[ A community meeting to discuss traffic control plans related to the Harmony Science Academy school’s opening at 3250 Hero Way, Leander, TX 78641.]
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          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HOW'S EVERYBODY TONIGHT? EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. I'M TODD PARTON, CITY MANAGER HERE. CITY OF LEANDER. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH THE CITY RIGHT ABOUT A YEAR. AND SO IT'S BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, A LOT OF DYNAMIC THINGS. WHICH LEADS US TO THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. PART OF OUR GROWTH DYNAMIC INCLUDES CHARTER SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GROWING IN THOSE PUBLIC SERVICE AREAS THAT ARE THERE. SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT IS OPENING UP ON HERE AWAY. WE ARE SENSITIVE TO AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS THAT THAT PROJECT CAN HAVE AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE WANTED TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO HARMONY IS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS FROM OPENING DAY. THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AT HANDLING TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO HELP FACILITATE THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING AT WHAT THE LONG TERM PICTURE IS FOR HERO WAY. YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THAT HERO EIGHT IS PLANNED TO UNDERGO SOME MAJOR EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION. THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO TAKE YEARS. SO WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF GETTING READY TO FINISH DESIGN AND GO OUT TO BID AND START CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THAT PROCESS WITH EVERYONE TONIGHT. SO HERE'S THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE FOR US. I WILL SAY THAT ALL THIS INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN SOME HARD COPIES. SO WE DO HAVE 20 SETS OF THESE PRESENTATIONS IN THE BACK. SO Y'ALL CAN GRAB THOSE. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE AND THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, LET US KNOW AND WE CAN MAKE COPIES FOR YOU AFTER THE MEETING TONIGHT. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHO HARMONY SCHOOLS ARE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SITE GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY IN TERMS OF HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY, IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND THE PERMITTING AND THE PROCESSES WE WENT THROUGH TO EVALUATE THE PROJECT, HOW IT HAPPENED, TRAFFIC MITIGATION, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SITE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OFFSITE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND HARMONY SCHOOLS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERO CONSTRUCTION, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, TIMELINES AND PHASING, AND WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE WHEN. AND THEN WE ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE SOME ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS. SO WE'RE SETTING UP WEB PAGES. WE'RE SETTING UP SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTS TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION OUT IN A TIMELY WAY. SO WE'LL WE'LL REVIEW THAT WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE DO HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET IN THE BACK, SO IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FILL THAT OUT. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET INFORMATION TO YOU AND UPDATES TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. SO IN NO ORDER, I'LL JUST KIND OF TRY TO FIND YOU IN THE ROOM. SO MR. DAVID MCDONALD, MR. MIKE HERRERA IS HERE. MR. STEVEN CHANG, I SAW YOU. AND WHO AM I MISSING? OH, MR. NADINE, ANDREW, NADINE IS IN THE BACK. SO DID I MISS ANYBODY? I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES, SO I MIGHT NOT SEE YOU. SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO HARMONY SCHOOLS TO BEGIN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SCHOOL. PERFECT. THANK YOU, MR. PARTON. AND I JUST KIND OF CLICK HERE. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COOL. ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS VICTORIA AND I AM THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CENTRAL TEXAS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT AS NEW MEMBERS OF THE LEANDER COMMUNITY. BEFORE WE DIVE INTO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE WHO WE ARE HERE AT HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE ARE NOT A NEW ORGANIZATION COMING INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE BEEN SERVING TEXAS FAMILIES FOR 25 YEARS AS A STEM BASED, PUBLIC AND FREE CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH 72 CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS, IN OUR CENTRAL TEXAS DISTRICT, WE HAVE NINE CAMPUSES SERVICING 5774 PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS ACROSS CITIES IN AUSTIN, ACROSS THE CITIES OF AUSTIN, PFLUGERVILLE, CEDAR PARK, AND MOST RECENTLY, THE CITIES OF LEANDER AND GEORGETOWN. SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK, BRIEF WINDOW OF WHAT OUR DAILY SCHEDULE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE SO THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHEN TO EXPECT SCHOOL TRAFFIC ON HEREAWAY. SO OUR MORNING TRAFFIC WINDOW IS GOING TO BE DROP OFF PERIOD FROM 7 A.M. TO 745, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS 45 MINUTE WINDOW IS WHEN YOU'LL SEE ARRIVAL TRAFFIC. WE AIM TO START EARLY ENOUGH TO AVOID RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT DURING THAT TIME IS WHEN YOU'LL SEE OUR ARRIVAL 
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TRAFFIC FOR MORNING DROP OFF. AFTERNOON WINDOW TRAFFIC IS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 320 TO 4 P.M. THIS IS WHEN OUR STAGGERED DISMISSAL PERIOD WILL BEGIN, BUT WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN EARLY. I MEAN, FRIDAY IS EARLY RELEASE DAYS, SO THAT'LL BE FROM 115 TO 2 P.M. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE I MEAN, ON THOSE DAYS WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE EARLY RELEASE. SO YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC PAST 2 P.M. THESE PREDICTABLE, LIMITED TIME WINDOWS ALLOW YOU TO PLAN AROUND SCHOOL TRAFFIC, AND OUR SCHOOL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HANDLE THESE PEAK PERIODS EFFICIENTLY. AS AN EXPERIENCED SCHOOL OPERATOR WITH 25 YEARS OF BEING INNOVATORS IN STEM EDUCATION AND MANAGING CAMPUSES RESPONSIBLY, WE TAKE OUR ROLE AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS SERIOUSLY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT KEEPS OUR HARMONY PARENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AT ITS CENTER. BUT WE'LL TALK THAT A LITTLE BIT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO WHOEVER'S NEXT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBIN GRIFFIN. I'M THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE PLANNING, PLANNING AND PERMITTING PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH HARMONY SCHOOL. WE STARTED WITH THE ANNEXATION OF THE IN THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IN 2022. THEY RECEIVED THEIR PERMITS TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2024. AND THIS LAST MONTH, WE ISSUED THEIR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR THE SITE WORK, AS WELL AS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THEIR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION IS CONDITIONAL BECAUSE THERE'S STILL MISSING LANDSCAPING, BUT THEY'RE WORKING TO PUT THAT IN. ONCE OUR WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE BETTER. DURING OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WE DID REVIEW THE SITE FOR THE TRAFFIC AND THE ON SITE QUEUING. WE REQUESTED A QUEUING PLAN TO SHOW HOW THE CARS WOULD BE QUEUED UP ON THE PROPERTY, INSTEAD OF ON HERO WAY. AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THEY DID PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. WE DID COLLECT FUNDS AND USE THEM TOWARDS SOME OF THE ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER, AND AS PART OF THEIR PLAN, THEY HAD A SCHOOL ZONE RADAR SPEED SIGN TO BE INSTALLED ALONG HERO WAY TO HELP WITH THE CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL. I THINK I'M PASSING IT TO. BACK TO YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SO THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC MITIGATION ON SITE AND OFF SITE. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOLUTIONS WE PUT IN PLACE TO MANAGE TRAFFIC RESPONSIBLY. DURING OUR HERO CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. WE HAVE 3632 LINEAR FEET OF ON SITE QUEUING CAPACITY. THAT'S NEARLY 7/10 OF A MILE. OR IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT ANOTHER TERM, THAT'S 12 FOOTBALL FIELDS OF SPACE THAT WE HAVE ON SITE TO HOLD CARS ON OUR PROPERTY. THIS ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE STATE AVERAGE STANDARD OF 2774 LINEAR FEET BY OVER 858FT. OUR CURRENT LINEAR FEET EVEN EXCEEDS THE MR. HIGH DEMAND THRESHOLD OF 3606 LINEAR FEET BY 26FT. SO ALL IN ALL, WE ARE WELL OVER 800FT OF QUEUING CAPACITY THAN AVERAGE INDUSTRY STANDARDS. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE'RE UTILIZING ELECTRONIC DRIVE LINE SYSTEMS AND TRAIN STAFF COORDINATORS. WE'VE ALSO CONTRACTED WITH THE LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL ON HERO DURING OUR PEAK TIMES, OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE TRAFFIC FLOW AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE CONGESTION AND LIMIT IMPACT ON HUAWEI DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. THESE THESE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO MANAGING TRAFFIC RESPONSIBLY. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU THE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES WE'VE IMPLEMENTED TO FURTHER REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION DURING PEAK TIMES. BEYOND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING SMART OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES. WE HAVE TWO DISMISSAL BELL SCHEDULES. 50% OF STUDENTS DISMISS AT 3:20 P.M, WHICH IS WHEN THE SCHOOL DAY ENDS AND THE OTHER 50% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION WILL DISMISS AT 4 P.M. FOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS. THIS CUTS OUR PEAK TRAFFIC IN HALF AND SPREADS PICKUP OVER A 40 MINUTE WINDOW INSTEAD OF 650 CARS ARRIVING ALL AT ONCE, OFFERING AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES. NATURALLY STAGGERED DISMISSAL TIME WHILE PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL VALUE TO OUR STUDENTS. SOME OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WILL START DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, WHILE OTHERS ARE GOING TO START DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL. TO MANAGE ALL OF THIS PROFESSIONALLY, WE'VE INCREASED OUR TRAINED TRAFFIC COORDINATORS ON CAMPUS. THESE ARE DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS WHOSE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENSURE SAFE, ORGANIZED AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW DURING BOTH ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL. THESE OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES, COMBINED WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PERSONNEL AND TRAINING INITIATIVES WE ARE MAKING TO 
