. 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:21.800 So that is a defining metric for us. 00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:27.120 But then the public process, in addition, will tell us that what's the priority here? 00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:38.360 Public wants a fully-operated signal, or they are -- they don't want it, or they want pedestrian 00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:43.500 signal, or what the priority is, or they don't want to touch it. 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.500 So that's one example. 00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:48.600 The other example is, let's say the project is bike-pad-oriented. 00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:51.300 Then how we decide the node is important? 00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:59.580 The data will tell us that how many Go Zone riders, how many bus riders or bus passengers 00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:06.400 are in this area, and then we'll make the call that where they're coming from, likely 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:11.720 where the neighborhoods are, and do we have first and last mile covered, and then we go 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.960 to public for feedback. 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:24.960 So that design of that facility, be it a sidewalk or a multi-use path, including sidewalk and 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:31.960 bike lane, the design will cover the standards and city's requirements, code requirements, 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:36.840 but then we'll go to public to ask questions that, what's not working? 00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:38.740 Help us figure that out. 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:43.740 And then that feedback would go and amend some of the design strategies. 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:50.320 For instance, if we were initially thinking that there will be a multi-use path with sidewalk 00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.420 and bike lane. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:58.820 If public feedback process tells us that, no, we want on-street bike lane with buffer, 00:24:58.820 --> 00:25:03.560 so that will be given consideration, but of course, if the right of way is not there, 00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:10.180 if there are challenges, then staff will have to choose one of the two. 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:14.560 So this is the process, data tells us a lot of things, but then based on the data, we 00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:19.040 will make a call on what kind of design would be there, and then we have public feedback 00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:20.040 as well. 00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:24.680 And then of course, it is taken to mobility committee and several other stakeholders. 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:26.900 No, I appreciate that. 00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:34.520 I think I just encourage us to make sure that sometimes we always have to follow, I mean, 00:25:34.520 --> 00:25:39.800 the whole point of having this oversight board is trying to give community feedback, and 00:25:39.800 --> 00:25:43.480 that's why we have citizens on the board. 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:49.920 But also sometimes, to your point about the data, sometimes we utilize networks in ways 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:57.300 that we don't think we do, and we ask as citizens for you to engage in particular design standards 00:25:57.300 --> 00:26:01.240 that don't match our use patterns because we don't understand our own use patterns, 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:03.440 and I'm not trying to be arrogant on that. 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:07.460 That's where your comment about the data is really critical. 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:12.340 But then making sure the public understands, okay, we can do that, but this is the way 00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:14.880 you are actually doing it. 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:18.440 You're not doing it the way you think you're doing it, but we'll do it the way you want, 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:22.240 but just be aware that it's not matching. 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.240 That sort of comment. 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:31.500 And then I guess my other question is, and often you have a fair bit of marketing communication 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:38.000 issues that are outside of your transportation main priorities. 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:42.200 And across all the departments in the city, there's this idea of how do we make the public 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:46.960 aware of, get their feedback and make them aware. 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:54.320 And so I guess the following on from that, again, what sort of passive feedback are you 00:26:54.320 --> 00:27:07.660 using, more tracking, but then also what new engagement modalities are you employing? 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:10.960 Because it used to be like everything was just pushed out to the newspaper, but now 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:15.400 nobody reads newspapers anymore below a certain age. 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:23.820 And so what new ideas are you using to reach the public as the engagement types change 00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:26.400 with the generations is what I'm asking. 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.400 Yes. 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:33.080 So in this case, one aspect is that community consensus. 00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:39.240 So that is one of the, I think based on our experiences with public engagement processes, 00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:48.480 we realized that before we make any significant progress on a project, be it a smaller project, 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:53.720 installing a sign, always top sign or a larger one, we need to have community consensus. 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:59.720 So what staff has been doing most recently, we have developed surveys, these surveys are 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:09.880 available online and as well via internet and manually on paper as well. 00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:15.840 But we do, we shared those surveys with the community representatives, HOA representatives 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:17.400 or community representatives. 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:21.280 And then we request them, in person we go meet with them and we request that, could 00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:27.080 you get a consensus on this intervention that we are trying to make here or improvement? 