Jan 27, 2025 City Council

FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM.

ITEM NUMBER

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]

MR. MAGER.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I AM AM AWARE THAT WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE.

SO I'LL READ, UH, AN ABBREVIATED, UH, INSTRUCTION HERE DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.

30 MINUTES IS ALLOCATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY.

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY HAVE RECEIVED.

WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STOP, STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS.

WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CON CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.

SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY BE APPROACHED, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.

SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR, FOR DISTRIBUTION SPEAKERS, SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER.

THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS OF POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.

AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE HAS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT, OUR OPPOSITION, A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.

MS. ER, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, TERRY SMITH.

GOOD EVENING, MR. SMITH.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

TERRY SMITH.

I LIVE AT THE 1300 BLOCK OF TIMBERLAKE CIRCLE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS SINCE DECEMBER 21.

FOR THE FIRST MONTH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS WONDERFUL, VERY QUIET.

FOR THE REMAINING 35 MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN LOUD BANGING NOISES AND ROCKS THROWN AT MY HOUSE.

THIS OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES EACH NIGHT.

I JUST SPENT $3,000 ON PAINTING OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE.

I'VE CALLED THE POLICE NUMEROUS TIMES, POLICE RESPOND AND SHINE FLASHLIGHTS IN MY BACKYARD.

NO LUCK CATCHING THE CULVER.

THE POLICE HAVE SUGGESTED TWO THINGS.

I INSTALLED MORE FLOODLIGHTS AND SECURITY CAMERAS AROUND MY BACKYARD.

I'VE SPENT OVER $1,100 ON THESE ITEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, SECURITY CAMERAS DO NOT REACH THE BACK FENCE AT

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THE CREEK WHERE ALL THIS IS OCCURRING.

I'VE ASKED ABOUT DRONE AND NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.

THE OFFICER ON THE SCENE THAT NIGHT TOLD ME THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT.

A MONTH LATER, I SAW AN OFFICER IN THE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT.

I GOT TO TALKING WITH HIM AND ASKED HIM, AND HE SAID, THE CITY DOES HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT.

MY RESPONSE WAS, I THOUGHT, SO.

IT IS DISCOURAGING WHEN YOU THINK THE POLICE ARE WORKING ON THE ISSUE ONLY TO FIND OUT FROM THE NEIGHBOR THAT THE POLICE TOLD HIM.

I'M HEARING THINGS THAT ARE NOT THERE.

MY HEARING IS GOOD.

I HAVE ASKED POLICE TO DO SURVEILLANCE AND SNEAK UP ON THE CULPRIT IN THE BACKYARD AT 1307 NANTUCKET.

I BELIEVE IT'S A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN IS WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

I'VE ASKED ABOUT SURVEILLANCE NUMEROUS TIMES DURING ONE POLICE INITIATED EVENT AT MY HOUSE, A HEAVYSET SERGEANT SPEAKING IN A LOUD VOICE WITH SEVERAL OFFICERS IN MY FRONT YARD AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORS LOOKING ON.

THE SERGEANT ASKED ME WHAT MEDICINES I WAS TAKING AND MADE A, A, UH, NEGATIVE COMMENT, NEGATIVE PERSONAL COMMENT ABOUT MY HEALTH.

THIS IS A HIPAA LIABILITY EXPOSURE.

HIPAA IS THE FEDERAL LAW THAT PROTECTS PEOPLE'S MEDICAL INFORMATION AND HAS SEVERE PENALTIES FOR MISUSE.

I CALLED MS. DANTA GARCIA WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE ISSUE.

SHE REFERRED ME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'VE SPOKEN MANY TIMES TO THE POLICE ABOUT THE ISSUE.

I HAVE NOT SPOKEN RECENTLY TO THE POLICE ON THE ISSUE.

THEY HAVE THE SAME COMMENTS EVERY TIME.

NOTHING IS NEW FROM MY OBSERVATION.

THE CITY NEEDS MORE POLICE OFFICERS.

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE IN A BIG HURRY.

TECHNOLOGY NIGHT, VISION EQUIPMENT, IF IT ISN'T READILY AVAILABLE, MIGHT AS WELL NOT EXIST IN TRAINING FOR HIPAA VIOLATIONS.

IF YOU'RE KEEPING A SCORECARD, THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT RESOLUTION TO THE NUMBER OF POLICE CALLS IS ZERO TO 51.

I'M REQUESTING COUNSEL IN INTERVENTION INTERVENTION TO OVERSEE THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED SINCE THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY ISSUE.

I'LL BE BACK AT FUTURE MEETINGS, UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON THIS, AND I PERSONALLY BELIEVE ALL THIS CAN BE RESOLVED WITH A FEW HOURS OF EFFECTIVE SURVEILLANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. SMITH.

MR. MAG, WE WILL, WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

SURE.

MR. SMITH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, REASSURE YOU THAT I'LL PERSONALLY VISIT WITH, UH, CHIEF GARY TITTLE AND, UH, HE OR A MEMBER OF HIS, HIS COMMAND STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TOMORROW SO THAT WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN NEXT STEPS FOR SURVEILLANCE.

UH, I I WILL LET, UH, CHIEF TITTLE AND HIS COMMAND STAFF FOLLOW UP AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH YOU TOMORROW.

SO THEN I CAN COME IN A FUTURE MEETING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL A FOLLOW UP STATUS IF NOTHING HAPPENS.

YES, SIR.

MS. NEER, ANY MORE CARDS? NO FURTHER CARDS, MAYOR.

WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE SALE OF SERIES 2025 DEBT OBLIGATIONS.

THIS TIME

[5. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE SALE OF SERIES 2025 DEBT OBLIGATIONS]

MR. MAGNER.

GREAT.

UH, MAYOR, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, ANITA CATHERINE, IS HERE TODAY.

UH, SHE'S GONNA PROVIDE YOU JUST A QUICK RECAP OF OUR SERIES 25, UH, DEBT, UH, PROGRAM, AND THEN, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF PROCESS AND CALENDARING AS IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AND WE PREPARE FOR, UH, OUR, UH, SALE.

SO ANITA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

AND OUR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE PROPOSING TO ISSUE AROUND, UH, 21.7 MILLION IN CO BONDS, WHICH WOULD BE TAX EXEMPT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

YES, THIS IS JUST YOUR ANNUAL, UM, REVIEW OF THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE PLAN TO ISSUE THIS SPRING FOR, TO CONTINUE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND, UM, BUYING OF OUR EQUIPMENT FOR THE SOLID WASTE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO THIS ISN'T ANYTHING NEW.

YOU SAW THIS WHEN WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET BACK IN, UM, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AND WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO ISSUE AROUND 64 MILLION IN GO BONDS.

THESE ARE VOTER APPROVED BONDS, AND THE MAIN PROJECT THERE, OF COURSE, IS FOR THE REBUILD OF CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY RENOVATION.

THIS IS A SMALL CHART, BUT I LIKE TO SHOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY LAST COLUMN, IT SHOWS WHAT AMOUNT OF VOTER APPROVED BONDS YOU'LL HAVE LEFT AFTER THIS 2025 SALE.

AND IT'S RIGHT AT AROUND 27 MILLION.

MOST OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS THE CITY HALL BUILDING.

AND THEN WE ALSO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH, UM, WE USE FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT, SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT,

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AND THEN THE GOLF COURSE FACILITIES THAT I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN, UH, BRIEFED ON IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS FOR THE MAINTENANCE BARN AND THE, UM, BAY WITH THE PRIVATE PARTNER WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO ISSUE 6 MILLION IN TAXABLE DEBT.

SO THE TOTAL DEBT THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO ISSUE THIS YEAR IS 91.4 MILLION COUNCIL ACTION.

MOVING FORWARD ON FEBRUARY 24TH, THERE WILL BE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BONDS AS PREPARED BY OUR BOND COUNCIL.

AND ONCE YOU APPROVE THAT, WE'LL DO TWO PUBLICATIONS IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

THE NEXT TWO FRIDAYS, THE, THE TWO FRIDAYS FOLLOWING THAT MAY 26TH, THE MAYOR AND STAFF WILL HAVE RATING AGENCY CALLS WITH STANDARD AND POORS AND MOODY'S.

AND THEN ON APRIL 28TH, IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED, WE WILL SELL THE BONDS, UH, THAT MORNING AND YOU WILL APPROVE THE ORDINANCES THAT EVENING.

SO, AND THEN WE'LL GET OUR MONEY IN MAY.

SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, JOE.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, OR REMINDING ME RATHER, THE CITY HALL BONDS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ISSUE BECAUSE OF HOW WE'RE REDOING, UM, READING THE CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? OR IS THAT NEW OR ABOVE AND BEYOND? NO, IT'S PART OF WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY APP APPRO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND PLANNED.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'M, YOU KNOW WHAT? I, UH, I GOT CONFUSED.

YEAH, I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, PUTTING STUFF UP FOR A BOND ELECTION, NOT THE SALE OF THE BONDS.

YEP.

THESE WERE, I GOT IT.

NOW, THESE WERE THE MAY 23 YEP.

BOTS, RIGHT? YEP.

I GOT IT NOW.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANKS ANITA.

TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE S 75 HOV TECHNOLOGY LANES PROJECT IN THE INTERCHANGE OF S 75 AND THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT BRINGS US

[6. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE U.S. 75 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) – TECHNOLOGY LANES PROJECT AND THE INTERCHANGE OF U.S. 75 AND THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE]

MR. MAGNER.

LOW EMISSION MOTORCYCLE, UM, THOSE TYPES OF VEHICLES.

UH, JENNIFER BOYER IS THE, UH, T DO AREA ENGINEER FOR COLLIN COUNTY, AND SHE'S HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE, UM, US 75 HOV TECH LANE PROJECT.

THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR TACTICS TO, UH, REMAIN ENGAGED WITH, UH, TDOT AND TO TRACK THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, INITIAL ASSESSMENT THEY DID FOR THE INTERCHANGE THERE AT US, 75 AND GEORGE BUSH, AND TO TALK ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS.

SO JENNIFER, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR, FOR THE BRIEFING.

SO FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS HELP US IN THE STREAK.

AND SO WHAT THIS IS IN THE STREAK IS THE LAST DAY THAT TEXAS HAD NO DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAY WAS NOVEMBER 7TH, 2000.

SO IT'S BEEN OVER 24 YEARS SINCE THERE WAS A DAY THAT SOMEBODY DID NOT DIE ON A ROADWAY HERE IN TEXAS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO SLOW THAT DOWN.

UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE WEARING OUR SEAT BELTS, MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING TO OUR KIDS ABOUT WEARING OUR SEAT BELTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEXTING AND DRIVING, THAT WE'RE SETTING THOSE EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE WATCHING OUT WHERE WE ARE ON THE ROADWAY.

UM, REALLY JUST WANNA BRING HOME THAT WE WANNA BRING HOME.

WE WANNA BRING EVERYONE HOME ONE DAY, UM, ANOTHER DAY THAT'S SOONER THAN NOVEMBER 7TH.

2000 HAS BEEN, WE THOUGHT DURING COVID WE MIGHT END THE STREAK AND EVERYONE DROVE FASTER.

AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET THERE.

WE DID HAVE ONE DAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD ONE DEATH AND WE GOT REALLY CLOSE.

WE GOT REALLY EXCITED.

UM, JUST HELP US, UH, WHILE YOU'RE OUT AND EDUCATE THOSE AROUND YOU.

UM, HELP US IN THE STREET.

AND YOU MIGHT SEE THAT STAMPED ON TRUCKS OR OUT ON BUILDINGS.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA UPDATE YOU, OR FOR THOSE OF YOU GUYS THAT HAVE NOT HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THIS BEFORE OR AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, OTHER THAN MESSING UP YOUR TRAFFIC OUT THERE ON 75, UM, RIGHT NOW, BEFORE WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, YOU HAD A ROADWAY THAT LOOKED LIKE THE TOP PICTURE.

SO IN MOST OF THE ROADWAY, YOU HAD THREE FRONTAGE ROAD LANES.

YOU HAD FOUR LANES THAT EVERYBODY COULD DRIVE IN, AND YOU HAD TWO HOV LANES.

UH, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT, AND WE'RE TAKING THOSE TWO MIDDLE HOV LANES AND WE ARE MAKING THEM WHAT IS CALLED TECHNOLOGY LANES.

SO THE PYLONS ARE GONE.

I THINK EVERYONE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE BASEBALL BATS THAT WE ALL DROVE OVER, THOSE HAVE BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE.

AND, UM, YOU'LL NOW START SEEING, IF YOU GO NORTH OF PGBT, YOU'LL START SEEING SOME OF THAT BARRIER GETTING PUT IN.

WE'RE GETTING RID OF SOME OF THAT TEMPORARY KIND OF BARRIER THAT WE HADN'T PUT IN THAT NICE PERMANENT BARRIER ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

SO A REMINDER OF WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY LANE MEANS FOR 22 HOURS A DAY ON WEEKDAYS GOING SOUTH, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS A LANE FOR EVERYBODY NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

AND THEN THERE'S TWO HOURS A DAY, 7:00 AM TO 9:00 AM WHERE THAT LANE WILL BE DEDICATED TO HIGH OCCUPANCY,

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BUT ALL OF THE OTHER 22 HOURS OF THE DAY AND ALL OF THE WEEKEND, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST BEING FUNCTIONING AS A FIFTH LANE ON 75 NORTHBOUND, IT'S THAT SAME 22 HOURS.

YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT A 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM FOR HOV ONLY.

AND ALL OF THE REST OF THAT TIME IS ANY VEHICLE.

JUST GENERAL PURPOSE, ANOTHER LANE.

ALRIGHT, SO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR OUT THERE, MOST OF OUR, WE PUT HIGH MASKS ON HERE.

MOST OF THE LIGHTING HAS BEEN REDONE, AND WE HAVE NEW LED LIGHTING THAT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS FOR MOST OF THE CORRIDOR.

WE HAVE ONE LITTLE HANGUP OVER AT ARAPAHO RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIX, AND THAT'LL BE THE LAST ONE.

AND THEY'LL ALL BE FUNCTIONING RIGHT.

UM, AND YOU CAN START SEEING THAT NEW BARRIER, THAT JUST SOLID BARRIER AS OPPOSED TO THE STUFF THAT IF IT GOT HIT HARD ENOUGH, IT GOT KNOCKED INTO TRAFFIC IS BEING INSTALLED AS YOU GO FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH UP TO 1 21 IN MCKINNEY.

UH, YOU MAY, IF YOU'VE BEEN UP THAT WAY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME OF THE FULL COLOR.

THIS SAYS DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

THAT MEANS THE BIG SIGNS THAT SAY THIS MANY MINUTES TO WHATEVER ROADWAY YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO, OR AMBER ALERT OR SILVER ALERT OR WHATEVER YOU'RE SEEING ON THOSE, THEY'RE COLOR, THE NEW ONES ARE COLOR AS OPPOSED TO JUST THAT BLACK AND KIND OF ORANGE.

SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT HOV LANE CLOSED GOING NORTHBOUND FROM GEORGE BUSH TO 1 21.

WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO GO AWAY TOWARD THE END OF THIS SUMMER, EARLY FALL.

AND WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN HERE TO YOUR END OF THE WORLD AND INTERRUPT YOU GUYS NORTHBOUND FROM 6 35 UP TO THAT PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.

THERE WILL NOT BE A TIME WHERE THE HOV LANE IS CLOSED FROM 6 35 ALL THE WAY TO 1 21 IN MCKINNEY.

WE WILL PICK IT ALL THE WAY BACK UP IN MCKINNEY WHEN WE MOVE IT DOWN HERE TO RICHARDSON.

AND IT WILL NOT BE CLOSED SOUTHBOUND, IT WILL BE CLOSED NORTHBOUND.

AND THE MAXIMUM EXPECTED TIME OF THAT CLOSURE IS ABOUT 15 MONTHS.

SO THAT TAKES US SUMMER, EARLY FALL OF 25, UH, TO THE EXPECTED END OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS AT THE END OF 26.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ABOUT THAT TIMEFRAME NORTHBOUND ONLY FOR THAT HOV TO BE CLOSED WHILE THEY DO THIS WORK.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT IN MARCH OF 24.

THERE'S ABOUT THREE, THREE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION TIME ON THIS JOB, AND IT WAS $57 MILLION.

THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE LIGHTING PORTION OF IT WAS HIGHLY INCENTIVIZED TO GET INSTALLED FIRST, AND THEY HAVE DONE A VERY EXCELLENT JOB GETTING THAT LIGHTING INSTALLED FIRST.

AND SO THAT IS GOING TO SHIFT WHAT THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT.

THE BARRIER IS HARDER TO ACCELERATE.

IT'S KIND OF A SET TASK.

SO WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT GONNA, UH, STAND HERE AND PAINT THE PRETTY PICTURE THAT I GUARANTEE WILL END AHEAD.

BUT THAT IS THE GOAL.

WE ARE AHEAD RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, I CAN GET INTO, THIS IS PGBT AT 75, BUT I CAN STOP AND ASK FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TECH LANE PROJECT FIRST, IF THERE ARE ANY IS JUSTICE.

CLOSE THE, THESE LANES WILL EXIST ALL THE TIME, UM, IN THEIR CONFIGURATION.

LAST TIME WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THIS, THERE WAS, UM, IT WAS STILL BEING WORKED OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS AND HOW IT WILL BE MONITORED AND MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW WHAT WE MEAN BY TECH LANE.

CAN YOU GIVE US ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WILL YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE OFFICERS, WE ARE PULLING PEOPLE OVER, HOW WAS, YOU KNOW, IS IT TOLLED IN SOME WAY? HOW, HOW WILL IT WORK? SURE.

THERE IS NOT A TOLLING COMPONENT TO THIS JOB, AND THERE IS NOT AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN A VEHICLE.

IT IS SOLELY ENFORCEMENT.

UH, TDOT IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, SO THAT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT I DO.

I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW EACH CITY OR ENTITY WILL HANDLE THAT ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT OF IT.

UM, QUESTION ON THE, ON THE BARRIER IS, IS, IS THAT THE CONCRETE BARRIERS THAT Y'ALL BE PUTTING OUT OR OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIAL? IT WILL BE CONCRETE BARRIER.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, AND YOU SEE 'EM, YOU JUST HAVE PIECES, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE 20 OR 30 FEET LONG, AND IF YOU GET A GOOD SEMI INTO ONE, THEY GET KNOCKED INTO TO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF PINNED THERE.

BUT THEY CAN, WHAT IS BEING INSTALLED IS IT IS CONTINUOUSLY POURED SO THERE'S NOT THOSE JOINTS IN IT.

IT CAN GET PUSHED AROUND IT.

IT IS A LOT EASIER TO KEEP MAINTAINED AND A LOT EASIER TO REPAIR.

AND IN GENERAL PRESENTS LESS OF A TRAFFIC HAZARD TO GETTING OUT INTO THOSE LANES.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GET 'EM OUT IN THE HOV LANE OR SOMETHING, SO, OKAY.

SHOULD, AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR TOO MM-HMM.

THESE ARE LIKE THE ONES THEY HAVE ON 30 GOING OUT TOWARD LIKE FERGUSON, THE, WHERE THEY PUT THE CONCRETE PADS OUT? OR IS IT A PERMANENT IT IS A PERMANENT BARRIER THERE.

IT'S T BARRIER THERE.

IT'S NOT A ZIPPER.

WE CALL IT THE ZIPPER TRUCK SITUATION.

THAT'S, IT'S NOT A ZIPPER TRUCK SITUATION BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID TAKE IT UP, I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE THEY LAY, WELL, NOT, NOT BE SOMETHING THAT HAS TO OPEN AND

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NOBODY HAS TO MOVE ANYTHING TO MAKE IT WORK.

SO THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL 10 LANES.

SO ONCE YOU GET IN THERE, YOU'RE IN THERE, YOU'RE IN THERE AND THERE'S NO EXIT UNTIL YOU GET TO MCKINNEY THERE? OR IS THERE IS A DOUBLE WHITE STRIPE ON THE GROUND AND THERE IS NOT PYLONS ANYMORE THAT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE OVER SO YOU COULD GET OUT OF IT COULD ESCAPE, YEAH.

JUST WANTED TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET A VISUAL PICTURE, BUT THERE IS A DOUBLE WHITE LINE.

I'M JUST GONNA YEAH.

LET GO BACK.

UM, WON'T YOU OUT.

SO IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN, AND IT, THIS PICTURE IS SLIGHTLY MISLEADING BECAUSE BETWEEN THAT PINK OR PURPLE AND THE BLUE COLOR, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE RAISED SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.

THERE ISN'T, THAT IS JUST A STRIPE, LIKE EVERY OTHER STRIPE ON THE ROADWAY BETWEEN THOSE LANES.

SO IT IS NOT, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN YOU AND EVERY OTHER LANE ON THE ROADWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

APPRECIATE IT MR. BARRIOS.

I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA, I HAD A QUESTION.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY QUESTION AND I KIND OF MISSED PART OF HIS QUESTION.

GO AHEAD.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

WHAT ARE THE, I HEARD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S NO BARRIERS, WHICH YOU JUST REITERATED, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

BUT WHAT WAS THE PART ABOUT CONCRETE BARRIERS? IS THAT NORTH OF GEORGE BUSH? THEY'RE GONNA HAVE CONCRETE DOWN THE CENTER, JUST RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

IS THERE? OH, RIGHT DOWN A LASER ON THIS SIDE TO SEPARATE NORTH AND SOUTH.

GOT IT.

WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.

ALRIGHT.

THE QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE ON THE SLIDE FIVE, TWO MORE GO TWO MORE.

THE MAST HIGH MASS.

UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WHAT ARE THE HIGH MASS? SURE.

UM, THOSE ARE THE VERY, VERY TALL LIGHTS.

THEY LOOK LIKE RING LIGHTS AND THEY HAVE THE LIGHTS ALL THE WAY AROUND THEM.

THESE FULL COLOR DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS.

CAN YOU POINT TO WHERE THEY WILL BE ALONG THIS ROUTE, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES BETWEEN 6 35 AND GEORGE BUSH? YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

THERE IS ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING THAT'S UP IN THE ALLEN AREA.

IT'S KIND OF RIGHT SOUTH OF THE RIDGEVIEW.

UM, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET BACK TO THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF WHERE THOSE ARE.

IS IT, IS IT FAIR TO SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE? I WOULD REALLY BE MORE COMFORTABLE LOOKING AT THAT.

I I DO THINK YOU HAVE ONE, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO TELL YOU I A HUNDRED PERCENT KNOW WITHOUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND POSSIBLY GET BACK TO US, I'LL AND YOU CAN SEND IT YEP.

THROUGH, THROUGH STAFF.

UM, AND SO THEY CAN LET US KNOW.

WOULD YOU ALSO LET US KNOW, I'M TRYING TO THINK THE SIZE.

UM, AND AS FAR AS HOW FAR ARE THOSE INTENDED TO BE SEEN FROM, YOU KNOW, QUARTER MILE, HALF A MILE? WHAT'S THE, I I WILL FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU TOO.

I'M SURE THAT IS A DESIGN SPECIFICATION OF HOW FAR YOU CAN SEE THOSE AWAY.

UM, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE.

THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE THE SIGN THAT EVERYBODY DREADS.

IT SAYS LIKE PGBT SEVEN MILES AND YOU REALLY HOPE IT SAYS SEVEN MINUTES UNDERNEATH IT, BUT SOMETIMES IT SAYS 15.

YEAH, IT DOESN'T, YEAH.

BUT THESE ARE FULL COLOR VERSUS, BUT THEY'RE FULL COLOR.

THEY TYPICALLY ARE GREEN WITH WHITE TEXT ON THEM AT THIS POINT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING THIS STATUS.

UH, QUESTION ON THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY SIGN OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS THAT LANE OPEN FOR EVERYONE? UH, THE, INCLUDING THE HOV? YES.

THERE ARE SIGNS THAT'LL GO UP THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOV HOURS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GREAT.

AND, UH, YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WHEN THERE'S A DOUBLE LINE MM-HMM .

THERE IS NO OTHER RESTRICTION, UH, PEOPLE COULD DRIVE ACROSS THE LAND.

THEY DO THAT WHEN THE PILE PILOTS ARE THERE.

YES.

UH, IT WOULD BE SAFER.

BUT NOW , THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME AND ENFORCE ANYTHING.

THEY'RE NOT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR SOMETHING, SO.

CORRECT.

IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IS THE CITY NOT JUST ON, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES ALONG 75.

SO MAYBE THIS QUESTION, MAYBE DON CAN, UH, CLARIFY A FEW THINGS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU.

WHO IS GOING TO ENFORCE THIS? UH, BUT THE QUESTION IS WHEN SOMEONE CROSSES THE, THE CROSSES THE DOUBLE LINE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO CROSS DOUBLE LINE.

UH, THAT'S THE, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY DRIVER LICENSE TEST.

SO IF THAT CROSSES, CAN THEY GET TICKET? POTENTIALLY, YES.

UH, RPD IS, UM, IS AUTHORIZED TO, UH, ENFORCE, UH, ON US 75.

SO IF, IF IT WAS LEGALLY CROSSING A DOUBLE WHITE LINE, THEN THEY COULD BE CITED.

AND, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION THAT, UH, IS A STATE TROOPER, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN GET INVOLVED ON 75 MM-HMM .

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THEY COULD ALSO DO THEIR OWN ENFORCEMENT IF THEY WISH TO.

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UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND, UH, THE, THE MIDDLE AND THE BARRIER THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT ON, I THINK THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY GOOD IDEA, MORE PERMANENT AND SAFER THAN IT, IT PROTECTS.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR SAFETY REGION.

UH, IT DOES NOT BLOW OUT BECAUSE OF THE 18 WHEELER AND OTHER THINGS.

SO, UH, NOW IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PIPELINE THAT YOU THINK THAT WE, WE MIGHT SEE SOME, UH, MORE CONSTRUCTION ALONG 75? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SO MANY CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND GOING ON FOREVER.

AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANOTHER NICE IDEA, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THAT WILL GIVE US ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION ON 75.

ANY, ANY THOUGHT ON THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION? SO WE'LL SKIP DOWN, UM, BACK OVER TO OUR SLIDE AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION JOBS PLANNED.

THERE ARE MINOR CONSTRUCTION JOBS PLANNED THAT WILL HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME ON 75.

AND THAT'LL BE LIKE OUR FULL DEPTH CONCRETE REPAIR.

YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THAT AT NIGHT FOREVER.

UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR CONTRACTORS OUT RETRIP OR PUTTING DOWN THE REFLECTIVE BUTTONS, UM, SOME OF THOSE MINOR TYPE.

BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ANY OTHER MAJOR, AT LEAST IN COLLIN COUNTY PROJECTS.

NOW, I WILL ADMIT THAT, UM, THE DALLAS COUNTY END OF THE WORLD, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON 75 JUST BECAUSE THAT IS NOT NE THAT I'M IN COLLIN COUNTY.

UM, I HAVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE MOST OF IT'S IN COLLIN COUNTY.

SO THEY MAY HAVE A MORE MAJOR PROJECT THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AT LEAST ON THIS END OF THE COUNTY, THIS IS IT FOR RIGHT NOW.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE WILL BE MAINTENANCE WORK AND THE WORK IF IT IS, IF THAT HAPPENS EARLY MORNING WHENEVER WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TRAFFIC THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

ONE THING, MAYBE HE CAN DREAM, I HAVE A DREAM, SO MAYBE HE CAN JOIN THE DREAM.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEDAY BETWEEN TWO MAJOR STREET.

IT COULD BE BELTLINE, ARAPAHO BETWEEN THAT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PORTION OF THE 75 GOES UNDERGROUND SO WE CAN HAVE OPEN PARK SPACE ON THE TOP.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.

I KNOW THIS DREAM MANY PEOPLE HAS AND SOMEBODY CAME TO ME AND IN FACT, THEY HAD SAID THAT SHE HAD A DREAM IN OUR REAL LIFE DREAM THAT SHE SAW THAT DREAM.

AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

I JUST WANTED TO BROUGHT, BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TOPICS YOU HAVE, BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND TALK TO SOME OTHER ENGINEERS, THEY MIGHT START DREAMING.

IF MORE PEOPLE DREAM, THEN WE MIGHT SEE THAT HAPPEN.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU MR. CORPORATE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR OUR CITY STAFF FROM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE'S QUESTION.

JUST SO IF IT FALLS TO CITIES TO ENFORCE THIS, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL THAT WE HAVE TO DO OR OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN TERMS OF BEING, HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE IT? UH, YES OR NOT, NOT HAVING THE AUTHORITY JUST AS FAR AS MEN UM, DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS TO, TO BE ON 75 LOOKING AT THOSE TIMES OR, I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT, I GUESS, HOW DOES THAT WORK FROM OUR END? SURE.

SO I WOULD, UH, I I I THINK CHIEF CHIEF TITTLE, ONCE THIS PROJECT'S COMPLETE, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A, A, UM, A MORE FORMALIZED PLAN HE CAN SHARE.

BUT WE DO, WE DO PATROL ON U 75 NOW.

WE DO RESPOND TO CALLS ON 75.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WILL CHANGE.

UM, I DON'T THINK GIVEN OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS AND ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE A, A, UM, YOU KNOW, A A REGULAR PRESENCE JUST ENFORCING FOR HOV, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICERS WOULD DO IN THE COURSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR DAILY, THEIR DAILY DUTIES AND, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, ONCE THIS PROJECT'S COMPLETE, IF THERE, IF THERE IS A DESIRE FOR SOME COORDINATED EFFORT MM-HMM .

UM, YOU KNOW, IF IF THERE'S ONE CITY THAT'S THAT'S INVESTING RESOURCES, ENFORCING AND ALL THE OTHERS AREN'T, THAT'LL BECOME KNOWN PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND FOLKS WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRAVERSE THE CORRIDOR SAFELY WITHOUT BEING EXPOSED TO BEING INCITED .

AND SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY NEEDS TO BE A COORDINATED EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR, THE CORRIDOR TO BE EFFECTIVE.

I HAVE A FRIEND FROM MCKINNEY WHO HAS TAKEN THE HOV LANE FOR A YEAR CONSISTENTLY BY HIMSELF, AND ONLY LAST MONTH GOT PULLED OVER BY DALLAS POLICE ON THAT EXIT BY 6 35.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, KIND OF WHAT THE CONSISTENCY AND THEN THE ADDED DIFFICULTY OF LOOKING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR HYBRID VEHICLES RIGHT.

VERSE ON AND SPECIAL TRAINING OR I MEAN, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO SURE.

WE HAVE TO DO TO, TO ENFORCE IT.

THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SAID THAT IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN HOV LANE UNTIL Y'ALL FINISH THIS PROJECT.

MR. HUTCHER RUTTER, THANK YOU MAYOR JOE KIND OF TOOK MY QUESTION, BUT

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AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS EXACTLY, 'CAUSE I WAS CONTACTED BY A COUPLE OF OUR CITIZENS WHO GOT CAUGHT IN THAT SAME DEAL.

OH YEAH.

THAT THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL HOV LANE UNTIL Y'ALL FINISH IT.

AND SO HOW DOES DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE SOMETHING THAT IS IN FACT NOT AN ACTUAL HOV LANE? I IS, IS IT? OR I I, SO MY SIMPLE QUESTION IS, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ASK ANSWER FOR DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF.

I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING, DO Y'ALL ASK TECH O RIGHT NOW BEFORE THE ENHANCEMENTS? DO YOU CONSIDER IT BETWEEN 6 35 AND AND PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURN PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE.

SORRY, AN ACTIVE HOV LANE? RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I WILL TELL YOU, UM, I'M NOT SURE I, IT IS A CURRENT HOV LANE UNTIL THE PROJECT'S DONE IN ITS TECHNOLOGY LANE.

UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS ENFORCEMENT LAWS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

'CAUSE I'M, I'M JUST GOING OFF OF WHEN THIS PERSON CONTACTED ME, THE, THE, I REMEMBER THE LAST GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE STATED THAT IT WAS NOT AN HOV LANE, SO THERE WOULD BE NO ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

AND THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFFS HAVE BEEN ENFORCING THAT.

AND SO THERE'S CONFUSION.

SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION BETWEEN TXDOT AND DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S.

SO MY, MY ASK WOULD BE IS, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU TAKE THAT BACK TO, BUT COULD YOU TAKE IT BACK TO TXDOT AND MAKE THE DETERMINATION? IS IT, OR IS IT NOT AN HOV? AND IF IT IS AN HOV, AND I THINK TXDOT NEEDS TO PUBLISH THAT TO THE CITIZENS TO SAY, FOLKS, THE PLASTIC AS YOU CALLED THEM, BASEBALL BATS ARE DOWN.

BUT IT IS AN ACTIVE HOV LANE.

BE AWARE.

'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, TO, TO, TO, TO HAVE THAT MIS I SAID NOT MIS MISINFORMATION, BUT THAT MIXED MESSAGE OUT THERE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHO EVER WHO TO DIRECT THAT TO A TECH DOT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME COORDINATION AND DISCUSSION.

AND IF IT'S AN HOV LANE, FANTASTIC.

BUT THAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO GET OUT TO THE PEOPLE.

SURE.

AND I NEED CLARIFY MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU FROM, FROM A POINT OF NON KNOWLEDGE.

NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

POSSIBLE H OR NOT, BUT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT FROM T SO I ABSOLUTELY, I GOTTA PRESENT OR EVERYBODY ELSE TO PRESENT IT.

MS. JUSTICE, THANK YOU.

TO FOLLOW UP ON MY EARLIER QUESTION AGAIN, THE PRESENTATION WE GOT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT SURE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

WHY ARE WE CALLING IT A TECHNOLOGY LIEN? LIKE I, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT BEHIND THE NAME? THERE ARE SEVERAL ASPECTS THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT ARE UNDERGROUND.

THERE'S A LOT OF IT.

THIS PROJECT HAS EXISTED IN MANY TYPES OF PHASES.

THERE'S BEEN THIS, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROJECT BEING TOLD AT ONE POINT.

AND IT IS NOT NOW.

AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BEING A GENERAL PURPOSE LANE AND A REGULAR HOV LANE AND FURTHER WHAT IT IS NOW, WHICH IS THIS LANE.

AND SO THERE WAS, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A COORDINATED EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE CITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND ABOUT HOW WE, HOW WE USE OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE OUR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE USE THE DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS TO, UM, DISPLAY THAT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT'S SORT OF THE TECHNOLOGY ARM OF IT.

UM, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE VISIBLE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE A TOLLED LANE.

WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, USE AN APP TO HAVE A RIDER YEAH.

AND SEE IF YOU'RE GONNA BE IN AN HOV LANE OR NOT.

UM, WHEN THAT TOLLING ASPECT WAS REMOVED, IT BECAME MUCH LESS VISIBLE WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY PART IS.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT IS SOMEWHAT CONFUSING TO CALL IT A TECHNOLOGY LANE AT THIS POINT.

I MEAN THAT'S HELP, THAT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT THOUGH.

THE LIGHTS AND THE MESSAGE BOARDS.

I MEAN, THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT TO IT, BUT YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE AN ODD NAME FOR IT.

SO I WANTED TO ASK, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME AND IT WASN'T CLEAR WHAT IT WAS GONNA BECOME.

SO, UM, ALRIGHT.

THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL.

THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS.

UM, DON, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RETTER SAID THE LAST TIME WE SAW THIS, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS RIGHT AS THIS COUNCIL WAS SEATED, WAS WHEN WE SAW THIS LAST TIME, I DID GET A BUNCH OF RESIDENT QUESTIONS, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ASKED ALSO.

THEY, THE CONCERN WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF A INCREASE OF ACCIDENTS THAT WOULD CAUSE, UH, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE STILL DRIVE, I DON'T KNOW, I FORGOT WHAT WE CALL THOSE FLOPPY THINGS WE RUN OVER, PEOPLE RUN OVER.

BUT, UM, THE REMOVAL OF THOSE PYLONS, IS THAT WHAT PYLONS OKAY.

SHE SAID BASEBALL BATS.

REMOVAL OF THE PILE ON BASEBALL BATS WOULD JUST KIND OF BE, HAVE ONE LESS DETERRENT FOR PEOPLE.

SO I, I HEARD FROM RESIDENTS A HANDFUL BACK WHEN WE SAW THIS LAST TIME.

AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

I HEAR FROM ANOTHER HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS, UH, ABOUT JUST THE CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS AND WHAT KIND OF, UH, RESOURCES THAT WOULD DRAW FROM OUR CITY AND INCREASED COST BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS IF THEY WILL BE INCREASED.

SO, SO, UM, I KNOW ONCE CHIEF TITTLE GETS A CHANCE TO RUN OVER THAT AFTER THE PROJECT IS DONE.

UH, DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT AS WELL.

FEW WEEKS FOR HIS ANNUAL REPORT.

AND HE, HE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.

HE WILL BE IN A

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WE CAN COORDINATE WITH TEXT OUT ON A COUPLE OF THESE, UH, ENFORCEMENT QUESTIONS.

THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND EVEN SOME OF THE SAFETY EXPECTATIONS THAT TEX DO.

UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER PLACES AND SO I'M SURE THEY HAVE DATA THAT THEY CAN DRAW UPON TO HELP US, UH, KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MIGHT BE, UH, WHAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY EXPECT.

MR. CHU.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

WELL, COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE TIME A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY LAND TO BE MONITORED BY APP.

UH, ANY, ANY, ANY THOUGHT, ANY THINGS, ANY IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT OR ANY INFORM AT ONE POINT THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE TOLD LIKE EXPRESS LANES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE DALLAS DISTRICT AND OTHER PARTS OF AROUND HERE.

AND PART OF THAT AT THAT TIME, PROPOSED COMPONENT COULD BE THAT YOU COULD HAVE A REDUCTION IN THAT TOLL IF YOU WERE REGISTERED AS AN HOV USER.

UM, SIMILAR TO SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE GOT THAT.

AND THAT WAS THE APP PORTION OF IT AND KIND OF THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION OF IT.

AND WHEN THAT IDEA OF TOLLING WAS ENTIRELY REMOVED TO BRING IN THIS SORT OF MODIFIED USE LANE, THAT WENT AWAY.

SO I THINK PROBABLY THAT TECHNOLOGY CAME, THE NAME CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON BECAUSE OF THAT.

NOW, OTHER, OTHER THINGS IS THAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY GOOD ENGINEER, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIVER CONFUSING THE HUV LANE TO BE? MAYBE SHOULDER ON THE LEFT SIDE SHOULDER, PEOPLE STOPPING THERE, UH, FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSE? UH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE DON'T CONFUSED AND THEY STOP THERE AND THEN THEY RAN OVER BY ANOTHER CAR.

I THINK THAT HAPPENED LAST WITHIN LAST FEW MONTHS.

THAT'S HAPPENED AT LEAST ONE TIME.

I KNOW WITH MY LIMITED INFORMATION I COULD BE MISREMEMBERING, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I THINK THE ISSUE IS WE HAD A DISABLED CAR WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE GET OUT TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY WERE CONFUSED AS TO IF NOT THAT WAS A SHOULDER.

UM, I AM FAIRLY HEARTENED BECAUSE DURING CONSTRUCTION, UM, ESPECIALLY UP ON THE NORTH END OF THIS JOB, WE HAVE HAD THAT BARRIER RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT LANE.

AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT PROBLEM RECURRING WHERE PEOPLE ARE STOPPING THERE THINKING THAT'S A SHOULDER.

I WOULD SAY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS PROBABLY NOT GENERALLY AWARE THAT THERE IS A YELLOW STRIPE THAT INDICATES WHERE THE SHOULDER BEGINS ON THE INSIDE, BUT THAT, THAT STRIPING WILL BE THERE CORRECTLY TO INDICATE THIS IS WHERE THE END OF THIS TRAVEL LANE IS, AS WELL AS THE TWO STRIPES IN THE MIDDLE.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES TRAVELING A DAY ON, ON 75, IT, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU COULD MAYBE HAVE THAT OCCUR ONCE OR TWICE.

UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ENTIRELY.

NO, I THINK IT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

I DON'T HAVE A GOOD WAY TO TELL YOU HOW OFTEN I THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN.

NO, I JUST WANTED TO BROUGHT THAT UP SO THAT YOU, YOU AND TEXT DO THEY CAN PAY ATTENTION TO THIS EXTRA SAFETY.

I MEAN ABSOLUTELY THERE IS OUT THERE THAT SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN, BUT SAME TIME I THINK WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST, TRY TO IMPROVE AND AVOID THOSE.

UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE, BUT ABSOLUTELY IF WE START SEEING THAT AS A RECURRING PROBLEM WHERE WE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFYING THAT AS A SHOULDER AND NOT AS A TRAVEL LANE, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TEXTILE WOULD LOOK AT.

WE DO SIT DOWN EVERY MONTH AND, UM, I'M ON THE FATAL CRASH REVIEW TEAM.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT EVERY FATAL CRASH IN THE SEVEN COUNTIES OF THE DALLAS DISTRICT AND WE WALK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, INCLUDING LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAPS AND THE POLICE REPORTS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND WE LOOK AT WHAT WE THINK TDOT CAN DO TO PREVENT THAT.

AND I DO SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SPEAKING ABOUT THAT IN THAT MEETING.

UM, AND IF WE WERE SEEING THAT AS AN ISSUE, IT'D BE BROUGHT UP.

IDEALLY THAT GETS SEEN AND NOTICED BEFORE IT BECOMES A FATALITY.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE GOAL.

BUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY WILL BE A REACTIVE COMPONENT IF WE START SEEING THAT ISSUE OCCURRING.

AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE.

JENNIFER, GO ON TO YOUR SECOND PRESENTATION PLEASE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, AND I WON'T REALLY CALL THIS A PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S ONE SLIDE, BUT I, UM, AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT, I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE KIND OF ALL ANXIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT IN RICHARDSON ENHANCING PGBT AND 75 SOUTHBOUND RAMPS SPECIFICALLY, UM, TRAVELING DOWN ONTO SOUTHBOUND 75 FROM PGBT AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UM, NOW GOING ON ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO TO THE NORTH END OF PGBT

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SO WHERE TEXT THAT IS WITH US, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH RICHARDSON, UH, RECENTLY ABOUT HOW WE GET A STUDY KICKED OFF.

HOW WE START TALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS, THESE ARE VERY CHALLENGING RAMPS.

UM, WE HAVE THIS NEW DART SILVER LINE.

YOU HAVE EXISTING CONNECTIONS THERE AT RENTER.

YOU HAVE CAMPBELL GALLATIN THAT COMES IN PRETTY QUICK ON YOU, UH, WHEN YOU AND YOU, SO YOU HAVE MERGE AND LEAVE DISTANCE.

YOU HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT UNDER OR OVER OR RAILROAD.

AND THEN YOU GOTTA GET BACK DOWN TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT IN A STUDY.

SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE PLANNING ON GETTING TOGETHER, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT STUDY LOOKS LIKE.

UM, TO BE VERY UPFRONT THE TYPE OF FUNDING FOR THAT TYPE, FOR THOSE KINDS OF STUDIES FOR THESE PRELIMINARY STUDIES RIGHT NOW, UM, IS PRETTY LIMITED AT TXDOT.

THE, THE TIMEFRAME IS PUSHED OUT A BIT, UM, FOR GETTING THOSE NEW STUDIES KICKED OFF.

AND SO WE WANNA MEET WITH ENGINEERING STAFF.

THEY ALWAYS MEET WITH US AND TALK ABOUT IS THERE A COLLECTIVE JOINT EFFORT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THIS STUDY STARTED ANY SOONER? WHAT KIND OF, WHO DO WE NEED TO GET IN THE ROOM, NTTA DART? UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR GOALS? WHO DO WE NEED TO SERVE? IS THERE PLACES WE DON'T NEED TO SERVE? ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS KIND OF HAVE TO BE VETTED OUT THROUGH THIS, THIS STUDY.

SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT ON THE RADAR RIGHT NOW FOR CONSTRUCTION.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON TECH DOTS RADAR FOR THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND WE WANNA WORK WITH RICHARDSON ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT, OKAY.

JENNIFER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. RERE.

SO I'VE GOTTA ASK ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.

IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST TWICE, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT TRAFFIC COUNT GOING FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TO THE SOUTH, THEN TO THE NORTH.

SO HOW DID THE NORTH GET FUNDED AND THE SOUTH GET LEFT OUT? I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION THE BEST I CAN.

I GOT HIRED AT TEXDOT IN DECEMBER OF 2008 AND THAT PROJECT ALREADY EXISTED WHEN I GOT THERE.

AND WE BUILT IT, UM, IN 20 16, 20 17 OR SO.

SO IT WAS IN THE WORKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I DID SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO GAVE ME SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION, SO I'M GIVING IT TO YOU THIRD HAND.

UM, JUST TO BE VERY UPFRONT ABOUT IT.

AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THEM IS THAT PROJECT STARTED TO FIX THE WEAVE THE PROBLEM THAT WAS AT 15TH AND IT KIND OF STARTED AS ALMOST A SIMPLE REPLACE THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE RAILROAD AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SCOPE CREEPED THE LONGER THE THING WENT ON AND ENDED UP INCLUDING THE BRAIDED RAMP AND ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DONE.

UM, BUT BASICALLY THAT, THAT PROJECT STARTED TO FIX THE ONE MERGING PROBLEM AT 15TH.

AND AS IT WENT ON AND OBTAINED FUNDING, IT GOT THROUGH AND CAME THROUGH.

UM, THAT IS NOT A PERSONAL, I WASN'T THERE WHEN ALL THAT GOT STARTED.

AND SO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF ONE, WHY ONLY THAT SIDE GOT DONE AND HOW IT ENDED UP BEING SUCH A, A MASSIVE PROJECT WHEN IT STARTED OUT BEING KIND OF A SMALLER SCALE PROJECT.

GIVEN WHERE I LIVE AND WHERE I WORK, I'M ON THAT OFTEN MM-HMM .

IF NOT DAILY MM-HMM .

AND SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO WORK WITH TDOT AND WHOEVER ELSE, ALL THE PEOPLE YOU JUST NAMED OFF TO GET THAT KICKED OFF AND STARTED, IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED BECAUSE IF YOU JUST COME OUT ANY MORNING, THE BACKUP, THE TRAFFIC, TALK ABOUT ACCIDENTS, TALK ABOUT DEATHS, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, THAT IT IS, I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS THE WAY THAT'S THAT'S BUILT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE, THE GOING TO THE NORTH HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

SO IT NEEDS TO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHO, WHAT, WHEN, AND WHERE WE NEED TO CONTACT TO TRY AND GET THIS PUT ONTO A PRIORITY.

UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A HUGE ISSUE GIVEN WHERE I LIVE AND WHERE I WORK AND HOW I ACCESS 75 AND GEORGE BUSH AND ALL OF THAT.

IT'S JUST, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

SO IT DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH, UM, BOTH, BOTH SIDES GOING SOUTH AND THEN COMING OFF OF PRESIDENT GEORGE, I'M SORRY, COMING OFF OF 75 TO GET ONTO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY BAD AS WELL.

UM, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ON BOTH OF THOSE, SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO, TO HELP PUSH.

'CAUSE IT'S, TO ME IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.

YES, SIR.

AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, MARK AND, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT AND TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH TXDOT AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S HELPING ME KEEP ON THE RADAR AND KEEP, KEEP, EVEN WITH MY SUPERVISORS ARE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS AND IT'S IMPORTANCE.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR CANDID ANSWERS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANKS, JENNIFER.

[7. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE U.S. 75 CROSSING PROJECTS]

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ON THE US 75 CROSSING PROJECTS.

MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, DANIEL HERIG IS, UH, HERE ALONG WITH NICK AND, UH, PRE TAM AND MARK NELSON.

UM, DANIEL'S GONNA, UH, RUN US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.

YOU MAY RECALL BACK IN THE, UH, UH, 2021 BOND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THERE WERE A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED, UH, AT THAT TIME WE WENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK OF, UH, COMING UP FUNDING STRATEGIES, UH, UH, SO THAT THEY TOO COULD BE PROGRESSED.

DANIEL'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THREE OF THOSE TONIGHT.

UH, TWO, YOU'LL SEE, UH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN A, A STATUS REPORT.

ONE, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND A, UH, A A PAUSE AND, UH, A, AN ALTERNATE STRATEGY BASED ON SOME RECENT FINDINGS.

AND SO, UH, DANIEL, I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND RUNNING THROUGH THIS FOR US.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, SO YEAH, TALK ABOUT THESE CROSSINGS PROJECTS.

YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, TIES IN WITH COUNCIL'S GOALS AND STRATEGIES, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE, UH, CREATING THAT RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT, UH, FOR A CITY, THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, SO YEAH, GOING BACK TO KIND OF 2021, CITY COUNCIL WAS BRIEFED, UM, ON THESE PROJECTS, UM, AND REALLY SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS, UM, TYING TO THE CORE DISTRICT AND THE RICHARDSON IQ, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY MEETING A LOT OF THE GOALS OF THOSE DISTRICTS AND, UM, AND BUILDING OUT THE VISION OF THOSE DISTRICTS, UH, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING KIND OF CATALYTIC PROJECTS, UM, BUILDING ON OTHER RECENT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA, UM, AS WELL AS THE PLACE BRANDING STRATEGY THAT WAS GOING ON ABOUT THAT 2021 TIMEFRAME.

UM, AS WELL AS THESE THREE PROJECTS ALSO HAVE, UH, COUNTY FUNDS WHERE WE'RE LEVERAGING REGIONAL AND, UH, STATE PARTNERS ON THESE PROJECTS, UH, TO, TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

SO THREE KIND OF KEY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WERE IDENTIFIED WHERE THAT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY ACROSS 75 HAS BEEN KEY FOR COUNCIL.

AS WELL AS, UH, SOMETHING REPEATED, UM, IN THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH, UH, KIND AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS 2021, UM, THE ACT TRANSPORTATION PLAN KICKED OFF IN 2022 AND THEN ADOPTED IN 2023.

UM, SO DURING ALL THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE A TP, UH, WE HEARD THAT AGAIN AND, UH, REALLY THE HIGH PRIORITY OF THESE THREE CROSSINGS, UH, THROUGH THAT AT COLLINS AT U 75 AND ARAPAHO AND THEN THERE AT BELTLINE.

SO I'LL KIND OF MOVE THROUGH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, STARTING AT THE NORTH, UH, AND WE'LL MOVE SOUTH.

SO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS HAD KIND OF A PROJECT GOAL, UM, AND KIND OF VISION FOR EACH OF THESE THAT WAS DESCRIBED IN THAT 2021 PRESENTATION.

AND SO, COLLINS, UH, BEING THE FIRST ONE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE OVER 75, UM, AND I'LL GET TO A MAP ON THE NEXT ONE, UH, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CONNECT, UM, ACROSS 75 FOR BOTH BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, FOR COLLINS, WE'VE GOT BIKE LANES ON EACH END OF THIS PROJECT.

SO YOU HAVE NORTH COLLINS, GOT NORTH OF CAMPBELL, WE HAVE BIKE LANES, AND THEN EAST COLLINS, EAST TO ALMA, WE'VE GOT BIKE LANES AGAIN.

UM, SO THIS IS REALLY FILLING IN THAT GAP WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE SOME USERS TODAY, UM, BUT THEN ALSO HAVE A DEFICIENT, UH, SIDEWALK THAT'S NARROWER THAN KIND OF A DA.

AND SO HOW DO WE CREATE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION ACROSS HERE TOO? UH, ALSO LOOKING AT INCREASED LIGHTING, UM, AGAIN, THAT SAFETY AND COMFORT FOR PEDESTRIANS ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S THAT POTENTIAL TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE BRANDING ELEMENTS, UH, FOR THE IQ DISTRICT IN THIS TOO.

LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS I MENTIONED HERE.

UM, BUT COLLINS KINDA ON THE NORTH SIDE, YOU'VE GOT CAMPBELL, UH, WHERE WE'RE TYING IN.

SO EXTENDING A BIKE LANE, UH, ALONG COLLINS FROM CAMPBELL SOUTH ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

UH, AND THEN OVER TOWARDS ALMA, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE.

UH, AND SO WE GET SEPARATED BIKE LANES, UH, EMITTING THE MEETING, THE, UM, FACILITY TYPE RECOMMENDED OUTTA THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, AT EITHER END AT CAMPBELL THERE, AND THEN AT ALMA CREATING THAT CONNECTION FOR THE BIKE LANES AND, AND KIND OF INCORPORATING IT INTO OUR EXISTING FACILITIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE DIFFICULT PIECES OF WHY WE CAN'T JUST DO A STRAIGHT PUT SOME PAINT ON THE GROUND TO GET A BIKE LANE ACROSS IS REALLY THE RAMPS, UH, AT COLLINS.

UH, SO YOU GOT THE RAMPS DOWN TO 75 FRONTAGE ROADS, UM, THAT REALLY CREATE A, A KIND OF TOUGH CONNECTION, WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING OR BIKING OF HOW DO YOU CROSS THOSE RAMPS, UM, AND MAKE SURE DRIVERS SEE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT'S SAFE.