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ENSURE CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY FROM DAY ONE. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH THE LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR TWO OFFICERS WHO WILL PROVIDE DIRECT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ON HERO WAY FROM 645 TO 8:45 A.M. AND 330 TO 4:30 P.M. DAILY. THIS POLICE COVERAGE EXTENDS BEYOND OUR SCHOOL HOURS. WE'RE COVERING TWO HOURS IN THE MORNING AND TWO HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON TO ENSURE HARROWAY TRAFFIC FLOWS SMOOTHLY, EVEN BEFORE AND AFTER OUR PEAK TIMES, OUR TRAINED TRAFFIC COORDINATORS WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THESE OFFICERS TO ENSURE SEAMLESS OPERATIONS. BUT WE'RE NOT. PREPARING. YEAH, SO POLICE WILL BE THERE BEFORE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. EVEN BEFORE WE START DISMISSAL. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DID I SAY THREE? OH, I'M SO SORRY. 230 TO 430. THAT'S MY MISTAKE, I APOLOGIZE, I SAID SOMETHING WRONG, I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T PICK THAT UP. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME. YEAH. NO WORRIES OR. OKAY. WELL, WE'RE ALSO LEAVING. NOTHING TO CHANCE. WE'RE ALSO WE ALSO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION PLANS INDICATE INCLUDING PARENT ORIENTATION, A TRAINING VIDEO, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE A MOCK DRIVELINE DISMISSAL REHEARSAL ON AUGUST 11TH WHERE FAMILIES CAN PRACTICE THE ENTIRE PROCESS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. THIS SYSTEMATIC APPROACH UTILIZING PROFESSIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SMART OPERATIONS, POLICE PARTICIPATION, TRAINED STAFF AND THOROUGH PARTICIPATION REPRESENTS OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS DURING THE HEREAWAY CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. AND THEN THIS IS A REVIEW, A VISUAL, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE HARMONY LEANDER CUE PLAN FOR OUR PRE-K SIXTH GRADE FAMILIES WILL LOOK LIKE. SO I'M A LITTLE COLORBLIND, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE OUTER LANE IS ORANGE, AND THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR THIRD THROUGH SIXTH GRADE FAMILIES. TO BE ABLE TO QUEUE UP IN THE INNER LANE, IS MARKED IN GREEN, IS DESIGNATED FOR K-2 FAMILIES FOR KINDER TO SECOND GRADE FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO LINE UP IN THE QUEUE, AND THEN PRE-K FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DESIGNATED PARKING SECTION IN OUR PARKING LOT. THAT'S RIGHT THERE, HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK. AND OUR MIDDLE LANE IS OUR THIRD DRIVE LANE, WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. TO WRAP THINGS UP, LET ME SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXCEEDS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES THAT AIM TO CUT PEAK TRAFFIC IN HALF, FOUR HOURS OF POLICE PRESENCE THAT WE AIM FOR TRAINED STAFF, COORDINATORS AND COMPREHENSIVE PREPARATION, INCLUDING A PRACTICE RUN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. THIS ISN'T WISHFUL THINKING. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL, SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. WE'RE MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS DURING THE HEREAWAY CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. WE KNOW THAT THIS ROAD WORK WILL BE CHALLENGING FOR EVERYONE, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO MINIMIZING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THESE CHALLENGES WHILE PROVIDING EXCELLENT EDUCATION TO OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M MICHAEL RILEY, THE PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE. GOING TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE SIGNAL OPERATIONS. IT'S GOING TO GO ON, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE ALREADY DROVE DOWN HERE AWAY, THE SIGNAL IS NOW IN FLASH YELLOW. SO THAT WAS YESTERDAY. STARTING MONDAY, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 11TH OF NEXT WEEK. THE SIGNAL WILL GO INTO NORMAL OPERATION JUST TO GET EVERYBODY USED TO OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THE WAY WE HAVE A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW WHEN IT GOES INTO FULL ACTIVATION IS EAST AND WESTBOUND HERE AWAY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A GREEN LIGHT UNTIL SOMEBODY IS EXITING THE SCHOOL. SO OBVIOUSLY DURING AM AND PM PEAK TIMES THERE WILL BE MORE STOPPING ON HERO WAY, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT ONE MINUTE OF A WAIT TIME ON HERO WAY. SO WHEN IT'S EXITING TRAFFIC IT HAS A MINIMUM OF 10S AND THEN A YELLOW CLEARANCE AND A RED CLEARANCE AND IT WILL GO UP TO 50S DEPENDING ON THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT IS EXITING. AND THEN WE'LL TURN BACK TO HERO WAY, GO FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN KEEP CYCLING LIKE THAT AS A NORMAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL. BUT LIKE I SAID, DURING NON-PEAK TIMES WHEN NOBODY IS EXITING THE SCHOOL, THE SIGNAL SHOULD ALWAYS STAY GREEN, EAST AND WESTBOUND FOR HERO WAY TO ALLOW NICE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT. SAME THING FOR THE WEEKENDS WE MAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE OBSERVING AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS ON THE WEEKENDS WHERE WE CAN CHANGE SOME OPERATIONS, AND WE WILL BE MONITORING THIS THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL AND DURING SCHOOL. WE HAVE CAPABILITY TO REMOTELY MONITOR AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE TRAFFIC FLOW AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO CONTACT US, WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, DO SOME SITE VISITS AND DO THAT. AND RIGHT NOW I THINK SURE. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE TALKING 
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ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN THE MORNING IN THE SOUTH. SO WHEN SCHOOL IS EXITING AT MOST YOU SHOULD HAVE ABOUT A WAIT TIME OF A MINUTE ON HERO AWAY AND THEN IT WILL START THE CYCLE AND ABOUT TRAFFIC WILL FALL ABOUT A MINUTE ON HERO WAY AND GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL. BUT SO THE MINIMUM TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 18 SECONDS. SO MINIMUM TIME IS 10S BEFORE IT STARTS, THE YELLOW CLEARANCE AND THE RED CLEARANCE. AND THEN AT PEAK TIMES WE'RE LOOKING AT 50S MAX. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE YELLOW CLEARANCE FOR SECONDS FOR YELLOW AND FOUR SECONDS FOR RED. 
          THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS CLEAR AND SAFE MOVEMENTS. ON THE ARTERIAL WAY. HEADED EAST. 
          HOW IS IT HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN DURING THE REST? SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A SIGN UP THERE TO BASICALLY TO SAY LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS YIELD ON GREEN. WE'VE RAN THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN STOP TRAFFIC EASTBOUND ON HERO WAY. WESTBOUND I'M SORRY. 
          EASTBOUND. HERO WAY WESTBOUND HERO WAY. AND THEN THE SCHOOL THAT JUST DELAYS MORE. AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND HOW IT'S COMING, WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM. SO LIKE I SAID, WE WILL HAVE A SIGN UP THERE TELLING DRIVERS TO YIELD ON GREEN TO ALLOW THEM TO KNOW, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A SAFE MOVEMENT TO MAKE A LEFT. LIKE I SAID, WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS. WE JUST HAVE TO OBSERVE AND SEE ON HOW EVERYTHING FLOWS AND WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE ARE COMING FROM, AND WHICH DIRECTION. SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS AFTER YOU, YOU START LOOKING AT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, AND ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE 1970 ON AWAY, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ALL THE WAY DOWN IN THE MORNING. I CAN SEE A REALLY SMALL TRAFFIC. ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK AT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD PASSES HAPPENING THE WHOLE WAY? YES, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT IT TO BACK UP TO RIGHT AWAY AND WE WANT TO BACK UP TO 270 AND VICE VERSA, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS DRIVEWAYS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING, LIKE I SAID, NEXT WEEK WE GO TO ACTIVATION. SO YOU MAY NOT SEE US ON SITE SINCE WE DO HAVE A 360 CAMERA. LET'S GO AND TELL YOU SO WE CAN BE MONITORING FROM THERE WITHOUT HAVING SOMEBODY ON SITE. BUT WE WILL FOR SURE. I WOULD SAY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, PROBABLY EVEN MAYBE THE SECOND HALF, SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE BESIDES MONITORING FROM THERE AND EVEN THE NEXT WEEK TO SEE HOW THINGS GO AND IF DRIVERS MAY EVEN THAT DON'T HAVE TO COMMUTE DOWN HERE AWAY, MAY EVEN CHANGE THEIR PATTERN TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. JUST. WE'LL SEE. OKAY. 
          PASS. WELL. YES, SIR. THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE DATA SO WELL. I MEAN, I SAY WITH AROUND MAKING MORE PEOPLE THAT DON'T NEED TO TAKE YOU AWAY, I UNDERSTAND AS A PULMONARY NEED TO FROM BUT RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE COMING FROM MORE NORTH OR SOMETHING THAT CAN MAYBE GO TO 2243 OR CRYSTAL FALLS OR A DIFFERENT ROUTE. WHAT'S. YEAH. STOP. YES, SIR. WE HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR RATE. 23 IS JUST HORRIBLE. MORNING ALREADY. PEOPLE ARE BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE RED. AND SO WE MONITOR. WE MAY EVEN LOWER THE TIME IF TRAFFIC LEAVING THE SCHOOL IS NOT AS HEAVY AS WE'RE THINKING. I MEAN, WE CAN EVEN MODIFY THE TIME THERE. LIKE I SAID, THE MAX WOULD BE ALMOST A MINUTE TO 10S. WE COULD HAVE TO JUST BASICALLY AS WE'RE MONITORING AND GO FROM THERE TO MAKE EVERYTHING KIND OF HOPEFULLY WORK OUT HOW YOU SET UP. WE CAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEBSITE AS WE GO MORE THROUGH THIS. THERE'LL BE A WEBSITE WITH FOR THE HARMONY FOR THIS PROJECT FOR HERO WAY, AND UPDATES WILL BE ON THERE. AND ALSO WE COULD EVEN POSSIBLY MAYBE DO IT ON FACEBOOK. BUT YEAH, WE HAVE A WEBSITE DESIGNATED JUST TO FOR THIS TO FOR UPDATES. AND THEN ALSO I MEAN OUR COMMUNICATIONS CAN ALSO EMAIL THE HOA FOR PULMONARY AND LET THEM KNOW TO. 
          ASK GET OUT ON THE STREETS. SO. YES SIR. YEAH. YES SIR. YEAH. SO. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET THAT INTO THE LIFE. WELL THERE WAS YEAH. SO THE CITY DID LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING THIS AND THAT. BUT WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THE CULVERTS AND ETC. THE BEST OPTION RIGHT NOW WAS THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND I SAID WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR. 
          WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND TRY TO HELP, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC FLOW AS BEST WE CAN. AND 
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LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM STAGGERING THE SCHOOL TIMES AND DROP OFFS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUST MONITOR AND JUST SEE WHAT THE BEST WE COULD DO TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AS BEST AS WE CAN. 
          ALL RIGHT. IS THAT I THINK WE BELIEVE THIS WILL WORK. AND THE BEST SOLUTION THAT'S THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW. SO CONGESTION RIGHT THERE. NO, SIR. NO, THERE'S NO ROOM. 
          YEAH. WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS OR ROOM RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS LATER AND WE CAN TALK FOR THOSE IN PALMER RIDGE. WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT AFTER IF YOU'D LIKE TO AS WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED AND DESIGNED AT PALMER AND REAGAN AND THEN UP AT SAN GABRIEL AND RONALD REAGAN. SO I THINK THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL ALSO HELP FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET OUT, NOT HAVE TO COME DOWN TO HEREAWAY, GET OUT AND HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE THERE. SO IF WE CAN AND IF WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION, WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH. I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE THINGS WE NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT MIGHT HELP ANSWER SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN. BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT OR EVEN NOBODY WANT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. SO ANYBODY OUT THERE IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO. YEAH. YEAH. IT WASN'T LIKE THERE. SO YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO AS AS MISS RILEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL TRAFFIC STUDY THAT SAYS PUT THIS HERE OR GO THERE. 
          SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO HELP FACILITATE TRAFFIC. RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN IS IF WE CAN KEEP AS MUCH THROUGH TRAFFIC TODAY AS AS NEEDS TO TRAVEL HERE AWAY. 
          WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO HELP ELIMINATE THE, THE CONGESTION AND THE BACKUP TO EITHER 183 OR 270. UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND THE THEORY. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT BUT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING PIECES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. WE'LL WATCH THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO. WE UNDERSTAND. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TODAY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL EVALUATION AND TWEAKING. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN TO THE PROCESS. BUT WE HAVE OTHER LONGER TERM STRATEGIES THAT ARE COMING INTO PLAY. TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR THOSE EXITING OUT OF PALMERO. ON TO RONALD REAGAN TO HELP FACILITATE THAT TRAFFIC AND SLOW TRAFFIC COMING DOWN. 
          REAGAN. SO AGAIN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE MEETING TIME, AFTER HE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH THE HARMONY PROJECT. BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'RE READY TO TURN IT TO YOU, EMILY. OKAY. SO MY NAME IS EMILY TRUMAN. I'M THE CITY ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER, AND I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE HERO WAY RECONSTRUCTION. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY, AND THEY'LL HAVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE UPCOMING PROJECT. THIS IS A LAYOUT OF THE HERO WAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. YOU CAN. YEAH. THERE WE GO. YOU CAN SEE IT GOES FROM 183 A ALL THE WAY TO RONALD REAGAN. AND ACTUALLY THE COUNTY PROJECT GOES FURTHER. THAT'S THE PROJECT IN GREEN THERE. THE BLUE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A CITY CONSTRUCTED PROJECT THAT'S IN BLUE. AND IT WILL TIE IN BACK INTO THE COUNTY PROJECT HERE, JUST TO THE EAST OF RONALD REAGAN. SO YOU SO THE COUNTY WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COUNTY PROJECT, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT TIMING ON THE CITY OF LEANDER'S BLUE PROJECT. OKAY. 