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:31.920 In many cases, that request would come from public or residents that we want stop sign, 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:38.400 but we want to have consensus from the community because our experience is that in many cases, 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:42.420 that intervention or that improvement would be requested by three, four community members. 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:47.960 But when we go to larger public engagement session with them, we find out that the community 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.960 does not want it. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.740 So I think that is one step that we are doing. 00:28:51.740 --> 00:29:00.640 And as I stated in my previous slides, we have development notifications, we have City 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:07.320 of Denton public engagement process, we are let's discuss Denton, this is internet based. 00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:10.760 And then apart from that, we have Denton 311. 00:29:10.760 --> 00:29:13.680 So these are the three avenues which are available. 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:20.240 Denton 311 is the most effective because it ties to timeline. 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:25.840 It is dependent on, as staff, we have to respond to that within a certain timeframe. 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:31.240 And then also, it is followed by CMO and our department leadership as well, personally, 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.520 that what happened to this request that came. 00:29:33.520 --> 00:29:37.040 So I think this is how tightly it is followed. 00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:43.920 And then for division leadership, that division leadership follows on that as well for Denton 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.920 311. 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:49.320 For let's discuss Denton, we have provided complete information on major projects, which 00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:54.840 means that the point of contacts, not only the information that we are sharing during 00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:59.640 the projects, for example, Vision Zero, what surveys were done, what are the outcomes, 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:04.700 what are the high injury network, all of those details are there for public. 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:06.520 And then public process was there as well. 00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:12.400 But then on top of that, the project manager's contact information is there and division 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:14.560 leads contact information is there as well. 00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:18.240 No, those are all good in terms of receiving feedback. 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.240 My last comment will simply be sort of playing off of that. 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:25.680 And one of the things that we've seen, and it's not so much in your division, but it 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:33.440 overlaps your division, is that as we've done utility and street construction, there's a 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:41.080 thirst for more of a push awareness of when we're making transitory changes. 00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:43.240 Oh, this street is offline at this time. 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:45.560 This storm drain is offline at this time. 00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:51.880 And people, as we do these mobility changes, so I'm going to encourage you to explore things. 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:57.040 I don't want to say like the alert Denton where we get the phone notifications. 00:30:57.040 --> 00:31:03.640 But in that concept where there's a push, hey, there's a change in your neighborhood 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.640 that's coming. 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:09.480 So to get in front of, our brains are very busy and people need to be aware. 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:17.760 And you will probably make yourself have less complaints if people are aware that something 00:31:17.760 --> 00:31:20.920 you're doing is active. 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:26.280 And that may be more of a capital projects or a marketing communication than your division. 00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:28.880 But it's something to consider how to push things out. 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:32.720 We are working on work zone data exchange. 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:38.760 So that is, we applied transportation services applied for funding from NCTCOG and we received 00:31:38.760 --> 00:31:41.120 around $300,000 for this project. 00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:47.920 And we are developing a, I won't call it cutting edge tool, but it will be a very good tool 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:52.680 which will provide opportunity for our project managers, city's project managers from different 00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:55.240 departments to provide project updates. 00:31:55.240 --> 00:32:00.400 Be it work zones, be it long-term projects, and those would be instant. 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:09.360 And then these updates will be connected to Texas 511 data exchange, which essentially 00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:20.360 means is that all the dashboards, GPS or handheld phones or web-based DCN tools, they will be 00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:27.640 updated instantly and all of them will be reflecting any delays or any work zones on 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.900 Denton streets. 00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:31.400 This is a three years long project. 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:33.560 Transportation services is leading that project. 00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:39.920 This will be completely automated in alignment with Tech Start and NCTCOG. 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:43.120 And we anticipate that this will be delivered within two and a half years. 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:44.840 Well, that sounds very exciting. 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:46.160 Charlie, did I see you? 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:49.160 You wanted to make a comment? 00:32:49.160 --> 00:33:01.620 I was just going to say, I was going to mention the 311 and we can see if there's a way to 00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:06.400 tie it back to more of the project information and the CIP maps that we have. 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:12.400 Because that way when a road user gets an alert that there's construction happening, 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:16.640 maybe there's a way to push them back to what is that construction. 