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YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION.[1. Open Meeting.]
EXCELLENT.TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 5:32 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, CITY
[2. Roll Call.]
SECRETARY CRABTREE.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HERNEY.
CORUM MS. PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL'S ELIGIBILITY TO DO BUSINESS.
[3. Receive an update on the Raider Way and East Woodview Drive Roadway Improvements Project (CIP T.12).]
INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE RAIDER WAY AND EAST WOODVIEW DRIVE, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT CIPT 0.12.AND WITH US TONIGHT IS OUR CIP PROGRAM MANAGER.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S TONY BETIS.
I AM THE MANAGER FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR CITY OF LEANDER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE AN UPDATE WITH REGARDS TO RIGHT AWAY AND WOODVIEW IMPROVEMENTS AND JUMP RIGHT IN.
SO FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER RIGHT AWAY, STARTED OUT AS COUNTY ROAD 2 71, WHICH WAS A TIGHT LITTLE BLESS YOU.
STARTED AS A TIGHT LITTLE ROADWAY GOING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY.
AND BACK IN 2005, WILEY WAS CONSTRUCTED.
AND IN 2008, FOLLOWING THAT, UH, RALPH'S HIGH SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE REALIZED WE THAT ROAD'S PROBABLY TOO SMALL FOR THOSE TWO SCHOOLS.
2017, WE HAD FOLKS START MOVING INTO STEWART'S CROSSING 2018 INTO MARBELLA.
AND BY THAT TIME WE REALIZED THAT ROAD IS TOO SMALL.
SO THE CITY CAME IN AND THROUGH A BID BILL PROCESS, BID DESIGN, BID BILL PROCESS, WE HIRED CHASCO CONSTRUCTION LAST SUMMER, JULY, 2023.
AND THAT CONTRACTOR GOT TO WORK.
SINCE AUGUST, 2023, CHECO HAS INSTALLED OVER 4,400 LINEAR FEET OF NEW WATER PIPE, WHICH HELPS INCREASE THE PRESSURE AND FLOW RATE TO THAT AREA.
CHECO HAS INSTALLED OVER 32,000 LINEAR FEET OF CONDUIT FOR COMMUNICATION, FIBER AND POWER.
AND THOSE CONDUITS ARE INCLUDE CITY OF LEANERS, LICS, PS, AT&TS, VERIZONS, GRANDES SPECTRUMS, AND SUDDEN LINKS.
CHASCO IS ALSO INSTALLED IN, I CAN'T SAY THAT CORRECTLY, INSTALLED 5,000 LINEAR FEET OF STORM DRAIN AND RELATED INLETS AND SEPARATED DEVICES.
THESE ARE ALL UPDATED TO ATLAS 14 REQUIREMENTS.
CHA CHASCO HAS ALSO CONSTRICTED THREE MAJOR DETENTION PONDS AS WELL AS TWO SMALLER ONES.
THESE ARE ALSO DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR ATLAS 14 REQUIREMENTS.
AND THESE CAME WITH THEIR CHALLENGES SUCH AS US FINDING UN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN GEOTHERMAL WELLS AND GEOTHERMAL PIPES, WHICH ARE LSD USES FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS. WE DID HAVE TO LOWER A COUPLE OF WELLS AND RELOCATE QUITE A FEW PIPES THAT ALSO, AND JUST JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, THAT DID CREATE ABOUT A FOUR MONTH DELAY ON POND NUMBER A AS WELL AS THE UH, STORM WATER SYSTEM INSTALLING OVER CHECO HAS INSTALLED OVER 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF STONE, WHICH IS USED FOR THE DETENTION PONDS.
10 POUND UP TO 1.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER HOUR.
CHACOS ALSO DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED OVER 16,000 SQUARE YARDS OF ASPHALT AND BASE, 26,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAYS AND OVER 4,000 LINEAR FEET OF POWER LINES.
TODAY, EVEN AS OF JULY 10TH, THEY HAVE PLACED IN CONSTRUCTED OVER 10,000 SQUARE YARDS OF HOT MIX ASPHALT AND BASE OVER 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVINGS SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAYS AND INSTALLED NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TWO CROSSWALK HAWKS.
WHAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS, WHICH SHOWS YOU AS OF JULY 10TH, THE PROGRESS.
I WANTED TO SHARE YOU WITH THESE 'CAUSE IT'S A BIRD'S EYE VIEW IS ACTUALLY GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER DETERMINATION.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE THAT WE DEMOLISHED THE WEST HALF OF THE ROAD AND HAVE CONSTRUCTED TWO LANE WIDTH SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE IS, OH, THERE WE GO.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD MOVING TOO FAST FOR ME.
WE'VE GOT THE STORM WATERS, STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS IN, UH, WE'VE BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED CONCRETE APRONS FOR ALL THE DRIVEWAYS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE.
WE'VE CONSTRUCTED HALF OF THE DRIVEWAYS AND ACTUALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE CONSTRUCTED ALL THE DRIVEWAY APRONS ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE, THOSE ARE THE HAWKS, THOSE SIGNAL LOOKING THINGS RIGHT THERE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE POWER LINES ARE GONE.
EVERYTHING'S UNDERGROUND AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
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CAN SHOW.I'M SORRY I MISSED OUT ON THAT.
AND FROM HERE, THIS IS, LEMME SHOW YOU, LEMME SHOW YOU WOODVIEW.
THIS IS COMING IN ACROSS FROM WOODVIEW ON THE WEST SIDE CROSSING 180 3 A AND WE'RE COMING UP ON, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THAT'S THE NEW TURN LANE THAT TURNS OFF OF 180 3 A ONTO OUR EASTBOUND WOODVIEW DRIVE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED ALL THE CURB PAVEMENT, SIDEWALKS, STORM DRAINS, ALL ALONG THAT WHOLE SOUTH LANE.
THERE IT IS NOW A DRIVABLE SURFACE.
AND MATTER OF FACT, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TRAFFIC IS NOW DRIVING ON THAT LANE.
WE HAVE SINCE MOVED OVER AND CHASCO STARTED DEMOLISHING THE NORTH LANE.
UM, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER LONGER, UM, VIDEO.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE, PERHAPS I CAN GO THROUGH DARA AND DARA.
CAN YOU SHARE THOSE BIGGER VIDEOS LATER? YES.
UH, WILL THOSE BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE? THE ANSWER IS YES.
THIS IS THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RAIDER WAY AND WOODVIEW.
NOW THE WAY IT'S LOOKING, THIS IS TO THE NORTH, THIS IS TO THE WEST.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST, THAT'S LOOKING SOUTH.
THE REASON I WANNA SHOW THIS TO YOU IS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WITHIN OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED UH, TYPE B ASPHALT.
IT IS THE BASE THAT GOES UNDER CONCRETE.
CONCRETE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INSTALLED OVER THIS.
AND SO NOW THIS LANE IS CURRENTLY DRIVABLE.
AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT IS FOR US TO PROGRESS, TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE ACTUALLY NEED TO COME IN AND WE NEED TO DEMOLISH THIS HERE, THIS WHAT WE CALL A QUADRANT.
SO THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.
WE NEED TO DEMOLISH THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT AND THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT.
THAT ALLOWS US TO BUILD UP THREE QUARTERS OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
WHEN WE DO THAT, IT HELPS US GET BACK TO OPENING UP ALL THE LANES AND HAVING TRAFFIC THAT CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS SECTION.
SO SINCE JULY 10TH, THOSE VIDEOS WERE JULY 10TH.
SINCE JULY 10TH, CHASCO HAS CONSTRUCTED THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CONCRETE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT IS NOW DRIVABLE LANE AND CARS ARE NOW DRIVING ON THAT LANE.
THAT IS WOODVIEW THAT YOU SEE.
THOSE ARE THE SOUTH LANES ON WOODVIEW AND DEMOLISHED THE, UH, NORTH LANES ON WOODVIEW.
AND THEY'VE PAVED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO JUST SHY OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PINCH POINT RIGHT THERE, AND WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO GET THAT DONE AND OPEN BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE IFFY, BUT WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO GET THERE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING ON A DRY UTILITY TO GET RELOCATED.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP OF LISD AND C-T-R-M-A.
EVIDENTLY, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE ARE CAUSING IMPACT TO OUR NEIGHBORS, TO THE CHURCHES, THE SCHOOLS, THE, THE, UM, RESIDENCES.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING VERY HARD TO, TO WORK WITH THESE GROUPS, PARTNERING WITH THEM, AND WE DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES.
WE, WE TRY TO DISCUSS THE DETOUR PATTERNS AND TRAFFIC FLOW.
WE TRY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CTMA, EVIDENTLY WE AFFECT THEM GREATLY, WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO DO, INCLUDING SIGNALS AND ANY KINDA DETOUR CHANGES.
AND WE DO ACCEPT FEEDBACK AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTING FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE PROPERTIES, UH, THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS.
WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS THAT ORIGINALLY OUR CONTRACTOR HAD DONE A SMASH UP JOB KILLING TO KEEP THIS PROJECT OPEN TWO WAYS AS FAR AS THEY COULD.
FOR THE LONGEST TIME IN MARCH, 2024, WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE OFF WOODVIEW TO ONE WAY SO WE COULD DEMOLISH THE SOUTH LANE OF ONE WOODVIEW TO ALLOW US TO CONSTRUCT THAT NEW LANE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN.
AND WE KEPT MAINTAINED TWO WAY TRAFFIC ON RIGHT WAY UP UNTIL THE END OF MAY.
SO RIGHT AT THE 1ST OF JUNE, THEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO ONE WAY NORTHBOUND ON RIGHT WAY.
NOW WITH THERE ARE YARDS TO ALL THIS MAJOR CONSTRUCTION.
OF COURSE WE CAUSE DISRUPTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT AND WE ARE GREATLY APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THE BIG LINCHPINS THAT I HAD STATED IS THE ROUNDABOUT.
THE ROUNDABOUT IS THE MAIN THING THAT MAKES EVERYTHING WORK AND IT ALSO CREATES THE GREATEST DISRUPTION.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TRYING TO GET THAT ROUNDABOUT GOING, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT EXCAVATION.
WE HAVE TO DROP IT IN SOME PLACES AS MUCH AS TWO FEET.
UH, IT CAUSES A LOT OF REDIRECTION AND ROUTE CHANGES.
UH, SADLY BECAUSE WOODVIEW DRIVE AND RAIDER WAY, WHICH WAS COUNTY ROAD 1 72, THERE WAS NO OTHER
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WAYS IN AND OUT.SO WE HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO THE SCHOOLS, WHICH CAUSES US GREAT IMPACTS AND IT MAKES THOSE IMPACTS MUCH MORE SEVERE.
UH, AND THEN EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO, AS WE'RE WIDENING THE ROAD, OF COURSE WE TRY TO WORK AND MITIGATE WITH DRIVEWAYS, THE PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT AND BEING ABLE TO HELP EVERYBODY GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
SO IT CREATES A STOP, STOP START APPROACH.
AND SO IT, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MOVING BACK AND FORTH, BUT IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, IN JUNE AT THE START OF SUMMER, WE DID SWITCH TO ONE WAY ON RIGHT OF WAY THAT ALLOWED US TO CLOSE OFF THE WEST LANE OR WEST HALF OF RIGHT OF WAY, DEMOLISHED IT.
AND WE CONSTRUCTED THAT TWO LANE WIDTH THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE, IN THE FLYOVER.
WE DID HAVE CERTAIN CONCERNS WHEN WE DID THIS.
UM, THERE'S A SEE HERE, EVIDENTLY WE HAVE CONCERNS AT, AT, UM, AT CRYSTAL FALLS AND WE HAVE CONCERNS OVER HERE WITH TRAFFIC COMING OUT ONTO THE, THE ACCESS ROAD.
NOW, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, I POINTED OUT AND I SHOWED Y'ALL THAT D UH, THE, I'M SORRY, THE ROUNDABOUT.
ROUNDABOUT IS A LINCHPIN AND I NEED TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN BECAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE START TO DEMOLISH THAT IT CREATES GREATER HEADACHES AND MORE CONCERNS AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN MITIGATE AND GET BACK TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AS QUICKLY, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IS WE'RE HAVING TO SWITCH THE TRAFFIC.
THIS IS CURRENTLY HOW WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, ONE WAY NORTH ON, ON RIGHT AWAY, ONE WAY WEST ON WOODVIEW.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE CHANGING THAT TO THIS, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE ONE WAY EAST ON WOODVIEW AND ONE WAY SOUTH ON RAIDER WAY.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MERGING ONTO, UM, RIGHT THERE.
AS WE HAVE THAT CONCERN, THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE MERGING ONTO THERE AND THE WAY THE TRAFFIC GOES UPWARDS TOWARDS 2243.
SO WE HAVE CHOSEN TO SWITCH THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO THE NEW CLOCKWISE PATTERN.
NOW WE DO ADD CAUTION BECAUSE THIS IS CURRENT DETOUR.
DETOUR HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED, SO WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW IT'S GONNA WORK, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO MONITOR IT CLOSELY AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE NEED TO WHEN NEEDED.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN OFF-DUTY POLICE PRESENCE THERE TO HELP IMPROVE WITH FLOW AT CRITICAL LOCATIONS AND FOR ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY RESPONSES AS NEEDED.
AND AS I SHOW YOU, THIS IS THE NEW FLOW PATTERNS.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS COMING UP AS WE SHOWED, THERE IS A PINCH POINT CURRENTLY RIGHT HERE, WHICH FORCES TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND BACK UP.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE OPEN THAT UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ONCE WE GET THE, UH, DRY UTILITY OUT OF THE WAY, WE HAVE A SECOND CONCERN THAT AT PEAK WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAR THESE CARS WILL BACK UP.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THESE CARS WILL ACTUALLY BACK UP ONTO THE ACTUAL ACCESS ROAD.
AND IF THEY DO, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THAT.
ALSO, WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IF IT DOES BACK UP, WE HAVE THIS APARTMENT SYSTEM HERE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN IT MIGHT BACK UP ON THAT ROAD.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE MONITORING AND WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE FLY.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO START REALLY DISCUSSING BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO, AS I SHOWED Y'ALL THAT THAT OVERHEAD PHOTO OF THE ROUNDABOUT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE THIS SOUTHWEST QUADRANT CONSTRUCTED, SO TRAFFIC CAN EASILY FLOW THROUGH THERE FOR US TO GET AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BACK TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
WE NEED TO DEMOLISH BOTH THE NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANTS AND GET THOSE CONSTRUCTED.
NOW WE'RE THINKING THAT SHOULD TAKE US ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
IT COULD TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER.
WE'RE THINKING WE'LL HAVE THAT OPEN SOMETIME IN MID TO LATE AUTUMN.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE IT CLOSES OFF RIGHT AWAY, IT IS GONNA FORCE US TO REQUIRE A DETOUR.
AND THE ONLY CLEAR DETOUR THAT WE HAVE IS THE DETOUR THAT'S COMING BACK DOWN THROUGH STEWART'S CROSSING.
UH, BACK DOWN TO, UH, WOODVIEW.
CAN YOU BACK UP FOR A SECOND? YES, SIR.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE IN PLACE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS? YES SIR.
SO IF WE'RE SENDING VEHICLES ONE WAY ON WOODVIEW, PEOPLE HAVING TO MAKE A TURNING MOVEMENT OFF OF, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT STREET THAT IS WITH THE BLUE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMPETING YES, YES SIR.
AS, AS IS CHASCO HAS STATED THAT THEY WILL HAVE SOME OFF-DUTY OFFICERS AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DETERMINE WHERE IT'S BEST NEEDED AND IF WE NEED TO PUT AN OFFICER THERE TO CONTROL TRAFFIC, THEN BY ALL MEANS WE WILL DO
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SO.AND THEN WHEN YOU GET ON TO RIGHT AWAY YES, SIR.
AND THEY'RE DROPPING KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE COMPETING TURN TURNING THERE? ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO GO IN ONE WAY AND EXIT OUT A DIFFERENT DRIVEWAY TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT COMPETING? YES SIR.
I'M GONNA GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT YOU ARE QUITE CORRECT.
SO WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS HOW WE HAVE IT CURRENTLY.
IT'S ONE WAY NORTH, WHICH PROVIDES FOR RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.
NOW THE REASON I SHOW THIS IS THAT WITH RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT IT CREATES ITS OWN NATURAL BREAKS.
EVERY TIME SOMEONE TAKES A RIDE IN THEN CREATES A BREAK IN TRAFFIC AND THEN RIGHT OUT PEOPLE CAN JUMP QUICKLY JUMP OUT THERE.
NOW AS WE'RE GOING TO THE NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS UNTESTED FOR US.
SO WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW WELL THIS IS GONNA WORK.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH CHASCO.