          HI EVERYONE. I'M KATE WILDER. I RUN THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY ROAD BOND OFFICE, AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU THROUGH THIS FIRST PHASE OF HERO WAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. SO WHAT YOU'VE GOT SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BASICALLY SHOWS THE ENTIRE PROJECT. 
          THERE'S A LIGHT GREEN SHADED PORTION FROM 183 TO GARY PARK. THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN FUTURE PHASES OF THE PROJECT WILL TAKE IT FROM GARY PARK ALL THE WAY OUT TO 
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SOUTHWEST BYPASS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A PHASE PHASE PROJECT. SO THE EARLY PHASES ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING THREE LANE ROADS THAT ARE BASICALLY GOING TO SERVE AS FRONTAGE ROADS IN THE FUTURE. SO THE PHASING WILL BE FIRST THREE LANE ROAD AS TRAFFIC DEMANDS, SECOND THREE LANE ROAD AND THEN EVENTUALLY WAY DOWN THE ROAD MAIN LANES AS TRAFFIC REALLY BUILDS ON THE FACILITY. SO THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS THIS SECTION THAT TIES IN AT 183, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW ALIGNMENT PORTION FROM GARY PARK ALL THE WAY OVER TO RONALD REAGAN. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO CLOSELY FOLLOW THE HERO WAY ALIGNMENT ALL THE WAY OVER TO 183 A. SO WHAT'S SHOWN HERE IS SOME TYPICAL SECTIONS. THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT THE TRAFFIC LANE CONFIGURATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO I MENTIONED FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A THREE LANE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE ON THE TOP LEFT. THAT'S ONE LANE OF TRAVEL IN EACH DIRECTION WITH A CONTINUOUS TWO WAY CENTER TURN LANE. IN THE MIDDLE. YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT SECOND THREE LANE FRONTAGE ROAD. WHEN THAT COMES IN, IT'LL BE SINGLE TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. SO THE DIRECTIONS OF TRAVEL WILL BE SEPARATED. WHEN WE BUILD THAT SECOND ROAD BED. FINALLY, ON THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED MAIN LANES COMING IN. THEY WOULD BE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE TWO FRONTAGE ROADS. IT WOULD BE ACCESS CONTROLLED. IT'S A HIGH SPEED FACILITY AND THAT'S WAY OFF IN THE FUTURE WHEN TRAFFIC DEMANDS. SO ESTIMATES AROUND THOSE THREE PHASES. I CAN PUT AN ESTIMATE AROUND THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WILL LET LATER THIS YEAR. AND THIS YEAR IT'LL GO TO CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISEMENT. AND IT'LL TAKE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR SO TO CONSTRUCT. EMILY IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CITY PROJECT. THAT'LL COME RIGHT ON THE TAILS. BUT AS FAR AS THAT SECOND ROAD BED ALL THE WAY TO THE BYPASS AND MAIN LANES, I DON'T KNOW. IT IS STRICTLY DRIVEN BY TRAFFIC DEMAND IN THE AREA. IT'S RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA. I JUST COULDN'T GIVE YOU ANY TIMEFRAMES ON IT. SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN THREE YEARS OUT. IT COULD BE. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AREA. SO THESE PHOTOS ARE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY. 
          SO THE TOP PHOTO IS EXISTING HERE AWAY. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A TWO LANE ROAD, FAIRLY NARROW NO SHOULDERS. WHAT WE'VE GOT ON THE BOTTOM IS BASICALLY WHAT THIS FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION IS PROPOSING. SO YOU CAN SEE TWO LANES OF TRAVEL, ONE LANE OF TRAVEL IN EACH DIRECTION WITH THAT CONTINUOUS CENTER TURN LANE. THEN OFF TO THE SIDE WE'VE GOT A TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATH. 
          YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS A SIDEWALK. THAT'S WHAT HERO WAY RECONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S ACTUALLY A SAMPLE. BUT YES, IF YOU WERE LOOKING EAST, THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE ALONG YOUR WESTBOUND TRAVEL WAY. YEP. SO HERE IS AN IMAGE THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE TRAVEL LANE CONFIGURATION LOOKS LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HARMONY SCHOOL DRIVEWAY. SO IF YOU ARE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE NEW FACILITY, THERE'S A TWO WAY CONTINUOUS CENTER TURN LANE THAT YOU CAN PULL INTO AS YOU WAIT FOR AN OPENING TO TURN LEFT INTO THE DRIVEWAY. IF YOU GUYS ARE COMING OUT OF HARMONY SCHOOL AND WANT TO TRAVEL EASTBOUND AGAIN, YOU WOULD GET IN THAT CENTER TURN LANE. IT WOULD GIVE YOU TIME TO ACCELERATE, GET UP TO SPEED SO YOU CAN MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. AND THEN OF COURSE THE THROUGH LANES, THE EASTBOUND THE WESTBOUND LANES ARE SHOWN ON THE OUTSIDE. THEY'RE. THERE'S NO RIGHT TURN LANES PROPOSED. THERE'S NO PROPOSED LINE RIGHT NOW IN THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS. 
          SO THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE TIME FRAME OF HOW LONG IT TOOK TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT. IT'S A BIG PROJECT. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE CITY AND TEX DOT TO GET IT MOVING. WE KICKED OFF SCHEMATIC DESIGN. THINK OF THAT AS VERY PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING BACK IN 2020, AND WRAPPED IT UP A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER. RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION STARTED ONCE WE ONCE WE FINISHED THAT DESIGN, THREE YEARS OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, FEDERAL FUNDING, WE RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING ON THE PROJECT. IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING. AND WE THINK LATER THIS YEAR WE'LL GET THE FULL APPROVALS TO USE THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO BUILD THE JOB. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT CAME AFTER THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN WAS COMPLETE AND THAT WAS A FULL BLOWN NEPA FEDERAL LEVEL CLEARANCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDED TO BUILD THE ROAD. FINAL DESIGN THAT'S WRAPPING UP SHOULD BE FINISHED UP LATE THIS SUMMER, 2024 TO 2025. IT INCLUDED LOTS OF TXDOT COORDINATION AND APPROVALS. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST COMPONENT IS UTILITY UTILITY RELOCATIONS. AND THAT STARTED RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S GOING TO GO WITH SOME OF THE CONCURRENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION. SO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE ITSELF. SO 
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WE FINISHED UP FINAL PLANS IN JULY, MID JULY WE FINISHED UP ACQUISITION FOR THE PROJECT. 
          MEANING WE'VE EITHER ACQUIRED THE LAND OR WE'VE GOT POSSESSION AND USE, WHICH MEANS WE CAN GO OUT AND BUILD THE FACILITY. NEXT STEPS ACTUALLY GETTING CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISEMENT AND BID FOR THE PROJECT. AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER. AND SO THEN CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, THAT'S GOING TO KICK OFF EARLY 2026. SO WE'VE GOT A FEW TIME FRAMES UP THERE FOR YOU. SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. FIRST FEW PHASES ARE GOING TO BE THE NEW ALIGNMENT WORK. SO FROM RONALD REAGAN OVER TO GARY PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE NEW ALIGNMENT WORK, MEANING THE CONTRACTOR CAN WORK OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF EXISTING HEREAWAY. AND THAT'S THE VERY FIRST PHASE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS. THE SECOND PHASE IS ALSO GREENFIELD, AGAIN, WHERE OUR CONTRACTOR CAN WORK OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF EXISTING HEREAWAY. THAT'S ANOTHER SEVEN MONTHS OF WORK, AND THAT'S SOMETIME IN 2027 THAT WE'LL BE WRAPPING THAT UP. THE LAST COMPONENT THAT WE WILL DO IS THE RECONSTRUCTION THAT'S BASICALLY CONCURRENT WITH THAT HARMONY SCHOOLS DRIVEWAY. 
          THAT'S RECONSTRUCTION OF HEREAWAY ITSELF. THE REASON THAT'S FACED SO FAR OUT IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO UTILITY RELOCATIONS. WE NEED TO DO SOME TEMPORARY PAVEMENT SO WE CAN DO THE ACTUAL RECONSTRUCTION. EXPECT THE WHOLE THING TO WRAP UP SOMETIME IN MID 2028. SO THIS MIGHT LOOK TO YOU GUYS LIKE A SUPER DETAILED TECHNICAL ENGINEERING DRAWING. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. SO THIS IS SHOWING THE ACTUAL PHASING FOR WHEN WE DO THE RECONSTRUCTION. RIGHT AT THE HARMONY SCHOOL DRIVEWAY OFF TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A DARK SHADED SHAPE ON YOUR TOP LEFT. THAT'S THAT NEW ALIGNMENT PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO ONCE WE GET DOWN TO RECONSTRUCTING IN FRONT OF THE HARMONY SCHOOL DRIVEWAY, YOU SEE SOME STRIPED OUT AREA. THAT'S THE AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF HARMONY SCHOOL. IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE BELOW THAT STRIPED HATCHED OUT AREA, YOU CAN SEE SOME SHADED TEMPORARY PAVEMENT. AND WHAT THAT IS TWO LANES OF TEMPORARY PAVEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO PUSH EXISTING HEREAWAY TRAFFIC OFF THE EXISTING ROADBED SO WE CAN REBUILD IN FRONT OF HARMONY SCHOOL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PHASE HERE. AFTER WE GET DONE WITH REBUILDING OR RECONSTRUCTING THAT FIRST PORTION OF THE PAVEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH TRAFFIC BACK ONTO THAT NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PAVEMENT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PAVE THE REMAINING THIRD LANE OF THAT NEW FRONTAGE ROAD. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. SO DURING THOSE PHASES WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT TRAFFIC SOUTH SO WE CAN BUILD THE NEW RECONSTRUCTION. 
          AFTER THE NEW PAVEMENT IS BUILT WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT THE TRAFFIC NORTH AGAIN. WHERE'S THE SIDEWALK IN THE TYPEKIT. DOES THAT CONSISTENT. SO THE FINAL PHASES. SO WE'RE TALKING LATE 27. LATE 28. HERE. IT'S PART OF THE CULVERT RECONSTRUCTION. YES. WE'LL DO CULVERT RECONSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE'VE GOT AND I LORETTA YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL ME WHERE SPECIFIC LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE. BUT I THINK ONE OF THEM IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT THIS CULVERT SHOWN. AND YES, WE WILL CONSTRUCT ALL THE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS THREE LANE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME. SO VERY GOOD WORK IN THE AREA. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING TEMPORARY PAVEMENT TO ALLOW OUR CONTRACTOR TO GET IN AND WORK, AND TO ALLOW TWO LANES OF TRAVEL FOR TRAFFIC TO STILL GET THROUGH. IT'S RIGHT. AND NOT NOT TO SAY IT'S EASY CONSTRUCTION, BUT YES, THAT'S THE PLAN TO GET IT ALL DONE AS WE'RE DOING THE ROAD. WORK OVERPASS FROM 1 TO 3. A WHAT WE'VE GOT PROPOSED IN THIS FIRST PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALL AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS. SO OVERPASSES, DIRECT CONNECTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DO THE MAIN LANE CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT IS LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE A TIME FRAME. IT'S WHEN TRAFFIC BUILDS. 
