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 Good morning. Welcome to this first virtual meeting of the Mobility Committee. We have

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 a quorum present, so let's move right into our items for individual consideration. Item

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 A is considered the approval of the meeting minutes of February 11th. I'll entertain a

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 little bit. It's not that entertaining, but I can't see anyone, by the way. Move approval.

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 This is Councilmember Ryan. Hey, Councilmember Ryan. Second? I'll second. Keely Briggs. All

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 in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Okay. Minutes are approved. Now we have an issue in that I can't

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 or maybe I can adjust this so I can see everyone. Okay. Well, I can see some people. I gotta

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 make sure I can see. Councilmember, do you have a gallery view that you can see? I just

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 moved it to that. I can see John and two staff members or you and two staff members. So I

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 guess I'll just flip between them periodically. Chair, are you full screen? I'm sorry, are

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 you asking me? Yes, sir. Sorry. I just switched to gallery. Sorry, trying to address you as

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 chair. You have it full screen on your screen right now, because sometimes that'll expand

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 the gallery that you can see. Yeah, it's full screen on my device. If you don't mind, members,

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 if you wouldn't just mind verbalizing request to speak, just so I don't miss you, I won't

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 be offended. Okay. So moving on to item B, receive a report and hold the discussion regarding

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 updates from the Denton County Transportation Authority. Nicole is having a connection problem.

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 She should be on momentarily. Okay. I just, I just messaged her. Okay. Well, we'll give

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 it a minute. Okay. So, I just want to make sure that I'm not missing anything. I'm just,

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 is Brian connected? It's him in the meeting, but currently on mute. I'm here. Are you suggesting

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 that we go to item E? If we could just move forward and Nicole, Nicole just connected.

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 I am. Hello, everyone. Morning. I apologize for my delay. I was having some email issues

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 last week and I think that that caused the email to go get lost in the stratosphere.

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 So, well, I am very glad to be back with this group and to be providing some updates. As

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 you all know, the impacts of COVID. Excuse me, Nicole. Yes. Can you turn your camera on

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 please? Oh, sure. Yeah, that's a rule, isn't it? Get to be visible. Hey, there she is.

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 I have a little one at home. We're homeschooling. So, bear with me here as I try to complete

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 both roles. So, as you all know, the impacts of COVID definitely hit us hard being a transit

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 agency. And so, we originally cut our service by about 50%, modifying our service to a 60

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 headway just due to the lack of ridership and obviously all of the stay at home orders.

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 But we also increased all of our cleaning and our check-in processes. And that really

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 enabled us to kind of look at how we were doing things differently and kind of modifying

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 those processes. And we found that those processes that we were putting in place were actually

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 extremely successful. So, not only were we kind of doing an extra set of cleaning and

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 using new products on our vehicles, but we also had our operators check in in a different

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 way to maintain social distancing and also to deliver PPE at the beginning of each of

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 their shift. In addition, we put signage on all of our vehicles and regular email messaging

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 to passengers. And then from an administrative perspective, we have been staying on top of

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 local, regional and national alerts and mandates. And I am proud to say that DCTA is the only

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 transit agency in Texas without a single operator case of COVID-19. So, those precautionary

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 measures are definitely working. And I think we are learning new things every single day

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 and putting those new things into place to ensure the safety of not only our passengers,

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 but also our staff. On August 24th, we had our most recent service change. We have had

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 several service changes since the onset of COVID. But most recently, on August 24th,

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 we brought back frequency on routes 47, 21 and 22, bringing those back to a 30-minute

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 headway. And then we also added a permanent addition of an evening on-demand zone at the

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 Denton Transit Center. And that really is to address some of those services in Denton

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 that have truncated service hours. And so that on-demand zone can take you from the

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 DDTC to anywhere that we would serve with a fixed route so that passengers can get where

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 they need to go. We did permanently remove routes 5 and 8 simply because they are duplicates

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 of route 6 and 7. And so after a Title VI analysis, we determined that any place someone

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 was using 5 and 8 to get to that they could utilize 6 and 7 without any issues. And so

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 those are the main changes that we made August 24th. Our board did just recently approve

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 some increased frequency on the A train. And those services will be going into place on

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 September 21st. Fixed route ridership, we were down at the beginning of COVID a little

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 bit more than 50%. I think that that was expected just simply due to the stay-at-home orders.

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 But we are slowly seeing increases as the spread of COVID-19 slows down. And so we are

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 monitoring that. Again, we are putting as many precautionary measures into place as

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 possible to make sure that passengers feel safe. So masks are required on our vehicles.

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 We have hand sanitizer dispensers on all of our vehicles. Those should all be installed

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 by the end of this week. We are maintaining social distancing. We have placed protective

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 barriers between our operator and the entryway to the vehicles, as well as the fare box,

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 so that our operators feel safe as well. And so we are seeing positive effects from all

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 of those precautionary measures that we put in place. And we're very hopeful. I think

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 from a national level and an industry-wide level, we expect the increase in ridership

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 to be very slow. And I think that people are still going to have some fear related to COVID

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 about being in an enclosed space like a vehicle with others, not knowing what their precautionary

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 measures are. And so we're just trying to take that into account and look at ridership

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 on a monthly basis to see how we are reporting ridership. And again, we have seen a pretty

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 slow increase, but an increase nonetheless on ridership. And so right now, we're just

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 really focusing on those precautionary measures. We're focusing on bringing back the A-train

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 service to see how that helps. And then from that point, we'll continue to just modify

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 service as needed based on demand. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

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 Council Member Briggs. Thank you. I'm glad to be back here. I have a few questions. One

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 has DCTA or the DCTA Board considered during a time such as this as offering a free fare?

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 So free fares has been a topic of discussion, I think, amongst a lot of transit agencies.

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 We opted not to offer the free fare because with free fare comes potential increased ridership.

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 Increased ridership creates a capacity issue where social distancing cannot be maintained.

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 discount programs that were helping maybe those who needed some assistance with a lower

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 issues becoming a concern. So that is not something that we opted. The Board did have

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 a discussion about it. But we opted not to go that route just due to capacity issues.

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 May I have a few more questions? During my Dallas Regional Mobility Committee, there was

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 an update on a grant that was received to study expansion and development. Is that anything

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 that you can speak to today to us? Do you know which grants, what the name of it was?

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 development around? Around the KCS line? Yes. Yes. So we did receive a grant and I have

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 I can certainly follow up with the project manager on that and get back to you with more

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 details. Okay. I think it would be helpful for this committee to get an update on that.