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:21.860 So you'll be notified via Waze or Google Maps when you're driving. 00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:26.560 Your car will say, hey, there's a right lane closed up here, shift to the left. 00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:27.560 You know it's coming. 00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:29.320 It won't be a surprise. 00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:33.840 And then maybe a way to route people back to what's going on here. 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:35.680 That would be a good way to do it. 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:42.400 No, those all sound really good and I appreciate the sort of more active push nature of that. 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.240 I think that'll leave you with a lot of concerns. 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.360 Go ahead. 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:59.780 Your stop sign example, how do you weigh, let me think, your professional opinion that 00:33:59.780 --> 00:34:10.380 an intersection needs a stop sign against the citizens, I'm struggling to phrase this. 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:12.700 You think there needs to be a stop sign there. 00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:18.320 The citizen says we don't want a stop sign there versus we'd like to have a stop sign 00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.320 here. 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.880 You don't think we need a stop sign here. 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:25.000 We had that example at Sundown Ranch type thing. 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:29.640 So stop sign is, first stop sign is not a speed regulatory mechanism. 00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.640 I understand. 00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.640 It is not. 00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:36.720 It is a decision choice mechanism where we provide road users through stop sign a decision 00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:40.140 choice that who comes first and who leaves later. 00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.840 So that's the first thing. 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:50.840 Stop signs are heavily guided by safety and what's safer for the community and then another 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:57.440 aspect is that our audit process tells us that if this will be happening. 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:04.880 In this case of Sundown, which you highlighted, we observed that the observation was that 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:15.720 the stop signs were already in place and the difficulty in that area was compliance. 00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:22.320 So if a road user is not complying to stop sign at 11 p.m., putting another stop sign, 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:24.120 that road user will still not comply. 00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:26.240 So I think that's a behavior issue. 00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:27.240 That's what we found. 00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:32.280 So in many cases, we are looking at audit report, our audit report and trying to figure 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:36.800 out what needs to happen, but it is not guided by speed. 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:38.120 Speed is not the regulatory mechanism. 00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:44.400 I guess my real question is how much weight is given to the request, and I'm just using 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.180 a stop sign as an example. 00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:55.520 How much weight is given to the neighborhood request for a stop sign versus your professional 00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:57.680 opinion for the need of a stop sign? 00:35:57.680 --> 00:36:00.100 So safety is first. 00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:08.880 So that one fatality that is bound to happen, as city staff, we are trying to prevent that. 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:16.080 And so when staff observe that this is waiting to happen any moment, and that's where that 00:36:16.080 --> 00:36:18.400 will trigger and that will be a priority. 00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:29.480 In other cases, if it is a residential community with low impacts, then we may consider, we 00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:32.560 may look into the process and say if we can avoid it. 00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:37.120 But in other locations where the safety is a top priority, we would just, even though 00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:43.100 the community's feedback is different, we will have to act on the standards and guidelines 00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:45.480 based on the knowledge that we have. 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.480 Okay. 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:50.080 You mentioned 311. 00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:52.680 And this is just a general question about 311. 00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:54.480 Walk me through the process. 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:56.480 The citizen calls 311. 00:36:56.480 --> 00:37:00.760 How quickly does your department, for example, respond? 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:05.080 This came up at a forum earlier, I guess, this week. 00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:09.200 How quickly does something happen when somebody calls 311? 00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:18.200 Typically, when the 311 receives a phone call, they would just decide that which department 00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:19.680 is going to. 00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:24.000 Most likely, if it comes to transportation services, we have a dedicated staff that looks 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:31.280 at Denton 311 inquiries, and then that staff would distribute the inquiry to appropriate 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.280 staff. 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:37.960 For example, if it is a traffic operations related inquiry, it will go towards to a staff 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:39.840 that is SME for traffic operations. 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:43.040 If it is ADA, then it goes to ADA. 00:37:43.040 --> 00:37:46.600 Immediately, staff would respond to that. 00:37:46.600 --> 00:37:52.120 That first person, staff dedicated to Denton 311, he will respond or she will respond that 00:37:52.120 --> 00:37:57.080 we have received your inquiry, and we will respond to it within this timeline, within 00:37:57.080 --> 00:37:58.920 24 hours. 