          AND WE DO SEE THE TRAFFIC. BETWEEN. SO I APPRECIATE THE. STUDY OF THE SHOULD BE AT THE SAME TIME ALL THESE. SOME THINGS AS PART OF THE SAFETY ON THE ROAD WILL BE FINE. SO THIS IS 
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THE BASIC PLAN. AND AS PART OF THAT. ONE TIME ONLY SCHOOL ON THE THIS. STUDENTS AND SCHOOL STUDENTS AND BRING IN ALL THE CARS ON THE ROAD AND THEN WHAT. SO THAT'S NO. QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT IT IS A QUESTION THAT COMES UP IN MY MIND THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE FOR ME TO SEE IF THERE IS A SOLUTION OR IF THERE'S A REASON FOR THIS, NOT UNDERSTAND. AS A PARENT OF A YOUNG ONE, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I AM NOT THE EXPERT ON THE HARMONY SCHOOL WORKINGS, BUT I AM GOING TO LET THE CITY WRAP UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY. AND I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A SCHOOL WITH A TON OF FOLKS COMING TO IT, BUT THINK ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS OF JUST HAVING A CENTER TURN LANE AND A SIDEWALK. THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE. CITY'S GOING TO COME BACK. BEYOND THAT, ADD EVEN MORE CAPACITY, TEMPORARY SIGNALS AND ALL THAT. IN THE INTERIM, ALL IT'S GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP IMPROVE THE SITUATION. BUT I'M GOING TO LET THE EXPERTS SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU ON THAT. BUT THANK YOU. BEFORE EMILY GETS UP HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO ASSURE Y'ALL IS THAT AFTER WE GET TO THE PRESENTATION, WE AS CITY STAFF WILL BE HERE AS LONG AS WE NEED TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE NEED TO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'LL BE HERE. SO KATE DESCRIBED THE COUNTY'S PROJECT. 
          AND JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THIS ORIGINAL SCHEMATIC FOR YOU, THE CITY IS WORKING ON THIS LIGHT BLUE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, STARTING THE DESIGN FOR THAT. AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST GO THROUGH A LITTLE TIMELINE FOR THAT SO THAT ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNTY'S PHASE TWO WOULD BE, WHERE YOU HAVE THREE LANES GOING WEST. WELL, TWO LANES WITH A CONTINUOUS CENTER GOING WESTBOUND AND TWO LANES WITH A CONTINUOUS CENTER GOING EASTBOUND. AND THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE INTERIM BEFORE THE ACTUAL MAIN LANES GET PUT IN. SO CURRENTLY SCOPING IS UNDERWAY FOR THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THAT LIGHT BLUE SECTION. WE ESTIMATE IT'S GOING TO TAKE 18 TO 24 MONTHS TO DO THAT DESIGN. THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY ACQUIRED THE RIGHT OF WAY AND DONE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THAT WORK. SO THEN WE'LL JUST BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, START CONSTRUCTION IN 2028 WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF FINISHING IN 2020 OR 2030, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE LIKE A $28 MILLION PROJECT. HELLO, I'M TY MEEHAN, I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR THE CITY. OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE HERO TRAFFIC AND CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES A LOT OF WHAT TODD WAS TALKING ABOUT. IF THERE ARE ONGOING TRAFFIC EVALUATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THOSE UPDATES AS PART OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT. CITY STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING REGULAR UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT THE COUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETINGS, WHICH ARE ALSO ARCHIVED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORT. OTHER TOOLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE INCLUDE THE WEB PAGE WE'VE CREATED, THE EX-GOV HERO. WILL BE USING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. LEANDER CONNECTION. AND ALSO WE WILL, I HOPE, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE SIGN UP. WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS UPDATES. AND SO WE'LL GET THAT GOING. AND. OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME YOU CAN YOU CAN EMAIL US OR GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION AND SEE IF WE'LL HAVE AN FAQ ON THAT WEBSITE TO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO QUESTIONS. AND WE'RE READY 
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FOR OPEN QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. WE DO. WE'LL DO ONE AT A TIME. WE DO HAVE A MIC THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT. AND SO WE'LL KIND OF WORK AROUND THE ROOM AND TRY TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS. THANK YOU. QUESTION. IN GENERAL REGARDING PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN, EVERYBODY'S MENTIONED 270. I'VE SEEN THAT ROAD BACKED UP IN THE MORNING AND BOTH RUSH HOUR TIMES. ALSO SEEN WINDING OAK. I'VE WAITED ON THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, TEN, 15 MINUTES TRYING TO TURN ON TO HERO WAY. I SAW THE ACCIDENT ON THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON REAGAN WHEN A CAR CAME OVER THE HILL AND HIT A MOTORCYCLE. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE HARMONY SCHOOL PROJECT THAT PROMPTED A LIGHT SO QUICKLY? WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S OTHER AREAS LIKE 270 WINDING OAK RIDGE BOULEVARD THAT ARE ALREADY CONCERNS BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. THIS THIS PROJECT IS OPENING. IT'S ADDING TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ONTO HERE, AWAY. SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE SOME MEASURES NOW TO TRY TO MITIGATE AND TRY TO HELP FACILITATE TRAFFIC AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS WE COULD, BECAUSE THIS SITES IMMINENTLY OPENING AUGUST 12TH. SO TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE THERE. SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO GET AS GOOD OF MEASURES IN PLACE AS WE COULD NOW. ALSO WANTED TO BALANCE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVING WITH THIS SCENARIO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THAT IS AFFECTING PALMYRA RIDGE SPECIFICALLY ARE REALLY THREEFOLD. ONE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHERE WE ARE DOING THE SAN GABRIEL EXTENSION, AND WE ACTUALLY LET ME GRAB MY NOTES REAL QUICK. WE'RE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN INSTALLATION OF THOSE TRAFFIC POLES FOR THAT SIGNAL HERE IN SEPTEMBER. WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION OF THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN NOVEMBER OF DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT WILL HELP AT LEAST CONTROL TRAFFIC AND GIVE THOSE TRAFFIC BREAKS NORTH OF PALMYRA AS IT'S COMING IN. WE ARE READY TO BUILD A NEW ANOTHER TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PALMYRA RIDGE AND REAGAN IN NOVEMBER, AND WE WOULD EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION OF THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN FEBRUARY AND APRIL. MAY WOULD BE A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION AND ACTIVATION OF THAT SIGNAL. SO WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO, WE EXPECT TO SEE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT SAN GABRIEL AND THEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE AT PALMER RIDGE COMING OUT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP FACILITATE THAT. NOT GOING TO BE. UNTIL THE END. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH THE BEGINNING OF YOUR QUESTION. COULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE THOSE DO YOU HAVE THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS BACKWARDS BECAUSE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY IS STILL THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. SO I MEAN, THE ROAD'S NOT GOING TO BE BUILT IN DECEMBER, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH NO ROAD. SO THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR SAN GABRIEL. AND THAT DESIGN WAS UNDERWAY BEFORE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE PALMER RIDGE TRAFFIC SIGNAL REALLY WAS ANOTHER SIP ITEM THAT CAME FORWARD AFTER. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT DESIGN AND INSTALLATION DONE AS COMPLETELY AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. I KNOW THE YES, SAN GABRIEL WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2016. IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT. WE IT KEEPS ON GETTING PUSHED, KEEPS ON GETTING PUSHED. WE SEE WE SEE NO PROGRESS ON IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A TRAFFIC LIGHT A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE THE ROAD'S EVEN THERE. SO WHAT. SO WHAT GOOD DOES THAT LIGHT DO. 
          THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL REQUIRES THE PREPARATION OF THE INTERSECTION. SO THERE'S UTILITY RELOCATES, THERE'S DESIGN. THERE'S PIECES THAT THAT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. AND SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SAN GABRIEL AND CONTRACTORS ARE MOBILIZED. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TO DEVELOP THAT NEXT PHASE OF SAN GABRIEL TO THAT. THAT PROJECT IS WE HAVE CONTRACTS AWARDED. THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY IN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS UNDERWAY. SAN GABRIEL PHASE THREE IS THE NEXT PIECE THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE CONNECTION FROM THE EXISTING WESTERN TERMINUS OF SAN GABRIEL. 
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THAT GETS YOU OUT TO 183 A. SO THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETION DATE FOR THE SECTION THAT GOES INTO RONALD REAGAN IS AT THE END OF 2027. SO TONY. WHAT? YEAH, YEAH. HOW MUCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON RONALD REAGAN. YES, SIR. MR. CONSTRUCTION. YES. THE STATE IS HAVING TO WORK WITH. THAT. IT IS THE GOAL THAT WE DON'T KNOW SO MUCH. YES, SIR. YOU'RE DOING THAT CURRENTLY AT RONALD REAGAN. IT'S BEEN BUILT OUT AS. AN ALTERNATIVE. I THINK. THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ADD. ONCE AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES. WE HAVE STARTED, JUST AS YOU SAID, BACK IN 2016, CONSTRUCTING SAN GABRIEL. YES, IT HAS TAKEN US MANY YEARS. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH. PLEASE AND I ASK, PLEASE DON'T WALK THROUGH THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE. WE WILL BEGIN MONDAY THE 11TH. ACTUALLY BREAKING GROUND ON THAT FOR SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PHASE TWO. AND PLEASE DON'T WALK THROUGH THERE. THAT IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE. IT'S DANGEROUS. THE MAIN GOAL WAS YES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE 2016. IT TOOK CAME OUT IN THREE PHASES. WE'RE ACTUALLY PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED IN BETWEEN PALMETTO RIDGE AND PALMETTO BLUFF, WORKING ON PHASE TWO. PHASE TWO HAD THROUGH WENT THROUGH CERTAIN CYCLES OF REDESIGN. THAT IS CORRECT. WE ALSO HAD TO GO THROUGH FINDING FUNDING. WE HAVE FUNDING. WE GOT THE CONTRACT. WE'VE ALSO HAD TO GO THROUGH STATE PERMITTING FOR CCP. IT'S A CONTRIBUTING ZONE PLAN. ONCE WE GET THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY START, WE NOW HAVE ALL THE PERMITTING IN PLACE CONTRACTORS READY TO START ON MONDAY THE 11TH. WE'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTING BREAKING GROUND ON THAT. IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THAT WE WENT AHEAD AHEAD OF TIME AND ORDERED THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT, KNOWING THAT THERE'S WHAT WE CALL A LONG LEAD ITEM. IT JUST HAPPENED TO FALL IN PLACE THAT WAY. IT'S NOT THAT WE PLANNED IT THAT WAY. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S OCCURRING THAT WAY. BUT IT WAS THE GOAL AND KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING. I DID NOT WANT TO PUT HEAVY TRUCKS AND DUMP TRUCKS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OUT ONTO RONALD REAGAN BY JUST HAVING THEM JUMP OUT THERE. THAT'S NOT US. THOSE ARE PRIVATE DECK. I UNDERSTAND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THERE. WE UNDERSTAND. 
          THAT, RIGHT. I NEED TO GO BACK AND REFURBISH IT. WHY CAN'T YOU BE FLEXIBLE NOW AND START LOOKING AT LIGHTING FIXTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR GOAL OF NOT REALLY. WELL, FIRST OFF, THE LIGHTING IS DESIGNED PER INTERSECTION. I CANNOT MOVE THAT LIGHTING FROM SAN GABRIEL UP TO PALMERO. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY SIR. WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE IT. WE ORDER. IT TAKES MONTHS AND MONTHS TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT. I DON'T WANT TO START MOVING THINGS AROUND LIKE THAT. 