WE HAVE ONLINE SEVERAL OFF-DUTY OFFICERS READY TO GO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, RESPOND QUICKLY AND WE WILL HAVE TO ASSESS CON I'M SORRY, ASSESS CONSTANTLY AND IF WE NEED TO ADJUST AND WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE FLOOR.
BUT AS YOU WERE STATING AS TRAFFIC IS MOVING SOUTH, IT HAS TO TAKE A LEFT END AND A LEFT OUT, WHICH DOES CREATE A UNIQUE, UH, SITUATION.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC KIND OF TURNING AGAINST AND ACROSS TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
THIS WILL POSSIBLY REQUIRE CHASCO TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS IN PLACE.
SO THE ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TOO, IS THAT UP HERE, THIS IS THE BUS LANE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BAND PAD BECAUSE THE WAY THIS IS CONSTRUCTED, THERE IS A, AN ISLAND RIGHT HERE, THERE IS NO WAY TO DO A LEFT IN, LEFT OUT FOR BUSES THERE.
SO BUSES ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE NEXT TO WILEY AND GO THE BACK WAY AROUND AND THEN COME BACK OUT THIS WAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT MAY REQUIRE OFFICERS TO HELP US OUT THERE.
WE KNOW FOR A FACT WE ARE GONNA PUT AN OFFICER WITHOUT A DOUBT RIGHT THERE.
AND HERE'S OUR NEXT STEPS WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU WITH REGARDS TO THAT DETOUR THAT WE DO NEED TO TAKE THROUGH SOURCE CROSSING.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO REQUEST THAT WE PARTIALLY RESTRICT ON STREET PARKING THROUGH THAT, THAT DETOUR.
AND PART OF THAT IS UP HERE ON CARLENE PRUITT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE BOTH SIDES ARE CLEAR SO WE CAN HAVE VEHICLES GOING IN AND EASILY AT LEAST ONE SIDE OR AT JUST ONE SIDE, I'M SORRY, ON MYRNA BEND.
AND THEN THIS IS NOLAN RANCH ROAD WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE BOTH SIDES OF NO NOLAN RANCH ROAD OPEN AS WELL.
AND AS IT SAYS DOWN THERE, WE ESTIMATE 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS.
UH, JESSICA'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT GETTING THINGS CON CONSTRUCTED AND AND MOVING.
THERE ARE ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL OF UNFORESEEN EVENTS AND VARIABLES.
AND TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING COUNSEL TO PROVIDE US DIRECTION ON ON STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE A SAFE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS FROM THE STEWART CROSSING IN MARBELLA NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT BY MID TO LATE FALL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON RAIDER WAY AND REMOVAL OF THAT DETOUR TO ALLOW US TO GET BACK TO, UH, MORE OR LESS NORMAL TRAFFIC.
OF COURSE, ONCE AGAIN, WE SAY THAT TIMELINE ALWAYS DEPENDS UPON VARIABLES.
BY LATE WINTER 2025, UH, I'LL SAY APPROXIMATELY FEBRUARY, UM, WE'RE ESTIMATING TO RETURN TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON WOODVIEW DRIVE.
THAT MEANS WE'LL HAVE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON WOODVIEW DRIVE AND TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT PRODUCES US BACK TO A MORE OR LESS, UH, NORMAL TYPE TRAFFIC PATTERN.
WE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'LL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, IT JUST MEANS THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO TRAFFIC MOVING IN A MORE OR LESS NORMAL WAY.
SO BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED ON AUGUST 6TH A TOWN HALL MEETING AT ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA AT 6:00 PM IT'S AN IN-PERSON MEETING ON AUGUST, AUGUST 7TH.
WE HAVE A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AT 5:30 PM IS THAT LINKED TO THE VIRTUAL? ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN AUGUST 7TH, OUR CONTRACTOR'S GONNA REVERSE THE TRAFFIC FLOW AS WE HAD SHOWN TO THE ONE WAY EAST ON WOODVIEW AND ONE WAY SOUTH ON RAIDER WAY, THEY ARE GOING TO ENACT THAT DETOUR THROUGH STEWART'S CROSSING FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NORTH OF WOODVIEW DRIVE.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE PRIVATE, PRIVATE RESIDENCES ON LINE 21.
AND THEN CHASKA WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT AND THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANTS OF THAT ROUNDABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO AFTER SCHOOL STARTS, WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE PPI CANNOT SPEAK TONIGHT, I'M SO SORRY.
WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE PEAK TRAFFIC AND ADJUST AS NEEDED WHEN NEEDED.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING HIRING A CONSULTANT TO GO IN WHO'S GONNA COLLECT TRAFFIC DATA AND TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR US FOR UP TO SEVEN DAYS.
ONCE WE GET TRAFFIC FLOWING BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 7TH, THIS ONE WILL GIVE US THE CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC AND HOW MUCH VEHICLES ARE MOVING THROUGH THERE, WHERE ARE THE PINCH POINTS, WHAT'S THE PROBLEMS, AND HELPS US DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF CORRECTIONS
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WE NEED TO MAKE.THE HARD PART IS IT'S CATCH 22.
WE REALLY CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION AND DATA UNTIL WE ACTUALLY START THE TRAFFIC THAT WAY.
WELL, I KIND OF NEED TO JUMP FIRST.
WE CAN COLLECTING THAT DATA AT THOSE THREE POINTS THAT YOU SEE, AND IT ALLOWS US TO DETERMINE WHERE CARS ARE GOING, HOW MANY CARS ARE TRAFFIC ARE FLOWING.
IT HELPS US DETERMINE HOW MANY CARS ARE ACTUALLY COMING OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING INTO THE SCHOOL.
AND OF COURSE, HOW MANY CARS ARE STACKING UP THERE AT 180 3 ON CRYSTAL FALLS, AS WE SIT SAID BEFORE, CHASCO IS GOING TO ASSIST US WITH OFF-DUTY OFFICERS.
AND FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR INITIAL START.
WE ANTICIPATE HAVING, LIKE I SAID, AN OFFICER RIGHT THERE TO HELP US WITH THE BUSES AS THEY TURN INTO THE BUS LANE.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN OFFICER WAITING, AND THIS IS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR VISIBILITY AND SAFETY REASONS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF TRAFFIC'S GONNA BACK UP ONTO 180 3 A, BUT WE WANT TO BE READY.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE AN OFFICER DOWN HERE AT, UH, ONCE AGAIN AT AT 180 3 A AND AT CRYSTAL FALLS ONCE AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICER FURTHER DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ON OR AN OFF, I'M SORRY, OFF RAMP OFF OF 180 3 A HERE.
AND IF TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO BACK UP HERE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REACT AND RESPOND TO THAT.
SO OUR GOALS ARE OF COURSE TO ESTABLISH VISIBILITY WITH THE DRIVERS MINI MINIMIZE ANY RESPONSE TIME FOR ANY KIND OF COLLISIONS OR OTHER EMERGENCIES AND TO OBSERVE ANY KIND OF DRIVER BEHAVIORS.
UM, SO WE, IT HELPS US LEARN FROM THIS.
UM, UM, THERE'S A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF THAT HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BEEN COMPLICATED AND I THINK WHAT MR. BETIS, UM, DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO IS HOW DIFFICULT THINGS WERE IN THE SPRING WHEN WE WERE GOING COUNTERCLOCKWISE.
SO WE HAD EVERYBODY ENTERING ON RAIDER WAY AND RAIDER WAY WAS, UH, TWO DIRECTIONS, AND THEN IT WAS ONE WAY OUT ACROSS WOODVIEW BEFORE WE HAD TO, UM, CLOSE OFF MORE OF RADER.
AND IT WAS A MESS TRAFFIC WISE, IT BACKED UP IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
UM, AND STAFF WAS OUT THERE EVERY DAY DOING, UH, COUNTS, KEEPING TRACK OF HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH, UM, CHANGING THE, UH, THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS, WORKING WITH CTMA TO CHANGE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS TRULY A LOT OF EFFORT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS RECOGNIZED BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WHEN WE SIT IN THE TRAFFIC, WE THINK, WHO THOUGHT OF THIS? RIGHT? THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS MUCH.
BUT, UM, THE, THE TRUTH OF RAIDER WAY IS IT'S NEVER BEEN GOOD AND IT HAS TO GET A LITTLE WORSE BEFORE WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
AND WE ARE IN THAT LITTLE WORSE PHASE AND WE ALL WISH THAT WE COULD SPEED IT UP, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE PIVOTED QUITE A BIT AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SO THIS, THIS NEW WAY TO GO AROUND IT IS UNTESTED.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO GO.
UM, BUT WE CAN ANTICIPATE THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME SIGNIFICANT BACKUP, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S EASIER THAN WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH IN, IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THIS, THIS STANDS A CHANCE OF OF BEING EASIER.
UM, MR. BETIS, DO YOU MIND, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE GET A LOT IS WHY WE DON'T HAVE POLICE OUT DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT ALL OF THESE INTERSECTIONS? NO, THAT IS, DO YOU MIND ANSWERING THAT OR ACTUALLY, MR. GERLER, CAN I BORROW YOU FOR A SECOND PLEASE, SIR? AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD QUESTION WITH A VERY GOOD ANSWER.
LIEUTENANT GERLER, DO YOU MIND, SIR? NOT AT ALL.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T MET IN PERSON.
I'M LIEUTENANT GERLER, I'M OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS LIEUTENANT.
SO PART OF THAT INCLUDES OVERSEEING OUR TRAFFIC UNIT AND LOGISTICS.
AND OUR LOGISTICS INCLUDES ALL OUR OFF-DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO WORK ON THIS TRAFFIC PLAN FOR Y'ALL.
SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS LIKE THAT, UM, IT IS A, A HUGE MANPOWER DRAW TO TRY AND DIRECT TRAFFIC AT JUST ONE INTERSECTION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT AN INTERSECTION LIKE GREATER WAY AND CRYSTAL FALLS, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE AT LEAST THREE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT SAFELY BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIRECTIONS OF TRAFFIC AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING SAFETY, WE CAN GET PEOPLE CYCLED OUT IN THE SUMMER, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE JUST STAND ON THE BLACKTOP FOR THE WHOLE TIME.
IF WE WERE GONNA TRY AND DO AN INTERSECTION LIKE CRYSTAL FALLS AND 180 3 A, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT SAFELY BE WITH SO MANY LANES AND HOW WIDE THEY ARE AND HOW SPREAD OUT THEY ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FREEWAY.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY CREATE ANY EFFICIENCY TO DO THAT.
AND TO BE HONEST, THE THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS IS A LOT SMARTER THAN I AM WITH MATH AND BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THAT TRAFFIC THROUGH IN THE WAY THEY CAN ADJUST AND THEY CAN TYPICALLY ADJUST TO THOSE PATTERNS FASTER THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN ON SCENE WHEN IT'S A PROTRACTED
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ISSUE.IF IT'S SHORT TERM LIKE AN ACCIDENT, WE CAN JUST STOP EVERYBODY, GET WHAT WE NEED DONE, MOVED, AND MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH AND OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN GET IT BACK OPEN AGAIN.
WHEN IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IT'S PROTRACTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AN OPTION.
SO THAT'S PART OF WHY DOING THE MANPOWER VERSION, IT'S JUST PROHIBITIVE AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF MANPOWER AND IT'S MUCH SAFER TO LET THE TRAFFIC GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER POSSIBLY, BUT LET THE LIGHTS ACTUALLY CONTROL THAT.
UM, MR. BETIS, I KNOW IN THE SPRING WE HAD CHANGED THE, THE LIGHT TIMING SEVERAL TIMES TO TRY AND, AND REALLY DIAL IN WHAT WAS NEEDED.
UM, AND THAT WAS BEING MONITORED IN REAL TIME, MAAM, AT OUR MA'AM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, MA'AM? THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE WE STILL PLANNING ON DOING THAT THIS FALL? YES, MA'AM.
GINA, CAN I, UH, MS. ELLISON PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF? GINA ELLISON PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR? UM, YES.
LAST, UM, SPRING WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CTRA AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO THAT AGAIN.
UM, WE SHARE THE SAME, UH, SUPPORT, UM, CONSULTANT I GUESS.
AND SO THEY, UM, BELIEVE WITH THESE TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WE RECEIVE THAT THEY CAN DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COORDINATING.
THE IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE SEE OBVIOUSLY IS CRYSTAL FALLS AND RAIDER WAY AND CRYSTAL FALLS AND 180 3 A BECAUSE IF 180 3 A IS NOT MOVING, THEN THE CRYSTAL FALLS PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT.
SO TIMING THAT UP AS BEST WE CAN, UM, WILL HELP TRAFFIC MOVE, UM, AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO C TERM IS COMMITTED AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND GETTING THOSE TWO LINED UP.
AND WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT IN REAL TIME EVERY DAY.
WE CAN DO THAT FROM PUBLIC WORKS, I IMAGINE WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE ON SITE JUST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, PROBABLY THE FIRST AS IT GETS GOING TOO.
UM, I KNOW C CHAIRMAN IS PLANNING TO BE OUT THERE AND, AND WE ARE AS WELL JUST TO WATCH IT AND IN REAL TIME, NOT JUST FROM THE, THE TV.
UM, AND THEN MR. BETIS, UM, YES MA'AM.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE HAVE ALTERED SOME OF OUR HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER? WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY.
RIGHT NOW OUR CONTRACTORS WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND HE HAS REQUESTER, THEY HAVE REQUESTED, UH, CERTAIN LATE NIGHT HOURS TO, TO DO CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE PUTTING IN, OH MY GOODNESS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 12 TO 14 HOUR DAYS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, THEY CAN GO ANY MORE THAN THAT AND THEY'VE DOUBLED UP ON THEIR, THEIR STAFF AND THEIR TEAMS. UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR, FOR US AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE NOT DRAGGING OUR FEET.
UM, AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, WE HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF UTILITIES RELOCATE THEIR LINES FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT HAS HELD US UP OVER TIME.
UM, HOW MANY DIFFERENT UTILITIES DID WE NEED TO HAVE RELOCATE? OH, I CAN ACTUALLY QUICKLY GO OVER THERE IF IT'S OKAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A VERY GOOD CONCERTED EFFORT BY ALL INVOLVED.
UH, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS EVERYONE MIGHT THINK IT IS TO MOVE THESE AROUND.
SO YES, UH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
PECI WANNA, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PEC.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT SMASHUP JOB.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, HELPING US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
THEY'VE BEEN DILIGENT AND RESPONSIVE EVERY TIME WE NEED SOMETHING.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO PEC.
UM, AND OF COURSE WITH REGARDS TO AT T VERIZON, GRANDE SPECTRUM, SUDDEN LINK AND, UH, ATMOS.
SO WE HAD, WHAT WAS THAT? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
UM, SO WE, WE HAD ALL THOSE DRY UTIL UTILITIES UTIL WORKING THROUGH THERE, AND SO WE HAD TO COORDINATE AND ADJUST THEM, GET 'EM MOVED IN, MOVED OUT.
UM, MOST OF 'EM WERE VERY RESPONSIVE AND WE, WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WAY THAT THEY RESPONDED.
YOUR QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UH, I'VE GOT A FEW.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE FOR CHIEF FORSTER, HAUSEN AND, UM, LIEUTENANT, HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR
UM, SO WELL FIRST, TONY, HOW, WHAT'S THE WIDTH OF THE LANE ON WOODVIEW GOING ONE WAY EAST? 'CAUSE THAT LOOKED PRETTY NARROW FROM THE ARROW VIEW ANYWAYS.
IT'S, I DID THE SAME THING I WAS GOING, THAT LOOKS REALLY NARROW.
IT'S A, IT'S ALMOST A, UM, OPTICAL ILLUSION.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET ON THERE DRIVING A VEHICLE, BECAUSE SEE IF I CAN ACTUALLY SHOW YOU, UH, NO I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ONE.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY START DRIVING IT, IT ACTUALLY IS FAIRLY WIDE AND BROAD.
IT'S, IT IS AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
IT DID
AND I'VE ACTUALLY CHASTISED MY CONTRACTOR GOING, WHY IS IT SO WIDE NARROW? BUT YES, IT IS WIDE ENOUGH.
SO I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIOS, UH, WE HAVE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BACK THERE OR EVEN AT THE SCHOOL.
ANY CONCERNS FIGHTING THROUGH ALL THAT SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND HAS A PLAN BEEN MADE FOR ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UH, BILLY ROUEN, FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH, UH, WITH PD AND, AND THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND STUFF THERE.
