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GOOD[CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING.I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:02 PM AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CURTIS DOEN TO LEAD US IN THE INDICATION AND THE PLEDGE.
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING AN OPEN MIND.
WE ASK THAT YOU WILL HELP STRENGTHEN US, RESTORE US, AND INSPIRE US WITH YOUR LOVE AS WE JOURNEY ONWARDS TONIGHT AND MAKE DECISIONS WITH THE LOVE AND GRACE FOR OTHERS.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR THE ONGOING WARS IN ISRAEL AND GAZA AND UKRAINE AND RUSSIA, AND THAT THEIR SOULS WILL CATCH THE WIND OF YOUR SPIRIT AND PROVIDE SAFETY AND GUIDANCE FOR ALL THE EARTH.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[3. MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 23, 2023, OCTOBER 30, 2023, OCTOBER 30, 2023 (SPECIAL CALLED MEETING), AND NOVEMBER 6, 2023 MEETINGS]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 23, 20 THIRD, 2023, AND OCTOBER 30TH, 2023.OCTOBER 30TH, 2023, THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING, AND NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023 MEETINGS.
WE'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.
CAN I GET A SECOND, MR. DORIAN? YES.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, VISITOR AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
MR. MAGNER? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
[5. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR THE MARVELS OF MAS AND ROBOTICS DEMONSTRATION]
PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR THE MARVELS OF MOSS AND THE ROBOTICS DEMONSTRATION.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING EVENING FOR US.
UH, WE ARE HERE, UH, IN PERSON WITH US TONIGHT ARE THE MARVELS OF MOSS.
UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME THEM AND HELP THEM SHARE, UH, AND CELEBRATE SOME OF THEIR EXCITING ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THEY, UH, CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, AND OF COURSE, UH, CHEER THEM ON AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMPETITION, I THINK AT THE STATE LEVEL.
NEXT, UM, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HAS LONG, HAD A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING STEM EDUCATION, AND THIS IS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF TAKING THAT AND PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE.
AND EVERY ONE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT HERE, UH, DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THEIR ROLE IN, IN THIS AMAZING TEAM.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, MR. HABA, IDA.
HE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE PROGRAM AND THEN WE'LL ALSO, UM, WELCOME AND, AND BRING UP A COUPLE OF THE, THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO WILL DO A DEMONSTRATION FOR US.
AND THEN MAYOR, AFTER THAT, WE'D, UH, LOVE TO INVITE THE WHOLE TEAM, UH, UH, TO, UH, THE PODIUM HERE AND, UH, HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE COUNCIL AS THE MAYOR, UM, PRESENTS THE PROCLAMATION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
HELLO AND KO, MY NAME IS HAMZA BEDA AND I'M ONE OF THE TEAM CAPTAINS OF TEAM 19 5 6 4, THE MARBLES OF MASS.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, OUR TEAM, THE MARBLES PROGRAM LAUNCHED WITH TWO TEAMS IN DALLAS, TEXAS WITH THE GALE OF BRINGING STEM TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
NOW WE STAND HERE WITH OUR INFLUENCE REACHING FARTHER THAN EVER.
WE HAVE RAISED OVER 25 TEAMS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND OUR IN IT'S GONE INSTITUTE HAS BEEN ABLE TO AFFECT OVER 300 STUDENTS GLOBALLY.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE OUR SERVICES TO PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE NO MATTER WHAT COMMUNITY THEY'RE IN, AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL THING TO BE A PART OF.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLORE REALLY INDUSTRIAL CONCEPTS SUCH AS MACHINE LEARNING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND GOING IN DEPTH AND PREPARING THE NEW LEADERS OF THE NEW WORLD.
TECHNOLOGY IS TAKING OVER AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO START WITH A GOOD FOUNDATION AS A STUDENT WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE WORLD OF STEM, AND WE WANT TO RAISE THESE LEADERS TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE.
SO WITH THAT, WE THANK YOU FOR RICHARDSON SUPPORT AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR TEAM MEMBERS FOR THEIR WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION.
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ISSUES.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SEE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
THIS THIS PROGRAM REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME, AND, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP HERE IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF SUCH ESTEEMED PEOPLE IS HONESTLY AN HONOR BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED DOING THIS PROGRAM PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD COME TO THE TIME WHERE I WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE RICHARDSON COUNCIL.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET UP HERE AND SAY THAT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM, IT'S, IT'S NEVER JUST BEEN ABOUT BUILDING A ROBOT.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT HAVING THAT ROBOT BE THE CENTERPIECE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE A GENERATION OF STEM LEADERS BUILT UPON THAT ROBOT.
LIKE I AM, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M 17 YEARS OLD AND MANY, MANY OF MY TEAMMATES ARE AS WELL, BUT WE'RE ALSO MENTORING STUDENTS THAT GO AS LOW AS FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD AS WELL.
AND BY CREATING THAT, THAT PLATFORM FOR THEM TO BUILD OFF OF, IT CREATES A CHAIN OUR PARENTS ARE TEACHING US.
WE ARE TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THE OTHERS IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK THAT STANDS ALONGSIDE A LOT OF RICHARDSON AS A CITY'S IDEAL.
I, THEIR WHOLE GOAL, THEIR IDEA OF BRINGING UP A LOWER GENERATION, BRINGING UP PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BRING UP THEMSELVES.
AND IF I COULD SAY ONE THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT ALLOWS ME TO BE THE INSPIRATION THAT I WANT TO BE FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
IT ALLOWS ME TO BE THE INSPIRATION THAT I ALWAYS NEEDED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO WHERE I AM NOW AND BY SEEING STUDENTS THAT HAVE STARTED SO MUCH YOUNGER THAN I EVER COULD HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT A SERVO OR A MOTOR IS, THAT JUST MAKES ME REALIZE HOW BLESSED WE ALL ARE TO BE IN A CITY SUCH AS RICHARDSON, TO BE IN AN AREA SUCH AS DALLAS THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT JUST BUILD A ROBOT, BUT BUILD A COMMUNITY AROUND THAT ROBOT.
SO WITH THAT, ARE WE GOOD FOR THE DEMONSTRATION? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
UH, SO OUR ROBOT IS, ENTIRE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY IS OFF MAKING THINGS VERY SIMPLE AND AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WE WANT THE ROBOT TO BE AS AESTHETIC AND LOOKS NICE AND AS WELL HAVE A REALLY NICE FUNCTIONALITY.
SO OUR BASIC IDEA IS TO USE THE PRE-BUILT KITS THAT COME WITH THE PARTS WE BUY FROM GO BUILDER.
IT LETS US HAVE A LOT EASIER TIME OF MAKING SOMETHING A LOT FASTER, AS I CAN SEE BY MOVING THE, UH, EXTENDING THE ELEVATOR OUT, PLEASE.
OUR ROBOT CAN EXTEND AROUND THREE TO ALMOST FOUR FEET HIGH WITH JUST A SIMPLE ELEVATOR MECHANISM RUN BY BELT.
WE LEARNED THIS THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT TRIAL AND ERROR THROUGH OUR PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS AND EXPERIENCES.
IN OUR FIRST SEASON, WE DECIDED TO USE A SIMPLE ARM, SHIFTING IT TO A BELT THAT WE DIDN'T SEE REALLY WORK OUT WELL.
AND FINALLY, A BELT MECHANISM THAT WE SEE WORKS INCREDIBLY WELL WITH OUR WORLD RECORDS IN DIFFERENT AWARDS.
UH, ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR ROBOT IS THE RAPID ITERATIONS OF WHAT WE DO.
AS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR INTAKE, OUR INTAKE HAS GONE THROUGH AT LEAST 11 DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WITH RAPID PROTOTYPING AND TESTING.
AND WE HAVE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A REALLY HIGH, UH, POWERED WORLD-CLASS INTAKE THAT INTAKE'S INCREDIBLY FAST.
AND ANOTHER, LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ROBOT IS A REALLY, REALLY FAST DRIVE TRAIN THAT WE WENT THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WITH MANY DIFFERENT TEAMS, TALKING AND MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TRYING TO FIND THE BEST DRIVE TRAIN POSSIBLE.
WE ENDED UP WITH THE MOST SIMPLE DRIVE TRAIN BY DIRECT DRIVING, UH, DIRECT MOTOR TWO WHEELS AND HAVING THOSE BE THE FASTEST DRIVE TRAIN IN THE WORLD CURRENTLY.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR S ON AND ALONGSIDE THIS, ONE OF THE MAIN IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE COMPETITION IS THE AUTONOMOUS PERIOD, WHICH WE HAVE 30 SECONDS IN THE BEGINNING OF EACH MATCH, WHERE THE ROBOT RUNS COMPLETELY ON THE PRE-EXISTING CODE THAT OUR TEAM WRITES FOR THE ROBOT.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY WE HOLD THE WORLD RECORD AND ONE OF THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS IS COMING FROM OUR AUTONOMOUS, UH, AUTONOMOUS PERIOD.
UH, OUR TEAM USES JAVA AND ENCODER DRIVES AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT METHODS WHICH WE LEARNED TO PROGRAM THE ROBOT, WHICH ALSO TO PROGRAM THE ROBOT.
AND CURRENTLY THE ROBOT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST AUTONOMOUS OR OPR, UH, COMPARED TO ALL TEAMS IN NORTH TEXAS OR EVEN IN THE WORLD.
SO, UH, AS WE EXPLAINED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT MANY MECHANISMS THAT WE USE, UH, TO ALL OF THESE CONTRIBUTE INTO THE AUTONOMOUS PERIOD, AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO, EVERY SINGLE SE EVERY SINGLE SEASON, WE'VE, UH, EXPANDED OUR KNOWLEDGE AND STARTED TO ADD MORE, MORE KEY PARTS TO OUR AUTONOMOUS TO MAKE IT THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
SO AT THIS TIME, I COUNSEL, LET'S GO FORWARD AND WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE AND I'D LIKE TO, WHOEVER'S GONNA RECEIVE IT, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION.
SO IF YOU'RE ON THE TEAM AND YOU'D LIKE TO BE IN THE PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE JUST COME RIGHT UP WHERE THE, UH, PRESENTATION JUST TOOK PLACE, UH, IN FRONT
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OF THE SCREEN.WHAT AGE GROUPS DO WE HAVE HERE? 12.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S KNOW, EIGHT, LET'S TRY TO DO THIS.
IF YOU'RE EIGHT 12 ABOUT THIS HIGH, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP, UP FRONT HERE, PLEASE.
THERE YOU GO, YOU GUYS SPACE ALL.
WE'RE GONNA CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.
MAYOR, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU STAND THIS WAY.
UH, AND STAY HERE FROM HERE FOR COME THIS WAY JUST A LITTLE BIT.
COME UP TO THIS, THIS, NOT THIS.
NOW YOU GUYS OVER HERE, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU LOCK UP YOUR, THERE YOU GO.
THIS, LET'S GET YOU OVER HERE.
SO WE'LL TAKE ONE AND THEN WE'LL, ALRIGHT, WELL, IS THERE A, UH, TECHNICAL WORD, ROBOTIC TERMS WITH THE, THERE IS WHAT I, AND I SMILE.
UH, KEEP SMILING, KEEP SMILING.
NO CLOSING EYES, KEEP SMILING.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SAY SHE'S ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE I HAVE NO BETTER TECHNICAL TURN.
[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN INCLUDING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS’ BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY DESIGNATION AND FORMALIZATION OF THE BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.THAT WAS AN AWESOME PRESENTATION.
NOT EVERY DAY YOU HAVE A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, SO THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, INCLUDING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BI BICYCLISTS, BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY DESIGNATION, AND FORMALIZATION OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, MARK NELSON
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AND OUR, UH, DANIEL HERIG, WHO IS OUR, UH, MOBILITY, UH, PLANNER.WITH THIS, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, DANIEL'S GONNA STEP TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, ON THE ATP.
WE'VE, UH, MADE, UH, A GOOD PROGRESS, UH, SINCE WE FIRST ADOPTED THAT, UH, SINCE YOU FIRST ADOPTED THAT.
UH, AND LOOKING FORWARD, UH, AT THE END, DANIEL'S GONNA PROVIDE, UH, WHAT WE'RE KIND OF CALLING A POSSIBLE PATHWAY FROM OUR CURRENT BRONZE STATUS TO THE SILVER STATUS, UH, FOR THE, UH, BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM YOU WITH RESPECT TO, UH, SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS AS WELL AS THE TIMING, UH, OF THIS, UH, EFFORT, UH, AS WE LOOK TO, UH, BE RECERTIFIED IN THE JUNE 24 TIMEFRAME.
SO DANIEL, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK THAT, UH, YOU PUT INTO THIS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FURTHER BRIEFING.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GONNA BE COVERING A FEW MAJOR THINGS ON UPDATES ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN SINCE YOU ADOPTED IT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR WITH THE BIKE FRIENDLY, UH, COMMUNITIES APPLICATION, UM, THAT WE'LL BE RENEWING.
UH, AND THEN ONE OF THOSE KIND OF KEY PIECES IS LOOKING AT OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND KIND OF WHAT IS THE PATH FORWARD FOR THAT COMMITTEE WITHIN, UH, YOUR GOALS AND TACTICS THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY ADOPTED, UM, BY COUNCIL.
UH, ONE OF THE, THE MAIN ONES IS LOOKING AT, UH, KIND OF FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS RENEWING THE, UH, BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY APPLICATION AND THAT STATUS AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ADVANCE THAT.
I KNOW KINDA NOT EVERYONE WAS, UH, HERE WHEN WE ADOPTED THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF GIVING THAT HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AGAIN OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT PLAN IS REALLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 10 YEAR FUTURE.
WHAT IS THAT VISION? CREATING THAT VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, UH, WHAT IS THAT ACCESS TO TRANSIT, UM, AND MAKING SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE, UM, FOR ALL USERS WHERE, UM, IT'S REALLY COMPREHENSIVE TO, TO REPRESENT, UM, AND GIVE THAT ACCESS TO THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
GETTING INTO SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, SO GETTING INTO THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
UH, SO BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA IS THE PROGRAM RUN THROUGH THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT GOES BACK OVER A HUNDRED YEARS NOW.
UM, THEY'VE CREATED THE PROGRAM AND SO THERE'S BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, THERE'S BICYCLE FRIENDLY UNIVERSITIES AND BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES.
UM, LIKE MIKE MARTIN RICHARDSON IS ONE OF THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES WITHIN, UH, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UM, RICHARDSON WAS THE FIRST AWARDED A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IN 2015.
UH, WE WERE THE FIRST IN NORTH TEXAS TO RECEIVE THAT DESIGNATION.
UM, WE'RE STILL ONE OF 13 WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HAVE A DESIGNATION.
UH, AUSTIN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOLD.
EVERYONE ELSE, UH, THE OTHER 12 ARE BRONZE WITHIN THE STATE.
UH, SO REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, PUSHING TO SILVER, WE WOULD BE THE, UM, KIND OF SECOND WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, UH, TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT.
UM, AS WE, AS WE TRY TO ADVANCE THAT DIRECTION.
UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF DALLAS IS ALSO A BIKE FRIENDLY UNIVERSITY.
THEY RECEIVED THAT IN 2020 AND, UH, THAT WAS AFTER OUR 2019, UM, APPLICATION.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO RENEWING 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A FOUR YEAR WINDOW.
AND SO THEY'LL BE, UH, LOOKING AT 2024 REAPPLYING WITH US.
UM, SO WE, OUR APPLICATION'S DUE IN JUNE.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY DUE IN AUGUST.
THAT APPLICATION, UM, IS REVIEWED BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS.
AND SO, UM, IT IS KIND OF SUBJECTIVE OF THERE'S NO CHECK THE BOXES AND HERE'S EXACTLY YOUR OUTCOME.
WE CAN'T PREDICT IT FROM THE START OF GUARANTEEING, UM, AN OUTCOME UP TO IT.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AT A, A, YOU KNOW, THESE FIVE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, EVALUATION AND PLANNING, AS WELL AS EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
THEY RENEW, THEY KIND OF REVISED THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS SINCE THE LAST TIME, UH, RICHARDSON APPLIED IN 2019.
AND SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE DIFFERENT AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT'S THE SAME, SOME OF IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING, UM, TO, TO BE PUTTING THE APPLICATION TOGETHER AND KIND OF SEEING WHERE WE HAVE OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UH, AS WE KINDA LOOK TO 2024, UM, STRIVING FOR THAT SILVER RECOGNITION, UH, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE OVERALL.