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 Absolutely. And the last thing I wonder is the Bonnie Bray route open yet or the stop?

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 I know that we had individuals come and speak to us for a while that it was difficult to

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 get to work over in that area. And so I didn't know if all of those had been reopened. Due

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 to the construction, everything has been reopened. Okay. All right. Thank you. Councilmember

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 Ryan, anything? No, I'm good. All right. Nicole, I was a little curious. This is a bit of a

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 nitty gritty detail of when service was canceled on routes five and eight. What was the notification

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 procedure for people who might have shown up to, you know, looking for those? Sure.

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 So because we were at first, we were temporarily removing the services. We actually did a full

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 public involvement process. And so we not only contacted the businesses and apartment

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 digital outreach for public involvement. We did collect quite a bit of public involvement,

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 but based on the Title VI analysis, we reached out to individuals who had some concerns about

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 it and we helped them trip plan around the removal of those two routes. And once they

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 recognized that they could get where they needed to go, they were satisfied. And so

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 we were able to kind of move forward and our board approved the removal of those routes.

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 Yeah. Portmanteau Grants, I don't know if they actually hit different stops than six

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 and seven. But if there are some stops that are unique, was there signage put at the stops?

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 The reason I'm asking this is just because, you know, we've had complaints brought in

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 the same individual. Absolutely. So typically anytime we remove a route or even if we just

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 move it, we will put signage at all the stops about two weeks prior to the actual removal

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 to let people know. And then we go back and we switch out that signage to let them know

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 that the route, that specific stop has been changed. And then we locate on that sign what

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 the closest stop it would be to them just in case they didn't, you know, see the information

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 or didn't see the postings at the bus stop. But if there's an individual that you're hearing

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 from who has some questions or concerns, they can absolutely reach out to us and we can

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 help them trip plan. Yeah, not currently. I'm going way back. Yeah, thanks for the update

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 and for our conscientious and thorough. Sounds like DCTA is being just with everybody with

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 everything, given all the challenges. Thanks for coming. Absolutely. I hope the drive is

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 okay. Yes. Yeah. Okay. And I'm good to turn I'm good to turn my camera off. Yeah. Yeah.

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 Okay. And just in case you want to see a little one. All right. We're still a little early

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 for john. So do you want to discuss item D then receive a report hold the discussion

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 and receive direction regarding future mobility committee meeting schedule dates and times?

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 What do you all have on that? Anyone requests the request there, Paul is to receive input

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 from you all as committee members. We previously set the mobility committee meetings to be

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 on the same day as counsel. And now that we've gone to the virtual format, there can be no

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 other committee meetings on the same day as counsel. It's it's pretty overwhelming for

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 DTV to shuffle the setup. Council is a much more complex meeting. So the request is to

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 choose another date, because going forward in October, November and December, for sure,

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 we have a conflict with the council schedule date. I'll have to review the available time

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 slots but just looking for some input from you all on if there's a certain day of the

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 week or a certain time period that fits with your schedules that we can target. I'll rule

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 out Monday mornings, please. Anyone else that got some breaks? You have some good times

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 or bad times? Um, well, I was just going to throw out that maybe we wait until after November

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 to find a date and time, but we can work on or just suggest a time for next month, maybe

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 if we meet. And then and then we can set a time for regular meetings and days after that

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 that would be continuation in case somebody's schedule changes. Any guidance on the the

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 next one next meeting? That's what we're bringing some good days of the week or bad days of

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 the week or day parts or anything like that. Well, I know that you said Monday mornings

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 are out usually on one of the Mondays, I think it's the first Monday that it's a COE at one

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 is generally our meeting. So if probably not Mondays, no Tuesdays. So I get it just depends

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 on the day of the week. Any other time I can I can fit in I can fit in a meeting. That's

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 what Brian any problems on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays? Thursdays tend to be a busy day

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 for me, but Wednesdays would be fun. Well, when we when we shoot for a Wednesday. Obviously,

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 we'll communicate on email to help. Yes, thank you. Okay, but still tap dancing got 12 minutes

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 till till on system. So why don't we open item E? Yeah, why don't we just go ahead and

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 go through item E then staff update regarding safe routes to schools, bike scooter share

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 programs, community input on mobility plan, future items for consideration and the street

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 construction report. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is Brian Young, the city traffic engineer.

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 Just a quick update on the three items. Safe routes to school, I'm going to give the good

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 the bad news first rather we were not successful with our two applications on the latest call

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 from cog city of Dallas took all of the safe route to school money this year. So nobody

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 else got any. The good news is we do have two safe route to school projects for Jennings

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 and Alexander and pecan Creek and Wilson that we will be our current schedule has us completing

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 design mid 2021 and moving to construction and construction being completed in 2023.

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 So we have those two, there is two projects that encompass four schools and those are

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 moving forward. Why don't we stop and take questions on each item. Councilmember Briggs.

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 So I have a question and a comment really on the safe schools. I wonder if one reason

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 we did not get it and I don't know if this has anything to do with it. But I know that

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 we have been trying to get that sidewalk, the one, the first one implemented for over

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 six years. When I was first elected to council, we were discussing that implementation. So

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 I don't know why it's taken so long. But I mean, if individuals are looking at who to

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 give grant money to and they see that we've had a project sitting on sidewalks for over

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 for six years, I mean, does that take, do they take that into account?

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 the design portion so we can get into construction on all four campuses. It's you're correct.

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 And if you if you continue to let the money sit there, at some point, they're going to

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 say you don't need that money anymore. And so we're actively pursuing the completion

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 of all those projects. We also have another project with cog. It's not a safe route, although

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 it serves a school. It's the side path between the transit center and UNT on sycamore. And

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 that's moving forward moving that forward as well. So we'll have three active sidewalk

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 design projects, in addition to our 2018 and 2019 bundles, that will be moving through

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 design and into construction the next 12 months.

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 Just to follow up on that, is there a reason why it's still going to take a year or two

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 to implement those the sidewalks, so it'll be, you know, almost 10 years from the original.

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 a four month period. But there's about three or four miles worth of sidewalk. And it just

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 depends on how fast we can get a contractor and what their construction schedule is. And

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 hopefully we can trim some time off of that the the side path along sycamore is going

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 to be a little bit more difficult than I know that's not a safe route. But that's because

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 it's going to take some real estate involvement. And I think we have limited real estate involvement

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 in the first two those those four campuses, the two safe route to school projects. But

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 that is one of the things that can really slow you down is if you have to go out and

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 acquire property. And so again, it's limited on those safe route to school. But we just

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 the construction easements that we need and the timely manner, and the contractors got

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 enough crews to throw at it, we can we can significantly reduce the construction time.