UH, FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS WE WILL HAVE PERSONNEL IN THE SUBDIVISION, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR IF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
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OCCURS, AS WELL AS PDS GONNA HAVE OFFICERS THERE TO WHERE IF WE DO HAVE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND IMMEDIATELY TAKE CONTROL OF THE TRAFFIC, GET THAT EVACUATED OUT.UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE'VE CONSULTED WITH THE PARK AT CRYSTAL FALLS APARTMENTS THERE.
THEY DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS THAT GOES ONTO THE, UH, ONTO RIGHT AWAY.
AND, UH, SO WE'VE, UH, MET WITH THEM AND OUR PLAN IS THEN TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT IF NEEDED.
THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, GATE ACCESSES THERE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THEN, UH, TO GET THERE TO THE SCHOOLS.
SO WE, WE HAVE UH, A COUPLE OF MECHANISMS IN PLACE THERE.
UM, NOT EVERYBODY HAS KIDS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO THEY MAY NOT ATTEND THESE WORKSHOPS AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION.
HAVE WE CONSIDERED SENDING A MAILER? 'CAUSE I JUST PICTURED MYSELF, I DON'T HAVE SMALL KIDS SCHOOL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.
I TRY TO LEAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I GET STUCK.
IT'S LIKE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
HAVE WE CONSIDERED SENDING STUFF OUT TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TRY TO PLAN AROUND THE BUSY TIMES? YEAH, WE, WE'VE DONE, UH, NEWSPAPER NOTICES WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT, UH, THROUGH OUR NORMAL CHANNELS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SENT OUT MAILERS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO AND TRY TO GET THAT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION OUT.
WE HAVE ALSO APPROACHED THE HOAS AND TALKED TO THEM AND TO SEE HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE THE DECELERATION, UH, LANES THAT ARE BEING BUILT ON 180 3.
AND SO THEY, THEY'RE NOT OPEN YET.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE CLOSED AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY JUST WON A BUNCH OF PAVE DOWN THERE AND I TRIED FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND, UM, NOW, NOW, OKAY.
ANYWAYS, YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES SIR.
SO, UM, AND SO I GUESS I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS GONNA HAVE THOSE IN PLACE BEFORE THE SALE SO THAT PEOPLE THAT DRIVE DOWN THAT ROAD WILL ACTUALLY SEE THEY'RE THERE BEFORE HAPPENS? ONE SUGGESTION.
SO YOU'RE NOT JUST OPENING UP THAT DAY AND KIDS, WHAT I CAN TELL IS GONNA BE BACKED ALL THE WAY DOWN.
I WOULDN'T BE GO BACK FALLS AND ALL THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING, YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THERE AND A BIG, AND THEN THE OTHER PART WOULD BE THAT PUTTING SOME SIGNS ON ONE THREE FURTHER UP TO TELL THROUGH TRAFFIC TO MERGE LEFT.
SO THEY MOVE OUTTA THE WAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOW WE'RE NOW WE'RE DOWN.
SEE I DO HAVE A LOT OF VOICE
SO, UM, NOW I HAVE TO BACK UP.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME SIGNS UP 180 3 A SO THAT PEOPLE, 'CAUSE PEOPLE FLY THROUGH THAT, THAT INTERSECTION, I MEAN THEY GO THROUGH THERE FAST, THEY'RE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR AND A BUNCH OF PARKED CARS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WOULD BE IS THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE THE PATTERN KIND OF UP FROM CRYSTAL FALLS, PUTTING SOME SIGNS, YOU KNOW, THE FLASHING SIGNS, WHATEVER, WHERE YOU DO THE WATER THING SAYING, HEY, VIEW IS THE ENTRANCE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T COME DOWN TO CRYSTAL FALLS AND REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN YOU END UP WITH JUST A BIG MESS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GO IN A BIG CIRCLE.
MY QUESTION WAS ONE IS THAT LONGER VIDEO THAT YOU HAVE GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE, UM, TOWN HALLS SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS THERE IS ABLE TO SEE, I KNOW IT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE, BUT ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO VIEW THAT DURING THE TOWN HALL? I WOULD LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S VERY DESCRIPTIVE.
I THINK IT'S HARD WHEN YOU ARE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WHOLE PROCESS IS THAT'S HAPPENING AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S BEING DONE OVERALL OVERLAY WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, MY OTHER THING IS, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE WOULD POSSIBLY, UH, BE OFFICERS AT THOSE IMPORTANT INTERSECTIONS WHERE THE BUSES ARE TURNING IN AND OUT.
AND THEN AT THE END IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS FOR SURE, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT THAT IS FOR SURE THAT THEY WILL HAVE OFFICERS HELPING THE BUSES GET IN AND OUT OF EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I CAN SEE ALL THE BUSES BEING BACKED UP, UM, AND, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN LIKE THEY NEED.
UH, IS THAT FOR SURE THOUGH A FOR SURE TURN? YES MA'AM.
WITH REGARDS TO WHERE THE BUSES NEED TO TURN, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FOR, FOR SURE.
THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW ON THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION STUDY.
HAVE WE CONFIRMED THAT THAT IS BEING DONE AND WE KNOW THE, THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING THAT FOR US? YES MA'AM.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY HIRING HIM RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT WILL BE DONE.
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I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION.SO I DON'T SEE A BADGE FOR THE COMPETING TURNS ON WOODVIEW COMING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO WOODVIEW.
OH, RIGHT THERE AT THE, WHERE WE HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL THERE.
SO YOU TALKING ABOUT ROAD, YOU MEAN STEWART CROSSING? YES, SIR.
THERE'S, THAT'S NOLAN RANCH ROAD COMING OUTTA STEWART CROSSING RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING I NEED TO DISCUSS WITH CHASCO.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST HAVE SOMEBODY THERE ON THE FIRST DAY JUST TO SEE HOW WELL IT WORKS OR HOW IF WE NEED IT OR DON'T NEED IT HALF FINN YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED IT.
CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION TOO? YES, MA'AM.
UM, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THAT AERIAL SHOT OF 180 3 A, UM, WHERE THEY TURN IN ON WOOD VIEW, I THINK IT IS.
WHERE YOU TURN IN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION THAT IF TRAFFIC DOES BACK OUT THAT FAR OF WORKING WITH LIFE CHURCH TO GO UP THROUGH THEIR ENTRANCE THAT'S CLOSE THAT NEXT INTERSECTION TO CREATE SOME MORE DISTANCE.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND GOING THROUGH AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO DO THAT.
BUT IS THAT A CONSIDERATION THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD, IT WOULD HELP.
HERE'S THE REASON WHY IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN COME UP AND AROUND, ALL YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS JUST ABSORBING THE TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET BACK ONTO WOOD VIEW.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE JUST AS BACKED UP COMING OUT THIS WAY AS WELL.
AND THAT MIGHT CAUSE A CONSISTENT WELL, I MEANT NOT COMING IN AT ROOT VIEW ONLY COMING IN AT THE OTHER INTERSECTION.
TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A TIMEFRAME.
OH, INSTEAD OF COMING RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S ALL THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THERE AND THE PARK APARTMENTS ARE THERE AND THE LIGHT IS A SHORTER DISTANCE, THAT'S ALL.
UM, THEY MAY BE A LITTLE HESITANT WITH REGARDS TO ANY KIND OF LIABILITY.
BUT, UH, THERE'S, THERE IS A, THERE'S NOT OKAY.
THERE'S NOT A DETAIL IN THERE.
AND PEOPLE PROBABLY DO IT ANYWAYS.
WELL I AM, I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR THAT
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE HAD TAKEN ANY PROACTIVE STEPS TO TALK TO THE CHURCH ABOUT THAT, UM, AT ALL.
SO I'LL JUST, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, A COMMENT FOR YOU, UM, WATCHING THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, MY SARCASTIC SELF WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SO CLEARLY YOU'VE PUT NO THOUGHT INTO THIS WHATSOEVER.
UM, MEANING YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS AND, AND STAFF HAS IN GENERAL, AND, AND WE KNOW THAT IS USUALLY THE CASE.
THERE'S SO MUCH THOUGHT PUT INTO SOMETHING AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COME ACROSS.
UM, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE ORGANIZED CHAOS OR, OR NOT ORGANIZED AT ALL.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE AND WE, WE'VE BECOME A SOCIETY THAT WANTS THINGS DONE VERY QUICKLY AND IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
AND THERE'S, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE, THE DETAIL AND SHARING WITH US.
UH, THE OTHER THING, AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
OH, DID, DID I SEE THE, DO WE HAVE AN ETA FOR THE THE COMPLETION? YES MA'AM.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I CANNOT REMEMBER FOR THE OVERALL COMPLETION.
WELL, OVERALL AND THEN JUST THE RAIDER.
WHERE WHEN IS THE, WHEN YES MA'AM.
WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END? WELL, LET'S START WITH THE COMPLETE MADNESS WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
WE'RE NEVER, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR MIDSUMMER, NEXT MIDSUMMER BEFORE, EVEN FROM NOW.
WE DO ANTICIPATE BEING BACK TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON WOODVIEW AND RAIDER WAY NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY.
AND ARE SHOOTING FOR HAVING, UH, TWO-WAY TRAFFIC BACK TO RAIDER WAY BY MID TO LATE, UH, AUTUMN.
SO REALLY WE ARE, WE'RE ASKING HAVE SOME PATIENTS THIS YEAR.
THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE AS BEST WE CAN.
AND I WANNA STEP BACK AND JUST SAY, GREAT TEAM.
THIS IS ALL THE FANTASTIC PEOPLE HERE THAT WORK WITH US THAT HAVE ACTUALLY THAT HELPED US GET THROUGH THIS.
WE WILL FORGET IT EVER HAPPENED.
THAT'S THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT.
AND UH, IT DEFINITELY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME OF OUR, OUR TEAM FROM LEANDER, ISD HERE AND I WAS HOPING, UM, ONE OF Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS MS. GRISSOM OR MS. HARDY OR ALL RIGHT.
I'LL START AND THEN I DON'T THINK SO.
THAT'S FOUR AND THAT'S BACKWARDS.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, FEEL FREE.
SO SARAH GRISSOM, UH, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WITH LEANDRO, ISD AND HAVE, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS HERE.
SO BEFORE I JUMP IN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, I JUST WANNA THANK THE CITY.
UM, THE TEAM HAS BEEN AMAZING IN WORKING WITH US AND HOW DO WE MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT HAS BEEN A, A HARD SITUATION AND TRYING TO THINK THROUGH ALL ASPECTS.
SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS BEHIND US.
BUT YES, I'M HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL OF
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THE, THE TEAMWORK, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD WITH LISD.UM, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE ARE LOOKING TO GET SOME OF THE CARS OFF OF THE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE.
NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE ROUTE TRAFFIC.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THERE'S JUST TOO MANY CARS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN OUR BIG PUSH WITH ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.
UM, AND OUR, OUR CAMPUSES ARE SENDING OUT INFORMATION.
ONE, WE ARE PROVIDING BUS TRANSPORTATION TO EVERY STUDENT WHO IS ZONED FOR WILEY OR ROUSE.
SO NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE ZONED, THEY HAVE BUS TRANSPORTATION.
UM, BUT WE ALSO ARE ENCOURAGING CARPOOLING AND WE'RE PUT AS MANY KIDS AS YOU CAN IN A CAR JUST TO HELP MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON, ON THE ROAD.
UM, ONE THING THAT OUR TEAM IS ACTUALLY DOING RIGHT NOW IS VETTING.
UM, CAMPO HAS AN APP, UM, THAT IS A CARPOOLING APP.
SO IT ACTUALLY CONNECTS FAMILIES WHO DON'T KNOW, KNOW EACH OTHER, UM, CONNECTS THEM TO POTENTIALLY CARPOOL.
SO OUR TEAM IS VETTING THAT JUST AGAIN, FOR LIABILITY ISSUES.
BUT WE WANT, WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO, UM, TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR FAMILIES AS WELL AND FOR ANY OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE WATCHING IF THIS, UH, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES DECIDE TO GO WITH IT.
JUST A PLUG, SINCE I'M ON CAMPO, I KNOW ABOUT THIS APP.
SO LIKE WEIRDOS THAT DON'T HAVE KIDS AT THE SCHOOL, THEY CAN'T YES.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ACCESS TO IT.
IT'S ONLY THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL THAT GET THE SPECIFIC QR CODE.
SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT ALL AVENUES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES, UM, AND TRY AND GET AS MANY CARS OFF THE ROAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS WHO DON'T USUALLY GET TO RIDE THE BUS TO HAVE SOME OF THAT EXCITEMENT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, HOW ARE YOU COMMUNICATING ALL OF THIS WITH YOUR FAMILIES? OH MY GOODNESS.
SO THAT'S MY FEARS THAT NOBODY KNOWS AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP TOGETHER AT THE FIRST DAY.
SO ONE IS THAT WE STARTED THE COMMUNICATION ON MONDAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATION WENT OUT TO EVERYONE, UM, AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN OUR CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, HEAVILY TO BUILD OUT THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN.
UM, ACTUALLY DARLA SMITH, PRINCIPAL OF WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS HERE, UM, HAS A VIDEO THAT IS GOING OUT, UH, TOMORROW.
UM, AND VINCENT HAWKINS, PRINCIPAL AT ROUSE HAS COMMUNICATION THAT'S GOING OUT TOMORROW.
SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE FLOODING, UM, OUR PARENTS WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE ALL, EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE GET TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
UM, AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE TOWN HALL, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM NEXT WEEK.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING OUT MORE COMMUNICATION, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME JUST TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WHERE WOULD PARENTS HAVE FOUND THAT COMMUNICATION? WAS IT REMIND 1 0 1? WAS IT JUST EMAIL? WHAT WHAT WAY WOULD THEY HAVE MISSED IT IF THEY HADN'T SEEN IT? OKAY.
SO YES, IT ALL WENT THROUGH REMIND.
UM, BUT IT IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WE HAVE A RATER WAY PAGE, UM, DEDICATED TO THIS WHOLE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE ALSO, UM, BUILDING OUT MORE INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES.
AND THEN OUR CAMPUSES, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO SEND OUT THROUGH REMIND AS WELL.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, I WOULD CALL IT UNAUTHORIZED DROP OFFS WHEN PEOPLE SEE TRAFFIC LIKE THAT AND THEN THEY'RE DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF A BLOCK AWAY ON CRYSTAL FALLS.
SO IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OR PREPARATION FOR THAT? ARE THERE ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARDS THAT ARE IN PLACES NOT JUST AT THE LIGHT WHERE THEY NORMALLY ARE? ALL THREE OF MY KIDS WENT TO WILEY.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
SO ARE THERE ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARDS THERE OR WHAT'S THE POINT? SO YES MA'AM.
WE ACTUALLY ARE RECRUITING RIGHT NOW.
FOR ADDITIONAL CROSSING GUARDS.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE MAY NEED TO PUT EXTRA.
UH, BUT WE'RE RECRUITING RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, RECRUITING FOR EXTRA PARKING LOT ATTENDANTS OKAY.
TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC FLOW WHILE CARS ARE ON, UM, CAMPUSES.
AND IF WE SEE THINGS LIKE THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD JUST UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT KNOWS IS HAPPENING AND IS WORKING ON? OR OR PEOPLE SHOULD REPORT THAT? LIKE I'M CONCERNED FOR KIDS CROSSING THE STREET WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T ABSOLUTELY.
AND BEING CAUGHT IN WHAT, WHAT LOOKS LIKE IS GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
WE WA DEFINITELY WE ARE WATCHING THAT AND MONITORING THAT.
UM, BUT WE RELY ON OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO TELL US THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T SEE.
AND SO WE HAVE A LET'S TALK FEATURE RIGHT NOW THAT'S ACTIVE FOR OKAY.
RAIDER WAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO JUST SHARING THAT WITH CAMPUS PERSONNEL AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW UP ON IT.
AND DO Y'ALL ANTICIPATE ANY, UM, CHANGE TO YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE THAT THE LINE WOULD BE BACKED UP SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING IN CLASS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN CLASS? AND THEN WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? YEAH, SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
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CAMPUSES ARE ACTUALLY OPENING UP THEIR BUILDINGS, UM, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO ALLOW FOR EARLIER DROP OFF.AND THAT'S IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S GOING OUT.
AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO TARDIES, THERE'S GOING TO BE GRACE.
WE KNOW THIS IS OUT OF PEOPLE'S CONTROL.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE, THE SITUATION, BUT GRACE WILL BE GIVEN.
AND I'LL SAY IN THE SPRING, THAT WAS ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WAS THE, THE PARENTS THAT THOUGHT THAT THEY, THAT IT WAS BETTER TO DROP OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE OR THEY KEPT GOING INTO THE, THE VETERINARY OFFICE PARKING LOT, WHICH CREATED A DANGER FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WALKING THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT WITH THEIR SICK ANIMAL.