AND SO KIND OF IN THE SPRING, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO, UH, PREPARE THE APPLICATION IN JUNE, KINDA LATE JUNE, THE APPLICATION'S DUE.
ONCE WE DO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, UH, OVER JULY TO AUGUST OR JULY TO OCTOBER, UM, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC SURVEY AVAILABLE.
SO THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS PUSHES OUT A, UH, APPLICATION OR A, A PUBLIC SURVEY, UH, WHICH WE, THE CITY CAN THEN KIND OF PUSH ONTO OUR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO GAUGE FROM US KIND OF WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THAT APPLICATION.
UM, BUT THEN FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY'S REAL FEEDBACK ON, YOU KNOW, IS THIS A BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY? DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE? DO YOU FEEL SAFE? DO YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT CULTURE OF CYCLING WITHIN THE CITY? UM, AND THEN IT WOULD BE THE END OF NEXT YEAR,
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UH, WHEN WE'D REALLY FIND OUT THE, THE STATUS OF, UH, THAT AWARD.AS WE KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, TO ADVANCE A LOT OF THE CATEGORIES.
AND SO BACK TO THOSE KIND OF FIVE ES.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF VARIOUS ASPECTS WITHIN EACH ONE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE'S REALLY LOOK AT ENGINEERING AND SOME OF THOSE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING.
UH, SO TWO MAJOR ONES WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT YEAR IS COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
UH, REALLY CREATING THAT VISION AND INTENT THAT WE WANT TO CREATE MULTIMODAL FACILITIES, UM, AND KIND OF GETTING THAT COMMITMENT, UM, FROM CITY LEADERSHIP, UM, BY DEFINING THAT POLICY, UM, THAT EVERY ROADWAY IS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA LOOK THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION MAY BE ACCOMMODATED ON, UM, EVERY FACILITY OR EVERY CORRIDOR.
UM, BUT EVERYONE IS CONSIDERED ON EVERY CORRIDOR AS WE, AS WE LOOK TO DEFINE THOSE.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE THE IQ, UM, FREIGHT IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION VERSUS, UM, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS.
FREIGHT MAY NOT BE ONE OF THOSE.
UH, AND VICE VERSA IN A LOT OF THOSE URBAN DISTRICTS.
WE'RE GONNA REALLY, UM, PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS AND, UM, BICYCLE AND TRANSIT MOVEMENT, UH, MORE SO THAN WE MAY IN OTHER AREAS, UH, OF THE CITY.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS LOOKING AT BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS.
UM, SO WITHIN SOME OF OUR CODES LIKE THE, FOR THE IQ AND THE CORE AS WELL AS WEST SPRING VALLEY, UH, THERE ARE, UM, SOME REFERENCES TO BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS, UH, BUT LOOKING TO MAKE THAT CITYWIDE, UH, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING WITHIN THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, TO CREATE PARK BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS.
SO AS NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, UH, WE'RE CREATING THOSE FACILITIES, UM, THAT AS PEOPLE TRAVEL AND USE BIKES, UM, ON OUR BIKE LANES AND TRAILS, UM, THAT WHEN THEY GET TO THEIR DESTINATION, THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO PARK, UM, THEIR BIKES, UH, JUST LIKE A VEHICLE PARKING.
AND SO BE VERY SIMILAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON LAND USE, YOU, UM, HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, REGULATION ON, ON HOW MUCH BIKE PARKING AND SECURE BIKE PARKING TO PROVIDE.
UM, AND THEN THOSE KIND OF REGULATIONS COULD ALSO INFORM, UM, AS OTHER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, UM, WHAT KIND OF, UH, BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS SHOULD, SHOULD BE REQUIRED AND, AND ASKED FOR IN THOSE AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND THE NETWORK.
ALSO, UH, YOU CAN KIND SEE ON THE GRAPHIC HERE, THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ABOUT NINE MILES OF FACILITIES, UH, IN SOME, SOME LEVEL OF BEING PROGRAMMED.
SO FUNDED DESIGN, YOU KNOW, FUNDED BEING KIND OF, THEY'RE FUNDING ALLOCATED, BUT IT'S NOT IN DESIGN YET.
UM, THEN SOME PROJECTS IN DESIGN, SOME IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT'S PROBABLY THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
UM, THOSE NINE MILES WOULD PROBABLY COME ONLINE, UM, AND BE ABOUT A 10% EXPANSION OF OUR OVERALL NETWORK WE HAVE TODAY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S SOME FEASIBILITY STUDIES GOING ON, UM, WHICH AGAIN, KIND OF POINTS BACK TO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND A BIG DESIRE FROM RESIDENTS JUST TO CONNECT RICHARDSON INTO OUR ADJACENT COMMUNITIES, UH, WHERE, UH, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF RICHARDSON GARLAND AND DALLAS COUNTY, LOOKING AT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON HOW TO EXTEND DUCK CREEK TRAIL, UH, EAST OF JUPITER.
IT'S KIND OF A JUPITER BELT LINE WHERE IT ENDS TODAY.
UM, UH, CONTINUING THAT EAST, UH, INTO GARLAND, UH, MAKING A CONNECTION.
THE OTHER FEASIBILITY STUDY IS CITY OF PLANO IS LEADING A STUDY, UH, LOOKING AT, UM, HOW TO MAKE A TRAIL CONNECTION, UM, KIND OF NEAR UTD, SO KIND OF WATERVIEW RENTER AREA, UM, NORTH, UH, INTO PLANO, UH, TO, TO AGAIN, MAKE ANOTHER REGIONAL CONNECTION.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT WOULD CONNECT INTO, UH, COTTON BELT TRAIL AS WELL, KIND OF OF THOSE NINE MILES KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
UH, HERE'S A COUPLE MAJOR ONES I'LL JUST HIT ON REAL QUICK HERE.
UH, ONE'S COTTON BELT REGIONAL TRAIL, UH, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, UH, RECENTLY A FEW TIMES NOW.
UM, TWO BIG, UH, GRANT AWARDS HAVE BEEN, UH, ANNOUNCED RECENTLY.
UH, SO 25 MILLION THROUGH THE U-S-D-O-T RAISED GRANT, AS WELL AS ANOTHER 25 MILLION RECENTLY, UM, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM TEX.AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM, UH, WITH THAT FUNDING THAT REALLY, UH, ALIGNS THE PROGRAM TO START MOVING FORWARD IN IT'S PHASE TWO.
UM, FOR DART TO PROCURE THE CONTRACTOR, UM, NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WITH THE GOAL OF STARTING CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR ON COTTON BELT TRAIL, UM, THAT WOULD, UM, TO THE BENEFIT OF RICHARDSON REALLY GET COTTON BELT TRAIL CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UM, FROM UTD ALL THE WAY TO CITYLINE AND, UM, CONNECTING INTO DOWNTOWN PLANO AS WELL.
THE OTHER ONE'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, EXTENDING CENTRAL TRAIL WHERE IT ENDS RIGHT NOW ON THE, KIND OF THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY AT, UH, BUCKINGHAM, UH, DALLAS COUNTY'S BEEN LEADING A FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, AN ALIGNMENT STUDY OF HOW TO EXTEND THAT TRAIL INTO DALLAS.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF THAT NEXT PHASE OF FEASIBILITY STUDY NOW INTO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO THAT'S BEEN FUNDED LAST YEAR AS PART OF ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.
AND SO TOLL GO AROUND WRESTLING AND CONNECT INTO DALLAS COLLEGE, WHICH IN THE CAMPUS.
UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, CITY OF DALLAS HAS ANOTHER KIND OF PHASE,
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UH, THAT'LL EXTEND THAT FURTHER INTO THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, SOUTH OF 6 35 AND MAKE ANOTHER GOOD CONNECTION, UH, BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, TWO OTHER BIKE LANE PROJECTS.THEN WE HAVE CUSTER ROAD, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM ARAPAHOE TO CAMPBELL.
UH, SO THAT'S WRAPPING UP, SO PROBABLY JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, THAT'S GOING DOWN TO A THREE LANE, UH, ROADWAY AND ADDING BIKE LANES, UH, WHICH WILL BE A GOOD CONNECTION FROM CUSTER PARKWAY, WHICH IS NORTH OF CAMPBELL.
THIS WILL CONNECT IT SOUTH DOWN TO THE CITY, UM, HALL CAMPUS.
UM, AS THAT LOOKS TO, UH, GET REBUILT HERE, UH, GLENVILLE DRIVES THE OTHER ONE, WHICH STARTED CONSTRUCTION RECENTLY, UH, AGAIN FROM ARAPAHOE TO CAMPBELL.
UM, AND THAT ONE WILL BE, UM, PROBABLY LATE NEXT YEAR, UM, BEFORE THOSE BIKE LANES WILL COME ONLINE.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT, UM, HERE'S A MAP OF IT OF KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE.
AGAIN, LOOK AT THOSE NINE MILES.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE KIND OF THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
UH, A LOT OF THAT DARK LINE IS COTTON BELT TRAIL.
UM, SO SPANNING FROM DALLAS TO RICHARDSON AND THEN RICHARDSON AND TO PLANO.
UH, YOU CAN SEE REALLY A CONTINUATION OF, UH, COTTON BELT TRAIL.
AND THEN I THINK ANOTHER GOOD PIECE IS KIND OF FROM A SHILOH, UH, CITY OF PLANO HAS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'LL EXTEND TRAIL FROM KIND OF SHILOH STATION AS PART OF, UH, THE RAIL LINE, UH, DOWN TO THE BORDER BETWEEN, UH, PLANO AND RICHARDSON, UH, AND EXTEND INTO THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN BRECKENRIDGE PARK.
UH, SO REALLY CONNECTING BRECKENRIDGE PARK ALL THE WAY TO CITY LINE TO, UM, UTD.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER KIND OF FOCUS TO, TO LOOK AT IS JUST, UM, CROSSINGS OF 75.
UH, 75 HAS BEEN THAT BIG BARRIER, UM, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR WALKING AND BIKING.
AND SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS, WHETHER YOU LOOK AT ARAPAHO OR COLLINS BRIDGE.
UM, REALLY MAKING THAT CONNECTION, UH, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THAT, UH, US 75 AS A BARRIER.
A COUPLE THINGS YOU'LL SEE ON IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AS WE LOOK AT ENGINEERING.
UM, SOME NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AS KIND OF MOVING IT INTO NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL KIND OF RELATED TO SAFETY MEASURES FOR CYCLISTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIKE LANE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, ONE IS BIKE SIGNALS, AND SO THIS IS A DEDICATED SIGNAL HEAD FOR CYCLISTS AS THEY APPROACH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, IN 2013, FHWA CREATED STANDARDS FOR THESE AFTER SOME TESTING.
UM, BUT WHAT THIS WILL DO IS, UM, IS YOU GET THOSE A VERY DEDICATED AND KIND OF, UM, SEPARATE PHASE, UH, TO PROTECT CYCLISTS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FROM TURNING CONFLICTS, UH, WHICH INTERSECTIONS ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UM, KIND OF SAFETY ISSUES FOR CYCLISTS OF GETTING HIT BY A RIGHT TURNING CAR OR LEFT TURNING CAR.
UM, AND SO THIS KIND OF CREATES THAT SEPARATION AND A SAFE SPACE, UM, FOR CYCLISTS TO GET THROUGH.
UH, IT ALSO BENEFITS PEDESTRIANS IN THAT SAME MOVEMENT WHERE, UM, PEDESTRIANS BENEFIT OF THE SAME PROTECTION AS THEY GO ALONGSIDE, UM, CYCLISTS IN THAT PHASE.
UM, TWO INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE'LL HAVE THIS ONE IS, UH, GREENVILLE.
ARAPAHOE HAS IT PROPOSED RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS GLENVILLE COLLINS.
UM, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE GLENVILLE COLLINS HAS MOVED INTO CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT RELATES TO THE GLENVILLE PROJECT.
SO, UH, LATE NEXT YEAR THAT'LL PROBABLY COME ONLINE.
UH, GREENVILLE ARAPAHOE IS GETTING NEAR CONSTRUCTION.
WE WILL BID THAT EARLY NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND SO PROBABLY LATE 2024, EARLY 2025, THOSE WOULD PROBABLY COME ONLINE.
THE OTHER ONE, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN TESTED ON GREENVILLE TODAY IS GREEN PAINT.
UH, SO THIS IS ANOTHER FHWA, UH, CREATED STANDARDS BACK IN 2011 ON THE USE OF GREEN PAINT, JUST KIND OF CREATING THAT, UH, THAT VISUAL WARNING TO DRIVERS OF WHERE TO EXPECT CYCLISTS.
UM, AGAIN, ENHANCING IT FOR THE SAFETY OF CYCLISTS, UM, AS WELL AS GUIDING CYCLISTS.
SOME OF IT'S THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, ESPECIALLY LARGER INTERSECTIONS LIKE GREENVILLE, ARAPAHO, UM, MAKING SURE CYCLISTS KNOWS WHAT PATH THEY NEED TO TAKE TO GET ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, UH, TOWARDS THEIR DESTINATION AND KINDA THE RECEIVING BIKE LANE ON THE FAR SIDE.
UM, AND SO IT GIVES THAT EXTRA GUIDANCE TO CYCLISTS, UM, TO IMPROVE SAFETY.
THERE'S A SMALL PIECE ON CUSTER ROAD FROM ARAPAHOE TO CAMPBELL, UH, WHERE WE'LL HAVE THIS, UH, GREENVILLE IS THE OTHER ONE, GREENVILLE, ARAPAHOE, UH, AS WELL AS, AGAIN, GLENVILLE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE SOME OF THESE ON THE FLIP SIDE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR NETWORK.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET, UH, MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS REALLY FOCUSING ON ALL THESE FACILITIES AS, UH, AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING IT.
UM, AND THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THANK YOUR COMMITMENT IN THIS, UM, FOR JUST THE INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR BIKE LANES AND KEEP THOSE IN A GOOD CONDITION, UM, AS WELL AS LOOK AT HOW DO WE ENHANCE THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE LATEST FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING FOR BIKE LANE MARKINGS, UM, JUST TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, UM, AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE IN A GOOD CONDITION.
UM, AS WELL AS LOOK AT, UM, GREENVILLE KIND OF, AGAIN, TYING INTO THAT GREENVILLE ARAPAHOE PROJECT.
UM, BUT THEN ALONG ARAPAHOE STATION,
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UH, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL SEPARATION.UM, AND, UH, TALKING TO OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS DESIRE FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL SEPARATION PROTECTION BETWEEN VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE AT HIGH SPEEDS, LIKE ON GREENVILLE.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THE PICTURE THERE ON THE LEFT OF KIND OF THOSE DELINEATOR POSTS THAT A LOT HAVE BEEN BROKEN OR, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, RUN OVER, UH, LOOKING AT SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL, MORE DURABLE, UM, THAT HAS A LOWER MAINTENANCE, UM, UH, JUST THAT'LL LAST LONGER AS WELL AS, UH, CREATE THE MORE PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE VEHICLES AND THE BIKES SO THAT PEOPLE, AGAIN, OF ALL AGES, UH, CAN FEEL SAFE RIDING IN OUR BIKE LANES.
GOING INTO SOME OF THE OTHER EASE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A POP-UP BIKE REPAIR WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT REALLY HOW DO WE CREATE A CULTURE AND HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT, UM, IN OUR BIKE LANES AND TRAILS AND, UM, GETTING ACTIVE, WHETHER IT'S WALKING AND BIKING TO THE PARK OR SCHOOL, UM, OR OTHER DESTINATIONS.
AND SO DOING JUST KIND OF A POPUP BIKE REPAIR TO MAKE SURE KIDS HAVE BIKES AT WORK.
UM, SAME WITH KIND OF A BIKE RODEO.
UM, GETTING THAT SAFETY AND JUST CONFIDENCE TO, TO BE ABLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE.
UH, WE HAD SIX SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN WALK IN RULE TO SCHOOL DAY, UH, THIS YEAR AS IN OCTOBER.
UM, OCTOBER IS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH, AND SO IT, IT COINCIDES WITH THAT.
UM, MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH, AND SO THOSE ARE, UH, THE KIND OF THE TWO.
SO IN MAY, UH, SCHOOLS WILL HAVE, UM, THE NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY IN THAT ALSO WE'RE DOING SOME BIKE EDUCATION AT THE RECREATION CENTERS.