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 Chair, we're going to hear other updates before we ask questions.

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 Well, yeah, I thought we took each item at a time. Councilmember Ryan, did you have any

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 questions on the safe routes to schools? No.

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 I wonder if you can give us any insight on what criteria we didn't meet? Why? Why? Why

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 didn't? Why did Dallas get everything? Why did we get nothing? And if we don't know,

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 can we ask? We can and I have not. They do typically send out with the results, some

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 of their scoring, I have not seen that yet. But we'll certainly we can get that and provide

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 that to the committee. Great. And, you know, more more importantly,

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 for you, sir. Great. All right, why don't we go ahead and talk about that bike share?

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 got an email from UNT, their director of transportation that all of the bikes are gone from campus

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 for a new provider. So we will be working with Chris Phelps at UNT to identify those

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 not. I have not driven around town to see if all the bikes are gone from town, or if

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 it was just from UNT campus. Perhaps you've seen if you still see bikes laying around,

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 and literally sometimes they are laying around. If you still see bikes on the right away or

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 potential scooter program in the city, if they're not allowed to utilize the UNT campus

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 I heard that Dallas just undid their scooter program.

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 personally saw a lady get mowed down when we were in Austin. And the girl said she just

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 lost control just she was cutting across Sixth Street. She was not inebriated. It was daytime.

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 they do have outlying issues as far as safety. But they still they remain popular in many

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 That's one of her pricks.

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 seen individuals using the bikes, not extremely frequently, but I have seen them being used.

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 is that an RFQ process RFP? Or do or does UNT just kind of do the heavy lifting and

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 then because we have that, I think MOU or understanding, right? The other question is,

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 to be part of the process, we can also, whether it be an RFQ or an RFP, bring that before

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 you and have this committee play a part of the role in at least identifying criteria.

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 Maybe a good time if we want to revisit docked or dockless. There are a lot of difference.

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 you can't leave the bike in the sidewalk or in somebody's yard. However, they're limited

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 to where you can only go to where you can only leave the bike in a dock and it may not

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 be where you want to go. So there's pros and cons. And if with the excuse me, if the city

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 your short list of providers, some may be docked and some may be dockless. Right. There's

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 a new animal out there that also that the e-cycles. So you've got the motor assist.

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 I don't know that we had any of that before, but those are certainly some criteria that

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 again, so consideration. You got a comment, Councilmember Pritz? A question. Yeah, just

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 when because it is COVID and I know that there's a lot we just had a presentation about how

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 much cleaning needs to be done on buses. Is that something that these companies are taking

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 criteria that they provide that service, which, again, might lend itself to a docked alternative

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 because it's a lot easier for them to maintain those bikes. If they're in a single location,

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 they just deploy one person instead of having to wrangle them up and then you'll clean them.

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 just say that it's probably with the clinging issue that the current company has decided

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 to pull out, that was probably a large part of their decision in doing that, is the cost

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 effectiveness of that and not having students on campuses as much right now is probably

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 also added to the economy of scale was not there for them. Yeah, sounds right. Now, one

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 of our goals in doing the program was learning, right? It was to some degree a trial basis.

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 it went pre-COVID, since our goal was learning? Okay, well, pre-COVID and post-COVID. Let

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 me circle back with UNT and see if they received any reports. Kind of a closure departure report

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 just because I don't know. I mean, I'll circle back with UNT and see if they've got anything.

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 I appreciate that. Yes. Because I think we should have a clear takeaways to the extent

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 did the dockless, was that acceptable? Were they rather have a different kind of program?

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 there? If it wasn't there, that'd be kind of important for us to know. Okay. Chair?

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 that was one of the reasons we were interested in continuing on because of the data that

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 some pretty good data. And if we could just get an update on that, that would be great.

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 I could be wrong in what I read. That was in the materials provided to us. But, you

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 know, let's see what else we have to say too. Is this tenable or not? Right. Bear Ride did

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 say that they were no longer going to support bike only programs. So I understand that.

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 the contract or the agreement that we had in place? Right now, we don't have anything

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 at all. It appears on campus and possibly citywide. So, but we can certainly, back to

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 the point of the data, I know we were getting usage and ridership data. So also, even if

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 it's exactly as stated, that they pulled out because we wouldn't do scooter, that implies

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 that bike alone isn't tenable. So it'd be good for us to understand why bike alone is

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 much cost? So, you know, we have a golden opportunity to become smarter. Exactly. Very

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 good. Okay. Wanna keep going to the next item? Yes. So the last item is the community input

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 traffic calming meeting. So it's just like this one. We'll have a virtual host and staff

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 support and then we'll go through our presentation. Again, lessons learned. We did in our Lakeview

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 then you have a record of every question that was asked and answered. So those will be the

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 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th, and 24th of this month. Again, following the same format we did with

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 24th is the southern section. So we'll be starting with downtown tomorrow. Very similar

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 format explaining what we've done as far as the mobility plan, the process, and the draft

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 plan and council input from those previous meetings and then requesting community input

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 following that presentation. Great. Comments, questions? Okay. Now, are you going to tee

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 up future items for consideration or this is a placeholder to ask if we have some? Good

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 question. I don't have a copy of that, Becky. I know there was one circulated, but I'm not

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 sure if it was for this committee. Do you have a? I have the street closure report,

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 but I do not have the future items for consideration. Right. Exhibit two. I got it. Okay. So that's

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 the grid. I don't know if you have, I guess you would need to see it to make any comments.

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 Does everyone have a copy of that? We do. Okay, great. I just downloaded it off the

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 internet, so I do as well. Any questions? Share that to the screen. I can try. Brian,

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 if you share it and we just use it as an overview, that's fine, but then you'll have to take

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 your screen down when we talk through it. Correct. So if we want to just, and I've done

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 this, can you see it? Okay. So we've got, it looks like 14 items. You've seen it. This

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 items, now is the time. So I'm going to stop sharing. Why don't we take them in order?

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 to council and I'm not sure it was difficult then to understand what was going on. And

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 I don't know if it wants to come back here, but I feel like during the mobility plan,

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 it didn't seem like that conversation was ready to end, but overall, so we can just

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 keep that on there as just a reminder, I guess, unless any other council members here have

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 way, two way conversation. I'd like to keep that on as long as the city is looking at

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 a quick update there, we actually have resolved the issues with the property owner and we

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 have text on approval. So we can move forward with a permit application and some minor sidewalk

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 construction to at least provide a viable connection into the parking lot.