UM, CREATED DANGER FOR THE KIDS THAT WERE BEING DROPPED OFF THERE.
BUT ALSO WHAT IT KEPT DOING WAS RESETTING THE CYCLE ON THE LIGHT.
SO LESS CARS WERE GETTING THROUGH.
AND SO, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE UNHAPPY THAT WE HAD AN OFF-DUTY OFFICER THERE, BUT THEY WERE THERE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PULLING IN AND RESETTING THAT LIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST BACK UP TRAFFIC SO MUCH MORE WHEN THEY DID THAT.
UM, SO THE LESSON I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL LEARNING IS JUST GO WITH THE FLOW, TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS, IT GETS BETTER
WHAT HAS TO BE PRIORITY IS SAFETY.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I, I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T DRIVE OVER THERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN IN IT, UM, MYSELF DURING THAT TIME, BUT SO THERE, THERE IS REALLY A PROBLEM WITH PARENTS DROPPING OFF WHEN THEY'RE NOT CLOSE TO THE CROSSWALK.
SO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT I DO DRIVE BY WHERE THE PARENTS ARE NOT USING THE CROSSWALK WITH THE KIDS, THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM TOO.
WOULD IT NOT? WE DEFINITELY WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO BE USING THE CROSSWALKS AND TO BE DROPPING.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SEE IS THE PARENTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TEACHING THE KIDS NOT TO USE THE CROSSWALK.
SO JUST SAYING
WHEN DOES SCHOOL START? WHEN IS ALL THE TRAFFIC GONNA PICK BACK UP? UM, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS AUGUST 14TH.
SO, UM, WHAT WILL HELP IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WEEK TO TEST OUT THIS NEW TRAFFIC FLOW, WORK OUT SOME KINKS, UM, SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE READY FOR THE 14TH.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? JUST GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN,
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR HELPING MR. NEW HAS SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FOR US HERE.
JUST FINAL THOUGHTS REAL QUICK.
BUT WANTED TO CONFIRM YOUR DIRECTION ON THE PARTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON STREET PARKING.
I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE NO PARKING ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN ON THE REST OF THE ROUTE TO DO ONE SIDE ONLY, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
IS IT CERTAIN HOURS? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO WE'LL USE OUR CONTRACTOR TO MARK THESE AREAS, UM, WITH SIGNAGE.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THE SIGN LOOKS LIKE THAT.
IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT WE'LL MARK BOTH SIDES THAT IT'S CLEARLY, UM, VISIBLE TO ANYONE THAT MAY BE PARKING THERE.
AND WE'LL NOTIFY THOSE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
WE WILL NOTIFY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THIS CHANGE.
WHAT WE'LL NEED COUNSEL TO DO AFTER PROBABLY ON THE AUGUST 15 MEETINGS, WE'LL HAVE A ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TO RATIFY THIS.
WHEN WE INITIATE IT ON AUGUST 7TH.
WHAT IF WE CHANGE THOSE SIGNS TO JUST BE NO PARKING DURING SPECIFIC HOURS? I KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S DONE IN, UM, SOME OTHER CITIES I'VE BEEN TO WHERE THERE'S SPECIFIC HOURS LIKE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IS STREET SWEEPING OR WHATEVER ON A CERTAIN, WELL, I, I COULD BLOCK OF TIME BRING UP OUR, OUR UNIFORM FOLKS TO, TO SAY THIS, BUT THIS TEACHER IS GONNA BE ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
YOU SAID PROBABLY IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO PROBABLY KNOW WHICH JOB WE'D WANT IT TO BE ACTIVE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS NOT CONDUCIVE JUST TO THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC.
THIS IS DAY IN, DAY OUT WHILE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON.
I THOUGHT THE CONCERN WAS THE, THE BUSES AND THE VOLUME DURING SCHOOL TRAFFIC.
LIKE NOT SO MUCH ON LIKE SATURDAYS.
IT'S ALSO, UH, IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, AN AVENUE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
IF WE HAVE ENGINES COMING THROUGH, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING THROUGH THIS AREA.
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CROSS THAT ROUNDABOUT.
UM, SO ONE THING I WAS WONDERING ON THE STREET THERE, UH, COULD YOU SAY, I HAVE A SIGN THERE SAYING, SAYING LOCAL ONLY TRAFFIC, I MEAN SOMETHING THAT SAYS DON'T GO IN HERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, I WOULD IMAGINE YOU MIGHT HAVE KIDS PULL UP IN THERE AND THEY MIGHT PARK ALONG THE UPPER PART OF RAIDER WAY THERE ALONG THE FENCE AND YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE HAVING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES GOING UP AND DOWN THERE, AREN'T YOU? WELL, AND SO LET ME CUT BACK TO THAT.
UM, WE ARE, WE ARE COMMUNICATING, UH, ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, HOA REPRESENTATIVES FROM STEWART AND MARBELLA.
THEY WILL BE SOME OF OUR EYES AND EARS AS WELL.
IF THEY ARE SEEING BEHAVIOR THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO OUR SIGNAGE OR WHAT WE'RE PREDICTING AS FAR AS FLOW, WE'LL MAKE CHANGES JUST LIKE WE'RE OBSERVING AROUND THE INTERSECTIONS.
WE'LL MAKE CHANGES IN THESE AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CARS ARE FLOWING THE WAY THEY NEED TO.
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OKAY.WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BEING DONE, SO THANK YOU.
[4. Receive a presentation regarding the infrastructure project list to be submitted to Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) to be considered as an addition to the Regional Transportation Plan.]
WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT LIST TO BE SUBMITTED TO CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, CAMPO TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN ADDITION TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.UM, I BELIEVE MR. BALLARD FROM KIMLEY HORN IS SPEAKING.
EMILY'S GONNA START, AH, MIX IT UP.
GOOD EVENING, MR. IT'S A P THIS ONE? YES.
SO DO I SCROLL THROUGH IT THE SAME WAY?
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO GO OVER THE PROJECT STAFF IS PROPOSING FOR THE CAMPO 2050 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
CAMPO, LIKE OTHER METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, IS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW TO ADOPT A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
CAMPO PARTNERS WITH LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO PRODUCE A COORDINATED PLAN.
THIS IS A FLOW CHART OF THE RTP PROCESS.
CAMPO OPENS THE CALL FOR PROJECTS JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS CITIES, COUNTIES, TXDOT, C-T-R-M-A, USE PLANS AND STUDIES TO PROVIDE A LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
THESE PROJECTS ARE SUBMITTED TO CAMPO FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO INCLUDE SAFETY, MOBILITY, EQUITY, STEWARDSHIP, ECONOMY, AND INNOVATION.
CAMPO USES THIS INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE RTP.
THIS PLAN DOES NOT ALLOCATE FUNDING.
MOST FEDERAL FUNDING CURRENTLY IS GOING TO THE IH 35 PROJECT, AND MOST LIKELY FEDERAL FUNDING WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS UNTIL CAMPO 2055 RTP IN FIVE YEARS.
SO THE RTP HAS A, UH, 20 PLUS YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.
IT'S UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
CITY OF LANDER HAD TWO PROJECTS IN THE LAST RTP AND THERE IS AN AMENDMENT, OR THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND PROJECTS IN THE PLAN EVERY YEAR IF NEEDED.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AUGUST 16TH, 2024.
AND CAMPO ULTIMATELY DECIDES WHICH PROJECTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RTP.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT STAFF HAS LOOKED AT, UM, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE US 180 3 PROJECTS.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT KIMBERLY HORN IS LOOKING AT, UH, AS PART OF THEIR CORRIDOR STUDY.
SO, UH, MY PROJECTS WILL EXCLUDE THOSE.
UH, AT THE, UH, THESE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS TO INCLUDE.
THEY PROVIDE GOOD REGIONAL, UH, CONNECTIVITY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE, ARE A PART OF THE WILCO BOND PROJECTS WHERE THERE IS A LOCAL PARTICIPATION MATCH REQUIRED SO THAT SOME POTENTIAL OF GETTING MAYBE SOME FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THAT.
UM, THEY ARE ON OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THEY'RE IN AREAS WHERE WE SEE FUTURE GROWTH IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE PROJECTS THERE.
I THINK THERE ARE 10 PROJECTS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED TO BE INCLUDED, I CAN GO OVER ONE, EACH OF THEM BRIEF, UH, GO OVER EACH OF ONE OF THEM WITH Y'ALL, OR IF YOU WANT ME TO JUST PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAIL ON ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, PLEASE GO, GO OVER 'EM.
THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, BAGHDAD ROAD COMING FROM, UH, KETTERING DRIVE UP TO THE NORTH CITY LIMITS.
A PORTION OF THAT IS PART OF THE WILCO BOND PROJECT.
UM, THIS WOULD BE EXPANDING IT TO, UM, A PRIMARY ARTERIAL, AND AGAIN, IT HELPS PROVIDE A MORE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH, UM, ROUTE AS OPPOSED, OR IN ADDITION TO, LIKE 180 3 A COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIGNAL AT COLLABORATIVE AND BAGHDAD, WE TALKED ABOUT COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 NEEDING TO BE REALIGNED TO HELP WITH
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THE, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING BUILT OFF COUNTY ROAD TWO 80.UM, SO IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE BAGHDAD ROAD PROJECT, AND THEN IT'LL ALSO CONNECT TO NAMELESS ROAD, WHICH IS, WE SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST RIGHT NOW.
UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AS FAR AS OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
ALSO, IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE WE CLOSE THAT LOW WATER CROSSING FOR COUNTY ROAD 1 77, SO IT'LL HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THAT, UH, TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING ON.
JOURNEY PARKWAY, SAN GABRIEL, PARKWAY EAST, WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND GETTING THAT SIGNAL IN AND GETTING THAT WORK DONE.
UM, IT'S ALSO, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TITAN PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE CONSIDERED IT A, A, A VALUABLE PROJECT.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, KIND OF GOING ALSO HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH RAIDER WAY, PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY, PROVIDING SIDEWALKS, GIVING PEOPLE ALTERNATE WAYS TO GET TO SCHOOLS RATHER THAN CARS TO HELP ALLEVIATE, UM, SOME OF THAT, UH, PRESSURE THAT WE GET.
AND THEN RAIDER WAY, THIS IS THE RAIDER WAY FROM 2243 UP TO HERO WAY.
UM, AND, OR I'M SORRY, IT SAYS, UH, FROM TO SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANOTHER NORTH SOUTH, UH, CONNECTION POINT, UH, TO RELIEVE THE TOLL ROAD ACCESS ROADS AND REAGAN, UM, RM 2243, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS AN, A GOOD WAY, OR THIS IS MORE TOWARDS THE, THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, HELPING US CREATE THAT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY, UM, IN, IN THAT AREA.
OH, OH, THAT ALSO TO KIND OF BACK UP WHEN HERO WAY GETS DONE BY THE COUNTY, THE IDEA IS THEN WE GET 2243 AND THEN HERO AWAY BECOMES THE TXDOT ROAD.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, IF WE'RE GONNA GET 2243, IT'S, IT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP IN ORDER FOR IT TO, UH, FUNCTION THE WAY IT SHOULD NEEDS TO BE.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE GOOD SPINE NORTH SOUTH ROADS THAT GOES THROUGH AUSTIN AND CEDAR PARK AND GOES, YOU KNOW, UP INTO LEANDER.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS DEVELOPING ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, A GOOD AMOUNT OF CCN OVER THERE.
SO WE SEE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE AND, AND GETTING THOSE AND GETTING THAT GOOD NORTH SOUTH ROAD, UH, WOULD BE IMPORTANT AND HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ON BAGHDAD AND COUNTY ROAD TWO 80.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
UM, IT'S NEW LOCATION, FOUR LANE DIVIDED FACILITY WITH RAISED MEDIAN AND SHARED USE PASS PATHS, WHICH IS GREAT, EXCEPT THAT WHEN YOU GO SOUTH OF WHERE THIS SHOWS IT ENDING AT HERO WAY WEST, IT BECOMES TWO LANES.
SO WHY WOULD WE NOT INCLUDE WIDENING SOUTH? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, IT DOES.
UM, I THINK WE'RE CONSTRAINED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH.
A LOT OF THE, IT'S PLANNED FOR FUTURE WIDENING.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ADD THAT IF WE CHOOSE THIS, BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THAT THERE, THE REASON THAT'S, THAT THAT'S NOT GOING IS THAT ONE IS THE DEVELOPMENT HASN'T HAPPENED TO THE, TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND ALSO WHAT WOULD SPARK THAT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE, GOING THAT UNINCORPORATED AREA RIGHT THERE, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AN EXTEND MM-HMM.
THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE GOTTA GET PEOPLE THAT ASK THAT, ASK ABOUT THAT OFTEN.
BUT THEN ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT WILL TRIGGER THE BUILDING OF, OF THE EXTENSION AS WELL.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED ON THE WEST, I WON'T GO, UH, THE WEST SIDE, BUT I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET TO SPARK SOMETHING YEAH.
YEAH, AND IT ISN'T, I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH THESE AREN'T IN A PARTICULAR ORDER, THEY ARE SORT OF IN A PRIORITY ORDER, YOU KNOW? UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWER PRIORITY PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAYBE LET DEVELOPMENT DRIVE THE
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IMPROVEMENT.BUT, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE COULDN'T ADD THE EXPANSION TO THE SOUTH IF, IF WE WANTED TO.
UM, I THINK WE WERE CONCENTRATING ON THE, THE NEW ROAD, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR RTP, UH, SAN GABRIEL WEST.
UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A GOOD EAST WEST CONNECTOR WILL CONNECT OVER INTO, UH, THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, THIS IS MORE RESIDENTIAL TYPE A AREA.
UM, IT'S A, A NEEDED ARTERIAL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE, ONE OF THE HIGHER PRIORITY PROJECTS.
AND THEN NAMELESS ROAD, UM, IS ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S ON THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UH, LONG RANGE PLAN.
IT'S ON OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
WE SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT THERE.
A LOT OF CCN OUT THERE, WATER AND WASTEWATER.
SO WE KNOW IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE DOING IMPROVEMENTS ON NAMELESS ROAD.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF READINESS THAT THE PROJECTS NEED TO BE BEFORE THEY GET SUBMITTED? NO.
BUT THE MORE READY THEY ARE, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE BETTER THE CHANCE THEY HAVE IN GETTING INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT PART OF THE MATRIX IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PLANNING OF IT.
UM, ARE ANY OF THESE CLOSER TO BEING READY TO GO THAN OTHERS? WELL, I MEAN, SOME, SOME LIKE SAN GABRIEL EAST IS READY TO GO.
I MEAN, WE'RE PLANNING TO BID THAT SOON.
UM, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ARE MUCH MORE IN CONCEPT.
I MEAN, BAGHDAD ROAD, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ARE, THE COUNTY STILL HAS TO GIVE US AN ILA, THEY STILL HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, SO SOME, THEY'RE ALL IN VARYING STAGES OF READINESS.
SO I THINK, UM, SAN GABRIEL EAST, SINCE THAT ONE'S JUST ABOUT READY, I THINK THAT ONE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE INCLUDED BECAUSE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THEY SAY NO.
BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE OFFSET WHAT WE PAY FOR IT.
I LIKEN IT TO THROWING SPAGHETTI ON THE WALL.
YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN WE DID THIS IN CEDAR PARK, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DID IS LIKE WE WOULD SUBMIT A BUNCH OF STUFF AND WE'D SEE WHAT CAMPO WAS INTERESTED IN.
MY ONLY REAL CONCERN IS IF WE SUBMIT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS AND SOME OF THEM WERE KIND OF MET ABOUT, MY FEAR IS WE END UP WITH THE MEH ONES AND NOT THE, THE ONES THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON DOING.
BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY LET'S GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT SOME, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 QUALIFIES FOR THE REGIONAL PART, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY USE IT.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE BAGHDAD ROAD ONE.
SO THE COUNTY CAME AND THEY PRESENTED THAT THEY WERE PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT ROAD.
SO DOES THAT PLAY INTO THIS? DOES THAT HELP WITH THAT? WE TALKED TO BOB DAY EARLIER THIS, UH, WEEK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT TO THE RTP.
THEY'RE CONCENTRATING ON THEIR CONTROLLED ACCESS ROADS LIKE RONALD REAGAN.
SO THOSE ARE THE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT THEY REALLY FOCUS ON.
UH, THEIR SECONDARY, UH, FOCUS WILL BE, UH, THE ROADS THAT ARE IN THE 2023 BOND BOND PROJECT LIKE BAGHDAD.
UM, SO I THINK IF THEY SEE IT FROM US AND THEY SEE IT FROM THE COUNTY, UM, THERE IS PROBABLY, IT PROBABLY WILL GET A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION.