UM, SO ACTUALLY LATER THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE A, UH, BICYCLE FLAT TIRE REPAIR WORKSHOP.
UM, UH, THAT'S FREE TO RESIDENTS.
AND AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE EDUCATED AND CONFIDENT BEING ABLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE, THAT IF THEY GET A FLAT TIRE, THEY, THEY CAN BE OUT THERE AND KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.
AND, UM, AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO START WORKING ON A DE DEVELOPING A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN, UM, AND LOOKING TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT ONE AND THEN, UH, BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.
I WILL ALSO DO SOME EDUCATION WORKING WITH BIKE DFW, THE, THE REGIONAL ADVOCACY GROUP ON DOING SOME, UH, INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, UH, JUST TO, AGAIN, KIND OF EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS TRAINING, UM, INVITE THEM TO TAKE IT, TO EDUCATE OTHERS, UH, IN, IN CYCLE SAFETY, UM, AS WELL AS HAVE STAFF PARTICIPATE IN, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT TRAINING AS WELL AS WE LOOK AT THE EXTRA TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST EVALUATING IT AND KIND OF LOOKING AT, AT THE FUTURE OF IT.
UH, OVER THE SUMMER, WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION, UM, AND REALLY, UM, KIND OF BOLSTER HOW FAST WE CAN MOVE ON ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK PLAN ITEMS IN THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS KIND OF IN THAT PLANNING IS THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS A KEY, UM, COMPONENT JUST IN THAT CONTINUOUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, STAYING, UH, TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE AS WE IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.
UM, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE THAT HERE, UM, IN A MINUTE.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT DOING A LOT OF WEBPAGE UPDATES, AND SO, UM, GETTING MORE RESOURCE RESOURCES OUT THERE, MAPS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS KIND OF INTEGRATED IN THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND THEN LAST IS REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EVALUATION AND PLANNING, MAKING SURE WE MEASURE WHAT WE HAVE AND KNOW WHERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEED TO GO.
UM, SO WE GOT SOME COUNTERS SO WE CAN START COUNTING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING OUR BIKE LANES TRAILS, UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT, UH, TO, TO KNOW WHERE, UM, MORE INVESTMENTS NEEDED.
EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IS THAT LAST E OF THE FIVE E'S.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AADA A IS ONE OF THOSE HUGE ACCESSIBILITY THINGS.
AND SO LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUOUSLY WORK ON ADA ISSUES.
UM, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM'S A GREAT EXAMPLE, UH, THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM OF JUST UP UPGRADE, UPGRADING SIDEWALKS, UM, THAT HAVE ADA ISSUES AS WELL AS CURB RAMPS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE, UM, ACCESSIBLE AREAS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, SOME USING THE SENIOR CENTER, WHETHER IT'S BIKE RIDES OR SAFETY CLASSES OUT OF THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY IN JANUARY, KIND OF HOSTING AN EVENT, UM, WITH SOME OF THAT BIKE SAFETY AND EDUCATION, UM, AND AS WELL AS WORKING WITH DART GETTING BUS SHELTERS ON THE GROUND.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UT DALLAS AGAIN, SINCE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING HEAVILY ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR BIKE, UH, EDUCATION AND, UH, EVENTS, UH, WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE WHERE WE CAN PARTNER, UM, TO, TO BRING THAT TO THE STUDENT POPULATION THERE.
SO NOW WE'LL KIND OF STEP INTO THE LAST ITEM HERE, TALKING ABOUT
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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND HOW DO WE FORMALIZE THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THIS BIKE FRIENDLY APPLICATION, UH, THAT WE LOOK AT TO NEXT YEAR.SO THE PURPOSE OF THE BPAC IS TO ADVISE THE CITY, UM, ON RECOMMENDATIONS ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIANS PLANS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, UM, JUST TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
UH, SO AGAIN, THEY'RE THAT FEEDBACK LOOP, UM, AS WE IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE STAFF ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, AND MAKING SURE IT'S OF THE MOST BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO THE ROLE, AGAIN, WE'RE CHECKING THOSE DECISIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING PRESENTATIONS, GETTING INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND POLICIES I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, AND THEN PROVIDING THAT CONSTRUCTIVE GUIDANCE.
AND IT'S A GREAT WAY JUST TO GIVE RESIDENTS, UM, 'CAUSE AS KIND OF OPEN MEETINGS, A GREAT WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO ASK A QUESTION AND RECEIVE A RESPONSE, UM, AND, AND JUST STAY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THESE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NEEDS WE HAVE.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FORMALIZING IT.
UM, PART OF IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, IN THE SHORT TERM, UM, WORK PLAN, UH, OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BPAC, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED WITHIN THE APPLICATION, UM, IS IMPORTANT IN THAT BIKE FRIENDLY APPLICATION.
UH, AND LIKE I WAS SAYING, THIS GROUP'S ALSO A KEY STAKEHOLDER.
SO AS WE LOOK AT DEVELOPING COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS, UM, IN THE NEXT YEAR, AS WE TRY TO GET THAT IN BEFORE THE, UM, APPLICATION IS DUE IN JUNE, UH, THIS IS A GREAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP, UH, JUST TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND REFINE A LOT OF THAT VISION AND INTENT AND THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY AND KIND OF THOSE REGULATIONS OF, UM, MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, BEFORE IT COMES FOR TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE A CURRENT EXISTING VPAC, UM, THAT'S BEEN KIND OF A MORE INFORMAL GROUP.
UM, IT OPERATES AS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO THE PARKS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE HAVE TWO PARKS COMMISSIONERS WHO REPRESENT, AND THEN, UM, A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS ALSO.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE STRUCTURE'S KIND OF UNDEFINED, AND SO WITH CHANGING MEMBERS, UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN IN LIMBO WITH THAT GROUP FOR NOW.
AND SO LOOKING AT HOW DO WE FORMALIZE THAT GROUP AND WHAT'S THE BEST PATH FORWARD? THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT IS CREATING A CITY COUNCIL, UM, COMMITTEE, UH, COMPOSED OF RESIDENTS, UM, AND SOME, UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON TECHNICAL, UM, EXPERTS.
AND SO LOOKING AT FIVE RESIDENTS, UM, SO A COMMITTEE OF SEVEN TOTAL, SO FIVE RESIDENTS, UM, PLUS SOMEONE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THEN SOME KIND OF TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL.
UH, SO KIND OF BALANCING THE, THE VIEWS OF RESIDENTS AND, UM, JUST THE, THE PERSPECTIVE THEY BRING, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THOSE BIG KIND OF SAFETY COMPONENTS, UM, AS WELL AS JUST THE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN AND, UH, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING, UM, JUST TO KIND OF BALANCE THE GROUP.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE AFFILIATE MEMBERS.
UM, SO KIND OF NON-VOTING MEMBERS WOULD BE FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
SO THESE WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INVITED TO THE MEETINGS, UH, WHETHER IT'S DART, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, UT DALLAS NETWORK COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, THE CHAMBER, UM, THESE KIND OF GROUPS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE VOTING MEMBERS, BUT, UM, BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND KIND OF VOICE ANY OF THEIR, UH, PERSPECTIVE FROM THEIR, THEIR AGENCY, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEONE LIKE DART, BEING ABLE TO COME IN, PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TOPICS, UM, OR, UH, JUST BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROUP, UH, JUST SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, UH, OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO JUST TO ADVANCE THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION IN RICHARDSON.
SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMITTEES, IT'D BE TWO YEAR TERMS, UH, WITH THE FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS LIMIT.
UM, AND THEN YOU, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WOULD BE APPOINTED BY COUNSEL AS PART OF THAT BIKE FRIENDLY APPLICATION.
THEY DO HAVE A SUGGESTION OF WHAT KIND OF REPRESENTATION IS ON A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS.
UM, SO KIND OF THE YELLOW CHECK MARKS ARE WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS ON THE COMMITTEE, SO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN THE BLUE CHECK MARKS ARE THOSE AFFILIATE MEMBERS.
AND SO REALLY THIS RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS A GREAT, UM, STEP IN THAT KIND OF TOWARDS SILVER STATUS AND A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF BALANCE NOT HAVING TOO LARGE OF COMMITTEE WHERE, ESPECIALLY AGENCY MEMBERS LIKE DART AND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TO EVENING MEETINGS, UM, AND JUST THE KIND OF OUTSIDE BUSINESS HOURS IS TOUGH, BUT ALSO WANTING, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS IS A, UH, JUST VITAL TO BE IN THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO REALLY THE FOCUS IS ON RESIDENTS AND THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND BE ABLE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.
AND SO THIS IS A GREAT BALANCE OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION, UM, AS AGENCIES, UH, TO, TO SHOW UP, UM, WHEN IT'S MOST RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT, UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO ATTEND EVERY MEETING, UH, OR, OR ATTEND, UM, ALL
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THE TIME.AND SO THIS REALLY CHECKS A LOT OF THOSE BOXES OF GETTING THAT GOOD BALANCE.
UM, AND A LOT OF REPRESENTATION.
SOME OF THE, THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SEE ON THERE THAT ARE, THAT DON'T HAVE CHECK BOXES, UM, ARE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED FOR IN THOSE RESIDENTS.
SO SOMEONE FROM A BIKE ADVOCACY GROUP, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, THOSE KIND OF THINGS WOULD BE THINGS THAT COULD BE LOOKED FOR IN, UM, THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATION.
THEN, SO KIND OF AS WE WRAP UP HERE, SO THAT PATHWAY TO SILVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPLIED IN 2019, UM, EACH YEAR WE APPLY, WE GET A REPORT CARD OF KIND OF, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING WELL, HERE ARE THINGS IF YOU'RE REALLY WANTING TO MOVE TOWARDS SILVER, UM, HERE'S KIND OF THINGS YOU BE LOOKING AT.
AND SO THESE ARE KIND OF THOSE KEY ITEMS. UM, SO A LOT OF IT'S, YEAH, EXPANDING AND IMPROVING OUR BIKEWAY NETWORK, WHICH WE'VE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS MOVING.
UM, THOSE NEXT THREE OR FOUR ARE KIND OF STARS OF, OF THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD, GET UNDERWAY.
UM, SO COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, FORMALIZING THE BPAC.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON KIND OF BUILDING THAT EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE ONES, UH, KIND OF THE NOT CHECK BOX DOWN THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD SAFETY PLAN.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GRANT APPLICATION OUT THAT WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK, AND SO PROBABLY IN DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, WE'LL HEAR BACK IF THAT'S APPROVED.
UM, WHAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP A PLAN, AND AGAIN, ONE MORE KIND OF BOX THAT WE, WE WOULD START MOVING IN THAT, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THAT.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, UM, IS AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO YOUR EFFORT AND COMMITMENT, UH, JUST INCREASING BUDGET AND STAFF RESOURCES TO, TO HELP US KEEP MOVING THIS ALONG AND, UM, AND DEDICATE A LOT OF TIME, UH, TO BUILDING, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY.
SO NEXT STEPS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS, IS LOOKING AT THIS BPAC COMMITTEE, UM, KIND OF THAT SUMMARY THERE OF LOOKING AT BIMONTHLY MEETINGS, UM, STARTING IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, UH, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE FIVE RESIDENTS PLUS ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT, PLUS ONE, UH, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH THE, THE KIND OF STANDARD COMMITTEE TERM LIMITS AND TERM, UH, TWO YEAR TERMS, UH, WHICH WE WOULD LOOK AT AT DEVELOPING THAT ORDINANCE, UH, AND BRINGING BACK.
AND THAT TIMELINE LOOKS, UM, LOOKS HERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN NOVEMBER NOW, UH, TALKING ABOUT THIS BPAC, UH, DECEMBER, WE WOULD LOOK AT BRINGING THAT ORDINANCE, UM, AFTER YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THEN ADVERTISING.
UM, AND SIMILAR TO THE COMMITTEE YOU HEARD ABOUT LAST WEEK, UM, VERY SIMILAR TIMEFRAME WHERE THOSE COULD KIND OF GO IN PARALLEL AS FAR AS APPLICATION, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISING THOSE, APPLICATION PROCESS, REVIEWING THOSE APPLICANTS AND INTERVIEWING, UM, AND APPOINTING THOSE COMMITTEES, UM, TO THEN BE ABLE TO START IN APRIL, UM, AND REALLY GET ROLLING ON A LOT OF THESE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT DANIEL.
DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL YOUR, YOUR HARD WORK.
I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT CYCLISTS ARE SOME OF THE MOST OPINIONATED PEOPLE OUT THERE, AND, UM, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT I TALK TO HAS SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
EVERYONE HAS EXPERIENCE, UH, REGIONALLY SAYS THAT THE WORK MARK THAT YOU AND DANIEL DO, UM, REALLY SETS RICHARDSON ABOVE OUR COMPETITION, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALL OF THAT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE, THE TRAIL CONNECTION ON CENTRAL TRAIL.
I SAW THAT IT KIND OF GOES DOWN AND, UM, IT, IT KEEPS GOING DOWN INTO DALLAS AND IT KIND OF CURVES OFF A LITTLE BIT TO THE SIDE.
UH, IS IT CONNECTING TO ANOTHER TRAIL IN DALLAS? IS THAT WHY IT'S DOING IT? YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT GOES, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
SO, SO IT'S GOING AROUND WRESTLING CEMETERY.
ORIGINALLY THE ALIGNMENT WENT KIND OF BETWEEN, KIND OF PARALLEL TO DART LIKE IT DOES TODAY.
UM, BUT IF IT CONTINUED SOUTH OF BUCKINGHAM, IT WOULD BE BE GOING BETWEEN THE DART LINE AND THE CEMETERY.
THERE'S ALSO A CREEK IN THERE.
AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THAT DALLAS COUNTY FEASIBILITY STUDY IS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT.
AND THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF CONCERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND OTHERS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET CLOSE TO A CEMETERY TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY THE ALIGNMENT STUDY, UH, RECOMMENDED WHAT'S SHOWN THERE ON THE MAP.
AND SO WE'LL END UP GOING DOWN BUCKINGHAM AND THEN SOUTH ON GREENVILLE.
AND THEN, YEAH, IT, IT GOES REALLY LITERALLY JUST AROUND THE CEMETERY AND THEN KIND OF THE SOUTH END.
IT'S GOING, UM, ALONG WALNUT STREET AT THAT POINT.
IT'S KIND OF WRESTLING ROAD, WALNUT STREET, UM, OVER TO, TO DALLAS COLLEGE, SO THAT'S, OH, I SEE.
SO KIND OF THAT TERMINI POINT IS AT ABRAMS, UM, ABRAMS AND WALNUT, WHICH IS KIND OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DALLAS COLLEGE.
AND SO IT'LL BE ABLE TO TIE INTO AN INTERSECTION, WHICH IT'S ACTUALLY A CITY OF DALLAS INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL KIND OF AADA A COMPLIANT AND EVERYTHING TO JUST TO CONNECT, UM, ALONG WITH, I THINK DALLAS COLLEGE HAS A, A MEDICAL CLINIC COMING INTO THAT CORNER ALSO.
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UM, AND SO DEFINITELY A GOOD CONNECTION, UM, AND BE ABLE TO CONNECT UP TO, TO SPRING VALLEY STATION AND EVERYTHING ALSO.NO, THAT'S, I CAN SEE HOW A LOT OF THE, UM, THE APARTMENTS THAT WE'VE APPROVED UP ALONG THERE, AND A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE GOING IN COULD REALLY SERVICE, UM, THAT TRAIL, COULD SERVICE PEOPLE THERE GOING TO DALLAS COLLEGE.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, SO I THINK I'VE BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING A HUGE PROPONENT OF GETTING TO SILVER LEVEL BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION.
SO I'M, I'M ALL FOR ALL THE, THE STEPS THAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND FOR FORMALIZING IN THE COMMITTEE, BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER IT EVEN IN THE CONTEXT OF IF BFA WERE JUST TO DISAPPEAR AS AN ORGANIZATION, RIGHT.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STILL HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORMALIZED.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AS A CITY IN THE PAST IN CREATING TRAILS AROUND HERE AND TRYING TO CONNECT THEM TO OTHER CITIES, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN PLACES LIKE THE CORE, TRYING TO STITCH TOGETHER ALL THESE SORT OF DISPARATE KIND OF CONSTITUENT AREAS AND DEVELOP THAT INTO A WALKABLE PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, RIGHT? OR A PLACE THAT YOU CAN BIKE TO PARK YOUR BIKE AND MAYBE WALK FROM LIKE CHINATOWN TO LOCKWOOD, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT MAYBE TODAY IS DIFFICULT, BUT IN THE FUTURE WE WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I ALSO THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEDESTRIANS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE THIS CULTURE OF SORT OF EVENING WALKS AND MORNING WALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT'S REALLY LIKE A SOCIAL FUNCTION.