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 That's fantastic. Thank you. So do you want us to hold our new request till the end after

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 the old requests are gone through? Yeah, let's do that. Okay. So I think you can take item

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 four off. I don't even know what action I would have been looking for on item six. That's

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 a comment that I made while discussing the issue of the roller coaster ride of West Hickory

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 west of Bradley to Bonnie break. And I understood that there were core samples that were going

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 to be taken or some kind of investigation. And I just never heard anything about it.

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 The road remains something that raises questions about our competence. That's why the constituent

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 comments to me like, are we just using bad standards? We need to understand why it is

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 the way it is as well as determining whether we can fix it. But the understanding of what

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 is an important question. So it's really about roller coaster ride, West Hickory suit. I'm

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 sorry. You said West Oak, Bonnie, Bradley to Bonnie brain. So with that clarification,

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 any comments, any next steps? Councilmember Meltzer, we can absolutely look into the ride

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 with quality and standards that were used in that roadway from Bradley to Bonnie Bray

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 along Oak and report back at the next meeting. I can tell you the result of that. It's a

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 roller coaster ride. The question is underlying cause. How do we allow it to happen? Sure.

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 our city standards and details and see if there's anything we can find out that might

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 be the cause of the roadway quality you're discussing. And if it turns out that it's

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 exactly the same standards we use everywhere, then I would call those into question. There's

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 some other factor then. So let's wait and see. But if we just go, nope, it was all good.

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 It's not all good. Sure. I completely understand. Let us look into that and we'll get back with

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 you. Thank you. Councilmember Briggs, anything on seven? I believe that can be taken off

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 because of the all walk that we just recently discussed. Councilmember Ryan, anything on

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 11? No, still looking forward to it. I know probably they started working on this pre-COVID

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 and I'm guessing that it just kind of stalled out for the time being, but I'm still looking

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 forward to this. Basically, what I was asking for was reports on our major projects like

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 dates are and more of a map included. We have phased projects that are coming up, like Bonnie

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 Bray, where do we stand on the last part of May Hill, getting the bridge in, those types

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 of things that require a little more in depth reporting. And it's going to start this date,

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 it's going to end this date. I'll add my name to that item. 12 can be removed. That's been

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 addressed. Councilmember Briggs, anything on 13 and 14? Well, the cycling event, I guess,

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 can be taken off and I would like to leave the downtown retractable and removable bollards

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 on there until we can decide if that's feasible or not for when we have the festivals and

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 when we close off the square for events. I think that would be helpful to have. So just

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 to leave that on there. I guess as far as scheduling cycling events, that kind of goes

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 in line with my request or question about the update on our bike and pedestrian coordinator

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 as we're going through the sidewalk questions and things like that. So just a small update

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 not at this time. You're kind of freezing a little. You're still there. Okay, you're

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 right. I have one that I would just like an update on at some point in the future. I had

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 an exchange with with the city manager and he looked in Ethan Cox, just I made a suggestion

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 that there be some kind of a lookup tool could be on the city website where you put in a

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 street name and you get the status either it's under construction. This is happening.

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 That's happening. It's on a future bond program. It's set for, you know, some point in the

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 future or no, no work plan. Because I don't know about y'all, but I get that's the most

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 constant type of question that I get from constituents. It's kind of difficult to answer

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 because you got to either go through a bunch of well-prepared reports, but you know this,

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 the item may or may not be on there. You don't know if it's kind of contemplated. It's in

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 a bond program, but not in this pre-construct report. There's a lot to go through to answer

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 that question, but if it's all in one place and Todd liked the idea and looked Ethan in

393
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:45,000
 who said they're working on something that would have essentially result in exactly that.

394
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:53,360
 So that's the extent of it like to know how real is that? When can we expect it? You know,

395
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:59,840
 you have a way to put that in like five, four or five words, put a little line.

396
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:04,600
 Sure. Thank you for the question. Absolutely. We're looking into that. There's a mapping

397
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:10,920
 program that we're looking at to incorporate all of the current capital projects along

398
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:16,560
 with all of the development projects, whether it be a bond program or something that's even

399
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:22,240
 being done by internal construction crews. It's through an IT Nexus map program. And

400
00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:26,360
 so that is something that's supposed to be rolled out and we're working through throughout

401
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:30,840
 the month. So we're hoping that we'll, we'll have that fairly soon. That was already kind

402
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:38,280
 of in the works when you asked the question. And so lucky job. So definitely we're working

403
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:42,480
 through that. And so we can bring you an update. Hopefully by the time we meet again, we'll

404
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:47,040
 have some kind of platform that's moving forward. But it's definitely something that we hear

405
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:52,600
 quite a lot as we would like to make sure that logistically we're coordinating all of

406
00:45:52,600 --> 00:46:00,800
 the projects amongst the city. So great idea. Well, of course, it's already working. You

407
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:06,560
 know, different people learn differently, right? When you take like math classes, they

408
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:11,000
 kind of show some people information in a table, some in a graph, some in text, you

409
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:17,480
 know, if you know where all the streets are and you think that way, map's good. If it's

410
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:25,360
 even just alphabetical list by street of the same data, for me, that would be quicker.

411
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,600
 And I don't mean instead, I mean, it seems like if you have the same data, you might

412
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:37,200
 be able to access a different ways. Okay. Anything else on future items? We're ready

413
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:45,440
 for on system. I would like to follow up real quick if I could on the question number 15

414
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:50,920
 that Councilmember Briggs mentioned. Please. I just wanted to let you know, we are currently

415
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:59,720
 working on a transportation ADA planner position. And the city has worked on a new updated job

416
00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:06,000
 description that also coordinates with our parks department. And we'll be moving forward

417
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:11,520
 with that through our human resources department and then possibly getting outside help to

418
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:16,760
 advertise that position as it's very unique as to exactly what we're looking for. So we

419
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:22,360
 can bring more information back, but please know it is on our radar. I love hearing that

420
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:27,600
 ADA is part of the description, which I presume means some background or expertise in that.

421
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:32,840
 I know that's been a kind of a sore point from the committee that they want someone

422
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:40,600
 to actually, you know, has a background in that. So that's great. Absolutely. Okay. Please.

423
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:50,280
 Okay. So yeah, no, that's really great to hear. But would they also have background in like

424
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:56,480
 bike lanes and cycling and so just well rounded that that's still part of the description

425
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:02,120
 to work on? Yes, ma'am. That's all kind of an inclusive trying to get all the different

426
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:07,240
 areas of what we're looking for. ADA, bike lane, transportation type planner, where we're

427
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:17,560
 looking at how people get around from a pedestrian aspect or a bicycle aspect. Okay. Thank you.