00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:04.760 Then the dedicated staff for ADA or traffic operations will look into the inquiry, and 00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:10.000 this will be forwarded to city management and departmental leadership that we are auditing 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:15.560 this location, and we will be coming with our feedback within, typically, it is two 00:38:15.560 --> 00:38:21.280 weeks timeframe, within two weeks, because we have already got tasks in schedule. 00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:24.360 So we have to make sure that those tasks are not out of line. 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:30.000 Then after two weeks, we not only provide the audit findings, but also any implementation 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:34.840 timeline, and then that is published in the Friday report. 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.920 If I missed anything, Charlie, you can film. 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:42.320 Now, I think, generally, you will get a response within two business days, but like Farhan 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 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:49.120 got to schedule all that. 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 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 00:39:00.040 --> 00:39:03.960 that will be another point, a decision point, and then if there is implementation, then 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.720 whatever that implementation time is. 00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:06.720 Okay. 00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.720 Thank you. 00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:09.160 It is a very well structured process. 00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:10.160 Thank you. 00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:11.160 Commissioner Penn. 00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:12.160 Hey there. 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 00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:19.960 up for the notifications. 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 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 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 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, 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 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, 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 00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:19.240 as when we are getting feedback from neighborhoods if something potentially is going in, I am 00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:30.600 curious how staff might, is there a goal to have a representation of the demographics 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 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 00:40:46.520 --> 00:40:53.320 was able to present a stop sign type issue, our neighborhood actually only recently has 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 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 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 00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:20.400 is not at all representative of the variety, just ages alone, let alone different mobility 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:26.640 options, pretty much everyone who attends that meeting is only a car user and does not 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 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 00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:45.320 demographics of a specific area, and if the means to which we are getting the surveys 00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:51.400 or the feedback is that meeting that goal? 00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:57.400 Staff tries to address this issue as much as possible within our limits, for instance 00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:03.360 as we have been proactively informing bike coalition as well for many bike path projects, 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 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:18.720 of representation, and in many cases it is important because in our observation when 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 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 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. 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, 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 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 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:05.320 immediate neighborhood members in that area, that location where the stop sign or where 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 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, 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 00:43:22.080 --> 00:43:24.520 will be impacted directly would be enough. 00:43:24.520 --> 00:43:28.400 Would you send a letter or how do you actually contact? 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 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 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:44.400 them in person, and then after looking at, after auditing, we'll share the finding that 00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:49.480 that's a possibility, but we would like to get a larger feedback from the community, 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 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, 00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:01.800 we can provide that. 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:06.280 Yeah, and I see that's a challenge. 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 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 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 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 00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:36.400 people aren't attending meetings, people aren't opening their mail, people aren't signing 00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:41.360 up for these notifications, they're not checking email, they're not reading the newspaper, 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. 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 00:44:54.680 --> 00:45:02.760 code could be a generic landing page that then they could navigate, so we know people 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 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. 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 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 00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:30.880 to some kind of generic landing page, those signs could be reused everywhere in the city, 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.880 right? 00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:34.880 Charlie, you want to say something, or I could respond to that if you want. 00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:39.480 I just want to mention, Jasmine just let me know, the next mobility committee meeting 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 00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:45.840 that would be a good way to have that discussion. 