HOW DO WE GET THAT TO BE A SAFER EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE? UM, THESE ARE ALL THINGS I THINK THAT A COMMITTEE WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING INPUT ON, EVEN IF SOCIAL LEVEL WASN'T HERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M, EVEN IF SOBER LEVEL WASN'T HERE, I'D BE PROPONENT OF IT, I THINK IS WHAT I'M OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO SAY.
UM, EXCUSE ME, DANIEL, GREAT JOB ON THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE THE ENGINEERING BIKE SIGNALS, I'VE NEVER SEEN A BIKE SIGNAL.
I THINK I'VE RID A BIKE ONCE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
SO HELP ME OUT BY EXPLAINING WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? IS THIS, I KNOW WHEN I GO TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION, SOMETIMES I PUSH A BUTTON, WAIT FOR IT TO BLINK.
IS IT ONE OF THOSE THAT WHEN A BICYCLIST PUSHES A BUTTON OR IS THIS JUST ON AN AUTOMATIC LOOP WHENEVER THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN FOR ME AS A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE, THEY ALSO TURN GREEN? LIKE WHAT'S THE INTERACTION THERE? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
YEAH, SO I'LL USE GREENVILLE ARAPAHO AS AN, AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO AS A, AS A BIKE APPROACHES.
SO THE BIKE LANE'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FRONT OF THE INTERSECTION TO, THEY'LL HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE ALL THE WAY UP TO KIND OF THE STOP BAR WHERE THEY'LL STOP.
UM, AND UP THERE THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE PUSH BUTTON FOR A CYCLIST, SIMILAR TO LIKE A PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTON, UM, JUST TO LET THE SIGNAL KNOW A PEDESTRIAN OR A BICYCLIST IS WAITING.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF ON THIS GRAPHIC HERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THREE SIGNAL HEADS, UM, AND THEN THE PEDESTRIAN HEAD.
SO THE BIKE ONE IS THAT THIRD ONE TO THE RIGHT.
UM, SO IT HAS LIKE AN ACTUAL BICYCLE FACE.
SO ALL THREE FACES ARE, IS A PICTURE OF A BICYCLE, UM, GREEN, YELLOW, RED.
UM, AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE'S DETECTED, IT'LL, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNAL WILL KIND OF ROTATE THROUGH.
AND SO THE BIKE SIGNAL WILL COME UP AT SOME POINT AND GIVE THAT GREEN.
AND SO JUST LIKE IT'S SHOWN HERE, UM, THE BIKES WILL GO AND THEY'LL GET A PROTECTED PHASE WITH THE THROUGH MOVEMENT.
SO KIND OF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE GOING NORTHBOUND ON GREENVILLE, UM, THE THROUGH MOVEMENT WILL GET A GREEN.
AT THE SAME TIME A BIKE SIGNAL WILL GET A GREEN, UM, BUT THE RIGHT TURNS WOULD STILL HAVE A RED.
AND SO THE BIKE, THE, THE RIGHT TURNS WOULD END UP HAVING THEIR OWN HEAD IN THIS VERSUS KIND OF WHAT IT IS TODAY.
UM, AND SO THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS GO, THE BIKES GO, BUT THE RIGHT TURNS HAVE TO STAY, WHICH THE RIGHT TURNS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANE ALSO.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT GIVES, KINDA REMOVES THAT CONFLICT OF, YOU KNOW, WELL WE'VE DEFINITELY LOOKED AND HAD A LOT OF ITERATIONS ON WHAT IS THE, THE SIGNAGE AND THE SIGNAL JUST TO MAKE SURE DRIVERS KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE, ALRIGHT, HE CAN'T TURN RIGHT.
I KNOW EVERYONE AROUND YOU'S GOING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TURNS HAVE TO KIND OF STAY STILL IN THAT POINT.
UM, AND, AND THE BIKE BIKES MOVE AT A DIFFERENT SPEED THAN PEDESTRIANS IS THE OTHER PIECE OF IT.
SO THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, CROSSING ARAPAHOE, YOU'RE PROBABLY 30 SECONDS FOR A PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS, UH, VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE THIS A CYCLIST CAN GET ACROSS IN 14, 15 SECONDS.
UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A SHORTER, SHORTER TIMEFRAME FOR THAT BICYCLE AND THEN THE RIGHT TURNS WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO, UM, AND, AND KIND OF OPEN UP.
SO IT'LL ONLY COME IN EFFECT IF THEY EITHER ACTIVATE IT OR A SENSOR ACTIVATES IT OR HOWEVER Y'ALL SET THAT UP.
WITH AGAIN, KIND OF GREENVILLE, RAPHOE BEING THE EXAMPLE HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SENSITIVE WITH HOW CLOSE IT IS TO 75, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC GOES ON ARAPAHOE.
UM, THAT, YEAH, WE'RE DOING IT VERY MUCH ON IF A BIKE HITS IT, WE'LL KIND OF ENTER THAT PHASE.
IF A BIKE DOESN'T GET DETECTED, UH,
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THEN, THEN WE'RE NOT, WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF SKIP THE BIKE PHASE OF THAT.THEY'D BE ALLOWED TO CROSS AS A PEDESTRIAN IF THEY WANTED TO, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE KIND OF BASED ON THAT ACTIVATION.
UM, CAN WE GO TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE TO ONE YOU WERE ON BEFORE I TOOK YOU OFF? OKAY.
UM, INFORMATION TO, TO LOOK AT.
ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS LOOKING AT THIS? AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW I'LL GET ASKED BECAUSE THIS IS MY CORNER OF TOWN, UM, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY, RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS CUA ROAD AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
I KNOW WE HAVE WATERVIEW THAT GOES UP WITH THE BIKE LANE.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY TALKS OR WHAT, I GUESS THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU GUYS, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE TRAILS? BECAUSE I NOTICED THIS SOUTHWEST CORNER DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ALSO KNOWING, 'CAUSE I LIVE THERE, IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES MOVING INTO, 'CAUSE THERE'S SMALLER HOMES, A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT.
SO IF YOU CAN KIND OF SPEAK ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THAT AND PLAN FORWARD AND YEAH, DEFINITELY.
SO SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, JUST THE ROADWAY SPACE AND UM, YOU KNOW, A CORRIDOR LIKE WATERVIEW, UM, IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO ADD BIKE LANES VERSUS SOME OTHER FACILITIES.
SO ONE OF THE FACILITY TYPES WE DID HAVE IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IT'S CALLED A NEIGHBORHOOD BYWAY.
UM, WHICH THE OTHER TERM THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, FAMILIAR WITH IS A BIKE BOULEVARD.
UM, AND SO REALLY JUST LOOKING AT STREETS LIKE MELROSE OR UM, NORTH LAKE OR DUMONT, UH, WHERE LIKE DUMONT HAS THE, THE TRAFFIC, CALMING THE SPEED CUSHIONS ON THEM, UH, KIND OF FROM FLOYD TO TO WEATHERED AREA.
UM, SO SIMILAR TO THAT, LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ENHANCE KIND OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING ON SOME OF THESE FACILITIES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO PUT IN DEDICATED BIKE FACILITIES.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T, THE PAVEMENT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH AND SO TO DO IT, YOU'D END UP HAVING TO TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S PARKING.
UM, AND THEN THAT CREATES JUST KINDA A NEW NEW ISSUE.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT IT MORE OF HOW DO WE CALM AND KIND OF REDUCE TRAFFIC SPEEDS, UM, JUST SINCE THESE ARE ALREADY KIND OF LOWER VOLUME ALREADY, BUT HOW DO WE CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE THAT'S SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO RIDE IN THE STREET WITH TRAFFIC.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT KINDA THAT TRAFFIC CALMING ASPECT OF IT.
UM, AND SO THOSE, THOSE ARE PLANS OF THAT, YEAH, WE WOULD, WE NEED TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE OF KIND OF WHAT IT'S MUCH MORE SITE SPECIFIC, UM, OF KIND OF WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC CALMING WITHIN THE, UM, THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WOULD WORK BEST.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT STRETCHES OF THOSE, OF HOW COULD WE, WE GET THAT, 'CAUSE AGAIN, EAST WEST CONNECTIONS IS IMPORTANT WHERE WE'VE GOT WATERVIEW NORTH, SOUTH, UM, FLOYD'S KIND OF MARKED AS A, IT'S SIGNED AS A BIKE ROUTE.
WE DON'T HAVE BIKE LANES, BUT UM, A BIKE ROUTE.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT THOSE EAST WEST CONNECTIONS WE GO AND SO KIND OF THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BYWAY, UM, IS ONE PIECE WHERE, SO NOT DEDICATED FACILITIES, UM, BUT CREATING THAT TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, TO REDUCE SPEEDS, UM, WHICH BENEFITS BOTH CYCLISTS WHO WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE RIDING IN THE STREET THEN, UM, AS WELL AS BY HAVING THOSE LOWER SPEEDS, PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AS WELL.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IN THE SOUTHWEST, UM, IS ALONG WEST SPRING VALLEY, THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A, A TRAIL PLANNED ALONG WEST SPRING VALLEY FOR, FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
AND THAT WAS CONFIRMED IN THE PLAN AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, ONE OF THE PIECES OF THAT, UM, IS REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF RIDE OF WAY AND KIND OF TOPOGRAPHY ISSUES OUT THERE.
UM, AND SO REALLY, UH, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTTA THE WORK PLAN IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS LOOKING AT A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH ON HOW TO ACTUALLY GET THAT TRAIL IMPLEMENTED ALONG WEST SPRING VALLEY.
UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT WERE BUILT.
'CAUSE WHEN WEST SPRING VALLEY HAD THAT RE MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UM, IT WIDENED SOME OF THE BRIDGES TO GET TRAIL WIDTH.
UM, BUT OTHER SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK ALONG DEVELOPMENT WHERE THERE'S RIGHT OF RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS, UM, IT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET WIDENED.
THANK YOU DANIEL, FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
AND UH, YOU KNOW THAT WEST SPRING VALLEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE DALLAS SIDE, THERE'S THAT ESPANZA PER, UH, PROJECT THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN TRAILS TO CONNECT FURTHER AND SO THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY LOOKING FORWARD WHENEVER DALLAS GETS MOVING ON THAT.
YEAH, I HEARD, UH, DALLAS FISH AWARDED A CONTRACT TO, TO LOOK AT A TRAFFIC STUDY ON ESPERANZA THERE.
MAYOR PRO TEM, WHAT YOU GOT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
AND UH, THANK YOU DANIELLE FOR THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, DETAILED PRESENTATION.
UH, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTION.
UH, IS, UH, YOU KNOW THAT SAFETY IS A BIG ISSUE.
I THINK YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THAT AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT,
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BUT UH, SOLVING THE SAFETY ISSUE IS NOT THAT SIMPLE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE MAKING THE BIKE TRAIL THAT'S FROM THE EXISTING ROADWAY, JUST THE PAINTING PROBABLY, I MEAN, NOT PROBABLY, IT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SAFE AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING IMPROVING THE CONDITION TO MAKE IT SAFE, IT'LL, IT MIGHT GIVE FALSE HOPE OR FALSE SENSE THAT IT'S REALLY SAFE.UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TOTALLY SAFE UNTIL WE HAVE SOME REALLY DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BIKE BIKE LENGTH.
BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ON YOUR SLIDE 15 THAT YOU ARE TAKING SOME STEPS, SAFETY MEASURE.
THIS ONE, I MEAN, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, NEW TECHNIQUES ARE COMING OUT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE THE BIKE LANE SAFER.
BUT I WOULD, UH, REALLY LOOK FOR SOME MORE DATA, SOME PROVEN, UH, RECORD THAT SOME DEVICES BETTER THAN THE OTHERS OTHERWISE WOULD BE DOING EXPERIMENT AND SOMETIMES LOSE ONE LIFE PROBABLY IN 10 YEARS.
I MEAN, ONE LIFE IS IMPORTANT TO ME, EVEN IF IT IS A 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT CAUSE SOME OTHER ACCIDENT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY MEASURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO.
WE WALK TO THE STORE, WE FIND THINGS, WE COME GET OUT.
WE ONCE IN A WHILE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
SOME OF THE WALMART, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ORIENTATION.
I GET LOST AND IT TAKES ME HOUR TO FIND OUT THINGS.
SO I'M NOT, I'M JUST AVERAGE PERSON.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL MAKE MISTAKE LIKE THAT UNLESS SOME SUPER SMART PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT.
LOOK FOR SOME RECORD PROVEN, UH, DATA BEFORE WE USE SOME MEASURE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT A QUESTION, IT JUST COMMENT PROBABLY.
UH, SO THIS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAFFIC THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THAT POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 30, BUT THE SEGMENT IS REALLY STRAIGHT.
ONE SECTION TO OTHER, LIKE TWO MILES, ONE MILE PEOPLE WILL SPEED UP BECAUSE THEY CAN.
AND UH, AND THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN SLOW THAT DOWN WITHOUT PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURE THAT WILL FORCE THEM TO REDUCE THE SPEED.
IF I SEE SOMETHING, I DON'T REALIZE I DRIVE SPEED.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT I HERE IS LIKE A, I AM USING AS A HUMAN.
SO, SO I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL TAKE STEPS THAT WILL SLOW DOWN, MAKE THE TRAFFIC WILL SLOW DOWN NATURALLY.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK THOSE THING TOGETHER, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC GOES SLOWER, THE BICYCLE WILL BE SAFER.
UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING SLOW INTENTIONALLY, YOU LOOK AROUND.
IF YOU DRIVE FAST, YOU LOOK STRAIGHT ON.
SO YOU DON'T LOOK ON THE GROUND THAT GREEN COLOR OR RED COLOR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USED TO SEE THE GREEN ON ANYWHERE.
SO WE DON'T LOOK FOR THAT COLOR.
SOMETIMES WE SAY NOW WHY IS THAT? IT COULD HAPPEN.
SO ANYWAY, JUST I WOULD SAY THAT JUST LOOK FOR ALL THOSE OPTIONS TOGETHER SO THAT IT BECOME LIKE A PACKAGE SAFETY.
THAT'S MY, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE A, A, A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO TACKLE IT, BUT IT'S A QUESTION I GET QUITE OFTEN, ESPECIALLY FROM CON CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
WE HAVE BIKE CLUBS THAT RIDE ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS AND ARE OUT.
THEY DON'T USE THE TRAIL SYSTEM, THEY DON'T USE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SET UP.
SO I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS BACK FROM PEOPLE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS, AND I AGREE WITH IT A THOUSAND PERCENT.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT DOES THIS AS A PART OF THIS, AS A PART OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS A PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, DO WE, DO WE ADDRESS ANY OF THAT? BECAUSE, 'CAUSE I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OVER AGAIN THAT I, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A BIKE CLUB THAT DECIDES TO GO OUT AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON RENNER ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF, OF, UM, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, RUSH HOUR, IF YOU WILL, THAT IT, IT CREATES CONFLICT.
I'VE WATCHED WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN RUN OVER ON THE BICYCLES.
UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT.
AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO ANSWER.
I HAVE NO, I'M, I'M NOT VOICING AN OPINION ON IT.
IT'S JUST WHAT I CONTINUALLY HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN WHERE THE BIKE CLUB SEEM
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TO RIDE MORE THAN I BELIEVE THEY DO OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.AND I, I DON'T EVER HEAR US ADDRESSING THAT.
SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS STARTS TO, TO ADDRESS IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE BIKE CLUBS AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONE, THE ONE COMPONENT OF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CYCLISTS AND BIKE CYCLISTS, THIS ISN'T ADDRESSING THAT.
IT, IT FEELS LIKE, OR IT SOUNDS LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE MUCH MORE THE PERSON LIKE DAN WHO WANTS TO GET ON A BIKE SINCE HE SAID IT EARLIER AND RIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER TO WHEREVER IT'S NOT, HE'S GONNA GO OUT AND BECOME A PART OF THE CYCLING CLUB AND GO, GO UP AND DOWN RENTER ROAD.