428
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:24,000
 No problem. Okay. Call item C and see what happens. Receive a report and hold a discussion

429
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:31,440
 regarding Texas Department of Transportation on system projects in the Denton area. So

430
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:36,840
 is this where I start talking? It is. Okay. I'm going to try to share. I'm going to try

431
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:56,360
 to share my screen and do the report. Okay, hopefully, I'll see that. Okay. Let me guys

432
00:48:56,360 --> 00:49:04,200
 size it up a little bit better. So our first report sheet shows the project summaries and

433
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:15,720
 what we've we've revamped it a little bit to show basically what that's my apologies.

434
00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:22,960
 I'm driving while I'm doing all this to show the the projects the let dates and then the

435
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:29,560
 construction dollars and then if there's any additional information related to the funding

436
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:35,400
 and it'll be in individual reports on the individual report sheets. But this just covers

437
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:45,480
 the construction of the projects. So our 2181 North South project is the the first project

438
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:51,840
 I like to go over. You've got a a monthly status report from Stacey Clack at TXDOT.

439
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:59,380
 And again, they are working through the final stages of the utilities with the city and

440
00:49:59,380 --> 00:50:08,000
 are starting to move into the general work on the on pavement preparation and the asphalt

441
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:12,040
 detours and stuff like that. So we're we're getting close to the end of the beginning

442
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:18,800
 and we're fixing to start the roadway improvements on that project. And I'll continue unless

443
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:25,000
 I hear somebody asked me to ask me a question. But we're on track to still meet the November

444
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:34,880
 2021 second completion date that we've have on this project. Then on Fort Worth Drive,

445
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:42,240
 I'll move on to the construction report from Barry Smithy. And I'd like to say that this

446
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:47,480
 is a project that the city worked with TXDOT to get back on track by allowing them a period

447
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:54,280
 of time that they worked at night. And that that was able to get the project back to being

448
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:59,480
 completed on February 2021. So just after the first of the year, this project should

449
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:05,800
 be completely open to traffic and we should probably sometime a little after Christmas

450
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:13,360
 being able to drive on it is what we call substantially complete. So yeah, that that

451
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:18,000
 work that the city allowed the contractor to do at night for that couple of weeks really

452
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:23,040
 helped us get back on track on our schedule. So I just wanted to give a shout out to the

453
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:32,520
 city on that. Next project that we're going to cover is the 35 Mayhill. We changed the

454
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:39,040
 exhibit to show that the project also includes the frontage road from Mayhill North to Luke

455
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:45,320
 288. And we're we're in the utility coordination process with all of these utility providers

456
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:54,200
 you see listed there. And we're still on track for a April 22 ready to let and then the let

457
00:51:54,200 --> 00:52:01,400
 currently is scheduled for June. But if we get the utilities completed in time, then

458
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:08,080
 we can move up the let date because it is fully funded. So if you'll note that funding

459
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:14,920
 on those reports shows 46 million in category two, but a $62 million estimated construction

460
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:20,720
 cost because of the addition of that frontage road. And in the current 10 year UTP that

461
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:27,960
 is being approved, the category two will cover that cost overrun or that difference in price.

462
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:34,640
 So by September into September, first part of October, we'll be able to adjust that number

463
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:44,900
 to be equal to what the estimated construction cost is. This is the Dallas drive inner improvement

464
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:49,960
 that the purple at the bottom where it kind of shoots off towards the corner. That's Dallas

465
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:58,000
 Drive. The intention on this project is to make the frontage road in this area 35 continuous.

466
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:04,440
 Right now you exit Dallas Drive and you have to make a left turn across traffic and then

467
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:12,360
 come back onto the frontage road. We're pulling out a portion of the ultimate and we're going

468
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:21,280
 to be working with tech slot to have a design done that allows the frontage road to be continuous

469
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:29,600
 and access the Dallas drive to be more intuitive. And it's got $50 million worth of category

470
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:36,480
 two funds on it. And we're not sure that that's going to actually be the actual cost, but

471
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:41,280
 that's what we have anticipated. And so that's what we're allocating. And by the end of the

472
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:46,600
 year, we should have a consultant on board to begin the design work on this project.

473
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:51,280
 And remember, this was already environmental declared back in 2012. So all we're going

474
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:56,240
 to be doing is the design and checking out what right of way is needed to be acquired

475
00:53:56,240 --> 00:54:08,720
 there. Okay. Then your big project, the 35E, 35, 35W merge. We are looking at having the

476
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:14,740
 right of way completed at the end of this year. And they are still saying that they

477
00:54:14,740 --> 00:54:19,280
 believe that with the number of parcels and eminent domain, which is a set schedule, that

478
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:28,380
 they will meet that December timeframe. Again, the dollar amount is 319 is what we have currently

479
00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:35,560
 funded, but it's 335 million now. And again, during that 10 year UTP modification that

480
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:41,320
 should happen by the end of September, first part of October, it'll be adjusted to cover

481
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:49,600
 the difference in that. We'll report that change in the funding once we have it approved.

482
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:55,760
 And this is a project that's critical for Bonnie Bray, because from 380 all the way

483
00:54:55,760 --> 00:55:02,520
 up to 77, and then we've got the Bonnie Bray South. But once 35 goes under construction

484
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:08,160
 in this segment, Bonnie Bray is going to be an alternate route. And so you'll see that

485
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:14,200
 we're working on getting Bonnie Bray funded, designed, and constructed hopefully before

486
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:29,400
 this January 23 let date. Okay. The northern segments, again, they're fully funded at 546

487
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:33,760
 million. We'll cover the difference in the 10 year plan. And this takes it basically

488
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:43,120
 from 77 all the way out to the Grayson Ditton County line. And it's got a little bit sooner

489
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:48,520
 date because the utilities are a little less complicated in this area. So it's got a December

490
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:55,160
 22 let date, which is about a year or so ahead of the other project.