00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:48.600 That would be great, okay. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.760 that data? 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, 00:46:36.560 --> 00:46:42.320 it has biases, but we have access to that data as well for BikePad users. 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 00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:55.680 trips are in many cases pretty straightforward, you look at Chris database, look at the crashes, 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 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:01.840 the call. 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 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 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:19.680 we have some additional data on BikePad users as well. 00:47:19.680 --> 00:47:20.680 Alright, cool. 00:47:20.680 --> 00:47:21.680 Thank you. 00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:23.120 Alright, thank you. 00:47:23.120 --> 00:47:26.960 Any other questions real quick, we were a little over, so we should probably move on 00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.960 to the next item. 00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.160 Anything else from you Dr. Butt on this item? 00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:31.160 Okay. 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 00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:47.720 the Proposed FY26 DCTA Transportation Reinvestment Program Trip Funding Application. 00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:56.200 Alright, good morning committee members, Seth Garcia, Director of Capital Projects, Honorary 00:47:56.200 --> 00:48:02.680 Member of the Transportation Services Division today, I'll be walking you through this brief 00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:08.080 presentation on our application for our trip funds for DCTA. 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 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 00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:24.320 different member cities, and then they keep 5% to administer the program. 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, 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 00:48:37.180 --> 00:48:38.180 by the asterisk. 00:48:38.180 --> 00:48:43.960 So again for project eligibility it has to be located primarily within the DCTA service 00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:50.320 areas, located within the boundaries of a DCTA member city, located within a quarter 00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:55.480 mile of any A train station or DCTA fixed bus route, and it demonstrates the project 00:48:55.480 --> 00:49:00.260 is financially sound. 00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:07.120 So staff is recommending one project, this is our Woodrow Lane sidewalk and trail improvement 00:49:07.120 --> 00:49:08.120 project. 00:49:08.120 --> 00:49:13.760 I'm going to get into the budget a little bit more on the next slide. 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 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 00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:35.420 down to the DCTA sidewalk that runs along the A train. 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 00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:47.360 contract and that would leave us about $420,000 to construct. 00:49:47.360 --> 00:49:51.120 We went through that feasibility study and found that our cost estimate to be able to 00:49:51.120 --> 00:49:58.160 put in potentially a 10 foot side path is roughly $2.2 to $2.4 million. 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 00:50:04.240 --> 00:50:07.560 to build that 2024 project. 00:50:07.560 --> 00:50:12.660 So again, we're currently in the design process working through that. 00:50:12.660 --> 00:50:18.200 This funding that we're requesting would go to fund the remainder of the construction. 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 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:26.960 design and then start construction spring of '27. 00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:29.640 Seth, I'm sorry. 00:50:29.640 --> 00:50:30.640 You're good. 00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:31.640 I beg your pardon. 00:50:31.640 --> 00:50:36.720 Tell me again, McKinney, Woodrow Lane from McKinney to where? 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. 00:50:43.120 --> 00:50:46.480 So it's just south of Spencer. 00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:48.200 That goes towards the DME. 00:50:48.200 --> 00:50:49.200 Okay. 00:50:49.200 --> 00:50:50.200 I got it. 00:50:50.200 --> 00:50:51.200 I got it now. 00:50:51.200 --> 00:50:52.200 Where the double line is. 00:50:52.200 --> 00:50:54.240 I just could not think of where that was. 00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:55.240 I got it now. 00:50:55.240 --> 00:50:56.240 Thank you. 00:50:56.240 --> 00:50:57.240 Perfect. 00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:58.240 By the memory care place. 00:50:58.240 --> 00:50:59.240 Yeah. 00:50:59.240 --> 00:51:00.240 I forget where that was. 00:51:00.240 --> 00:51:01.240 By DME. 00:51:01.240 --> 00:51:02.240 Yeah. 00:51:02.240 --> 00:51:03.240 I forget where that was. 00:51:03.240 --> 00:51:04.240 Remember? 00:51:04.240 --> 00:51:08.960 We want to receive your direction from this. 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 00:51:15.120 --> 00:51:17.080 grant funds. 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 00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:28.600 trip report that you'll get quarterly at this committee. 00:51:28.600 --> 00:51:29.600 And that is it. 00:51:29.600 --> 00:51:30.600 I can take any questions. 00:51:30.600 --> 00:51:34.320 Seth, I'm going to lead off real quick and then pass it to the board. 00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:43.560 We're requesting this one project for all of our allocation and Mobility is seeing numerous 00:51:43.560 --> 00:51:47.800 guiding concepts, particularly Safe Routes to School related and some of our Sycamore 00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:49.800 related. 00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:55.760 There's many Mobility projects throughout town because we still have a few bus routes 00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:57.040 in Denton. 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. 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:09.480 And I don't have a problem with this project. 00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:13.360 Why this project for all the money is my question. 00:52:13.360 --> 00:52:14.360 No great. 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 00:52:19.120 --> 00:52:22.100 study to match what we needed for construction. 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 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 00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:33.920 then shelf it. 00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:38.040 So that's one opportunity there is it provides the construction funding that we needed very 00:52:38.040 --> 00:52:41.400 close based of our estimate for the feasibility. 