SO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF THIS IS, IF THIS IS SOMEHOW GOING TO CR NOT, NOT CORRECT, I DON'T WANNA SAY CORRECT IT, BUT START TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM ESPECIALLY THE CITIZENS OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
SO, UH, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? YEAH, SO THE BPAC IS A GREAT KIND OF FORUM FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
AND IT IS LIKE EVEN KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT DIFFERENT KIND OF TYPES OF RIDING.
UM, AND SO YEAH, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO, HE USED TO LEAD A LOT OF THE BIKE MART RIDES, SO YEAH, HE WAS THE ONE GOING DOWN, RENTER LEADING THE RIDES.
UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO USED TO JUST BIKE TO WORK.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ONLY FEEL COMFORTABLE ON THE TRAILS.
AND SO THERE'S A RANGE OF CYCLIST TYPES.
AND SO I THINK THIS COM, THIS COMMITTEE, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF DIVERSITY ASPECT OF, THERE'S A RANGE OF CYCLIST TYPES AND SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE EACH OF THOSE WAS REPRESENTED.
UM, AND SO SOMETHING LIKE IT IS THE, THE BIKE CLUBS OR THE BIKE, YOU KNOW, BIKE MART RIDES, UM, WHATEVER IS, IS A GREAT KIND OF VOICE IN THAT ROOM.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT NEEDS BALANCED OUT WITH OTHER, OTHER VOICES.
UM, 'CAUSE EVEN LAST YEAR, YEAH, WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR DISCUSSION WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE COMMITTEE NOW WHO SHE DOESN'T RIDE A BIKE AND SHE MORE JUST, SHE'S LIKE, I LOVE WALKING IN THE PARKS AND WALKING ON THE TRAILS AND, AND 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN.
UM, AND SO WANTING KIND OF VOICES IN, IN, IN BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, FOR HER IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, SHE DRIVES TOO.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK NEARLY EVERYONE DOES DRIVE.
AND SO, UH, IT IS A, THAT WAS ONE OF HER CONCERNS.
LIKE SHE'S, SHE'S SCARED DRIVING ON RENTERS SOMETIMES WHERE SHE SEES A GROUP OF CYCLISTS AND IS LIKE, ALRIGHT, DO I GET OVER? DO I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ABOUT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN.
DO I TRY TO PASS 'EM OR DO I STAY BEHIND THEM? OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS? AND SO REALLY THAT COMMITTEE'S A GREAT PLACE TO KIND OF HAVE SOME OF THAT DIALOGUE OF HOW CAN, HOW CAN THOSE GROUPS RUN BETTER? UM, AND, AND AGAIN, HAVING THAT VOICE FROM LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO, UH, JUST WHO, WHO DO SEE THE SAFETY ISSUES.
THEY SEE, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO, TO SHOW UP TO THOSE CRASH SITES.
UM, AND, AND, AND ENFORCE THE LAWS WHERE WE'VE HAD, UM, SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THOSE GROUP RIDES GO THROUGH AND ALWAYS STOP.
IT'S LIKE, ARE THEY ALL STOPPING? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF 'EM GO? DO THEY ALL JUST BLOW THROUGH THE STOP SIGN? WHAT DO THEY DO? UM, AND SO KIND OF, AGAIN, HAVING THAT DIALOGUE BETWEEN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT STARTING POINT AND I THINK SOME OF THAT COULD, COULD GROW TO SOMETHING LARGER WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T NEED TO STAY IN THE SILO OF THAT COMMITTEE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE HEARING IT FROM MULTIPLE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES, UM, OUT IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE THAT FORUM FOR IT, UM, BUT THEN SOMETHING THAT CAN KIND OF GROW INTO A, TO A LARGER CONVERSATION.
I'M NOT SURE YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BUT I, BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WELL, CAN, CAN, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME JUST BUILD ON THAT JUST FOR A SECOND.
SO, UM, AS LONG, IF THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE, THE SCOPE OF THE LAW, THEN I THINK WHAT DANIEL IS SAYING IS PROBABLY OUR BEST STRATEGY IS TO TRY TO EDUCATE THEM, TRY TO, UH, WORK WITH THEM TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE THERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE YEAH, NO.
SO, SO I THINK WHAT I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS I THINK OUR, OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ENCOURAGE, UM, AND EDUCATE THESE GROUPS THAT GO OUT AT THOSE, THOSE UN THOSE, YOU KNOW, INOPPORTUNE TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE INCREASING THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS WITH MOTORISTS.
I THINK EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IS PROBABLY OUR BEST STRATEGY NOW, ENFORCEMENT CAN BE A PART OF THAT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, IF THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO OUT AND TO, IF THEY'RE GONNA USE, IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THE ROAD, THEY HAVE THE EXPECTATION TO USE IT JUST LIKE A MOTORIST WOULD USE IT AND, AND OBEY ALL THE SAME LAWS.
AND, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AWARENESS, PROBABLY OUR BEST OPPORTUNITY ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT, THAT THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW.
BUT, UH, MANY TIMES YOU COULD HAVE A HALF DOZEN, YOU KNOW, FOLKS RIDING A BIKE AND, AND, AND OBEY ALL THE LAWS AND STILL CAN BE A HUGE, UM, UM, ISSUE TO MOTORISTS THAT, YOU KNOW, AT, AT FIVE 30 ON RENNER ROAD.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T THINK ANY OF, BUT I DON'T THINK TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T THINK
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ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS GONNA CREATE ANY KIND OF A, UH, A NEW, YOU KNOW, A AN LAW OR AN ORDINANCE OR EVEN A, AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY, UM, THAT THEY OPERATE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.I THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE EDUCATION, AWARENESS, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND UH, BUT I THINK ONCE TO DANIEL'S POINT, ONCE WE ENGAGE THAT COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE AN ONGOING DI DIALOGUE WITH THEM, I THINK OUR, OUR CHANCES OF THAT ARE BETTER THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
BECAUSE NOW I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A THING THAT WE'RE DOING REGULARLY.
I GUESS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WHERE I DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT ALL OF THE TRAILS, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, THOSE ARE NOT DESIGNED OR, OR AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT UTILIZE WHETHER THEY'RE DESIGNED OR NOT.
I GUESS THAT'S A, A DEBATABLE QUESTION, BUT THESE BIKE, THESE BIKE GROUPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING THEM, IS THAT, AND THEY'RE NOT, AND THEY'RE, THESE ARE REALLY, I GUESS THEY'RE REALLY NOT PER SE DESIGNED FOR THAT LARGE GROUP WHO WANTS TO, TO, TO GO AT, AT HIGHER SPEEDS.
THE THESE TRAILS ARE REALLY NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.
IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT OR AM I YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR OF ESPECIALLY OUR TRAIL FACILITIES WHERE YEAH.
TRAILS ARE GONNA HAVE BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, YOU KNOW, SCOOTERS.
THERE'S VARIOUS OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE THAT, YEAH, A LOT OF THESE KIND OF RECREATIONAL RIDERS, THEY'RE WANTING TO GO 20, 25 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF 'EM ON RENDER, THEY HAVE MINIMUM, LIKE YOUR MINIMUM AVERAGE SPEEDS 20, 25 MILES.
RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE WANTING TO GO FAST AND THAT CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION ON OUR TRAIL FACILITIES THAT JUST ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR IT.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIXED USER GROUPS.
UM, AND SO IT IT'S THINGS LIKE, YEAH, RENTER WHERE THEY WANT TO RIDE ON THESE LARGE, YOU KNOW, HIGH-SPEED ROADWAYS WHERE THEY'VE GOT A LOT, YOU KNOW, A LONG STRAIGHT DISTANCE SO THEY CAN RIDE.
UM, AND SO IT IS AGAIN THAT BALANCE WHERE A LOT OF THE FACILITIES WE TALK ABOUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNED TOWARDS THOSE HIGH SPEED RECREATIONAL RIDERS.
UM, SOME OF OUR BIKE LANES, THEY'RE ABLE TO USE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK COLLINS, YOU THINK GREENVILLE, UM, THOSE ARE FACILITIES THAT THEY, THEY CAN WORK WELL IN.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU START TALKING OUR TRAIL FACILITIES OR SOME OF OUR NARROWER, UM, BIKE LANES ALONG LIKE YALE, WATERVIEW, SOME OF THOSE, THEY DON'T WORK AS WELL.
UM, AND SO IT, IT'S KIND OF A MIX.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK RENTER, WE'VE GOT RENTER TRAIL WHO'S FOR THE KIND OF ALL AGES, ALL ABILITIES, UH, VERSUS YEAH, THESE RECREATIONAL RIDERS ARE WANTING JUST WIDER HIGH SPEED FACILITIES.
AND SO THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE MORE COMFORTABLE JUST RIDING IN THE ROAD.
AND SO THEY KIND OF TAKE THAT, THAT KIND OF STATE LAW VIEW OF BICYCLES CAN OPERATE AS A MOTOR VEHICLE, UM, AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THOSE SAME LAWS.
AND SO THEY, THEY KIND OF TAKE THE REST OF THE ROAD NETWORK, UM, FOR THOSE RIDES.
I, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS IF, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, IF WE'RE GONNA CREATE THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN EARLY AGENDA ITEM TO BE, TO, TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE I, I JUST, I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND I THINK, I THINK THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE ON A LOT OF OUR LARGER ROADS, I, I THINK WE'RE JUST, WE JUST HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE THERE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
I'M NOT, AND I'M NOT TAKING ASIDE, I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING I SEE IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE.
I SEE IT AS A, AS, AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, I GUESS THERE AT LEAST NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATION SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
SO I, I WOULD JUST ASK IF, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA CREATE THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH I'M FULLY A HUNDRED PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS AN EARLY AGENDA ITEM TO, TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
'CAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK FOR CYCLISTS, WHICH I THINK IS WONDERFUL, BUT THERE'S STILL A BIG COMPONENT OF CYCLISTS THAT ARE NOT YEAH.
AND IT, AND IT, WE'VE GOT A CONFLICT THERE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND, AND I CONTINUE TO HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT CONFLICT.
DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ANSWER.
THERE MAY NOT BE AN ANSWER KIND OF TO, TO, TO MR. MAGNER'S POINT, BUT I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO SEE IT TACKLED.
OR AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, IF, IF THAT'S FAIR.
NO, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU, UH, DANIEL, GREAT PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE CLYDE AWARD FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE, UM, OF THE COMMITTEE FOR MANY OF THE REASONS THAT COUNCILMAN CORCORAN SAID, SO I'LL KEEP MY COMMENT SHORT.
UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND I THINK THE STRUCTURE YOU PUT TOGETHER, UH, MAKES SENSE AND I THINK GIVES US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAYBE GET THAT SIMPLER DESIGNATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY, DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND I DO SUPPORT THE, UH, BMAP, BPAC, SORRY, BPAC, UH, ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, ADDITIONAL MILES, UH, TO BE ADDED TO THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE? OR IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH? UH, JUST OVERALL MILES? YEAH.
RIGHT NOW YOU SAID YOU HAD NINE MILES.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF THERE WAS, UH, SOME FUTURE.
I BELIEVE OUR, I BELIEVE IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN,
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I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK EXACT.I, I WANNA SAY WE HAD LIKE 54 MILES OF EXPANSION TO THE NETWORK.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS, ARE WE USING ANY REFLECTIVE STRIPING AT THE MOMENT? AND IF NOT, ARE WE CONSIDERING THAT IN THE FUTURE? SO YES, OUR REFLECT, OUR STRIPING, UM, SO KINDA ON THE PAVEMENT MARK, LIKE THE TOP, THE PICTURE AT THE TOP RIGHT THERE IS, UM, ACTUALLY OUR, UM, VENDOR INSTALLING THE MARKINGS.
AND SO YEAH, IT IS REFLECTIVE.
UM, AND SOME OF, AND, AND SOME OF THAT AND SOME OF THE KIND OF THE INCREASED MAINTENANCE BUDGET, UM, IS TO KEEP THAT REFLECTIVITY, UM, JUST 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE REFLECTIVITY WEARS OFF FASTER THAN THE PAINT DOES.
UM, AND SO KEEPING THAT REGULAR CYCLE WILL HELP IMPROVE THAT, UH, REFLECTIVITY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IS, IS KIND OF WITH THE STRIPING.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE ON KIND OF OUR LANE LINES, WE'VE GOT THE REFLECTIVE BUTTON.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE ISSUES WITH KIND OF THE PAINT WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT RAINS, UM, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE KIND OF THE MARKINGS IN THE RAIN WITH THE, THE PAVEMENT THAT TURNS DARK WHEN IT'S WET.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT POSSIBLY LIKE REFLECTIVE BUTTONS OR SOMETHING TO HELP KIND OF SUPPLEMENT THE MARKINGS ALSO MM-HMM.
YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKE AT, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
COUPLE ONE TO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS KIND OF THINKING OF, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RE'S QUESTION KIND OF, ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T USE THE SAME WORDS PERHAPS, ARE ALONG THE SAME LINES, UM, AS, AS A NON CYCLIST, UM, SOMETIMES I WONDER IF NON CYCLISTS REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO INTERACT, UM, WITH, WITH CYCLISTS.
SO I'M WONDERING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF THIS AND, AND COULD YOU, WHETHER A PART OF THE COMMITTEE OR OUTSIDE WORK, AND WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, AND I KNOW AS A PART OF THE, UH, I ATTENDED THE BIKE RODEO AT GREENWOOD HILLS ELEMENTARY, I THINK THAT WAS SEPTEMBER IS WHAT YOU SAID IT WAS.
UM, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN ADD THAT EDUCATION, UH, TO DRIVERS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS SOMETIMES MAYBE THE INTERACTION ISN'T CLEAR.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE ON A BICYCLE, SO THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT, UM, MAYBE THERE'S AN APPREHENSION TO, TO DRIVERS WHO AREN'T USED TO CYCLISTS.
SO I THINK IT'S A EDUCATION ON BOTH SIDES.
IT'S NOT JUST ON A CYCLIST, BUT KIND OF REMINDING US DRIVERS.
UM, AND AS A CITY'S MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD APPROACH AS WELL AS TO ADD THAT ADULT EDUCATION PIECE.
MAYBE IT'S LIKE HAVING A BOOTH, LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN OUR LIBRARY WAS AT THE, UH, CULTURE IN THE CORE.
MAYBE IT'S HAVING A BOOTH THAT WITH A LITTLE TRIVIA GAME, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A CYCLIST, HOW DO YOU INTERACT WITH THAT? YEAH.
AND MAYBE SOME KIND THAT KIND OF EDUCATION.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, AS DRIVERS BECOME BETTER EDUCATED ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, DON, I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE WE, UH, DANIEL'S PRESENTING TO THIS, THAT THIS TIMELINE ON PAGE 27, THIS CITY STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TIMELINE.
AND, UH, IT WILL NOT, I KNOW WE RECENTLY VOTED ON STARTING ANOTHER COMMISSION AND IT, THERE WON'T BE ANY, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH POOL ON STAFF OR ANY CONFLICTS WITH STARTING IT MAKES SENSE FOR STAFF.
NO, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY THE FINAL STEP ON THAT TIMELINE, WHICH IS THE REAPPLICATION FOR THE BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY STATUS.
UM, IF WE ARE REALLY WANNA MAKE A PUSH FOR SILVER IN JUNE OF 24, WE NEED TO DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN GO AHEAD AND TRY TO GET THE, UM, PARKING, UH, THE BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS AND THE, UM, UM, COMPLETE STREETS.
YOU THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
SO THOSE THREE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE VERY WELL COULD PUSH US OVER THE TIMELINE.
SO AS WE'VE VISITED ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS, THIS OBVIOUSLY IS AMBITIOUS TO DO, GET THE COMMITTEE SET UP AND TO GET BOTH OF THOSE, UH, THAT POLICY AND THAT ORDINANCE IN PLACE SO THAT, THAT POLICY AND THOSE REGULATIONS IN PLACE.
BUT, UM, IT GIVES US THE VERY BEST CHANCE TO GET THAT SILVER IN JUNE OF 24, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TILL THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR EVEN MAYBE ONE YEAR, UH, AFTER THAT.
UM, IF COUNSEL IS, IS APPRE APPRECIATES THIS TIMELINE AND, AND, AND WANTS THIS TO DO THAT, WE'RE DEFINITELY UP FOR IT.