491
00:55:55,160 --> 00:56:05,440
 All right, your 35W main lanes. The only thing really to point out here is that we continue

492
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:11,480
 to move on the schematic for this project in its ultimate. And the reason we're doing

493
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:17,160
 that is because of the next project, which is the frontage roads. HNTB has been picked

494
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:23,200
 up to be the designer of the frontage roads in this corridor. So they're going to be designing

495
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:34,160
 the frontage roads from 114 all the way to the merge. And we are working with staff to

496
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:39,960
 identify areas that are critical to the city where they want to start with frontage roads

497
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:44,360
 first. So in other words, they don't have to go from north to south or south to north

498
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:52,160
 or build it all at one time. They can do segments that promote development as we know where

499
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:57,880
 that development goes. So we'll be working with your city staff to identify those areas

500
00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:04,480
 and to focus on those areas. And again, just recently in June, the project was environmentally

501
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:11,520
 cleared. So we are now able to begin the right away parcel acquisition. They're doing the

502
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:24,520
 mapping now and we currently have 113 parcels identified to acquire. Then your US 380 project

503
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:34,040
 from 288 out to 377, that project let just recently and y'all are taking action. I think

504
00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:43,160
 y'all approved the the AFA and the and the agreement with text that on on September 1st,

505
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:49,480
 it looks like yeah, you did. And so the county's paying it's a $95,000 commitment that the

506
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:56,440
 city has towards this 10 foot trail. But the county has agreed to pick up 55,000 of the

507
00:57:56,440 --> 00:58:06,200
 95. So net net, you certainly only be out to $40,000 for that, for that improvement.

508
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:13,280
 And I think that's on Commissioner's Court agenda next week, is my understanding. And

509
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:24,120
 again, this project is was awarded to regal construction. And they've got we're waiting

510
00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:31,840
 up the work authorization contingent upon when the city turns in their $95,000. That's

511
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:40,160
 why we wanted to go ahead and do it quickly so that we could get the project led and be

512
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:49,200
 awarded. Then your US 380 East project. This is the one east of 377 out to the county line.

513
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:58,080
 We're in utility relocation, we expect the right of acquisition was completed in August.

514
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:02,880
 And so we are dealing with utilities and this is a significant corridor for utility. So

515
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:08,380
 we're really pressing all these providers to make sure you get ready. Our let date is

516
00:59:08,380 --> 00:59:14,000
 May 21, which is next year right around the corner. So we're, we're pushing hard with

517
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:20,240
 these utility providers to make sure that we could meet that date.

518
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:30,800
 Lutrede West project. We are awaiting environmental clearance. We've done all of the leg work

519
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:35,880
 we needed to do for the public involvement. And we should know by the end of this month,

520
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:43,000
 the the environmental clearance on this project. And this project is being included in what

521
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:49,440
 the North Central Texas area is calling the integrated corridor. And we'll go over that

522
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:56,840
 a little bit. But essentially, Luke 288 West, adding frontage roads to Luke 288 on the north

523
00:59:56,840 --> 01:00:06,960
 side out to 428. And then 428 out to the outer loop is being included in the integrated corridor.

524
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:11,960
 And we'll, we'll be getting that information to your staff fairly quickly on what that

525
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:18,280
 looks like. So there's a good chance that we'll get the money for the frontage roads

526
01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:24,480
 at least. Because now it's not just city and the county interested in this loop. It's now

527
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:34,320
 the region and the and text that district. So then your FM 1515 project, this project

528
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:39,640
 was environmentally cleared in August. And now we're doing the right away mapping. And

529
01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:45,360
 we'll be beginning the right away acquisition soon thereafter in our 30. There are currently

530
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:51,520
 20 parcels on this project to be acquired. And that's pretty much the only difference

531
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:56,080
 since we last met is it's been environmentally cleared. And now we're moving into design

532
01:00:56,080 --> 01:01:05,520
 and right away acquisition, hilly relocations. And then FM 1173 to the north, we continue

533
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:11,760
 to work on the environmental efforts, we had a meeting with crumb. And they had some concerns

534
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:17,600
 about how it ties into their old town area. And so we're looking at the term and I the

535
01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:23,280
 westerly terminal on this project to see what we can do to tweak some of those things, but

536
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:27,240
 we continue to move forward on an environmental clearance and we expect to get that first

537
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:36,400
 quarter of next year. And then 428, that's that let me see what's on the next one. So

538
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:42,040
 on 428, this is that part of that integrated corridor that I think by our by our next meeting,

539
01:01:42,040 --> 01:01:47,200
 I'll be able to have an exhibit for you to look at. But essentially loop 288 on the West

540
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:54,800
 will tie in to 35 here, where you see the loop 28 across the northern part of the city

541
01:01:54,800 --> 01:02:01,520
 come across loop by the infringe roads and go out for 28 as a freeway. And then somewhere

542
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:08,300
 between the outer loop, which is that northern purple line, and loop 28, they're proposing

543
01:02:08,300 --> 01:02:15,160
 a another east west corridor that would cross over the green belt area and hit the toll

544
01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:21,560
 road in Collin County. So as soon as we can get that map, we'll get that to you before

545
01:02:21,560 --> 01:02:27,680
 28 will be absorbed into that concept. So we'll be showing that integrated corridor

546
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:35,640
 to you as opposed to this is a standalone project. And then body break phase seven,

547
01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:41,760
 your staff has been working with the cog and the MPO to get funding for all these phases

548
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:49,360
 of body break. And this is a phase that Michael Morris and the RTC continue with our last

549
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:58,560
 meeting to communicate their support for funding this project through funding. So we're reporting

550
01:02:58,560 --> 01:03:05,860
 that to you. Because it's the last tie in on this is the phase six project. So this

551
01:03:05,860 --> 01:03:12,560
 is what we're working with Michael on to get the funding to get it fully funded. So we

552
01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:19,440
 get all Bonnie Bray done in time for the 35 projects. I jumped one. I don't know my Roman

553
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:23,200
 numerals that well, I guess. So this is the phase seven that I was talking about, where

554
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:32,080
 Michael has said that he continues to state the cog and textile fund that segment from

555
01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:41,200
 that last segment up to 2877 to 288. And that I think is it today. And here's our glossary

556
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:49,920
 of terms. And I'm open for any questions if you have any. Okay, if you can pull the screen

557
01:03:49,920 --> 01:04:03,440
 share down. See if I can spot our council members. Councilmember Briggs. Thank you chair.

558
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:08,600
 I have a few questions. The first one, I just want to make a comment and see if you have

559
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:14,960
 any updates or answers. Since we met last we've had several people email us about the

560
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:22,000
 380 exit off of 35. And I know that that was included in one of these updates, but it wasn't

561
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:27,840
 mentioned how that affects the process. And I think you mentioned before there were some

562
01:04:27,840 --> 01:04:35,560
 temporary things that were going to be done. And we also have received suggestions from

563
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:40,840
 individuals on things that may could be done there. Could you address that intersection

564
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:46,640
 a little bit? Yes, ma'am. So that's that's going to be improved on the it's where it

565
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:58,000
 shows up on the report is the 3535 35 W merge. And that will be ultimately fixed. But on

566
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:03,440
 that project, but in the interim, what the district has we've gotten a lot of the district's

567
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:07,600
 got a lot of complaints, cities got a lot of complaints, the county's got a lot of complaints.

