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[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
EVENING EVERYBODY.IT IS SIX 30 AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 14TH.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL GO
[2. Citizen Comments on the Consent Agenda Items. This item allows citizens to speak on any item listed on the Consent Agenda prior to its consideration. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the beginning of this item.]
RIGHT TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THIS.
[3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION REQUESTS REGARDING CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED BY THE COUNCIL? CHRIS? UH, JUST BRIEFLY.
FOUR C, FOUR D, FOUR E, FOUR F.
THEY WERE ALL BUDGET ITEMS AS WE PUT THOSE IN CONSENT.
UM, IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THEY WERE ALL ON BUDGET AS EXPECTED? YES.
IF THEY WERE OUT OF BUDGET, WE WOULD NEED A BUDGET AMENDMENT SO WE WOULD COME BACK.
MY QUESTION IS, WHEN AS I WENT THROUGH THOSE, DID WE GET MULTIPLE BIDS ON EACH ONE OF THOSE? 'CAUSE THE, LEMME THINK THE ONE WITH THE PA SYSTEM STOOD OUT TO ME AS BEING RATHER HIGH.
I, I JUST THINK THAT'S A LOT FOR PA SYSTEM, BUT DID WE GET OTHER BIDS ON THAT? YES, WE DID THAT ONE BEFORE.
THE TIPS, WASN'T IT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT TIPS? UM, WE GOT ABOUT, I THINK EIGHT DIFFERENT BEDS.
IS, IS ASKING ABOUT THE RFP, THE BID PROCESS.
WE, UH, THIS SYSTEM WE WENT USE THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE, THE TIPS THEY CALL IT.
AND AS PART OF PROCESS IS THAT THIS ENTITY, THEY RELEASE RFP AND THEY SELECT THE VENDOR AND THEY PROVIDE THOSE VENDORS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT YOU COULD KIND OF, UM, BYPASS THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH WHEN WE WENT USING THEM, WE GOT THREE MORE, UH, BIDS FROM THREE, THREE OTHER VENDOR AND THEY WERE THE LOWEST BED.
WERE THEY ALL IN THIS? 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING, THEY ARE NOT, SINCE WE USED THAT, UH, TIPS WE DID NOT INCLUDE.
UM, DO YOU REMEMBER THE OTHER BIDS? YES.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE FOR PA SYSTEM.
THAT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON, UH, A CI CABLING AND DATA MARK AND THE REGION 90.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE THE LOWEST AMONG THOSE THREE.
WHAT WAS THE NEXT BID? NEXT BID WAS $82,000.
AND THE NEXT ONE? I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT SEEMED HIGH.
IF WE GOT OTHER BIDS AND WE ARE UNDER BUDGET BECAUSE WE BUDGETED $80,000 FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? HOWARD, WERE YOU, WERE YOU FINISHED? YEAH.
YEAH, I JUST, I JUST, I'M GLAD WE GOT OTHER BIDS.
UH, IF NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE'LL UH, GO INTO ITEM THREE A COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SO THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL SENDS TO STAFF REGARDING, UH, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THOSE AND THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ENTERED, PREPARED, PUT INTO A DOCUMENT THAT ARE SENT OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THAT DOCUMENT IS ALSO UPLOADED TO OUR WEBSITE.
SO ANYBODY THAT, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE PUBLIC IS THE, THOSE, THOSE, UH, THAT DOCUMENT IS, UH, IS, IS BURIED WITH, IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, YOU'LL FIND THAT LINK THERE AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT.
SO YOU'LL GET, YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GETTING.
[a. Present and discuss the format of the Town's two annual Town Meetings.]
NUMBER FOUR, WORK SESSION REPORTS.FOUR A PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE FORMAT OF THE TOWN'S TWO ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS.
MARY ROSELY, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND TOURISM.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TOWN MEETING FORMAT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, ADDISON HOSTS TWO TOWN MEETINGS PER YEAR, TYPICALLY IN APRIL AND OCTOBER.
UH, RECORDED TOWN MEETINGS THAT I COULD FIND, UM, DATE BACK TO APRIL OF 2009.
OUR NEXT TOWN MEETING IS SCHEDULED
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FOR APRIL 1ST.UM, AND IT'LL BE HELD AT THE RENAISSANCE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING HERE, UH, AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
OUR CURRENT MEETING FORMAT IS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAKS FOR ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES.
TOPICS FOR THE LAST TWO MEETINGS HAVE FOCUSED ON STRATEGIC PLAN, KEY FOCUS AREAS, UH, WITH THE INTEGRATION OF VIDEO UPDATES THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY ADDING, UM, THE MEETING DURATIONS OF INCREASED, UM, AND POTENTIALLY AFFECTING ATTENDEE ATTENDANCE.
SO, UM, WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE OCTOBER MEETING.
UM, THE, WE HEARD THAT THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF THE EVENING RAN LONG.
UM, THE MATERIAL AND THE VIDEOS WERE REPETITIVE.
THE QUESTION AND ANSWER WAS INFORMATIVE AND THE STATIONS PRIOR TO THE MEETING WERE VERY WELL RECEIVED.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES TO FIND OUT HOW THEY DO THEIR STATE OF THE CITY.
MOST PEOPLE JUST DO ONE STATE OF THE CITY.
UM, AND ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM THE MAYOR PRESENTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE A VIDEO FOLLOWED BY Q AND A, SO NO REAL PRESENTATIONS.
UM, AND THEN ON SOME WE'VE GOT PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE GOT GRAPEVINE THAT DOESN'T DO ONE.
THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THESE TOWN MEETINGS.
THEY DON'T DO A STATE OF THE UNION.
UM, SOME OF THESE ARE HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, A FAIR NUMBER.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF 'EM ARE HOSTED BY THE CITY AND A COUPLE OF 'EM ARE PANEL DISCUSSIONS.
UM, TWO, THE TWO THAT, THAT I FOUND THAT WERE PANEL DISCUSSIONS ALSO HAVE TO BE HOSTED BY, UM, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
I ALSO DID ON OUR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS, WE'VE GOT A FACEBOOK GROUP.
I PUT UP A QUICK POLL, FIND OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES ARE DOING.
UM, AND ON THOSE YOU'VE GOT A 9% WHERE THE CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY DOES PRESENTATIONS.
UM, THE MAJORITY, ALMOST 70%, UM, THAT THE MAYOR PRESENTS, UM, THAT THERE WAS, IT SAYS 1% ON THE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT, UH, PRESENT.
UM, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A ZERO NUMBER.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOGLE DOES THEIR, UM, UH, OR FACEBOOK DOES THEIR POLLS.
UM, 4% VIDEO WITH Q AND A AND THEN OTHER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE OTHERS, UM, THAT I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING WERE THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER CO-PRESENT.
UM, PRINCETON ACTUALLY DID A STATE FAIR THEMED EVENT THIS YEAR WHERE THEY HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY THE MAYOR, FOLLOWED BY FOUNDING GAMES.
THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD A THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THAT EVENT, UM, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
AND THEN ROUND ROCK ACTUALLY HAS A LOCAL REPORTER WHO INTERVIEWS THE MAYOR.
SO KIND OF A, A TWIST ON THE PANEL STYLE.
SO WE, BASED ON THAT, WE THOUGHT A POSSIBLE FORMAT THAT WE COULD CONSIDER.
I WOULD LOVE YOUR TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON, UM, IS A PRESENTATION BY EITHER THE CITY MANAGER OR THE MAYOR, HEAVY USE OF VIDEOS.
WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT THE VIDEOS.
UM, AS PART OF THOSE VIDEOS PROVIDED ON-CAMERA OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, A PRESENTATION WOULD BE MUCH SHORTER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.
WE FOLLOW UP BY Q AND A, SO WE'VE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER.
WE WOULD EXTEND THE PRE-MEETING FROM 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR AND REALLY PROMOTE THAT MORE, UM, THAT WE'LL HAVE DIRECTORS AND, UM, OUR SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT LILACS POND, BRING 'EM TO US, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECT UPDATES AND JUST REALLY PROMOTE THAT PIECE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST.
AND THEN TO KIND OF GAMIFY THAT ENGAGEMENT, SO TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
SO, UM, MAYBE IT'S HAVING PEOPLE GET STAMPS AT DIFFERENT BOOTHS AND AT THE END, UM, THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A, A PRIZE THAT WE PULL AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
SO JUST A WAY TO REALLY KIND OF ENCOURAGE MORE ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION, UM, WITHIN THE GROUP.
AND I WANTED TO CHECK WITH YOU AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE FORMATS FOR THE TOWN MEETINGS.
AND IF SO, WHAT'S YOUR VISION IS FOR THANK YOU, BARRY.
ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, BAR? I'VE GOT A COUPLE THOUGHTS AND A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS.
CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN? OKAY.
UM, THE THOUGHTS I'M GONNA SHARE FIRST ARE, UM, THAT WHEN COVID HIT US, IT REALLY CRUSHED OUR, OUR OUR TOWN MEETING.
I THINK WE PAUSED THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT AND IT JUST, IT IS TAKEN US TIME TO RAMP UP ATTENDANCE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE, ARE COMING BACK AND STARTING TO ATTEND.
SO I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH THAT TRAJECTORY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS, IN MY MIND, WE'VE ALWAYS GOTTA BE COGNIZANT.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION PRIDE BALLS AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO DO AND GO AND SEE.
AND, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS ON
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MARCH, MAD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OR THE ONE YEAR WE JUST VERY UNFORTUNATE WITH THE, THE TEXAS RANGERS MADE THE WORLD SERIES AND WE WERE COMPETING, WE'RE COMPETING.WE CAN'T COMPETE, WE CAN'T BE COMPETING WITH THESE GAMES.
OKAY? SO, SO WHEN I LOOK AT APRIL 1ST, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT, A GREAT DATE, BUT I MEAN, IN THE FUTURE WE ALWAYS, IN MY MIND BETTER BE COGNIZANT WHO WE'RE COMPETING WITH AND NOT, NOT SCHEDULE, UM, DURING A MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, EVENT, WHETHER THAT BE SPORTING OR OTHERWISE.
THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD THING I'M GONNA SHARE IS, UM, SINCE MY INVOLVEMENT, UH, ON THE KEEPING UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS BASICALLY 2016 TO NOW, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MADE INCREDIBLE PROGRESS ON THE VIDEOS AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE USED, HOW WE USED TO DO IT BEFORE THAT TIME PERIOD TO NOW IS JUST NIGHT AND DAY.
AND, AND IT'S, AND THE VIDEOS ARE GREAT AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLY INFORMATIONAL.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS I WANTED TO SHARE.
BUT GOING BACK TO THIS, I, I LIKE THIS.
UM, I WOULD MODIFY IT SLIGHTLY WITH THE FIRST BULLET POINT.
I WOULD JUST KIND OF KEEP IT, UM, PRESENTATION OR INTRODUCTORY OR OPENING BY, BY JUST THE MAYOR.
LIKE THE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UM, OPEN UP THE MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND THEN, UM, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T, DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO BE ON CAMERA FOR A CAMEO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, UM, TO OUR CITIZENS.
I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.
UM, AND THEN ON THE Q AND A, I WOULD JUST SAY I, I LOVE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR AND, AND THE TAG TEAM THERE.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY GOT IN PLACE, OBVIOUSLY DAVID CAN ANSWER THOSE.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT, THAT THERE ARE MERE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO BOTH OF 'EM NEED TO, NEED TO BE UP THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.
ARE THERE, UH, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS US? WELL, MARY, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR THOUGHT ON THE PRE-MEETING ACTIVITY MEAN? WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE TAKING QUESTIONS AND WE COULD ACT ABSOLUTELY.
HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS BE A PART OF THAT? UM, I THINK OUR DEPARTMENTS REALLY SHOWED UP THIS TIME, WHICH WAS GREAT.
I THINK PEOPLE GOT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
SO WE REALLY WANNA PUSH THAT MORE, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN FOCUS ON, UM, SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO MAKING SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS READY TO TALK ABOUT THE STREETS, PROJECTS, AND PARKS IS READY TO TALK ABOUT THE LAY LOCKS PALM PROJECT.
SO TO REALLY PROMOTE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE THERE AND BE AVAILABLE, UM, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY THOUGHT IS, AND THIS IS GONNA SOUND VERY, VERY POLITICAL, BUT IT'S REALLY EASY FOR SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET LOST IN ALL OF THIS.
UM, NOW IF YOU HAVE A DEMANDING JOB, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GO TO ALL THE EVENTS AND IT HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN THAT ENDS UP IN THE NEWSLETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WORKING REALLY HARD, YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF TIME IN.
BUT, UM, IT COULD GET OVERLOOKED.
SO IF THERE WAS AT LEAST NOT TOO PER COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT IS PART OF THE PRE-MEETING TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TODAY, EVEN IF IT'S NOT PODIUM TIME, BUT MAYBE JUST WALKING AROUND, IF WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON CROSSWALK RECYCLING, UM, SOMETHING NEW THAT'S BEING INSTRUCTED AND I GAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, AND SHOW VOTERS THAT, HEY, I AM WORKING HARD FOR YOU.
I, I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S CONSIDERED IN ALL OF THIS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT, CHRIS.
AND, AND, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF MOVING IT FROM THE PRE-MEETING TO, FROM 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED AND I THINK THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB WITH, IF AT ALL THE STATIONS, BUT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T PROMOTE IT AS WELL AS WE COULD.
AND SO FOLKS MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON UNTIL THEY GET THERE AND THEY SAY, OH, WELL THIS IS KIND OF COOL, BUT I GOT 10 MINUTES.
SO, BUT PEOPLE SAY, YEAH, IT STARTS AT SIX OR WHATEVER, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS FOR AN HOUR, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PRESENTATION FOR WHATEVER AN HOUR.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT A TIME ON IT.
BUT I THINK THAT DURING THAT HOUR OF THE PRE-MEETING, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INTERACT WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE ON ONE-ON-ONE.
IT'S A MUCH MORE PERSONAL, UH, SITUATION THAN, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FROM THE STAGE.
I, I LOVE HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FLOAT AROUND MM-HMM
AND INEVITABLY THEY WILL ASK ME A QUESTION.
AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT ONE, I GOT ONE BETTER.
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DON'T WE GO OVER HERE TO JANA, SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF, OF PARKS AND REC.AND SHE'S SHOWING SHE'S GOT SOME SLIDES OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE I'M FLOATING.
I'M SAYING HI, BUT I'M LIKE KIND OF DIRECTING THEM TO SOMETHING THAT'S ON THEIR MIND.
YOU'RE FACILITATING AN INTRODUCTION TO SOMEBODY THEY NEED TO TALK TO AND SOME, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN BRING IT UP TO ME AT THE MEETING.
THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT IT UP AND I SAY, HEY, I REMEMBER YOU WERE ASKING ME A WEEK AGO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE YOU GO.
WELL, I AGREE WITH, UM, WHAT'S BEING SAID HERE, BUT THAT I, I THINK THAT BULLET POINT IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING ON THERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THOUGHTS.
YES, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS UP THERE, BUT I THINK THAT ONE REALLY HITS RIGHT ON WHAT WE NEED TO, UM, FOCUS ON.
I THINK IT'S A, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN MISSING, UM, SOMETHING IN NOT, NOT HAVING THE, UM, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS MORE VOCAL AND ACCESSIBLE AT THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND, UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT FOCUS.
I THINK MANY, MANY CITIZENS COULD, UM, SPEND A VERY GOOD FOR SURE HOUR WITH THAT, TALKING TO SOME OF THESE DIRECTORS.
AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, AN EVENT THAT I GO TO EVERY, PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR THAT RICHARDSON PUTS ON THAT THEY INVITE THE REAL ESTATE, UH, FOLKS TO COME TO AND IT'S, I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT, UH, RICHARDSON OPEN HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT THEY DO IT OVER THIRD TOWN HALL AND THE BIG ROOM.
AND, AND, AND THEY DO THE SAME THING.
THEY HAVE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SET UP STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM, AND YOU JUST GO FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
AND OF COURSE THEY ALL HAVE SWAGS.
YOU CAN TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT, UH, BUT YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE CITY.
THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE, UH, WHETHER WE WANTED TO DO THAT OR NOT, BUT WE'D PROBABLY HAVE.
SO OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY FROM DARK, YOU KNOW, AND WHOEVER ELSE WE MIGHT WANT TO, IF WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
THAT IS A REALLY WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
AND RICHARDSON'S BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
AND IT, IT IS, IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE, THE FAVORITE EVENTS OF, OF THE FOLKS THAT WORK IN THIS AREA.
'CAUSE THEY GET, THEY GET THAT ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE EXPERTS.
IS THE, I MEAN, I'VE ONLY BEEN THROUGH ONE OF THESE, IS THE FORMAT THAT WE ARE THERE STAFF, THEIR COUNCIL'S THERE, MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER TO TELL THE, THE CITIZENS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OR IS IT FOR THE CITIZENS TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT US TO BE DOING? IS, IS, IS THAT NOT THE FORMAT OF IT? SO, SO, SO THE CASE, WELL, I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, I NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE TOWN.
BUT IF I WAS HEARING THINGS AND I WOULD COME TO AN EVENT LIKE THAT, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT I WANT IN MY TOWN.
AND I'M WONDERING, IS THIS THE FORMAT FOR US TO TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING? OR IS THE FORMAT FOR THEM TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT US TO BE DOING? YES.
IS IS IS IT BOTH, BOTH THE DIALOGUE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT FIRST HOUR, THE VALUE OF THAT IS THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT HOUR IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHERE THE DIALOGUE HAPPENS.
BUT I WONDER IF WE'RE GETTING THAT.
I I DON'T KNOW IF THE MESSAGE IS WHEN WE'RE INVITING PEOPLE TO COME TO IT, IS IT TO COME HERE? WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TOWN OR TO COME GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON WHAT YOU WANT TO BE GOING ON IN THE TOWN? I THINK IT'S THE WAY WE PRESENT IT, RIGHT? WE MIGHT GET A BETTER TURNOUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
I MEAN, I DO THINK WE NEED TO TELL 'EM WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LISTEN TO, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST ONE WAY STREET.
WE JUST WANNA INCREASE THE ENGAGEMENT ALSO.
WHETHER THEY'RE NOT JUST SHOWING UP AND LISTENING AND GOING HOME SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INTERACTION AHEAD OF TIME.
SO I'M JUST THINKING IF WE PRESENT IT TO THE PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT WE WANT YOUR INPUT, TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT US TO BE DOING AND HOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING? WE MIGHT GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME ATTEND.
IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO DO THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WE DID SOMETHING ONCE THAT I THOUGHT WORKED WELL TO PROMOTE OUR AREA AND WE MADE IT INTO A GAME THAT WE HAD, LIKE, WE CALL IT THE PARADE OF HOME FURNISHING STORES.
AND WE HAD, EVERYONE HAD A PASSPORT AND EVERY STORE THEY WENT TO, THEY GOT A STAMP.
AND THEN WE HAD DRAWINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS AT THE COWBOYS.
YOU TRYING TO DO COMPLETE CARD.
BIG, BIG THINGS TO ATTRACT THAT REALLY AREN'T THAT EXPENSIVE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
IF YOU WANNA GET A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO SHOW THEM.
YEAH, THAT'S A NICE, NICE ADD ON THERE.
OTHER COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? MY THOUGHT IS THE PEOPLE WERE ENGAGING DURING THAT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
SO IF, MY FIRST QUESTION IS DO WE NEED TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR? ARE WE EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS OR, OR
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IS IT NECESSARY TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR? BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE CITIZENS THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED VOTERS? I'VE SAID THAT ABOUT OUR TOWNS EVENTS.KABOOM TOWN, OCTOBER FEST AND TASTE.
THERE SHOULD BE A BOOTH TO REGISTER CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN ADDISON TO VOTE.
'CAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALL AGREED THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VOTER TURNOUT WITHIN THE 17,000 CITIZENS.
SO HOW, HOW CAN WE TIE THAT COMPONENT INTO EVERYTHING WE DO EVERY TIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC EVENT? SHOULD WE BE TOUCHING PEOPLE TO SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S 10% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THIS ROOM ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE, BUT THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE INTRIGUED.
THEY'RE INTERESTED TO COME SEE AND HEAR WHAT THE TOWN'S DOING.
I THINK, UM, SOME THINGS THAT THIS MAKES ME THINK ABOUT IS WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE FOR THE MEETING? DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT THE OBJECTIVES ARE? AND HOW WE ASKED THE QUESTION, IS THE OBJECTIVE FOR US TO GIVE INFORMATION THE STATE OF THE TOWN, STATE OF THE UNION? OR IS IT TO GIVE THE FEEDBACK? AND IT IS BOTH.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPLIT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE I UNDERSTAND IT AS BEING AT LEAST AN 80% INFORMATION SHARING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN GET.