WELL, I WOULD, IN ALL HONESTY, COMING IN, I WAS, I WAS A LITTLE, UH, CAUTIOUS STARTING TWO COMMISSIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, DANIEL AND YOUR
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BLESSINGS AND YOU FEEL IT'S, IT'S DOABLE.I SEE NO REASON WHY I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, JUST TO CONFIRM, WE'LL CON CONFIRM WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TIMELINE AND START, UH, START THE PROCESS OF FORMALIZING THE BAC.
I THINK THAT'S A A HUNDRED PERCENT GOAL.
MARK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AS WELL.
[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE DISC GOLF COURSE AND FEE RECOMMENDATION]
GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE DISC GOLF COURSE AND FEE RECOMMENDATION.UM, THIS, UH, NIGHT TONIGHT VERY EVIDENT OF THE, UH, FACT THAT THESE PLANS THAT, UH, YOU ADOPTED, BOTH THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE PARKS MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UM, ARE, UH, VERY MUCH BEING UTILIZED.
YVONNE IS HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS, UH, THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, AND, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BRINGING A WHOLE NEW AMENITY TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, SPENCER, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
AND IVONNE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE FOR THIS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AMENITY, AS DAWN HAD SAID.
UM, SO TONIGHT I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, THE DISC GOLF COURSE, THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR PLANNING IT, AND THEN SHARE WITH YOU OUR FEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IT.
AND THAT WILL BE ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA LATER TONIGHT.
SO THIS DOES COVER ONE OF THE TACTICS THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE, OR I BELIEVE IT WAS THE, UM, TACTIC, TACTIC OF ACTIVATE DISC GOLF COURSE AND BEGIN PROGRAMMING EFFORTS.
SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR MASTER PLAN, AS DAWN SAID, WITH THAT OUTCOME, OUR, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN DISC GOLF WAS RANKED 15 OUT OF OUR TOP 25 PRIORITIES.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT, AND THIS WAS A KIND OF, IF YOU WOULD, LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD TACKLE.
UM, SO LOOKING AT THIS, OUR CONSULTANT HAD RECOMMENDED THREE DIFFERENT PARKS TO CONSIDER FOR A DISC GOLF COURSE.
BRECKENRIDGE WAS THE FIRST ONE, CROWLEY PARK AND THEN FOX CREEK PARK.
AND WHEN WE AS STAFF SAT DOWN TO DECIDE WHICH LOCATION IS OUR BEST LOCATION, WE TOOK SEVERAL FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND ONE WAS THE AMENITIES AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PARKING, THAT THERE WOULD BE RESTROOM AMENITIES, AND THEN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT THE PARKS.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, ALL THREE OF THESE PARKS ARE HEAVILY UTILIZED BY PASSIVE USERS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WOULD NOT BE A NEGATIVE IMPACT AS WELL.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE PARK.
UH, DISC GOLF TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE.
SO THE COURSE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IS TAKING UP 35 ACRES.
A PROFESSIONAL, UM, OR A HYBRID COURSE WILL TAKE UP ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO A HUNDRED ACRES OF PARKLAND.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE KNOW RIGHT OFF THE BACK, BACK, UH, THAT CROWLEY PARK HAS 58 ACRES.
AGAIN, THAT IS A HEAVILY UTILIZED FACILITY.
UM, WE DID NOT FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE A GREAT FIT AT THAT LOCATION AT FOX CREEK.
IF YOU INCLUDE THE AREA NORTH OF CITYLINE, THAT'S 17 ACRES.
UM, SO AGAIN, NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
IT WOULD BE FOR A SMALLER COURSE, BUT NOT FOR, FOR THE CAPACITY THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT BRECKENRIDGE, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UM, SEVERAL AREAS OF THAT IS LANDFILL, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN AREA TO THE WEST THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD CLASSIFY AS NATURAL AREA THAT WE DID NOT WANNA TOUCH.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT BRECKENRIDGE, WE REALLY LANDED ON COMPLEX SEA, WHICH IS WHERE WE'VE HOSTED SEVERAL, UH, SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENTS OVER THE, THE PAST THREE, FOUR YEARS.
I GUESS IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS NOW.
WE'VE HAD FOUR TOURNAMENTS THERE WITH THE TEMPORARY COURSE THAT WE'VE SET UP.
AND THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO EVALUATING ALL OF THOSE, UM, COMPONENTS, WE LANDED ON BRECKENRIDGE PARK AS THE MOST IDEAL LOCATION AND WE FELT VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT LOCATION.
AND KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN SPRING OF 2022, OUR STAFF, CHRIS KAONI AND JONATHAN WINTERS PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO, TO COME UP WITH THIS DISC GOLF COURSE.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, THEY PUT TOGETHER THE FUNDING NEEDS FOR IT.
UM, IT WAS PROPOSED IN 2022, THEN RE-PROPOSED IN 2023.
WE DID GO BACK AND UPDATE THE FUNDING NEEDS FOR IT AND SUBMITTED THAT WITH OUR BUDGET THIS PAST YEAR.
OUR TOTAL PROJECT IS A LITTLE OVER $22,000.
THAT DOES INCLUDE CONSULTANT DESIGN FEES OF 10,000.
THAT CONSULTANT DESIGN FEE ALSO INCLUDES SIGNAGE.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE A LARGE KIOSK SIGN THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED BY OUR CONSULTANT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOME TPA SIGNS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A, A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN SOME OTHER SIGNS THAT ARE CAUTIONARY AND MANDO SIGNS, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT TO
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NOW.ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HIRING A COURSE CONSULTANT.
ONE, OUR STAFF ARE VERY UP TO DATE ON CODES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
BUT WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN DISC GOLF, DISC GOLF AS A WHOLE ENTITY OF AMONG ITSELF.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO THAT.
WE KNEW WE WERE OUT OF OUR REALM ON THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE COURSE, MAKE SURE IT WAS APPROPRIATE AND SAFE.
UM, BUT ALONG WITH THAT, THE OTHER SIDE OR OTHER BENEFIT OF HIRING A CONSULTANT IS THEY WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE TERRAIN AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, AREAS OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAKE A MORE DIVERSE COURSE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY WILL LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES THAT IN A NORMAL BUILDING PROJECT, WE WOULD NOT LOOK AT.
SO FLOODPLAIN AREAS, THEY ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT WHEN THEY DEVELOP AND DESIGN A COURSE.
HIGHLY WOODED AREAS, THOSE ARE IDEAL FOR A DISC GOLF COURSE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY UTILIZED AND IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE, THE ENVIRONMENT NECESSARILY.
SO IT'S INTEGRATING THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE DESIGN ITSELF, AND THEN LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFE STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COURSE IS SAFE, NOT JUST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE BYSTANDERS.
SO ANYBODY THAT'S WALKING THE PARK, WE WANT IT TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD MAINTAIN ITS SAFE ELEMENTS THERE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU HIRE A CONSULTANT, THAT CONSULTANT ALSO PROMOTES YOUR COURSE, BUT THEIR NAME, IF YOU HIRE THE RIGHT CONSULTANT, THAT NAME RECOGNITION HELPS PROMOTE YOUR COURSE AS WELL.
SO PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL BECAUSE OF WHO YOUR BUILDER IS.
AND SO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET A CONSULTANT WHO IS HIGHLY REPUTABLE, UM, AND VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY.
SO ERIC MCCABE IS WHO WE HIRED.
HE HAS BEEN A DISC GOLF PLAYER, PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF PLAYER SINCE 2000.
HE, IN 2010 WON THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION.
HE'S GOT 84 PROFESSIONAL WINS UNDER HIS BELT.
HE IS ALSO AN EQUIPMENT OR HAS EQUIPMENT SPONSORSHIP THROUGH DISC GOLF OR DYNAMIC DISC.
UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, HE'S BEEN DEVELOPING AND DESIGNING COURSES FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.
AND A LOT OF THE COURSES THAT HE'S DESIGNED HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN UTILIZED BY THE PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION FOR AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
AND ONE OF THE COURSES THAT HE DESIGNED IN KANSAS IS ACTUALLY USED FOR A WEEK LONG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST TOURNAMENTS HELD, AND IT'S HELD IN KANSAS THAT OUR CONSULTANT ACTUALLY DESIGNED.
SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE THAT REPUTATION BEHIND WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING HERE IN, IN RICHARDSON.
SO YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, OH MY GOSH, WHAT IS THAT
UM, THIS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON THE KIOSK, ALONG WITH OUR COURSE BASIC RULES, UH, THE LOGOS AND A QR CODE THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO U DISC, WHICH IS A PLATFORM THAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING FOR OUR SCORECARDS.
BUT THIS MAP WILL ALSO BE ON THAT U DISC PLATFORM.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A POINTER THAT WORKS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THE PARKING LOT.
THOSE TWO BLUE SQUARES ARE ACTUALLY OUR PAVILIONS.
AND THEN THE PLAYGROUND, THE ORANGE.IS WHERE OUR PRACTICE BASKET WILL BE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A STARTING POINT.
IT'S PURPOSELY CLOSE TO THE PARKING LOT.
SO AS SOON AS YOU GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE, YOU CAN GO GET WARMED UP AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GO TO HOLE ONE.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE RED, THE RED DIAMONDS ARE WHERE YOURT PADS ARE.
THE BLUE CIRCLES ARE THE BASKETS WHERE A BASKET IS LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE NEXT TEE PADD.
SO HOLE ONE OR BASKET ONE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE SIDEWALK, WHICH CROSSES OVER TO BASKET TWO AND THEN THREE AND SO ON WITH THIS.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, I HAD THE QUESTION ASKED OF, WELL, WHAT'S TO PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM JUST TAKING THAT STRAIGHT SHOT, SPECIFICALLY ON HOLE EIGHT, UH, 12 AND 15 AND 18.
THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL A MANDO HOLE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S A MANDATORY THROW.
IF YOU THROW OUTSIDE OF THAT MANDATORY THROW, YOU ARE OUT OF BOUNDS.
SO YOU'VE, IF YOU LOOK AT HOLE 18, THAT'S THE EASIEST ONE TO DESCRIBE.
THERE'S A TREE THAT THEY HAVE TO THROW AROUND THAT TREE IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BASKET.
IF THEY DO NOT THROW AROUND THAT TREE, THEY'RE CONSIDERED OUT BOUNDS.
AND THIS INFORMATION WILL BE ON OUR T PADD SIGNS, BUT THEY'LL ALSO BE SIGNAGE BY OR ON THE, THE OBSTACLE THAT THEY HAVE TO THROW AROUND.
AND THEN ON THE THE CHART, YOU'LL NOTICE EACH HOLE, IT LISTS WHAT THE PAR IS AND THE DISTANCE FOR EACH.
SO OUR HOLDS RANGE BETWEEN 175 FEET TO 726 FEET.
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AND I SHOULDN'T CALL 'EM HOLDS THEY'RE BASKETS.UM, BUT AT THE END OF EACH BASKET, THERE'S ALSO AN ARROW THAT DIRECTS THEM TO THE NEXT TEE PADD.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS, BECAUSE OF COURSE THE MAP IS, IS ON THE KIOSK OR IT'S ON THE SCORECARD THAT THEY CAN PULL UP ON THEIR, THEIR PHONES.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT, IN MARCH, WE CONSULTED, UH, WITH OUR CONSULTANT AGAIN, JUST TO VERIFY THAT THE FEES WERE STILL ACCURATE AND CORRECT.
SO WHEN WE SUBMITTED THEM TO BUDGET, WE WOULD BE ON COURSE.
UH, WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT IN AUGUST AND IMMEDIATELY GOT TO WORK.
YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE TIMELINE THAT STAFF MET SEVERAL TIMES, UM, INDIVIDUALLY AND WITH THE CONSULTANT.
SO WHEN THE COL CONSULTANT CAME INTO TOWN, WE ACTUALLY WALKED HIM AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THE LAYOUT OF THAT PARK, UM, THE NUMBER OF USERS THAT ARE IN THAT PARK, THE HEAVIER AREAS, JUST TO GIVE HIM A CLEAR IDEA.
AND THEN HAD HIM GO THROUGH AND DESIGN IT AND ASKED, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, IS THIS A SAFE LOCATION? AND HE ASSURED US THAT THIS WAS A, A PERFECT SPOT FOR IT.
AND HE'S ACTUALLY EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN.
BUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, OUR, THE LAST ELEMENT WE'RE REALLY WAITING ON IS THE KIOSK SIGN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
UM, AND WITH THAT WE'LL START PUTTING THE SIGNAGE UP AND FINISH THAT.
WE WILL NOT PUT THE BASKETS OUT UNTIL EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN PLACE.
AND WE ARE HOPING THAT WILL BE RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING OR RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING.
AND THEN JANUARY 6TH, WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.
AND OF COURSE ALL OF YOU WILL BE INVITED.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S ALREADY ON YOUR CALENDARS.
AND THEN JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME USAGE INFORMATION.
UM, OF COURSE THERE'S GONNA BE GENERAL USAGE, GENERAL PLAY MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DURING PARK HOURS.
TECHNICALLY ON OUR SIGNAGE IT'S GONNA BE SUN, SUN UP TO SUNDOWN.
UH, OF COURSE WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE OUT THERE PLAYING IN THE DARK.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE SAFE FOR THAT.
UH, SO WITH THAT, IT'S GONNA BE DURING THE SUNLIGHT HOURS, WE EXPECT TO HOST THREE TOURNAMENTS AT THE EVENT OR AT THE SITE.
ONE OF THEM WILL BE OUR CORPORATE CHALLENGE EVENT.
TWO MORE THAT WE WILL PROBABLY DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH EITHER A LOCAL CLUB OR DISC GOLF DYNAMIC DISC.
UM, BUT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AS THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BUSINESS WE WANNA BE IN OF HOSTING A BUNCH OF TOURNAMENTS AT THIS LOCATION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CLUBS AND LEAGUES OUT THERE THAT WILL DO THAT.
AND SO WE WANNA HAVE THAT RENTAL OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WILL BE ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
BUT WE WANNA ALLOW FOR LIMITED COURSE RENTALS BECAUSE WE WANNA BE CAUTIOUS OF NOT TAKING THE COURSE OFFLINE TOO FREQUENTLY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS, THE WEEKEND HOURS THAT GENERAL USERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE COURSE.
UM, BUT WITH THOSE RENTALS, WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE TWO PAVILIONS, AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY PARKING CONFLICTS BECAUSE THERE'S LIMITED PARKING, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE GROUP COMING OUT FOR DISC GOLF AND A POTENTIAL LARGE GROUP FOR A PAVILION.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMBINE THOSE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL START HOST HOSTING PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, SO BEGINNING COURSE INSTRUCTIONAL CLINICS, UM, AS WELL AS CLA CLASSES THAT WE CAN OFFER OFFSITE AT OUR RECREATION LOCATIONS.
AND THEN THE WHOLE POINT OF THE PROGRAMMING IS TO REALLY DEVELOP NEW USERS AND NEW PLAYERS AND HELP DEVELOP THAT CONSCIENTIOUS MINDSET FOR PLAYING SAFELY AND TAKING CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COURSE WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE.
AND JUST TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I KNOW DISC GOLF IS A NEW AMENITY, NOT EVERYBODY'S AS FAMILIAR WITH IT, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THAT CONCRETE PAD THAT IS A BRUSHED, UM, CONCRETE FINISH.
IT'S A FIVE FOOT BY 12 FOOT PAD AND THAT IS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LAUNCHED THEIR DISC FROM.
THERE'S A POLE NEXT TO IT AND YOU'LL SEE THE WHOLE ONE SIGN THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ALL OF OUR SIGNS WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO IT IDENTIFIES WHERE THE STARTING POINT IS TO WHERE THE BASKET IS AND WHAT THE OUT OF BOUNDS CRITERIA IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR HOLE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THESE CAUTION SIGNS THAT YOU SEE, THOSE WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE DISC GOLF AREA THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS THAT CROSS THE PATHWAY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A NEW AMENITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR EVERYDAY USERS HAVE SOME TYPE OF WARNING TO IT.
UM, HOWEVER, THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED, EVERY SPOT THAT THERE IS A THROW THAT GOES ACROSS A PATH, THE DISC GOLF PLAYER PARTICIPANT HAS VERY CLEAR VISIBILITY OF THE SIDEWALK.
AND PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK, AGAIN, HAVE VERY CLEAR VISIBILITY THAT THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING.
AND THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THEY DEFINITELY CAN SEE IT.
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SO GOING INTO THAT, THE FEE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THESE, THIS FEE ACTUALLY WENT IN FRONT OF OUR PARKS COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 10TH.THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THIS IS WE WOULD RENT THE COURSE WITH THE TWO PAVILIONS, AS I HAD MENTIONED, FOR A HALF DAY, FIVE HOURS WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY FIVE RENTALS PER YEAR.