UH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT CO-SPONSORING THEM PER SE.
UM, BUT IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK, AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOTTEN ME THEIR LIST OF PROJECTS BEFORE THIS MEETING, BUT THEY, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
UM, I THINK ALL OF US ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON IT UNTIL AUGUST 16TH, HONESTLY.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF, UH, WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET THEM IN THE, UH, MATRIX AND GET THEM GRADED.
SO IS THERE ANY ON THIS LIST THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT US TO PURSUE? NAMELESS.
THAT WAS AT THE BOTTOM, SO THAT'S FAIR.
UH, I THINK IF WE WERE GONNA DO SOMETHING THERE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY PULL IN SOME PARTNERS FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT IN CITY LIMITS.
SO ON THIS RAIDER WAY EXTENSION HERE, AND THIS KIND OF NEEDS TO KIND OF FOLLOW ON WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA GO FROM WHERE IS TORY EXACTLY.
IS IT LIKE IT IS, UM, IN THAT STEWART CROSSING,
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IT'S ONE OF THE LAST ROADS, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A BRIDGE ACROSS.AND THEN YOU GET ACROSS THE WATER, I THINK THE CREEK THERE, THE BIKE PATH AND THE, UH, AND THEN OVER ACROSS 2243.
BUT THEN THAT CONNECTS YOU UP TO SAN GABRIEL.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ALIGNMENT.
AND ACTUALLY BY DOING, BY DOING THAT ALONG WITH THE SAN GABRIEL'S, THAT FREES UP THE, THE TITAN PROJECT TO BASICALLY GET ACCELERATED POSSIBLY BY YEARS.
BETWEEN WHAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA DO ON HERO WAY, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ON TWO 70 AND SAN GABRIEL EAST, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE SET.
I THINK BOTH THE SAN GABRIEL PROJECTS OKAY.
UM, I THINK THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY EXTENSION, YOU MIGHT AS WELL INCLUDE IT SINCE WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT.
SO WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS CITYWIDE, BUT IT, UM, AT LEAST ON THE SLIDE THAT WE HAVE, IT'S NOT SUPER SPECIFIC, SO I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD QUALIFY WITHOUT SPECIFICS, BUT YOU MAYBE KNOW BETTER THAN I DO.
UM, SO I, I THINK I REALLY LIKE THOSE BIG ONES.
UM, I THINK THERE'S STILL AN ISSUE ON OLD 180 3 WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S OUR JURISDICTION OR GOING TO BE.
YOU GUYS THINK SO, COUNSEL? YES.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING ONE.
WHAT I'M HEARING TOO IS LIKE NO MATTER WHAT GOES ON HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE FUNDING ANYWAYS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THEY CAN, THEY WOULD CONSIDER FUNDING.
DID I HEAR THAT? EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO I MEAN, YOU, SO IT'S NOT, YOU PUT IT IN THE PLAN WITH THE HOPES OF IT, BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE BIG, YOU KNOW, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW IS IH 35 AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS GOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY CAMPO AND, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'LL PROBABLY BE A COMBINATION CALL FOR PROJECTS AND RTP UPDATE IN 20, YOU KNOW, FOR THE 2055 PLAN.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY.
AND THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FUNDING.
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT 35 WON'T QUALIFY FOR THAT MAYBE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS COULD QUALIFY FOR.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE GOT FROM THE LAST RTP WAS A SIDEWALK PROJECT AND IT WAS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT SIDEWALK.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO KEEP IN.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GET SUPER SPECIFIC ABOUT IT IN ORDER TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING.
WE JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S PART OF OUR RTP.
UM, PNZ USED TO HAND UP A, UM, SIDEWALK GAP ANALYSIS.
DO THEY STILL DO THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ONE IN A WHILE.
SO EVERY YEAR THEY DO, UM, PROPOSED CIP PROJECTS AND ONE YEAR THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT WAS THE SIDEWALK GAPS.
SO THEY DON'T DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
THAT WAS JUST THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT THAT YEAR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF CRITICAL SIDEWALK GAPS RIGHT NOW.
SO, AND WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO BE DOING THIS AT, IN ITEM NUMBER 16.
IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YOUR HONOR.
SO, UM, HE'LL ALSO PRESENT SOME PROJECTS ON 180 3, AND THEN YOU'LL TAKE THOSE ALL IN CONSIDERATION AND HAVE ACTION IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M FEELING LOVE FOR 2243 CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY EXTENSION, THE TWO SAN GABRIEL'S, AND ACTUALLY BAGHDAD, BECAUSE I THINK ON THE TAIL END OF THAT FIVE YEARS, WE'LL PROBABLY BE THERE.
DO YOU KNOW OF THE, HOW MUCH WE HAVE PLANNED THE BAGHDAD WIDENING FROM KETTERING TO SAN GABRIEL? UM, SO THAT ONE IS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING REALLY PLANNED AT THIS POINT FOR, FOR THAT OTHER THAN THE COUNTY PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE, THAT'LL BE NORTH OF THIS ONE.
YEAH, THAT'LL BE NORTH OF, SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF OUR SPAGHETTIS.
YEAH, WE'LL JUST THROW IT IN NEXT.
SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER TONIGHT.
WANNA BE SENSITIVE OF YOUR TIME? I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO ADJOURN FOR A BREAK AHEAD OF THE SEVEN O'CLOCK REGULAR MEETING.
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MINUTES.UM, AND THEN WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
MAYBE YOU RENAMED IT OR IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT ALL AT ONCE, WE CAN JUST DO IT DURING THE AGENDA ITEM.
WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU.
I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO IN 10 MINUTES AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT.
I'M LANCE BALLARD WITH KIMBERLY HORN.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE 180 3 CORRIDOR, UH, STUDY.
SPOKE WITH YOU, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO ON THIS TOPIC AND WHAT ASPECTS OF IT WE WANT TO TRY TO INCLUDE IN THE RTP.
UM, AS EMILY TALKED ABOUT, UM, I DID GET THE DIRECTIVE FROM Y'ALL TO TALK MORE ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHAT LED TO ALL OF THAT.
I GOT KIND OF AN UPDATED DIRECTIVE THIS TODAY FROM STAFF TO FOCUS MORE ON JUST THE RTP PART AND MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK AND DO A WORKSHOP TO COVER ALL THOSE PIECES LATER.
JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT IS THE WAY TO GO.
YOU GOT A GOOD DOWNLOAD ON THE RTP, SO I'LL SKIP THAT.
UM, SO WE FORESEE POTENTIALLY UP TO FIVE PROJECTS ALONG THE 180 3 CORRIDOR FOR SUBMISSION TO, UM, THE RTP FIRST IS AN OVERALL, UM, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECT.
WE'VE SEEN THE MOST BENEFIT AND THE MOST, UM, LIKELIHOOD FOR FUNDING, UM, JUST BEING ROADWAY ENHANCEMENTS ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
UM, THAT'S THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE OTHER PIECES THAT YOU WANTED US TO CONSIDER A BIT MORE, UM, WAS A POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, SOMEWHERE AROUND HERO WAY TO CROSS THE ROAD AND THE RAILROAD.
AND THEN, UM, SOME GRADE SEPARATION CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, AND THERE ARE REALLY THREE LOCATIONS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THESE.
AND WE'VE GOT THOSE, I BELIEVE THEY'RE A BIT LOWER IN LIKELIHOOD OF, UM, BEING FUNDED.
I THINK THEY WE'RE GONNA SCORE A LITTLE BIT LOWER AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FEASIBILITY ASPECTS THERE.
SO I KNOW I'VE BEEN THE ONE THAT MENTIONED GRADE SEPARATION.
I'M OKAY WITH US BYPASSING THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
WHAT I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE IS A FUTURE GRADE SEPARATION, BUT DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAP METRO TO JUST RAISE THE RAILROAD TRACKS SO THAT THE INTERSECTION TRAFFIC CAN KEEP FLOWING.
SO UNLESS Y'ALL REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA LOOK AT GRADE SEPARATIONS FOR ROAD TRAFFIC, WE CAN JUST SKIP THAT.
I WILL, I WILL NOTE THAT MOVING THE RAILROAD IS POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS IN TRANSPORTATION.
GETTING THEM TO REACT TO YOU IS VERY CHALLENGING.
UM, JUST THE WAY THAT THE POWER THEY HAVE WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THEY HAVE.
BUT, BUT I KIND OF THREW THAT OUT THERE AS LIKE, WELL THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING FOR THE, THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
IF BECAUSE YOU'RE DEPRESSED, THEY'RE ELEVATED, THE TRAIN COMES THROUGH AND IT JUST STALLS EVERYBODY AND THEN RESETS.
UM, AND I LIVED IN A PLACE PREVIOUSLY WHERE THEY, THEY UNDERWENT THAT TO THAT PROGRAM TO RAISE IT UP AND IT CHANGED IMMEDIATELY.
AND IT WAS WONDERFUL AND KEPT METRO.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING, WE'D LOVE THAT SOMEDAY.
WE CAN, UH, INCLUDE THAT IN OUR, WE HAVE A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETING THAT'S GONNA BE UPCOMING AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
IDENTI AT LEAST IDENTIFYING THAT FUTURE POSSIBILITY IN THE PLAN.
SO I'LL SAVE YOU SOME TIME THERE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WITHIN, UH, SORRY, WHAT'S WITHIN THIS FIRST, UM, PROJECT WHICH, UM, ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
ONE IS GONNA BE REDUCING THE SPEED WE'RE SAYING TO 35 MILES PER HOUR FOR, FOR SAFETY REASONS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN TERMS OF SIDEWALKS, WALKABILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT REALLY CHANGING MORE FROM A REGIONAL HUGE THOROUGHFARE AS 180 3 A IS COMPLETED AND, UH, CARRYING MORE JUST PRIMARILY LOCAL TRAFFIC.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, MEDIAN THROUGHOUT AND CURB AND GUTTER, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, TO SUPPORT THAT SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE WAY.
AND, UH, AS THAT PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED, NARROWING IN EXACTLY WHAT THAT DESIGN SPEED SHOULD BE CAN VARY.
UM, SO OTHER CATEGORIES OF THINGS THAT ARE LUMPED UNDER THAT MAIN PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TURN LANES, CROSSWALK WIDENING, A LOT OF THE CROSSING, UM, CROSS SECTION AT INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU'RE CROSSING THE RAILROAD RIGHT NOW.
YOU LOOK AT, UM, 2243, SUNNY, A LOT OF THOSE ARE SMALL APPROACHES TO THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
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WOULD PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TO DELAYS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS.THOSE ARE ALSO CONGESTION AIR WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST SIGHTED ITEMS FROM A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, ENHANCING RAILROAD CROSSING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, SIDEWALK AND SHARED USE PADS, UM, LOCATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE A SHARED USE PATH OR A MAJOR SIDEWALK CROSSING THE RAILROAD.
YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PEDESTRIAN GATE GATES AS WELL.
YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE FLYING THROUGH THERE ON A BICYCLE AND NOT REALIZING A TRAIN IS COMING.
AND THEN SIDEWALK AND SHARED USE PATHS ALONG, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
WE DID AN ANALYSIS FOR THAT GAP STUDY, UM, AS WELL.
AND IMPROVED SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED ITEMS WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TOO.
UM, WE HAVE MORE DETAIL, UM, ON EACH OF THESE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE CALLED OUT.
AND MOST OF THESE ARE GONNA BE THOSE ENHANCED PED CROSSINGS, NEW SIDEWALKS, IMPROVEMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS, UM, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY SOME NEW SIGNALIZATION WHERE IT MIGHT BE WARRANTED BASED ON INCREASED TRAFFIC VOLUME AND WHEN YOU START TO CREATE MEDIANS AND THINGS.
UM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO GO OVER THESE INDIVIDUALLY LATER IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, YEAH, I GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT.
SO FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CORRIDOR NEAR INDUSTRIAL 0.1 83, UM, PUD I'LL GO QUICKLY.
YOU SEE A LOT OF CROSSWALK ENHANCEMENTS, SOME SORT OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING CAPABILITY WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN.
UM, FIGURING OUT, UM, A COUPLE OF PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR THE INTERSECTION OF HERITAGE GROVE, UM, WHICH MIGHT NEED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THE FUTURE BASED ON, UM, SAFETY AND CAPACITY CONCERNS GOING FURTHER.
SOUTH NORTHLINE IN SAN GABRIEL, THERE'S ALREADY SOME IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
WE'RE SOLIDIFYING THOSE AS WELL OR BACKING THOSE UP AS WELL.
UM, AND IMPROVING RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CROSSING THERE.
NORTH IS TO THE LEFT, LEFT ON THIS PHOTO.
ADDING A LOT OF LEFT TURN LANES THERE.
YOU CAN ONLY GO ONE DIRECTION EASTBOUND.
THEN AFTER THAT WESTBOUND GOES A LOT OF CAPACITY CAN BE IMPROVED BY ADDING SOME MORE TURN LANES SO YOU CAN CHANGE THAT.
UM, BROAD STREET, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A HOODED LEFT RATHER THAN BEING ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF HERE, UM, IN A UNSIGNED MANNER.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ACCESS TO HERE AWAY FROM HERE.
UM, SO YOU CAN MAKE THIS MOVEMENT INSTEAD.
WE WOULD STILL ALLOW LEFTS IN, BUT IT WOULD PROTECT THAT MOVEMENT OUT.
THIS IS WHERE A POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL OR BRIDGE COULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BETWEEN BROAD STREET AND HERO WAY TO ALIGN WITH POTENTIAL OTHER DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CROSS, UM, BOTH THE ROADWAY AND THE RAILROAD IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
UM, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
AND IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR A BREAK SINCE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GRADE SEPARATION.
SO GREATLY IMPROVES SAFETY, UM, CAN BE A GOOD AESTHETIC.
IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A NEED THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LIKE SOME SORT OF ENHANCED CROSSING ACROSS, UH, 180 3.
UM, THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION ABOUT RIGHT OF WAY RAIL.
UM, WE DID, SORRY, JUST A MOMENT HERE.
WE DO, WE DID MARK UP ONE PHOTO.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TYING INTO ANY DEVELOPMENTS, ANY SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS TO SHOW, HEY, IF WE PLOP DOWN KIND OF A TYPICAL BRIDGE, YOU ARE GONNA HAVE SOME SORT OF RIGHT OF WAY, UH, IMPACT.
IT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, THE TUNNEL MIGHT ALSO BE A CONSIDERATION, BUT WITH DRAINAGE CONCERNS AROUND IN THIS AREA, BRIDGE MIGHT BE BETTER.
AND UH, WHEN GOING THROUGH THE RTP ANALYSIS, IT DOES SCORE WELL.
UM, IT, AND SO WE, WE THINK IT COULD BE A VIABLE PROJECT AND WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL AS TO INTEREST.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD, UH, A REQUEST FOR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES FOR A LONG TIME.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAYBE SPLITTING AND GOING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO LOCATIONS WHERE WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT REQUESTED.
ONE IS UP BY THE TRAIN STATION TO HELP PEOPLE SAFELY ACCESS THAT.
UM, THE OTHER IS OKAY, CLOSER TO WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW, CONNECTING THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF OLD TOWN, UM, IT'S MORE, MORE TOWARDS BROAD.
SO IT'S AMBITIOUS, IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT IF IT STANDS A CHANCE OF BEING FUNDED THAT WOULD, I SHOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT TOWARDS THAT SORT OF THING WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER COMPETING PRIORITIES.
UM, SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE WAY TO GET IT DONE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING I SEE YOU HOVERING.
SO, AND I GUESS THAT WAS, CHRISTINE
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MENTIONED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IF IT WERE IN THIS LOCATION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC, BUT YOU SORT OF HAVE A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE.UM, AND, AND SO IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING IT.
UM, MOST OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF HAVE BEEN MOVING IT FURTHER SOUTH SO THAT IT CONNECTS OLD TOWN.
CLOSER TO BROAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED, IN MY OPINION, I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WOULD BE.
TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, IF YOU CAN GET TOO FUNDED, THEN BY ALL MEANS GET 'EM BOTH DONE.
UM, BUT IF I HAD TO PRIORITIZE IT, IT WOULD BE MOVING PEOPLE IN OLD TOWN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT AREA.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IF WE'RE LOOKING AT REMOVING THE GRADE SEPARATION OPTIONS, WHICH ARE MORE COSTLY AND POTENTIALLY LESS FEASIBLE, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT HAVING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE NEAR BROAD STREET, WHICH IS ALSO WHAT'S CALLED OUT IN THE MASTER PLAN.
WE, WE PUT IT HERE JUST FOR THE VISUALIZATION.