UM, BUT IF YOU MAKE IT TO WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GO GIVE ALL THEIR FEEDBACK, I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE A 10 HOUR MEETING, THAT'S REALLY NOT THE PLACE TO DO IT.
SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT OBJECTIVES WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH BY THE MEETING, MORE OF A TOWN HALL.
I LIKE, I LIKE THE CONVERSATION OF HAVING, THINKING ABOUT IT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I DIDN'T PARTICULARLY LIKE PRESENTING THINGS THAT WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTS COVER AND DO, AND WE AN AMATEUR TALK ABOUT IT.
I MEAN THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WRONG WITH THAT IN MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DOING IT.
SO, UM, I, I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
WE, I WANT CREDIT TO GO WHERE CREDIT'S DUE, UM, FOR
UM, I THINK THE HOURS A GREAT, GREAT IDEA.
UM, CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR PRESENTING IT IS GREAT.
UH, PROBABLY UPDATES, UH, FROM, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT.
FROM POLICE AND FIRES IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR FROM AS WELL.
AND THAT COULD BE PART OF THE VIDEO TOO.
I MEAN, WE DID THE GREAT VIDEO ON THE, THE FIRE STATION.
I MEAN, A POLICE STATION LAST TIME WAS YEAH.
AND, AND THE USE OF VIDEOS IS REALLY GOOD.
'CAUSE YOU KILL SEVERAL VERSION ON STONE, YOU GET YOUR MESSAGE EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL TOUCH AND THEN IT, IT LIVES ALL ONLINE, WATCHED AGAIN.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR AND I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING SOMETHING.
CHANGING AND, AND TRYING SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I'M, AND DAN, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOUR POINT WAS, I STILL THINK TWICE A YEAR WAS GOOD.
UH, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? TWICE A YEAR? STILL? TWICE A YEAR? YEAH, TWICE.
I THINK SO TOO BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE IS SOME OVERLAP IN THE MEETINGS AND WHEN SOME THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SPRING MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE STILL TALK ABOUT IN THE FALL AND NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE BOTH MEETINGS.
SO I THINK HAVING TWO ADS ADVANTAGES, IF SOMEBODY MISSED ONE, THEN IT'D BE A WHOLE YEAR BEFORE THEY'D HAVE ANOTHER SHOT.
WELL THEY CAN WATCH IT ONLINE.
WE COULD MAKE IT MORE OF A PRODUCT TO BE ONLINE FOR SURE.
I'M NOT, I DIDN'T MENTION THIS BEFORE, I'M NOT IN IN FAVOR OF NEEDING TO BE ON THE CAMERA OR HAVING ANY, ANY PART OF IT AS A COUNCIL PERSON.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SIMPSON SCOOPS CAN BE FOR, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT OTHER ENGAGEMENTS CAN.
THE MORE THAT WE COULD GET FOLKS TO, TO JOIN AND INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE, THEN THEY COULD, THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, THAT PRE PRE-MEETING TIME.
I DO LIKE THE MINGLING LOT OF, UH, EVERYBODY IN COUNCIL.
TO THAT POINT, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE IF WE'VE HAD A COMMITTEE OF CPA AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THAT BECOMES A PART OF THE TOWN HALL.
WHERE SOMEONE GETS UP AND SPEAKS ABOUT HOW THAT CPA WENT OR HOW THE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK STUDY WENT AS A PART OF THE WHOLE TOWN IF THEY'RE PART OF IT.
OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOMEBODY LEADING THOSE GROUPS.
OR WE HAD A ADD A STATION SET UP FOR WHATEVER THAT WHAT SAY CCA AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED COULD HANG AROUND, COULD SHARE AND GIVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT TO GIVE THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE, THOSE OTHER FOLKS.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO USE, AGAIN, BACK TO, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, OUR FOUR, OUR EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WE HAVE FOUR THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE GAMING SIDE OF, WE CHOOSE A GAMING COMPONENT.
ONE OF THE PRIZES OF THE SEASON TICKETS FROM HOWARD WOULD BE
TO BE REDEEMED WHEN THE TICKETS GET PRINTED.
SO YOU GIVE PLAYOFF TICKETS TO THE COWBOYS AND, WELL, HOWARD'S GIVING COWBOY, WHEN WE DID IT, THEY WERE WINNING
YOU DONATE WAVE TO THE WIN AGAIN.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK I REALLY, HOWARD I THINK YOU MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS.
I THINK AS WE CHANGE THE FORMAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND RETHINK IT TOO IN OUR ADVERTISING AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE CAN ADD THAT COMPONENT INTO
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IT ON THE VIDEO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO BE ON CAMERA.I DO THINK THERE'S A WAY WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE Y'ALL COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE KEY FOCUS AREAS AS KIND OF A KICKOFF TO US GETTING INTO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WITH SOME VIDEOS.
SO JUST REMAIN OPEN TO SOME CAMERA TIME IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
IF WE HAVE RETAKES ON ALL OF
ALRIGHT, MARY, YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED FROM US? I DO.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR OUR WORK SESSION.
SO WE'LL TAKE A, UH, 10 MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL, UH, RECONVENE IN THE OTHER ROOM.
IT IS SEVEN OH SIX AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING, THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN.
AND WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE WOULD LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH PLEDGE TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER UNDERGRAD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDERGRAD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
IT IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, I BELIEVE.
[a. City Manager's Announcements ]
AND, UH, LET'S SEE.WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS TWO, A CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WILL, THEN HE'LL GO RIGHT INTO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION ON TWO B.
UH, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TONIGHT TO START.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO LAST WEEK'S SNOW AND ICE, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE OUR PUBLIC WORKS IN ENGINEERING, GENERAL SERVICES, PARKS AND REC AND POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE THROUGHOUT THE STORM, UH, SEEING EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID LAST WEEK.
AND ANYTIME WE HAVE EVENTS LIKE THAT, UM, IS, IS JUST MAKES YOU PROUD TO BE IN ADDISON.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY ALL DID.
UM, SECOND, THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PUSH-IN CEREMONY ON JANUARY 15TH AT 9:00 AM AT FIRE STATION ONE ON ADDISON ROAD IN OUR AIRPORT PARKWAY TO MARK THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW FIRE ENGINE.
THREE TOWN OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 3M LK DAY TRASH AND RECYCLING, HOWEVER, WILL BE COLLECTED ON ITS REGULAR SCHEDULE.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WHEN OFFICES ARE CLOSED, PLEASE CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY DISPATCH NUMBER AT 4 6 9 2 8 9 3 2 7 0.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[b. Employee Recognition ]
MOVE TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND ASK ABBY TO COME UP AND PRESENT ONE OF OUR NEWER EMPLOYEES.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, ABBY MORALES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEATER.
IT IS WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT THAT I INTRODUCED NICOLE BELFORD, ONE OF THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE ADDISON FAMILY.
NICOLE JOINED US ON DECEMBER 2ND AS OUR THEATER MANAGER, AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
HER JOURNEY TO ADDISON IS BOTH INSPIRING AND IMPRESSIVE.
NICOLE IS A MILITARY BRAT AND HER STORY BEGINS IN GERMANY WHERE SHE SPENT HER EARLY YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES.
SHE'S AN AVID SPORTS ENTHUSIAST, AND NICOLE'S FAVORITE TEAMS ARE THE US WINTER AND SUMMER OLYMPIC TEAMS. ADDING A UNIQUE DIMENSION TO HER LOVE FOR SPORTS, SHE ACTUALLY SERVES AS A JUDGE FOR THE US FIGURE SKATING, UM, ORGANIZATION.
IN FACT, ONE OF HER RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS PLAYING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN HELPING THE ST.
LOUIS SPORTS COMMISSION SECURE THE BID TO HOST THE 2026 US FIGURE SKATING OLYMPIC TRIALS.
AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT SHE, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HER DEDICATION AND EXPERTISE TO THE SPORT.
NICOLE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND LATER OBTAINED HER MASTER DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.
PROFESSIONALLY, NICOLE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THE ARTS AROUND PROGRAMMING POLICIES AS WELL AS ADVOCACY.
SHE HAS BEEN A PART OF THE DFW AREA ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND SPORTS ARENA FOR OVER 20 YEARS, HAVING BEEN ON THE TEAMS THAT OPENED THE NANCY LEE AND PERRY R.
VAST PERFORMANCE HALL, THE AMERICAN AIRLINE CENTER, AND THE EISMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
SHE HAS MANAGED OVER 5,000 EVENTS AND SPEARHEADED BRANDING INITIATIVES FOR TOURISM.
WITH HER EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EX EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION, EVENT MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY, WE'RE EXCITED FOR HER TO HELP LEAD THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INTO ITS NEXT PHASE OF ACTIVATION.
WHEN ASKED WHAT THE ADDISON WAY MEANS TO HER, NICOLE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF DELIVERING TOP TIER SERVICE AND PERFORMING
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WITH EXCELLENCE.PLEASE JOIN ME IN EXTENDING A WARM WELCOME TO NICOLE.
THANK YOU ABBY, AND WELCOME NICOLE.
[c. Town Volunteer Recognition - Virgil Burkhardt ]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, SEED TOWN VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION, VIRGIL BURKHART.SO WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE TO US IN ADDISON AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM, A LOT OF 'EM, FOLKS THAT SPEND GET, THEY DONATE A LOT OF THEIR TIME TO, TO OUR TOWN.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND TONIGHT WE'D LIKE TO HONOR, UH, VIRGIL BOHART AS HE IS WRAPPING UP HIS, UH, RELATIVELY SHORT TENURE AS A VOLUNTEER
SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BACK BACKGROUND ABOUT VIRGIL.
UH, VIRGIL'S BEEN A DEDICATED AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ADDISON COMMUNITY SINCE MOVING HERE IN AUGUST, 1991.
BY TRADE, VIRGIL IS AN ACCOMPLISHED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
HIS PASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EVIDENT THROUGHOUT HIS MANY YEARS.
IN 2000, VIRGIL PARTICIPATED IN THE TOWN'S FIRST CITIZEN ACADEMY SHOWCASING HIS COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING THE TOWNS INITIATIVES.
IN 2005, HE BEGAN VOLUNTEERING WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
OVER THE YEARS, VIRGIL HAS VOLUNTEERED HUNDREDS OF HOURS, INCLUDING SERVING AS A WEEKLY VOLUNTEER AT BOTH THE TREE HOUSE AND AT TOWN HALL.
FROM 2000 TO 2012, VIRGIL ALSO BROUGHT HIS PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TO ADDISON IN A UNIQUE WAY AS A PAID WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR.
HE ASSISTED THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT BY RESEARCHING AND CATALOGING INFORMATION ON LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
SO THE TOWN WOULD LIKE TO THANK VIRGIL FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATION AND A POSITIVE IMPACT HE HAS MADE IN ADDISON.
HIS EFFORTS ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT TODAY'S, WHEN I WAS GOING INTO TOWN HALL AND, AND, UH, WHEN I ON TUESDAYS, THAT'S, WELL, IT WAS VIRGIL'S DAY AND HE'D, HE'D BE SITTING DOWN AT THE, UH, AT THE RECEPTION DESK, YOU KNOW, GIVING, UH, BREAKS FOR SO FELICIA COULD TAKE A LUNCH BREAK.
AND, UM, IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HIM.
IT ALWAYS HAS A WELCOMING SMILE.
AND SO MANY FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW VIRGIL AS HE'S BEEN A VOLUNTEER HERE.
SO VIRGIL, UH, WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE TO YOU AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR, UH, DEDICATION AND YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR, AND YOUR, AND YOUR SACRIFICE TO ADDISON.
IF Y'ALL WOULD JOIN ME IN A LITTLE APPRECIATION FOR VIRGIL, AND IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND DO SOME MORE POSITIONS STILL AVAILABLE.
VIRGIL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? OR YOU JUST WANT TO ENJOY THE, THE LOVE? OH, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY IT THOUGH.
SOMEWHAT FEEL LIKE, UM, SOMEWHAT FEEL LIKE MARK ANTHONY, WHEN HE LIFTED THE FLAP ON CLE PATTER'S PENT TENT AND ANNOUNCED THAT I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE A SPEECH
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I AM TONIGHT.
BUT I DO THANK ALL OF THE ITALIAN OF ADDISON FOR THE MANY YEARS THEY PUT UP WITH ME.
AND THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE COUNTLESS MEMORIES AND ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS AND ALL THE GOOD TIMES I'VE HAD MEETING VOLUNTEERS.
AND IN THE, EVEN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, IT HAS TRULY BEEN MY PLEASURE AND WORKING WITH WORKING THEM FROM BACK IN THE REALLY BEGINNING DAYS, I WAS INTRODUCED TO WHAT THE REAL, UH, SUPERLATIVE NAME SERVICE MEANS.
AND I WAS TAUGHT BY VOLUNTEERS THAT I WAS WORKING WITH.
AND THEY WOULD EVERY MORNING GO ABOUT THEIR ASSIGNED JOBS IN A VERY POSITIVE AND AND FUN WAY.
AND I JUST ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM SO MUCH THAT AFTER A WHILE I DEVELOPED SO THAT I LIKED BEING PART OF THE SERVICE.
AND THEN I GOT EVEN MORE SO IN SERVICE WITH ADDISON AND I HELPED MORE IN SERVICE.
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I ESPECIALLY DESIRED, UH, HELPING SOME FELLOW CITIZENS IN ADDISON, UH, WHEN THEY NEEDED HELP.AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE THEM BECAUSE I ALWAYS GOTTA THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATED THAT VERY MUCH.
BUT THROUGH THE YEARS, I HAVE SPENT MY TIME THAT WAY AND IT'S TRULY BEEN A JOY WORKING WITH ALL THE STAFF OF ADDISON.
AND, UH, I'LL JUST SAY, I WANT TO SAY MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO YOU, THE TOWN, I MEAN THE, THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'VE SUPPORTED, THE VOLUNTEERS, MY TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ALL VOLUNTEER WITH ME BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR CONSTANT GRATITUDE, WE MAY NOT EXIST TODAY.
BUT I HOPE IN MY SMALL AMOUNT OF SERVICE THAT I'VE HELPED WITH ADDISON, THAT I'M REMEMBERED FOR THE SERVICE I DID.
AND IN A SMALL WAY, I HOPE THAT I HAVE SOMEHOW HELPED ADVANCE THE ADDISON WAY, AND I APPRECIATE IT WITH YOUR HELP.
THANK YOU VIRGIL, AND, UH, TRUST THAT YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ALL THAT YOU DID.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE AND A MODEL CITIZEN AND A ROLE MODEL FOR SO MANY.
AS VIRGIL, IF HE WANTED TO GIVE A SPEECH, I WASN'T READY FOR THAT.
[3. Public Comment. The City Council invites citizens to address the City Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to Public Hearings will be heard when the specific hearing starts. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the Public Comment item on the agenda. The Council is not permitted to take any action or discuss any item not listed on the agenda. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
AND I HAVE TWO COUNSEL, UH, COMMENT CARDS, APPEARANCE CARDS, AND FIRST WE WILL CALL ON TRICIA STEWART.
AND AS YOU COME, WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, IF YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER YEAR, STEPPING FORWARD TO BE THE STEWARDS OF OUR TOWN'S WELLBEING.
THE WORLD IS UNPREDICTABLE AND THINGS CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE FROM ONE ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT.
JUST LAST WEEK YOU WERE HERE DISCUSSING PUBLIC SAFETY COMPENSATION, WHICH I COULDN'T COMPLETE WATCHING BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO MY SISTERS WHO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND THEY HAD INCREASING CONCERN ABOUT SOME FIRES, WHICH DO HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN.
BUT THESE SEEMED REALLY UNUSUAL AND WE NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED WHAT THIS WEEK WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY EVACUATED LATE THAT NIGHT THOUGH, WHEN SISTER'S BACK HOME, MY OTHER SISTER WHO LIVES IN ALTADENA IS STILL EVACUATED WITH THOUSANDS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY WILL RETURN.
HER NEIGHBORHOOD IS DESTROYED.
NOT ONLY HOMES, BUT SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND ESSENTIALS, INCLUDING HER GROCERY, HER PHARMACY, AND HER POST OFFICE.
IT, IT'S SO DEVASTATING, BUT I AM SO HUMBLED BY THOSE WHO ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THE REST IS JUST STUFF THAT CAN BE REPLACED AND PEOPLE MATTER.
AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE FIRST.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY ARE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY COMPENSATION, UH, FOR THE 2025 BUDGET BECAUSE AS THE MAYOR SAID THE LAST MEETING, THERE'S NOT BEEN ONE RESIDENT WHO HAS EVER QUESTIONED SPENDING ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO I'M HERE TO HOLD HEARTEDLY AGREE TO PLEASE INCREASE OUR BUDGETED INVESTMENT, NOT ONLY FOR EXPERIENCED QUALITY STAFF, BUT FOR INCREASED QUANTITY OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, OKAY, BECAUSE, UM, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW NICE OUR BUILDINGS ARE, HOW NICE OUR LANDSCAPING IS, HOW GREAT OUR BRANDING IS, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND STRONG POLICE AND FIRE.
SO PLEASE QUESTION EVERYTHING ELSE.
GET COMPETITIVE PRICING ON EVERYTHING ELSE IN THAT BUDGET EXCEPT OUR FIRE AND POLICE COMPENSATION.
WE NOT ONLY NEED MORE BODIES WITH THE INCREASED DEMANDS IN TODAY'S WORLD, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EXPERIENCE AND TOP TALENT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY HANDLE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH ALL OF OUR VISITORS, UH, AND OUR HUGE FESTIVALS, BUT MOST OF OUR 17,000, UH, RES 17, I CAN'T EVEN SAY, UH, MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND THIS ADDS TO THEIR COMPLEXITY ALONG WITH OUR AIRPORT, WHICH HAS GROWN WITH, UM, INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.
SO JUST AS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO SAY, PLEASE, UH, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT INVESTMENT.
AND I'D LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO SAVE LIVES, NOT ONLY IN ADDISON AND LOS ANGELES, BUT ALL SWORN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT
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YOU DO.NEXT WE HAVE, UH, ROBERT KENTNER PUBLIC COMMENT.
'CAUSE THE, THE OTHER ONE'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE NEED TO GO AND DO IT AT THIS TIME.
1 4 8 5 3 WYNWOOD FOR 11 AND A HALF YEARS AND HOPEFULLY GOOD LORD WILLING, ANOTHER 11 AND A HALF YEARS.
I COME TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE EAST ADDISON TRAIL PROPOSAL, AND I UNDERSTAND IT IS A PROPOSAL TO MAKE A STUDY AT THIS TIME, NOT AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE CONCERNS BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, LET ME SAY THAT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I ATTENDED A MEETING AT CELESTIAL PARK ABOUT A PROPOSAL AT THAT TIME, WHICH I THINK WAS PART OF THE GENERAL TRAIL PROGRAM TO CONNECT THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL TO A TRAIL IN DALLAS BY WAY OF BUILDING A BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK.
THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30 RESIDENTS THERE.
AND I, MY MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT ALL 30 OF US OPPOSED THAT BRIDGE BEING BUILT IN THE CONNECTION, THE CONNECTION OF THOSE TRAILS, AND IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE PLANT, I THINK AS A RESULT, AT LEAST IN PART OF THAT OPPOSITION.
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU NOW IS A, IS A STUDY OF A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WOULD CONNECT WYNWOOD PARK AT BELTLINE AND WYNWOOD TO MONTFORD.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS RAISES, AGAIN, CONCERNS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FOOT TRAFFIC AND, AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THAT COULD RESULT AS WELL AS THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO OTHERS THAT MAYBE WE WOULD RATHER NOT VISIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, LEMME TELL YOU THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A SITUATION WITH WYNWOOD PARK IN THE SPRING, PARTICULARLY IN PROBLEM SEASON WITH PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES WHERE, WHERE THEY PARK ON WYNWOOD AND BLOCK THE S-CURVE IN ENTRANCE TO WYNWOOD.
IF THE, IF THE TRAILHEAD AT WYNWOOD PARK MAKES THAT WORSE, WE'RE IN FOR A LOT OF TROUBLE.
I ALSO QUESTION WHETHER THE, THE, THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR $150,000 FOR THE STUDY, NOT TO MENTION WHAT IT WOULD COST, ACTUALLY BUILD THE TRAIL IS A PRIORITY OF ADDISON AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD PERSONALLY RATHER SEE THE YOUNG LADY'S REQUEST FOR A MOMENT AGO FOR ADDITIONAL FUND ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THAN I WOULD THIS TRAIL.