UH, SO LOOKING AT FLASHING BEACONS AT THOSE RAMP CROSSINGS, UH, JUST REALLY BRING AWARENESS, CREATE, UH, IMPROVE SAFETY THERE.

UM, AND THEN YEAH, ACROSS THE BRIDGE WE'LL BE ADDING SIDEWALKS, TYING INTO OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK ALONG THE, UH, THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE THE BRIDGE.

UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER ELEMENT THAT, THAT MAKES THIS PROJECT A LITTLE HARDER IS ON THE EAST SIDE WE'VE GOT THE ABUTMENT WALL, SO THE ON THE RETAINING WALL.

SO THERE'S BEEN SOME SHIFTING WITH THAT.

AND SO WE'RE DOING, UM, SOME WORK LOOKING AT THAT AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE D NEED, NEED TO BE MADE TO THE, UH, ABUTMENT WALL.

SO PROJECT STATUS, SO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON WILL BE LEADING THIS PROJECT.

UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FUNDING PARTNERS LOOKING AT THAT FUNDING TABLE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

UH, SO WE'VE GOT DALLAS COUNTY PARTICIPATING IN THIS, UH, AS WELL AS T DOT.

UM, AS WE LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES, IT DOES IMPACT OUR, OUR TIMELINE AND KIND OF HOW WE IMPLEMENT PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE WORKING WITH THESE DIFFERENT PARTNERS ON DESIGN.

STARTED BACK IN KIND OF MID 2024 ON THIS PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING KINDA HALFWAY THROUGH SOME OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ELEMENTS, UH, WORKING ON THE STUDY FOR THAT ABUTMENT.

SO LOOKING AT THE GEOTECHNICAL

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ASPECT OF IT.

AND THEN EARLY THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE CONTINUING THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN DESIGN, UM, AND REALLY GETTING INTO THE, THE DEEPER ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ABUTMENT WALLS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN 2026 GOING INTO, UH, CONSTRUCTION AS WE MOVE TO KIND OF THE NEXT ONE DOWN.

SO US 75 AND ARAPAHO.

UM, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THESE PROJECTS OF A LOT OF THOSE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN 2021.

UM, BUT REALLY CREATING THAT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTION.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES HERE, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND THAT COMFORT AND SAFETY, AGAIN, INCREASED LIGHTNING AGAIN.

UH, THIS ONE WE'RE CONNECTING THAT TRAIL ACROSS.

AND SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT THERE RECENTLY, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF GREENVILLE AND ARAPAHOE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

YOU'LL SEE THE, THE TRAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE, UH, NEAR LIKE TACOS, E MOSS, AND, UH, THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS THERE, UH, WHERE THE TRAIL'S GOING IN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARAPAHO, THAT'S GOING IN UP TO 75.

AND SO THIS PROJECT WOULD HELP BRING IT UNDER 75 AND WEST TOWARDS CUSTER, UH, TO TIE INTO THE NEW BIKE LANES THERE ON CUSTER.

UH, AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TIE INTO THE NEW MUNICIPAL CAMPUS, UM, AS WELL AS ARAPAHOE STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OR ON THE EAST SIDE.

UM, AND AGAIN, ON THIS ONE, WE DO HAVE THAT POTENTIAL TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE BRANDING ELEMENTS OF THE IQ DISTRICT, THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE.

YOU'VE GOT CUSTER, THE NEW BIKE LANES THAT WERE, UH, OPENED UP LAST YEAR LOOKING AT A TRAIL EXTENSION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARAPAHOE OVER TO 75.

WE'VE GOT SOME CROSSWALK REPLACEMENT.

UM, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS, IS BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, THAT'S BEEN UNDER DESIGN, FINISHED DESIGN, MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION FOR LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, BUT AGAIN, PEDESTRIAN, UM, LIGHTING ELEMENTS UNDER 75.

AND THEN, UM, KIND OF AT ARAPAHOE, WE'VE GOT THE BUS ROUTE ALONG ARAPAHOE.

AND SO MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARRIVE COMING FROM THE ON ONE SIDE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY TO CITY HALL, UM, AND YOU NEED TO GET HOME, YOU NEED TO CROSS THE STREET TYPICALLY.

UM, AND SO LOOKING AT HOW WE CREATE A SAFE MIDBLOCK CROSSING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT BOTH OF THE BUS STOPS SO PEOPLE CAN GET TO AND FROM, UH, THE CAMPUS AT THIS AREA TOO.

THIS ONE, UH, IS, IS PHASED AND KIND OF TWO PHASES HERE.

SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, IN THAT TEXT DOT ELEMENT IS BEING LED BY T DOTS SINCE THAT'S ON SYSTEM FOUR T DOTS, THEIR FACILITY.

UM, SO THEY'VE COMPLETED DESIGN, THEY'RE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION NOW.

WE'RE EXPECTING LATER THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, UH, THEY'LL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AS THEY, AS THEY ADVANCE THAT.

WE'RE, WE'RE BEGINNING DESIGN ON THE CITY PORTION OF WHERE, WHERE WE'LL LEAD IT.

UM, ALL THE TRAIL ELEMENTS AND KIND OF THE UNDERPASS, UH, LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BEGIN CONS, UM, DESIGN ON THAT THIS YEAR, COMPLETE THAT THIS YEAR, UH, WHERE NEXT YEAR AS THEY FINISH UP THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE CAN BEGIN OUR CONSTRUCTION ON, ON THE REST OF THE ELEMENTS.

SO WE CAN, UH, REALLY TIE IN THE OPENING OF THE PROJECT WITH, UH, CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY REOPENING BELT.

BELTLINE 75 IS THE ONE THAT, UH, MR. MAGNER MENTIONED AS BEING, UH, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE, UH, WHERE ARAPAHOE, WE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

COLLINS WERE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, BELTLINE IS REALLY CONNECTING, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN KIND OF EAST SIDE, UH, WITH BELT AND MAIN AND, AND THOSE ELEMENTS OVER TO THE WEST SIDE WITH THE HEIGHTS, UH, HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS LOCKWOOD.

UH, AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY CENTERS BETWEEN THE TWO.

WE HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS SIMILAR TO A ARAPAHO, UM, BUT CREATING THAT CONNECTION ACROSS 75 INCREASED LIGHTING, UH, GREATER VISIBILITY OF RUTH YOUNG PARK WHICH IS THE PARK, KIND OF SMALL PARK AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THIS INTERSECTION, UH, THAT REALLY CONNECTS YOU UP INTO THE LOCKWOOD DISTRICT.

UM, AND THEN POTENTIAL TO, TO REALLY PUT THAT BRANDING WHERE 75 AND BELTLINE IS KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT SUBDISTRICTS OF THE CORE DISTRICT COME TOGETHER.

UM, SO HOW DO WE BRING THAT BRANDING AS EVERYONE, UH, STARTS TO ENTER THE DISTRICT AND, AND TRAVEL THROUGH IT, UH, TO THIS AREA? SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, ARE ONE ELEMENT.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS YOU CAN SEE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE TODAY IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE.

UH, TEXTILES BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

UM, OTHER ELEMENTS STARTING KIND OF THE GREEN AT THE TOP THERE OF, FROM LOCKWOOD DISTRICT COMING DOWN THROUGH RUTH YOUNG PARK.

UM, HAVING A TRAIL WITH PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, UH, CONNECTING IT DOWN INTO, UH, THE MAIN INTERSECTION HERE AT BELTLINE IN 75.

UH, LOOKING AT SOME A DA SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS.

THERE'S JUST CERTAIN SECTIONS WHERE IT'S GOT KIND OF OLDER PAVERS, UM, THAT HAVE, UH, THEY USUALLY, THEY KIND OF MOVE AND SETTLE THAT YOU GET SOME A DA CONCERNS OUT THERE.

UH, REPLACING THAT, MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR, OUR DRIVEWAYS ARE, ARE SAFE.

AND A DA COMPLIANT ACROSS, UH, UNDER 75 WE'LL LOOK AT, SIMILAR TO ARAPAHOE CROSSWALK REPLACEMENTS, UH, REMOVING SOME OF THE CHANNELIZED RIGHT TURNS.

SO SOME OF THE, WE TURN, LIKE PORK CHOP ISLANDS ARE GONNA TURN ISLANDS, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE MORE A YIELD MOVEMENT AS A RIGHT TURN.

UH, THOSE, THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, BROUGHT UP AS CONCERNS BY SOMEONE WHO'S WALKING OR BIKING, UH, JUST BECAUSE DRIVERS MAY OR MAY NOT BE LOOKING FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MAY NOT YIELD.

AND SO, UH, SO, SO MOVING THOSE TO BE MORE A STOP CONTROLLED, UM, FOR DRIVERS, UH, TO CREATE THAT.

AN INCREASED SAFETY FOR, UH, PEDESTRIANS,

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UH, MOVING THROUGH HERE.

AND SO KIND OF SOUTH SOUTHEAST CORNER THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK LINE, UH, TYING IN, UH, NEAR SHERMAN WHERE WE'LL JUST EXTEND SOME OF THOSE, UH, SIDEWALK AND, UH, DRIVEWAY REPLACEMENTS, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL, A DA COMPLIANT PATH ALL THE WAY FROM THIS INTERSECTION TO THE NEW MAIN STREET.

UM, AND MAKE ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS ACROSS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS WE DID RUN INTO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT, AND REALLY HOW DO WE CREATE A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS THAT WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO WALK ACROSS THESE AND NOT GET IN THEIR CAR FOR, UH, TO TRAVEL A THOUSAND FEET, UM, IS REALLY AT THE UNDERPASSES.

UH, WE'VE GOT THIS CONSTRAINT, UH, WHERE THE COLUMNS OR KIND OF CENTERED IN THE MEDIAN.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR FEET, FIVE FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK IS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY.

UM, YOU CAN WALK SIDE BY SIDE ON A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK, BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE TRAVELING IN GROUPS OR SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR PUSHING A STROLLER, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU REALLY LOOK AT A WIDER SIDEWALK.

UM, AS WELL AS WITH THIS, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE SEPARATION FROM TRAFFIC.

UM, AND SO IF YOU START THINKING ABOUT WALKING WITH A KID OR, UH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU MAY, YOU WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SEPARATION TO REALLY BRING THAT COMFORT ELEMENT IN.

WE WORK WITH TDOT TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A SOLUTION, UM, TO WIDEN THIS.

UM, AND REALLY IT MEANS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THERE.

UM, IT'S A SLOPED ABUTMENT WALL, UM, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO PUSH THAT WALL BACK, UM, AND MAKE IT MORE VERTICAL AND SHIP THE U-TURN LANE, UH, AND TO CREATE A WIDER SPACE, MORE COMFORTABLE SPACE, UH, FOR, FOR PEDESTRIANS TRAVELING UNDER HERE.

IT DOES HAVE SOME PROJECT IMPACTS THOUGH.

AND SO YEAH, IT DOES THE SHIFTING.

A A, UH, RETAINING WALL LIKE THAT IS A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, PART OF T STRUCTURAL, UM, FACILITY.

AND SO, UM, THEY WOULD NEED TO LEAD THAT PROJECT.

UM, AND IT ALSO DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THEN HAS SOME IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TALKING KIND OF FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, IMPACTS ON THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.

UH, AND SO THAT'S ONE, ONE REASON WHY, UH, WE'RE BRINGING THE POTENTIAL TO, UH, LEVERAGE FEDERAL FUNDS ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, THERE'S A TECH DOT HAS A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW.

UH, THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT ON SYSTEM, UH, FACILITIES AS WELL OFF SYSTEM, UM, BUT REALLY MINIMIZE THE CITY'S BUDGET IMPACTS, LEVERAGE THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, TO GET THIS KIND OF COMPLETE PROJECT, UH, ALL AT ONCE, UM, TO REALLY TRANSFORM THIS UNDERPASS AND CROSSING, UH, WITHIN THE CORE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, THE, THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, ALL THE A DA CURB RAMPS ARE BEING REPLACED AS PART OF T'S PROJECT.

UM, BUT AS WE APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE INITIAL APPLICATIONS IN FEBRUARY, UH, IT LOOKS TOWARDS OCTOBER WHEN WE WOULD GET, UH, WE WOULD KNOW KIND OF WHEN THOSE AWARD, THOSE FUNDS ARE AWARDED AND WHETHER WE, WE WERE AWARDED FUNDS OR NOT AWARDED FUNDS.

UM, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO COUNCIL TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THAT PATH FORWARD IS FOR THE PROJECT OF BEING AWARDED FUNDS OR NOT.

AS WE'RE LOOK AT NEXT STEPS.

SO COLLINS OVER PATH KIND OF SUMMARIZING THINGS.

SO COLLINS, WE'RE REALLY ADVANCING ON DESIGN, LOOKING AT 2026 TO START CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH US, 75 ARAPAHOE, WE'LL BE BEGINNING TO DESIGN THIS YEAR, UH, BUT BE ABLE TO, WE'RE REALLY AIMING TO FINISH CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN LINE WITH, UH, THE OPENING OF CITY HALL AND THAT CONSTRUCTION ONGOING AS WELL.

AND THEN WITH BELTLINE, WE'LL BE, UH, LOOKING TO SUBMIT A FUNDING APPLICATION, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

UH, SO NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE WILL RETURN TO COUNCIL, UM, AFTER KINDA THE OCTOBER TIMELINE, UH, WHEN WE FIND OUT IF WE'RE AWARDED OR NOT AWARDED FUNDS.