00:52:41.400 --> 00:52:47.960 The second is administratively it's better to do one and apply it here. 00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:52.160 Again this allows us to utilize these funds. 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 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 00:53:01.080 --> 00:53:04.220 to reallocate them it has to go back into the bucket. 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 00:53:09.520 --> 00:53:11.760 we lose access to those funds because they're tied to that. 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 00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:19.720 the construction funding that we're anticipating to need. 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 00:53:24.040 --> 00:53:27.840 I don't have any more questions. 00:53:27.840 --> 00:53:34.800 We have buses but how are trip funds allocated to the non-bus cities? 00:53:34.800 --> 00:53:37.760 That is a fantastic question I do not know. 00:53:37.760 --> 00:53:42.120 Because one of the requirements was near a route but Highland Village and everywhere 00:53:42.120 --> 00:53:44.640 else is just go zone. 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 00:53:50.360 --> 00:53:53.520 cities for trip funds? 00:53:53.520 --> 00:54:02.440 So I know that for Hanbat from transportation services I know staff knows that these funds 00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:10.680 are allocated but we can circle back on after confirming from DCTA that how those funds 00:54:10.680 --> 00:54:14.480 are allocated likely for go zones but we have to confirm. 00:54:14.480 --> 00:54:20.520 Okay I appreciate that board oh go ahead. 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 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 00:54:33.600 --> 00:54:39.240 to a path along the train but it's not connecting to the train correct? 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 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 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 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 00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:06.360 project's located within a quarter mile of an active bus route which is route three. 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 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 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 00:55:33.820 --> 00:55:39.860 or is this more of like like a leash an exercise route? 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 00:55:46.800 --> 00:55:53.020 the access to the not only to the station but also to the communities as well. 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 00:55:58.240 --> 00:56:02.920 with the last presentation is especially with the infrastructure that we're trying to build 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 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 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 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 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 00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:44.760 might make it easier for not losing money but I'm just curious like economically how 00:56:44.760 --> 00:56:47.640 is this helping Denton? 00:56:47.640 --> 00:56:53.720 So assess it from the aspect of first and last mile connection so that that connectivity 00:56:53.720 --> 00:57:01.840 would be completed here because imagine so if the it is incomplete network no access 00:57:01.840 --> 00:57:11.200 to the station then essentially we are not using this corridor for any trips so maybe 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 00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:20.360 connections. 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 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 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 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 00:57:48.040 --> 00:57:53.560 are any other projects please share with us and then there are other opportunities next 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 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 00:58:06.720 --> 00:58:07.720 that. 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? 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 00:58:20.320 --> 00:58:21.320 application. 00:58:21.320 --> 00:58:24.440 So that that is direction so you have the floor Commissioner Penn do you have direction 00:58:24.440 --> 00:58:31.300 on this? 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 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 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 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 00:58:59.520 --> 00:59:02.640 too I don't want to be the sole person for that. 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 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 00:59:15.000 --> 00:59:21.480 there now there are sections of sidewalk I would say just from my google driving through 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 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 00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:39.400 project would be to look at significantly widening and providing and and and we're 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:00:25.560 --> 01:00:32.240 there's walkers there constantly awesome and you see you see people walking to the mall 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 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 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 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 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 01:01:06.120 --> 01:01:13.920 for possibly coming back online across University Drive that's not that's not currently there 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 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 01:01:23.640 --> 01:01:28.960 not currently anything connecting there but there are sections of University Drive that 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 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 01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:41.720 transportation services would take that evaluated against the existing criteria with the program 01:01:41.720 --> 01:01:46.480 that we talked about earlier and then make a recommendation any other comments for Seth 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 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 01:02:00.160 --> 01:02:07.760 any a train situation with Highland Village you mean the other cities yeah yeah so then 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:02:54.400 --> 01:02:59.280 the staff memorandum all right Seth Garcia director of capital projects again so just 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:04:03.040 --> 01:04:09.040 that section but but to revisit this with with a with the correct receptive audience 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 01:04:16.320 --> 01:04:23.040 out a couple of times to reach on their contact information but unfortunately the initial 01:04:23.040 --> 01:04:28.680 there was interest before Christmas but the follow-up request from the school principal 01:04:28.680 --> 01:04:34.400 or the assistant principal they did not provide us the information for us to start working 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:05:32.160 --> 01:05:37.400 audit and we have ordered traffic counts and we