FINALLY, LET ME, LET ME, LEMME, LEMME, LEMME LET ME, UH, MENTION THAT.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE DISPOSITION AND USE OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.
MY PERSONAL VIEW IS I'D RATHER SEE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY BECOME A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND THE PROPERTY OF 5,400 BELTLINE REMAIN THAT AS OPPOSED TO MAKING A PARK WITH THE TRAIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU DO WITH THE PROPOSAL AND IF, IF YOU PROCEED, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE TRAIL.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE ON TO
[4. Consent Agenda. All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND THE CONSENT TONIGHT INCLUDES ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR F.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? THANK YOU NANCY.
MAYOR, IF I COULD JUMP IN, IF WE COULD AMEND THE MOTION TO HAVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDED CHANGE TO ITEM FOUR D THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.
DID YOU SAY FOUR B OR FOUR D? FOUR D.
SO NANCY, DO YOU NEED TO AMEND THAT MOTION? YES, I'LL AMEND TO, UH, APPROVE WITH THAT CHANGE.
I'LL SECOND, SECOND FOR MARLON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
[a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to rezone a 1.55-acre property, located at 3953 Belt Line Road, from Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. 083-071, to Local Retail (LR) zoning district, for an existing multi-tenant retail center. Case 1927-Z/3953 Belt Line Road Rezoning.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE A ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, FIVE A IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE A 1.55 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 39 53 BELTLINE ROAD FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 8 3 DASH 0 7 1 TO LOCAL RETAIL LR ZONING DISTRICT FOR AN EXISTING MULTI-TENANT RETAIL CENTER CASE, 1927 DASH Z SLASH 39 53 BELTLINE ROAD REZONING.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CORY BECK, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND I'M BRINGING FORWARD THIS REZONE REQUEST.
THE REQUEST IS LOCATED AT 39 53 BELTLINE ROAD.
IT'S A CORNER LOT AND, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING, AS YOU STATED, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD TO LOCAL RETAIL, UH, ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPERTY HISTORY FOR THE ZONING IS A LITTLE, UM, OH, INTERESTING.
SO BEFORE 1983 IT WAS ZONED, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN GENERAL AND HAD PREVIOUS CO APPROVALS FOR A PR A FURNITURE STORE.
IN 1983, IT WAS REZONED FOR TO
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PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS PRETTY RESTRICTIVE.IT ONLY ALLOWED FOR FOUR DIFFERENT USES, FURNITURE STORE, RESTAURANT OFFICE, AND RETAIL WITH VERY SPECIFIC SQUARE FOOTAGES.
YOU CAN IMAGINE IN TODAY'S MARKET, THOSE SQUARE FOOTAGES ARE A LITTLE HARD TO UH, COM TO KEEP UP WITH.
ALSO, IN 1983, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS GRANTED FOR A RESTAURANT WITH ONSITE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
FROM 1984 TO 2023, VARIOUS DIFFERENT COS FOR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES CAME AND WENT, UM, INCLUDING, UH, FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, RETAIL AND MEDICAL OFFICES.
AND TODAY WITH THE REZONING REQUEST, UM, ON SITE IS LOCATED A BLOOD DONATION CENTER, AN OFFICE SPACE RESTAURANT AND BEAUTY SALON.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER VACANCIES WITHIN THE BUILDING, THOUGH THE PROPOSED SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE, UM, WIDENING ENTRANCES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND REMOVING CLEARANCE, A CLEARANCE BAR FROM THE NORTH ENTRANCE.
BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE TO, UM, ADHERE TO THE CURRENT ADOPTED FIRE CODE.
THE, UM, REZONE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, WITH ALL OF OUR TOWN, UM, MASTER PLANS AND STUDIES.
HOWEVER, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT ADDRESS THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IT IS SILENT ON IT, THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IT, BUT THE PROPOSED REZONE TO LOCAL RETAIL WOULD ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS SITE, WHICH ARE TWO THINGS, TWO ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE REALLY, UM, THAT ARE FOCUSED IN ON THE 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A BROADER MIX OF COMPATIBLE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
LIKE I SAID, IT IS, UM, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH OUR OTHER MASTER PLANS LIKE THE MASTER MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UH, THERE IS SUFFICIENT CAPACITY ON BOTH OF THE ROADS, UH, WHICH ARE BELTLINE ROAD AND SURVEYOR BOULEVARD, UM, FOR, FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC, WHICH THE REZONE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE.
THE, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE'S NO PARKS, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT IS ADJACENT TO THE ADDISON TRAIL, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND AS WELL.
UM, AND REZONING, THE REZONING WOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY ON THIS SITE, WHICH THEN COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE ACTIVITY USE FOR, UM, PARKS AROUND THE AREA.
AND FOR THE, UH, ADDISON TRAIL THAT IS LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE WEST, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES, WHICH ARE INCLUDE COMMERCIAL VACANT PROPERTY UTILITIES.
UM, AND YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE SOUTH THAT THERE ARE SOME TOWNHOUSES AS WELL.
UH, REZONING TO LI LOCAL RETAIL WOULD, UM, INCREASE ALL OF THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR USES IN THIS AREA THAT FALL INTO THAT.
IT'S ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT ZONING, UM, WHICH INCLUDES OPEN SPACE, INDUSTRIAL, OTHER LOCAL RETAIL SITES AND QUITE A FEW PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE DIFFERENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE SITE AND THE PERMITTED USES IN LOCAL, UH, LOCAL RETAIL WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICTS.
WE DID NOTICE THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WERE NO, UM, UH, NO LETTERS RECEIVED OR, UM, NO EMAILS RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS THAT RECEIVED THOSE LETTERS AND ZONING COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED FIVE TO ONE OR FIVE TO ZERO AND ONE WAS ABSENT.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL IMPROVE THE SITE ENTRANCES TO ACCOMMODATE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS PER THE ADOPTED FIRE CODE.
QUESTIONS, MARLON HERE, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR COREY.
UM, AS FAR AS IF, IF THIS WERE APPROVED, UM, FOR RETAIL, LOCAL RETAIL, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ANY TYPE OF, OF RETAIL, UM, MORE ON A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE.
SO THERE WE DO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC USES THAT WOULD BE, UM, PERMITTED IN THAT LOCAL RETAIL, BUT IT'S SMALLER USES THAT WOULD BE AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SCALE.
AND YOU SAY, UH, MORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SMALLER, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE WISE? UH, INTENSITY COMMERCIAL INTENSITY COMMERCIAL I INTAKE.
AND WOULD WOULD MEDICAL BE ONE OF THOSE? I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD EXACTLY IF A MEDICAL OFFICE WOULD BE A USE, UM, LISTED IN THE PERMITTED USES.
I I CAN WAIT FOR LESLIE IF SHE'S GOT THE IT WOULD NOT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT
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QUESTION.AND, AND SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS LIKE A LOT OF AREAS, IT'S A PD AND SO HELP ME WITH THIS.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT IF, IF THE OWNER HAD A NEW TENANT, SOME RETAIL USE AND THEY WANTED TO COME AND, AND CHANGE THE PD TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THAT NEW TENANT, HOW AND HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT TO DO? UH, THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE SAME AS THIS.
UM, SO IT WOULD GO THROUGH BACK THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THEN WOULD COME TO YOU GUYS TO AMEND THAT PD.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY AMENDING IT WOULD MEAN THAT IT'S YOUR CHAIN, YOUR UPDATING THE ZONING SO IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCESS.
OTHER QUESTIONS? HOWARD? IT SAYS IN HERE THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROPOSAL FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
IS IT THE PROPERTY OWNER ASKING FOR THE ZONING CHANGE? YES, SIR.
SO HE WANTS IT CHANGED FROM PD TO, UH, RETAIL AS OPPOSED TO, I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, COULD WE, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO OPEN A BUSINESS THERE, COULD THEY JUST APPLY FOR AN SUP? IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING AFTER AS OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE ZONING? YEAH, THE REASON I ASKED IS, IS UM, BASICALLY IF WE CHANGE IT TO LOCAL RETAIL THEN THEN IT'S OPENED ANY RETAIL.
IF WE LEAVE IT AS A PD, THEN, THEN THE, UH, THE, THE OWNER, UH, WOULD COME THROUGH AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT A NEW TENANT AND THIS IS, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE WOULD HANDLE IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND KNOW WHO THE, UH, WHAT THE SITUATION WAS.
SLIGHT CLARIFICATION ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, SO IF A TENANT WANTED TO UH, SEEK THAT APPROVAL, THEY COULD.
BUT THE, UM, I TOOK THE QUESTION TO MEAN AMENDING THE ACTUAL PD TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL USES.
BOTH ARE DEFINITELY, UM, OPTIONS FOR TENANTS AND TO ACCOMMODATE NEW TENANTS.
IS THERE A TENANT THE OWNER HAS IN MIND AT THIS TIME THAT HE WANTS TO CHANGE IT FOR? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE OWNER AND THE APPLICANT FOR THAT.
IS THE OWNER HERE? YES, THE OWNER IS HERE.
OTHER QUESTIONS? SO AS FAR AS RETAIL GOES, UH, IT WOULD BE THINGS THAT ARE IN OTHER RETAIL CENTERS ACROSS TOWN? YES.
IS THAT LIKE PAYDAY STORES? PAYDAY LOAN STORES? I DUNNO ABOUT THAT.
LESLIE KNIFE, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SO OUR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, AS COREY MENTIONED, IS KIND OF A LIGHTER INTENSITY RETAIL.
SO YOU THINK, THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE A BARBER SHOP OR A SALON, UM, SMALL SCALE RETAIL, UM, COULD BE LIKE A, A LOCAL GROCERY STORE, NOT A CONVENIENCE STORE.
UM, UM, SEVERAL OF THE USES YOU MENTIONED, UM, LIKE A RESTAURANT WOULD STILL REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
THEY REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN ALL DISTRICTS.
SO THAT INCLUDES LOCAL RETAIL AS WELL AS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL.
AND THEN SEVERAL OF THOSE OTHER USES, UM, THAT YOU COMMONLY SEE AS AN SUP WOULD STILL REQUIRE AN SUP.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY, UH, WITH A POTENTIAL BUYER DID TRY TO PURSUE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT.
UM, IT WAS A BIT CHALLENGING TO KIND OF FRAME A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR WHAT EXACTLY THEY WANTED TO DO.
'CAUSE THIS IS A KIND OF A UNIQUE SITE.
SO THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAYBE INTRODUCING MEDICAL USES OR SOME OTHER HIGHER INTENSITY USES.
UM, STAFF ENCOURAGED THE APPLICANT TO PURSUE, UH, STRAIGHT REZONING TO LOCAL RETAIL FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
UH, THE FIRST IS THAT IT GIVES THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR POTENTIAL OP UM, TENANTS, BUT STILL KEEPS THEM IN LINE WITH THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES AT A LOWER INTENSITY.
IT ALSO WILL REZONE IT TO A STRAIGHT, UH, ZONING DISTRICT.
SO WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, WHEN THAT IS ADOPTED, IT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THAT.
SO ALL OF THE NEW USES THAT WE ARE INTRODUCING AS WELL AS SPECIFYING IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THEY WOULD THEN FALL UNDER THIS BASE DISTRICT IF APPROVED.
UM, SO IT WOULD ALLOW THIS PROPERTY TO EVOLVE WITH THE MARKET AND WITH OUR CODES AS WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEM.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA EXPLANATION.
LESLIE AND COREY, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, QUESTION JUST, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION, SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A CBD
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SHOP OR POTENTIALLY THIS COULD BE TURNED INTO A HOKA LOUNGE POTENTIALLY.WOULD THOSE BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE SMALL RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REZONE TO? YEAH, SO A LOUNGE IS NOT A PERMITTED USE.
UM, THE ONLY CONTEXT WHICH A LOUNGE WOULD BE PERMITTED IS IF IT WAS A RESTAURANT, WHICH THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED A RESTAURANT.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE OFF THE TABLE UNLESS THEY CAME, THAT TENANT CAME BEFORE YOU WITH A PD TO REQUEST OTHERWISE.
UM, AS FAR AS A CBD SHOP THAT IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERED RETAIL UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, UM, IT IS NOT AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND IT WOULD NOT, AND I'LL CLAR FURTHER CLARIFY, IT WOULD NOT BE, UM, ALLOWED AT THIS LOCATION IF ADOPTED AS PROPOSED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND JUST SO AND SO YOU ANSWERED PART OF MY QUESTION, I HAD LESLIE, THAT IT GIVES THE, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER MORE FLEXIBILITY, UH, FINDING TENANTS AND I ASSUME THAT IT WOULD ALSO MAKE IT MORE MARKETABLE IF THEY WERE TO DECIDE TO, TO SELL THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? YES.
UM, I, AS I MENTIONED, AS COREY MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT IF YOU WISH, BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE IT'S THEIR INTENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY, UH, IN, IN HOPES TO REINVEST IN THE PROPERTY AND, AND BRING IT UP TO A, UM, A HIGHER QUALITY.
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO, I THINK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I'VE GOT, UH, SOME DISCUSSION I, I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
CAN WE DO THAT NOW? ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH A SECOND AND WE'LL DO DISCUSSION? HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
I WOULD NEED A MOTION FROM SOMEBODY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED.
THANK YOU DARREN FOR THE SECOND AND DISCUSSION.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M A LITTLE TROUBLED BY THIS AND THE REASON I'M TROUBLED IS, IS KIND OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
WHAT, WHAT MIGHT WE GET IF WE CHANGE THIS TO LOCAL RETAIL THAT WE'RE MAYBE NOT THINKING ABOUT RIGHT THIS SECOND? UM, I WAS ON A COUNCIL WHERE WE, WE APPROVED A, A REZONING THAT, UH, WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME SORT OF MEDICAL USE ON, ON BELTWAY DRIVE SOME UNDEVELOPED LAND.
AND, AND IT WAS SHARED BY US THAT, THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A DENTIST'S OFFICE, UM, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
IT'D BE LIGHT, LIGHT MEDICAL, UH, NO EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, NEEDED.
AND THEN SO, SO WE APPROVED THAT AND THEN THAT, THAT ENDED UP BEING A PLANNED PARENTHOOD, WHICH SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY WEREN'T REAL THRILLED ABOUT.
SO, UM, I I AM HAPPY THAT BECAUSE OF THAT MEDICAL IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, BUT IT DOES BRING UP THE QUESTION OF WHAT ARE WE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, THAT MIGHT COME OF THIS.
SO, SO I'M A BECAUSE OF ALL THIS, UM, MAN, EVEN SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LISIO BROUGHT UP, I'M OPPOSED, UH, TO THIS CHANGING IT FROM THE PD SCENARIO WHERE WE KNOW, UH, WHERE WE, WE AS A CITY COUNCIL OR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL COULD, COULD SPECIFICALLY KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE OR NOT.
OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE, UH, THE SAME CONCERN WITH THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, BUT YOU CAN'T, UH, MITIGATE ALL THOSE FEARS.
THIS IS A STANDARD RETAIL DISTRICT.
UM, STAFF HAS DONE THE DILIGENCE AND RECOMMENDS THAT IT FITS IN.
UM, WE COULD GET THINGS I I DON'T LIKE THERE, CBDS, WELL MAYBE NOT THAT, BUT A SMOKE SHOP AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
UH, BUT UM, AT THE CONDOM STORE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ONE, BUT, UH, WE, WE CAN'T, UM, WE, WE CAN'T, UH, BE FEARFUL OF ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PROGRESS AND LET THE FREE MARKET DO, DO WHAT IT DOES.
SO, UH, I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF IT.
OTHER DISCUSSION? AND, UH, AND, AND UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, MARLIN? I DO.
AND, UM, UM, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
IT'S, UH, BUT, BUT FOR ME IT'S LOCAL RETAIL IS ONE OF OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT CODES.
AND SO IF TO ME IF WE'RE AFRAID OF OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT CODE, THEN THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IN ITSELF.
BUT, UM, BUT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, TO ME IT'S A BUSINESS FRIENDLY MOVE TO ALLOW THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO OPERATE THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, THAT THEY, THE WAY THEY SEE, THE WAY THEY SEE FIT WITHIN OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT CODES.
SO, SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOME UNKNOWN NO GUARANTEES, BUT THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO TO QUICKLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT, SO WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS IF SOMETHING
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COMES IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FIRST, CORRECT? MEANING IF A BUSINESS, IF A BUSINESS COMES, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH P AND Z FIRST.SO IF A USE COMES TO THE TOWN TO OCCUPY ONE OF THOSE SUITES OR A PORTION OF THE BUILDING AND IT IS A PERMITTED USE WITHIN OUR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, AND THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO OBTAIN ANY NECESSARY PERMITS, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE WOULD VERIFY VARIOUS LIFE SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE ZONING.
UM, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY USE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR ANY USE THAT IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE LOCAL RETAIL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICAL USE IS NOT ALLOWED.
SO IF A MEDICAL USE DID APPROACH US, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REZONING OR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING.
ANOTHER ZONING ACTION, WHICH WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL APPROVAL PRIOR TO OCCUPYING.
THAT'S HELPFUL FOR CLARIFYING.
ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND AND, UH, NO MORE DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, THE ITEM FIVE A IS APPROVED.
[a. Present, discuss and consider action on a Resolution supporting the Town of Addison's application to the North Central Texas Council of Governments' 2025 Regional Transportation Alternatives call for projects for the Westgrove Drive / Quorum Bike Lanes to the Silver Line and Cotton Belt Trail.]
ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.SIX A PRESENT DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S APPLICATION TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS 2025 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.
CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THE WEST GROVE DRIVE SLASH QUORUM BIKE LANES TO THE SILVER LINE AND COTTON BELT TRAIL.
JOE, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JOE PAC, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
SO WHILE WE ARE SETTING OUT TO CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S APPLICATION TO THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES CALL, I DO WANT TO DO A FEW SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THE CONCEPT EVOLVED BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE ACTUAL, UH, APPLICATION FOR FUNDING.
SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, TO, UH, HAVE A COLD CALL REACH OUT FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FROM ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND, UH, THEY ASKED US IF WE WERE INTERESTED, THAT WOULD BE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY, IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING A STUDY WITH THEM ON BICYCLE ROOTS TO THE SILVER LINE.
AND, UH, AS A PROMOTION TO THE SILVER LINE.
IT'S ALSO A BENEFIT TO THE TOWN BECAUSE THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, WHICH IS A PART OF THE VELA WEB, IS JUST ADJACENT TO THAT.
AND THE, UH, STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN EARLY 2024, KIMLEY HORN WAS ENGAGED BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO HANDLE BIKEWAY SELECTION, TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT PLANS, INITIATE A SHORT TERM PILOT PROGRAM, AND DEVELOP AN OPINION OF COST FOR THIS.
THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OVER THE YEAR AND A HALF COURSE WHILE WE WERE ENGAGED IN THIS, UH, THAT WENT IN TO THE FOCUS ON THE MOST APPROPRIATE ROUTE TO GO TO THE SILVER LINE STATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE, UH OH, UM, OVER TO THE COTTON BELT TRAIL.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONCEPT DESIGN, WE ARE STARTING, AND THIS WAS WITH, UH, A LOT OF DEDICATED WORK BY THE PROFESSIONALS AT KIMLEY HORN.
WE ARE STARTING BICYCLE LANES AT THE FAR NORTH AT TRINITY MILLS, WHICH TIES INTO CARROLLTON, AND IT, UH, IS A TWO-WAY BUFFERED BIKE LANE THAT GOES DOWN WEST GROVE ROAD AND THEN GOES TO ADDISON ROAD AND THEN CHANGES SIDES AND GOES FROM ADDISON ROAD OVER TO QUORUM.
AND THEN AT QUORUM, UH, THE PROJECT GOES SOUTH, UH, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF DIFFERENT VARYING TYPES OF BACK LANES DOWN TO THE ADDISON CIRCLE AND THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, WHICH IS REALLY THE IMPETUS OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THIS IS WHAT SELLS THE PROJECT TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND IT BECOMES A VERY STRONG CANDIDATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, WE HAVE ILLUSTRATED WHAT IS REALLY THE MEAT AND BONES OF THIS WITH A COTTON BELT TRAIL AND ALL OF ITS CONNECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH OVER TO PLANO.
AND OUR CONNECTIONS WITH THIS TRAIL UP TO THE, UM, THE TRINITY MILLS ON WEST GROVE IS WHAT MAKES THIS A FANTASTIC PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT AND CONFERENCE AREA HERE TO JUST SHOW THE ENERGY BETWEEN ALL OF THAT, THE FUTURE TOD AND THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ADDISON SILVER LINE STATION ADJACENT TO THAT TRAIL.