AND, AND WHAT DOES THE PATH FORWARD LOOK LIKE, WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THIS PROJECT.

DANIEL, GREAT PRESENTATION, MS. JUSTICE.

AND LOOK AT A BIGGER, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTION, UH, TO, TO MOVE THE WALLS OR WORK WITH TXDOT WHERE IT'S A, IT'S A LONGER TIMELINE, TIMELINE FOR THAT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THESE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION ON THE BELTLINE PIECE.

UH, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT.

IF WE ARE NOT, UH, ABLE TO GET IT.

ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVE, ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING? YOU KNOW, CAN WE BURY OR BETWEEN THE U-TURN LANE AND THE FOREFOOT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE STILL NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE DISTRICT.

SO I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU, YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT ALTERNATIVES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THERE TO, TO, TO MAKE IT MORE FRIENDLY.

YES.

SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OPTIONS AND YEAH, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WOULD BE JUST KIND OF MAINTAINED IN THE CURB LINES WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE, THE PERFECT WIDTH, THE KIND OF IDEAL, UH, COMFORTABLE WIDTH, BUT WE ARE GETTING IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THERE, UH, WHERE REALLY THE OTHER PROJECT ELEMENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO WORK.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING STILL.

WE'RE STILL ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS THROUGH YOUTH YOUNG, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

A DA COMPLIANT IS, IS, IS ALL THERE.

UM, SOME OF THE COMFORT, UH, ASPECT IS WHAT, UH, WE WOULD BE KIND OF SACRIFICING WITH THAT.

UM, AND SO THAT IS ONE OF, YEAH, IF, IF FUNDING'S NOT AWARDED, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OPTION.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS IF, UH, WE WANT TO KIND OF PHASE IT AND KIND OF GO FORWARD WITH A SMALLER OPTION AND THEN COME BACK LATER

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UM, BUT BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING IN THERE TODAY.

AND SO THEY'LL, THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS.

DANIEL CLARIFY THOUGH.

THERE, THERE IS NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE OF MANEUVERABILITY AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DESCRIBED, UH, TO ME, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S NOT AN OPTION TO CREATE A SEPARATION THERE.

NO.

IN THIS OPTION, YEAH.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET A SEPARATION.

WHERE REALLY GETTING THAT COMFORT LEVEL, LIKE SHE JUST DESCRIBED ON 75 AND A CONCRETE PORT IN PLATE, THAT'S NOT NO, IT'S, THERE'S MANEUVERABILITY ISSUES ON THE UTAN LINE.

UTURN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THERE'S TWO OPTIONS.

ONE, WE GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING.

I MEAN, IF YOU, IF WE DESIRE, UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS YOU'RE GONNA SEE ARAPAHOE AND YOU'LL GET TO, YOU'LL GET TO SEE WHAT A REALLY SAFE, UH, CROSSING UNDER THE, UNDER THE UNDERPASS CAN, CAN LOOK LIKE.

IF THAT'S WHAT WE DESIRE FOR HERE AND WE DON'T GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING, THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER LOCAL FUNDING SOLUTIONS, BUT THEN IT'LL BE A VALUE PROPOSITION.

EITHER WE WANNA SPEND THAT ADDITIONAL DOLLAR TO MOVE THE EMBANKMENT BACK AND TO CREATE THAT EXPERIENCE, OR WE'LL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REMAINING PIECES.

BUT IT WILL NOT A SEPARATING BECAUSE WE WOULD, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU.

IF THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY.

NOW WHERE A SE SEPARATING THIS, PHYSICALLY SEPARATING THE SIDEWALK FROM THE TURN LANE OR FROM THE DRIVE LANE, THE WESTBOUND DRIVE LANE WAS A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S JUST NOT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, JUST THE, THE GEOMETRY OF AND, AND THE, THE, THE SETBACKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE.

YEAH, THAT'S HELPFUL.

I MEAN, THAT YOU GOT TO THE HEART OF MY QUESTION, RIGHT, WHICH IS REALLY LIKE, WE NEED TO BE THINKING WHILE WE WAIT FOR THIS APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES ARE.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.

UH, WHAT'S STILL CHALLENGE TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BOLLARDS, I MEAN, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY, REALLY REACHING HERE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME IT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT.

WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS FEEL SAFE, UM, CROSSING AND, AND WE WANT THAT CONNECTIVITY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I WOULD JUST SORT OF CHALLENGE THAT IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THIS FUNDING, THEN WHAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'VE SAID, PERHAPS WE PAY FOR IT OURSELVES OR FIND OUT OTHER LOCAL SOURCES OF FUNDS.

BUT WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT CON, APPRECIATE THAT CONFIRMATION.

THAT IS IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO STOP AND RETHINK OUR APPROACH TO THIS.

I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY, THE GUYS HAVE A, A, A GOOD SENSE THAT THIS IS KIND OF HIGHLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE, THE GRANT GOALS ARE AND THE, AND THE PRIORITIES.

AND SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

BUT IF NOT, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND EXPLAIN THAT WE DIDN'T, AND THEN, AND AT LEAST BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH FINISHING THE PROJECT AS IS WE'LL PRESENT SOME OTHER OPTIONS, UH, FOR, UM, OTHER, OTHER FUNDING SOLUTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CORCORAN.

OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT WITHOUT THIS UNDERPASS HERE, LIKE WITHOUT IT BEING DEVELOPED BE, UH, IF ESSENTIALLY IF WE DON'T REDEVELOP IT AND WE DON'T, UH, GET IT TO BE SAFE FROM PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE, I DON'T THINK OUR VISION FOR THAT UNIFIED CORE DISTRICT WILL EVER ACTUALLY WORK.

INTERIOR SIDE, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THE TRAFFIC'S GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH, YOU DON'T GET AS MUCH ON THE TURN LANE.

I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT END, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE'LL GET THAT FUNDING AND IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO.

I MEAN, THE OTHER THING, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE GOOD IDEAS THAT YOU HAD COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALSO JUST START ON THE ASPECTS THAT WE CAN AFFORD AND THEN TRY AGAIN LATER TOO.

I MEAN, THE, THE OTHER THING THAT THIS PRESENTATION I THINK REALLY ILLUSTRATES WELL, UM, DANIEL, IS THE, JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS MM-HMM .

AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IN SORT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS JUST KNOCKING THE BUILDING DOWN AND BUILDING IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING SOMETHING ELSE REALLY QUICKLY.

I MEAN, UM, AND SO IN SOME WAYS THAT CAN WORK TO OUR BENEFIT THOUGH, IF IT AFFORDS US MORE TIME TO, I DON'T KNOW, TO, TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.

SO, UH, BUT ANYWAY, GREAT PRESENTATION AND I MEAN, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR, UH, FOR ALL THE UNDERPASSES BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE ASK FOR ALL THE TIME, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, IS REALLY BEEN A BARRIER TO, TO OUR CITY, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN A LOT OF WAYS.

THANK YOU, MR. DORIAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR DANIEL, I REALLY DO LIKE THIS, THIS PROJECT AND, AND TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SUGGESTION ON THE HOW TO DO THE SEPARATION.

IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE DIMENSIONS HERE.

YOU HAVE FIVE FOOT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND FOUR FOOT ON THE OTHER.

AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FOUR FEET, DON'T YOU, FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE BIKE LANE? OR IS IT THREE AND A HALF? YEAH, SO A BIKE LANE'S A FOUR FOOT MINIMUM.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

SO JUST AS A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY REASONS, IF WE COULDN'T DO A, SOME KIND OF, IF WE COULDN'T MOVE THE EMBANKMENT BACK AND CREATE MORE SPACE FOR THE RETURN OF THE CARS, IT ALMOST ALMOST FEEL LIKE IF WE ADDED SOME BOLLARDS OF SOME SORT ON THE

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IT WOULD FEEL, IT WOULD GIVE YOU A SECURITY OR SOME KIND OF SECURITY TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROTECTED AS YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR.

AND, AND, AND IF WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AND MOVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION.

OR WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM ON BOTH SIDES? DAN DANIEL ADDRESS PLEASE ADDRESS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM TITE WITH RESPECT TO THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO SEPARATION THAT'S POSSIBLE ON THE INSIDE.

SO THESE GUYS ARE VETTED THAT WITH TEXT TECH, THAT'S A TEXT DOT DECISION THAT THEY'VE COME BACK WITH AND SAID, BECAUSE OF THE MANEUVERABILITY OF THINGS LIKE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS AND THINGS OF THAT THROUGH THE U-TURN LANE.

IF YOU HAD A BALLARD ALONG THE CURB LINE, YOU COULD, YOU WOULD'VE GO.

SO WE DID LOOK AT BOLLARDS AS AN OPTION, UM, KIND OF ALONG THAT CURB LINE AS, UH, AS, AS POTENTIAL.

UM, AND SOME OF IT IS, A LOT OF THESE DIMENSIONS ARE, ARE VERY NARROW, ESPECIALLY FOR TEXDOT OF LIKE, JUST OF WHEN IT WAS BUILT.

IT'S KIND OF CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD TODAY FOR SOME OF THEIR DIMENSIONS.

THEY WOULDN'T BUILD IT THIS NARROW TODAY.

UM, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF DEALING WITH MINIMUM DIMENSIONS FOR TDOT.

UM, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YEAH, WHEN A TRUCK'S COMING THROUGH HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF KIND OF LIKE THE CAB OF A SEMI-TRUCK, UM, THEIR, THEIR BUMPERS AHEAD OF THEIR WHEEL, UM, BUT IF THE WHEEL'S COMING UP TO THE CURB LINE THAT THEIR BUMPER'S HITTING OVER IT.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT AS THAT REALLY END UP TURNING INTO A KINDA A MAINTENANCE ISSUE OF GETTING THOSE BALLERS HIT.

AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE CONSTRAINT WE WERE WORKING WITH.

UM, AND, AND WHY WE ENDED UP WORKING WITH TDOT OF LOOKING, WE LOOKED AT A FEW OTHER OPTIONS OF HOW DO WE GET SOME EXTRA SPACE, UM, AND WHY WE ENDED UP, UH, REALLY COMING BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND SOLUTION WITH THEM TOWARDS MOVING THAT EMBANKMENT BACK.

AND I CAN SEE THAT, I MEAN, I, I, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE SEMIS PULL AROUND AND THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE CURB BASICALLY, BUT IN THE EVENT WE WERE TO CONSIDER OR RETHINK THAT, IF IT WAS AN OPTION AT ALL, EVEN THE CENTER PORTION BETWEEN WHERE THE COLUMNS ARE, YOU COULD ADD BOLLARDS THERE, NOT PUT THEM ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES WHERE THE, WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE HAVING TO UTILIZE THAT.

'CAUSE AS THEY TURN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA TURN PERFECTLY ON THAT, ON THAT CURVE.

SO ANYWAY, JUST, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT.

I, I LIKE IT.

AND WHICH SEGUES INTO MY, MY NEXT QUESTION ON THE LIGHTING IS, IS ALL THE LIGHTING GONNA BE STANDARD? UM, I'M SURE IT'S LED LIGHTING, BUT WILL IT BE STANDARD LIGHTING AND WELL LIT UP ABOVE AND UNDERNEATH AND IS IT HAS STANDARD STYLE LIGHTING, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT LIGHTING ELEMENT WOULD BE, UM, STILL, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT IS LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE BRANDING ELEMENT WHERE THESE ARE TYING INTO THE CORE DISTRICT OR THE IQ DISTRICT, UM, AND, AND HOW DO THEY FILTER IN, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS ONE PROXIMITY TO MAIN STREET AND THE RECONSTRUCTED MAIN STREET? DO WE, UM, SO THE LIGHTING FIXTURES, THE EXACT FIXTURES HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED AT THIS POINT.

UM, OKAY.

JUST AS WE LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES, WELL, IN THE, IN THE EVENT THAT THIS COULD MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, CREATING THOSE ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS AND ALSO UTILIZING IT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME COLOR IF WE NEED TO.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL OF SOME ART ILLUSTRATIONS TOO, WHICH COULD BE COLLABORATED WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS TEAM.

BUT, SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I KNOW WE'RE NOT IN THE, THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS YET, OR IT'S GETTING READY WHEN IS IT GOING INTO DESIGN, BY THE WAY? THIS WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED DESIGN, IT'S ALREADY STARTED, UH, JUST AS WE LOOKED AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE, WE STARTED HITTING SOME OF THESE, UM, THESE BARRIERS AND CON AND CONSTRAINTS.

UM, BUT WE'LL BE PAUSING DESIGN AS WE, AND A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF DESIGN DECISIONS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, KIND OF FIXTURE ELEMENTS AND, AND ARTWORK AND PLACEMAKING BRANDING ELEMENTS, UH, WOULD BE AS WE, ONCE WE PICK UP DESIGN, UM, AFTER THE FUNDING'S FINALIZED.

THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS.

OF TIE UP WIDER SECTIONS.

UH, DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I GET ALL THIS AND TO SUPPORT WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID.

I WOULD LOVE TO, EXCUSE ME.

I DEFINITELY THINK THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT AS IT SOUNDS, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID.

SO I ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE IN THE FUTURE.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OTHER TWO, JUST BECAUSE I'M STRUGGLING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND OR I GUESS SEE IT.