          THEN WE'LL HAVE A WORSE MESS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. IT IS TRUE. YES, THAT IT'S TAKEN US THIS LONG. THE REASON WITH REGARDS TO RIGHT OF WAY AND SAN GABRIEL, THE DESIGNS WERE NOT FINISHED FOR SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PHASE TWO. WHEN ROADWAY WAS FINISHED, THOSE DESIGNS WERE ALREADY PERMITTED READY TO GO. WE HAD TO GO OUT TO BID. THEY CAME OUT BID TWICE WITH THE BUDGET WAS BECAUSE OF OUR INFLATION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE US. AND SO YES, WE TOOK THAT DECISION SAYING WE HAD TO JUMP AHEAD ON THE PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY PERMITTED AND READY TO GO. WE STILL HAD ANOTHER ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS TO GO WITH REGARDS TO COMPLETING THE DRAWINGS FOR SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PHASE TWO. SO WE DID NOT WANT TO JUST STOP TWO PROJECTS IN COMPLETE TOTALITY. SO YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DID MOVE FORWARD ON RIGHT AWAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE. IT TAKES A SERIES OF TIMES. WE DID NOT HAVE THE NEED AT THAT IMMEDIATE TIME, WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED YEARS AND YEARS AGO, TO ACTUALLY START PUTTING THAT. WE HAVE SEEN AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH THESE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND SO, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT HAVE POPPED UP UNEXPECTEDLY BECAUSE OF THAT UNEXPECTED GROWTH. WE HAVE PROJECTS IN PLACE. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO FINISH SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PHASE TWO. THAT IS A COMMITMENT WE'VE MADE. WE ALSO HAVE TURN SIGNALS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS ORDERED FOR THOSE FOR THAT INTERSECTION. SO ONCE WE CAN GET THAT INSTALLED, THAT WILL ACTUALLY CREATE BREAKS IN THE TRAFFIC. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP MOVING 
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FORWARD WITH PALMYRA. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO GET THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS WELL. SO THERE'S A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT OCCUR NOT PLANNED. IT'S JUST THAT'S THE WAY THEY WORKED OUT. YEAH. YES. COULD YOU TELL TELL ME AGAIN WHEN EXACTLY SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PROJECT FROM RONALD REAGAN TO 183 IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY FINISHED, COMPLETELY THROUGH ROAD. SO ARE YOU THINKING EARLY 29? SO PROBABLY WHAT SPRING OF 2028. SO DESIGN OR WE'RE APPROACHING NOW. COME ON, COME ON. AND AGAIN I KNOW THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE HARMONY SCHOOL OPENING. SO WE'LL TAKE THIS ONE LAST QUESTION. AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS HARMONY SCHOOL QUESTIONS. AND THEN WE CAN STAY LATER AND TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THERE. SO LET'S ANSWER THIS REAL QUICK. 
          AND THAT WAS MY APOLOGIES. YES SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PHASE THREE, WHICH TAKES US OVER PAST 270 ONTO ALL THE WAY TO 183 THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 90% DESIGN. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT PERMITTED PROBABLY AROUND JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF THIS COMING WINTER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT. WE'LL GO OUT TO BID. IT TAKES US USUALLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO GET OUT TO BID. SO LATE SPRING. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOMEBODY UNDER CONTRACT STARTING SUMMER OF 2026. CONSTRUCTION OF THAT, IT'LL TAKE US ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO LIKE I SAID, ABOUT MID-QUARTER OR MID-YEAR 2028, IT WILL BE COMPLETELY FINISHED FROM RONALD REAGAN TO 183 A SO THAT ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING DOWN HERE AWAY HAS AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO GO. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS THE INTENT. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YOU TAKE OVER LOS. YEAH. I THINK YOU HAVE A QUESTION BACK HERE. SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO HARMONY SCHOOL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY RESURFACE MY QUESTION FOR HARMONY SCHOOL. AND ANYONE WHO IS REPRESENTING HARMONY SCHOOLS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. NOW THERE ARE TWO THINGS. TIME IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE. I CAN'T GET MY TIME THAT I SPENT, I CAN'T LIKE WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OF HAVING THE CARS LINED UP TO THE SCHOOL, WE ARE PUTTING MORE LIVES AT RISK ON THE ROAD, ON THE PUBLIC ROAD, LIKE KEEPING ASIDE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, THE SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EVERYTHING. NOW, THE QUESTION DIRECTLY TO HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WHY? OR WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND NOT ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION, BUT HAVING EVERY PARENT DRIVE TO SCHOOL TO DROP OFF THEIR KID AND PICK THEIR KID. IS THERE A REASON THAT I'M MISSING THAT? HARMONY SCHOOL HAS ALREADY SOLVED FOR OR THOUGHT FOR THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING HERE. I WOULD REQUEST THAT. PLEASE. I CAN ANSWER THAT. SURE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL QUESTION. AS A PARENT AND ALSO JUST AS A LOCAL CITIZEN, WE ACTUALLY AS A SCHOOL OF CHOICE, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 90 DIFFERENT ZIP CODES THAT COME TO HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JUST CENTRAL TEXAS. BUT THEN ALSO OUR CEDAR PARK LOCATION IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN PULLING RESEARCH FROM, FROM BEST PRACTICES. AND THEY EXCEED 20 DIFFERENT ZIP CODES. SO TO HAVE A BUS GO TO 20 DIFFERENT ZIP CODES WOULD NOT NECESSARILY WORK FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE'RE ESTIMATING WITH LEANDER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SERVING ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 DIFFERENT ZIP CODES. RIGHT NOW. THE FAMILIES ARE NOT NECESSARILY REQUESTING IT. HOWEVER, WE ARE OPEN TO BUSSES. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT AT ALL. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS THAT DO HAVE BUS SERVICES, AND IF WE FEEL THAT IT'S AN IMPACTFUL NEED, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO REVISIT THIS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE. SO IF I CAN ADD SOMETHING, SIR, I SEE YOUR HAND RAISED. IS IT OKAY TO OKAY. THANK YOU. SO HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS MA'AM. SO I'VE SEEN I'VE BEEN PART OF SEVERAL HARMONY PARENT CHATS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE REPEATEDLY REQUESTED FOR BUS SERVICE. THAT IS THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS WE KNOW HARMONY FACILITIES ARE GROWING LIKE IT USED TO BE VERY FEW TWO YEARS BACK, THREE YEARS BACK. BUT NOW CEDAR PARK HAS GOT ONE, LEANDER HAS GOT ONE, AUSTIN HAS GOT ONE. SO WHAT IS THE REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SEVERAL DIFFERENT ZIP CODES BEING AGAIN, GOING TO LEANDER SCHOOL, THE POSSIBILITIES HAVE 
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COME DOWN. SO I WOULD STRONGLY REQUEST HARMONY TO CONSIDER VOLUNTARILY ASKING PARENTS IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR KID IN A SCHOOL THAT WOULD SAVE ON THE FUEL COST, THAT WOULD SAVE ON THE TIME, THAT WOULD SAVE ON THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON HEREAWAY, AND ALSO THE TIME PUT BY THE TEACHERS WAITING FOR THE KIDS TO GET INTO THE CLASSROOMS. SO THIS IS MORE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES. I APPRECIATE WHAT HARMONY IS DOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRIBUTE WHATEVER TRAFFIC STUDIES NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE SAFETY. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, I WOULD REQUEST THIS SO THAT IT IS MORE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES ACROSS. ABSOLUTELY. I DO SEE ALL THE BENEFITS AND I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING ALL THE BENEFITS FROM MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE. SO MY THOUGHT WAS WHILE WHILE THE ROADS ARE BEING DONE, WHY ISN'T THERE A CONSIDERATION OF LIKE THE PARKING SITUATION. SO WHEN THOSE OFF SITE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT FEELS LIKE THE MEASURE OF. AND THEN THE MESSAGE EVERYTHING NEEDS THERE NEEDS THROWAWAY TRAFFIC. AND THEN THE BUSSES TAKE THE. ABSOLUTELY. A BUS DEPOT IS ABSOLUTELY. AND I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT AS BENEFICIAL. LIKE I SAID, WE ARE OPEN TO THIS. I THINK THAT THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING, LEANDER, ARE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE WE ARE BUILDING. AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE ARE OPEN TO THESE CHANGES, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND ALL OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS WELL. BUT CORRECT. I WAS GOING TO SAY, LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE OF THIS. YEAH, YEAH, THREE YEARS BEFORE. THAT. YEP. AND AS MUCH. SO WHY NOT GO UP TO EIGHT PLUS MINUTES WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE 630 CARS TWICE A DAY? AGAIN. CAN'T HELP WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. 
          AND AS MUCH AS WE'RE HERE SHARING OUR EXPERIENCE, WE ARE VERY MUCH OPEN TO YOUR EXPERIENCE AS WELL. WE HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING THESE ROADS EVERY DAY AS YOU HAVE. SO WE'RE WE'RE TAKING WELL, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN, BUT YES. RIGHT BEFORE THE REGULAR RUSH HOUR. CORRECT. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING OVERLY EAGER TO GET THERE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO YOUR EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING BACK WITH US AS WELL. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS. THERE. WE GET TO REARRANGE OUR SCHEDULE TO. SAY THAT, YES, THESE ARE THE OUR TRAFFIC THAT WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT. WELL, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S LIKE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING AT THIS TIME, IT'S FANTASTIC. SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, JUST KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE. SO EVERY DAY NOT GOING TO TURN INTO AN HOUR AND A HALF. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION SIR? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD A FEW PARTS. MY MAIN CONCERN IS EMERGENCY SERVICES OR NOT. MY MAIN CONCERN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS, BUT ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS EMERGENCY SERVICES, WITH TRAFFIC COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. THERE'S NO WAY THAT EMERGENCY SERVICE, SUCH AS AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE TRUCK CAN GET DOWN THAT ROAD. THAT'S A QUESTION I KNOW FOR OTHERS, BUT I'M BRINGING THAT UP FOR A POINT. HARMONY'S GOAL IS TO ADD A GRADE EVERY YEAR PAST THIS YEAR. CORRECT. WE ARE WORKING ON EXPANSION. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN EACH GRADE? 200. IT DEPENDS ON THE SECTION. YEAH. SO THERE'S 200. 