AND SO HERE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU JUST A FEW APPLICATIONS THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY KIMLEY HORN
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AND ILLUSTRATED BY OUR OFFICE.UH, OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU ARE LOOKING AT, ON, UH, THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN EXISTING CONDITION ALONG WEST GROVE DRIVE, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROPOSED SECTION ON WEST GROVE DRIVE.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN BOTH CONDITIONS ON THE LEFT, YOU ARE LOOKING NORTH ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION OF WEST GROVE.
AND WHEN IT TURNS AND GOES EAST AND WEST, SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, THEN YOU ARE LOOKING WESTBOUND.
AND SO THAT TWO WAY CYCLE TRACK WILL BE FIVE FEET IN EACH DIRECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING CONDITION, WHICH IS A 41 FOOT SECTION, IS REMAINING TO BE A 41 SECTION, 41 FOOT SECTION.
BUT THE DRIVE LANES HAVE CHANGED FROM 17 FEET TO 11.
THERE'S BEEN A LANE REDUCTION, WHICH IS GONNA GO A LONG WAY TO HELP CALM AND SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN WE HAVE BUFFERS BETWEEN THE TWO BY LANES AND THE, THE DRIVE TRAIL, IT'S THREE FEET, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE ZLA ZEBRAS, WE CALL 'EM ARMADILLOS.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE, UH, A MAIN POINT.
AND THEN LOOKING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE AN EXISTING CONDITION, WEST GROVE FROM ADDISON ROAD TO QUORUM.
AND, UH, YOU WOULD BE IN THIS CASE LOOKING WESTBOUND.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE EXISTING CONDITION OF A 35 FOOT SECTION, UH, DOWN AFTER THE IMPROVED CONDITION.
WE STILL HAVE A 35 FOOT SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DRIVE LANES HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM 17 AND A HALF FEET DOWN TO 11 EACH WITH A THREE FOOT BUFFER THAT HAS THE, UH, ZIKA ZEBRA SEPARATORS AND THE, UH, TWO FIVE FOOT SECTIONS FOR THE TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK.
AND THEN WE MOVE FROM QUORUM ROAD, FROM QUORUM ROAD, UH, AT WEST GROVE DOWN TO AIRPORT PARKWAY.
THERE ARE NO EXISTING PARKING PLACES ON THIS SIDE, SO IT'S RATHER SIMPLE.
WE ARE DEALING WITH A 27 POINT, UH, FIVE FOOT SECTION ON EACH SIDE, NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND.
THIS WOULD BE LOOKING NORTHBOUND AND IN THE PROPOSED CONDITION, WE HAVE, UH, TAKEN, UH, ONE LANE AWAY FOR THAT, UH, ONE-WAY BIKE LANE WITH A THREE FOOT SEPARATOR, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME CONDITION OF 27.5 FEET, SO THERE'S NO REAL CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS TO GO ON OTHER THAN, UH, ON THE ROADWAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A DIFFERING EXISTING CONDITION BETWEEN AIRPORT PARKWAY AND ADDISON CIRCLE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THE EXISTING CONDITION, AND THIS WOULD BE LOOKING NORTHBOUND, IS WE HAVE TWO 11 FOOT LANES, AND THEN WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE PARKING LANE, AS YOU REMEMBER, PARDON ME.
THIS PART OF THE ROADWAY IS VERY HEAVILY ENCUMBERED BY A RESIDENTIAL AREA, SO THE PARKING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT.
AND, UH, AS SUCH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, THROUGH THIS STUDY BEEN ADVISED AND ALSO THROUGH SOME, UH, CITIZEN INPUT AS WELL HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO NOT PUT THAT BICYCLE LANE WHERE WE DID IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS WHERE YOU SEE THE EIGHT FOOT PARKING LANE IN THE, UH, PROPOSED IMPROVED CONDITION.
AND TO ACTUALLY PUT THE PARKING AND CLOSE A LANE, PUT THE PARKING IN ONE OF THE EXISTING OUTSIDE DRIVE LANES, AND THEN PLACE THE BICYCLES UP ON A CURB TO MAKE THEM SEPARATED.
AND SO THAT WILL BE SEAMLESS SEPARATION FROM THE ROADWAY, UH, BETWEEN, UH, ON QUORUM BETWEEN AIRPORT PARKWAY AND THE CIRCLE ITSELF.
AND THEN THE LAST CONDITION THAT WE HAVE IS FROM THE CIRCLE SOUTHWARD.
WE HAVE A CONDITION OF 30 FEET ACROSS THIS ROADWAY.
AND, UM, AND THIS WOULD BE REALLY FROM THE CIRCLE AS YOU ARE GOING DOWN TOWARDS THE COTTON BELT TRAIL.
AND THE SILVER LINE IS, THE CONDITION YOU HAVE NOW IS TWO 11 FOOT DRIVES IN EIGHT FOOT PARKING LANE, AND THAT WOULD BE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND THEN THE NEW DESIGN CONDITION WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT PARKING AND PUT INTO FIVE FOOT LANES AND REDUCE THE DRIVE LANES, UH, SLIGHTLY BY ONE FOOT EACH.
AND SO MOVING ON TO THE ACTUAL APPLICATION, THIS IS, UH, TA SET ASIDE, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE.
UH, THIS IS HEAVILY, HEAVILY BASED ON AND SCORED UPON MOBILITY 2045, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL VELO WEB.
EXTRA POINTS ARE GIVEN FOR PROJECTS THAT EITHER PRODUCE
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A PART OF THE REGIONAL VELO WEB OR THEY ARE TYING INTO THE VELA WEB, WHICH IS THE CASE OF OUR PROJECT.WE HAVE 21 6, UH, 2165 MILES OF NETWORK OF OFF STREET SHARED USE PATHS AND TRAILS DESIGNED FOR MULTI-USE TRIP PURPOSES FOR BICYCLES, PEDESTRIAN, AND OTHER NON-MOTORIZED FORM.
AND THAT IS A COMBINATION OF EXISTING MILES FUNDED MILES PLANNED MILES IN TOTAL BEING 2165.
SO THE IMPETUS OF THIS PROJECT IS THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, WHICH IS AT SILVER LINE SPA AT STATION, AND THEY PHYSICALLY WILL ADJOIN TO THIS ONCE, UH, WE GET CONSTRUCTION DONE.
AND SO THE REGIONAL VELA WEB COTTON BELT TRAIL GOES, UH, ALMOST 57 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH IN TARRANT COUNTY AND TO DOWNTOWN PLANO IN, UH, IN COLLIN COUNTY.
AND ADDISON, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS INSIDE THE RED CIRCLE.
SO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE HAVE TWO ACTUALLY, AND WE ARE APPLYING FOR BOTH, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT JUST SHORTLY IN ONE SECOND.
IS, UH, WE ARE APPLYING NOW CURRENTLY TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
THEY HAVE $50 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THIS CALL.
UH, WE WOULD BE IN CONSTRUCTION IN THE THREE TO $10 MILLION RANGE.
WE ARE RIGHT AT TOTAL PROJECT OF $7 MILLION.
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CALL SHORTLY THEREAFTER FROM TXDOT, WHICH HAS A MUCH LARGER AVAILABILITY OF $180 MILLION, AND WE WOULD FIT INTO THE RANGE OF LARGE PROJECTS BETWEEN FIVE AND 25 MILLION.
IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL WITH THE COG CALL, UH, THEN WE WOULD WITHDRAW THE APPLICATION THAT WE WOULD MAKE IN A TWO STEP, TWO STEP PROCESS TO TEXDOT ELIGIBLE PROJECTS, WHICH WE ARE, ARE IN ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR URBANIZED AREAS, OUR LINKEDIN, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, THE DENTON LEWISVILLE AREA, AND FRISCO MCKINNEY.
AND SO AS SUCH, THIS KIND OF DOES A TIMELINE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS CALL ON TOP OF THE TIMELINE AND THE TEXT STATEWIDE CALL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TIMELINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THIS CALL ARE DUE IN TWO DAYS, UH, THREE DAYS JANUARY 17TH, 2025, WHEN THE RESOLUTION THAT WITH YOUR BLESSING WILL BE APPROVED TONIGHT WILL HAVE TO BE A PART OF THAT APPLICATION THAT I HAND IN TO THEM.
AND SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DATE OF THAT.
AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS COG GOES, THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FUNDING WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN APRIL OF 2025.
AND THE NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, IF AN APPLICATION WITHIN THE URBAN AREA IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING BY COG, AN AGENCY MAY CONTINUE A PENDING TDO PRELIMINARY APPLICATION.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE TDOT CALL IS OPEN NOW AND THEY HAVE PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS DUE IN FEBRUARY.
I MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A TWO STEP PROCESS AND THIS TWO STEP PROCESS, THE FIRST STEP IS A VERY, UM, EASY TO FOLLOW FORM, WHICH IS BASICALLY ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND IF IT IS ACCEPTED, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND DETAILED APPLICATION, WHICH WILL BE DUE IN JUNE.
BUT IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH COG, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO THAT SECOND STEP.
AND SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE, THE FUN THING ABOUT, UH, THESE PARTICULAR TYPES OF PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL FUNDING IS, IS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE FEDERAL EXPENSES OF 6 MILLION 142, 6 64, UH, PLUS, AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE PROJECT COST OF 15% CONTINGENCY AND INFLATION AND STATE COSTS.
SO WHEN YOU ADD ALL OF THOSE UP, 80% OF THE PROJECT OR THE FEDERAL PORTION IS 61 4 2 6 64.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU ADD IN THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION OF 80, I'M SORRY, 20% OF THE PROJECT, IT'S 1.5 3 5 6 66.
SO THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO GET A $7.6 MILLION PROJECT FOR $1.5 MILLION.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
WE THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROJECT IN TERMS OF ELE ELIGIBILITY AND THE FACT THAT WE DID SPEND A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THEN A YEAR WITH KIMLEY HORN TO PRODUCE THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, WE DID, UH, LAST SLIDE IS WE DID HAVE, UH, BICYCLE LANE PILOT
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ON QUORUM DRIVE, AND THIS WAS IN KIMLEY HORN'S SCOPE TO HELP GET THIS ORGANIZED WITH, UH, A LOT OF STAFF TIME AS WELL.AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE DAY OF, I DON'T KNOW, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO GO DOWN AND, AND KIND OF LOOK AROUND AND, AND SEE WHAT WE DID WITH THIS TEMPORARY BACK LANE.
THEY WENT IN IN ABOUT TWO DAYS AND HAD A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT DID MOST OF THE WORK.
AND SO THIS WAS THE DAY OF THE PILOT, AND WE DID TALK TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS, AS I EXPRESSED EARLIER ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA, HAVING THE BICYCLE LANE RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAFFIC LANE.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS AND KIMLEY HORN'S RECOMMENDATION, WE DID MAKE THAT SWITCH TO PUT THE, UH, BIKE LANES WHERE THE PARKED CARS ARE, WHICH IN THIS PICTURE IS WHERE THE ACTUAL POPUP IS.
AND SO THAT'S ALL OF MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 13? HERE WE GO.
OKAY, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, AND THEN I LOOK AT SLIDE FIVE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SAME AREA.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE CHANGED, UM, THE DESIGN OF THIS.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOWING FOR ON STREET PARKING IN THIS SECTION.
WE, WE DID, WE CHANGED THE DESIGN.
AND, AND IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS, WHAT WE DID IS WITH THE EXISTING CONDITION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ABOVE, UH, IS THAT WE HAVE TWO DRIVE LANES, AND THEN WE HAVE A PARKING LANE, AND WE ARE CHANGING THAT TO ONE DRIVE LANE, ONE PARKING LANE, WHERE THE OTHER DRIVE LANE JUST ABOVE IT THAT IS LABELED AT 11 FEET AND THEN PUTTING THE BIKE LANE WHERE THE PARKED CARS ARE.
SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY A FLIP.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS IT GETS THE BICYCLES OFF OF THE ROAD WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY PARKED CARS BECAUSE OF RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL THERE, IT GETS 'EM COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD AND SEPARATED FROM THE PARKED CARS.
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THE FLIP PART.
SO IF WE GO BACK TO, UH, SLIDE 13, WHAT I'M DRIVING AT IS I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CORRUM DRIVE HAVING PARKING, STREET PARKING IN THIS AREA, IS IS THAT A SIMULATION OF STREET PARKING OR, I MEAN, DID SOMETHING CHANGE? DID WE ADD STREET PARKING WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT? UM, NO, WE DID NOT.
THAT IS A, AN EXISTING CONDITION ON CORRUM IS THAT WE HAVE STREET PARKING ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN UNTIL YOU GET TO AN INTERSECTION.
YEAH, I WHERE YOU HAVE THE BULB OUT FOR THE YEAH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT SITU, I'M JUST, WE WERE, WE WERE BROUGHT, UH, PRESENTATION ON, ON, UM, REDEVELOPING QUORUM DRIVE.
AND, AND SO BEFORE WE DID THAT, WE, WE, WE HAD THIS, WHAT YOU SEE ON SLIDE 13 IS THE SAMPLE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHEN WE WERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHEN WE WERE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, I WAS THINKING WE WERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY THE STREET PARKING.
YOU, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
UH, THEY, WE, WE COULD NOT, SORRY, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT.
I I'M GONNA INTERRUPT BECAUSE, UM, JANET, TED, WELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THAT PRESENTATION AT THE TIME.
SO I'D LIKE TO STEP IN AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY.
UM, WHEN WE PRESENTED THAT PRESENTATION, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING, UM, WAS THE CONDITION THAT YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WHERE, UM, WE WOULD STRIPE THE BIKE LANE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARALLEL PARKING AND WE WOULD LEAVE THE PARALLEL PARKING WHERE IT IS.
UM, THAT IS A STANDARD APPROACH, UM, FOR URBAN AREAS TO WORK IN BIKE LANES.
BUT THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNS WHEN YOU DO THAT BECAUSE MOTORIST PARKING HAVE TO CROSS THE BIKE LANE.
AND SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE A CONFLICT BETWEEN A MOTORIST AND A CYCLIST, YOU WANNA TRY TO LIMIT THAT NUMBER OF CONFLICT.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, CAR DOORS THAT OPEN TOWARDS BIKE LANES ARE ALSO A CONCERN.
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE PILOT PRO PROGRAM AND THE FEEDBACK WE HAD IS WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE SWITCH THE TWO, AND THAT'S WHAT THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST REPRESENTS.
I GET, I GET WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IN THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION.
WHAT, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF, OF, OF THE SAMPLE, I'M SEEING PLANTERS AND I WAS THINKING THAT WE WERE TAKING AWAY THE ON STREET PARKING IN THIS AREA, AND AND YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT, SO THAT'S, I'M HAPPY.
UM, THE RETAILERS IN THAT AREA WILL BE HAPPY, UM, TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GONNA LOSE THEIR, THEIR ON STREET PARKING,
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BECAUSE TO ME, THAT DOESN'T ILLUSTRATE WE'RE KEEPING THE ON STREET PARKING, BUT REGARDLESS, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, QUORUM DRIVE FROM AIRPORT PARKWAY TO ADDISON CIRCLE DRIVE.UM, I THINK THAT WOULD PUT A LOT OF THOSE RETAILERS MORE AT EASE IF THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
SO I'M HAPPY, I'M HAPPY WITH, WITH WHAT WE'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US TONIGHT ON SLIDE FIVE.
UM, ON, ON SLIDE, UH, THREE, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, UH, NEW, NEW BICYCLE LANES, IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THESE BICYCLE LANES ARE NEAREST TO THE AIRPORT WHEN YOU'RE GOING UP AND DOWN NORTH AND SOUTH ON WEST GROVE.
UM, AND THEN THE, MAYBE THE, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, MAYBE IT'S FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT UH, THIS, UH, BIKEWAY FACILITIES TO DART RAIL STATION STUDY.
DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT? I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET.
I WOULD JUST LOVE TO GET A COPY OF THAT.
WE ABSOLUTELY WILL GET THAT TO YOU.
A LOT OF THIS IS BASED ON THAT, AND I'D LOVE TO YES, SIR.
UH, SO I'VE LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION SEVERAL TIMES AND I'M, I'M, I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
CAN WE GO TO, UM, YOUR CONCEPT DESIGN WHERE WE'RE WALKING THROUGH EXACTLY.
SO IF WE START FROM THE NORTH ON TRINITY MILLS ACROSS TRINITY MILLS, THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY CONNECTING TO, IS THAT RIGHT? CURRENTLY THERE IS ACTUALLY NOT A TRAIL IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA IN CARROLLTON, BUT WHAT WE ARE BASING OUR NARRATIVE ON FOR THIS PARTICULAR CALL IS THAT WE ARE CONNECTING TO CARROLLTON TRANSIT.
AS YOU KNOW, TRINITY MILLS IS VERY HEAVILY USED FOR BUS TRAFFIC.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S HARD TO GET TO WORK SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, UH, PART OF THE NARRATIVE IS WE ARE CONNECTING BUS TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE THAT USE BUS AS FIRST AND LAST MILE, MAYBE TO THE SILVER LINE STATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS ROUTE TO GET DOWN TO THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS PHYSICALLY CONNECTING TO.
IS THERE A BUS STATION THERE OR A BUS STOP AT THAT INTERSECTION? THERE IS.
THERE'S ONE BETWEEN MIDWAY AND, UH, WEST GROVE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, I, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I FAILED TO POINT OUT THAT IN THIS CONCEPT DESIGN, WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE, UH, AS A MATTER, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE NORTH ADDISON TRAIL IS, ANYTHING IN A SOLID LINE IS AN EXISTING TRAIL.
AND ANYTHING YOU SEE IN A DASH LINE IS A PROPOSED TRAIL ACCORDING TO THE CITYWIDE TRAIL SYSTEM MASTER PLAN.
AND SO WITH THAT, IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS WITH PROPOSED TRAILS IN PARTICULAR AND EXISTING TRAIL TO THAT WEST GROVE AND FROM BICYCLE ROUTE.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK FROM THE SOUTH, UH, BELOW THE COTTON BELT, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE, THE PROPOSED TRAILS GOING UP TO THE COTTON BELT.
SO THIS FORMS A VERY RIGID AND DENSE NETWORK OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE AREA.
AND THEN ONCE YOU GET ON THE COTTON BELT, YOU'RE TALKING MORE OF A REGIONAL DRAW.
AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE, UH, SILVER LINE, IT WOULD BE WITH MASS TRANSPORTATION.
SO SOME OF THOSE PROPOSED TRAILS, ARE WE PROPOSING THEM? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR, UM, OUR MASTER TRAILS PLAN? IT IS, UH, EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON HERE IS FROM OUR CITYWIDE, UH, TRAILS MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY ARE ON A THREE PHASE SCALE.
UH, YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR, YOUR FIRST PROJECTS, WHICH ARE DONE IN ZERO TO FIVE YEARS.
WE ARE IN YEAR NUMBER FOUR OF A FIRST PHASE RECOMMENDATION OF THIS.
AND THEN AS WE GO OUT INTO FUTURE YEARS, WE WILL TAKE THESE AS RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE WILL DO, AS WE ARE DOING IN THIS CASE, WE WILL START WITH CONCEPTUAL STUDIES AND THEN GO INTO CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT TO FIND THE BEST AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO HANDLE THE SECTIONS ON OR OFF ROAD.
AND THEN, SO IF WE STARTED TURNING MILLS AND WE HEAD SOUTH.
UH, SO IT, I UNDERSTAND IT FOLLOWS WEST GROVE, WHICH LOOPS AROUND, UM, WE CROSS OVER ADDISON ROAD.
SO WHAT IS THAT INTERSECTION GONNA LOOK LIKE? UH, ARE, ARE WE PROPOSING ENHANCED CROSSWALKS, UM, SIGNALING LIGHTING? WHAT IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE? SO YOU, YOU CAN
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SEE ON, ON THE, UH, LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE THE TRAIL IS ACTUALLY, AND YOU'RE LOOKING WESTBOUND HERE OR, OR NORTHBOUND, IF YOU WILL, THAT THE TRAIL IS ACTUALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD ONCE YOU GET INTO THE EAST WEST SECTION.AND THEN WHEN WE CROSS, YOU ARE ACTUALLY GONNA GO TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THERE ARE SOME VERY WELL DEVELOPED ROLE PLOTS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY, UH, A PLOT OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN ON A MAP OF ADDISON THAT SHOWS HOW THAT CONNECTION WORKS.
THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR BICYCLES.