UM, THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE BASED ON DEMANDS, BUT WE THOUGHT LET'S START SLOW.
WE'LL WALK OR CRAWL, WALK, RUN ON THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
WE ARE ALSO GONNA LIMIT THIS TO RESIDENTS ONLY FOR RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD EVALUATE IT AND REVIEW IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN IF WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP TO NON-RESIDENTS, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO OUR PARKS COMMISSION AT THAT POINT.
SO THAT IS THE ENTIRETY OF DISC GOLF AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS? MR. HU? RIDER? JUST ONE QUESTION.
I ASSUME BASED ON YOUR TIMELINE THAT ALL THE SIGNS AND EVERYTHING HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED.
UH, THE KIOSK SIGN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT IN OUR HANDS RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED TODAY OR TOMORROW BASED ON OUR, OUR TRACKING.
IF YOU THANK YOU, UM, I WILL GLADLY SIGN UP WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE LESSONS AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, I'LL DO IT WITH YOU.
I'M WONDERING IF COUNCILMAN HUTCHEN WRITER WAS THINKING, I WAS THINKING ON THAT YELLOW SIGN, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE CHANGED IT TO FLYING SAUCERS.
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE
JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF ALSO GAUGE THE RESIDENT, UH, USAGE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
'CAUSE I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A LINE OF, OKAY, WHERE DO WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE IT BETWEEN RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL USE AND TRYING TO CREATE SOME REVENUE AND ALLOW FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLUBS.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE AND TAKING IT SLOW AS YOU EASE INTO THAT, UM, TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO FIGURE IT OUT AND TRY OUT A NEW GAME.
THANK YOU, MR. SAME SHOE, I COULD TELL.
PROBABLY WATER WOULD'VE HELPED YOU
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A GOLFER, BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR GAME PROBABLY.
THAT'S WHY IT PROBABLY MAKES YOU NERVOUS.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE ONE MORE OPTION, UH, IN OUR CITY AND LIKE TO SEE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, FEW MORE OPTION, DIFFERENT GAMES, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY ONE AT A TIME.
AND, UH, I'LL BE PROBABLY FOLLOWING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER DAN BARRIOS, TO SEE IF I CAN PLAY THIS ONE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE OTHER ONE, BUT THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, YVONNE.
THIS IS A NEW GAME FOR ME AS WELL.
I'M PLANNING TO, UM, I'M GONNA TRY IT.
I'M GOING TO, UH, HOPEFULLY TAKE A LESSON.
UM, DO, DOES EVERYONE BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT WITH THEM? THERE'S NO PLACE TO STORE.
THERE'S, THEY JUST COME WITH, I DON'T KNOW, BACKPACK OR, OR WHATEVER, AND THEY, THEY HAVE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT WITH THEM.
THEY JUST BRING IT, DO THEIR, DO GO THROUGH THE COURSE AND THEN, AND THEN LEAVE.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WITH DISC GOLF, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEIGHTED DISC TO USE.
SO BASED ON WHAT THE WIND CONDITIONS ARE OR THE DISTANCE OF THE, THE BASKET, THERE'S A DIFFERENT, NO DIFFERENT THAN GOLF.
UH, SO A DIFFERENT DISC THAT YOU WOULD USE FOR EACH ONE.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE GENTLEMEN OUT THERE AND FEMALES OUT THERE PLAYING, THEY WILL HAVE A BACKPACK OR A SPECIAL FRISBEE BAG WITH ALL OF THEIR FRISBEES IN THERE.
UM, TYPICALLY THEY'LL COME OUT WITH ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 15 DIFFERENT DISC.
AND FRISBEE IS THE WRONG WORD.
SO THEY'LL COME OUT WITH ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 15 DIFFERENT DISCS THAT THEY'RE CARRYING AROUND FOR THE PERFECT SHOT FOR EACH HOLE.
WELL IT IS A FRISBEE BASICALLY.
IS THERE ANY FUTURE PLANS FOR LIKE HAVING LIKE A CONCESSION STAND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHERE IF PEOPLE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE OR, OR, OR EVEN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A THING YOU HAVE FOR STORAGE FACILITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, OR CARTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IS THERE, I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS JUST STARTING, IT'S AN, IT'S EVOLVING AND I'M SURE IT WILL EVOLVE EVEN MORE.
SO I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHT AND PLANS FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AT, AT THIS TIME? THERE ARE NOT.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A, A TOURNAMENT THAT'S RUN OUT THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FOOD TRUCK TO BE APPROVED TO BE ON SITE.
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THIS TIME OUR GOAL IS TO, WE WANNA KEEP A LOT OF THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AND NOT BE TOO IMPACTFUL ON THE, THE PARK BECAUSE BRECKENRIDGE, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS A, A GEM THAT WE HAVE.SO WE WANNA KEEP IT AS CLOSE TO NATURAL AS WE CAN WITH THOSE HIGHLIGHTED AMENITIES AS WELL.
SEND THOSE EMAILS AND LETTERS TO COUNCILMAN DORIAN WHO
'CAUSE HE CALLED IT A FRISBEE.
I JUST WANNA GO ON THE RECORD.
I CORRECTED MYSELF ABOUT GREAT PRESENTATION, MA'AM.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG IS A TYPICAL ROUND? I KNOW IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DETERMINED BY THE SKILLSET, BUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? TYPICALLY, IF I WAS PLAYING THIS HOLE, THIS 18, IT MIGHT BE A FOUR HOUR, FIVE HOUR THING.
UM, BUT A NORMAL A, A PROFESSIONAL OR A, A, YOU KNOW, A A WELL-VERSED PLAYER, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A TWO HOUR COURSE FOR 'EM TO PLAY.
AND WE CAN HAVE, UM, BASICALLY 72 TEAMS IS WHAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS THAT WE'VE HELD OUT THERE NOW FOR EVERYDAY PLAY.
UM, SO IF THERE'S A, A GROUP THAT MAYBE IS LESS TALENTED LIKE MYSELF, THEY WOULD STEP ASIDE AND ALLOW SOMEBODY ELSE TO GO PAST 'EM AND THEN STEP IN.
BUT THIS GROUP IS VERY COURTEOUS TO EACH OTHER, BUT THE PLAY IS VERY, UM, SPORTSMANLIKE AND VERY, UH, COURTEOUS AND IN GENERAL OF HOW THEY PLAY.
SO THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WHILE THEY'RE OUT PLAYING AND THEY ARE VERY WATCHFUL ON THAT SIDE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT DISC GOLF PLAYERS.
UM, AND THIS COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY TIGHT KNIT AND IF, LIKE THE WORD HAD GOTTEN OUT THAT THEY THOUGHT OF COURSE WAS BEING BUILT, NEXT THING I KNOW MY EMAILS ARE BLOWING UP AND FACEBOOK IS GOING CRAZY OF, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING? WHEN'S IT GONNA BE OPEN? AND THEY ARE CHECKING THE COURSE PROBABLY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN MY STAFF IS, AND MY STAFF IS OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
HAVE WE CONSIDERED MAYBE PUTTING SOME SIGNAGE UP, ETIQUETTE ON HOW TO PLAY? YOU KNOW, THIS IS MAYBE RELATIVELY NEW FOR A FEW FOLKS OR SOME STANDARD THOUGHTS ALONG THOSE LINES? YEAH, ON THE KIOSK SIGN THERE WILL BE SOME BASIC COURTESY RULES.
AND THEN ON OUR WEBSITE WE'VE GOT A LIST OF THE RULES AS WELL, OUR COURTESY COURSE PLAY, AND THEN THE DISC GOLF RULES ON THERE AS WELL.
UM, I ACTUALLY USED TO PLAY DISC GOLF ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEK BACK IN MY
AND, UM, I JUST, I CAN CONFIRM WHAT YVONNE IS SAYING.
THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT MANAGING THEMSELVES, UM, AND ON THE CASUAL PLAY.
SO, I MEAN, I NEVER GOT IN ANY FIGHTS
[8. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 23-12, A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 9 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RESEARCH DRIVE, WEST OF TELECOM PARKWAY, FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE I-M(1) INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE I-M(1) INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REVISED CONCEPT PLAN AND FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A MANUFACTURING FACILITY, HEAVY USE. Citizens wishing to address the City Council can submit comments electronically by 5:00 p.m. by utilizing the Public Comment Card found here: www.cor.net/PublicCommentForm.]
ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 2312.
AND IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.
MR. MAGNER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? YES, MAYOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN, UH, UNAVOIDABLY DETAINED AND, UM, THROUGH, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH SAM CHAVEZ, UH, HE HAS, UH, REQUESTED, UM, THAT, UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE FOR THE HEARING.
SO I'M GONNA SUGGEST TO YOU TONIGHT IS THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND, UM, NOT, UH, WE, WE WON'T GET INTO ANY OF THE BRIEFINGS, WE WON'T GET ANY, ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS.
IT'S, UH, JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, CONTINUE THIS TO DECEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM AND THEN THAT WAY THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE HERE AND TAKE PART IN THE, THE BRIEFING.
MOVE TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 11TH.
MR. MAGNA, SINCE THIS CASE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED, WE AT LEAST NEED TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE IF ANYONE IS HERE IN ATTENDANCE, UH, FOR THIS, UH, SUBJECT ZONING CASE.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
LET ME OPEN THE, UM, LET ME GO BACK TO THE TOP.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ONLY FILE 2312.
THEY REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY NINE ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
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RESEARCH DRIVE WEST OF TELECOM PARKWAY, AND FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A MANUFACTURING FACILITY, HEAVY USE.AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, MAYOR.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, LET'S GO BACK TO MS. JUSTICE.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT OPEN, RIGHT? THE, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN? YES.
UM, MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 11TH.
JUST WHAT, I'M SORRY, JUST COULD YOU SAY DECEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM I MOVE TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM I SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DECEMBER 11TH, 6:00 PM MR. HUTCHEN RIDER.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST GONNA VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
COUNSEL, I, I'M CERTAIN THE APPLICANT WILL BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR, UM, UM, ACCOMMODATING HIS, HIS, UH, REQUEST.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA]
BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, OUR CONSENT AGENDA AS AT THIS POINT, ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANTS TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. HUTCHER? WRITER, IF THERE'S NONE TO BE REMOVED, I'D MAKE A MOTION.I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM B SIX FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
UH, ON THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SECOND, WE HAVE A, A VOTE.
PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEM NINE B SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2335, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
COULD I GET A VOTE, JENNIFER? I'M VOTING TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WE GET A SECOND OF THAT, JOE.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[9.B.6. RESOLUTION NO. 23-35, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “B” AS PART OF THE CITY PARK SYSTEM; NAMING SUCH PROPERTY AS “TWIN RIVERS PARK” AND NAMING THE BRIDGE AT TWIN RIVERS BOB & LYNN TOWNSEND BRIDGE.]
ALL MR. BARRIOS.I, UM, JUST WANTED TO SHARE OVER THE LAST WEEK I'VE HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS, UH, SOME I HADN'T HEARD FROM SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR REGULARS THAT WE HEAR FROM.
AND REGARDING THE DISCUSSION AROUND LAST WEEK, ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR WAS ANYTHING NEGATIVE, UM, OR ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT NAME IT.
I I SEE NO REASON WHY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT AT THIS TIME NAMING THE BRIDGE, THE BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND BRIDGE.
I DO ASK THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL CONSIDER, AS Y'ALL RECALL, I HAD AN ISSUE ABOUT, OR CONCERN ABOUT THE PROCESS OR LACK OF PROCESS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT PROCESS AND POLICY ALLOWS NOT JUST FOR A STANDARDIZATION, BUT IT'S ALSO PROTECT AND KEEP FROM A COUNCIL DOWN THE ROAD COMING, MAYBE THE NEXT COUNCIL COMING AND SAYING, HEY, WE WANT TO RENAME THAT BRIDGE THAT Y'ALL JUST NAMED THE BOB OLAND.
AND IT PROTECTS THE HONOR AND, AND THE SPIRIT IN WHICH, UM, THAT NAMING EXISTS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL THAT AS WE APPROVE THIS OR JUST VOTE ON THIS TO, FOR APPROVAL, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER HOLDING BACK, BRINGING ANY NAMES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TILL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNCIL TO REVIEW, UH, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF, OR AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, POLICY SIMILAR TO WHAT A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES DO, SOME OF THE CITIES WE, WE LOOK AT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES IN OUR COMPARISONS, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS PLANO, ARLINGTON, CARROLLTON, SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES IN OUR REGION, AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT ALSO DISCUSS HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE SPIRIT OF, UM, AS WE CHOOSE TO HONOR, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS SUCH AS BOB AND LYNN TOWNSON.
UM, COUNCILMAN VAR, I, I HAVE THE SAME OPINION.
I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD GO AHEAD WITH THE PLAN TO, TO NAME THE BRIDGE OR WHATEVER FEATURE ENDS UP BEING, UM, IN, IN THE PARK AFTER MAYOR TOWNSEND AND, AND HIS WIFE.
BUT, UM, IT WOULD, I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US IN, IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS TO HAVE A STRUCTURE BEHIND THIS PROCESS, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S, THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE A POLICY LISTING
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OUT EVERY REASON WHY SOMEONE WOULD BE.I THINK IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE WANT TO HONOR, I DON'T THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE IN A POLICY STANDPOINT.
I DON'T HAVE A DIFFICULTY IF WE WANNA STATE A STRUCTURE OF THAT, IT GOES TO THE PARKS COMMISSION, THEY CAN VOTE IT UP, YAY.
OR THEY CAN VOTE IT UP NAY, IT THEN COMES TO CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STRUCTURE, BUT I DO NOT, I WILL NOT SUPPORT A POLICY THAT LINES OUT THE 37 REASONS OR THE 14 REASONS, OR WHATEVER NUMBER OF REASONS YOU WANNA STICK OUT THERE THAT SAYS, AND I, I SEE, I, I DON'T SEE, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN BARRIOS.
I DON'T SEE A TRANSPARENCY ISSUE HERE.
IF I WANNA BRING FORWARD, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND, AND WE, AND I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THEY ARE SOMEONE WHO ARE DOING HONOR, UM, I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT CAN BE, I, I THINK I CAN FULLY VOICE WHY I WOULD WANT TO HONOR THEM IN A MEETING.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE IN SOME LONG POLICY FORMAT.
UM, SO AGAIN, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO GET IT TO THIS, THIS COUNCIL, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
BUT I, I'M 100% OPPOSED TO CREATING SOME POLICY THAT LA LAUNDRY LISTS OUT THE 37 REASONS WHY SOMEONE WOULD, OR THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET 14 OUT OF 37 OR SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER THING.
UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE SPIRIT OF WHY YOU HONOR SOMEONE.
YOU HONOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING AMAZING AND REMARKABLE FOR THE CITY.
UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SERVED, UM, HONORABLY THEY'VE SERVED A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.
SO I DON'T HAVE STR I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH STRUCTURE, BUT I'M AGAINST 100% A POLICY THAT THAT LAUNDRY LISTS OUT, OUT ALL THE ITEMS. SO THANK YOU.
WELL, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS, I THINK THAT MISCOMMUNICATION IS PROBABLY THE REASON THAT WE DEBATE SOMETIMES.
THIS COULD BE THE, ONE OF THE EXAMPLE.
I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY ALL TALKING ABOUT STRUCTURE, UH, NOT REALLY CHECKLIST THAT IF YOU PASS THIS THING, YOUR NAME WILL BE ON THE PLACE.
SO I THINK BY HAVING SOME KIND OF STRUCTURE, SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE SOMEONE WE COULD BE CALLING THAT POLICY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHO DOES THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, DO WE KNOW THAT IF CITY MANAGER CAN DO THAT BY HIMSELF WITHOUT, DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU CANNOT.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY WIDE OPEN.
I THINK WITH THAT THING, I THINK I SUPPORT HAVING SOME KIND OF POLICY IN A SENSE THAT THEY SAY THAT WHO DOES THIS THING? HOW DOES THIS THING, NOT THE CHECKLIST THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, YOU HAVE TO BE THIS, TO GET THIS, YOU HAVE TO GET THIS, TO GET THIS JUST BASIC, SOME POLICY THAT IT SHOWS THAT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, WHO DOES, WHO DOES THIS PROCESS AND, UH, HOW WE CAN REMOVE WHAT COULD BE THE REASON THAT TO REMOVE SOMEONE IF THERE IS ANYTHING HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS SOMETHING, THIS NEEDS A DISCUSSION AMONG US, UH, EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT, I THINK WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT ELIMINATE THE COMMUNICATION, I MEAN, DEBATE.
I, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS AS CORRECTLY AS I CAN.
I, I AGREE THAT LAST WEEK I DISAGREED AND HAD, UH, AND, AND THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO, UH, NOT CREATE A POLICY.
HOWEVER, UH, I'VE HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND I DO AGREE THAT PUTTING A PROCEDURE OR A RECOMMENDATION PROGRAM, I DON'T EVEN CALL IT A PROGRAM, UH, JUST DISREGARD THAT, UM, A A PROCEDURE I'D LIKE TO CALL IT.
WHETHER IT IS, UM, HAVING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT COME UP WITH SOME REASONABLE NAMES, UH, TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, APPROVE OR VOTE AGAINST THEM OR HOWEVER WE WANNA, HOWEVER WE WANNA PUT IT TOGETHER.
I, I THINK A POLICY IS ACTUALLY VERY STRONG, BUT I DO THINK PUTTING SOME GUIDELINES AND PUTTING SOME, UM, TEXTURE TO IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UM, ALLOW OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THAT WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE.
I JUST STILL DISAGREE ON HAVING A GENERAL FORMAL POLICY IN PLACE.
I JUST THINK THE, UM, PROCEDURE, A, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDELINES ON HOW THAT COMES TOGETHER, THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER STRUCTURE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TO WHOEVER'S LISTENING, UM, CONSIDERING WHAT I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT UP FRONT.
I THINK THAT'S STILL A FAIR DEAL.
UH, AND AS, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, I THINK, UM, BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND HAVE BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO OUR CITY.
AND THOUGH WE ARE HOPING, HOPING NOT TO, UH, PUT THEM IN THAT REALM OF WAITING
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FOR A PROCEDURE, UH, TO TAKE PLACE.I DO, UH, I DO THINK THAT THEY, UH, DEFINITELY DESERVE AT LEAST THIS BRIDGE I DID.
IF WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS ON ANYTHING ELSE, I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID MY PIECE.
UH, I UNDERSTOOD AFTER LAST WEEK'S MEETING THAT A POLICY WOULD BE WORKED UP BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR EVERYONE TO CONSIDER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, VOTE AGAINST IT, VOTE FOR IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHATEVER IT SAYS, WHETHER IT'S 37 THINGS OR TWO THINGS.
BUT, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY HAD THIS DISCUSSION, SO IF THERE'S NO MORE, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY.
YOU MAKE A MOTION BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, LET ME, IF I COULD MAYBE CLARIFY SOMETHING.
I THINK WE'RE, IT'S SOMATIC WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN, I DON'T THINK MOST OF YOU ARE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT GUIDELINES, BUT YOU MAYBE WANT A PROCEDURE.
AND I THINK WHAT WE ASKED STAFF TO DO LAST TIME WAS TO BRING TO US A LIST OF THINGS THAT COULD BE NAMED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I, I WOULD, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CLOSE THIS OUT AND THEN TALK ABOUT IF EVERYONE'S IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS, AS FAR AS NAMING THE BRIDGE, I THINK WE APPROVE THIS, IS THAT NOT CORRECT, MR. MAGNER? AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A PROCEDURE, A PRACTICE, OR A SUGGESTED THING.
MAYOR, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
THIS ACTION TONIGHT WILL NAME THE PARK AND THE BRIDGE.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM LAST WEEK'S DISCUSSION, TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, I, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A, A SENSE OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL, I'LL TAKE AS HOMEWORK TO DEVELOP BOTH AN INVENTORY AND A STRUCTURE OR A, UH, PROCEDURE, IF YOU WILL.
UH, NOT A, NOT A FULL-BLOWN POLICY IN THAT SENSE.
IT'S MORE OF A HOW WILL THIS BE, YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THIS, UH, UH, TOPIC BE INTRODUCED? WHAT WILL BE THE STEPS, UH, THAT IT WOULD GO THROUGH TO, UH, EVENTUALLY OBTAIN APPROVAL? THAT CAN BE IN AND OF ITSELF, UH, OR IF THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT, ONCE WE BRING YOU THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME MORE DIRECTION THAT YOU NEED MORE CLARITY AROUND THAT, AND, AND WE CAN, WE CAN ENHANCE, UH, MAYBE ENHANCE IT THEN.
AND I, I THINK YOU'VE CAPTURED IT.
AND I THINK I, IF I COULD GO BACK TO MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, I THINK WHAT KEN IS SAYING IS WE DON'T WANT A CRITERIA FOR EVERY NAMING SOMETHING WE'RE NOT ASKING.
THEY, THEY CHECKED ALL THESE BOXES, RIGHT? WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WITHIN THE PROCEDURE, OR WHAT YOU WE COME UP WITH AND HOW THAT IS DONE.
AND I WILL APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE BECAUSE I JUST ASKED THE QUESTION LAST WEEK AND GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, COME FULL CIRCLE.
BUT IT WASN'T INTENDED NECESSARILY FOR THAT TO BE VOTED ON LAST WEEK.
AND SO, I APOLOGIZE THAT I MUDDIED THE WATER.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT IT, WE COULDN'T LEAVE THE TOPIC WITHOUT ASKING HOW DO WE DO THAT? OR WHAT SHOULD WE DO? SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.
OKAY, MS. JUSTICE, I THINK YOU WERE GONNA, OR MR. BARRIOS MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 23 DASH 35, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AS AN EXHIBIT B AS PART OF THE CITY PARK SYSTEM, NAMING THE PROPERTY AS TWIN RIVERS PARK, AND NAMING THE BRIDGE AT TWIN RIVERS, BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND BRIDGE.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? AND I SECOND THAT, MAYOR.
SHOW OF HANDS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[10.REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER 10, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST COUNSEL.ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? MS. JUSTICE? UM, THE EISMAN WAS HOPPING THIS WEEKEND.
SO, FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAD, UM, THE, UH, WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR JAZZ TRIBUTE TO A HUNDRED YEARS OF DISNEY.
UM, POSTED ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK, BUT I'M STILL SITTING HERE TODAY NOT CONVINCED THAT SEAN MASON DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE BACKSTAGE PLAYING THE PIANO.
JUST THE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN PIANISTS PLAY VERY QUICKLY AND SLOWLY, BUT HE SEEMED TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT RHYTHMS COMING OUT OF THE PIANO AT ONCE.
I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE.
AND JUST A REALLY GREAT RE-IMAGINING OF, OF, UM, DISNEY CLASSICS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, A ROOM FULL OF CHILDREN, BUT REALLY IT WAS ALL JUST JAZZ LOVERS SORT OF, UM, RELIVING ALL OF THEIR, THEIR DISNEY FAVORITES.
SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
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NIGHT, I, UH, WORE MY RUBY SLIPPERS TO THE EISMAN AND, UH, CELEBRATED, UM, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S, UM, UM, CELEBRATION OF THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL.UM, LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HER THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS HER FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ, BUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CAREER, UM, SHE HAD.
AND, UH, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO ALLY FOR, UH, TWO MORE GREAT PROGRAMS. AND THIS FRIDAY, UM, COME OUT FOR THE NEXT EISMAN CENTER PRESENT PROGRAM VERSUS DIAL DANCE, UH, COMPANY ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU, MR. HUS, YOUR WRITER.
UH, TWO THINGS IS ON, UM, WEDNESDAY EVENING, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE CANYON CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, UM, OUR VERY OWN, DON MAGNER WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AND GAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF UPDATES AND THOUGHT OVERALL IT WAS VERY, VERY POSITIVE.
AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, GET HAPPY WITH, UH, THE JUDY GARLAND PROGRAM, WE HAD THE RICHARDSON WOMEN'S CLUB TRIVIA CHALLENGE.
AND, UH, THAT WAS A FUN EVENING OF TRIVIA.
UM, UH, THE, THE WINNING TEAM WAS AMAZING AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF NUMBERS OR THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY GOT, RIGHT? UM, I LEARNED A NEW WORD ON AMADA P ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY NIGHT, EXCUSE ME.
AND IF, UH, IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU.
BUT OTHERWISE, UM, THE LADIES DID A GREAT JOB, AND I THOUGHT THE EVENT WAS, WAS, WAS JUST EXTREMELY VERY, VERY POSITIVE AND, AND VERY, UM, EXCITING.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE, UM, CANYON CREEK COUNTRY CLUB.
THEY WERE ABLE TO, AFTER A YEAR, THEY REOPENED, THEY WERE GOLF COURSE, UM, HAD A VERY NICE EVENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON, INVITED, UM, THE PRESS AND A NUMBER OF PUBLIC TO GO OUT AND PLAY NINE HOLES AND, UM, NEW COURSES IN REALLY, REALLY GREAT SHAPE.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST ONE MORE AMENITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
UH, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, UH, WHILE I CAUGHT THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF THAT HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, I WAS AT THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING, UM, AS A LIAISON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.
AND, UM, A LOT OF GREAT NEWS GOING ON AROUND A, AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, THE LIBRARY HAS MOVED AND OPENED HERE IN THE TEMPORARY LOCATION AS THE LIBRARY GETS, UH, RENOVATED.
AND IT WAS AN EXCITING FIRST WEEK.
THE LIBRARY'S IN FULL FORCE, UH, PUBLIC IS LOVING IT.
I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE, OUR TEMPORARY LIBRARY AND HATS OFF TO THE ENTIRE STAFF, UH, JENNY AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS THAT IT'S NICER THAN A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES BRANCH LIBRARIES, AND THIS IS JUST OUR TEMPORARY LIBRARY.
SO THE FACT THAT, UH, IT, IT, Y'ALL DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB AT THAT.
UM, TO GIVE YOU SOME INPUT TO ITS USE, IN THE FIRST WEEK, WE WERE SEEING ABOUT 600 PEOPLE A DAY IN THE LIBRARY, AS OPPOSED TO 800 PEOPLE A DAY AND A FULL SIZE, UH, LIBRARY.
THE OLD NEW LIBRARY, NEW OLD LIBRARY, WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA CALL THAT.
UM, SO, SO NOT A, NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE SIZE DIFFERENTIAL, A LOT OF USE, RICHARDSON HAS FOR MANY YEARS SUPPORTED ITS LIBRARY AND CONTINUES TO DO SO IN THIS TEMPORARY LOCATION.
AND IN FACT, IN THE FIRST WEEK, THEY EVEN HAD, UH, AN UNANNOUNCED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOW UP FOR A TOUR AND A VISIT.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT WITH EASE AND ACCOMMODATE.
RISD IS UTILIZING OUR TEMPORARY LIBRARY AS WELL ON SATURDAY EVENING.
MM-HMM,
AND, UM, COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RETTER, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK HE MENTIONED IT, BUT HE WAS THE MC FOR THE EVENING AND A HECK OF A JOB.
UH, IT WAS ENTERTAINING AND FUN.
AND, UH, MY WIFE AARON AND I TRULY ENJOYED, UM, OUR FIRST RICHARDSON WOMEN'S CLUB EVENT.
AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A GREAT TIME HAD BY ALL.
AND ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT PLACE FIRST, OUR TABLE DID DO WELL.
AND, UM, MY WIFE CAME HOME WITH THE, TELL ANYBODY ELSE, WE, WE, WELL, WE, WE WERE IN NAMED AT ONE POINT.
WE WERE IN THIRD PLACE AT ONE POINT.
AND, UM, MY WIFE DID COME HOME WITH A NICE PIECE OF JEWELRY AS WELL.
SO, UH, IT WAS A GOOD EVENING.
YES, THE, UH, CANYON CREEK COUNTRY CLUB, HOA, WAS REALLY NICE.
AND, AND DON DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB EXPLAINING EVERYTHING HE ALWAYS DOES.
UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO SEE AS WELL WITH, UH, JENNIFER, UH, TO, UH, SEE MICHAEL FEINSTEIN.
AND HE ACTUALLY DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
I MEAN, I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED.
UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AFTERWARDS TO MEET HIM BEHIND STAGE AND SIT AND JUST GOSSIP A LITTLE BIT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
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A REALLY NICE GUY.AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE CARRIED THE ENTIRE SHOW HIMSELF, AND HE DID TALK ABOUT, UH, JUDY GARLAND'S CENTENNIAL, AND OF COURSE E LIZA MINNELLI.
AND THAT'S LIZA WITH AZ, BY THE WAY.
SO HE'S VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH THEM.
AND, UM, HE JUST DID A REMARKABLE JOB.
I WAS JUST, UH, I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY IMPRESSED.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I'M GONNA GIVE Y'ALL FOR TODAY,
WELL, I THOUGHT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS LEFT OUT THERE.
SO LAST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, MAYOR, YOU AND I JOINED, UH, THE NIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VETERANS DAY PARADE.
AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND SO MANY KIDS WERE THERE.
AND SO ENERGETIC, CHANTING, U-S-A-U-S-A.
SO THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR THAT I ATTENDED THEIR PAR, AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS.
SO MANY EXCITING KIDS, SCHOOL KIDS.
AND ON I DECEM, I MEAN, NOT DECEMBER, NOT YET.
WE'RE STILL NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 11TH IN THE EVENING.
I MISS THOSE PROGRAM, EXCITING PROGRAM THAT, UH, COUNCIL, THAT CAR WAS SAYING THAT
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, UH, KEN HUTCHEN WRITER THAT WAS MODERATING THAT, UH, PROGRAM THAT I MISSED, THOSE THING I HAVE TO ATTEND, UH, UH, AN EVENT THAT CALLED SCP METRO CON CONFERENCE, UH, IN PLANO EVENT CENTER.
THERE IS A START, THE ORGANIZATION THERE IS A START IN RICHARDSON.
AND, UH, BUT THERE WAS, UH, MANY, YOU KNOW, OTHER LEADERSHIP THERE INCLUDING, UH, UH, CARROLLTON MAYOR, UH, EDISON MAYOR.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, OUR STATE REP, CHEN BATON WAS THERE, AND, UH, MATT SHAHEEN WAS THERE, AND FEW OTHERS.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
SO, AND YESTERDAY, SUNDAY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE HAD A SMALL, VERY SMALL THINGS HAPPEN IN RICHARDSON, AND I'M VERY EXCITED.
ONE, ONE OF OUR BUSINESS PERSON, LOCAL BUSINESS HERE, UH, BEYOND THE BAR, UH, RE
IT WAS ORGANIZED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL, A COUPLE BUSINESS TOGETHER, THE AL THE RESTAURANT, HIM, THEY CELEBRATED THAT DAILY EVENT, UH, YESTERDAY.
SO, BUT I THINK I, I THINK IT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, UH, THAT IN, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TAKING THE STEP, UH, CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
I THINK I HOPE TO SEE THIS THING GROW A LITTLE MORE.
UH, MAYBE SOME OTHER BUSINESS OWNER, THEY'LL TAKE THE INITIATIVE, UH, BRINGING THE DOWNTOWN ALIVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M REALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A SMALL PROGRAM EVENT, I WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, MR. MAYOR, ON SATURDAY, I JUST SHOUT OUT TO GINO GARCIA, NUMBER 99, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY KICKED THE WINNING FIELD GOAL AGAINST KANSAS, RANKED KANSAS.
UH, HE'S FROM RICHARDSON, HE WENT TO PIERCE.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO GINO GARCIA.
THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO A CLOSE, WE'RE THIS COUNCIL
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WILL NOW CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CITY FIRE INSURANCE CLAIM SETTLEMENT DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE IN THE GREENVILLE AVENUE MAIN STREET AREA.ALRIGHT, COUNSEL WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 9:10 PM I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FROM MR. SHAM SCHUL TO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TRAVELERS LLOYD INSURANCE COMPANY, RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS DAMAGES AND LOSSES, WHICH OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 22ND, 2022 AT THE REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE BUILDINGS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
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OWNED OR LEASED BY THE CITY LOCATED AT FOUR 11 ARAPAHOE ROAD, CHARON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0 AND AMENDMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS RELATED THERE TO SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS TO FROM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.AND CURTIS, YOU HAVE A SECOND? TURN YOUR MIC ON PLEASE.
SORRY, I THOUGHT I HAD A, I SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AS SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SHOW OF RIGHT HANDS PLEASE.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 9:12 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.