WE CAN EASILY CHANGE ON THE APPLICATION BROAD STREET, SAY HERO STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL A PART OF THE FUTURE DESIGN WOULD DETERMINE THAT EXACT LOCATION.
BUT WE COULD ALSO INCLUDE ONE FURTHER NORTH NEAR METRO AS WELL.
THAT CONSIDERATION, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY ON THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE, THERE IS, THAT IS A BRIDGE RIGHT THERE THAT GOES UNDER AND THERE IS A, A RAIL BRIDGE THERE.
AND THE ROAD IS ELEVATED THERE AND IT TIES INTO WHERE IN THE OLD TOWN PLAN THERE IS A SET OF TRAILS THAT THEY PLAN ON TERMINATING RIGHT THERE.
AND RIGHT THERE, THE WAY YOU HAVE IT SET UP, I MEAN IT TAKES A CORNER OUT OF THE AREA, BUT IF YOU PUT THE PATH, WHICH IS ON THE FLOODPLAIN MM-HMM.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FIFTH ELEMENT OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY'RE EXPANDING UP INTO THAT AREA.
YOU CAN TIE IT ALL TOGETHER IN A NICE WALKING LOOP AND PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND AND, AND WITH THE, WITH WITH THE SPACE THEY'RE TAKING UP OVER HERE, YOU CAN JUST BRING PEOPLE OVER AND AROUND.
AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE 'EM CROSS THE STREET BECAUSE I, I, I THINK A BRIDGE IS NICE, BUT IT'S ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WORK.
I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY DON'T WORK IN THE LONG RUN.
I THINK THE UNDERWATER, THE UNDERGROUND THING WOULD WORK BETTER.
SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST ON THIS THAT YOU, THAT MAYBE WE SAY WE WANNA PUT SOMETHING IN THAT LOCATION AND WE DON'T SPECIFY IF IT GOES ABOVE GROUND OR UNDERGROUND AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND REFINE IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING, 'CAUSE I LOVED THE IDEA WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT THE OTHER DAY.
UM, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS SOME KIND OF DRAINAGE THING THAT FLOODS AND SO WE CAN'T USE IT AS A PATH.
THAT'S WHY NOT POTENTIALLY COULD, IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER PROJECT.
YOU JUST GOTTA ACCOUNT FOR THE DRAINAGE THAT'S GOING THROUGH THIS CHANNEL AND ON FURTHER DOWNSTREAM.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST RECESS THIS FOR A WHILE.
WELL I GUESS TAKE A BREAK FROM THIS FOR A WHILE AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT DURING THE AGENDA.
I'M GONNA ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6 55.
PLEASE BE HERE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
FIVE MINUTES AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
[5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 2024.
AND THE TIME IS 7:04 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
LOOKING AT THIS ROOM, UH, WE HAVE TONIGHT REVEREND WENDELL HOLMES, PROVIDING THE INVOCATION, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, TO THE HONORABLE CHRISTY DELAL, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, PLEASE, CHIEF GREG MINTON, IF HE'S HERE, IF HE'S NOT IN HIS ABSENCE.
AND, UH, CHIEF FIRE, CHIEF BILLY WORTON, HAUSEN, I BELIEVE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT AS WELL.
AND TO ALL, UH, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS AND GUESTS, WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS FOR MOMENT? THE GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN YET FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO LIVE AND BASK IN YOUR GRACE AND LOVE AND MERCY AND KINDNESS.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE ALL OF THE SMILING FACES, THE YOUTHFUL PEOPLE AND PARENTS AND THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD ENDOW THOSE HERE THAT ARE PRESENT WITH WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ON HIGH.
WE ARE ASKING, OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS MEETING AND THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE ROOMS AND THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
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YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND HIS AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT YOU WOULD INDWELL ON US, ON US, AND UPON US.THANK YOU FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS AND HIS RESURRECTION AND VICTORY.
NOW WE ASK FOR GOD THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THE COUNCIL AND MEETING TODAY THE AWARDS THAT ARE GIVEN YOU.
BLESS THE VOLUNTEERS AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE KEEP 'EM ENERGIZED AND PREPARED FOR SCHOOL.
WE PRAY FOR SAFETY IN THAT MANNER.
WE PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ADHERE TO TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION AND KNOW THE BENEFIT OF IT.
WE LIFT IT UP THAT YOU WOULD COVER IT AND GIVE IT ECONOMIC PROWESS AND PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS.
YOU ASK THAT YOU A CLEAR PATH FOR US THAT AS WE GO DOWN IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY, THAT WE WOULD BE FILLED WITH COMPASSION AND THAT WE WOULD DO THINGS CONSCIOUSLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY AND OUR NEIGHBOR.
IN JESUS' NAME WE DO ASK AND PRAY.
THANK YOU OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG AND HAS ALLEGIANCE TO THEE ONE AND GOD AND INDIVISIBLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF ADULTS THAT SHOW UP HERE THAT DO NOT KNOW THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
AND I NOTICED TONIGHT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW IT.
SO GOOD JOB GUYS, FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS WATCHING AT HOME, THE AVERAGE AGE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW IS LIKE IT'S DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO MAYBE 12.
[6. Roll Call.]
SIX, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION.COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS CERNEY.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS NON AGENDA ITEM.
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
WITH THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.
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WE'VE GOT SOME REC RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, SHI CHIVALRY IS NOT DEAD IN LEANDER, SO WE'RE STARTING WITH THE LAND SHARKS TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE EIGHT U LAND SHARKS ALL STAR TEAM IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF LEANER TEXAS FOR WINNING THE ALL-STAR CHAMPIONSHIP IN A SEASON THAT INCLUDED PLAYING 13 GAMES, INCLUDING FOUR IN ONE DAY, YOUR DETERMINATION TO WIN AND A CAN-DO ATTITUDE WERE EXTRAORDINARY AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AMONG ALL TEAM MEMBERS, COACHES, VOLUNTEERS, AND YOUR FAMILIES.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF THIS DAY OF AUGUST 1ST, FIRST 2024.
AND BEFORE OUR PICTURE, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU ALL COME DOWN HERE AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE WHOLE TEAM AND ALL THE COACHES, BUT I HEAR THAT THERE IS ONE OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO RECOGNIZE THE LAND SHARKS AS WELL TOO.
SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE YOU COME ON UP REAL QUICK.
OH, CATHERINE'S SUPPOSED TO COME DO THE TALKING.
SO COUNSEL, THANK Y'ALL FOR VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND TO RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG LADIES.
MY NAME IS MELISSA BOSE AND JENNIFER JONES AND CARRIE RAZ.
WE ARE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS DIAMOND.
WHAT YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW IS, UH, MA'AM, MA'AM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUSH THE GREEN SO THE GREEN LIGHT SHOWING AND THEN JUST TALK IN THAT MICROPHONE THAT WAY? PUSH THE THE MICROPHONE JUST TALKING ON THE ACTUAL BASE THAT YOU'RE GOOD.
SO THE REVEREND USED TWO WORDS AND THOSE WORDS ARE WHAT OUR MOTTO IS.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE YOUNG LADIES HEARD 'EM, BUT OUR MOTTO IS GRACE AND KINDNESS.
THAT HAS BEEN OUR MOTTO FROM DAY ONE.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS DO EVERY DAY.
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AND WE HAVE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT WE JUST PROMOTED FROM JUNIOR DIRECTORS TO FULL FLEDGED DIRECTORS.THE AGE IS 18 YEARS AND UP, BUT THESE GIRLS TURN 18 IN ONE MONTH.
THESE GIRLS GO TO GLEN HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL BE GRADUATING FROM LEANDER THIS YEAR, RIGHT? CLINTON, THEY'LL BE GRADUATING FROM GLEN.
THESE GIRLS COME OUT AND THEY VOLUNTEER AND THEY HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WE'RE TALKING VOLUNTEERING.
WE CALCULATED OUR TIME THAT WE VOLUNTEERED FOR THREE TOURNAMENTS AT OVER 160 HOURS STRAIGHT.
THESE YOUNG LADIES ALSO DID THE SAME THING AND THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR AND THEY DO IT BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO HOLD YOU GUYS ACCOUNTABLE TO DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A YOUNG MAN, UH, HIS SHIRT ALWAYS SAID, DON'T BOTHER ME, I'M THE SCOREKEEPER.
HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE VERY BEST SCOREKEEPERS WE HAD.
HE WAS ALREADY GIVING BACK TO THE FUTURE.
Y'ALL DID A FABULOUS JOB, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA PRESENT TO YOU.
OKAY, CATHERINE, IT'S YOUR TURN.
ANYWAY, ON BEHALF OF TEXAS DIAMOND, WE ARE PROUD TO, UM, TO AWARD THE EIGHT U LAND SHARKS WITH THE BANNER FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
MAYBE CHARLES NOT OUR, MAYBE YOU CAN COME GET A PICTURE OF THEM AND THEN WE'LL COME DO OUR PICTURE AFTER.
SO LAND SHARKS, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN TO YOUR PAINTER BANNER.
THAT'S Y THE TALL IN THE BACK A LITTLE BIT.
I'M SURE I'M TALLER THAN THE REST OF THESE GIRLS.
READY? YOU GONNA BRING IT DOWN THERE TOO? JOB? ALRIGHT, NOW HAVE HIM HAVE HIM STAY THERE.
WE'LL COME GET ONE WITH YOU TOO, BRIAN.
ONE OF THOSE COACHES LOOKS REALLY FAMILIAR.
THAT'S A GOOD, ALRIGHT, CONGRATS.
I THINK THE MAYOR'S GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
YEAH, WE GOT SOME SWAG FOR YOU HERE.
THE MAYOR ALWAYS BRINGS GOOD GIFTS FOR, SO EVERYBODY GETS A WRISTBAND.
AND THEN IF ANYBODY CAN STAY TO WATCH FOR THE BOYS, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ONE REAL QUICK.
THESE LOOK LIKE, I THINK I I GOT ONE OF THESE BEFORE THEY'RE SO I, BEFORE THAT IT WAS FROM LIKE A DIFFERENT PLACE I THINK.
SO THAT VAN THAT'S GOING ON THE FIELD WITH LEANDER FOREVER, YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST ONES TO BRING.
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GREAT JOB.GREAT JOB LADIES ALL AND PARENTS.
WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE AU ELITE TEAM NOW TOO.
SO IF LAND SHARKS WANNA CHEER THEM ON, MM-HMM,
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO RIGHT INTO IT TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME.
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING GENTLEMEN AND GOING SECOND RIGHT? ALRIGHT, LET IT BE KNOWN.
I KNOW SOME OF THESE KIDS TOO,
THAT INCLUDED PLAYING 14 GAMES WHERE YOU WERE, WHERE YOU BONDED AND OVERCAME ADVERSITY AND EXHIBITED DISCIPLINE AND INTEGRITY THAT GAINED RESPECT FROM OTHER TEAMS AND UMPIRES.
WE APPLAUD THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF TEAM MEMBERS, COACHES, VOLUNTEERS, AND OF YOUR FAMILIES.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THIS DAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA'S EYES.
WHICH FIELD? THANK YOU SO MUCH
YOU ALL OF OUR PLAYERS, COACHES OUR WONDERFUL PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF AND PARENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ZEREK FOR BRINGING THIS TO US TONIGHT.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL IN HERE.
WE ARE GONNA GIVE THEM A MINUTE TO CLEAR OUT.
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YEAH.AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE LOWER VOLUME, THE AVERAGE AGE HAS GONE UP TO A NUMBER.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
OUR CONSENT AGENDA, COUNSEL WILL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[14. Discuss and consider action on Tree Removal Case TRP-24-0024 regarding removal of two (2) Heritage Trees and fourteen (14) Significant Trees associated with the Austin Shoe Hospital Site Development Project located at 108 County Glen Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. ]
ITEM NUMBER 14, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON TREE REMOVAL CASE TRP DASH 24 DASH 24 REGARDING REMOVAL OF TWO HERITAGE TREES AND 14 SIGNIFICANT TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AUSTIN SHU HOSPITAL SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 1 0 8 COUNTY GLEN ROAD, LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.UM, THIS IS A TREE REMOVAL REQUEST FOR THE, UM, FUTURE LOCATION OF THE AUSTIN SHOE HOSPITAL.
UM, THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY, UH, WORKED TOGETHER ON A SITE PLAN REVIEW WHERE THE APPLICANT DID THEIR BEST TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, BY THIS AREA, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ON SITE, SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
UM, THEY HAVE PRESENTED, UM, REMOVAL REQUESTS FOR TWO HERITAGE TREES AND 14 SIGNIFICANT TREES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK.
UM, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I AM THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF AUSTIN SHAW HOSPITAL.
BEEN RUNNING THIS OPERATION FOR 40 YEARS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
UH, IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS AND WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO LEANDER.
AND, UH, WE THINK WE'LL BRING A VERY UNIQUE NOSTALGIC CRAFT TO THE AREA.
AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT WE'RE MOVING OUR HEADQUARTERS HERE, OUR CENTRAL PLANT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL STORE CONNECTED TO ALL THAT.
SO ANYWAY, UH, I SPENT THREE YEARS LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT SPOT AND, UH, ENDED UP IN LEANDER.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, READY TO GET STARTED.
AND, UH, THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON OUR ISSUE.
YEAH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
YOU CAN ASK IF HE DOES FOOT, UH, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL CLEATS OR NO? NO.
THE, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT WAS AT BELL BOULEVARD OR IS THIS A NEW LOCATION? NO, WELL, WE HAD A STORE THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
SO WE'VE CLOSED THAT, I'VE THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND WE'RE NOW, WE'RE MOVING A, WE'RE OPENING A NEW STORE.
AND, UH, MOVING OUR, WE HAVE STORES ALL OVER CENTRAL TEXAS.
WE HAVE A CENTRAL PLANT WHERE ALL OUR COBBS ARE AND ALL THE WORK DONE, AND WE'RE MOVING THAT FACILITY HERE.
SO THE WORK WILL BE DONE HERE.
THE CORPORATE OFFICE WILL BE DONE HERE.
WE'RE BRINGING JOBS WE'RE BRINGING.
AND WE'RE ALSO, THE BEST RECYCLE STORY THAT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD IS TELL US THINK ABOUT, SO WE'RE GONNA INCREASE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
THAT'S POPULAR, RIGHT?
WELL, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT Y'ALL BEING HERE.
SO THAT MAY BE A LITTLE COMMERCIAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY THAT, BUT I'M JUST, ARE YOU YOUR CUSTOMER? UH, YES.
YEAH, ACTUALLY BEEN HOLDING ON TO SOME THINGS.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA DRIVE TO AUSTIN.
OH, WELL YOU, WHEN WE OPEN UP, Y'ALL NEED TO BE OUR FIRST CUSTOMER.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY BIG BOOTS FOR YOU.
WE FIXED EVERYTHING, SO, RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING LEANDER.
NO MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING LEANDER AND INVESTING HERE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING YOU OPEN UP.
[15. Discuss receiving No-New-Revenue and Voter-Approval tax rate calculations; take action to consider a proposed tax rate; and schedule a public hearing date for the proposed tax rate.]
15, DISCUSS RECEIVING NO NEW REVENUE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE CALCULATIONS.TAKE ACTION TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS.
FIRST, LEMME SAY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT MY PRESENTATION IS NOT AS EXCITING
SO WOULD YOU LIKE US TO CHEER? WOULD THAT MAKE IT BETTER?
I THINK STAFF WILL CHEER PROBABLY.
UM, UM, SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE, THE REASON FOR, UH, THIS ITEM TONIGHT, BUT, UM, UH, JUST TO RE RECAP, UM,
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SETTING TAX RATES HAS BEEN, UM, UH, GOVERNED BY, UH, STATE STATUTE FOR MANY YEARS.BUT IN 2019, THE, THE LEGISLATURE MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE, UM, THE WAY, UH, CITIES AND COUNTIES, UH, COULD ADOPT, UH, TAX RATES AND, AND CHANGE TO SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY.
SO JUST WANT TO REFRESH, UH, THAT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE LAW, UH, REQUIRES AN ELECTION IF A TAXING JURISDICTION ADOPTS A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING TAX RATE GREATER THAN 3.5% ABOVE WHAT'S CALLED THE, THE M AND O, NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE.
UH, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS THE RATE THAT WOULD BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE ON PROPERTIES THAT WERE ON THE ROLL LAST YEAR, UM, AND THIS YEAR.
SO IT EXCLUDES ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, DURING THE YEAR.
SO AT THE END OF THIS, UM, ITEM, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO TAKE A, A RECORD VOTE, UM, AND TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED TAX RATE.
NOW, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS, UH, THE STATE'S TERMINOLOGY, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT SETS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT THE COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.