WE WILL HAVE BICYCLE COUNTDOWN ARROWS, WHICH GIVE THE COUNTDOWN FOR THE BICYCLES ON WHEN THEY CAN PROCEED.
THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A TWO-WAY MOVEMENT.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND AND YOU ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF ADDISON ROAD, YOU WOULD PROCEED FORWARD AND THEN CROSS THE ROAD TO THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN PROCEED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TO GO.
BUT IT'S ALL BEEN PLANNED VERY CAREFULLY BY TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS.
IT WILL, IT WILL BE BETTER THAN WE'VE GOT NOW AROUND TOWN.
IT'LL, IT'LL BE MORE OF AN ENHANCED CROSSWALK.
UH, ALL ALL OF THESE ARE, UH, DESIGNED TO WHAT WE CALL THE AASHTO STANDARDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION REQUIRES, UH, THAT WE USE ALL OF THESE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACCORDING TO, UH, STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS.
AND SO IT IS A, A BONAFIDE IMPROVEMENT, UH, IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THIS, TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN ONCE, ONCE YOU GET TO QUORUM, THAT'S WHERE WE HEAD SOUTH TO, UM, THE CIRCLE AND THEN ONTO THE STATION.
UM, I, I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WHERE ARE WE GONNA LOSE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO JUST ENHANCE SIDEWALKS OR STREETS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE BIKE PATH.
SO FROM, UM, SOME ALONG QUORUM DRIVE FROM WEST GROVE DOWN TO THE AIRPORT, YOU CAN SEE THE CONDITION WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY REMOVED A LANE AND PUT, UH, AND JUST LOOKED BELOW THAT ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE REMOVED A LANE, BUT WE HAVE ADDED A BICYCLE LANE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THE REASON WE HAD THAT SORT OF TREATMENT, WHICH WAS, UH, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR US THERE, UH, UNTIL WE GET TO AIRPORT PARKWAY, WAS BECAUSE THERE IS NO STREET PARKING THERE, THAT, UH, WE WOULD LOSE THE LANE AND PUT THE BICYCLE LANE ON ROAD.
AND, UH, THIS, THIS SHOULD HELP, UH, WITH THE TRAFFIC CALMING THAT WE HELP, UH, HOPE TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THROUGH THIS AREA.
AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, SOME, I THINK YOU SAID ZEBRA SEPARATORS.
UH, A ZEBRA SEPARATOR IS BASICALLY A VERY DENSE MATERIAL THAT LOOKS LIKE HALF OF A FOOTBALL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION.
THEY ARE, UH, IF YOU IMAGINE THEY'RE ABOUT THIS LONG, THEY'RE ABOUT THIS TALL, AND THEY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY STRAPPED BLACK AND WHITE, AND THAT'S WHY WE CALL 'EM ZEBRAS.
AND THEY ARE MADE BY ZIKA, WHICH IS THE NUMBER ONE PROVIDER OF THESE BUFFERS.
UH, AND THEY ARE PUT INSIDE THE STRIPING THAT YOU SEE ON THE IMPROVED CONDITION.
ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU'VE GOT THE STRIPING, WHICH INDICATES WHERE THE BIKE LANES ARE, AND THESE SEPARATORS ARE GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN FEET ON CENTER.
UH, THEY COULD BE, UH, WITH FULL DESIGN SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DEPENDING ON SPEED LIMITS, ET CETERA.
AND THESE THINGS, UM, ARE NOT HARMFUL TO VEHICLES, BUT THEY CERTAINLY WILL GET YOUR ATTENTION IF YOU RUN OVER THEM.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF USING THEM, IS THEY PROVIDE WHAT IS NOT A PHYSICAL BARRIER, BUT CERTAINLY A BARRIER THAT BUFFERS AND PROTECTS THE BICYCLIST ON THE BIKE LANES.
AND YOU'LL USED THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THIS BIKE LANE, EVEN IN AREAS WHERE YOU'VE GOT PROTECTION FROM CARS.
THE REASON I'M ASKING IS WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, UM, LIKE IN ADDISON CIRCLE WHERE YOU DO HAVE THAT PARKING AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE TO MARLIN'S POINT WANTING TO GET TO THE RETAIL.
IS IT, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S JUST, THERE'D BE ENOUGH SPACING FOR THEM TO, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 15% DESIGN, WHICH IS WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE, TO BE ABLE TO GET A REALLY GOOD COST ESTIMATE FOR THE FUNDING REQUEST.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE MADE THAT INITIAL PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT, WE SHOWED YOU THAT INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL IS KIND OF A BENCHMARK PROJECT.
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AND WHEN WE CAME THROUGH THE ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT, UM, IT BECAME VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT SEPARATION LOOKS LIKE.AND WHEN WE DID THE PILOT PROJECT, WE HAD SOME KIND OF MAKESHIFT PLANTERS TO SHOW THAT WE COULD CREATE PLANNERS TO CREATE MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND CARS.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE WANNA FLUSH OUT.
UM, BUT AT 15% DESIGN, THE, THE MONEY'S THERE FOR THE COST TO BE ABLE TO BUILD IT, BUT IT'S NOT, WE, WE AREN'T TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT I WANTED YOU TO REMEMBER THAT PROJECT TO KNOW WHAT OUR LEVEL OF THINKING IS WHEN WE GET INTO ADDISON CIRCLE DISTRICT.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE APPROVING 1,000,526 FOR, UM, I, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THE, IT IS JUST THE APPLICATION TO THE COG.
CHRIS, WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY TONIGHT.
ON THIS, ACTUALLY, PART OF THE RESOLUTION IS SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND TO AGREE TO PAY THE LOCAL COST.
UH, THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE WAY OUT IN FRONT OF THIS.
UH, AND THE LOCAL COST, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, IS 1 5, 3, 5, 6, 6 6 20% OF THE PROJECT.
BUT WE ARE WAY OUT IN FRONT OF THIS BY A FEW YEARS.
AND SO BY STARTING NOW, WE ARE ABLE TO GO TO FUTURE BUDGETS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THESE, THESE FUNDS IN ORDER.
AND THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, BUT THIS IS NOT SPENDING THE MONEY NOW FOR THE FULL PROJECT.
BUT, UH, BY 2027 WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION AND THEREAFTER, UH, WE WOULD NEED TO ENCUMBER THAT FULL AMOUNT TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN BECOME REIMBURSED, UH, A TOTAL OF 6 1 4 2 6 6 6, MAKING OUR NET EXPENDITURE 1.535.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN ORDER TO ADJUST AND TO WORK ON BUDGETS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, ARE THE BIKE LANES THE BIKEABILITY, IS THAT IN THE SAME LIFE QUALITY PLACEMAKING AS WALKABILITY? I WOULD, I WOULD SAY SO, YES.
THEY ARE BOTH FORMS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT SPEED YOU PREFER, UH, BUT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AS OPPOSED TO THE OBVIOUS, VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION IS MUCH MORE FAVORABLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD RATHER MOVE AND WALK, UH, LOCALLY SHORT TRIPS, OR SOME PEOPLE, UH, WALK SEVERAL MILES A DAY JUST FOR THEIR ONLY TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE STRATEGY OF MAKING EDISON MORE WALKABLE, THIS, THIS FALLS WITHIN THAT SAME BUCKET.
IT, IT ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY DOES.
UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE FOR GOVERNANCE OF ELECTRIC BIKES? I REALLY HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THAT, UH, A WHOLE LOT.
WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL SESSIONS IN WHICH THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN BPAC, WHICH IS, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND A, A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS.
WE HAD, UH, REPORT BY DALLAS ABOUT, UH, SIX MONTHS AGO AND PLANO, WHERE THEY HAVE TRIED SOME OF THE E-BIKES AND THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION ON SOME OF THE TRAILS.
IMAGINE WHAT THE COTTON BELT TRAIL WOULD LOOK LIKE BEING, UH, 12 FEET WITH TWO FEET CLEAR ON EACH SIDE.
UH, THERE REALLY BEGINS TO BE A LOT OF COMPETITION BETWEEN WALKERS, ROLLER BLADERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE JOGGING, MAYBE PUSHING A CARRIAGE AND UH, E-BIKES.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT, BUT I HAVE INFORMATION FROM SOME LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT THEY CAN BE PROBLEMATIC.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS E-BIKES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOTORIZED, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A PEDAL, A BIKE.
UH, I'M A BIKER AND A RUNNER AND A WALKER AND, UH, E-BIKES ARE AS DANGEROUS AS A MOTORCYCLE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, I SEE THAT COMING DOWN AND THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ON OUR RADAR ON, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S COMMUNITIES WAY AHEAD OF US.
THE OTHER ONE NEXT QUESTION IS ON SLIDE.
SO, SO WE AGREE THAT IT'S, UH, TAKING A STEP BACK, WE AGREE THAT THIS IS IN THE WALKABILITY KIND OF VEIN AS WELL.
SO THE, THE BIKE LANES, I WANT TO GET THAT ESTABLISHED 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY ARE, UM, FOCUSED ON WALKABILITY.
AND ONTO SLIDE THREE, THE NEXT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A, UH, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, BUT
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ONE OF THE THINGS I SEE AS A WALKER IS, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, LOWER RIGHT, UM, THE BUS, USING THE BIKE LANES AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE WALKERS AND THE CARS, THAT'S TREMENDOUS.UM, AND SO LONG AS THEY'RE NOT ELECTRIC BIKES RUNNING OVER YOU, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT THE BUFFER FROM THE CARS FOR THE WALKERS WITH THE BIKES BEING THE BUFFER IS, IS VERY NICE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO READDRESS THAT TO, TO HAVE THE BIKE LANES BE THE BUFFER ON, ON THE LEFT, LOWER LEFT? SO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, I'M NOT, I DON'T QUITE REMEMBER WHAT THE ROAD PROFILE LOOKS LIKE, BUT UH, I THINK THERE IS NO SIDEWALK ON THE LEFT SIDE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A CONDITION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED AT SOME POINT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, OH, I'M SORRY.
JUST MOVE IT OVER TO WHERE THE, THE CAR ON THE RIGHT IS IN THAT, IN THAT SLIDE, UH, THAT, THAT FRAME OF THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE BY THE, THE SIDEWALK MOVE THE BIPLANES TO THE SIDEWALK.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE, I FIGURED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION FOLKS ALREADY THOUGHT OF THAT, AND THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME REASON, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT READDRESSED.
IS I WOULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD, WHAT HAPPEN WITH THAT IS ONCE YOU GET DOWN AND YOU'RE EAST WESTBOUND AND YOU'RE GONNA GO SOUTH ON QUORUM, THEN YOU HAVE TO CROSS, UM, WEST GROVE.
WELL, THEY HAVE TO DO THAT, CORRECT.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NOT ON THIS.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL THE WAY ON TO SOUTH SIDE OF THE, WHEN IT COMES, GOES EAST WEST, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, SOUTH SIDE OF WEST GROVE.
AND SO THEN IT'LL TURN RIGHT ONTO THE CROSS CONVERSATION WASN'T AT THAT INTERSECTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT IS PROPOSED IS FROM THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, WHERE THE BIKE LANE IS A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK ON THE WEST SIDE OF WEST GROVE.
UM, AND THE REASON THAT IT'S PROPOSED FOR THAT SIDE IS THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS AND DRIVE APPROACHES THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH THE BIKE LANES.
UM, SO WHAT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW IS THE EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT'S ON WEST GROVE, THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN HAVING THE BIKE LANE ON THAT SIDE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT WHERE THE BIKE LANE CHANGES SIDES ON WEST GROVE WHEN YOU CROSS ADDISON ROAD.
AND THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THERE THAT WE'RE STILL FLUSHING OUT.
AND THE BIKE LANE AT THAT POINT MAY MOVE BACK TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST GROVE BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO JUST AT 15% DESIGN, UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH WHAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MASSAGES ARE WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE SAFETY.
AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, I'M A, I'M ALSO A, A CYCLIST, BUT A TRAIL, I, I LOVE TO GET ON TRAILS TOO, AND IF THERE'S THAT BUFFER THERE, YOU DO FEEL A LOT SAFER WHEN THERE'S THAT SEPARATION.
AND SO WE'LL LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE'RE FINE TUNING OUR DESIGN.
THAT'S, UH, A LIKE FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED AND I, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT IS.
AND, AND IF IT WERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON THAT PART OF WEST GROVE, UM, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE CROSSING THE INTERSECTION DIAGONAL, SO IT'D BE ON THE SAME SIDE.
UH, I DID RIDE ON, UH, THE BIKE LANES, UH, AFTER THE, THE, THE LIVE EVENT WHEN THEY WERE STILL BIKE LANES, UH, ON QUORUM, UH, IS REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOME BIKE LANES ON QUORUM.
REALLY DO, DID, UH, ENJOY THAT.
SO, AND, AND FROM THE PILOT YOU LEARNED THAT, UM, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE DESIGN.
UH, AND, AND THE, THE PARKED CARS IS A BUFFER ALSO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S NICE AS WELL.
I WOULDN'T, I DON'T LIKE TO RIDE IN BIKE, PLANE TO A CAR, DOORS OPEN UP AND, YOU KNOW, WE HURT PEOPLE VERY, VERY MUCH SO.
AND A SECONDARY REASON THAT, UH, WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE DESIGN TO PUT THE BICYCLE LANES REALLY WHERE THE PARKED CARS ARE NOW AND ELEVATE THEM WITH A CURB IS THAT, UH, WE KNEW THEY WERE, IT WAS GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE INVOLVED, UH, ESPECIALLY TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET EVERYTHING TO FIT, BUT ALSO TO PRESERVE THE TREES THAT ARE NOW THERE NOW, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
WE KNEW THE COSTS WERE GONNA BE, UM, HIGHER, SO WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
BACK ON THE, UM, UH, SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, FOR THE, UH, GRANTS APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? DOES THAT ACCOUNT FOR, UH, PREVIOUS SLIDE TO THAT? I GUESS WHICHEVER ONE HAS THE NUMBERS ON IT, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
DOES, DID YOU SAY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR FUTURE INFLATION? IT DOES, UH, IT IS THE PROJECT COST PLUS A 15% CONTINGENCY INFLATION AND STATE COSTS.
SO WHERE YOU SEE THE LINE DIRECT STATE COST,
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THOSE ARE THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO TEXT DOT, TO ADMINISTER THE PROJECT.SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS IS WE PAY THE CONTRACTOR IN FULL FOR THE WORK, AND THEN TDOT ON THE STATE LEVEL WILL REIMBURSE US, AND THEN THEY WILL MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO WHAT TXDOT DOES ON OUR BEHALF.
UH, STATE COSTS, UH, SOMETIMES CAN SEEM PRETTY HIGH, BUT THEY'RE VERY NECESSARY BECAUSE THIS IS A NECESSARY PROJECT WITH TEXDOT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK.
I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE FUTURE INFLATION BECAUSE FOR, UH, LALACS POND, IT'S, IT'S, IT WAS, THE COST HAD GOT UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER REASONS I KNOW OF COMPLEXITY, UH, BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT THE, THE, UH, FUTURE COST TO BE, UM, A NEW UN UH, SURPRISE TO US.
UM, SINCE WE ARE APPROVING MONEY TO CHRIS'S, UH, QUESTION AND THIS PARTICULAR CALL FOR PROJECTS, UM, THE COST WAS DONE BY A YOUNG ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY HORN WHO REALLY KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
AND WE'VE HAD, UH, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE PROJECT THOSE COSTS INTO THE FUTURE.
AND TXDOT AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS EXPECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROJECT, UH, ELEVATED COSTS INTO THE FUTURE SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR OVERRUNS FOR THE PROJECT EXPENSE.
AND, AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE, JOE OR JEN, I'M NOT WHO, WHO SHOULD ANSWER THIS, I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHAPING THE DISCUSSION THE RIGHT WAY.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING DOWN INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT THE DESIGN, WHICH YOU SAID IS A 15%, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DESIGN TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT CAN WE, CAN WE MAKE AN APPLICATION TO THE COG FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY? I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE A LITTLE FORWARD WITH, WITH THOSE QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF THE DETAILS ABOUT THE DESIGN.
JUST THAT'S WHERE I AM, NANCY.
I MAY BE TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL, BUT I JUST WAS HAD ONE QUESTION BACK ON SLIDE TWO, AND YOU MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON IT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE, UM, GOING WEST ON WEST GROVE AND YOU'RE GOING ON ACROSS TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AND THE NORTH, UM, WHAT WAS THE CONSIDERATION OR WHAT BENEFITS ARE WE, ARE WE GETTING FROM THAT ROUTE AS OPPOSED TO SAY, GOING NORTH ON ADDISON ROAD? IS IT, ARE YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE SERVING AND, AND ADDRESSING MORE USERS OR WHY WAS THAT ROUTE TO GO ALL THE WAY WEST GROVE, ALL THE WAY UP TO TRINITY MILLS? SO WE DID LOOK AT ALTERNATE ROUTES AND ADDISON ROAD WAS ONE OF THOSE PARTICULAR ROUTES THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH LEY HORN AND WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
AND WE ALSO ENGAGED, UH, LEY HORN, DAVID HALLIN, WHO IS, UH, ON RETAINER WITH THE PUBLIC PARKS TO, UH, REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT ADDISON ROAD AND OTHER ROADS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS AFTER THE ENGINEERS, UH, GOT TOGETHER, HAD THEIR DISCUSSIONS, DID THEIR TRAFFIC COUNTS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE, WHICH WAS LENGTHY AND VOLUMINOUS, UH, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE BEST ROUTE TO GO AND THE ONE THAT IS MOST PRACTICAL TO GET FROM TRINITY MILLS FROM CARROLLTON TO THE SILVER LINE TRAIL AND THE COTTON BELT.
YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRACTICAL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS USERS OR WHAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND IF IT'S BEEN STUDIED, IT'S BEEN STUDIED.
THE OTHER THING IS, WHICH SLIDE, JUST QUICKLY, WHICH SLIDE DEPICTS WHAT THE TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE? I ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT.
BUT I HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT I CAN MAKE SURE TO GET TO VALENCIA.
I HAVE, UH, A SECTION IN A ROLL PLOT.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME EXHIBITS THAT WE'RE GONNA SEND TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THAT COVERS THAT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE AND GET THAT TO YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU MARLON, DARREN, FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX A IS APPROVED.
[b. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution approving a construction services agreement with C Green Scaping, LP for the Beltway Drive Trail Bike Lanes & Greenspace Improvements - Phase 1, and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement at an amount not to exceed $1,526,233.00.]
UH, ITEM SIX B PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH C GREEN SCAPING LP FOR THE BELTWAY DRIVE, TRAIL, BIKE LANES AND GREEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE ONE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,526,233.[01:45:01]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.UH, JOE PACK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF, UH, BACKGROUND.
ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE CITYWIDE TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
IDENTIFIED THIS AS ONE OF THE PHASE ONE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE BELTWAY, WHICH IS GONNA BE MARSH LANE TO, UH, BELTLINE ROAD.
AND SO WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT IN YEAR FOUR OF A ZERO TO FIVE YEAR PLAN, WHICH IS, UH, VERY EXCITING.
UH, WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH MIG FOR A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THEY ALSO DID A PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY FOR US BACK IN 2021 IN FEBRUARY.
WE PRESENTED THOSE CONCEPT PLANS, UH, AND THEY, WE APPROVED A CONSENT AGENDA FOR A CONTRACT WITH MIG TO DEVELOP THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND STAFF FROM THAT POINT ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
WORKED VERY CLOSELY ON LIKE A FIVE PHASE PROCESS OF EVALUATING CRITICAL STAGES.
REVIEWING WITH, UH, TOWN ENGINEERING AND OTHER STAFF, IT WAS PLACED INTO, UH, THESE, THESE STAGES WERE PLACED INTO BLUEBEAM FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.
AND SO WITH A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND ENGINEERS, UH, WE WENT OUT TO BID AND, UH, WE HAD A BID, WHICH WE DEEMED SEA GREEN SCAPING AS BEING THE BEST VALUE TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON BASED ON THE PUBLISHED CRITERIA.
AND, UH, JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE DESIGN ITSELF, YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER SIDE WE'VE GOT THE SOUTHWEST, UH, SIDE OF ADDISON HIGHLIGHTED.
AND THEN I'VE, UH, JUST EN ENLARGED THAT FOR OUR PURPOSES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BELTWAY TRAIL, WHICH I HAVE POINTED TO, I'VE, UH, STARTED, UH, THE ARROW THAT GOES TO MARSH LANE IS WHAT I CALL THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
IT ALSO CAN WORK IN REVERSE AS WELL.
AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, IN THIS CASE, THE ARROW GOES TO, UH, BELTWAY DRIVE AS IT MAKES THAT TURN AND GOES NORTH TOWARDS DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
AND, UH, SO DOWN BELOW YOU CAN SEE I HAVE THE, UH, DARK TEAL, WHICH REPRESENTS, UH, TWO-WAY BUFFERED BIKE LANES FROM MARSH LANE TO MIDWAY ROAD, WHICH IS, UH, IN THE DARK TEAL.
AND THEN AS WE GO ACROSS MIDWAY ROAD, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE MORE OF THE CYAN COLOR AND THE ROADWAY AND BICYCLE CONDITION BECOMES A TWO-WAY BIKE BOULEVARD FROM MIDWAY TO BELTLINE ROAD.
AND A BIKE BOULEVARD IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL A SHARED BIKE LANE AND VEHICLE LANE.
WE HAVE, UH, VERY AMPLE SPACE ON BELTWAY FROM MIDWAY GOING EAST AND THEN NORTH UP TO BELTLINE.
AND SO THE PURPOSE THERE IS TO ADD THE SHERROW MARKINGS, WHICH INDICATE, UH, THAT BICYCLES WILL BE SHARING THE ROAD WITH VEHICLES, WHICH, UH, WILL ALSO HELP TO, UH, BUFFER SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE GREEN SPACE, WHICH I HAVE THE RED BOX AROUND, WHICH IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF ADDISON GROVE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO, UH, AN OFF-ROAD TRAIL ON THAT AREA.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PARTICULAR PHASES OF THE PROJECT, UH, PHASE ONE THAT IS BEING, UH, THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IN THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS FROM THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB EASTWARD UP TO AND THROUGH MIDWAY ROAD AND, UH, BELTWAY DRIVE TO BELTLINE.
AND THEN PHASE TWO IS GONNA BE FROM THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB OVER TO MARSH LANE.
AND UH, SO THE REASON WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS IN TWO PHASES IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE LAY LOCKS PROJECT, WE HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELTWAY CLOSED, AND SO WE CAN'T, UH, IMPLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN THE SAME AREA BECAUSE BOTH LANES OF BELTWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE ARE GONNA BE USED UNTIL THAT PROJECT IS CLOSED.
BUT IT IS OUR HOPE THAT, UH, POSSIBLY THE, UH, LAY LOCKS PROJECT COULD BE, UH, CONCLUDING ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT PHASE ONE IS CONCLUDING AS WELL.
I DON'T, I CAN'T PROMISE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT, UH, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THAT SECOND PHASE.
AND SO, UH, JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DESIGN, UH, WE DID, UH, GET SOME, UH, PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING, UH, TO HAVE MIG ANALYZE A BUFFER TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK ON THE NORTH NORTH SIDE OF BELTWAY AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A ONE-WAY ON EACH SIDE.
AND, UH, WE WENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SECTION THAT YOU SEE HERE WITH A TWO-WAY BUFFERED BIPLANE ON THE NORTH SIDE BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONFLICTS IN FRONT
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OF THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, AND IN PARTICULAR THE, UH, FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO WITH THE WIDE DRIVEWAYS AND EXITS BY FIRETRUCK.AND SO WE ARE LOOKING, UH, WITH ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN LAY LOCKS PARK ON THE LEFT, WHICH MEANS WE'RE LOOKING EAST.
AND SO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY WHERE, UH, THE SECOND LANE USED TO BE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN THIS CASE WE HAVE A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK THAT IS 10 FOOT WIDE.
WE HAVE THE ZIKA ZEBRA SEPARATORS AND A BUFFER THAT'S THREE FEET.
WE HAVE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC GOING, UH, TO THE, WOULD BE TO THE WEST.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE NORMAL CONDITIONS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
AND THEN AS WE LOSE THE MEDIAN, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION, AND WE GO FROM THERE UP TO LA GRANDE THROUGH THE SURVEYOR, UH, WE HAVE A CONDITION IS WHERE WE HAVE THE CARS ON, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, AND THEN THE CYCLE TRACK ON THE NORTH SIDE AT 14 FOOT, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE BACK WAY AND THE THE SEPARATORS.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO LAGRAND, WE ARE IN A CONDITION WHERE WE ARE TAKING THE TRAIL OFF ROAD IN THROUGH THE PARK.
AND I WILL SHOW YOU THAT IN A MAP IN JUST ONE MOMENT.
AND THEN IN THE PARK ITSELF, WHICH IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF ADDISON GROVE, WE ALSO HAVE INTERNAL TRAILS AND THERE IS A SLIDE UPCOMING FOR THAT.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, THE, THE PARK REIMAGINED, UH, THIS IS, PARDON ME, THIS IS A CONCEPT DESIGN THAT BASICALLY SHOWS A LOT OF THE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE THERE.
THOSE ARE THE GREEN TREES THAT YOU SEE.
WE HAVE PREDOMINANTLY A LOT OF VERY LARGE LIVE OAKS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SOME NEW TREES, UH, PROPOSED NEW TREES, WHICH WERE BASICALLY SHOWING KIND OF IN THE, IN THE PURPLE COLORS AND UH, AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE SOME NODES TAKE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE VERY FAR WEST SIDE WHERE YOU SEE THE WORD SEATING NODE AND POLLINATOR PATCH, THAT IS BASICALLY THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION OF THE TRAIL THAT HAS A BAND AROUND IT FOR ALTERNATIVE CIRCULATION WHERE WE HAVE BENCHES, SEATING AREAS, REFLECTIVE SPACES, AND WE ALSO HAVE POLLINATOR GARDENS IN THOSE AREAS.
AND ONE IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW HERE IS AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE WEST SIDE OF ADDISON ROAD, BASICALLY KIND OF WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE SEATING AND THE POLLINATOR PATCHES TO THE, TO THE WEST, UH, ARE COMPLETE.
AND THE PARK GOES RIGHT UP TO THE FRONT STOOPS OF SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS THERE.
AND THAT WILL BE THE CONDITION THAT WILL, UM, BE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PARK AND ADDISON GROVE ADJACENCY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF PARKS INSIDE ADDISON GROVE AND, UH, A LOT OF YOU CAN SEE THREE VERY SMALL TRAILS THAT CONNECT DIRECTLY INTO ADDISON GROVE.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF MOMENTUM THAT IS, IS BUILDING IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY FROM THE AMLI PROJECTS, TO BE ABLE FOR THE RETAIL IN PHASE TWO TO DRAW FROM THE RESIDENTS OF ADDISON GROVE.
AND THIS GIVES A VERY DIRECT ROUTE FOR, UH, CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM ADDISON GROVE AND UP TO BELTLINE ROAD AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE, UH, TRAIL ITSELF, UH, IN GRAY COLOR GOES OFF ROAD THROUGH THE PARK ITSELF.
AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT IS A DESIGNED, UH, CROSSING THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT AND ALSO IN COORDINATION WITH ADDISON RESERVE, WHERE WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, RAPID RECTANGULAR FLASHING BEACONS IN THIS, UH, PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THAT WILL SERVE AS A CROSSING FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO MIDWAY ROAD.
AND SO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A LITTLE BIT IS THAT INTERSECTION WITH LAGRAND, UH, EVERYONE I'M SURE IS, IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION WITH A LOT OF STOP SIGN RUNNING, PARTICULARLY WESTBOUND.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS THE CONDITION ON, WE'LL START AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK THAT IS CROSSING THE DRIVEWAY AT PECAN SQUARE, AND THEN WE START TO HAVE THESE BUFFER BUFFERS WITH
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THE, UH, ZEBRA SEPARATORS, WHICH GUIDE THE TRAIL ACTUALLY OFF ROAD AND ONTO THE PARK.AND THEN IN REVERSE GOING WESTBOUND, IT, UH, TRANSFERS BICYCLIST FROM THE PARK PROPER DOWN BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY.
AND SO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION WHERE YOU HAVE THIS STRIPING, WHICH HAS BASICALLY BEEN PUSHED OUT INTO BELTWAY TO RESTRICT THAT EASTBOUND LANE, UH, FROM THE WIDTH IT IS NOW, WHICH IS VERY WIDE TO APPROXIMATELY AROUND 11 FEET.
AND IT IS GUIDING THROUGH THOSE ZEBRA SEPARATORS FOR CARS THAT ARE GOING WESTBOUND TO REALLY BE NARROWED DOWN AND ALMOST FORCED TO STOP AT THAT STOP SIGN.
SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT TO THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, THE, THE RED STRIPES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELTWAY AT MIDWAY ROAD, WE HAVE A BICYCLE LANE, UH, DEDICATED FROM WHERE WE JUST LOOKED AT, AT THE ADDISON PARK, UH, ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD OR SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD APPROACHING MIDWAY.
UH, THEY WILL STOP AT THE LIGHT AND THEN THE LANE NORTH OF THAT WILL BE STRAIGHT OR RIGHT TURN, AND THEN THE LANE NORTH OF THAT WILL BE A LEFT TURN.
UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA THERE IS GOING TO BE A SIGN FOR BICYCLISTS THAT INDICATE, UH, YIELD OR STOP FOR RIGHT TURNING VEHICLES, AND THAT WOULD BE THE LANE RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
AND THEN A CONDITION I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE IS AT THAT, UH, POINT OF FINALITY AT, UH, BELTLINE ROAD.
THE ARROWS, UH, REPRESENT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
RED AND YELLOW WOULD BE THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY AND THE DASH LINE IS THE BICYCLE LANES, WHICH WILL BE MOSTLY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, BUT THEN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT RIGHT TURN LANE, YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN BETWEEN THREE AND SIX, UH, WHERE WE HAVE TWO SIGNS BEGIN, RIGHT LANE TURN, LANE YIELD TO BICYCLES.
SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY, THE CARS WHO WANT TO TURN RIGHT WILL BE, UH, CROSSING THAT GREEN ARROW, UH, WHICH WE CALL A CONFLICT POINT, BUT IT'S VERY WELL MARKED.
AND THEN GO TO THE LANE AND TURN RIGHT AND THEN BICYCLISTS WILL GO NORTH ACROSS BELTLINE ROAD AT A NEW PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SIGNAL WITH CROSSWALKS BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND.
AND AT THAT POINT, UH, THEY WILL, UH, FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THE PLAN WILL OF THE CITYWIDE TRAIL MASTER PLAN WILL TAKE THE ROUTE TO THE EAST.
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE, UH, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES TO BE ABLE TO GET A SHARED USE PATH ON THEIR PROPERTY UP TO ARAPAHOE AND EVENTUALLY TO THE COTTON BELT TRAIL.
AND SO FOR, UM, THE LOGISTICS OF, OF THIS AND PRICE WISE, SO WE, WE DID HAVE THE BIDS AND I HAVE THIS OUTLINE IN YOUR MEMORANDUM, UH, IS THAT, UH, SEA GREEN SCAPING WAS THE LOWEST, SO WE WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEM AT 1 MILLION 431 2 32 84.
AND WE LIKE AND THINK IT'S GOOD BUSINESS FOR US TO ADD AN OWNER'S ALLOWANCE FOR THE OWNER TO USE IN OUR DISCRETION.
AND IN THIS CASE, UH, IT WAS 95,016, SO I COULD MAKE IT A ROUND NUMBER AND I COULD NOT DO ANY MORE THAN 95,000 BECAUSE THE TOTAL CONTRACT OF, UM, I'M SORRY, UM, 1.5 OR OR YES, ESTIMATED TO BE 1.5 MILLION WOULD BE, UH, ABOVE THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER.
SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GO ANY HIGHER WITH THIS CONTRACT HIGHER THAN 1.5 2 6 2 3 3.
BUT ONE THING WE WANTED TO POINT OUT IS WE ALSO HAVE PHASE TWO, WHICH WE HAVE ESTIMATED, UH, WITH, UH, MIG AT 225,000 FOR PHASE TWO.
AND THEN WE JUST SIGNED AN OBLIGATION WITH ENCORE TO DO LIGHT RELOCATIONS OF THEIR STREET LIGHTS INTERIOR TO THE PARK THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
THAT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY $18,000.
SO THE COMBINED PHASE ONE AND TWO CONSTRUCTION, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT WOULD BE 1 7, 6 9, UH, FOR A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF ABOUT 428,000 2 67 AS OPPOSED TO THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE PROUD THAT THIS ONE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR OBLIGATION
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FOR PHASE TWO AND ENCORE LIGHT RELOCATION, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANG ON TO THAT, UH, $480,000 FOR USE DOWN THE ROAD.QUESTIONS MAYOR, I'VE GOT A, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, MAYOR, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR JOE ON SLIDE FIVE.
WE'VE GOT THIS, UH, IN THE MEDIAN.
IT'S, UH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU TRYING TO SHOW US THIS CAR IN THE MEDIAN? IT, THAT WAS A, A, UH, A TWO LANE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A TWO LANE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GHOSTED CAR IN THE MEETING GHOSTED THE GHOSTED VEHICLE, YEAH.
SO WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS SOMEBODY THAT IS ACTUALLY HEADED WESTBOUND, BUT TURNING INTO THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
SO STAY ON THAT SLIDE FOR A SECOND.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELTWAY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SOUTH SIDE OF BELTWAY WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT.
THOSE, THOSE TWO LANES GOING EASTBOUND WILL OPERATE AS THEY ARE TODAY ALL THE WAY FROM MIDWAY TO MARSH ALL THE WAY YES.
ALL THE WAY FROM MIDWAY TO MARSH.
UM, AND THEN, SO I, I HEARD YOU WHEN YOU SAID THERE'S GONNA BE THE, THE CROSSWALK FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE 33 TOWN HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT NOW.
THAT CONNECTS WITH THAT TRAIL AND THAT'LL CONNECT THAT TRAIL ACROSS BELTWAY OVER TO THE ENHANCED PARK.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, AT LA GRANDE AND THEN AT THE EXIT OF, UH, TOWN LAKE? ARE WE DOING ANYTHING THERE? SO AT LA GRANDE AND TOWN LAKE, UH, ACCORDING TO THIS PROJECT, YES.
SO EVERYTHING WILL BE AT THAT POINT, EVERYTHING WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH WE WOULD BE THE ADDISON GROVE SIDE INSIDE THE PARK.
SO AS FAR AS OUR PROJECT GOES, WE ARE NOT TOUCHING, UH, LA GRANDE OTHER THAN AT LA GRANDE.
THE REASON I'M ASKING IS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, ONTO THE PARK, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO SPEND SOME TIME AND, AND, AND FIGURE OUT GETTING PEOPLE FROM MIDWAY MEADOWS ACROSS BELTWAY AND FROM, UM, TOWN LAKE ACROSS BELTWAY? BECAUSE AS IT IS NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK THEIR DOGS OVER THERE, AND THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO GET THERE WITHOUT WALKING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, A LOT OF PEOPLE RUN THAT STOP SIGN.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD SPEND TIME NOW ON CROSSWALKS FROM BOTH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I MEAN, I THINK THE CROSSWALKS ARE A GREAT CONVERSATION, WHAT WE HAVE IN THAT WORK SESSION.
I THINK IN TWO MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CROSSWALKS ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE CAN DO THAT.
LOOKING AT IT, I THINK FIRST OFF, YES, WE CAN DO CROSSWALKS OF THOSE AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO STOP THIS PROJECT TO DO THAT.
I'VE BEEN, I THINK AS WAS MENTIONED, A BIG BENEFIT OF THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN FROM TRAFFIC CALMING AS THEY APPROACH THAT STOP SIGN.
I DON'T THINK IT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN TANDEM AS WE GO FORWARD.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY AS WE REVISIT THE, THE CROSSWALKS AND OPTIONS THAT WE CONSIDER THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL.
AND THEN WHERE I GET A LITTLE CONFUSED IS ON SLIDE 10, IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO ME ON, ON.
SO IF YOU WE'RE GONNA HAVE
UM, I'M, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BOTH.
SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, IF I'M ON MY BIKE AND I'M ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BELTWAY AND I WANNA MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN, I'M GOING TO USE THIS NEW CROSSWALK AT THE 33 NEW TOWN HOMES.
AND THEN IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE A SIDEWALK OR A TRAIL FROM THE 33 TOWN HOMES ALL THE WAY TO MIDWAY? BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW THAT IS CORRECT.
ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, THERE IS A NEW TRAIL THAT IS GONNA BE IN FRONT OF THOSE 33 TOWN HOMES THAT YOU POINT TO.
UH, WE HAVE HAD MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, UH, ABOUT MAKING IT, UH, A DA COMPLIANT.
AND IT HAS BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF ALL THE MATURE LIVE OAKS THAT ARE ALONG BELTWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD NEXT TO THE COBALT TOWN HOMES.
AND, UH, MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN HAD.
AND, UH, THE WHOLE POINT IS TO SAVE THE TREES AND STILL GET, UH, ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS THROUGH THERE.
SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES.
AND THEN WE'VE TALKED TO AM EMILY, AND THEY'RE ON BOARD AS WELL WITH BUILDING A SIDEWALK.
A ABSOLUTELY, UH, AM AMLI IN PHASE TWO IS 100% ON BOARD OF CONTINUING THAT SIDEWALK FROM
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COBALT HOMES EASTWARD TOWARDS MIDWAY.SO, AND, AND I'M NOT A BIKER, BUT WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST HAVE EVERYONE STAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BELTWAY, GET TO MIDWAY AND THEN CROSS THE STREET, WHICH SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF GETTING EVERYONE ACROSS.
WE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, AT MANY WAYS IN, IN WHICH TO DO THIS.
AND WE, WE FEEL THE, THE ENGINEERS FEEL THAT IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT TO KIND OF SPLIT THE BACK LANES UP AT MIDWAY, WE HAD, UH, CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSIONS AND COUNSEL WHEN WE, UH, PRESENTED THE CONCEPT PLAN ABOUT THE, THE SAFEST WAY TO DO THAT.
AND WHAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED HERE IS WHAT THE ENGINEERS ARE TELLING US ARE IS THE MOST PRACTICAL.
AND WE, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CONNECTION AS, AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, FROM ADDISON RESERVE ON THE WEST SIDE IS A TRAIL THAT IS GONNA TAP INTO AMLI PHASE TWO, WHICH TAPS INTO AMLI PHASE ONE, AND THEN GOES SOUTHWARD TO THE REDDING TRAIL IN THE ENCORE EASEMENT.
SO IT BECOMES A MUCH LARGER SYSTEM OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND SO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ARE BASED ON ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
AND THEN AS WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ON, UH, CROSSWALKS, IT'S ALSO, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT GETTING PEOPLE ACROSS MIDWAY WOULD, WOULD BE A REAL CONCERN AS WELL.
SO JOE, FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT ON THE SOUTHBOUND ON SLIDE FIVE, THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ON BELTWAY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT GHOST VEHICLE, THERE WILL BE TWO, LET'S CALL IT 11 FOOT WIDE LANES GOING FROM MARSH TO MIDWAY.
SO, SO WHAT YOU SEE ON SLIDE FIVE MM-HMM
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS LOOKING EASTBOUND IN FRONT OF THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
THAT PROFILE DOES NOT CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE ON THE STREET TODAY.
AND IT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK.
AND IF YOU GO BACK TO ONE OF MY PREVIOUS SLIDES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING, PARDON ME, A BIKE LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE GOING WESTBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE ENGINEERS AND THROUGH THE STUDIES THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE A TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACK ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE, UH, I'M SORRY, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY TO AVOID THE CONFLICTS OF ENTERING AND EXITING THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION.
I MEANT MORE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
THERE'S NOT TWO LANES ON THE BELTWAY GOING EAST, TWO LANES CURRENTLY.
WHEN YOU GET TO SURVEYOR, IT'S ONE LANE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO LANES? NO, IT'S ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.
IT'S GONNA BE AS YOU GO THROUGH SURVEYOR, IT, IT'LL, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA STAY AS IT IS.
WILL IT NARROW? 'CAUSE IT'S, RIGHT NOW IT'S WAY WIDER THAN 11 FEET ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF BELTWAY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF THAT, IS THAT IT'S GONNA NARROW THOSE LANES TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.
SO WE, WE WILL GO THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE BELTWAY GOING EAST WILL NARROW BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO PART OF THAT, THE TOTAL WIDTH WILL NARROW.
AND THEN I'M ON THE SAME BOARD AS CHRIS 'CAUSE I HAPPEN TO LIVE RIGHT THERE.
LARONDA IN BELTWAY, THE, THE CROSSWALKS FOR LA GRANDE ESPECIALLY, AND I DO EMPATHIZE FOR TOWNHOME TOWN LAKE.