568
01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:13,360
 And so what we're trying to do is take what we're proposing in the ultimate, and then

569
01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:19,680
 do an interim breakout job to try to fix that in the short term. And so I would say probably

570
01:05:19,680 --> 01:05:26,000
 in the next 60 days, we should have a better idea on what we think we're going to do there.

571
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:29,600
 And it's our intent to try to do that as a breakout job. Some of these other ones you've

572
01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:40,200
 seen us do. Okay, thank you. And if you need us to send you the suggestions that we received,

573
01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:47,680
 we'll be happy, happy to do that as well. On Sherman on 428, I don't know you may have

574
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:54,280
 been aware, with the expansion of the development, there were some painting issues and the shoulder

575
01:05:54,280 --> 01:06:04,800
 went away. Or is that something that you're familiar with? And do we have a timing on

576
01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:10,800
 on how that will be fixed where it's not safe anymore for individuals riding bicycles through

577
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:17,720
 that section? Are you saying that some of the striping is gone? In that second? Yes,

578
01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:24,200
 the striping was allowed to be expanded to add a middle lane, which reduced the shoulder.

579
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:30,240
 There's no, hey, there's our city engineer who may want to weigh in on that. I'm just

580
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:35,920
 wondering if there is information on that because it wasn't on the update. Yeah, I'm

581
01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:41,440
 not familiar with that. But hopefully some of the city can answer that. And then if not,

582
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:47,240
 we can track it down and get it looked at fairly quickly. I can. This is Brian on traffic

583
01:06:47,240 --> 01:06:52,880
 engineer I can answer a little bit. We are currently working with the developer to amend

584
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:57,840
 their permit. We've talked with Tina and she said if they will just amend the permit, they'll

585
01:06:57,840 --> 01:07:04,920
 prove it to add a couple of feet of pavement to those existing shoulders. I think they're

586
01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:11,880
 probably three feet or less is what was left after that widening was done. So we are currently

587
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:18,440
 working with I believe it is Stark Farms is that development. And so we are working towards

588
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:28,920
 a solution with developer and textile at this time. Okay, um, I didn't know if Mr. Pulsar

589
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 wanted to come and I have another question not about that. Um, on the loop loop west,

590
01:07:35,820 --> 01:07:42,440
 the date is still 2026. Is that still the date you think or is that going to be moved

591
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:48,520
 up a little bit? So the 2026 date is there because it's not funded and that puts it outside

592
01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:56,880
 the four year window. So that's just there for a placeholder. But the when we get the

593
01:07:56,880 --> 01:08:05,040
 integrated corridor study back, part of what we'll do then is it'll be the city, the county,

594
01:08:05,040 --> 01:08:10,560
 the cities in the corridor between 428 and the toll road and the district. And we're

595
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:17,560
 going to be talking about timing and funding. And once we get that conversation had, we'll

596
01:08:17,560 --> 01:08:25,400
 have a better idea on on what type of money will loop to it yet. So that 2026 is just

597
01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:31,120
 because they put it outside the four year, uh, step window, but they want to keep it

598
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 on the books. And so they just put it in an out year. But yes, we'll update that as, as

599
01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:44,400
 we can. But remember, this also is the corridor where if you pull up your GIS mapping, you'll

600
01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:52,960
 see that there are a ton of gas wells, transmission lines, distribution lines. And so the part

601
01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:58,760
 of the timeframe that they're allowing is, is that they've had a couple of projects in

602
01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:04,360
 other places in the district that took a lot longer to do the utilities on that were similar

603
01:09:04,360 --> 01:09:08,880
 in nature to what Luke 288 is. So they're just hedging their bet on how long it's going

604
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:15,600
 to take to do the utilities. But now that we've got, um, like I say, an emphasis on

605
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:21,400
 this project, it's not just the city and the county. I think that there'll be more resources

606
01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:26,520
 brought to bear on this project and we'll be able to expedite the schedule.

607
01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:31,640
 Thank you. And chair, last, last comment, or I guess question, um, Mr. Polster, you

608
01:09:31,640 --> 01:09:38,020
 mentioned something about a road going through the greenbelt. Um, what I, that's makes me

609
01:09:38,020 --> 01:09:44,880
 really uncomfortable. I'm not sure what, um, what road is that you're, you're talking about.

610
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:50,760
 So when I get to the outer loop, I mean, the integrated corridor concept and, and text

611
01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:54,560
 that's still working with cog on some traffic modeling. And that's the reason why we don't

612
01:09:54,560 --> 01:10:03,520
 have it to distribute, but essentially it's a East West corridor South of the outer loop,

613
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:13,040
 which is four 28, the Northern four 28 and North of three 80. And the core of engineers

614
01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:22,200
 has communicated that they won't allow anything to cross the cream greenbelt other than a

615
01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:28,440
 regionally significant facility. And so this integrated corridor is a road that goes from

616
01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:38,080
 35 in Denton, ultimately in the inner first phase to 30 in Rockwall and then from 30 in

617
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:46,200
 Rockwall all the way back to Ennis in Ellis County at 45 and 287. So it is a regionally

618
01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:58,340
 significant arterial. And before we, before cog ventures into those waters, um, they want

619
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 to make sure that, um, they know what the traffic is going to do.

620
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:11,640
 Um, Brian, I'll pause that. I'll just, just going to ask, is that something that we've

621
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:15,000
 been looking at in our mobility plan? Is that on there?

622
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:19,000
 We actually do have a placeholder. I think a lot of the residents have been calling it

623
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:25,400
 the Ganser freeway. So we're showing an intermediate facility tying into four 28, approximately

624
01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:32,000
 where our Ganser road extension was. So we're, yes, we are in fact, including that at, and

625
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:39,120
 we got this information from John as a, just was a pop up a couple of months ago. So we've,

626
01:11:39,120 --> 01:11:44,920
 we've had it on the mobility plan as a placeholder, a controlled access facility for about two

627
01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:49,220
 months, three months. I'm, I'm pretty concerned about it. Okay.

628
01:11:49,220 --> 01:11:54,280
 That's all my questions. Thank you. Do you want us, when we get it to have it as a, maybe

629
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 an item that we discuss at the mobility committee, once we get the graphics?