          THERE WOULD BE 200 MORE CARS EVERY YEAR. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. MOST OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE SIBLINGS. SO WHEN WE MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, THAT IS NOT THE NUMBER OF CARS, WHICH IS 650, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT IS NOT THE NUMBER OF CARS WE HAVE. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER AND THEY CARPOOL. BUT WE ALSO HAVE MANY OF OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE TWO AND THREE SIBLINGS. SO WHEN THEY COME, THEY COME ONCE THEY'RE NOT BRINGING MULTIPLE VEHICLES. I, I KNOW HARMONY SURPASSED THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY. SO I KNOW THAT'S A SORE POINT. HAS, HAS, HAS HARMONY DONE ITS OWN STUDY MAPPING WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM. IF THEY'RE COMING FROM THE FROM THE EAST WEST AND WHAT THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF ZIP CODES. SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHICH ZIP CODES WILL BE COMING FROM WHICH DIRECTION. WE CAN'T PREDICT WHICH WAY THEY WILL TRAVEL PER SE, BUT WE DO KNOW WHICH ZIP CODES ARE HEAVILY POPULATED. IT'S PRETTY GRIDLOCK TO GET AROUND THERE, ESPECIALLY TO THE TO THE NORTH. YES. TO YOUR POINT, WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. THESE ARE OUR ADMINS RIGHT HERE. AND THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST QUESTION WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS PLAN, IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AN AMBULANCE OR POLICE OR WHATNOT CAN GET IN 
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AND GET OUT AT ALL TIMES, EVEN IN HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES. AND THAT'S WHY WE BUILT THAT CENTER LANE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPEN LANE FOR ANY EMERGENCY VEHICLE. SO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE ON HERE AWAY UP THE ROAD, WHICH IS MY ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL TO THE WEST, THERE'S 7 TO 9 PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP THAT ROAD. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT GET FRUSTRATED WITH THE TRAFFIC TURNING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY, BACKING OUT, TURNING AND GOING THE OTHER WAY? BECAUSE THAT'S SO BEING FORWARD THINKING. THESE ARE A LOT OF THINGS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF SIGNS PUT UP. WE CAN'T PUT THEM UP ON THAT IN FRONT OF OUR DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THE COUNTY OWNS THAT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S YOUR HOME. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT THESE ARE Y'ALL'S HOMES AND THEY MIGHT BE DROPPING OFF THEIR PRECIOUS CHILD. BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU RESIDE. AND SO YOUR FEEDBACK HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH OUR FAMILIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A THOROUGHFARE AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING. WE ARE NOT TURNING AROUND. WE ARE NOT PULLING INTO PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT. IF THERE IS FEEDBACK THAT'S HAPPENING THAT YOU LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILIES. MY FEAR IS THAT THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE OPENED UP THE DOOR TO THAT SIDEWALK. SO NOW THERE'S THE SIDEWALK THERE, AND I'M AFRAID PARENTS ARE GOING TO PARK ON EITHER MY ROAD OR HER ROAD AND WAIT FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO WALK UP THERE IN ORDER TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC. RIGHT. WHICH I DON'T I DON'T WANT THAT. I DON'T WANT THAT CONFRONTATION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO, IT'S YOUR PRIVATE ROAD. NOR SHOULD THEY. THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS TO TRAIN THE FAMILIES THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE SCHOOL SITUATION, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABIDING BY ALL CITY REGULATIONS, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS PREFERENCES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND WE HAVE BEEN IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE, SIMILAR TO THIS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. AND WE'VE ASKED THEM WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR BEST PRACTICES. AND TWO WAY DIALOG HAS BEEN THE BEST PRACTICE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US, SAYING, PLEASE KEEP THESE DIALOGS OPEN. SO IF YOU DO HAVE SITUATIONS THAT WE CAN HANDLE THAT WITH OUR FAMILIES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, GOING BACK TO THE 250 200 STUDENTS EACH YEAR PAST THAT POINT, IF HARMONY WOULD CONSIDER NOT ADDING THOSE GRADES UNTIL THIS ROAD IS COMPLETE FOR THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WHICH I KNOW IS A IS A IS A BIG ASK. BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF YOU'RE THINKING THREE YEARS AHEAD, THAT'S A LOT MORE. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT AND WE'LL DEFINITELY CONSIDER ALL THESE THINGS. SURE. I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE LIGHTING. PEOPLE ARE EXITING THE SCHOOL, I THINK. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT PLANS IN ONE PART, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S LIKE 20 CARS COMING OUT AT THAT POINT? IS THAT 20 MINUTE WAIT, WAIT. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S A LIGHTING QUESTION. SO WHEN CARS ARE EXITING LIKE I SAID THIS. SO IF THERE'S 20 CARS, THE MAX THAT SIGNAL WILL RUN IS ROUGHLY ALMOST A MINUTE LEAVING. SO IF IT JUST KEEPS DETECTING I SAID MINIMUM TIME EXITING HARMONY IS 10S OF GREEN AND THEN IT'LL GO, LIKE I SAID, FOUR SECONDS OF YELLOW CLEAR AND THEN A RED FOUR SECONDS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEARED OUT OF THE WAY. AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO HERO WAY. BUT IF THE HARMONY DURING I SAID AM AND PM PEAK TIMES AS CARS ARE JUST KEEP COMING, THE MAX WILL BE ROUGHLY ABOUT A MINUTE. AND EVEN IF CARS ARE SAY, TEN CARS ARE THERE AND IT DOES HAVE A GAP OUT, IT'S JUST LIKE OUR NORMAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS IS KIND OF SET UP. THERE'S A GAP OUT. SO EVEN IF THERE'S A CAR, SAY SIX SECONDS BEHIND AND IT'S OUT, THEN IT WILL START GIVING THE GREEN TO HERO AWAY. BUT AT MOST YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MINUTE ON HERO WAY OF SITTING TIME. DURING THE HEAVY PEAK TIMES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT AND I DON'T I SAID UNTIL THIS RELEASE HOW IT GOES, I'M NOT EVEN SURE DEPENDING ON YOU EVEN HAVE TO WAIT THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC FLOW. AND I SAID, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. BUT I SAID, YOU'RE THE MOST YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS A MINUTE HOW WE HAVE IT SET UP WITH HERO WAY EAST AND WESTBOUND SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATING. IF WE DID IT THE OTHER WAY, WHERE EACH DIRECTION RUNS ONE DIRECTION AT A TIME, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MINUTES FOR THE WHOLE CYCLE. SO AT THE MOST HOPEFULLY A MINUTE. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT SEE MORE THAN THAT OR SIT THERE MORE THAN THAT. 270 AND IT WINDING OAK. SO WAS THAT TO DO SITE VISITS AND JUST SEE WHAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS DOING. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIMING WE CAN DO. WE MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE DURING THE PEAK TIMES ON HERO WAY, LIMIT THE SCHOOL. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT SEEING IT. GET TO THE 52ND MAX WHILE YOU'RE EXITING THE SCHOOL. THEN WE CAN LOWER THE TIME TO MAYBE 30S 40S AND THEN THAT WAY HE WILL WAKE WILL. LOWER THE TIME. YES. 30S. 
          YES. AND YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE'RE I GUESS WE JUST HAVE A 
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BASIC TIME RIGHT NOW WHAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING. AND THEN AS WE'RE SEEING THINGS, WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. JUST AS WHEN WE INSTALL A NEW SIGNAL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TIMING PLAN, BUT THEN WE STILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE'RE MONITORING AND GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING. A AS THE SCHOOL AS WELL. LIKE I SAID, NO, WE'LL MONITOR HERE. WAIT. I'M SORRY. NOT HERE. WE'LL MONITOR 270. AND WINDING UP IS WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THE WHOLE SECTION THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS. 
          WHAT'S THAT. THE EYES OUT THERE AND BASICALLY SEE ON WHAT THE BACKUP IS DOING. WELL WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING FROM DAY ONE WHEN WE START ACTIVATING THIS ON MONDAY TO ACTUAL OPERATION INTO A SCHOOL IS GOING. I GUESS IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ASSESS WITH THIS NEW SCHOOL GOING. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SEE SCHOOL STARTING EVERYWHERE ELSE SINCE NO SCHOOL. 
          I HEARD TWO POLICE OFFICERS. SO THE SCHOOL. YEAH. WELL, THE OFFICERS ARE AT IF THEY NEED TO, THEY WILL MANUALLY CONTROL THE SIGNAL TO JUST AS IF THEY NEED TO. IF TRAFFIC GETS BACKED UP. 
          BUT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THIS WHOLE SECTION OF HERE AWAY. SORRY YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. I MEAN SITTING AT ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A PERSON SITTING HERE FOR A MONTH OR THREE TIMES A DAY? THE HIGH TRAFFIC TIME, I THINK THERE'S THIS MANY CARS HAPPENING AT THIS MANY TIMES ARE BACKED UP AND NOT MOVING. IS THAT. I MEAN, WELL, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. RIGHT. SIR. IS YOUR NAME IN THIS PAPERWORK SO WE KNOW WHO TO CONTACT WHEN THE TO FIGURE OUT MONITORING AND WHATNOT. YES MA'AM. I'LL GIVE YOU A CARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE. PERFECT. WE WOULD LIKE ONE PLEASE. SIR. MICHAEL RILEY. YEAH. 
          MICHAEL RILEY IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. I'LL GIVE YOU A CARD IF YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT, OKAY? QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUGGESTION ABOUT THE RIGHT TURN AWAY. ADDING A RIGHT TURN SO THAT THERE'S. THAT EASES SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING EAST. YEAH. SO PART OF THE CHALLENGE THERE IS THE SIGNALS. WE HAVE EXISTING SIGNALS THAT ARE SET THERE. AND ADDING ANOTHER TURN BAY OR TURN POCKET REALLY REQUIRES RE SIGNALIZATION TO CREATE WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE ADDITIONAL LANES OF TRAFFIC. SO IT'S NOT AS EASY AS BEING ABLE TO PUT ATLANTA TRAFFIC AND PAVEMENT OUT THERE. AND TO DO SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT BUT BUT BUT LIKE I MENTIONED AT THAT TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WISH IT WAS AS EASY AS BEING ABLE TO PUT THE PAVEMENT THERE AND LET PEOPLE MOVE. BUT. 
          WE'VE GOT SO WE'VE GOT, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE GOT THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING WITH THE COUNTY THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING SOME ADDITIONAL RE SIGNALIZATION FOR THE THREE LANE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING THERE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW, DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THAT THREE LANE SECTION. RIGHT NOW IT'S SIGNALIZED FOR A TWO LANE SECTION. IT'S GOING TO WIDEN TO THREE. SO THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING FAIRLY SOON. AND SO THAT SO THAT THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE AND TIMING AND LOGISTICAL ISSUES OF TRYING TO MODIFY THAT INTERSECTION. SO THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE THAT YES, THERE'S FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE OVERALL COUNTY PROJECT THAT WAS DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. AND I WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE MONITORING. AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF WE HAVE TO HAVE EYES OUT THERE, WE'LL HAVE EYES OUT THERE LOOKING AT THIS. THIS IS A PRIORITY ISSUE. WE UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERN. IT'S A HEALTH SAFETY CONCERN. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND SO AGAIN YOUR COMMENTS ARE ARE TAKEN TO HEART. WE'LL BE MONITORING AND WE'LL BE WATCHING OUT THERE AS WE GO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP IS THE SIGNALS BEING INSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL HAVE CAMERAS SO WE CAN WATCH AND LOOK AND MONITOR. SO WE'VE GOT SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT'S THERE THAT PROVIDES SOME HELP. IT LETS US WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING, HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHEN WE NEED TO GO 
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BACK OUT AND WHEN TO GO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. SO WE'RE NOT NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO PRETEND LIKE THINGS ARE FINE. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. AND SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THE BEST OF THIS SITUATION UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME PERMANENT SOLUTIONS INSTALLED. I THINK I'VE GOT A QUESTION BACK HERE. 