WE HAVE TO FIX THE SIDEWALKS AND WE HAVE TO FIX THE STOPLIGHT.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH, NOT STOPLIGHT, BUT STOP SIGNS, BUT BLINKING STOPLIGHT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE MORE CALLED OUT THAN IT IS NOW.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WE, AND WE CAN, WE, WE COULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PUT ALL THE LIGHTS AND THE SIGNS THAT WE WANT.
WHEN YOU DO ACTUALLY DO TRAFFIC CALMING, YOU CHANGE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, YOU SEE A LOT MORE IMPROVEMENT ON FOLKS ACTUALLY STOPPING AT THE SIGNS AND SLOWING DOWN.
BUT I MEANT JUST MORE OF A COMPLETED CRYSTAL CLEAR, THIS IS YOUR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY.
THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY A CLEAR, CONCISE, VISIBLE POT WALKWAY.
SO ON THE CROSSWALK, I MEAN, RIGHT THERE BY THE, THE REDDING TRAIL CROSSING BEHIND ADDISON RESERVE, THAT'S JUST COUPLE HUNDRED FEET OR 100 FEET FROM TOWN LAKE AND, UH, ENTRANCE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S GONNA BE A CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE.
SO IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO TOWN LAKE.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE TO ADD THAT IN.
SO I JUST WANTED SOME HISTORY ON THIS AS YOU PAINTED THE PICTURE.
UH, THIS HAS FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN IN, IN FRONT OF US FOR PROBABLY TWO YEARS OR SO.
AND ALL THESE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING, AND OTHER,
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EVERYBODY ELSE WAS ASKING MORE QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT ABOUT THAT, WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT CAN WE DO? IT'S REALLY COMPLEX GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PARTS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GET TOWARDS, UM, MIDWAY AND BELTWAY.SO, UM, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE OTHER MEETINGS AND THE CONVERSATION, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS DIGESTED AND RE DIGEST IT.
AND WHEN I JUST TAKEN THE ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, UH, SUGGESTIONS, PROBABLY THE BEST SUGGESTIONS.
BUT WE ARE, IT'S BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT MORE SO FROM A COUNCIL STANDPOINT, ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND THIS SIDE OR THAT SIDE, I WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT SLIDE, UM, UH, SLIDE FIVE, THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE? BUT YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRE STATIONS ON THAT SIDE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE ATHLETIC CLUBS ON THAT SIDE, ALL THOSE, ALL THAT BIKE TRAFFIC OR ANY BIKE TRAFFIC WOULD NOT BE AS, AS SMOOTH AND SAFE.
SO, UM, THAT MAKES SENSE AS WELL.
BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS PLAN IN DETAIL AS IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE SAUSAGE MAKER.
SO, UM, IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME, NANCY.
UM, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, DARREN, WHEN, UH, SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF THAT HASN'T SEEN ALL THE PRESENTATIONS, UM, PREVIOUSLY, I, I SPENT SOME TIME GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THEM.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO GET CLEARED UP, THOSE QUESTIONS HAD BEEN ASKED BEFORE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO, UM, THAT IS VERY, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
SHOULD ANYBODY WANT TO DO THAT.
THE ONE THING THOUGH THAT I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND, IS ON SLIDE FIVE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO, THE, THE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC THERE IN FRONT OF THE ATHLETIC CENTER, AND AS IT PROGRESSES ON EAST, BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE BELTWAY LA GRANDE, THE TWO STOP SIGNS, WILL IT BE ONE LANE FOR BOTH OF THOSE STOP SIGNS AS YOU APPROACH THOSE TWO STOP SIGNS? WILL IT BE ONE LANE? SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STOP SIGN AT LA GRANDE? AT LA GRAND.
SO AS YOU APPROACH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WILL BE ONE WAY.
UM, OKAY, IF YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND, IT SAYS STOP AHEAD.
THAT WILL BE THE EASTBOUND STOP SIGN AT LA GRANDE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE INDICATED IN YELLOW AND ALSO IN BROWN, WHERE THE SEPARATORS ARE THAT WE HAVE CORDONED OFF AND CHANGED THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THIS ROADWAY AND MADE IT MUCH NARROWER AND MUCH MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST GO BARRELING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.
IT FORCES A CAR TO NARROW AND STOP.
I, I JUST THOUGHT I HEARD THE, THE COMMENT MADE THAT IT WAS 2, 2 2 LANES TO MIDWAY, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT NOW THE OTHER THING, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT BACKGROUND, BUT MAYBE FORWARD THOUGHT, UM, THIS BIKE TRAIL GOES ON AROUND BELTLINE EAST AND THEN IT TURNS NORTH, UH, TILL IT GETS TO BELTLINE AND IT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, STOPS OR WHAT DOES IT DO THERE? SO WE MADE, UH, THE ACCOMMODATIONS THERE TO TAKE BICYCLISTS SAFELY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD TO WHAT IS NOW AN EXISTING SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE IN FRONT OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
WE HAVE SIGNALED INTERSECTION THERE, BICYCLIST, AND AT THAT POINT, UH, BASICALLY BECAUSE OF FUNDING AND THIS PARTICULAR PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION AND RECOMMENDATION TO DO SO, KIND OF DOES HAVE TO END AT THAT POINT.
BUT IN MIND, WHAT WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND IS WE HAVE FUTURE PHASES, WHICH ARE NOW APPROACHING THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON THOSE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT ALONG BELTLINE ROAD, UH, GOING EAST AND WEST INTO THIS TRAIL.
SO IT IS OUR, OUR HOPE THAT, UH, SOME POINT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'LL HAVE A NICE CONNECTED NETWORK OF TRAILS ALL THROUGHOUT ADDISON.
AND THIS SHOULD BE NO EXCEPTION.
SO I HAVE THE TOUGH QUESTION TO ASK.
I'M NEW, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS TWO YEARS AGO.
I THINK DARREN AND NANCY ARE RIGHT.
MAYBE I NEED TO GO DO SOME HOMEWORK, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION OF THIS.
THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING PROCESS, AND WE'RE GIVING UP A LOT OF DRIVING LANES FOR BICYCLE LANES, AND I KNOW WE WANT TO BE WALKABLE AND CONNECTED AND ALL THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION, IS IT STAFF, IS IT COUNCIL OR IS IT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN ADDISON THAT WANT THIS PROJECT? BECAUSE UNTIL I GOT ON THIS COUNCIL, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT ALL THESE BIKE LANES.
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SURE.SO I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR DAVID.
I I JUST WANNA KNOW FOR ME OR WHOEVER, WHOEVER ELSE YEAH.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO ASK THAT QUESTION WITHIN ANY TIME WE SPEND MONEY AND DO A PROJECT.
UM, WELL, WHAT'S BEEN MENTIONED MANY TIMES IS THE T TRAIL MASTER PLAN, WHICH HAD PUBLIC INPUT AS IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND IT IDENTIFIED THIS AS A PROJECT TO DO IN THE T MASTER PLAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE, WE HIGHLIGHT MOBILITY, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, CYCLING, MOBILITY, GETTING FOLKS FIRST AND LAST MILES TO TOD TO THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION.
AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS ONE OF OUR GOALS AND ONE OF OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS IS SOLVES AN ISSUE WE HAVE WITH FOLKS RUNNING A STOP SIGN AND SPEEDING.
SO I THINK IT HITS A LOT OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE BOTH OUR MASTER PLANS FROM THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO THE GOALS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SET.
I'M JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT THE TOWN WANTS AND, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF WORK PUT IN.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DERAIL ANYTHING.
I JUST, IT'S A LOT AND I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW SOME OF THESE SLIDES AND SOME OF IT, I DON'T KNOW THOSE INTERSECTIONS, SO I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE.
BUT SOME OF IT, YOU ASKED US NOT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS, SO I DON'T WANNA GET IN THE WEEDS IF THIS WAS ABOUT GETTING FUNDING, BUT IF WE'RE STARTING TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE HAD US, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS, WE'RE ON THE, THIS ITEM IS NOT US GOING FOR THE, THE GRANT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT ON.
I MISSED ONE QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
UH, TO HOWARD'S QUESTION, UH, THIS WAS IN PROGRESS BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL AND THE STUDIES, AND I I HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT DO WE NEED BUY CLAIMS? I, I AGREE.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT IT'S COME FROM THE CITIZENS, FROM THEIR INPUT, FROM THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, UH, AND FROM THE, ALL THE STRATEGY THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND OUR, AND OUR FOUR PREDECESSORS HAVE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO ON SLIDE 11, SO WE'RE APPROVING THE 1.56, THE, THE AGREEMENTS, UM, YES.
AND WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET THE 2.2 MILLION 2.197.
AND SO THE 225,000 IS, IS THAT GONNA BE SPENT AS NEEDED? UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED, IS THAT GONNA BE AN AGREEMENT THAT COMES TO US THAT WE, WE APPROVE ALSO? I JUST CURIOUS ON THAT PART.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND, SO, SO HOW THAT WORKS, YOU UNDERSTAND WE ARE PUTTING THIS INTO TWO PHASES BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT LAY LOCKS POND.
SO THE FIRST PHASE HAS COSTED OUT AT 1.4 PLUS THE OWNER'S ALLOWANCE FOR A TOTAL OF 1 5 2 6 2, 3 3.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE OPINION OF COST BY MIG FOR PHASE TWO, AND THAT, UH, COST IS AROUND 225,000.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT 225,000.
THAT'S AN OBLIGATION FOR US TO FINISH PHASE TWO AFTER PHASE ONE IS COMPLETED.
AND THEN WE NEED AN EXTRA $18,000, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE LIGHTS REMOVED BY ENCORE, WHICH WE HAVE ENCUMBERED TODAY.
AND SO WITH THAT, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST FOR NOT ONLY PHASE ONE, BUT PHASE TWO AND FOR THE LIGHTS TO BE MOVED ARE AT 1.7.
AND WE HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET OF 2.1, WHICH IS AROUND 428,267 IN SAVINGS FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO GREAT JOB ON SAVING ON THE PROJECT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT IS THE FIRST PART AND THE OTHER, THOSE OTHER $2 AMOUNTS ARE FYI AT THIS POINT? YES, SIR.
WE ARE APPROVING 1 5, 2, 6, 2, 3 3.
THANK YOU JOE AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
THANK YOU MAYOR JOE, ON, ON SLIDE FIVE, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND YOU WERE, WE'RE GOING, UH, AT, AT THAT PART RIGHT NEAR THE, IN FRONT OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB, WE'RE GOING FROM TWO, TWO VEHICULAR LANES TO ONE AND, AND BICYCLE, UH, DEDICATED BICYCLE LANES.
SO, SO, UM, DID, COULD YOU ELABORATE ON PHASE TWO? IS THAT KIND OF THE CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON SLIDE FIVE ALL THE WAY TO MARSH? I THINK THE BEST THING THAT I CAN SHOW YOU IS THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO THIS SECTION THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, IF YOU WERE AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB AND YOU WERE TO TURN AROUND AT THAT POINT AND LOOK WEST TOWARDS MARSH LANE, YOU WOULD SEE THE VERY SAME CONDITION.
BUT AS YOU GO BETWEEN PROTON AND LAY LOCKS AVENUE, THEN YOU TRULY DO HAVE THOSE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND SO ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE, THAT WILL NOT CHANGE, OR I'M SORRY, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE EASTBOUND, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.
BUT THE SECTION THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD IS GOING TO CARRY ITS WAY ALL THE WAY
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DOWN TO MARSH LANE, AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE IT GETS TO MARSH LANE, IT WILL TRANSFER ONTO A LARGER SIDEWALK NETWORK FOR THAT INTERSECTION.YEAH, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
SO FROM, FROM BASICALLY THE ATHLETIC CLUB TO MARSH LANE IN ADDISON, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT A VEHICULAR LANE FOR DEDICATED BIKE LANE, SO A BIKE LANES.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY TO PUT TOGETHER AND YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT, SO THANK YOU.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO DO.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MOTION TO APPROVE SIX B AGAIN.
I'LL SECOND THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HERE? I, I'VE GOT A LITTLE DISCUSSION.
UM, JUST A THOUGHT I WANNA SHARE.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKING OUT, TAKING OUT THAT VEHICULAR LANE IN THIS SECTION FROM ADDISON TO MARSH, UM, REMOVING THE VEHICULAR LANE FOR BIKE LANES.
I'M JUST, UH, RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THE VISION TO SEE THIS BICYCLE DEMAND, SO I'M JUST KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH THAT PART OF IT, BUT THE REST OF IT I THINK IS AMAZING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING OUT THE EXTRA LANE.
I THINK, UM, WE'VE SEEN IT GOING WITH LA LODGE PROJECT AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS WELL.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THIS EXPECTED DURATION OF PHASE ONE ON THIS PROJECT? UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 140 DAYS.
I THINK THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
[c. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution approving an agreement with Dunaway Associates, LLC for landscape architecture and park planning services to perform conceptual design for a trail through east Addison and taking consideration of the future land use of the Addison Finance property and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement for an amount not to exceed $155,600.]
ITEM SIX C, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH DUNAWAY ASSOCIATES, LLC FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND PARK PLANNING SERVICES TO PERFORM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A TRAIL THROUGH EAST ADDISON AND TAKING CONSIDERATION OF THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THE ADDISON FINANCE PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $155,600.JANET MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
THE PROJECT THAT I'M BRINGING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT, UM, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
FIRST BE BEGINNING WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN IN 2021.
AND DURING THAT PROCESS, WHICH WE GATHERED A LOT OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WE WENT TO PARKS, WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, UM, THAT ALSO GAVE US INFORMATION, BUT WE DID POPUPS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF TOWN.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THE BIG GIANT BANNER SIZE MAP OF A PROPOSED TRAIL SYSTEM TO FACILITATE CONVERSATION.
WE WENT TO THE TOWN HOLIDAY EVENT, UM, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE IN REGARDS TO A TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS EAST ADDISON AND WEST ADDISON IS DISCONNECTED AND THERE IS A NEED FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON EITHER SIDE TO WANNA CONNECT AND TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO BOTH SIDES OF TOWN.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE HEARD WAS THE NUMBER ONE NEED FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR SURVEY WAS TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH NATURE THROUGH A TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND THE MASTER PLAN AT THE TIME IDENTIFIED THAT THIS TRAIL SECTION IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LAST FEW, I'M SORRY I KEEP LOSING MY MAP OR PLANS HERE.
UM, THIS TRAIL SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE LAST FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR US IN ADDISON TO CAPTURE NATURE ALONG A TRAIL CORRIDOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
BECAUSE ADDISON'S ONE, WE'RE SMALL, WE'RE FOUR SQUARE MILES, AND WE'RE VERY DENSE AND WE'RE VERY BUILT OUT, AND WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF THOSE NATURAL CORRIDORS LEFT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HEARING THAT, UM, WE ADOPTED AND, AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE NOT FAVORED THAT TO GET PULLED OUT OF THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, BUT THIS EAST WEST CONNECTION WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND IT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2021.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD ON PROJECTS, WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT REINFORCES THE NEED FOR MORE WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY IN ADDISON.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMP PLAN PROCESS, THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE COMP PLAN OR THE VISION STATEMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHO'S WORKED TOGETHER ON THAT COMP PLAN IS SAID IS WE WANT ADDISON TO BE THE PACE SETTER FOR BEING A WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA SET THE STANDARD FOR PRIORITIZING MULTIMODAL OPTIONS FOR MOVING IN AND AROUND ADDISON, WHICH
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INCLUDES BIKING AND WALKING.AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT, UM, REINFORCES WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MASTER PLAN AND IT REINFORCES WHAT WE'RE HEARING AS THE COMP PLAN IS DEVELOPING.
UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE WAS FUNDING FOR A STUDY TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES AND I'LL LAY SOME OF THOSE OUT FOR YOU AS WE LOOK AT THE SLIDES.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE POINTS OF THIS STUDY IS TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT TRAIL ALIGNMENT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SENSITIVITIES TO NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA THAT WE'LL NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
WE ALSO DON'T VIEW THAT WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS PROJECT.
WE VIEW THAT THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN WAS THE BEGINNING POINT FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND THAT WE WILL PROVIDE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, I WAS JUST EMAILING MARY EARLIER TODAY THAT WHEN WE DO A SIPS AND SCOOPS, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE GET THE SCHEDULE ON THIS TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE DIGITAL FEEDBACK FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T COME TO MEETINGS.
WE WILL WORK THROUGH GATHERING INPUT, UM, FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC, UM, PLAN THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL THAT HAS PRIORITIZED MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND BEING A VIBRANT, ACTIVE COMMUNITY.
OKAY, THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WERE CAPTURED IN THE CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN THAT SHOWED THE VISION FOR WHAT A NATURAL CORRIDOR FROM MONFORT TO EAST ADDISON COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES IN US GETTING THE BEGINNING OF THAT CORRIDOR OVER TO THE TOWN HALL PROPERTY.
AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS WE COULD USE A BOARDWALK MATERIAL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
AND THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY A CONSULTANT FOR THE PROJECT.
WE WANTED TO PICK ONE, UM, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD AT SOLVING CHALLENGES, WORKING IN NATURAL AREAS, PRESERVING TREES.
UM, WE IDENTIFIED THE CONSULTANT DUNAWAY AND ASSOCIATES FROM OUR RFQ THAT WE HAD DONE IN 2017 WHERE WE IDENTIFIED CONSULTANTS THAT COULD WORK ON VARIOUS PROJECTS.
UM, WE SELECTED DUNAWAY AS THE MOST QUALIFIED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU'RE HIRING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND NOT THEIR PRICE.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GET A PROPOSAL BACK FROM THE CONSULTANT, WE LOOK AT THEIR HOURS AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND WE VERIFY, UM, THAT THE HOURS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE REALISTIC.
UM, AND WE DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO CONFIRM THAT WE SELECTED DUNAWAY AND ASSOCIATES BASED ON THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS THAT THEY SHARED.
AND THEY DO HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH ADDISON, UM, AND WYNWOOD PARK AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE FELT THAT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT THE PROJECTS THAT THEY SHOWED THAT WERE SIMILAR TO THIS AREA, UM, THERE'S PHOTOS OF THEM HERE.
TWO OF THEM ARE CONSTRUCTED, THE JOHN F BRECK NATURE PRESERVE AND FARMER'S BRANCH, AND THEN THE ELMER OLIVER NATURE PARK IN MANSFIELD.
AND THEN ONE OF THEM, THE PARKDALE LAKE PARK IS A PROPOSED PROJECT FOR DALLAS.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROJECT INCLUDES, IT INCLUDES THE CONSULTANT PROVIDING A STUDY AREA INVENTORY, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS, ENGAGING A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO IDENTIFY PREFERRED OPTIONS OF THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT, DEVELOP THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT FROM MONFORT ROAD TO WYNWOOD PARK, AND THEN BREAK OUT A PHASE ONE CONSTRAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM TOWN HALL TO WYNWOOD PARK.
UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING THROUGH THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, I THINK Y'ALL HEARD ME A LOT SAY, LET'S LOOK AT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FIRST.
WHAT ARE THE EASY PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCT, UM, AND FROM TOWN HALL TO THE FINANCE PROPERTY IN WYNWOOD PARK? THAT'S PRETTY EASY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THAT AND PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION.
UM, THE CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE WHEN WE CREATE A BOARDWALK AND GO ON WATER AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE EASEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON OR ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO IN A PHASE ONE PROJECT AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO ASK THE CONSULTANT TO INCLUDE OPTIONS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN PATH ALIGNMENT.
UM, WE ASK TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTIONS TO MONTFORD DRIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PRESTONWOOD POND, AND THEN PROVIDE PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.
AND YOU HEARD EARLIER, JOE, UM, IS ALWAYS IDENTIFYING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO FUND TRAIL SYSTEMS AND, UH, WITH GOOD COST ESTIMATES.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
COULD COULD THIS BE A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PROJECT FOR A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE GOOD NET BUDGET NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THIS, UM, FROM OUR OWN FUNDS.
AND SO THOSE WERE WILL BE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE YOU TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
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UM, THIS IS A GOOD GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS YOU WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, JUST KIND OF ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT WE THINK WOULD NEED TO BE BOARDWALK SECTION AND TRAIL SECTION.UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT USE WYNWOOD PARK, UM, IT DOESN'T MAKE A SOLID LOOP.
YOU CAN'T, IT'D BE NICE TO DO A, A TOTAL LOOP AROUND WYNWOOD PARK AND KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT LOOP GOT YOU A QUARTER OF A MILE AND YOU COULD DO FOUR OF THOSE LOOPS AND GET A MILE IN.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ALSO GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING WYNWOOD PARK AND LIVE AROUND THAT AREA, UM, AS WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP WHAT THAT ALIGNMENT LOOK LIKE.