IT DOESN'T SET THE RATE TONIGHT, IT DOESN'T, UM, DO ANYTHING MORE THAN SET THE CEILING FOR WHAT YOU CAN CONSIDER, UH, DURING THE REST OF THE PROCESS WHEN YOU WOULD VOTE IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE NO NEW REVENUE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS THE RATE THAT WOULD PRODUCE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE IF APPLIED TO THE SAME PROPERTIES IN LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE HIGHEST RATE YOU CAN ADOPT BEFORE TRIGGERING AN AN ELECTION, UH, BY THE VOTERS.
AND THAT RATE IS COMPRISED OF TWO SEPARATE PARTS.
THE FIRST PART IS THE, UM, VOTER APPROVED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE PLUS THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT.
AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, THE DEBT RATE.
AND THE DEBT RATE IS WHATEVER THE RATE IS THAT IS NEEDED TO PAY YOUR EXISTING DEBT, YOU CAN'T FORECAST ANY NEW DEBT AND SET A RATE BASED ON FORECASTED DEBT.
SO, UH, THIS, UH, SLIDE IS, IS, UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE, UH, RECENT CITY COUNCIL, UH, RETREAT.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FINAL CALCULATIONS FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY TAX OFFICE THAT, UM, UM, UH, TELLS US WHAT THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS ARE.
AND SO THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED RATE, UM, FOR TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, UH, AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER WITHOUT GOING OVER THE ADOPTED RATE.
SO THERE, THE, UM, BY LAW, THE COUNCIL TONIGHT COULD VOTE TO CONSIDER AN EVEN HIGHER RATE, BUT THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UM, BETWEEN THE M AND O AND THE, UH, DEBT RATE, THAT THE TOTAL RATE NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT RATE, WHICH IS, UM, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, 41 72, 82 IS THE, IS THE CURRENT RATE.
THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT, UH, YOU SAW ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK DURING THE RETREAT.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT THAT PRODUCES, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND, AND I'LL GET TO THAT, UH, DURING MY PRESENTATION.
BUT, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT HOMEOWNERS CAN EXPECT, UM, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT IS BASED ON, UM, HOMESTEAD PROPERTY.
SO IT'S NOT ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, IT'S, IT'S ONLY FOR, UH, PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
IT'S BROKEN DOWN, UH, BETWEEN THOSE THAT ARE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND THOSE THAT ARE IN TRAVIS COUNTY, ALL CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, BUT, UH, AND IT'S THE, IT'S THE AVERAGE.
IT, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL RESULTS MAY VARY OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU TAKE AVERAGES, BUT, UM, BETWEEN THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE LAST YEAR AND THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE THIS YEAR, THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND CALCULATED BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
IF YOUR PROPERTY IS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND YOU HIT THESE AVERAGES, THEN THE, AND THE TAX RATE STAYS THE SAME, YOUR ESTIMATED TAX BILL WOULD GO UP $156, WHICH IS 9.2%.
IF YOU'RE IN, UM, OH, THIS SLIDE
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CUT OFF A LITTLE BIT.UM, IF YOU'RE IN TRAVIS COUNTY, THE UH, DOLLAR IMPACT WOULD BE $271 AND THE INCREASE WOULD BE 9.5%.
UM, SO, UM, TONIGHT AFTER THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE THREE THINGS TO, FOR THE COUNCIL TO DO.
ONE IS TO ACCEPT THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS AS PRESENTED ARE PREPARED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UM, THOSE DO NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE SIMPLY THE, THE VALUES THAT COME FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, AND THEY DO THE MATH ACCORDING TO STATE STATUTE.
SO GO ON RECORD THAT, UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AND ACCEPTED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RECORD VOTE, UM, TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
AND IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT ADOPTING A RATE TONIGHT.
IT'S SIMPLY CONSIDERING THE, THE CEILING, UM, AT WHICH YOU'LL WORK THROUGH THE REST OF THE, THE PROCESS.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM TONIGHT WOULD BE TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, WHICH, UH, WE ARE SUGGESTING TO BE AT YOUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 5TH.
UM, AS A, UM, SIDE NOTE AT THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST READING OF, UH, REQUIRED TWO READINGS.
AND, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE SECOND MEETING BE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
UM, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE, THE COUNSEL ADOPT THE FINAL TAX RATE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IT'S KIND OF A SHORT WINDOW BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND SETTING.
I, I DID WANT TO JUST TRY TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY SOME OF THOSE SLIDES THAT YOU SAW ON, ON, UM, ON FRIDAY AT THE RETREAT.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE BUDGET IS THE REASON FOR THE TAX RATE.
SO, UH, JUST TO, UM, KIND OF SET THE, THE STAGE FOR WHAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION AND, AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.
BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE SEEN MOST OF THESE SLIDES, BUT, UH, AS THE TAX BASE IN LEANDER INCREASES, THE TAX RATE HAS, HAS FALLEN.
SO THAT HAS, UH, HAS BEEN A GOOD THING.
AND THIS SLIDE HAS CHANGED FROM THE, WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO MAINTAIN THE TAX RATE, UH, THE SAME AS THE CURRENT TAX RATES.
SO THAT'S FLAT BETWEEN 24 AND 25.
UH, HERE'S THE SLIDE YOU JUST SAW PREVIOUSLY, A SIMILAR SLIDE.
SO M AND O TAX RATE GOES UP A PENNY AND THE DEBT RATE DROPS A PENNY TO STAY EQUAL.
THESE ARE THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES BY TYPE OF REVENUE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF REVENUES FROM THE IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE, UM, PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, THAT LAST BAR RIGHT THERE IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN, UH, WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER M AND O TAX RATE.
SO THAT REVENUE IS AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION, UH, BASED ON WHAT WAS COMPARED TO WHAT WAS PROJECTED LAST WEEK.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SHOWING THE TREND OF THE THREE LARGEST REVENUES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SALES TAX AND DEVELOPMENT FLEET FEES HAVE BEEN FAIRLY, UM, FLAT.
AND WITH, UM, THE INCREASE IN THE TAX BASE, EVEN THOUGH THE TAX RATE HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, TAX REVENUES HAVE INCREASED.
YOU SAW THIS SLIDE LAST WEEK, BUT HERE'S A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE, THOSE REVENUE TYPES.
UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, HERE'S WHERE, UH, THE MONEY GOES IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, BY MAJOR, MAJOR FUNCTION AND ANOTHER PICTURE OF WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
AND AS, AS YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY, UH, OVER 50 OR 57% IS PERSONNEL RELATED.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHERS ARE OUTLINED.
THAT'S ANOTHER TREND OF PERSONNEL COSTS VERSUS EMPLOYEE GROWTH.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, AS YOU ADD EMPLOYEES, PERSONNEL COSTS GO UP, BUT ALSO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT FACTOR INTO EMPLOYEE COST, WAGES, INSURANCE BENEFITS, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE TREND OF, UH, UH, GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES VERSUS POPULATION GROWTH.
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FTES, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.UH, THE SLIDE'S, UH, HARD TO TO READ, I WOULD THINK, BUT JUST YOU SAW THIS, UH, LAST WEEK.
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OR THE NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE, UM, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND.
IT'S A TOTAL OF 23 POSITIONS, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL ONE IN GOLF AND ONE IN THE UTILITY FUND.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THREE LINES THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THIS SLIDE.
UH, THE, THE FIRST ONE IN YELLOW, THE, UH, BRANDING AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, UH, FOR $35,000.
UH, THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT AND PREPARING THE SLIDE THAT WAS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, PRELIMINARY BUDGET, JUST, UH, MISSED IT, GETTING IT IN THE SLIDE.
SO I WANTED TO, UH, BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, THE, UH, 9 1 1 RECORDING SOFTWARE, UH, FOR UPGRADE IS, OR REPLACEMENT, IT'S 38,000.
THAT'S A, UH, AN ADDITION THAT CITY MANAGER ADDED, UM, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ADDED SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING.
AND THEN THE BLUE, WHAT WE SHOWED YOU LAST WEEK WAS $4.3 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND SURPLUS RESERVES INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND WITH THE HIGHER, UM, UH, M AND O RATE THAT GENERATES MORE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS $2 MILLION.
SO THE CITY CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND PUT IT INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
UH, AND THAT TIES INTO THE, THE LARGER DISCUSSION REGARDING, UH, PLANNING AND MANAGING CAPITAL PROJECTS.
HERE'S ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF THAT, BUT, UM, THE, UM, OF THE 6 MILLION, $6.3 MILLION OF, OF CAPITAL FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND AVAILABLE, UH, THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, CHECKED A, UH, SEVERAL OF THE REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAVE ASKED FOR.
AND THE, THE GRAND TOTAL IS $2.8 MILLION.
I DID ADD, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, WHAT YOU SAW.
UM, IT'S BEEN INCREASED TO $500,000 LAST WEEK.
THE ESTIMATE WAS TWO 50, BUT AFTER MORE THOUGHT, UM, ABOUT REALLY WHAT'S GONNA BE INVOLVED AND THE, THE ESTIMATE, UM, WAS PROPOSED TO, TO BUMP UP TO 500,000.
AND THEN, UH, JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT, THAT THERE ARE TWO, UM, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, FOUR, UH, POLICE VEHICLES THAT ARE, UH, RECOMMENDED TO BE, UH, FUNDED OUT OF THE, THE, THE ONE TIME MONEY AND UTILITY GOLF.
AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE, UM, UNFUNDED OR NOT, UM, NOT FUNDED SUPPLEMENTS AT THIS TIME, BUT I DID WANNA GIVE YOU A, A, A RE-REVIEW OF, UH, SOME OF THE SLIDES FROM, FROM THE LAST, UH, RETREAT.
SO AS YOU WORK THROUGH TONIGHT'S, UM, TAX RATE VOTE, YOU CAN HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY'RE DIFFICULT, THE DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER.
UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MOTIONS, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ET CETERA? GO FOR IT.
SO BACK IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU GAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD BE FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS.
ONE WAS 1 56 AND SOME CHANGE, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS 2 71 AND SOME CHANGE.
IS THAT OVER A YEAR? YES, THAT'S THE TAX BILL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO YOU WERE SAYING YOU WERE GONNA ADD TWO POLICE POLICE CARS TO THE, WHAT, WHAT WE SAW AT THE RETREAT? NO, THAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED, BUT IT WASN'T ON THE SLIDE.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE, UM, THE, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS WITH THE FOUR NEW, UH, POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE, THE VEHICLES THAT ARE REQUIRED THAT INSTEAD OF USING OPERATING FUNDS, WE USED THE ONE TIME FUNDS.
SO, BUT THAT WASN'T SHOWN, UM, UH, FRIDAY.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
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ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.SO I'LL MAKE THE FIRST MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS.
I SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED TAX RATE.
DO YOU NEED ME TO NAME ALL THE NUMBERS OFF DARA? YES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BREAK OUT THE M AND O OR LNS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT MOTION IS, OR THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
AND LASTLY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024.
TAX RATE, PUBLIC HEARING YOU SAID.
ARE WE ALL FREE? SEPTEMBER 5TH? IT'S ALREADY OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE FOR SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, PLACE ONE.
[16. Discuss and consider action on a project list for items to be submitted to Capital Area Mobility Planning Organization (CAMPO) to be considered as an addition to the Regional Transportation Plan.]
RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER 16, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A PROJECT LIST FOR ITEMS TO BE SUBMITTED TO CAPITAL AREA MOBILITY PLANNING ORGANIZATION, CAMPO TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN ADDITION TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
LANCE BALLARD WITH KIMLEY HORN.
WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT HERE.
I FORGOT THAT I NEEDED TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, I BELIEVE WE PRESENTED MOST OF WHAT WE NEED TO FOR THE RTP PORTIONS OF THE 180 3 CORRIDOR.
UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM Y'ALL WHEN WE SPOKE IN THE WORKSHOP EARLIER, UM, WAS INSTEAD OF THE, UH, GRADE SEPARATED, UM, OPTIONS, LOOKING AT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, MORE AT THE BROAD STREET LOCATION, ADDING ANOTHER ONE AT METRO.
UM, AND THOSE BEING THE THREE.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP TO THAT LARGER OVERVIEW AGAIN.
UM, SO WE PROPOSING THIS, THE ROADWAY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GO BACK THROUGH ANY OF THE DETAILS OF THAT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE'D ALSO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THEN A, A SECOND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
AND INSTEAD OF IT HERE AWAY THEY WOULD, THE TWO LOCATIONS WOULD BE BROAD AND METRO.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE THE APPLICATION, UM, PORTIONS FOR 180 3 PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO.
SO WE CAN
UM, YEAH, WE CAN EASILY AMEND THAT TO UPDATE THAT QUICKLY.
SO HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT.
AND THEN JUST GET GENERAL, ANY OTHER FURTHER FEEDBACK ON THOSE BEFORE WE HELP, UH, STAFF SUBMIT THOSE PORTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? CAN YOU JUST GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE ENHANCEMENTS WOULD BE FROM A 180 3 FROM O SAGE UP TO, UM, BELIEVE IT WAS 180 3 A MM-HMM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING SPEED.
UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED 35 MILES PER HOUR THAT WOULD BE FINALIZED WITH THE DESIGN PROJECT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
UM, INSTALLING A RAISED MEDIAN WITH CURB AND GUTTER, UM, AND SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECES THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO WE CALL OUT A LOT OF TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY, UM, AT INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE DELAY.
WE'VE MODELED THOSE, LOOKED AT THOSE FUTURE CONDITIONS.
UM, A FEW POTENTIAL NEWS SIGNALS OR NEW TREATMENTS.
UM, A FEW CROSSWALKS, UM, SOME SORT OF SIGNALIZATION FOR THE CROSSWALK, EITHER A RAPID FLASHING BEACON OR A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON LIKE THE HAWKS THAT YOU SAW AS A PART OF THE RAIDER WAY, UM, PRESENTATION, UM, ENHANCEMENTS TO THE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS WHERE WE'RE SH WHERE WE'RE ADDING SHARED USE PATHS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RED LINE TRAIL.
SO IF YOU HAVE MANY PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, PROVIDING GATE ARMS FOR THOSE AND, UH, FILLING IN THE GAPS IN THE SIDEWALK,
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UM, NETWORK ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR AS WELL.AND ARE YOU ABLE TO PIECEMEAL THAT OR DO YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALTOGETHER? UM, THE WAY THE APPLICATION WORKS IS WE BROKE IT, BROKE THEM ALL OUT TO HELP, UM, GET THE COST ESTIMATION.
UM, BUT THE ULTIMATE LINE ITEM ON THE RTP IS JUST GOING TO BE THE ROADWAY ENHANCEMENT WITH THOSE, UM, TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS CALLED OUT MORE GENERALLY ACROSS THE CORRIDOR.
UM, AND SO THERE'S OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT TO BE AMENDED OR CHANGED.
UM, IF THERE ARE ASPECTS OF IT THAT WE WANT TO TAKE OUT TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FUTURE COST OF THOSE, WE COULD, UM, BUT AS EMILY WAS SAYING, UM, BETTER TO SORT OF MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING WHAT WE WOULD THINK WOULD COVER THE PROJECT OVERALL.
IF THAT HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I CAN GO DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS IN SOME OF THE AREAS IF WE'D LIKE.
SO I'M ALSO CURIOUS, HAVE WE DONE ANY STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, CAPACITY, NOT CAPACITY, BUT THE VEHICLES, THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE ROADWAY OVER LIKE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, AND HOW CRITICAL THESE ARE TO REDUCING CONGESTION? UM, YES.
WE RAN THE, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 2040 MODEL FOR THE, UM, UH, CAMPO TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL.
AND WE EVALUATED THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
ONE WAS JUST THE EXISTING CONDITION.
ONE WAS IF WE LOOKED AT A SIX LANE, UM, UH, CROSS SECTION INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT FOUR THROUGH LANES.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT FOUR LANES WITH A MEDIAN, UM, TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, LEFT TURN, UH, PROTECTIONS AND, UH, MORE UNIFORM TRAFFIC FLOW, TAKING SOME OF THE CHAOS OUT.
AND THE FOUR LANE PERFORMED, UH, SIMILARLY TO THE SIX LANE.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE DID OUR SMALLER ANALYSIS AT THE INTERSECTION LEVEL, UM, USING THOSE PROJECTED VOLUMES, THAT REALLY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WITH ADDING TURN LANES, IMPROVING SIGNAL TIMING ONCE THAT CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT WAS THERE, WAS REALLY WHAT WAS MOVING THE NEEDLE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
SO I THINK, UM, SOME OF THIS IS, IS STILL A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE BECAUSE THE, THE WHOLE PROJECT IS NOT DONE RIGHT.