          HI. JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE BEEN WATCHING TODD, CITY MANAGER TONY WORKING. THEY'VE JUST KIND OF BEEN GIVEN THEY'RE STARTING UP AND THEY ARE REALLY ACTUALLY LISTENING TO PEOPLE. SO IF YOU CONTACT THEM, IF YOU START COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY, THEY WILL START ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES 100% THERE. THAT'S THAT'S THEIR GOAL. MY QUESTION IS FOR HARMONY. YOU DID DECIDE TO DO A FEE IN LIEU OF A TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU DID NOT EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO ANY IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW YOUR YOUR SCHOOL MIGHT IMPACT THE STUDY ON ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY CONGESTED ROADS CURRENTLY IN LEANDER. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, MY OTHER THING IS JUST A SUGGESTION. SINCE YOU ARE TAKING INPUT, I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT CENTER ROAD, BUT YOU HAVE A SOLE. INGRESS AND EGRESS. SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO THAT ENTRY POINT. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SIGN OFF FROM FROM FIRE THAT YOU CAN DO THIS. I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU FIND WAYS TO FIND SOME SORT OF FUNDING TO GET A SECOND EGRESS AND INGRESS OUT THERE FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, EVERY SCHOOL KNOWS THAT THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND HAVING ONE ENTRY AND ONE EXIT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. WE JUST I HEARD A LOT OF NODDING OR I SAW A LOT OF NODDING AND A LITTLE A LOT OF AGREEING. I THINK THAT'S SOME REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. AND THEN REGARDING YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND ASK SPECIFICALLY WHY. I DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR PLANS WERE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS MODEL HAS BEEN DONE MULTIPLE TIMES IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON WHY. BUT CERTAINLY I WANT TO SPEAK WITH CERTAINTY. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK INTO. THANK YOU. IF I COULD GO BACK TO THAT ONE QUESTION, THE GOOD THING WITH HAVING GOOD STAFF IS A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE AHEAD OF YOU AND THEY'VE GOT MUCH BETTER IDEAS THAN YOU DO. STAFF IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT PROVIDING THAT RIGHT TURN LANE. SO IF YOU'RE GOING HERE AWAY EASTBOUND TO REAGAN, POSSIBLY HAVING THE CITY BE ABLE TO INSTALL AT ANOTHER RIGHT TURN BAY THERE. SO THAT WILL BE GETTING INTO COUNTY RIGHT AWAY. SO WE'LL BE COORDINATING BACK WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY'LL ALLOW US TO COME IN AND TRY TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD DO AS AN IN-HOUSE IMPROVEMENT TO TRY TO ADD THAT TURN LANE THAT'S THERE. SO THANK YOU ELLEN, FOR CLEARING THAT UP FOR ME. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK. I'LL ASK HARMONY FOLKS I APOLOGIZE. LET'S FIRST I'M A SENIOR SCHEMATIC OF YOUR. AND I SEE THAT SIDEWALK AND CONCERN ABOUT THE SIDEWALK. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD IT FOR THE ESTHETICS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT'S JUST FOR SIDEWALKS. SO. BUT FROM ONE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE OTHER EDGE OF THE PROPERTY. ALL THE WAY TO HERO WAY. SO. THEY JUST HAVE THAT. THEY HAVE SOME RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE JUST. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO YOUR CONCERN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO FUNNEL THAT ENCOURAGES FOOT TRAFFIC AND DROP OFF ALTERNATE DROP OFF POINTS. YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY. AND I CAN'T FIGURE WHAT WHAT WHO'S GOING TO BE WALKING THERE. THEN WHY HAVEN'T WHY WHY ENCOURAGE THE PROBLEM. YEAH I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THERE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ANY DROP OFFS. PARENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP AND DROP OFF. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MANAGE THAT? WELL, WE HAVE SECURITY GUARDS. WE HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS. WE ALSO HAVE 
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OUR ADMIN THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOWN THERE. SO THEY MAY NOT DROP OFF AT THIS POINT. AND WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE REPERCUSSION. DO YOU DO THEY EXPEL THEM FROM SCHOOL. WHAT WHAT'S THE REPERCUSSION CONSEQUENCES. HOWEVER THERE WON'T BE ANY STOPPING. THERE WON'T BE ANY STOPPING OR ANY DROP. YOU MUST COME IN. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR HANDBOOK TO BE A FAMILY MEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL IS. YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PARKING, DRIVING, PICKUP, DROP OFF. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVEWAY. AND I HATE TO INTERRUPT THE CONVERSATION. WE ARE BEING TELEVISED LIVE. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WATCH. SO IF WE COULD BRING THE MICS UP WHEN YOU SPEAK SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR, THAT'D BE MUCH APPRECIATED. AND AUDIENCE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. I THINK. THE PARK LOCATION. YES, PLEASE. START PILING UP. OKAY. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM WHEN THEY START PILING UP TO GET TO THE SCHOOL? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S THERE BY 620. THERE'S A DEALERSHIP THERE AND IT LINES, IT LINES ALL THE WAY BACK FOR MILES OR NOT MILES, BUT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MILES. SO AND THAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE SMALLER THAN THE SCHOOL ON HEBREW WAY. SO DO WE REALLY THINK CEDAR PARK, THE ONE ON ANDERSON HILL? NO, NO, THE ONE ON 620 AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT. 
          YEAH. OKAY. I KNOW YOU HAD TWO IN CEDAR PARK. I JUST KNOW THAT'S OKAY. SO ACTUALLY, THE CEDAR PARK LOCATION, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LANE BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE. SO WE REDID ALL OF THE PAVEMENT IN THERE AND WE ADDED AN EXTRA LANE. AND WE HAVE NO ISSUES AT THAT CAMPUS, WHICH IS WHY WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL LANE AT THIS CAMPUS. WE SAW HOW EFFECTIVE IT WAS, AND WE REALIZED THAT HAVING A LANE THAT WAS ONE DEDICATED FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, BUT ALSO TWO DIFFERENT PICKUP AND DROP OFF LOCATIONS, ALLOWED FOR US NOT TO HAVE ANY PAIN POINTS ON THE CAMPUS. SO WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT CAMPUS AND THEY HAVE NO ISSUES NOW. THAT CAMPUS ALSO HAS A TWO LANE ROAD ON EACH SIDE WITH A HUGE SHOULDER. AND I'VE SEEN THEM. I'VE SEEN THEM BACKED FOR A LONG DISTANCE AND HE WILL WAIT. CANNOT HANDLE THAT, CORRECT? YES. THAT SCHOOL'S GOING AWAY. SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE LARGER THAN THAT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, THAT CAMPUS THREE YEARS OUT BEFORE ANY RELIEF. RIGHT NOW, THAT CAMPUS IS ABOUT 1100 AND WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THAT. AND EVERY YEAR THAT WE ADD SECTIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY 75 STUDENTS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT 200. SO WE WILL BE VERY GRADUAL. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE FAMILIES THAT ALREADY HAVE EXISTING STUDENTS. SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. THAT STUDENT THAT WAS IN FIFTH GRADE IS MOVING TO SIXTH GRADE. THAT STUDENT THAT WAS IN SIXTH GRADE IS MOVING TO SEVENTH GRADE. SO WE'RE JUST CONDENSING FAMILIES A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE. SURE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT THE 200 MAX LIKE WHAT WAS PROJECTED. SIX SIX 3650 YEAH, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 10% THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING LESS THAN THE 500 THAT YOU MENTIONED. WE ALSO. WE HAVE A COUPLE. YEAH, A LOT OF CARPOOLING THAT WILL BE COMING IN AS WELL. YEP. WE DID ESTIMATE THAT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME INTERIOR QUEUING THAT HAS ABOUT ANOTHER 40 CARS. SO WE'RE ABOUT 200 CARS THAT WE CAN HOLD IN OUR PROPERTY INTERNALLY. THAT. HELLO TO KIND OF TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FROM A PARENT STANDPOINT, A PARENT POINT OF VIEW FOR MY CHILDREN WERE AT THE CEDAR PARK LOCATION. I DO LIVE IN LEANDER AND BEFORE LAST YEAR, I WILL ADMIT THAT THE TRAFFIC ON 620 TO GET INTO THE CEDAR PARK LOCATION WAS HORRIBLE AND IT TOOK A LONG, A VERY LONG TIME FOR THE DISMISSAL PROCESS. BUT LAST YEAR WHEN THEY CHANGED IT AND THEY ADDED THE THREE LANES, IT I MEAN, IT DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED. SO I WENT FROM MAYBE SITTING IN LINE TO 40 MINUTES TO SITTING IN LINE FOR MAYBE 15 OR 20 MINUTES. ONCE THE DISMISSAL PROCESS STARTED. SO I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT THE LEANDER CAMPUS, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND I DID DRIVE ONTO THE PROPERTY YESTERDAY AND IT'S A REALLY LONG, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN PAST IT, IT'S A REALLY LONG PARKING LOT. SO I THINK THAT THE CONCERNS FOR, YOU KNOW, A BACKUP ON HARROWAY, I MEAN, I 
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THINK THAT IT'LL BE OKAY. ADMITTEDLY, I DON'T LIVE OFF OF HARROWAY. I LIVE VISTA RIDGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXISTING TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE, BUT IF THE DISMISSAL AND ARRIVAL PROCESS WORKS LIKE THE ONE IN CEDAR PARK, I THINK THAT YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY PLEASED. ALSO, I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT ALLOW ANY WALK UPS PAST A CERTAIN TIME, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEW TO. THEY DID USED TO ALLOW WALK UPS ONCE THEY STARTED THAT PROCESS. NO WALK UPS, NO DISMISSALS BY WALKING UP IN CARS. I THINK 30 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL CLOSES. SO I'VE NEVER SEEN A PARENT TRY AND DISPUTE THAT, BUT THAT THERE IS THAT HARD, FAST RULE THAT THEY STICK TO THAT THEY WON'T LET YOU. SO I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE PARENTS. YOU KNOW, PARKING IN YOUR DRIVEWAYS OR USING THE SIDEWALK TO TRY TO WALK UP TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEIR EFFORTS WILL BE FUTILE ANYWAY. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEIR CARS. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT? DO YOU HAVE ANY? KIND. IT'S BUT NOT JUST. YEAH, THAT'S LITERALLY ALL. SO THAT WOULD. 
          OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HARMONY OR FOR THE CITY. YES. YES. YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY. I'M SORRY I THINK WE GOT A YOUR MIC'S NOT WORKING. I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION GOING FORWARD? ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD IS LIKE, PUT IN YOUR EMAILS, WE GET REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS TOPIC. SO IS THE CITY PLANNING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC, OR WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL WAYS OF ENGAGEMENT OR KNOWING ABOUT WHAT HARMONY IS DOING? WHAT CITY IS DOING IN THIS MATTER? SO WE'VE GOT OUR PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES WILL INCLUDE OUR WEB PAGE THAT WE'RE CREATING THAT WILL HAVE PROJECT UPDATE STATUS REPORT. WE'VE GOT SOCIAL MEDIA PIECES THAT WE'LL PUT OUT AS THERE'S CRITICAL THINGS THAT THAT COME UP. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT BACK TO THE CITY WITH REGARD TO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY EITHER DIRECTLY TO MR. MEGAN THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. HE COMMUNICATES BACK OUT. SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE HERE TO LISTEN AND HEAR WHERE THERE'S QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT CROP UP. WE'LL HAVE EYES OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING AND TRYING TO GIVE US UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS. WE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL. WE HAD CONTEMPLATED THOSE PRESENTATIONS BEING PRESENTED OR SCHEDULED TO COUNCIL ONCE CONSTRUCTION OF HEREAWAY STARTS GOING UP, WE MAY SPEED THAT UP AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE'LL WE'LL BROADCAST THAT OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO START TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HEREAWAY TRAFFIC REPORTS OR ISSUES THAT CROP UP. SO IF WE DO HAVE THE MAJOR CONGESTION ISSUES, WE NEED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS. WE'LL BE PROVIDING UPDATES TO THAT. BUT WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SHARE IT. SO WE CAN PUSH INFORMATION BACK OUT TO YOU, TO EVERYONE WHO'S INTERESTED AS WELL. AND Y'ALL CAN COMMUNICATE AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE CONTACTS WITH ALL OUR HOA'S SO WE CAN HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION THERE AS WELL. AND YOU CAN COMMUNICATE TO YOUR HOA. 