I'M TRYING TO SEE IT IN MY MIND AND I'M JUST STRUGGLING TO DO, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

DO YOU MIND GOING BACK A COUPLE TO THE, UH, WE, I GUESS THE ARAPAHOE CROSSING, UH, OKAY.

FOR THIS ONE.

SO THE BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER 75 HERE, WILL IT BE, YOU SAID IT'S GONNA BE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, SO WE'RE DOING A TWO IN ONE WITH, IS THIS CORRECT? KINDA LIKE WHAT WE DID UP GREENVILLE, WHERE WE HAVE, SO THIS MAY HELP BE HELPFUL.

KINDA THE TOP PICTURE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, RIGHT? SO YOU SEE KIND OF TWO TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.

YOU SEE IT'S, IT'S ABOUT A THREE FOOT SIDEWALK OR SO ON THERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND SO THE GRAPHIC BELOW IS REALLY THE PROPOSED CROSS SECTION WHERE WE LOOK AT TAKING THAT DOWN TO ONE LANE, UM, IN EACH DIRECTION ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

IT'LL, IT KIND OF FLARES OUT AT EITHER END, UM, TO, AS WE KIND

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UM, BUT THEN YEAH, WE'LL HAVE A BIKE LANE WITH THE UPPER PROTECTED BIKE LANE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MATERIAL IS TO REALLY SEPARATE IT STILL.

UM, BECAUSE YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF THE WEIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU THINK GREENVILLE, WHERE WE PUT CONCRETE SEPARATORS ON THERE, RIGHT? UH, THOSE, THOSE ALSO WEIGH A LOT.

AND SO LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BRIDGE AND MAKING SURE, AND SO LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT'S THE BEST KIND OF SEPARATION FOR IT, UM, BUT THEN ALSO WIDENING THE SIDEWALK.

AND WILL THAT BE SIMILAR TO ARAPAHOE? DO WE HAVE A SIMILAR GRAPHIC THAT I, SO ARAPAHOE, THIS ONE SHOWS IT A LITTLE BIT.

UH, THIS IS KIND OF THE UNDERPASS.

AND SO, AND, AND THIS MAY HELP, THIS IS A GOOD COMPARISON TO THE BELT LINE ONE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT MIDDLE PICTURE THERE.

YOU CAN SEE ARAPAHOE HAS A VERTICAL WALL ALREADY.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ROOM TO MOVE THE U-TURN LANE, UH, WHICH HELPS US.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE THINGS WITH OUR COORDINATION WITH TXDOT, THIS IS A MUCH EASIER PROJECT TO ADVANCE WITH THEM, UH, THAT THIS IS KIND OF A PERMIT PROCESS VERSUS TDOT LEADING THE PROJECT.

UM, AND SO ALLOWS US TO, UM, BECAUSE THE CROSS SECTION UNDER THERE TODAY IS VERY SIMILAR BELT LINE AS FAR AS THE PEDESTRIAN ELEMENT, UM, BUT ALLOWS US TO NOT REALLY BE CONSTRAINED AND BE ABLE TO SHIFT THE U-TURN LANE, UM, AND CREATE A WIDER TRAIL SECTION WITH THAT KIND OF PHYSICAL SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TRAIL AND THE VEHICLES, UM, AND ADDING THE, THE LIGHTING ELEMENT AS WELL.

AND THESE ARE ALL ELEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF YOUR CURRENT MASTER PLAN THAT YOU'RE INCORPORATING INTO THESE PROJECTS? OR DID WE CREATE TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN FOR? UM, SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL, THIS ONE HASN'T STARTED DESIGN YET.

THAT ONE.

THE, THE ARAPAHO ONE, THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS HAVE STARTED DESIGN IN SOME PHASE.

UM, ARAPAHO IS THE ONE STILL, UM, ABOUT TO START DESIGN NOW WHEN IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH TDOT.

OH, DO WE DO THAT? IS THAT A WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THERE OR WHAT'S THE KIND OF THE RELATIONSHIP? I KNOW.

SO THE, THE TDOT FUNDING ELEMENT, UM, IT'S UNDER THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, AND SO WE SUB THE CITY SUBMITS, UH, REQUESTS AND A LOT OF IT'S, IT'S BASED ON SAFETY OBVIOUSLY, UM, AS A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, BUT TEXT OUT EVALUATES IT AND UM, WE SUBMITTED IT UNDER KIND OF AN A DA, SO CURB RAMPS AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

UM, AND SO YEAH, THEY'RE UPGRADING ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF, UH, LET'S, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, UM, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TEXT DOTS ABOUT A $1.1 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO REPLACE ALL THE SIGNAL EQUIPMENT WHERE WE, THE CITY ARE NOT PAYING FOR THAT.

UM, AND TEXT DOTS ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASKING ALL, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF HOW THEY'RE BEING DESIGNED ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT? THEY ALL FURTHER THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN GOALS, RIGHT? AND, AND MISSION OF THAT ABSOLUTE THAT PLAN? IS THAT, IS THAT MORE NO, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

IT FURTHERS THE PLAN.

NO, I WAS JUST KINDA CURIOUS LIKE WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS LIKE.

ARE WE DOING IT, IS IT SOMETHING THAT TEXT DOT JUST THROWS TO US AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT HAS TO BE? I WAS JUST KIND CURIOUS HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL DESIGN.

YEAH, YEAH.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON, YEAH, BECAUSE, AND THE REASON I ASKED IS MY NEXT QUESTION WAS GONNA BE, I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT RIGHT BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WAS RIGHT AFTER THIS COUNCIL WAS SEATED, WAS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FUNDING AND KIND OF, I KNOW WE HAD SOME TALKS ABOUT, UM, WHERE SOME OF THAT FUNDING WAS GONNA COME TO COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND, UM, I KNOW I SPECIFICALLY HAD ASKED ABOUT LIKE, WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE IF THERE WAS GONNA BE, UM, PUBLIC INPUT.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION MM-HMM .

WHAT IS, IS THERE ANY PLANS FOR PUBLIC INPUT? DID WE GO TO BPAC FOR ANY OF THIS? DID WE HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIPS? BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST TIME, MY, MY IMPRESSION WAS, AND SOMEBODY CALLED ME THIS AFTERNOON AND REMINDED ME THAT I HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION WAS, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, NOW WE HAVE BPAC AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS AWESOME TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU, YOU, UH, ARE FURTHERING THAT, BUT ARE THERE GONNA BE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION WHEN IT COMES, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE BPAC AND SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS? YEAH, DEFINITELY.

WE, WE, WE DID.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE DID TALK ABOUT ALLOWING FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE, UM, UM, UP FOR DISCUSSION.

I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE QUESTION.

I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE, , BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS TXDOT TERRITORY AND THEY GET TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET TO MAKE THE RULES.

AND SO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INPUT WOULD BE AROUND MORE THINGS LIKE, UH, PROBABLY THE LIGHTING, THE AESTHETICS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT, UM, A LOT OF THE DESIGN CRITERIA IS GONNA BE DRIVEN BY, BY TXDOT AND THEIR, THEIR OWN REGULATIONS.

SHOULD TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, TO GET THAT PUBLIC INVOLVED.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY OPTIONS MM-HMM .

BECAUSE I KNOW COUNTY MONEY'S INVOLVED, STATE MONEY'S INVOLVED.

UH, BUT REITERATE, ANYTIME WE GET A CHANCE TO GET THAT PUBLIC INPUT OR INVOLVE THEM, UH, OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH BPAC OR THROUGH OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS OR LIKE WE'VE DONE IN SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WHERE WE TRY TO HOLD SOMETHING, UM, WE

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UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BIKE LANE, WHICH I KNOW AND, AND CROSSINGS, WHICH I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH INTEREST IN THESE PROJECTS IN BIKE LANES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE THERE, THERE'S SO, UM, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UH, ALLOW THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WELL, THANK YOU DANIEL, FOR, FOR YOUR, UH, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF THESE PROJECTS ALSO THOROUGHLY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, YEAH.

THIS IS TEXT PROJECT AND THIS IS THERE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE CITY REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

EVEN YOU CANNOT PUT A WATER LINE OR SEWER LINE IF YOU WANT TO.

UH, YOU HAVE TO GO AND GET THEIR PERMISSION.

SO, AND THE, IN ALL THE GEOMETRY AND ALL THESE THINGS, THEY HAVE THEIR STANDARD.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE BECAUSE IT ALL INVOLVES WITH THE TRAFFIC, UH, SPEED, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE LENGTH WEIGHT, AND IT IS A COMBINATION OF LOTS OF FACTOR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH, UH, CONTROL ABOUT THAT.

BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK, UH, IF THE SIDEWALK IS ALONG, EVEN ANY RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT WE HAVE INSIDE, IF THE SIDEWALK IS THREE FEET FROM THE CAR, TYPICALLY THOSE ARE FOUR FEET.

BUT IF FOR SOME REASON I DON'T SEE THAT'S HAPPEN IN RICHARD AND MARS, BUT I SEE THAT MANY OTHER PLACE, IF THE SIDEWALK YOU HAVE TO PUT JUST NEXT TO THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, THOSE SIDEWALK TYPICALLY BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY, EVEN INTERNAL ROAD, THOSE SIDEWALKS BETWEEN SIX TO SEVEN FEET, WHITE, OTHER CITIES, THEY DO THAT.

THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

OF COURSE, I THINK TEXT DOT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY DO DIFFERENTLY TODAY THAN THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

THIS IS, I SEE ONLY FOUR FEET.

THIS IS BY DOMAIN OF ANY STANDARD.

UH, PROBABLY THEY FOLLOW MUCH WIDER NOW, NOW THE BILL DEADLINE THAT THE SLOPE THING THAT TO MAKE IT VERTICAL, IF YOU SAY WE HAVE THE FUNDING, SO IF WE MAKE THAT VERTICAL, WOULD THAT SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE COULD HAVE WIDER? CORRECT.

SO WORKING WITH TDOT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE BEGAN DESIGN, WE HAD A DESIGN CONSULTANT ON BOARD WHO WAS ABLE TO, TO REALLY RUN SOME DESIGNS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKED.

UM, AND KIND OF HOW FAR BACK WE NEED TO MOVE THE, THAT, THAT WALL, UM, THAT, YEAH, WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO MOVE THAT BACK, UM, REACH SOME DIMENSIONS THAT FITS TDOT'S LATEST CRITERIA, DESIGN CRITERIA, UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE, THE WIDER SIDEWALK WIDTH AND THAT PHYSICAL SEPARATION, UM, FOR PEDESTRIANS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.

THAT'S GREAT.

I MEAN, FOR THIS CASE, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTION.

WE HAVE TO GET THE FUNDING.

I WOULD NOT LOOK FOR ALTERNATE SOLUTION.

THE OTHER SOLUTION I SEE THAT IS LIKE MAKING THE 75 UNDERGROUND THERE, MAKE THE TOP ALL WIDE OPEN BETWEEN BILL LINE AND .

BUT OTHER THAN, UH, FOR THE SHORT TERM WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE HAPPY WITH THE FUNDING AND GET THAT SIDEWALK FIXED AND MAKE THESE TWO SIDE CONNECTED, UH, WHAT WE HAVE BETTER TODAY.

SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO PUSH FOR THE FUNDING AND, UH, AND TARGET TECH DOT, I THINK THEY SHOULD COME WITH THE FUNDING.

WE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS.

IF IT COMES, GREAT, IF TECH DOT CAN BRING THAT, THAT'S GREAT, BUT TECH DOT SHOULD COME AND DO THIS THING, UH, THIS PROJECT, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

NO, THANK YOU.

KIND OF A PROJECT FUNDING SENSE TO APPLY, UM, LETTING THEM SEE THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

MR. HUTCHEN RUDDER, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

SO WE HAVE A FEEL FOR THIS.

WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST TO GO FROM A, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY, THAT SLOPE TO FLAT FLAT OR, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EXACT WORDS TO USE ON THAT.

UH, SO WE HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR THAT? SO OUR ESTIMATE FOR REALLY MODIFYING THE WALLS AS WELL AS SHIFTING THE U-TURN LANES, AND THAT'S DOING IT BOTH ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, IS ABOUT $4.4 MILLION IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AND, AND SOME OF THAT IN INCLUDES DESIGN IN THERE AS WELL AS, UM, SOME INFLATION.

BECAUSE YEAH, IF WE GO AFTER, AFTER FUNDING, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUILDING IT TOMORROW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING IT IN TWO TO THREE YEARS.

AND SO YEAH, THE ESTIMATE FOR, FOR MOVING THE WALLS, SHIFTING THE U-TURN LANES, UM, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 4.4 MILLION.

SO IS OUR GOAL TO GO FOR THE FULL 4.4 FROM TDOT, OR I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AS A PART OF THIS.

SO FROM TDOT, WE WOULD, WE'D BE INCORPORATING THE WHOLE PROJECT TOGETHER, SO NOT JUST THE WALLS OR NOT JUST THE U-TURN LANE.

UM, AND SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, WITH TDOT'S CALL FOR PROJECT HAS A MINIMUM SIZE, AND SO THEY HAVE A MINIMUM $6.25 MILLION PROJECT OKAY.

TO EVEN APPLY.

UM, AND, AND SOME OF IT'S ALSO TO, FROM A

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UM, AND SO BY BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT THE WHOLE PROJECT, THEY GET TO SEE ALL THE CONNECTIONS WE'RE MAKING, ALL THE KIND OF DEMANDS WITH BELT AND MAINE, WITH LOCKWOOD, WITH THE HEIGHT SHOPPING CENTER, UM, ALL OF THOSE, ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS WE CAN MAKE ALL TOGETHER AT ONCE.