SO THIS ALIGNMENT THAT'S ON THIS PLAN IS TO SHOW OUR INITIAL IDEAS AND A STARTING POINT FOR DEVELOPING THAT TRAIL ALIGNMENT.
UM, THE LARGE SOLID YELLOW LINE SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
EVERYTHING ON THE LEFT OF THAT WOULD BE THE PHASE TWO PROJECT AND EVERYTHING ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE PHASE ONE.
THAT WOULD BE THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE MORE OF A LOW HANGING FRUIT AND EASY PROJECT FOR US TO CONSTRUCT.
UM, JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS TO REINFORCE THAT IDEA OF THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CONNECT WITH NATURE, UM, IN A TRAIL CORRIDOR SYSTEM.
THE FIRST PHOTO IS THE PRESTONWOOD POND, UM, THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT AN OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING A BOARDWALK GO THROUGH THE POND.
UM, THE NEXT PHOTO THAT YOU SEE IS THE NATURE AREA THAT'S BACK BEHIND THE PRESTONWOOD POND OR THE OFFICE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE, A PROPOSED TRAIL IN THIS AREA WOULD ALSO HAVE RESIDENCES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT.
UM, I'VE SEEN SOME VERY ARTISTIC KIND OF TRELLIS SCREENS ON A BOARDWALK SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE PRIVACY AND VIEWS FROM ONE SIDE, BUT YOU CAN SEE NATURE FROM THE OTHER.
THOSE WILL BE THE THINGS WE ASK THE CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PROPOSE AND GET FEEDBACK ON.
UM, THE PHOTOS HERE ARE WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOWN HALL PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S SHOWING THE, THE NICE BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE VERY MATURE LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE TOWN HALL PROPERTY, UM, THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THIS AREA AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE CREEK AND ENJOY NATURE ALONG TOWN, ALONG TOWN HALL.
UM, THIS PHOTO SHOWS THAT WHEN YOU CROSS OAKS NORTH, UM, YOU GET INTO THE FINANCE PROPERTY, WHICH IS EVERYBODY I THINK IS FAMILIAR WITH OF THE FINANCE, UM, STAFF WILL BE LO RELOCATING TO TOWN HALL AND THAT FINANCE PROPERTY WILL BE BECOMING AVAILABLE.
UM, THE PROPERTY TO A PARK STAFF IS VERY VAL VALUABLE FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PRESERVE NATURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR TREE SOFTWARE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 40 MATURE TREES IN THAT AREA, AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE SMALLER TREES THAT ARE KIND OF GROWING UP ALONG THE TREE CREEK SIDE.
UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE TREES ARE SEEDED AROUNDS AND OAKS.
SO THEY'RE VERY, UM, THEY'RE HIGH QUALITY TREES THAT RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES IN SIZE.
UM, AND THEY ARE AN ASSET TO OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THIS STUDY FOR US TO FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS PROPERTY AND IS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN FOR THIS TO BE A PASSIVE SPACE THAT CAN, UM, FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN ENJOY, UM, THE PROJECT SCOPE.
UM, THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR $155,600, UM, WHAT IS DONE AWAY GONNA DO, THEY'RE GONNA PREPARE TWO CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES FOR TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND PASSIVE PARK AMENITIES.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US TWO CONCEPTS TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA PREPARE A FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTE LONG RECORDED PRESENTATION TO PRESENT THE SITE ANALYSIS FINDINGS AND OBTAIN CITIZEN INPUT AND GOALS, PROGRAM IDEAS AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY WILL FACILITATE AN INTERACTIVE OPEN HOUSE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THEY'LL PREPARE A FINAL CONCEPT EXHIBIT WITH THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST, UM, AND THEN THEY WILL PREPARE FIVE RENDERINGS IN 3D STILL SHOT DIGITAL MODEL IMAGES.
AND THEN THEY WILL PREPARE AND PRESENT A FINAL REPORT IN PDF, UM, TO COUNSEL, INCLUDING THE PREFERRED CONCEPT WITH KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TRAILS AND BIKE LANES THIS EVENING, WHICH IS A EXCITING TIME FOR ADDISON.
UM, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT, IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT AND GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK DARREN YOU MENTIONED KIND OF WHEN
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YOU'RE WALKING NEXT TO A ROAD AND YOU HAVE THE CARS GOING BY YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PLACES IN TOWN WE HAVE THAT'S MOST, THAT THAT IS MOST PREVALENT IS ON BELTLINE RIGHT THERE.IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FROM TOWN HALL TO WYNWOOD, AND ONCE YOU PASS THE FINANCE BUILDING, YOU ARE ON BELTLINE AND THAT SIDEWALK IS NOT VERY BIG AND THOSE CARS ARE JUST FLYING PAST YOU AND THE FOLKS IN THAT AREA WALK THAT PATH A LOT EVERY DAY.
SO, UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT VIEWING THESE IN TWO DIFFERENT PHASES, HEY, HERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN ACCOMPLISH PRETTY QUICKLY ONCE WE GET THE DESIGN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE A HUGE BENEFIT.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BEFORE WE GOT TO DISCUSSION.
UM, YEAH, I'M JUST, I'VE GOT A COUPLE THOUGHTS I WANTED TO SHARE.
UH, JAN, I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR TWO OPTIONS.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR INPUT AND, UM, AND, AND BUY IN FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND I HOPE THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE WAITING THAT, UH, HEAVILY WITH THE ONES MOST AFFECTED.
I HOPE WE'RE NOT DOING RANDOM SURVEYS THAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN MADISON CAN COMPLETE OR ANY OF THAT.
I'LL LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT ON THAT.
SO ALL OF THE, UM, SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED SPECIFIC LOCATION OF WHAT AREA OF TOWN THAT YOU LIVE IN, UM, IF YOU'RE AN ADDISON RESIDENT OR A VISITOR.
UM, AND WE ARE ABLE TO ALSO DOUBLE CHECK, UM, TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY'S NOT TAKING THE SURVEY MORE THAN ONE TIME BASED ON IP ADDRESSES.
SO WE DO GO THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE VETTING PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE THAT ARE GIVING US THE INPUT.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO WANNA STRESS, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR ONE NATURAL CORRIDOR IN ADDISON, PROVIDING CONNECTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF ADDISON TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH NATURE, I THINK ALSO IS IMPORTANT.
BUT WE WILL, I, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE THE MOST DAY-TO-DAY INTERACT ACTION WITH IT TOO.
I, I DO LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE AND I LOVE THESE TRAILS, BUT, UM, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN FOLKS LIKE MR. CANDER, UH, BECAUSE I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE MADE A SIZABLE INVESTMENT TO MOVE HERE AND THIS IS A CHANGE.
SO, SO AGAIN, MY HOPE IS THAT ONE WILL, WILL VALIDATE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GETTING THIS, THIS INPUT.
YOU KNOW, IS IT COMING, YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT'S COMING ALL FROM MADISON.
UM, UH, MAYBE SOME OF IT'S NOT, BUT, UM, AND AGAIN, I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE WEIGHTED TO TO THOSE THAT ARE MOST, MOST AFFECTED.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THOUGHT I HAD WAS, UM, THIS SLIDE SIX.
DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BLOW UP THIS, UH, THE BOARDWALK SECTION SO WE CAN ZOOM IN ON THAT.
VALENCIA, DO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THAT POSSIBILITY? JUST CONTROL SCROLL.
UM, THIS IS, TO ME, THIS IS A VERY, UH, VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE'VE GOT THIS, UH, THIS, UH, THIS POND OVER HERE OFF MONTFORT AND, AND BUILDING SOME TYPE OF UNIQUE BOARDWALK THAT HAS, COULD HAVE SOME, HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME SCREENING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T LOOK INTO RESIDENTIAL, UM, WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNIQUE.
UM, SO, SO LOOKING INTO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IN WHAT COMES OF THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I, I, UH, EQUALLY, UH, MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT AS I WANT TO HEAR THE INPUT FROM THOSE IN THIS AFFECTED AREA.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS I WANTED TO SHARE.
UH, I THINK THE PUBLIC, UH, INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT'S PART OF THIS, THIS BID.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION WHERE, WHERE DO WE SEE THE, THE, THE CONNECTIVITY HAPPENING FROM EAST TO WEST? UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE VISION THERE? THE, THE ULTIMATE VISION IS TO TRY TO MAKE A CONNECTION UNDER, WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH DALLAS, BUT ACROSS MONFORT, DOWN VERDE VALLEY TO QUORUM ROAD.
AND IF WE CAN MAKE THAT CONNECTION, YOU THEN CAN WALK FROM THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB TO YOUR HOME IN EAST ADDISON.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHEN WE DID THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN IS DURING RUSH HOUR, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD RATHER START THEIR EXERCISE
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BY WALKING MM-HMMAND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO OVERCOME THOSE BIGGER OBSTACLES LIKE THE TOLLWAY.
UM, BUT BEING ABLE TO CONNECT INTO MUMFORD AND THE WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON MUMFORD.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE EAST ADDISON NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS ALSO GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO MAKE A LOOP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.
AND OUR DAY-TO-DAY USERS THAT LIVE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH LIKE DAVID DID.
I'VE BEEN ON BELTLINE ROAD WALKING TO WYNWOOD.
UM, AND IT CAN GET VERY SCARY WITH TRAFFIC.
AND SO IMPROVING THAT SAFETY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WALKING THIS PART OF TOWN IS A PRIORITY FOR US.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT EAST WEST QUESTION.
'CAUSE THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
AND I WAS THINKING MORE ON THE EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY THAT, THAT STRATEGIC POINT OF MORE ACROSS THE TOLLWAY, UH, LIKE FROM THE HOTELS TO VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UH, BUT YOU CLARIFYING GOING ACROSS VERDE VALLEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A DANGEROUS, COULD BE A, A DANGEROUS AREA FOR CRIME AND OTHER THINGS GOING THROUGH THERE.
AND I, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WITH THIS TRAIL OVER, UM, GOING ON ON THAT SIDE.
I'M NOT SURE IF, IF THERE'S A, A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT OR IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THE APPETITE FOR THAT, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GO TO, TO FIND OUT VERSUS JUST NOT JUST SAY NO.
I THINK DOING THE STUDY IS, IS A VALUABLE PIECE OF INFORMATION SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND DAVID'S POINT ABOUT WALKING ACROSS, WALKING THE SIDEWALK ON BELT LINE, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY TAKING YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS THERE AND MOVING IT AWAY FROM THE ROAD.
PUTTING A TRAIL IN AWAY FROM THE ROAD IS, IS, IS A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD, UM, THING TO CONSIDER.
NOT SURE IF IT'S GONNA BE THE RIGHT ONE, AND THAT'S WHY WE DO STUDIES, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT THEN.
UM, SO BACK TO THE, THE, THE, THE CONVERSATION AT HAND, WHICH IS REALLY THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN RESIDENTS.
UM, WE'VE HAD ADDISON CIRCLE PARK STUDY WITH COMMUNITY INPUT.
IS THERE A WAY OF POTENTIALLY EVEN DOING A DIRECT MAIL PIECE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY JUST TO GET AN A, B, C YAY NAY, GET A TEMPERATURE READING ON THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS IN THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD? I CAN WORK WITH MARKETING, UM, TO TALK THROUGH WHAT A DIRECT MAIL PIECE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, ALL, I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED WHEN WE DO SURVEYS IS YOU WANNA REACH OUT IN MULTIPLE LEVELS BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE DIGITAL AND USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOME OF US RELY ON EMAIL AND SOME OF US STILL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIL THAT COMES IN OUR MAIL.
AND SO, UM, I THINK OUR APPROACH NEEDS TO BE MULTI-LEVEL, UM, TO ENGAGE ALL OF THE USERS, BUT WE DEFINITELY, IT'S A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A BIG ASK FOR US TO SEND MAIL OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SEES THOSE TOUCHES IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE DO IN THE NEWSLETTER ON FACEBOOK AND, AND ALL OF THIS EXTRA LEVELS.
YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU ON MULTI-LEVEL, JUST THE FACT THAT OLD SCHOOL MM-HMM
AND KNOWING POTENTIAL AVERAGE AGE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS A LITTLE OLDER.
I THINK SOMETHING PHYSICAL AND TANGIBLE IN THEIR HAND, THEY COULD FILL OUT AND, AND EITHER SCAN AND SEND IT BACK AS A PDF OR ELECTRONICALLY JUST DO IT AS AN ELECTRONIC SURVEY.
NANCY, DO YOU HAVE, JUST REAL QUICKLY, DO YOU HAVE A, UM, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OR MAYBE YOU SAID ON TIMEFRAME FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THIS REVIEW? SURE.
THE PROJECT'S GOING TO, UM, WE WILL START DEVELOPING, UM, KIND OF A SCHEDULE WITH A CONSULTANT AS SOON AS THIS IS APPROVED.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROCESS BECAUSE WE WANNA GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE CONSULTANT TO PRODUCE GRAPHICS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON.
AND WE WANNA DO A VERY ROBUST ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND THAT ALL TAKES THE COMMUNICATION EFFORT AND, AND FACILITATING THAT ALWAYS TAKES MORE TIME.
AND SO, UM, WE VIEW THIS AS BEING ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROJECT FOR US.
WILL THERE BE ANYTHING, I KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS HERE IS THE EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.
WILL THERE BE ANY ASPECT WITHIN, UH, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE NOW TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE WAYS THAT THIS DOES MEET CONNECTIVITY FOR EAST AND WEST AND ANY, ANY MORE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THERE? UM, WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS SCOPE IS JUST FOCUSING ON HOW DO WE MEET THIS CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THIS AREA BETWEEN MONFORT AND WYNWOOD.
OUR SCOPE'S PRETTY DEFINED ON THAT.
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WE WERE RELYING ON WHAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN THAT WOULD BE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE COULD BRING BACK AND TALK ABOUT THOSE OTHER CONNECTION POINTS.TO BE HONEST, THOSE OTHER CONNECTION POINTS ARE PRETTY FAR OFF, UM, BECAUSE WE DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT IN ADDISON FOR US TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
AND SO THOSE ARE ON OUR VERY LONG TERM GOALS IN OUR MASTER PLAN.
THEY'RE WAY FURTHER IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW.
UH, AND YEAH, I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS WHOLE MASTER PLAN AND THE WHOLE, UM, THE GOALS THAT COULD HIT FROM THE EAST WEST CONNECTIONS.
I, I THINK IT'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS WE'RE TRYING TO DO TOO.
AS WE LOOK AT BOTH PHASES, WE LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM PHASE FROM TOWN HALL OVER TO WYNWOOD, THAT'S REALLY CONNECTIVITY AMONGST OUR RESIDENTS IN THE EAST SIDE, THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN OAKS NORTH, GETTING OVER TO WYNWOOD, GETTING OVER TO SELECT.
AS WE LOOK AT THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.
SO I THINK HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT BOTH DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE PROJECT, IT, IT, IT'S SOMEWHAT NUANCED, BUT I THINK WE CAN HAVE THAT ROBUST CONVERSATION WELL AS MYSELF JUST FROM SOMEONE ON THE WEST SIDE.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO GO OVER THERE AND WALK AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE POND.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU HOWARD.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO SOME RESIDENTS AT LAKE FOREST AND THEIR CONCERN IS THEIR STREET.
SO RIGHT NOW THE TOWN OWNS THE STREET FROM BELTLINE TO THE BRIDGE OR ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
AND THE CONCERN IS WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THAT PROPERTY, WHICH THEY BY AND LARGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARK OR CONNECTIVITY OR TRAILS.
SO, UM, THEY DON'T WANT THE PROPERTY SOLD TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD MESS UP THE ACCESS TO ALL THEIR HOMES.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S IN THE PLANS TO SELL THAT OR THAT STREET TO BECOME ANYTHING OTHER THAN TOWN OWNED OR TOWN, UH, MANAGED.
SO, UM, I LISTENED TO WHAT BOB SAID EARLIER TODAY.
UH, THE RESIDENTS REALLY DON'T WANT PRIVATE HOMES ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY BETWEEN THAT ONE AND WYNWOOD AND I SEE WE'VE GOT AN SQUARE AROUND IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BUILD ACROSS THAT PROPERTY OR I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PROGRESS ON THAT, BUT, UM, IN THIS RESPECT WHERE I'M CONFUSED ON ALL THE BIKE LANES AND ALL THE STREETS AND ALL THE LOSING LANES AND ALL, THIS ONE'S EASIER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF, BUT I, I SEE THIS AND I THINK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS PLEASED ABOUT IT.
SO I'M NOT GETTING ANY OBJECTION TO THAT.
THANK YOU HOWARD, ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? I'M, I'M MOVED TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND MARLON AND DAN FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX C IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[d. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance calling and ordering the May 3, 2025 General Election.]
ITEM SIX D PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE.CALLING AND ORDERING THE MAY 3RD, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL VALENCIA GARCIA, UH, CITY SECRETARY.
UM, SO TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT WILL, UH, CALL AND ORDER A GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY, 2025.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE IS GONNA SERVE A COUPLE PURPOSES.
SO, UH, PER OUR TOWN CHARTER, WE, WE ARE TO CONDUCT AN ELECTION EACH MAY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ONE MAYOR, UH, TO BE ELECTED DURING MAY.
UH, SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD OFFICIALLY CALL THAT, UH, ELECTION.
SECONDLY, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO ORDER AN ELECTION WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
UH, THE TOWN DOES ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTIONS CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF OUR ELECTIONS.
UM, SO WE WOULD DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UH, THE ORDINANCE ALSO ESTABLISHES AND DOCUMENTS OUR PROCEDURES FOR, UM, THE ELECTION AND NONE OF THOSE ARE PROPOSED TO CHANGE.
IT'LL BE THE SAME PROCEDURES AS THE LAST, UM, PREVIOUS ELECTIONS.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT WILL CHANGE, OF COURSE IS THE TOWN'S VOTING SITE.
UM, AS DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND USE THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB AS THE TOWN'S VOTING SITE FOR BOTH EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTING SINCE, UM, THE CONFERENCE CENTER WILL BE UNAVAILABLE DURING THAT TIME.
SO SOME IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE MAY, 2025 ELECTION, UM, PRETTY MUCH KICKS OFF TOMORROW
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WITH THE FIRST DAY TO FILE FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT.UM, CANDIDATES WILL BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND FILE THEIR APPLICATION STARTING TOMORROW, UM, AND THEY'LL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 5:00 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH.
UH, WE'LL PLAN FOR A DRAWING FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH.
EARLY VOTING WILL START IN LATE APRIL, UH, RUNNING FROM THE 22ND THROUGH THE 29TH.
ELECTION DATE WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 3RD.
AND THEN WE WILL PLAN TO, UH, CANVAS THE ELECTION RESULTS AT THE TUESDAY, MAY 13TH.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THAT? ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? AND, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR ANYBODY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO FILE, IT'S, UH, NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT TOWN HALL, RIGHT? MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IS IT EIGHT 30 TO FIVE? EIGHT TO FIVE, EIGHT TO FIVE, YES.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND SIX D, DAN, AND FOR NANCY FOR THE SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX D IS APPROVED.
[7. Items of Community Interest. The City Council will have this opportunity to address items of community interest, including: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the Town of Addison; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event that was or will be attended by an Addison City Council member or an official; and, announcements involving an eminent threat to public health and safety in Addison that has arisen since posting this agenda.]
ITEM SEVEN, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, BRING UH, EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCE, ET CETERA.
AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO, I HAVE TWO THINGS.
I JUST ONCE AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO THANK VIRGIL FOR ALL YOUR TIME SERVING THE TOWN AND FOR HANGING WITH US ALL EVENING TONIGHT.
AND UH, THE OTHER THING, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ENTERED THE YEAR WITH, WITH A NEW EVENT IN ADDISON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL GOT TO GO OUT TO THE BUCKET CLASSIC.
AND WE'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD HERE AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, BUT I KNOW I SAW DARREN OVER THERE AND I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE.
UH, BUT WHAT A FUN CREATIVE EVENT AND IT LOOKED LIKE FOLKS WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
IT WAS KIND OF CHILLY OUT, BUT UH, FOLKS WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME AND THE FEEDBACK I HEARD FROM STAFF AND FROM SOME FOLKS THERE THAT THEY JUST WISH THERE WOULD'VE BEEN MORE HOLES TO PLAY.
SO, SO IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS A SUCCESS AND UH, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE IN THIS AREA, IN THIS REGION MAYBE.
BUT, UH, BUT THANKS TO FOR THE, UH, TOWN STAFF AND PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THAT ON AND UH, BRINGING YOUR CREATIVITY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, WITH THAT, IT'S 9 33 AND WE WILL ADJOURN FOR THE NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.