630
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:05,640
 John, I think there's, there are three items that would probably resonate with, you know,

631
01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:09,860
 our constituents, the kinds of things we'd get questions on. I mean, that would be one,

632
01:12:09,860 --> 01:12:15,040
 the widening of the bike lane that we discussed before would be the other end. The thing we

633
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:21,500
 probably hear about the most is that, you know, the 35 merge onto 380, you know, whatever

634
01:12:21,500 --> 01:12:28,540
 intermediate helps are coming there. So I would encourage you to just build those into

635
01:12:28,540 --> 01:12:31,040
 your discussion. Yes, sir.

636
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:37,800
 Anything else? Council member Briggs? No, thank you. Thank you for letting me take

637
01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:41,480
 the time to ask my questions. Hey, that's what we're here. Council member

638
01:12:41,480 --> 01:12:52,080
 Ryan, anything at this time? Well, I'll just say that Michael Moore with,

639
01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:57,440
 with cog has talked about a green bridge. It's something not ever used before for crossing

640
01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:04,080
 that green belt area. That's going to be significantly unique in the way that it's built and protection

641
01:13:04,080 --> 01:13:09,880
 of the, the area. That's, that's intriguing. Certainly sounds

642
01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:15,840
 better than just clowning our way through it. Yeah. So just for your, for reference, there's

643
01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:24,840
 currently $50 million earmarked in Denton County and category two funds for that green

644
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:32,560
 belt crossing. So just the crossing of the green belt, they're, they allocated 50 million

645
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:38,680
 bucks because they know it's not going to be a normal, you know, pier and beam type

646
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:45,880
 structure. It's, it's going to have to be environmentally sensitive and you know, the

647
01:13:45,880 --> 01:13:50,400
 Corps of Engineers, they're going to, they're going to get their pound of flesh either way.

648
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:57,200
 So we know that it's a, it's not just a standalone type of thing. It's going to be a context

649
01:13:57,200 --> 01:14:04,820
 sensitive approach. Very interested in hearing more. I have just

650
01:14:04,820 --> 01:14:10,240
 a general question. You know, we see with all these projects, one of the big, you know,

651
01:14:10,240 --> 01:14:14,800
 kind of gating items is the environmental clearance. And I wonder if you could just

652
01:14:14,800 --> 01:14:21,600
 say at a very high level, what are the criteria that are evaluated and does any project ever

653
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:27,840
 fail environmental clearance? Okay. So the environmental clearance process

654
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:35,800
 includes not only the environmental impact of a project, but the mitigation required

655
01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:43,240
 in order for it to be approved. So what typically the way it's supposed to work is you look

656
01:14:43,240 --> 01:14:51,640
 at a project and if it has, if it meets a certain criteria, number of displacements,

657
01:14:51,640 --> 01:14:58,360
 environmentally sensitive issues, historically sensitive issues, then it, they do a checklist

658
01:14:58,360 --> 01:15:03,040
 and then they start with what's called a, with a categorical exclusion, which means

659
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:10,420
 that it's in an area that's been disturbed multiple times before. And so they're fairly

660
01:15:10,420 --> 01:15:17,120
 competent of what's in that area and that there's very limited sensitive receptors,

661
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:21,480
 for lack of a better word, so they can, they can move into what's that categorical exclusion,

662
01:15:21,480 --> 01:15:26,440
 which is a lower level of environmental clearance based on what's been done in the past. Then

663
01:15:26,440 --> 01:15:32,240
 it moves up to an environmental assessment and the environmental assessment goes into

664
01:15:32,240 --> 01:15:38,600
 in-depth detail on flora and fauna. So it's going to find out if there's endangered species,

665
01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:46,880
 it's going to do waters of the US, it's going to do air quality, noise, all of the things

666
01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:52,360
 that you would in your mind understand environmental issues to address. And then it identifies

667
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:59,800
 those impacts. And if that impact has a certain level to it, then there has to be a mitigation

668
01:15:59,800 --> 01:16:05,640
 program. So if there's noise above a certain level and it's, and it's medicable, if that's

669
01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:11,920
 a word, then the sound will have to be put in. If there are wetlands of the US that are

670
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:18,360
 impacted, they have to be replaced somewhere, whether it's on the corridor itself or in

671
01:16:18,360 --> 01:16:23,840
 some other location that can be found. And then if there are a certain number of trees

672
01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:30,220
 or whatever they're impacted, they're replaced typically seven to one. So the mitigation,

673
01:16:30,220 --> 01:16:35,280
 so if you can't, if you can achieve the mitigation, then you're environmentally cleared. So there

674
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:42,440
 are, there are times that projects are not cleared. And what happens when a project that's

675
01:16:42,440 --> 01:16:47,680
 going for an environmental assessment that doesn't get cleared, it doesn't have a finding

676
01:16:47,680 --> 01:16:52,440
 of no significant impact. It has a finding of significant impact. And so the next step

677
01:16:52,440 --> 01:17:01,120
 is what's called an environmental impact study or statement, which is a tenfold greater process

678
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:08,800
 you have to follow to move forward on a project if you so choose. Typically, if you get a

679
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:16,600
 finding of significant impact, nobody goes to the EIS after that because it's terminal.

680
01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:23,120
 And so the project typically stops. So I've been doing this for 30 years and no, sir,

681
01:17:23,120 --> 01:17:28,360
 I haven't found any project that hasn't been able to be mitigated once those impacts were

682
01:17:28,360 --> 01:17:35,260
 identified. I really appreciate that overview. Thank you very much. I think that's all we

683
01:17:35,260 --> 01:17:45,320
 have of the concluding items. Anybody, anybody caught anything I missed? Hearing no objection,

684
01:17:45,320 --> 01:17:51,840
 I'm going to move on to concluding items. Councilmember Briggs, do you have anything?

685
01:17:51,840 --> 01:17:56,240
 I mentioned them before in the matrix, the concluding items, but there was one thing

686
01:17:56,240 --> 01:18:02,680
 that I would like this committee to review and it's the update on the small transportation

687
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:09,120
 projects. I know there were a few still going on and so if we can have kind of updates on

688
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:18,240
 this committee regularly about how those are going, that would be helpful. Anything Councilmember

689
01:18:18,240 --> 01:18:32,400
 Ryan for concluding items? No. I will entertain a move to adjourn. Do we do that or we just

690
01:18:32,400 --> 01:18:39,800
 adjourn? I'm going to just adjourn. I'm going to adjourn Executive Authority and adjourn

691
01:18:39,800 --> 01:18:42,720
 this meeting at 10.19 a.m. Thank you very much, everyone.