will follow up whether it warranted to 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:06:15.800 --> 01:06:20.420 from the Peterbilt folks and everybody out there that was getting stuck in traffic again 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 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 01:06:34.840 --> 01:06:39.480 to finish up the design and look at future right away acquisitions again that will be 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 01:06:44.720 --> 01:06:50.200 of that mill overlay package it is actually coming forward to city council for a contract 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 01:06:54.840 --> 01:07:01.560 roadways so Bonnie Bray five will get a facelift there Bonnie Bray six utilities are needing 01:07:01.560 --> 01:07:08.960 nearing completion we have started mixing operations out there working from US 77 south 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 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 01:07:19.120 --> 01:07:24.000 then concrete paving going down on those new southbound lanes so again our goal for that 01:07:24.000 --> 01:07:29.880 project is build those southbound lanes move traffic over and then come back and reconfigure 01:07:29.880 --> 01:07:38.640 and rebuild those current lanes that are there and did I hear concrete concrete concrete 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 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 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 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 01:08:01.440 --> 01:08:07.320 your poor office or Dr. Butts will be fielding so many complaints about the construction 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 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 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 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 01:08:34.320 --> 01:08:41.720 think October November timeframe is what we're tracking right now okay thank you yes sir 01:08:41.720 --> 01:08:47.240 okay Riley Road East this is another one that is under construction so contractors actually 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 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 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 01:09:05.360 --> 01:09:10.160 also including the trails through North Lakes Park so they are actively working on the trails 01:09:10.160 --> 01:09:15.280 through North Lakes Park is where they are starting and when will that start finish it 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 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 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 01:09:34.560 --> 01:09:39.800 have opened that up to traffic they are literally completing some punch list items so April 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 01:09:47.680 --> 01:09:53.400 class over in that shopping center one of the things I noticed the lighting is spectacular 01:09:53.400 --> 01:10:01.000 in this area there is there are double lights through the medians however those stop when 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:11:12.000 --> 01:11:17.240 with that property owner so it is currently headed towards closing that's great news McKinney 01:11:17.240 --> 01:11:23.760 sidewalks this has also been awarded and is under construction and so the the interim's 01:11:23.760 --> 01:11:27.920 McKinney sidewalk improvements are going I saw the surveyors out there yesterday laying 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 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 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 01:11:42.800 --> 01:11:50.720 south from loop 288 all the way to Audra all right Nottingham whatever the Colorado Woodrow 01:11:50.720 --> 01:11:59.600 Woodrow it the the road that changes four different times yeah yes okay Ryan Road currently 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 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 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 01:12:15.100 --> 01:12:20.840 we get completed and then lastly Hickory Creek three everybody's favorite bridge we have 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 01:12:26.120 --> 01:12:31.200 they've actually hung the beams over the creek which is fantastic looking they're working 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 01:12:37.520 --> 01:12:42.760 we're going to have traffic going across that bridge which will be much needed connection 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 01:12:51.280 --> 01:12:55.960 those different projects so again happy to answer any questions I tried to include those 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:14:02.160 --> 01:14:07.760 we are proposing to remove the mobility plan introduction Farhan was able to complete that 01:14:07.760 --> 01:14:17.320 and then our trip funding application the presentation I went through will be removed 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 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 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 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 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 01:14:46.120 --> 01:14:52.240 contacted me they're concerned about sort of the combination of road widths parking 01:14:52.240 --> 01:15:02.600 and and general traffic patterns in the Denia Roselon area where we're old Denia interfaces 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 01:15:12.080 --> 01:15:22.720 combo are contributing to an unusual accident engagement safety issues they're particularly 01:15:22.720 --> 01:15:27.600 concerned about lots of on-street parking contributing to visibility and vision zero 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 01:15:33.360 --> 01:15:38.480 but that is that is the request from that neighborhood to explore that yeah I think 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 01:15:43.520 --> 01:15:48.480 others that you want to think about adding Commissioner Pam as we discussed earlier I'd 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:16:29.160 --> 01:16:39.000 shopping center along University Drive that it's you know El Matador and Kroger has a 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 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 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 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 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 01:17:18.100 --> 01:17:24.680 a way we could collaborate with that property owner to either have a painted designated 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:18:07.280 --> 01:18:12.180 intersection between Carroll and then all the way to Fulton and there's this there that 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 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 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 01:18:26.500 --> 01:18:28.640 way unless you're walking through a parking lot. 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 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 01:18:37.400 --> 01:18:41.320 come back with something okay cool that'd be great. 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 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 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 01:19:03.100 --> 01:19:04.100 your time. 01:19:04.100 --> 01:19:05.120 And when do we meet again.