          AND THEY THEY DO COMMUNICATE WITH US. AND MAUREEN JONES IS THERE WITH US AND SHE'S OUR HOA CONTACT SPECIALIST. SO SHE'S ENGAGED AS WELL. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO PUSH INFORMATION OUT AND TO HEAR CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS COMING BACK TO US. SO WILL THERE BE EMAIL ADDRESS OR A PHONE NUMBER FOR COMPLAINTS? BECAUSE I, I HEAR LIKE TODAY LIKE A LOT OF THEM EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT BACKING INTO THEIR DRIVEWAYS IS THE ONE KEY THING THAT I'VE HEARD. AND SEVERAL OTHERS. RIGHT. SO WILL THERE BE A PHONE NUMBER OR AN EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE IF THERE IS ANY ONGOING COMPLAINTS THAT YES, THE RESIDENTS HAVE, THEY CAN USE THAT. YEAH. SO IMMEDIATELY. YEAH. WE DIDN'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. SO I RUN PROGRAMS AND PART OF PROGRAMS IS SAFETY. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MINE, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER SIDE IS 
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ACADEMIC. BUT WITHOUT SAFETY, THERE IS NO ACADEMICS. THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL. THIS IS TIFFANY MOLINA, AND SHE WILL SHE DOES NOT HAVE UPDATED CARDS YET. HOWEVER, WE WILL LEAVE EMAIL AND OBVIOUSLY PHONE NUMBERS. SO IF ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ISSUES, SHE IS INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE. NOT ONLY WILL SHE CALL YOU BACK, SHE WILL EMAIL YOU BACK. SHE WILL MEET YOU AT THE GATE. SHE WILL FIND OUT WHICH CAR IS PARKING. SHE'S INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND I'LL FIND A FAMILY MEMBER AND I WILL. POLITELY CALL ME, LET THEM KNOW WHY IT IS NOT OKAY, WHY IT IS NOT SAFE. I DON'T LIKE MICROPHONES, SO I'M A TEACHER AT HEART. WHY IT'S NOT OKAY, WHY IT'S NOT SAFE. YOU CAN CALL ME, EMAIL ME AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. I WILL WALK OUT TO THE STREET, FIND THE FAMILY MEMBER. AND AGAIN, I LOVE MY FAMILIES, I LOVE MY STAFF, AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING THEM IT'S NOT OKAY THAT YOUR SPACE I, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND THEN IT'S NOT SAFE. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE ANYONE EMAIL ME ALL DAY. EVERY DAY IS WHATEVER'S NECESSARY. AND OUR FACEBOOK, WHICH I MANAGE DIRECTLY, WILL HAVE UPDATES REGULARLY, ROUTINELY. AND I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT ON HERE AWAY, BUT I LIVE ON RONALD REAGAN. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR NINE YEARS. I'M A MILITARY FAMILY. MY HUSBAND RETIRED, AND I'M PREVIOUS MILITARY MYSELF, AND THIS IS WHERE WE SETTLED OUR FOREVER HOME. SO WHILE I'M NOT ON HERE AWAY AND I DO UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, I COME, I'M DOWN FROM PALMYRA AND I COME OUT OF RONALD REAGAN. NO LIGHT TRAFFIC. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M GOING TO DO MY PART TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE EFFECTIVE, SAFE AND A GROWING COMMUNITY. TODD, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO YOUR I'M RIGHT HERE, GET BACK TO YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU STARTED OUT TELLING US YOU HAD A WE HAVE A THREE PRONGED PLAN OR SOMETHING ABOUT MITIGATION AND ALL THAT. AND IF YOU COULD JUST RECAP THAT AGAIN. SO I KNOW I DON'T THINK YOU EVER FINISHED IT. OH YEAH, I THINK SO. ANYWAY. BEST WAY IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR ISSUES INFO@LEANDER.GOV. NO I GET THAT. SO. BUT AGAIN THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE OUT AND REACH OUT. JUST INFO@LEANDER.GOV AND WE'LL GET IT. THAT'S GOING TO MR. MEAGAN AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT COMMUNICATING BACK OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND GETTING INFORMATION BACK. SO THAT THAT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT. SO THE THREE PRONG PLAN OF ATTACK DAY ONE IS WHAT WE'VE DESCRIBED TODAY. TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE UP. THOSE HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME REMOTE EVALUATION. WE'VE GOT CAMERAS AND IT'S GOT THE SENSORS AND THE TIMING THAT WE DESCRIBED. SO THAT'S THE LAUNCH FROM DAY ONE. WE'LL BE EVALUATING HOW THAT IS GOING. WE'LL HAVE EYES IN THE FIELD THERE AT LEAST DURING AT LEAST DURING THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS. SPECIFICALLY, POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK AND ADDRESS AND TELL US HOW THINGS ARE WORKING. SO WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT AND IMPLEMENTING INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES OR WATCHING SIGNALIZATION TRAFFIC MOVEMENT. THE NEXT PIECE IS WHAT WE DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING FOR THAT RIGHT TURN POCKET, SO WE CAN HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC AND HELP FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW EASTBOUND AS IT'S GOING FORWARD. AND THEN THE LONGER TERM PICTURE IS REALLY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO FACILITATE AND LOOK HOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS BEING COORDINATED ON THE NEXT THREE PHASES THAT ARE COMING. SO AND THEN AS WE DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON SOME ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT, TEMPORARY PAVEMENT THAT WILL TRY TO HELP FACILITATE TWO WAY TRAFFIC DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND THEN OFFSITE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC. SIGNALIZATION. SO LOOKING AT THAT SIGNAL AT AT SAN GABRIEL, WHERE IT COMES IN, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAL THAT GOES IN AT PALMETTO RIDGE AND REAGAN. 
          AND SO THAT HELPS PROVIDE TRAFFIC BREAKS MOVING FORWARD AND TRIES TO HELP FACILITATE PULMONARY RIDGE RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRAPPED THAT NEED TO AT LEAST WILL HAVE A MANAGED INTERSECTION THAT THEY CAN HEAD BACK TO, TO RONALD REAGAN AND HAVE A BETTER, EFFICIENT, SAFER WAY TO GET OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO I THINK THAT HIT THEM. AND SAN GABRIEL, YEAH, SAN GABRIEL, TWO CONTRACTS ARE OUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN HERE IN SEPTEMBER. I'M SORRY, I MISSPOKE. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN SAN GABRIEL THREE DESIGN IS UNDERWAY AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF 28, WHICH WILL GET YOU YOUR FULL CONNECTION BACK OUT TO 23 A. IS THAT OKAY? CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? MY NAME IS MAUREEN. I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, AND IF YOU ESPECIALLY LIVE OFF OF HERO WAY AND ARE NOT PART OF AN HOA, IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP BACK THERE AND GIVE ME YOUR 
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EMAIL ADDRESS, I DO DISTRIBUTIONS. I CAN DO DISTRIBUTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A SPOT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INFO THAT I SEND OUT TO THE HOA'S THAT HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE CITY THINGS THAT UPDATE PROJECTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AND ADD YOU GUYS TO THAT DISTRIBUTION LIST SO I CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT ALSO. THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU'LL HAVE MY INFORMATION AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY AND I CAN HELP GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE. HAS ANYBODY COMMUNICATED WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT? BECAUSE I THINK ON HERO WAY THEY USUALLY PICK UP LIKE BETWEEN 3 AND 4. 
          AND JUST HAVING ALL THAT BACKED UP TRAFFIC, PARENTS PICKING UP THE STUDENTS AND A TRASH TRUCK STOPPING AT EVERY STOP MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC, YOU MEAN? YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE, BUT THANK YOU. WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM. THANK YOU. YEAH. I, I GOT YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THAT THEY CAN PULL OUT ANYTHING, YOU KNOW. AND THEY ALREADY, THEY ALREADY THEY MAY HAVE TO TURN LEFT COMING OUT OF THAT BUT YEAH. SO FOR THE AUDIENCE THE QUESTION IS THOSE THAT ARE VIEWING HAS THE CITY REACHED OUT AND COORDINATED WITH SOLID WASTE? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE'LL WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACTORS FOR THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION IS CONCERNS FOR KOA CAMPGROUND AND LIBERTY CIVIL AND THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE REALLY DOWN CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION 83 A AND HERE AWAY. SO WE'LL BE DEFINITELY COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. MAILBOXES. THEY'VE GOT TO MOVE. THEY HAVE OUR ALL OUR MAILBOXES ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. WITH ALL THIS GOING ON, IT IS NOT SAFE TO CROSS THE STREET TO GET YOUR MAIL. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE POSTMASTER. WE WILL REACH OUT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TRY TO GET THOSE BOXES MOVED. YES, WE WILL DO THAT. BUT SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S THAT'S BEYOND US. THAT'S THE POSTMASTER. BUT THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE. SO. I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU TO BE SENSITIVE TO. IF WE FIX PALMYRA RIDGE WITH A LIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT NICE AND WE DO GOOD AND FIX WINDING OAKS WITH LIGHT OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT FACILITATE. I'D LIKE TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF IS THOSE GET NICER AND NICER, ASSUMING WE FIX THEM THEN NOW WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC INTO PALMYRA RIDGE TO GO THROUGH WINDING ROAD TO GET TO THEIR SCHOOLS. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS TRADE OFF. NEVER. SOLUTION IS ALWAYS TRADE OFF. RIGHT. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU BE CONCERNED. IT IS A TRUE STORY. AND I TRAVEL DOWN REAGAN AND TRY TO GO HERO EQUIP MYSELF. I KIND OF LIVE UP IN THAT AREA. AND SO YEAH, THERE'S BEEN DAYS. THERE WAS ONE DAY GPS ACTUALLY ROUTED PEOPLE THROUGH PALMYRA RIDGE. THERE WAS A CONGESTION THERE. I DIDN'T GO AS A BAD MISTAKE FOR PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH. SO AND THAT AND THAT'S AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE'RE EXPERIENCING THOSE OR SEE THOSE THINGS, IF YOU LET US KNOW, WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING BACK OUT WITH HARMONY TO. AND THE KEY THING FOR THEM IS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES. AND THEY WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER IN HELPING COMMUNICATE AND HELPING ADVISOR FAMILIES AND HAVING THEM NOT DO THOSE TYPES OF BEHAVIORS. YES, SIR. SO TO THAT POINT, 270 IS NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON 270. IT'S THE BRYSON SUBDIVISIONS THAT USE THAT TO GET DOWN TO HERE, AWAY TO GO TO RONALD REAGAN. SO THAT'S ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES DOWN. 270 IT'S THE BRYSON. THEY DON'T GO OUT AND USE THE FEEDER STREET. THEY COME DOWN THE BACK ROADS. I GOT YOU OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US? WE'VE GOT ALL NIGHT. ON THE PRAYER LIST. WE PURCHASED. WE PURCHASED THEM. WE DIDN'T LEASE THEM. SO. SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT FOR ALL THREE OF THEM, WITH THE RADAR DETECTION, WITH THE 360 CAMERA AND ETCETERA, IT WAS ROUGHLY AROUND $100,000. IT WAS ABOUT 98, IN SOME CHANGE, THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PURCHASE, WHICH WAS CHEAPER THAN RENTING FOR THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A TWO YEAR WARRANTY. AS 
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OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ANNUAL. I CAN TELL YOU FOR THE ANNUAL FEE FOR THE 360 CAMERA, IT'S ROUGHLY $14,440 A YEAR FOR THE SALE SERVICE FOR THAT CAMERA. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, UNLESS SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONS AGAIN, WE HAVE A TWO YEAR WARRANTY. BUT YEAH, IT SHOULD BE LOW COST TO. AS LONG AS NOBODY RUNS INTO THEM. THAT'S THE WHOLE OTHER ISSUE. YEAH, YEAH. SO PLEASE DON'T RUN INTO THEM. EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING DON'T HIT THEM. WE WORKED HARD FOR THEM. PLEASE. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT Y'ALL. WELL AGAIN THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT HARMONY. FOR COMING KATE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND COUNTY FOR BEING HERE. SO AND AGAIN THANK YOU ALL. WE KNOW THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION. WE KNOW THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP. SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO TRY TO
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