UM, AND, AND WE STILL HAVE THE BIG QUESTION MARK OF DO WE EVEN HAVE JURISDICTION? SO I THINK IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT SOME OF THESE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, UM, MAYBE THE BEST ROUTE IS TO PIECEMEAL IT OUT AND PICK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE, UM, THAT WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SO LIKE I'M LOOKING AT, UM, AT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO INTERSECTIONS.
SO ON THE, THE OLD TOWN DRAFT PROJECT LIST, NUMBER ONE, ADD ADDITIONAL SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE, US 180 3 AND HERO WAY NUMBER TWO, ADD ADDITIONAL NORTHBOUND TURN LANE US 180 3 AND HERO WAY NUMBER THREE, ADD WESTBOUND, RIGHT TURN LANE 340 FOOT DECELERATION AND 100 FOOT TAPER US 180 3 AND HERO WAY.
AND NUMBER FOUR AT WESTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE, 340 FOOT DECELERATION AND 100 FOOT TAPER AT US 180 3 AND HERO WAY.
I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY PROJECTS THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE GONNA WANT MM-HMM.
UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE SO MUCH CONGESTION AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.
SO WHAT IF WE ACCEPT LIKE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, UM, AT OUR BIG INTERSECTIONS? SO HERO CRYSTAL FALLS.
CRYSTAL FALLS, I DON'T KNOW THAT UP AT THE TRIANGLE THAT'S WARRANTED YET BECAUSE I THINK WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE TRIANGLE IS GOING TO BE AND IT'S KIND OF A MESS.
I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
WAS THERE ING FOR 2243? OH YEAH.
WAS THERE ONE FOR 2243? UM, YES.
THEN ANYTHING THAT IMPROVES MORE LANES, ALL THE THINGS I'M GOOD WITH.
WE DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT MADE IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT, AND I THINK YEAH, WE CALLED IT SOUTH STREET HERE, BUT OKAY.
IT'S, YEAH, THOSE HIGH VOLUME INTERSECTIONS.
ISSUES OF REGIONAL MOVEMENTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THOSE.
ON THE, OH, IF COUNCIL AGREES.
AND THEN ON THE RED LINE TRAIL, AREN'T THEY ALREADY IN THE RTP? UM, I KNOW IT'S, I POTENTIALLY, AND SO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK WE'RE SEEING HERE ALIGNED WITH SUPPORT FOR THAT TRAIL AND INNER TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND IT, UM, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BUILD SEGMENTS
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OF THAT TRAIL EARLIER WITH THOSE FUNDINGS.YOU'RE NOT EVEN COMMITTED TO THE WHOLE PROJECT IN A CERTAIN WAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING, I'M GONNA DO, YOU KNOW, A ROADWAY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT THROUGH HERE.
THESE ARE A LOT OF THE LIKELY COMPONENTS TO SUBMIT IT TO THE RTP.
THOSE COMPONENTS CAN CHANGE AND MORPH, UM, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THAT FUTURE PROJECT ACTUALLY COMES TO BEAR.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN, UH, WHEN THAT PROJECT DOES COME UP, ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR FUNDING? I THOUGHT IT WAS RED LUNG TRAIL INITIATIVE AND CAP METRO THAT WAS DOING IT.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
IF WE NEED TO FUND IT, THEN IT SHOULD BE OUR ITEM BECAUSE SOME FUNDING WOULD HELP.
BUT IF THAT'S HANDLED THROUGH, I'M PRETTY SURE RED LINE PROJECT IS A NONPROFIT IF IT'S HANDLED THROUGH THEM AND, AND UH, CAP METRO, LIKE I'M NOT SURE WE EVEN HAVE ANY JURISDICTION THERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT ON OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW MORE THAN THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I HOPE THAT IT'S IN THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S OUR PROJECT.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMPONENTS AREN'T IN THERE, BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE LIKE THE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR LOCAL STREET SIDEWALKS TO THOSE TRAIL CONNECTIONS COULD BE GOOD OPTIONS AND LEAVE THOSE OUT.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT UNTIL OKAY.
THE, THE TRAIL STARTS TO HAPPEN.
'CAUSE WE ALSO DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE ANYTIME SOON.
I THINK, UM, A LOT OF THE INTEREST AND INVESTMENT IS IN THE, THE AUSTIN SEGMENTS.
WHAT AM I AT A TURN COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS? NO, NO, I WOULD AGREE.
UH, ANY OTHER COUNSEL? ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MR. YES, SIR.
SO ON THE, THE CORRIDOR WIDE THINGS YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 55 DOWN TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
AND SO BASICALLY ONCE YOU HIT OSAGE, ONCE YOU HIT LEANDER, YOU'RE GONNA JUST KIND OF TRICKLE UP TO ALL THE WAY THROUGH LEANDER AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND EVERY STEEP STREET THAT CROSSES IT IS GOING MORE THAN 35.
IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE, IS THAT TO GET THE SCORE UP OR IS THAT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THE REALITY IS IS MAYBE WE GO TO 45 OR MAYBE WE CUT IT DOWN TO 35 THROUGH THE OLD TOWN SECTION.
BUT I JUST DON'T, I MEAN, YOU TALKING ABOUT A TRAFFIC, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EAST? OH, YOU TALKING ABOUT EAST AND WEST THOUGH, RIGHT? OR NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND, AND SOME OF THAT CAN BE AMENDED AND, AND ULTIMATELY THAT GETS FINALIZED AND DECIDED AS A PART OF THAT DESIGN, UM, PROJECT I BELIEVE WAS BASED ON A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK WE SAW FROM PUBLIC COMMENT, SAFETY CONCERNS CROSSING A HIGH SPEED FACILITY.
SHOULD IT BE 35, SHOULD IT BE 40? SHOULD IT BE 45? I THINK IT, THAT CAN VARY AND THAT CAN CHANGE.
IF WE WANNA CHANGE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THIS DOCUMENTATION, VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I, I'M JUST SAYING IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE LOW AND, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK SURE, I DON'T THINK THE TRAFFIC PATTERN'S GONNA CHANGE EVEN WHEN, IF THERE'S A FRONTAGE ROAD GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 180 3 IS NO LONGER A HIGHWAY.
I JUST DON'T SEE PEOPLE, I MEAN THEY'RE GONNA BE, EVERYTHING'S GONNA GET BUSIER
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN-HOUSE.
UH, YEAH, IT JUST KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE, UH, LOWERING THE SPEED WITH INSTALLING THE CHANGING REALLY WHAT THE CROSS SECTION OF IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, ADDING THE CURB, ADDING THE MEDIAN, MAKING IT A BIT MORE, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A SLOWER SPEED FACILITY TOO THAN RIGHT NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, NO SHOULDER 55 MILE PER HOUR.
UM, SO, AND I AGREE THAT THAT NUMBER MIGHT NEED TO BE 40 OR 45, BUT, SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT WE PUT A PIN IN AND WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THE STUDY AND WE FIGURE OUT THE WHOLE TEXT DOT JURISDICTION THING, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE FROM US RIGHT NOW TO GO FORWARD WITH, UM, GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE TO POINT OUT TO IT.
SO WE WILL KEEP THIS, UH, ROADWAY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
UM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? THE ROADWAY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT? YES.
WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO STRIP OUT ANYTHING, UM, THAT'S THE SHARED USE PATH, RED LINE PORTIONS.
UM, I THINK ONE QUESTION I MIGHT HAVE IS ON SIDEWALK GAPS, UM, WITH BUILDING RECONSTRUCTING, UM, THE ROADWAY, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE TIME TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS ALONGSIDE THE CURB ANYWAY.
I PROBABLY RECOMMEND KEEPING THOSE PORTIONS IN.
I THINK AT THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE THERE'S CONSTRUCTION.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RECONSTRUCTING THE ROADWAY YET, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PUT A PIN IN UNTIL IT'S DONE AND WE CAN ASK TO AMEND IT LATER.
SO YOU'RE SAYING FOCUS MORE ON THE JUST THE INTERSECTIONS, NOT THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PORTIONS WITH UM, MEDIAN AND CURB AND GUTTER.
YEAH, I THINK THOSE WOULD BE GREAT, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL TOO EARLY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE UNFORTUNATELY, UM, UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT THAT TECH STOP PIECE AND WHAT THE WHOLE STUDY LOOKS LIKE.
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OKAY.UM, THERE'S NO, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE PORTIONS COULD BE REPEALED.
I COULD SEE WHY IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO INCLUDE THEM AND THEN LATER YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO THAT PORTION.
UM, THEN YOU STILL HAVE THAT FUNDING ABILITY.
BUT I, BUT IF THEY APPROVE THAT AND, AND NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED, THAT WE HAVE THE JURISDICTION OVER, THEN WE HEARD FROM THAT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MY BIG FEAR.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE CLEAR INFORMATION AND DIRECTION.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
I THINK THAT IS ALL I, I NEEDED.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE, THE TWO BRIDGES? YES.
THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, JUST THE INTERSECTIONS, ANYTHING FROM YOU.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAFF'S TRACKING AS WELL WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND THAT YEAH, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND THEN, UH, BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, DO WE NEED TO GO OVER THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ONES AS WELL? OKAY.
MS. TRUMAN, DO YOU MIND COMING BACK? MAYOR, ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR COUNSEL IS, UM, DO YOU SEE A NEED TO TRY TO COME BACK AND WORKSHOP THE 180 3 STUDY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL AT THIS STAGE? I DON'T THINK AT THIS STAGE.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD? WELL I JUST WONDERING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE LOCATIONS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE SEVERAL KIND OF CRITICAL PIECES.
UH, WE WERE GONNA LOOK INTO ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE THEIR RAIL LINES, KINDA LOOK AT WHERE THAT MAY BE AND WHAT FEASIBILITY.
THAT'S, I THINK'S A LONG TERM CAP METRO THING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT, TO HAVE IT SUBMITTED IN TIME.
WELL, NOT, NOT FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT AS WE CONSIDER ADDITIONAL DETAILING ON THE STUDY, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND KIND OF PULL SOME OF THOSE DETAILS TOGETHER TO KIND OF MORE FINALIZE THIS CONCEPT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, COUNSEL? IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA 'CAUSE WE CAN REVISE IT IN A YEAR.
AND, UM, SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY, YOU KNOW, HOW FEASIBLE WOULD IT BE TO ELEVATE THE RAIL LINES? YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME CRITICAL THINGS LIKE THAT THAT GO INTO HOW WE'RE ENVISIONING THIS POTENTIALLY MAY NEEDING TO FUNCTION.
UM, HOW THIS, UH, CONCEPT WILL KIND OF, UH, I GUESS CREATE THOSE LINKAGES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, OLD TOWN TO EAST OLD TOWN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW IS IT GONNA FUNCTION AND KIND OF WORK INTO A LITTLE BIT BETTER DETAIL, BUT NOT FOR, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS SUBMISSION, BUT AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD AND AS WE MAY WANNA MAKE AMENDMENTS OR IF WE GET QUESTIONS, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S THE WAY TO GO.
MS. TRUMAN, I BELIEVE FROM THE WORKSHOP EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT 2243, THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY EXTENSION, BOTH SAN GABRIEL'S AND COUNCIL, WHAT WE THINK OF INCLUDING BAGHDAD.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE? DID WE GET 22? YES.
OKAY, THEN I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT, UM, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PREPARING A PROJECT LIST TO INCLUDE FROM, FROM OUR TEAM, IMPROVEMENTS TO 2243, THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY EXTENSION, BOTH SAN GABRIEL PROJECTS AS PRESENTED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO BAGHDAD ROAD AND FROM KIMLEY HORN, THE IN OH, SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL AS WELL.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT ONE JUST NEEDED MORE CLARITY.
COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT OR I DON'T NEED FORWARD.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THAT IS.
WE DO WANT SAFE ROUTES TO THE SCHOOLS.
BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT PROJECT LIST WOULD BE.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? IN, IN TURNS? UM, SO IT'S BASICALLY DEALING WITH SIDEWALK GAPS AND PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, SAFE OR I'M ON THE WRONG, WRONG.
DO WE HAVE THOSE IDENTIFIED? NO, IT'S JUST A GENERAL, IT'S A CITYWIDE, UM, WHERE YOU LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, ISSUES WITH NEIGHBORHOODS NOT HAVING GOOD SIDEWALKS AND CONNECTIVITY TO SCHOOLS.
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A WAY OF JUST GENERALLY REQUESTING THAT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.AND LIKE I SAID, OF THE TWO PROJECTS WE GOT FROM CAMPO LAST YEAR, THAT WAS THE ONE WE GOT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR WAS, YOU KNOW, A SI WERE SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
IT ALSO SHOWS OUR PUBLIC THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH AS A COUNCIL.
SO JUST EVEN HAVE IT ON THERE.
SO INCLUDING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND THEN FROM THE KIMLEY HORN SIDE, THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AS DISCUSSED AND THE TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL? OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
[17. Council Member Future Agenda Items [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]
ITEM NUMBER 17, COUNCIL MEMBER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING? COUNSEL, ANYTHING? YES, MR. HERRA? SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON FAST TRACKING DEVELOPMENT IN, IN DIFFERENT PHASES AND WHAT THE, HOW THE, HOW THEY CURRENTLY DO IT AND WHAT, HOW THEY WOULD'VE LOOKED TO IMPROVE IT SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GET SOME PROJECTS ONLINE QUICKER.ALL DEVELOPMENT OR SPECIFIC TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT? UH, GOOD QUESTION.
I WOULD SAY BASICALLY, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 18,
[18. Council Member Closing Statements.]
COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.SO JUST A REMINDER, WITH BACK TO SCHOOL, WE HAVE MY FAVORITE WEEKEND OF THE YEAR AND THAT IS TAX FREE WEEKEND, UH, UH, AUGUST NINE TO 11.
UH, AND ANY CLOTHING ITEMS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND VARIOUS OTHER, UH, LIKE SHOES AND SUCH ARE TAX FREE.
AND AS MUCH AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, SHOPPING LOCAL AND HAVING YOUR TAX DOLLARS SPENT HERE, THIS IS THE ONE WEEKEND WHERE I WANT YOU TO SAVE YOUR TAX.
YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE, HAVE IT SHIPPED TO YOU, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EVERY YEAR.
SO SHOP ONLINE, SHOP LOCAL, WHATEVER, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SALES TAX AND HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE KIDS ENJOY YOUR LAST FEW WEEKS.
SO WITH YOUR KIDS BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO WITH ALL THAT STUFF WITH ALL THE KIDS IN THE ROOM, ONE THING THAT DID NOT GET RECOGNIZED WAS, UM, MARK AND YOUR STAFF.
SO, UH, BRIANNA AND JESSE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, ALL THOSE KIDS WERE IN THE ROOM BECAUSE OF ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
AND NORMALLY WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T GO GOOD WITH EMOTIONAL PARENTS, JUST LIKE WHEN SCHOOL THINGS ARE IN TRAFFIC AND ALL THIS STUFF GOES AROUND, WHEN SOMETHING GOES ON WITH THEIR KIDS, WE HEAR ABOUT IT WHETHER WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT OR NOT.
AND ESPECIALLY SINCE I COACH IN THE LEAGUE AND HEAR ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS, USUALLY RUMOR BILL COMES UP TO ME AND I'LL TELL YOU IN THE LAST TIME SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE, WE DON'T GET THOSE CALLS.
AND SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING.
AND YOU STAYED HERE THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF TOO.
AND I'M GOING LIKE, HOW CAN I, IN THIS MEETING THAT'S VERY STRUCTURED, HOW CAN I STILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY'S OUT OF THIS ROOM? SO THIS IS RECORDED JUST IN CASE YOU WANNA SHOW IT TO EVERYBODY OR PLAY IT BACK WHENEVER YOU'RE HAVING A HARD DAY, BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
AND, UH, OF COURSE WE ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING YOU WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT TO DO YOUR SHOPPING HERE IN LEANDER, WHETHER THERE ARE TAXES OR NOT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU CONTRIBUTE TO LEANDER BUSINESSES, YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, KEEPING PEOPLE EMPLOYED, BRINGING MORE BUSINESSES HERE BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE ARE THRIVING.
AND SO KEEPING WITH THAT SPIRIT TONIGHT, WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM DOUBLE DAVE'S PIZZA, WHICH USED TO BE ABLE ONLY GET IN CEDAR PARK IF YOU LIVED HERE.
WE ENJOYED IT FROM LEANDER TONIGHT.
UH, LEANDER IS AWESOME AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL.
AND WITH THAT, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER 19, COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT THE LATE HOUR OF 8:05 PM GOODNIGHT.