AND SO IT KIND OF CREATES A BIG PICTURE, UM, THAT'S, UH, A LITTLE EASIER TO SELL, UH, TO AN AGENCY LIKE TXDOT.

SO DANIEL, IF, IF, IF WE SUBMIT THAT PROJECT TO TXDOT AND WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, WHAT IS THE DELTA TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT FOR THE CITY VERSUS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUDGETED? UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'D BE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDING THE 4.4 MILLION.

UM, WE HAVE TO TAKE IN INFLATION FOR KIND OF THE, THE OTHER ELEMENTS, UH, THAT WE END UP PAYING FOR, FOR LESS SINCE WE'RE ONLY DO A 20% MATCH.

UM, BUT WE END UP, WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW ABOUT A $1 MILLION DELTA THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, UM, ON TOP OF EXISTING FUNDING.

SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR SHARE, KEN, WE WOULD, AND THE PROJECT WOULD GROW SIGNIFICANTLY.

ALL THE COMPONENTS IN IT, WE GET THE 80%, BUT WE STILL ARE LOOKING FOR ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS MORE TO FACILITATE THAT.

SO WE GO FROM 1.75 UP TO 2.75.

IS THAT, WHAT, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? CORRECT.

ALRIGHT, DANIEL, GREAT PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM .

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT COST IS REAL SO TO SPEAK, SO, OKAY.

GREAT.

THANKS.

THANK YOU FOR UPDATING US.

AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS.

[8. RECEIVE THE JANUARY 8, 2025, SIGN CONTROL BOARD MINUTES AND CONSIDER FINAL APPROVAL OF SCB CASE #25-01, FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF RICHARDSON.]

BRINGS US TO ITEM EIGHT.

UNDER ACTION ITEMS RECEIVE THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 SIGN CONTROL BOARD MINUTES, AND CONSIDER FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD CASE NUMBER 25 DASH OH ONE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF RICHARDSON, MR. MAGNER.

THANKS, MAYOR.

JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, WITH YOUR SIGN CONTROL BOARD CASES, IF YOU ACCEPT THE MINUTES, UH, HERE TODAY, UH, THEN THAT CONFIRMS THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD'S ACTION.

IF FOR SOME REASON YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS CASE UP, WE WOULD SET IT FOR A FUTURE DATE AND, UH, THEN INVITE THE APPLICANT TO ATTEND AS WELL.

SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO THE CHARLES DEBRIEF.

UH, THANK YOU MR. MAGNER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, SO, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF OF THIS CASE.

THIS IS, UH, A PROPERTY AERIAL SHOWING, UM, THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, UH, AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN THE PROPOSED SIGN THAT'S SUBJECT TO THIS REQUEST JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING SIGN.

UM, THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENT TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU CONSIDER, UM, THESE MINUTES IS FROM CHAPTER 18, WHICH LIMITS THE HEIGHT OF A POLE SIGN, UH, IN THIS AREA TO 20 FEET IN HEIGHT.

UH, AND IZED METHODIST CHURCH, UH, IS REQUESTING A 25 FOOT TALL, UH, POLE SIGN.

AND THE REASON, UH, FOR DOING SO, PRIMARILY IS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A WATERLINE EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND WE REQUIRE AN 18 FOOT CLEARANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ACCESS THAT WE NEED, UH, TO GET IN AND DIG UP THAT WATER LINE AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, IN THAT EASEMENT.

UH, AND SO THEY, UM, SINCE THE SIGN ENCROACHES INTO THE EASEMENT BY ABOUT FOUR FEET, THEY WANT TO KIND OF RAISE THE SIGN UP, UH, BY FIVE FEET JUST TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS OUR, OUR CLEARANCE, UH, LIMITS.

UH, FOR CONTEXT, THIS IS THE, UH, EXISTING SIGN.

IT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD.

UH, IT'S A MONUMENT SIGN AND IT WILL BE REMOVED, UH, IF, UH, THIS SIGN IS, IS APPROVED.

AND THEN THE PROPOSED SIGN, UH, IS, UH, HERE IS IS THE POLE SIGN.

UH, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN THE 25 FEET, UH, IN HEIGHT, UH, PROVIDES THAT 18 FOOT CLEARANCE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PART OF THE, THE SIGN THAT STICKS OUT.

AND THEN THERE'S, UH, THE SIGN ITSELF IS ABOUT, UH, SEVEN FEET TALL, HAVING THE, THE TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THAT SIGN FOR A TOTAL OF, OF 25 FEET.

ALL OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE SIGN COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 18.

UH, AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU, UH, ON THE SITE PLAN THAT THERE, THAT RED HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS, UH, WHERE THE, UH, UTILITY, UH, EASEMENT IS.

AND THEN THAT LITTLE BLUE BOX IN THE MIDDLE IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THE SIGN.

UH, THOSE ARE TWO PHOTOS LOOKING FROM THE NORTH, LOOKING SOUTH ON THE TOP, AND THEN FROM THE SOUTH LOOKING NORTH, UH, ON, UH, ON THE BOTTOM THERE.

AND IT WOULD GO, UH, BEHIND THE SIDEWALK ABOUT WHERE THAT CREPE MURDER IS.

UH, IF THOSE CREPE MOTORS ARE REMOVED, UH, THEY WILL BE MITIGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, THE TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE COUNCIL, UH, PASSED LAST YEAR, AND SO THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD, UH, APPROVED, UH, THIS, UH, BY A VOTE OF FIVE.

OH, AND AS, UH, MR. MAGNER MENTIONED, UM, YOU CAN EITHER APPROVE, UH, THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED OR YOU CAN CALL THE CASE UP FOR FULL CONSIDERATION, UH, AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHARLES? MR. RO? MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SCB CASE NUMBER 25 DASH OH ONE AS PRESENTED.

DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THESE LIGHTS? NO, MY LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE OF THE SAME REASON THAT IF THERE'S NO QUESTION YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD THEN.

MR. UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 SIGN CONTROL BOARD, MINUTES AND

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I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND, MR. CHU.

I WOULD SECOND IT GOT A MOTION.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CHARLES.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

HANDS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION, MR. DORIAN? YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS NOTED, MS. JUSTICE SECOND.

GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR RAISE.

ALL RIGHTY.

ITEM

[10. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

NUMBER 10, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

MR. DORIAN .

I, UH, FAILED TO MENTION, UH, BACK ON JANUARY FOUR, UM, THE MAYOR AND I I STOOD IN AND PROVIDED, WE PROVIDED A PROCLAMATION FOR, UH, FOR, UH, FIDEL S UH, SIEVERSON.

SHE, UH, WAS A RESIDENT FOR 60 YEARS OF RICHARDSON AND ALSO, UH, SPENT 50 YEARS OF HER LIFE, UH, WITH THE CORRAL, UH, THE CHORUS.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ANNOUNCED.

UH, UH, THE FUNERAL WAS ON JANUARY 4TH AND, UH, THEY WERE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROCLAMATION AND, AND SEND THEIR REGARDS AND, AND THANKS TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

SO JUST WANTED THANK YOU TO BRING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE.

UH, SATURDAY WE HAD, UH, THE COMMUNITY KICKOFF WITH THE HEALTHIER TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE.

WE HAD A WALK AROUND, UH, HUFFINES.

UM, IT WAS GREAT.

THERE WERE, WE HAD MS. RICHARDSON AND WE HAD, UH, GREAT DOOR PRIZES AND ASHLEY WAKEFIELD DID AN AWESOME JOB OF, UH, GETTING THAT EVENT TOGETHER AND, UM, COUNCIL LED THE WAY FOR ABOUT A MIL MILE AND A HALF WALK THAT WE HAD.

AND SO JUST A REMINDER TO LOG ALL OF YOUR POINTS, UH, WORK OUT, LOG YOUR WATER, EAT HEALTHY.

WE HAD A VERY HEALTHY DINNER AT COUNCIL TONIGHT.

UH, EAT YOUR VEGETABLES, ALL THAT FUN STUFF, BUT HELP US WIN THE CHALLENGE.

LAST TIME I LOOKED, I THINK WE WERE IN FIFTH PLACE, SIXTH PLACE FIFTH.

SO, UM, WE'RE CLOSE.

WE CAN PICK UP FOURTH IF YOU LOG YOUR POINTS.

SO DON'T FORGET NUMBER ONE ON THE FINISH LINE.

HMM.

NUMBER ONE ON THE FINISH LINE.

I WASN'T ACTUALLY NUMBER ONE.

THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS WALKING THEIR DOG THAT RAN THE WHOLE WAY.

SO WE HAVE TO GIVE HER CREDIT.

UM, BUT OTHERWISE FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, ONLY BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER DIDN'T WANT TO BE .

MR. HUDGIN RIDER.

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK COUNCILMAN DORIAN AND MYSELF, WE LED LIKE NINE TENTHS LAST 50 FEET.

JUST SAYING IT'S ALL ABOUT STRATEGY, ALL ABOUT STRATEGY, ALL ABOUT STRATEGY.

WELL, AFTER WE DID THAT, THEN WE WENT AND DID THE PROBABLY UNHEALTHY THING THOUGH.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

WE HAD A, A WONDERFUL ROBERT BURNS NIGHT BENEFITING THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND, UM, MA MAESTRO CLAY AND LORI GARVEY AND THE WHOLE TEAM PUTTING IT TOGETHER JUST DID A, DID AN AMAZING JOB.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

AND THEN ON, UM, THE 21ST, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR, UM, HOA PRESIDENT'S MEETING.

AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL SAID IT ONCE, AND I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

I THINK AN ABSOLUTE SECRET SAUCE AS OF OUR CITY IS OUR HOAS AND OUR HO A PRESIDENTS COMING TOGETHER ON A, ON A BASICALLY MONTHLY BASIS TO RECEIVE UPDATES THAT THEY CAN THEN TAKE OUT TO THEIR CITIZENS.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK DON AND HIS STAFF AGAIN FOR PUTTING THOSE ON.

IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, I KNOW IT'S, IT TAKES EFFORT AND UH, I THINK LINDSAY TERM'S VERY INVOLVED AS WELL.

AND SO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT AS WELL.

UM, AND SO, UM, PLEASE KEEP IT UP.

I THINK IT'S OUR, I THINK IT'S OUR SECRET SAUCE.

THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS.

MAKE IT TWO, BUT IT'S 1.8 AND I WAS DEFINITELY NOT THE FIRST ONE, BUT I WAS, YOU KNOW, MS. RICHARDSON AND HER MOM WAS WALKING, SO I DID NOT REALLY WANTED TO CROSS THEM AND I JUST STAYED WITH THEM AND UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL WORK BY THE WAY.

UM, LAST SATURDAY, UH, IN THE AFTERNOON, MAYOR PROTON SHAEL AND I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THE, UH, LOCAL GOOD GOOD PANTRY OVER ON SHERMAN, JUST NORTH OF SPRING VALLEY HERE IN PLACE THREE.

AND, UM, IT WAS THEIR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

THIS IS A FOOD PANTRY.

THEY'RE OPEN THREE DAYS A WEEK AND THEY SERVE APPROXIMATELY 850 PEOPLE, UM, A DAY THAT THEY ARE OPEN.

UM, IT'S TIED TO A CHURCH IN PLANO, BUT THEY OPENED A YEAR AGO AND THEY, THEY'RE DOING AMAZING WORK AND THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM AS THEY UNVEILED THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL INSIDE AND TO HEAR THE, THE GREAT THINGS THEY'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR.

SO, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GOOD PEOPLE DOING GREAT THINGS IN RICHARDSON.

AND UH, IF ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING IS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, THEY WILL COULD ALWAYS USE VOLUNTEERS.

THEY USE APPROXIMATELY 40 VOLUNTEERS A DAY.

THEY'RE OPEN AND ALWAYS COULD USE AN EXTRA HAND.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

WELL, UH, ABSOLUTELY THE SATURDAY WAS WONDERFUL.

DAY TEMPERATURE WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE CHILLY, BUT THE DAY WAS VERY BRIGHT AND TO BE EXACT, THE WALK WAS 1.8 MIL, EIGHT MILD TWO BY THE TIME YOU WALK AROUND.

SO YEAH, IF YOU TRY TO CHANGE, YOU CAN ALWAYS

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BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE NAME OF THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT LOCAL.

IT'S A FOOD PANTRY LOCAL.

SO THE NAME IS LOCAL FOOD PANTRY AND THEY SERVED ALMOST 14,000 INDIVIDUAL.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT.

AND THEY JUST STARTED IN ONE YEAR AND I THINK THEY NEED LOTS OF HELP AND THEY'RE OVERWHELMED VOLUNTEERS AND, AND THEY ONLY DO THE FOOD AND OTHER SERVE, SERVE, YOU KNOW, GOOD THE INDIVIDUAL NEED.

AND THERE ARE LIKE ABOUT 300 HOMELESS.

THEY WALK TO THAT PLACE TO GET HELP.

SO, UH, THEY ARE REALLY DOING THEIR BEST.

I THINK WE, WE JUST NEED TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ON OUR AGENDA IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 5, 1 0.0 8, 7 1, AND TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BELTLINE ROAD, US 75 AND NORTH GREENVILLE AVENUE AND WOODALL DRIVE AREAS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNSEL.

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THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 7 31.

THIS RECONVENED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7 41.